You do realize that having a government job means you get the best health care, right? The health care provided by the government through our tax money to government employees is better than what you currently have. It is very funny that you assume that it will be bad. We already pay for health insurance for people, and it is awesome.
The thing that seems to be confusing about this from an observer point of view, is that the group of anon skiddies has to communicate somehow. How would so many know to hit visa.com? They had to communicate about it somehow. It is not like a bunch of skiddies somehow all thought about it at the same time without communicating. Also, if I was an anon skiddie, I would want a reason for DDoS'ing visa.com, which means somebody had to have said at one point, "let's go for visa.com for X reason". I guess I am coming from an outside perspective where it makes alot of sense that there is actually a small group of people coming off saying they are anon skiddies and pushing these kids in that direction. It is very hard to believe that a bunch of 15 and 16 year old skiddies all just happened to want to DDoS visa.com.
According to half of the summary, experts say that half of it is not true, but we are going to go ahead and provide links and go into it anyway. "The second part of that claim, experts say, doesn't ring true.". Why even start explaining the second part if you just said that experts say it is not true?
See, that is the type of stuff I am referring to. None of those "censorship" reviews are reviewing this movie. Even if the review is as short as "this cost too much and the quality is low, save your money and get it on VHS" I can accept that. As many people have learned, we need to wade through these reviews, but it is truly too bad that we have to.
Somebody mentioned something about what to do with new products: Google it. Find somebody that got a review copy or something and read what they put. If it is not available anywhere but Amazon and there are no reviews, chances are that you are buying something specialized enough to where you will be buying it regardless of reviews.
The verified only would work. Yes, for new products you would have to leave Amazon to check reviews, but if you are checking reviews, it is normally a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket if you catch my drift. Spread out the research. If it is to the point where you are researching, go college style on it.
I would personally like to see no reviews or 3 reviews for a product than 1000 where people use the review system to rant, complain, pseudo-protest. There is no reason we should have to wade through rants to get to real reasons why a product is bad when the framework for setting it up is already there and all it takes is a few lines of code (well if I can get it done in a few lines, I know the Amazon team could get it done in less)
Thanks. That is what I was referring to and did not remember what it was called.
My example with Spore was that even if the game was horrible, I would rather see thousands of reviews of people saying the game was horrible, then thousands of reviews about people complaining about DRM. I won't say DRM is good, but if you did not buy the product, let the people who wasted their money on Spore tell you why it was a waste of money.
A product that was well known to be hated, even though many people did not know why they were hating it, so I gave a real review on it, and it got very positive feedback. Unfortunately, weeding through fake/dumb reviews to find real reviews sucks to do
Here is a big example: the release of Spore. That game had thousands of bad reviews because of the DRM. People who never played/bought the game.
Actually the review issue will be super simple to fix: if somebody buys a product from Amazon, if they also write a review on the product, there will be a special piece of text that says that the user who left the review bought the product from Amazon. To get rid of most of the bad/fake reviews, all Amazon needs to do is require that all reviews be from people who actually bought the product. This would also eliminate reviews on fake products, since unless the person paid for and bought the paid product, no review for them.
As for fake products, you would think there is some way to flag fake products to alert Amazon about it.
So, Amazon could easily fix these issues with items that are already in place (unless flagging products is not in place, but that sounds like something very odd that should be place if it is not), but it appears they choose not to. Maybe contacting Amazon directly and informing them about this would help out much better than a/. article, but maybe that is just me
Oh, she will be mine whether she likes it or not. Oh yes, she will (as soon as she drops that restraining order on me), but one of these days, it will happen
I wouldn't mind if Cox blocked crappy places like Fox News and maybe Lifetime Channel's website. Maybe block a few "how to tell if your man is cheating on you websites" and we can call it a day.
I am pretty sure that Bill Gates is either way older than 55, or a clone. The summary referred to Bill Gates as Bill Gates 3.0
Maybe it is like Windows and Bill Gates 3.11 for Workgroups will be super awesome and help a bunch of people, but then Bill Gates Millenium will trick people into thinking he is awesome, and punch them in the back of the head whenever he gets the chance.
I was thinking that as well. How often do Japanese people run across paralyzed monkeys and then think, "I bet this monkey would be good for stem cell research"
And welcome to the start of the one sided argument. I am your host. The first person said within the second sentence that they can't stand anything other than their own views. Sure, this person can argue their own views, but yet when they stay so closed minded, it will lead to an amazing;y awful discussion that I will enjoy watching. Let's bring out our first contestant
I actually bit the bullet when they X3 Black came out. I got it later on in the cycle, and it was a true tri-core and no unlocking of the 4th core. As for price, I paid $200 for it back then. A six core for $200 and I will bite again. I like to buy stuff right when it is on the brink of not being new anymore. That is the fun of pc parts though, it all depends on what you do with your PC. If you are into gaming and most of the games do not support 6 cores, then it is bragging rights only. I promise you in 6 months that $235 price tag will be much lower than $235. I personally do alot with video processing and 3-D animation, so I could use some more cores.
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You do realize that having a government job means you get the best health care, right? The health care provided by the government through our tax money to government employees is better than what you currently have. It is very funny that you assume that it will be bad. We already pay for health insurance for people, and it is awesome.
I am pretty confident that you completely missed what I was implying. Oh well, can't teach em all
...IN YOUR FACE! Sorry, but that is very on topic, and it is not very often that I can put in your face in all caps. Good Show ASF, good show indeed
The thing that seems to be confusing about this from an observer point of view, is that the group of anon skiddies has to communicate somehow. How would so many know to hit visa.com? They had to communicate about it somehow. It is not like a bunch of skiddies somehow all thought about it at the same time without communicating. Also, if I was an anon skiddie, I would want a reason for DDoS'ing visa.com, which means somebody had to have said at one point, "let's go for visa.com for X reason". I guess I am coming from an outside perspective where it makes alot of sense that there is actually a small group of people coming off saying they are anon skiddies and pushing these kids in that direction. It is very hard to believe that a bunch of 15 and 16 year old skiddies all just happened to want to DDoS visa.com.
Hey now, what is wrong with furries?
...Wolverine and the T-1000. Wolverine was alive and the T-1000 was a machine. That's it, time to take out sky net!
Well get out of my Damn house! Stop stealing stuff and keep your dirty mitts off of that TV Set
According to half of the summary, experts say that half of it is not true, but we are going to go ahead and provide links and go into it anyway. "The second part of that claim, experts say, doesn't ring true.". Why even start explaining the second part if you just said that experts say it is not true?
Your state is never going to have medical marijuana at that pace
See, that is the type of stuff I am referring to. None of those "censorship" reviews are reviewing this movie. Even if the review is as short as "this cost too much and the quality is low, save your money and get it on VHS" I can accept that. As many people have learned, we need to wade through these reviews, but it is truly too bad that we have to.
Somebody mentioned something about what to do with new products: Google it. Find somebody that got a review copy or something and read what they put. If it is not available anywhere but Amazon and there are no reviews, chances are that you are buying something specialized enough to where you will be buying it regardless of reviews.
The verified only would work. Yes, for new products you would have to leave Amazon to check reviews, but if you are checking reviews, it is normally a bad idea to put all your eggs in one basket if you catch my drift. Spread out the research. If it is to the point where you are researching, go college style on it.
I would personally like to see no reviews or 3 reviews for a product than 1000 where people use the review system to rant, complain, pseudo-protest. There is no reason we should have to wade through rants to get to real reasons why a product is bad when the framework for setting it up is already there and all it takes is a few lines of code (well if I can get it done in a few lines, I know the Amazon team could get it done in less)
Thanks. That is what I was referring to and did not remember what it was called.
My example with Spore was that even if the game was horrible, I would rather see thousands of reviews of people saying the game was horrible, then thousands of reviews about people complaining about DRM. I won't say DRM is good, but if you did not buy the product, let the people who wasted their money on Spore tell you why it was a waste of money.
Some of us do leave great reviews:
Amazon Review
A product that was well known to be hated, even though many people did not know why they were hating it, so I gave a real review on it, and it got very positive feedback. Unfortunately, weeding through fake/dumb reviews to find real reviews sucks to do
Here is a big example: the release of Spore. That game had thousands of bad reviews because of the DRM. People who never played/bought the game.
/. article, but maybe that is just me
Actually the review issue will be super simple to fix: if somebody buys a product from Amazon, if they also write a review on the product, there will be a special piece of text that says that the user who left the review bought the product from Amazon. To get rid of most of the bad/fake reviews, all Amazon needs to do is require that all reviews be from people who actually bought the product. This would also eliminate reviews on fake products, since unless the person paid for and bought the paid product, no review for them.
As for fake products, you would think there is some way to flag fake products to alert Amazon about it.
So, Amazon could easily fix these issues with items that are already in place (unless flagging products is not in place, but that sounds like something very odd that should be place if it is not), but it appears they choose not to. Maybe contacting Amazon directly and informing them about this would help out much better than a
Well if they start making digital versions of this r2 unit, wait until the 2nd digital unit comes out
Oh, she will be mine whether she likes it or not. Oh yes, she will (as soon as she drops that restraining order on me), but one of these days, it will happen
I wouldn't mind if Cox blocked crappy places like Fox News and maybe Lifetime Channel's website. Maybe block a few "how to tell if your man is cheating on you websites" and we can call it a day.
Or they are throwing out a subtle hint that they can't do it, and need a bunch of people to hop in to help
Nope, just another mother who forgot to put the final D in MADD
I thank Arnold, if it was not for his awesome movie where he gets pregnant, maybe it would not push these hard hitting :only a guy has a baby" issues
They are definitely no clear cut, but the whole human race is very moronic on every issue
I am pretty sure that Bill Gates is either way older than 55, or a clone. The summary referred to Bill Gates as Bill Gates 3.0
Maybe it is like Windows and Bill Gates 3.11 for Workgroups will be super awesome and help a bunch of people, but then Bill Gates Millenium will trick people into thinking he is awesome, and punch them in the back of the head whenever he gets the chance.
I was thinking that as well. How often do Japanese people run across paralyzed monkeys and then think, "I bet this monkey would be good for stem cell research"
You rang?
And welcome to the start of the one sided argument. I am your host. The first person said within the second sentence that they can't stand anything other than their own views. Sure, this person can argue their own views, but yet when they stay so closed minded, it will lead to an amazing;y awful discussion that I will enjoy watching. Let's bring out our first contestant
I actually bit the bullet when they X3 Black came out. I got it later on in the cycle, and it was a true tri-core and no unlocking of the 4th core. As for price, I paid $200 for it back then. A six core for $200 and I will bite again. I like to buy stuff right when it is on the brink of not being new anymore. That is the fun of pc parts though, it all depends on what you do with your PC. If you are into gaming and most of the games do not support 6 cores, then it is bragging rights only. I promise you in 6 months that $235 price tag will be much lower than $235. I personally do alot with video processing and 3-D animation, so I could use some more cores.