I see all these people saying that the developers are playing Spore instead of working on it. Since Spore is supposed to transmit your successful creature designs into a grand central database to seed other people's games with, does that mean that they could fly under the radar by playing the game to build the release content?
PHB: "You're way behind. What have you been spending you're time on the last X weeks?"
Developer: "I've...uh...been busily creating end user content! In fact, added another 12 species last week!"
One of the definitions coming back from the Google search 'define: rape' is this:
The crime of sexual intercourse without consent and accomplished through force, threat of violence or intimidation (such as a threat to harm a child, husband or boyfriend) (emphasis mine).
I argue that at least force, and probably threats of violence, cannot be considered immediate and real when transmitted across the internet. If in some dark future you were blocked from logging out, walking away from the PC, or whatever then I'd say you could be raped online. Today, I say you cannot.
I'm confused. Are you trying to say corporations are evil, but it's ok since it helps them make money? He's saying that corps will be evil if it helps them make money, and will not be evil if that helps them make money.
I guess it could be comforting, really, because at least then you have a pretty good idea of what will and won't do in a given situation.
I pay Time Warner for bandwidth. Then I use Fonera's software so that I can give my bandwidth away to others. They pay Fonera a couple bucks for a day of access, and Fonera splits this price with Time Warner.
Anything I'm missing here? My understanding is something like this: Aliens pay Fonera $X per day of access. Fonera used to take a Y% cut of the money, and give the rest to you for the use of your bandwidth. After this deal, Fonera will take a Y% cut, Time Warner will take another Z% cut, and you get the rest for the use of your bandwidth.
That's a lot off the top, but if it's not worth it then don't sign up. I expect they will adjust their payouts until they get enough interest.
The big change here is that Time Warner is getting a payout in return for removing a 'you are forbidden from reselling your bandwidth' clause from their terms of service.
Too bad they will probably cheat on the console and add in a snap-aim type action... Probably as a server variable, and it'll get turned off by some portion of the servers.
When you went and got your PC infected last night. View less pr0n.
Alternately, see if some web-based scanner can clean you up: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/.
If the guys at/. want a primer on patent law, feel free to email me and I would be more than happy to teach them a thing or two. I'm interested. But why do you want to distribute via email instead of just posting? It's just as hard to type as an email as to type as a comment.
Wouldn't you say that the resale price of a large caliber handgun is large enough that this could only possibly appeal to people who were trading in a stolen firearm?
What If someone writes a program to throw entropy bits at their storage from now to forever? Will Yahoo save each and every one?
Also, could such a scheme be sustainable by artificially limiting their external connections? In other words, could they say something like "Worst case scenario is that we receive X GB of data per day. We can add storage at a rate to accommodate that, so it's a go!"
In other words, perhaps that entropy bits program can't get data through to them fast enough to out pace the growth rate of their data-farm.
Incidentally, I work next to a guy that this happened to. He's a amateur photographer, and a local PR firm grabbed some of his photos off the net and used it to promote some event. They even put his name in the credits, but never actually told him what they were doing. Through lucky coincidence he noticed what they did, and after some mild legal drama settled out of court with them for a few thousand dollars.
What about oblivion demanded an M rating? I thought the consensus was that it ended up with a different rating as a smoke-screen by the ESRB, not as a legitimate mistake. Did I miss something?
Fire up your packet-sniffer of choice, and examine the traffic going back and forth. Heck, even if it's encrypted, you could get a feel for how much data goes up/down.
It is my understanding that the movie industry adopted a rating system in order to prevent the eventual regulation of the movie industry. The game industry needs the same thing. The game industry has the same thing, but if it's not enforced by the retailers then it means nothing.
Kudos to Gamestop for enforcing the existing system, so that an aspiring senator doesn't invent a new one.
I imagine that they'll expose a small (about 1/2 inch) extension to the general public, and put the permanent connection deeper in the console. When you've worn out your tiny extension box, you can replace the thing cheaply by digging in the console...probably about as difficult as replacing a burnt out bulb.
I worked at a lab where we saw something similar for serial connections. With so many serial connections that get hooked / unhooked in the lifetime of the console, it's good to use a disposable front-end to absorb most of the beating.
You have noticed that of the top 10 selling PC games, five of them are related to the Sims, right? You may think it sucks (I thought it was alright), but it hasn't fallen. Not by a long shot.
Heres the data to back it up: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164433.html
I saw a subtitle for the matrix once for when Neo wakes up:
"I'm lying naked in a vat of nutrients, with my bodily functions handled by tubes, connected to the internet by a fiber-optic cable wired directly into my brain...THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE!!!"
The creature's 'cuteness' and helpfulness will ingratiate the software with the child, so that he or she will respect it and listen to it, or even find it as a likable companion. Worked great for MS Office, right?
I think that I *would* carry a keychain if it could made me see mostly ads for things I've already expressed interested in. Give up my pharmaceutical and home mortgage billboards for anime and videogame billboards? Sign me up.
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I see all these people saying that the developers are playing Spore instead of working on it. Since Spore is supposed to transmit your successful creature designs into a grand central database to seed other people's games with, does that mean that they could fly under the radar by playing the game to build the release content?
PHB: "You're way behind. What have you been spending you're time on the last X weeks?"
Developer: "I've...uh...been busily creating end user content! In fact, added another 12 species last week!"
PHB: "Oh, that sounds like progress. Carry on."
One of the definitions coming back from the Google search 'define: rape' is this:
The crime of sexual intercourse without consent and accomplished through force, threat of violence or intimidation (such as a threat to harm a child, husband or boyfriend) (emphasis mine).
I argue that at least force, and probably threats of violence, cannot be considered immediate and real when transmitted across the internet. If in some dark future you were blocked from logging out, walking away from the PC, or whatever then I'd say you could be raped online. Today, I say you cannot.
I guess it could be comforting, really, because at least then you have a pretty good idea of what will and won't do in a given situation.
Yeah, you got lucky THAT time. You know the average person swallows a handful of spiders in their sleep every year, right?
Here's the source, if you're interested: http://www.snopes.com/science/stats/spiders.htm/
http://www.pointlesswasteoftime.com/games/censorsh ip.html
I pay Time Warner for bandwidth. Then I use Fonera's software so that I can give my bandwidth away to others. They pay Fonera a couple bucks for a day of access, and Fonera splits this price with Time Warner.
Anything I'm missing here?
My understanding is something like this: Aliens pay Fonera $X per day of access. Fonera used to take a Y% cut of the money, and give the rest to you for the use of your bandwidth. After this deal, Fonera will take a Y% cut, Time Warner will take another Z% cut, and you get the rest for the use of your bandwidth.
That's a lot off the top, but if it's not worth it then don't sign up. I expect they will adjust their payouts until they get enough interest.
The big change here is that Time Warner is getting a payout in return for removing a 'you are forbidden from reselling your bandwidth' clause from their terms of service.
When you went and got your PC infected last night. View less pr0n. Alternately, see if some web-based scanner can clean you up: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/.
Wouldn't you say that the resale price of a large caliber handgun is large enough that this could only possibly appeal to people who were trading in a stolen firearm?
That is incredible! Would that really stick? Seems like someone would have tried it already if it would...
I thought it was funny, but maybe because I had a co-worker who always went on about how everything on the mac 'just works'.
What If someone writes a program to throw entropy bits at their storage from now to forever? Will Yahoo save each and every one? Also, could such a scheme be sustainable by artificially limiting their external connections? In other words, could they say something like "Worst case scenario is that we receive X GB of data per day. We can add storage at a rate to accommodate that, so it's a go!" In other words, perhaps that entropy bits program can't get data through to them fast enough to out pace the growth rate of their data-farm.
The internet exists as a method to deliver car analogies. It's like those 18-wheelers that carry other vehicles.
I burned all my mod points this morning, and this one definitely deserves +X informative.
Incidentally, I work next to a guy that this happened to. He's a amateur photographer, and a local PR firm grabbed some of his photos off the net and used it to promote some event. They even put his name in the credits, but never actually told him what they were doing. Through lucky coincidence he noticed what they did, and after some mild legal drama settled out of court with them for a few thousand dollars.
That game should never had gotten a T rating.
What about oblivion demanded an M rating? I thought the consensus was that it ended up with a different rating as a smoke-screen by the ESRB, not as a legitimate mistake. Did I miss something?
Fire up your packet-sniffer of choice, and examine the traffic going back and forth. Heck, even if it's encrypted, you could get a feel for how much data goes up/down.
It is my understanding that the movie industry adopted a rating system in order to prevent the eventual regulation of the movie industry. The game industry needs the same thing. The game industry has the same thing, but if it's not enforced by the retailers then it means nothing. Kudos to Gamestop for enforcing the existing system, so that an aspiring senator doesn't invent a new one.
I imagine that they'll expose a small (about 1/2 inch) extension to the general public, and put the permanent connection deeper in the console. When you've worn out your tiny extension box, you can replace the thing cheaply by digging in the console...probably about as difficult as replacing a burnt out bulb. I worked at a lab where we saw something similar for serial connections. With so many serial connections that get hooked / unhooked in the lifetime of the console, it's good to use a disposable front-end to absorb most of the beating.
You have noticed that of the top 10 selling PC games, five of them are related to the Sims, right? You may think it sucks (I thought it was alright), but it hasn't fallen. Not by a long shot.
Heres the data to back it up: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164433.html
I saw a subtitle for the matrix once for when Neo wakes up: "I'm lying naked in a vat of nutrients, with my bodily functions handled by tubes, connected to the internet by a fiber-optic cable wired directly into my brain...THIS IS LIKE A DREAM COME TRUE!!!"
I think that I *would* carry a keychain if it could made me see mostly ads for things I've already expressed interested in. Give up my pharmaceutical and home mortgage billboards for anime and videogame billboards? Sign me up.