Being that there were facts to back up their firing. I don't think if it was a women it would had reach the discrimination card. The discrimination card is more often used when they are fired for things that are not so well documented. Such as couldn't fit in company culture, or change in in business practices.
Being that they fired him, and have the big process of redacting his previous stuff, seems like journalistic integrity to me.
They could had quietly let him go. Or just put him in something where he wasn't visible anymore. Heck they could had done nothing. Because to the general public plagiarism isn't that big of a deal.
I was more surprised that IGN has so much good will built up in integrity that they felt they needed to go full force against this guy.
That said, your job is to play video games then write up what you think about it, seems like a sweet job. Why would you just copy someones else reviews? When you get paid to nerd rage or fanboy video games.
For centuries, we have measured peoples "smarts" on their ability to remember things, focus on a task, and be able to work out problems quickly.
Skills like imagination, out of the box thinking, creativity, people relations... A lot of soft skills that havn't been associated with "smart" people, but with people who get kicked out of school, because they didn't fit the mold.
With AI and robotics taking a lot of the jobs away, this is actually an opportunity for a "Kindness Economy" Where a lot of these jobs that are making us miserable and irritable people are being handled by computers, leaving opportunity to work more with people and help them with their problems. Vs. being a cog in the wheel causing their problems.
A "Kindness economy" will be difficult to setup. Changing over a century of culture, changes in education, and human relation expectations. While there still be jobs for the Anti-social people, they will be less in demand, and probably not needed to be filled with the random social person making their jobs even more miserable.
Well in a world where a lot of retail stores are getting hit hard. The fact that internet companies are starting their own stores is kinda interesting.
Granted I expect the change of retail stores from places where you need to go to get stuff, to places you want to go to see stuff is a change in how retail works. The Apple Store isn't a place where people usually go to get a new phone or computer. But a place to see Apples offerings and help them decide if they like it or not, then normally get one online.
Usually when you read a book other times you will find details and messages that were not apparent the first time. Same as watching a movie, or a TV show over again.
The value of the story isn't how it will end, but what did they do to get there. The author creates a world for such stories to exist, with its rules, and details. The first read you will kinda get a hint of the world, and what happened. But the detail of the motivations may not be apparent, a first read the protagonists or the foil or villain may seem one denominational however after a second, third... pass you may understand the world a little clearer and understand the complexities on what causes which.
Sometimes a detail in a story help maintain realism, and sometimes it may be foreshadowing.
However if by politics, legal trickery, bad business decisions... That book can be turned off for you, so you may not be able to read it again, perhaps with a different perspective. A physical book, is harder to take away from you, as even if it becomes illegal, it can be hidden, locked up, but still accessible.
Often the right thing, is the less efficient method.
Professional sports for good or for bad, isn't about straight skill. Yes skill is needed to be play on such a level. But there is a statistic plan for a lot of these actions. Where causing fouls, can help reposition the team to a better location.
Having a individual missing such a call adds to the complexity of the action. Failing to call a foul may mean the game would continue on, or the intentional foul strategy may fail. A robot making such a calls would change the nature of the game, from making an "accidental" foul to an intentional one. Being that a robot will not get annoyed that you are using them a pawn in their game, you could use that strictness as an advantage.
By stating that this is an illegal activity. 1. Offenders can be fined or impression. 2. Give software companies an other rule in the book to fight against. 3. Prevent legitimate business from doing such actions.
The issue at hand was if this action was illegal or not. Being in a gray areas some people would want to risk it more then if finally defined.
I think they care, but the problem is Amazon hasn't done anything that would really betray our trust in the company. There seems to be nothing stopping other companies from competing with them, except for the fact that Amazon is so big, that it is impossible to try to compete with them.
Actually it is. When ever I hear about a product bragging about its security, it is usually the ones with the most obvious flaw. Because people who know about good security, understands how hard it actually is, and would never put their reputation out saying that their stuff is completely secure and safe.
"I have never had my product hacked" That doesn't mean it is secure. Just that it wasn't a target, or compatible with the common forms of hacking.
When you have a product meant for the general public, you are under the gun on making it easy for the right people to use, and hard for the wrong people to use. The right people will tend to forget passwords or make stupid ones.
Then there is software security. There is a degree of trust in your software that you cannot completely control. A flaw in your OS, a Flaw in the Web Server, A flaw in your programs library.
How is this any different from normal black listing?
Blocking Credit Cards, telling business to reject your services? Heck if they want to make it easy they just arrest you and put you in Jail.
What I find more concerning, is the ability to scan an RFID chip get its number and make a new one with the same number and implant it in someone else. You will still need a secondary form of authentication.
There is a much higher chance of infection then Cancer. But over the last hundred years or so, we have learned what type of stuff when implanted in the body doesn't hurt us.
Back in 1998 Floppy disks were the standard for transferring data back and forth. Networked computers were still rare. CD Burners were new technology and being write once made them expensive to use. Other formats were not popular. An IBM Formatted Floppy could go a long way.
USB was new then and often would mess up early OS's.
When the iMac came out with only a CD player, pure panic came from that idea.
We all know it rains from time to time. But if I were to hose you down with a fire hose. You are not going to just sit there and say it is just the weather, when there was someone actually causing the problem of getting wet.
The climate does change. But not at this rate, The reasons for the change are pointing to human activity.
What would be the benefit of people panicking over climate change? For politicians on both sides not worrying about climate change would make their jobs easier, want to subdue a population, giving the big Trucks and SUV's and make them feel like a tough rouged individual. Having factories that pump out exhort without having to worry about the peoples health, dealing with lawsuits with the state and companies over problems.
If government wants tight control of peoples lives, then they are easier ways then bring up a climate change conspiracy. Heck throwing a dart at a world map and going to war with them is much easier, as it is easy to explain why someone else culture is full of inhuman monsters. Using Climate Change as an excuse to control peoples lives, as for some grand conspiracy would be extremely hard to pull off. Because environmental control and regulations are complex and requires a balancing act.
1. They are not too many driving simulators out there that are accurate like a flight simulator. 2. Driving is 2d movement. There is extra thought on the third dimension. 3. Driving failures can normally be corrected with hitting the break petal. During flight you need to keep moving.
That all being said, Playing Test Drive back in the 1980's with sports car with manual transmission (Press Z or A) , did little to show me how to drive manual.
There is the human factor as well. While using a simulator, there is no fear of death or injury. When you are actually flying, then the gravity (no pun attended) of the situation is in play. A muscle memory action in a simulator becomes a deliberate action in real life. Where shaking from turbulence or g-forces from the flight will affect you in ways that actual real life practice is needed.
Before the iPhone, Motorola Razor was to have phone, after the iPhone the Droid was well received as well. It actually started the Thin Electronic Craze that we have today.
Even though the Droid was a rectangle with a touch screen, it was different enough to have its own charm and style. You wern't pretending to have an iPhone if you had a Droid.
But this latest model, is making Motorola seem like a cheap ripoff phone. Like the genuine peniphonics or Sorney.
two microphones and the audio processing circuitry to shape the incoming sounds to compensate: All fine and good, but for 2018 this is easy stuff with modern system designs. Most of this stuff can be done with software with a standard set of Hearing Aids.
It also goes the other way. If you spent a million dollars to make a home in a crappy community, chances are if you are to sell the building you wouldn't get your money back. Because worth is based on Supply and Demand, not cost of material or purchase price.
Apple can use this to point out this building it too big for any other company needs to have in this area, so its general worth is much less then what apple paid for it.
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Being that there were facts to back up their firing. I don't think if it was a women it would had reach the discrimination card. The discrimination card is more often used when they are fired for things that are not so well documented. Such as couldn't fit in company culture, or change in in business practices.
Being that they fired him, and have the big process of redacting his previous stuff, seems like journalistic integrity to me.
They could had quietly let him go. Or just put him in something where he wasn't visible anymore. Heck they could had done nothing.
Because to the general public plagiarism isn't that big of a deal.
I was more surprised that IGN has so much good will built up in integrity that they felt they needed to go full force against this guy.
That said, your job is to play video games then write up what you think about it, seems like a sweet job. Why would you just copy someones else reviews? When you get paid to nerd rage or fanboy video games.
Easy solution, complex implementation.
For centuries, we have measured peoples "smarts" on their ability to remember things, focus on a task, and be able to work out problems quickly.
Skills like imagination, out of the box thinking, creativity, people relations... A lot of soft skills that havn't been associated with "smart" people, but with people who get kicked out of school, because they didn't fit the mold.
With AI and robotics taking a lot of the jobs away, this is actually an opportunity for a "Kindness Economy" Where a lot of these jobs that are making us miserable and irritable people are being handled by computers, leaving opportunity to work more with people and help them with their problems. Vs. being a cog in the wheel causing their problems.
A "Kindness economy" will be difficult to setup. Changing over a century of culture, changes in education, and human relation expectations. While there still be jobs for the Anti-social people, they will be less in demand, and probably not needed to be filled with the random social person making their jobs even more miserable.
Well in a world where a lot of retail stores are getting hit hard. The fact that internet companies are starting their own stores is kinda interesting.
Granted I expect the change of retail stores from places where you need to go to get stuff, to places you want to go to see stuff is a change in how retail works. The Apple Store isn't a place where people usually go to get a new phone or computer. But a place to see Apples offerings and help them decide if they like it or not, then normally get one online.
Usually when you read a book other times you will find details and messages that were not apparent the first time. Same as watching a movie, or a TV show over again.
The value of the story isn't how it will end, but what did they do to get there. The author creates a world for such stories to exist, with its rules, and details. The first read you will kinda get a hint of the world, and what happened. But the detail of the motivations may not be apparent, a first read the protagonists or the foil or villain may seem one denominational however after a second, third... pass you may understand the world a little clearer and understand the complexities on what causes which.
Sometimes a detail in a story help maintain realism, and sometimes it may be foreshadowing.
However if by politics, legal trickery, bad business decisions... That book can be turned off for you, so you may not be able to read it again, perhaps with a different perspective.
A physical book, is harder to take away from you, as even if it becomes illegal, it can be hidden, locked up, but still accessible.
Often the right thing, is the less efficient method.
Professional sports for good or for bad, isn't about straight skill. Yes skill is needed to be play on such a level. But there is a statistic plan for a lot of these actions. Where causing fouls, can help reposition the team to a better location.
Having a individual missing such a call adds to the complexity of the action. Failing to call a foul may mean the game would continue on, or the intentional foul strategy may fail. A robot making such a calls would change the nature of the game, from making an "accidental" foul to an intentional one. Being that a robot will not get annoyed that you are using them a pawn in their game, you could use that strictness as an advantage.
By stating that this is an illegal activity.
1. Offenders can be fined or impression.
2. Give software companies an other rule in the book to fight against.
3. Prevent legitimate business from doing such actions.
The issue at hand was if this action was illegal or not. Being in a gray areas some people would want to risk it more then if finally defined.
True enough.
Security is hard though, and you are constantly needing to find a way to make it better.
I think they care, but the problem is Amazon hasn't done anything that would really betray our trust in the company.
There seems to be nothing stopping other companies from competing with them, except for the fact that Amazon is so big, that it is impossible to try to compete with them.
What is out there to stop them?
The government will not put a stop to a Job Creator like Amazon. Because being a Job Creator is the only criteria.
If Amazon were to explode today, it would be very bad for the world.
Actually it is.
When ever I hear about a product bragging about its security, it is usually the ones with the most obvious flaw.
Because people who know about good security, understands how hard it actually is, and would never put their reputation out saying that their stuff is completely secure and safe.
"I have never had my product hacked" That doesn't mean it is secure. Just that it wasn't a target, or compatible with the common forms of hacking.
When you have a product meant for the general public, you are under the gun on making it easy for the right people to use, and hard for the wrong people to use. The right people will tend to forget passwords or make stupid ones.
Then there is software security. There is a degree of trust in your software that you cannot completely control. A flaw in your OS, a Flaw in the Web Server, A flaw in your programs library.
How is this any different from normal black listing?
Blocking Credit Cards, telling business to reject your services? Heck if they want to make it easy they just arrest you and put you in Jail.
What I find more concerning, is the ability to scan an RFID chip get its number and make a new one with the same number and implant it in someone else.
You will still need a secondary form of authentication.
There is a much higher chance of infection then Cancer. But over the last hundred years or so, we have learned what type of stuff when implanted in the body doesn't hurt us.
Back in 1998 Floppy disks were the standard for transferring data back and forth. Networked computers were still rare. CD Burners were new technology and being write once made them expensive to use. Other formats were not popular. An IBM Formatted Floppy could go a long way.
USB was new then and often would mess up early OS's.
When the iMac came out with only a CD player, pure panic came from that idea.
Why are you using two different sources for comparison of terminology?
I mean you are just mixing units here and making you look like an idiot.
We all know it rains from time to time. But if I were to hose you down with a fire hose. You are not going to just sit there and say it is just the weather, when there was someone actually causing the problem of getting wet.
The climate does change. But not at this rate, The reasons for the change are pointing to human activity.
What would be the benefit of people panicking over climate change? For politicians on both sides not worrying about climate change would make their jobs easier, want to subdue a population, giving the big Trucks and SUV's and make them feel like a tough rouged individual. Having factories that pump out exhort without having to worry about the peoples health, dealing with lawsuits with the state and companies over problems.
If government wants tight control of peoples lives, then they are easier ways then bring up a climate change conspiracy. Heck throwing a dart at a world map and going to war with them is much easier, as it is easy to explain why someone else culture is full of inhuman monsters. Using Climate Change as an excuse to control peoples lives, as for some grand conspiracy would be extremely hard to pull off. Because environmental control and regulations are complex and requires a balancing act.
1. They are not too many driving simulators out there that are accurate like a flight simulator.
2. Driving is 2d movement. There is extra thought on the third dimension.
3. Driving failures can normally be corrected with hitting the break petal. During flight you need to keep moving.
That all being said, Playing Test Drive back in the 1980's with sports car with manual transmission (Press Z or A) , did little to show me how to drive manual.
There is the human factor as well. While using a simulator, there is no fear of death or injury. When you are actually flying, then the gravity (no pun attended) of the situation is in play. A muscle memory action in a simulator becomes a deliberate action in real life. Where shaking from turbulence or g-forces from the flight will affect you in ways that actual real life practice is needed.
Was is the keyword here.
Before the iPhone, Motorola Razor was to have phone, after the iPhone the Droid was well received as well. It actually started the Thin Electronic Craze that we have today.
Even though the Droid was a rectangle with a touch screen, it was different enough to have its own charm and style. You wern't pretending to have an iPhone if you had a Droid.
But this latest model, is making Motorola seem like a cheap ripoff phone. Like the genuine peniphonics or Sorney.
Did you finally stop complaining about how the iMac didn't have a floppy disk?
Do you have any idea how bloated that Facebook App is?
So you work for a hearing aid company then?
two microphones and the audio processing circuitry to shape the incoming sounds to compensate: All fine and good, but for 2018 this is easy stuff with modern system designs. Most of this stuff can be done with software with a standard set of Hearing Aids.
It also goes the other way. If you spent a million dollars to make a home in a crappy community, chances are if you are to sell the building you wouldn't get your money back. Because worth is based on Supply and Demand, not cost of material or purchase price.
Apple can use this to point out this building it too big for any other company needs to have in this area, so its general worth is much less then what apple paid for it.