The most simplest resolution to the Fermi paradox is... (drum roll)
We just happen to be first.
You're assuming that there isn't some other species out there systematically wiping out other evolving species, so that they stay at the top of the food chain.
Your analogy doesn't really hold to the situation, but lets pretend for a moment that it does. Using your analogy, then what do you do if the kid tries the same thing, over and over again? Do you forgive him each and every time, or realize at some point that you're being played, that he's pushing the envelope as much as he can, in hopes in getting away with as much as he could.
Remember, Blizzard came out very arrogant at first, and only when everything went to hell did they finally back down. They didn't just hear the initial beta tester comments and say 'Sorry, our bad' and changed their minds, they heard the comments and said 'Tuff feces, we like it this way' (my paraphrasing), and pushed forward. People were telling Blizzard 'This is BAD!' and they were not caring one bit. They didn't back down because they realized they were doing bad, they backed down because they were pressured to do so by customers, both those who left over this (myself) and others who didn't but threaten to.
They need to be slapped down for trying to steamroll this over us in the first place. They need to realize you can't just make agreements with other companies (Facebook) then go back to your customer base afterwards and tell them they have to accept what is going on, without dealing with the outcome/ramifications.
If corporations are supposed to be citizens, like people are, then they are just as susceptible to be told by the community 'You are doing bad.'
For the forum RealID, I think part of what Blizzard wanted to accomplish was eliminating the "trolling" character post. Blizzard could easily solve that by adding an option to "show characters" link for any posting character. This would only show the character names/realms, not the user login or name, making it easier to figure out who is trolling the forums.
/agree
They could have created a unique id that was not your real name (or any real information) and that would have served the same purpose.
But it wouldn't have linked in with Facebook, which their agreement with Facebook probably states it has to.
Well, that's my point. I'm critizing their design of "real life friends only", vs. "players you play with" type philosophy.
They could have very well made it so that you maintain the same level of anonymity you have now with just character names, and not have to introduce the displaying of real names. Then the facilities of the service would be available to people like me who wanted it, but not at the expense of exposing our real name.
WoW is not Facebook. While I have no problem with people that I add in Facebook knowing my name, I definitely don't want the snot nosed raging WoW nerd I'm in the same PUG raid with calling me at home and telling me how badly I suck at tanking, etc.
Also, as a former guild master who had to kick/report a member for harrasing female members of the guild, I worry at the fact of what that person would have done if he could have gotten the female members real names, then their home addresses and phone numbers.
Well, he didn't know that Garak would actually kill someone, and then the moral dilemma for him was to decide to turn in Garak, or to let things be, as it would be better for winning the War.
And even before, he did know and 'ok' Garak doing un-Federation type things like forgery, etc. He kept going further and further down that road, all in the name of winning the war.
And yeah, I watch too much Trek too (except for the new movie). Though I don't watch Trek anymore (only so many times you can watch the reruns), and wish something new would come along. In the meanwhile, I read Star Trek Vanguard, which has its DS9 flair but in the 'Kirk' era.
For what its worth, I used to be a guild master, and I had to kick someone from the guild because they were literally stalking female members of the guild, to the point that they had complained to me about it, as a last-step measure before they went to Blizzard about it. I shudder to think what he would have done if he could have gone to a deep-search web site and gotten their home addresses and phone numbers.
Sucks losing the features of it just because I want to protect my name though. Basically, if you own real estate, and you don't want someone to know your home address, phone number, and birth date, you can't use RealID.
If they had implemented it so that it let you use an alias name in-game/in-forums, it would have been a non-issue.
The contrast of being "Starfleet" morally and trying to deal in a part of space where the closest others got to a Federation/Starfleet mind-set is talking about root beer, is part of what made the show great.
Its good to see how people have to deal with their ideals in a part of the galaxy that doesn't share them.
You must of missed that episode where Sisko had to decide if he was going to do something VERY un-Starfleet like to make sure the Federation won the war.
If you're going to take Android's route, and you need just one book I recommend this.
Just a FYI, there's a 'second edition' of that book out. The first version reviewers mentioned allot of errata, which the second edition should in theory have most of the errata removed.
Unfortunately, amazon.com isn't currently selling it, only the first version.
I was wondering if you'd be willing to comment on the customer reviews for the book, and let us know if the 5 stars got it more right, or if the 1 stars did?
You are assuming that those in Power care about anybody else besides themselves.
To play Devil's Advocate for a minute, its probably a mindset of where those who created the content shouldn't have to give up their hard work to others who do not create content, and this mindset is agreeable to those who are in Power. "Let those lazy people create their own music instead of 'stealing' mine!" is the rallying charge. ( Again, Devil's Advocate here, please don't hit me.:) )
Unfortunately, it seems that people in Power tend to have a short-term narrow focus on things, vs. long-term wide focus (of what is good for the Country/Race), and our system of governance tends to reward that way of thinking.
Would kind of suck having to wait for someone to 'return' the book you want, so you can read it, when you know its not a physical object, but data that can be easily reproduced.
I don't know. If I was an editor working at a publisher, and authors could self-publish and cut out the middle-man, I'd quit the publisher, start my own business, that just caters to the self-publishing authors community, by offering my editing services for them. Let the authors handle the publishing/marketing crap.
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Or that they're "hiding" from us until we are no longer a 'Prime Directive' race.
The most simplest resolution to the Fermi paradox is... (drum roll)
We just happen to be first.
You're assuming that there isn't some other species out there systematically wiping out other evolving species, so that they stay at the top of the food chain.
The parent post makes a great point!
This has happened to me many a time as well. Its not just the gear score, its the achievement check that segregates people out of joining a raid.
No, just that he may prefer to be bubbled in private.
Maybe he has an aversion to being clean. /shrug
What, they couldn't defend themselves?
The point is that I wouldn't wish sending a crazy person to anybody's house, for any reason.
Your analogy doesn't really hold to the situation, but lets pretend for a moment that it does. Using your analogy, then what do you do if the kid tries the same thing, over and over again? Do you forgive him each and every time, or realize at some point that you're being played, that he's pushing the envelope as much as he can, in hopes in getting away with as much as he could.
Remember, Blizzard came out very arrogant at first, and only when everything went to hell did they finally back down. They didn't just hear the initial beta tester comments and say 'Sorry, our bad' and changed their minds, they heard the comments and said 'Tuff feces, we like it this way' (my paraphrasing), and pushed forward. People were telling Blizzard 'This is BAD!' and they were not caring one bit. They didn't back down because they realized they were doing bad, they backed down because they were pressured to do so by customers, both those who left over this (myself) and others who didn't but threaten to.
They need to be slapped down for trying to steamroll this over us in the first place. They need to realize you can't just make agreements with other companies (Facebook) then go back to your customer base afterwards and tell them they have to accept what is going on, without dealing with the outcome/ramifications.
If corporations are supposed to be citizens, like people are, then they are just as susceptible to be told by the community 'You are doing bad.'
For the forum RealID, I think part of what Blizzard wanted to accomplish was eliminating the "trolling" character post. Blizzard could easily solve that by adding an option to "show characters" link for any posting character. This would only show the character names/realms, not the user login or name, making it easier to figure out who is trolling the forums.
/agree
They could have created a unique id that was not your real name (or any real information) and that would have served the same purpose.
But it wouldn't have linked in with Facebook, which their agreement with Facebook probably states it has to.
Well, that's my point. I'm critizing their design of "real life friends only", vs. "players you play with" type philosophy.
They could have very well made it so that you maintain the same level of anonymity you have now with just character names, and not have to introduce the displaying of real names. Then the facilities of the service would be available to people like me who wanted it, but not at the expense of exposing our real name.
WoW is not Facebook. While I have no problem with people that I add in Facebook knowing my name, I definitely don't want the snot nosed raging WoW nerd I'm in the same PUG raid with calling me at home and telling me how badly I suck at tanking, etc.
Also, as a former guild master who had to kick/report a member for harrasing female members of the guild, I worry at the fact of what that person would have done if he could have gotten the female members real names, then their home addresses and phone numbers.
Well, he didn't know that Garak would actually kill someone, and then the moral dilemma for him was to decide to turn in Garak, or to let things be, as it would be better for winning the War.
And even before, he did know and 'ok' Garak doing un-Federation type things like forgery, etc. He kept going further and further down that road, all in the name of winning the war.
And yeah, I watch too much Trek too (except for the new movie). Though I don't watch Trek anymore (only so many times you can watch the reruns), and wish something new would come along. In the meanwhile, I read Star Trek Vanguard, which has its DS9 flair but in the 'Kirk' era.
For what its worth, I used to be a guild master, and I had to kick someone from the guild because they were literally stalking female members of the guild, to the point that they had complained to me about it, as a last-step measure before they went to Blizzard about it. I shudder to think what he would have done if he could have gone to a deep-search web site and gotten their home addresses and phone numbers.
Sucks losing the features of it just because I want to protect my name though. Basically, if you own real estate, and you don't want someone to know your home address, phone number, and birth date, you can't use RealID.
If they had implemented it so that it let you use an alias name in-game/in-forums, it would have been a non-issue.
Either way, it makes very little sense to quit a game based on what you think a company might do in the future
Its ok to penalize a company for bad behavior. Its the only influence we consumers/customers have.
/THIS!
The contrast of being "Starfleet" morally and trying to deal in a part of space where the closest others got to a Federation/Starfleet mind-set is talking about root beer, is part of what made the show great.
Its good to see how people have to deal with their ideals in a part of the galaxy that doesn't share them.
You must of missed that episode where Sisko had to decide if he was going to do something VERY un-Starfleet like to make sure the Federation won the war.
How in the hell is this Informative, and not Funny? And a 5 score to boot?
Turn in your Star Trek Fan card.
If you're going to take Android's route, and you need just one book I recommend this.
Just a FYI, there's a 'second edition' of that book out. The first version reviewers mentioned allot of errata, which the second edition should in theory have most of the errata removed.
Unfortunately, amazon.com isn't currently selling it, only the first version.
Well, knowing Java isn't a problem for me at all. I was more worried about the number of errata mentioned by the reviewers.
I noticed there's a second edition out, but Amazon.com doesn't list it, only the first/erratay (feels weird saying 'buggy' for a book) version.
I was wondering if you'd be willing to comment on the customer reviews for the book, and let us know if the 5 stars got it more right, or if the 1 stars did?
Guys, the parent post is NOT a troll. It may or may not be correct, but its definitely not trolling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifsLRATmZkM
You are assuming that those in Power care about anybody else besides themselves.
To play Devil's Advocate for a minute, its probably a mindset of where those who created the content shouldn't have to give up their hard work to others who do not create content, and this mindset is agreeable to those who are in Power. "Let those lazy people create their own music instead of 'stealing' mine!" is the rallying charge. ( Again, Devil's Advocate here, please don't hit me. :) )
Unfortunately, it seems that people in Power tend to have a short-term narrow focus on things, vs. long-term wide focus (of what is good for the Country/Race), and our system of governance tends to reward that way of thinking.
Would kind of suck having to wait for someone to 'return' the book you want, so you can read it, when you know its not a physical object, but data that can be easily reproduced.
I don't know. If I was an editor working at a publisher, and authors could self-publish and cut out the middle-man, I'd quit the publisher, start my own business, that just caters to the self-publishing authors community, by offering my editing services for them. Let the authors handle the publishing/marketing crap.