Well with the number of people playing the game and the availability of official forums for people to have their verbal diarrhea on it's no surprise. I will say though having the world event spill out into areas where people who potentially don't even have the higher level characters capable of taking advantage of the new stuff in the expansion is just going to tick them off for really nothing in return can get irritating. There's nothing dumber than getting ganked by a level 70 zombie in the Crossroads of all places.
Adds for a Pepsi in WoW. No fucking way. It ruins the meme. However, I seem to remember hearing about some ads that were recognizable, but adapted to fit the game. For a similar situation, how about the "Burger King" medieval meals, or Starbucks in the second Shrek movie, par example. I thought those added to the humor of the movie.
Heck it doesn't even have to be a traditional ad. Remember the/pizza command in Everquest 2? That's killer advertising because it appeals to anybody who's too lazy to alt-tab out and go to Pizza Hut's website. What if Apple and Blizzard put their heads together and built an iTunes interface for World Of Warcraft? What if it let you broadcast a "Now Playing: [United Abominations]" message in party chat (one that could be disabled, mind you) that had the song title linked so others could view track info, and possibly follow a link purchase it on iTunes? Then you wouldn't have to plaster an ad on the side of the zeppelin heading to Northrend or something clearly out of character with the game environment.
Probably because the EeePC was so terribly unclean that he didn't dare sully himself with it. At least he didn't try to return the gift too while he was at it, I suppose being a crazy old man is preferable to being a crazy old douchenozzle.
Yeah, but half the fun of obtaining porn at the age of 13 is doing it behind your parents' backs. Getting it in your Christmas stocking takes the fun out of it!
It will indeed be interesting to see how it plays out in court, if the issue reaches that point. I find it interesting that AOL said virtually the same thing as Sprint is saying now - they were approached by Cogent to run a peering trial, and when they didn't like the in/out balance of traffic, they pulled the plug. The end result is that each party goes back to its customer base and blames the other for the resultant connectivity problems. So either it's like you said and the "cartel" of ISPs are blackballing Cogent, or Cogent is using its position as the upstart competitor to shame the big boys into lowering their prices. Or both, who knows.
If Sony is pushing the PSN as the delivery platform for these indie games, I'm sure the games will still have to pass a sniff test to verify that they are at least technically sound, not blatant copyright infringements, and not a repeat of the "I Am Rich" app for the iPhone before they're posted. Somehow I doubt, and perhaps I'm being overly optimistic about it, that there will be much more than a blip in the signal/noise ratio.
There's nothing special about their blood or some "mandate from the heavens" garbage.
There is historically. The "'mandate from the heavens' garbage" is what solidified early governments and got us (well, most of us) out of living in holes in the ground - because they were in a position to be able to institute public works, consolidate languages, and so on. But yeah, now, not so much. The smart ones have since redistributed the power of their monarchy to elected officials.
It takes one to know one, so even though his system is down frequently because of "too many Tweets" at least he knows a borked system when he sees one!
Now if they charged $1 per GB, the 'power users' would have a normal price, but the greedy telcos would never allow people to pay just $5 a month, now would they?
Of course not. You'd have your access fees, universal service charges, mandatory CPE insurance charges, etc etc etc
But I refer to 4guysfromrolla.com for.NET stuff. They have a lot of very good information on how to accomplish various tasks and everything is presented with "real world"-type examples which imo are better than what MSDN has to offer. If you're looking for a straight reference guide though, MSDN is what you want.
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Didn't realize that gamers were into Dickens.
Why? "Gamers" encompasses more than frat boys playing Call of Duty 4.
Well with the number of people playing the game and the availability of official forums for people to have their verbal diarrhea on it's no surprise. I will say though having the world event spill out into areas where people who potentially don't even have the higher level characters capable of taking advantage of the new stuff in the expansion is just going to tick them off for really nothing in return can get irritating. There's nothing dumber than getting ganked by a level 70 zombie in the Crossroads of all places.
The only way it could have been made more perfect would be if you didn't have to dial a 900 number to get to the GP's mom!
Adds for a Pepsi in WoW. No fucking way. It ruins the meme. However, I seem to remember hearing about some ads that were recognizable, but adapted to fit the game. For a similar situation, how about the "Burger King" medieval meals, or Starbucks in the second Shrek movie, par example. I thought those added to the humor of the movie.
/pizza command in Everquest 2? That's killer advertising because it appeals to anybody who's too lazy to alt-tab out and go to Pizza Hut's website. What if Apple and Blizzard put their heads together and built an iTunes interface for World Of Warcraft? What if it let you broadcast a "Now Playing: [United Abominations]" message in party chat (one that could be disabled, mind you) that had the song title linked so others could view track info, and possibly follow a link purchase it on iTunes? Then you wouldn't have to plaster an ad on the side of the zeppelin heading to Northrend or something clearly out of character with the game environment.
Heck it doesn't even have to be a traditional ad. Remember the
Probably because the EeePC was so terribly unclean that he didn't dare sully himself with it. At least he didn't try to return the gift too while he was at it, I suppose being a crazy old man is preferable to being a crazy old douchenozzle.
That depends, are we talking new Metallica or old Metallica?
Probably none, unless the retail price drops as a result and you happen to be in the market for a new {item_containing_LCD_screen}.
Not even porn starring senior citizens?!
And it will look very aged come 2020 or 2030.
And we'll all say, "Dammit boy, when I was your age all we had were touchscreens, and WE LIKED THEM!"
Yeah, but half the fun of obtaining porn at the age of 13 is doing it behind your parents' backs. Getting it in your Christmas stocking takes the fun out of it!
Exactly. If these folks don't know how to value your continued employment, let them see what happens when you're not there for a few weeks.
It will indeed be interesting to see how it plays out in court, if the issue reaches that point. I find it interesting that AOL said virtually the same thing as Sprint is saying now - they were approached by Cogent to run a peering trial, and when they didn't like the in/out balance of traffic, they pulled the plug. The end result is that each party goes back to its customer base and blames the other for the resultant connectivity problems. So either it's like you said and the "cartel" of ISPs are blackballing Cogent, or Cogent is using its position as the upstart competitor to shame the big boys into lowering their prices. Or both, who knows.
For those too young to remember games older than Halo...
Get offa my lawn!
If Sony is pushing the PSN as the delivery platform for these indie games, I'm sure the games will still have to pass a sniff test to verify that they are at least technically sound, not blatant copyright infringements, and not a repeat of the "I Am Rich" app for the iPhone before they're posted. Somehow I doubt, and perhaps I'm being overly optimistic about it, that there will be much more than a blip in the signal/noise ratio.
There's nothing special about their blood or some "mandate from the heavens" garbage.
There is historically. The "'mandate from the heavens' garbage" is what solidified early governments and got us (well, most of us) out of living in holes in the ground - because they were in a position to be able to institute public works, consolidate languages, and so on. But yeah, now, not so much. The smart ones have since redistributed the power of their monarchy to elected officials.
It takes one to know one, so even though his system is down frequently because of "too many Tweets" at least he knows a borked system when he sees one!
Not only did you not RTFA, you also didn't read the eleventy-seven comments on this thread all saying there is a SLA for paid Gmail hosting. Congrats.
What about the baseball team? Oh, wait.
/isn't bitter
//screw you, Peter Angelos!
Not that it'll ever get any, of course...
When has anybody considered the National Inquirer to be professional journalism?!
Yes, but it will only run on Internet Explorer 9.
Most /. articles that start with Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes... end up that way. You can always choose not to read them.
Now if they charged $1 per GB, the 'power users' would have a normal price, but the greedy telcos would never allow people to pay just $5 a month, now would they?
Of course not. You'd have your access fees, universal service charges, mandatory CPE insurance charges, etc etc etc
But I refer to 4guysfromrolla.com for .NET stuff. They have a lot of very good information on how to accomplish various tasks and everything is presented with "real world"-type examples which imo are better than what MSDN has to offer. If you're looking for a straight reference guide though, MSDN is what you want.
IWonderWhatICanStealFromMyPreviousEmployerWithoutBeingCaught?