maybe someday papers will realize that not only should they allow comments, but they actually should try replying to some of them to make people feel more involved! what an idea!
if I recall correctly, parties often have to sue to retrieve property after charges are dropped, because the police are lazy as hell about this. I recall something about someone who had a server seized supposedly for illegal crap and then 5 years later they gave it back, at which point it was useless.
Didn't they say "trust us" about UK Libel Laws too? Clearly guilty until proven innocent seems to be a british model at this point, granted the constant surveillance.
brazil has had a very vibrant community that already recognizes the freedoms that should already be allowed.
Look up the technobrega (depending on spelling, tecno brega) brazillian community, where people remix other people's music daily and sell it on the street cheap. Many articles have covered this in the past.
it may be hush, but wait for the modern warfare 2 stats to come out.
all I can say is, lots of gamers are revolting on this - sales numbers won't be pretty, and plenty have stated the intent to boycott activision at this point.
Activision wants to be able to make a case that nobody wants PC games so that they can shove console DRM on every gamer under the land. Console DRM is a lot easier to control than PC's where people can get around DRM and actually have rights (and not be overcharged). This is the real situation that nobody pays attention to. Many groups are colluding by flat out boycotting activision at this point.
only reason murdoc's bad business moves even get a peep out of the news is because he owns said news. Overall, the man is basically the cause of newspaper downfall (and plenty of websites going bad).
wow, that's pretty crazy. I imagine they're going to get sued by the people they're trying to sue for this one.
I thought you can only take a physical possession in most cases when cases are criminal, even outside of the US (where my inquiry is obviously aimed)?
Oh wait! I got it! This is what they meant by "graduated 3 strikes!" First we threaten you, then we steal your computer, and then we actually take you to court!
it never intended to be a long term business. All it takes is a year of saying "We made 5 million dollars" to get some CEO somewhere to suck up and invest as well.
I mean really, how many times has phorm/etc renamed themselves?
Diebold -> premiere election services.
There isn't an actual penalty for these companies, they just rename with what they earned and move and do it again.
console designed games have a horrifically limited FOV. It's not a cheating thing, but it does cause eyestrain on PC's.
Want to know how bad it is? Go take a look at what's going on with boderlands when people have to manually change the FOV. I had to change it from 60 degrees to 130 because it looked *that crappy* without 130.
Just because you can "See to your side" doesn't provide you much of a real benefit - because you would then have to be focused on your sides more than in front and your focus would wane. If you're trying to imply that a 360 degree FOV might be cheating, I'd like to remind you that such a thing looks horrifically awful in a FPS.
Glenn beck is only trying to keep uninformed people uninformed. That's not a way to keep first amendment rights safe.
Accusatory questions that imply guilt which cannot be refuted by the other party is a great way to get people to believe that the first amendment is gone when in fact it may have been weakened lately, but it's still there.
oh it's not the only way,but fun and effective? absolutely. In the same way japanese people learn english or english people start to learn some japanese. It helps foster an interest.
If you think businesses shouldn't have to adapt over the years, I'd like to point you to businesses that have a lifeline of about 4 years tops.
Not adapting to consumer desires = not successful and also = not competitive.
As an example of what would happen if they didn't adopt, we'd still be using buggy whips and cellphones would never exist, nor this "internet" thing (sarcasm).
Intel actually was found guilty in the EU, so it's probably just coming back around. Evidence from the EU showed intel doing some quite nasty stuff - AMD has screwed up too, but intel has done some supremely shady marketing that is going to hit AMD for years. What do you know, AMD's business went to crap right about the same time as the Intel antitrust stuff found here. Coincidence?
/pretty much same stuff MS does - buy our products, we give you money, but them again or we're going to shut you off
Meanwhile, the EU doesn't seem to be exactly biased against US tech companies, specifically because intel is a global/worldwide company. They're not a "us company" anymore than the mitsubishi plants in the us are an asian company.
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simple enough :)
Nice and simple and well done though :)
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just wait
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enterprise software needs to learn this
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UK Libel Law
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don't forget this from todahy
http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-may-kill-zombieland-sequel-writer-claims-091111/
As noted on TF, it's the highest grossing zombie movie on record or something, but the writer lauds piracy as why they might not make a sequel.
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now I know why fileplanet and gamespy suck
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Re: Re: technobrega
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technobrega
Look up the technobrega (depending on spelling, tecno brega) brazillian community, where people remix other people's music daily and sell it on the street cheap. Many articles have covered this in the past.
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lots of boycott
all I can say is, lots of gamers are revolting on this - sales numbers won't be pretty, and plenty have stated the intent to boycott activision at this point.
Activision wants to be able to make a case that nobody wants PC games so that they can shove console DRM on every gamer under the land. Console DRM is a lot easier to control than PC's where people can get around DRM and actually have rights (and not be overcharged). This is the real situation that nobody pays attention to. Many groups are colluding by flat out boycotting activision at this point.
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murdoch and idiocy
I look forward to when the man croaks.
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wow
I thought you can only take a physical possession in most cases when cases are criminal, even outside of the US (where my inquiry is obviously aimed)?
Oh wait! I got it! This is what they meant by "graduated 3 strikes!" First we threaten you, then we steal your computer, and then we actually take you to court!
/solved.
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not a long term business
I mean really, how many times has phorm/etc renamed themselves?
Diebold -> premiere election services.
There isn't an actual penalty for these companies, they just rename with what they earned and move and do it again.
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Want to know how bad it is? Go take a look at what's going on with boderlands when people have to manually change the FOV. I had to change it from 60 degrees to 130 because it looked *that crappy* without 130.
Just because you can "See to your side" doesn't provide you much of a real benefit - because you would then have to be focused on your sides more than in front and your focus would wane. If you're trying to imply that a 360 degree FOV might be cheating, I'd like to remind you that such a thing looks horrifically awful in a FPS.
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Accusatory questions that imply guilt which cannot be refuted by the other party is a great way to get people to believe that the first amendment is gone when in fact it may have been weakened lately, but it's still there.
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Re: English as a video game language
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If you think businesses shouldn't have to adapt over the years, I'd like to point you to businesses that have a lifeline of about 4 years tops.
Not adapting to consumer desires = not successful and also = not competitive.
As an example of what would happen if they didn't adopt, we'd still be using buggy whips and cellphones would never exist, nor this "internet" thing (sarcasm).
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sheet music does this
I find it insulting/disturbing.
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uh?
/pretty much same stuff MS does - buy our products, we give you money, but them again or we're going to shut you off
Meanwhile, the EU doesn't seem to be exactly biased against US tech companies, specifically because intel is a global/worldwide company. They're not a "us company" anymore than the mitsubishi plants in the us are an asian company.
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