Sorry. I reread it and it seems I and at least one other read it the same way. To say there's no intended metaphor comparing the US to Nazi Germany due to our current foreign policy is simply disingenuous.
The guy's disdain for the current US foreign policy is clouding his judgment. Americans reel in horror over the image of the swastika because it symbolizes the greatest human atrocity of the past half millennium. You can be politically opposed to Iraq/Afgah wars, but to put them on the same level as that what the swastika symbolizes just makes my point: dude needs some perspective.
Sounds like you work for a shitty company. My work MAKES me check out a company laptop for business travel, even though I don't need it. So not only do they MAKE me use a company computer, it's obviously clear they understand they can't MAKE me use my own stuff and thus MAKE me take advantage of the company provided option, even though I don't want it. Maybe they are covering their ass, but at least they realize that they don't own us and labor laws still apply to even us exempt white-collar types.
There are good companies out there. You sound like you don't work at one.
Every dev I work with thinks he's the smartest guy on the planet. Of course, this is why we don't get to develop on an actual Internet capable network, because the smart dev guy thought his "agreeable technical solution" was a good one, until all his code ended up at the competitor's dev box. Thanks.
Your work doesn't prohibit the forwarding or work related emails to personal email accounts? Are you allowed to do "work" work on your personal computers or from home? We're not even allowed to develop on computers hooked up to the Internet, let alone send files all over the place at an employee's whim.
Well you can offend one customer by not letting them have their little Nazi symbol (yes, it's a Nazi symbol when used in the context of a war based video game and not an Asian good luck charm at that point), or you can offend hundreds of thousands of customers by allowing the most egregious symbol of hatred in the history of civilization.
Seems like an easy decision to me (from an economics perspective at least).
Most Americans don't give a shit if the military is committing atrocities, either out of sheer apathy or because they actually approve of murdering civilians who are the wrong color and religion.
Thankfully most American's understand the difference between "atrocities" and "hyperbole".
Sound cards used to be sold because their ability to decode sound was done on the card rather than having the CPU doing it, which would slow down the gaming performance (somewhat).
Ahhh, marketing at its finest hour. You need to buy a $500 3d card AND a $100 audio card to play this $49 game!
I've been claiming this since I bought a PowerPC Mac about 15 years ago. The onboard audio from old Apple hardware was great (not so sure about the current iMacs, since they are "consumer grade" by definition).
I haven't purchased a sound card(except for the one PC I built from scratch) since, well, ever. With a modern higher end computer, you should expect the on-board audio to be sufficient for 99% of the market (with the pro-audio crowd needing something better).
We are actually using the onboard audio from our Dell towers at work instead of the 5 year old SoundBlaster Audigy soudn card we bought because the onboard performs more reliably and with no perceivable quality loss.
Only unclassified material with.mil is trafficked via the Internet. Classified materials reside on classified networks that are not connected to the Internet and are routed through US (and their allies) communication systems (and encrypted, obviously).
The main security problem is people taking info off of the classified network and putting it on the network that is connected to the Internet, not the fact that some Internet traffic was routed through China for a while.
Or you could calm down, take a deep breath, and just take your shoes off and walking through a metal detector, all of which takes about 5 minutes.
I fly about 100,000 miles a year and have come to the conclusion that people who think airport security is anything other than a minor nuisance are people who are generally impossible to please.
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Yeah, but what about the sweet pics?
Calling the German Chancellor 'Teflon'...yeah, that's the pinnacle of "moral apathy" right there!
Sorry. I reread it and it seems I and at least one other read it the same way. To say there's no intended metaphor comparing the US to Nazi Germany due to our current foreign policy is simply disingenuous.
The guy's disdain for the current US foreign policy is clouding his judgment. Americans reel in horror over the image of the swastika because it symbolizes the greatest human atrocity of the past half millennium. You can be politically opposed to Iraq/Afgah wars, but to put them on the same level as that what the swastika symbolizes just makes my point: dude needs some perspective.
Seems I replied to the wrong post. Another post (can't find it) was likening the US occupation of Afghanistan to that of Nazi Germany.
People who do that need a serious dose of perspective.
Why would ANYONE bring Nazi Germany into a discussion about swastikas? I suppose nobody should mention slavery and the Rebel flag either?
Maybe you just played too much Pokemon:
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Koga's_Ninja_Trick_(Gym_Challenge_115)
Their device, their rules. My device, my rules.
Until you put your device on their network.
Wait, what? I RTFA and it sounds like Outlook is the culprit, not the iOS remote wipe feature.
Sounds like you work for a shitty company. My work MAKES me check out a company laptop for business travel, even though I don't need it. So not only do they MAKE me use a company computer, it's obviously clear they understand they can't MAKE me use my own stuff and thus MAKE me take advantage of the company provided option, even though I don't want it. Maybe they are covering their ass, but at least they realize that they don't own us and labor laws still apply to even us exempt white-collar types.
There are good companies out there. You sound like you don't work at one.
"Measures in place" to protect company's data that also wipe your personal data are a bit creepy.
I find people who put company data on their personal phones to be equally creepy.
Every dev I work with thinks he's the smartest guy on the planet. Of course, this is why we don't get to develop on an actual Internet capable network, because the smart dev guy thought his "agreeable technical solution" was a good one, until all his code ended up at the competitor's dev box. Thanks.
Your work doesn't prohibit the forwarding or work related emails to personal email accounts? Are you allowed to do "work" work on your personal computers or from home? We're not even allowed to develop on computers hooked up to the Internet, let alone send files all over the place at an employee's whim.
It's to protect the company's interests should the feds come investigating
FTFY.
This thread is proof that racism and anti-intellectualism is alive and kicking.
You need a serious dose of perspective if you think the US engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq are anywhere near the same thing as Nazi Germany.
Start with a history book--preferably one written in German.
Well you can offend one customer by not letting them have their little Nazi symbol (yes, it's a Nazi symbol when used in the context of a war based video game and not an Asian good luck charm at that point), or you can offend hundreds of thousands of customers by allowing the most egregious symbol of hatred in the history of civilization.
Seems like an easy decision to me (from an economics perspective at least).
Heritage not Hate!
Oh wait, wrong hatespeech. My bad.
...Julian Assange's coordinates.
Most Americans don't give a shit if the military is committing atrocities, either out of sheer apathy or because they actually approve of murdering civilians who are the wrong color and religion.
Thankfully most American's understand the difference between "atrocities" and "hyperbole".
Sound cards used to be sold because their ability to decode sound was done on the card rather than having the CPU doing it, which would slow down the gaming performance (somewhat).
Ahhh, marketing at its finest hour. You need to buy a $500 3d card AND a $100 audio card to play this $49 game!
I've been claiming this since I bought a PowerPC Mac about 15 years ago. The onboard audio from old Apple hardware was great (not so sure about the current iMacs, since they are "consumer grade" by definition).
I haven't purchased a sound card(except for the one PC I built from scratch) since, well, ever. With a modern higher end computer, you should expect the on-board audio to be sufficient for 99% of the market (with the pro-audio crowd needing something better).
We are actually using the onboard audio from our Dell towers at work instead of the 5 year old SoundBlaster Audigy soudn card we bought because the onboard performs more reliably and with no perceivable quality loss.
Free egg rolls in bed! Sweet!
Only unclassified material with .mil is trafficked via the Internet. Classified materials reside on classified networks that are not connected to the Internet and are routed through US (and their allies) communication systems (and encrypted, obviously).
The main security problem is people taking info off of the classified network and putting it on the network that is connected to the Internet, not the fact that some Internet traffic was routed through China for a while.
*although it was developed by Apple*
Doesn't this only make sense if there is reason to suspect Apple doesn't develop things well?
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Let's count the fallacies in just this one sentence:
So here's hoping that we get that iPad multitasking yet this November.
I'll start with "Red Herring".
Or you could calm down, take a deep breath, and just take your shoes off and walking through a metal detector, all of which takes about 5 minutes.
I fly about 100,000 miles a year and have come to the conclusion that people who think airport security is anything other than a minor nuisance are people who are generally impossible to please.