I found one that I really, really like, but the company basically drove all the cool people away with price increases and now when I try to play, I just remember the old days.
I'd like to recapture that feeling with a new mud, but all the ones I find are really lame when it comes to combat and things to do.
Just like drunk driving, the real problem is the other people who get hurt. A drunk driver might take out many other people who weren't driving stupidly.
Power may be unlimited, but scale isn't. Apparently there's a certain distance that Minecraft makes active, so he can't expand the system beyond that distance.
Places like Salary.com rely on the numbers people claim they make. There are many incentives to gaming the system, so it doesn't surprise me that the numbers are high.
As for what to ask, you should ask for what you're worth. That's an intensely personal thing that you have to figure out. It includes education, experience, and how badly you want to get your foot in the door, among other things.
Actually, as either, you -can- make hundreds of dollars per hour. Most don't, though. Discussing what you can make is pointless. Find some statistics about how much the average person makes and that's a lot more meaningful.
15 stores in 4 years... That's about 4 jobs per year. 10,000 euros per job. I'm assuming it only takes a few hours, max, to do this, so 10,000 euros in only a few hours.
Yeah, you won't be a millionaire at that pace, but you have a LOT of free time in-between jobs.
I don't know why this is marked troll. This is almost exactly what they did. The only difference is that there were vague promises that they weren't going away forever, and that you'd be able to collect your belongings... Eventually.
"seem to be" is the key world. We are fanatical about our rights. Gun ownership is one of those rights. We (in general) aren't fanatical about gun ownership itself.
As someone else noted, he's only seen a few privately possessed guns. I came from an area with a lot of hunters, so there were a lot of gun owners, but none of them were fanatics. They owned them for hunting and security only, never for trophies. And nobody had more than 1 handgun.
Usenet is a protocol, but it has businesses behind it. Twitter is both at this point.
Are you saying they should let their protocol be open and just be a single provider of that protocol? Seems to me they'd definitely hurt in the short run. And that would force them to go even further into the app-making business to stay afloat.
Right, because they can't do the same by holding your family hostage while you paper-vote. (And before you argue with this, what's to stop you from contacting the police after both situations are over?)
There's a billion ways to make that happen and it doesn't require voting at home to do so.
It's hard for left handers because you hold the DS sideways and write on one of the screens. Since you have to write on the right screen, lefties can't see the left screen through their hand.
"Couldn't you have just delayed the freakin' game for two weeks if it was that awesome?!?"
No. That would mean changing the dates they need the factories pressing the discs, and changing distribution dates... There's a ton of logistics that go into getting a product from Gold to Sold. Change it by 2 weeks and you incur a LOT of extra expenses.
And don't forget how rabid fans get when you tell them something is delayed at the last minute. Nothing could be so cool to be worth delaying for 2 weeks.
As for charging for DLC that was produced while the game was being produced... They figured out how much content to include and worked on that. Then they also paid some people to work on extra content and are charging extra for that. Just because it was made at the same time doesn't mean it was ever intended to be part of the same product.
When I was in school (highschool and college both) everyone would grown when the teacher said 'open notes' because it meant the test was really, really hard for a change, instead of being things you could just look up.
Prior to highschool, I loved 'open notes' exams because it usually meant the things were in the book, but the teacher didn't think you had time to look them all up and finish the test, too. I'm a super fast reader, so I would look up any answer I wasn't 100% sure on. Which was most of them, since I wouldn't bother studying for those exams.
tl;dr - 'open notes' exams can be good or bad, depending on the attitude of the teacher. Some use it out of laziness, and others use it to make sure students are actually learning.
"He defended the stunt, saying basic freedoms, such as freedom of speech, should not be threatened simply because someone might be offended."
Yet another person doesn't understand freedom of speech.
He's perfectly free to say it. But he has to deal with the consequences. The government isn't saying a word about it. It's his peers and employer that are upset. And he'll face their wrath, as it should be.
Do I think he should be fired? No. What he did was thoughtless and inconsiderate, but it wasn't illegal and it wasn't on behalf of the school.
When I start paying my employer for the privilege of working there, that analogy will be relevant.
Until then, my employer pays ME and using the Chattr service (a service that comes only with a service they pay for) is done on company time. Always. I expect them to monitor phones calls and Chattr that are on company time.
Maybe you missed that bit. It's not government forcing anything. The publisher agreed to it. The government made a reasonable request and was willing to compensate the publisher for their trouble, and everything is fine. The 2nd version will be printed and anyone can buy it.
So don't go burn anything. Most of us aren't, either. "WE" are not going to that level. He's an extremist, just like the Muslims that are burning things in protest.
However, WE're also not making laws that would limit freedom of speech, either. We're keeping our sanity and protecting our freedoms.
The 'USB Hack' apparently uses a flaw in the USB driver, so it should be easy for Sony to patch.
But in the mean time, even though Sony 'crushed' the company, there's now an open source version that runs on most Android phones, Nokia n900, and even a TomTom, among others.
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So it can't be updated? Because if it can, this isn't a problem.
Ah yeah, I played both of those. Heh. Simpler times. :)
Which ones do you play now?
I found one that I really, really like, but the company basically drove all the cool people away with price increases and now when I try to play, I just remember the old days.
I'd like to recapture that feeling with a new mud, but all the ones I find are really lame when it comes to combat and things to do.
Just like drunk driving, the real problem is the other people who get hurt. A drunk driver might take out many other people who weren't driving stupidly.
It's still legal to text while riding in a car. You just can't do it while driving.
Power may be unlimited, but scale isn't. Apparently there's a certain distance that Minecraft makes active, so he can't expand the system beyond that distance.
Places like Salary.com rely on the numbers people claim they make. There are many incentives to gaming the system, so it doesn't surprise me that the numbers are high.
As for what to ask, you should ask for what you're worth. That's an intensely personal thing that you have to figure out. It includes education, experience, and how badly you want to get your foot in the door, among other things.
Actually, as either, you -can- make hundreds of dollars per hour. Most don't, though. Discussing what you can make is pointless. Find some statistics about how much the average person makes and that's a lot more meaningful.
That would be true if he reviewed every game that comes out.
It appears he only reviews games that he thinks will be good, so the reviews will tend towards the higher end of the scale.
15 stores in 4 years... That's about 4 jobs per year. 10,000 euros per job. I'm assuming it only takes a few hours, max, to do this, so 10,000 euros in only a few hours.
Yeah, you won't be a millionaire at that pace, but you have a LOT of free time in-between jobs.
I don't know why this is marked troll. This is almost exactly what they did. The only difference is that there were vague promises that they weren't going away forever, and that you'd be able to collect your belongings... Eventually.
"seem to be" is the key world. We are fanatical about our rights. Gun ownership is one of those rights. We (in general) aren't fanatical about gun ownership itself.
As someone else noted, he's only seen a few privately possessed guns. I came from an area with a lot of hunters, so there were a lot of gun owners, but none of them were fanatics. They owned them for hunting and security only, never for trophies. And nobody had more than 1 handgun.
So, all those people who have hacked their 360's to play backups and even put DLC on the drive... Don't actually exist?
Usenet is a protocol, but it has businesses behind it. Twitter is both at this point.
Are you saying they should let their protocol be open and just be a single provider of that protocol? Seems to me they'd definitely hurt in the short run. And that would force them to go even further into the app-making business to stay afloat.
Right, because they can't do the same by holding your family hostage while you paper-vote. (And before you argue with this, what's to stop you from contacting the police after both situations are over?)
There's a billion ways to make that happen and it doesn't require voting at home to do so.
It's hard for left handers because you hold the DS sideways and write on one of the screens. Since you have to write on the right screen, lefties can't see the left screen through their hand.
http://gofanboy.com/nds-reviews/407-art-style-base-10-review
"Couldn't you have just delayed the freakin' game for two weeks if it was that awesome?!?"
No. That would mean changing the dates they need the factories pressing the discs, and changing distribution dates... There's a ton of logistics that go into getting a product from Gold to Sold. Change it by 2 weeks and you incur a LOT of extra expenses.
And don't forget how rabid fans get when you tell them something is delayed at the last minute. Nothing could be so cool to be worth delaying for 2 weeks.
As for charging for DLC that was produced while the game was being produced... They figured out how much content to include and worked on that. Then they also paid some people to work on extra content and are charging extra for that. Just because it was made at the same time doesn't mean it was ever intended to be part of the same product.
When I was in school (highschool and college both) everyone would grown when the teacher said 'open notes' because it meant the test was really, really hard for a change, instead of being things you could just look up.
Prior to highschool, I loved 'open notes' exams because it usually meant the things were in the book, but the teacher didn't think you had time to look them all up and finish the test, too. I'm a super fast reader, so I would look up any answer I wasn't 100% sure on. Which was most of them, since I wouldn't bother studying for those exams.
tl;dr - 'open notes' exams can be good or bad, depending on the attitude of the teacher. Some use it out of laziness, and others use it to make sure students are actually learning.
"He defended the stunt, saying basic freedoms, such as freedom of speech, should not be threatened simply because someone might be offended."
Yet another person doesn't understand freedom of speech.
He's perfectly free to say it. But he has to deal with the consequences. The government isn't saying a word about it. It's his peers and employer that are upset. And he'll face their wrath, as it should be.
Do I think he should be fired? No. What he did was thoughtless and inconsiderate, but it wasn't illegal and it wasn't on behalf of the school.
When I start paying my employer for the privilege of working there, that analogy will be relevant.
Until then, my employer pays ME and using the Chattr service (a service that comes only with a service they pay for) is done on company time. Always. I expect them to monitor phones calls and Chattr that are on company time.
"agreed upon by both parties"
Maybe you missed that bit. It's not government forcing anything. The publisher agreed to it. The government made a reasonable request and was willing to compensate the publisher for their trouble, and everything is fine. The 2nd version will be printed and anyone can buy it.
So don't go burn anything. Most of us aren't, either. "WE" are not going to that level. He's an extremist, just like the Muslims that are burning things in protest.
However, WE're also not making laws that would limit freedom of speech, either. We're keeping our sanity and protecting our freedoms.
Should have gone with the car analogy. Since they were invented here (like the internet) they fit a little better. ;)
The 'USB Hack' apparently uses a flaw in the USB driver, so it should be easy for Sony to patch.
But in the mean time, even though Sony 'crushed' the company, there's now an open source version that runs on most Android phones, Nokia n900, and even a TomTom, among others.
While that technique is really, really cool, I don't move around much while gaming. That means the effect is pretty much lost.