posting to undo my incorrect moderation. This is a good post - maybe offtopic and it is sad that it has to be said but never the less it says what needs to be said.
It is almost as if authors didn't know that lulzsec already burns all evidence and is already scattered.
"...and here in this dark closet cleverly hidden behind david bowie poster I keep the still-sticky keyboard as well as a hard copy print out of the logs from the time i hacked into PSN"
I realize it's the right thing to do for a person of seasoned age to make jokes about how bad/dumb/noob/etc kids are these days (cause these days are so much worse than back in the good old days) but I really doubt any of them are admitting to being under 18 in any sort of online experience - be it surveys or being asked by various forms.
Meanwhile, a lot of companies will ask for your age (to protect themselves from retarded laws most likely but possibly for marketing reasons also). This includes but not limited to going to websites for demos/trailers and/or promotional websites (and also porn ofc).
I make it a point to select lowest possible year of birth (usually 1900) because "fuk da police"
By similar token I think most under-18s will not actually say they are 18 at any stage because there's just no advantage to saying your real age while there's a very high chance of being forwarded to kids.yahoo.com instead of the good stuff.
yeah where is it now ? at the top a giant pile of money that's only getting bigger as subscriber numbers are actually increasing (even at a low point in the expansion - ie, just before next expansion)
I enjoy a very wide variety of PC games and almost always, after finishing the game in vanilla falvour, investigate a very wide variety of mods if the game allows modding. I have contributed heavily to a number of mods out there also.
The reason you don't see much malware hidden inside mods is because it is very rare for mods to be in an executable form.
Generally mods come in the form of graphics packages and scripts. It is very hard, if not impossible for graphics/sound/geometry to contain malware. The scripts sure sound dangerous until you realise that their capabilities are limited by the actual game. I am yet to see a game where script/config files have the scope to cause damage outside the installation let alone steal your password or something similar.
Now, there are a number of addons for various games (morrowind/oblivion/fallout come to mind) where mods rely on 3rd party executables.
There is a danger there - however it is very effectively mitigated by the fact that very few if any of these executables are hosted on their own servers. Almost always they are hosted by a third party hosting site (modDB for example, or *nexus or planet*). While these sites usually deny any responsibility it is generally a safe bet that if someone gets owned/hax0red/virused/etc the third party program wouldn't last very long and thus have very little effect on the broader population of users.
Another thing to note is that generally the games that allow/encourage modding do so by making their core program very robust. the main executable files/parsers/etc are all designed to allow a great/varied amount of input.
Such design generally means that to mod these games you don't have to download hacked game.exe (a great vector) in order to enjoy a mod. It means that you just download some script/graphics/etc files that go in the override (baldours gate for example) directory and the actual original game (which is presumed safe in the scope of this discussion) will accept that input and output a modded game.
Also posting here to confirm very similar experiences.
Anyone else feel that exactly this sort of upbringing helped you to grow up into being an independent and responsible person ?
In before "omg ur so lucky u diednt get raped by bears"
i'll take some consulting with your fear mongering
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Anyone remember that (joke...oh god i hope it is an onion style joke) article about "HACKERS CAN REMOTELY CAUSE YOUR COMPUTER TO EXPLODE AND INJURE OR EVEN KILL YOU OR YOUR FAMILY" ? (non graphical/slightly less sensational copy here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/04/hackers_can_make_your_pc/ )
This so called paper by the so called scientist (nice cover for a security consultant i am guessing) reminds me of that article.
" EMA Suggests Point-Of-Sale Game Activation To Fight Piracy"
"...shoplifting is discouraged..."
"...Piracy..." "...shoplifting..."
I can only assume that the title of the article refers to the actual "ARRR I GONNA STEEL YER GAMES!" piracy - which i think is a lot more similar to shop lifting than to copying bits.
Now it all makes sense - this isn't about people ripping then torrenting the latest games (bit copying piracy), it is about preventing physical copies being stolen (by pirates...presumably)
Ok, two most possible(could be more but lets roll with two for now) scenarios:
1. the country attacking/needing to be attacked is less technologically advanced than USA.
result: they do not have their fridges (let alone vital infrastructure) connected to the internet and thus are not likely to suffer any damage from this. It is important to note that not every person/country thinks that it is vital that every vital thing is connected to internet or even a wan. It seems that in a lot of places, if you say "hey, why do we need this connected to the net/network" and some young consultant from a vendor is looking at you like you are a dinosaur with that look that says "who is this old fossil, get me some people who can grok the net plx!". This is not the case everywhere. The hospital where I work for example: nothing that is even remotely related to patient health is connected to the internet. Yes, a few things need a LAN -these things are on an isolated, closed circuit LAN. Low tech? perhaps. secure/immune from outside ? yes.
2. the country about to get some usa-democracy is MORE technologically advanced than USA.
result: while their fridges (and some infrastructure)are connected to the internet, they are all running openBSD/linux/secure stuff/etc with good firewalls/security and etc and thus, not likely to suffer from any damage from someone trying nsa backdoors or ddos. I realize that many people in usa think that they live in the greatest country on earth but you have to consider that there are many other countries out there that have infrastructure many many years ahead the best that the usa telecos/govt are fighting tooth and nail NOT to implement. Lastly, while some poor third world country is probably using poland for their government web hosting and dns, many advanced countries could have the technical know-how to route around usa/usa proxy.
Anyone else get the feeling that this is a really cheap/pointless marketing BS that isn't actually meant to really accomplish anything ?
80miles per hour is plenty fast to kill a lot of people... yup, awesome safety feature right there. Wait, let's go for double the safety, 40miles per hour...hrm, can still kill plenty of people...and you're prolly endangering others by driving too slow in areas where you're supposed to drive fast.
so pretty much...pointless/useless equivalent of "security theater" ?
But wait, let's look at it from the direction this system oppresses kids/curtails their "freedoms" instead. Yeah, stick it to the man! (mum) fucking nazis making you do the dishes and not let you drive over 80.
* Sinister voice of Simons will be returning to announce ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKS ! * mulitplayer death match via XBOX LIVE * development focusing on volumetric 3d shadows. * all NPCs that can offer quests will have a yellow exclamation mark over their head so you don't waste time talking to pointless NPCS! * 2 ammo types. better than 1/universal ammo (see? we learn/listen to feedback) * reading is for intellectualfags/pc fags. you play console games for fun, so there'll be none of that rubbish in dx3! * It is a prequel where you play a character completely unrelated to the original game, in circumstances only vaguel related to the original game, in a storyline completely separate to the original game. It is a prequel. * You will not be going anywhere near a certain chateau in France. * maggie chow and tracer tong storylines unlockable via paid downloadable content. * One install per device guaranteed by SecuROM
I have re-played original deus ex upwards of 20-30 times...sometimes just for the pure reading joy, sometimes for discovering new/hidden stuff i always seem to stumble upon and sometimes to just try something different (I did give up one attempt after I got out of Paris catacombs without directly killing a single enemy in combat)
deus ex 2 was piece of crap. i had none of the depth, none of atmosphere (despite obvious attempts at it), it had none of the fun game play, none of the re-playability. The only two good things I liked about dx2 was: machine supremacy soundtrack and the idoru.
If they want to make successful sequel, they could have went into more detail about how they have learned from the mistakes of the 2nd one, not just saying "oh yeah the universal ammo was bad but we still think console game ideas are good so we'll be putting more of them in"
personally, i would love to see an expansion pack for deus ex 1 - upgrade engine/graphics, maybe add some additional content, incorporate some half-finished mods/add-ons,etc.
Also, a real prequel where you play Paul Denton - that would be awesome! Especially all the adventures that are alluded in hong kong, miss chow, tracer tong, etc. Maybe starting with the formation of unatco - the statue of liberty being bombed, the start of grey plague, the climb to power by illuminati, and let us not forget a certain young french lady and her chatteau:)
Oh well, there is still time, the released information was not much to go by...maybe all of these things will be part of the story line.
Having been a very long time fan (do DMs of several 2-3 year long campaigns count as fans?) of dungeons and dragons 2nd and 3rd edition there is one thing i do find missing among all the news about the new ad&d editions:
Good quality books.
While I was never a fan of Drizzit (sorry emo/angsty/goth kids), Eliminster wasn't a bad series and anything with Raistlin was a lot better. In fact, most of Dragon Lance books were amazing, some greyhawk were decent, a lot of Forgotten Realms books were also quite good. There were some good authors writing these books too!
I think most of these books were done by TSR/random house, I do think it is sad that Wizards of the Coast decided that they can just cash in on the long time fans by spewing out more and new shiny books without remembering ALL the things that made dungeons and dragons great:
The inspiring, awesome, fun stories.
I don't think I am the only person who 1st read the various fantasy books and thought "hey, this is pretty cool, I wish I could play a game based on this, I'd totally be a female dwarf cleric"
While there is plenty of ad&d games to go around, I think the number of new/good ad&d books entering the market is depressingly low - sure, they are there, but it looks like the effort just isn't quite there like there used to be. Sure, someone could argue that you can read the old books and they do translate quite well into 3rd or 4th edition ruleset but...it would only work on people who are very new to the whole thing. Most advanced users/fans/etc would be constantly jarred by "no wait, thats not how it works" and "ugh, this is soooo second edd..."
It really seems like in the good old days (doh) the holders of the license were like "hey, you can write and you know our world, why don't you write something cool for us ? no pressure, no big lawyery contracts, you write something good, we help you get it published, we'll split profit 3 ways, no worries, lets make a great world" What this means is that lots of good and/or new books would come out all the time.
I read fantasy very rarely, reading mostly sci-fi these days, but forgotten realms and dragonlance are a special place for me. I wish these two places got as much attention as shiny new rulebooks, plastic-manufactured Ebberon, etc
I think a lot of people do not realize how these things happen. basically, in any profit driven company, everyone has to answer to accountants.
Yeah, the ceo, the manager, the compliance officers, etc are not accountants. But they have to act like accountants. Profit/bottom line is everything - if you are doing something that is hurting the profit/bottom line you are doing it wrong - people are asking questions. At the end of the day, companies are out to make money and absolutely nothing else.
Sure, there are nice slogans, customers first, service is our priority, etc. American Express (where i used to work) used to distribute these nice flow diagrams that show Happy Staff ===> Happy Customers ===> Happy shareholders. There's focuses and sigma programs and etc.
At the end o the day however, it is all about profits, revenue - money.
How does this tie with Brazil "pwning" some executives ?
Someone came to the executives and said "I know a guy in Brazil that can help us save millions in tax, compliance officers/lawyers have checked it out and it is pretty borderline. Risk management department have cleared it as acceptable risk vs the savings, is it ok to go ahead ?"
Now, perhaps one or two executives thought to themselves "hrm, this doesn't sound good" or "we'll get busted and get raped with cattle prods"
But what can you say/do when your primary consideration is the next quarter profit projection or current quarter revenue reports ? You just cant argue against higher profit/revenue.
At the end of the day (again) any executive has a dozen explanations/justifications for their actions:
- the compliance officers/lawyers cleared it. - we were direct orders to meet the profit projections - we were direct orders to meet our key performance indicators - it is the mission/directive of our department to maximise profit/efficiency/kpi/etc - risk management cleared it - we were only competing with the competitors
I wish I was at home and could get the appropriate quote from one of the Dune books where the chapter start quote talks about the qualities of a bureaucrat - how the epitome of a perfect bureaucrat is the loss of human qualities and strictly following procedures/policies.
what i am trying to say is, in a long convulsed way, is that not only there is no morality in big companies, there is no accountability for legal or moral wrong doings (quite often two separate things).
I for one applaud our new executive-arresting overlords!
"or just know where I live so they can kick down my door for a home invasion robbery"
Not to imply that you are stupid, but are you aware that people can kick down YOUR door for a home invasion robbery without you telling them where you live?
Additionally, are you aware that there are quite a few doors/houses as well as quite a few "home invasion robberies" without the involvement of craigslist ? I dare venture, and feel free to call my bluff, but I would say that majority of "home invasion robberies" take place without the aid of craigslist - thus, you posting your address or NOT posting it has very little if any effect on the possibility of your door getting kicked in ?
ps, have you considered sending your resume in to foxnews ? you could go very far...
There is something i am clearly missing here and I hope one of you kind sirs could enlighten me on:
The content provider (youtube/bbc) pay for UPSTREAM bandwidth with their ISP. This covers the costs of users coming to the site and downloading data.
Then the users pay for DOWNSTREAM bandwidth with their ISP. This covers the cost of the isp downloading data from the content provider's isp.
Is someone getting money from two directions there AND wanting more ? Even if there is no overlap of payments for costs, etc, based on the above two lines it seems like everyone's getting paid for providing the bandwidth ? Or is it the question of ISPs saying "yes, you pay for bandwidth (upstream or downstream) but you are using too much of it and we'd like to charge you more for some of the services which use up too much of the bandwidth you paid for ?
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posting to undo my incorrect moderation. This is a good post - maybe offtopic and it is sad that it has to be said but never the less it says what needs to be said.
It is almost as if authors didn't know that lulzsec already burns all evidence and is already scattered.
"...and here in this dark closet cleverly hidden behind david bowie poster I keep the still-sticky keyboard as well as a hard copy print out of the logs from the time i hacked into PSN"
I realize it's the right thing to do for a person of seasoned age to make jokes about how bad/dumb/noob/etc kids are these days (cause these days are so much worse than back in the good old days) but I really doubt any of them are admitting to being under 18 in any sort of online experience - be it surveys or being asked by various forms.
Meanwhile, a lot of companies will ask for your age (to protect themselves from retarded laws most likely but possibly for marketing reasons also). This includes but not limited to going to websites for demos/trailers and/or promotional websites (and also porn ofc).
I make it a point to select lowest possible year of birth (usually 1900) because "fuk da police"
By similar token I think most under-18s will not actually say they are 18 at any stage because there's just no advantage to saying your real age while there's a very high chance of being forwarded to kids.yahoo.com instead of the good stuff.
yeah where is it now ? at the top a giant pile of money that's only getting bigger as subscriber numbers are actually increasing (even at a low point in the expansion - ie, just before next expansion)
You really think usa can just say "actually, nah, not gonna pay that debt" ?
I dare say, both international and local consequences of it would be far more devastating than actually paying it off.
2.24% above 50% is "vast majority" ?
really ?
I enjoy a very wide variety of PC games and almost always, after finishing the game in vanilla falvour, investigate a very wide variety of mods if the game allows modding. I have contributed heavily to a number of mods out there also.
The reason you don't see much malware hidden inside mods is because it is very rare for mods to be in an executable form.
Generally mods come in the form of graphics packages and scripts. It is very hard, if not impossible for graphics/sound/geometry to contain malware. The scripts sure sound dangerous until you realise that their capabilities are limited by the actual game. I am yet to see a game where script/config files have the scope to cause damage outside the installation let alone steal your password or something similar.
Now, there are a number of addons for various games (morrowind/oblivion/fallout come to mind) where mods rely on 3rd party executables.
There is a danger there - however it is very effectively mitigated by the fact that very few if any of these executables are hosted on their own servers. Almost always they are hosted by a third party hosting site (modDB for example, or *nexus or planet*). While these sites usually deny any responsibility it is generally a safe bet that if someone gets owned/hax0red/virused/etc the third party program wouldn't last very long and thus have very little effect on the broader population of users.
Another thing to note is that generally the games that allow/encourage modding do so by making their core program very robust. the main executable files/parsers/etc are all designed to allow a great/varied amount of input.
Such design generally means that to mod these games you don't have to download hacked game.exe (a great vector) in order to enjoy a mod. It means that you just download some script/graphics/etc files that go in the override (baldours gate for example) directory and the actual original game (which is presumed safe in the scope of this discussion) will accept that input and output a modded game.
if only there was "+1 want to belive this" moderation option.
am glad they did not foret about poland.
Can clouds be dramatic at all ? Do they have to be 3d or can 2d clouds also be dramatic ?
Also posting here to confirm very similar experiences.
Anyone else feel that exactly this sort of upbringing helped you to grow up into being an independent and responsible person ?
In before "omg ur so lucky u diednt get raped by bears"
Anyone remember that (joke ...oh god i hope it is an onion style joke) article about "HACKERS CAN REMOTELY CAUSE YOUR COMPUTER TO EXPLODE AND INJURE OR EVEN KILL YOU OR YOUR FAMILY" ? (non graphical/slightly less sensational copy here: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/04/hackers_can_make_your_pc/ )
This so called paper by the so called scientist (nice cover for a security consultant i am guessing) reminds me of that article.
Fear mongering with intent to profit.
Today from work (instead of working) I decided to check out the IWF website.
Turns out Getbusi content filtering proxy is blocking their site as "porn"
" EMA Suggests Point-Of-Sale Game Activation To Fight Piracy"
"...shoplifting is discouraged ..."
"...Piracy..."
"...shoplifting..."
I can only assume that the title of the article refers to the actual "ARRR I GONNA STEEL YER GAMES!" piracy - which i think is a lot more similar to shop lifting than to copying bits.
Now it all makes sense - this isn't about people ripping then torrenting the latest games (bit copying piracy), it is about preventing physical copies being stolen (by pirates...presumably)
Ok, two most possible(could be more but lets roll with two for now) scenarios:
1. the country attacking/needing to be attacked is less technologically advanced than USA.
result: they do not have their fridges (let alone vital infrastructure) connected to the internet and thus are not likely to suffer any damage from this. It is important to note that not every person/country thinks that it is vital that every vital thing is connected to internet or even a wan. It seems that in a lot of places, if you say "hey, why do we need this connected to the net/network" and some young consultant from a vendor is looking at you like you are a dinosaur with that look that says "who is this old fossil, get me some people who can grok the net plx!". This is not the case everywhere. The hospital where I work for example: nothing that is even remotely related to patient health is connected to the internet. Yes, a few things need a LAN -these things are on an isolated, closed circuit LAN. Low tech? perhaps. secure/immune from outside ? yes.
2. the country about to get some usa-democracy is MORE technologically advanced than USA.
result: while their fridges (and some infrastructure)are connected to the internet, they are all running openBSD/linux/secure stuff/etc with good firewalls/security and etc and thus, not likely to suffer from any damage from someone trying nsa backdoors or ddos. I realize that many people in usa think that they live in the greatest country on earth but you have to consider that there are many other countries out there that have infrastructure many many years ahead the best that the usa telecos/govt are fighting tooth and nail NOT to implement. Lastly, while some poor third world country is probably using poland for their government web hosting and dns, many advanced countries could have the technical know-how to route around usa/usa proxy.
Anyone else get the feeling that this is a really cheap/pointless marketing BS that isn't actually meant to really accomplish anything ?
80miles per hour is plenty fast to kill a lot of people... yup, awesome safety feature right there. Wait, let's go for double the safety, 40miles per hour...hrm, can still kill plenty of people ...and you're prolly endangering others by driving too slow in areas where you're supposed to drive fast.
so pretty much ...pointless/useless equivalent of "security theater" ?
But wait, let's look at it from the direction this system oppresses kids/curtails their "freedoms" instead. Yeah, stick it to the man! (mum) fucking nazis making you do the dishes and not let you drive over 80.
"flatlander woman"
only way to get through, as far as i know (seriously would not surprise me if there was some super obscure way)
and yes, as the saying goes: "Deus Ex - every time you mention it, someone will re-install it"
ah yes, kidney thieves ...my mistake ...no idea why i got that mixed up with machinae supremacy :(
* Sinister voice of Simons will be returning to announce ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKS !
* mulitplayer death match via XBOX LIVE
* development focusing on volumetric 3d shadows.
* all NPCs that can offer quests will have a yellow exclamation mark over their head so you don't waste time talking to pointless NPCS!
* 2 ammo types. better than 1/universal ammo (see? we learn/listen to feedback)
* reading is for intellectualfags/pc fags. you play console games for fun, so there'll be none of that rubbish in dx3!
* It is a prequel where you play a character completely unrelated to the original game, in circumstances only vaguel related to the original game, in a storyline completely separate to the original game. It is a prequel.
* You will not be going anywhere near a certain chateau in France.
* maggie chow and tracer tong storylines unlockable via paid downloadable content.
* One install per device guaranteed by SecuROM
I have re-played original deus ex upwards of 20-30 times ...sometimes just for the pure reading joy, sometimes for discovering new/hidden stuff i always seem to stumble upon and sometimes to just try something different (I did give up one attempt after I got out of Paris catacombs without directly killing a single enemy in combat)
deus ex 2 was piece of crap. i had none of the depth, none of atmosphere (despite obvious attempts at it), it had none of the fun game play, none of the re-playability. The only two good things I liked about dx2 was: machine supremacy soundtrack and the idoru.
If they want to make successful sequel, they could have went into more detail about how they have learned from the mistakes of the 2nd one, not just saying "oh yeah the universal ammo was bad but we still think console game ideas are good so we'll be putting more of them in"
personally, i would love to see an expansion pack for deus ex 1 - upgrade engine/graphics, maybe add some additional content, incorporate some half-finished mods/add-ons,etc.
Also, a real prequel where you play Paul Denton - that would be awesome! Especially all the adventures that are alluded in hong kong, miss chow, tracer tong, etc. Maybe starting with the formation of unatco - the statue of liberty being bombed, the start of grey plague, the climb to power by illuminati, and let us not forget a certain young french lady and her chatteau :)
Oh well, there is still time, the released information was not much to go by ...maybe all of these things will be part of the story line.
Having been a very long time fan (do DMs of several 2-3 year long campaigns count as fans?) of dungeons and dragons 2nd and 3rd edition there is one thing i do find missing among all the news about the new ad&d editions:
...it would only work on people who are very new to the whole thing. Most advanced users/fans/etc would be constantly jarred by "no wait, thats not how it works" and "ugh, this is soooo second edd..."
Good quality books.
While I was never a fan of Drizzit (sorry emo/angsty/goth kids), Eliminster wasn't a bad series and anything with Raistlin was a lot better. In fact, most of Dragon Lance books were amazing, some greyhawk were decent, a lot of Forgotten Realms books were also quite good. There were some good authors writing these books too!
I think most of these books were done by TSR/random house, I do think it is sad that Wizards of the Coast decided that they can just cash in on the long time fans by spewing out more and new shiny books without remembering ALL the things that made dungeons and dragons great:
The inspiring, awesome, fun stories.
I don't think I am the only person who 1st read the various fantasy books and thought "hey, this is pretty cool, I wish I could play a game based on this, I'd totally be a female dwarf cleric"
While there is plenty of ad&d games to go around, I think the number of new/good ad&d books entering the market is depressingly low - sure, they are there, but it looks like the effort just isn't quite there like there used to be. Sure, someone could argue that you can read the old books and they do translate quite well into 3rd or 4th edition ruleset but
It really seems like in the good old days (doh) the holders of the license were like "hey, you can write and you know our world, why don't you write something cool for us ? no pressure, no big lawyery contracts, you write something good, we help you get it published, we'll split profit 3 ways, no worries, lets make a great world" What this means is that lots of good and/or new books would come out all the time.
I read fantasy very rarely, reading mostly sci-fi these days, but forgotten realms and dragonlance are a special place for me. I wish these two places got as much attention as shiny new rulebooks, plastic-manufactured Ebberon, etc
1. dump some old trash in the previously perfectly fine ocean
2. ???
3. LUXURY CONDOMINIUMS FOR FISH
I think a lot of people do not realize how these things happen. basically, in any profit driven company, everyone has to answer to accountants.
Yeah, the ceo, the manager, the compliance officers, etc are not accountants. But they have to act like accountants. Profit/bottom line is everything - if you are doing something that is hurting the profit/bottom line you are doing it wrong - people are asking questions. At the end of the day, companies are out to make money and absolutely nothing else.
Sure, there are nice slogans, customers first, service is our priority, etc. American Express (where i used to work) used to distribute these nice flow diagrams that show Happy Staff ===> Happy Customers ===> Happy shareholders. There's focuses and sigma programs and etc.
At the end o the day however, it is all about profits, revenue - money.
How does this tie with Brazil "pwning" some executives ?
Someone came to the executives and said "I know a guy in Brazil that can help us save millions in tax, compliance officers/lawyers have checked it out and it is pretty borderline. Risk management department have cleared it as acceptable risk vs the savings, is it ok to go ahead ?"
Now, perhaps one or two executives thought to themselves "hrm, this doesn't sound good" or "we'll get busted and get raped with cattle prods"
But what can you say/do when your primary consideration is the next quarter profit projection or current quarter revenue reports ? You just cant argue against higher profit/revenue.
At the end of the day (again) any executive has a dozen explanations/justifications for their actions:
- the compliance officers/lawyers cleared it.
- we were direct orders to meet the profit projections
- we were direct orders to meet our key performance indicators
- it is the mission/directive of our department to maximise profit/efficiency/kpi/etc
- risk management cleared it
- we were only competing with the competitors
I wish I was at home and could get the appropriate quote from one of the Dune books where the chapter start quote talks about the qualities of a bureaucrat - how the epitome of a perfect bureaucrat is the loss of human qualities and strictly following procedures/policies.
what i am trying to say is, in a long convulsed way, is that not only there is no morality in big companies, there is no accountability for legal or moral wrong doings (quite often two separate things).
I for one applaud our new executive-arresting overlords!
"or just know where I live so they can kick down my door for a home invasion robbery"
Not to imply that you are stupid, but are you aware that people can kick down YOUR door for a home invasion robbery without you telling them where you live?
Additionally, are you aware that there are quite a few doors/houses as well as quite a few "home invasion robberies" without the involvement of craigslist ? I dare venture, and feel free to call my bluff, but I would say that majority of "home invasion robberies" take place without the aid of craigslist - thus, you posting your address or NOT posting it has very little if any effect on the possibility of your door getting kicked in ?
ps, have you considered sending your resume in to foxnews ? you could go very far...
There is something i am clearly missing here and I hope one of you kind sirs could enlighten me on:
The content provider (youtube/bbc) pay for UPSTREAM bandwidth with their ISP. This covers the costs of users coming to the site and downloading data.
Then the users pay for DOWNSTREAM bandwidth with their ISP. This covers the cost of the isp downloading data from the content provider's isp.
Is someone getting money from two directions there AND wanting more ? Even if there is no overlap of payments for costs, etc, based on the above two lines it seems like everyone's getting paid for providing the bandwidth ? Or is it the question of ISPs saying "yes, you pay for bandwidth (upstream or downstream) but you are using too much of it and we'd like to charge you more for some of the services which use up too much of the bandwidth you paid for ?