Sry, I didn't check the message before posting + Eng isn't my native language. Actually, deleting this message would be totally fine with me.

Obviously, 'scientific made a msiatke, as Eearth was created in 6000 yrs.
Source: Conservapedia
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This post was here to show a type of (unexpected) reaction to this type of news nowadays.

I agree : adding this layer will decreases a lot performance.
For games like Battlefield 3, The Witcher 2 (or their equilavent in the future), that are requiring a lot of ressources, it's just a no.

You are a perfect example of what I fear...

I do agree money matters a lot, but I disagree about money being the main purpose of your life/job as something ok.

Almost every country when people don't start running everywhere yelling 'omg' when they hear 'socialism' or even 'communism' (I am from France).

You are writing something that is self-contradictory, and which is one of my main point: decreasing money for health, roads, etc. will indeed decrease your population, and thus revenu from taxes, but then a pro-capitalist will quickly leave them to a decent level, to maximize his profit. And that's the problem: players tend to leave money in hospital, not to cure (virtual) patients, but simply to be able to make more money!
I wish SimCity had mechanics so people would do the same just to cure patient: dedicating enough money for hospital should be a self-suficient act, even without money reward behind. But as spending a lot of money on hospitals will give few bonuses, and a big malus in economy, people are teached the opposite (leaving hospital to a normal level is the way to go, or even below if you run out of cash). The reward of having an healthy population is, imo, not big enough.

I fully agree, my point is rather 'being the mayor of a city isn't just about economy, but also about caring about the people'

I was talking about SimCity in general, but the best example is likely SimCity 3000.
SimCity 4 is also very money-centered, but the player has more reward than before if he does other stuff than getting money (popularity, health... unlocking more features / building than in the previous episodes)

In a way, SimCity is violent. Or at least brain-washing, which is the precise default we hope violent games don't have.
I'm not talking about the disasters (earthquakes, etc.) the player can unleash. For a SimCity game, one thing matters over everything : your bank account. You want to build this stuff? You need money. You want to change the landscape? You need money.
Having a positive balance may requier for the player to diminish stuff like hospital subventions, etc.: the kind of stuff that can cause more deaths in reality is here rewarded.
SimCity is extremely pro-capitalist (may seems unimportant in US, but many people in other countries don't have the same view about economy).
There is a huge gap in what you'ld expect of a good mayor, and what SimCity teaches.

It's true they have 'zero tolerance' for this, but they were forced to retract from another zero-tolerance policy in the past, when their VAC system banned by error 12,000 players of CoD.
Moreover, another thing needs to be taken in account : with their system of trade of virtual items from Team Fortress 2, a lot of keys were traded. Some people unaware of the leak bought the keys, or received them as gift from 'friends'.
So, if they ban everyone who entered one of the leaked key, they'll ban inncocent, naïve people.

Indeed, the current generation is too old.

And this shift may not last very long:
Mobile phones are, well, mobile. You'll always have a stronger limitation when it comes for energy / room for electronic devices compared to home consoles.
If a new console created as a high-end graphic one would be put on sale now, it'ld totally smash the mobile device in quality. Just compare what a good computer can do, with what a mobile device can do. It's totally different.

You're right.
Moreover, Company A = Hi-Média, and Company B = Rentabiliweb.

The Source SDK being now free, everyone has now access to the mods in this list, most of them being free (Zombie Panic! Source, Age of Chivalry, Insurgency ...) or not costing much (Garry's Mod). I guess they are planning to get more well-know given their projects (DOTA 2 especially)

Given that the law doesn't allow that in France, they don't really have a choice. Filing a software patent will be either refused, or considered as being null later.
But they may field patents in US, ofc.

If you knew a bit more the French, you'ld know this isn't so bad:

-It's not linked to software patents. As it was linked, software in Frace is something that cannot be patented. And externalizing the ownership/defense of patent to a state organism won't create this possibility.
Instead, it's aimed to small entreprises (PME = less than 50 ppl) that wouldn't patent otherwise. Ofc, some abuses are possible, but it won't work because:

-Instead of US, where you can claim huge amount of money in court, France is not doing the same: the sum you can ask for = the (equivalent) amount of money you've lost/couldn't earn. Nothing else.We have really less, and maybe no patent troll cases.

-Stuff about tyranny, nazi, etc. in France about this affair is just plain bullshit (really, wtf? Did I missed the 2nd degree?). Main problem is rather normal racism agaisnt homosexual ppl and muslims/arabs.

-There may be a untold reason: France is just jealous of US superiority in technology (some govt official said 'where are our Google, our Amazon?', or something like that; sry I can"t find the exact quote). And that's likely aimed to change that situation.

Some examples : -Logos of trademarks that appear in music clip (and the rest) must be blurred. -A video announcer cannot promote his own book (example: this can't happen Glen Beck. Oh, and btw, his analysis of the French riots of 2005 is completely false, ofc. Hello FUD). -Trailers of films cannot be broadcast on TV as ads (only during emission about cinema) Generally speaking this comes from the same law: "No Hidden advertising" You have other reglementations, like 'in average, 6min of ads / hr max', and 'no too noisy ads' (wasn't that a recent proposition from Obama?). More recently, it was decided to stop broadcasting of all advertising on gvt-owned TV channels, which usually account for more than 50% of hearing. Whether you like or not those laws, comparing them to the Freedom Fries stuff is stupid, and shows that the author ignores French culture...