The Used game market is huge, and a MAJORITY of players rely on or use the used market like EB games regularly. I know it pisses off the game makers that us "dirty rotten thieves"(tm) are stealing their money by buying and playing a used game. But most gamers do not buy into their delusion and prefer the lower prices of used games and the ability to sell games for a store credit.
I know I'll stop buying games if I cant buy a disc that I can then later sell used, or buy a older game used.
I never played any of the bioshock games, so I picked up I and II for $9.00 and enjoyed the low cost entertainment. I am actually thinking of trying borderlands next.
I would never have bought any of them at full rape me retail price of $60.00 each.
Where do you live? Because I'm from the USA and it has not been "WE the People" for as long as I have been alive. WE don't even vote for our own president, we vote for someone who we hope will vote for our choice in president.
And sorry, but the Poor and middle class outnumber the 1% by 99% yet almost everything is DICTATED To us by the 1%.
So I would love to live in your country of "We the people" because it's not found on the american continent.
a 4 ounce Ungodly good, foodgazim like response steak is far more satisfying than a 14 ounce of shoe leather that many restaurants try to pass off as steak.
Same goes for a burger. Eat a 1/8th pound to die for burger, and it's more satisfying than a 1/2 pound crap puck sold at places like Red Robin. Yet people still go to resturants like that and the even crappier McDonalds...
These people are NOT Tech industry experts, they are posers and wannabe's that make crap up and then blog about it in hopes that under-educated CIO's will listen to them. See, for example, all the content in CIO magazine and how the existence of it makes any IT engineer cringe.
Yes and no. Internal server support for companies that dont need security will go away. It will Never go away for companies that need 100% control of all their data.
And some large companies like AT&T will never switch to it, they need control so they can enforce deletion. Because if it's deleted it cant be found with a court order.
We are trying out the Chrome Books here and That is the issue we are running into. There is a LOT more Offline instances than anyone wants to admit.
We are finding an Ubuntu laptop with Libre Office with thunderbird and dropbox is working far better. It works all the time, and we found that a chromebook uses it nicely and the WWAN cards works well with linux.
Oh he can poach one, Publicly Offer high 6 or 7 figures for the position, he will have 50 qualified candidates jamming his inbox withing hours of the advertisement.
What he is not saying is that he is NOT WILLING to offer exceptional compensation to entice an expert away from their current position.
This is the other problem. Advertise your salary range. I'm not wasting several hours of my time just to be offered LESS than I am currently making. I ask on the first phone interview, "how much is this paying." To hell with "etiquette" Stop wasting my time and yours.
Which is why every new responsibility I am given, I look at them and ask, "Sounds good, that looks like a 25% raise to me, when do I sign the paperwork for it?"
I have a $600 a month mortgage and a $350 a month car payment, and I NEED to make at least $46,000 a year. Food, energy, education, and Kid costs are so astronomical it's not funny. And this is without paying for Cable TV, or going to any movies. Just general bills.
Your response should have been, "So you should have tripled my salary and kept me then. If you pay people what they are worth, they work harder and are far more loyal."
There are 15 IT positions available in my city that are advertised. All of them are asking for stellar skill knowledge but offering $12-$15 an hour.
Yeah, stuff it in your bung hole. For entry level Call center? sure! but 5+ years experience with Enterprise server environments, and CCNE required? Yeah, Bite me.
One has been out there for over 2 years now. $8.50 an hour doing IT work for a 500 employee company, expected to work nights and weekends. I'll work at home depot stocking shelves for $8.50 an hour first.
IT already has. Most people that buy a BLuRay disc that try to use the "UltraViolet Digital Copy" get pissed as it's already expired most of the time.
I get questions a LOT about it, I point the people at Handbrake and AnyDVDHD so they can make their own that will work on all devices and never expire.
TPB has a torrent of their entire database that is updated every 8 hours. All it takes is one person to release it elsewhere for TPB list of magnet links to get out to those being oppressed.
You would have to code like a moron to make it IE unfriendly.
Code to HTML standards and you will be fine. Not everything has to be WEB 4.0Beta with fricking blinking beeping and sliding crap everywhere. In fact most sites that are crap embrace all that garbage. Look at how much slower Slashdot became when they added in all that garbage that really was not needed.
Simply have a larger sample pool. I.E. have 25 people drive that street and take an average of their data and you will be dead on to where the street actually is.
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The Used game market is huge, and a MAJORITY of players rely on or use the used market like EB games regularly. I know it pisses off the game makers that us "dirty rotten thieves"(tm) are stealing their money by buying and playing a used game. But most gamers do not buy into their delusion and prefer the lower prices of used games and the ability to sell games for a store credit.
I know I'll stop buying games if I cant buy a disc that I can then later sell used, or buy a older game used.
I never played any of the bioshock games, so I picked up I and II for $9.00 and enjoyed the low cost entertainment. I am actually thinking of trying borderlands next.
I would never have bought any of them at full rape me retail price of $60.00 each.
Zombies.
"Who is the government?
We the people."
Where do you live? Because I'm from the USA and it has not been "WE the People" for as long as I have been alive. WE don't even vote for our own president, we vote for someone who we hope will vote for our choice in president.
And sorry, but the Poor and middle class outnumber the 1% by 99% yet almost everything is DICTATED To us by the 1%.
So I would love to live in your country of "We the people" because it's not found on the american continent.
IT's more impacted by quality.
a 4 ounce Ungodly good, foodgazim like response steak is far more satisfying than a 14 ounce of shoe leather that many restaurants try to pass off as steak.
Same goes for a burger. Eat a 1/8th pound to die for burger, and it's more satisfying than a 1/2 pound crap puck sold at places like Red Robin. Yet people still go to resturants like that and the even crappier McDonalds...
Yup, that little boy that bangs his head on the wall for fun, He will breed at least 2-3 spawn before the 100+IQ person even get's laid once.
The stupid are outbreeding the smart 5 to 1.
Hello IT! Is your Cloud plugged in and turned on?
The first tip off is....
"Tech industry experts are saying"
These people are NOT Tech industry experts, they are posers and wannabe's that make crap up and then blog about it in hopes that under-educated CIO's will listen to them. See, for example, all the content in CIO magazine and how the existence of it makes any IT engineer cringe.
Yes and no. Internal server support for companies that dont need security will go away. It will Never go away for companies that need 100% control of all their data.
And some large companies like AT&T will never switch to it, they need control so they can enforce deletion. Because if it's deleted it cant be found with a court order.
We are trying out the Chrome Books here and That is the issue we are running into. There is a LOT more Offline instances than anyone wants to admit.
We are finding an Ubuntu laptop with Libre Office with thunderbird and dropbox is working far better. It works all the time, and we found that a chromebook uses it nicely and the WWAN cards works well with linux.
If they think Desktop IT support goes away with thin clients........ HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Sounds like the original article was written by someone that has no clue at all about what IT support is all about.
Bittorrent = Terrorism.
I guarantee the BSA scumbags are already pushing this point.
I want public Video cameras all over the VA governors mansion and private home.
He can have the drones as soon as he let's us install tons of cameras all over in his home that allow anyone to watch him.
If he is against it, what is he hiding?
Oh he can poach one, Publicly Offer high 6 or 7 figures for the position, he will have 50 qualified candidates jamming his inbox withing hours of the advertisement.
What he is not saying is that he is NOT WILLING to offer exceptional compensation to entice an expert away from their current position.
This is the other problem. Advertise your salary range. I'm not wasting several hours of my time just to be offered LESS than I am currently making. I ask on the first phone interview, "how much is this paying." To hell with "etiquette" Stop wasting my time and yours.
Which is why every new responsibility I am given, I look at them and ask, "Sounds good, that looks like a 25% raise to me, when do I sign the paperwork for it?"
Attach a price, and leave if they balk.
Yup.
I have a $600 a month mortgage and a $350 a month car payment, and I NEED to make at least $46,000 a year. Food, energy, education, and Kid costs are so astronomical it's not funny. And this is without paying for Cable TV, or going to any movies. Just general bills.
Your response should have been, "So you should have tripled my salary and kept me then. If you pay people what they are worth, they work harder and are far more loyal."
DIN?G!DING! DING! We have a WINNER!
There are 15 IT positions available in my city that are advertised. All of them are asking for stellar skill knowledge but offering $12-$15 an hour.
Yeah, stuff it in your bung hole. For entry level Call center? sure! but 5+ years experience with Enterprise server environments, and CCNE required? Yeah, Bite me.
One has been out there for over 2 years now. $8.50 an hour doing IT work for a 500 employee company, expected to work nights and weekends. I'll work at home depot stocking shelves for $8.50 an hour first.
Why cant they just do "Researchername,DOB"?
If you have 20 researchers all named I.P. Freely and are all born on 12/13/1992 then I think there is a bigger problem here.
"How big of a population explosion are you expecting?"
It depends if T Wang's Cloning project is a success.
It could be a massive explosion.
IT already has. Most people that buy a BLuRay disc that try to use the "UltraViolet Digital Copy" get pissed as it's already expired most of the time.
I get questions a LOT about it, I point the people at Handbrake and AnyDVDHD so they can make their own that will work on all devices and never expire.
You can proofread documentation. so you don get the following.
Insert batteries in the proper way, happy fun is achieved! Do not go!
Or pretty much everything you see on this site full of examples.... http://www.engrish.com/
OR you can do tech support, China companies would KILL for a native english speaker to sit in the call center and answer angry phone calls.
The GIMP. stop whining and download and use it. You have a free option that is perfectly usable for your needs.
TPB has a torrent of their entire database that is updated every 8 hours. All it takes is one person to release it elsewhere for TPB list of magnet links to get out to those being oppressed.
You would have to code like a moron to make it IE unfriendly.
Code to HTML standards and you will be fine. Not everything has to be WEB 4.0Beta with fricking blinking beeping and sliding crap everywhere. In fact most sites that are crap embrace all that garbage. Look at how much slower Slashdot became when they added in all that garbage that really was not needed.
No you dont.
Simply have a larger sample pool. I.E. have 25 people drive that street and take an average of their data and you will be dead on to where the street actually is.