From what I can tell, F@H touched on this a while ago. I was reading the PS3 F@H articles, browsing through the "what good does F@H do?" and the "F@H is just a feel-good project" comments and looking at the results page when I stumbled across the above PDF and thought "Hey, that looks like something slashdot just reported on."
I don't know how successful using LogoWriter was, or how many people used it, but it was used in my elementary school. Here's a link as to what it was, but apparently it's so obscure that there isn't even a wiki page that I could find for it.
They also forgot to mention that both buildings have acrylic ceilings, and every light in the complex is neon red. Blue flames are also supposed to be on the sides of the buildings later this year.
1. Influence; pull: "Women in dual-earner households are gaining in job status and earnings... giving them more clout at work and at home" (Sue Shellenbarger).
2. Power; muscle.
How is it any more "crappy" than the low-end XBox 360?
Where did I say that the crippled 360 was or was not crappy? In fact, where did I mention the 360 at all?
The 360 core system and the PS3 "base" system have only one purpose: to make more money over time... the 360 does it better by being more critically crippled.
Careful with that. It can have everything the non-crippled PS3 does... you just have to spend money to make it that way, and something tells me it's going to be more expensive to upgrade the crippled version than to just buy the non-crippled version.
When it comes right down to it, I think the majority of people will only become annoyed with advertising when it interferes with their gameplay. When you take people out of the gameplay experience to recognize that a certain product is in the game, then you've crossed the line. I haven't heard of very many people complaining about the billboards that are now common in racing games, or even having the player use a licensed product in the game (guns, cars, or sporting equiptment, anyone?)... but a lot of people are going to get turned off when "product placement" becomes almost like viewing commercial in the game.
"...Because XM makes available vast catalogues of music in every genre, XM subscribers will have little need ever again to buy legitimate copies of plaintiffs' sound recordings,"
How is it XM's problem that nobody cares about what the RIAA is putting out anymore? They dug their own grave by endorsing such low-quality, recycled trash for so long that people eventually found an alternative to Clear Channel/RIAA broadcasts.
People just want some good music on the way home from work, not the "latest beat" from DJ Something-Or-Other or the "newest hit single" from the Casio Keyboard Samples Twins feat. the Gangsta Hardcore Rap Boyz.
...but extradition to the U.S., 70 years in prison, and millions of dollars in fines is just plain overboard.
This is just supposed to "make an example". 70 years in prison makes a great headline to go with this cracked-out story.
"If we get caught, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison."
This makes me want to start a phishing scam
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Because apparently I can get 23% of people on the internet to send me their personal information if I set up an Apache server at my house, and send out a couple emails.
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From what I can tell, F@H touched on this a while ago. I was reading the PS3 F@H articles, browsing through the "what good does F@H do?" and the "F@H is just a feel-good project" comments and looking at the results page when I stumbled across the above PDF and thought "Hey, that looks like something slashdot just reported on."
People are trading PS3's and Wii's for money, too! Shocking!
I don't know how successful using LogoWriter was, or how many people used it, but it was used in my elementary school. Here's a link as to what it was, but apparently it's so obscure that there isn't even a wiki page that I could find for it.
All your data are belong to us. You have no chance to complain, make your time.
They also forgot to mention that both buildings have acrylic ceilings, and every light in the complex is neon red. Blue flames are also supposed to be on the sides of the buildings later this year.
If only we had this technology when we first went to war with Iraq.
Oh wait...
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1. Influence; pull: "Women in dual-earner households are gaining in job status and earnings... giving them more clout at work and at home" (Sue Shellenbarger).
2. Power; muscle.
CDs containing what was revealed to be flawed digital rights management (DRM) software
How is it any more "crappy" than the low-end XBox 360?
Where did I say that the crippled 360 was or was not crappy? In fact, where did I mention the 360 at all?
The 360 core system and the PS3 "base" system have only one purpose: to make more money over time... the 360 does it better by being more critically crippled.
It's got everything the "premium" 360 does
Careful with that. It can have everything the non-crippled PS3 does... you just have to spend money to make it that way, and something tells me it's going to be more expensive to upgrade the crippled version than to just buy the non-crippled version.
So I ask you; how is that not crappy?
When it comes right down to it, I think the majority of people will only become annoyed with advertising when it interferes with their gameplay. When you take people out of the gameplay experience to recognize that a certain product is in the game, then you've crossed the line. I haven't heard of very many people complaining about the billboards that are now common in racing games, or even having the player use a licensed product in the game (guns, cars, or sporting equiptment, anyone?)... but a lot of people are going to get turned off when "product placement" becomes almost like viewing commercial in the game.
Every time a string of quality games are released that a lot of people like, sales go up! It's baffling!
What makes you think I can afford to upgrade the crappy PS3?
Logic: 1, Sony: 0
"...Because XM makes available vast catalogues of music in every genre, XM subscribers will have little need ever again to buy legitimate copies of plaintiffs' sound recordings,"
How is it XM's problem that nobody cares about what the RIAA is putting out anymore? They dug their own grave by endorsing such low-quality, recycled trash for so long that people eventually found an alternative to Clear Channel/RIAA broadcasts.
People just want some good music on the way home from work, not the "latest beat" from DJ Something-Or-Other or the "newest hit single" from the Casio Keyboard Samples Twins feat. the Gangsta Hardcore Rap Boyz.
So why aren't these in the US yet?
...the Pandaren?
...but extradition to the U.S., 70 years in prison, and millions of dollars in fines is just plain overboard. This is just supposed to "make an example". 70 years in prison makes a great headline to go with this cracked-out story. "If we get caught, we're not going to white-collar resort prison. No, no, no. We're going to federal POUND ME IN THE ASS prison."
Steve Ballmer != CTO
Because apparently I can get 23% of people on the internet to send me their personal information if I set up an Apache server at my house, and send out a couple emails.