Is Steam stopping me from playing the games I purchased? No? Then I don't really care. Steam doesn't get in my way, and is quite convenient for installing a game on multiple computers (plus I don't have to keep track of disks). Find something worth complaining about.
Yes Steam is probably the best, most consumer-friendly DRM distribution system around, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care at all. Unless you are happy having all your games rendered unplayable if Steam goes offline / Valve goes out of business. In the scale of a year that's unlikely, but in 10? 50? Quite apart from the legitimate short-term disadvantages, I think in 50 years we will look back on this period of time in the same way we view the lack of archiving of television in the mid-20th century, as a massive unnecessary black hole in our cultural history.
Doesn't that make it even worse then? That Nintendo are responsible for making their console attractive... and they haven't yet, 18 months into its life. All the while they're losing ground to the more technically advanced competitors.
The fact that the Wii U has been available for longer makes the PS4 2013 sales look even more lacklustre. All the consoles have their best sales immediately after launch (which is why having a good launch catalogue is critical).
I don't think that's true, certainly not from this data:
By now you would expect Wii U to be into its stride, with a good catalogue and selling many consoles whereas PS4 is earlier in its cycle. (It's also higher priced, so you wouldn't expect it to sell as many units). Wii U is struggling when it should be doing well.
And I just don't get what all the opposition is about... it's not a perfect solution, but since people haven't come up with a perfect solution I am quite happy to go with a change that *helps*.
Until such time as the iSEC audits turn up an actual problem, I'll keep using 7.1a as usual.
Yawn? Probably one of the most scary blatant anti-security developments in recent times and all you can do is "yawn"? What does it take to worry you, exactly?
And good luck getting a copy of 7.1a if you haven't already got one.
If you don't see police, you are on camera as well, especially in London. But yes, automatic face recognition is coming so you will be almost fully tracked from the moment you leave your house.
Not that that isn't something to worry about at some point, but for the moment that's fantasy. Almost all these cameras are privately set up and recorded, and requires manually requesting and retrieving video from who owns them. They are also nearly always poor quality monochrome (see any CCTV featured on news reports). All the computing tech in the world won't help the fact that CCTV is neither centrally controlled or accessible, or of decent quality.
We're running out of free ones. And like any freely available resource, they've been squandered. Once the free supply is exhausted, they'll simply no longer be free - meaning that actual incentive will exist to conserve them and organizations will have incentive to sell unneeded blocks. Economics 101, people.
Why would you choose that option when we have a way of bypassing it? Isn't progress generally about creating plenty? We have the ability to create plenty, and not have to deal with buying and selling IP addresses. Just because you can create a market doesn't mean you should.
False. Before the ACA, there was NO requirement to provide benefits to people working 40 hours, much less 30. Now there is. Hence companies cutting people to below 30 hours.
So they got no healthcare at all? You think that's a good situation?
Some people don't enjoy work and paying them more might get them to work on time or to work the whole day. Or you could just fire them and hire someone who has an understanding that they have agreed to do a job for a rate of pay.
Oh really? Alright I can play your game: those people have agreed to do a job that involved standard office hours. Travel means being asked to sit in a cramped aeroplane for many hours and give up their evenings and potentially weekends to do their job. By your own measure, work travel spreads outside normal work hours, so making it comfortable is hardly an unreasonable request. Just because an employee asks for something doesn't mean they should be fired over it.
How does this help the children? That's what RPi is all about, right?
It won't! And I'll tell you something, it's not just them... other charities like NSPCC and Save the Children, they run these 'shops' where they sell stuff that isn't for children either! Ridiculous!
So putting this 3-test limit has achieved what exactly? If people can accurately judge whether they are ready to pass or not? To achieve your dubious goal you need to limit the amount of time allowed to *learn* to drive.
Not sure what Birmingham has to do with anything, but I have lived in Leeds, Manchester and Bradford, if that helps whatever point you're trying to make.
I never said all, I said largely, and there are many reasons for this that go way beyond the "white people are just superior" air that you are giving off. You're the one who dumped racial statistics that weren't asked for or relevant.
I can't think of a single reason why anybody should be taking the test without being prepared.
Errr... because a test is a massively different psychological situation than normal driving? You haven't heard of people who are quite capable at a subject but dry-up during exams? You couldn't even think of that reason?
I think the whites who live in Garretts Green will take their test in the exact same place as the ethnic majority who live there.
And largely higher wealth levels for whites give far more opportunity to learn, own cars, have longer / better driving instructors, etc. But you're hellbent on backing up your racism, so go nuts.
Fail the test three times, that's it. No more chances.
Apart from that being an arbitrary and selfish number (I would bet my life on you having passed your test in 3 or less), I hope you're willing to pay for the massive investment on improving public transport necessary to accommodate all these people inferior to you that don't learn as fast as you.
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Is Steam stopping me from playing the games I purchased? No? Then I don't really care. Steam doesn't get in my way, and is quite convenient for installing a game on multiple computers (plus I don't have to keep track of disks). Find something worth complaining about.
Yes Steam is probably the best, most consumer-friendly DRM distribution system around, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't care at all. Unless you are happy having all your games rendered unplayable if Steam goes offline / Valve goes out of business. In the scale of a year that's unlikely, but in 10? 50? Quite apart from the legitimate short-term disadvantages, I think in 50 years we will look back on this period of time in the same way we view the lack of archiving of television in the mid-20th century, as a massive unnecessary black hole in our cultural history.
Doesn't that make it even worse then? That Nintendo are responsible for making their console attractive... and they haven't yet, 18 months into its life. All the while they're losing ground to the more technically advanced competitors.
The fact that the Wii U has been available for longer makes the PS4 2013 sales look even more lacklustre. All the consoles have their best sales immediately after launch (which is why having a good launch catalogue is critical).
I don't think that's true, certainly not from this data:
http://www.economist.com/blogs...
By now you would expect Wii U to be into its stride, with a good catalogue and selling many consoles whereas PS4 is earlier in its cycle. (It's also higher priced, so you wouldn't expect it to sell as many units). Wii U is struggling when it should be doing well.
And I just don't get what all the opposition is about... it's not a perfect solution, but since people haven't come up with a perfect solution I am quite happy to go with a change that *helps*.
http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id...
Otherwise he would have done it anonymously.
You play games. If he had done it anonymously you would say "what has he got to hide? He must be a foreign agent!"
Until such time as the iSEC audits turn up an actual problem, I'll keep using 7.1a as usual.
Yawn? Probably one of the most scary blatant anti-security developments in recent times and all you can do is "yawn"? What does it take to worry you, exactly?
And good luck getting a copy of 7.1a if you haven't already got one.
If you don't see police, you are on camera as well, especially in London. But yes, automatic face recognition is coming so you will be almost fully tracked from the moment you leave your house.
Not that that isn't something to worry about at some point, but for the moment that's fantasy. Almost all these cameras are privately set up and recorded, and requires manually requesting and retrieving video from who owns them. They are also nearly always poor quality monochrome (see any CCTV featured on news reports). All the computing tech in the world won't help the fact that CCTV is neither centrally controlled or accessible, or of decent quality.
"Minimize casualties in the statistical sense", then. Next.
I'm pretty sure you don't get to claim "Next" with that sentence...
No idea whether I should listen to Nerval's Lobster... but I've come to trust Moviebob, and I've never heard him pan a film like this, ever...
http://www.escapistmagazine.co...
I would be fine giving this particular man the death penalty.
Way to miss the point of the quote...
I was going to post the same thing.
If they raise the cost of blocks of addresses sufficiently, many orgs will relinquish their under-utilized addresses and get a smaller block.
And what? We'll buy ourselves another couple of years, at the most? Just fix the problem now and we don't have to worry about this anymore.
We're running out of free ones. And like any freely available resource, they've been squandered. Once the free supply is exhausted, they'll simply no longer be free - meaning that actual incentive will exist to conserve them and organizations will have incentive to sell unneeded blocks. Economics 101, people.
Why would you choose that option when we have a way of bypassing it? Isn't progress generally about creating plenty? We have the ability to create plenty, and not have to deal with buying and selling IP addresses. Just because you can create a market doesn't mean you should.
So? Must we only build things for the masses?
False. Before the ACA, there was NO requirement to provide benefits to people working 40 hours, much less 30. Now there is. Hence companies cutting people to below 30 hours.
So they got no healthcare at all? You think that's a good situation?
Some people don't enjoy work and paying them more might get them to work on time or to work the whole day. Or you could just fire them and hire someone who has an understanding that they have agreed to do a job for a rate of pay.
Oh really? Alright I can play your game: those people have agreed to do a job that involved standard office hours. Travel means being asked to sit in a cramped aeroplane for many hours and give up their evenings and potentially weekends to do their job. By your own measure, work travel spreads outside normal work hours, so making it comfortable is hardly an unreasonable request. Just because an employee asks for something doesn't mean they should be fired over it.
How does this help the children? That's what RPi is all about, right?
It won't! And I'll tell you something, it's not just them... other charities like NSPCC and Save the Children, they run these 'shops' where they sell stuff that isn't for children either! Ridiculous!
To each his own.
Ooo... very dangerous sentiment 'round these parts...
...this makes no sense. I'm glad I've never bothered with it.
Ah... /.er admitting knowing nothing about something and then having judgemental opinion anyway. Christ this site is frustrating sometimes.
burning man? really? if you are beyond your early 20s and haven't realized how dumb burning man is....
Ahh... anti-Burning Man. The new Hipster movement.
So putting this 3-test limit has achieved what exactly? If people can accurately judge whether they are ready to pass or not? To achieve your dubious goal you need to limit the amount of time allowed to *learn* to drive.
Not sure what Birmingham has to do with anything, but I have lived in Leeds, Manchester and Bradford, if that helps whatever point you're trying to make.
I never said all, I said largely, and there are many reasons for this that go way beyond the "white people are just superior" air that you are giving off. You're the one who dumped racial statistics that weren't asked for or relevant.
I can't think of a single reason why anybody should be taking the test without being prepared.
Errr... because a test is a massively different psychological situation than normal driving? You haven't heard of people who are quite capable at a subject but dry-up during exams? You couldn't even think of that reason?
I think the whites who live in Garretts Green will take their test in the exact same place as the ethnic majority who live there.
And largely higher wealth levels for whites give far more opportunity to learn, own cars, have longer / better driving instructors, etc. But you're hellbent on backing up your racism, so go nuts.
Fail the test three times, that's it. No more chances.
Apart from that being an arbitrary and selfish number (I would bet my life on you having passed your test in 3 or less), I hope you're willing to pay for the massive investment on improving public transport necessary to accommodate all these people inferior to you that don't learn as fast as you.