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• On the post: Attention Game Developers And Console Manufacturers: 'Always On' Is NOT The Same As 'Always Connectable'

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 02:00pm

  Re: Legacy

  I also love how the tech-savvy community preserves the past so well. DOSBox, ZSNES, ScummVM, WINE, etc. grant us access to history and the great game creations of the past. So, even as platforms change, people build bridges to old platforms.
  
  I recently completed The Curse of Monkey Island on my Galaxy S3.

• On the post: Attention Game Developers And Console Manufacturers: 'Always On' Is NOT The Same As 'Always Connectable'

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 01:56pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Why stop there? I think your analogy is spot on with one minor change. You ALREADY, successfully, LEGALLY purchased stuff from Costco. Those door guards show up at your HOUSE, and THEN beat you to a pulp until you produce a receipt proving you purchased the stuff in your house.
  
  After all, the world is ready.

• On the post: Live Video: Cory Doctorow Talking With Techdirt About Pirate Cinema, Copyright Law & More

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 09:09am

  Re: technical difficulties in progress...

  Information wants to be free!

• On the post: The Many Motivations Of Movie Piracy (Notably Absent: 'I Want Everything For Free')

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 04:51pm

  Bad Graph

  Why on EARTH are the results presented as a line graph?

• On the post: Newegg's 'Screw Patent Trolls!' Strategy Leads To Victory

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2013 @ 01:33pm

  Why is "old technique but on a computer" patentable?

  I'll never understand this concept. If anyone deserves royalties/patents on the matter, it is whoever invented the original physical shopping cart. The concept is very simple: a container that queues items up for purchase all at once at a future time. It is very obvious to take that concept and apply it to online purchases. How were these patents granted in the first place? Because it was done "on the Internet"? The concept is still the same. From what I gather, the patents simply cover a particular style of implementation.
  
  This is why patents are stupid.

• On the post: President Obama Does Reddit AMA; Gives Weak Politician's Answer About Internet Freedom

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 03:35pm

  Just one problem...

  I like how politicians pretend to care about Internet freedoms. Government and big businesses are the reasons Internet freedoms were in danger in the first place. You want to help Internet freedom? Cease your own involvement. Back off. Let it govern itself.

• On the post: MPAA Pretends 'Offering Something' Is The Same Thing As 'Offering What People Want'

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2012 @ 03:44pm

  Nice

  I like how Howard lists a bunch of services like Netflix, but it's those very services we're complaining about: delayed release windows, restricted viewings, etc.

• On the post: Did You Know That Professional Writing Is Dying And Only Taxing The Public To Pay Writers Can Save It

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2012 @ 09:46am

  Re: What about computer programmers

  Didn't it turn 30 years? Or is my math off?
  
  And yes, I agree. All those years of QuickBASIC 4.5 WASTED! How am I to cope in a world devoid of people willing to pay for software written in QuickBASIC 4.5? I demand payment for my cultural output!

• On the post: EA Believes That Making A Lot Of Money Is Less Important Than Keeping Games Expensive

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2012 @ 11:56am

  Ironic statement is ironic.

  You know what else cheapens IP? Making it inaccessible. IP has far less value to me if I am unable to even obtain it. I have $60 games I stopped playing ages ago, and I have $10 games I still play all the time. Heck, I'm a huge League of Legends fan. Is its IP worth nothing because the game is free?
  
  Honestly, EA, welcome to the world of economics.

• On the post: This Is Reporting? Fox News Ties Flame Malware To Angry Birds Because Both Use Lua

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2012 @ 08:48am

  Re:

  Hate to be pedantic, but actually, mixing an acid and base is probably the most peaceful thing you can do. XD

• On the post: This Is Reporting? Fox News Ties Flame Malware To Angry Birds Because Both Use Lua

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2012 @ 08:31am

  LOLOLUA

  Annnnnd the metal in my truck fender is the same metal in terrorist weaponry...?
  
  I'm a game developer who uses Lua in my game engine. Guess I'll have to remove it in order to be able to market to Fox News viewers.

• On the post: French Film Exec Insists That Anti-Piracy Efforts Made Sure No French Films Were Downloaded For 7 Months

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 31 May, 2012 @ 01:04pm

  Re:

  I was literally about to post this. If absolutely no one pirated certain content, I question the content more than the protection.

• On the post: If People Won't Pay A Monthly Fee For Facebook, Why Would They Pay For Newspapers?

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 30 May, 2012 @ 01:19pm

  not worth paying at all

  I'm surprised even at the people who would pay $1 per month. Facebook is far from a necessity in my life. I love using it. I love seeing friends' updates. It's how I stay in touch with lots of friends and family, but I use precisely because it costs nothing. There is no guilt in using it ever (maybe my electric bill...?). The threshold between $0.00 and $0.01 is huge. The very requirement of money in any amount is deal breaker for such non-essentials. Going from $0.01 to $0.02 is a lot easier because it's a mere value proposition: we're offering more services, so we need to charge a bit more.

• On the post: Who's The Coward? Thin-Skinned NY Politicians Try To Ban Anonymous Comments

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 07:41am

  "Rights"

  Since when is it a right to know who is behind an anonymous internet posting? If we're taken to TRIAL, yeah, you probably have some right to know who your accuser is... but an anonymous Internet posting? Sorry. That is not a right.

• On the post: Video Game Developers Continue To Ignorantly Attack Used Game Sales

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2012 @ 11:16am

  Re: Solution: make great games nobody would part with

  Why convince people to keep games when we can just legislate to force them? :]

• On the post: Why Do Publishers Treat Customers As Crooks With Scolding Copyright Notices?

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2012 @ 07:30am

  Hmmm

  What are DISTRUBITION rights?

• On the post: Tell Paypal To Stop Playing Morality Cop With Booksellers

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 03:45pm

  Intriguing

  I find myself in an interesting position. I am a Christian husband and father. Given my religious background, I certainly oppose such vile literature. One could argue that I see this as a 'win' for me and my beliefs. However, this is exactly the wrong way to go about it. If I wanted to eliminate such literature, I'd seek to garner support from people in the community. I'd want the world to WANT to rid itself of such literature. Paypal should strive to be as neutral as possible as it is a tool for moving money around. What people do with their money is their own business.
  
  Paypal, why stop at dirty books? Why not cut off funds to presidential campaigns (for candidates you do not like)? Why not cut off funds for anyone who refuses to detail what the transaction was for? Do you plan on reinstating Smashwords for transactions not involving dirty books?
  
  It's such a slippery slope that this really is a victory for no one. It's just one more reason for me to move my assets away from Paypal.

• On the post: If People Like You And Your Work They'll Pay; If They Like Your Work, But Don't Like You, They'll Infringe

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 15 Feb, 2012 @ 10:40am

  Re: Wow....It's just like high school

  Disliking does not *excuse* infringement. A more appropriate analogy would be that every time you go to pay for your nachos at the concession stand, the cashier slaps you after handing you your receipt. People want the nachos and want to support the people selling them, but if every purchase is accompanied by pain, people will start saying, "What's that over there?" *runs*

• On the post: CD Projekt Listens To Fans, Abandons Piracy Witch Hunt

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2012 @ 04:45pm

  Re: Getting it right

  Seconded'd. I intend to check out their games very soon.

• On the post: Don't Complain About Piracy When You Create Crappy Games

  

  TheBuzzSaw ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2011 @ 12:53pm

  various platforms

  Is this guy seriously complaining about the variety of Android hardware? Has this guy never written a big application for the PC? There is so much more hardware variance on the desktop than in the phone market. The mark of a good engineer is his ability to write flexible, adaptable code that conforms to its environment. Frankly, if a team is coding an app and stopping the instant it runs smoothly on one device, I question the quality of code underneath: no effort to optimize, streamline, harden, etc.
  
  It's really not THAT hard to support many Android devices.

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