Agreed, it depends on the day. When I used to skip all the time in highschool it was sometimes enjoyable to take a survey or just talk to someone. Gaming all day was fun, but it was nice to get some human contact - even if it was a marketer.
The guy was working. He shouldn't have been playing with his dick on the job. He deserved to be fired.
Given the issues with corrupt GM's in Eve Online, having any GM in a game open to exploitation due to past acts or even the implication of such is going to be a problem.
I fail to see the problem with this.
And it's certainly a cyberfuck he'll never forget.
I can agree with you 100% on that one. It certainly is a cyberfuck he'll never forget.:P
But yea he kinda did fall into that way too easily. It's funny I know guys in SL that got trapped like that (eg. they were already commited). So guys can be pretty easy to foul when it comes to that:P
I'm sorry but that is pretty low on the totem pole of idiot stuff.
Rather have GMs cybering occasionally than being abusive and screwing up. I just think it is premise for some sort of chastising but not the ultimate consequence of being fired.
Considering that its just some guy getting paid nothing just to search "Olympics" on every site and send out take downs for everything with the words Beijing Olympics. I mean I am all for freeing tibet but that doesn't mean that they weren't being stupid by naming it that. They were probably expecting it to be taken down just so they can start up a huge ordeal because some pencil pusher tagged it after seeing the title. I mean some fault has to go to the brilliant war mongerer who decided to name it that.
I mean we all need to stop being so quick to jump to conclusion. Be reasonable. Not everything is always black and white.
They did it because 1: they got cought 2: it is bad PR 3: they read slashdot, and realized how stupid it is. 4:??? 5: Will not effect all other less public cases that dont show up on slashdot. 6: Profit !!in PR WAR!
I am just wondering if you are referring to Google or IOC. Because Google didn't get caught doing anything. They were the ones who called the IOC on their mistake (if thats what it was of course).
It not like google was like Oh no we got "cought" when their takedown system is an automated system that instantly takes it down when a copyright owner tags something.
Very interesting post. I did not know that MythTV was that dynamic. Your post seems like a prime example why we should be able to get our own boxes. After all competition is what provides innovation. If it continues this way than cable companies will continue using their highly basic and non robust set top boxes with really no features.
I think we shouldn't blame the IOC for this one. They were probably just sifting through google tagging anything from the Olympics.
We shouldn't blame them because they didn't do their jobs properly? They made a mistake, they were careless, they take the blame.
I am just saying that in their defense they didn't do it to suppress free speech. The video clearly had a title that signified that it was pirated material. It seems totally understandable that at first glance a video with the name "Beijing Opening Olympic Ceremonies" seems to be infringing content. It it the original video poster who decided to put an extremely misleading title.
I am just looking at both sides of the issue. Don't be so quick to blame.
If this pans out than MythTV will finally be a viable solution. MythTV is a great system and works splendidly as a DVR and it has its own browser and you can do pretty much anything linux can do from your remote and they are cheap because they use standard parts. So you could probably build your own set top box for 300 dollars. Moreover if these set top boxes were mass produced than they could be really cheap. Even though they probably wouldn't have too many bells and whistles but they would be cheap and you wouldn't be forced to pay a monthly fee for a POS device.
Either way all this bundling is killing us. Whether its cell phones or cable boxes they are sapping all our money.
While Google's intervention helped, I'm betting it had more to do with alerting the IOC to the insanity of one of its workers. Any real effort on the part of Google would have been, while perhaps right, also a potentially disastrous legal move, given the number of copyright battles where Google is currently relying on a neutral service defense.
I know thats why I applaud google.
Although after reading the article it seems like the IOC didn't mean to take down that video. It had the title Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony so in a way it was the original posters fault for posting a misleading title.
I think we shouldn't blame the IOC for this one. They were probably just sifting through google tagging anything from the Olympics.
Personally I give Google kudos for doing this. If it were any other company they wouldn't have done anything and would have stated that they will not repost it unless a counter DMCA is issued. I applaud Google for taking the extra step of actually contacting the IOC and asking them if they truly want to pursue this or are they just trying to pander to the Chinese. The Chinese are horrible and sure they can make a pretty show but they have total disregard for human rights.
If this were Microsoft or Yahoo (and yahoo has pandered to the Chinese many many times) they would have waited for a counter DMCA or just ignore it and let another site deal with it.
So good job not being evil
*Cheers*
and I swear the Chinese's pretty little show doesn't change anything.
Its kind of growing on me though. I guess my eyes needed to get used to it. But now it is feeling like it is a little easier to read because it stands out so much and maybe it kind of does suit the "relaxed" feel of the idle section.
...rip off. You can get a real physical trainer. And how is that a real workout. It is jsut a way to get kids moving but a treadmill or an elypical is a whole lot more effective.
God people are such naive idiots. I mean get a damn gym membership and get on a stationary bike while watching the TVs. That passes the time for me.
Does anyone else see a resemblence to Snow Crash and the Nam Shub of Enki. In the book the guy uses a bitmap image to reprogram the brain of hackers who have deep knowledge of binary and at the end the "Protagonist's" girl reprograms everyone's brain back to normal using an incantation.
Basically it was all about reprogramming the brain using audio visual cues.
LOL Progression statements
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LOL I love the progression statements in that article. Its like how people used to say that if listen to Marilyn mansen your going to go on a killing spree.
So basically I guess everyone is going to smoke a joint after listening to the marijuana beat.
BTW in my experience binaural beats do work. I use them to go to sleep and I used PZIZZ which has a nap track that programs your brain to go into REM sleep rather than deep sleep. So binaural beats do have an effect and do work but it is doubtful that they can do highly specific things like make you feel like your an acid. It is more for messing with your subconscious and works best when it comes to sleeping because it is making you go into a different state of consciousness (eg. sleeping)
Im sorry DRM is the worst idea ever. It works great for online games and it was great when it first came out before everyone started finding ways around it. Now any game can have its DRM easily taken away. It really takes little to no effort. And no pirates ever have trouble removing DRM. As long as they can emulate things and edit the code (typically with hex) than DRM is useless.
Although the only place where DRM is effective is consoles because you can't edit code and you can only emulate things through hardware. This means that the only way to beat consoles is with hardware. It takes special DVD readers and special steps to copy disks...although just like in PC games with hex editors that isn't much of a problem. Its just really hard and costs money to install modchips meaning that only hardcore pirates will do it.
But anyways DRM on PC games is a really really stupid idea. It worked in the 90s but it's useless now. All these activations and stuff are quite retarted. I mean it all gets so easly circumvented. Even the mighty steam is getting its ass kicked by PAC Steam. Which means that multiplayer games are no longer immune to piracy.
*Cheers to slashdot for engaging in this discussion*
It still is just a douchebag thing to do on the companies part. I mean there is no doubt about that. But I will agree it is outside of the code of conduct and the GM should have known and recognized that.
He is an idiot for doing that but he doesn't deserve to get fired because some guy who hated him decided to set him up.
I am going to have to agree with you. Really bad web design etiquette if you ask me. I mean I have always loved slashdot because they do a great job having a really clean website.
But seriously are you kidding me. That is retarted on so many levels. Its not that big of a deal. I don't think you should take away someone's job for being a guy.
That like if a coworker saw me, told me to go to her apartment just to visit, and than suddenly took off her clothes and told me to do her. And than after telling me to take off my pants, than informing me that it is against company policy to have relations with a coworker and that I would be fired.
Freaking idiots. How about focusing on your damn game.
hmm 400 million. I am pretty sure that is more money than the ferry would cost in 40 years. Not to mention the maintaince would probobly exceed the running cost of the ferries. And besides they are considering the world's most expansive bridge for a place with almost no one. Sorry still not a good reason to spend half a billion dollars.
It only appears like Alaska is #1 for corruption because Jersey's list of corruption would take a book, not a newspaper article. The tubes would be clogged thick after that.
Than they really would need a dump truck instead of a series of tubes. I am starting to think that all these corruption scandals are clogging them up. Either that or we need a "Scandal Network" just like the department of defense so our messages can get around faster!
So basically alaska is a state primarily funded by the rest of the United in which their inhabitants are simply leeching off the rest of the US. Being that they receive so much federal money.
Which describes almost every "red" state in the Union.
This helps explain why the Republicans are no longer the party of small government. It strikes me as rich irony that the party that decries the existence of the 'welfare state' is dependent upon welfare from the democtratic states in order to keep the pork coming in, which is what keeps them in office.
Hypocrisy is what lubricates the gears that keep our government going.
yes just like how the federal goverment made rural states put up speed limits just so the government could fund their roads. I mean obviously were rural enough that Speed Limits weren't really warranted but the federal government wanted to exert control.
So yah I see both sides of this issue.
But what I'm truely talking about is porks and pet projects.
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Agreed, it depends on the day. When I used to skip all the time in highschool it was sometimes enjoyable to take a survey or just talk to someone. Gaming all day was fun, but it was nice to get some human contact - even if it was a marketer.
something tells me that your a sad sad kid :P
The guy was working. He shouldn't have been playing with his dick on the job. He deserved to be fired.
Given the issues with corrupt GM's in Eve Online, having any GM in a game open to exploitation due to past acts or even the implication of such is going to be a problem.
I fail to see the problem with this.
And it's certainly a cyberfuck he'll never forget.
I can agree with you 100% on that one. It certainly is a cyberfuck he'll never forget. :P
But yea he kinda did fall into that way too easily. It's funny I know guys in SL that got trapped like that (eg. they were already commited). So guys can be pretty easy to foul when it comes to that :P
I'm sorry but that is pretty low on the totem pole of idiot stuff.
Rather have GMs cybering occasionally than being abusive and screwing up. I just think it is premise for some sort of chastising but not the ultimate consequence of being fired.
I mean cmon.
Considering that its just some guy getting paid nothing just to search "Olympics" on every site and send out take downs for everything with the words Beijing Olympics. I mean I am all for freeing tibet but that doesn't mean that they weren't being stupid by naming it that. They were probably expecting it to be taken down just so they can start up a huge ordeal because some pencil pusher tagged it after seeing the title. I mean some fault has to go to the brilliant war mongerer who decided to name it that.
I mean we all need to stop being so quick to jump to conclusion. Be reasonable. Not everything is always black and white.
They did it because
1: they got cought
2: it is bad PR
3: they read slashdot, and realized how stupid it is.
4:???
5: Will not effect all other less public cases that dont show up on slashdot.
6: Profit !!in PR WAR!
I am just wondering if you are referring to Google or IOC. Because Google didn't get caught doing anything. They were the ones who called the IOC on their mistake (if thats what it was of course).
It not like google was like Oh no we got "cought" when their takedown system is an automated system that instantly takes it down when a copyright owner tags something.
Very interesting post. I did not know that MythTV was that dynamic. Your post seems like a prime example why we should be able to get our own boxes. After all competition is what provides innovation. If it continues this way than cable companies will continue using their highly basic and non robust set top boxes with really no features.
I think we shouldn't blame the IOC for this one. They were probably just sifting through google tagging anything from the Olympics.
We shouldn't blame them because they didn't do their jobs properly? They made a mistake, they were careless, they take the blame.
I am just saying that in their defense they didn't do it to suppress free speech. The video clearly had a title that signified that it was pirated material. It seems totally understandable that at first glance a video with the name "Beijing Opening Olympic Ceremonies" seems to be infringing content. It it the original video poster who decided to put an extremely misleading title.
I am just looking at both sides of the issue. Don't be so quick to blame.
If this pans out than MythTV will finally be a viable solution. MythTV is a great system and works splendidly as a DVR and it has its own browser and you can do pretty much anything linux can do from your remote and they are cheap because they use standard parts. So you could probably build your own set top box for 300 dollars. Moreover if these set top boxes were mass produced than they could be really cheap. Even though they probably wouldn't have too many bells and whistles but they would be cheap and you wouldn't be forced to pay a monthly fee for a POS device.
Either way all this bundling is killing us. Whether its cell phones or cable boxes they are sapping all our money.
While Google's intervention helped, I'm betting it had more to do with alerting the IOC to the insanity of one of its workers. Any real effort on the part of Google would have been, while perhaps right, also a potentially disastrous legal move, given the number of copyright battles where Google is currently relying on a neutral service defense.
I know thats why I applaud google.
Although after reading the article it seems like the IOC didn't mean to take down that video. It had the title Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony so in a way it was the original posters fault for posting a misleading title.
I think we shouldn't blame the IOC for this one. They were probably just sifting through google tagging anything from the Olympics.
Personally I give Google kudos for doing this. If it were any other company they wouldn't have done anything and would have stated that they will not repost it unless a counter DMCA is issued. I applaud Google for taking the extra step of actually contacting the IOC and asking them if they truly want to pursue this or are they just trying to pander to the Chinese. The Chinese are horrible and sure they can make a pretty show but they have total disregard for human rights.
If this were Microsoft or Yahoo (and yahoo has pandered to the Chinese many many times) they would have waited for a counter DMCA or just ignore it and let another site deal with it.
So good job not being evil
*Cheers*
and I swear the Chinese's pretty little show doesn't change anything.
Its kind of growing on me though. I guess my eyes needed to get used to it. But now it is feeling like it is a little easier to read because it stands out so much and maybe it kind of does suit the "relaxed" feel of the idle section.
...rip off. You can get a real physical trainer. And how is that a real workout. It is jsut a way to get kids moving but a treadmill or an elypical is a whole lot more effective.
God people are such naive idiots. I mean get a damn gym membership and get on a stationary bike while watching the TVs. That passes the time for me.
Does anyone else see a resemblence to Snow Crash and the Nam Shub of Enki. In the book the guy uses a bitmap image to reprogram the brain of hackers who have deep knowledge of binary and at the end the "Protagonist's" girl reprograms everyone's brain back to normal using an incantation.
Basically it was all about reprogramming the brain using audio visual cues.
LOL I love the progression statements in that article. Its like how people used to say that if listen to Marilyn mansen your going to go on a killing spree.
So basically I guess everyone is going to smoke a joint after listening to the marijuana beat.
BTW in my experience binaural beats do work. I use them to go to sleep and I used PZIZZ which has a nap track that programs your brain to go into REM sleep rather than deep sleep. So binaural beats do have an effect and do work but it is doubtful that they can do highly specific things like make you feel like your an acid. It is more for messing with your subconscious and works best when it comes to sleeping because it is making you go into a different state of consciousness (eg. sleeping)
PS. Mom says its bedtime. Please go to sleep so we dont get beat again :(
Sincerely,
Dad
lol the moment I read that I thought of bash.org.
mmmm esata :) It's already faster than USB 3.0.
Im sorry DRM is the worst idea ever. It works great for online games and it was great when it first came out before everyone started finding ways around it. Now any game can have its DRM easily taken away. It really takes little to no effort. And no pirates ever have trouble removing DRM. As long as they can emulate things and edit the code (typically with hex) than DRM is useless.
Although the only place where DRM is effective is consoles because you can't edit code and you can only emulate things through hardware. This means that the only way to beat consoles is with hardware. It takes special DVD readers and special steps to copy disks...although just like in PC games with hex editors that isn't much of a problem. Its just really hard and costs money to install modchips meaning that only hardcore pirates will do it.
But anyways DRM on PC games is a really really stupid idea. It worked in the 90s but it's useless now. All these activations and stuff are quite retarted. I mean it all gets so easly circumvented. Even the mighty steam is getting its ass kicked by PAC Steam. Which means that multiplayer games are no longer immune to piracy.
*Cheers to slashdot for engaging in this discussion*
It still is just a douchebag thing to do on the companies part. I mean there is no doubt about that. But I will agree it is outside of the code of conduct and the GM should have known and recognized that.
He is an idiot for doing that but he doesn't deserve to get fired because some guy who hated him decided to set him up.
It just so stupid.
I am going to have to agree with you. Really bad web design etiquette if you ask me. I mean I have always loved slashdot because they do a great job having a really clean website.
Stupidity in the /. community :P
There sure is an abundance of it!
So as they say in soviet russia... /discuss
and Meh that GM is horrible cyberer anyway.
But seriously are you kidding me. That is retarted on so many levels. Its not that big of a deal. I don't think you should take away someone's job for being a guy.
That like if a coworker saw me, told me to go to her apartment just to visit, and than suddenly took off her clothes and told me to do her. And than after telling me to take off my pants, than informing me that it is against company policy to have relations with a coworker and that I would be fired.
Freaking idiots. How about focusing on your damn game.
hmm 400 million. I am pretty sure that is more money than the ferry would cost in 40 years. Not to mention the maintaince would probobly exceed the running cost of the ferries. And besides they are considering the world's most expansive bridge for a place with almost no one. Sorry still not a good reason to spend half a billion dollars.
It only appears like Alaska is #1 for corruption because Jersey's list of corruption would take a book, not a newspaper article. The tubes would be clogged thick after that.
Than they really would need a dump truck instead of a series of tubes. I am starting to think that all these corruption scandals are clogging them up. Either that or we need a "Scandal Network" just like the department of defense so our messages can get around faster!
Which describes almost every "red" state in the Union.
This helps explain why the Republicans are no longer the party of small government. It strikes me as rich irony that the party that decries the existence of the 'welfare state' is dependent upon welfare from the democtratic states in order to keep the pork coming in, which is what keeps them in office.
Hypocrisy is what lubricates the gears that keep our government going.
yes just like how the federal goverment made rural states put up speed limits just so the government could fund their roads. I mean obviously were rural enough that Speed Limits weren't really warranted but the federal government wanted to exert control.
So yah I see both sides of this issue.
But what I'm truely talking about is porks and pet projects.