Instead of taking personal responsibility for the security of their own account, they instead sue Blizzard. Blizzard CANNOT control the end user's computer (not as much as they wish they could, at least). Therefore, the security of your login credentials are the sole responsibility of the account holder. Blizzard can't keep your computer from getting infected with malware, falling for a phishing scam, or sharing your credentials with your little brother.
Most emails written using a company's email system are done while on the clock. This makes these emails property of the company in my opinion.
The company I work for also required that I sign a system access agreement, which includes that anything created (including emails) are the properly of the firm, period. Doesn't matter if you're killing time between calls to write lyrics to the song, technically those lyrics belong to the company if they're written using a firm-issued computer connected to the firm's network.
This is my opinion, but when you're on the clock you have no expectation of privacy.
When you're working, you're being paid to do a job. When you work for 8 hours, you're selling your time to an employer. Your employer has every right to monitor what you're doing with the time you've sold them.
In the call center I work in, we really don't have a "Bathroom" idle code, and its pretty redundant. Instead we have codes such as Lunch, Break, System Problem, End of Day (for doing time sheet), Unavailable, Meeting, Training, etc. We're expected to take our bathroom breaks using our allotted "Break" time (which is 30 minutes over a 8 hour day) or during our Lunch. If we have to take a bathroom break and we've used all of our break time, we can use unavailable, but its heavily discouraged.
This allows the call center to maintain their SLAs by keeping their workforce accountable for their time used, which is 100% okay.
I'm very happy with the way my workplace keeps tabs on how I use my time.
Wiretapping requires both parties in the conversation be unaware of the recording. From what it seems, only the officer was unaware, not the man being pulled over.
This is not wiretapping. A decent defense lawyer will get this thrown out in milliseconds.
Its not hard to manipulate profile information to do this. The child probably wanted 100% in every game he played but couldn't do it, so he resorted to cheating.
Microsoft probably doesn't use a heuristic approach to detecting cheating. They probably got tools on the console that can detect if a person's profile was edited using 3rd party tools. Microsoft doesn't want to reveal this process because it would make it easier for cheaters to bypass the system. It would be foolhardy for Microsoft to rely on a system that just flagged people for being "too good." Not even Blizzard, the king of banning people, does this. Blizzard has tools (Warden Client) to detect cheating and flag the account for further review. For example, Blizzard just doesn't say "this guy farmed 100 herbs a minute, he must be cheating". Instead Blizzard says "a known cheating program was detected on the system" or "he was herbing from under the terrain and using a memory hack to teleport from one node to another instantly".
Microsoft probably flagged his account as cheater because the Xbox detected because a process on the Xbox 360 detected the cheating, not that he's "too good" to have collected so many achievement points.
I think the mother is just being a mother and defending her son.
I tried watching Avatar in 3D (I was forced to go with friends). Halfway thru the movie I had to take off the glasses and watch the movie 2D in a terrible-looking way because I couldn't stand trying to focus in on the background and it not focusing because it isn't a real 3D scene.
Lawyers are paid to represent their CLIENT's interests, not their own. This guy could have personally disagreed with the RIAA and the Supreme Court's ruling, but as an attorney you are obligated to represent your client in the best possible manner.
I'm pretty sure a defense lawyer for Jarad Loughner personally believes her client is guilty and should get the chair for his crimes, but she's still obligated to defend her client as best as possible.
The problem with getting rid of the "hate" crime category is that its a legal term. A person convicted of a hate crime has a more severe punishment then a non-hate crime offense.
Under the law, there is a difference between assaulting someone for some money and assaulting someone because their apart of a specific ethnic group.
An AI could do micromanagement way better then a human ever could. An AI isn't encumbered by physical limitations, only by the quality of the programming and the processing power behind the bot.
The reason why an AI isn't that great in SC2 is because Blizzard's intention wasn't to make the bot able to crush humans. I bet you they could make a bot that crushes human players without violating the rules of the game, but what purpose would that serve for them?
Exactly. An AI could win by exhibiting super-human micromanagement by engaging enemeies in several locations at once, diverting the attention of the human player. Unlike Chess, which is a turn-based game, Starcraft 2 is a real-time game. This gives people who can manage multiple conflicts at once while still pumping out units and maintaining their economy will prevail. An advanced AI would roflstomp a human. Blizzard's "Insane" AI for multiplayer still follows the rules of human skill. An AI bot designed to crush a human opponent would not limit itself like that.
4.0.1 was the largest patch they had ever created. Anyone who has worked 10 seconds in the software development business is that bugs are apart of life. World of Warcraft is the most bug-free MMO in existence. Blizzard does a really good job working as many bugs as they can out of the game, but bugs do creep in.
Plainsrunning was "always on" and increased your movement speed while moving over time until you reached 100% (over 10 seconds). Once you stopped or entered combat, you'd go back to normal run speed. It was a completely different mechanic then a standard mount, and it was broken and hence removed.
Running Wild is basically a mount, but instead of a mount model your character just runs around really fast with a different animation. All the other rules of mounting apply, such as being unable to cast, having a cast time to mount, being unable to mount in combat, but remain mounted while in combat, etc.
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Instead of taking personal responsibility for the security of their own account, they instead sue Blizzard. Blizzard CANNOT control the end user's computer (not as much as they wish they could, at least). Therefore, the security of your login credentials are the sole responsibility of the account holder. Blizzard can't keep your computer from getting infected with malware, falling for a phishing scam, or sharing your credentials with your little brother.
Okay, I'm guilty of not RTFA
Most emails written using a company's email system are done while on the clock. This makes these emails property of the company in my opinion.
The company I work for also required that I sign a system access agreement, which includes that anything created (including emails) are the properly of the firm, period. Doesn't matter if you're killing time between calls to write lyrics to the song, technically those lyrics belong to the company if they're written using a firm-issued computer connected to the firm's network.
Sounds like this should have been implemented at the start. A hardcore mode would have been fun.
This is my opinion, but when you're on the clock you have no expectation of privacy.
When you're working, you're being paid to do a job. When you work for 8 hours, you're selling your time to an employer. Your employer has every right to monitor what you're doing with the time you've sold them.
In the call center I work in, we really don't have a "Bathroom" idle code, and its pretty redundant. Instead we have codes such as Lunch, Break, System Problem, End of Day (for doing time sheet), Unavailable, Meeting, Training, etc. We're expected to take our bathroom breaks using our allotted "Break" time (which is 30 minutes over a 8 hour day) or during our Lunch. If we have to take a bathroom break and we've used all of our break time, we can use unavailable, but its heavily discouraged.
This allows the call center to maintain their SLAs by keeping their workforce accountable for their time used, which is 100% okay.
I'm very happy with the way my workplace keeps tabs on how I use my time.
Why are people getting their panties in a bunch for collecting information that was being broadcast publicly?
That would be like someone getting upset because something they posted on Twitter was used to deny them a job.
"So Google has the right to monitor your chats and emails?"
How do you think Google sends targeted Ads to you based on the content of your emails?
Google is just as privy to your emails when sending it via Gmail as your employer is when you send email via your corporate email system.
But will it play Doom?
Excel Embeds: Turning Excel files into MySpace pages one sheet at a time.
Wiretapping requires both parties in the conversation be unaware of the recording. From what it seems, only the officer was unaware, not the man being pulled over.
This is not wiretapping. A decent defense lawyer will get this thrown out in milliseconds.
The recoup in costs for an iPhone is the 2 year agreement you must sign in order to get the phone.
+1 Funny, if I had mod points
If I had mod points I'd mod you up.
Its not hard to manipulate profile information to do this. The child probably wanted 100% in every game he played but couldn't do it, so he resorted to cheating.
Microsoft probably doesn't use a heuristic approach to detecting cheating. They probably got tools on the console that can detect if a person's profile was edited using 3rd party tools. Microsoft doesn't want to reveal this process because it would make it easier for cheaters to bypass the system. It would be foolhardy for Microsoft to rely on a system that just flagged people for being "too good." Not even Blizzard, the king of banning people, does this. Blizzard has tools (Warden Client) to detect cheating and flag the account for further review. For example, Blizzard just doesn't say "this guy farmed 100 herbs a minute, he must be cheating". Instead Blizzard says "a known cheating program was detected on the system" or "he was herbing from under the terrain and using a memory hack to teleport from one node to another instantly".
Microsoft probably flagged his account as cheater because the Xbox detected because a process on the Xbox 360 detected the cheating, not that he's "too good" to have collected so many achievement points.
I think the mother is just being a mother and defending her son.
I tried watching Avatar in 3D (I was forced to go with friends). Halfway thru the movie I had to take off the glasses and watch the movie 2D in a terrible-looking way because I couldn't stand trying to focus in on the background and it not focusing because it isn't a real 3D scene.
Lawyers are paid to represent their CLIENT's interests, not their own. This guy could have personally disagreed with the RIAA and the Supreme Court's ruling, but as an attorney you are obligated to represent your client in the best possible manner.
I'm pretty sure a defense lawyer for Jarad Loughner personally believes her client is guilty and should get the chair for his crimes, but she's still obligated to defend her client as best as possible.
Grats, you ran a story on government trying to save money.
How does this affect my "rights online"?
They removed OtherOS. If they would have left OtherOS intact, these groups would have had no reason to want to crack the PS3.
Sony did this to themselves.
Really?
The problem with getting rid of the "hate" crime category is that its a legal term. A person convicted of a hate crime has a more severe punishment then a non-hate crime offense.
Under the law, there is a difference between assaulting someone for some money and assaulting someone because their apart of a specific ethnic group.
An AI could do micromanagement way better then a human ever could. An AI isn't encumbered by physical limitations, only by the quality of the programming and the processing power behind the bot.
The reason why an AI isn't that great in SC2 is because Blizzard's intention wasn't to make the bot able to crush humans. I bet you they could make a bot that crushes human players without violating the rules of the game, but what purpose would that serve for them?
Exactly. An AI could win by exhibiting super-human micromanagement by engaging enemeies in several locations at once, diverting the attention of the human player. Unlike Chess, which is a turn-based game, Starcraft 2 is a real-time game. This gives people who can manage multiple conflicts at once while still pumping out units and maintaining their economy will prevail. An advanced AI would roflstomp a human. Blizzard's "Insane" AI for multiplayer still follows the rules of human skill. An AI bot designed to crush a human opponent would not limit itself like that.
It is called being in a guild that does heroic encounters.
4.0.1 was the largest patch they had ever created. Anyone who has worked 10 seconds in the software development business is that bugs are apart of life. World of Warcraft is the most bug-free MMO in existence. Blizzard does a really good job working as many bugs as they can out of the game, but bugs do creep in.
Plainsrunning was different then Running Wild.
Plainsrunning was "always on" and increased your movement speed while moving over time until you reached 100% (over 10 seconds). Once you stopped or entered combat, you'd go back to normal run speed. It was a completely different mechanic then a standard mount, and it was broken and hence removed.
Running Wild is basically a mount, but instead of a mount model your character just runs around really fast with a different animation. All the other rules of mounting apply, such as being unable to cast, having a cast time to mount, being unable to mount in combat, but remain mounted while in combat, etc.