Nothing is stopping you at all, and that argument is completely irrelevant in this situation, since the controversy is over kids buying the games, not parents buying the games for their kids.
I'm glad the poster is objective, otherwise we might get hit by bias reporting.. oh wait.. we did.
The video game 'limit' is aimed at keeping kids from buying games rated MA-17. If you have a problem with that perhaps you would suggest that children be admitted to NC-17 rated movies as well?
Why would the poster point out that this is half the population of wyoming. Is that meant to impress? Wyoming is a great big EMPTY state. That number is also half of 1/2million, which is 1/4 million. These are statistics that are not meant to impress beyond their means. Wyoming is a state that has a smaller population than most major urban centers. THATs impressive.:p
Re:You Americans are funny sometimes...
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Hey, just because one of the slashdot mods happens to make an irresponsible and uneducated statement, don't use that to say Americans are stupid. You might notice the vast majority of people responding are picking on Michael's statement (Because it was retarded;)).
It's nice to talk about alternative fuels, but I have yet to see a gas station selling one of them.
That's funny, cause I see them all over the place, and I don't even live in a big city. I especially see Natural Gas quite frequently. Perhaps you just aren't paying any attention.
And I'd like to point out to the submitter, that Windows has also had these things for years now. While I'm no fan of Microsoft, don't make yourself look ignorant in an attempt to catch the big M in the act of evil. We all know they're evil, you don't have to prove it:)
And that would be fine, if it actually worked. SecuROM is notorious for causing slowdowns, crashes, etc. In fact, of all the copy protection schemes around, it's probably the most irritating for legal consumers.
In addition, the new games using SecuROM have already been cracked. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 isn't even supposed to be out on store shelves until Tuesday, and the ISO is posted all over the internet, crack and all.
The thing is, if the companies didn't spend so much money on copy protection, perhaps they could lower the software price a bit? And perhaps that would promote more sales? Unless software companies are willing to look at, and research, that option, then I am not willing to give them credit for making good business decisions. Copy protection has _never_ worked. Since the very beginings of it, with key disks (credit to the other person who brought this up first) to the most complex dongle based systems. It never has worked, and never will work. One day, publishers will figure this out. The question is, how long? It's been 20 years already.
I think it's hilarious that a company is, for once, not stepping blindly on the rights of consumers and experimenting with a delivery method that utilizes broadband in a way that slashdot readers and geeks all over have been asking for for some time, and all I see in the comments are people saying it won't work. What the hell is wrong with you guys? do you like ANYTHING?
I think it's great that LucasArts is creating sequals to these games, but new gamers will have absolutely no idea what they're playing a sequal to. You cannot go back and play these games without building a computer specifically for the task, or using the SCUMM engine, which LucasArts is trying to sue out of existence.
While I look forward to these releases, the sad fact is this is a long time comming. It's just further evidence to me that someone making decisions at LucasArts just 'doesn't get it'. This seems like a move by a company struggling to release a good product. I'm sure they have no shortage of money with all their star wars releases, but they've been really letting their fans down in the last 5 or 6 years with BOATLOADS of crappy games all based on Star Wars, and nothing original at all.
I hope this move begins a new day at LucasArts, where they diversify their game line a bit, perhaps stop being so sue-happy, and maybe even write their own emulator to run their games in windows operating systems, so new gamers can learn why we all liked LucasArts so much in the past. I feel bad for anyone who hasn't had the chance to play The Dig, DOTT, Sam & Max, or Full Throttle, or any of the Monkey Island games.
Seriously, this is fine for those of us who want it all. If you don't want it all, pick which one you'd prefer and buy that. I am a modest collector, and so value both sets because they are unique. I'm only a casual LOTR fan, but I'm a hardcore fan of well produced DVDs for good movies, and both sets will satisfy that need.
Also, the price is VERY reasonable for what you're getting. 4 DVDs for 30 dollars? (MSRP is WAY over what you'll actually pay) where do I sign? If you want frustration, take a look at Evil Dead. I bought it a long time ago, but had to re-purchase nearly the SAME DISC because of the special release that came out not long ago, and for _40_ dollars! ONE DVD!. That's gouging folks, this LOTR thing is just cool;)
For the record, I am happy with the Evil Dead DVD overall, and don't feel I wasted my money, but only because I'm that much a fan;) The advantage to having both is that I can watch the first to see the movie, and keep the newer one 'pristine':)
Both sets are completely unique. The current release is the theatrical version. the future release is NOT THE THEATRICAL VERSION.
Since there is no duplicate content, I have no problem paying another 30 bucks for another version. Non-diehards will be happy with the theatrical release.
Your problem has probably been solved, as there's a somewhat decent sized following of people who build their own flight sim cockpits, and I think I even saw one mech cockpit.
That has a few links. Plenty more can be found with simple google searching. I had this idea a few months ago, and like any idea I have, I checked to see if it was done already, and sure enough;)
As for LCD screens, they've got that stuff figured out. Check it out, you won't be let down.
Last I checked, you were not gauranteed to have your message readable by everyone. There is no internet regulation. When Anal-Rapage.com gets blocked by NetNanny (I'm certain they didn't get notification of the blockage and a list of ways to become unblocked) they don't SUE NetNanny over it, they just accept it.
These sort of BS conflicts only seem to occur around spam. You know why? SPAM=MONEY. Marketing people are IDIOTS.
SPAM = MARKETING
SPAM = EVIL
MARKETING = EVIL
Marketing is also LOUD AND ABNOXIOUS (I'm going for a theme here, can you find it?) They have to be, to come up with the STUPID ads they do. Because they are so LOUD AND ABNOXIOUS, they protest LOUDLY when their business is threatened.
I love this place. Having read the post, I knew, before hitting the 'read more' button, what I was going to see. There would be people making jokes, of course, which is always good. There would be people saying that today is a sad day for software, there'd be people talking about why their country is better than ours (What the hell is that crap about? For the record, Steve Ballmer is in Europe today. Stop thinking you're so ****ing special). I'd see people saying all the reasons why XP is the devil's OS and how Linux is so great. Hello, this is slashdot people. We know linux is great, you don't have to preach to the choir. I'd see, very few, POSITIVE messages about XP. The sad thing is, everyone likes XP. Everyone except self-absorbed geeks who don't like it simply because microsofts name is on it. A good deal of these same geeks use other windows OSes, yet go on about how crappy they are. Hypocritical?
Sorry, a tagent. What I was going to say, is that I haven't seen a bad review of XP by a reputable source yet. People knock the candy interface, and that's fine.. it is aweful shiny, and some people still use clacky keyboards and drive junkers from the 70s. That's personal preference, and that can also be changed for you guys who like the old style. However, it's been said by several people, that everyone who tries XP for any good length of time, CAN'T go back. It's just BETTER. It's a huge, no, mammoth improvement over the 9X line. It's not as big an improvement over 2K. The home version actually loses some things. The pro version however, does include some nice features, but for the most part, it's not something you MUST do.
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Re:There already is such an organization
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Lobbying doesn't HAVE to involve buying politicians. Did no one take basic government classes in high school? If you have a million people fill out a petition and go to everyone in congress showing how much support there is for something, that's lobbying. Walking around the capital waving a sign is lobbying. Anything that pushes your ideas onto the politicians is lobbying. Of course, money speaks louder than people, and having a group like the slashdot community to counter people like the NRA and religious right (the two most powerful lobbys) wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Who cares if it's not technically the proper way to run a democracy? Until things change, it's how ours is run. Either play the game, or figure out how to change it.
The problem is, geeks have no balls. They also don't know how to get together as a group, and don't seem to like parting with their money for anything. The EFF is not a lobby, and shouldn't be a lobby. That doesn't mean there shouldn't _be_ a geek lobby, it just means there isn't one yet. And everyone with any concern for our political system should be JUMPING at the opportunity to get on board.
The zero tolerance law is just fine. Minor's shouldn't drink. The law is in place because a kid who will blatantly break the law in the sense that he's drinking underage, then he has no respect for the law. Someone who has no respect for the law has no right on the road. We aren't talking about what they do to themselves, we're talking about them killing other people. Whether they drive drunk or not, they've showed a complete lack of responsibility, and responsibility is a very important thing before someone gets behind a wheel. I've lived in michigan for 21 years, the zero tolerance law is probably one of the few good laws we got:P Talk about fighting the wrong battle.
Slashdot Mirror
because passwords are best.
You disagree? Invent a new method of opening the door to your house or starting your car before suggesting your "amazing new idea".
Unless the patch was deployed before the vulnerability was exposed, the word "already" shouldn't be in the headline.
No.. you shouldn't need to be told that.
Nothing is stopping you at all, and that argument is completely irrelevant in this situation, since the controversy is over kids buying the games, not parents buying the games for their kids.
I'm glad the poster is objective, otherwise we might get hit by bias reporting.. oh wait.. we did.
The video game 'limit' is aimed at keeping kids from buying games rated MA-17. If you have a problem with that perhaps you would suggest that children be admitted to NC-17 rated movies as well?
Why would the poster point out that this is half the population of wyoming. Is that meant to impress? Wyoming is a great big EMPTY state. That number is also half of 1/2million, which is 1/4 million. These are statistics that are not meant to impress beyond their means. Wyoming is a state that has a smaller population than most major urban centers. THATs impressive. :p
Hey, just because one of the slashdot mods happens to make an irresponsible and uneducated statement, don't use that to say Americans are stupid. You might notice the vast majority of people responding are picking on Michael's statement (Because it was retarded ;)).
It's nice to talk about alternative fuels, but I have yet to see a gas station selling one of them.
That's funny, cause I see them all over the place, and I don't even live in a big city. I especially see Natural Gas quite frequently. Perhaps you just aren't paying any attention.
And I'd like to point out to the submitter, that Windows has also had these things for years now. While I'm no fan of Microsoft, don't make yourself look ignorant in an attempt to catch the big M in the act of evil. We all know they're evil, you don't have to prove it :)
And that would be fine, if it actually worked. SecuROM is notorious for causing slowdowns, crashes, etc. In fact, of all the copy protection schemes around, it's probably the most irritating for legal consumers.
In addition, the new games using SecuROM have already been cracked. Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 isn't even supposed to be out on store shelves until Tuesday, and the ISO is posted all over the internet, crack and all.
The thing is, if the companies didn't spend so much money on copy protection, perhaps they could lower the software price a bit? And perhaps that would promote more sales? Unless software companies are willing to look at, and research, that option, then I am not willing to give them credit for making good business decisions. Copy protection has _never_ worked. Since the very beginings of it, with key disks (credit to the other person who brought this up first) to the most complex dongle based systems. It never has worked, and never will work. One day, publishers will figure this out. The question is, how long? It's been 20 years already.
I think it's hilarious that a company is, for once, not stepping blindly on the rights of consumers and experimenting with a delivery method that utilizes broadband in a way that slashdot readers and geeks all over have been asking for for some time, and all I see in the comments are people saying it won't work. What the hell is wrong with you guys? do you like ANYTHING?
I think it's great that LucasArts is creating sequals to these games, but new gamers will have absolutely no idea what they're playing a sequal to. You cannot go back and play these games without building a computer specifically for the task, or using the SCUMM engine, which LucasArts is trying to sue out of existence.
While I look forward to these releases, the sad fact is this is a long time comming. It's just further evidence to me that someone making decisions at LucasArts just 'doesn't get it'. This seems like a move by a company struggling to release a good product. I'm sure they have no shortage of money with all their star wars releases, but they've been really letting their fans down in the last 5 or 6 years with BOATLOADS of crappy games all based on Star Wars, and nothing original at all.
I hope this move begins a new day at LucasArts, where they diversify their game line a bit, perhaps stop being so sue-happy, and maybe even write their own emulator to run their games in windows operating systems, so new gamers can learn why we all liked LucasArts so much in the past. I feel bad for anyone who hasn't had the chance to play The Dig, DOTT, Sam & Max, or Full Throttle, or any of the Monkey Island games.
Seriously, this is fine for those of us who want it all. If you don't want it all, pick which one you'd prefer and buy that. I am a modest collector, and so value both sets because they are unique. I'm only a casual LOTR fan, but I'm a hardcore fan of well produced DVDs for good movies, and both sets will satisfy that need.
;)
;) The advantage to having both is that I can watch the first to see the movie, and keep the newer one 'pristine' :)
Also, the price is VERY reasonable for what you're getting. 4 DVDs for 30 dollars? (MSRP is WAY over what you'll actually pay) where do I sign? If you want frustration, take a look at Evil Dead. I bought it a long time ago, but had to re-purchase nearly the SAME DISC because of the special release that came out not long ago, and for _40_ dollars! ONE DVD!. That's gouging folks, this LOTR thing is just cool
For the record, I am happy with the Evil Dead DVD overall, and don't feel I wasted my money, but only because I'm that much a fan
Both sets are completely unique. The current release is the theatrical version. the future release is NOT THE THEATRICAL VERSION.
Since there is no duplicate content, I have no problem paying another 30 bucks for another version. Non-diehards will be happy with the theatrical release.
This was reviewed MONTHS ago by TechTV.
Your problem has probably been solved, as there's a somewhat decent sized following of people who build their own flight sim cockpits, and I think I even saw one mech cockpit.
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Build Your Own Cockpit
That has a few links. Plenty more can be found with simple google searching. I had this idea a few months ago, and like any idea I have, I checked to see if it was done already, and sure enough
As for LCD screens, they've got that stuff figured out. Check it out, you won't be let down.
http://www.senate.gov/
Last I checked, you were not gauranteed to have your message readable by everyone. There is no internet regulation. When Anal-Rapage.com gets blocked by NetNanny (I'm certain they didn't get notification of the blockage and a list of ways to become unblocked) they don't SUE NetNanny over it, they just accept it.
These sort of BS conflicts only seem to occur around spam. You know why? SPAM=MONEY. Marketing people are IDIOTS.
SPAM = MARKETING
SPAM = EVIL
MARKETING = EVIL
Marketing is also LOUD AND ABNOXIOUS (I'm going for a theme here, can you find it?) They have to be, to come up with the STUPID ads they do. Because they are so LOUD AND ABNOXIOUS, they protest LOUDLY when their business is threatened.
smb
I love this place. Having read the post, I knew, before hitting the 'read more' button, what I was going to see. There would be people making jokes, of course, which is always good. There would be people saying that today is a sad day for software, there'd be people talking about why their country is better than ours (What the hell is that crap about? For the record, Steve Ballmer is in Europe today. Stop thinking you're so ****ing special). I'd see people saying all the reasons why XP is the devil's OS and how Linux is so great. Hello, this is slashdot people. We know linux is great, you don't have to preach to the choir. I'd see, very few, POSITIVE messages about XP. The sad thing is, everyone likes XP. Everyone except self-absorbed geeks who don't like it simply because microsofts name is on it. A good deal of these same geeks use other windows OSes, yet go on about how crappy they are. Hypocritical?
Sorry, a tagent. What I was going to say, is that I haven't seen a bad review of XP by a reputable source yet. People knock the candy interface, and that's fine.. it is aweful shiny, and some people still use clacky keyboards and drive junkers from the 70s. That's personal preference, and that can also be changed for you guys who like the old style. However, it's been said by several people, that everyone who tries XP for any good length of time, CAN'T go back. It's just BETTER. It's a huge, no, mammoth improvement over the 9X line. It's not as big an improvement over 2K. The home version actually loses some things. The pro version however, does include some nice features, but for the most part, it's not something you MUST do.
smb
Lobbying doesn't HAVE to involve buying politicians. Did no one take basic government classes in high school? If you have a million people fill out a petition and go to everyone in congress showing how much support there is for something, that's lobbying. Walking around the capital waving a sign is lobbying. Anything that pushes your ideas onto the politicians is lobbying. Of course, money speaks louder than people, and having a group like the slashdot community to counter people like the NRA and religious right (the two most powerful lobbys) wouldn't be a bad idea at all. Who cares if it's not technically the proper way to run a democracy? Until things change, it's how ours is run. Either play the game, or figure out how to change it.
;)
The problem is, geeks have no balls. They also don't know how to get together as a group, and don't seem to like parting with their money for anything. The EFF is not a lobby, and shouldn't be a lobby. That doesn't mean there shouldn't _be_ a geek lobby, it just means there isn't one yet. And everyone with any concern for our political system should be JUMPING at the opportunity to get on board.
Heh, the National Association of Geeks, NAG
smb
The zero tolerance law is just fine. Minor's shouldn't drink. The law is in place because a kid who will blatantly break the law in the sense that he's drinking underage, then he has no respect for the law. Someone who has no respect for the law has no right on the road. We aren't talking about what they do to themselves, we're talking about them killing other people. Whether they drive drunk or not, they've showed a complete lack of responsibility, and responsibility is a very important thing before someone gets behind a wheel. I've lived in michigan for 21 years, the zero tolerance law is probably one of the few good laws we got :P Talk about fighting the wrong battle.