It's the way he has made a name for himself, although truth be told, if you read some of his publically available responses, I really wonder why anybody bothers to hire him. They are filled with childish accusations, incorrect grammer, and just blatant rumormongering.
What he should really do is file a suit against the NRA for their support of a gun in every hand. See how far that will get him.
Commander Keen! I haven't thought about that game in 10 years! I played that game over and over and over again.
The original Doom. That should be on everyone's list. It started the whole shareware movement by giving you the first entire game free. Yes, I know, there were others before Doom (such as Wolfenstein 3D), but at my office, all the geeks (my included) stayed behind to play Doom every single day.
Lemmings. Can't believe how much time I wasted on that game, it was incredibly addictive.
Day of the Tentacle. I am amazed someone would add this to their list. I remember when I bought this game, I thought the graphics were "incredible". HAHAHA!
And Monkey Island. That brings back memories. I don't think I ever played the second one, but thought the first one was great.
Commander Keen!!!
They are dropping the case against the mother, she will get attorney's fees, but the RIAA is now going after her daughter who is the real downloader. So since the mother will have to pay whatever her daughter is sued for anyway as a minor, the initial victory for the mother is hollow.
DD.
Going to see a movie is ridiculous these days. You cannot get away with less than 100 dollar outlay for a family of 4. I remember when movies went from 2 dollars to 2.50, and the papers were saying that consumers would find that a hard pill to swallow. Before long, they jumped to 4, 5, then 7.50. Now if I want to see a movie, it is 14 dollars per adult. The DVDs, even the day they come out, are often in the 22-25 dollar range, making it far cheaper to purchase the DVD and watch the movie as many times as you want, at home.
Why don't movie executives get it? They have dumbed down the content to ridiculous levels (Charlie's Angels 2, Stealth, etc.) and jacked the prices. Why do they have to pay Cameron Diaz 20 mil to star in such incredible crap as CA2 ? The studios deserve to lose money if that is their game plan.
Make the admission price 8 bucks, all the time. They will see an increase in attendance, I guarantee it.
DD.
14). Can't read an eBook while on the throne (might drop it onto the tile floor). 15). Paperbacks require no batteries, they don't have to be turned on. 16). Paperbacks can't get scratched and if they could, they certainly can't pass their scratch onto the next paperbacks for all eternity until the original is replaced. 17). Paperbacks don't have refresh rate concerns.
I like to read on the throne, what can I tell you? There is no way I can put that delicately, but I can fire off 20 pages a day that way. If I drop my paperback on the floor, the worst that will happen to it is that it might get a little germy or dog-eared. But if I drop a $300 e-Book reader? Will it survive the fall? No, it's doubtful. That's the main problem. If I lose my 10-dollar paperback (which has never happened), I can just spend another 10 bucks or get it from the library. But what if I lose my reader?
Perhaps if readers got to be less than 50 bucks, could hold the same amount of info on the screen as 2 paperback pages, and wouldn't break when you dropped them, I would consider getting one. But the refresh rate would have to be good enough not to hurt my eyes, the battery life would have to be long enough to allow me to sit on a train for a few hours, and the weight would have to be less than or equal to a paperback novel. Frankly, that is asking much too much for too little. The great thing about books is you never have to turn them on. They never run out of batteries, nobody worries about them getting scratched, you can take them anywhere without worrying too much about losing them, they are easily replaceable, you can lend them to friends without worrying about when you will get them back. The advantages just go on and on... Frankly, I can't see e-Books ever eclipsing paperbacks.
DD.
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It's the way he has made a name for himself, although truth be told, if you read some of his publically available responses, I really wonder why anybody bothers to hire him. They are filled with childish accusations, incorrect grammer, and just blatant rumormongering. What he should really do is file a suit against the NRA for their support of a gun in every hand. See how far that will get him.
Commander Keen! I haven't thought about that game in 10 years! I played that game over and over and over again. The original Doom. That should be on everyone's list. It started the whole shareware movement by giving you the first entire game free. Yes, I know, there were others before Doom (such as Wolfenstein 3D), but at my office, all the geeks (my included) stayed behind to play Doom every single day. Lemmings. Can't believe how much time I wasted on that game, it was incredibly addictive. Day of the Tentacle. I am amazed someone would add this to their list. I remember when I bought this game, I thought the graphics were "incredible". HAHAHA! And Monkey Island. That brings back memories. I don't think I ever played the second one, but thought the first one was great. Commander Keen!!!
They are dropping the case against the mother, she will get attorney's fees, but the RIAA is now going after her daughter who is the real downloader. So since the mother will have to pay whatever her daughter is sued for anyway as a minor, the initial victory for the mother is hollow. DD.
Going to see a movie is ridiculous these days. You cannot get away with less than 100 dollar outlay for a family of 4. I remember when movies went from 2 dollars to 2.50, and the papers were saying that consumers would find that a hard pill to swallow. Before long, they jumped to 4, 5, then 7.50. Now if I want to see a movie, it is 14 dollars per adult. The DVDs, even the day they come out, are often in the 22-25 dollar range, making it far cheaper to purchase the DVD and watch the movie as many times as you want, at home. Why don't movie executives get it? They have dumbed down the content to ridiculous levels (Charlie's Angels 2, Stealth, etc.) and jacked the prices. Why do they have to pay Cameron Diaz 20 mil to star in such incredible crap as CA2 ? The studios deserve to lose money if that is their game plan. Make the admission price 8 bucks, all the time. They will see an increase in attendance, I guarantee it. DD.
14). Can't read an eBook while on the throne (might drop it onto the tile floor).
15). Paperbacks require no batteries, they don't have to be turned on.
16). Paperbacks can't get scratched and if they could, they certainly can't pass their scratch onto the next paperbacks for all eternity until the original is replaced.
17). Paperbacks don't have refresh rate concerns.
DD.
I like to read on the throne, what can I tell you? There is no way I can put that delicately, but I can fire off 20 pages a day that way. If I drop my paperback on the floor, the worst that will happen to it is that it might get a little germy or dog-eared. But if I drop a $300 e-Book reader? Will it survive the fall? No, it's doubtful. That's the main problem. If I lose my 10-dollar paperback (which has never happened), I can just spend another 10 bucks or get it from the library. But what if I lose my reader? Perhaps if readers got to be less than 50 bucks, could hold the same amount of info on the screen as 2 paperback pages, and wouldn't break when you dropped them, I would consider getting one. But the refresh rate would have to be good enough not to hurt my eyes, the battery life would have to be long enough to allow me to sit on a train for a few hours, and the weight would have to be less than or equal to a paperback novel. Frankly, that is asking much too much for too little. The great thing about books is you never have to turn them on. They never run out of batteries, nobody worries about them getting scratched, you can take them anywhere without worrying too much about losing them, they are easily replaceable, you can lend them to friends without worrying about when you will get them back. The advantages just go on and on... Frankly, I can't see e-Books ever eclipsing paperbacks. DD.