Ubisoft DRM is a security risk

[Nalano]

Roads are like a sever running on open source software--it cannot be modified or maintained by users, but the source code is publicly available. Everyone who uses them can see the layout, the potholes, and so forth. Anyone can call in and report problems with the road whether or not they know how to fix it or even the exact nature of the problem--but that's also true on closed source. The important bit is then that spending on maintenance as well as information about accidents is public record, so those who are concerned about historical issues can seek information and request statistics from the DoT.

It's a crap simile. Roads aren't especially much like either open or closed source software because it really depends on how you frame your view of the road system. But it's no less crap when you use it against me. :P

Wow, what a horrible mixed metaphor you've made there.

Dude, in my analogy, we were talking about the cars, not the roads.

[Hypernetic]

Where do you live that potholes get fixed?

[Nalano]

Where do you live that potholes get fixed?

Dude. We just pave over the cars that fall in. It's practically the only traffic calming measure in Queens that works.

[gwathdring]

Wow, what a horrible mixed metaphor you've made there.

Dude, in my analogy, we were talking about the cars, not the roads.

Transparent cars would be pretty weird, you're right. But also awesome.

[gwathdring]

Where do you live that potholes get fixed?

Western Washington. We get a lot of rainfall. Relatively small potholes become road engulfing menaces if they aren't taken care of relatively quickly. For some reason that hasn't stopped Seattle from deciding to build a tunnel underneath the city's waterfront which consists of fill dirt and loose debris ... just keeping the damn thing from flooding is going to be incredibly expensive.

The other alternative is unpaved roads, but that tends not to fly in cities.

[Nalano]

Transparent cars would be pretty weird, you're right. But also awesome.

[Hypernetic]

Western Washington. We get a lot of rainfall. Relatively small potholes become road engulfing menaces if they aren't taken care of relatively quickly. For some reason that hasn't stopped Seattle from deciding to build a tunnel underneath the city's waterfront which consists of fill dirt and loose debris ... just keeping the damn thing from flooding is going to be incredibly expensive.

The other alternative is unpaved roads, but that tends not to fly in cities.

Yes, potholes work the same everywhere. That doesn't mean they fix them everywhere. Newfangled west coasters and your freeways and your make out parties.

[johnki]

So is this fixed or what? I've been holding out on playing Splinter Cell because I wasn't sure.

[DzX]

So is this fixed or what? I've been holding out on playing Splinter Cell because I wasn't sure.

Yes, apparently it was fixed hours after it was first reported.

[johnki]

Yes, apparently it was fixed hours after it was first reported.

Alright, thanks. Just wanted to be sure before I went putting my computer in danger by playing a game I bought legally on Steam from a AAA company (and I hope I will never have to say that again).