I got a feeling metro may be on to something just a bit early (hang with me a seco, I know I am giving M$ credit, it doesnt happen often. But I got a feeling metro might be a good option when the touch screen monitor for desktop and laptop becomes the norm. I am currently looking to find such a monitor for my next build and while there still is limited use at this time, I think metro would be better in some ways for that.
having said there, there is zero good reason to disable the "classic" option they have had from the very start.
Just for argument sake. Of those pirated copies, how many people may have never heard of the game if they couldnt play it for free? And of those, how many will buy the game in the future or a future release based on their experience? I am not saying it is right but I would wager at least a handful of people become fans of a company due to initial piracy. I am sure you have people to try and figure out those kinds of numbers better than my speculation (pulling numbers out of my ass)
I understand your argument, I really do. however I dont understand any good reason to disable to single player mode from d2 (which the char was not able to play on battlenet, and therefore not able to access the "real money" market activision set up (in convinced this is an activision move, and not something blizzard would have done prior to being bought up) I simply disagree with the way the game was handled. Hell I pre ordered, pre downloaded, and still couldnt play for 2 days after it was "released" all because of server issues. If that the the route all games are going to go.. i guess I am not a gamer any longer. Thats just me, but I will not deal with that, Ill keep playing super mario world and D2 and be happy.
really??? thats your argument? From my point of view as a D player since D1, STILL play d2, and gave up on d3, i am sick of the people who claim that "d3 is a multiplayer game" maybe by marketing, but not by gameplay. it is NO DIFFERENT than d2, in gameplay that it should require me to check in with them if i want to play by myself. and on top of that, they wouldnt even work with me on a refund, when I had issues 3 weeks after launch because I pre ordered it, and therefore it was more than 30 days out of date, eventhough i only had the game for aweek less than 30 days.
I pre ordered the game. I know I dont have 24/7 access so my results may be different than others however. I have been able to play no more than 35% of the times I have attempted to.. I have had to redownload the.... almost 8 gig file 8 different times because it does not seem to understand the "forced update" every other day they push. I simply want to play by myself, which I cannot do without "checking in with mommy" and that is when it lets me connect. I assume (hope) I am in the minority here, but either way, I asked for a refund about 3 weeks after the game was released... however because I pre-ordered, I was unable to get a refund because i "bought the game more than 30 days aggo" even though it was unplayable until 20 days ago in my case. I was one of the biggest supporters of the blizz, and I had a feeling things would go bad with activision buying the place out (which I got a feeling from the 10 or so techs I talked to trying to fix my problem is the feeling in the office..off the record of course..) but I dont think I can buy another blizz game after the way I feel i have been screwed here. Time to find a new dungeon crawler.
you are only thinking in one term. why does there have to be a one size fits all scheme? time warner already sells 3 or 4 tiers at different speed rates from 5-1 to 75-30. If those people who only want to use email and news readers, they can gladly save money by using a lower tier. if they need to chage people like me a few bucks more to cover them paying less, also a fair trade.
If they cant handle it, they should stop selling it. As far as I am concerned, I pay for unlimited bandwidth at 50 down 25 up. If I want to upload all 25 and download all 50 24/7/365, that is what I payed for.
You dont go to an all you can eat buffet and have 1 burger and fries right?? unlimited should be unlimited
its for the customers in the waiting room, i find it easier to stream from my phone (plus write it off as a busness expense) than to buy a sub for the office
I really wish that were true by me. My radio shacks (within a 20 mile radius) have cell phones, HP laptops and 2 year old desktops, and 10 year old RC cars
no joke, i wanted a sound card I like the old sound blaster+ i bought there around 08,payed 200 at the time. had an XLR port, 2 1/4 inch mic inputs and like 8 other inputer i dont care about. They had tablets, all in 1 PCs a section dedicated to apple. but all the hardware i used to buy, they dont offer, although they did try and convince me that "building your own is over, and its cheeper to buy an all in one" I just had to laugh (similar to the way radioshack used to have transistors but now they just have phones)
dead serious, I have a 100$ best buy card.. Ive had it for 2 years.
today i spent over an hour in my local best buy trying to find something for under 500$ to buy and i simply could not do it. 5-8 years ago, best buy was "the place" to be for a retail store. today, I have free money and cant buy something.
Exactly. On top of all of that, you can still keep your unlimited plan regardless of phone (you may need to go up the ladder a bit) with any used or full price phone. so while the days of paying 50-100 bucks, or free are over for me, however it will be a cold day in hell before I give up my unlimited, I avg around 10 gig a month (streaming pandora or netflix while working)
Let me take it a step further, you can say that it "led to" it happening. person A bought XX legally at location A and committed a crime. B
I think the next question to that point should not be, if he did not have XX would he have killed as many people anyway ( my contention is that he would) but that could he have still gotten XX, if the proponents of outlawing XX got their way. That is the next question I would ask. I contend that if they outlaw XX only criminals will have XX and would not have stopped crime B.
That would be a logical starting place however my contention is that we cannot conclude that policy A "led to" action B when policy A is whatever group C needs action B to accomplish. When in reality it was criminal D who is the only one to blame, group C and E ignore criminal D and attack, or support policy A.
example I bet he owned a computer. the computer made him do it, thats it we need to ban computers.
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I got a feeling metro may be on to something just a bit early (hang with me a seco, I know I am giving M$ credit, it doesnt happen often. But I got a feeling metro might be a good option when the touch screen monitor for desktop and laptop becomes the norm. I am currently looking to find such a monitor for my next build and while there still is limited use at this time, I think metro would be better in some ways for that.
having said there, there is zero good reason to disable the "classic" option they have had from the very start.
It isnt the TSA stopping them, It is my pet rock. Ever since I got it, no more airplanes into buildings!
I pre ordered it for the extra goodies you get by pre ordering, it was the digital download.
Just for argument sake. Of those pirated copies, how many people may have never heard of the game if they couldnt play it for free? And of those, how many will buy the game in the future or a future release based on their experience? I am not saying it is right but I would wager at least a handful of people become fans of a company due to initial piracy. I am sure you have people to try and figure out those kinds of numbers better than my speculation (pulling numbers out of my ass)
I understand your argument, I really do. however I dont understand any good reason to disable to single player mode from d2 (which the char was not able to play on battlenet, and therefore not able to access the "real money" market activision set up (in convinced this is an activision move, and not something blizzard would have done prior to being bought up) I simply disagree with the way the game was handled. Hell I pre ordered, pre downloaded, and still couldnt play for 2 days after it was "released" all because of server issues. If that the the route all games are going to go.. i guess I am not a gamer any longer. Thats just me, but I will not deal with that, Ill keep playing super mario world and D2 and be happy.
really??? thats your argument? From my point of view as a D player since D1, STILL play d2, and gave up on d3, i am sick of the people who claim that "d3 is a multiplayer game" maybe by marketing, but not by gameplay. it is NO DIFFERENT than d2, in gameplay that it should require me to check in with them if i want to play by myself. and on top of that, they wouldnt even work with me on a refund, when I had issues 3 weeks after launch because I pre ordered it, and therefore it was more than 30 days out of date, eventhough i only had the game for aweek less than 30 days.
I pre ordered the game. I know I dont have 24/7 access so my results may be different than others however. I have been able to play no more than 35% of the times I have attempted to.. I have had to redownload the.... almost 8 gig file 8 different times because it does not seem to understand the "forced update" every other day they push. I simply want to play by myself, which I cannot do without "checking in with mommy" and that is when it lets me connect. I assume (hope) I am in the minority here, but either way, I asked for a refund about 3 weeks after the game was released... however because I pre-ordered, I was unable to get a refund because i "bought the game more than 30 days aggo" even though it was unplayable until 20 days ago in my case. I was one of the biggest supporters of the blizz, and I had a feeling things would go bad with activision buying the place out (which I got a feeling from the 10 or so techs I talked to trying to fix my problem is the feeling in the office..off the record of course..) but I dont think I can buy another blizz game after the way I feel i have been screwed here. Time to find a new dungeon crawler.
If they got my passwords now, I dont care. After the hassles i have had with D3 from day 1 I dont even care anymore,
if that is the case, stop labeling it "unlimited" and be honest, if not, leave me the hell alone for for using what I payed for
you are only thinking in one term. why does there have to be a one size fits all scheme? time warner already sells 3 or 4 tiers at different speed rates from 5-1 to 75-30. If those people who only want to use email and news readers, they can gladly save money by using a lower tier. if they need to chage people like me a few bucks more to cover them paying less, also a fair trade.
that Is my point, if they dont want me using the service they sold me, they should not sell me that package and do something that does work
If they cant handle it, they should stop selling it. As far as I am concerned, I pay for unlimited bandwidth at 50 down 25 up. If I want to upload all 25 and download all 50 24/7/365, that is what I payed for.
You dont go to an all you can eat buffet and have 1 burger and fries right?? unlimited should be unlimited
its for the customers in the waiting room, i find it easier to stream from my phone (plus write it off as a busness expense) than to buy a sub for the office
well, one was, but SCO was on the receiving end
when did the US start doing that? last I checked our broadband is pitiful compared to other countries.
I checked, this one does not have any fees thankfully
never bought anything from itunes, probably never will. Just my preference but for others thats not a horrible idea
I really wish that were true by me. My radio shacks (within a 20 mile radius) have cell phones, HP laptops and 2 year old desktops, and 10 year old RC cars
no joke, i wanted a sound card I like the old sound blaster+ i bought there around 08,payed 200 at the time. had an XLR port, 2 1/4 inch mic inputs and like 8 other inputer i dont care about. They had tablets, all in 1 PCs a section dedicated to apple. but all the hardware i used to buy, they dont offer, although they did try and convince me that "building your own is over, and its cheeper to buy an all in one" I just had to laugh (similar to the way radioshack used to have transistors but now they just have phones)
dead serious, I have a 100$ best buy card.. Ive had it for 2 years.
today i spent over an hour in my local best buy trying to find something for under 500$ to buy and i simply could not do it. 5-8 years ago, best buy was "the place" to be for a retail store. today, I have free money and cant buy something.
Exactly. On top of all of that, you can still keep your unlimited plan regardless of phone (you may need to go up the ladder a bit) with any used or full price phone. so while the days of paying 50-100 bucks, or free are over for me, however it will be a cold day in hell before I give up my unlimited, I avg around 10 gig a month (streaming pandora or netflix while working)
we seem to be doing well.
Let me take it a step further, you can say that it "led to" it happening. person A bought XX legally at location A and committed a crime. B
I think the next question to that point should not be, if he did not have XX would he have killed as many people anyway ( my contention is that he would) but that could he have still gotten XX, if the proponents of outlawing XX got their way. That is the next question I would ask. I contend that if they outlaw XX only criminals will have XX and would not have stopped crime B.
I do not believe that to be entirely true
the 4g band cant have restrictions thanks to google, so while I can see them charging in 3g in 4g it should not be an issue from my understanding
That would be a logical starting place however my contention is that we cannot conclude that policy A "led to" action B when policy A is whatever group C needs action B to accomplish. When in reality it was criminal D who is the only one to blame, group C and E ignore criminal D and attack, or support policy A.
example I bet he owned a computer. the computer made him do it, thats it we need to ban computers.
you forgot the *
*the guidelines do not currently exist but are being written. We just want to place blame on our employee rather than take responsibility