I started to hate on Sony when a buddy of mine purchased a Sony Vaio laptop it was a net book form factor (a few years before these became popular)...he goes to install windows XP pro on it, and none of the drivers will install---held hostage because Sony wanted him to pony up an additional $50 for the "XP pro drivers"....Then came the whole PS3 yellow dog removal and then what finally did them in for me was that bright idea of putting a root kit on a CD....I haven't owned a sony product since.......and now the way Nintendo is going, they are also quickly getting earmarked on the "vote with my wallet"/boycott list.
....namely how they are ultra paranoid about people stealing their damned software. I had a legit copy of Mathematica that I purchased through school. Installed, it, never used it. Several hardware upgrades later, I had a class where it would have been useful, went to reinstall, and it refused to do so saying that my hardware specs didn't match the profile for my key. Cut a support ticket and they told me I had to prove that I purchased the software (they wanted a copy of the damned receipt along with a copy of my drivers license.
I promptly told them to get bent (in more colorful language than that), grabbed my copy of Matlab (it was also gathering dust), and spent the bulk of my time figuring out how to use it instead.
What they also need is an audio/voice recognition...so when you say Lawyer n number of times, it immediately puts your phone in a lockdown/duress mode that disables biometrics, wireless, bluetooth, and USB, and requires a password to unlock.
....The always win scenario would still provide a means for a game maker to exploit, where instead of getting an empty crate (or whatever the "try again" thing looks like) you do get an upgrade that is super small percentage upgrade to one of the items---enough that while it is an improvement, it's ineffectual..
I'm assuming that this music strip out was for everybody who bought a copy of the game? (If it were not for the fact that my kids use some of the online features of xbox live, I'd just go the route of modding it and keeping everything offline)....
....or....At least with Telerik, if you don't renew, you effectively are frozen in place at the version you last installed. I could imagine the chaos and mayhem however if you had 3rd party components that also HAD to phone home to operate:D.
....the other element that I get super angry at is also squarely with the games that have a phone home feature (android Minecraft )....I bought the bloody game, but when I specifically setup a second restricted profile on my kid's tablet (to ensure that access is blocked to the play store among other things), now the blasted thing won't run....
....I haven't stopped gaming, but I can honestly say the last time I purchased any major AAA titles soon after release was several years ago, and I think the only times I actually shelled out the money for a title as a prerelease was Diablo 2?
Beyond that the majority of my attention has been with games that either have a really healthy modding community (Minecraft & Skyrim being my current "go tos")...or are relatively cheap (typically either indie games, or older titles that have been bargain binned).
The other thing that gets me super irritated with the gaming industry in general is also the steps you have to take to make sure that your kids are prevented from buying things in game....
Two things, if you "need" such a device to get you motivated, then you are approaching the whole exercise thing incorrectly, and I would give it 2-3 weeks before said device starts gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. Secondly if you are serious about exercising, then why not keep a physical exercise journal? The gym that I belong to gives them out for free--or even easier, buy a spiral notebook for a couple of bucks?
How they could really make this impactful: The FCC could place down a fine that was (a) Based off a percentage of a companies gross (not revenue) income, (b) Used the last 8 quarters to determine the fine (so they couldn't game things), and (c) Have the actual number for the fine based off the entire year, not just for a quarter (even 3% of the yearly gross)
If this were to happen, and at a level in the billions (only in our dreams:( ), I bet they'd change their tune VERY quickly...
Ran into a fun scenario many moons ago when I was working for a Sylvan Learning Center. They would routinely print out hundreds (if not thousands) of student programs on an ink jet printer. Keep in mind that 90% of this stuff was black and white documentation. When I asked them about why they were wasting their money on cartridges for this, was told this is how they "did things?"
Ultimately ended up researching what they were paying in ink per month combined with what they were paying to lease a standalone copy machine, and had the guy from the leasing company figure out what it would cost per month to upgrade the copy machine to a network copy machine/laser printer, and got them to buy off on the change.
If memory serves, this ended up saving them like $500/month just on the price of ink cartridges....
For the skipped seasons/episodes, it's too bad that they couldn't also put on a "this video is not available because parties X/Y/Z would not sign off on it (e.g. don't blame us, blame them)....
What do you want to bet this is going to be $4-$5 per installment.......and is there a sunset date. Also.....I'm sure there are provisions that prevent you from sharing out to others of course......
I remember reading (way back) where a system engineer/developer was told to implement a system that would allow the company to partake in spam campaigns. His way around the dilemma (do it or get fired)? He went ahead and implemented it, but made sure that any of the traffic this thing generated was properly blacklisted in the majority of the spam filters (before turning it on).
You have a way to block the youtube ads? What do you utilize to do this? (I've also noticed that more and more yt ads no longer allow you to skip after 5 seconds, and even worse: (at least the yt client on android), that there are some videos that inject ads in the MIDDLE of the video I'm watching...the only reason why I continued to watch, is the content was decently produced and interesting
Trying to be funny, BUT since the actual charges levied against this guy was due to him discharging a firearm. What if instead he had something somewhat like Spiderman's web shooters---CO2 powered instead of gunpowder, and the payload is some sort of glue like "netting" with a tether attached to it. Idea being that you have something to gum up the flight systems (to bring it down), and then the tether would allow you to potentially recover the device itself.
(Main thought on the tether--this would be an easy way to prove that the device was within a certain radius of your home when you took it down)....
He didn't approach this in the correct way--rather than announce what is going on, he should "adjust" his curriculum on the remaining tests, projects and labs. First make the students sign a (re)acknowledgement about the school's policy on cheating & plagiarism. Next adjust the projects/labs--make them "in class"---you can work with people (including seeking info from the instructor/teachers assistants), but no internet, only allowed to use the course material etc. (I had a teacher who did this--and was interesting approach as you actually learned more than straight lectures). This mitigates plagiarism.
Next bring in half a dozen people for the exams to proctor it (if this is where the bulk of cheating was happening). If you are caught, then it's a dead to rights thing, and you are turned into the university. This mitigates cheating.
Finally, from personal experience, in some cases if you get a "D" in a class, you have still technically "passed" but most of the time you have issues later on if you try to use it (most universities won't accept it if you transfer for instance). Change up the tests (and curve) enough that the class still passes, but with a VERY low mark--enough that the majority of the students have a "D"
actually they are already doing this (saw this on my mobile, XBox, and PC, they break the video at mid cycle and inject an "interstitial" video ad, and then continue where they broke in....highly annoying
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Is there a mechanism that lets you bypass those interstitial ads that youtube injects in the middle of a video?
I started to hate on Sony when a buddy of mine purchased a Sony Vaio laptop it was a net book form factor (a few years before these became popular)...he goes to install windows XP pro on it, and none of the drivers will install---held hostage because Sony wanted him to pony up an additional $50 for the "XP pro drivers"....Then came the whole PS3 yellow dog removal and then what finally did them in for me was that bright idea of putting a root kit on a CD....I haven't owned a sony product since.... ...and now the way Nintendo is going, they are also quickly getting earmarked on the "vote with my wallet"/boycott list.
....namely how they are ultra paranoid about people stealing their damned software. I had a legit copy of Mathematica that I purchased through school. Installed, it, never used it. Several hardware upgrades later, I had a class where it would have been useful, went to reinstall, and it refused to do so saying that my hardware specs didn't match the profile for my key. Cut a support ticket and they told me I had to prove that I purchased the software (they wanted a copy of the damned receipt along with a copy of my drivers license. I promptly told them to get bent (in more colorful language than that), grabbed my copy of Matlab (it was also gathering dust), and spent the bulk of my time figuring out how to use it instead.
What they also need is an audio/voice recognition...so when you say Lawyer n number of times, it immediately puts your phone in a lockdown/duress mode that disables biometrics, wireless, bluetooth, and USB, and requires a password to unlock.
you are forgetting the other aspect----I can also see the corportocracy having a field day with this as well...insurance industry
....The always win scenario would still provide a means for a game maker to exploit, where instead of getting an empty crate (or whatever the "try again" thing looks like) you do get an upgrade that is super small percentage upgrade to one of the items---enough that while it is an improvement, it's ineffectual..
I'm assuming that this music strip out was for everybody who bought a copy of the game? (If it were not for the fact that my kids use some of the online features of xbox live, I'd just go the route of modding it and keeping everything offline)....
Scary thing is I still have that CD laying around somewhere....buddies of mine and I all rushed to purchase it as soon as we heard about it....
....or ....At least with Telerik, if you don't renew, you effectively are frozen in place at the version you last installed. I could imagine the chaos and mayhem however if you had 3rd party components that also HAD to phone home to operate :D.
Don't you think this is the end goal....big business wants to kill out the small guy?
....the other element that I get super angry at is also squarely with the games that have a phone home feature (android Minecraft )....I bought the bloody game, but when I specifically setup a second restricted profile on my kid's tablet (to ensure that access is blocked to the play store among other things), now the blasted thing won't run....
....I haven't stopped gaming, but I can honestly say the last time I purchased any major AAA titles soon after release was several years ago, and I think the only times I actually shelled out the money for a title as a prerelease was Diablo 2? Beyond that the majority of my attention has been with games that either have a really healthy modding community (Minecraft & Skyrim being my current "go tos")...or are relatively cheap (typically either indie games, or older titles that have been bargain binned). The other thing that gets me super irritated with the gaming industry in general is also the steps you have to take to make sure that your kids are prevented from buying things in game....
....which means another site that I guess I won't actually read the article to.....
Two things, if you "need" such a device to get you motivated, then you are approaching the whole exercise thing incorrectly, and I would give it 2-3 weeks before said device starts gathering dust in a drawer somewhere. Secondly if you are serious about exercising, then why not keep a physical exercise journal? The gym that I belong to gives them out for free--or even easier, buy a spiral notebook for a couple of bucks?
How they could really make this impactful: The FCC could place down a fine that was (a) Based off a percentage of a companies gross (not revenue) income, (b) Used the last 8 quarters to determine the fine (so they couldn't game things), and (c) Have the actual number for the fine based off the entire year, not just for a quarter (even 3% of the yearly gross) If this were to happen, and at a level in the billions (only in our dreams :( ), I bet they'd change their tune VERY quickly...
Ran into a fun scenario many moons ago when I was working for a Sylvan Learning Center. They would routinely print out hundreds (if not thousands) of student programs on an ink jet printer. Keep in mind that 90% of this stuff was black and white documentation. When I asked them about why they were wasting their money on cartridges for this, was told this is how they "did things?" Ultimately ended up researching what they were paying in ink per month combined with what they were paying to lease a standalone copy machine, and had the guy from the leasing company figure out what it would cost per month to upgrade the copy machine to a network copy machine/laser printer, and got them to buy off on the change. If memory serves, this ended up saving them like $500/month just on the price of ink cartridges....
For the skipped seasons/episodes, it's too bad that they couldn't also put on a "this video is not available because parties X/Y/Z would not sign off on it (e.g. don't blame us, blame them)....
What do you want to bet this is going to be $4-$5 per installment.......and is there a sunset date. Also.....I'm sure there are provisions that prevent you from sharing out to others of course......
I remember reading (way back) where a system engineer/developer was told to implement a system that would allow the company to partake in spam campaigns. His way around the dilemma (do it or get fired)? He went ahead and implemented it, but made sure that any of the traffic this thing generated was properly blacklisted in the majority of the spam filters (before turning it on).
Heh...I have a lexmark printer that I purchased about 12-14 YEARS ago....I'm still on the original toner cartridge that came with it
You have a way to block the youtube ads? What do you utilize to do this? (I've also noticed that more and more yt ads no longer allow you to skip after 5 seconds, and even worse: (at least the yt client on android), that there are some videos that inject ads in the MIDDLE of the video I'm watching...the only reason why I continued to watch, is the content was decently produced and interesting
Paging Spiderman...
Trying to be funny, BUT since the actual charges levied against this guy was due to him discharging a firearm. What if instead he had something somewhat like Spiderman's web shooters---CO2 powered instead of gunpowder, and the payload is some sort of glue like "netting" with a tether attached to it. Idea being that you have something to gum up the flight systems (to bring it down), and then the tether would allow you to potentially recover the device itself. (Main thought on the tether--this would be an easy way to prove that the device was within a certain radius of your home when you took it down)....
until they decide to extend the copyright another 30 years beyond whatever it is now..... (THANKS Sonny Bono) :(
He didn't approach this in the correct way--rather than announce what is going on, he should "adjust" his curriculum on the remaining tests, projects and labs. First make the students sign a (re)acknowledgement about the school's policy on cheating & plagiarism. Next adjust the projects/labs--make them "in class"---you can work with people (including seeking info from the instructor/teachers assistants), but no internet, only allowed to use the course material etc. (I had a teacher who did this--and was interesting approach as you actually learned more than straight lectures). This mitigates plagiarism. Next bring in half a dozen people for the exams to proctor it (if this is where the bulk of cheating was happening). If you are caught, then it's a dead to rights thing, and you are turned into the university. This mitigates cheating. Finally, from personal experience, in some cases if you get a "D" in a class, you have still technically "passed" but most of the time you have issues later on if you try to use it (most universities won't accept it if you transfer for instance). Change up the tests (and curve) enough that the class still passes, but with a VERY low mark--enough that the majority of the students have a "D"
actually they are already doing this (saw this on my mobile, XBox, and PC, they break the video at mid cycle and inject an "interstitial" video ad, and then continue where they broke in....highly annoying