They could try snail mail. You know the method that doesnt start with "stop what you're doing and listen to our message NOW". Provide all the information in the flier for me to check the charity out and make sure it's legit too... That would be a bonus. When I'm reading my mail is the ONLY time during the day I'll entertain such requests. I'm not doing anything else or being interrupted from something more important.
A smart charity would honor the DNC list, even though they're not required to. Simplest way to ensure that I will never give a DIME to your charity is to bother me on the phone or knock on my door.
I donated a perfectly good car, everything working, to a charity that collects such things for single mothers looking to get on their feet and into the work force. I did this because I got a flyer in the mail, decided I liked the idea, and wanted to make sure that the car that had helped ME get on my feet went to someone who would make best use of it. (I had also heard of the charity before and was intrigued by their mission.)
If I had received a phone call or a door visit from someone asking for same, that never would have happened.
I'll take that under advisement. My point was that you're being a presumptive ass.
I'd/ignore you, but I'm not a subscriber and I don't have room on my list.
To re-iterate, you're nobody. Don't presume to give advice on that basis. Neither myself nor the other person you attempted to school (I assume) give a single shit for your opinion.
Look at the average resume of a typical 4 digit account. I guarantee that they have achieved more before they signed up for slashdot than you have in your entire existence. Certainly more than I have.
The point is they very likely went out of their way to make sure the update WOULD brick unlocked phones.
In what universe is it reasonably likely that an update that just adds a revenue stream for Apple (iTunes Wifi store) would brick a device just because it's not locked to a particular service provider without malicious intent on the part of Apple?
In none.
It's a clearly intentional effort on the part of Apple to punish customers that don't do as they want. I hope they (Apple) pay through the nose for it.
Well tough shit for him. The effect on music is a minuscule aspect of the overall benefit of the Net. "shut it down for 5 years, just to see"? That's insane.
Sorry someone pissed on your lawn, Dame Elton. We're not going to close the whole street to stop it happening again.
THey won't get "all those customers" if Vonage dies. I'm a Vonage customer, and if Vonage goes away, I'll do without my landline and go cell only (Cingular customer). I'll NEVER do business with Verizon.
They let this go on for years without "defending" their patent. Just like Trademarks, they should LOSE the patent.
Bullshit. My ReplayTV box communicated for years with the listing service over my Vonage line without a glitch. 9600 bps is a bit slow, but it's still a modem communication.
You don't have a clue, and you're talking out your ass.
How the fuck is shutting a major site down for 2 hours and costing them untold dollars in damages "no harm?"
He got off FAR too lightly.
His "method" of disclosure was, apparently, felony vandalism.
I think myspace is a waste of bandwidth, but I'm not an idiot, and I don't think me shutting them down for two hours would result in anything other than my arrest.
For such a "bright" individual, the perp seems to have difficulty grasping the obvious.
"Every decent computer scientist" should commit a felony?
HP's hardware quality took a dump when Carlie Fiorino was in charge, and sadly, it did not recover when they finally fired her incompetent ass. Sadly, she managed to take Compaq and DEC into the toilet with her.
If I buy a car that is equipped with a third party piece of hardware that happens to include a complete Air Conditioning system, and that feature is artificially crippled by the manufacturer, I am then the owner of said third piece of hardware, and fully within my rights to re-activate aforementioned crippled feature.
Don't delude yourself. Votes are just as up for sale with the Dems as with the Republicans. The Democrats are firmly in the pocked of the Hollywood interests.
How forcing people to lock down free speech with DRM is acceptable is beyond me. Attempting to suborn the Bill of Rights should be an impeachable and imprisonable offense.
But it's the Democrats, so it's all fine and dandy with the Slashdot crowd.
Newsflash, both parties are chock full of corrupt, bough politicos with no other goal but lining their pockets.
Absolutely correct. Jackson's contract calls for him to be compensated with a certain percentage of the income from the movies in question. New Line tried to screw him by cooking the books.
Of course it's about money. Money he's entitled to.
The statement "he will never make another movie for us" is better framed as "we will never have another successful movie".
Directors aren't stupid. If they see Jackson getting screwed here, only worthless hacks like Uwe Boll will bother with New Line in the future.
(and no, Uwe, I won't box you. In fact, if you take a swing at me, I'll own everything you currently have. Fuck off)
It will also feature a Hardcore mode similar to that found in Blizzard's Diablo II (...)
Awesome.
Not if they want a subscription fee. I'm not going to pay to play that. I wouldn't even bother with hardcore mode for FREE. Hell I'll savescum nethack. I don't have time to start over every time I either fuck up, or some obscure game bug kills me.
Yup, biggest thing GW has going for it is that there's no month-to month subscription.
Hellgate London is dead to me if they try to charge for online. I see no indication that that game will have the kind of on-line experience that games like WoW provide (dynamic and changing).
If they go that route, I don't give a shit if it's one of my favorite development teams ever. They will not see a fucking cent of my money.
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That won't stop idiots from protesting.
And your basing that on...?
Seriously. You're nobody. Provide a reference, or you will not be taken seriously.
Because NONE of the MMO games that I play are available on a console.
I own every console but the Wii. Some things are still PC only.
Difference being, in the scope of Advancement of Civilization, the winner of ANY Superbowl is irrelevant.
They could try snail mail. You know the method that doesnt start with "stop what you're doing and listen to our message NOW". Provide all the information in the flier for me to check the charity out and make sure it's legit too... That would be a bonus. When I'm reading my mail is the ONLY time during the day I'll entertain such requests. I'm not doing anything else or being interrupted from something more important.
A smart charity would honor the DNC list, even though they're not required to. Simplest way to ensure that I will never give a DIME to your charity is to bother me on the phone or knock on my door.
I donated a perfectly good car, everything working, to a charity that collects such things for single mothers looking to get on their feet and into the work force. I did this because I got a flyer in the mail, decided I liked the idea, and wanted to make sure that the car that had helped ME get on my feet went to someone who would make best use of it. (I had also heard of the charity before and was intrigued by their mission.)
If I had received a phone call or a door visit from someone asking for same, that never would have happened.
No no no. You need a label gun and the ability to spell "Apple" in horrible raised letters.
I'll take that under advisement. My point was that you're being a presumptive ass.
/ignore you, but I'm not a subscriber and I don't have room on my list.
I'd
To re-iterate, you're nobody. Don't presume to give advice on that basis. Neither myself nor the other person you attempted to school (I assume) give a single shit for your opinion.
Look at the average resume of a typical 4 digit account. I guarantee that they have achieved more before they signed up for slashdot than you have in your entire existence. Certainly more than I have.
The point is they very likely went out of their way to make sure the update WOULD brick unlocked phones.
In what universe is it reasonably likely that an update that just adds a revenue stream for Apple (iTunes Wifi store) would brick a device just because it's not locked to a particular service provider without malicious intent on the part of Apple?
In none.
It's a clearly intentional effort on the part of Apple to punish customers that don't do as they want. I hope they (Apple) pay through the nose for it.
"not my cup of tea"
So much for you then.
Oh wait, it was pretty much "so much for you" when you tried to spar with a 4-digit account.
Seriously. Before you try to put yourself over as smart and wordly, pay at least a LITTLE attention to whom you are replying to.
In the school of pulling things out of his bunghole, Moriarty is AICN's equivalent to the goatse.cx. guy.
Well tough shit for him. The effect on music is a minuscule aspect of the overall benefit of the Net. "shut it down for 5 years, just to see"? That's insane.
Sorry someone pissed on your lawn, Dame Elton. We're not going to close the whole street to stop it happening again.
THey won't get "all those customers" if Vonage dies. I'm a Vonage customer, and if Vonage goes away, I'll do without my landline and go cell only (Cingular customer). I'll NEVER do business with Verizon.
They let this go on for years without "defending" their patent. Just like Trademarks, they should LOSE the patent.
Bullshit. My ReplayTV box communicated for years with the listing service over my Vonage line without a glitch. 9600 bps is a bit slow, but it's still a modem communication.
You don't have a clue, and you're talking out your ass.
Hrm. We learned a simple rule from our parents: "Not yours. Don't touch."
Both you and the perpetrator seem to have missed that one.
How the fuck is shutting a major site down for 2 hours and costing them untold dollars in damages "no harm?"
He got off FAR too lightly.
His "method" of disclosure was, apparently, felony vandalism.
I think myspace is a waste of bandwidth, but I'm not an idiot, and I don't think me shutting them down for two hours would result in anything other than my arrest.
For such a "bright" individual, the perp seems to have difficulty grasping the obvious.
"Every decent computer scientist" should commit a felony?
Wow. Just wow.
It certainly doesn't EVER entail RELEASING a virus or worm that exploits the vulnerability (which is what this little shit did).
I hate myspace, but FFS, their network wasn't created for mister "special snowflake" to explore for his amusement.
Fuck him. The penalty wasn't nearly harsh enough.
HP's hardware quality took a dump when Carlie Fiorino was in charge, and sadly, it did not recover when they finally fired her incompetent ass. Sadly, she managed to take Compaq and DEC into the toilet with her.
If I buy a car that is equipped with a third party piece of hardware that happens to include a complete Air Conditioning system, and that feature is artificially crippled by the manufacturer, I am then the owner of said third piece of hardware, and fully within my rights to re-activate aforementioned crippled feature.
Don't delude yourself. Votes are just as up for sale with the Dems as with the Republicans. The Democrats are firmly in the pocked of the Hollywood interests.
How forcing people to lock down free speech with DRM is acceptable is beyond me. Attempting to suborn the Bill of Rights should be an impeachable and imprisonable offense.
But it's the Democrats, so it's all fine and dandy with the Slashdot crowd.
Newsflash, both parties are chock full of corrupt, bough politicos with no other goal but lining their pockets.
Probably true, but Saul Zaentz is teh debil.
Absolutely correct. Jackson's contract calls for him to be compensated with a certain percentage of the income from the movies in question. New Line tried to screw him by cooking the books.
Of course it's about money. Money he's entitled to.
The statement "he will never make another movie for us" is better framed as "we will never have another successful movie".
Directors aren't stupid. If they see Jackson getting screwed here, only worthless hacks like Uwe Boll will bother with New Line in the future.
(and no, Uwe, I won't box you. In fact, if you take a swing at me, I'll own everything you currently have. Fuck off)
Not if they want a subscription fee. I'm not going to pay to play that. I wouldn't even bother with hardcore mode for FREE. Hell I'll savescum nethack. I don't have time to start over every time I either fuck up, or some obscure game bug kills me.
If he wants to get a monthly fee from me, yea, he has something to prove. I don't care if his name is Jesus Fucking Christ.
Yup, biggest thing GW has going for it is that there's no month-to month subscription.
Hellgate London is dead to me if they try to charge for online. I see no indication that that game will have the kind of on-line experience that games like WoW provide (dynamic and changing).
If they go that route, I don't give a shit if it's one of my favorite development teams ever. They will not see a fucking cent of my money.