So, from a "legal" standpoint, he is going to have a tough time of things.
from a "legal" standpoint he never had any ground to stand on since Microsoft has BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to spend on lawyer and Mike Rowe Soft is a 17 year old kid. This case is all about Microsoft bullying someone who can't really fight back. Microsoft could have just given him his $10,000 and spun it into some good PR stunt.
I get that same conversation too and I'm a guy. Sales reps always treat everyone like a slobbering 2 year old because as a general rule most people don't know crap about electronics/cars/tools and sales people want their commission.
Posting pictures of this guy's wife in comparison to some super models is uncalled for. At least the man has a wife. It doesn't really matter what she looks like. She shares her husband's obsession of building friggin' Star Wars costumes and toys. I wish I had a woman who I could share my interests with, and mine aren't even that obscure. I'm sure Shawn wouldn't trade his wife for anyone in your "hot" category.
I think you should be the one writing articles for Curmudgeon Gamer. That's ridiculous to say that 3D cards have been the worst thing to happen to games as of late. You probably think CG effects have been the worst thing to happen to movies as well. As a matter of fact, lets all go back to playing games on our abacuses (sic?) and telling stories through song in out local pubs. I think the WORST thing to happen to games is that idiots started playing them - just like with movies. Now production values for games have skyrocketed to the millions, independent game creators can't keep up with the amount and quality of graphics and content in your average game, and thus a few genres that got me into gaming in the first place are now completely gone or loosely incorporated into brainless shoot fests with big budget cutscenes. The genres I'm talking about are classic adventure games and puzzle games. Although puzzle games are getting a small resurgence in the online flash/director type stuff. But I still long for the old Sierra games I grew up with, as well as the classic Lucasarts adventure games. Hell, I still fire up Grim Fandango and Full Throttle every now and then.
and that's bad, why? Because some television writer in the 20th century said so? Being able to read everyone's thoughts will bring about a new era of communication where people will actually be able to see through the bullshit of regular language and maybe actually get something accomplished. That would be a nice change.
Hey, I dont think Peter Jackson deserved to do something as big as LotR since he's never done something of that scope before, and most of his movies have been slapstick/gore comedies. But that turned out pretty well, didn't it?
me thinks it's blackmail, pure and simple. Just because some computer guy does it, doesn't make him right. He wasn't justified in asking for compensation because Best Buy never asked him to perform said security investigation, and if you're doing this investigation on your own time, just so you may have a chance of having something against some corporation, then yes, it obligates you to "work for free."
Ethically speaking, if he felt the flaw was important enough to not go unnoticed and was a danger to customers, and felt Best Buy wasn't going to do anything about it, he should have disclosed the flaw before some other hacker discovered it and used it maliciously without telling anyone. Legally, he should have done it anonymously.
here's the offending picture. It's blurred out so it's work safe, but it clearly shows that she was flashing the camera and her friends were looking on. She wasnt hiding in a corner with no one in sight or behind a towel.
"Some of the e-mail the Neistat Brothers received from "iPod's Dirty Secret" came from people who were quick to tell them "that we're [bleep]ing imbeciles, [because] you can buy a battery online and do it yourself," Casey says.
The brothers already tried that.
They Googled around and ordered the battery from a different vendor that came with complicated instructions and "these two plastic gigantic toothpicks," Casey says. It took a while to pry the back cover off the iPod's impenetrable design. Beneath that was "a gummy adhesive" which covered the mini hard drive, "and there were these two very tiny connectors with three prongs," in a work space "about the diameter of a needle."
He felt as if he was performing amateur neurosurgery."
Of course, I can't have any sympathy for the guy for going out and buying another iPod after the incident.
Exactly right. Who knows what kind of software bugs our new robotic prostitute overlords might have that the next generation of programmers will have to fix?
"I'm never gonna get used to the 31st century. Cafenated bacon, baconated grapefruit, Admiral Crunch?" "Well, if you don't like that you can always try some Archduke Chocula."
what about the power consumption of your second computer acting like your first? Seems like in the long run, it would be worth it to just upgrade that 486 and do whatever the hell you want with it.
if a traveller travels back in time, then perhaps his timeline has already been altered by the past in which he himself has returned to and changed? There... no problem with causality and with existence since he was born to travel back in time. I doubt someone would just vanish in a puff of logic once they figure out they've changed history, I think history will just change around them.
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probably because they're cheaper
So, from a "legal" standpoint, he is going to have a tough time of things.
from a "legal" standpoint he never had any ground to stand on since Microsoft has BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to spend on lawyer and Mike Rowe Soft is a 17 year old kid. This case is all about Microsoft bullying someone who can't really fight back. Microsoft could have just given him his $10,000 and spun it into some good PR stunt.
I get that same conversation too and I'm a guy. Sales reps always treat everyone like a slobbering 2 year old because as a general rule most people don't know crap about electronics/cars/tools and sales people want their commission.
Posting pictures of this guy's wife in comparison to some super models is uncalled for. At least the man has a wife. It doesn't really matter what she looks like. She shares her husband's obsession of building friggin' Star Wars costumes and toys. I wish I had a woman who I could share my interests with, and mine aren't even that obscure. I'm sure Shawn wouldn't trade his wife for anyone in your "hot" category.
I think you should be the one writing articles for Curmudgeon Gamer. That's ridiculous to say that 3D cards have been the worst thing to happen to games as of late. You probably think CG effects have been the worst thing to happen to movies as well. As a matter of fact, lets all go back to playing games on our abacuses (sic?) and telling stories through song in out local pubs. I think the WORST thing to happen to games is that idiots started playing them - just like with movies. Now production values for games have skyrocketed to the millions, independent game creators can't keep up with the amount and quality of graphics and content in your average game, and thus a few genres that got me into gaming in the first place are now completely gone or loosely incorporated into brainless shoot fests with big budget cutscenes. The genres I'm talking about are classic adventure games and puzzle games. Although puzzle games are getting a small resurgence in the online flash/director type stuff. But I still long for the old Sierra games I grew up with, as well as the classic Lucasarts adventure games. Hell, I still fire up Grim Fandango and Full Throttle every now and then.
Haha, your friends are dumb. Show Z is obviously the only one worth watching of the three.
Can anybody say "collective consciousness"?
and that's bad, why? Because some television writer in the 20th century said so? Being able to read everyone's thoughts will bring about a new era of communication where people will actually be able to see through the bullshit of regular language and maybe actually get something accomplished. That would be a nice change.
Hey, I dont think Peter Jackson deserved to do something as big as LotR since he's never done something of that scope before, and most of his movies have been slapstick/gore comedies. But that turned out pretty well, didn't it?
me thinks it's blackmail, pure and simple. Just because some computer guy does it, doesn't make him right. He wasn't justified in asking for compensation because Best Buy never asked him to perform said security investigation, and if you're doing this investigation on your own time, just so you may have a chance of having something against some corporation, then yes, it obligates you to "work for free."
Ethically speaking, if he felt the flaw was important enough to not go unnoticed and was a danger to customers, and felt Best Buy wasn't going to do anything about it, he should have disclosed the flaw before some other hacker discovered it and used it maliciously without telling anyone. Legally, he should have done it anonymously.
India must use an Indian model for design and development if it is to be successful.
So what are you saying? Lots of song and dance numbers in the code?
ha. Two of those words are in my sig. I never knew fop was a real word.
here's the offending picture. It's blurred out so it's work safe, but it clearly shows that she was flashing the camera and her friends were looking on. She wasnt hiding in a corner with no one in sight or behind a towel.
and sometimes, they'll throw in a "y" as in "yMac"
It's not Rockstar, it's Running With Scissors, and yes, the game is crap and should not be in any way associated with Rockstar or the GTA series.
This is one of the worst PC games of the year... it's too bad more people will now buy it due to lack of choice on Linux.
But seriously what the hell am I going to use Whiskey flavored condoms for?!
Especially since you probably got to get a girl drunk BEFORE you actually take your pants off.
or you could read the article which states
"Some of the e-mail the Neistat Brothers received from "iPod's Dirty Secret" came from people who were quick to tell them "that we're [bleep]ing imbeciles, [because] you can buy a battery online and do it yourself," Casey says.
The brothers already tried that.
They Googled around and ordered the battery from a different vendor that came with complicated instructions and "these two plastic gigantic toothpicks," Casey says. It took a while to pry the back cover off the iPod's impenetrable design. Beneath that was "a gummy adhesive" which covered the mini hard drive, "and there were these two very tiny connectors with three prongs," in a work space "about the diameter of a needle."
He felt as if he was performing amateur neurosurgery."
Of course, I can't have any sympathy for the guy for going out and buying another iPod after the incident.
Exactly right. Who knows what kind of software bugs our new robotic prostitute overlords might have that the next generation of programmers will have to fix?
here's a link to Super Mario Bros paper templates for you real geeks.
Obligatory Futurama quote
"I'm never gonna get used to the 31st century. Cafenated bacon, baconated grapefruit, Admiral Crunch?"
"Well, if you don't like that you can always try some Archduke Chocula."
He reads the website... he just likes some articles so much he wants to read them again.
what about the power consumption of your second computer acting like your first? Seems like in the long run, it would be worth it to just upgrade that 486 and do whatever the hell you want with it.
You forgot one thing,
- You can't let any Russians into the room to view it.
"But he'll see the big board!"
it really isn't worthy of a Slashdot story.
Then your standards are too high... or you must be new here. In that case, welcome to Slashdot! (Some of us regulars here call it "/.")
if a traveller travels back in time, then perhaps his timeline has already been altered by the past in which he himself has returned to and changed? There... no problem with causality and with existence since he was born to travel back in time. I doubt someone would just vanish in a puff of logic once they figure out they've changed history, I think history will just change around them.