something people in the states fail to understand is that legally the cops cant do much of what they do, but, in reality they can do whatever they want, and justify it well enough that most of the time, its not even worth trying to protest.
I have watched cops take weed from people and pocket it(not legal I asked the DA, they have to bag and tag it even if they let the person go with a warning)
I have watched them take a complaint/accusation and toss somebody in jail and proceed to railroad them without ever checking the persons alibi, one case was a friend of mine who was in the hospitle when his exwife insisted he broke into her house and kicked the crap out of her....he had been in a very bad car wreck, so bad he had pins in his leg(above and blow knee, and in his foot), they arrested him as he got home from hosp, and managed to tare open his stitches....no they didnt take him to hosp, at least not till the jail doc said "fuck you gotta get him to the hospital thats infected and he could die"
in the end, after a lawyer he had to pay showed them proof from his doctors and hosp staff that he couldnt possibly have done it, they let him go....only took them 4 days AFTER being given the proof.
they also tried to pressure the hosp staff and doc into saying he could have done it....even the cop(from across the river in oregon) said he couldnt have done it, they had to cut the door off his little truck to get him out.....he was in horrible shape....
took him YEARS to get a settlement from the state....their rough treatment also insured hes got constant pain from that legg, they drug him out of the car and threw him on the ground, then drug him to his feet....to shove him in a car, all as his mother cried and tried to get them to stop...
again, you need to understand the reality of how the law is dealt with in this country vs the word of the law and how the govt wants the law to appear to be handled.
my advice, if your accused of anything and arent rich, dont even consider the thought you may be treated fairly....just accept your gonna get screwed by the system.
been a while since I have seen anybody mention the Pyrrhic Victory, I would guess it needs explained for those (like the shills) who know nothing of history or war.
"A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. At a purely technical level someone who wins a "Pyrrhic victory" has been victorious in some way. However, the heavy cost involved in winning and/or the unpleasant consequences which follow completely destroy any sense of achievement or profit. There is therefore no reason for celebration." wikipedia quote ;)
A good friend of mine had his 360 cook itself(rrod) when he got the replacement he discovered he couldnt play a few of his games, took him months fighting with live support to get all but 1 of them restored...they refused to fix the one because the publisher was in dispute with ms/live.....
I dont do consoles, I will stick to the PC version, where if they try and screw me, I can just crack the damn game and workaround them.
so so true, shared it with a fellow i know from EA (Crash007/ian tornay) he also thinks used game sales are bad and drm works.....good guy but he drank the koolaid...
I have no problem with this idea really, i like the idea of charging assholes more, and charging them alot more for in game voice that no serious players really use....(its mostly used by people who dont got anybody on mumble/teamspeak/vent)
jerks can really make a game un-fun, its why I have quit many games over the years and why some games gained horrible reps.
Example Counter Strike, got a horrible rep, so much so that the term "cs kiddie" was spawned to refer to loud mouth griefing jerkoff's in games.
any system could be abused, I have ZERO interest in steams forums, so Im not likely to gain any faction to drop my prices, on the other hand, IF they did something like an "hours played without a complaint" tied to steam titles that could work very well for me, I have a good number of hours in many steam titles and havent been reported for anything im sure :) (ok maby for having an annoyingly long name in game...lol)
but anybody trying to be a linux gamer from my exp has 1 of 2 reasons for this.
1. they are anti-windows/MS and thus will go to any lingths to avoid windows.
2. they are a masochist and enjoy the pain of trying to get games working under an os they where never intended to operate under.
it could be 1+2 i guess, I do know one guy whos a bit insain who would spend months getting 1 game working because he finds tinkering with wine and linux to make stuff work more fun then...actually using his computer for anything useful :P
this from a guy who dosnt hate linux/unix at all, but who sees its strengths and weaknesses and accepts them.
Linux is amazing for some uses, like the system i setup a while back for a friends mother, xp had died on here again due to somebody(not her) installing copious amounts of crapware on it(over 85 apps total....), stuck vector linux on it gave her a basic rundown for her use pattern and shes happy as a clam.
I also know why many developers who despite using linux for a dev platform(its gotten to be around 50/50 since windows has gotten better, use to be more linux then windows for dev work) who wouldnt dream of making games for linux.
the reasons for this are many, main ones being that theres no unified framework that "just works" and every modern version supports, under windows you have DirectX that has
d3d
ddraw
dinput
dsound
exct
and for the most part they "just work" if the user needs to update the video driver thats a simple process under windows, in linux.....dont get me started trying to teach an average WoW type "gamer" how to update drivers under linux....its less painful to close your genitals in a desk drawer...
under linux you cant be sure that whatever linux distro you try and install on will support any set of dependencies or even support the installer package you want to use.
its just a pain to try and support linux because there are thousands/tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands of distros out there, no 2 are identical in what they support....
again, I do not hate linux, I just know how big a pain it can be to support it....(part of why no shop I have ever worked for will officially support linux)
BSD is great IF your hardware is supported, and infact would be my top choice for a system that had decent specs and was a few years old, unlike linux its got a stable driver api/abi, has a set of standard installer packages and driver updates arent that hard...ofcourse there arent hundeds/thousands/tends of thousands of distros of bsd(thank god!!!)
dont get me started on OSX and Apple when it comes to drivers and "it just works" i could rant for a week strait on that flat out LIE they tell their users......who then blame whoever they run into at a computer shop for telling them it dosnt really "just work" :P
the only problem is, in the USA you dont own you home or land, you rent it from the govt.
doubt my words, try not paying your property taxes for a few years, see what happens.....
sorry but in this country its getting more and more so you dont own anything, that you pay for the right to use it as long as the govt/big content see fit....
If your anti-windows as your Wine comment seems to indicate, you really shouldnt be playing windows games, by playing them you are supporting and encouraging developers to stick with windows/directx as their primary target.
just saying, playing the game rather then sending the voucher to the publisher with a letter explaining how horrible it is that the games not got a native linux port is encouraging them to keep producing windows only titles, much like buying from the mafiaa or pirating their works is said to encourage their actions.
mind I personally use windows for my main os, and *nix as my secondary, and fully understand why developers dont want to go down the road to native linux support.
UV is the first step in "pay per view" business model, the content industry has been salivating over for decades.
if they can eventually charge you for each time you or anybody else views content on your device they will.
I have actually listened to some of these people talk about that as one of their dreams for the future.
its not just the movie industry the music industry has wanted this for a long time as well, they think it will be a giant cash cow allowing them to make even more obscene amounts of money each year.
wrong, till you sign up for UV service you havent agreed to the license, so your not breaking the license.
Would love to see them try and enforce an EULA style license term here, because Im sure it would backfire.
and the UV copy wasnt free, you paid for it, cost included with the orignal disk price, again these people arent gonna take a profit margin hit to give you a free copy of anything....hell you even pay for the trailers they include on the disk....
bundle deals are never truly free, this is especially true for deals with groups like the riaa/mpaa, where they would charge you per view/listen if they could, the cost in included with what you paid for the disks.
the fact is you didnt get the code for the UV version free, because the studios didnt get it free.
do you really think the people who insist every download is a lost sale would give anything away?
do you really think those same people would take a loss to include a digital copy free with a dvd/bd?
the sad thing is, they didnt get it free, the cost was included in the price, nothing bundled is really free, the cost is ALWAYS included in the price.
I say this having worked in jobs setting up bundle deals, the industry standard is to make NOTHING free, they are charging you for the UV copy, its included in the price you pay for the disk.
the sad part is, having talked with people the likes of those who pushed for extensions at Disney, They actually think that if they didnt "protect" their "property" that they would have lost money had steamboat mickey gone into the public domain....
they think that if they cant control something and be the only ones profiting from it, that its costing them money...
makes me sad but, having worked for people like this....I can tell you, they arent the brightest most logical bunch, they may be smart in some ways(and some are very smart in a very limited scope) but in other ways they are flat out morons.
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I have watched cops take weed from people and pocket it(not legal I asked the DA, they have to bag and tag it even if they let the person go with a warning)
I have watched them take a complaint/accusation and toss somebody in jail and proceed to railroad them without ever checking the persons alibi, one case was a friend of mine who was in the hospitle when his exwife insisted he broke into her house and kicked the crap out of her....he had been in a very bad car wreck, so bad he had pins in his leg(above and blow knee, and in his foot), they arrested him as he got home from hosp, and managed to tare open his stitches....no they didnt take him to hosp, at least not till the jail doc said "fuck you gotta get him to the hospital thats infected and he could die"
in the end, after a lawyer he had to pay showed them proof from his doctors and hosp staff that he couldnt possibly have done it, they let him go....only took them 4 days AFTER being given the proof.
they also tried to pressure the hosp staff and doc into saying he could have done it....even the cop(from across the river in oregon) said he couldnt have done it, they had to cut the door off his little truck to get him out.....he was in horrible shape....
took him YEARS to get a settlement from the state....their rough treatment also insured hes got constant pain from that legg, they drug him out of the car and threw him on the ground, then drug him to his feet....to shove him in a car, all as his mother cried and tried to get them to stop...
again, you need to understand the reality of how the law is dealt with in this country vs the word of the law and how the govt wants the law to appear to be handled.
my advice, if your accused of anything and arent rich, dont even consider the thought you may be treated fairly....just accept your gonna get screwed by the system.
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"A Pyrrhic victory (/ˈpɪrɪk/) is a victory with such a devastating cost to the victor that it carries the implication that another such victory will ultimately cause defeat. At a purely technical level someone who wins a "Pyrrhic victory" has been victorious in some way. However, the heavy cost involved in winning and/or the unpleasant consequences which follow completely destroy any sense of achievement or profit. There is therefore no reason for celebration." wikipedia quote ;)
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I dont do consoles, I will stick to the PC version, where if they try and screw me, I can just crack the damn game and workaround them.
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jerks can really make a game un-fun, its why I have quit many games over the years and why some games gained horrible reps.
Example Counter Strike, got a horrible rep, so much so that the term "cs kiddie" was spawned to refer to loud mouth griefing jerkoff's in games.
any system could be abused, I have ZERO interest in steams forums, so Im not likely to gain any faction to drop my prices, on the other hand, IF they did something like an "hours played without a complaint" tied to steam titles that could work very well for me, I have a good number of hours in many steam titles and havent been reported for anything im sure :) (ok maby for having an annoyingly long name in game...lol)
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1. they are anti-windows/MS and thus will go to any lingths to avoid windows.
2. they are a masochist and enjoy the pain of trying to get games working under an os they where never intended to operate under.
it could be 1+2 i guess, I do know one guy whos a bit insain who would spend months getting 1 game working because he finds tinkering with wine and linux to make stuff work more fun then...actually using his computer for anything useful :P
this from a guy who dosnt hate linux/unix at all, but who sees its strengths and weaknesses and accepts them.
Linux is amazing for some uses, like the system i setup a while back for a friends mother, xp had died on here again due to somebody(not her) installing copious amounts of crapware on it(over 85 apps total....), stuck vector linux on it gave her a basic rundown for her use pattern and shes happy as a clam.
I also know why many developers who despite using linux for a dev platform(its gotten to be around 50/50 since windows has gotten better, use to be more linux then windows for dev work) who wouldnt dream of making games for linux.
the reasons for this are many, main ones being that theres no unified framework that "just works" and every modern version supports, under windows you have DirectX that has
d3d
ddraw
dinput
dsound
exct
and for the most part they "just work" if the user needs to update the video driver thats a simple process under windows, in linux.....dont get me started trying to teach an average WoW type "gamer" how to update drivers under linux....its less painful to close your genitals in a desk drawer...
under linux you cant be sure that whatever linux distro you try and install on will support any set of dependencies or even support the installer package you want to use.
its just a pain to try and support linux because there are thousands/tens of thousands/hundreds of thousands of distros out there, no 2 are identical in what they support....
again, I do not hate linux, I just know how big a pain it can be to support it....(part of why no shop I have ever worked for will officially support linux)
BSD is great IF your hardware is supported, and infact would be my top choice for a system that had decent specs and was a few years old, unlike linux its got a stable driver api/abi, has a set of standard installer packages and driver updates arent that hard...ofcourse there arent hundeds/thousands/tends of thousands of distros of bsd(thank god!!!)
dont get me started on OSX and Apple when it comes to drivers and "it just works" i could rant for a week strait on that flat out LIE they tell their users......who then blame whoever they run into at a computer shop for telling them it dosnt really "just work" :P
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I have followed this policy since the 90's when i first got online, and will continue even if they make it illegal(as some people would like)
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I was going to correct the poster myself but you did it quite well.
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doubt my words, try not paying your property taxes for a few years, see what happens.....
sorry but in this country its getting more and more so you dont own anything, that you pay for the right to use it as long as the govt/big content see fit....
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the way i see it
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just saying, playing the game rather then sending the voucher to the publisher with a letter explaining how horrible it is that the games not got a native linux port is encouraging them to keep producing windows only titles, much like buying from the mafiaa or pirating their works is said to encourage their actions.
mind I personally use windows for my main os, and *nix as my secondary, and fully understand why developers dont want to go down the road to native linux support.
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if they can eventually charge you for each time you or anybody else views content on your device they will.
I have actually listened to some of these people talk about that as one of their dreams for the future.
its not just the movie industry the music industry has wanted this for a long time as well, they think it will be a giant cash cow allowing them to make even more obscene amounts of money each year.
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Would love to see them try and enforce an EULA style license term here, because Im sure it would backfire.
and the UV copy wasnt free, you paid for it, cost included with the orignal disk price, again these people arent gonna take a profit margin hit to give you a free copy of anything....hell you even pay for the trailers they include on the disk....
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the fact is you didnt get the code for the UV version free, because the studios didnt get it free.
do you really think the people who insist every download is a lost sale would give anything away?
do you really think those same people would take a loss to include a digital copy free with a dvd/bd?
if you do....i got a bridge to sell you....
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I say this having worked in jobs setting up bundle deals, the industry standard is to make NOTHING free, they are charging you for the UV copy, its included in the price you pay for the disk.
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welcome to the Incorporated States of America, enjoy your stay.....and give them your money.
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they think that if they cant control something and be the only ones profiting from it, that its costing them money...
makes me sad but, having worked for people like this....I can tell you, they arent the brightest most logical bunch, they may be smart in some ways(and some are very smart in a very limited scope) but in other ways they are flat out morons.
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