Replying to myself... but just wanted to add, "and you live in Germany" as one of the conditions to breaking the law. Obviously if you aren't in the country, its laws don't apply (or at least have jurisdiction).
Its taken some getting used to, but I am starting to like the no grenade thing in TF2. There's a little more strategy involved, especially when it comes to a well placed turret. They used to be fairly simple to take out, but not any more.
For those of us that pre-ordered, at least we've had the pleasure of Team Fortress 2. Its not perfect, but I'm quite happy with it. Of course I haven't had the crashes that a lot of people have been having. That being said, I can't wait to try Portal. Episode 2 I'm sure will be interesting, but for me, won't be more than a passing bit of entertainment when I grow bored of TF2 and Portal.
Every business still needs to charge its customers PST if they are selling in province. So if I'm in BC, and buy from NCIX, I have to pay PST. If I'm out of province, I don't. This is true across the country.
Yes, in fact there are 33 million (or so) of us. And yes, our dollar is worth almost as much, or more than the USD currently. We don't say "eh" at the end of ever sentence, and we do have a military, but we focus on peace keeping, not peace making.
It was a bit of a slap in the face. From one point of view, people without HL2 are getting more benefit. That being said, I did purchase the Orange Box and am loving the beta of TF2. I'm anxiously awaiting Portal as well, but $45 for TF2 is not an outrageous price, and bundled with two other games (okay, one is an episode), just makes it that much better.
For some, that may be too steep for what's included. That's fine. Heck, even some people who've paid are having issues with lockups, though last nights patch will hopefully have cleared up some of that.
The way to deal with bulling in schools is in my view is very simple. The punishment should be swift, harsh and feared. They should be charged with assault or harassment in a full criminal court and ordered to do a suitable amount of community service. Failure to comply should immediately mean jail-time which should be served in school holidays.
I'm not sure of the extent of the punishment, but otherwise that's pretty much what we have. Any act of bullying means an immediate call to the police. Any bystanders that did not report it to the proper authorities (and those include the teachers) are also guilty.
I was quite happy to see this bylaw get passed. As a victim of bullies for years (until I had no choice but to fight back), I was happy to see that my son (just about 2 years old) shouldn't have to deal with the same things I did.
Sure he came up with a nice hack. The fact that he sold that hack to people he obviously knew were going to do bad things with it is what concerns me. I work in IT security. My job requires a criminal record check. If I was looking for new people, and saw that one of my applicants did something like this, his resume immediately goes to recycling. He may be brilliant, but I can't trust him. And when you're talking about your IT security staff, if you can't trust them, you're in a lot of trouble.
Its a little more complicated than you make it out to be. "Black hats" should never be offered a job by a company that gives a damn about its reputation. You don't reward people for committing crimes. Secondly, you don't have to be a black hat to look for security holes, and you don't have to look for security holes in other peoples' things.
Brown was facing 10 counts of felony offenses, including grand theft, computer crime and trafficking in counterfeit products. In August, Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of counterfeit trafficking and today received a one-year sentence, the first 90 days to be spent in prison and the rest in work furlough. He was also given five years probation and a fine of $100,000, and will be required to pay $10,000 in restitution to the ESA.
Which sounds to me like its for selling pirated copies of games. I don't see an issue here. Don't sell copies of games, and you've got a lot less (or maybe nothing at all) to worry about.
Show me something with some substance that says we're going to run out of oil in Canada anytime in the near future. Remember, Saskatchewan has barely started development of its northern oil sands, and then there's a big find in SE Saskatchewan as well. Sure, there's a lot going on up north, but they are no where near exhausting the supplies... hell they're still expanding the projects because there is so much supply.
The thing I worry about, is, regardless of which government or group is working on it is this, if this is what they're releasing to the public, how much farther ahead are they behind closed doors.
Yeah, because its wrong to think that as a loyal customer for years, I could actually expect something more than someone just walking in the door, so to speak. Don't get me wrong, the price is not the issue, and they could arbitrarily set the individual prices to anything anyways. The point is, a new customer is getting more benefit than an existing customer (that being HL2 and Ep1). I already have HL2, so giving a gift to give away, really isn't any value to me. I'd rather have seen a $5 or $10 off for people who already have those products.
You purchased a LICENSE to run the game on one machine. Yes, you can run it at different times one different machines (I believe), but you can't run it on tow different machines at the same time. As for your issues, have you tried reinstalling? I had a similar problem with DoD: Source (as did a friend). Uninstalled the steam client, deleted registry.blob, reisntalled steam, and things were great. Didn't even have to reinstall Steam. Its happened before, and I found the solution on the forums. A 5 minute fix.
Part of me still thinks the TF2 release will somehow manage to get foiled again. I mean, I remember seeing screenshots for TF2 about 6-5 years ago with a vid detailing what the new sentry gun was like. Then more recently there was some hype before HL2 was even released that showed TF2 in production as more of a military game, the trailer had some tanks and the engi held an MP5 and such. So, now that I've had my hopes up a couple times now for this, it's hard to believe TF2 is finally here...and cel shaded. But, I can't imagine what huge event could stop the release this time (massive climate shift?).
I'm kind of holding my breath as well, but this time we are a lot closer to the release date (well, the beta release date). I don't want to jinx it, but at least this isn't months before they expect to have something, this is less than a week. And unlike when HL2 was released, and other delays, I haven't done any upgrades to my computer lately
Since when do you offer support to beta testers, other than typically informal, forum type support? That's all I would expect from this. As far as allowing people to beta test, why not? Other than the forums may get overwhelmed with posts if there are issues. Its not like Valve will be the only ones running servers.
What I'm upset about, is that as a loyal Valve customer for years, I'm actually being treated worse than someone who has never owned the game before.
If you only have 64MB of ram, that's 2.56MB... great! If you have 4GB thats 160MB, which is awful. Giving percentages as your only measurement is pretty much useless.
* Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now"
So? That makes it bad?
Generally, if I put comments in code like that, it means that I'm doing something the wrong way, or at least not the best way, and its a temporary thing to get past a hurdle and the code is not meant for production. I assume that's the case here.
* Converters will substitute arbitrary, favorable readings for the measured device if the measurement is out of range
I don't know what "favorable" means here, but I get the impression that it uses the floor or ceiling value of the actual value is out of range... and that it signals an error if there are too many such values.
Yes, that's exactly what it does, and that is the wrong way to do things. If you detect an out of range value, then report that, don't put it "in range" and give no indication that something is wrong.
* The software takes an airflow measurement at power-up, and presumes this value is the "zero line" or baseline measurement for subsequent calculations. No quality check or reasonableness test is done on this measurement
So they assume no one is breathing into it while turning it on. While I wouldn't object to adding a "reasonableness test", in what situation is this going to be a bad assumption?
Suppose that the officer turns the device on right in front of the suspected driver. The device picks up his breath and puts baseline significantly higher than it should be. Then when the suspect does blow, the reading is way out of whack.
Yes, the FDA and FAA tests may be overkill for such a device, but its painfully obvious that this thing hasn't even gone through the most rudimentary logic checks, let alone proper unit testing.
I'll agree with you up until his final point: PS People who drink and get into accidents should be prosecuted as if they had reckless intent.
Which I happen to agree with.
Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now"
Converters will substitute arbitrary, favorable readings for the measured device if the measurement is out of range
The software takes an airflow measurement at power-up, and presumes this value is the "zero line" or baseline measurement for subsequent calculations. No quality check or reasonableness test is done on this measurement
It would fail software standards for the (FAA) and (FDA), as well as commercial standards used in devices for public safety
As to blocking my car in the parking lot, that sounds pretty much like the textbook definition of unlawful detention / kidnapping. Maybe a call to the FBI is in order.
IANAL. Assuming (and I realize its a big assumption) they had probable cause to suspect he had stolen something, then they can place a person under citizen's arrest, and detain that person until the authorities arrive. That's the ONLY thing these loss prevention schmucks can do, hold you until the police arrive, and only by placing you under citizen's arrest. If they touch you without saying that, then its fair game to defend yourself.
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Replying to myself... but just wanted to add, "and you live in Germany" as one of the conditions to breaking the law. Obviously if you aren't in the country, its laws don't apply (or at least have jurisdiction).
Sorry, but federal law trumps you. If this is the law in Germany, and you're breaking it, you're committing a crime.
Its taken some getting used to, but I am starting to like the no grenade thing in TF2. There's a little more strategy involved, especially when it comes to a well placed turret. They used to be fairly simple to take out, but not any more.
For those of us that pre-ordered, at least we've had the pleasure of Team Fortress 2. Its not perfect, but I'm quite happy with it. Of course I haven't had the crashes that a lot of people have been having. That being said, I can't wait to try Portal. Episode 2 I'm sure will be interesting, but for me, won't be more than a passing bit of entertainment when I grow bored of TF2 and Portal.
You can really expect a business in one province to calculate and collect taxes for another province though. For one, there's no jurisdiction.
Every business still needs to charge its customers PST if they are selling in province. So if I'm in BC, and buy from NCIX, I have to pay PST. If I'm out of province, I don't. This is true across the country.
Yes, in fact there are 33 million (or so) of us. And yes, our dollar is worth almost as much, or more than the USD currently. We don't say "eh" at the end of ever sentence, and we do have a military, but we focus on peace keeping, not peace making.
It was a bit of a slap in the face. From one point of view, people without HL2 are getting more benefit. That being said, I did purchase the Orange Box and am loving the beta of TF2. I'm anxiously awaiting Portal as well, but $45 for TF2 is not an outrageous price, and bundled with two other games (okay, one is an episode), just makes it that much better.
For some, that may be too steep for what's included. That's fine. Heck, even some people who've paid are having issues with lockups, though last nights patch will hopefully have cleared up some of that.
The way to deal with bulling in schools is in my view is very simple. The punishment should be swift, harsh and feared. They should be charged with assault or harassment in a full criminal court and ordered to do a suitable amount of community service. Failure to comply should immediately mean jail-time which should be served in school holidays.
I'm not sure of the extent of the punishment, but otherwise that's pretty much what we have. Any act of bullying means an immediate call to the police. Any bystanders that did not report it to the proper authorities (and those include the teachers) are also guilty.
I was quite happy to see this bylaw get passed. As a victim of bullies for years (until I had no choice but to fight back), I was happy to see that my son (just about 2 years old) shouldn't have to deal with the same things I did.
So, don't use gmail, don't use google for your search, and don't turn this feature on... it is off by default.
Sure he came up with a nice hack. The fact that he sold that hack to people he obviously knew were going to do bad things with it is what concerns me. I work in IT security. My job requires a criminal record check. If I was looking for new people, and saw that one of my applicants did something like this, his resume immediately goes to recycling. He may be brilliant, but I can't trust him. And when you're talking about your IT security staff, if you can't trust them, you're in a lot of trouble.
Its a little more complicated than you make it out to be. "Black hats" should never be offered a job by a company that gives a damn about its reputation. You don't reward people for committing crimes. Secondly, you don't have to be a black hat to look for security holes, and you don't have to look for security holes in other peoples' things.
Brown was facing 10 counts of felony offenses, including grand theft, computer crime and trafficking in counterfeit products. In August, Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of counterfeit trafficking and today received a one-year sentence, the first 90 days to be spent in prison and the rest in work furlough. He was also given five years probation and a fine of $100,000, and will be required to pay $10,000 in restitution to the ESA.
Which sounds to me like its for selling pirated copies of games. I don't see an issue here. Don't sell copies of games, and you've got a lot less (or maybe nothing at all) to worry about.Replying to myself, but figured I should provide a source:
"At rate of production projected for 2015, about 3 million barrels per day, the Athabasca oil sands reserves would last over 400 years."
Thats from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athabasca_Tar_Sands
We're not going to run out of oil in Canada for a LONG time.
Show me something with some substance that says we're going to run out of oil in Canada anytime in the near future. Remember, Saskatchewan has barely started development of its northern oil sands, and then there's a big find in SE Saskatchewan as well. Sure, there's a lot going on up north, but they are no where near exhausting the supplies... hell they're still expanding the projects because there is so much supply.
The thing I worry about, is, regardless of which government or group is working on it is this, if this is what they're releasing to the public, how much farther ahead are they behind closed doors.
Yeah, because its wrong to think that as a loyal customer for years, I could actually expect something more than someone just walking in the door, so to speak. Don't get me wrong, the price is not the issue, and they could arbitrarily set the individual prices to anything anyways. The point is, a new customer is getting more benefit than an existing customer (that being HL2 and Ep1). I already have HL2, so giving a gift to give away, really isn't any value to me. I'd rather have seen a $5 or $10 off for people who already have those products.
You purchased a LICENSE to run the game on one machine. Yes, you can run it at different times one different machines (I believe), but you can't run it on tow different machines at the same time. As for your issues, have you tried reinstalling? I had a similar problem with DoD: Source (as did a friend). Uninstalled the steam client, deleted registry.blob, reisntalled steam, and things were great. Didn't even have to reinstall Steam. Its happened before, and I found the solution on the forums. A 5 minute fix.
Part of me still thinks the TF2 release will somehow manage to get foiled again. I mean, I remember seeing screenshots for TF2 about 6-5 years ago with a vid detailing what the new sentry gun was like. Then more recently there was some hype before HL2 was even released that showed TF2 in production as more of a military game, the trailer had some tanks and the engi held an MP5 and such. So, now that I've had my hopes up a couple times now for this, it's hard to believe TF2 is finally here...and cel shaded. But, I can't imagine what huge event could stop the release this time (massive climate shift?).
I'm kind of holding my breath as well, but this time we are a lot closer to the release date (well, the beta release date). I don't want to jinx it, but at least this isn't months before they expect to have something, this is less than a week. And unlike when HL2 was released, and other delays, I haven't done any upgrades to my computer lately
Since when do you offer support to beta testers, other than typically informal, forum type support? That's all I would expect from this. As far as allowing people to beta test, why not? Other than the forums may get overwhelmed with posts if there are issues. Its not like Valve will be the only ones running servers.
What I'm upset about, is that as a loyal Valve customer for years, I'm actually being treated worse than someone who has never owned the game before.
If you only have 64MB of ram, that's 2.56MB... great! If you have 4GB thats 160MB, which is awful. Giving percentages as your only measurement is pretty much useless.
* Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now" So? That makes it bad?
Generally, if I put comments in code like that, it means that I'm doing something the wrong way, or at least not the best way, and its a temporary thing to get past a hurdle and the code is not meant for production. I assume that's the case here.
* Converters will substitute arbitrary, favorable readings for the measured device if the measurement is out of range I don't know what "favorable" means here, but I get the impression that it uses the floor or ceiling value of the actual value is out of range... and that it signals an error if there are too many such values.
Yes, that's exactly what it does, and that is the wrong way to do things. If you detect an out of range value, then report that, don't put it "in range" and give no indication that something is wrong.
* The software takes an airflow measurement at power-up, and presumes this value is the "zero line" or baseline measurement for subsequent calculations. No quality check or reasonableness test is done on this measurement So they assume no one is breathing into it while turning it on. While I wouldn't object to adding a "reasonableness test", in what situation is this going to be a bad assumption?
Suppose that the officer turns the device on right in front of the suspected driver. The device picks up his breath and puts baseline significantly higher than it should be. Then when the suspect does blow, the reading is way out of whack.
Yes, the FDA and FAA tests may be overkill for such a device, but its painfully obvious that this thing hasn't even gone through the most rudimentary logic checks, let alone proper unit testing.
I'll agree with you up until his final point:
PS People who drink and get into accidents should be prosecuted as if they had reckless intent.
Which I happen to agree with.
- Several sections are marked as "temporary, for now"
- Converters will substitute arbitrary, favorable readings for the measured device if the measurement is out of range
- The software takes an airflow measurement at power-up, and presumes this value is the "zero line" or baseline measurement for subsequent calculations. No quality check or reasonableness test is done on this measurement
- It would fail software standards for the (FAA) and (FDA), as well as commercial standards used in devices for public safety
What is this thing, alpha?As to blocking my car in the parking lot, that sounds pretty much like the textbook definition of unlawful detention / kidnapping. Maybe a call to the FBI is in order.
IANAL. Assuming (and I realize its a big assumption) they had probable cause to suspect he had stolen something, then they can place a person under citizen's arrest, and detain that person until the authorities arrive. That's the ONLY thing these loss prevention schmucks can do, hold you until the police arrive, and only by placing you under citizen's arrest. If they touch you without saying that, then its fair game to defend yourself.