I used to read PCZone magazine, until my subscription ran out last year, and I never renewed it. Why? While PCZone was an excellent magazine, it was both fun and fair, they were not afraid to admit when their hype machine was wrong (Path of Neo was a case in point) - As indicated by that link, I can get all the reviews I want online. No subscription needed.
PCGamer - atleast in the UK - was and is aimed at the teenage market. Plastered with semi-naked models holding various computing peripherals. Last time I bought PC Gamer I was at a hospital and needed something to read while I was waiting. Utter Trash
People have believed the Earth was round for Centuries. Infact, in 330BC Aristotle believed that the Earth was round. The Earth's circumference was first determined around 240 BC by Eratosthenes. So stop using 'Everyone thought the Earth was flat' to bolster your arguments
So you'd prefer to be subjected to DDoS attacks, have your E-mail account hacked and used to send spam, be phished for your credit card details all in the name of Net Neutrality?
These are harmful activities. Harmful to people, REAL PEOPLE. It is the definition, at least in my eyes, of what crime is: serious irreversable harm to a person or people.
Botnets sending out DDoS attacks make the Server Admin's job harder. Whatever site it is running becomes locked, likely losing the business revenue they can never get back. Hacked Email accounts cause headaches for the person who's account was compromised, it causes headaches for those who recieve it, especially if it came from a white-listed friend, as it means wading through them and deleting them manually rather than have them caught by the filter. And again, most importantly, it makes the server admins job harder, as they have to devise work arounds and filters for Spam. And the most serious of all? Phishing for card details. Serious Monetery loss from an individual - they may be able to get it back, but not without a serious fight (My card got skimmed at a shop once, they managed to spend £700 before the bank stopped the card. It was a week before a new card was sent out, and 2 months before I got the money back)
A whole industry has arisin around fighting these criminals. We're in a Broken Window situation and the only way to stop it is not to fix the window, but to remove the person throwing the stones.
Oh, did I mention I also get to play Counter-strike at Lunchtime? Nothing builds teamwork like sneaking up behind your boss and knifing him when he's distracted.
I just have to laugh at people like this. I went to University, studying for a Computing Degree. I dropped out after 2nd year. I didn't get a degree. All I came out with was Student Debts.
3 years later I'm earning Graduate Wages, and i'm about to jump on the property ladder, having started working in a call center, learning on my own time, on my own terms, things that I was interested in and becoming Good at them, getting a better job with slightly better wages, but living in a shithole, learning on the job and getting better again, before landing my current job, which isn't a million miles away from my original 'ideal' job.
It's called Effort, if you don't put it in you get jack shit out. If you don't grab oppertunities you don't win. I'm 24, most of my friends finished their Degree's last year, only one of them is in a job relating to their degree and is only earning £1,000 more than I am (that's a 5 year degree for you), the other is going back for another degree and yet another is still mooching off his parents.
If I hadn't dropped out of University when I did, I'd have hit the recession square in the face and never got a job. As it stands, I entered the workforce when people were still looking for rookies to train up and was damn lucky for it in hindsight.
I think I've rambled off the point a bit. The woman in the article is a twit if she thinks that getting a degree = job, when the opposite is equally possible. (!degree = job, or degree = !job)
It's been called Nesquik everywhere but the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia since the 1950s, the name was changed to "Nesquik" in 1999 in those countries.
Unlike Opal Fruits, which were introduced as Starburst in the US in the 1970's and then had the brand changed everywhere else
It's because many films released nowadays have no substance besides the plot and big explosions. Once you know the plot and seen the explosions there's no reason to watch it again. No moral lessons to mull over, no questions left unanswered, no bits you might have missed that require a second watch, no scenes that rocked you to the core that you just *have* to see again.
Movies with twist would normally require more than one viewing just to 'get' everything - revealing the twist would ruin the film if all the film was relied on the twist. You'll get one viewing out of it (if that) and it'll basically be your second viewing, having missed out on that Raw viewing you have when you don't know what's going to happen. The fun of guessing to yourself through your first viewing. Even KNOWING there's a twist at the end may spoil a truely Raw viewing. I remember watching the Usual Suspects for the first time, years after it came out on DVD, expecting a crime thriller like The Untouchables, but got something truley exceptional - which is why it's one of my favourite films, and one I can watch again and again. Once you have watched that film, and got the twist, even after the second viewing, when you're watching it for the third time, it's still an excellent Crime Thriller.
Or take a film like Watchmen, something that's so layered with plot that you might come out of the cinema underwhelmed and confused. But underneath it is some hard truths about our own society, more than enough morality moments, every plot thread within it having it's own twist revealed was something brilliant. Even if people say 'it wasnt as good as the comic' - it was still excellent for a movie.
A film that's enjoyable with prior knowledge is a rare and fantastic thing. Films like that are also usually more enjoyable that first time round, when everything is a surprise.
He was probably wearing a high-vis jacket and wearing heavy leather gloves. He'd have looked like an ordinary electrician. If anyone asks he was 'reparing' the meter.
The fact is many of them have done their time. If they were truely considered not to have reformed they'd still be in prison. In the UK Those that have been released and are deemed 'high risk' are monitored regularly, and the local neighbours are informed. Those who are deemed 'low risk' are generally free to do what they please, and the authorities are not required to divulge the information to the public. They have served their time and are likely remorseful. If you have no faith that someone can change, or that the law may have got something WRONG (an innocent person who's served their time shouldn't then have the rest of their lives ruined by an accusation)
this is pretty much my sentiment. I hope the application comes with a tag saying what the crime was (ie child molestation or rape or weeing in the street) when it happened (was it 2 years ago or last week) and where it happened (did it happen in their house, or in Vegas)
Last thing you want is what happened in the UK when this stuff is leaked this pretty much covers UK Law in relation to violent sex offenses
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If you're gonna call Stalin 'Joe' - you should call Corynne 'Cory' and Benito 'Ben' :P
I prefer SACF interrupts, much more exciting
Because it's EA...
I've got a batch script for deleting these as part of my development toolset, it wouldn't take too much to set it as a Startup item.
Stick the following .bat file in C:\Documents and Settings\*USERNAME*\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\ (Windows XP)
run it whenever you want to delete shared objects
Gaming magazines aimed at school-kids are probably the last bastionof Games Mags (As they began)
atleast until they can get WiFi at school and surf the web on their phones
I used to read PCZone magazine, until my subscription ran out last year, and I never renewed it.
Why?
While PCZone was an excellent magazine, it was both fun and fair, they were not afraid to admit when their hype machine was wrong (Path of Neo was a case in point) - As indicated by that link, I can get all the reviews I want online. No subscription needed.
PCGamer - atleast in the UK - was and is aimed at the teenage market. Plastered with semi-naked models holding various computing peripherals. Last time I bought PC Gamer I was at a hospital and needed something to read while I was waiting. Utter Trash
People have believed the Earth was round for Centuries. Infact, in 330BC Aristotle believed that the Earth was round. The Earth's circumference was first determined around 240 BC by Eratosthenes.
So stop using 'Everyone thought the Earth was flat' to bolster your arguments
Flat earth on wikipedia
Marketing Students should go on forums and attempt to defend ID. Bonus credit for converting people.
I'd honestly rather have and N97 than an iPhone, atleast I don't have to pay them to develop apps for it :P
So they've patented a very specific DTD?
go go Microsoft... that's what you get for spending all your money buying new chairs instead of hiring talented people
So you'd prefer to be subjected to DDoS attacks, have your E-mail account hacked and used to send spam, be phished for your credit card details all in the name of Net Neutrality?
These are harmful activities. Harmful to people, REAL PEOPLE. It is the definition, at least in my eyes, of what crime is: serious irreversable harm to a person or people.
Botnets sending out DDoS attacks make the Server Admin's job harder. Whatever site it is running becomes locked, likely losing the business revenue they can never get back.
Hacked Email accounts cause headaches for the person who's account was compromised, it causes headaches for those who recieve it, especially if it came from a white-listed friend, as it means wading through them and deleting them manually rather than have them caught by the filter. And again, most importantly, it makes the server admins job harder, as they have to devise work arounds and filters for Spam.
And the most serious of all? Phishing for card details. Serious Monetery loss from an individual - they may be able to get it back, but not without a serious fight (My card got skimmed at a shop once, they managed to spend £700 before the bank stopped the card. It was a week before a new card was sent out, and 2 months before I got the money back)
A whole industry has arisin around fighting these criminals. We're in a Broken Window situation and the only way to stop it is not to fix the window, but to remove the person throwing the stones.
The questions that should be asked is "Are they closing in on the criminals who set up these sites?"
Surely with all the information they can get from this rogue ISP they can track down the wankers who run them.
He wasn't comparing copying games to Nazi war attrocities, he was comparing ARRESTING him to Nazi War attrocities, like this:
Judge: Why did you shoot 15,000 Jews, Gays and Arabs?
Nazi Soldier: I was just doing my Job
Us: Why did you arrest that kid for modding his X-box?
Govt. Official: I was just doing my job
No, we expected STUFF packs
Oh, did I mention I also get to play Counter-strike at Lunchtime? Nothing builds teamwork like sneaking up behind your boss and knifing him when he's distracted.
I just have to laugh at people like this.
I went to University, studying for a Computing Degree. I dropped out after 2nd year.
I didn't get a degree. All I came out with was Student Debts.
3 years later I'm earning Graduate Wages, and i'm about to jump on the property ladder, having started working in a call center, learning on my own time, on my own terms, things that I was interested in and becoming Good at them, getting a better job with slightly better wages, but living in a shithole, learning on the job and getting better again, before landing my current job, which isn't a million miles away from my original 'ideal' job.
It's called Effort, if you don't put it in you get jack shit out. If you don't grab oppertunities you don't win.
I'm 24, most of my friends finished their Degree's last year, only one of them is in a job relating to their degree and is only earning £1,000 more than I am (that's a 5 year degree for you), the other is going back for another degree and yet another is still mooching off his parents.
If I hadn't dropped out of University when I did, I'd have hit the recession square in the face and never got a job. As it stands, I entered the workforce when people were still looking for rookies to train up and was damn lucky for it in hindsight.
I think I've rambled off the point a bit. The woman in the article is a twit if she thinks that getting a degree = job, when the opposite is equally possible. (!degree = job, or degree = !job)
Just let me attach an "Ion Cannon" to it :D
I'd buy a model ISS to hang from my ceiling. The best part? They can charge extra for the add-ons!
It's been called Nesquik everywhere but the US, Canada, Mexico and Australia since the 1950s, the name was changed to "Nesquik" in 1999 in those countries.
Unlike Opal Fruits, which were introduced as Starburst in the US in the 1970's and then had the brand changed everywhere else
yeah, Idle's not had a new story in 4 days
I thought he was just being dull at meetings...
Given that he was leaving Apple bored
It's because many films released nowadays have no substance besides the plot and big explosions. Once you know the plot and seen the explosions there's no reason to watch it again. No moral lessons to mull over, no questions left unanswered, no bits you might have missed that require a second watch, no scenes that rocked you to the core that you just *have* to see again.
Movies with twist would normally require more than one viewing just to 'get' everything - revealing the twist would ruin the film if all the film was relied on the twist. You'll get one viewing out of it (if that) and it'll basically be your second viewing, having missed out on that Raw viewing you have when you don't know what's going to happen. The fun of guessing to yourself through your first viewing. Even KNOWING there's a twist at the end may spoil a truely Raw viewing. I remember watching the Usual Suspects for the first time, years after it came out on DVD, expecting a crime thriller like The Untouchables, but got something truley exceptional - which is why it's one of my favourite films, and one I can watch again and again. Once you have watched that film, and got the twist, even after the second viewing, when you're watching it for the third time, it's still an excellent Crime Thriller.
Or take a film like Watchmen, something that's so layered with plot that you might come out of the cinema underwhelmed and confused. But underneath it is some hard truths about our own society, more than enough morality moments, every plot thread within it having it's own twist revealed was something brilliant.
Even if people say 'it wasnt as good as the comic' - it was still excellent for a movie.
A film that's enjoyable with prior knowledge is a rare and fantastic thing. Films like that are also usually more enjoyable that first time round, when everything is a surprise.
He was probably wearing a high-vis jacket and wearing heavy leather gloves. He'd have looked like an ordinary electrician. If anyone asks he was 'reparing' the meter.
The fact is many of them have done their time. If they were truely considered not to have reformed they'd still be in prison.
In the UK Those that have been released and are deemed 'high risk' are monitored regularly, and the local neighbours are informed. Those who are deemed 'low risk' are generally free to do what they please, and the authorities are not required to divulge the information to the public. They have served their time and are likely remorseful. If you have no faith that someone can change, or that the law may have got something WRONG (an innocent person who's served their time shouldn't then have the rest of their lives ruined by an accusation)
this is pretty much my sentiment. I hope the application comes with a tag saying what the crime was (ie child molestation or rape or weeing in the street) when it happened (was it 2 years ago or last week) and where it happened (did it happen in their house, or in Vegas)
Last thing you want is what happened in the UK when this stuff is leaked
this pretty much covers UK Law in relation to violent sex offenses