Things like this could make the Neilson ratings a thing of the past!
Shows could be canceled or renewed based on who actually watched them. Instead of a sampling which may or may not reflect the actualy popularity of a show (I know it has a good confidence interval and all, but it's still just a sampling), this kind of thing would tell the networks what people really watch!
Knowing something like this was the case, I'd be more likely to watch reruns! I often skip reruns to catch up on other things, but if I knew I could help make sure my favorite show stayed on the air by watching reruns, I'd be much more likely to watch them.
Frankly, as long as they are tracking what I personally am watching, i.e. I'm just a statistic, I don't have any problem with it.
Does anyone know if the Civ3 AI cheats at higher levels? In Civ2 I seem to remember the manual telling you how the other civs cheated at the higher levels. (Needed fewer shields to produce things, less science needed for new advances, etc.)
I'm not done with the manual yet, but the section on the play levels doesn't mention anything about it this time.
Has anyone heard if it just has a better AI this time at higher levels, or if it still cheats? If it does still cheat, I'm disapointed they weren't up front about it again.
The inclusion of culture will take some getting used to, as well as the rest of the changes.
I personally love the culture aspect so far. What a rush it was the first time a city asked to join up with me because they were so impressed by my culture. (This was on the easiest level, I'm still in my "learning mode" right now.)
I'm looking forward to woking my way up to the higher levels.
I'm thrilled that someone has finally made a sequel to a game that has the right balance of the old and the new.
I've played too many sequels where I can't even tell it's the same kind of game. And I've played too many where I think I'm still playing the original and I wonder why I paid for it again.
Civ3 has a good balance. I've not come across a change yet that I don't think improves the game. I admit it's still early, and I've only played at the easier levels so far to give myself a chance to adjust.
I think that overall this is a wonderful example of developing a game to make it better and not to just use the name to sell games (Civilization: Call to Power) or to rebrand the original in a new box.
I have a license to drive a car. I cannot possibly transfer my license to another driver.
You have a license to drive any car. (Actually, there are some restrictions, but it's basically the case.) That's very different from having a license to drive a 2001 Saturn SL2 with the serial number 0391948409402028. With a drivers license you can drive pretty much any car you come across. The assumption being that you will either own the car or have permission from the owner to drive it.
A software license is really closer to leasing a car. If you sold a car that you had leased, you'd be in big trouble as well. I'm not saying it's right for software to be that way, only that it is.
I pointed something like this out to my wife while we were watching.
"Oh, yeah. They don't have that 'the captain has to stay on the ship' rule yet. He can leave the ship to go on every damn fool errand they come up with."
What have you heard that makes you think this is tailored towards fans of B5?
Are you saying that there is a basic preplanned story line that they are going to follow? I'm hoping that's what you are saying. I've not heard anything like that about it, but I've not looked much either.
B5 taught me to love the "story arc". Before that I'd just watched sci-fi shows as a series of things that happened. How I watch sci-fi hoping that each episode will be part of a larger whole. Nothing as detailed as B5 has come along that I know of, but it has had an influence. Farscape, for example, has a nice continuing story that, while not planned out to the extent that B5 was, does seem to have a general direction each season.
Oddly enough, Buffy and Angel both have this same kind of "seasonal arc" which I've come to enjoy so much.
I don't think I mentioned eEye's behavior at all. My response was to the e-mail referenced in the posting. I didn't mention how anyone does it now, only how I think it should be handled. I don' really have any knowledge of "how it's done today." Perhaps you can let us know what you are baseing that statment on so the rest of us will know as well.
My only problem with this is that Microsoft lacks the motivation to fix the hole if no one else knows what it is.
Sure, people can point out there "some hole" exists. But unless the details are made public, Microsoft (or whoever)isn't motivated to fix it, and no one can check up after them to see if it has been fixed. We have to take their word for it. That would make me very nervous.
I wouldn't be against a "grace period" where the vendor is told of the hole so that a patch can be ready when it is announced, but it would need a time limit on it to keep it from being delayed forever.
You know what, there are whole lists of people that were killed in the holocaust. I've met people who lived through it and can show me their tatoos.
All we are asking for is something similar here. I've heard a lot of talk about this stuff, but no real facts about what CDs this is being done on. Till I hear some, I'll remain unsure of how true any of this is.
Her part is being tightly guarded, but I can imagine it will make for some great stories.
Yeah, I can see how having Lucy Lawless being the actress playing the part would open up some great stories.
Oh wait, no I don't. In general, what does it matter who plays the part. As long as the person is a competent actor/actress, it's the writing and directing that are going to matter. With no knowledge of the part, how do we know that Lucy Lawless playing it can more for "some great stories"?
When someone says "How do you make money off the internet?" - just replace that with "How do you make money off the telephone?"
The answer is, sadly, spam. How do you make money off the telephone? You call up random people and try to get them to buy your product. Spam is the Internet version of this. The sad part is that it works. The volume of spam (and telemarketing) shows it works. People wouldn't dump so much money into it if they weren't making a profit.
If you are looking for a great PS2 RPG to hold you over till FF X makes it here, I recommend Summoner. It has a good story with nice twists and I also enjoyed the gameplay and the graphics.
You might even program your windowmanager to stick your root menu on the thing so you don't have to find an open spot on your desktop (or have to reach for the F12 key).
So instead I have to find an open slot on my desk? The desktop is easier to find space on.:)
Why is it a Crime to break into someones house and steal their stuff?? I never do that!
It's also a crime to shoot people who walk down the sidewalk next to your house because they might have been planning to break in.
Why is it a Crime to kill people? I never hurt anyone!
It's also a crime to punch anyone who comes near you because they might have been planning on killing you.
I know, I'm pushing the bounds a bit there with my counters, but my point is that stopping something that is illegal is fine, but when it steps on the rights of people who aren't doing anything illegal, it becomes a problem.
In my opinion, that is what this does. (Except that I don't think it actually will stop anyone, from what the article described.)
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Here is the original post that it's from. According to Larry, "It's doesn't appear to do anything useful..."
The Perl Timeline says December 18th.
Things like this could make the Neilson ratings a thing of the past!
Shows could be canceled or renewed based on who actually watched them. Instead of a sampling which may or may not reflect the actualy popularity of a show (I know it has a good confidence interval and all, but it's still just a sampling), this kind of thing would tell the networks what people really watch!
Knowing something like this was the case, I'd be more likely to watch reruns! I often skip reruns to catch up on other things, but if I knew I could help make sure my favorite show stayed on the air by watching reruns, I'd be much more likely to watch them.
Frankly, as long as they are tracking what I personally am watching, i.e. I'm just a statistic, I don't have any problem with it.
--Ty
Does anyone know if the Civ3 AI cheats at higher levels? In Civ2 I seem to remember the manual telling you how the other civs cheated at the higher levels. (Needed fewer shields to produce things, less science needed for new advances, etc.)
I'm not done with the manual yet, but the section on the play levels doesn't mention anything about it this time.
Has anyone heard if it just has a better AI this time at higher levels, or if it still cheats? If it does still cheat, I'm disapointed they weren't up front about it again.
I agree also. It does seem harder. Personally, I love it. If I'd been able to just play it the way I played Civ2 and win, I'd have been disapointed.
The inclusion of culture will take some getting used to, as well as the rest of the changes.
I personally love the culture aspect so far. What a rush it was the first time a city asked to join up with me because they were so impressed by my culture. (This was on the easiest level, I'm still in my "learning mode" right now.)
I'm looking forward to woking my way up to the higher levels.
Let me chime in with my love of this game also.
I'm thrilled that someone has finally made a sequel to a game that has the right balance of the old and the new.
I've played too many sequels where I can't even tell it's the same kind of game. And I've played too many where I think I'm still playing the original and I wonder why I paid for it again.
Civ3 has a good balance. I've not come across a change yet that I don't think improves the game. I admit it's still early, and I've only played at the easier levels so far to give myself a chance to adjust.
I think that overall this is a wonderful example of developing a game to make it better and not to just use the name to sell games (Civilization: Call to Power) or to rebrand the original in a new box.
Fighting for peace is like fucking for virginity
If it wasn't for fucking, where would we get new virgins?
--Ty
No comment, just undoing a moderating mistake *sigh*
A 3D remake of Spy Hunter has just been released for the PS2.
--Ty
I have a license to drive a car. I cannot possibly transfer my license to another driver.
You have a license to drive any car. (Actually, there are some restrictions, but it's basically the case.) That's very different from having a license to drive a 2001 Saturn SL2 with the serial number 0391948409402028. With a drivers license you can drive pretty much any car you come across. The assumption being that you will either own the car or have permission from the owner to drive it.
A software license is really closer to leasing a car. If you sold a car that you had leased, you'd be in big trouble as well. I'm not saying it's right for software to be that way, only that it is.
--Ty
I pointed something like this out to my wife while we were watching.
"Oh, yeah. They don't have that 'the captain has to stay on the ship' rule yet. He can leave the ship to go on every damn fool errand they come up with."
--Ty
What have you heard that makes you think this is tailored towards fans of B5?
Are you saying that there is a basic preplanned story line that they are going to follow? I'm hoping that's what you are saying. I've not heard anything like that about it, but I've not looked much either.
B5 taught me to love the "story arc". Before that I'd just watched sci-fi shows as a series of things that happened. How I watch sci-fi hoping that each episode will be part of a larger whole. Nothing as detailed as B5 has come along that I know of, but it has had an influence. Farscape, for example, has a nice continuing story that, while not planned out to the extent that B5 was, does seem to have a general direction each season.
Oddly enough, Buffy and Angel both have this same kind of "seasonal arc" which I've come to enjoy so much.
--Ty
or to watch Superman shrug off bullets or never get hurt
And then to watch him duck when the throw they gun at him. Why was that?
:)
--Ty
I don't think I mentioned eEye's behavior at all. My response was to the e-mail referenced in the posting. I didn't mention how anyone does it now, only how I think it should be handled. I don' really have any knowledge of "how it's done today." Perhaps you can let us know what you are baseing that statment on so the rest of us will know as well.
--Ty
My only problem with this is that Microsoft lacks the motivation to fix the hole if no one else knows what it is.
Sure, people can point out there "some hole" exists. But unless the details are made public, Microsoft (or whoever)isn't motivated to fix it, and no one can check up after them to see if it has been fixed. We have to take their word for it. That would make me very nervous.
I wouldn't be against a "grace period" where the vendor is told of the hole so that a patch can be ready when it is announced, but it would need a time limit on it to keep it from being delayed forever.
--Ty
I thought ipchains was a good thing?
:)
--Ty
You know what, there are whole lists of people that were killed in the holocaust. I've met people who lived through it and can show me their tatoos.
All we are asking for is something similar here. I've heard a lot of talk about this stuff, but no real facts about what CDs this is being done on. Till I hear some, I'll remain unsure of how true any of this is.
--Ty
Yeah, I can see how having Lucy Lawless being the actress playing the part would open up some great stories.
Oh wait, no I don't. In general, what does it matter who plays the part. As long as the person is a competent actor/actress, it's the writing and directing that are going to matter. With no knowledge of the part, how do we know that Lucy Lawless playing it can more for "some great stories"?
--Ty
When someone says "How do you make money off the internet?" - just replace that with "How do you make money off the telephone?"
The answer is, sadly, spam. How do you make money off the telephone? You call up random people and try to get them to buy your product. Spam is the Internet version of this. The sad part is that it works. The volume of spam (and telemarketing) shows it works. People wouldn't dump so much money into it if they weren't making a profit.
--Ty
So NASA is going to design astromech droids?
I assume they'll be able to replay holographic messages.
--Ty
When they say "cross-platform" what they mean is the Xbox and Gamecube. At least that's the buzz.
If you are looking for a great PS2 RPG to hold you over till FF X makes it here, I recommend Summoner. It has a good story with nice twists and I also enjoyed the gameplay and the graphics.
--Ty
You might even program your windowmanager to stick your root menu on the thing so you don't have to find an open spot on your desktop (or have to reach for the F12 key).
So instead I have to find an open slot on my desk? The desktop is easier to find space on. :)
--Ty
Why is it a Crime to break into someones house and steal their stuff?? I never do that!
It's also a crime to shoot people who walk down the sidewalk next to your house because they might have been planning to break in.
Why is it a Crime to kill people? I never hurt anyone!
It's also a crime to punch anyone who comes near you because they might have been planning on killing you.
I know, I'm pushing the bounds a bit there with my counters, but my point is that stopping something that is illegal is fine, but when it steps on the rights of people who aren't doing anything illegal, it becomes a problem.
In my opinion, that is what this does. (Except that I don't think it actually will stop anyone, from what the article described.)
--Ty