The subject is your assertion that government regulation is always terrible.
No, it was not. Please read again what i said, and what context it was written in and think before you make stupid assumptions.
But to help you out:
I did include the government option when monopolies and unfair trade was taking place ( as examples ). Neither of those are in effect here considering this is a leisure company, and NOT something more fundamental like food or transportation or energy. The OP threw out a totally ludicrous statement of government involvement in a *video game company*.. Which to me smells of socialism on a grand scale.
Furthermore, regulation is NEVER a 'good idea', but i agree that it is required as a last option, in special cases.
If you don't like the rules at work while writing code, GO FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER JOB. There will be plenty of people to fill your vacancy that will be quite happy with the position. Until we start talking about actual safety or captive abuse issues, the government does not be involved and the freemarket should be left alone.
Aside from any EULA, how can this be legal? I can understand if there is fraud going on and courts get involved but this is purely political extortion/theft.
The subject here is about a bunch of 20 somethings coding for a computer game company and working extra hours, NOT the banking industry and its trouble.
Oh god, anything but that! The horror! Way to buy into the buzzword of the day.
Um, no. Its not the 'buzzword of the day' ( if there is one currently, its fascism ), its a time old concept that is rather repulsive and is not the type of system our founding fathers intended, here in the US anyway.
There's no such thing as "intuitive" computer interfaces.
I have to disagree, if you look at the interface of a Apple Newton, you can see how they can be intuitive. I agree most are not, and have 'tech' shoved down the users throats, but it CAN be done.
Capitalism also means you can search elsewhere if you don't like the working conditions.
Advocating unions or government regulation makes you sounds like a socialist. Until you enter the world of monopoles and unfair trade practices, the market will take care of itself and should be left alone.
YAY! Kill off every annoying bb in the country in one swoop.. Ill kick in 10 bucks to help!
All kidding aside, so a huge corporation is suing another huge corporation and wants to get an injunction.. and we get to pay the bill.. nothing new here..
If you take the % at home ( i host my own domain, and I'm the only real user... ) its more like 99.9% due to all the bounce backs and 'dictionary' emails which don't exist anyway..
At the office, its well over 98. ( external email only, not internal )
So what can you even buy there? I assumed it was all scientific in nature and just a bare minimum to survive. What, did they get a McDonalds and a Walmart?
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The subject is your assertion that government regulation is always terrible.
No, it was not. Please read again what i said, and what context it was written in and think before you make stupid assumptions.
But to help you out:
I did include the government option when monopolies and unfair trade was taking place ( as examples ). Neither of those are in effect here considering this is a leisure company, and NOT something more fundamental like food or transportation or energy. The OP threw out a totally ludicrous statement of government involvement in a *video game company*.. Which to me smells of socialism on a grand scale.
Furthermore, regulation is NEVER a 'good idea', but i agree that it is required as a last option, in special cases.
If you don't like the rules at work while writing code, GO FIND YOURSELF ANOTHER JOB. There will be plenty of people to fill your vacancy that will be quite happy with the position. Until we start talking about actual safety or captive abuse issues, the government does not be involved and the freemarket should be left alone.
Monopoly. Where else can you go?
Aside from any EULA, how can this be legal? I can understand if there is fraud going on and courts get involved but this is purely political extortion/theft.
Uh, i guess you don't understand.
I don't care if there are 10 or 100000 shareholders. If 50.000001% want to go left, the company goes left.
Sure, I will give you the fact that organizing 100,000 people isn't a cakewalk, but the point i am making is still valid as it can be done.
Or they may lose their drive/direction and flounder. We have seen that even more times.
Only on paper. The other 50+ % could tell them to take a hike, as they change Google's direction into uncharted, less 'friendly' territories.
The wind of change is coming, hide your data.
The subject here is about a bunch of 20 somethings coding for a computer game company and working extra hours, NOT the banking industry and its trouble.
Try to stay on topic, ok?
Oh god, anything but that! The horror! Way to buy into the buzzword of the day.
Um, no. Its not the 'buzzword of the day' ( if there is one currently, its fascism ), its a time old concept that is rather repulsive and is not the type of system our founding fathers intended, here in the US anyway.
Yes, there is.
There's no such thing as "intuitive" computer interfaces.
I have to disagree, if you look at the interface of a Apple Newton, you can see how they can be intuitive. I agree most are not, and have 'tech' shoved down the users throats, but it CAN be done.
Capitalism also means you can search elsewhere if you don't like the working conditions.
Advocating unions or government regulation makes you sounds like a socialist. Until you enter the world of monopoles and unfair trade practices, the market will take care of itself and should be left alone.
YAY! Kill off every annoying bb in the country in one swoop.. Ill kick in 10 bucks to help!
All kidding aside, so a huge corporation is suing another huge corporation and wants to get an injunction.. and we get to pay the bill.. nothing new here..
If you take the % at home ( i host my own domain, and I'm the only real user... ) its more like 99.9% due to all the bounce backs and 'dictionary' emails which don't exist anyway..
At the office, its well over 98. ( external email only, not internal )
The report refers to three telecom providers that placed employees in FBI offices, but it does not name the operators.
That should scare you even more than using post-it notes..
Wouldn't this sort of 'buddy system' be illegal, much like price fixing?
Ya, give them an excuse to get away with it. "it wasn't us attacking our competition, really"
The only people that get any money are the attorneys. And we consumers get soaked a second time to pay them.
But its a serious threat to our way of life as eventually they really will target libraries, and used book sales.
For some perhaps. Others invite such an entry into the free world.
Don't you mean ' which one sucks the least ' ?
I'm not in to government intervention, but i do think the cell market is one place we need some regulation of some sorts.
No, this is what happens when the school administration is less intelligent then the students and has lost all common sense.
I didn't see a *teacher* involved here. Lets lay the blame where it deserves to be.
He wasn't thinking 'inside the box' and trying to remain within the accepted norm of society. ( just shut up and be a good little citizen )
We cant have independent thinkers coming out of school can we?
Idiots.
So what can you even buy there? I assumed it was all scientific in nature and just a bare minimum to survive. What, did they get a McDonalds and a Walmart?
Which will involve soaking the customer to pay for it.
Really now? And people are just now realizing this?
Dilute DNS even more.