There is no replacement for gaming on a big screen. I'll admit that a laptop can feed a big screen pretty well, but a big CPU/GPU combo can do a lot more. This is not a specialized application.
Using a service like Dropbox (which uses S3) that fully encrypts (SSL) all transactions both ways AND encrypts everything stored on their servers is a very safe way to go and I would argue it is safer than the overwhelming majority of computing devices out there. Most people don't think security and with something like that you get it for free and still don't have to think about it.
Availability of Internet access is almost a moot point these days, especially if you have a data ready phone.
As for "safety", I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Share any piece of data with anyone and you've lost your safety as far as that data goes. If it touches the Internet then you have no idea where the information is going. You gain a certain level of safety with proper use of encryption but even that isn't guaranteed for long.
I highly doubt desktops will die within 20 years (at least). People have been publicizing the death of books for decades and they'll still be around long after everyone currently reading Slashdot dies. Sometimes you just want to sit across a room and look at a big screen instead of sitting there fiddling with a little screen. Not everyone wants to stare at a tiny screen for hours. Seriously.
The arrogance of which I speak is the assumption that the US laws are better before any attempt at understanding laws from other countries. Ignorance is acceptable (and often encouraged) in the US today so long as one is displaying national pride, or so it seems.
I realize that sentiment is nearly universal, but it is the manner in which Americans (and our leadership) tend to flaunt it that makes me so upset. I strongly believe the founding fathers of the US would hang their heads in shame because of what we have become. We have become the very bullies they fought to free use from so many years ago.
Sorry, I was getting a little jumpy there. Agreed, full disclosure from both sides serves everyone best. Chances are very good that the hackers already know about the issue long before the public does anyway. I would bet even some researchers feed the hacker network as well as people from Microsoft and other companies. Likely neither would admit as such, though.
All too often the problem is that they HAVE notified Microsoft and even months later Microsoft hasn't done anything to fix the problem. How long do you wait around and watch inaction before you become a "complete jerk" and report the issue to the public? Keep in mind that the hackers likely already know about the issue long before the public does. A company keeping their head in the sand over an issue does not mean others cannot see the problem.
It is not that other countries are saying their laws are worse than the US laws, it is the US saying theirs are better than everyone else. The sooner the US realizes it isn't alone in the world the better the world will be. The sooner the US realizes it isn't at the top of the totem pole for every issue the better the world will be. This blind arrogance needs to stop.
Or you just brought bottled water from wherever it is you want them to believe you were while you were away. Obviously, this water stuff can't be used conclusively on its own.
My point was that your ability for further litigation should not be determined by you opting out of a class action suit. Instead it should be determined by you opting in.
In other words, no assumption should be made that you desire to feed the machine by automatically opting in and therefore losing further rights to litigate.
I was not attempting to make an opinion one way or the other about class action lawsuits in general or this specific one.
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Rule 34 :p
There is no replacement for gaming on a big screen. I'll admit that a laptop can feed a big screen pretty well, but a big CPU/GPU combo can do a lot more. This is not a specialized application.
I have and use one, mostly in the car... but I'm anti-social, so what do I care? :p
Incoming conspiracy theory in 3, 2, 1...
Your imagination is your own... ;)
Answer: Aunt Flo was rigid.
Using a service like Dropbox (which uses S3) that fully encrypts (SSL) all transactions both ways AND encrypts everything stored on their servers is a very safe way to go and I would argue it is safer than the overwhelming majority of computing devices out there. Most people don't think security and with something like that you get it for free and still don't have to think about it.
Availability of Internet access is almost a moot point these days, especially if you have a data ready phone.
As for "safety", I'm not entirely sure what you mean. Share any piece of data with anyone and you've lost your safety as far as that data goes. If it touches the Internet then you have no idea where the information is going. You gain a certain level of safety with proper use of encryption but even that isn't guaranteed for long.
I highly doubt desktops will die within 20 years (at least). People have been publicizing the death of books for decades and they'll still be around long after everyone currently reading Slashdot dies. Sometimes you just want to sit across a room and look at a big screen instead of sitting there fiddling with a little screen. Not everyone wants to stare at a tiny screen for hours. Seriously.
Windows Viagra, I mean Windows 8, is just around the corner...
Undoubtedly there are techs at Apple that will be hitting the hard cider tonight...
*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*
I'm kidding, but you bring up a very serious point that I've witnessed over and over again. Someone at Blizzard did not think this one through at all.
I think the only positive thing Blizzard will get from this is less traffic on their official forums.
A CC isn't the only way to buy game time...
The arrogance of which I speak is the assumption that the US laws are better before any attempt at understanding laws from other countries. Ignorance is acceptable (and often encouraged) in the US today so long as one is displaying national pride, or so it seems.
I realize that sentiment is nearly universal, but it is the manner in which Americans (and our leadership) tend to flaunt it that makes me so upset. I strongly believe the founding fathers of the US would hang their heads in shame because of what we have become. We have become the very bullies they fought to free use from so many years ago.
Sorry, I was getting a little jumpy there. Agreed, full disclosure from both sides serves everyone best. Chances are very good that the hackers already know about the issue long before the public does anyway. I would bet even some researchers feed the hacker network as well as people from Microsoft and other companies. Likely neither would admit as such, though.
All too often the problem is that they HAVE notified Microsoft and even months later Microsoft hasn't done anything to fix the problem. How long do you wait around and watch inaction before you become a "complete jerk" and report the issue to the public? Keep in mind that the hackers likely already know about the issue long before the public does. A company keeping their head in the sand over an issue does not mean others cannot see the problem.
It is not that other countries are saying their laws are worse than the US laws, it is the US saying theirs are better than everyone else. The sooner the US realizes it isn't alone in the world the better the world will be. The sooner the US realizes it isn't at the top of the totem pole for every issue the better the world will be. This blind arrogance needs to stop.
You think wasting a vote for someone you know will constantly infuriate you is a better solution?
Sucks if you're tone deaf then? :p
You have The Terminator governing over there, too!?
I was tempted to mod this redundant. :p
Or you just brought bottled water from wherever it is you want them to believe you were while you were away. Obviously, this water stuff can't be used conclusively on its own.
That would depend on your definition of useful and which side of the leak you are on... ;)
My point was that your ability for further litigation should not be determined by you opting out of a class action suit. Instead it should be determined by you opting in.
In other words, no assumption should be made that you desire to feed the machine by automatically opting in and therefore losing further rights to litigate.
I was not attempting to make an opinion one way or the other about class action lawsuits in general or this specific one.
That too.
Exactly. In my own defense, I very rarely get this wrong so I can only claim temporary lingual insanity.