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I have received these from Best Buy and TiVo so far.
Seriously, why do all these companies outsource to such a crappy company that in one breach ALL their email lists get compromised? Does it really save them money to not operate the mailing lists themselves?
The "problem" with not "pandering" to the lowest common denominator is that if you don't do it you're eliminating access to many customers, and someone else WILL pander to them.
No, what I meant was that MP3s have no DRM so they have no way to limit the number of devices they could play on. Simultaneously or not. My wife can listen to one song, I can listen to another. All at the same time. Or we can listen to the same song in different locations.
Yes, even 320KB MP3s have a muddiness to them at times. It's all about how you are listening.
I have tried the offline mode and it bugged me to login again every couple days, and you are basically saying no, you can't play Portal and TF2 on two different computers at the same time.
I own over 200 games on Steam. I can play any one of them anytime
Can you sell them, loan them to friends? Can you easily play one game on one PC and someone else play a different game you "own" on a different PC you also own?
Is physical media really that much better when the installer requires online activation? I have this game and I have the DVD, but it requires online activation when launching for the first time.
Unless of course condition Y that has never been encountered or tested before was the cause and that condition is going to be met again once the re-imaged server is brought online.
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yeah, I guess they already lost all the information, so why stay open to it and send even more messages
I guess sending less spammy messages would be too difficult a choice to make
Is it ironic that they used Epsilon to send these warning emails from?
Did they use Epsilon to send out the security alert warning emails?
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Looks like it.... Hmmm... what does that say about it?
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I have received these from Best Buy and TiVo so far.
Seriously, why do all these companies outsource to such a crappy company that in one breach ALL their email lists get compromised? Does it really save them money to not operate the mailing lists themselves?
eggs, one basket.,...
Goes to prove the point that if you don't have two backups you may as well have none...
I must have read a severely flawed article that said they were paying 25 million in cash, then.
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/paul-thurrotts-wininfo/AT-T-to-Buy-T-Mobile-for-39-Billion.aspx?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Since MOST of that $39 billion is in shares, I don't think you can use shares to pay for towers
The "problem" with not "pandering" to the lowest common denominator is that if you don't do it you're eliminating access to many customers, and someone else WILL pander to them.
Name based virtual hosting for SSL doesn't seem to be very well supported anywhere I have looked, so each SSL site would need it's own IP
No, what I meant was that MP3s have no DRM so they have no way to limit the number of devices they could play on. Simultaneously or not. My wife can listen to one song, I can listen to another. All at the same time. Or we can listen to the same song in different locations.
Yes, even 320KB MP3s have a muddiness to them at times. It's all about how you are listening.
There are no servers in this case... it's single player, totally different animal
Physical CDs provide superior sounds than MP3s, so yes. I buy CDs and rip to flac.
Not to mention I can listen to MP3s on any number of devices at the same time so comparing them to games is kind of pointless.
I have tried the offline mode and it bugged me to login again every couple days, and you are basically saying no, you can't play Portal and TF2 on two different computers at the same time.
All his other games, and their associated single account bindable DLC, were also bound to that account. So, yes, he is screwed.
Then you lose all the DLC and bonus content that you get for buying the game new, at the very least
The installer, on the disc, still required online activation using your social.bioware.com account... so even with physical media you are screwed.
I own over 200 games on Steam. I can play any one of them anytime
Can you sell them, loan them to friends? Can you easily play one game on one PC and someone else play a different game you "own" on a different PC you also own?
Is physical media really that much better when the installer requires online activation? I have this game and I have the DVD, but it requires online activation when launching for the first time.
IME, only Americans seem unable to understand the phrase.
He explains why he skipped ME, but doesn't mention 98SE
Like 98SE and ME
Unless of course condition Y that has never been encountered or tested before was the cause and that condition is going to be met again once the re-imaged server is brought online.