My old battery's getting worn out, I could use a free replacement. W00t.
Now let's hope the old one doesn't go kaboom and I should be fine. Will karma bite me in the butt for taking advantage of this?
Can't you just hold the right shift button as you insert the CD to prevent the V1 Autoplay? I'm pretty sure I've done it when I wanted to browse a software CD without having the autorun pop up.
That there will be extreme religious groups outside these stores picketing and preventing people from coming in? You know, people like Jack Chick supporters?
1. Set of dice 2. Cheetos 3. Mountain Dew 4. Components to cast Mortencain's Faithful Watchdog-You don't want to get ambushed by 7 ogres, now do you? 5. Ogre-Slaying Sword with a +9 to ogres-try not to get hammered on Mountain Dew if you have one. 6. Any requirements for Magic Missile-so you can be Attacking The Darkness!(C)
Then shouldn't they give a lower amount of X-Boxes to the stores? Like, maybe 15 or 10?
Either way, this is pretty dumb of Microsoft, but I suppose it could work for people who haven't read this article. After all, generally, sold out = damn good/necessary/useful, right?
Here's an example of how #4 can reduce exposure for web browsing:
Say 90% of people run Windows-2010 or whatever. When they run their web browser, they get to pick from:
IE under Windows VM
Opera under Windows VM
Opera under {pick one of many} Linux VMs
Opera under {pick one of many} BSD VMs
Firefox under {pick one of many} {pick Linux, Windows, or BSD} VMs
{insert other web browser here} under {insert operating system here} VM.
Windows-2010? Oh, it'll just include IE under Windows IM with no instructions on how to install other browser-VM combos. The slashdotters and people with a decent knowledge of computers will figure out how to install a browser-VM combo, while 90% of the rest of computer users will still get infected.
Quite a variety of people have made their way to the show, including parents and children who must have decided that a day at Blizzcon was more critical than spending it at school.
Jack Thompson: PIXELANTES ARE SKIPPING SCHOOL TO ATTEND A GAME CONVENTION?! MORE REASON GAMES ARE EVIL, TRUST ME.
Oh honestly. You may view it as garbage, but sex sells. Plus, it's sad that people would see porn as garbage but not mention anything about rampant violence.
Last I checked, a crowbar is more useful than a blade. Crowbars can bash heads in, AND they can open jammed doors. Not to mention they never need sharpening.
Given that someone was killed by someone who played Manhunt, I suppose people would point fingers to anything that Rockstar makes, including this game. Unfortunately, I predict this game will be used as a scapegoat for bullying soon after its release. However, a ban isn't going to work. Sure, you'll try to prevent the children from getting the game, but there will be other ways to acquire it, legally or illegally. If the game is a success in other areas but banned in the UK, then no doubt people will try to get it, even if just to say "Because I can." (Prohibition, anyone?)
I was actually hoping to go to the one in San Jose two weeks from now. Fine, they may be playing mostly newer game music, but it still would've been a cool place to go...and who knows? Maybe I would've met some game producers who were visiting.
As much as I'd like to say "Leave him alone so that we can laugh our asses off at him," the problem with that is that there will be people who will believe him. Why? Because either 1) They believe Jack Thompson is a religious man who wants to protect people from games, 2) There are people who'll side with him because they hate video games about as much as him, or 3) They'll refuse to listen to the other side, even if the other side sounds smarter than him.
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My old battery's getting worn out, I could use a free replacement. W00t. Now let's hope the old one doesn't go kaboom and I should be fine. Will karma bite me in the butt for taking advantage of this?
No, I say it was FOXDIE. Now, will this be marked trolling or off-topic?
The pessimist says: damn, I hit rock bottom, it can get any worse... The optimist replies: yes, it can.
So wait, they're agreeing with each other? What's the difference again?
Javascript has been disabled. HA!
Can't you just hold the right shift button as you insert the CD to prevent the V1 Autoplay? I'm pretty sure I've done it when I wanted to browse a software CD without having the autorun pop up.
I'm not letting them plug MY analog hole. I don't swing that way.
That there will be extreme religious groups outside these stores picketing and preventing people from coming in? You know, people like Jack Chick supporters?
1. Set of dice
2. Cheetos
3. Mountain Dew
4. Components to cast Mortencain's Faithful Watchdog-You don't want to get ambushed by 7 ogres, now do you?
5. Ogre-Slaying Sword with a +9 to ogres-try not to get hammered on Mountain Dew if you have one.
6. Any requirements for Magic Missile-so you can be Attacking The Darkness!(C)
Then shouldn't they give a lower amount of X-Boxes to the stores? Like, maybe 15 or 10?
Either way, this is pretty dumb of Microsoft, but I suppose it could work for people who haven't read this article. After all, generally, sold out = damn good/necessary/useful, right?
Oh Microsoft, you clever bastards.
Here's an example of how #4 can reduce exposure for web browsing: Say 90% of people run Windows-2010 or whatever. When they run their web browser, they get to pick from: IE under Windows VM Opera under Windows VM Opera under {pick one of many} Linux VMs Opera under {pick one of many} BSD VMs Firefox under {pick one of many} {pick Linux, Windows, or BSD} VMs {insert other web browser here} under {insert operating system here} VM. Windows-2010? Oh, it'll just include IE under Windows IM with no instructions on how to install other browser-VM combos. The slashdotters and people with a decent knowledge of computers will figure out how to install a browser-VM combo, while 90% of the rest of computer users will still get infected.
Quite a variety of people have made their way to the show, including parents and children who must have decided that a day at Blizzcon was more critical than spending it at school.
Jack Thompson: PIXELANTES ARE SKIPPING SCHOOL TO ATTEND A GAME CONVENTION?! MORE REASON GAMES ARE EVIL, TRUST ME.
Oh honestly. You may view it as garbage, but sex sells. Plus, it's sad that people would see porn as garbage but not mention anything about rampant violence.
Last I checked, a crowbar is more useful than a blade. Crowbars can bash heads in, AND they can open jammed doors. Not to mention they never need sharpening.
Given that someone was killed by someone who played Manhunt, I suppose people would point fingers to anything that Rockstar makes, including this game. Unfortunately, I predict this game will be used as a scapegoat for bullying soon after its release. However, a ban isn't going to work. Sure, you'll try to prevent the children from getting the game, but there will be other ways to acquire it, legally or illegally. If the game is a success in other areas but banned in the UK, then no doubt people will try to get it, even if just to say "Because I can." (Prohibition, anyone?)
I was actually hoping to go to the one in San Jose two weeks from now. Fine, they may be playing mostly newer game music, but it still would've been a cool place to go...and who knows? Maybe I would've met some game producers who were visiting.
As much as I'd like to say "Leave him alone so that we can laugh our asses off at him," the problem with that is that there will be people who will believe him. Why? Because either 1) They believe Jack Thompson is a religious man who wants to protect people from games, 2) There are people who'll side with him because they hate video games about as much as him, or 3) They'll refuse to listen to the other side, even if the other side sounds smarter than him.