FREE to play dont work when you wish to release a game THAT you dont want to TOUCH anymore..
You dont want to UPDATE, CHANGE, ADD to...Create it over and over..
BUT, if yo create a GREAT engine, and it can be changed and augmented...WHY remake a product, KEEP ADDING TO IT and people will come.
Look up a game, released long ago, and STILL RUNNING..with alot of added content that the USERS created..Star trek armada 2. TRY to get a CHEAP COPY. last I looked a LEGAL copy on Amazon was around $100.
If the maker had Sold it, placed in Multi user online servers, and ADDED the content for a small fee...HE WOULD STILL BE MAKING MONEY..
But, no...they dropped it on the market, Fixed a few things, and RAN away with the money..to the NEXT project.
EA did a test..and FAILED..battlefield online, went from a NEAT game to CRAP.. NO real new maps, no new content, and CHARGE thru the nose...and you win with Over powered guns.
Why are there a BUNCH of online games from Asia? ALL making money?
WEll,
Think about something..ok.
It used to be that Many towns had their OWN slaughter houses..and meats an such were VERY LOCAL..If you had good Beef in the area, you had good beef on the table.
NOW, your animals are TRUCKED 3 states over..Then slaughtered, then SENT someplace else. And sometimes BACK to your area.
Chickens are the same. But you wont find that many Egg farms.. They have been consolidated.. from being outlawed in some areas, to JUST cant afford it, to Regulated to DEATH.
When animals have enough ROOM, and do what they DO.. Even if you use them for milking. They are healthier, they need LESS CARE, SHOTS, DRUGS, CHEMICALS..
It used to be, eating FISH wasnt a problem. I suggest you look at suggestions about them NOW. Lead, mercury, and other poisons have built up in the environment tot he point, you can Poison yourself, just by eating. It dont matter if it was Aquaculture raised or NOT..
If you like strange facts, I will let you count the number of animals species displaced and no longer in Good supply, Around the world. Consider that Humans have decimated the animal population by over 60% in the last 400 years.
Do we really need MORE cows?
IF they could? would they make a cow with no legs, so it didnt wonder?
its all for the convenience of HUMANS and making Food.
Do you think that changing something, created by nature, that DOES what it DOES, into something JUST so we can EAT IT.. is a good thing?
Lets see..
In the last 20 years..
Dairies have moved out of S. California..They stink.
Dairies have reduced the number of cattle..And STILL produce more then enough.(over 20%)
Dairies have to much milk and cant sell it..Enough to make MORE MONEY..
Dairies use Drug/chemicals/hormones, (what ever) to force cattle to make EXTRA milk..(seems backwards, as they have TO MUCH)
Average life of a Dairy cow, is 5-7 years..THEN it ends up on your plate..Funny for a creature that can live for 40+ years.
After being a dairy cow, you are Burned out..cant have babies anymore and you cant produce enough milk for market, as well as WHAT THOSE chemicals/drugs/whatever does to the cow.
Those old enough to REMEMBER milk..has it changed flavor? is it abit THINNER?
In my understanding..
LLC was designated for Startup and small companies.
It was to lend protection to them.
It was NOT for larger companies as they had enough money to protect themselves.
This is strange.
The USA Gov. wishes to monitor TONS of information in every direction on the NET. Yes there are back doors to many systems and sites, and DONT think that your Privacy is secure.
There are OLD hat ways to make things secure, but those ways of doing things have been passed up for Quick and DIRTY programming, with HOLES IN IT.
The, Partly SMART, computer user is and can be more protected then the Gov./corps for many reasons. We can CHANGE things faster..We can FIX things faster, we can go out and evaluate programs. The Gov/Corp has to install this on MANY system inside there WHOLE system, not just 1-2 computers.
Difficulties come when the GOV wishes to WATCH us. it has to get the Corps to put MORE HOLES in our net and on our computers..HOLES are not good things. MS installed a CERTIFICATE system into their system to Check sites and servers..Problem: it cost $99 per year to get one, and the hackers Bought a few and found the coding.. Found that it allowed the site to INSTALL anything, because it was Certified..
If you want NETWORK security you dont allow access to your MAIN SERVER. This is a OLD known idea. Anything thats needed to be INPUT must be Scanned MANY times(in different ways) before you allow it on the system. You scan the software for Virus Bots, and then the Code to see if its PROPERLY WRITTEN, then you run it on a auxiliary system and EMULATE what it will do. (esp on/for critical system)
AND the biggest thing...BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP..1 backup isnt enough. AND you TEST your backup. its very time consuming. it requires EXTRA hardware and money..
I could build a device that uses USB external drives, and records TV channels, for around $100..
any computer formats
Would play Anything from computer formats, CD/DVD/BR and have networking/USB abilities and output 1080p
FOR MY PERSONAL USE, I would not be sued.
IF I sold such devices, I WOULD be sued into the DIRT..
DEAR AC.
They are all 1 single group..at least controlled as a group.
All the money goes the SAME way..UP.
Why do you think Cable/sat charge you for channels you DONT WATCH..an the cable/sat companies have NO WAY to take them out?
I dont watch the sports channels, but have to PAY for them..
The FCC has been TRYING to get ala carte channels for years.
Cable STARTED with bunched channels..you paid for the EXTRA. You got BASIC channels for $20. no sports, no religious, no THIS/THAT/OTHER.. NOW you pay as much as THEN, but get TONS of garbage you dont watch..and PAY MORE..
IN THE OLD DAYS..
Basic channels..$20
HBO..$10(2-4 more channels)
Show time $10(2-6 channels)
ESPN $20 (4 channels).
and so forth..
NOW you pay for ESPN...EVERYONE pays for ESPN even if they dont watch it.
Its funny.
Think for a second..IF CABLE corps got together, they could FORCE the Channels into being CHEAP. IF the Channels wanted ACCESS to customers they have FEW choices.
They can install Antenna towers across the nation.
OR Send a SAT signal that Cable/sat could use, to sell to customers.
There has to be a BIG SAT up there for all the channels. THINK of the CRAP TV you get to watch, all those channels that VERY few watch, and are still on.
dont worry about the complaints that its EXPENSIVE to send signals to SAT's..they get PAID for commercials. And trying to setup Antennas around the USA to get to customers is Much more expensive..
Do I have to mention SUBSIDIES? Much of the fiber is getting PAID for by YOU. In 1 form or another. YOU PAID FOR IT. At least 10 times over.
I wonder how much DRM really costs..
You have to install it into a program, in such a way as its NOT EASY to remove..
You have to have computers ONLINE 24/7/365 FOREVER. Or turn them off and piss off TONS of people..
REGIONAL coverage...so you need computers around the world.
Servers arnt cheap, and require POWER..
THEN you have a single player game...That NEEDS ACCESS to the net? thats 1.5 players, not SINGLE.. Being required to have NET access, is not single player.
THEN the requirement of CONTINUOUS, NET access for a single player game..
So, I have a SINGLE player game, and would like to take a trip with my kids. Playing this game WOULD be fun for the kids...BUT you would need NET access..WOW, I hope you got GOOD cellphone coverage.
So the kids are going to play Solitaire, or ANOTHER corps games..
HOW easy is it to TRACK a bot/advert that has been installed on your computer.
You goto a site that has ADVERTS and 1 installs its cookie on your system, that TRACKS you, all over the net..
It opens a backdoor for OTHER ADVERTS for what it THINKS you are looking for..
This idea(from the article) will take a TON of discussion and cleanup, of WHAT/WHO is a hack..
I mean, if the GOV. REALLY wanted to track this crap down, they would hok up with a few companies like spybot/AVAST/Malwarebyte and ADD tracking to the data.
THINK about it..You get a BOT from a site and its LOGGED where you got it..NOT ANONYMOUS..
A few years back I had a CLEAN MACHINE..and had to install updates and protection. It was dialup, so connected and the FIRST SITE it went to was MSN.. 7 virus and 37 bots from the FRONT PAGE. It took 15 minutes to gain control of the computer...and 6 more hours to clean up..
I sent a letter to MSN..1 year later they QUIT adverts from 3rd parties.
Then comes the thought, of WHO do you hold responsible?
THE SITE? They didnt SCAN and clean it..
You have to understand WHY adverts are all OVER the place..
SOMEONE IS GETTING PAID. and there has to be INFO in the bot, of WHO DID IT..so they can get paid.
The Company wanted Adverts, they shipped it to an ADVERt company, they shipped it to person to DO THE WORK..
NOW:
COMMENTS:
STUXNET..look it up.
Do you think the Other countries have rights to BOMB the USA with virus after we did it to THEM?? Do you REALLY think this is the first time?
COMPUTER security is FAIRLY SIMPLE..
1. MAJOR systems DONT HAVE ACCESS TO THE NET..
2. ANY outside data to be installed is SCANNED(HEAVILY) before being inserted..from DECODERS to AV/BOT scanners..
3. ALL input data is TESTED ON REMOTE/OFFLINE systems FIRST. NOT on the primary system..
FREE to play dont work...When
FREE to play dont work when you wish to release a game THAT you dont want to TOUCH anymore..
You dont want to UPDATE, CHANGE, ADD to...Create it over and over..
BUT, if yo create a GREAT engine, and it can be changed and augmented...WHY remake a product, KEEP ADDING TO IT and people will come.
Look up a game, released long ago, and STILL RUNNING..with alot of added content that the USERS created..Star trek armada 2. TRY to get a CHEAP COPY. last I looked a LEGAL copy on Amazon was around $100.
If the maker had Sold it, placed in Multi user online servers, and ADDED the content for a small fee...HE WOULD STILL BE MAKING MONEY..
But, no...they dropped it on the market, Fixed a few things, and RAN away with the money..to the NEXT project.
EA did a test..and FAILED..battlefield online, went from a NEAT game to CRAP.. NO real new maps, no new content, and CHARGE thru the nose...and you win with Over powered guns.
Why are there a BUNCH of online games from Asia? ALL making money?
Who here
Who here understands what it takes to get a Video OFF a cellphone, or to make copies, or send it EMAIL..
There could of been LOTS of copies sent in the time these folks had. Even on the Simple phones, copies could of been sent or downloaded..
Re: Re: Re: fOR WHAT REASON?
WEll,
Think about something..ok.
It used to be that Many towns had their OWN slaughter houses..and meats an such were VERY LOCAL..If you had good Beef in the area, you had good beef on the table.
NOW, your animals are TRUCKED 3 states over..Then slaughtered, then SENT someplace else. And sometimes BACK to your area.
Chickens are the same. But you wont find that many Egg farms.. They have been consolidated.. from being outlawed in some areas, to JUST cant afford it, to Regulated to DEATH.
When animals have enough ROOM, and do what they DO.. Even if you use them for milking. They are healthier, they need LESS CARE, SHOTS, DRUGS, CHEMICALS..
It used to be, eating FISH wasnt a problem. I suggest you look at suggestions about them NOW. Lead, mercury, and other poisons have built up in the environment tot he point, you can Poison yourself, just by eating. It dont matter if it was Aquaculture raised or NOT..
If you like strange facts, I will let you count the number of animals species displaced and no longer in Good supply, Around the world. Consider that Humans have decimated the animal population by over 60% in the last 400 years.
Re: Re: fOR WHAT REASON?
Well, lets see..
Do we really need MORE cows?
IF they could? would they make a cow with no legs, so it didnt wonder?
its all for the convenience of HUMANS and making Food.
Do you think that changing something, created by nature, that DOES what it DOES, into something JUST so we can EAT IT.. is a good thing?
fOR WHAT REASON?
Lets see..
In the last 20 years..
Dairies have moved out of S. California..They stink.
Dairies have reduced the number of cattle..And STILL produce more then enough.(over 20%)
Dairies have to much milk and cant sell it..Enough to make MORE MONEY..
Dairies use Drug/chemicals/hormones, (what ever) to force cattle to make EXTRA milk..(seems backwards, as they have TO MUCH)
Average life of a Dairy cow, is 5-7 years..THEN it ends up on your plate..Funny for a creature that can live for 40+ years.
After being a dairy cow, you are Burned out..cant have babies anymore and you cant produce enough milk for market, as well as WHAT THOSE chemicals/drugs/whatever does to the cow.
Those old enough to REMEMBER milk..has it changed flavor? is it abit THINNER?
Dont ask, dont tell..is not always a good idea.
WE need a debate on LLC
lets DEBATE LLC..
In my understanding..
LLC was designated for Startup and small companies.
It was to lend protection to them.
It was NOT for larger companies as they had enough money to protect themselves.
Why was this changed, and when?
Get a hint
SomewhereEverywhere, Big Brother Is Smiling: Congress Sells Your Privacy For A Cool $84 MillionSomething to realize..
YOU PAID FOR IT..
Where do you think they GOT THE MONEY..FROM YOU.
AND you will be Paying for it every time you purchase something.
If you dont know..
Over 1/2 the price you pay from these corps, is PAID by you for adverts, and lawyers and every OTHER thing they want/do..
Well,
considering the bookkeeping abilities of the Movie industry..
They are always loosing money, and there isnt ANY left to PAY investors..
I LOVE estimates that consider that EVERY human on the planet wants to Watch their movie..
IF these folks could get $1 from every person that watched their movies, do you think they would Shut up??
NEVER.. they would want $2
Something to comment on
This is strange.
The USA Gov. wishes to monitor TONS of information in every direction on the NET. Yes there are back doors to many systems and sites, and DONT think that your Privacy is secure.
There are OLD hat ways to make things secure, but those ways of doing things have been passed up for Quick and DIRTY programming, with HOLES IN IT.
The, Partly SMART, computer user is and can be more protected then the Gov./corps for many reasons. We can CHANGE things faster..We can FIX things faster, we can go out and evaluate programs. The Gov/Corp has to install this on MANY system inside there WHOLE system, not just 1-2 computers.
Difficulties come when the GOV wishes to WATCH us. it has to get the Corps to put MORE HOLES in our net and on our computers..HOLES are not good things. MS installed a CERTIFICATE system into their system to Check sites and servers..Problem: it cost $99 per year to get one, and the hackers Bought a few and found the coding.. Found that it allowed the site to INSTALL anything, because it was Certified..
If you want NETWORK security you dont allow access to your MAIN SERVER. This is a OLD known idea. Anything thats needed to be INPUT must be Scanned MANY times(in different ways) before you allow it on the system. You scan the software for Virus Bots, and then the Code to see if its PROPERLY WRITTEN, then you run it on a auxiliary system and EMULATE what it will do. (esp on/for critical system)
AND the biggest thing...BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP..1 backup isnt enough. AND you TEST your backup. its very time consuming. it requires EXTRA hardware and money..
iTS TRUE.
Something to remember..
I could build a device that uses USB external drives, and records TV channels, for around $100..
any computer formats
Would play Anything from computer formats, CD/DVD/BR and have networking/USB abilities and output 1080p
FOR MY PERSONAL USE, I would not be sued.
IF I sold such devices, I WOULD be sued into the DIRT..
Re: Re: Re: Re: Very good
DEAR AC.
They are all 1 single group..at least controlled as a group.
All the money goes the SAME way..UP.
Why do you think Cable/sat charge you for channels you DONT WATCH..an the cable/sat companies have NO WAY to take them out?
I dont watch the sports channels, but have to PAY for them..
The FCC has been TRYING to get ala carte channels for years.
Cable STARTED with bunched channels..you paid for the EXTRA. You got BASIC channels for $20. no sports, no religious, no THIS/THAT/OTHER.. NOW you pay as much as THEN, but get TONS of garbage you dont watch..and PAY MORE..
IN THE OLD DAYS..
Basic channels..$20
HBO..$10(2-4 more channels)
Show time $10(2-6 channels)
ESPN $20 (4 channels).
and so forth..
NOW you pay for ESPN...EVERYONE pays for ESPN even if they dont watch it.
Re: Re: Very good
anti trust?
you mean when they control the Movie, the commercials, Access to shows, making the movies/shows, The cable corps and the sat companies??
And if you could PROVE they are all linked they could be fined? for something like 1% of gross?
That 7 corps control about 80% of the worlds broadcast channels??
Very good
Its funny.
Think for a second..IF CABLE corps got together, they could FORCE the Channels into being CHEAP. IF the Channels wanted ACCESS to customers they have FEW choices.
They can install Antenna towers across the nation.
OR Send a SAT signal that Cable/sat could use, to sell to customers.
There has to be a BIG SAT up there for all the channels. THINK of the CRAP TV you get to watch, all those channels that VERY few watch, and are still on.
dont worry about the complaints that its EXPENSIVE to send signals to SAT's..they get PAID for commercials. And trying to setup Antennas around the USA to get to customers is Much more expensive..
Do I have to mention SUBSIDIES? Much of the fiber is getting PAID for by YOU. In 1 form or another. YOU PAID FOR IT. At least 10 times over.
TRADE AGREEMENTS
Trade agreements should be FOR TRADE..not changing LAWS, and NOT to backdoor the USA into changing LAWS..
Ok,,
THE USA is the only country that THINKS, its the only one with IDEAS/IP worth protecting..
Its always been that way.
IF the USA had to pay ROYALTIES on gun powder, and all subsequent creations from it, BASED on gun powder..do you THINK the USA would?
Hmmm?
makes it a crime to “exceed authorized access, and thereby obtain… information from any protected computer.”
So,
your kids get on your computer..YOUR COMPUTER..
you told them they could use it..
They THEN, get it infected..
Is it the kids problem?
The ISP, the SITES, the Advertisers??
You are given access at work to a computer..ITS NOT SECURE, and it gets infected..WHO is at fault?
This seems to be an IDIOT CLAUSE, to protect IDIOTS from not protecting themselves and the systems..
Someone LEAVES the computer Access logged in..someone ELSE uses the computer...with that persons Access..WHO IS TO BLAME?
Im sorry..these are BASIC security issues that have to be discerned and CONTROLLED BY THE ADMIN/CREATOR/...
i WONDER
I wonder how much DRM really costs..
You have to install it into a program, in such a way as its NOT EASY to remove..
You have to have computers ONLINE 24/7/365 FOREVER. Or turn them off and piss off TONS of people..
REGIONAL coverage...so you need computers around the world.
Servers arnt cheap, and require POWER..
THEN you have a single player game...That NEEDS ACCESS to the net? thats 1.5 players, not SINGLE.. Being required to have NET access, is not single player.
THEN the requirement of CONTINUOUS, NET access for a single player game..
So, I have a SINGLE player game, and would like to take a trip with my kids. Playing this game WOULD be fun for the kids...BUT you would need NET access..WOW, I hope you got GOOD cellphone coverage.
So the kids are going to play Solitaire, or ANOTHER corps games..
Whats the COST??
Nothing NEW..
There used to be TONS of free newspapers.
The USED to use Adverts to sell the paper.
They decided that they had TO many adverts, so they increased the price..AND still kept adverts..
getting paid twice is nice..
Number of readers goes DOWN?? what do you do?
Some good comments here
I wonder...
HOW easy is it to TRACK a bot/advert that has been installed on your computer.
You goto a site that has ADVERTS and 1 installs its cookie on your system, that TRACKS you, all over the net..
It opens a backdoor for OTHER ADVERTS for what it THINKS you are looking for..
This idea(from the article) will take a TON of discussion and cleanup, of WHAT/WHO is a hack..
I mean, if the GOV. REALLY wanted to track this crap down, they would hok up with a few companies like spybot/AVAST/Malwarebyte and ADD tracking to the data.
THINK about it..You get a BOT from a site and its LOGGED where you got it..NOT ANONYMOUS..
A few years back I had a CLEAN MACHINE..and had to install updates and protection. It was dialup, so connected and the FIRST SITE it went to was MSN.. 7 virus and 37 bots from the FRONT PAGE. It took 15 minutes to gain control of the computer...and 6 more hours to clean up..
I sent a letter to MSN..1 year later they QUIT adverts from 3rd parties.
Then comes the thought, of WHO do you hold responsible?
THE SITE? They didnt SCAN and clean it..
You have to understand WHY adverts are all OVER the place..
SOMEONE IS GETTING PAID. and there has to be INFO in the bot, of WHO DID IT..so they can get paid.
The Company wanted Adverts, they shipped it to an ADVERt company, they shipped it to person to DO THE WORK..
NOW:
COMMENTS:
STUXNET..look it up.
Do you think the Other countries have rights to BOMB the USA with virus after we did it to THEM?? Do you REALLY think this is the first time?
COMPUTER security is FAIRLY SIMPLE..
1. MAJOR systems DONT HAVE ACCESS TO THE NET..
2. ANY outside data to be installed is SCANNED(HEAVILY) before being inserted..from DECODERS to AV/BOT scanners..
3. ALL input data is TESTED ON REMOTE/OFFLINE systems FIRST. NOT on the primary system..
dont do this..
http://consumerist.com/2013/03/08/its-totally-not-cool-that-my-fridge-stops-working-and-tell s-the-wrong-temperature/
HOw many
In the USA 10% of the people participate in The governing..
20% are sheep..
70% either dont know how, DONT care, think its to corrupt,...
The problem tends to be a few...
SMART people that know POLITICS, dont want the job. That leaves those that DO want the job for their OWN PURPOSES..
Difficulty comes with REALLY running things as a democracy...
SHARING KNOWLEDGE..
FINDING TRUTH..
making things WORK..