I agree with both of you. Blaming the victim is non-sense but dealing with reality isn't product friendly. The fact is that companies like Apple cannot protect their users data with certainty (That is the reality). So this comes back to the fact that all internet users have the ability to perform crimes anonymously. As technology evolves and authorities become better equipped, crimes like this one will be less likely to occur since they will be able to find the offenders.
In the mean while cloud storage remains unsafe from capable predators.
Depending on how loyal his people are, it could have major ripple effects. It also goes against U.N. peacetime laws. To assassinate a leader such as Putin you would need to first declare war on them. Standing behind a keyboard makes it seems much easier than it is but war declaration is far more involved than it sounds and usually requires the UN agreeing.
Lose today and prepare for tomorrow. You may be correct but no matter what happens none of this will rest easy in the long run. Russia be will be handled like a bully from here on out.
I think in today's age you would be quick to see the Russian army dissolve should all world leaders embark against them. Back in WW2 the communication highway didn't exist and if the Germans knew how much they were outnumbered and how quickly they were losing ground, they would have crumbled much earlier. In the face of defeat many choose to back down and that's exactly what will happen if full scale war occurs. Will it prevent nukes from dropping? Depends on how loyal the Russian military is to it's crazy leader.
Although I don't want to find out the hard way, it would be interesting to know if the US successfully developed nuclear counter measures. I know they had a few prototypes years ago but I imagine with the advancements in technology that it would be much more effective now than ever.
Yes about the centralization of media but where does this come into actual decision making? Joe Schmo and his friends have little to no impact if they aren't in the top tiers of government or military. The fact is that those decision are done with or without the populations backing. I think the leaders of the world powers has far more impact on what decision will be taken than the civilian following bogus news.
This is why the UN requested an emergency meeting. Decisions will be made then. Whether they continue to push more sanctions on the Russian government or they actually get involved is what we will find out soon enough.
Nobody wants to see Russia take unleash nukes and going at war with them could do exactly that.
There are no local places left that rent movies in my area. I would have to drive 15 minutes minimum to get one and the selection is slim to say the least. As for Netflix Subscriptions, you get what they want you to see. You don't get to sift through a list of owned movies like you do with your music.
Yes but your OS needs to be 64 bit and until Windows 7 became dominant, 32 bit was still the biggest seller by far. If I recall until last year 80% of Windows OS installs were 32bit. Until last year many laptops still came with 32 bit Windows 7 which as far as I'm concerned was dumb.
And yes, if people would pay $19.99 for some DLC that gives your character new hats, I'm pretty sure they'd pay for dedicated servers.
That's a very big assumption but ok...
The reason they are not included is because Sony is so scared that there might be some kid in Slovenia playing a pirated version of their game
They have every right to protect what is theirs and in the process provide generally a better offering for most players. Most users don't care for dedicated servers anyway. At the end of the day you can choose to not buy Sony games. If you already don't buy Sony games then I don't know why you are up in arms.
Will you pay more? Most players will say no. There is cost in implementing two approaches to network gaming. It may look like a simple extraction of code but it's a lot more than that. You'll understand what I mean if you are more than a base application developer.
For me the word "BEHEADING" was strong enough for me to understand how horrible the act was. I watched the video and I wasn't any more struck than when I read the headline.
And what difference does it actually make? The answer is NONE. Me having actually seen the video did nothing to improve the situation in that country. My son, my daughter, my wife, my neighbors. We can all see the video and it will be the topic of the hour and then none.
There is far more harm than good that can be done by allowing videos like this to be displayed. Harm to the family, harm to kids that get their hands on it...
Yeah, that makes tones of sense. Oh look, I want to play but none of my friends are online. "I WISH I COULD PLAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK LIKE A CREEP ON MIRC OR OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS LOOKING FOR A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH".
You should not be allowed to own a car because it's too much evolution for you.
1% down time doesn't justify dropping a perfectly good working server model.
If they aren't involved now they won't be anymore involved without the video game. People either have will power or they don't. Taking away a bad habit will just make them find a new one.
I agree with your statement that censorship is wrong BUT I must inject that allowing them to show the horrible things they do does nothing to further any causes other than their own. Did I see the video? Yes I did. Did I need to see it to understand how horrible things are there? No.
In the current state of internet I agree with censorship but as the internets anonymous nature dissolves and accountability becomes possible again, I will agree far more with your statement.
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True. But we are over them now.
I remember how unstable that software was. I remember cursing at their software daily.
Ahh, so you are bitter.
I agree with both of you. Blaming the victim is non-sense but dealing with reality isn't product friendly. The fact is that companies like Apple cannot protect their users data with certainty (That is the reality). So this comes back to the fact that all internet users have the ability to perform crimes anonymously. As technology evolves and authorities become better equipped, crimes like this one will be less likely to occur since they will be able to find the offenders.
In the mean while cloud storage remains unsafe from capable predators.
LOL!!!
Are you still bitter about that because I'm pretty sure most people got over that pretty quickly.
Depending on how loyal his people are, it could have major ripple effects. It also goes against U.N. peacetime laws. To assassinate a leader such as Putin you would need to first declare war on them. Standing behind a keyboard makes it seems much easier than it is but war declaration is far more involved than it sounds and usually requires the UN agreeing.
Lose today and prepare for tomorrow. You may be correct but no matter what happens none of this will rest easy in the long run. Russia be will be handled like a bully from here on out.
I think in today's age you would be quick to see the Russian army dissolve should all world leaders embark against them. Back in WW2 the communication highway didn't exist and if the Germans knew how much they were outnumbered and how quickly they were losing ground, they would have crumbled much earlier. In the face of defeat many choose to back down and that's exactly what will happen if full scale war occurs. Will it prevent nukes from dropping? Depends on how loyal the Russian military is to it's crazy leader.
Although I don't want to find out the hard way, it would be interesting to know if the US successfully developed nuclear counter measures. I know they had a few prototypes years ago but I imagine with the advancements in technology that it would be much more effective now than ever.
Is it a bad thing that the US is standing still in hope to resolve local issues instead of everybody else's problem?
I don't actually have an opinion on this. I'm just asking.
ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!!!!!!!
China isn't going to be doing anything. They're economy is very much dependent on the US and it's butt buddies.
Yes about the centralization of media but where does this come into actual decision making? Joe Schmo and his friends have little to no impact if they aren't in the top tiers of government or military. The fact is that those decision are done with or without the populations backing. I think the leaders of the world powers has far more impact on what decision will be taken than the civilian following bogus news.
Here's a 12 year old mind with an opinion about something he doesn't understand AT ALL.
This is why the UN requested an emergency meeting. Decisions will be made then. Whether they continue to push more sanctions on the Russian government or they actually get involved is what we will find out soon enough.
Nobody wants to see Russia take unleash nukes and going at war with them could do exactly that.
There are no local places left that rent movies in my area. I would have to drive 15 minutes minimum to get one and the selection is slim to say the least. As for Netflix Subscriptions, you get what they want you to see. You don't get to sift through a list of owned movies like you do with your music.
Yes but your OS needs to be 64 bit and until Windows 7 became dominant, 32 bit was still the biggest seller by far. If I recall until last year 80% of Windows OS installs were 32bit. Until last year many laptops still came with 32 bit Windows 7 which as far as I'm concerned was dumb.
But currently renting a movie on Vu is $6.00. Would $6.00 be very reasonable for owning unless I'm miss understanding the DRM Free concept.
And yes, if people would pay $19.99 for some DLC that gives your character new hats, I'm pretty sure they'd pay for dedicated servers.
That's a very big assumption but ok...
The reason they are not included is because Sony is so scared that there might be some kid in Slovenia playing a pirated version of their game
They have every right to protect what is theirs and in the process provide generally a better offering for most players. Most users don't care for dedicated servers anyway. At the end of the day you can choose to not buy Sony games. If you already don't buy Sony games then I don't know why you are up in arms.
Good for techs as usual but that doesn't work for the other 98% of the population.
Will you pay more? Most players will say no. There is cost in implementing two approaches to network gaming. It may look like a simple extraction of code but it's a lot more than that. You'll understand what I mean if you are more than a base application developer.
For me the word "BEHEADING" was strong enough for me to understand how horrible the act was. I watched the video and I wasn't any more struck than when I read the headline.
And what difference does it actually make? The answer is NONE. Me having actually seen the video did nothing to improve the situation in that country. My son, my daughter, my wife, my neighbors. We can all see the video and it will be the topic of the hour and then none.
There is far more harm than good that can be done by allowing videos like this to be displayed. Harm to the family, harm to kids that get their hands on it...
Yeah, that makes tones of sense. Oh look, I want to play but none of my friends are online. "I WISH I COULD PLAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE ONLINE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOOK LIKE A CREEP ON MIRC OR OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS LOOKING FOR A FRIEND TO PLAY WITH".
You should not be allowed to own a car because it's too much evolution for you.
1% down time doesn't justify dropping a perfectly good working server model.
Your dreaming buddy!
If they aren't involved now they won't be anymore involved without the video game. People either have will power or they don't. Taking away a bad habit will just make them find a new one.
I agree with your statement that censorship is wrong BUT I must inject that allowing them to show the horrible things they do does nothing to further any causes other than their own. Did I see the video? Yes I did. Did I need to see it to understand how horrible things are there? No.
In the current state of internet I agree with censorship but as the internets anonymous nature dissolves and accountability becomes possible again, I will agree far more with your statement.
Yes a tool that have specific applications don't have.
So from the point of view of masses there are no advantage of having a horse over a car.