That's right, just go ahead and sack your customers, I mean workers. Workers don't need to eat right?
Get ready for another GFC.
Seattle clearly showed that raising the minimum wage to $15 meant more money circulating in the economy. That meant more jobs, more spending, more jobs...
What happens when you pay more to people who don't have enough to start with - they spend it. when you give more to people that don't need it they store it away in some off-shore account.
I only hope that the CEO gets replaced by a Robot with AI as well. That would be social justice!
If you don't have something useful or intelligent to say then......
Again, read it again and stop and think before shooting your insulting uneducated mouth off.
Thanks for your comment, at least you weren't obnoxious like some below!
Totally different situation. If I buy a product from a store that is faulty I can return it - that's the law in Australia. But most shop owners are helpful and will assist you in sorting out the issue. Steam was not helpful and neither were the game developers. All I ask is that if you take my money and you want more money from me then be helpful when I have a problem with a product that you distribute.
Story is true regardless of your scepticism. Reading replies like this makes me wonder why I bother reading slashdot at all - Oh yeah I forgot, it was for the entertainment value.
The point was, you are paying for a service you have absolutely no control over and from a service provider that just wants your money without being at all helpful.
Please re-read the comment. Steam stopped access to the service AFTER the payment stop had been CLEARED!
The payment is for the game, not the service.
And there is no need to be such an A@#$%@#$e
I do not use Steam and never will. I set up an account for my son so he could buy a game. After downloading it it would not run and gave an obscure error message.
I complained to Steam who said it was the game developer's problem. No response from game developers. So I complained to Paypal and blocked payment.
Then I worked out the game needed a better video card, bought one fixed the problem and removed the block on payment.
Then Steam blocked access to the Steam Account so my son could not play the game he paid $50 for. Steam ignored my emails yet again and finally unblocked the account a few days later. There was no communications, no apology, nothing.
Result: Neither my son nor I will never buy anything that requires Steam again (this applies to CIV 5 that I wanted to purchase). I will not deal with companies that deny access to systems and who are unaccountable for their actions.
Lets just be fair, Linux was not always on my radar.
I started with an Apple 2 clone, then Apple 2C
Then moved to DOS 3 -> 6 (1987 - 1990)
Then moved through:
Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, XP, 7 (1990 - )
Parallel to this I used:
Slackware (downloaded to CD) as a server back in 1997 to run apache and a Perl site I developed.
Moved to Fedora 3(?) through to Fedora 7(?)
Then switched to Ubuntu when Fedora was unable to run my projector as a second scene (after spending days on the config file - I know I'm not that bright!).
Ubuntu lasted several years until just recently when I upgraded to UEFI bios motherboard. I was unable to get any Linux systems to run on this hardware natively (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, etc) so moved back to Windows 7 - to my disgust! I still run Mint, Fedora (Amahi) and Ubuntu as Virtual machines. I will wait and see if Linux distros fix the install difficulties with UEFI before I bother using it again on new hardware. So for now Linux has been put back on the shelf when it comes to everyday use.
Have tried Suse 10 (I think) but did not like the interface.
Currently running Windows Home Server 2011, Windows 7 , Windows XP (x3), MythTV server (Ubuntu). Plus virtual machines. Plus the family machines( 4 x Windows 7, 1x XP)
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That's right, just go ahead and sack your customers, I mean workers. Workers don't need to eat right? Get ready for another GFC. Seattle clearly showed that raising the minimum wage to $15 meant more money circulating in the economy. That meant more jobs, more spending, more jobs... What happens when you pay more to people who don't have enough to start with - they spend it. when you give more to people that don't need it they store it away in some off-shore account. I only hope that the CEO gets replaced by a Robot with AI as well. That would be social justice!
Yep, agree. I think it might be "class action" time!
If you don't have something useful or intelligent to say then...... Again, read it again and stop and think before shooting your insulting uneducated mouth off.
Thanks for your comment, at least you weren't obnoxious like some below! Totally different situation. If I buy a product from a store that is faulty I can return it - that's the law in Australia. But most shop owners are helpful and will assist you in sorting out the issue. Steam was not helpful and neither were the game developers. All I ask is that if you take my money and you want more money from me then be helpful when I have a problem with a product that you distribute.
Story is true regardless of your scepticism. Reading replies like this makes me wonder why I bother reading slashdot at all - Oh yeah I forgot, it was for the entertainment value. The point was, you are paying for a service you have absolutely no control over and from a service provider that just wants your money without being at all helpful.
Please re-read the comment. Steam stopped access to the service AFTER the payment stop had been CLEARED! The payment is for the game, not the service. And there is no need to be such an A@#$%@#$e
I do not use Steam and never will. I set up an account for my son so he could buy a game. After downloading it it would not run and gave an obscure error message. I complained to Steam who said it was the game developer's problem. No response from game developers. So I complained to Paypal and blocked payment. Then I worked out the game needed a better video card, bought one fixed the problem and removed the block on payment. Then Steam blocked access to the Steam Account so my son could not play the game he paid $50 for. Steam ignored my emails yet again and finally unblocked the account a few days later. There was no communications, no apology, nothing. Result: Neither my son nor I will never buy anything that requires Steam again (this applies to CIV 5 that I wanted to purchase). I will not deal with companies that deny access to systems and who are unaccountable for their actions.
Lets just be fair, Linux was not always on my radar. I started with an Apple 2 clone, then Apple 2C Then moved to DOS 3 -> 6 (1987 - 1990) Then moved through: Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, XP, 7 (1990 - ) Parallel to this I used: Slackware (downloaded to CD) as a server back in 1997 to run apache and a Perl site I developed. Moved to Fedora 3(?) through to Fedora 7(?) Then switched to Ubuntu when Fedora was unable to run my projector as a second scene (after spending days on the config file - I know I'm not that bright!). Ubuntu lasted several years until just recently when I upgraded to UEFI bios motherboard. I was unable to get any Linux systems to run on this hardware natively (Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, etc) so moved back to Windows 7 - to my disgust! I still run Mint, Fedora (Amahi) and Ubuntu as Virtual machines. I will wait and see if Linux distros fix the install difficulties with UEFI before I bother using it again on new hardware. So for now Linux has been put back on the shelf when it comes to everyday use. Have tried Suse 10 (I think) but did not like the interface. Currently running Windows Home Server 2011, Windows 7 , Windows XP (x3), MythTV server (Ubuntu). Plus virtual machines. Plus the family machines( 4 x Windows 7, 1x XP)