It's shady because the condition of the licensing is to only show the good uses of a morally neutral tool.
In other words, the condition of the licensing is to use the game as a propaganda tool.
Where have you been lately? Every product placement in every movie/tv/game has this kind of oversight by its owning company to make sure it is shown in a positive way.
... and don't even use names. Issue them a number or nonsense sequence of characters like most big companies do. Your collision % is probably based on current students, right? Remember the current student body changes by 25% every year. Name collision will grow over time until common names ten years from now need to have a nonsense sequence anyway..
This asshole (allegedly) blackmailed (allegedly) 350 people. I say allegedly because he hasn't been convicted in a court of law, which again, is the way we do things around here.
Umm, no, unless the person to whom you're responding has huge reserves of foreign currency "Quantitative easing" not not benefit him every day. It will eat away at any middle class sized savings with inflationary and exchange pressures over the rest of his lifetime.
One of the major concerns that isn't mentioned is what happens to earth-bound mining companies and their markets when these trillions of dollars of minerals arrive?
Yep; Heinlein's Future History already covered this; DeBeers and their lobbying efforts made it illegal to import moon diamonds. The same will happen to gold and platinum from asteroids. Banned for public health reasons because of all the solar radiation that's contaminating them.
I'm not be argumentative or sarcastic. Why would I be outraged by the L visa?
Because the L visa is totally immune to US pay law. I was in China in 2008-2010 and while looking for a local job, happened upon IBM consulting. The local payscale was less than $1k US/month. That sounded OK for a local gig because cost of living is so low but the catch was they wanted to send me to the US for a year and pay that same rate. I pointed out US minimum wage was higher than that but the local manager waved this concern away and said they did it all the time; I would be sent on an L visa which allows the employee to be paid home country pay while in the US. I then asked how a US citizen could go to the US on any kind of visa and after a silent pause she abruptly hung up on me (this was the third interview). Whether this is a case of the IBM worldwide doing this or they think they're paying US wages while the local China branch's management collect the difference, I have no idea, but something not at all funny is going on with L visas.
Holy mother of all firearms; a 50mm machine gun? That's almost half the size of an Abrams tank main canon and you want it in machine gun format?
Your comical misunderstanding may be partly responsible for your outrage. And, yes, you can buy a 50 cal machine gun if you get a Federal license for such. They're expensive and tedious to apply for.
There's no need to be so hysterically extreme. The solution should be obvious: the cost of paying the tax should be as close as possible to the cost of avoiding the tax. Then it's easier to just pay the tax.
Besides, these are corporate taxes we're talking about, which are a horribly regressive burden on low income people.
Well, while you're thinking of the numbers, let's look at the product lineups. Philips has bajillions of products from light bulbs to shavers to stereos to all kinds of miscellany whatnot. So how many products were killed in development if this anecdote is anywhere near correct? Apple has the iPx mobile things, a handful of laptops and desktops, a server or two, and accessories for all the aforementioned. Do they have even 1,000 current products? Whatever the exact number, the real point is that It sounds like everything at Apple is really tightly driven with a focus on only even bothering to start products that have a place in the lineup whereas Philips has a shotgun approach.
Smog in some US cities was bad way back in the '70's but nowhere near what it's like in Beijing this month. When you call US environmental conditions "woeful" attached to an article about the pollution going on in China, it really lets your ignorance shine. The US environment isn't perfect, but yes, it is vastly superior.
This questioner says he's been at the company 10 years and the new kid is hassling him. That prior question says the guy he's hassling has been at the company longer than the hassler has been alive. If they've hired a 9 year old as a coder then they deserve all the atttitude they get.
Well, with the little money the kid made before he quit that software development job, the kid should buy the best in-game gear he can and PK his dad every time he tries to assassinate him!
The Dad isn't playing games; he's too busy working to support his deadbeat offspring.
And from an AC we have the best answer. A cheaply made power supply can much more easily damage your computer's other parts. Factor in the cost of replacing them and the more expensive power supply pays for itself regardless of energy savings.
Santa is a completely fictitious figure who does not go flying around on Christmas Eve! And NORAD is not tracking a real thing! And anyone, can make up a "track Santa" map application! WTF? If having a "track Santa" map is important to Google, I'm sure they can create just that. This story makes no sense at all.
NORAD has been doing this tracking Santa gimmick annually since the 50's, well before just anyone could make a map app, when a published wrong number caused kids to call them instead of a department store. The base commander who answered the first calls had a sense of humor, liked children, and thought fast enough on his feet to give a "tracking report". It gives people serving in uniform a chance to talk to citizens they're protecting while on duty on a holiday and vice-versa. I suppose you would have yelled at them to stop wasting your time with nonsense?
I've never used them for navigation but Bing maps(furnished by Nokia I believe) have much better aeriel photos. I can see my house from 6 angles on Bing, which is mostly blocked by a large tree on Google. That being said I still use Google maps for pretty much everything else just because I'm used to it.
You know you really need to step away from the computer and get outside more if seeing your own house on the screen makes you so happy!
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I am glad they opted for the 3D printer. Imagine if they opted for a 2D printer. It would have been very disappointing.
Millions of school children disagree; the Moon is about the only place Flat Stanley hasn't visited.
It's shady because the condition of the licensing is to only show the good uses of a morally neutral tool.
In other words, the condition of the licensing is to use the game as a propaganda tool.
Where have you been lately? Every product placement in every movie/tv/game has this kind of oversight by its owning company to make sure it is shown in a positive way.
... and don't even use names. Issue them a number or nonsense sequence of characters like most big companies do. Your collision % is probably based on current students, right? Remember the current student body changes by 25% every year. Name collision will grow over time until common names ten years from now need to have a nonsense sequence anyway..
Perhaps this fits your intent better?
This asshole (allegedly) blackmailed (allegedly) 350 people. I say allegedly because he hasn't been convicted in a court of law, which again, is the way we do things around here.
Umm, no, unless the person to whom you're responding has huge reserves of foreign currency "Quantitative easing" not not benefit him every day. It will eat away at any middle class sized savings with inflationary and exchange pressures over the rest of his lifetime.
One of the major concerns that isn't mentioned is what happens to earth-bound mining companies and their markets when these trillions of dollars of minerals arrive?
Yep; Heinlein's Future History already covered this; DeBeers and their lobbying efforts made it illegal to import moon diamonds. The same will happen to gold and platinum from asteroids. Banned for public health reasons because of all the solar radiation that's contaminating them.
I'm not be argumentative or sarcastic. Why would I be outraged by the L visa?
Because the L visa is totally immune to US pay law. I was in China in 2008-2010 and while looking for a local job, happened upon IBM consulting. The local payscale was less than $1k US/month. That sounded OK for a local gig because cost of living is so low but the catch was they wanted to send me to the US for a year and pay that same rate. I pointed out US minimum wage was higher than that but the local manager waved this concern away and said they did it all the time; I would be sent on an L visa which allows the employee to be paid home country pay while in the US. I then asked how a US citizen could go to the US on any kind of visa and after a silent pause she abruptly hung up on me (this was the third interview). Whether this is a case of the IBM worldwide doing this or they think they're paying US wages while the local China branch's management collect the difference, I have no idea, but something not at all funny is going on with L visas.
If you think H1-B visas hurt US technical wages, look up the L visa and prepare to be outraged.
So what the hell use is a cap that rises with demand?
What the hell use are immigration laws when people circumventing them are pardoned and granted citizenship?
Can you get a 50mm machine gun
Holy mother of all firearms; a 50mm machine gun? That's almost half the size of an Abrams tank main canon and you want it in machine gun format?
Your comical misunderstanding may be partly responsible for your outrage. And, yes, you can buy a 50 cal machine gun if you get a Federal license for such. They're expensive and tedious to apply for.
So then we should have no taxes at all?.
There's no need to be so hysterically extreme. The solution should be obvious: the cost of paying the tax should be as close as possible to the cost of avoiding the tax. Then it's easier to just pay the tax.
Besides, these are corporate taxes we're talking about, which are a horribly regressive burden on low income people.
Well, while you're thinking of the numbers, let's look at the product lineups. Philips has bajillions of products from light bulbs to shavers to stereos to all kinds of miscellany whatnot. So how many products were killed in development if this anecdote is anywhere near correct? Apple has the iPx mobile things, a handful of laptops and desktops, a server or two, and accessories for all the aforementioned. Do they have even 1,000 current products?
Whatever the exact number, the real point is that It sounds like everything at Apple is really tightly driven with a focus on only even bothering to start products that have a place in the lineup whereas Philips has a shotgun approach.
Search FB in all area codes for 867-5309 and ask to speak to Jenny. Lolz
Smog in some US cities was bad way back in the '70's but nowhere near what it's like in Beijing this month. When you call US environmental conditions "woeful" attached to an article about the pollution going on in China, it really lets your ignorance shine. The US environment isn't perfect, but yes, it is vastly superior.
_Everything_ has already happened by the time you've seen it on Slashdot. So what?
This questioner says he's been at the company 10 years and the new kid is hassling him. That prior question says the guy he's hassling has been at the company longer than the hassler has been alive. If they've hired a 9 year old as a coder then they deserve all the atttitude they get.
These big schools and their even bigger price tags. What the flying fsck are they smoking?
Not only that but they expected China to be a major market? Chinese students have US University level pre-calculus in elementary school.
Well, with the little money the kid made before he quit that software development job, the kid should buy the best in-game gear he can and PK his dad every time he tries to assassinate him!
The Dad isn't playing games; he's too busy working to support his deadbeat offspring.
It's "neck and neck" as in a pair of horses very close together at the finish line.
Sigh
Just like this solar tower.
This turns into a circular argument pretty quickly. If you use a solar tower in Arizona for the hot air where do you get the COLD air?
Whoa, easy, this isn't about government vs. commercial (private), this is about Civilian (government) vs. Military (government, specifically the DOD)
Since the civilian, elected President has to authorize the use of nuclear weapons, what's the debate, exactly?
these scum do it because they get the attention they want. ignore them, please!
And from an AC we have the best answer. A cheaply made power supply can much more easily damage your computer's other parts. Factor in the cost of replacing them and the more expensive power supply pays for itself regardless of energy savings.
Santa is a completely fictitious figure who does not go flying around on Christmas Eve! And NORAD is not tracking a real thing! And anyone, can make up a "track Santa" map application! WTF? If having a "track Santa" map is important to Google, I'm sure they can create just that. This story makes no sense at all.
NORAD has been doing this tracking Santa gimmick annually since the 50's, well before just anyone could make a map app, when a published wrong number caused kids to call them instead of a department store. The base commander who answered the first calls had a sense of humor, liked children, and thought fast enough on his feet to give a "tracking report". It gives people serving in uniform a chance to talk to citizens they're protecting while on duty on a holiday and vice-versa. I suppose you would have yelled at them to stop wasting your time with nonsense?
I've never used them for navigation but Bing maps(furnished by Nokia I believe) have much better aeriel photos. I can see my house from 6 angles on Bing, which is mostly blocked by a large tree on Google. That being said I still use Google maps for pretty much everything else just because I'm used to it.
You know you really need to step away from the computer and get outside more if seeing your own house on the screen makes you so happy!