Your Mileage May Wary, but *I* purchase my computing devices, including CPUs, based on cost-performance analysis adjusted for ease of future-proofing. I'd still buy it if it called "S**t Inside" as long as it delivers.
Blackberry is a business device, meant to facilitate business communication in secure and reliable way and not serve as a personal entertainment device or attempt to appear to be cool. Forgetting this is what put RIM in its current situation.
I can understand why you wouldn't want to have video chat going while driving. What I can't understand is why build anything into a car that is not useful while driving? Wouldn't your smart phone or laptop be a much better device to use for a video chat, especially since you are NOT driving?
Another point to consider - how many people here still using their cell phone from 4 years ago? Well, 4 year old car still considered "gently used", with most cars lasting 8-12 years. How this vendor-locked technology going to get upgraded?
Not every Win PC (like my gaming rig for example) is automatically compromised and infected with bots. While it is possible, I see it as rather unlikely, since I have enough expertise to prevent anything that is not specifically target at me.
Much more reasonable assumption is that a) I didn't notice recent IP shuffle b) Database is randomly generated c) Database is not randomly generated, but might as well be due to methodology flaws.
I visited site out of curiosity. I don't pirate, yet they say I downloaded a bunch of shows (CSI Miami? Please, who watches that? Well, not me.)
I am starting to think that site is not at all legit.
Interesting, website says that I have downloaded shows when in fact I never touch pirate torrents. So ether someone spoofing my IP or neighbors somehow got past MAC filtering and authentication.
I am fairly sure my provider did not shuffle my IP address, but then I don't keep track of this. Should I, in case *AA comes knocking on my door?
>>> I had a couple games through Impulse (pre-Gamestop, now I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole), and I found myself ignoring them completely since they weren't as available as Steam.
I am so with you, I didn't even check if my free Elemental expansion ever got released. Stardock pretty much screwed everyone by selling Impulse and the same thing can happen with Steam. If someone big with lots of cash (like Microsoft) decides to buy Steam, it will be sold.
I am PC-only gamer that spends significant share of my discretionary income on my gaming hobby. I would buy any game that interests me, even if I don't see myself ever spending more than couple hours playing it. I never pirate, not because I don't know how to or afraid of being caught, but because it is not convenient and my time is better spent elsewhere. I generally tolerate bugs, release day patches, driver updates and all the usual crap that comes with PC gaming. What I won't ever tolerate is DRM that a) inconveniences me by putting limitations on how/when I play b) locks some aspect of use or negatively affects performance of my PC. In my recent memory I skipped couple UBI titles that I'd loved to play solely due to DRM. Assassin's Creed with always online single player DRM, Might and Magic Heroes with crippled and incompatible offline mode or always online DRM. Don't treat me as a pirate-in-waiting and you might get my money.
Obviously RIAA lawyers are planning to spontaneously burst into song and dance and don't want people to pirate the show.
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I have a friend that undergoes "alternative treatment" that greatly helps with his chronic condition. In his case alternative medicine is natural equivalent for a drug that is out on the market. The only problem is that drug is not yet approved to work on his rare chronic condition and doctors are hesitant to use it.
So I personally know one example where alternative medicine works better than traditional due to relations on traditional, perhaps there is more?
I just don't understand why would anyone in this age of decent built-in sound cards would get dedicated "premium" sound card without optical out? Please explain this to me.
I just can't take seriously all this talk about Blizzard's innovation in WoW. WoW released without single ambitious feature, if anything WoW is culmination of shine and polish on tried&true ideas that were tested in countless other games.
UO that released in what, 97, had more innovative features than WoW.
If you look closer all 'background' cars have manufacturer's logos removed. For example Fords will just have blue oval and nowhere will you even catch model or manufacturer's badges.
Back to OP:
If they were to remove any kind of ford badges and mustang badges out of all pictures they would have no problems printing calendar.
Standardized pricing will be applied regardless of inclusion of in-game advertising. So don't get fooled by marketing promising cheaper and better games due to inclusion of ads
I have exactly opposite experiences with Rogers... but perhaps because I don't need my cell phone for more than calling (I have specialized devices for music, picture taking and portable connectivity). I started by outright purchasing Rogers PayAsYouGo phone, then transfered it along with phone number to month by month plan (without contract) and now paying only $12/mo for 150 anytime minutes plan that I never use up. At this point I'm not at all tied to a device (SIM card) or provider in any way and I used that in negotiations with 'customer retention devision' to come up with specialized deal that suited me.
I think fallacy many./ here fall into is expecting tricoder out of their mobile phones and end up overpaying for generalist, master of nothing, mobile phones of toady.
>>> it has got to be at least a little worrisome that a group of American corporations can effectively control the legal system of another major nation
Nothing is free in Russia, 'group of American corporations' paid dearly to get it shut down, be it in political power or 'sponsorship' funds or likely both.
>>>Overall, that means fewer rushed titles, late patches, and incomplete games.
This is such uninformed BS. Budgets, deadlines and industry standards will not change - from pure profit-generating point of view (only view that matters) customers already willing to accept low-quality products and there is no payoff in spending more on increased quality.
In-game advertising is about generating sustained revenue and increasing profits. It is *not* about making better games.
In-game advertising is dangerous reality that all gamers need to face. Titles with advertising are not any cheaper of feature-full than titles without it, its all about increasing profits and don't let marketing promises of 'extra features' or 'extended support' confuse you. Its all about extra profit.
In the world where in-game advertising become commonplace you will see such undesirable things as mandatory minimum loading times, mandatory internet connection (even in single player games) in order to load advertising clips, visual field pollution and distractions. Ads are attention-grabbing by definition, so don't fool yourself into thinking that it won't that bad. We will have full-screen video clips in no time.
Advertising is really expensive to you as a viewer - it takes *your* precious time that you have to spend on leisure activities. It is not ' just little bit of your time' it's A LOT of precious little time you have reserved for relaxing and playing games. It will be just like TV - where it is all crap and choke-full with 'sponsor messages'. All games will be changed to fit ads, just like TV where all programming is geared to fit frequent advertisement interruptions.
Real danger of in-game advertising is that game companies no longer in the business of making games, they are now in the business of selling advertisements and gamers no longer customers but product instead. As a result game studios will no longer be about making games but about showing most adds to most people.
I don't understand why people still buy 'no evil' from Google. Google is large corporation that is driven by profit generation, and like Microsoft or Monsanto, will perform tasks that do not benefit or improve wellbeing of general population in order to turn profit.
I personally find advertising in games extremely detrimental to my enjoyment of them. Advertising detracts from my leisure gaming activities, breaks immersion and attempts to brainwash me into purchasing things I don't want by playing off my fears and desires while all I want to do is relax and escape these fears and desires of everyday life.
Why advertising must be involved in all of our activities? A lot of people would be pissed if their favorite park gets plastered with billboards, why games should be exception?
A lot of people will respond to this in knee-jerk manner with something along 'it will blend into game environment and it will be non-obtrusive'. To that I respond - advertising designed to grab your attention, it ether does it or you might not bother with it in a first place, since it does not work.
Last but not least, to deliver targeted and personalized advertising Google need to collect personal information bout you. Regardless of how they do it I still see it as breach of privacy and concerned that such information will not only linger but also has a potential to be abused.
Google, keep the frak out of my games! I strongly suggest any gamers serious about future enjoyment of our shared hobby to avoid any titles with advertising.
Just look at modern television - its not uncommon to have 15 minutes of each hour wasted with advertising. That is QUARTER of your leisure time WASTED. Convert this into hours over a period of one year and then multiply it by your hourly salary. Not sure about you, but I can't afford such expensive past time as watching adds.
Automotive longevity (how long its kept on the road) has nothing to do with reliability. Domestics kept on a road longer simply because they make better beater cars - depreciate very quickly relative to imports and a lot cheaper to repair due to overabundance of spare parts from junkyards.
>>The legitimate download industry has a problem. Their products can't compete with the freely available infringing versions of the same content.
I disagree, legitimate download industry at a certain price point has a problem competing with better (DRM-free) product of the same content.
As a legitimate supplier of songs you have an advantage - you have guaranteed quality, broader availability and last but not least - legitimacy. Problem is that traditional profit margins enjoyed by the monopolistic industry are not sustainable with this business model.
I fail to see why pictures taken in legal way (I'm not talking about trespassing or even breaking-in to take interior pictures) is useful in any way? What bank or real estate agent would gain from picture taken from the street? More information is currently readily available - most people post detailed pictures of interior and exterior when they sell houses, this information only needs to be archived and categorized to get better result than this project can hope to archive.
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Your Mileage May Wary, but *I* purchase my computing devices, including CPUs, based on cost-performance analysis adjusted for ease of future-proofing. I'd still buy it if it called "S**t Inside" as long as it delivers.
Blackberry is a business device, meant to facilitate business communication in secure and reliable way and not serve as a personal entertainment device or attempt to appear to be cool. Forgetting this is what put RIM in its current situation.
I can understand why you wouldn't want to have video chat going while driving. What I can't understand is why build anything into a car that is not useful while driving? Wouldn't your smart phone or laptop be a much better device to use for a video chat, especially since you are NOT driving? Another point to consider - how many people here still using their cell phone from 4 years ago? Well, 4 year old car still considered "gently used", with most cars lasting 8-12 years. How this vendor-locked technology going to get upgraded?
Not every Win PC (like my gaming rig for example) is automatically compromised and infected with bots. While it is possible, I see it as rather unlikely, since I have enough expertise to prevent anything that is not specifically target at me.
Much more reasonable assumption is that a) I didn't notice recent IP shuffle b) Database is randomly generated c) Database is not randomly generated, but might as well be due to methodology flaws.
I visited site out of curiosity. I don't pirate, yet they say I downloaded a bunch of shows (CSI Miami? Please, who watches that? Well, not me.) I am starting to think that site is not at all legit.
Interesting, website says that I have downloaded shows when in fact I never touch pirate torrents. So ether someone spoofing my IP or neighbors somehow got past MAC filtering and authentication. I am fairly sure my provider did not shuffle my IP address, but then I don't keep track of this. Should I, in case *AA comes knocking on my door?
>>> I had a couple games through Impulse (pre-Gamestop, now I wouldn't touch it with a 10' pole), and I found myself ignoring them completely since they weren't as available as Steam.
I am so with you, I didn't even check if my free Elemental expansion ever got released. Stardock pretty much screwed everyone by selling Impulse and the same thing can happen with Steam. If someone big with lots of cash (like Microsoft) decides to buy Steam, it will be sold.
I am PC-only gamer that spends significant share of my discretionary income on my gaming hobby. I would buy any game that interests me, even if I don't see myself ever spending more than couple hours playing it. I never pirate, not because I don't know how to or afraid of being caught, but because it is not convenient and my time is better spent elsewhere. I generally tolerate bugs, release day patches, driver updates and all the usual crap that comes with PC gaming. What I won't ever tolerate is DRM that a) inconveniences me by putting limitations on how/when I play b) locks some aspect of use or negatively affects performance of my PC.
In my recent memory I skipped couple UBI titles that I'd loved to play solely due to DRM. Assassin's Creed with always online single player DRM, Might and Magic Heroes with crippled and incompatible offline mode or always online DRM.
Don't treat me as a pirate-in-waiting and you might get my money.
Obviously RIAA lawyers are planning to spontaneously burst into song and dance and don't want people to pirate the show.
I have a friend that undergoes "alternative treatment" that greatly helps with his chronic condition. In his case alternative medicine is natural equivalent for a drug that is out on the market. The only problem is that drug is not yet approved to work on his rare chronic condition and doctors are hesitant to use it. So I personally know one example where alternative medicine works better than traditional due to relations on traditional, perhaps there is more?
D&D supports creationism, why else would monsters get spawned? They are not evolved, but just appear in spots = intelligent design.
I just don't understand why would anyone in this age of decent built-in sound cards would get dedicated "premium" sound card without optical out? Please explain this to me.
I just can't take seriously all this talk about Blizzard's innovation in WoW. WoW released without single ambitious feature, if anything WoW is culmination of shine and polish on tried&true ideas that were tested in countless other games. UO that released in what, 97, had more innovative features than WoW.
I will make millions selling sex.moon domain... astronaut porn is even kinkier than German shizer.
If you look closer all 'background' cars have manufacturer's logos removed. For example Fords will just have blue oval and nowhere will you even catch model or manufacturer's badges.
Back to OP:
If they were to remove any kind of ford badges and mustang badges out of all pictures they would have no problems printing calendar.
Top fine is $300,000 and it is corporate, not to individuals... peanuts when you compare what *AA sues private citizens for simply shifting formats.
Standardized pricing will be applied regardless of inclusion of in-game advertising. So don't get fooled by marketing promising cheaper and better games due to inclusion of ads
I have exactly opposite experiences with Rogers... but perhaps because I don't need my cell phone for more than calling (I have specialized devices for music, picture taking and portable connectivity). I started by outright purchasing Rogers PayAsYouGo phone, then transfered it along with phone number to month by month plan (without contract) and now paying only $12/mo for 150 anytime minutes plan that I never use up. At this point I'm not at all tied to a device (SIM card) or provider in any way and I used that in negotiations with 'customer retention devision' to come up with specialized deal that suited me.
./ here fall into is expecting tricoder out of their mobile phones and end up overpaying for generalist, master of nothing, mobile phones of toady.
I think fallacy many
>>> it has got to be at least a little worrisome that a group of American corporations can effectively control the legal system of another major nation
Nothing is free in Russia, 'group of American corporations' paid dearly to get it shut down, be it in political power or 'sponsorship' funds or likely both.
>>>Overall, that means fewer rushed titles, late patches, and incomplete games.
This is such uninformed BS. Budgets, deadlines and industry standards will not change - from pure profit-generating point of view (only view that matters) customers already willing to accept low-quality products and there is no payoff in spending more on increased quality.
In-game advertising is about generating sustained revenue and increasing profits. It is *not* about making better games.
In-game advertising is dangerous reality that all gamers need to face. Titles with advertising are not any cheaper of feature-full than titles without it, its all about increasing profits and don't let marketing promises of 'extra features' or 'extended support' confuse you. Its all about extra profit.
In the world where in-game advertising become commonplace you will see such undesirable things as mandatory minimum loading times, mandatory internet connection (even in single player games) in order to load advertising clips, visual field pollution and distractions. Ads are attention-grabbing by definition, so don't fool yourself into thinking that it won't that bad. We will have full-screen video clips in no time.
Advertising is really expensive to you as a viewer - it takes *your* precious time that you have to spend on leisure activities. It is not ' just little bit of your time' it's A LOT of precious little time you have reserved for relaxing and playing games. It will be just like TV - where it is all crap and choke-full with 'sponsor messages'. All games will be changed to fit ads, just like TV where all programming is geared to fit frequent advertisement interruptions.
Real danger of in-game advertising is that game companies no longer in the business of making games, they are now in the business of selling advertisements and gamers no longer customers but product instead. As a result game studios will no longer be about making games but about showing most adds to most people.
I don't understand why people still buy 'no evil' from Google. Google is large corporation that is driven by profit generation, and like Microsoft or Monsanto, will perform tasks that do not benefit or improve wellbeing of general population in order to turn profit.
I personally find advertising in games extremely detrimental to my enjoyment of them. Advertising detracts from my leisure gaming activities, breaks immersion and attempts to brainwash me into purchasing things I don't want by playing off my fears and desires while all I want to do is relax and escape these fears and desires of everyday life.
Why advertising must be involved in all of our activities? A lot of people would be pissed if their favorite park gets plastered with billboards, why games should be exception?
A lot of people will respond to this in knee-jerk manner with something along 'it will blend into game environment and it will be non-obtrusive'. To that I respond - advertising designed to grab your attention, it ether does it or you might not bother with it in a first place, since it does not work.
Last but not least, to deliver targeted and personalized advertising Google need to collect personal information bout you. Regardless of how they do it I still see it as breach of privacy and concerned that such information will not only linger but also has a potential to be abused.
Google, keep the frak out of my games! I strongly suggest any gamers serious about future enjoyment of our shared hobby to avoid any titles with advertising.
Just look at modern television - its not uncommon to have 15 minutes of each hour wasted with advertising. That is QUARTER of your leisure time WASTED. Convert this into hours over a period of one year and then multiply it by your hourly salary. Not sure about you, but I can't afford such expensive past time as watching adds.
Automotive longevity (how long its kept on the road) has nothing to do with reliability. Domestics kept on a road longer simply because they make better beater cars - depreciate very quickly relative to imports and a lot cheaper to repair due to overabundance of spare parts from junkyards.
>>The legitimate download industry has a problem. Their products can't compete with the freely available infringing versions of the same content.
I disagree, legitimate download industry at a certain price point has a problem competing with better (DRM-free) product of the same content.
As a legitimate supplier of songs you have an advantage - you have guaranteed quality, broader availability and last but not least - legitimacy. Problem is that traditional profit margins enjoyed by the monopolistic industry are not sustainable with this business model.
I fail to see why pictures taken in legal way (I'm not talking about trespassing or even breaking-in to take interior pictures) is useful in any way? What bank or real estate agent would gain from picture taken from the street? More information is currently readily available - most people post detailed pictures of interior and exterior when they sell houses, this information only needs to be archived and categorized to get better result than this project can hope to archive.