By 5% I mean that's an estimate. I know there are entire courses that I don't use, and those that have components I do use, the actual used components are few and far between. For example, I have never needed to know anything abut networks, never needed to perform a fourier transform for image processing, never used anything except basic rendering from computer graphics. If I could have predicted exactly what would have been directly useful I believe I could have learned it all in 1/20 of the time.
As far as "useless" goes, okay, I probably use at most about 5% of what I learned at university. So it has actually been useful - just not as useful as one might expect. Of course, even most of that 5% I could have learned from textbooks, but the course structure gave me a little context. It told me what there was to know. I have no idea whether I'd have learned about functional programming languages or Hough transforms without university guidance. I wouldn't have known they exist even to look for them. Granted, neither of those two examples have actually come up in the working environment, but I imagine there are some that have
If you want one, you should do it for yourself, not for a job.
Having said what I said, I still 100% agree with this statement.
The thing is, just claiming they aren't isn't necessarily enough.
Now, I don't know enough to have an opinion on whether they do exist to facilitate copyright infringement or whether they just see it as a generic search engine. There will be more evidence than just the public statement.
I want to know who all these people are who consider being shot with a.22 round to be something to brush off. It's still a lethal bullet. It will go straight through you at 100 yards.
Not if they have any economic sense in their heads. Unless the aliens have some sort of magic infinite energy source or teleportation device,
Well, magic isn't totally out of the question - any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic, and any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Immigrants from wealthy first world nations aren't really going to cause any big problems for the US though. I suspect this would have been more of a factor from a poorer country since it would make it more likely they were looking for any excuse.
Why do you think they didn't factor that in? Are you suggesting that you're so smart that what seems obvious to you has not even been considered by any single one of Ubisoft's employees? Perhaps they have considered it, they've tested it, they've researched the level of annoyance this will provide, determined that the pirates will crack it anyway and come up with a justification afterwards, so that doesn't make any difference and the effect on sales will be negligible.
Yes, internet connections sometimes go down. Yes, some people have gaming laptops.
Ubisoft know this. They know a portion of their player base doesn't have always on internet. They have market research people who determine how much this is going to cost them. They already know and have decided the benefits are greater than the cost.
I don't see it as cruel and unusual though. Preventing any form of recreation would, but there is a range of activities available for prisoners. As other people have pointed out - this is a prison. As long as there are reasonable options I don't see a problem with the prison making rules about what the options are. Even if the reasoning behind those rules is daft
They're still human. They still have certain rights. They're already being punished for the crime. You want to add additional arbitrary punishments with no oversight?
Yet people find people taking on cellphones more irritating than they find people talking to each other. Are you saying they're wrong about what irritates them because I think the irritated person knows better than you what annoys them.
Judging by what these guys say, I can't see how the Computer Software Professionals Exemption doesn't apply to the programmers. Although for that matter I don't see how it doesn't apply to Intel and IBM either.
Yes, and a manager who simply allows an overflowing river of excrement to pass him by and continue on to inundate his workers is worse than useless. If that's the best he can do, he should find another line of work, or move to another organization, because he's no good to anyone.
Yes, but they don't... So what are you going to do about it?
I'm sure that contributes to my lower than average earnings.
Is your income greater than your expense? Will you be able to retire comfortably? If the answer is yes to both of these then I believe you have a lifestyle to be admired.
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By 5% I mean that's an estimate. I know there are entire courses that I don't use, and those that have components I do use, the actual used components are few and far between. For example, I have never needed to know anything abut networks, never needed to perform a fourier transform for image processing, never used anything except basic rendering from computer graphics. If I could have predicted exactly what would have been directly useful I believe I could have learned it all in 1/20 of the time.
Well, a degree is ultimately a bit of paper.
As far as "useless" goes, okay, I probably use at most about 5% of what I learned at university. So it has actually been useful - just not as useful as one might expect. Of course, even most of that 5% I could have learned from textbooks, but the course structure gave me a little context. It told me what there was to know. I have no idea whether I'd have learned about functional programming languages or Hough transforms without university guidance. I wouldn't have known they exist even to look for them. Granted, neither of those two examples have actually come up in the working environment, but I imagine there are some that have
If you want one, you should do it for yourself, not for a job.
Having said what I said, I still 100% agree with this statement.
The thing is, just claiming they aren't isn't necessarily enough.
Now, I don't know enough to have an opinion on whether they do exist to facilitate copyright infringement or whether they just see it as a generic search engine. There will be more evidence than just the public statement.
Not going to do you a lot of good. They're not accepting new members.
England, USA, Australia, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India and parts of Africa. Possibly others as well.
But are they providing information with the intent to facilitate copyright infringement? Intent matters.
I want to know who all these people are who consider being shot with a .22 round to be something to brush off. It's still a lethal bullet. It will go straight through you at 100 yards.
It's powered by human gullibility. A substance with an inexhaustible supply.
Not if they have any economic sense in their heads. Unless the aliens have some sort of magic infinite energy source or teleportation device,
Well, magic isn't totally out of the question - any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic, and any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
But quite honestly, she did share more than that. The RIAA just chose 24 because they knew they'd get scary damages just from that many.
Much better:) Thanks.
You seem to be using a fixed space font. Might want to look into that.
Immigrants from wealthy first world nations aren't really going to cause any big problems for the US though. I suspect this would have been more of a factor from a poorer country since it would make it more likely they were looking for any excuse.
It does not change the fact that you're a dereanged weirdo that is spanking off to kids.
Yes he is. Who is being harmed such that we need to punish the perpetrator?
Why do you think they didn't factor that in? Are you suggesting that you're so smart that what seems obvious to you has not even been considered by any single one of Ubisoft's employees? Perhaps they have considered it, they've tested it, they've researched the level of annoyance this will provide, determined that the pirates will crack it anyway and come up with a justification afterwards, so that doesn't make any difference and the effect on sales will be negligible.
Yes, internet connections sometimes go down. Yes, some people have gaming laptops.
Ubisoft know this. They know a portion of their player base doesn't have always on internet. They have market research people who determine how much this is going to cost them. They already know and have decided the benefits are greater than the cost.
Last I checked, there was no such thing as a right to play DnD,
We're talking about prisoners having the legal right to be treated in accordance with the law and to be able to get legal redress at this point.
or a human right to sue.
Well, there's article 6 of the UN declaration of human rights that gives everyone the right to recognition before the law
I don't see it as cruel and unusual though. Preventing any form of recreation would, but there is a range of activities available for prisoners. As other people have pointed out - this is a prison. As long as there are reasonable options I don't see a problem with the prison making rules about what the options are. Even if the reasoning behind those rules is daft
They're still human. They still have certain rights. They're already being punished for the crime. You want to add additional arbitrary punishments with no oversight?
I don't think it's against the law to play D&D, rather that it's legal for the prison to ban it if they can make a plausible case.
So it's a stupid rule that just happens to be upheld by a fairly reasonable law.
Yet people find people taking on cellphones more irritating than they find people talking to each other. Are you saying they're wrong about what irritates them because I think the irritated person knows better than you what annoys them.
Judging by what these guys say, I can't see how the Computer Software Professionals Exemption doesn't apply to the programmers. Although for that matter I don't see how it doesn't apply to Intel and IBM either.
I see your point, but I have to chuckle at the idea of sexual harassment in the games industry... That would involve finding a woman to harass:)
Yes, and a manager who simply allows an overflowing river of excrement to pass him by and continue on to inundate his workers is worse than useless. If that's the best he can do, he should find another line of work, or move to another organization, because he's no good to anyone.
Yes, but they don't... So what are you going to do about it?
I'm sure that contributes to my lower than average earnings.
Is your income greater than your expense? Will you be able to retire comfortably? If the answer is yes to both of these then I believe you have a lifestyle to be admired.