The creed behind the law should be that there should be full cooperation when someone has a suspect and a reasonable assumption that this suspect is actually a criminal, but zero support for any measures that aim for blanket surveillance of people "just because".
Lying is not easy, though. It takes a bit more work than stating the truth. I noticed that people generally do not enjoy being lied to. They tend to think that it is dishonest or something, so the primary goal when you tell a lie is that the other side not only believes it now but keeps believing it, at least as long as you need to deal with them.
This means that you might have to ensure that the lie can be perpetuated, and you have to care for it. You can't just release a lie to the world and expect it to survive!
I'm in the fortunate situation that it's virtually impossible to pay me less than I actually need (my combination of skills is kinda rare and quite popular...), so my demand is usually a mix of how interesting the position appears and how much compensation for mental anguish I factor into it.:)
What does someone do who is a die-hard fan that wants the game more than anything? Preorder. Without even knowing what DRM the game will have or if at all. Because he doesn't give a shit. I wanna, shut up and take my money!
Anyone who gets convinced by reviews and information from peers will get that information a few days after release. When the crack is already available. So if this person so pleases, he can get the cracked version instead.
So tell me again, who does that DRM keep from getting the cracked version? Yes, it's true that most sales happen in the first few days. But not because of DRM but because of fanboys who preordered.
Technically, no. Charlie isn't Bob, but Bob is living in Charlie's apartment. Bob may try to lock some doors, but Charlie can make Bob hand the keys over.
A casual gamer will go to steam, click "buy it", click "finish and install" and play it. Not because it's honest, not because it's the right thing, not because he doesn't know about the crack but simply because it's easier and he doesn't give a shit about the 5 bucks the game costs.
Honestly, the only time I actually notice a game has DRM is when the damn crap keeps me from playing because the "you have to be online all the time" servers are unreachable again. Which is coincidentally also the only time when I have to fire up IDA anymore...
So we have a device of someone that we suspect to be a criminal, now aid us to access it.
That is something we can actually work with. Provided there is oversight and it's not "we probably have (population count) terrorists in our country, let's find out how to up the surveillance so we can track them all!"
From "how much did you earn at X" to "how much do you expect to earn here?"
And you can't outlaw the latter question. After all, your employer needs to know what you expect to get in return for your work. So be prepared for the negotiation game.
IIRC they changed it about 1.5 or 2 years ago so all vehicles had the same speed, based on your character level rather than the vehicle.
And yes, I consider saber crystals and vehicle skin cosmetic. Pay for your black-tinged-swirly-purple-and-green laser sword if the red one isn't fancy enough for you.
Problem is that even that works better if they "like" you more. With some of the not-mandatory-but-effectively-mandatory story arcs and daily (or whatever frequency) quests, you simply could run them faster with pets that like you.
Odd. I haven't. And you'd think I'd be one of the first people to know something like this, considering I'm responsible for the security of a number of them...
Those fuckin' Russkies want to play hardball, find our government trojans and report them to the users and don't let us install backdoors in their software!
Well, "the best"... KAV is one of the top AV solutions out there right now, but there's quite a few good products to choose from if you're really convinced you don't want KAV in your life.
Doomed? Just because the US goes apeshit? Please. The US is a pretty big market, all right, but the rest of the world is plenty enough to keep an antivirus company afloat.
I've taken a look and so far, I cannot find any non-US sources (or at least none that aren't VERY US-friendly, to put it mildly) that even talk about it.
It this like Creationism? Yet another thing the US goes apeshit over that nobody else with half a brain takes seriously?
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The creed behind the law should be that there should be full cooperation when someone has a suspect and a reasonable assumption that this suspect is actually a criminal, but zero support for any measures that aim for blanket surveillance of people "just because".
Lying is not easy, though. It takes a bit more work than stating the truth. I noticed that people generally do not enjoy being lied to. They tend to think that it is dishonest or something, so the primary goal when you tell a lie is that the other side not only believes it now but keeps believing it, at least as long as you need to deal with them.
This means that you might have to ensure that the lie can be perpetuated, and you have to care for it. You can't just release a lie to the world and expect it to survive!
I'm in the fortunate situation that it's virtually impossible to pay me less than I actually need (my combination of skills is kinda rare and quite popular...), so my demand is usually a mix of how interesting the position appears and how much compensation for mental anguish I factor into it. :)
That shit again? Please.
What does someone do who is a die-hard fan that wants the game more than anything? Preorder. Without even knowing what DRM the game will have or if at all. Because he doesn't give a shit. I wanna, shut up and take my money!
Anyone who gets convinced by reviews and information from peers will get that information a few days after release. When the crack is already available. So if this person so pleases, he can get the cracked version instead.
So tell me again, who does that DRM keep from getting the cracked version? Yes, it's true that most sales happen in the first few days. But not because of DRM but because of fanboys who preordered.
Technically, no. Charlie isn't Bob, but Bob is living in Charlie's apartment. Bob may try to lock some doors, but Charlie can make Bob hand the keys over.
A casual gamer will go to steam, click "buy it", click "finish and install" and play it. Not because it's honest, not because it's the right thing, not because he doesn't know about the crack but simply because it's easier and he doesn't give a shit about the 5 bucks the game costs.
Honestly, the only time I actually notice a game has DRM is when the damn crap keeps me from playing because the "you have to be online all the time" servers are unreachable again. Which is coincidentally also the only time when I have to fire up IDA anymore...
They often don't care about patches or DLC unless it's a major game.
Problem for the game makers: Neither do gamers.
I admire the honesty of people. I'd simply lie to their face.
In the end, what he or she expects to make is based on what he or she made at the former job, so the whole point is kinda moot.
So we have a device of someone that we suspect to be a criminal, now aid us to access it.
That is something we can actually work with. Provided there is oversight and it's not "we probably have (population count) terrorists in our country, let's find out how to up the surveillance so we can track them all!"
From "how much did you earn at X" to "how much do you expect to earn here?"
And you can't outlaw the latter question. After all, your employer needs to know what you expect to get in return for your work. So be prepared for the negotiation game.
Any time. My salary at $employer was $what_employer_paid+$x
With $x being dependent on how much you actually piss me off asking that question, but rest assured, it will be positive.
IIRC they changed it about 1.5 or 2 years ago so all vehicles had the same speed, based on your character level rather than the vehicle.
And yes, I consider saber crystals and vehicle skin cosmetic. Pay for your black-tinged-swirly-purple-and-green laser sword if the red one isn't fancy enough for you.
Problem is that even that works better if they "like" you more. With some of the not-mandatory-but-effectively-mandatory story arcs and daily (or whatever frequency) quests, you simply could run them faster with pets that like you.
So I can only decide whether I want the US or the Russians to snoop through my stuff?
I'll take the Russians. Given their corruption and inefficiency with pretty much everything, my chances are better.
Odd. I haven't. And you'd think I'd be one of the first people to know something like this, considering I'm responsible for the security of a number of them...
Those fuckin' Russkies want to play hardball, find our government trojans and report them to the users and don't let us install backdoors in their software!
Well, "the best"... KAV is one of the top AV solutions out there right now, but there's quite a few good products to choose from if you're really convinced you don't want KAV in your life.
Doomed? Just because the US goes apeshit? Please. The US is a pretty big market, all right, but the rest of the world is plenty enough to keep an antivirus company afloat.
I've taken a look and so far, I cannot find any non-US sources (or at least none that aren't VERY US-friendly, to put it mildly) that even talk about it.
It this like Creationism? Yet another thing the US goes apeshit over that nobody else with half a brain takes seriously?
Then screw it.
If you need me, I'm browsing my Steam suggestions for something worth playing.
I give it one generation until nobody wants this to be NEAR them anymore, given the amount of helicopter parents already going on their kids' nerves.
I can't wait for "Alexa, kill that fucker!" to work.
I'd actually buy one if it does!
"Damn snitch" is not an option?
Too close to reality?
Well, they can use Whatsapp and Telegram and you can use instagram on them, and they can connect to Facebook.
And I heard that the next iPhone is gonna get some kind of voice communication too!