I'm a serious gamer, and have been for the past 25 years. I've played everything from text based adventures, MUDs with pseudo-ascii maps, and today's fast paced shooters. I've killed, conquered and explored from the bottom of the earth's crust to different galaxies past and future.
Yet somehow I've never heard of this PC Gaming Alliance which claims to be acting in my interest. They've never spoken to me or asked my opinion. Yet they say they represent me, the gamer.
Well you can keep your political organizations, for all they're worth. I have games to play.
These are merely the same restrictions the FAA used to have on cigarettes - you could only light them once you were above the cloud layer. Since smoking is no longer allowed on commercial airliners and this pretty much coincides with the timeline for the rise of personal electronics, someone decided to keep the exact same rule for electronic devices. Look out the window next time and you'll see that the message is always given just as you pass above the clouds.
Rubbish. While an ILS system CAN land an aircraft today pilots do not wait until the aircraft is 300 feet off the ground to turn off the autopilot. The autopilot is not very good at coping with any of a number of unexpected situations (the most frequent being sudden gusts of wind) that can arise on short final.
As a side note a spokesman from CCP hf announced today that the EVE Online Tranquility server has gone offline unexpectedly and they are working on the problem...
(PS: Yes I know EVE is hosted from London, but I couldn't resist!)
On the other hand it's his business and he can hire who he wants. Right or wrong doesn't matter because at the end of the day, it's his dime. Over time he will reap the benefits or suffer the consequences of his decisions - regardless of what your "opinion" is.
I don't know how it's done at Microsoft, but I am familiar with a few "Fortune 500"'s and their SOP, and you'd be surprised to know how few of them actually believe in consumer testing. Failing to do this is no one's fault but the manufacturer's despite your apologist stance.
If you put your name on a product and make money from a product, you are responsible for that product and all the good and bad that goes with it - especially if the problem comes about through regular everyday use and not extreme or abusive conditions. Saying "we didn't know" is only admitting incompetence. If you develop a product for use in the "real world" and not a lab, you need to test it in "real world" conditions with "real people". I can't believe no one noticed 5MB/day, every day.
It doesn't matter. Someone at Microsoft ok'd that third party software without due diligence. It's their baby. Denying it just makes them look unprofessional. But we already knew that.
But also - credit cards DO get forged and stolen, PIN get stolen, or people get a gun to their head and asked to enter the PIN at a cash machine.
So what happens if you devise a means of payment where you don't need to show id and the cashier is just waiting for the machine to go "beep" or the green light to turn on?
That's not it. Right now it's Starbucks, but soon it will be McDonalds and Wal Mart and the gas station, etc. Watch, you'll see.
Now you could argue that there's no difference between this and a credit/debit card. However there is one huge difference. With a credit card the merchant obtains the equipment from the bank, and you obtain your card from the bank. They work together, the card never leaves your presence, the card reader never leaves the merchant's point of sale, and it's hard (but not impossible) for someone to get in between both of them.
With a cell phone the "equipment" is partly in the hands of the public and relies on software and encryption to prevent hacking and "man in the middle" exploits. Well the first rule of security is never give someone physical access to your system... If the bank is assuming that the cell phone/reader combo is "safe" and does little checking (which is probably the case: banks are masters of "security by obscurity"), soon you'll be able to bill more than a coffee to someone else's account.
Wages have nothing to do with it. On the one hand there is professional ethics, and on the other hand there is wage. You can be a minimum wage worker and be highly professional at sweeping the floor, and you can be a multi-million dollar bonus earning CEO and run your company into the ground while destroying the environment at the same time.
You attempt to draw a correlation between wage and ethics by implying that people who are paid more behave better. While to a certain extent this is true simply because people who are paid more tend to be better educated (and there IS a positive correlation between education and manners), it's not a rule. And it certainly doesn't work the other way around "my boss pays me a shitty salary, so I will do a shitty job".
If you think your boss isn't paying you enough it's probably because you overestimate your skill set, attitude and your experience. Try to improve those or, failing that, find someone else who appreciates you more. Doing a shitty job benefits no one. The customer loses, the boss loses, and you lose. If all you care about is "but the boss loses" then you shouldn't be working, you should be training up on how to become a martyr for Allah.
Except that in order to be able to use a lever, you need some sort of fulcrum to exert the force against. So blocking exports from your country, in an age where pretty much any other country is capable of producing the exact same goods, is akin to shooting yourself in the foot. FINE we'll buy it across the street... The US is no longer the only country that has satellites in orbit, or even a GPS system.
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They are already available. Nothing to see here. In fact this was discussed on slashdot a couple months ago.
This screw design was patented in - 1974. Yeah keep that conspiracy going, boys. Especially when the screwdriver costs $2.35.
I'm a serious gamer, and have been for the past 25 years. I've played everything from text based adventures, MUDs with pseudo-ascii maps, and today's fast paced shooters. I've killed, conquered and explored from the bottom of the earth's crust to different galaxies past and future.
Yet somehow I've never heard of this PC Gaming Alliance which claims to be acting in my interest. They've never spoken to me or asked my opinion. Yet they say they represent me, the gamer.
Well you can keep your political organizations, for all they're worth. I have games to play.
These are merely the same restrictions the FAA used to have on cigarettes - you could only light them once you were above the cloud layer. Since smoking is no longer allowed on commercial airliners and this pretty much coincides with the timeline for the rise of personal electronics, someone decided to keep the exact same rule for electronic devices. Look out the window next time and you'll see that the message is always given just as you pass above the clouds.
Rubbish. While an ILS system CAN land an aircraft today pilots do not wait until the aircraft is 300 feet off the ground to turn off the autopilot. The autopilot is not very good at coping with any of a number of unexpected situations (the most frequent being sudden gusts of wind) that can arise on short final.
As a side note a spokesman from CCP hf announced today that the EVE Online Tranquility server has gone offline unexpectedly and they are working on the problem...
(PS: Yes I know EVE is hosted from London, but I couldn't resist!)
Think of the politicians?
Free money is never stupid.
former Prime Minister and Central Bank chief, has suggested that this might be an operation run by Wikileaks.
This, brought to you by the mind that collapsed Iceland's economy.
On the other hand it's his business and he can hire who he wants. Right or wrong doesn't matter because at the end of the day, it's his dime. Over time he will reap the benefits or suffer the consequences of his decisions - regardless of what your "opinion" is.
But - guess what else the browser plugin will be doing...
If you don't see it, you don't belong here.
OH the HORROR! What should I DO? Please slashdot, help me solve this difficult problem!!! I need a team of NERDS for this!
Seriously, with HD prices at under $100 for 1.5 TB, who gives a flying fuck? If you don't know how to plug in a USB drive you should be shot.
I don't know how it's done at Microsoft, but I am familiar with a few "Fortune 500"'s and their SOP, and you'd be surprised to know how few of them actually believe in consumer testing. Failing to do this is no one's fault but the manufacturer's despite your apologist stance.
If you put your name on a product and make money from a product, you are responsible for that product and all the good and bad that goes with it - especially if the problem comes about through regular everyday use and not extreme or abusive conditions. Saying "we didn't know" is only admitting incompetence. If you develop a product for use in the "real world" and not a lab, you need to test it in "real world" conditions with "real people". I can't believe no one noticed 5MB/day, every day.
It doesn't matter. Someone at Microsoft ok'd that third party software without due diligence. It's their baby. Denying it just makes them look unprofessional. But we already knew that.
See my reply to jo ham.
But also - credit cards DO get forged and stolen, PIN get stolen, or people get a gun to their head and asked to enter the PIN at a cash machine.
So what happens if you devise a means of payment where you don't need to show id and the cashier is just waiting for the machine to go "beep" or the green light to turn on?
That's not it. Right now it's Starbucks, but soon it will be McDonalds and Wal Mart and the gas station, etc. Watch, you'll see.
Now you could argue that there's no difference between this and a credit/debit card. However there is one huge difference. With a credit card the merchant obtains the equipment from the bank, and you obtain your card from the bank. They work together, the card never leaves your presence, the card reader never leaves the merchant's point of sale, and it's hard (but not impossible) for someone to get in between both of them.
With a cell phone the "equipment" is partly in the hands of the public and relies on software and encryption to prevent hacking and "man in the middle" exploits. Well the first rule of security is never give someone physical access to your system... If the bank is assuming that the cell phone/reader combo is "safe" and does little checking (which is probably the case: banks are masters of "security by obscurity"), soon you'll be able to bill more than a coffee to someone else's account.
Where's the defectivebydesign tag when I need it?
Or is this an incredibly stupid idea? Nothing says "hack/steal my phone" like turning into a cash machine.
Hey well you know when you google something there are OTHER links besides wikipedia...
As far as I know I don't remember wikipedia fighting over the exclusive right to archive video game history.
Read your contract and make sure you didn't give up your right to sue, in favor of "binding arbitration"...
It's not out in the snow. It has a plastic bag over it. Lulz.
Wages have nothing to do with it. On the one hand there is professional ethics, and on the other hand there is wage. You can be a minimum wage worker and be highly professional at sweeping the floor, and you can be a multi-million dollar bonus earning CEO and run your company into the ground while destroying the environment at the same time.
You attempt to draw a correlation between wage and ethics by implying that people who are paid more behave better. While to a certain extent this is true simply because people who are paid more tend to be better educated (and there IS a positive correlation between education and manners), it's not a rule. And it certainly doesn't work the other way around "my boss pays me a shitty salary, so I will do a shitty job".
If you think your boss isn't paying you enough it's probably because you overestimate your skill set, attitude and your experience. Try to improve those or, failing that, find someone else who appreciates you more. Doing a shitty job benefits no one. The customer loses, the boss loses, and you lose. If all you care about is "but the boss loses" then you shouldn't be working, you should be training up on how to become a martyr for Allah.
And never underestimate the power of a well placed TCP RST command.
And they are just figuring that out now?
Except that in order to be able to use a lever, you need some sort of fulcrum to exert the force against. So blocking exports from your country, in an age where pretty much any other country is capable of producing the exact same goods, is akin to shooting yourself in the foot. FINE we'll buy it across the street... The US is no longer the only country that has satellites in orbit, or even a GPS system.