workers forced into this type of a situation by management would say "F___ you" and walk out.
I would say "F___ you" and then *NOT* walk out. I would *MAKE* them fire me. Don't let Management think that this is a good idea. They will have to write down the reason for firing, and then they can be audited.
Also, I can listen to music at work ( As long as I listen at a reasonable volume....) and that's fine with my employer, but if game companies start pushing their gaming experience into my daily life, and it starts competing with my time at work, then you can bet my employer would have something to say about it.
Then in that case, you still make my point for me, because the only people who have anything to gripe about are the people who bought the in-game currency from the hackers. They paid more for the in-game currency than it was worth (because it was de-valued, like you said). However, free market rules indicate that the hackers can charge what the market will bear. So, I don't know, sue Ticketmaster instead.
Yes, this behavior is expected, but not for the very cynical reasons you give. You see, it's actually a *GOOD* thing that comcast is limiting its gigabit service to certain areas. Allow me to explain: In the past, comcast has sold its internet service everywhere it could. Since there is a finite amount of bandwidth in the universe, this means that they often oversold their internet service, and their customers suffered for it.
Now that comcast has upgraded their peering connections, and has started to sell their gigabit internet (which has NO DATA CAP), they are doing the right thing, and preventing the overselling of their internet service. This is the behavior that we want to encourage.
I like they way that you put "stealing" in quotes. It's not really stealing because EA did not lose any money. The hackers found a way to make the FIFA game CREATE money for them, and then they sold that in-game money for real money. The only people who are out "Real" money are the clients who bought the in-game currency, but they have something to show for it.
If anything, the people who bought the in-game currency from the hackers should sue EA for making a crappy program that someone could abuse.
They laughed when I bought a manual transmission. "Ha. Modern automatics get just as good mileage as manuals" they said. Still, operating a manual is *WAY* more fun, and now, way more LEGAL! Who knew?
Wasn't there just a breakthrough in chemistry where CO2 could be easily turned into Ethanol? Why move crappy oil across the country when you could make your own fuel?
The machine solved a Rubik's Cube in less than a second. That's great! Ok, I think we can all agree that this task has been won by the machines. Any further attempt to make a Rubik's solving machine is a waste of time. How about designing a machine that can solve the 4X4X4 cube? That would be a lot more difficult, because you couldn't just stick suction cup rods to the center pieces. Or how about that 7X7X7 cube? Now *THAT* I would like to see!
I imagine federal marshals will attempt to retrieve these imprisoned IRS agents. If unsuccessful, then maybe the military gets involved, and takes control of the state. Now try to negotiate after THAT has happened.
We already know this. That's what the whole story in late September was about: Yahoo was hacked and that information was kept from its customers for 2 years. Of course someone inside Yahoo knew about it.
Maybe this article is just to help stem the mass suicide from learning that Trump won the election.
California would be one of the only states that *COULD* secede from the U.S. Hell, one more good earthquake, and it becomes its own island nation in the Pacific. Maybe that's why Colorado legalized weed - They knew they couldn't go anywhere, so they would rather just not worry about anything.
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I would say "F___ you" and then *NOT* walk out. I would *MAKE* them fire me. Don't let Management think that this is a good idea. They will have to write down the reason for firing, and then they can be audited.
Also, I can listen to music at work ( As long as I listen at a reasonable volume....) and that's fine with my employer, but if game companies start pushing their gaming experience into my daily life, and it starts competing with my time at work, then you can bet my employer would have something to say about it.
Yeah, leave the atmosphere. No air - no sound.
Didn't Branson already promise space based travel? Where are the rockets/planes for that? It's been several years.
Then in that case, you still make my point for me, because the only people who have anything to gripe about are the people who bought the in-game currency from the hackers. They paid more for the in-game currency than it was worth (because it was de-valued, like you said). However, free market rules indicate that the hackers can charge what the market will bear. So, I don't know, sue Ticketmaster instead.
Yes, this behavior is expected, but not for the very cynical reasons you give. You see, it's actually a *GOOD* thing that comcast is limiting its gigabit service to certain areas. Allow me to explain: In the past, comcast has sold its internet service everywhere it could. Since there is a finite amount of bandwidth in the universe, this means that they often oversold their internet service, and their customers suffered for it.
Now that comcast has upgraded their peering connections, and has started to sell their gigabit internet (which has NO DATA CAP), they are doing the right thing, and preventing the overselling of their internet service. This is the behavior that we want to encourage.
Could have been useful during the election. It's too late now.
Also, disable your shocks.
How about Geraldine the dog?
That would be a great idea... Until some clever guy uploads a police siren.
100 years later... The horses got used to the cars.
I like they way that you put "stealing" in quotes. It's not really stealing because EA did not lose any money. The hackers found a way to make the FIFA game CREATE money for them, and then they sold that in-game money for real money. The only people who are out "Real" money are the clients who bought the in-game currency, but they have something to show for it.
If anything, the people who bought the in-game currency from the hackers should sue EA for making a crappy program that someone could abuse.
It's not football, it's futbol!
They laughed when I bought a manual transmission. "Ha. Modern automatics get just as good mileage as manuals" they said. Still, operating a manual is *WAY* more fun, and now, way more LEGAL! Who knew?
"looking both ways" doesn't really help if you're blind.
I still bet the people who won't notice that Tizen is there *WILL* notice the large amount of storage it uses, and will gripe about it.
Wasn't there just a breakthrough in chemistry where CO2 could be easily turned into Ethanol? Why move crappy oil across the country when you could make your own fuel?
Ugh! Dark blue text on a black background. What were they thinking?
*EVERY* door game I ever saw was a D&D style RPG. Were there any other types? (scifi, western, fantasy)?
The machine solved a Rubik's Cube in less than a second. That's great! Ok, I think we can all agree that this task has been won by the machines. Any further attempt to make a Rubik's solving machine is a waste of time. How about designing a machine that can solve the 4X4X4 cube? That would be a lot more difficult, because you couldn't just stick suction cup rods to the center pieces. Or how about that 7X7X7 cube? Now *THAT* I would like to see!
You *DO* know that Tokyo is in Japan, not China, right?
The attack was launched against DOZENS of people.
Only one person "Almost fell for it".
Russian Hackers: Give up.
I imagine federal marshals will attempt to retrieve these imprisoned IRS agents. If unsuccessful, then maybe the military gets involved, and takes control of the state. Now try to negotiate after THAT has happened.
We already know this. That's what the whole story in late September was about: Yahoo was hacked and that information was kept from its customers for 2 years. Of course someone inside Yahoo knew about it.
Maybe this article is just to help stem the mass suicide from learning that Trump won the election.
California would be one of the only states that *COULD* secede from the U.S. Hell, one more good earthquake, and it becomes its own island nation in the Pacific. Maybe that's why Colorado legalized weed - They knew they couldn't go anywhere, so they would rather just not worry about anything.
By whom?
For what reason?