kraxus187

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So they finally caught up with xfire that has had this function for years now (I would have said Steam as well but its been a while since I've used that and h ave no idea what it can do these days.)

They have one in Dallas...its mentioned in the book "Shadow Factory" by James Bamford. The NSA built its own version in close proximity so that it could pick up on the satelite feed to Googles facility, in the period after 9/11 when the US governments response was to watch and listen in on everyone.

Oh yeah...between that, Windows 8, new Microsoft Office and all thier other gadgets and toys its going to be a very M$ Xmas this yr.

A great example of this, I think, would be the Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2.For those that never played it, its pretty much a complete rework of the game : All custom maps All custom kits (including a "kit allotment" system, you had to apply for the kit you wanted and wait until you were granted it) Because it was a mod it could only be played on an unranked server...not a problem, they adapted the BF2 ranking system for themselves so you could have PR stats in addition to your regular BF2 stats on your own standalone stats server. Which is where the problem I see with modding comes in...how far do you let it go. ? Because not long after I discovered it I came across an announcement of sorts....someone had figured out how to tweek the server files for PR so that your stats could included into your ranked BF2 stats, all it took was changing 2 or 3 details. Not long after that PR was announced as an "official" BF2 mod (which I took to understand as EA alowing the PR stats to be included as actual stats...although I could be wrong).

14 / 100 was enough fir 1st place ? What was necassary for the other 86 % ?

Well...going by how it was reported here : http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/technolog/fugitive-co-founder-pirate-bay-detained-cambodia-975956 ...he had been there since he split from Sweden and it was well known he was there. His "hideout" was a well known hangout spot for ex-pats who now live in Cambodia. We'll just have to wait and find out why they chose now to arrest him *shrugs*

He did...Cambodia currently has no extradition treaty with Sweden so he's being held while the details get worked out.

And this is different to those same organisations making exclusive deals with clothing manufacturors (for team uniforms etc) how ? I seem to recall a news report sometime in the past couple of years about a sports clothing manufacturor suing the NFL because it wanted to produce team merchandise but the NFL had an exclusive contract with said company's rival. The claim was for something along the lines of the rival firm had a monopoly on the team merchandise market due to the deal and it amounted to restriction of trade within a certain marketplace. If I remember correctly the Judge threw it out stating that the NFL could make deals with whoever it wished to.

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Its just a confidence game at the end of the day...the more confident ppl are in EA, the greater demand there is for thier stock...therefore higher stock prices as sellers raise thier asking price and ppl actually pay it. The recent drop in price shows that stockholders are losing confidence in the company and are trying to sell what they have, and lowering thier asking price in an effort to sell thier stock. Easy to follow so far ?? :biglol: In the past 4 years...since the transition from Battlefield 2 (through Bad Company 2 and now Battlefield 3) and the rise of the Call of Duty market, EA has been losing ground to Activision. So much so that they hired the 2 guys from Activision/COD to work on BF3 (I forget thier names) and several features of that franchise were adopted into Battlefield. eg. the in-game ranking system is the most prominent. This was a bad move on EA's part, the Battlefield 2 system was far superior in my opinion. Obviously this was going to show as an admitance that the competition was doing better and confidence was going to take a hit and this would translate to the market sooner or later. While the Battlefield market may not be the "be all and end all" of EA it is supposedly a flagship title and the constant berating of Bad Company 2, and now Battlefield 3, seem to be having such an effect that thier other major lines....the sports franchise lines (NFL, Tiger Woods, NBA,MLB)...can't seem to make up the difference. Maybe now they...EA...will take notice and go back to being creative instead of copying the competition in an effort to keep up. On a personal note...aside from the constant hack-fests, spawn camping blah blah that are inherant to the game...I still think COD 4 (even just from a graphics point of view) was far superior to either BC2 or BF3...and almost 6 years old now and I would switch back to it right now...if it wasn't for all the other baggage that came with it.

Really ?? Seriously ?? :biglol: And the going price for non-Premium BF3 right now is ????

You should know better trhen to believe anything you read in wikipedia.... Instead you should have more faith in the ramblings of people who have something to gain and just ignore History or facts...even though any Spec Ops buff worth thier salt knows that Delta Force is based out of Fort Bragg in North Carolina,regardless of what the Army says.

So the "Delta Force" movies (from the 80s) never existed before NovaLogic came out with its games. Maybe they need to sue Chuck Norris as well then.

EA just wants them to take the time off so they can be hired by EA to work on the next Battlefield project. Between the game modes ( I gave in and played a round of TDM the other night, may as well have played COD4) and some of the content of BF3...I'm suprised they didn't try out the name "Call of Duty:Battlefield Edition".

1337 hours....

Did they offer an opinion of any kind ?

If you came up on games in the 80s you probably had, or knew someone who had the trusty Commodore 64. This is the guy you had to thank for it. http://www.ingame.msnbc.msn.com/technology/ingame/jack-tramiel-father-commodore-64-passes-away-age-83-690158#

I would agree but unlike BoA...Wachovia/Wells Fargo is one of the ones that went bust. And that was after they built a brand new headquarters...literally across the road from BoA...annnnd...a nice bigger building at the end of the street (literally) which is the home to amongst other things..Duke Power (probably unheard of outside the US) and now Chiquitta Banana. While Wells Fargo only bought a controlling interest in Wachovia...part of the deal was WF taking outright possession of this building. If you want to talk about a bank that was living beyond its means...I would say that Wachovia/Wells Fargo(Wells Fargo had to buy them out for them to stay in business at all) outplayed BoA on that front. Now...BoA's recent changes in its charges with regard to debit cards...NC is one of the states were they bumped it up from $8 to $12 on a trial basis without warning is BS. In addition....if your account balance is low...(and yes, I have experienced this)...they will slip that charge in ahead of any charges you already have thus putting you overdrawn by YOUR charges and NOT thiers...and at $35 a pop for every overdrawn charge, that can quickly add up. So..BoA...working hard to outplay the opposition there for the Asshat award.

Well BoA have to turn over the money to pay for the nice headquarters buildings they have in my skyline. And having worked in both of them...they are very nice too...so EA clearly had its work cut out for it to beat them off top spot

lol..no it doesn't...it just means that enough of the bans were false triggers to warrant a reclassification, EA's version of playing safe.

I saw the same story but the deatisl were slightly different. You can sign up for free for upto a year...you can upgrade your account (pay) but once you do that you cannot go back down to a free account. The initial $50 is for trhe usb plugin gadget that acts as your antenna...or you can pay $100 for one of thier Hotspot boxes. And its not piggybacking Sprints service...its using the technology that Clearwire started out using 2 yrs ago (which Sprint also use). I don't know how great of a deal it is...but I do know that when I had Clearwire using this it sucked...it has serious issues accessing the interior of buildings, the box had to be located on a window ledge for any kind of signal.And that wasn't just my opinion. Clearwire got many many complaints from ppl in the first month of thier accounts due to service reliablility...there were (and maybe still are) devoted to this. And Clearwire are starting to phase out this tech in favor of more reliable options......so Caveat Emptor (Let the buyer beware). http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/story/2012-03-19/netzero-free-internet/53648578/1

ahhh...and he's wearing a monocle lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCARADb9asE

Well EA does have what it calls its "Rules Of Engagement" (RoE) which it it intended as a rule set for admins to adhere to when running a server. They used to act when ppl acted in "violation" of these and it was reported to them (pistols/knives only servers etc)...*shrugs* You could try reporting ther server to them and see what happens.