That's not what happened at all. If you must have a key analogy, here's what happened.
You gave your key to a company for safekeeping. He walked up to the company and asked for your key. They gave it to him. He, in turn, gave it to a news company to point out how flawed the "security" was of the company you gave your key to.
I disagree with this too. The fact that the house has an edge is so widely understood, it has made it into colloquial phrases such as "you can't beat the house" or "the house always wins."
Agreed. I'm pretty sure most people don't expect to turn a profit on anything but poker at a casino. People go to have fun, and they know it's going to cost them. It's accepted. But at the same time, people also like to know that even though they're likely to lose all their money, there's always that small chance that they end up being the one-in-a-million who's going to turn a hundred bucks into a million in a lucky streak. That's what keeps it fun.
Yeah, the microwave being a "gadget" that he no longer "needs" was pretty funny. It was also pretty funny how he ignored the fact that it was there 8 years ago, and is gone now. Probably because he didn't want to be called on his bullshit like he is here.
Nevertheless, this bit is rather telling:
"Kitchen: I used to have a super-fancy electronic rice cooker from Asia, but I don’t eat rice much anymore. My coffeemaker, which has a built-in digital timer, is my only electronic kitchen gadget now, aside from the built-in appliances."
It's that last phrase that tells you what happened to the microwave.
Well no, but it also can't be passed over the internet in bulk like passwords can. Also, if a fingerprint scanner gets compromised, it's not so much a matter of one instance being compromised - it's the system itself. So you either need to remove the individuals who compromised it (in this case they suspended the doctors) or revamp the system.
Yeah that was stupid as well. It's more and more turning into just WoW without healers and tanks and dodging instead. Except the WoW fights were more interesting when I used to play.
Ascended gear = no thanks. I have no interest in playing yet another gear treadmill - especially one that's a successor to a game that was completely NOT a gear treadmill. And nevermind the fact that they specifically said they wouldn't make GW2 a gear grind, and then did exactly that. Fuck that.
How about the right to return the game any time after an update that changes the game? Some changes are good, some are not, and there are always some people who dislike any given update. It's no longer the product that was purchased, why should you be forced to keep it?
Lately I've been burned so often by different developers that going forward I'm not sure I'm willing to spend *any* money on games any more. Even F2P games, I finally decide they've done well enough to have earned some money from me... and the next week (or month) they make some drastic change that turns it into something I wouldn't even have wasted time on for free.
Single player games bore me. So I play exlusively multiplayer games. The problem is multiplayer games are constantly being changed, and not always for the better. You can't just "not buy" the update. I buy games I want to play, but they don't stay the game I want to play, and I can't get my money back. Sure, I can refuse to buy another game from the developer, but that doesn't really fix anything. They already have my money.
I quit giving EA money a long time ago. But lately, just about every developer I gave money to changed their game and made it unacceptable after the fact. So I guess the lesson is, never give game developers money?
What sucks is when they screw you over with updates after you give them your money. I can think of a few recent titles, such as MechWarrior Online and Guild Wars 2. I'll never get my money back, but they'll never get another dollar from me either. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
That depends on how you define "speeding". If your definition is doing 100mph in a 50mph zone, then you would be correct. If, however, you define it as "going over the speed limit" you are absolutely incorrect. Going 50.1 mph in a 50mph zone is going over the speed limit, but the "added risk" over going 50mph is so insignificant as to be absolutely immeasurable. Thus it is, in fact, a harmless infraction. The same is generally true for any speeding that's 10% or less over the speed limit in the US, due to speed limits being set overly low; in most areas you can safely do even 20-30% over the limit without significantly increasing the danger to yourself or those around you.
What's a lot more dangerous is things like changing lanes without signals and not paying attention to the road or other drivers.
You also probably have speed limits that make a lot more sense. It's a lot easier to speed accidentally when the road and the car tell you that you can do 85MPH without any undue risk, while the speed limit is 65MPH.
I don't buy it that radar guns are that accurate. There's a reason they have to be calibrated frequently on a regular basis. I've driven through a construction zone before that had two those "your speed is" radar-equipped signs; one at the start, one at the end. One of the two said my speedometer was too low by about 5mph. The other one said it was too high by about 5mph. One or the other of those radars had to be off, and not just by a small amount.
What the lights are timed for has fuck all to do with anything here. In downtown Columbus the lights are timed for almost 5mph over the limit.
And most driving problems are due to people not paying attention and driving like idiots. I'd much rather be on the road with someone who always does 15-20MPH over the limit but does nothing but pay attention and drive, than someone who always does 5mph under the limit but is always on the phone or daydreaming.
Humans are not machines. No one can follow the exact letter of every law all the time. This is why we have humans enforcing laws and not computers. Because humans can make a determination whether or not the spirit of the law was broken.
Usually just setting an LCD to all-white for overnight will get rid of any persistent images. That's from what I've read online and my own personal experience.
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That's not what happened at all. If you must have a key analogy, here's what happened.
You gave your key to a company for safekeeping. He walked up to the company and asked for your key. They gave it to him. He, in turn, gave it to a news company to point out how flawed the "security" was of the company you gave your key to.
I disagree with this too. The fact that the house has an edge is so widely understood, it has made it into colloquial phrases such as "you can't beat the house" or "the house always wins."
Agreed. I'm pretty sure most people don't expect to turn a profit on anything but poker at a casino. People go to have fun, and they know it's going to cost them. It's accepted. But at the same time, people also like to know that even though they're likely to lose all their money, there's always that small chance that they end up being the one-in-a-million who's going to turn a hundred bucks into a million in a lucky streak. That's what keeps it fun.
Yeah, the microwave being a "gadget" that he no longer "needs" was pretty funny. It was also pretty funny how he ignored the fact that it was there 8 years ago, and is gone now. Probably because he didn't want to be called on his bullshit like he is here.
Nevertheless, this bit is rather telling:
"Kitchen: I used to have a super-fancy electronic rice cooker from Asia, but I don’t eat rice much anymore. My coffeemaker, which has a built-in digital timer, is my only electronic kitchen gadget now, aside from the built-in appliances."
It's that last phrase that tells you what happened to the microwave.
Well no, but it also can't be passed over the internet in bulk like passwords can. Also, if a fingerprint scanner gets compromised, it's not so much a matter of one instance being compromised - it's the system itself. So you either need to remove the individuals who compromised it (in this case they suspended the doctors) or revamp the system.
You forgot that you have to disconnect the alternator as well. You'll also need a plug-in charger to keep recharging your battery.
Yeah that was stupid as well. It's more and more turning into just WoW without healers and tanks and dodging instead. Except the WoW fights were more interesting when I used to play.
And those games are few and far between these days.
Ascended gear = no thanks. I have no interest in playing yet another gear treadmill - especially one that's a successor to a game that was completely NOT a gear treadmill. And nevermind the fact that they specifically said they wouldn't make GW2 a gear grind, and then did exactly that. Fuck that.
1. Stop trolling. You and everyone else knows I was talking about online multiplayer games.
2. Your example is not game updates. Your example is about game series.
Yes, unfortunately. But that's the problem with this system. There's no telling when the game-breaking updates will come.
How about the right to return the game any time after an update that changes the game? Some changes are good, some are not, and there are always some people who dislike any given update. It's no longer the product that was purchased, why should you be forced to keep it?
Lately I've been burned so often by different developers that going forward I'm not sure I'm willing to spend *any* money on games any more. Even F2P games, I finally decide they've done well enough to have earned some money from me... and the next week (or month) they make some drastic change that turns it into something I wouldn't even have wasted time on for free.
Single player games bore me. So I play exlusively multiplayer games. The problem is multiplayer games are constantly being changed, and not always for the better. You can't just "not buy" the update. I buy games I want to play, but they don't stay the game I want to play, and I can't get my money back. Sure, I can refuse to buy another game from the developer, but that doesn't really fix anything. They already have my money.
I quit giving EA money a long time ago. But lately, just about every developer I gave money to changed their game and made it unacceptable after the fact. So I guess the lesson is, never give game developers money?
What about the right to no bait-and-switch in the form of "updates" after purchase?
What sucks is when they screw you over with updates after you give them your money. I can think of a few recent titles, such as MechWarrior Online and Guild Wars 2. I'll never get my money back, but they'll never get another dollar from me either. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice...
That depends on how you define "speeding". If your definition is doing 100mph in a 50mph zone, then you would be correct. If, however, you define it as "going over the speed limit" you are absolutely incorrect. Going 50.1 mph in a 50mph zone is going over the speed limit, but the "added risk" over going 50mph is so insignificant as to be absolutely immeasurable. Thus it is, in fact, a harmless infraction. The same is generally true for any speeding that's 10% or less over the speed limit in the US, due to speed limits being set overly low; in most areas you can safely do even 20-30% over the limit without significantly increasing the danger to yourself or those around you.
What's a lot more dangerous is things like changing lanes without signals and not paying attention to the road or other drivers.
You also probably have speed limits that make a lot more sense. It's a lot easier to speed accidentally when the road and the car tell you that you can do 85MPH without any undue risk, while the speed limit is 65MPH.
I don't buy it that radar guns are that accurate. There's a reason they have to be calibrated frequently on a regular basis. I've driven through a construction zone before that had two those "your speed is" radar-equipped signs; one at the start, one at the end. One of the two said my speedometer was too low by about 5mph. The other one said it was too high by about 5mph. One or the other of those radars had to be off, and not just by a small amount.
What the lights are timed for has fuck all to do with anything here. In downtown Columbus the lights are timed for almost 5mph over the limit.
And most driving problems are due to people not paying attention and driving like idiots. I'd much rather be on the road with someone who always does 15-20MPH over the limit but does nothing but pay attention and drive, than someone who always does 5mph under the limit but is always on the phone or daydreaming.
Humans are not machines. No one can follow the exact letter of every law all the time. This is why we have humans enforcing laws and not computers. Because humans can make a determination whether or not the spirit of the law was broken.
Usually just setting an LCD to all-white for overnight will get rid of any persistent images. That's from what I've read online and my own personal experience.
I still want to know why General Failure is reading my hard disk.
I was going to post some anecdotes demonstrating how little I care about Windows 8 but then I realized I just didn't care enough to.
I think by "copy" here he means in the context of creating new artwork, not literally creating a whole new duplicate.
I know you're at least partially joking, but still.
Yeah that movie with Charlize Theron could have been really good if they had picked a live human to play the part of Snow White.