RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:42:

Bard wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:18:
Don't fall for the Machiavellian 'divide and conquer' tactics that is the Repubs vs Democrats - that's just nonsense to distract.

With realtime monitoring of all our communications, the true masters of the US will be able to prevent further exposure of their crimes.

We're already seeing the citizenry becoming 'the enemy' - it's just going to get worse.

It isn't a left vs right thing on this one, its ideology. Actual conservatives are against things like the DHS, news flash most of the republicans in office? Aren't conservative.

The reason I mentioned liberals at all is they tend to not comment on stories like these, but god forbid they feel someone, or some special group got trampled on, it's the end of the world. Making government larger and giving them more control in any area is always going to be bad for the common man.

Bard wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:18:
Don't fall for the Machiavellian 'divide and conquer' tactics that is the Repubs vs Democrats - that's just nonsense to distract.

With realtime monitoring of all our communications, the true masters of the US will be able to prevent further exposure of their crimes.

We're already seeing the citizenry becoming 'the enemy' - it's just going to get worse.

SpectralMeat wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 11:19:
Did anyone else notice the little score tracking thingy in the top right corner? I wonder if the single player portion of the game will be always online so you can see if you've beaten your friends highest score on a level or not.

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:57:

ldonyo wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:53:

RollinThundr wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:11:
Funny how the libs here ignore posting on stories like these two. No the government isn't out of control and corrupt, no they're not taking measures to destroy privacy rights and turn the US into another nanny state not at all!

The FBI has been trying to get as much power as they can to watch everything imaginable for far longer than the current President's terms in office. But, that's okay, you keep those blinders on nice and tight and make sure you turn up the talk radio volume to drown out anything else you might otherwise hear.

No kidding, I didn't mention Obama did I or blame him for it? No? Ok then. That being said, thinking that giving government more control on anything, is generally a pretty fucking terrible idea.

nin wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:53:

InBlack wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 10:45:
I *heart* STARWARS MMO!

Hows that?

Not nearly convincing enough! You have to call everyone else haters who bash your beloved game, and then tell them to get bent!

Verno wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 09:20:
Looks pretty impressive but looks have never really been the problem with Battlefield. I don't mind the asset reuse either as strong level design in MP games is more important to me than the textures themselves. More destruction is welcome, BF3 didn't have enough IMO. It's a great marketing trailer but I want to know more about the back end and other MP features, those were the weakest points of BF3. I've always been kinda iffy on it because some aspects I really liked. I logged a fair amount of hours in the game but it always felt like the post release support was too focused on large patches and ignored obvious problems with the netcode and support side. Whenever I ask friends to revisit it they would rather we all play other games instead which I find pretty telling.

I'd like to see these games back on Steam at some point or at least with interop like Ubisoft has with Uplay. A lesser focus on individual point grinding would be nice too, I think squad VOIP would go a long way toward improving public play for the game which can only help overall. Commander mode would be nice but I doubt we'll see it again. Level design with less choke points (points more spread out on larger maps) in the base game, Armored Kill improved this to some extent and I'd like to see that continue.

Anyways yeah, more server operator features, better netcode with a focus on security and less predictive jank, etc. Do that and maybe I'll have a reason to load Origin for a change.

Cutter wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 03:35:

jdreyer wrote on Mar 27, 2013, 00:48:
They're shipping a game for $10 or more. I don't see how that's any different than most other kickstarters.

Oh FFS! Maybe I should do a KS that allows me to move to France and buy a winery in Bordeaux. I promise you'll get a bottle of wine in 3-5 years.

Verno wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 10:55:

I will say that I think if someone disliked Bioshock then this game probably won't change their mind.

Ripperjack wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 09:44:
Yea, but all that damn app does is rip news headlines off Yahoo, and repackages them onto a mobile phone friendly display.

FFS, I was ripping off Yahoo stock charts and news headlines back in 2000, for a stock market program, the company I was working for at the time was flogging off to customers at $6000 a pop... you don't see me walking away with 30 mil.

Trust me... he lucked out. If it was Google or Microsoft we was ripping headlines from, he would have been sued for 30 mil.

Beamer wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 09:52:

InBlack wrote on Mar 26, 2013, 09:31:
How do companies keep operating when they pile on loss after loss after loss? Or is this one of those fictive losses, the company is still seing a profit but its not on par with their projected growth numbers so its declared as a loss as a result?

It's a loaded question, but one that comes up surprisingly often.

No, it's not a fictional loss. Sure, some is depreciation, but there's a true operating loss going on. But huge losses aren't necessarily huge deals. Amazon ran at a loss for its first what, decade or so?

Part of it is helped by money. SE has 110.5 billion yen cash and cash equivalent on hand. That's an enormous amount of liquidity.

Part of it is helped by company value. Square inherently has value. It should be able to capitalize on this value. Others agree, so they'll invest. Square can therefore either issue stock, which is selling shares of itself, or issue debt, which is like a municipality issuing a bond. The company will issue debt of whatever cash, with a promise to pay it back with interest after a certain amount of time. If the company is just going through a rough patch it's a way to survive.

I don't know what it is about this board, but people seem to love claiming losses are fictional, even after the head of the company is kicked out for them. There's some conspiracy theory that these losses are all designed to cheat taxes, as if taxes weren't low to begin with, and as if CEOs wouldn't be rewarded if they could make a profitable company look less profitable in order to make even more money.