How, exactly, is "buying software" supposed to stop "customers selling their souls"?
You're not exactly selling your soul. You are only licensing it. Hope your DRM is up to date.
Most of these companies also have very strict privacy policies where they state that they wont sell or give your information to a third party or for advertising purposes.
The promise not to sell is usually followed by something like, "In order to help provide our services, we occasionally provide information to other companies that work on our behalf." Money and information changes hands, so the distinction is dubious at best.
I suppose it all depends on your point of view. Successful religious texts tends to allow a large degree of interpretation. That fact probably has a lot to do with why it is successful. Whether I choose to follow the parts that tell me to love my neighbor, or the parts that tell me to smite the enemies of my lord, I have my faith to justify my actions.
On the other hand. As a wise-man once said, "people don't do what they believe in
They just do what's most convenient then they repent."
By your definition, almost no one is truly faithful. I would like to say 'no one', but I don't know that many people. So I'll stick with 'almost no one'. Your definition may describe what the faithful strive to achieve, but observation (and any Bible I've ever read) tells me that the implementation is always imperfect.
Yea but the Christians rarely follow through with their death threats.
You are being sarcastic, right? Surely you haven't ignored the countless examples from history (ancient and recent) that disprove your statement. Surely you don't believe that wearing a WWJD bracelet makes you more open-minded. Surely you don't believe that faith in Jesus Christ has the effect of magically removing the human capacity for violence. Please tell me you were being sarcastic.
The only thing that makes me suspicious is that I cant find any report on what chip it is using. I would expect them to say something about that, even if all they said was that the processor didn't have any markings on it. I would think that would be one of the first things they would look at.
They also failed to mention the signed NDA they "lost" at the same bar.
The transformation from an agrarian society was already underway when the Soviet Union was formed. In fact, it was probably the political destabilization caused by that very transformation that allowed the Soviet Union to be formed. And 50 years as a country is not particularly impressive. That's a bit like bragging that your marriage lasted 6 months.
Even with all the talk about "ID theft", people still get annoyed when they have to show an ID. Hell! In most stores, the clerk doesn't even see my credit card. But the stores make it easy because the customers want it easy.
It's the same thing with the lenders. Procedures that will effectively reduce credit card fraud are likely to inconvenience the customers, and inconvenienced customer tend to take their money elsewhere. If one bank relaxes their rules, all the rest have to follow suit in order to stay competitive. They know there will be losses, but they expect to make up for it in volume.
I expect that the situation will not change, unless identity theft victims start finding ways to make the banks take responsibility through legal action.
The longer I do desktop support, the more it becomes obvious that my users don't read anything that appears on their screen.
Error dialogs are like the sign at MacDonald's that says you have to pay for extra ketchup packets - nobody reads them. If you are honest with yourself, you will admit that you don't even read them unless you are working an issue. Bright colors and cute picture are a waste of time - no one will see them.
I like to think that my users would remember the error that caused them to get a kick in the balls.
That's a terrible plan. If using your product is painful, then the user will find an alternative.
It's already been said, but it bears repeating. Automatic crash dumps are the only way you are going to get reliable information.
I'm not saying there are no holes in his argument. His statements have more to do with pandering to his constituency than with how he feels about the safety of his family. I'm just pointing out that he is publicly at odds with bikers as well.
Karma is overrated.
He's pissed the biker's off enough that they are running a candidate against him. It seems that he compared the childish, illogical response to the mature, productive response and made the correct assessment.
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considers removing battery
No disassemble!
'It is not a question of if a major earthquake will strike,' says Goldfinger, 'it is a matter of when."
Can't the same be said about any place on the planet.
I think they teach that line in the "How to get in the newspaper" section of first year geology school.
I thought the Puritan movement died out in the 17th century, obviously I was wrong.
Where the hell have you been?
I guess it has changed a little. Offenses that used to be punishable by stoning, now only land you in rehab.
How, exactly, is "buying software" supposed to stop "customers selling their souls"?
You're not exactly selling your soul. You are only licensing it. Hope your DRM is up to date.
Most of these companies also have very strict privacy policies where they state that they wont sell or give your information to a third party or for advertising purposes.
The promise not to sell is usually followed by something like, "In order to help provide our services, we occasionally provide information to other companies that work on our behalf." Money and information changes hands, so the distinction is dubious at best.
This is like buying a Lexus and replacing its interior with Chevy parts.
I suppose it all depends on your point of view. Successful religious texts tends to allow a large degree of interpretation. That fact probably has a lot to do with why it is successful. Whether I choose to follow the parts that tell me to love my neighbor, or the parts that tell me to smite the enemies of my lord, I have my faith to justify my actions.
On the other hand. As a wise-man once said, "people don't do what they believe in They just do what's most convenient then they repent."
By your definition, almost no one is truly faithful. I would like to say 'no one', but I don't know that many people. So I'll stick with 'almost no one'. Your definition may describe what the faithful strive to achieve, but observation (and any Bible I've ever read) tells me that the implementation is always imperfect.
Yea but the Christians rarely follow through with their death threats.
You are being sarcastic, right? Surely you haven't ignored the countless examples from history (ancient and recent) that disprove your statement. Surely you don't believe that wearing a WWJD bracelet makes you more open-minded. Surely you don't believe that faith in Jesus Christ has the effect of magically removing the human capacity for violence. Please tell me you were being sarcastic.
The only thing that makes me suspicious is that I cant find any report on what chip it is using. I would expect them to say something about that, even if all they said was that the processor didn't have any markings on it. I would think that would be one of the first things they would look at.
They also failed to mention the signed NDA they "lost" at the same bar.
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Then let me be the first to say, 'Hab SoSlI' Quch!'
The transformation from an agrarian society was already underway when the Soviet Union was formed. In fact, it was probably the political destabilization caused by that very transformation that allowed the Soviet Union to be formed. And 50 years as a country is not particularly impressive. That's a bit like bragging that your marriage lasted 6 months.
Even with all the talk about "ID theft", people still get annoyed when they have to show an ID. Hell! In most stores, the clerk doesn't even see my credit card. But the stores make it easy because the customers want it easy.
It's the same thing with the lenders. Procedures that will effectively reduce credit card fraud are likely to inconvenience the customers, and inconvenienced customer tend to take their money elsewhere. If one bank relaxes their rules, all the rest have to follow suit in order to stay competitive. They know there will be losses, but they expect to make up for it in volume.
I expect that the situation will not change, unless identity theft victims start finding ways to make the banks take responsibility through legal action.
Why would a mini-skirt rape a tentacle, virtual or otherwise?
but if your partner is out of town
The easiest person in the world to tell a lie is yourself.
like to see people with piercings doing Java programming.
The amount of drugs involved in the decision to get said piercings is not conducive to good software engineering.
I thought it meant Dumb Loser Cantevenreadthefuckingarticle.
WHOOSH^2
Dr Eliza? That looks more like "Steve" from HP's customer support chat.
You need a girlfriend!
The best music comes from PAIN. The kind of PAIN that only somebody who has been to hell and back can truly understand.
They could write the software in COBOL.
a true artist doesn't need compensation
Not until his mom kicks him out the basement and he has to pay for his own room and board.
The longer I do desktop support, the more it becomes obvious that my users don't read anything that appears on their screen.
Error dialogs are like the sign at MacDonald's that says you have to pay for extra ketchup packets - nobody reads them. If you are honest with yourself, you will admit that you don't even read them unless you are working an issue. Bright colors and cute picture are a waste of time - no one will see them.
I like to think that my users would remember the error that caused them to get a kick in the balls.
That's a terrible plan. If using your product is painful, then the user will find an alternative.
It's already been said, but it bears repeating. Automatic crash dumps are the only way you are going to get reliable information.
I'm not saying there are no holes in his argument. His statements have more to do with pandering to his constituency than with how he feels about the safety of his family. I'm just pointing out that he is publicly at odds with bikers as well.
Karma is overrated.
He's pissed the biker's off enough that they are running a candidate against him. It seems that he compared the childish, illogical response to the mature, productive response and made the correct assessment.