The fact is, the same people pointing out that Bush was on vacation during the hurricane and he was too slow to dish out support while people were dieing are the same people who said he was too quick to dish out support when last years hurricanes hit Florida. I'm not disagreeing that what Bush did was wrong, I'm just saying that no matter what way he goes some will always feel it is an unsatisfactory route.
They reason they've changed so often is because the technology is still evolving at a huge rate. Once the technology stops getting upgraded every two weeks, then we'll be able to settle on one standard.
So you're going to tell me that if I found all sorts of personal information about youself, including your email, home/work phone number, and your address, you wouldn't mind because "it's freely available on the internet"?
What kind of logic is this?
Just because a few simple searches on google can bring up very personal information about a person does not give anyone the right to post that information elsewhere, especially on a high-traffic site such as CNET.
The problem is they're not just rejecting reviews that are poorly written or don't follow specific guidelines, but they're endorsing products by rejecting reviews that they feel don't praise the product enough. It doesn't matter how constructive the review is; if the company wants the sell the product, they're going to reject the bad reviews.
It's not "omg this product is teh suxor", it's "The product is completely buggy"
The way I see it is, in World of Warcraft for example, you'll see a little short with a Human and an Orc fighting over the last can of Coke at a party while you're waiting for the game to load. Or in Half-Life 2, as you're walking in the city blasting at enemies you'll see an electronic billboard showing a Combine soldier washing his jumpsuit with new and improved Dawn laundary detergent.
Ads are already in games, and they're hardly noticable. I know for a fact that game developers wouldn't make any intrusive ads, as it would probably make a lot of people deter from purchasing the games. Instead they'll make the ads run smoothly behind the scenes.
Think of how much money is already being spent on subliminal advertising in movies today.
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The fact is, the same people pointing out that Bush was on vacation during the hurricane and he was too slow to dish out support while people were dieing are the same people who said he was too quick to dish out support when last years hurricanes hit Florida. I'm not disagreeing that what Bush did was wrong, I'm just saying that no matter what way he goes some will always feel it is an unsatisfactory route.
They reason they've changed so often is because the technology is still evolving at a huge rate. Once the technology stops getting upgraded every two weeks, then we'll be able to settle on one standard.
So you're going to tell me that if I found all sorts of personal information about youself, including your email, home/work phone number, and your address, you wouldn't mind because "it's freely available on the internet"? What kind of logic is this? Just because a few simple searches on google can bring up very personal information about a person does not give anyone the right to post that information elsewhere, especially on a high-traffic site such as CNET.
Somebody poisoned the water hole!
The problem is they're not just rejecting reviews that are poorly written or don't follow specific guidelines, but they're endorsing products by rejecting reviews that they feel don't praise the product enough. It doesn't matter how constructive the review is; if the company wants the sell the product, they're going to reject the bad reviews. It's not "omg this product is teh suxor", it's "The product is completely buggy"
The way I see it is, in World of Warcraft for example, you'll see a little short with a Human and an Orc fighting over the last can of Coke at a party while you're waiting for the game to load. Or in Half-Life 2, as you're walking in the city blasting at enemies you'll see an electronic billboard showing a Combine soldier washing his jumpsuit with new and improved Dawn laundary detergent. Ads are already in games, and they're hardly noticable. I know for a fact that game developers wouldn't make any intrusive ads, as it would probably make a lot of people deter from purchasing the games. Instead they'll make the ads run smoothly behind the scenes. Think of how much money is already being spent on subliminal advertising in movies today.