I really, really like the OS X UI. I like the way iTunes integrates with AppleTV, I like the way OS X backs up seamlessly to Time Capsule wireless base stations. I like the way iOS hands off phone calls to my Mac, I like the way the iOS and Mac app stores curate out malware. I like the way iMessages show up on all my devices, I like the way Siri works.
I admire your courage for admitting these things publicly. Say it loud, say it proud.
It's OUR game that we paid for, having to ask permission is ridiculous.
I agree completely. But "asking permission" is not limited to Steam. Most AAA games now phone home to authorize whether you're on digital download or physical disk.
If it is a Steam game, even if the disc is perfectly readable, it will be useless when there is no more Steam.
And if it is a Ubisoft game, it will be useless when there is no more Ubisoft. If it is a Blizzard game, it will be useless when there is no more Blizzard.
I think you may have more faith in physical media than is warranted. DRM is not just limited to Steam.
Sounds like he read some Marx, but was bad at Economics in general (the Labor Theory of Value has been roundly discredited in the 150 years of progress in that science since Lincoln's quote).
Lincoln had what economists lack: the ability to reason. He may have also known that as a science, Economics is somewhat less rigorous than parapsychology. It can hardly be called a science at all, in fact.
While thanks to technological advances it may be trivial to detect a fully erect and unobscured penis, detecting a penis that is only partially visible could very well be an extremely difficult problem.
I cook a lot and post pictures to Facebook. It can never find my face, but it thinks my stovetop is a face.
Thanks for the idea. I'm going to go right now and arrange two fried eggs and a strip of bacon in a smiley face and post it as my Facebook profile picture.
so you get to play them right up until something goes wrong with your PC, OS install, steam, or the game...
Now you're extending the criteria. How will you play your physical media if you lose the disk or it gets damaged? How will you play your video games after the heat death of the universe?
I trust Steam to stay in business more than I trust myself not to lose or damage a disk. And this has been borne out statistically. Regarding the heat death of the universe, I expect to have fully leveled up in all my games by then, so I should be OK.
When Apple makes huge profits, it's clear evidence of people being stupid
Not stupid. Gullible.
I know at least one chairman of a Math department at a major university who falls for the trick where you point to an imaginary spot on his shirt and then flip your finger up his nose, every single time. Of course, when we hang out we're usually drinking, but still - you don't have to be stupid to be gullible.
How will offline mode survive a backup of user data and game binaries, reinstallation of the operating system, and restoration of user data and game binaries? And over the years, the Steam client has had plenty of bugs causing it to lose the "receipt" that allows a user to play a purchased a game in offline mode.
You don't do backups? If you back up your Steam folder, and your "My Games" folder, just restore it to wherever you want and point your Steam install to those directories.
Are you saying that Einstein paid the US patent office to develop the Theory of Relativity for him and then took credit for someone elses work?
Either way you answer, it demonstrates you've got no idea what you're on about.
Steve Jobs regularly stole credit for the work of others by passing it off as his own.
I think you're misunderstanding me by 180 degrees. The GP's comment seemed to indicate that since the work was done by "his (Jobs') designers" that he deserves the credit.
I agree that Steve Jobs regularly took credit for other people's work. And regarding the Einstein, it was just meant to demonstrate that just because someone's giving you a paycheck doesn't mean that they deserve credit for your work (even though it's part of the landscape now).
And yes, Steam has a contingency for how you can play your games if they go out of business. It's called, "offline mode". And if you're worried about online-only games being unavailable in offline mode, why aren't you asking if Blizzard has a contingency for WoW players if Blizzard goes out of business, or if CCP has a contingency for Eve Online players in case CCP goes out of business?
It's part of the denigration of work, as the executives go around saying that engineers are and should be interchangable, we're fry cooks, and working us to death is slightly more efficient than allowing us lives. And so we should all be worked to death.
This a very worthy topic of conversation on Labor Day. I don't know if you're in the US, but "denigration of work" is what's been for dinner for at least the past 35 years.
It's worth quoting Abraham Lincoln here (yes, this is a real Lincoln quote):
"Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration." Lincoln's First Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861.
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I admire your courage for admitting these things publicly. Say it loud, say it proud.
I agree completely. But "asking permission" is not limited to Steam. Most AAA games now phone home to authorize whether you're on digital download or physical disk.
And if it is a Ubisoft game, it will be useless when there is no more Ubisoft. If it is a Blizzard game, it will be useless when there is no more Blizzard.
I think you may have more faith in physical media than is warranted. DRM is not just limited to Steam.
Lincoln had what economists lack: the ability to reason. He may have also known that as a science, Economics is somewhat less rigorous than parapsychology. It can hardly be called a science at all, in fact.
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Thanks for the idea. I'm going to go right now and arrange two fried eggs and a strip of bacon in a smiley face and post it as my Facebook profile picture.
What did I say? US? Oops. Thanks for straightening me out on my patent offices.
Now you're extending the criteria. How will you play your physical media if you lose the disk or it gets damaged? How will you play your video games after the heat death of the universe?
I trust Steam to stay in business more than I trust myself not to lose or damage a disk. And this has been borne out statistically. Regarding the heat death of the universe, I expect to have fully leveled up in all my games by then, so I should be OK.
Nobody sneaks anything past you, do they?
Not stupid. Gullible.
I know at least one chairman of a Math department at a major university who falls for the trick where you point to an imaginary spot on his shirt and then flip your finger up his nose, every single time. Of course, when we hang out we're usually drinking, but still - you don't have to be stupid to be gullible.
And how will you play Borderlands 2 after a meteor destroys all life on Earth?
You didn't think of that, did you? BOOM!
You don't do backups? If you back up your Steam folder, and your "My Games" folder, just restore it to wherever you want and point your Steam install to those directories.
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I think you're misunderstanding me by 180 degrees. The GP's comment seemed to indicate that since the work was done by "his (Jobs') designers" that he deserves the credit.
I agree that Steve Jobs regularly took credit for other people's work. And regarding the Einstein, it was just meant to demonstrate that just because someone's giving you a paycheck doesn't mean that they deserve credit for your work (even though it's part of the landscape now).
Don't hold you're breath.
http://www.vg247.com/2011/02/1...
And yes, Steam has a contingency for how you can play your games if they go out of business. It's called, "offline mode". And if you're worried about online-only games being unavailable in offline mode, why aren't you asking if Blizzard has a contingency for WoW players if Blizzard goes out of business, or if CCP has a contingency for Eve Online players in case CCP goes out of business?
I guess that explains why the head of the party is a black man.
Do you believe that a political change in Germany to Nazism means that it's no longer part of "the West"?
Did it suddenly move to the Far East because the Nazis took over?
Proving P.T. Barnum's maxim.
You know who else knows how to "make them want something"? Drug dealers and prostitutes.
Happy Labor Day.
This a very worthy topic of conversation on Labor Day. I don't know if you're in the US, but "denigration of work" is what's been for dinner for at least the past 35 years.
It's worth quoting Abraham Lincoln here (yes, this is a real Lincoln quote):
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As long as she's holding it right and only wants to do the things that AAPL allows.
I love the AAPL origin story. It's like a cross between the Fantastic Four and the Odd Couple.
By your logic, the US Patent Office should get the credit for Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
On this Labor Day, you should know better than most that labor precedes capital.
I don't think it's fair to call Steve Jobs a fruit. His sexual preference should not be an issue.
Now, if you're referring to Apple customers... ..you still get points off for the homophobic slur, but gain points for accuracy.
Largest company by capitalization value, not by revenue. That just means the stock is way overpriced.
By revenue, Apple is ranked 17th.