"I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or are simply an idiot"
.
Well, my friend - between the two of us, only one doesn't get sarcasm, and only one calls people "idiot" on the internet. I suppose that's something for you to think about, eh?
Regardless of the he-said/she-said of this whole thing, the part that I think would be of most interest of slashdotter's is Zoe Quinn's use of the DMCA to quash discussion about this situation which she did not like. Regardless of the truth of the matter, the fact that she did this (to me) speaks volumes about her character. Total Biscuit can summarize this better than I can, and also has a very levelheaded take on the situation :
These are the issues that truly threaten consumer freedom in the marketplace. It's the reason why the FCC was even created: to regulate how telecommunications companies use customer data for marketing. And with such a punishment as this, all I can tell you is that it's a warm sunny day to be an American here in the land of fair-play, privacy, and opportunity.
You do an excellent job of demonstrating your very-American mastery of arrogant over-generalizations. (What is particularly amusing is that you are German). Like most Americans, I am deeply upset by what has become of our government (perhaps you have some parts of your own history to which you can relate), and corporatism is a disease that the whole world must solve. But that doesn't change the fact that the only single reason you live in such an enlightened, prosperous nation and *IS* the United States of America and its dedication of resources to the security and democracy of your nation. I despise nationalism, but you ought to learn some manners.
How long have I been sleeping? What exactly is there for this man to teach? How to destroy every strategic advantage your company has in 10 years? I mean, I suppose arrogance and ineptitude ARE characteristics of the MBA.
I believe it is fairly certain that one of the first types of vehicles to fully automate will be trucks. The computer will never get tired or frustrated or impatient, and it will never not be aware of where other vehicles are on the road.
I can easily see a future 30 years, potentially even 20 down the road where auto-drive become mandatory on metropolitan freeways at certain times of day (rush hour). In fact, I could easily see a not-too-distant future where such a thing is mandatory, regardless of time-of-day. Now the question I ask is, as with concern with electric vehicles and lower revenues from gasoline tax, how are municipalities going to cope with the reduced revenue from speeding tickets?
Yeah, truly witty folks. I left 5 years ago because I don't need to spend my free time reading a website polluted with alts and career trolls that the mods do _nothing_ about, because, hey, ad revenue or manufactured controversy or something. I met some wonderful people on TotalFark, but I don't read the internet to be pissed off and overall that place is a complete dump of assholery, and I have never looked back. Reddit works just fine.
I realize that it is entirely anecdotal, but my miserable early experience with OCZ disks seems to match others, to the point that would never in a million years purchase another OCZ product again. Heck, it seems mighty telling that they're not even considered on the tech report longetivity test:
So, am I actually to understand that, in 2014, the Xbox One is not currently capable of playing standard media formats such as MKV and that to this point, a console owner has been unable to play media off a flash drive or DLNA?
So, because a game published in 2004 loads equally fast on SSD vs HDD, your conclusion is that there is no benefit in all games? Well, ok, so here's my anecdotal experience: with my Samsung 840 Pro vs. my HDD bulk disk in my workstation, the load time difference in Skyrim, Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite is hugely different. I didn't think I would mind moving these off onto the spinning disk for space reasons, and it's enough of a change that I'm getting ready to just buy one big bad SSD and be done with it. (Though I would certainly never buy something as ridiculous as a "gaming ssd").
Wow, I guess there's some kind of beautiful irony in you commenting anonymously and calling me "pathetic", bringing up the government and taxation, and then concluding by calling "basic rules of capitalism" a product of primitive cultures and then implying that "people" don't understand what it really means. Good job!
The fact is that global markets are so large, advertising so powerful, that the impact of a boycott of informed consumers so small that you pretty much have to take high-profile legal action or hope to attract regulatory attention to enact a change in behavior. Sony has had no problem installing rootkits on the machines of customers, they have had no problem removing features from products customers have purchased, and they have no problem advertising a product as being capable of 1080p and then not delivering 1080p. It may seem like these are "first world problems", but what they represent are the "suck it up, peon" actions of yet another monolithic global entity that is beholden to no one, not even the basic rules of capitalism, and so the equation must be balanced with equal force.
Kind of a trollish headline, but both Sony and Microsoft have advertised 1080p as one of this generations' primary selling points - how is their continued inability to deliver upon this not false advertising, and how else are we to change their behavior if not through legal action? (Please don't say "boycott".)
I understand the points that you are making, but none of this changes the fact that Verizon sold customers "unlimited" internet, and indeed, had the customer broken their side of the contract, they would be on-the-hook to verizon for a substantial sum of money, followed by an adventure with collections.
Verizon either needs to clearly and openly define terms, or stop overselling their network. Conducting an honest business is not rocket science.
unlimited [uhn-lim-i-tid]
adjective
1. not limited; unrestricted; unconfined: unlimited trade.
2. boundless; infinite; vast: the unlimited skies.
3. without any qualification or exception; unconditional.
But I appreciate you coming in here and defending poor verizon from those insensitive jerks who paid for something "unlimited" and who are responsible for your slow service, rather than because verizon sold bandwidth and capacity that they don't have.
And incidentally, I assure you that insurance companies will be MORE than eager to offer reduced premiums to drivers of cars which eliminate human error. This is a foregone conclusion, and it will begin with the automation trucking and shipping and extend from there.
It's obvious that you are invested in the idea that these will not be available in the USA for some time due to your belief that "Oh my god, somebody might sue!", the subtext of your argument with regards to american culture being reasonably clear. To restate my point: the United States has been the proving ground for these vehicles, this proving ground in one of its most populous states,(and additionally has to some-extent been ground-zero for the technology), would seem to disagree with you.
Except for the fact that it was the vehicle trials which occurred in the US (california, nevada), trials that demonstrated the safety of these vehicles and which have caused the UK to fully allow them on the roads in Jan 2014, rather than their initial plans for trials to occur by the end of 2013. While the article does not explicitly state this to be the reason for the change, I believe it to be a fair presumption that the 300,000 miles google's cars have driven in Califonia were taken into consideration.
I had actually never heard of these trolls. According to wikipedia, "AARC is a non-profit US royalty collective, assembled by the US music industry in conjunction with the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, that protects the rights of featured artists and recording companies(sound recording copyright owners) both domestically and abroad in the areas of hometaping/private copy royalties and rental royalties"
Would that be the same guy who rounded all the jews up into concentration camps and embarked on a lengthy campaign of dehumanization and extermination of them?
...that as we have seen from Cheney, the capability of the dark side of the force to sustain and prolong life is unrivaled. Perhaps by Sauron's ring, but I wouldn't rule out that fucker murdoch as having one of those, too.
Slashdot Mirror
I believe you meant "SMRT".
"I can't tell if you are being sarcastic or are simply an idiot"
. Well, my friend - between the two of us, only one doesn't get sarcasm, and only one calls people "idiot" on the internet. I suppose that's something for you to think about, eh?
Regardless of the he-said/she-said of this whole thing, the part that I think would be of most interest of slashdotter's is Zoe Quinn's use of the DMCA to quash discussion about this situation which she did not like. Regardless of the truth of the matter, the fact that she did this (to me) speaks volumes about her character. Total Biscuit can summarize this better than I can, and also has a very levelheaded take on the situation :
Total Biscuit TwitLonger "What the Hell Just Happened"
These are the issues that truly threaten consumer freedom in the marketplace. It's the reason why the FCC was even created: to regulate how telecommunications companies use customer data for marketing. And with such a punishment as this, all I can tell you is that it's a warm sunny day to be an American here in the land of fair-play, privacy, and opportunity.
You do an excellent job of demonstrating your very-American mastery of arrogant over-generalizations. (What is particularly amusing is that you are German). Like most Americans, I am deeply upset by what has become of our government (perhaps you have some parts of your own history to which you can relate), and corporatism is a disease that the whole world must solve. But that doesn't change the fact that the only single reason you live in such an enlightened, prosperous nation and *IS* the United States of America and its dedication of resources to the security and democracy of your nation. I despise nationalism, but you ought to learn some manners.
How long have I been sleeping? What exactly is there for this man to teach? How to destroy every strategic advantage your company has in 10 years? I mean, I suppose arrogance and ineptitude ARE characteristics of the MBA.
I believe it is fairly certain that one of the first types of vehicles to fully automate will be trucks. The computer will never get tired or frustrated or impatient, and it will never not be aware of where other vehicles are on the road.
I can easily see a future 30 years, potentially even 20 down the road where auto-drive become mandatory on metropolitan freeways at certain times of day (rush hour). In fact, I could easily see a not-too-distant future where such a thing is mandatory, regardless of time-of-day. Now the question I ask is, as with concern with electric vehicles and lower revenues from gasoline tax, how are municipalities going to cope with the reduced revenue from speeding tickets?
Yeah, truly witty folks. I left 5 years ago because I don't need to spend my free time reading a website polluted with alts and career trolls that the mods do _nothing_ about, because, hey, ad revenue or manufactured controversy or something.
I met some wonderful people on TotalFark, but I don't read the internet to be pissed off and overall that place is a complete dump of assholery, and I have never looked back. Reddit works just fine.
I realize that it is entirely anecdotal, but my miserable early experience with OCZ disks seems to match others, to the point that would never in a million years purchase another OCZ product again. Heck, it seems mighty telling that they're not even considered on the tech report longetivity test:
http://techreport.com/review/2...
So, am I actually to understand that, in 2014, the Xbox One is not currently capable of playing standard media formats such as MKV and that to this point, a console owner has been unable to play media off a flash drive or DLNA?
Well done, MS. Keep fuckin' that chicken, guys.
So, because a game published in 2004 loads equally fast on SSD vs HDD, your conclusion is that there is no benefit in all games? Well, ok, so here's my anecdotal experience: with my Samsung 840 Pro vs. my HDD bulk disk in my workstation, the load time difference in Skyrim, Dishonored, Bioshock Infinite is hugely different. I didn't think I would mind moving these off onto the spinning disk for space reasons, and it's enough of a change that I'm getting ready to just buy one big bad SSD and be done with it. (Though I would certainly never buy something as ridiculous as a "gaming ssd").
Wow, I guess there's some kind of beautiful irony in you commenting anonymously and calling me "pathetic", bringing up the government and taxation, and then concluding by calling "basic rules of capitalism" a product of primitive cultures and then implying that "people" don't understand what it really means. Good job!
The fact is that global markets are so large, advertising so powerful, that the impact of a boycott of informed consumers so small that you pretty much have to take high-profile legal action or hope to attract regulatory attention to enact a change in behavior. Sony has had no problem installing rootkits on the machines of customers, they have had no problem removing features from products customers have purchased, and they have no problem advertising a product as being capable of 1080p and then not delivering 1080p. It may seem like these are "first world problems", but what they represent are the "suck it up, peon" actions of yet another monolithic global entity that is beholden to no one, not even the basic rules of capitalism, and so the equation must be balanced with equal force.
Kind of a trollish headline, but both Sony and Microsoft have advertised 1080p as one of this generations' primary selling points - how is their continued inability to deliver upon this not false advertising, and how else are we to change their behavior if not through legal action? (Please don't say "boycott".)
I understand the points that you are making, but none of this changes the fact that Verizon sold customers "unlimited" internet, and indeed, had the customer broken their side of the contract, they would be on-the-hook to verizon for a substantial sum of money, followed by an adventure with collections.
Verizon either needs to clearly and openly define terms, or stop overselling their network. Conducting an honest business is not rocket science.
unlimited [uhn-lim-i-tid]
adjective
1. not limited; unrestricted; unconfined: unlimited trade.
2. boundless; infinite; vast: the unlimited skies.
3. without any qualification or exception; unconditional.
But I appreciate you coming in here and defending poor verizon from those insensitive jerks who paid for something "unlimited" and who are responsible for your slow service, rather than because verizon sold bandwidth and capacity that they don't have.
And incidentally, I assure you that insurance companies will be MORE than eager to offer reduced premiums to drivers of cars which eliminate human error. This is a foregone conclusion, and it will begin with the automation trucking and shipping and extend from there.
It's obvious that you are invested in the idea that these will not be available in the USA for some time due to your belief that "Oh my god, somebody might sue!", the subtext of your argument with regards to american culture being reasonably clear. To restate my point: the United States has been the proving ground for these vehicles, this proving ground in one of its most populous states,(and additionally has to some-extent been ground-zero for the technology), would seem to disagree with you.
Except for the fact that it was the vehicle trials which occurred in the US (california, nevada), trials that demonstrated the safety of these vehicles and which have caused the UK to fully allow them on the roads in Jan 2014, rather than their initial plans for trials to occur by the end of 2013. While the article does not explicitly state this to be the reason for the change, I believe it to be a fair presumption that the 300,000 miles google's cars have driven in Califonia were taken into consideration.
I had actually never heard of these trolls. According to wikipedia, "AARC is a non-profit US royalty collective, assembled by the US music industry in conjunction with the Audio Home Recording Act of 1992, that protects the rights of featured artists and recording companies(sound recording copyright owners) both domestically and abroad in the areas of hometaping/private copy royalties and rental royalties"
In other words, lawyer parasites.
Would that be the same guy who rounded all the jews up into concentration camps and embarked on a lengthy campaign of dehumanization and extermination of them?
Yes you do. You're a member of that species.
...that as we have seen from Cheney, the capability of the dark side of the force to sustain and prolong life is unrivaled. Perhaps by Sauron's ring, but I wouldn't rule out that fucker murdoch as having one of those, too.
GPS is convenient for the military to have, but they are in no way dependent upon it to conduct operations. Very paranoid folks, those guys.