He may be able to add extra shipping addresses, but he won't be able to use any of the cards on the account to ship to them. Amazon requires the CCV code on all purchases made with existing cards on the account when shipping to a new address.
Privacy issues for most of your post. People in general do not like the idea of a national ID system. This isn't just a US thing, either. A lot of countries try to fight this sort of system when it comes knocking.
As for personal checks, they are not used that frequently anymore. Most places I go to don't even accept them. I haven't encountered one personally in several years. They're used little more than promissory notes between people nowadays. Short of going to an ATM or bank, there's no easy way to give people cash. Personal checks still fill that role. Nothing wrong with that.
Really? I never said any of that. Have you ever seen that happen in an even moderately large free software project either? Everything full stop until this one persons problem is solved? You're being unfair, because unless it's a very small project, no one, free or proprietary (unless it's in a service contract) is going to do that. In terms of proprietary vs. free, however, the overall attitude regarding users is generally much different. Being able to contact the company and get support is a very important part of why proprietary software is strong. Community support just isn't something you can always rely on when you really need it.
And this right there is a prime example why the whole free software movement will never truly catch on to mainstream adoption in the desktop and why proprietary is still king there. Anytime there is a shortcoming or problem with the program, the first response is almost always defensive and/or demeaning to the user. That this actually was modded up compounds the point even further.
How dare those users criticize anything about my baby. They're getting it for free; what gives them the right!? They can just fix it themselves if they care so much!
Never answer the question accurately. Instead, use the question as a hint for your real answer. If it asks for the name of your elementary school, try to pick out something of interest like a fond memory or fact regarding the school that you don't blab to everyone, for example.
However, this has little to do with the article at hand. The question was completely bypassed without needing an answer. Apple just let him right in.
I haven't really taken his comment to an extreme. It was exactly what he said. He implied merely for use of Unity, the game would be cookie cutter.
I think you put too much into the idea that engine diversity would really mean more diverse games. Of course there's similarities between games made in different engines. DOF, HDR, SSAO, etc, will be the same tech between the games, unless the games re-implement them (many do). It's not impossible to recognize the implementations, but it's also not blindingly obvious. Those details aside, not much else can be the same without the similarities being intentional or the idea just being too generic. Using Unity or any other engine doesn't preclude you from thinking out of the box and doing something new. The tools are all there. It's not the engine's fault if they want to make another modern military shooter in FLAVOR_OF_THE_YEAR_COUNTRY and they all start looking the same.
Cookie cutter just because it's made with Unity? That's like saying Unreal engine games are cookie cutter. Or any game made with any full featured third party engine is cookie cutter.
Seriously? You've always been able to disable the deals popup in the options. As for knocking Valve's software, I'm genuinely confused. I'm chalking that up to just being a raging mad person about the first thing you mentioned?
Except that Chrome doesn't change much besides adding minor features and bugfixes. Some people appreciate the stability here, regardless of the actual frequency of updates. The biggest UI change Google has made to Chrome in a year is tweaking the size of the new tab button.
Chrome updates often? It was planned that way from the beginning. It does it in such a way that does not inconvenience the end user. The plugin API is is constant and unchanging, except when new features are added. All mods written for Chrome remain compatible with newer versions of Chrome. Mozilla's mod fix for Firefox was pretty much just pretending all mods were supported and leaving it to chance whether or not it really is if they change around their API again.
I appreciate what Mozilla did with Firefox in the beginning. It got me out of IE. I've moved on to greener pastures for myself, but I still appreciate what they did.
No kidding. Where is the issue where when you can just do this? You'd think the the general population of people who will be loading their boxes with alternate operating systems could figure this out.
That's a pretty crappy attitude. It's a fun challenge to see what could be done in the time given, not a call to make profitable games in a month. You clearly have no desire to participate in challenges, and that's fine, but a lot of people do.
It's not the same thing at all. EA is suing not because of the game idea of a life simulator itself but that the look, feel, and function of the game is virtually identical to their own. The art assets are almost indistinguishable. The characters have basically the same animations, some of the characters look nearly identical, the same colors for things like skin tones (down to exact RGB values), and the list goes on. It's probably Zynga's most blatantly copied game to date. A life simulator can still work if it doesn't look and work identically to EA's game. It would be like rewriting Lord of the Rings, but replacing the names of the main characters and keeping 95% of the story intact. It's like Tetris clones which has been tested in court as copyright infringement even if the graphics aren't identical.
I do think EA has a case but I don't know what they'll really be able to get out of it. Zynga may have gone too far this time. We'll know seen enough.
An easy task, actually. It just requires changing a couple flags to create an instance of the reference device, which is designed to be an accurate software implementation.
(not that it runs well, but it's possible)
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What amazes me is you are all still biting the trollbait. This is like getting mad when people post First! in discussions and getting +5 informative for pointing out they shouldn't have bothered posting. It's not even shilling. It's just trolling.
Apple really only has itself to blame for this. Steve had his hand in so much, they basically built their entire public image around him. Now Steve is gone and the company needs to make all the big boy decisions that Steve would have a big hand in making, using their voice instead of Steve delivering it to eager crowds. It's like trying to make a late sequel to a really good movie. It's likely never going to live up to the predecessor even if it's just as good because nostalgia is just unbeatable.
I never implied they were supposed to be a wonderful revenue source for claimants, but that they rarely actually benefit the people who are in need of help as a result of the action which caused the class action. That is, unless you're one of the few people who first initiated the class action and get on the plaintiff list. Many people don't know that once you've gone into the class action, your ability to file your own lawsuit pretty much goes up in smoke. Attorneys will pull in their millions in winnings, the plaintiffs will get a modest sum, and anything else will usually be put towards something silly (like giving all claimants a percentage off their next whatever the company is pushing, or something)
They're not even shills. It's the same crap as the people shouting "First post!". Being a pretend shill is just the new go-to troll in Apple/Microsoft stories because it invokes a bigger reaction.
I'm sure a whole mess of people have seen that Erin Brockovich movie about the mother turned legal aid who took on the faceless megacorp PG&E with a class action and won, giving everyone who watched the film a rosy view of the process? I mean why would Valve dare remove such an amazing system unless they're they scum of the earth right?!
Yeah except that class actions aren't usually like that. Very rarely do they ever benefit the actual people wronged. It's a good way for the lawyers to make some cash though. You know those commercials on TV to contact specific attorneys about defective items, or medications that ended up harming people? It's all a game, using your suffering as a means to profit and returning very little, if anything, to you.
There is a number of practices I disagree with regarding Valve but honestly, but I can't disagree with their view that class actions are trash. They really are. Valve isn't taking away your ability to take them to court. They're just requiring that individual claims are brought to court, rather than a broad class action.
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He may be able to add extra shipping addresses, but he won't be able to use any of the cards on the account to ship to them. Amazon requires the CCV code on all purchases made with existing cards on the account when shipping to a new address.
Because Amazon won't allow you to without extra information the person would not be able to provide. (CCV code)
Privacy issues for most of your post. People in general do not like the idea of a national ID system. This isn't just a US thing, either. A lot of countries try to fight this sort of system when it comes knocking.
As for personal checks, they are not used that frequently anymore. Most places I go to don't even accept them. I haven't encountered one personally in several years. They're used little more than promissory notes between people nowadays. Short of going to an ATM or bank, there's no easy way to give people cash. Personal checks still fill that role. Nothing wrong with that.
Really? I never said any of that. Have you ever seen that happen in an even moderately large free software project either? Everything full stop until this one persons problem is solved? You're being unfair, because unless it's a very small project, no one, free or proprietary (unless it's in a service contract) is going to do that. In terms of proprietary vs. free, however, the overall attitude regarding users is generally much different. Being able to contact the company and get support is a very important part of why proprietary software is strong. Community support just isn't something you can always rely on when you really need it.
And this right there is a prime example why the whole free software movement will never truly catch on to mainstream adoption in the desktop and why proprietary is still king there. Anytime there is a shortcoming or problem with the program, the first response is almost always defensive and/or demeaning to the user. That this actually was modded up compounds the point even further.
How dare those users criticize anything about my baby. They're getting it for free; what gives them the right!? They can just fix it themselves if they care so much!
C# is great, especially now that Microsoft has dumped .Net and moved on to their Next Great Thing.
What the hell are you even talking about? C# and .net still has a huge roadmap ahead and is in active development.
Did she try suing the bank? I can't imagine what judge would seriously allow the bank to get away with that if it were through no fault of her own.
Never answer the question accurately. Instead, use the question as a hint for your real answer. If it asks for the name of your elementary school, try to pick out something of interest like a fond memory or fact regarding the school that you don't blab to everyone, for example.
However, this has little to do with the article at hand. The question was completely bypassed without needing an answer. Apple just let him right in.
I haven't really taken his comment to an extreme. It was exactly what he said. He implied merely for use of Unity, the game would be cookie cutter.
I think you put too much into the idea that engine diversity would really mean more diverse games. Of course there's similarities between games made in different engines. DOF, HDR, SSAO, etc, will be the same tech between the games, unless the games re-implement them (many do). It's not impossible to recognize the implementations, but it's also not blindingly obvious. Those details aside, not much else can be the same without the similarities being intentional or the idea just being too generic. Using Unity or any other engine doesn't preclude you from thinking out of the box and doing something new. The tools are all there. It's not the engine's fault if they want to make another modern military shooter in FLAVOR_OF_THE_YEAR_COUNTRY and they all start looking the same.
Cookie cutter just because it's made with Unity? That's like saying Unreal engine games are cookie cutter. Or any game made with any full featured third party engine is cookie cutter.
Seriously? You've always been able to disable the deals popup in the options. As for knocking Valve's software, I'm genuinely confused. I'm chalking that up to just being a raging mad person about the first thing you mentioned?
Except that Chrome doesn't change much besides adding minor features and bugfixes. Some people appreciate the stability here, regardless of the actual frequency of updates. The biggest UI change Google has made to Chrome in a year is tweaking the size of the new tab button.
Chrome updates often? It was planned that way from the beginning. It does it in such a way that does not inconvenience the end user. The plugin API is is constant and unchanging, except when new features are added. All mods written for Chrome remain compatible with newer versions of Chrome. Mozilla's mod fix for Firefox was pretty much just pretending all mods were supported and leaving it to chance whether or not it really is if they change around their API again.
I appreciate what Mozilla did with Firefox in the beginning. It got me out of IE. I've moved on to greener pastures for myself, but I still appreciate what they did.
No kidding. Where is the issue where when you can just do this? You'd think the the general population of people who will be loading their boxes with alternate operating systems could figure this out.
That's a pretty crappy attitude. It's a fun challenge to see what could be done in the time given, not a call to make profitable games in a month. You clearly have no desire to participate in challenges, and that's fine, but a lot of people do.
It's not the same thing at all. EA is suing not because of the game idea of a life simulator itself but that the look, feel, and function of the game is virtually identical to their own. The art assets are almost indistinguishable. The characters have basically the same animations, some of the characters look nearly identical, the same colors for things like skin tones (down to exact RGB values), and the list goes on. It's probably Zynga's most blatantly copied game to date. A life simulator can still work if it doesn't look and work identically to EA's game. It would be like rewriting Lord of the Rings, but replacing the names of the main characters and keeping 95% of the story intact. It's like Tetris clones which has been tested in court as copyright infringement even if the graphics aren't identical.
I do think EA has a case but I don't know what they'll really be able to get out of it. Zynga may have gone too far this time. We'll know seen enough.
Rarely. I've heard it said a few times, but we mostly just use the term train/subway/whatever.
Encyclopedia Britannica, is that you?
An easy task, actually. It just requires changing a couple flags to create an instance of the reference device, which is designed to be an accurate software implementation.
(not that it runs well, but it's possible)
What amazes me is you are all still biting the trollbait. This is like getting mad when people post First! in discussions and getting +5 informative for pointing out they shouldn't have bothered posting. It's not even shilling. It's just trolling.
He wrote "open sores" intentionally.
Apple really only has itself to blame for this. Steve had his hand in so much, they basically built their entire public image around him. Now Steve is gone and the company needs to make all the big boy decisions that Steve would have a big hand in making, using their voice instead of Steve delivering it to eager crowds. It's like trying to make a late sequel to a really good movie. It's likely never going to live up to the predecessor even if it's just as good because nostalgia is just unbeatable.
I never implied they were supposed to be a wonderful revenue source for claimants, but that they rarely actually benefit the people who are in need of help as a result of the action which caused the class action. That is, unless you're one of the few people who first initiated the class action and get on the plaintiff list. Many people don't know that once you've gone into the class action, your ability to file your own lawsuit pretty much goes up in smoke. Attorneys will pull in their millions in winnings, the plaintiffs will get a modest sum, and anything else will usually be put towards something silly (like giving all claimants a percentage off their next whatever the company is pushing, or something)
I don't know, if he managed to get a T-Rex to even a day old, I think that would be a pretty big accomplishment regardless.
They're not even shills. It's the same crap as the people shouting "First post!". Being a pretend shill is just the new go-to troll in Apple/Microsoft stories because it invokes a bigger reaction.
I'm sure a whole mess of people have seen that Erin Brockovich movie about the mother turned legal aid who took on the faceless megacorp PG&E with a class action and won, giving everyone who watched the film a rosy view of the process? I mean why would Valve dare remove such an amazing system unless they're they scum of the earth right?!
Yeah except that class actions aren't usually like that. Very rarely do they ever benefit the actual people wronged. It's a good way for the lawyers to make some cash though. You know those commercials on TV to contact specific attorneys about defective items, or medications that ended up harming people? It's all a game, using your suffering as a means to profit and returning very little, if anything, to you.
There is a number of practices I disagree with regarding Valve but honestly, but I can't disagree with their view that class actions are trash. They really are. Valve isn't taking away your ability to take them to court. They're just requiring that individual claims are brought to court, rather than a broad class action.