What happend to the good ol' days when all you needed to worry about was getting addicted to drugs and booze? Bah...Addicted to World of Warcraft...That is worth a good laugh or two...
I think that I both agree and disagree with this article. Many have voiced their opinions stating that piracy isn't killing the industry, lack of quality games is. This has been recently been shown true with games such as Galactic Civilizations (which was mentioned) and the recent fav. Elder Scrolls Oblivion which ported with not so much as a cd key. Though a boldd move for the devs they knew they had a game of superior quality and that customers would support their product because of said reasons. In a market that is being saturated with un-original titles (no we don't need another UT/Quake style FPS or remake of C&C RTSs') I see piracy as the PC gamers form of "renting" games. Perhaps other people are willing to shell out $50 for a game that won't hold their attention, which is my theory of why their is one juggernaught MMORPG (World of Warcraft). People are clearly willing to spend their money on games that are good. Which seems like basic logic but applies to any product. We don't want nor need titles that are seperated solely by their title and their content is similar to just about half the games within said genre. So please devs, this is a gamer plea...Instead of focusing on trying to destroy piracy via methods that will prob end up "pooching" our hardware, just spend that time at the white board coming up with ideas that will have us gamers talking for months and wanting more.
I never broke out hair gel or olive oil to clean my CDs...Instead one day when I was about 8 I spit on a scratched disc and wiped it off with my shirt (lint free cloth...screw that). It worked fine and took me all of 6 seconds.
I honestly couldn't care less if my case lit up brighter than the neon XXX signs I see while walk down the streets of New York City. I don't need an OS that will chompity-chomp ass on my system's resources. End of story.
Tell her to take it to Geek Squad. When they charge her $800+ to run Spybot and Adaware because she is too lazy to update her anti-virus she will be the one feeling like "a piece of crap". That or you could always just tell to use Linux, run Wine or use GIMP or another art application.
While I agree that improving education is certainly a way to impove living conditions I do not think that giving children laptops is the best way to go about doing so. Even on a much smaller scale I have seen middle schools in my area attempting a very similar project. Most of the laptops that were sent out were either stolen or misused, many of these purposes I won't list on the site but you get the general idea.
Curious to know why we are sending laptops when a good percentage of the population in these countries are in poverty. How about we try improving their living conditions before we sit back with a smile on our faces thinking that technology will somehow turn someone's makeshift hut into a real living quarters. I read somewhere that 25 million people in Brazil don't even have access to electricty. Bolster living conditions first...Throw gratuitous technology in their faces later.
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What happend to the good ol' days when all you needed to worry about was getting addicted to drugs and booze? Bah...Addicted to World of Warcraft...That is worth a good laugh or two...
I think that I both agree and disagree with this article. Many have voiced their opinions stating that piracy isn't killing the industry, lack of quality games is. This has been recently been shown true with games such as Galactic Civilizations (which was mentioned) and the recent fav. Elder Scrolls Oblivion which ported with not so much as a cd key. Though a boldd move for the devs they knew they had a game of superior quality and that customers would support their product because of said reasons. In a market that is being saturated with un-original titles (no we don't need another UT/Quake style FPS or remake of C&C RTSs') I see piracy as the PC gamers form of "renting" games. Perhaps other people are willing to shell out $50 for a game that won't hold their attention, which is my theory of why their is one juggernaught MMORPG (World of Warcraft). People are clearly willing to spend their money on games that are good. Which seems like basic logic but applies to any product. We don't want nor need titles that are seperated solely by their title and their content is similar to just about half the games within said genre. So please devs, this is a gamer plea...Instead of focusing on trying to destroy piracy via methods that will prob end up "pooching" our hardware, just spend that time at the white board coming up with ideas that will have us gamers talking for months and wanting more.
Your right...Give it another few years and I promise you another 3 billion years will be tacked on with more guesstimate bullsh*t.
Can it run Photoshop and let me edit movies?
I never broke out hair gel or olive oil to clean my CDs...Instead one day when I was about 8 I spit on a scratched disc and wiped it off with my shirt (lint free cloth...screw that). It worked fine and took me all of 6 seconds.
I honestly couldn't care less if my case lit up brighter than the neon XXX signs I see while walk down the streets of New York City. I don't need an OS that will chompity-chomp ass on my system's resources. End of story.
Tell her to take it to Geek Squad. When they charge her $800+ to run Spybot and Adaware because she is too lazy to update her anti-virus she will be the one feeling like "a piece of crap". That or you could always just tell to use Linux, run Wine or use GIMP or another art application.
While I agree that improving education is certainly a way to impove living conditions I do not think that giving children laptops is the best way to go about doing so. Even on a much smaller scale I have seen middle schools in my area attempting a very similar project. Most of the laptops that were sent out were either stolen or misused, many of these purposes I won't list on the site but you get the general idea.
Curious to know why we are sending laptops when a good percentage of the population in these countries are in poverty. How about we try improving their living conditions before we sit back with a smile on our faces thinking that technology will somehow turn someone's makeshift hut into a real living quarters. I read somewhere that 25 million people in Brazil don't even have access to electricty. Bolster living conditions first...Throw gratuitous technology in their faces later.
Just let the damn kids have a Hershey bar.