Yes, I cannot sign a contract to invalidate criminal law.
Ideas are not criminal law. Ideas are signed away via patent licensing and via copyright grants day in and day out. While you might not agree with that, it is the law of the land. If you make people unable to sign away their ideas, you make people unable to take recourse should their ideas be "stolen".
No, it doesn't mean the corperation owns everything you think. It means that if you sign a contract saying so, you're bound to it. As you should be.
If you don't like it, don't sign. Better yet, get every software engineer you know to not sign these sort of agreements. And should you ever own your own company, don't use such far reaching contracts to enslave your workers.
Pardon if I don't buy doom 3 then. The single player can be as suspenseful or as beautiful as it wants, but it's just one game with dumb AI. iD's games, even the old doom games, were fantastic because of the multiplayer additions to those games, new maps, new gameplay. All around actual people who weren't just something to exploit like AI monsters.
I don't see multiplayer modders spending time on an engine which supports less players than games made a full decade ago. The singular lack of player support largely prevents any sort of CTF or similar team based gameplay....
A company with a long long history of making technologically outdated games with high ambition which only turn out to be disappointing and frustrating buys the license to a series of technologically outdated games with high ambition which have only turned out to be disappointing and frustrating....
While others are also right that you need to know people or taking intern/help desk to get in the door, getting actual experience is good too. IIRC, you can get IOS simulators for free. You can then get practice on them and have '#years IOS' on your resume without forking out tons of cash for a router. That will help you get in the door. Then when you meet someone more reasonable than an HR drone's resume parsing script, you tell them what the deal is. Everyone was a newbie once, and they'll be sympathetic.
Which goes back to my original post. Even if younger people make more errors in judgement, this wasn't an error in judgement. It seems to be clear cut criminal intent.
I certainly am upset by any loss in a debate, I think that the argument itself is what upsets me. I can produce similar numbers that show that african americans commit less crimes per capita compared to any other racial demographic. Isn't that too a well earned stereotype?
Should hiring managers exercise more caution when hiring a black? I don't see how being similarly discriminatory towards younger workers is any different. Even if correct, it perhaps isn't right. I think that's what really rubs me the wrong way...
While perhaps not appropriate, the hold music for my company was for a very long time Apocalyptica. [google yourself...]
For those too lazy to google, Apocalyptica is a band of 4 [now 3] classically trained cellists [sp? cello players] who've released 2 albums of metallica instrumental covers [and other things].
It was great as it had that hold music sound to it, but was still very cool, and not sleep inducing like "soft" classical music.
And having worked in IT and made similar observations, I'd wager there's a manager sitting at AOL who was promoted for being old [oh sorry, "experienced"] rather than being qualified who set the braindead policy that allowed a software engineer to get access to the entirety of the AOL customer database.
And beware companies dumb enough to do this. They likely have a similar dumb policy to fire without warning for using a vulnerable application like Putty. [yes, my fiancee was recently fired without warning for using putty to chat with me on a private irc server, because she created a "dangerous network vulnerability". Nevermind the fact that she could run IE 5.5 to launch putty in the first place...]
but where is the line between "just speech" and propoganda? Is slashdot anti-microsoft propoganda illegal? It would be under your definitions. American law originated under the concept that *actions* are punishable, and it should remain that way. Curtailing information, even the opinion of hatred does not, and has never in the history of mankind, prevented people from finding it. It has only limited the freedom of men.
Actually, if my memory serves [and I'm not just repeating someone else's post] the characters in final fantasy were actually made -less- realistic, because they were deemed too creepy in pre-screens. If you note throughout the film, the head doctor still has some little details missing from the rest of the characters.
Perhaps more fun. I've not playing Rainbow Six, so I cannot comment. I was just saying the realism or perhaps more bluntly, the lack of respawn, is something that is just something that totally detracts from the game [in my opinion of course].
I still feel other games such as the original quake TF, or Tribes 2 were much better games, even if they were not as popular.
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When I was in 4th grade [yes yes, dating myself I know] we had policemen come and tell us about how drugs were bad!
Didn't exactly work then, and I don't really expect it to work now.
IIRC the FCC had no ability to enforce such a ruling, even if their rulings were actually law; which to my knowledge they're not.
I am not a Lawyer.
Yes, I cannot sign a contract to invalidate criminal law.
Ideas are not criminal law. Ideas are signed away via patent licensing and via copyright grants day in and day out. While you might not agree with that, it is the law of the land. If you make people unable to sign away their ideas, you make people unable to take recourse should their ideas be "stolen".
No, it doesn't mean the corperation owns everything you think. It means that if you sign a contract saying so, you're bound to it. As you should be.
If you don't like it, don't sign. Better yet, get every software engineer you know to not sign these sort of agreements. And should you ever own your own company, don't use such far reaching contracts to enslave your workers.
Pardon if I don't buy doom 3 then. The single player can be as suspenseful or as beautiful as it wants, but it's just one game with dumb AI. iD's games, even the old doom games, were fantastic because of the multiplayer additions to those games, new maps, new gameplay. All around actual people who weren't just something to exploit like AI monsters.
I don't see multiplayer modders spending time on an engine which supports less players than games made a full decade ago. The singular lack of player support largely prevents any sort of CTF or similar team based gameplay....
Just disappointing...
I've been told from a few people who work in the industry that the limitation was removed for release.
A company with a long long history of making technologically outdated games with high ambition which only turn out to be disappointing and frustrating buys the license to a series of technologically outdated games with high ambition which have only turned out to be disappointing and frustrating....
Imagine that.
Sure, go ahead and sue. Then they'll get you the records *far* after the records could be useful [see November Election]
While others are also right that you need to know people or taking intern/help desk to get in the door, getting actual experience is good too. IIRC, you can get IOS simulators for free. You can then get practice on them and have '#years IOS' on your resume without forking out tons of cash for a router. That will help you get in the door. Then when you meet someone more reasonable than an HR drone's resume parsing script, you tell them what the deal is. Everyone was a newbie once, and they'll be sympathetic.
Erg, more crimes.
Which goes back to my original post. Even if younger people make more errors in judgement, this wasn't an error in judgement. It seems to be clear cut criminal intent.
I certainly am upset by any loss in a debate, I think that the argument itself is what upsets me. I can produce similar numbers that show that african americans commit less crimes per capita compared to any other racial demographic. Isn't that too a well earned stereotype?
Should hiring managers exercise more caution when hiring a black? I don't see how being similarly discriminatory towards younger workers is any different. Even if correct, it perhaps isn't right. I think that's what really rubs me the wrong way...
While perhaps not appropriate, the hold music for my company was for a very long time Apocalyptica. [google yourself...]
For those too lazy to google, Apocalyptica is a band of 4 [now 3] classically trained cellists [sp? cello players] who've released 2 albums of metallica instrumental covers [and other things].
It was great as it had that hold music sound to it, but was still very cool, and not sleep inducing like "soft" classical music.
And you completely missed my point...
Managers should be cautious assigning anyone to places of high responsibility. Malicious young workers, incompetant old managers...
Sitting on this stereotype just makes you seem like an asshole with a grudge who responds with arrogance, even if your observations are reasonable.
And having worked in IT and made similar observations, I'd wager there's a manager sitting at AOL who was promoted for being old [oh sorry, "experienced"] rather than being qualified who set the braindead policy that allowed a software engineer to get access to the entirety of the AOL customer database.
Error in judgement? Come on, this is pretty obviously a 'bad thing'. No mistake; criminal intent.
And beware companies dumb enough to do this. They likely have a similar dumb policy to fire without warning for using a vulnerable application like Putty. [yes, my fiancee was recently fired without warning for using putty to chat with me on a private irc server, because she created a "dangerous network vulnerability". Nevermind the fact that she could run IE 5.5 to launch putty in the first place...]
*nod* who's propoganda wouldn't be protected though?
but where is the line between "just speech" and propoganda? Is slashdot anti-microsoft propoganda illegal? It would be under your definitions. American law originated under the concept that *actions* are punishable, and it should remain that way. Curtailing information, even the opinion of hatred does not, and has never in the history of mankind, prevented people from finding it. It has only limited the freedom of men.
For Northern California I've heard numbers closer to 90-95% for the next 30 years.
Eh? When I hear a crappy song I don't believe it's popular, I change the station. Unfortunately, 4 of my 5 presets are Clear Channel... *sigh*
I thought GWB was christian...
Unless the WIPO treaty allows you to copyright broadcasts. /joke
Actually, if my memory serves [and I'm not just repeating someone else's post] the characters in final fantasy were actually made -less- realistic, because they were deemed too creepy in pre-screens. If you note throughout the film, the head doctor still has some little details missing from the rest of the characters.
More market left for aspiring game devs.
Perhaps more fun. I've not playing Rainbow Six, so I cannot comment. I was just saying the realism or perhaps more bluntly, the lack of respawn, is something that is just something that totally detracts from the game [in my opinion of course].
I still feel other games such as the original quake TF, or Tribes 2 were much better games, even if they were not as popular.