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I know this is off topic, but it really burns me up to see the once mighty Origin Systems relegated to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems
I hope the bad Amazon reviews based on Origin, which is just a poor Steam clone, don't deter people from buying Battlefield 3 - it is easily the best PC FPS game there has been for a long time. With a half decent graphics card it's no exaggeration to say the graphics are jaw dropping, and the game play matches it. Unfortunately if you lose your internet connection mid game, Origin closes the game immediately. You los…
I sure hope it does deter them. To show other publishers that making a neat game does not give them the right to spy on their customers.
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I hope the bad Amazon reviews based on Origin, which is just a poor Steam clone, don't deter people from buying Battlefield 3 - it is easily the best PC FPS game there has been for a long time. With a half decent graphics card it's no exaggeration to say the graphics are jaw dropping, and the game play matches it. Unfortunately if you lose your internet connection mid game, Origin closes the game immediately. You los…
This is why I install my games on a separate bootable harddisk, which I only boot when I want to play a game.
I do that as well. Because games are the only reason I'd want to run Windows.
The RMS level is a bitch though.
Edit: I'm not joking about Emacs - sitting down to write some code/create something is what I do for fun.
I know this is off topic, but it really burns me up to see the once mighty Origin Systems relegated to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems
I know this is off topic, but it really burns me up to see the once mighty Origin Systems relegated to this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_Systems
They got bought out nineteen years ago; it's not the "once mighty Origin Systems," it's a trademark that EA owns becoming attached to a product.
This sounds like the kind of thing that some MBA came up with; Suit: "And in the Terms of Service, add some note so that we can use their personal info for marketing." Cubicle-ee: "That's a little sleezy and sounds like it may backfire.." Suit: "Nonsense, nobody reads the ToS and everybody is data mining people's personal info these days, they can't get mad at us without getting mad at everyone else too. Look at Goog…
Suit: "We're collecting this data? Why?"
Cubicle-dweller: "Dunno, seemed useful."
Suit: "Well, we better put something in the ToS about it so our customers know that we're storing it."
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Why don't you throw lawyers under the bus while you are at it. After all, we know that everybody but coders are looking to screw the customer.
Because in most companies, it is the "coders" who are in charge, right?
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I sure hope it does deter them. To show other publishers that making a neat game does not give them the right to spy on their customers.
By using Valve's online sites and products, users agree that Valve may collect aggregate information, individual information, and personally identifiable information, as defined below. Valve may share aggregate information and individual information with other parties. Valve shall not share personally identifiable information with other parties, except as described in the policy below. It doesn't seem like it's much…
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I do that as well. Because games are the only reason I'd want to run Windows.
My favorite video game is "emacs". If you align all the characters correctly, you can make the computer do some pretty incredible things. The RMS level is a bitch though. Edit: I'm not joking about Emacs - sitting down to write some code/create something is what I do for fun.