The article doesn't state how many residents of the town were ticketed as opposed to out of town drivers passing through, but lets pretend it did. Nearly 50% of people in this town flagged, and a little under a quarter were ticketed.... in 3 short months? Not sure how many were drivers from outside the town, but that is a ridiculous sum. Change the law or scrap the camera, this is not working and is a burden to the citizens. I wonder how many traffic collisions will occur because people are slamming on the breaks trying to avoid getting ticketed.
How is it not working? People violating the law are being caught and fined as appropriate. The problem/complaints seem to stem from it working too well. Also according to the article, people who were not violating the law were not given tickets. To quote: "more than 41 percent of the total recorded incidents were rejected. Although most were still violations of state law, they were considered very close calls or were due to such reasons as vehicles stopping a short distance over the stop bar that did not pose a traffic hazard, vehicles moving out of the way of an emergency vehicle, plates that were unidentifiable and weather related issues."
...How many of these drivers were traveling at a safe posted speed limit and caught a yellow on a rainy day and had no choice but to either enter a skidding sliding stop or get a ticket. and now due to their unfortunate luck have the added benefit of fighting this in court...
In inclement weather, or other situations in which the speed limit is too high to drive safely, then it's the drivers responsibility to low down to safe speeds. If the driver couldn't react (for whatever reason) and stop for a red light, then they were going too fast under the circumstances. The Green->Yellow->Red timings are not arbitrary, and are based on good weather conditions and acceptable reaction time expectations. If you can't stop for a red light, you'll not stop for a pedestrian. In short, they are going too fast and deserve the ticket.
This is simply "Demo that costs money, and still has other DRM". When you buy a game, you're buying a demo in which you have to buy the real game after. And in order to tie the download content to the demo you just bought, you need an authentication system. Likely online activation.
The only thing Rod is saying is that game companies should double-dip to ease the DRM impression.
There's nothing wrong with "comparing things with other things of a much greater magnitude", it's only valid when you're talking about similar enough subjects. And unless you're suggesting that the books have sentience, or that the slaves do not, it's a horrible analogy.
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me, teach, I know these ones! How is we can take your games back at any time for no reason good DRM? One's man 'no good reason' is another man's good reason. Provide some cases so we can judge on the merits, not your wild rantings. How is asking permission to play with your legally purchased toys good DRM? Fuck, I don't even know what this means. Start Steam-->Start Steam game != 'asking permission'.
You can't install the game if you can't communicate with Steam server. You have to -Ask Permission- to install/'activate'
What happens if Steam goes offline? You get to play your games. Seriously, the servers were offline yesterday, and I was quite busily shooting people in the face.
If you're already installed and in offline mode, yep. But you surely can't reinstall in this situation.
What happens if there's simply a screw up and you loose access? Like, what, forgetting your logon details? That would just make YOU stupid. You have no legal recourse due to the contract you signed. Spouted like someone who's never had to sit through contract law classes. Leave the hard work up to the adults, mmkay?
I don't know where you're going with this. You don't own the games provided by steam, you rent them. So, GP is right.
You have no first sale rights without Steams approval. Whoa! Something approaching a useful point. Yes, that's technically correct, but I could theoretically 'give' or 'sell' my Steam account to someone else, without any hassle from Steam, so I'm not sure how histrionic we need to be.
All-or-nothing. You can't buy 10 games and sell 1.
Steam is the worst possible DRM. Spoken like somebody who does fuck all gaming these days. Ever hear of Securom? You know, the DRM that keeps getting front page articles here on Slashdot? Yeah, I think that'd win a poll of 'Worst DRM' by a landslide.
I'll semi-buy this. The difference is, you buy those games and battle DRM. You rent these games and battle DRM.
Would that suggest, then, that if an observer and not player of such game - with no interest in victory for the player - appreciates it, that it is then art?
"One obvious difference between art and games is that you can win a game. It has rules, points, objectives, and an outcome. Santiago might cite an immersive game without points or rules, but I would say then it ceases to be a game and becomes a representation of a story, a novel, a play, dance, a film. Those are things you cannot win; you can only experience them."
Tic Tac Toe? Generic FPS? Perhaps. But there are plenty of games that have either a unique artistic approach or interesting story that you can experience when you win. Heck, Final Fantasy 13 is almost exclusively a movie.
Has he never seen a "Choose your own adventure" book? Ugh.
Young developers are typically interested in Game Development of some form. C# & DirectX[XNA] is worlds easier than the (usual) counterpart of C++ & OpenGL.
It's a sad direction, but it's the result of 'path of least resistance'. They are typically not aware of the engines/options actually available when they are newbies.
If/Once Ad-Block becomes mainstream, companies will further and further integrate advertisements into the content. A good example is to look at how YouTube has ads baked into the flash.
News and other ad-supported information sites would take steps such as inserting an ad jingle or statement in the middle of a paragraph.
... His modus operandi became evident when he ignored the highly voted Internet town hall topic of legalizing marijuana. It appears that at least sometimes, he's only pretending to take the general citizenry's views into account, even when he's saying otherwise.
President Obama did come out and speak to the Marijuana question, but he answer it in a non-serious manner. See here: Legalizing Pot Won't Grow Economy
Web stats don't work either:
- Many users use "User Agent Switcher" in order to visit sites that 'demand' Windows
- Public terminals (schools / libraries / cafes) inflate the numbers
- It's not uncommon to have to use Windows at work while using Linux at home
I 'obtain' millions of records about customer data from a financial institution, and brand it with the words "stealing customer data"-- and this is a dishonest use of language?
When somebody copies the data out of a bank database they didn't legally acquire, and media calls it "Stealing customer data", no one blinks an eye at it.
When somebody copies the data of a game they didn't legally acquire, and ANYONE calls it "Stealing a game", people get up in arms.
"Stealing" doesn't require tangibility (steal a kiss, steal an election, steal someones thunder, etc)
DRM Schemes are making it so even the "purchased" games are becoming retals, and only with cracking the game do you have freedom with it.
The choice is becoming harder and harder as time goes on.
DRM schemes in the last several years have turned games into rentals (3 uses then beg us for more!). Dropping the price like this is what's needed to justify these games anymore.
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The article doesn't state how many residents of the town were ticketed as opposed to out of town drivers passing through, but lets pretend it did. Nearly 50% of people in this town flagged, and a little under a quarter were ticketed.... in 3 short months? Not sure how many were drivers from outside the town, but that is a ridiculous sum. Change the law or scrap the camera, this is not working and is a burden to the citizens. I wonder how many traffic collisions will occur because people are slamming on the breaks trying to avoid getting ticketed.
How is it not working? People violating the law are being caught and fined as appropriate. The problem/complaints seem to stem from it working too well. Also according to the article, people who were not violating the law were not given tickets. To quote: "more than 41 percent of the total recorded incidents were rejected. Although most were still violations of state law, they were considered very close calls or were due to such reasons as vehicles stopping a short distance over the stop bar that did not pose a traffic hazard, vehicles moving out of the way of an emergency vehicle, plates that were unidentifiable and weather related issues."
...How many of these drivers were traveling at a safe posted speed limit and caught a yellow on a rainy day and had no choice but to either enter a skidding sliding stop or get a ticket. and now due to their unfortunate luck have the added benefit of fighting this in court...
In inclement weather, or other situations in which the speed limit is too high to drive safely, then it's the drivers responsibility to low down to safe speeds. If the driver couldn't react (for whatever reason) and stop for a red light, then they were going too fast under the circumstances. The Green->Yellow->Red timings are not arbitrary, and are based on good weather conditions and acceptable reaction time expectations. If you can't stop for a red light, you'll not stop for a pedestrian. In short, they are going too fast and deserve the ticket.
This is simply "Demo that costs money, and still has other DRM". When you buy a game, you're buying a demo in which you have to buy the real game after. And in order to tie the download content to the demo you just bought, you need an authentication system. Likely online activation.
The only thing Rod is saying is that game companies should double-dip to ease the DRM impression.
There's nothing wrong with "comparing things with other things of a much greater magnitude", it's only valid when you're talking about similar enough subjects. And unless you're suggesting that the books have sentience, or that the slaves do not, it's a horrible analogy.
Why the heck is this modded funny?
Check out the video at around 5:30. The biggest difference is that this one isn't friction based.
What a 'simple' yet ingenious idea.
I know you're trolling, but I'll give it a go...
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me, teach, I know these ones!
How is we can take your games back at any time for no reason good DRM?
One's man 'no good reason' is another man's good reason. Provide some cases so we can judge on the merits, not your wild rantings.
How is asking permission to play with your legally purchased toys good DRM?
Fuck, I don't even know what this means. Start Steam-->Start Steam game != 'asking permission'.
You can't install the game if you can't communicate with Steam server. You have to -Ask Permission- to install/'activate'
What happens if Steam goes offline?
You get to play your games. Seriously, the servers were offline yesterday, and I was quite busily shooting people in the face.
If you're already installed and in offline mode, yep. But you surely can't reinstall in this situation.
What happens if there's simply a screw up and you loose access?
Like, what, forgetting your logon details? That would just make YOU stupid.
You have no legal recourse due to the contract you signed.
Spouted like someone who's never had to sit through contract law classes. Leave the hard work up to the adults, mmkay?
I don't know where you're going with this. You don't own the games provided by steam, you rent them. So, GP is right.
You have no first sale rights without Steams approval.
Whoa! Something approaching a useful point. Yes, that's technically correct, but I could theoretically 'give' or 'sell' my Steam account to someone else, without any hassle from Steam, so I'm not sure how histrionic we need to be.
All-or-nothing. You can't buy 10 games and sell 1.
Steam is the worst possible DRM.
Spoken like somebody who does fuck all gaming these days. Ever hear of Securom? You know, the DRM that keeps getting front page articles here on Slashdot? Yeah, I think that'd win a poll of 'Worst DRM' by a landslide.
I'll semi-buy this. The difference is, you buy those games and battle DRM. You rent these games and battle DRM.
The bandwidth of ten fingers and 104 keys is far greater than a two-dimensional vector and a button.
Fixed. Mac is used an awful lot.
Would that suggest, then, that if an observer and not player of such game - with no interest in victory for the player - appreciates it, that it is then art?
"One obvious difference between art and games is that you can win a game. It has rules, points, objectives, and an outcome. Santiago might cite an immersive game without points or rules, but I would say then it ceases to be a game and becomes a representation of a story, a novel, a play, dance, a film. Those are things you cannot win; you can only experience them."
Tic Tac Toe? Generic FPS? Perhaps. But there are plenty of games that have either a unique artistic approach or interesting story that you can experience when you win. Heck, Final Fantasy 13 is almost exclusively a movie.
Has he never seen a "Choose your own adventure" book? Ugh.
Young developers are typically interested in Game Development of some form. C# & DirectX[XNA] is worlds easier than the (usual) counterpart of C++ & OpenGL. It's a sad direction, but it's the result of 'path of least resistance'. They are typically not aware of the engines/options actually available when they are newbies.
I remember clearly the day I switched to an ad-blocker...
"Punch the Kangaroo and win an iPod!"
If/Once Ad-Block becomes mainstream, companies will further and further integrate advertisements into the content. A good example is to look at how YouTube has ads baked into the flash.
News and other ad-supported information sites would take steps such as inserting an ad jingle or statement in the middle of a paragraph.
... His modus operandi became evident when he ignored the highly voted Internet town hall topic of legalizing marijuana. It appears that at least sometimes, he's only pretending to take the general citizenry's views into account, even when he's saying otherwise.
President Obama did come out and speak to the Marijuana question, but he answer it in a non-serious manner. See here: Legalizing Pot Won't Grow Economy
Web stats don't work either:
- Many users use "User Agent Switcher" in order to visit sites that 'demand' Windows
- Public terminals (schools / libraries / cafes) inflate the numbers
- It's not uncommon to have to use Windows at work while using Linux at home
If anyone has mod points-- mod this up
I 'obtain' millions of records about customer data from a financial institution, and brand it with the words "stealing customer data"-- and this is a dishonest use of language?
When somebody copies the data out of a bank database they didn't legally acquire, and media calls it "Stealing customer data", no one blinks an eye at it.
When somebody copies the data of a game they didn't legally acquire, and ANYONE calls it "Stealing a game", people get up in arms.
"Stealing" doesn't require tangibility (steal a kiss, steal an election, steal someones thunder, etc)
DRM Schemes are making it so even the "purchased" games are becoming retals, and only with cracking the game do you have freedom with it. The choice is becoming harder and harder as time goes on.
DRM schemes in the last several years have turned games into rentals (3 uses then beg us for more!). Dropping the price like this is what's needed to justify these games anymore.
Clearly you've not had a Dog who has eaten all the Candy Canes on a Christmas Tree.
(Please correct if wrong)
The fastest English Language typist measured in the Guinness Book of World Records is Barbara Blackburn, and uses the simplified Dvorak Layout.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter#Typing_speed_records_and_speed_contests
So, from a peak performance standpoint, that should say something.
Democrats run them for president, and republicans run them as vice president. Yes it's pandering, because "she" is "the side kick".
*Wooosh*
Copyright will continue to extend for as long as that damn mouse makes money.
How else is Apple going to keep their prices so low and affordable? (/sarcasm for the denser ones)