"1. How likely is Warden to give a false positive? If you happen to have a Word window open with a document's name in the title bar that happens to match a cheating tool, what happens?"
Nothing, it wouldn't.
"2. Does Warden run when WoW isn't running? Programs are "allowed" to start up extra processes as part of their running, but are supposed to vanish from memory when the program is shut down. Sony's recently-discussed rootkit-ish DRM software soaks up system resources even when you're doing something that has nothing to do with sharing music."
It doesn't.
"3. When you uninstall World of Warcraft, does Warden get uninstalled too? Secret software pieces like this tend to get left behind by various programs."
I haven't checked this, but there's no reason for them to code this in. I significantly doubt that Blizzard would waste their time with this as you're not utilizing their servers or providing them any money for doing so.
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When you're paying 15$ a month (or less) you can't expect regular contact with reps who are paid around 10$/hr. Now, I'm not suggesting their support is great by any means, but had that AOL unpaid assistant class action suit not screwed over all MMORPG players we'd be much better off.
"Hhe spreads FDA jurisdiction onto other continents! How would you like to have a foreign jurisdiction and law imposed upon you, that claims that food is a drug because it can prevent disease, or 'monitor' health products and unlawfully diverts funds to the scrutiny of products beyond the scope of its charter?"
Frankly, the more that pseudoscience and quackery is stamped out, the better. I'm just sad that they don't do more to stamp out specious claims from "alternative" medicine frauds.
I want the opinions of nuclear engineers with some experience in (or with) the business. If the "qualified" engineers are biased by real-world interactions, it's still entirely preferable to those with no understanding of the technology.
"There are far too many accounts from eyewitnesses, including some from experienced officers and university professors to dismiss the entire thing."
Intelligent people believe stupid and outlandish things on a regular basis. A degree or military position is no absolute defense against irrational thought. I'd suggest checking out Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (written in the 1800s) and the excellent Why People Believe Weird Things for more reasons why apophenia gets the best of us:)
"My g/f's laptop makes some bizarre screeching noise every now and then for no appearant reason, and it isnt drive failure or other hardware stuff. What's worse is it happens under every OS that's put on it!"
The squealing noise is a chipset or CPU fan failing.
"politely say. 'I'm not interested. Please don't call me again at this number. Thank you' and hang up.
Why politely? They still have to put you on the do-not-call list if you say 'put me on your do not call list for all customers, right fucking now, you greasy little motherfucker', which is not only more satisfying, it also helps to make the caller's job less tolerable."
It's good to be polite, because the frustrated, struggling and overstressed telemarketer may happen to "forget" to place someone on their DNC list if they're an asshole. I did collections for a while until better work appeared, and saw that happen on more than one occasion.
"I know this is a bit OT but one of my co-workers has a coffee cup with the slogan "I see dumb people". I have never had any problem believing that one."
May be OT, but perfectly applicable to any thread about ghosts, unicorns, and other works of fiction.
"Then prove there's no other source of natural gas in the house, collect the million dollar bounty and post photos everywhere to annoy scientists."
You're expecting the obligatory "I don't need a million dollars, my 'proof' of the supernatural provides enough personal satisfaction" response to Randi's challenge, I assume:)
"The problem is that most players don't realize how it affects their day to day outlook on life."
That's because it does *not* affect their day-to-day outlook in the negative manner you're suggesting.
"i.e. If you get a lot of negativity out of your environment, you can expect to become a very negative person."
But they're not. There's no statistically significant amount of depression found in gamers versus the regular populace. There's no causal linkage between teenage depression and videogames. Higher rates were there long before videogames.
"Real life offers more than enough difficulties in this area. Why would you want to add more of it?"
Because fantasy of all kinds, movies, books, roleplaying and videogames allow for the harnessing and channelling of "negative" experiences into a positive end-result.
The ability to vent off some steam leaves gamers much better off in the end, regardless of the games they choose.
Yeah, why even respond to this obvious troll of an article? He's like the Ann Coulter of tech journalism, I doubt even [i]he[/i] believes what he's writing here.
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"1. How likely is Warden to give a false positive? If you happen to have a Word window open with a document's name in the title bar that happens to match a cheating tool, what happens?"
Nothing, it wouldn't.
"2. Does Warden run when WoW isn't running? Programs are "allowed" to start up extra processes as part of their running, but are supposed to vanish from memory when the program is shut down. Sony's recently-discussed rootkit-ish DRM software soaks up system resources even when you're doing something that has nothing to do with sharing music."
It doesn't.
"3. When you uninstall World of Warcraft, does Warden get uninstalled too? Secret software pieces like this tend to get left behind by various programs."
I haven't checked this, but there's no reason for them to code this in. I significantly doubt that Blizzard would waste their time with this as you're not utilizing their servers or providing them any money for doing so.
"While challenging, this is not at all impossible."
Feel free to release this any time now.
"Stereotyping is now modified Insightful?"
Criticism of the government is not stereotyping the people.
There's no reason to tolerate *any* human rights abuse, attempts to find equivalency are a shitty excuse to maintain the status quo.
"I don't get how anyone still likes Blizzard..."
Because none of those complaints bother me any.
When you're paying 15$ a month (or less) you can't expect regular contact with reps who are paid around 10$/hr. Now, I'm not suggesting their support is great by any means, but had that AOL unpaid assistant class action suit not screwed over all MMORPG players we'd be much better off.
"Hhe spreads FDA jurisdiction onto other continents! How would you like to have a foreign jurisdiction and law imposed upon you, that claims that food is a drug because it can prevent disease, or 'monitor' health products and unlawfully diverts funds to the scrutiny of products beyond the scope of its charter?"
Frankly, the more that pseudoscience and quackery is stamped out, the better. I'm just sad that they don't do more to stamp out specious claims from "alternative" medicine frauds.
I want the opinions of nuclear engineers with some experience in (or with) the business. If the "qualified" engineers are biased by real-world interactions, it's still entirely preferable to those with no understanding of the technology.
I'm betting it'll be the Nagas.
"There are far too many accounts from eyewitnesses, including some from experienced officers and university professors to dismiss the entire thing."
:)
Intelligent people believe stupid and outlandish things on a regular basis. A degree or military position is no absolute defense against irrational thought. I'd suggest checking out Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (written in the 1800s) and the excellent Why People Believe Weird Things for more reasons why apophenia gets the best of us
"I never understood why there's even a debate."
There is no scientific debate.
There is a philosophical debate by those who can't understand what "God of the gaps" means.
Not even, it's an appeal to ignorance.
"My g/f's laptop makes some bizarre screeching noise every now and then for no appearant reason, and it isnt drive failure or other hardware stuff. What's worse is it happens under every OS that's put on it!"
The squealing noise is a chipset or CPU fan failing.
"politely say. 'I'm not interested. Please don't call me again at this number. Thank you' and hang up.
Why politely? They still have to put you on the do-not-call list if you say 'put me on your do not call list for all customers, right fucking now, you greasy little motherfucker', which is not only more satisfying, it also helps to make the caller's job less tolerable."
It's good to be polite, because the frustrated, struggling and overstressed telemarketer may happen to "forget" to place someone on their DNC list if they're an asshole. I did collections for a while until better work appeared, and saw that happen on more than one occasion.
"I know this is a bit OT but one of my co-workers has a coffee cup with the slogan "I see dumb people". I have never had any problem believing that one."
May be OT, but perfectly applicable to any thread about ghosts, unicorns, and other works of fiction.
"Then prove there's no other source of natural gas in the house, collect the million dollar bounty and post photos everywhere to annoy scientists."
:)
You're expecting the obligatory "I don't need a million dollars, my 'proof' of the supernatural provides enough personal satisfaction" response to Randi's challenge, I assume
Sounds like a really wonderful guy to work with.
Everyone involved in the incidents you refer to would still form a very small percentage of the 60000 people Microsoft employs.
While I'm sure that there is a very definite corporate attitude, it does not form the "criminal monoculture" that you're implying.
Their licensing restrictions are much more relaxed from their NES days, so no :)
"The problem is that most players don't realize how it affects their day to day outlook on life."
That's because it does *not* affect their day-to-day outlook in the negative manner you're suggesting.
"i.e. If you get a lot of negativity out of your environment, you can expect to become a very negative person."
But they're not. There's no statistically significant amount of depression found in gamers versus the regular populace. There's no causal linkage between teenage depression and videogames. Higher rates were there long before videogames.
"Real life offers more than enough difficulties in this area. Why would you want to add more of it?"
Because fantasy of all kinds, movies, books, roleplaying and videogames allow for the harnessing and channelling of "negative" experiences into a positive end-result.
The ability to vent off some steam leaves gamers much better off in the end, regardless of the games they choose.
"Admittedly it's only a sidegame, so the depth isn't that great, but it's there"
I can't imagine a 2F2F licensed game having the depth of a GTA *mini*game, so no loss there.
For more info on that "movement", see -
www. is deprecated.
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Yeah, why even respond to this obvious troll of an article? He's like the Ann Coulter of tech journalism, I doubt even [i]he[/i] believes what he's writing here.
"recall that laptops have a strong need for weight reduction which is a key reason for using carbon fiber."
The majority of notebook weight isn't in the areas of the system the Carbon Fiber is used for.
"I expect this information hard to come by, but is there any other part made of carbon fiber?"
I sincerely doubt that anything but the case is made of carbon fiber.
I hear the Vaios come with stickers and nawwwws.
I live my life a quarter-terabyte at a time, nothing else matters.