From everything I've heard about X-box live, the players there prefer to yell their insults into their headsets (and thus into your ear) rather than type up messages. But that's only anecdotal evidence, as I don't have an X-box.
Agreed. I've never received a piece of spam on PSN in the years I've been on there. Granted, I do get angry messages (generally questioning my sexuality or the current activities of my mother) from time to time from people regarding Call of Duty or Battlefield, but those tend to amuse me.
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I quit using their sites altogether as well, for exactly the same reasons as you did. I was merely trying to comment on the fact that I think you captured a bit of both sides of the issue here. On one hand, developers are trying to force change in the name of "process improvement." On the other hand, people want things to stay the same, even if it leaves them behind. In many cases, people are taken aback when they are TOLD that the new product is better when that improvement isn't quite apparent. As a developer, you have to weigh the value of improvement with the disruption that you are causing.
In Gawker's case, they majorly screwed the pooch. They massively broke their site while adopting the condescending "we know better than you, so deal with it" tone of voice, which caused many of their previously loyal readers to leave. You at least realize the fact that users are afraid of change and that some (including myself) are very resistant to that change. That puts you WAY ahead of the curve compared to the Gawker team.
You weren't a part of the Gawker redesign (or any of their subsidiary blogs) were you? Bah, what am I thinking? You realize that people are resistant to change and that perhaps people don't like to be TOLD what's better sometimes. You're WAY ahead of their design team.
Absolutely. I have read that book (not the sequel yet, though) and that's a bit about why I said what I did. Hell, I was just in the car listening to BBC World News over Sirius and they were talking about the fact that rewards for information regarding terrorism isn't very effective with the Taliban because they are not materialistic and as such, money has little value to them. As you said, it's all about incentives.
I am beginning to think that everyone should be forced to take an economics course in their lifetime. So much of the world is driven by economics that I think you'll understand the world quite a bit better if you understand the dollars and cents behind it. Perhaps its a case of "the more economics you know, the more economics you see."
If you would kindly go to the PDF that I just posted of the actual judge's order (through the EFF's website) and scroll to IV. Order to Show Cause (page 15 of 16), it'll be there.
"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Righthaven show cause, in writing, no later than two (2) weeks from the date of this order, why it should not be sanctioned. "
Yeah, but the Top Gear team competed in a local endurance race. Ordoñez and his team competed in Le Mans, one of the most celebrated auto races in history. He competed in an incredibly difficult race against a field of 11 different competing teams. Kudos to him.
I don't think the parent poster is speaking to overall flight length (or trying to brag that they only take two hour flights everywhere). Rather, I think they are speaking to the likelihood that shorter segments will see far fewer paying customers primarily due to the large percentage of the flight that the internet isn't usable.
While I appreciate the point that the superintendent was trying to make (especially given the relative funding difference per person), I'm sure that the students would have some things to say about being forced to remain inside the school for 24 hours a day. Prisons spend so much money and provide items such as health care, exercise facilities and food because those people are forced to be there. You can't really just offer lunch in prison.
Besides, I think the dollar argument is disingenuous. Comparing dollar figures for people that are in prison 24 hours a day / 365 days a year to those that are in school for 180 days a year / 8 hours a day on a per capital basis isn't exactly fair.
From the article itself, $35,000 a year for a prisoner divided by 8,760 hours (24 hours * 365 days) is roughly $4.00 an hour. $7,000 a year for a student divided by 1,440 hours (8 hours * 180 days) is $4.86 per hour.
By that metric, they are spending 22% MORE per student on an hourly basis than they are on a prisoner.
Exactly. The Constitution is what gives the government the right to negotiate and sign binding treaties. Theoretically, no law can supersede it, however you can be damn sure they're trying.
I'm with you. I think that this is an issue that needs to be addressed and I commend the Democratic lawmakers for starting the process by submitting bills, but anyone can submit legislation on just about anything. Hell, Cynthia McKinney once submitted a resolution (H.R. 4210) to demand the release of all intelligence records related to the murder of Tupac Shakur in an attempt to uncover a conspiracy. Her bill ended up the same way the FRAC Act ended up, stuck in committee. (For those interested: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-4210)
I hate to defend Sony here (it'll probably cost me some karma), but it seems like they're in a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" scenario. A week and a half ago, they disclosed the nature of the personal information breach and everyone seemed to be clamoring about how long it took them to say something. In this case, they release more information during their press conference a few days later, then they discovered that it was a bit worse than they had thought and now everyone is pointing the finger at them because they released information that was incorrect. In a perfect world, we would all be able to release completely accurate information right after the event, but everyone here knows the difficulty in that.
Is Righthaven run by Darl McBride? Perhaps he's bankrolling the company. It just has that sort of flavor to it.
The other thing I'll say is that from what I've seen, there are few things more ill-advised than defying a court.
When you use a safety deposit box, you get a key and the bank gets a key. Both keys are required to open the box (barring a warrant and locksmith). Besides, you can't really easily make a duplicate (that's yours) of the physical items in a safety deposit box such as money or a diamond ring.
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From everything I've heard about X-box live, the players there prefer to yell their insults into their headsets (and thus into your ear) rather than type up messages. But that's only anecdotal evidence, as I don't have an X-box.
Agreed. I've never received a piece of spam on PSN in the years I've been on there. Granted, I do get angry messages (generally questioning my sexuality or the current activities of my mother) from time to time from people regarding Call of Duty or Battlefield, but those tend to amuse me.
I quit using their sites altogether as well, for exactly the same reasons as you did. I was merely trying to comment on the fact that I think you captured a bit of both sides of the issue here. On one hand, developers are trying to force change in the name of "process improvement." On the other hand, people want things to stay the same, even if it leaves them behind. In many cases, people are taken aback when they are TOLD that the new product is better when that improvement isn't quite apparent. As a developer, you have to weigh the value of improvement with the disruption that you are causing.
In Gawker's case, they majorly screwed the pooch. They massively broke their site while adopting the condescending "we know better than you, so deal with it" tone of voice, which caused many of their previously loyal readers to leave. You at least realize the fact that users are afraid of change and that some (including myself) are very resistant to that change. That puts you WAY ahead of the curve compared to the Gawker team.
You weren't a part of the Gawker redesign (or any of their subsidiary blogs) were you? Bah, what am I thinking? You realize that people are resistant to change and that perhaps people don't like to be TOLD what's better sometimes. You're WAY ahead of their design team.
You know that you don't have to take your iPad out of your bag when you go through security right?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_gadg/20100407/tc_ytech_gadg/ytech_gadg_tc1503
I've flown with mine in my bag numerous times and I've never had an issue.
I'm sorry, but Sim City has caused me to harbor an irrational fear of "beaming" energy.
Wouldn't a better term be "monetary masturbation"?
Absolutely. I have read that book (not the sequel yet, though) and that's a bit about why I said what I did. Hell, I was just in the car listening to BBC World News over Sirius and they were talking about the fact that rewards for information regarding terrorism isn't very effective with the Taliban because they are not materialistic and as such, money has little value to them. As you said, it's all about incentives.
I am beginning to think that everyone should be forced to take an economics course in their lifetime. So much of the world is driven by economics that I think you'll understand the world quite a bit better if you understand the dollars and cents behind it. Perhaps its a case of "the more economics you know, the more economics you see."
If you would kindly go to the PDF that I just posted of the actual judge's order (through the EFF's website) and scroll to IV. Order to Show Cause (page 15 of 16), it'll be there.
By the way, Wired had a bit more information on the ruling also:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/copyright-troll-sanctions/
A link to the PDF of the judge's order can be found on the EFF's website as well:
http://www.eff.org/cases/righthaven-v-democratic-underground
My favorite line from the judge's ruling?
"IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Righthaven show cause, in writing, no later than two (2) weeks from the date of this order, why it should not be sanctioned. "
Kudos to the Judge on this one.
Yeah, but the Top Gear team competed in a local endurance race. Ordoñez and his team competed in Le Mans, one of the most celebrated auto races in history. He competed in an incredibly difficult race against a field of 11 different competing teams. Kudos to him.
I don't think the parent poster is speaking to overall flight length (or trying to brag that they only take two hour flights everywhere). Rather, I think they are speaking to the likelihood that shorter segments will see far fewer paying customers primarily due to the large percentage of the flight that the internet isn't usable.
While I appreciate the point that the superintendent was trying to make (especially given the relative funding difference per person), I'm sure that the students would have some things to say about being forced to remain inside the school for 24 hours a day. Prisons spend so much money and provide items such as health care, exercise facilities and food because those people are forced to be there. You can't really just offer lunch in prison. Besides, I think the dollar argument is disingenuous. Comparing dollar figures for people that are in prison 24 hours a day / 365 days a year to those that are in school for 180 days a year / 8 hours a day on a per capital basis isn't exactly fair. From the article itself, $35,000 a year for a prisoner divided by 8,760 hours (24 hours * 365 days) is roughly $4.00 an hour. $7,000 a year for a student divided by 1,440 hours (8 hours * 180 days) is $4.86 per hour. By that metric, they are spending 22% MORE per student on an hourly basis than they are on a prisoner.
Exactly. The Constitution is what gives the government the right to negotiate and sign binding treaties. Theoretically, no law can supersede it, however you can be damn sure they're trying.
Once again it is proven that if you have enough money, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
I'm torn between being angry about the way Google thumbed their nose at the law and being angry that I don't have enough money to do it either.
And what happened to H.R. 2766 and S. 1215? They never made it out of their respective committees, which at the time, were in a Democratic majority.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2766
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1215
I'm with you. I think that this is an issue that needs to be addressed and I commend the Democratic lawmakers for starting the process by submitting bills, but anyone can submit legislation on just about anything. Hell, Cynthia McKinney once submitted a resolution (H.R. 4210) to demand the release of all intelligence records related to the murder of Tupac Shakur in an attempt to uncover a conspiracy. Her bill ended up the same way the FRAC Act ended up, stuck in committee. (For those interested: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-4210)
I hate to defend Sony here (it'll probably cost me some karma), but it seems like they're in a "damned if you do and damned if you don't" scenario. A week and a half ago, they disclosed the nature of the personal information breach and everyone seemed to be clamoring about how long it took them to say something. In this case, they release more information during their press conference a few days later, then they discovered that it was a bit worse than they had thought and now everyone is pointing the finger at them because they released information that was incorrect. In a perfect world, we would all be able to release completely accurate information right after the event, but everyone here knows the difficulty in that.
I am not D. B. Cooper! /or is it Doobie Keebler?
As I get older, I fear this happening more and more. Damn kids with their rock and roll and 3D handheld Pacman.
Is Righthaven run by Darl McBride? Perhaps he's bankrolling the company. It just has that sort of flavor to it. The other thing I'll say is that from what I've seen, there are few things more ill-advised than defying a court.
Probably to everyone, including themselves.
When you use a safety deposit box, you get a key and the bank gets a key. Both keys are required to open the box (barring a warrant and locksmith). Besides, you can't really easily make a duplicate (that's yours) of the physical items in a safety deposit box such as money or a diamond ring.
Oh come on, that's easy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress