I would hope you are the only one mystified by it.
The reason for the stew's popularity? He did what so many of us would like to do when the rude people win. Tell them off and get the last word.
As a frequent traveler, I won't condemn him/ however, I will say that his actions, although excessive and illegal, are indicative of a reaction to the change in attitude toward others I have seen while traveling. Most, but not all, passengers on flights ignore the stews all flight except when they want something from the stews. Meanwhile they put up with rude people who feel that what they want and need is more important than anyone elses needs on the flight, no matter what.
The stew was hit in the head because someone opend a overhead bin into his head. When confronted and asked to apologize the person in question refused. Common courtesy and manners says apologize, but the attitudes I see these days says that they should tell the stew where to go.
Is it too much to ask that we go back to treating each other the way we want to be treated?
I have read most of the replies thus far and they are all talking about the experience level, safety record, and knowledge pool existing at NASA.
Did nobody catch the irony of a FEDERAL panel claiming that switching to private alternatives would be "...unwise and probably not cost-effective." Since when is the federal government cost effective? They spend our money like they can always print more.
Ok, they do print the money, but my point is that a federal panel claiming that the government would be more cost effective than private business is like the con man claiming he can save you money, neither is true.
as long as sentence diagraming in English class gets dropped first. I write most of my notes in a kludgy mix of print and cursive as it is, but I have yet to find a use for all that time the english teacher made me spend diagraming out sentences.
I, for one, thought the article was good for giving us a look into the future of the tech. Based on teh way things are rapid prototyped and built these days I would expect to see something like this hit the markets in 5-7 years, and the price become reasonable with 2-3 years after that. 10 years to a cheap and cost efficient power source is not bad.
On his homegroup, Bob wants to share certain documents with his wife but not with his kids. Simply by specifying his wifeâ(TM)s Windows Live ID user name, Bob can give his wife exclusive permission to access documents on his computer.
Shortly thereafter Bob's wife files for divorce because he mistakenly included all his special pron files in the access permissions.
How and why are these stupid pictures being posted? Did someone forget that this is supposed to be, well, not lame? News? Nerds? Any of that ring a bell?
Ash, thanks for the great post, it saves me the work, and is really nice to hear how the big boys do it.
I have run commercial LAN parties for many years, none as big as Quakecon, and the first requirement for entry is signing a waiver that says you are responsible for your stuff and anything that happens to it, as well as your actions during the party. If you aren't old enough we require you and your legal guardian sign it.
In 10 years we have never had a problem with theft or damage of another person's gear.
Mostly our problems have been with the younger teens that can't handle losing and start smashing their own gear in frustration. Them and cheaters are the biggest non-network related problems you will most likely face.
Use the waiver that Ash mentions above and make sure EVERYONE signs it BEFORE they get in. No sign, no enter. PERIOD.
Running a party is a lot of work, but it can be a VERY satisfying experience as well.
... you are enjoying your work. A wise man once said "Do what you love and you will never work another day in your life."
I am in the process of changing careers from IT for much the same reason. Our stress levels are much higher, as are our caffeine levels, due to the nature of our industry. The hours are rough and we really don't get paid for all that time worked.
My change is taking place in a staged process because I have to continue the income to support my family while doing this. My family supports me in this because ultimately it means I am happier and we spend more time together. They, and I, know that this will take several years while I switch and we plan accordingly for vacations and other events.
If you aren't happy, examine what the source of that displeasure is and make plans to correct that.
I browse Slashdot, of course, and also other news sites. I also will work on personal stuff and read webcomics. But I don't much in the way of downtime usually so this is a rarity anyway.
As a person who spent quite a few years as a consultant and listed as a "Jack of All Trades" I have to agree with the previous poster. As much work as it can be, tailor your resume to fit their req and then list other skills as needed. For some reason corporate america wants to pigeon hole people and then climb on their case for not learning a variety of knowledge.
I spent 14 years on the server hardware and OS side of the house, but also learning things like web servers, email servers, SNA, Citrix, VMWare. All that it got me was a tough time getting a new contract when the last one was ending because my list of knowledge made it seem like I was either over qualified, under qualified, or bragging because I couldn't possibly have that much experience in all those areas.
I finally took a job that underpaid and worked my way up in the company. Then I transfered into a new department to learn that area. My past experience suddenly paid off for them because I could talk the talk the talk with the server teams and keep our department aware of what was coming when the staff couldn't understand what the server team was talking about. It took my bosses some time to realize the value that provides, and now I am being called on to sit in on meetings that involve both sides of the house.
Do what it takes and keep your eyes on your goals, but be willing to undersell some of your skills to get in the door and then dazzle them with how much you really do know.
A better headline would read " Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM dump" That would have made a lot more sense, and keep the kneejerks to a minimum.
OK, I have been playing for over a year, and seen a lot of changes since then. I know that there are a lot of players out there that love the Arenas, and are very serious about their time in there. But honestly, I did not see this coming.
It does make sense though. Anytime you have a group of gamers together they naturally want to compete and prove who is better. The Arenas give them that venue. Having pro sponsors is even more likely when you consider that Blizzard is already running a tournament to find out who is the best in the Arenas as it is.
I say good for them. If they can find someone to sponsor them, go for it. Although I think it might be harder to have the sponsor's name out there since we are limited in the way we name things.
"You can participate in long, epic PvP struggles." = "Sorry, capture the flag on the same map a zillion times is not a "long and epic PvP struggle"
Personally, I have been on those long epic PvP struggles. I led a guild who caused one of the first major PvP wars on the Twisting Nether server. There were 120+ players on each side fighting in the Southshore/Tarren Mill area, outside of the Battlegrounds. The lag was high at times due to the numbers of players, but the level of fun was even higher. I know from personal experience that you can successfully run PvP raids without going into the organized BGs for the points.
Personally I am not excited to play the Battlegrounds. After the 2.0 patch most people I know were grinding Honor in the BGs and insisting that I should as well. Meanwhile I was out there in the regular areas working on questing and grinding rep and killing Horde as I encountered them. I don't have the Honor points they have or the equipment they have now, but I have a lot more quests done and more rep since they were all busy in the BGs leaving me less people to contend with for resources. Oh yeah, I still have great gear and the Horde that are wearing the gear they worked in the BGs for are having a tough time taking me down still.
So they are taking a maintenance day today, big deal. They never said that there would be no more of them, only that they were going to be working to reduce the need for them. Merry Christmas, you didn't have to miss a day of grinding the BGs last week. You do this week, nothing has changed. In the meantime I am going to stay upstairs and spend time with the woman that was crazy enough to marry me. If she is nuts enough to do that she deserves to my attention.
Look, this isn't really anything different from the past few years. "The games are violent and kids are getting violent because of it" and "Parents are failing to monitor the kids play"... hmm could there be a link? Perhaps the problem isn't about the violence of the game, but rather a failure of parents to manage the kids time playing the games.
I applaud the earlier poster who stated that his kids don't have time for games because they keep them busy with chores, etc. I believe kids should be able to play but their time should be moderated and limited.
I have several friends that use games as a carrot for good behaviour. If the kids are behaving, doing their chores, and getting good reports from school etc, then they get a hour or two credited to their "playtime bank". The kids have learned that failing to do as expected will cost them the credit and maybe cost them some time they have stored up. These same kids are learning to save up time so that they can go with dad to LAN parties and play, or spend a little more time one night playing that favourite game. But they are still limited in the amount of time they can play.
The games they play are checked out by the parents before the kids even get to play them. It helps that their father is a gamer as well, but at least he is taking the initiative to monitor what his kids are doing. I wonder if a large portion of the problem comes from the way many of our generation was raised. Our parents would put a tape in the VCR and let the boob tube babysit us. As we grew up we began to trust the screen to be friendly and so if the game is on a square glowing screen it must be OK, and we don't have to be engaged with our kids at all. Just feed them, send them to school and take them to sports.
Rather than dwell on who he is, or that the OP said who he was related to, let's look at the purpose of the post... to inform readers in MO about a certain judge that is up for re-election. It seems to me that this judge has an inconsistent view on technology, and an inaccurate one at that. I still get the crappy spam faxes for vacation deals, and if we call to get removed it is sent from a different company, same phone number. Obviously it is still a problem, just not as big as it was 10 years ago.
As far as games as idea and subject to free speech? Not sure on that one. I usually count games as entertainment, but I also acknowledge that some can be designed to present a message while you are playing it. Mostly is sounds like someones cop out to avoid getting in trouble for being offensive.
If you aren't doing anything evil why do you need secrecy (or privacy)?
Heh, I realize that this poster is only trying to get a rise out of the rest of us, but I thought I might post in response to this.
I find it interesting that every time privacy is brought up, this is the phrase that we hear EVERY time. However, I never hear anyone ask them a simple question in response --- "Do you close the door when using the public restroom?" Think about it, you close the door because you really don't want to be bothered, or bother others when partaking of the facilities. Do you keep the door on your house closed? Do you publicly post your account balance and how much you do, or do not, make at your job? Do you make your health records public?
The answers to these questions are exactly why there are privacy measures. Somethings are important to me that I do not want you knowing. Some people are more careful about the information they allow out than others, but being as we are in the USA, we enjoy the right we have to privacy.
Simply put, the simple response to that stupid statement is a series of equally stupid questions.
So I am not the onlyone that caught that? The question remains then... Was this, or was it not, a struggle that ended in a good company being sent into the chipper?
I hold out no hope for DICE to survive the once great world of EA.
You don't have severe animal allergies do you? Benedryl may help to lessen some of the symptoms, but not much, and then you have the side effects from teh Benedryl. All so someone can have a pet at work? Hmm, kinda like I like smoking so I should be able to light up anytime I want regardless of the people around me.
I am all for people being able to do what they would like to do, but not if it hurts or harms others. If the dog were a preexisting condition in the office, I can choose not to work there becuase of the allergies. If it is something that is new to an office that I am working in, I shouldn't have to chose to change jobs because someone wants to bring in their pet.
The presence of an animal in the workplace would leave me in a very sorry state. Exposure to a house with a cat or dog in it has left me suffering for up to a week. productivity suffers, health suffers. Where is the trade off? I make the choice not to visit my friends/family at their houses if they have furry animal pets because of the reaction to the animals. My choice. But my work? Again, I shouldn't have to change jobs because someone wants to bring in their pet. If it is a service animal I have to make some sort of consessions because this is an animal that it a requirement for that person for safety/health reasons. A pet? You have taught yourself that you need the pet there to be productive, unlearn it.
I am not sure exactly which is being referenced here, but there are a few other areas other than Live tha will be hit.
Voice: Ventrilo and other such Voice communication software packages. Heck, many of the newer games, Battlefield 2 and UnReal Tournament 2004 for instance, have VOIP built into the software.
Games: Pretty much any PC game out there, which has a multiplayer option, has to connect to a "server" and get the packet updates for the game from that computer. How is it that they are willing to sue MS for Live, but not the various game companies for their "infringment"? Heck just think of the money they could get from the likes of Blizzard and Sony alone.
I am not a lawyer, I don't play one on TV, and I didn't sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I would think that this case needs to be thrown out on the basis that they don't have a leg to stand on. Mainly because I believe there is plenty of previous art to invalidate the patent itself. They filed for the patents in 1996, and received it 1998 (I think I read that correctly). I have ben playing multiplayer games a lot longer, and working on computer networks even longer. But then this is our legal system and patent system we are talking about, like it or lump it.
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I would hope you are the only one mystified by it.
The reason for the stew's popularity? He did what so many of us would like to do when the rude people win. Tell them off and get the last word.
As a frequent traveler, I won't condemn him/ however, I will say that his actions, although excessive and illegal, are indicative of a reaction to the change in attitude toward others I have seen while traveling. Most, but not all, passengers on flights ignore the stews all flight except when they want something from the stews. Meanwhile they put up with rude people who feel that what they want and need is more important than anyone elses needs on the flight, no matter what.
The stew was hit in the head because someone opend a overhead bin into his head. When confronted and asked to apologize the person in question refused. Common courtesy and manners says apologize, but the attitudes I see these days says that they should tell the stew where to go.
Is it too much to ask that we go back to treating each other the way we want to be treated?
I have read most of the replies thus far and they are all talking about the experience level, safety record, and knowledge pool existing at NASA.
Did nobody catch the irony of a FEDERAL panel claiming that switching to private alternatives would be "...unwise and probably not cost-effective." Since when is the federal government cost effective? They spend our money like they can always print more.
Ok, they do print the money, but my point is that a federal panel claiming that the government would be more cost effective than private business is like the con man claiming he can save you money, neither is true.
sellout!
Great, they were the answer to a crappy browser, and now they are going the way of that same crappy browser.
I really hate the IE interface and Office 2007 has only been a greater pain.
Thanks for listening to your users guys!
as long as sentence diagraming in English class gets dropped first. I write most of my notes in a kludgy mix of print and cursive as it is, but I have yet to find a use for all that time the english teacher made me spend diagraming out sentences.
I, for one, thought the article was good for giving us a look into the future of the tech. Based on teh way things are rapid prototyped and built these days I would expect to see something like this hit the markets in 5-7 years, and the price become reasonable with 2-3 years after that. 10 years to a cheap and cost efficient power source is not bad.
So what is the next step? Do we take down the net now that we know it's running on it's own, or do we use it as a study in AI?
Shortly thereafter Bob's wife files for divorce because he mistakenly included all his special pron files in the access permissions.
How and why are these stupid pictures being posted?
Did someone forget that this is supposed to be, well, not lame?
News? Nerds? Any of that ring a bell?
Sounds like someone is trying to be flamebait.
Love the pic. Welcome to IDLE.Slashdot.org
What about a coating on windows to keep them clear? A type of wax coating on vehicles? Spiffy way to stop spilled wine from setting?
how do we know that the entity validating the site truthfulness is telling the truth?
This is the web, there is no truth, only the spoon is real.
Ash, thanks for the great post, it saves me the work, and is really nice to hear how the big boys do it.
I have run commercial LAN parties for many years, none as big as Quakecon, and the first requirement for entry is signing a waiver that says you are responsible for your stuff and anything that happens to it, as well as your actions during the party. If you aren't old enough we require you and your legal guardian sign it.
In 10 years we have never had a problem with theft or damage of another person's gear.
Mostly our problems have been with the younger teens that can't handle losing and start smashing their own gear in frustration. Them and cheaters are the biggest non-network related problems you will most likely face.
Use the waiver that Ash mentions above and make sure EVERYONE signs it BEFORE they get in. No sign, no enter. PERIOD.
Running a party is a lot of work, but it can be a VERY satisfying experience as well.
Have fun!
- ZWarrior
... you are enjoying your work. A wise man once said "Do what you love and you will never work another day in your life."
I am in the process of changing careers from IT for much the same reason. Our stress levels are much higher, as are our caffeine levels, due to the nature of our industry. The hours are rough and we really don't get paid for all that time worked.
My change is taking place in a staged process because I have to continue the income to support my family while doing this. My family supports me in this because ultimately it means I am happier and we spend more time together. They, and I, know that this will take several years while I switch and we plan accordingly for vacations and other events.
If you aren't happy, examine what the source of that displeasure is and make plans to correct that.
I browse Slashdot, of course, and also other news sites. I also will work on personal stuff and read webcomics. But I don't much in the way of downtime usually so this is a rarity anyway.
Wait, you actually think that we are going to get someone in office that isn't, in some way, leaning toward a special agenda?
;)
They would never make it to office because they are too innocent and the politics would eat them alive.
BTW, the previous administration was far from pure. He was just better at getting away with it.
As a person who spent quite a few years as a consultant and listed as a "Jack of All Trades" I have to agree with the previous poster. As much work as it can be, tailor your resume to fit their req and then list other skills as needed. For some reason corporate america wants to pigeon hole people and then climb on their case for not learning a variety of knowledge.
I spent 14 years on the server hardware and OS side of the house, but also learning things like web servers, email servers, SNA, Citrix, VMWare. All that it got me was a tough time getting a new contract when the last one was ending because my list of knowledge made it seem like I was either over qualified, under qualified, or bragging because I couldn't possibly have that much experience in all those areas.
I finally took a job that underpaid and worked my way up in the company. Then I transfered into a new department to learn that area. My past experience suddenly paid off for them because I could talk the talk the talk with the server teams and keep our department aware of what was coming when the staff couldn't understand what the server team was talking about. It took my bosses some time to realize the value that provides, and now I am being called on to sit in on meetings that involve both sides of the house.
Do what it takes and keep your eyes on your goals, but be willing to undersell some of your skills to get in the door and then dazzle them with how much you really do know.
A better headline would read " Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM dump" That would have made a lot more sense, and keep the kneejerks to a minimum.
Nope, I play a NE rogue on Twisting Nether. Funny that there is a player with my handle on another server though.
OK, I have been playing for over a year, and seen a lot of changes since then. I know that there are a lot of players out there that love the Arenas, and are very serious about their time in there. But honestly, I did not see this coming.
It does make sense though. Anytime you have a group of gamers together they naturally want to compete and prove who is better. The Arenas give them that venue. Having pro sponsors is even more likely when you consider that Blizzard is already running a tournament to find out who is the best in the Arenas as it is.
I say good for them. If they can find someone to sponsor them, go for it. Although I think it might be harder to have the sponsor's name out there since we are limited in the way we name things.
"You can participate in long, epic PvP struggles." = "Sorry, capture the flag on the same map a zillion times is not a "long and epic PvP struggle"
Personally, I have been on those long epic PvP struggles. I led a guild who caused one of the first major PvP wars on the Twisting Nether server. There were 120+ players on each side fighting in the Southshore/Tarren Mill area, outside of the Battlegrounds. The lag was high at times due to the numbers of players, but the level of fun was even higher. I know from personal experience that you can successfully run PvP raids without going into the organized BGs for the points.
Personally I am not excited to play the Battlegrounds. After the 2.0 patch most people I know were grinding Honor in the BGs and insisting that I should as well. Meanwhile I was out there in the regular areas working on questing and grinding rep and killing Horde as I encountered them. I don't have the Honor points they have or the equipment they have now, but I have a lot more quests done and more rep since they were all busy in the BGs leaving me less people to contend with for resources. Oh yeah, I still have great gear and the Horde that are wearing the gear they worked in the BGs for are having a tough time taking me down still.
So they are taking a maintenance day today, big deal. They never said that there would be no more of them, only that they were going to be working to reduce the need for them. Merry Christmas, you didn't have to miss a day of grinding the BGs last week. You do this week, nothing has changed. In the meantime I am going to stay upstairs and spend time with the woman that was crazy enough to marry me. If she is nuts enough to do that she deserves to my attention.
Look, this isn't really anything different from the past few years. "The games are violent and kids are getting violent because of it" and "Parents are failing to monitor the kids play"... hmm could there be a link? Perhaps the problem isn't about the violence of the game, but rather a failure of parents to manage the kids time playing the games.
I applaud the earlier poster who stated that his kids don't have time for games because they keep them busy with chores, etc. I believe kids should be able to play but their time should be moderated and limited.
I have several friends that use games as a carrot for good behaviour. If the kids are behaving, doing their chores, and getting good reports from school etc, then they get a hour or two credited to their "playtime bank". The kids have learned that failing to do as expected will cost them the credit and maybe cost them some time they have stored up. These same kids are learning to save up time so that they can go with dad to LAN parties and play, or spend a little more time one night playing that favourite game. But they are still limited in the amount of time they can play.
The games they play are checked out by the parents before the kids even get to play them. It helps that their father is a gamer as well, but at least he is taking the initiative to monitor what his kids are doing. I wonder if a large portion of the problem comes from the way many of our generation was raised. Our parents would put a tape in the VCR and let the boob tube babysit us. As we grew up we began to trust the screen to be friendly and so if the game is on a square glowing screen it must be OK, and we don't have to be engaged with our kids at all. Just feed them, send them to school and take them to sports.
Rather than dwell on who he is, or that the OP said who he was related to, let's look at the purpose of the post... to inform readers in MO about a certain judge that is up for re-election. It seems to me that this judge has an inconsistent view on technology, and an inaccurate one at that. I still get the crappy spam faxes for vacation deals, and if we call to get removed it is sent from a different company, same phone number. Obviously it is still a problem, just not as big as it was 10 years ago.
As far as games as idea and subject to free speech? Not sure on that one. I usually count games as entertainment, but I also acknowledge that some can be designed to present a message while you are playing it. Mostly is sounds like someones cop out to avoid getting in trouble for being offensive.
If you aren't doing anything evil why do you need secrecy (or privacy)?
Heh, I realize that this poster is only trying to get a rise out of the rest of us, but I thought I might post in response to this.
I find it interesting that every time privacy is brought up, this is the phrase that we hear EVERY time. However, I never hear anyone ask them a simple question in response --- "Do you close the door when using the public restroom?" Think about it, you close the door because you really don't want to be bothered, or bother others when partaking of the facilities. Do you keep the door on your house closed? Do you publicly post your account balance and how much you do, or do not, make at your job? Do you make your health records public?
The answers to these questions are exactly why there are privacy measures. Somethings are important to me that I do not want you knowing. Some people are more careful about the information they allow out than others, but being as we are in the USA, we enjoy the right we have to privacy.
Simply put, the simple response to that stupid statement is a series of equally stupid questions.
So I am not the onlyone that caught that? The question remains then... Was this, or was it not, a struggle that ended in a good company being sent into the chipper?
I hold out no hope for DICE to survive the once great world of EA.
You don't have severe animal allergies do you? Benedryl may help to lessen some of the symptoms, but not much, and then you have the side effects from teh Benedryl. All so someone can have a pet at work? Hmm, kinda like I like smoking so I should be able to light up anytime I want regardless of the people around me.
I am all for people being able to do what they would like to do, but not if it hurts or harms others. If the dog were a preexisting condition in the office, I can choose not to work there becuase of the allergies. If it is something that is new to an office that I am working in, I shouldn't have to chose to change jobs because someone wants to bring in their pet.
The presence of an animal in the workplace would leave me in a very sorry state. Exposure to a house with a cat or dog in it has left me suffering for up to a week. productivity suffers, health suffers. Where is the trade off? I make the choice not to visit my friends/family at their houses if they have furry animal pets because of the reaction to the animals. My choice. But my work? Again, I shouldn't have to change jobs because someone wants to bring in their pet. If it is a service animal I have to make some sort of consessions because this is an animal that it a requirement for that person for safety/health reasons. A pet? You have taught yourself that you need the pet there to be productive, unlearn it.
I am not sure exactly which is being referenced here, but there are a few other areas other than Live tha will be hit.
Voice: Ventrilo and other such Voice communication software packages. Heck, many of the newer games, Battlefield 2 and UnReal Tournament 2004 for instance, have VOIP built into the software.
Games: Pretty much any PC game out there, which has a multiplayer option, has to connect to a "server" and get the packet updates for the game from that computer. How is it that they are willing to sue MS for Live, but not the various game companies for their "infringment"? Heck just think of the money they could get from the likes of Blizzard and Sony alone.
I am not a lawyer, I don't play one on TV, and I didn't sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I would think that this case needs to be thrown out on the basis that they don't have a leg to stand on. Mainly because I believe there is plenty of previous art to invalidate the patent itself. They filed for the patents in 1996, and received it 1998 (I think I read that correctly). I have ben playing multiplayer games a lot longer, and working on computer networks even longer. But then this is our legal system and patent system we are talking about, like it or lump it.