I graduated from my local ITT Tech with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Security as the valedictorian of my class. It took me a year to find a job and not only do I feel like I am COMPLETELY unprepared for a simple IT job but I was also informed that I was hired mainly because the senior IT guy here said he thought we'd get along well (and we do, which is nice), so that basically means I got lucky and my credentials had nothing to do with it. I've got a sizable debt still, but I haven't been out of my old retail job for a full year yet. 30K a year is double what I made in retail, but not quite what I was expecting (I am entry-level, though).
All-in-all, I liked that the teachers worked in the field and really did know their specific subjects inside and out (for the most part), but I didn't like anything else about the school.
Now, I'm not exactly glad I have the ISP that I do, but anything seems better than Comcast after everything I've heard about and from them over the years.
I won't do business with Charter because I don't like how they've done business in the past. I can't get a wireless provider because I live in a small dead spot. I'm stuck with AT&T DSL and I get terrible speeds because of a similar dead spot.
I live, it seems, in the middle of a circle. This circle is made up entirely of residential homes and apparently companies either don't want to, or are being denied the opportunity to install a cell tower, phone switch, or anything of the sort closer to my home.
Basically, this all means that the only ISP that can possibly get me decent speeds is a company I won't do business with on principle. I'm sure if it came down to it and Comcast was the only provider I had available to me I'd seriously consider satellite.
I don't see how this is a problem. Neither I nor any of my friends who have ever used Steam have had to manually forward any ports, or do ANY networking work to get it to function. Besides, if you have very strict network configurations you shouldn't bother complaining that you have to manually add in applications because you yourself set it to be that way. Steam even gives you all the information you need to get it set up and working at home... and if you're talking about a strict company network then why are you playing games at work? ^_^
And with 80% of the market of digital distributions (according to TFA), how are other digital deliverers gaining ground over Steam?
There's plenty of evidence of actions such as the ones AC described. There's all the DMCA and copyright abuses used against people to do things such as remove YouTube videos that are clearly either perfectly legal or covered by fair use. There's the newspaper that was suing everybody for even quoting their articles, and the lady (doctor or author or something) that copyrighted her name and was suing anybody that used her name.
There's also evidence that points to actions like these. There was the Kane & Lynch video game reviewer that got fired when he gave an okay review - obviously the game developer had a deal with the review site to give it a good review no matter what and when the reviewer honestly and morally did his job he was punished for it. Does that break any laws? No, but neither does any of the other cases I mentioned, either.
Was I too lazy to look up sources for these? Yes. However I'm sure anyone here will recognize at least one of those cases as things that were reported on. Laws (and pretty much ANYTHING, really) will be abused and contorted to fit someone's will and eventually used to do their bidding if they're clever and greedy/evil enough. It's just a matter of when and how much damage will it do? It could just be some kid getting a bully's website blocked (somehow) or it could be the RIAA/MPAA blocking any site that hosts a torrent of any kind. I'm not willing to take the chance that the RIAA/MPAA would step up and continue their trend of legal bullying and political lobbying to take advantage of a blacklist like this.
I have seen reports that Blobkbuster UK expects that since the parent US company filed for Chapter 11 it could heavily impact their ability to get product. They're even thinking it might be a bad X-Mas for sales in UK BBs.
Stories like this always surprise me for a second because since I haven't seen hardly any ads in years I often forget they're there in the first place.
Those of us in the industry saw that by the time one format won out, it would remain dominate for 18 - 24 hours before everything went Digital Download anyway.
And you were wrong. Do you see any competitors for Blu-Ray? Is everything digital download? There's still a huge market for physical discs that will stay the way it is for a long time. There's FAR too many people who can't or don't want to download their media, and there's also people who do want to download it but like having physical discs.
Personally, my internet connection is rather slow and I've had enough troubles with it that I can't expect it'll always be available. What happens when my connection goes down and all my media is digital download only? Will I be able to utilize any of it offline? I don't trust some of the companies controlling this media to allow me that luxury, not to mention without an internet connection I can't get any new media.
Was I too late to the party? I tried the exploit out at about 7 hours ago (with the malicious code removed) and it never worked for me. I then went to accounts that were reported infected and couldn't get any results. Was I lucky or just unintentionally more secure somehow?
Even the US Government Accountability Office has announced that you can not accurately make economy-wide estimations for this type of thing.
Most experts observed that it is difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impacts.
Generally, the illicit nature of counterfeiting and piracy makes estimating the economic impact of IP infringements extremely difficult, so assumptions must be used to offset the lack of data.
...how did it go? Something about "making an ass of you and me"...
So how much will have to be modified from the base design to allow them to assist in acrobatics, jumping, or even in assisting in landing after falling/jumping from an uncomfortable height?
I heard about it just before it came out from an ad on Steam and pretty much never again after that except in stories like this. Then again, I couldn't get away from ads about Tabula Rasa when it was in beta and for a while after it came out.
Too bad it's not up and running now. If the game turned out good I'd like to go buy a copy so they at least get a tiny bit more money from it. Once the private server finally goes online "in a month or two" (according to the forums) I'm not sure IF I'll be able to get a retail copy of APB or if my money will still be going to the team that developed it.
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I graduated from my local ITT Tech with a Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems Security as the valedictorian of my class. It took me a year to find a job and not only do I feel like I am COMPLETELY unprepared for a simple IT job but I was also informed that I was hired mainly because the senior IT guy here said he thought we'd get along well (and we do, which is nice), so that basically means I got lucky and my credentials had nothing to do with it. I've got a sizable debt still, but I haven't been out of my old retail job for a full year yet. 30K a year is double what I made in retail, but not quite what I was expecting (I am entry-level, though). All-in-all, I liked that the teachers worked in the field and really did know their specific subjects inside and out (for the most part), but I didn't like anything else about the school.
Didn't someone in America try to name their kid ESPN (pronounced ehs-pin) and get sued over it, or was that just a rumor?
It was just posted here an hour ago. You think that qualifies as OLD?
Zuckerberg is a VERY poor actor.
I see the "troll" tag was removed but the "and even Glenn Beck" comment still remains.
Now, I'm not exactly glad I have the ISP that I do, but anything seems better than Comcast after everything I've heard about and from them over the years.
I won't do business with Charter because I don't like how they've done business in the past. I can't get a wireless provider because I live in a small dead spot. I'm stuck with AT&T DSL and I get terrible speeds because of a similar dead spot.
I live, it seems, in the middle of a circle. This circle is made up entirely of residential homes and apparently companies either don't want to, or are being denied the opportunity to install a cell tower, phone switch, or anything of the sort closer to my home.
Basically, this all means that the only ISP that can possibly get me decent speeds is a company I won't do business with on principle. I'm sure if it came down to it and Comcast was the only provider I had available to me I'd seriously consider satellite.
As far as I can tell it just means "using a computer" to some people.
I don't see how this is a problem. Neither I nor any of my friends who have ever used Steam have had to manually forward any ports, or do ANY networking work to get it to function. Besides, if you have very strict network configurations you shouldn't bother complaining that you have to manually add in applications because you yourself set it to be that way. Steam even gives you all the information you need to get it set up and working at home ... and if you're talking about a strict company network then why are you playing games at work? ^_^
And with 80% of the market of digital distributions (according to TFA), how are other digital deliverers gaining ground over Steam?
There's plenty of evidence of actions such as the ones AC described. There's all the DMCA and copyright abuses used against people to do things such as remove YouTube videos that are clearly either perfectly legal or covered by fair use. There's the newspaper that was suing everybody for even quoting their articles, and the lady (doctor or author or something) that copyrighted her name and was suing anybody that used her name.
There's also evidence that points to actions like these. There was the Kane & Lynch video game reviewer that got fired when he gave an okay review - obviously the game developer had a deal with the review site to give it a good review no matter what and when the reviewer honestly and morally did his job he was punished for it. Does that break any laws? No, but neither does any of the other cases I mentioned, either.
Was I too lazy to look up sources for these? Yes. However I'm sure anyone here will recognize at least one of those cases as things that were reported on. Laws (and pretty much ANYTHING, really) will be abused and contorted to fit someone's will and eventually used to do their bidding if they're clever and greedy/evil enough. It's just a matter of when and how much damage will it do? It could just be some kid getting a bully's website blocked (somehow) or it could be the RIAA/MPAA blocking any site that hosts a torrent of any kind. I'm not willing to take the chance that the RIAA/MPAA would step up and continue their trend of legal bullying and political lobbying to take advantage of a blacklist like this.
So you're theorizing that the theory of a theory is itself a theory.
...
Just checking. I wanted to make sure I didn't read that with any more stupid than you wrote it with.
I don't know about John Antioco, but none of the BB execs are that smart.
I have seen reports that Blobkbuster UK expects that since the parent US company filed for Chapter 11 it could heavily impact their ability to get product. They're even thinking it might be a bad X-Mas for sales in UK BBs.
If that's true then how is Intel in business at all?
Stories like this always surprise me for a second because since I haven't seen hardly any ads in years I often forget they're there in the first place.
Those of us in the industry saw that by the time one format won out, it would remain dominate for 18 - 24 hours before everything went Digital Download anyway.
And you were wrong. Do you see any competitors for Blu-Ray? Is everything digital download? There's still a huge market for physical discs that will stay the way it is for a long time. There's FAR too many people who can't or don't want to download their media, and there's also people who do want to download it but like having physical discs.
Personally, my internet connection is rather slow and I've had enough troubles with it that I can't expect it'll always be available. What happens when my connection goes down and all my media is digital download only? Will I be able to utilize any of it offline? I don't trust some of the companies controlling this media to allow me that luxury, not to mention without an internet connection I can't get any new media.
No, it's cool. I'm actively monitoring this. We're still good.
Was I too late to the party? I tried the exploit out at about 7 hours ago (with the malicious code removed) and it never worked for me. I then went to accounts that were reported infected and couldn't get any results. Was I lucky or just unintentionally more secure somehow?
Why would you want to print an ebook? Doesn't that defeat the purpose?
Well in this case it would be "making an ass of u and mptions"
Sorry, I assumed everyone would know what I was talking about.
Not so long as the US government can print more whenever they feel like it! Free money for everyone forever!
(that's how it works, right?)
Even the US Government Accountability Office has announced that you can not accurately make economy-wide estimations for this type of thing.
Most experts observed that it is difficult, if not impossible, to quantify the economy-wide impacts.
Generally, the illicit nature of counterfeiting and piracy makes estimating the economic impact of IP infringements extremely difficult, so assumptions must be used to offset the lack of data.
So how much will have to be modified from the base design to allow them to assist in acrobatics, jumping, or even in assisting in landing after falling/jumping from an uncomfortable height?
I heard about it just before it came out from an ad on Steam and pretty much never again after that except in stories like this. Then again, I couldn't get away from ads about Tabula Rasa when it was in beta and for a while after it came out.
I don't want a phone that can sense how long I sit in front of a computer and browse the internet. I also don't want my boss to sense it, either.
Too bad it's not up and running now. If the game turned out good I'd like to go buy a copy so they at least get a tiny bit more money from it. Once the private server finally goes online "in a month or two" (according to the forums) I'm not sure IF I'll be able to get a retail copy of APB or if my money will still be going to the team that developed it.