they're going to have a stronger attachement to them than those of us who were brought up on Commodores, Amigas, and Apples
Because you're still using your computers from 1987? There may be some sentimental attachment, but I'd argue that A) it doesn't stem merely from the fact that you used them growing up, but rather that they were fun to use, and B) even if an attachment developed, that doesn't prevent anyone from making objective decisions in the future. Sure, it's fun to fire up the C64 emulator and mess around every once in a while, but at the end of the day I realize it doesn't fill the needs I have today.
I wonder what the results would be like if there was a menu option at the beginning of the phone call to rate your technical expertise on a scale from 1-9 (ignoring the 0). 1-3 could go to the call center, 4-6 could go to the 2nd tier, and 7-9 could go directly to scheduling the service call (provided they knew exactly what needed to be done to remedy the problem). Sure, you'd get some idiots punching the wrong number, and you'd get tech experts who forgot to try clearing the BIOS, but I'd wager that on the whole, most people would be truthful and it would cut down on customer service costs overall.
all scams rely on either the stupidity...or the greed...or both, of the victim.
I guess that either depends on your definition of scam, stupidity, or both. Someone may be stupid for clicking on a link sent to them by what is, or appears to be, a trusted source, which happens to redirect to what appears to be an Error/Re-login page for their e-mail. Once that password has been compromised -- the weakest link in most cases -- the attacker can begin to take advantage of "Forgot your password" features on other sites. Not to mention the potentially valuable information he can harvest from your stored e-mail -- likely your bank name at the very least.
I think rather than "stupidity," it would best be defined as violation of trust. Some people may set their trust thresholds too low, and you may say people are stupid for trusting anyone, but at some point everyone has to trust someone, and exploitation of that trust will always be a possibility.
Oh come on, people.. first we allow Ma Bell to recombine like the T-1000 and now we stand idly by as she starts a neural network? Will nobody think of the children? On the playground? With the.. big.. mushroom thingy?
It's a shame that the only direct penalty against the government in this case was $2 million, which to the USA Federal Government is less than pocket change.
Yeah, I know *I* love seeing buckets of my money go to people who sue the government. I'll gladly pay higher taxes just so people can get more respectable settlements!
It's a shame that he was awarded any sum by the government. The people who made the mistake should have been held accountable, and perhaps sued in civil court. Fining the government doesn't hurt them at all, no matter how large the fine -- it only hurts the taxpayer.
People get locked up *every day* on evidence that turns out to be incorrect or insubstantial. It's called the justice system. That's what trials are for: to determine the quality of the evidence. If he had been convicted on inaccurate evidence, then perhaps he would deserve some recompense, but merely recompense. You can't fine the government, only the taxpayers. Simply being charged with a crime is hardly a violation of his civil liberties no matter how inconvenient it may have been.
I think you're missing the fact that people tend to attribute characteristics -- attractive people are good and conversely good people are attractive -- based on unrelated factors. Seeing a chick with a computer can be as compelling for a nerd as seeing an old man in a Ferarri might be for a model, where seeing the same people in different circumstances would likely result in indifference.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but people don't always realize everything they're beholding.
Or take a look a look at story covered in following post: UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment
While comments related to that topic are probably best kept in that topic, the fact is that very few people are going to upgrade their systems to obtain Vista. The response thus far has been lethargic, will probably continue that way, and likely Vista will only make its way into the mainstream through computer sales which would have occured regardless. There will be no distinguishing "landfill line" where people suddenly started throwing away their existing computer parts. If Vista was some sort of wild success, then maybe, but that would still constitute a small portion of users; namely those with plenty of disposible income to buy all-new hardware on a whim and an early adopter mentality.
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they're going to have a stronger attachement to them than those of us who were brought up on Commodores, Amigas, and Apples
Because you're still using your computers from 1987? There may be some sentimental attachment, but I'd argue that A) it doesn't stem merely from the fact that you used them growing up, but rather that they were fun to use, and B) even if an attachment developed, that doesn't prevent anyone from making objective decisions in the future. Sure, it's fun to fire up the C64 emulator and mess around every once in a while, but at the end of the day I realize it doesn't fill the needs I have today.
Microsoft wants gamers to abandon the PC as a gaming platform and go to the 360.
You might want to let them know.
I imagine it would be like a feather landing on a pillow, for very large values of feather, and pillow.
Yes, and my shoulders are killing me.
That's Freakonomical!
Your really have to be stupid to do that.
Yes, your wood.
That's why I installed it before it came out.
I wonder what the results would be like if there was a menu option at the beginning of the phone call to rate your technical expertise on a scale from 1-9 (ignoring the 0). 1-3 could go to the call center, 4-6 could go to the 2nd tier, and 7-9 could go directly to scheduling the service call (provided they knew exactly what needed to be done to remedy the problem). Sure, you'd get some idiots punching the wrong number, and you'd get tech experts who forgot to try clearing the BIOS, but I'd wager that on the whole, most people would be truthful and it would cut down on customer service costs overall.
all scams rely on either the stupidity...or the greed...or both, of the victim.
I guess that either depends on your definition of scam, stupidity, or both. Someone may be stupid for clicking on a link sent to them by what is, or appears to be, a trusted source, which happens to redirect to what appears to be an Error/Re-login page for their e-mail. Once that password has been compromised -- the weakest link in most cases -- the attacker can begin to take advantage of "Forgot your password" features on other sites. Not to mention the potentially valuable information he can harvest from your stored e-mail -- likely your bank name at the very least.
I think rather than "stupidity," it would best be defined as violation of trust. Some people may set their trust thresholds too low, and you may say people are stupid for trusting anyone, but at some point everyone has to trust someone, and exploitation of that trust will always be a possibility.
The Vista replies, "'Hiymamac' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."
That's great, until someone writes a text-to-speech script that reads
say '%COMPUTERNAME%, open c: delete all. yes'
I'm pretty sure teenyboppers, by definition, don't listen to music that's almost 10 years old.
Yes, you're getting old.
About 65.7.
Of course. Who wants to pay full price for brain surgery?
A talking moose wants my credit card number? Wait a minute.. I'm not falling for that again!
Easy, just mod it +0.
Oh, I see you figured it out already.
the Blu-ray enabled PS3 is helping Sony quickly close the gap with HD DVD, with almost three Blu-ray discs sold
What, like 2.4 discs sold? Somebody just dropped a Hamilton and took off with a BR?
What's that? The rest of the sentence? Oh, I just assumed...
Oh come on, people.. first we allow Ma Bell to recombine like the T-1000 and now we stand idly by as she starts a neural network? Will nobody think of the children? On the playground? With the.. big.. mushroom thingy?
I like this one.
It encourages and enboldens others
I believe the word you were looking for is embiggens.
It's a shame that the only direct penalty against the government in this case was $2 million, which to the USA Federal Government is less than pocket change.
Yeah, I know *I* love seeing buckets of my money go to people who sue the government. I'll gladly pay higher taxes just so people can get more respectable settlements!
It's a shame that he was awarded any sum by the government. The people who made the mistake should have been held accountable, and perhaps sued in civil court. Fining the government doesn't hurt them at all, no matter how large the fine -- it only hurts the taxpayer.
People get locked up *every day* on evidence that turns out to be incorrect or insubstantial. It's called the justice system. That's what trials are for: to determine the quality of the evidence. If he had been convicted on inaccurate evidence, then perhaps he would deserve some recompense, but merely recompense. You can't fine the government, only the taxpayers. Simply being charged with a crime is hardly a violation of his civil liberties no matter how inconvenient it may have been.
"What it's like to click the ace of spades in MS Solitaire"
I hope they don't forget to put up a big **SPOILER WARNING** for that one.
She looks like a stunt double.
I think you're missing the fact that people tend to attribute characteristics -- attractive people are good and conversely good people are attractive -- based on unrelated factors. Seeing a chick with a computer can be as compelling for a nerd as seeing an old man in a Ferarri might be for a model, where seeing the same people in different circumstances would likely result in indifference.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but people don't always realize everything they're beholding.
It's a valid opinion.
Did you actually SEE her? She looks like Molly Ringwald without the orange hair.
[W]e tend to be more diserning consumers...my missle launcher doesn't work under OS X.
So was the discerning part picking the missile launcher over the mini lava lamp, or picking one that didn't work on multiple OS's?
Or take a look a look at story covered in following post: UK Greens Declare Vista Bad For Environment
While comments related to that topic are probably best kept in that topic, the fact is that very few people are going to upgrade their systems to obtain Vista. The response thus far has been lethargic, will probably continue that way, and likely Vista will only make its way into the mainstream through computer sales which would have occured regardless. There will be no distinguishing "landfill line" where people suddenly started throwing away their existing computer parts. If Vista was some sort of wild success, then maybe, but that would still constitute a small portion of users; namely those with plenty of disposible income to buy all-new hardware on a whim and an early adopter mentality.