However, it appears as if the influence of the social ladder is creeping its way in
Well, what about all of us smart enough not to use IM of any kind? Where do we fall on the "ladder"? Really... IM is only *really* ubiquitous among kids and the really sad, pathetic, lonely adults. Sorry to say, but this isn't much of a pissing contest when it's between 12 year old girls, and 42 year old single women that weigh 300 lbs and have 10 cats and participate in medieval fairs/sci fi conventions.
Am I wrong? Are there very many "normal-ish" people who use IM? I don't know a single person that uses IM of any kind.
Microsoft has already won. Now they make profits whenever any large computer manufacturer sells a computer. They could shut down now and pay their employees for the next few years off the profits from new computers alone.
Well, you don't ever really "win" in business per se. You always still have to work to stay on top. But yeah, they have tons and tons of money... what's your point?
Again, it varies from US state to US state, but generally speaking, they are valid in the US. What's odd is that MS is suing Google as opposed to the actualy employee. Generally, the employee is the one sued, not the company, since the employee is violating the contract. I'm not so sure that Google recruting this guy, even if they knew he had a non-compete, would make them liable. But then, who really knows, since we're all playing armchair attorneys, anyway!
now, if you can tell me anything that should be MORE open source than this, I don't know what it is. Its based on GPL software and developed with my tax dollars. Hells yeah, I should get a copy of this as a US citizen and taxpayer.
That's incredibly faulty logic. The US gov't makes and builds and buys billions of dollars worth of stuff every day. That doesn't mean you're entitled to it.
Seriously, how can a contract clause saying "when you quit you can not work in this industry for x months" be legal?
Noncompetes have been around for quite a while, and they are quite legal. This guy obviously signed a noncompete when he took the MS job. If he didn't want to sign it, he didn't have to. They're generally considered legally binding.
As someone who is in the process of switching FROM Vonage, BACK to one of the Bells, I can say that VOIP still has a way to go. I certainly wouldn't depend on it for a business yet. I agree that they're improving, but right now... ugh! Poor quality calls. Switching to/from is a royal PITA. Price isn't much better. Reliability depends on broadband (which is still not good enough for a small business to rely on). Half-assed features (for example, with Vonage, if you have all of your calls forwarded, it doesn't actually forward calls while the destination phone is busy. It catches them in it's own voicemail, instead of doing what I'd like it to do, and forward the calls).
Like Linux, I'll probably try again in another few years. Like Linux, it has lots of potential. Like Linux, it's improving rapidly. Like Linux, it still has a long way to go to be as good as the product it's supposedly trying to replace.
Unfortunately, as much as I like Yahoo's other real estate (mail, calendar, etc.), I gotta say that I won't be installing it. Their search, from what I can tell, is now primarily for paid listings only. We've had our company's web site up for 3 years, with Google spidering it completely every day and it has a Google Page Rank of "5". Yahoo only just in the past week added our front page. Of course, that's tiny anecdotal evidence, but to me, that says a lot about the quality of Yahoo's search.
The ESRB is an industry body, not a government regulatory agency. Participation in the ESRB is entirely voluntary.
The partent post said that it was "effectively" censorship. This is "effectively" censorship.
I would seriously question that any game with a Mature rating decreases by a significant amount the INTENDED audience for the game since, as you point out, it's so easy just to go online and purchase it from Amazon.
Not true. Movie makers have known for years that they'll sell more tickets to a PG-13 movie than an R movie. And they'll sell a hell of a lot more tickets to an R movie than an X movie (or your state's equivalent). You see, Bible-Thumpers are just fine with murder (see Iraq War, started by a "Born Again Christian" and broadly supported by Christians), but not OK with sex (they like to "be fruitful and multiply" asexually, apparently).
The big problem with the "private property" myth is that over time property accumulates in the control of few. This is a huge problem in the face of the goal of economic justice.
Ok, so what's the solution? Not even a real-life solution (there aren't any), but what's your idealistic vision of life without private property? I call "economic justice" people owning what they earned. That's the very definition of modern society: property ownership. If you're suggesting that "economic justice" is taking away from the rich to give to the poor, I (and I'm sure mayn others) would disagree with you vehemently.
Who do you think paid for all of this infrastructure? Bloggers? What you'll see disappear (and we've already seen this) is content *producers*. Once upon a time, there used to be all kinds of news articles generated for the Net. Now, most of what you see (with the exception of a few holdouts like Salon.com) is nothing but re-hashed AP and Reuters stories. Yeah, you may see the advertisers to disappear, but then so will the content. And if big advertisers find out that there's little to no money to be made online because of people like you, you can forget any more infrastructure development (like fiber to the door).
And hopefully, one day Linux management will work such that after you install an application, you can actually *use* it. I can't count the number of times I tried to install Firefox/Thunderbird or other apps in various kinds of Linux, and every time, after the install, there was no shortcut anywhere. I had no way of launching the apps! I hope that Linux will one day catch up to Windows circa 1993.
But hey, that was still a good attempt at a troll. Just be sure that you can't have it thrown back in your face next time, and you'll be much more successful!
Also, as a point to clarification, pseudoephedrine is not used to make speed, but is commonly used to make methamphetamine.
meth != speed? I thought they were the same. I'm much more of a fan of downers, personally, so I'm not as familiar with uppers. What chemical is "speed" then?
What happened to the days when journalists knew a little about what they were writing about? Did they end the day bloggers started mopping the floor with has-beens at the NYTimes et. al.?
Lumping bloggers in with journalists is insulting to journalists who spend great time and money and effort to become journalists. I wrote a document in Word, did, "Save as web page". Does that make me a Computer Scientist or even a "Programmer"? Notice how Dvorak at least did a little bit of research? Notice how the grammar and punctuation is correct? Notice how people actually *read* what he writes? That makes him a journalist. Bloggers are people deluded into thinking that their lives actually matter, or people care to hear what they have to say. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but you were the one that said that bloggers "mopped the floor with" NY Times reporters.
This isn't an issue for me. I'm an adult, and I'll buy whatever video games I want. I have no kids. This is no way effects me. My point is that this is an indication that this is another knee-jerk professional politican that will do whatever it takes for votes. That's all. I know that I can't trust her to be honest or level-headed on even minor issues like this one.
Driving while high (or drunk) is the same as firing a weapon indescriminantly near people, whether or not someone actually gets hurt, you're endangering them.
Obviously, you've never driven high or been with anybody that has. You end up driving no faster than about 35 mph because "everything is moving so fast, man". If anything, I think that driving under the influence of ever over-the-counter drugs like pseudoepedrine (in DayQuil, and used to make speed) is more dangerous. Marijuana is about as dangerous as water in just about any situation.
So then, in your opinion, what IS a good priority on which to base one's vote? This shows that she's ignorant, and willing to waste tons of tax money and hurt game companies (tax paying private businesses) for no reason. That's enough for me to decide not to vote for her.
You're right... it's not huge... but really, even non-hardcore gamers (such as myself) know what a game mod is. I know the difference between a game and something entirely unrelated that is downloaded to alter the game. I understand that nothing inherent in the game was "unlocked". I'd guess that there are a LOT of people who understand this very fundamental difference. I'm guessing that she may actually not be quite so ignorant, and is betting that there are more people who respond to every shrill "But What About The Children?!" comment than there are people who know what the fuck a game modification is. Either way, to me at least, she has proven herself to be as sleazy and underhanded and ignorant as any other politician out there. I was considering voting for her if for no other reason than to see a female President, but now I won't. She's an asshole like the rest.
I just have to say that I would've voted for Clinton if she made a run for President before she had diarrhea of the mouth and brought up this unrelated shit. She made a completely wrong (as we all know), completely uneducated statement, and based on factually *wrong* information called for a revamp of the whole system. That was a bad move on her part if she was expecting any of the geek vote. We all know what game mods are, and they've been around since the early days of computer gaming. Her statement was ignorant, and irresponsbile.
I'm guessing that "nobody" is posting because not that many people play MMPORGs. The vast majority (like World of Warcraft) have devolved into places where it's only fun for the kids who can play for hours and hours each day, exploiting every bug they find in order to enlarge their "e-penis". Normal people who occasionally play video games (like myself) are instantly turned off these games because of all of the kids playing. Until companies figure out how to make the games playable for everybody, they're going to continue to be popular among only the hardest of hardcore gamers.
I call bullshit. This is exactly the kind of shit that people believe. But this is a perfect example of bad information on the web that people are likely to believe. As with *anything*, you need to look at the sources. I hope that you put this link up as a joke, because it's funny as hell.
Slashdot Mirror
However, it appears as if the influence of the social ladder is creeping its way in
Well, what about all of us smart enough not to use IM of any kind? Where do we fall on the "ladder"? Really... IM is only *really* ubiquitous among kids and the really sad, pathetic, lonely adults. Sorry to say, but this isn't much of a pissing contest when it's between 12 year old girls, and 42 year old single women that weigh 300 lbs and have 10 cats and participate in medieval fairs/sci fi conventions.
Am I wrong? Are there very many "normal-ish" people who use IM? I don't know a single person that uses IM of any kind.
But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be.
You're right. I'd love my share fo time in an F-14 Tomcat that I helped pay for.
Microsoft has already won. Now they make profits whenever any large computer manufacturer sells a computer. They could shut down now and pay their employees for the next few years off the profits from new computers alone.
Well, you don't ever really "win" in business per se. You always still have to work to stay on top. But yeah, they have tons and tons of money... what's your point?
Again, it varies from US state to US state, but generally speaking, they are valid in the US. What's odd is that MS is suing Google as opposed to the actualy employee. Generally, the employee is the one sued, not the company, since the employee is violating the contract. I'm not so sure that Google recruting this guy, even if they knew he had a non-compete, would make them liable. But then, who really knows, since we're all playing armchair attorneys, anyway!
now, if you can tell me anything that should be MORE open source than this, I don't know what it is. Its based on GPL software and developed with my tax dollars. Hells yeah, I should get a copy of this as a US citizen and taxpayer.
That's incredibly faulty logic. The US gov't makes and builds and buys billions of dollars worth of stuff every day. That doesn't mean you're entitled to it.
Seriously, how can a contract clause saying "when you quit you can not work in this industry for x months" be legal?
Noncompetes have been around for quite a while, and they are quite legal. This guy obviously signed a noncompete when he took the MS job. If he didn't want to sign it, he didn't have to. They're generally considered legally binding.
As someone who is in the process of switching FROM Vonage, BACK to one of the Bells, I can say that VOIP still has a way to go. I certainly wouldn't depend on it for a business yet. I agree that they're improving, but right now... ugh! Poor quality calls. Switching to/from is a royal PITA. Price isn't much better. Reliability depends on broadband (which is still not good enough for a small business to rely on). Half-assed features (for example, with Vonage, if you have all of your calls forwarded, it doesn't actually forward calls while the destination phone is busy. It catches them in it's own voicemail, instead of doing what I'd like it to do, and forward the calls).
Like Linux, I'll probably try again in another few years. Like Linux, it has lots of potential. Like Linux, it's improving rapidly. Like Linux, it still has a long way to go to be as good as the product it's supposedly trying to replace.
Unfortunately, as much as I like Yahoo's other real estate (mail, calendar, etc.), I gotta say that I won't be installing it. Their search, from what I can tell, is now primarily for paid listings only. We've had our company's web site up for 3 years, with Google spidering it completely every day and it has a Google Page Rank of "5". Yahoo only just in the past week added our front page. Of course, that's tiny anecdotal evidence, but to me, that says a lot about the quality of Yahoo's search.
The ESRB is an industry body, not a government regulatory agency. Participation in the ESRB is entirely voluntary.
The partent post said that it was "effectively" censorship. This is "effectively" censorship.
I would seriously question that any game with a Mature rating decreases by a significant amount the INTENDED audience for the game since, as you point out, it's so easy just to go online and purchase it from Amazon.
Not true. Movie makers have known for years that they'll sell more tickets to a PG-13 movie than an R movie. And they'll sell a hell of a lot more tickets to an R movie than an X movie (or your state's equivalent). You see, Bible-Thumpers are just fine with murder (see Iraq War, started by a "Born Again Christian" and broadly supported by Christians), but not OK with sex (they like to "be fruitful and multiply" asexually, apparently).
If that's true, then I need to look into changing my citizenship status to become French! I'll take sex over violence *any day*.
The big problem with the "private property" myth is that over time property accumulates in the control of few. This is a huge problem in the face of the goal of economic justice.
Ok, so what's the solution? Not even a real-life solution (there aren't any), but what's your idealistic vision of life without private property? I call "economic justice" people owning what they earned. That's the very definition of modern society: property ownership. If you're suggesting that "economic justice" is taking away from the rich to give to the poor, I (and I'm sure mayn others) would disagree with you vehemently.
Who do you think paid for all of this infrastructure? Bloggers? What you'll see disappear (and we've already seen this) is content *producers*. Once upon a time, there used to be all kinds of news articles generated for the Net. Now, most of what you see (with the exception of a few holdouts like Salon.com) is nothing but re-hashed AP and Reuters stories. Yeah, you may see the advertisers to disappear, but then so will the content. And if big advertisers find out that there's little to no money to be made online because of people like you, you can forget any more infrastructure development (like fiber to the door).
And hopefully, one day Linux management will work such that after you install an application, you can actually *use* it. I can't count the number of times I tried to install Firefox/Thunderbird or other apps in various kinds of Linux, and every time, after the install, there was no shortcut anywhere. I had no way of launching the apps! I hope that Linux will one day catch up to Windows circa 1993.
But hey, that was still a good attempt at a troll. Just be sure that you can't have it thrown back in your face next time, and you'll be much more successful!
Also, as a point to clarification, pseudoephedrine is not used to make speed, but is commonly used to make methamphetamine.
meth != speed? I thought they were the same. I'm much more of a fan of downers, personally, so I'm not as familiar with uppers. What chemical is "speed" then?
What happened to the days when journalists knew a little about what they were writing about? Did they end the day bloggers started mopping the floor with has-beens at the NYTimes et. al.?
Lumping bloggers in with journalists is insulting to journalists who spend great time and money and effort to become journalists. I wrote a document in Word, did, "Save as web page". Does that make me a Computer Scientist or even a "Programmer"? Notice how Dvorak at least did a little bit of research? Notice how the grammar and punctuation is correct? Notice how people actually *read* what he writes? That makes him a journalist. Bloggers are people deluded into thinking that their lives actually matter, or people care to hear what they have to say. Sorry if that sounds harsh, but you were the one that said that bloggers "mopped the floor with" NY Times reporters.
This isn't an issue for me. I'm an adult, and I'll buy whatever video games I want. I have no kids. This is no way effects me. My point is that this is an indication that this is another knee-jerk professional politican that will do whatever it takes for votes. That's all. I know that I can't trust her to be honest or level-headed on even minor issues like this one.
Driving while high (or drunk) is the same as firing a weapon indescriminantly near people, whether or not someone actually gets hurt, you're endangering them.
Obviously, you've never driven high or been with anybody that has. You end up driving no faster than about 35 mph because "everything is moving so fast, man". If anything, I think that driving under the influence of ever over-the-counter drugs like pseudoepedrine (in DayQuil, and used to make speed) is more dangerous. Marijuana is about as dangerous as water in just about any situation.
the average IQ has to be close to room temperature. wtf does FOX see in this crap?
Their average viewer.
So then, in your opinion, what IS a good priority on which to base one's vote? This shows that she's ignorant, and willing to waste tons of tax money and hurt game companies (tax paying private businesses) for no reason. That's enough for me to decide not to vote for her.
You're right... it's not huge... but really, even non-hardcore gamers (such as myself) know what a game mod is. I know the difference between a game and something entirely unrelated that is downloaded to alter the game. I understand that nothing inherent in the game was "unlocked". I'd guess that there are a LOT of people who understand this very fundamental difference. I'm guessing that she may actually not be quite so ignorant, and is betting that there are more people who respond to every shrill "But What About The Children?!" comment than there are people who know what the fuck a game modification is. Either way, to me at least, she has proven herself to be as sleazy and underhanded and ignorant as any other politician out there. I was considering voting for her if for no other reason than to see a female President, but now I won't. She's an asshole like the rest.
I just have to say that I would've voted for Clinton if she made a run for President before she had diarrhea of the mouth and brought up this unrelated shit. She made a completely wrong (as we all know), completely uneducated statement, and based on factually *wrong* information called for a revamp of the whole system. That was a bad move on her part if she was expecting any of the geek vote. We all know what game mods are, and they've been around since the early days of computer gaming. Her statement was ignorant, and irresponsbile.
I'm guessing that "nobody" is posting because not that many people play MMPORGs. The vast majority (like World of Warcraft) have devolved into places where it's only fun for the kids who can play for hours and hours each day, exploiting every bug they find in order to enlarge their "e-penis". Normal people who occasionally play video games (like myself) are instantly turned off these games because of all of the kids playing. Until companies figure out how to make the games playable for everybody, they're going to continue to be popular among only the hardest of hardcore gamers.
How about a translation for us stupid Americans?
I call bullshit. This is exactly the kind of shit that people believe. But this is a perfect example of bad information on the web that people are likely to believe. As with *anything*, you need to look at the sources. I hope that you put this link up as a joke, because it's funny as hell.
I agree. I doubt very much there really are web hypochondriacs. Only the truly gullible will believe this article.
Or maybe it's your post that only the gullible believe? Hmm... who to believe...?