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Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

It wont solve anything because fannie and freddie will still be required by law to buy bad mortgages and create an artificial market for them. Jonnan, run for president, you've got my vote for changing capital gains to income. Got an opinion on the fair tax plan? You're rather unfair towards the investments though. It's not as if people invest into a vacuum. Although the mortgages are pretty close. If I have a choice betwee

Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

I suppose O.J. signed a contract stating he wouldn't kill his ex-wife and boyfriend? Law suites don't even need something illegal to be filed and succeed. All you need to get in is standing, and monetary damages are standing. By virtue of being illegal, a company has grounds for civil remedy against a hacker to recoup damages that total greater than $5000. The private server issue is one of those wonderful reasons why a virtual object

Reply to Should people have the right to resell games as grey or secondary market material? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

A used game has an opened box, likely in less than perfect condition. The manual has been thumbed through, the pages are curled. The person buying the used game is expecting it to work, but they probably don't give a shit about the condition of the packaging. The person that sells the used game is someone that either didn't like it or doesn't collect, and prefers to recoup part of his costs to purchase other things. Maybe those recouped funds go straight back into new

Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

Yeah... that's what the other infractions are...

Reply to Where are the Pirates going? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

They will head for planets with lots of trade ports. If your primary target is a tradeless planet, they waltz right through it to tag one that has them.

Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

Sorry to disappoint you Willy. No, I'm not a fucking communist that hates corporations and thinks everything should be free. Neilo, I'm pretty sure my F-Bombs, and plenty of other infractions, are a no no, and that Stardock should have banned me somewhere around my first post. I have no idea why I'm still here.

Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Still excusing licensing for something that doesn't exist? [quote]I'd really like not to repeat the game cheats are illegal? discussion, but the basics are this: in no other form of media can one person reverse engineering a product affect the usability of someone else's copy of that product.[/quote] How can I adversely affect another user by reverse engineering Gal Civ? Window

Reply to Where are the Pirates going? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

They like trade ships.

Reply to Should people have the right to resell games as grey or secondary market material? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

That would be the theory of business taught by morons in universities. The other theory is that you produce the best possible product at the lowest possible price. Companies that follow the second tend to take over their markets. Business is more than a demand curve, Walton and Ford knew business.

Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

Yay, I get to prove how much of a heartless dick I am... Your cousin got a variable rate mortgage. Your cousin racked up credit card debt. Your cousin didn't sell his house when he could no longer afford it. Your cousin lived outside his means. Perhaps he understood that his own actions were the cause, not the brightest reaction to an epiphany, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. When everyone is screaming about the

Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

That isn't entirely accurate. The deregulation makes this scenario possible. It does not however make it impossible to refuse buying a bad loan. Being able to buy and sell loans allows for more risk yes, but without Fannie and Freddie being run in an insane manner for back door socialism, there would be no massive housing bubble right now. With no one to sell the $200k mortage with zero down for a guy making $30k a year to, they wouldn't exist in anything approaching l

Reply to Should people have the right to resell games as grey or secondary market material? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote who="Zubaz" reply="14" id="1888518"]I believe that there are good arguments for not reselling software but let me take it one step more. If you like a game, don't you want to reward the company so that they make more games? Reselling a game you liked instead of forcing a new sale distorts the metrics that go into the question of "Do we make more things like X or do we have to close up shop?"[/quote] This applies to any good. If I buy a used

Reply to Dead horse buffet in Everything Else Sins Forums

Welcome to the Socialist States of America. :) Paulson and Bernanke are buddies with the guys going down the toilet. The committee members that oversee this mess are directly responsible for it and on the take to boot. Bush is a bleeding heart liberal(yes, he's a liberal, get over it, liberals expand government powers and nanny state programs, not conservatives) and can't bear to forclose on poor people that had no business buying houses in the first place.&

Reply to Should people have the right to resell games as grey or secondary market material? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

Perhaps you should read your post again? You specifically said resale should not be allowed. The topic is whether or not resale should be allowed. I said your post doesn't make an argument against resale and indirect support availability, only against transferring accounts so Stardock directly deals with the costs. [quote]Now, having a bug does not constitute a "broken" game, so that no longer holds.[/quote] The arrogance of the

Reply to Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat? in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. Assuming a range of say 20 kilometers, a light speed beam weapon would strike the target in .000067 seconds. Yeah, it's fast. One simply has to take the maneuverability and speed of the target to determine whether dodging is possible. If a fighter is ten meters in radius, that fighter need only change position at one two thousandth the speed of the projectile. In the case of a

Reply to Should people have the right to resell games as grey or secondary market material? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

[quote]The comparison between games (software) and normal physical property is common, but inherently flawed and cannot be logically used. If you re-sell a piece of physical property, you can no longer use it. You physically pass it on to another person. If you re-sell software, guess what - you can keep it on your drive, and you can keep it working. Even if the serial is stripped from your account denying you access to patches, it still won't deny you access from launching th

Reply to Game Cheats Are Illegal? in Personal Computing Sins Forums

That does not say anything about playing a game. That you're not really playing WOW when you run a bot is irrelevant. If I want to turn mech commander into a program that spits out hello world, I am still utilizing the computer program in conjunction with a machine. As my objective is to spit out hello world, the modifications I make to do that are neccessary. You can argue that the law is less than perfectly clear, you cannot argue that you have no ri

Reply to [MOD RELEASE] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 0.03b Released (updated 01/10/09) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Ok, so I don't get karma removed for the bannable offenses I commit on a daily basis...

Reply to Which game should I buy: GalCivII - Twilight of the Arnor OR Sins of a Solar Empire in PC Gaming Sins Forums

If you really like GalCiv, TA can't be over-rated. It's a substantial improvement over the stock game. Did you play the Sins demo? I'd go with whichever I enjoyed more.

Reply to What would be viable copy protection? in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Mostly in agreement with Mascot. However, Stardock activations expire. I don't think it's same day, but it's a relatively short period of time. So they do have a rolling system, you just happened to hit it. Stardock is also cooperative, instead of making you call them long distance to have any hope of getting a same day solution to your problem. I do not agree with the premise that an online purchase is a rental however. If it stops working

Reply to [MOD RELEASE] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 0.03b Released (updated 01/10/09) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

... What the hell. How do I have karma +4?

Reply to Worst sequel of anything in Everything Else Sins Forums

That's because his talents lie with singing. Yeah, I went there.

Reply to [MOD RELEASE] Star Trek: Sacrifice of Angels 2 0.03b Released (updated 01/10/09) in Sins Modding Sins Forums

Um... what elite are you getting? The Warbird is a badass. It starts with 150 damage and can get radiation bomb. Now if you're starting with the Valdore, yeah... ok. But you're a tard if you're starting with the Valdore. It sucks monkey nuts. With 150 damage and 3800 hit points between the six armor hull and the shields, the Warbird is vastly more powerful than the sins capital ships are. They're only a littleheavier in the hitpoints

Reply to SPORE in PC Gaming Sins Forums

Yes, that was severely disappointing news. I was really looking forwards to growing a species with procedurally driven combat and movement styles that mattered, and carried from one stage to the next. Hearing that it was a joke that didn't make any difference in capabilities after creature phase anyway was blegh... With the DRM, I'm not buying it regardless, but based on the reviews I'd be waiting for bargain bin pricing even if free of it.

Reply to Dissapointed with Product in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Gal Civ 2 is hardcore thinking strategy. If you find Gal Civ 2 boring, it's because you prefer action to thought, welcome to the majority of the population. Sins is inbetween braindead fuck RTS and TBS 4X. Hence the lack of depth comments from a slightly brain damaged TBS fan. :) Anyone that claims they have to think to play the traditional RTS is a lying bastard or severely retarded, they're simplistic because they must be. If