Any list of best mods that doesn't even include CS is for sure a load of crap. I would have added Team Fortress to the list as well (Any mod that has survived for something like 15 years deserves to be pretty high on the list, or at least ON the list)
Um, unless a web site is exploiting a vulnerability, it can't get outside of the internet browser sandbox it is inside without user permission. Unfortunately, a yes button on a fake banner made to disguise itself as a legitimate error/warning/system box qualifies as giving permission. A lot of this would be solved if the web browser vendors had better controls to stop things from accessing your computer, but they don't want to do that for some reason. If there is an exploit, that can often run bad code on your computer without any interaction from the end user.
I gave a brand new Fujitsu tablet to a user here on Sunday. Yesterday, he brought it back to me. He said it wouldn't turn on no matter how much he hit the power button. I reached over, grabbed a power plug from a nearby tablet and plugged his in. It turned on first try.:-) I told him to either charge it up or leave it plugged in when he uses it. The sad thing is, he's had a laptop for years. I just don't get it.
I've considered it a lot, but I don't think I'll end up picking the game up. I played DAoC for 3 years solid, and I just don't think I can ever trust Mythic to run a game again. Everything bad about DAoC was caused by a total failure of Mythic to employ simple balance between the realms. The more people yelled, the more they did stupid things that failed to address the basic problems. It got so bad that they eventually gave up.
Here's one more thing an IT union would be able to do. It could help define best practices. As in "Nope, that software is not union-spec. If you want our guys to use it you're going to have to pay for their training." Then the union membership (IT workers) would have some say over whether or not non-standard or poorly written software gets union support. As union members we would be protected from having the blame on us for every piece-o-shit software.
Don't focus on the abuses of power, that always happens. Can't not do something because someone might misuse it. Or do you not use filesharing?
Um, that is the kind of thing that would get everyone pissed at the Union. I don't like supporting shit software any more than the next guy, but IT is a service industry. We provide a service to the company. If they want something, and we refuse to do it, we better have a damn good reason. Saying, "This isn't standard software. Sorry. You are SOL" isn't a good answer. Explaining that it isn't secure, or offering competitive products that do meet standards is the way you defend your position without getting the scorn of the entire company. Piss enough people, and they will soon be asking why they don't just out-source the IT department for one that is cheaper and will let them install apps they think they need.
I have to disagree. I haven't played WoW since just after BC came out, however I was always very good at my class (Hunter). My first hunter was tricked out to hell and back (Best everything in the game). I leveled up another hunter after I sold my first hunter, and while leveling up I would go to the BGs a lot. I would get constant whines from people because I would go to the level 30-39 BG at level 32, but I would still kick everyone's ass. I figured it was just from knowing my class so well, but when I got to 60 with crap gear, I still spanked people like crazy. Yeah, it was harder having half the DPS, but I still was able to beat the vast majority of players. Maybe skill means less post BC, but before BC it was still important.
I wonder what the fix is. I know nothing will happen any time soon, but how do I protect myself? I'm not talking Lifelock or some other scam, but a real solution that gives me protection.
This wont help with Alibis because no court will accept a time stamp and a transponder id as evidence. Who is to say that you were driving the car, or even that someone didn't take your FastPass and drive through with a different car. To be entered into evidence you would have to take the time/id and review the video records to get a car/face match.
Even if this worked for an alabi like TFA implied, you could get into trouble real quick if you didn't know the final destination of the car. What? You tell the police you went to X? Well the car you gave your ID went to Y. The car also is still driving around town and went through two toll booths while you were in police custody.
I can't believe you wouldn't ever, ever, ever, ever claim that a person with no dependents gets off better with a company's medical plan...People with zero dependents get screwed royally. In most companies, you have two or three payment tiers. 1 person, 2 people, 3 or more people. The cost increase from 1 to 2 doesn't even come close to covering the extra costs. The costs from 2 to 3 are the same. Don't forget to add in for if someone (gasp) has a large family. Do you have 5 kids? Guess what, you pay the same exact premium as someone with 1 kid. The no-dependents person will end up bearing a portion of the cost of other people's dependents.
I don't like the system, I understand why it has to be, but I will NOT stand and let someone try to make it look like people with no dependents are getting away with something. Even in your situation, the only difference is that the single people have been grossly overpaying for years and years, and now they are getting a slight reprieve from being over charged.
Sure, with this system you can't just DNS spoof the website you are trying to eavesdrop on like you've been able to in the past. However, why not DNS spoof both the website and the notary? When the client asks the Notary for verification, the Mitm responds to the client dns request, tells it that the Notary can be found by connecting to the MitM's hacked Notary server which verifies the hacked certificate as being legit.
All this does is make a days worth of work for some hackers to program a fake Notary server...or better yet, they'll just hack the REAL notary server and swap some certificate records.
I wanted to create a game similar to this, but not so much as described. My thoughts were a world where it had a lot of world events that could totally change the plot/world. For example, you would have multiple factions at war. If one faction became powerful, with the help of the players, it could take over cities of other factions. However, this isn't something you could just go do...you would have to do a lot of quests to get support, weaken moral of enemies, and weaken the enemies defenses. Once you take the city, it would open new quests to you. Of course the more land a faction is missing, the more active the NPC resistance force is.
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Any list of best mods that doesn't even include CS is for sure a load of crap. I would have added Team Fortress to the list as well (Any mod that has survived for something like 15 years deserves to be pretty high on the list, or at least ON the list)
Um, unless a web site is exploiting a vulnerability, it can't get outside of the internet browser sandbox it is inside without user permission. Unfortunately, a yes button on a fake banner made to disguise itself as a legitimate error/warning/system box qualifies as giving permission. A lot of this would be solved if the web browser vendors had better controls to stop things from accessing your computer, but they don't want to do that for some reason. If there is an exploit, that can often run bad code on your computer without any interaction from the end user.
I gave a brand new Fujitsu tablet to a user here on Sunday. Yesterday, he brought it back to me. He said it wouldn't turn on no matter how much he hit the power button. I reached over, grabbed a power plug from a nearby tablet and plugged his in. It turned on first try. :-) I told him to either charge it up or leave it plugged in when he uses it. The sad thing is, he's had a laptop for years. I just don't get it.
Or...you could regulate it like some games have (EvE comes to mind). In EvE you can sell gold for game time cards.
I've considered it a lot, but I don't think I'll end up picking the game up. I played DAoC for 3 years solid, and I just don't think I can ever trust Mythic to run a game again. Everything bad about DAoC was caused by a total failure of Mythic to employ simple balance between the realms. The more people yelled, the more they did stupid things that failed to address the basic problems. It got so bad that they eventually gave up.
Here's one more thing an IT union would be able to do. It could help define best practices. As in "Nope, that software is not union-spec. If you want our guys to use it you're going to have to pay for their training." Then the union membership (IT workers) would have some say over whether or not non-standard or poorly written software gets union support. As union members we would be protected from having the blame on us for every piece-o-shit software.
Don't focus on the abuses of power, that always happens. Can't not do something because someone might misuse it. Or do you not use filesharing?
Um, that is the kind of thing that would get everyone pissed at the Union. I don't like supporting shit software any more than the next guy, but IT is a service industry. We provide a service to the company. If they want something, and we refuse to do it, we better have a damn good reason. Saying, "This isn't standard software. Sorry. You are SOL" isn't a good answer. Explaining that it isn't secure, or offering competitive products that do meet standards is the way you defend your position without getting the scorn of the entire company. Piss enough people, and they will soon be asking why they don't just out-source the IT department for one that is cheaper and will let them install apps they think they need.
I have to disagree. I haven't played WoW since just after BC came out, however I was always very good at my class (Hunter). My first hunter was tricked out to hell and back (Best everything in the game). I leveled up another hunter after I sold my first hunter, and while leveling up I would go to the BGs a lot. I would get constant whines from people because I would go to the level 30-39 BG at level 32, but I would still kick everyone's ass. I figured it was just from knowing my class so well, but when I got to 60 with crap gear, I still spanked people like crazy. Yeah, it was harder having half the DPS, but I still was able to beat the vast majority of players. Maybe skill means less post BC, but before BC it was still important.
I wonder what the fix is. I know nothing will happen any time soon, but how do I protect myself? I'm not talking Lifelock or some other scam, but a real solution that gives me protection.
This wont help with Alibis because no court will accept a time stamp and a transponder id as evidence. Who is to say that you were driving the car, or even that someone didn't take your FastPass and drive through with a different car. To be entered into evidence you would have to take the time/id and review the video records to get a car/face match.
Even if this worked for an alabi like TFA implied, you could get into trouble real quick if you didn't know the final destination of the car. What? You tell the police you went to X? Well the car you gave your ID went to Y. The car also is still driving around town and went through two toll booths while you were in police custody.
I can't believe you wouldn't ever, ever, ever, ever claim that a person with no dependents gets off better with a company's medical plan...People with zero dependents get screwed royally. In most companies, you have two or three payment tiers. 1 person, 2 people, 3 or more people. The cost increase from 1 to 2 doesn't even come close to covering the extra costs. The costs from 2 to 3 are the same. Don't forget to add in for if someone (gasp) has a large family. Do you have 5 kids? Guess what, you pay the same exact premium as someone with 1 kid. The no-dependents person will end up bearing a portion of the cost of other people's dependents.
I don't like the system, I understand why it has to be, but I will NOT stand and let someone try to make it look like people with no dependents are getting away with something. Even in your situation, the only difference is that the single people have been grossly overpaying for years and years, and now they are getting a slight reprieve from being over charged.
Sure, with this system you can't just DNS spoof the website you are trying to eavesdrop on like you've been able to in the past. However, why not DNS spoof both the website and the notary? When the client asks the Notary for verification, the Mitm responds to the client dns request, tells it that the Notary can be found by connecting to the MitM's hacked Notary server which verifies the hacked certificate as being legit. All this does is make a days worth of work for some hackers to program a fake Notary server...or better yet, they'll just hack the REAL notary server and swap some certificate records.
I wanted to create a game similar to this, but not so much as described. My thoughts were a world where it had a lot of world events that could totally change the plot/world. For example, you would have multiple factions at war. If one faction became powerful, with the help of the players, it could take over cities of other factions. However, this isn't something you could just go do...you would have to do a lot of quests to get support, weaken moral of enemies, and weaken the enemies defenses. Once you take the city, it would open new quests to you. Of course the more land a faction is missing, the more active the NPC resistance force is.