Why shouldn't a nation be able to take steps to maintain its own sovereignty? I'm not a fan of Chinese human rights violations, but they have an interest, no, a responsibility to secure their borders from US aggression. Including espionage.
If it's all disc-based, with no Internet connection required, it would be very difficult to become more stringent. Publishers can lock content behind online passes (which EA already does this gen, among others) but DRM like Microsoft's essentially requires you to use license-based games from the start.
This is true. If you read the comments on the Xbox One announcement and stories about things like used game restrictions and online licensing check-ins, they are overwhelmingly negative. If you read the big game and mainstream journalism sources, most of them are glossing over it. There's a huge disconnect here. Gamers have accepted a lot of crap in the last 5 years, stuff like day-one DLC, for instance. But it seems like with the Xbox One there's just a massive outpouring of disgust and dissatisfaction. I've been on gaming sites since 1997 and I can't remember an announcement as poorly-received as the One.
You are missing the point, which is that working conditions don't have to be this bad. It wouldn't hurt the bottom line too much to treat the employees humanely, to not be constantly understaffed, to provide proper ergonomics, fair pay, good benefits, and to promote safety.
For the rest of it, fuck you.
In my mid-20s, before I went back to college, I worked in a grocery chain's fulfillment warehouse. The conditions were absolutely inhuman, it was a back-breaking job. Management made it worse by re-timing all of the performance goals to lower our pay. You had 8 seconds per location for picking and a short amount of travel time in between. That 8 seconds might be a few cases of toilet paper, or 250lbs of dog food. Then they would do things like trot out a "ringer", generally a long-time employee who had been promoted past picking to something higher-paying such as forklift operator. Then they would have this ringer do cherry-picked routes for a day, post the list of the week's performers, and claim that the rest of us weren't working hard enough.
I know people who worked in Amazon's warehouse. The conditions there are just as bad if not worse. Oh, and get injured (not unlikely given just how physical the job is, and the long hours)? Get a lawyer, if you can afford it. Amazon will go to any length to fire you before they see you collect a dime in worker's comp.
When you see Amazon's market share grow and grow, remember that it does so on the mistreatment of others. They should find another job? Not likely. These warehouses are usually placed in rural or disadvantaged areas where there are few employers.
Aside from a few Comedy Central shows, like the Colbert Report and the Daily Show*, Viacom's offerings are all pretty bad. Hell, I'm almost at the point where I'd pay my provider (not DirectTV) to drop MTV... watching that channel today will make you want to eat a bullet.
*available in full online anyway
I agree that the relatively young age of Scientology is a factor, but Islam isn't *that* old compared to some other faiths. Yet seem to be closing the atrocity gap with Judaism and Christianity pretty quickly.
Scientologists want your money. Fundamentalist Muslims want to cut off your head, or blow you up. That's not a knock on only Muslims- Zionist Jews and fundamentalist Christians are pretty dam hateful too. Ask American abortion doctors, or Palestinians murdered in indiscriminate missile attacks.
Let me say first that I find Scientology repulsive and a particularly greasy form of pyramid scheme. However, compared to the Judeo-Christian-Islamic trinity, they are responsible for much less evil and far fewer deaths. Between those three religions you have tens of millions slaughtered in pointless wars over minor differences in doctrine. You have sexism that runs deep through the dogma of all three. You have churches who have officially sanctioned everything from genocide to sexually abusing children to slavery. This stuff isn't even in the distant past. I can find examples in the last century where each of these religions has committed terrible atrocities.
Scientology is easy to hate because it is so ridiculous, so absurd, and generally unpopular. It's an easier target than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. But if you really take a step back and look at the doctrine of those three faiths, they are equally as ridiculous.
Quite surprising to see Roberts cross the aisle on this decision.
For all of its flaws (and there are many), the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction. Health care is one of the major issues of our time, and it's not realistic to suppose that a single piece of legislation can resolve it.
I doubt Microsoft would balk at any requests at access. These are, after all, matters of national security, and are therefore paramount over all other concerns. No decent American (ahem) company could refuse.
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in national politics. But who will get him, the Dems or the Republicans?
Why shouldn't a nation be able to take steps to maintain its own sovereignty? I'm not a fan of Chinese human rights violations, but they have an interest, no, a responsibility to secure their borders from US aggression. Including espionage.
If it's all disc-based, with no Internet connection required, it would be very difficult to become more stringent. Publishers can lock content behind online passes (which EA already does this gen, among others) but DRM like Microsoft's essentially requires you to use license-based games from the start.
Who'd have guessed it?
This is true. If you read the comments on the Xbox One announcement and stories about things like used game restrictions and online licensing check-ins, they are overwhelmingly negative. If you read the big game and mainstream journalism sources, most of them are glossing over it. There's a huge disconnect here. Gamers have accepted a lot of crap in the last 5 years, stuff like day-one DLC, for instance. But it seems like with the Xbox One there's just a massive outpouring of disgust and dissatisfaction. I've been on gaming sites since 1997 and I can't remember an announcement as poorly-received as the One.
They are more likely to RAISE prices if anything. Whatever game journalist actually believes that DRM makes prices lower is extremely naive.
Don't let the door hit you on the way out.
I think that could be phrased better.
You are missing the point, which is that working conditions don't have to be this bad. It wouldn't hurt the bottom line too much to treat the employees humanely, to not be constantly understaffed, to provide proper ergonomics, fair pay, good benefits, and to promote safety. For the rest of it, fuck you.
In my mid-20s, before I went back to college, I worked in a grocery chain's fulfillment warehouse. The conditions were absolutely inhuman, it was a back-breaking job. Management made it worse by re-timing all of the performance goals to lower our pay. You had 8 seconds per location for picking and a short amount of travel time in between. That 8 seconds might be a few cases of toilet paper, or 250lbs of dog food. Then they would do things like trot out a "ringer", generally a long-time employee who had been promoted past picking to something higher-paying such as forklift operator. Then they would have this ringer do cherry-picked routes for a day, post the list of the week's performers, and claim that the rest of us weren't working hard enough. I know people who worked in Amazon's warehouse. The conditions there are just as bad if not worse. Oh, and get injured (not unlikely given just how physical the job is, and the long hours)? Get a lawyer, if you can afford it. Amazon will go to any length to fire you before they see you collect a dime in worker's comp. When you see Amazon's market share grow and grow, remember that it does so on the mistreatment of others. They should find another job? Not likely. These warehouses are usually placed in rural or disadvantaged areas where there are few employers.
They're making a mistake not trying to beat ArenaNet to market, IMO.
Problem solved! Next I'll solve war, then hunger.
Aside from a few Comedy Central shows, like the Colbert Report and the Daily Show*, Viacom's offerings are all pretty bad. Hell, I'm almost at the point where I'd pay my provider (not DirectTV) to drop MTV... watching that channel today will make you want to eat a bullet.
*available in full online anyway
I agree that the relatively young age of Scientology is a factor, but Islam isn't *that* old compared to some other faiths. Yet seem to be closing the atrocity gap with Judaism and Christianity pretty quickly. Scientologists want your money. Fundamentalist Muslims want to cut off your head, or blow you up. That's not a knock on only Muslims- Zionist Jews and fundamentalist Christians are pretty dam hateful too. Ask American abortion doctors, or Palestinians murdered in indiscriminate missile attacks.
Let me say first that I find Scientology repulsive and a particularly greasy form of pyramid scheme. However, compared to the Judeo-Christian-Islamic trinity, they are responsible for much less evil and far fewer deaths. Between those three religions you have tens of millions slaughtered in pointless wars over minor differences in doctrine. You have sexism that runs deep through the dogma of all three. You have churches who have officially sanctioned everything from genocide to sexually abusing children to slavery. This stuff isn't even in the distant past. I can find examples in the last century where each of these religions has committed terrible atrocities. Scientology is easy to hate because it is so ridiculous, so absurd, and generally unpopular. It's an easier target than Judaism, Christianity, or Islam. But if you really take a step back and look at the doctrine of those three faiths, they are equally as ridiculous.
Quite surprising to see Roberts cross the aisle on this decision. For all of its flaws (and there are many), the Affordable Care Act is a step in the right direction. Health care is one of the major issues of our time, and it's not realistic to suppose that a single piece of legislation can resolve it.
I doubt Microsoft would balk at any requests at access. These are, after all, matters of national security, and are therefore paramount over all other concerns. No decent American (ahem) company could refuse.
Sprint has good coverage in my area but their data rates are terrible, whether on 3G or WiMAX. They desperately need LTE.
on the strength of their products. Well played Apple, well played.