Yeah, but they aren't a problem any more, since we brought in the Europeans to reduce their population.
Of course, now we have to bring in something new to control the European population. I, for one, suggest giant mutated dinosaurs, or maybe zombies. Yeah, zombies'll do the trick.
Eventually they aren't going to want to keep spending money to maintain the verification server, so after a few years, you won't be able to play anymore.
I could understand having this type of verification for online based games, but for single player games? For shame, EA, for shame.
I was looking forward to Spore, because it sounds like a game with near-infinite replayability, and those are the main type of games that I play. If I want to break out Sid Meye's Alpha Centauri, I still can, even though it has been 10 years since it was released. With this game, I won't be able to play it at some arbitrary point in time, based on the profitability of keeping the server active.
I, for one, won't be buying either of these games. I might downloaded the cracked versions, though. They are making it easier to steal than it is to buy. Stupid.
Ok, let's agree to call each other pathetic assholes (you already called me that, so I'm rubber and you're glue) and leave it at that, as you are obviously immune to my reason, just as I am apparently immune to yours (or I'm right, and you're wrong--it's impossible to tell objectively).
If two people can argue over such an issue for this long using such amazingly relevant metaphors, then the one thing that becomes obvious is that the legality is NOT obvious, and as such, probably shouldn't be something that is punishable to such an extreme degree--instead be something that is punishable by fine, or is a civil matter which can be settled by restitution to the aggrieved party.
I really have to learn not the feed the trolls....
I don't think you understand how a faucet works....
And its apples and oranges here anyways. The better comparison is the maid letting the neighbor into the house. If he had just walked in, it would be trespassing, like if he had just turned on the faucet, it would be petty theft. But HE'S NOT THE ONE WHO TOOK IT, THE ROUTER GAVE IT TO HIM. It isn't against the law to ask for something (which is what a computer does when it connects to wireless access points) and then receive, whether it be from a clueless maid or an ill formated router. It IS against the law to take something without asking (or to recieve it on false premises, like telling the maid you are the homeowner's brother or something). If the router had a password, and he cracked it, or if he spliced into the line, THEN it would be theft of service.
If I can be prosecuted for using your unprotected router, then YOU should be able to be prosecuted for criminal trespass for sending your wireless signal into my property (as it can cause real damage to me should I connect to it).
Using the bandwidth on someone else's router is more like knocking on their door and the maid letting you in, then getting charged with trespassing. If said maid offers you a bottle of water out of the fridge, is that theft? No. The owner should have told the maid not to let random people in off the street, but he didn't. If he didn't want her taking things from the fridge, he should have said so. It's a relatively minor infraction anyways, so long as you weren't turning his rec room into an opium den or raping children in his back yard.
I don't think it's that funny. This is another example of an Orwellian society attempting to make everyone a criminal. I mean come on, THREE YEARS for doing something fairly innocent?
" As of October 2007, the highest temperature superconductor is a ceramic material consisting of thallium, mercury, copper, barium, calcium, and oxygen, with Tc=138 K"
138 K=-135 degrees C=-211 degrees F
Not quite warm enough for fairbanks, but it's getting closer.
I, myself made a working YCBO superconductor (that works at liquid nitrogen temperatures) in a senior level undergraduate chemistry lab. It wasn't that hard.
Well, how often do you see horoscopes in "Juggs" magazine?
Exactly, only in the model profiles, because the models like them.
Fashion magazines are targeted at women because women read them. The magazine editors put horoscopes in them, presumably because they think women are ignorant enough to believe them. Women see them over and over again, and thus may think that they are relevant.
So who's the a) stupid b) sexist c) offensive d) all of the above. It's the owners of the fashion magazines. Don't shoot the messenger.
Uhhh, didn't they pay for it when they failed the exams, and thus the class? If they didn't fail the exams, then they must have done something to learn the material, in which case cheating on the homework is irrelevant.
This is not a new problem. Any professor who is any better than mildly mentally retarded weights homework as a very small percentage of the final grade, deriving most of the grade for the class from exams (more difficult to cheat on), projects (nearly impossible to cheat on, as everyone gets a unique assignment), or term papers (which are hard to cheat on if proper controls are used).
I would say posting the answers is valid, because some people like to work backwards. People learn differently. If someone wants to take advantage of that to get a free 10-20% of their grade, then fine, but they better put in some major effort elsewhere, or they are going to find themselves in a world of hurt come exam time.
Basements don't work in places with high water tables (like the Gulf Coast), and don't really serve much purpose in places with shallow freeze lines (the South and Pacific coast). The foundation of the house has to extend beneath that line anyways, so if it is more than 4-5 feet deep, it doesn't cost much to go a few feet deeper and provide a basement. There is no great economic incentive to have a basement in warmer climates, so prevalence is hit or miss.
I would say that the rubber sheet analogy still holds, because there are two forces working on the sheet. The first is gravity, which is attractive at all distances (the balls on the sheet still create a path of least resistance between each other). The other force is that of the displaced water pushing up everywhere on the sheet evenly. At close distances, gravity wins, while at great distances, dark energy wins.
I would be interested to see if this analogy holds further and shows that the universe is in fact stretched across some sort of fluid so as to act in this way.
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I'd still say you were of terrorist descent. Maybe your great grandfather on your mother's father's side saw a copy of the Koran once.
Yeah, but they aren't a problem any more, since we brought in the Europeans to reduce their population.
Of course, now we have to bring in something new to control the European population. I, for one, suggest giant mutated dinosaurs, or maybe zombies. Yeah, zombies'll do the trick.
Eventually they aren't going to want to keep spending money to maintain the verification server, so after a few years, you won't be able to play anymore.
I could understand having this type of verification for online based games, but for single player games? For shame, EA, for shame.
I was looking forward to Spore, because it sounds like a game with near-infinite replayability, and those are the main type of games that I play. If I want to break out Sid Meye's Alpha Centauri, I still can, even though it has been 10 years since it was released. With this game, I won't be able to play it at some arbitrary point in time, based on the profitability of keeping the server active.
I, for one, won't be buying either of these games. I might downloaded the cracked versions, though. They are making it easier to steal than it is to buy. Stupid.
Holy crap! If it worked for him, it can work for me.
I'm going to be modded insightful! I'm going to be modded insightful! I'm going to be modded insightful!
*crosses fingers*
*gets modded funny*
*facepalm*
IT'S WHAT PLANTS CRAVE.
Wait.
Soooo...is your aquarium more than a mile deep?
Organic matter sinks faster than it decays.
What planet are you living on that has $5/month cellphone service, and are you accepting immigrants?
Just remember that the American people have not yet begun to fight!
The only question is, WILL they fight?
Ok, let's agree to call each other pathetic assholes (you already called me that, so I'm rubber and you're glue) and leave it at that, as you are obviously immune to my reason, just as I am apparently immune to yours (or I'm right, and you're wrong--it's impossible to tell objectively).
If two people can argue over such an issue for this long using such amazingly relevant metaphors, then the one thing that becomes obvious is that the legality is NOT obvious, and as such, probably shouldn't be something that is punishable to such an extreme degree--instead be something that is punishable by fine, or is a civil matter which can be settled by restitution to the aggrieved party.
I really have to learn not the feed the trolls....
I don't think you understand how a faucet works....
And its apples and oranges here anyways. The better comparison is the maid letting the neighbor into the house. If he had just walked in, it would be trespassing, like if he had just turned on the faucet, it would be petty theft. But HE'S NOT THE ONE WHO TOOK IT, THE ROUTER GAVE IT TO HIM. It isn't against the law to ask for something (which is what a computer does when it connects to wireless access points) and then receive, whether it be from a clueless maid or an ill formated router. It IS against the law to take something without asking (or to recieve it on false premises, like telling the maid you are the homeowner's brother or something). If the router had a password, and he cracked it, or if he spliced into the line, THEN it would be theft of service.
If I can be prosecuted for using your unprotected router, then YOU should be able to be prosecuted for criminal trespass for sending your wireless signal into my property (as it can cause real damage to me should I connect to it).
Because then he is taking it. There is no gatekeeper. The router is the gatekeeper. The owner is the one who decides who to let through.
Using the bandwidth on someone else's router is more like knocking on their door and the maid letting you in, then getting charged with trespassing. If said maid offers you a bottle of water out of the fridge, is that theft? No. The owner should have told the maid not to let random people in off the street, but he didn't. If he didn't want her taking things from the fridge, he should have said so. It's a relatively minor infraction anyways, so long as you weren't turning his rec room into an opium den or raping children in his back yard.
Two wrongs by the government don't make you right.
I don't think it's that funny. This is another example of an Orwellian society attempting to make everyone a criminal. I mean come on, THREE YEARS for doing something fairly innocent?
This is outrageous.
According to Wikipedia:
" As of October 2007, the highest temperature superconductor is a ceramic material consisting of thallium, mercury, copper, barium, calcium, and oxygen, with Tc=138 K"
138 K=-135 degrees C=-211 degrees F
Not quite warm enough for fairbanks, but it's getting closer.
I, myself made a working YCBO superconductor (that works at liquid nitrogen temperatures) in a senior level undergraduate chemistry lab. It wasn't that hard.
...with freeway onramps for arms, and a heart as black as coal! MWAHAHAHA
Well, how often do you see horoscopes in "Juggs" magazine?
Exactly, only in the model profiles, because the models like them.
Fashion magazines are targeted at women because women read them. The magazine editors put horoscopes in them, presumably because they think women are ignorant enough to believe them. Women see them over and over again, and thus may think that they are relevant.
So who's the a) stupid b) sexist c) offensive d) all of the above. It's the owners of the fashion magazines. Don't shoot the messenger.
I guess that upgrade to Vista didn't go to well for you guys, huh?
So do criminals.
Uhhh, didn't they pay for it when they failed the exams, and thus the class? If they didn't fail the exams, then they must have done something to learn the material, in which case cheating on the homework is irrelevant.
This is not a new problem. Any professor who is any better than mildly mentally retarded weights homework as a very small percentage of the final grade, deriving most of the grade for the class from exams (more difficult to cheat on), projects (nearly impossible to cheat on, as everyone gets a unique assignment), or term papers (which are hard to cheat on if proper controls are used).
I would say posting the answers is valid, because some people like to work backwards. People learn differently. If someone wants to take advantage of that to get a free 10-20% of their grade, then fine, but they better put in some major effort elsewhere, or they are going to find themselves in a world of hurt come exam time.
Basements don't work in places with high water tables (like the Gulf Coast), and don't really serve much purpose in places with shallow freeze lines (the South and Pacific coast). The foundation of the house has to extend beneath that line anyways, so if it is more than 4-5 feet deep, it doesn't cost much to go a few feet deeper and provide a basement. There is no great economic incentive to have a basement in warmer climates, so prevalence is hit or miss.
I would say that the rubber sheet analogy still holds, because there are two forces working on the sheet. The first is gravity, which is attractive at all distances (the balls on the sheet still create a path of least resistance between each other). The other force is that of the displaced water pushing up everywhere on the sheet evenly. At close distances, gravity wins, while at great distances, dark energy wins.
I would be interested to see if this analogy holds further and shows that the universe is in fact stretched across some sort of fluid so as to act in this way.
Also, they don't show blood!
If $20 mil is a few bucks, could I have a few bucks?
If the one of the largest grassroots organization ever formed in under a year is just a few loons, then I guess we don't need to worry.
I, for one, welcome our new (same as the old) torturing, money devaluing, foreign war starting, young people drafting overlords.