Nothing, really. It's just fun, sitting back and watching with anticipation to see how badly Microsoft hurts themselves this time. *reaches for popcorn*
I'd buy it. Although, I'm trying to imagine how you would turn this game into the living hell that regular Sims under my control are exposed to. Civil war, anyone?
I love metagaming
Technically, yes. I could not be bothered trawling through the source code of OOo to look for malicious code (and frankly, I doubt I'd understand most of the code anyway), so I am placing my trust in the dev team. But I know that it's less likely to happen, because it wasn't developed by a single company, but by many people. That, and if this happened, a fix would appear quickly (a lot more quickly than if it was a M$ product)
Although, the Rihanna leaked photograph may have helped sentencing. Would Chris Brown have recieved the same sentence if the photo hadn't been leaked? I understand where your coming from, but too often domestic abuse is everyone's "dirty little secret". And, when you combine that with the number of celebrities that get away with a slap on the wrist...
Why is this funny? Did a mod mis-click, or am I missing the joke?
I have to agree with you. And being able to hit the person next to you for being an asshole (team killing for weapons, etc. The sort of thing that gets you killed and teabagged by everyone else in the game) is another bonus.
Users don't want explanations. They want solutions. A fact that I'm sure most developers are painfully aware of.
Even if the problem is at their end, they still want it to work the way it did before. Even if Ebay is justified in their response, they still need to try and do something about it if they want to keep their users happy.
The problem for me isn't censoring the internet per se, but rather that censorship often branches into the realms of legal (but not necessarily attractive to the majority of people - think fetish sites for example) activity and can crush freedom of speech.
So, what do you want? A lawless place with its inherent risks and joys, or a gated community that forces you to leave the toilet seat down, always say please and thankyou, and kicks you out if you walk on the grass? Give me the lawless any day.
In short, nothing more than another place to use to prevent the police from closing in. However I should think that the vast majority of carriers of illegal content would have ability to break encryption anyway - I mean, WEP is obsolete but it is still used. All that's going to stop as a result of this is a small amount of piggybacking.
So really, the wardrive is worse than useless in terms of fighting crime. It will lull most people into a false sense of security, leaving them just as vulnerable to hackers, most carriers, etc as they were before.
Competition in and of itself is perfectly fine. In microsoft's case though... Just look at their track record.
What Googles chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has to fear more than anything else is that hell awake one day to learn that the Google search engine suddenly doesnt work on any Windows computers: something happened overnight and what worked yesterday doesnt work today. It would have to be an act of deliberate sabotage on Microsofts part and blatantly illegal, but that doesnt mean it couldnt happen. Microsoft would claim ignorance and innocence and take days, weeks or months to reverse the effect, during which time Google would have lost billions.
Now, I wouldn't put this past M$. They've done similar things before - one recent example being the.odf fiasco
Regardless of what happens in court, I'd say that she'll be hounded about this for the rest of her life. If you read the wiki article on the suicide, she became a target of hate by the internet community: I mean, just look at some of the comments made here, and then look at the initial reaction when her name was uncovered.
Police had to increase patrols in the area, and the Drews had to install cameras etc. on their property. Personal details were leaked to the internet, essentially creating living hell for the family.
Aside from that, Lori Drew is a name that is known across the world. I don't fancy her chances of rebuilding a life, even if the internet community leaves her alone (anyone want to wager on how likely that is?). No, she will always pay for the crime, regardless of how the U.S. Government acts.
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Yeah, but it'd still be a really cool way to go out.
Diagnosed aspie here. Mod parent up!
Also, to provide some evidence to backup the claim about cures scaring the shit out of us, have a read through some of the posts on this forum, particularly under "media representation".
Nothing, really. It's just fun, sitting back and watching with anticipation to see how badly Microsoft hurts themselves this time. *reaches for popcorn*
Wouldn't Jack Thompson have a dilemma then?
I'd buy it. Although, I'm trying to imagine how you would turn this game into the living hell that regular Sims under my control are exposed to. Civil war, anyone?
I love metagaming
Is an asterid belt some new meal from Burger King or something?
Any opportunity to flame Microsoft will be taken advantage of.
Technically, yes. I could not be bothered trawling through the source code of OOo to look for malicious code (and frankly, I doubt I'd understand most of the code anyway), so I am placing my trust in the dev team. But I know that it's less likely to happen, because it wasn't developed by a single company, but by many people. That, and if this happened, a fix would appear quickly (a lot more quickly than if it was a M$ product)
In fact, we couldn't have put together a crappier piece of software if we were drunk, or high."
Or maybe they weren't drunk enough
Not to mention that the trojans that are discussed about in some above comment won't do much.
Sorry to double-post, but I that adds confirmation in case anyone is interested in this
Replying to undo mis-moderation. You'd think they would have listened by now and added a confirmation...
Somebody set up us the google bomb.
Although, the Rihanna leaked photograph may have helped sentencing. Would Chris Brown have recieved the same sentence if the photo hadn't been leaked?
I understand where your coming from, but too often domestic abuse is everyone's "dirty little secret". And, when you combine that with the number of celebrities that get away with a slap on the wrist...
For those that don't get it
Why is this funny? Did a mod mis-click, or am I missing the joke?
I have to agree with you. And being able to hit the person next to you for being an asshole (team killing for weapons, etc. The sort of thing that gets you killed and teabagged by everyone else in the game) is another bonus.
"...and the antelope eat the grass. So we all connected in the great circle of life..."
Now I have to get Disney songs out of my head...
I want to go out with a bang.
Too bad it's most likely proprietary software...
Users don't want explanations. They want solutions. A fact that I'm sure most developers are painfully aware of.
Even if the problem is at their end, they still want it to work the way it did before. Even if Ebay is justified in their response, they still need to try and do something about it if they want to keep their users happy.
Swap to FOSS and change it yourself :p
The problem for me isn't censoring the internet per se, but rather that censorship often branches into the realms of legal (but not necessarily attractive to the majority of people - think fetish sites for example) activity and can crush freedom of speech.
So, what do you want? A lawless place with its inherent risks and joys, or a gated community that forces you to leave the toilet seat down, always say please and thankyou, and kicks you out if you walk on the grass? Give me the lawless any day.
In short, nothing more than another place to use to prevent the police from closing in. However I should think that the vast majority of carriers of illegal content would have ability to break encryption anyway - I mean, WEP is obsolete but it is still used. All that's going to stop as a result of this is a small amount of piggybacking.
So really, the wardrive is worse than useless in terms of fighting crime. It will lull most people into a false sense of security, leaving them just as vulnerable to hackers, most carriers, etc as they were before.
What Googles chief executive, Eric Schmidt, has to fear more than anything else is that hell awake one day to learn that the Google search engine suddenly doesnt work on any Windows computers: something happened overnight and what worked yesterday doesnt work today. It would have to be an act of deliberate sabotage on Microsofts part and blatantly illegal, but that doesnt mean it couldnt happen. Microsoft would claim ignorance and innocence and take days, weeks or months to reverse the effect, during which time Google would have lost billions.
Now, I wouldn't put this past M$. They've done similar things before - one recent example being the .odf fiasco
Regardless of what happens in court, I'd say that she'll be hounded about this for the rest of her life. If you read the wiki article on the suicide, she became a target of hate by the internet community: I mean, just look at some of the comments made here, and then look at the initial reaction when her name was uncovered.
Police had to increase patrols in the area, and the Drews had to install cameras etc. on their property. Personal details were leaked to the internet, essentially creating living hell for the family.
Aside from that, Lori Drew is a name that is known across the world. I don't fancy her chances of rebuilding a life, even if the internet community leaves her alone (anyone want to wager on how likely that is?). No, she will always pay for the crime, regardless of how the U.S. Government acts.