Born in 1936, huh? That makes you nearly as old as my father, and he regularly tells me that he's "older than dirt." Perhaps you're merely as old as dirt. 
A long motorcycle trip? Wow. Have fun!
A long motorcycle trip? Wow. Have fun!
To those who think most of us are as old as dirt or older as dirt! We are neither! For we refuse to be trampled on! Don't tread on US! ;D
I was browsing Slashdot before I started work this morning, and noticed an article about a new game distribution setup. I though 'that sounds like a really sensible idea', so I browsed over to read more - and what do you know, it's CD Projekt again!The idea is to sell older games - those the big distributors are no longer pushing through high street shops - as downloads, WITHOUT DRM. There's an interview about it here I really think this is worth signing up to.
Um, this was posted about in the News section months ago: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=14966.0. I think somebody has had his nose so firmly pressed to the grindstone that he's missed much of what's been happening around him.SimonBrooke said:
But you're right -- it's a cool idea. I think whether it works or not will depend on which games they make available.Not to sound to daft, but can some one please remind me what DRM is again, and do you folks forget about Steam from Valve already who have been doing the same thing for a few years now?But I still wouldn't mind a reminder about what DRM is, Please.
Digital Rights Management. In other words, we have the right to f*ck up your computer and limit the number of times you can install your game because you might be a pirate, even though DRM is removed from pirated versions.Thank goddess CDPR isn't like this.CNDLIONHEARTED said:
It wouldn't be CDP R making the decision on whether or not to use DRM, it would be Atari. The publishers make those choices, not the developers.~ Roxy
Doesn't it depend on the contract that the developers negotiate with the publishers?RogueRoxy said:
Not as far as I know. The publishers make the decisions about how to distribute the product, while the developers create the product itself.For instance, there is a huge complaint issue from those who bought Mass Effect PC by Bioware because the DRM was implemented by Atari which limits activation numbers. Complaints made on the ME forums are refered to the Atari site. For whatever reason, Atari didn't use DRM for the Witcher, which is a good thing.~ RoxyEDIT: The reason the EE was delayed was because Atari was still looking at these types of options, as far as I can remember.
[.The first game I can remember is Pong, I was born in February of 1936 -- hehe, work for it.I Written by Dragon NaturallySpeaking[/QUOTE] You beat me. I waited till April 36 , to see if it was nice outside .I did'nt know it was a one-way ticket . My first videogame was ,on my son 's Playstation, Diablo The First . But I am a newbie on the Net. Welcome to the over-70 cosy section, in this hospitable Hang-out .
Don't call it your last before you've started it, you silly person
What version of Dragon are you using and is it getting any better? I used to have a blind collegue who used it and although surprisingly good then (around year 2000) but it wsd still annoying enough that he preferred to use a braille keyboard. Haven't seen it in action since. The university I work at now, they use something called Jaws but I've not seen it used and I don't know if it does speech recognition as well as screen reading.Oh, God.I just read the latest entry in "Express Yourself," from Planewalker. He seems like a nice guy, and I wanted to see what he had to say. He was born in 1985.Intellectually, I know I'm 50. But emotionally, I'm still surprised when people who were BORN after I GRADUATED from university are adults. Hell, people who were born after I got my PhD are technically adults.I think it's partly that so many of the young people here are so cool. If I'm 33 years older than The Silver, it seems as if I should be 33 years cooler and wiser, and um, I'm not sure that's possible. Couldn't these young folks have the courtesy to be stupid and immature, so we old folks would feel as if we at least had SOMEthing on them? ;DWhat sort of thing startles you and makes you aware of your age?
Couldn't these young folks have the courtesy to be stupid and immature, so we old folks would feel as if we at least had SOMEthing on them? ;DWhat sort of thing startles you and makes you aware of your age?*smile* Thanks, Seeker; it's nice to know I'm not alone.Seeker said:LOL CoryleaI know how you feel all to well
1. Getting home yesterday and opening the door to be greeted by my wife, daughter and a few friends shouting "Happy Birthday!"2. Being told yesterday than when one of our Chemists retires in January, I will be the oldest person in the department.3. Needing to take my glasses off to read things close up (such as the the awards shown on the top of the EE box).Corylea said:
*talks in an old, grumpy voice*Weeelll, the younguns do, ye know? The little 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th graders...Impossible behaviour all the time! The way those little ones talk and act, ohh, and exspecially the fact that they haven't heard of somethings called deodorant, bath or shower, but empty a 1 liter bottle of colonge on them every morning.But also the fact that already a few of my comrades are 18, and the rest ins near that age. At least 4 more will follow that path in November... :angel:Hey, you asked for itCorylea said:
Oh, and to answer to Coryleas question, before the one I quoted: No.