One day you will look back on this and realise what we have done here is right, you will thank the rulers of the internet, we are not harming you but saving you.
Sooo... moved from self-appointed guardians of the masses to self-appointed rulers of the internet eh?
In that case..I declare myself Ruler of Australia! No, wait, Ruler of the World! One day you'll thank me for it!
I'm in exactly the same situation. Steam games are bearable, they do work offline. And besides the 'train' scenario, there are many other times where having broadband speed internet - or for that matter ANY internet access - isn't possible. Having an 'always required to be connected' requirement cuts my available gaming time to just a few hours in the evening, and other commitments whittle that away to almost non existant. And as much as I was looking forward to this coming out, I won'e be buying it either now.
I still have my Vic 20, boxed, and a boxed ZX Spectrum. My eldest son actually requested that I set up the Atari 2600 last weekend - but I cheated and set up the 7800 instead.
No no..it was going to be passed into law, was defeated, so it is now a voluntary program that has been taken up by the two largest ISP's who also have probably the worst service. The 3rd largest ISP has flatly refused to participate as have a number of others. So I suppose the general unsuspecting mum and dad who want to protect their precious little ones will be lured in by the promise of wholesome cleanliness and no filth to defile the eyes of their little darlings (which ironically, are probably much more tech savvy than their parents and can bypass the filtering anyway).
And no not as a rule, from what I understand, it's a lot less 'prudish' here in general than much of the USA, more T & A on free to air TV and the like. That's my own observation anyway.
It's voluntary, it never made it through Parliament, and I'd guess the largest 2 ISP's who also happen to be the largest phone providers are doing this to differentiate themselves from the 'filth pedalling' smaller ISP's, and can use it as a selling point. Their service sucks balls, so they can cry 'Think of the Children!! We will protect you from that filth!' rather than sell their product on actual service levels. As for the elected pearl-clutching church ladies (which BTW yes, they are)..politicians lie (see Carbon Tax that will never be implemented by our current PM yet the pricing is being announced on Sunday) and honestly, they are all pretty interchangeable with each other, regardless of the party they belong to.
Really??? So have I!! And friends and relatives. All you need to do is provide some credit card details, and bam! your machine is instantly remotely cleaned up. It's good to see MS taking such a proactive stance.
It doesn't have to even make it to production. Its just another patent in Apples portfolio, for future exploitation and/or patent trolling and lawsuits.
I agree. Which makes counting clicks somewhat..useless, unless it is used as part of an overall strategy, and not just counting for the sake of it. The ATO could of course just be looking at new and creative ways of spending the revenue they gouge out of us.
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More and Cheaper != good
Just out of curiosity...where are these communities of which you speak? Purely out of..ermm..scientific interest...
Like my Rollexx, and all the Panatronic and Sonny products
Sooo... moved from self-appointed guardians of the masses to self-appointed rulers of the internet eh? In that case..I declare myself Ruler of Australia! No, wait, Ruler of the World! One day you'll thank me for it!
I'm in exactly the same situation. Steam games are bearable, they do work offline. And besides the 'train' scenario, there are many other times where having broadband speed internet - or for that matter ANY internet access - isn't possible. Having an 'always required to be connected' requirement cuts my available gaming time to just a few hours in the evening, and other commitments whittle that away to almost non existant. And as much as I was looking forward to this coming out, I won'e be buying it either now.
Skyfox...Deathlord... (C64)
I still have my Vic 20, boxed, and a boxed ZX Spectrum. My eldest son actually requested that I set up the Atari 2600 last weekend - but I cheated and set up the 7800 instead.
Of course, they need the quarters for their laundry
Wake me when there's 3D tv without the glasses. Until then, it seems to me just as much as a fad as the red and blue '3d' effects in kids books.
Mod +5 I Agree Wholeheartedly...
No no..it was going to be passed into law, was defeated, so it is now a voluntary program that has been taken up by the two largest ISP's who also have probably the worst service. The 3rd largest ISP has flatly refused to participate as have a number of others. So I suppose the general unsuspecting mum and dad who want to protect their precious little ones will be lured in by the promise of wholesome cleanliness and no filth to defile the eyes of their little darlings (which ironically, are probably much more tech savvy than their parents and can bypass the filtering anyway). And no not as a rule, from what I understand, it's a lot less 'prudish' here in general than much of the USA, more T & A on free to air TV and the like. That's my own observation anyway.
It's voluntary, it never made it through Parliament, and I'd guess the largest 2 ISP's who also happen to be the largest phone providers are doing this to differentiate themselves from the 'filth pedalling' smaller ISP's, and can use it as a selling point. Their service sucks balls, so they can cry 'Think of the Children!! We will protect you from that filth!' rather than sell their product on actual service levels. As for the elected pearl-clutching church ladies (which BTW yes, they are)..politicians lie (see Carbon Tax that will never be implemented by our current PM yet the pricing is being announced on Sunday) and honestly, they are all pretty interchangeable with each other, regardless of the party they belong to.
Hand over the responsibility of looking after your data to another party, you lose control of it.
You can't really explain goatse. You can only direct someone to behold it with their own eyes for them to fully understand.
Interesting..My bank is marked down because it supports both patched and unpatched. Really, there's no need to support the unpatched one.
Puts whole new slant on 'Root Canal'. Drilling from the bottom (ha!) up..
Stamped the back of their hands then checked that they had the stamp before letting them back in?
I pity whoever has to catch them, then put those rings around their little legs
Really??? So have I!! And friends and relatives. All you need to do is provide some credit card details, and bam! your machine is instantly remotely cleaned up. It's good to see MS taking such a proactive stance.
Elmo on Katy Perrry's front was just...awesome
Same, unfortunately the alarm time is frequently unreliable, and way, way too early
It doesn't have to even make it to production. Its just another patent in Apples portfolio, for future exploitation and/or patent trolling and lawsuits.
Didn't Dr. Evil plan to use a giant moon-based laser? If I remember correctly, developed by a Dr. A. Parosns?
I agree. Which makes counting clicks somewhat..useless, unless it is used as part of an overall strategy, and not just counting for the sake of it. The ATO could of course just be looking at new and creative ways of spending the revenue they gouge out of us.
I want Eric Estrada's hair. It is a thing of beauty.