Exactly. I really don't see why this is such a thing for concern. Honestly, I was more annoyed that I had to have a gmail account set up on facebook (because it was the primary email at the time). So now they've made it so I don't have to. This is one of the few facebook changes that I actually approve of.
I've seen it used in the case where someone's last name already ends in an "s". So instead of saying Waters's, it's acceptable to just say Waters', the second "s" is implied.
When did this come along? I'm sure we had kids with peanut allergies back in my day...but we didn't force everyone else to not be able to bring a PB&J into school.
Probably once someone died from it and the blame fell to schools.
Is taking 5 minutes to read it really asking that much?
Considering that I'm not British, and thus couldn't give less of a damn what laws their government passes, yes, yes it is.
Then... why are you reading this article and comment thread at all? Clearly it means enough for you to post (with neatly spaced out quotes too, which had to have taken some time).
Half of the problem is the ISP which today believes it is their customer's right to do an unlimited amount of damage to other people while they shield the perp's identity.
Law enforcement considers the whole issue to be a civil problem and will not participate in any way so you can forget about the cops as well.
Well, that's not really the case. I worked for an ISP for a few years directly handling subpoena requests. If we received a legit request for customer data, we would turn it over immediately. However, if we didn't require a judge to sign off on each request, we would be giving out sensitive customer information (including addresses and credit card data) to anyone on the street who was savvy enough to grab someone's IP. That could be abused in so many ways it's not even funny. There's a reason ISPs are so close-mouthed about customer data-they can get into a lot of trouble for giving it out to the wrong person.
In fact a few times we actually had someone send us a subpoena request with no judge's signature. We informed them that as much as we wanted to help with their investigation, we couldn't do it unless they could prove a judge authorized it.
And as an aside, the ISP I worked for was very against our customers breaking the law in any way. We had a police officer send us a subpoena request for someone suspected of doing something or another with child porn. The request came too late (ISPs are only required by law to keep records for 90 days), but our CEO got so pissed at the idea that one of our customers was doing this that we spent an entire day doing nothing but trying to find out who was using the IP given. But again, that was for a legit request from a police detective with a judge's signature.
I am curious though, if you feel that the current ISP subpoena system is flawed, what would you do to improve it?
Well then again, if someone simply banned everyone from the UK on a forum, then there would not even be the possibility of harassment on said forum (at least involving people in the UK), now would there? Seems like an elegant enough solution to me. Of course if you're operating inside the UK you're going to be in a bit of a situation there.
That would be amazing, but sadly I've never found a server that goes longer then a few months before refreshing the map (either due to upgrades or because people kept destroying the area around spawn).
haha the title on that article is a perfect example of sensationalist headlines. `"Man Plays Civilisation II For 10 Years, World Disintegrates into 'Nightmare Of Suffering' (PHOTOS)"
In a socialist society, if my neighbor needs something, he'd ask the government to force me to help.
No, not really. In a true socialist society, government would be almost non-existent. Your neighbor would go find someone who would want to help him, not force you to help. It's more of an ideal then something that can actually be implemented. Many of the countries that have attempted to implement socialism in the past have not done it correctly, and it is from them that most people get their flawed idea of what socialism actually is.
I get the feeling that you're trolling here but just in case, let me try to explain to you again what OP is actually saying.
Imagine a world with no piracy. None. A movie comes out. 100 people buy tickets. 10 people either can't afford it or decide it's not worth it. The movie sells 100 tickets.
Imagine a world with piracy. A movie comes out and 100 people buy tickets. 10 people who can't afford it or decide it's not worth paying the ticket price torrent it. The movie sells 100 tickets.
Now, it's true that this is a very simplistic model. There are of course some people who will torrent rather then go to a movie just to stick it to the man, or because they feel like maybe they should save that $10 after all. But they are a minority. Most movie torrents, to be honest, are terrible (and cam rips are worse). I used to torrent, I won't lie, but that was before I got a job. Had I not been able to torrent, I wouldn't have gone to see the movie anyway. Now that I have money, I much prefer seeing the movie in the theater or buying the DVD. I suspect a vast number of pirates are the same (though I have no statistical data to back that up).
Bear in mind, I do agree with you that it's a bit of an "entitled" opinion to have (though a lot of that was given to us by society), but you've completely missed the point of OP's argument.
Not if you consider that "good" is relative. As much as I disagree with them, a large number of people thought that Twilight was a good movie and wanted to see it.
I have no clue, though I , and everyone else here, knows, gamemaker sucks ass
I've found it helpful for rapid prototyping of an idea. But it's at best a teaching program (my college's game design program used it for the lower level classes), not really well suited to any serious game.
Disappear.
This Gamemakerlessness.
'This Gamemakerlessness.'
"This Gamemakerlessness."
This Gamemakerlessness.
This Gamemakerlessness.This Gamemakerlessness.This Gamemakerlessness.
Does anyone understand this? I've been gone from/. for about a week and I am very confused as to what these posts mean. Is this some strange meme I missed?
I honestly hope you don't believe that. Even working 5 jobs at part time (20 hours) you'd be working 100 hours a week. There are 168 hours in a week. Assuming you get a full 8 hours of sleep (which you will NEED, working 5 jobs), that's another 56 hours. That gives you a full 12 hours left a MONTH, most of which you will probably spend going between jobs and changing uniforms. That isn't how people pay back education loans. That's how people become serial killers.
And it's not just as easy as "get 5 jobs". I have a friend who had (until last week) been unemployed for 3 years. She would have loved to work 5 jobs, hell she would have loved one. And it's not that she was unqualified-there is simply no work available, even at fast food places.
You seem to be a little out of touch with the world around you. But then again a lot of people who aren't in this situation are.
There are some people who manage to rack up $70,000 in student loans just getting their Bachelors. Now, they probably made some pretty dumb choices to get to that point (or go to a school that is way out of their class) but someone in that situation (probably with an Arts degree too) is going to owe something like $1000 a month in student loans for the next 20 years (I'm estimating here based on what I pay for the loans I owe). That's not easy when you work at starbucks (the Art degree, remember?). And any serious career requires a Bachelors at this point, not to mention the social pressure kids have been experiencing their whole lives.
Note, I'm not insulting Art majors here. Replace "Art" with whatever you feel to be a useless degree if it offends you.
I think it's kinda funny that almost every single comment on this article so far has been bitching about the frequency and how people can hear it, and not how amazing this is.
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Exactly. I really don't see why this is such a thing for concern. Honestly, I was more annoyed that I had to have a gmail account set up on facebook (because it was the primary email at the time). So now they've made it so I don't have to. This is one of the few facebook changes that I actually approve of.
You can always set up shop in a colocation facility-they tend to be more oriented towards that sort of thing. A bit more expensive though.
Is there actually a decent userbase? Becuase that's honestly the main reason I can't use Google+ either-no one that I really want to talk to uses it.
Idiocracy shows us that isn't quite true...
Aren't we allies to South Korea though? Meaning that we could enter a state of war with NK very easily (ie if they launch an attack on South Korea).
I've seen it used in the case where someone's last name already ends in an "s". So instead of saying Waters's, it's acceptable to just say Waters', the second "s" is implied.
Wow that's a really good idea... Do they actually do this?
When did this come along? I'm sure we had kids with peanut allergies back in my day...but we didn't force everyone else to not be able to bring a PB&J into school.
Probably once someone died from it and the blame fell to schools.
Is taking 5 minutes to read it really asking that much?
Considering that I'm not British, and thus couldn't give less of a damn what laws their government passes, yes, yes it is.
Then... why are you reading this article and comment thread at all? Clearly it means enough for you to post (with neatly spaced out quotes too, which had to have taken some time).
Half of the problem is the ISP which today believes it is their customer's right to do an unlimited amount of damage to other people while they shield the perp's identity.
Law enforcement considers the whole issue to be a civil problem and will not participate in any way so you can forget about the cops as well.
Well, that's not really the case. I worked for an ISP for a few years directly handling subpoena requests. If we received a legit request for customer data, we would turn it over immediately. However, if we didn't require a judge to sign off on each request, we would be giving out sensitive customer information (including addresses and credit card data) to anyone on the street who was savvy enough to grab someone's IP. That could be abused in so many ways it's not even funny. There's a reason ISPs are so close-mouthed about customer data-they can get into a lot of trouble for giving it out to the wrong person.
In fact a few times we actually had someone send us a subpoena request with no judge's signature. We informed them that as much as we wanted to help with their investigation, we couldn't do it unless they could prove a judge authorized it.
And as an aside, the ISP I worked for was very against our customers breaking the law in any way. We had a police officer send us a subpoena request for someone suspected of doing something or another with child porn. The request came too late (ISPs are only required by law to keep records for 90 days), but our CEO got so pissed at the idea that one of our customers was doing this that we spent an entire day doing nothing but trying to find out who was using the IP given. But again, that was for a legit request from a police detective with a judge's signature.
I am curious though, if you feel that the current ISP subpoena system is flawed, what would you do to improve it?
Well then again, if someone simply banned everyone from the UK on a forum, then there would not even be the possibility of harassment on said forum (at least involving people in the UK), now would there? Seems like an elegant enough solution to me. Of course if you're operating inside the UK you're going to be in a bit of a situation there.
There have been times I had stated an unpopular opinion, and have been moderated as a Troll, because they just didn't like what I was saying.
You're talking about /. aren't you?
That would be amazing, but sadly I've never found a server that goes longer then a few months before refreshing the map (either due to upgrades or because people kept destroying the area around spawn).
haha the title on that article is a perfect example of sensationalist headlines.
`"Man Plays Civilisation II For 10 Years, World Disintegrates into 'Nightmare Of Suffering' (PHOTOS)"
In a socialist society, if my neighbor needs something, he'd ask the government to force me to help.
No, not really. In a true socialist society, government would be almost non-existent. Your neighbor would go find someone who would want to help him, not force you to help. It's more of an ideal then something that can actually be implemented. Many of the countries that have attempted to implement socialism in the past have not done it correctly, and it is from them that most people get their flawed idea of what socialism actually is.
I get the feeling that you're trolling here but just in case, let me try to explain to you again what OP is actually saying.
Imagine a world with no piracy. None. A movie comes out. 100 people buy tickets. 10 people either can't afford it or decide it's not worth it. The movie sells 100 tickets.
Imagine a world with piracy. A movie comes out and 100 people buy tickets. 10 people who can't afford it or decide it's not worth paying the ticket price torrent it. The movie sells 100 tickets.
Now, it's true that this is a very simplistic model. There are of course some people who will torrent rather then go to a movie just to stick it to the man, or because they feel like maybe they should save that $10 after all. But they are a minority. Most movie torrents, to be honest, are terrible (and cam rips are worse). I used to torrent, I won't lie, but that was before I got a job. Had I not been able to torrent, I wouldn't have gone to see the movie anyway. Now that I have money, I much prefer seeing the movie in the theater or buying the DVD. I suspect a vast number of pirates are the same (though I have no statistical data to back that up).
Bear in mind, I do agree with you that it's a bit of an "entitled" opinion to have (though a lot of that was given to us by society), but you've completely missed the point of OP's argument.
Not if you consider that "good" is relative. As much as I disagree with them, a large number of people thought that Twilight was a good movie and wanted to see it.
Sounds like business as usual.
I have no clue, though I , and everyone else here, knows, gamemaker sucks ass
I've found it helpful for rapid prototyping of an idea. But it's at best a teaching program (my college's game design program used it for the lower level classes), not really well suited to any serious game.
Disappear. This Gamemakerlessness. 'This Gamemakerlessness.' "This Gamemakerlessness." This Gamemakerlessness. This Gamemakerlessness. This Gamemakerlessness. This Gamemakerlessness.
Does anyone understand this? I've been gone from /. for about a week and I am very confused as to what these posts mean. Is this some strange meme I missed?
Considering how people drive around here I can't see how a driverless car can be any worse...
Work 5 jobs if you have to and repay your debt.
I honestly hope you don't believe that. Even working 5 jobs at part time (20 hours) you'd be working 100 hours a week. There are 168 hours in a week. Assuming you get a full 8 hours of sleep (which you will NEED, working 5 jobs), that's another 56 hours. That gives you a full 12 hours left a MONTH, most of which you will probably spend going between jobs and changing uniforms. That isn't how people pay back education loans. That's how people become serial killers.
And it's not just as easy as "get 5 jobs". I have a friend who had (until last week) been unemployed for 3 years. She would have loved to work 5 jobs, hell she would have loved one. And it's not that she was unqualified-there is simply no work available, even at fast food places.
You seem to be a little out of touch with the world around you. But then again a lot of people who aren't in this situation are.
There are some people who manage to rack up $70,000 in student loans just getting their Bachelors. Now, they probably made some pretty dumb choices to get to that point (or go to a school that is way out of their class) but someone in that situation (probably with an Arts degree too) is going to owe something like $1000 a month in student loans for the next 20 years (I'm estimating here based on what I pay for the loans I owe). That's not easy when you work at starbucks (the Art degree, remember?). And any serious career requires a Bachelors at this point, not to mention the social pressure kids have been experiencing their whole lives.
Note, I'm not insulting Art majors here. Replace "Art" with whatever you feel to be a useless degree if it offends you.
I think it's kinda funny that almost every single comment on this article so far has been bitching about the frequency and how people can hear it, and not how amazing this is.
During party mode too....