Haha, that's a good one. "Cost effectiveness" means nothing to the police and military in the US. We spend billions of (tax) dollars on unnecessary wars, military technology, and prisons that could be used for other, more productive purposes. For example, perhaps we could find ways to improve the lives of those who are less well off? Crime and "terrorism" generally come from people who are poor and have nothing else, so finding ways to combat poverty might, I don't know, reduce these problems? But that doesn't matter, we must defend Freedom(tm) by incarcerating and killing those who do not play by our rules and laws, however arbitrary they may be.
I know we all heard mountains of FUD where SCO claimed the GPL was not valid and such, but I don't know whether or not they ever formally claimed this in court. Even if they did, the IBM and Novell lawsuits seem to be boiling down to contract violations.
It sounds like no one else commenting actually played GTA3/VC/SA. The engines in those games, while impressive, were buggy as hell. I only bought SA (I played the others a bit), but I was pissed when I kept getting stuck in the ground and mowed down by rival gangs. It was simply impossible to believe that this was the third game made with this engine, yet they still couldn't get collision detection down.
And call me crazy, but I'm totally holding out for a Wii port. Smacking your hoes feels much better when done in a natural motion. Hitting X just doesn't cut it.
In the water market, most of the competition is jockeying to see who gets to control the supply. The book Water Wars explores this, and is really interesting.
I don't know Digg's policy on pulling stories, but I'm pretty sure Time Warner's is a little more strict. Will net neutrality articles get pulled (RoadRunner, Netscape dialup)? How about anti-DRM ones (warner pictures/music/cable, CNN/TBS/TNT/Adult Swim)? I really doubt they'll allow lots of stories that challenge the party line.
"While 3D games are great, classic 2D side-scrollers are beautiful in their own way."
You know what? Fuck you. There have been many 2-D games that are absolute graphical masterpieces compared to whatever bullshit L33t-D00dz-3D pushes out to cash in on the post-Playstation poly whores. If you have to put a qualifier in to try and pidgeonhole something, just leave the discussion. You're not adding anything.
And that's not the only confusing part. I generally thought that modifications to a game were called "mods", not "MODs". The only MODs I have are some old Amiga audio files...
I'm OK with DRM staying around, if it's what the free market decides it can live with.
So you're assuming that we have a free market. What does a free market require? Consumer education, as well as competition between providers. Which, as my previous post points out, do not exist.
Okay, I assert that 1+1=2. Do I need to provide a proof, along with references to work in number theory and other branches of math to back up my proof? And then maybe some philosophers of science, too, to talk about the foundations of math.
So classifying murder is "regulation"? You're trying to argue something completely different than those who you are replying to. Your arguments may be sound, but they fail the test of being relevant.
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Yes, I can see how canned product Foo is of much better quality when purchased online.
That's a nice poem.
Upsets happen. End of story.
4) Have two versions of articles: 'newest' and an 'approved'
Yeah, then people complaining about page Foo will be told "STFU, it's fixed in CVS".
Um, right. So because some people (you) don't like some aspects of the cycle of life, the rest of us must reject it also?
Haha, that's a good one. "Cost effectiveness" means nothing to the police and military in the US. We spend billions of (tax) dollars on unnecessary wars, military technology, and prisons that could be used for other, more productive purposes. For example, perhaps we could find ways to improve the lives of those who are less well off? Crime and "terrorism" generally come from people who are poor and have nothing else, so finding ways to combat poverty might, I don't know, reduce these problems? But that doesn't matter, we must defend Freedom(tm) by incarcerating and killing those who do not play by our rules and laws, however arbitrary they may be.
And just like in the UK, there will be times when the cameras mysteriously "malfunction". The next Rodney King won't be so lucky...
My comment was also making fun of your "logic". But of course your sense of irony is as limited as your grasp of logic.
I know we all heard mountains of FUD where SCO claimed the GPL was not valid and such, but I don't know whether or not they ever formally claimed this in court. Even if they did, the IBM and Novell lawsuits seem to be boiling down to contract violations.
I thought this also.
that is all.
If your reasoning includes "using logic", you are correct.
It sounds like no one else commenting actually played GTA3/VC/SA. The engines in those games, while impressive, were buggy as hell. I only bought SA (I played the others a bit), but I was pissed when I kept getting stuck in the ground and mowed down by rival gangs. It was simply impossible to believe that this was the third game made with this engine, yet they still couldn't get collision detection down.
And call me crazy, but I'm totally holding out for a Wii port. Smacking your hoes feels much better when done in a natural motion. Hitting X just doesn't cut it.
In the water market, most of the competition is jockeying to see who gets to control the supply. The book Water Wars explores this, and is really interesting.
I don't know Digg's policy on pulling stories, but I'm pretty sure Time Warner's is a little more strict. Will net neutrality articles get pulled (RoadRunner, Netscape dialup)? How about anti-DRM ones (warner pictures/music/cable, CNN/TBS/TNT/Adult Swim)? I really doubt they'll allow lots of stories that challenge the party line.
Who controls the US government? Lots of friendly contributors from big businesses and special interests. What's a really big industry? Oil/energy.
You know what? Fuck you. There have been many 2-D games that are absolute graphical masterpieces compared to whatever bullshit L33t-D00dz-3D pushes out to cash in on the post-Playstation poly whores. If you have to put a qualifier in to try and pidgeonhole something, just leave the discussion. You're not adding anything.
And that's not the only confusing part. I generally thought that modifications to a game were called "mods", not "MODs". The only MODs I have are some old Amiga audio files...
Welcome to Science. Unless you're talking about those damn logicians. They never let me win.
Um, have you ever heard of Googlebombing?
The only "rules" in a video game is what the programmers write into it. Other than that, anything goes.
By this logic, it's OK for me to buy a gun and start shooting people, since it is physically possible.
Holy shit, Jack Thompson is just a griefer! Except instead of getting the banhammer, people listen to him :(
I'm not making those assumptions.
Oh OK. Hey wait a minute:
I'm OK with DRM staying around, if it's what the free market decides it can live with.
So you're assuming that we have a free market. What does a free market require? Consumer education, as well as competition between providers. Which, as my previous post points out, do not exist.
Okay, I assert that 1+1=2. Do I need to provide a proof, along with references to work in number theory and other branches of math to back up my proof? And then maybe some philosophers of science, too, to talk about the foundations of math.
So classifying murder is "regulation"? You're trying to argue something completely different than those who you are replying to. Your arguments may be sound, but they fail the test of being relevant.
The average teenager today has more "technology" sitting in their bedroom than their parents would have believed 20 years ago
Why is the phrase "Panem et circenses" coming to mind?