This is not their responsibility to make sure predatory activity is prevented.
Is it ANY places' responsilbility (online or in the physical world) to do that?
I'm sure these institutions would like to find ways to reduce that, but there is no way they can take into account every situation that would put a child in danger. When does MySpace's accountability end and an individual's accountability begins?
Luckily for the telcos and financial institutions, they only have to deal with a high deal of data transaction that do not need to be down-to-the-second mission critical. Their mode of transaction between accounts of data is much more streamlined also. Noty to mention, NONE of these data centers need to issue graphic and real-time (to-the-second for enjoyable gameplay) data assets to millions of disparately configure client setups all over the world (luckily the client is controlled by a dedicated application)
Also, do these data centers have to deal with real-time AIs to interact with all of these accounts?
I'm sure Blizzard is giving all the proper attention it can. Do not even compare a MMORPG with a telco/financial institution on levels of complexity. Except for managing constant data transfers (which all apps have to do), they don't do the same thing at all and Blizzard's system (for all we know) may be incredibly more demanding that other companies' needs.
The first video game crash's circumstances are, however, very different than what is going on now.
Originally, Atari was the only publisher of games for their 2600 console. When disgruntled developers from Atari wanted to start their own game company (this company being Activision), they just went ahead and did just that and made games for the 2600. Atari attempted to sue Activision for making carts for their system (reason being that it was supposedly be proprietary specification - not intended for 3rd party development - etc.. etc... blah blah). Atari lost the case, which opened up the flood gates for every basement programmer jockey to release all sort fo games. Games flooded onto the market, some were good (like from Imagic, for example) and some were just terrible AND some were even just rip-off or pirate copies with a few graphic changes in the game assets. Shit appeared on the market, everyone was trying to undercut everyone, and no one wanted to buy any of the games anymore.
There are *some* similarities going on here. Disintrest is some of the games. Lack of some quality control. However, quality control is arguably better than slew of crap released for the 2600 in its later days before the crash. Games that are relased have to be approved for development though the console manufacturer (dev kit licensings, media purchasing... depends on the console maker), something that Nintendo spear-headed with the NES which solved the problem of anyone releasing ANYTHING they wanted.
Will we have a crash? Maybe, but it will be NOTHING like it was in 83. Video games were still a pricey and "new-fangled" luxury 20+ years ago. Now it a very commonplace activity and part of the current social tech culture. I think it might be a temporary slump.
You know, they may offer decent components at very decent prices. However, until they start treating their employees better and offering them a slightly better wage... I will continue to try to steer clear of buying ANYTHING at Wal-Mart for the time being.
Their prices are tempting, but once Sam Walton passed, everything went to shit... (IMNSHO)
I mean I have been in software development for almost 15 years, and I have never been officially "certified" in anything. I had THOUGHT about it many times, then realized that, "HEY! I already get paid well for my skills." Is this more of an issue for tech support, IS, and networking infastructure folks?
I wonder if the offical name for Europe and North America will be different? Much like NES and SNES was the Famicom and SuperFamicon (respectively) in Japan.
Of course, back then, those systems were released in Japan first and the original Japanese names were never used as part of the marketing campaign in other parts of the world.
This is not out-of-the-norm for Oklahoma, usually the first in the union to repress and the last in the union to "let go". The Bible belt is here and while I have lived here for years (Tulsa - and oddly, Tulsa is a fairly progressive community) and probably will not move for years, the governemnt and the moral/secular undertones here are rather infuriating.
Maybe the Senate really thinks that most of the population of OK are idiots that cannot think or protect themselves... not that I can't argue 100% with that.
Palladium made interesting and rich game worlds. Unfortunately, their game system is much to be desired, IMNSHO. Book formatting, editing and quality were always under par (I had trouble looking up most things in any of their books). Great ideas and poor execution. I'm personally suprised they lasted this long.
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So, basically an artist shouldn't make royalties of a product that can be sold over and over to multitude of individuals over they years.
The doctor's and the mechanic's service applies to one customer/vehicle and only affects that one customer/vehicle directly.
The musician makes a product (the "album")- the doctor/mechanic provides a service (the "operation" or "repair").
If a musician does a gig, they get paid for that one gig (or least paid for each person that see the performance depending on the deal made for that gig) which is analogous to a service.
except buying the gold won't do you any physical harm.
steroids can have some major physical (and *sometimes* mental) ramifications down the road
EVEN then, the use either one is up to the person who want to take that advantage. Whether is is right or not is to up to other "people" who make "rules". In this case, steriod sin athletic use (esp. anything resembling professional) is illegal. Blizzard apparently frowns upon gold farmers and most of them had broken the EULA.
IIRC (which I very well may not...), I think City of Heroes doesn't have the gold farming problem because their game mechanics do not revolve around a currency per-se (not that can be exploited via farming). Maybe more online RPGs need to take that as a case study in avoiding the farming issues?
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This is not their responsibility to make sure predatory activity is prevented.
Is it ANY places' responsilbility (online or in the physical world) to do that?
I'm sure these institutions would like to find ways to reduce that, but there is no way they can take into account every situation that would put a child in danger. When does MySpace's accountability end and an individual's accountability begins?
Luckily for the telcos and financial institutions, they only have to deal with a high deal of data transaction that do not need to be down-to-the-second mission critical. Their mode of transaction between accounts of data is much more streamlined also. Noty to mention, NONE of these data centers need to issue graphic and real-time (to-the-second for enjoyable gameplay) data assets to millions of disparately configure client setups all over the world (luckily the client is controlled by a dedicated application)
Also, do these data centers have to deal with real-time AIs to interact with all of these accounts?
I'm sure Blizzard is giving all the proper attention it can. Do not even compare a MMORPG with a telco/financial institution on levels of complexity. Except for managing constant data transfers (which all apps have to do), they don't do the same thing at all and Blizzard's system (for all we know) may be incredibly more demanding that other companies' needs.
They use a firewall/proxy server for the Chinese ISPs to block sites.
The first video game crash's circumstances are, however, very different than what is going on now.
Originally, Atari was the only publisher of games for their 2600 console. When disgruntled developers from Atari wanted to start their own game company (this company being Activision), they just went ahead and did just that and made games for the 2600. Atari attempted to sue Activision for making carts for their system (reason being that it was supposedly be proprietary specification - not intended for 3rd party development - etc.. etc... blah blah). Atari lost the case, which opened up the flood gates for every basement programmer jockey to release all sort fo games. Games flooded onto the market, some were good (like from Imagic, for example) and some were just terrible AND some were even just rip-off or pirate copies with a few graphic changes in the game assets. Shit appeared on the market, everyone was trying to undercut everyone, and no one wanted to buy any of the games anymore.
There are *some* similarities going on here. Disintrest is some of the games. Lack of some quality control. However, quality control is arguably better than slew of crap released for the 2600 in its later days before the crash. Games that are relased have to be approved for development though the console manufacturer (dev kit licensings, media purchasing... depends on the console maker), something that Nintendo spear-headed with the NES which solved the problem of anyone releasing ANYTHING they wanted.
Will we have a crash? Maybe, but it will be NOTHING like it was in 83. Video games were still a pricey and "new-fangled" luxury 20+ years ago. Now it a very commonplace activity and part of the current social tech culture. I think it might be a temporary slump.
Aw man, you could have at LEAST replied with:
"So, you want to touch a Wii with your own two hands, eh?? EH?"
GET WITH THE PROGRAM!!!!111eleven
You know, they may offer decent components at very decent prices. However, until they start treating their employees better and offering them a slightly better wage... I will continue to try to steer clear of buying ANYTHING at Wal-Mart for the time being.
Their prices are tempting, but once Sam Walton passed, everything went to shit... (IMNSHO)
*slap* you deserved that!
I mean I have been in software development for almost 15 years, and I have never been officially "certified" in anything. I had THOUGHT about it many times, then realized that, "HEY! I already get paid well for my skills." Is this more of an issue for tech support, IS, and networking infastructure folks?
PONIES!!!!!111one
I wonder if the offical name for Europe and North America will be different? Much like NES and SNES was the Famicom and SuperFamicon (respectively) in Japan.
Of course, back then, those systems were released in Japan first and the original Japanese names were never used as part of the marketing campaign in other parts of the world.
I think it is [now "was"] like the MPAA rating, a guideline, but nothing criminal happened (i don't THINK) if it wasn't enforced by theatres strictly.
This is not out-of-the-norm for Oklahoma, usually the first in the union to repress and the last in the union to "let go". The Bible belt is here and while I have lived here for years (Tulsa - and oddly, Tulsa is a fairly progressive community) and probably will not move for years, the governemnt and the moral/secular undertones here are rather infuriating.
Maybe the Senate really thinks that most of the population of OK are idiots that cannot think or protect themselves... not that I can't argue 100% with that.
Once the animals start walking on two legs and communicating at a "higher" level, we can truly call this Gamma World beta!
http://n-gage.letstalk.com/brands/n-gage/new_landi ngpage.htm?depId=1&pgId=154
has the Rifts game for the N-Gage for $24.99 last I looked.
(note: this is "Redundant")
Reiterating the other reply to the parent here
SHADOWRUN = originally a FASA property (never TSR)
"Dragons - Not just for Experience Points anymore!"
Quantum mechinaics, i'm sure....
Palladium made interesting and rich game worlds. Unfortunately, their game system is much to be desired, IMNSHO. Book formatting, editing and quality were always under par (I had trouble looking up most things in any of their books). Great ideas and poor execution. I'm personally suprised they lasted this long.
So, basically an artist shouldn't make royalties of a product that can be sold over and over to multitude of individuals over they years. The doctor's and the mechanic's service applies to one customer/vehicle and only affects that one customer/vehicle directly. The musician makes a product (the "album")- the doctor/mechanic provides a service (the "operation" or "repair"). If a musician does a gig, they get paid for that one gig (or least paid for each person that see the performance depending on the deal made for that gig) which is analogous to a service.
Get a divorce and let them have sole custody of the kids... BAM! instant gaming time attained!!!!!11
Not enough animated GIFs on that website
Also.... needs more cowbell
except buying the gold won't do you any physical harm.
steroids can have some major physical (and *sometimes* mental) ramifications down the road
EVEN then, the use either one is up to the person who want to take that advantage. Whether is is right or not is to up to other "people" who make "rules". In this case, steriod sin athletic use (esp. anything resembling professional) is illegal. Blizzard apparently frowns upon gold farmers and most of them had broken the EULA.
IIRC (which I very well may not...), I think City of Heroes doesn't have the gold farming problem because their game mechanics do not revolve around a currency per-se (not that can be exploited via farming). Maybe more online RPGs need to take that as a case study in avoiding the farming issues?
Maybe Mac users don't really know what this "Beta" software really is? ;)
argh... NOoooooooooooooooooo... oh, for the love of every thing decent.... i have been puneed to death... *thud*