Wow, I didn't realize you've followed me around my whole life and took note of all the people and corporations I've criticized. I say this because that's what you would have to do in order to make the statement you just did.
Even if you had done this, you still wouldn't be able to truthfully say what you just did. I criticize many uses of music and art that I find inappropriate, self-serving, or aesthetically displeasing, and it does not matter what people or groups are involved.
Also, I suggest looking up the definition of sarcasm.
Or, more accurately, millions shivered at Microsoft's shameless use of a song recently featured in a science fiction film, therefore ensuring that the eff-pee-ess d00dz would post comments like this on the Internet.
It's generally never a good idea to shop at places like Wal-Mart. I prefer my local economy be controlled (mostly) by those who live here, not a handful of super-rich people.
The real reason that Sony built this into the PS3 was to avoid import tariffs. Their claim is that since you can run Linux (or whatever), the machine is technically a "computer". Of course, it's a sham: the "Other OS" feature is a virtualized environment that will (no doubt) be clamped down to a bare minimum of usefulness.
There is a bright side, however. If various governments (perhaps EU- or Nordic-types) get annoyed at these shenanigans, it could spur legislation that defines a computer as a computing device where the user has total documentation and control over the hardware. This would be a huge win for Free Software. I realize it's not likely, but it's a scenario we should work towards.
This is a huge logical fallacy. Why? The "free market" you speak of does not exist. The anti-regulation loons scream about this at every chance they get, however their dogma is so far divorced from reality that it's almost funny, if it weren't so scary.
The truth of the matter here is that no matter what laws or lack of laws, nor government or lack of government, the "market" will always be corrupted. Be it by poorly-designed regulations, or greedy and corrupt people, or any number of other realities, the laboratory-pure fantasy of the "Free Market(tm)" will always become warped and skewed.
This is incorrect. The Libertarian(tm)(r) response is to repeal all environmental protection laws, as they hold back The Market from working correctly.
Like Scott Adams says, give Bill a decade or so of charity work, and his popular image will look pretty voteworthy. A chilling thought.
See also John Rockefeller (three grandsons became major politicians) and Michael Bloomberg. Also, since this thread is empirical proof that religion (more specifically Christianity) is pure evil, here's a relevant quote:
He sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them, "Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the other contributors to the treasury. For they have all contributed from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has contributed all she had, her whole livelihood."
I'm claiming that what's being stored at memory address 0x0F45CD is "a work protected under this title."
I'm not so sure this is true. Even assuming that it is, your claim of anti-circumvention requires that there be something in place to prevent things like WoW Glider from working. This is where I'm pretty sure there's no way to prove your claim. You say that the Lua system counts for this, however the Lua system does not have any mechanism to prevent people simply peeking and poking memory addresses (which is what I assume the program does).
What the fuck are you talking about? There is no such thing as a keyboard "standard", unless you're referring to whatever layout happens to be the de facto standard in a particular area. You make it sound like every country has a Keyboard Bureacracy that issues arbitrary decisions on what their keyboards should look like.
They could get him under Section 1201 (a); "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
The game's Lua subsystem allows for macroing and automation of game elements, but also disallows access to the automation of a number of other elements of the game as well. As such, WoWGlider circumvents the Lua subsystem's prohibition of access to said game elements (such as commands allowing automation of movement and so on)
So you're claiming that memory address 0x0F45CD is "a work protected under this title"? Good luck with that...
Also, way to throw in a big non-sequitur at the end there. Don't let those evil Free Software zealots poison your mind, because anyone who defines freedom differently than you is an evil anti-market pink commie.
Unfortunately, there's no driver for the graphics card. If one never surfaces, just hope and pray that you can somehow wrangle those SPEs into doing all that video decoding.
Obviously, dynamic content has problems associated with it. However, it doesn't appear that you actually thought through the issues you raised very much. For example:
"Stormwind gets completely overrun by the Horde"... "How do you drop off quests there?"... "suddenly it's a one-faction game."
Here, it appears that you are taking "WoW's current rules" and changing one rule only, that of territory ownership. This is a completely unreasonable scenario, as such a fundamental change in the game would require other changes to be made as well. For example, an idea (and it is just an idea) would be to allow people to become traitors to their faction. Also:
I'd like it if... the mine is actually cleared out when you next go there. But that then means that nobody else can then clear out that mine.
Several things could solve this. Instanced dungeons. Better storyline writing.
Neat strategy -- but your ebay account won't do too well.
It's not that hard to sign up for a dummy ebay account. All the hardc0re gam3rz who are bitter that they didn't get/can't afford a PS3 have lots of time on their hands anyway, and trolling ebay with fake bids is probably as satisfying to them as yelling epithets over Xbox Live.
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Another game kind of like this is A Tale in the Desert. However it has pretty much no combat at all, instead the goal is to complete progressively more complex "tests" in different disciplines, such as Architecture or Leadership. The interesting thing is that the more advanced tests often require groups of people to work together, forcing social interaction (and increasing complexity; see also: drama). Players can also create new laws in-game, which is kind of interesting.
WoW is the best MMO out there right now. It's also *arguably* the best ever.
I would argue that WoW is the most well-implemented MMO out there right now. The problem is not the quality of the implementation, but the underlying algorithms that govern gameplay. This is where I lose interest: the game does not really take advantage of the possibilities presented by an MMO. The game world is almost completely static. Sure, it's a well-made static online world, but that doesn't take away from the fact that nearly everything in the game is set in stone.
If you make it more possible for people to "Leave Their Mark" you are, in the process, going to create a lot of users who fail to make their mark and are frustrated.
You'll also have a lot of users who leave their mark by creating giant penis statues. Enjoy.
EA buying Blizzard? Uhh, way to go on your research, bud: Blizz is owned by Vivendi SA. In terms of revenue and employees, Vivendi is like five times larger than EA; Activision is about half the size of EA.
But yeah, I'm sure Vivendi's looking to sell off this cash cow reeeal soon.
These commercials are all pretty creepy. Definitely not something makes me want to buy it.
You might not be the target market, then. We nerds on the Internet often forget that not everyone thinks like nerds on the Internet. One of the reasons the Playstation was successful (in the US) was that Sony did a good job of capturing the MTV- and pro sports-watching crowds. They did this by making offbeat, weird ads that often had little to do with the game they were advertising. These ads just continue that tradition.
The bigger issue here is how advertising is becoming much less about the actual product, and more about a "brand" or "experience". Of couse, this type of thing (appealing to emotion) has been going on for years, but it still baffles me as to why people fall for it.
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Wow, I didn't realize you've followed me around my whole life and took note of all the people and corporations I've criticized. I say this because that's what you would have to do in order to make the statement you just did.
Even if you had done this, you still wouldn't be able to truthfully say what you just did. I criticize many uses of music and art that I find inappropriate, self-serving, or aesthetically displeasing, and it does not matter what people or groups are involved.
Also, I suggest looking up the definition of sarcasm.
The article you linked to is about the PS2. That court decision has nothing to do with the PS3.
And don't even bother saying "they're the same thing", unless you're a lawyer and/or can produce an argument that wouldn't get laughed out of court.
Hahaha, right. I didn't say I preferred shopping at Gamestop, dipshit.
Or, more accurately, millions shivered at Microsoft's shameless use of a song recently featured in a science fiction film, therefore ensuring that the eff-pee-ess d00dz would post comments like this on the Internet.
It's generally never a good idea to shop at places like Wal-Mart. I prefer my local economy be controlled (mostly) by those who live here, not a handful of super-rich people.
The real reason that Sony built this into the PS3 was to avoid import tariffs. Their claim is that since you can run Linux (or whatever), the machine is technically a "computer". Of course, it's a sham: the "Other OS" feature is a virtualized environment that will (no doubt) be clamped down to a bare minimum of usefulness.
There is a bright side, however. If various governments (perhaps EU- or Nordic-types) get annoyed at these shenanigans, it could spur legislation that defines a computer as a computing device where the user has total documentation and control over the hardware. This would be a huge win for Free Software. I realize it's not likely, but it's a scenario we should work towards.
Have you ever been in a university library? Half the patrons are scruffy, bearded, belligerant and with backpacks.
I dunno about the OP, but I know I am.
assault on the free market
This is a huge logical fallacy. Why? The "free market" you speak of does not exist. The anti-regulation loons scream about this at every chance they get, however their dogma is so far divorced from reality that it's almost funny, if it weren't so scary.
The truth of the matter here is that no matter what laws or lack of laws, nor government or lack of government, the "market" will always be corrupted. Be it by poorly-designed regulations, or greedy and corrupt people, or any number of other realities, the laboratory-pure fantasy of the "Free Market(tm)" will always become warped and skewed.
This is incorrect. The Libertarian(tm)(r) response is to repeal all environmental protection laws, as they hold back The Market from working correctly.
See also John Rockefeller (three grandsons became major politicians) and Michael Bloomberg. Also, since this thread is empirical proof that religion (more specifically Christianity) is pure evil, here's a relevant quote:
(Mark 12:41-44)
I'm claiming that what's being stored at memory address 0x0F45CD is "a work protected under this title."
I'm not so sure this is true. Even assuming that it is, your claim of anti-circumvention requires that there be something in place to prevent things like WoW Glider from working. This is where I'm pretty sure there's no way to prove your claim. You say that the Lua system counts for this, however the Lua system does not have any mechanism to prevent people simply peeking and poking memory addresses (which is what I assume the program does).
What the fuck are you talking about? There is no such thing as a keyboard "standard", unless you're referring to whatever layout happens to be the de facto standard in a particular area. You make it sound like every country has a Keyboard Bureacracy that issues arbitrary decisions on what their keyboards should look like.
Your arguments are pretty hilarious, dude.
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They could get him under Section 1201 (a); "No person shall circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title."
The game's Lua subsystem allows for macroing and automation of game elements, but also disallows access to the automation of a number of other elements of the game as well. As such, WoWGlider circumvents the Lua subsystem's prohibition of access to said game elements (such as commands allowing automation of movement and so on)
So you're claiming that memory address 0x0F45CD is "a work protected under this title"? Good luck with that.
Also, way to throw in a big non-sequitur at the end there. Don't let those evil Free Software zealots poison your mind, because anyone who defines freedom differently than you is an evil anti-market pink commie.
Unfortunately, there's no driver for the graphics card. If one never surfaces, just hope and pray that you can somehow wrangle those SPEs into doing all that video decoding.
Obviously, dynamic content has problems associated with it. However, it doesn't appear that you actually thought through the issues you raised very much. For example:
... "How do you drop off quests there?" ... "suddenly it's a one-faction game."
... the mine is actually cleared out when you next go there. But that then means that nobody else can then clear out that mine.
"Stormwind gets completely overrun by the Horde"
Here, it appears that you are taking "WoW's current rules" and changing one rule only, that of territory ownership. This is a completely unreasonable scenario, as such a fundamental change in the game would require other changes to be made as well. For example, an idea (and it is just an idea) would be to allow people to become traitors to their faction. Also:
I'd like it if
Several things could solve this. Instanced dungeons. Better storyline writing.
In Beijing you have the conservatives and the hard-line conservatives duking it out for control.
Sounds a lot like Washington, D.C.
Neat strategy -- but your ebay account won't do too well.
It's not that hard to sign up for a dummy ebay account. All the hardc0re gam3rz who are bitter that they didn't get/can't afford a PS3 have lots of time on their hands anyway, and trolling ebay with fake bids is probably as satisfying to them as yelling epithets over Xbox Live.
Another game kind of like this is A Tale in the Desert. However it has pretty much no combat at all, instead the goal is to complete progressively more complex "tests" in different disciplines, such as Architecture or Leadership. The interesting thing is that the more advanced tests often require groups of people to work together, forcing social interaction (and increasing complexity; see also: drama). Players can also create new laws in-game, which is kind of interesting.
WoW is the best MMO out there right now. It's also *arguably* the best ever.
I would argue that WoW is the most well-implemented MMO out there right now. The problem is not the quality of the implementation, but the underlying algorithms that govern gameplay. This is where I lose interest: the game does not really take advantage of the possibilities presented by an MMO. The game world is almost completely static. Sure, it's a well-made static online world, but that doesn't take away from the fact that nearly everything in the game is set in stone.
If you make it more possible for people to "Leave Their Mark" you are, in the process, going to create a lot of users who fail to make their mark and are frustrated.
You'll also have a lot of users who leave their mark by creating giant penis statues. Enjoy.
EA buying Blizzard? Uhh, way to go on your research, bud: Blizz is owned by Vivendi SA. In terms of revenue and employees, Vivendi is like five times larger than EA; Activision is about half the size of EA.
But yeah, I'm sure Vivendi's looking to sell off this cash cow reeeal soon.
These commercials are all pretty creepy. Definitely not something makes me want to buy it.
You might not be the target market, then. We nerds on the Internet often forget that not everyone thinks like nerds on the Internet. One of the reasons the Playstation was successful (in the US) was that Sony did a good job of capturing the MTV- and pro sports-watching crowds. They did this by making offbeat, weird ads that often had little to do with the game they were advertising. These ads just continue that tradition.
The bigger issue here is how advertising is becoming much less about the actual product, and more about a "brand" or "experience". Of couse, this type of thing (appealing to emotion) has been going on for years, but it still baffles me as to why people fall for it.
Well put, sir. However, you raise an important question: what type of pixel shaders does one use to make a naked body appear "petrified"?
Such things cannot be answered by us mortals; we must pray the trolls can shed some light on these fundamental questions.
You can make more money selling polygonal sex toys for $OBSCURE_FETISH in SL than you'll ever make farming WoW.
The question is can you justify spending $500/$600 for 1 good game?
All the h4rdc0re PC gamer d00dz do.