If a game needs an active internet connection right out of the box, I'm not interested. That includes every excuse from DRM to mandatory multiplayer to "Our QA was so shit that you need to download two gigs of patches before you can even start playing."
As for multiplayer - some of use deal with people all day at work. We don't want to waste our relaxation time having to deal with even more people.
Makes me wonder what a thousand unmanned inflatable speedboats packed with explosive and co-ordinating through swarming algorithms might achieve - and how much they would cost compared to the amount of military tonnage they could sink.
Likewise a thousand autonomous kamikaze multirotor micro-copters carrying explosive payloads. If nothing else, they could sure do a number on shipboard sensors and most external weaponry. Not to mention being able to blow open most doors and hatches, and then swarm inside for softer targets. Particularly difficult to see/stop if they were painted black and attacked at night.
Sure, they'd have limited range, but that's where the high-altitude weather balloons come in...
Especially if the punishment is simply the confiscation of their computer. No kiddies have to go to jail on some politician's watch, they just lose their computer and all that naughty internet influence.
Of course, when the police kick down the doors at 3am and permanently confiscate every electronic device in the house at gunpoint, and maybe arrest a couple of residents for "obstructing justice" with their faces, it will quietly fail to make the news... or be put down to "over-enthusiastic personnel", in no way associated with the local politician.
That's because they're bypassing the issue completely, and working on MY idea for a teleporter! Or at least they will be, as soon as I can get out of this extra-long-sleeve jacket...
How about projecting the IR image of a human or bunch of humans onto a mound of sand or other material somewhere in the turrets' range? Are they programmed to stop firing at something after a certain amount of time, or would they simply empty their magazines at the one target?
I'm sure it will cause nothing but money-grubbing by estates managed by relatives of the deceased actor. "You want great-grandpa in your movie? Let's talk cash."
It's not up to us to ensure their survival. They want our eyeballs more than we want to watch their videos, no matter how amusing "Slideshow #9,846 of kittens with crappy pop music" might be.
Oh no. Some video site went under. However will I entertain myself now, with only the entire rest of human culture at my fingertips. Woe is me.
A car which will never be used on public roads, does not have to conform to safety regulations, has no externally moving parts, does not move, and does not carry people or cargo.
It'd be more like a mechanic overclocking your sundial.
However, this doesn't mean it's a good idea to use skinless bodies, brakeless cars, houses with huge holes in the walls etc. Just because people 'shouldn't' do things doesn't mean they won't - and it doesn't mean that other items in the environment won't cause more unintentional damage to things which aren't protecting themselves, either.
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If a game needs an active internet connection right out of the box, I'm not interested. That includes every excuse from DRM to mandatory multiplayer to "Our QA was so shit that you need to download two gigs of patches before you can even start playing."
As for multiplayer - some of use deal with people all day at work. We don't want to waste our relaxation time having to deal with even more people.
Makes me wonder what a thousand unmanned inflatable speedboats packed with explosive and co-ordinating through swarming algorithms might achieve - and how much they would cost compared to the amount of military tonnage they could sink.
Likewise a thousand autonomous kamikaze multirotor micro-copters carrying explosive payloads. If nothing else, they could sure do a number on shipboard sensors and most external weaponry. Not to mention being able to blow open most doors and hatches, and then swarm inside for softer targets. Particularly difficult to see/stop if they were painted black and attacked at night.
Sure, they'd have limited range, but that's where the high-altitude weather balloons come in...
Gee, the last superpower was tricked into overspending militarily and it collapsed. I wonder...
Especially if the punishment is simply the confiscation of their computer. No kiddies have to go to jail on some politician's watch, they just lose their computer and all that naughty internet influence.
Of course, when the police kick down the doors at 3am and permanently confiscate every electronic device in the house at gunpoint, and maybe arrest a couple of residents for "obstructing justice" with their faces, it will quietly fail to make the news... or be put down to "over-enthusiastic personnel", in no way associated with the local politician.
- for Jennifer Government. :)
- but my news ticker gave me a virus...
That's because they're bypassing the issue completely, and working on MY idea for a teleporter! Or at least they will be, as soon as I can get out of this extra-long-sleeve jacket...
Because not everyone considers six-month deathmarches fun?
Not terribly likely, if the gameplay experience is deliberately downgraded to the point it doesn't accurately reflect the unbollixed version.
ALWAYS be sure to back up your machine BEFORE installing
Any game. Always run each game in its own virtual machine. :)
- that all the heat-sensitive materials were stored in the hidden basement!
How about projecting the IR image of a human or bunch of humans onto a mound of sand or other material somewhere in the turrets' range? Are they programmed to stop firing at something after a certain amount of time, or would they simply empty their magazines at the one target?
I'm sure it will cause nothing but money-grubbing by estates managed by relatives of the deceased actor. "You want great-grandpa in your movie? Let's talk cash."
Now if only the online video providers could fix a problem where they try to show you ads
FTFY.
"Sir! We have the new data in! It shows that everyone hates the guts of all advertising ever!"
It's not up to us to ensure their survival. They want our eyeballs more than we want to watch their videos, no matter how amusing "Slideshow #9,846 of kittens with crappy pop music" might be.
Oh no. Some video site went under. However will I entertain myself now, with only the entire rest of human culture at my fingertips. Woe is me.
A billionaire who just HAS to win the yacht dicksize wars.
I wonder if they offer air DROP!
A car which will never be used on public roads, does not have to conform to safety regulations, has no externally moving parts, does not move, and does not carry people or cargo.
It'd be more like a mechanic overclocking your sundial.
Autocompleted buggery. Now there's a phrase which probably shouldn't be Googled. :)
Actually, given how often the terms "RIAA" and "MPAA" turn up in the same sentence as "piracy"...
Just make him delete all the spam he sent.
From each inbox.
Manually.
So they'll be fine once they crank up the kilovolts?
However, this doesn't mean it's a good idea to use skinless bodies, brakeless cars, houses with huge holes in the walls etc. Just because people 'shouldn't' do things doesn't mean they won't - and it doesn't mean that other items in the environment won't cause more unintentional damage to things which aren't protecting themselves, either.
Or it was just the day with the least amount of interesting news released.
Maybe we could get bigger headlines with "World's Most Censored Day Revealed" :)