It's a good first step. However, knowing that you got screwed is one thing, cleaning it up is another: a major hassle. I'd like to see one of these careless companies say that they will reimburse your costs and compensate you for time and effort if you get screwed.
Second best example: Recently, Burger King started a commercial campaign to promote a new chicken sandwich. To do so, the commercial starts this slow music with lyrics that go like this:
On a similar note, I recall a BK commercial about 15 years or so ago where, in addition to the loud music and flashing strobes, the voice over announcer said "juicy whopper" repeatedly. Every time he said it, a bell rang and an admittedly deliciously jucy and perfectly assembled whopper appeared and zoomed toward you. Wasn't long before my mouth would water at the sound of the bell, even if I was in the other room and heard/saw nothing else of the ad. Brilliant.
I recall another ad backfiring, at least when shown to everyone in my family. Popeye's chicken ran an ad that showed a guy sitting at a picnic table with a big bucket of KFC in one hand and a drum stick in the other. The voice over asked, "would you rather be eating that, or a nice fresh hot chicken meal from Popeye's?" Unfortunately for them, the KFC looked so damn good that we always thought "fuck Popeye's!"
You're assuming that the company has a chain of possesion tracking procedure, and that the computer in question is recovered via it and sent straight out for forensic investigation. The vast majority of companies don't have such procedures in place, an in the ones that do, chances are that it is not properly carried out most of the time. That's where keeping your mouth shut comes into play. I think the idea is to minimize the avenues of discovery until you can get a lawyer to handle that aspect of the situation, if needed. If the entire case boils down to wether the supplied passwords were correct, its going to be a tough case to make.
As for being treated as a hostile witness, if the AC takes the stand and testifies that s/he gave the correct password and doesn't know why it doesn't work any more, how is that hostile?
This is great information and I hope to see more posts like this. I hope that readers comprehend it, verify as much as possible from other sources, and discuss it at the dinner table in terms that everyone will grasp. Teach (but don't preach) those closest to you the facts and why they worry you. If you can inspire just one person, s/he may take the topic to school, work, etc.
No offence to the parent, but proving/supporting a point on/. won't make a damn difference. Challenge anyone who advocates these arguably unjust practices (diplomaticaly of course), and for the love of Zeus, don't let these idea's 15 minutes of fame be in a damn web forum.
As long as the prosecution is about the obvious copyright infringement... as for the modding, well, that is debatable.
But take note of the prosecutor's nod:
"The consoles involved in this case were of the first-generation Xbox, not the recently launched Xbox 360, a representative for the prosecution said. This isn't the first crackdown on modding."
Wouldn't want to there to be any doubt about that... it might upset the client's marketing strategy.
So, the studio execs were afraid of controversey about the size of his dick, so they decided to downplay it with some pre-release gossip? Riiiiggghhhht....
If you don't like ads/product placement on TV, then don't watch. I bet you could free up at least 10-15 hours a week - that's like getting a free day to do other things!
* "There were several scorch marks in the carpet, and we could hear a cracking noise -- a bit like a whip -- both inside and outside the building," said fire official Henry Barton.
Where was Barton when he heard these sounds? Wouldn't Mr Clewphone^H^H^H^H^Her have heard them sooner? Why did he ignore them?
* Clewer, who after leaving the building discovered he had scorched a piece of plastic on the floor of his car, returned to seek help from the firefighters.
What an amazing coincidence that he went back! They never would have figured it out otherwise.
* "We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited," [fire official] Barton said.
I wonder if MY local firehouse has a static electrictiy field meter!? and I'd be curious i anyone knows if this alleged spontaneous combustion / voltage relationship holds any water.
There's no simple facility to even say "update all the config files in this directory". This one example gives you an idea of how bad things are overall.
Wrong. You merge the files you need to, then you say "update all [the rest of] the files in this directory".
Pixels are small... atomic to the eye on a laserjet page. A small percent of pixels can be inaccurate without being obvious. Imagine if algorithms could store data in this 'blur'.
I have progeney who will grow up with the notion that in a free society it is acceptable for the government to check what citizens read, their genetics (medical records), and eavesdrop in them as a routine part of any investigation, secretly.
"In Soviet Russia, you don't beat terrorists, terrorists beat YOU!"
Absafuckinloutely!!! Show your support for your Reps / Senators when you agree with thier vote! Show your disappointment when they vote in ways that are bad for you.
Part of the reason the American government is so broken is that the vast majority of citizens only respond with negative feedback. There is a behemoth which feeds off that by seeking these reactions to use when it needs something. This behemoth survives equally well on positive feedback, but if that's not available it will gladly consume the negative, and even cultivate controversey to enrich the crop if it must.
The balance of power starts with every citizen. If we quietly nod when things are peachy but voice only our objections, then the system will adapt accordingly.
Learn the facts, vote, and give balanced feedback. IOW, get involved.
Some years ago I was on my way to downtown Manhattan, heading East on Lafayette Ave. in Brooklyn. As I was crossing Flatbush Ave., some slowpoke about 8 cars ahead of me left a big enough gap in front of him that someone in the oncoming left turn lane (at the next intersection) decided to proceed with his turn. Unfortunately, a vehicle in the East bound right lane clipped the left turner. Both vehicles came to a rest blocking all three East bound lanes. As a result, everyone in front of me slammed on their brakes and I found myself, along with 15 or so other vehicles, blocking a major gridlock prone intersection. At the time I entered the intersection, traffic was flowing smoothly and there was no reason for me to suspect that I would not be able to proceed through.
The intersection had signs posted which prohibited any turns. However, the signal changed, becoming green for the cross traffic on Flatbush, but they were unable to proceed because the entire intersection was blocked. The whole point of the no turns regulation was to avoid gridlock by preventing congestion caused by turning motorists blocking a lane while they waited for pedestrians/oncoming traffic to clear (there is/was no room for turn lanes on Lafayette to Flatbush).
So... I looked around, sized up the situation, and seeing that it was safe to make a left turn, and that given the spirit of the law was to prevent gridlock, I proceeded to do so in order to not "block the box". Three cars behind me followed. No sooner than I had the wheels straight again, a cop parked about 500 yards ahead on Flatbush hopped out of his car and signaled to me and everyone behind me to pull over. We all did so and were cited for making an illegal turn.
I plead not guilty, and told my story to the judge. When I said something like "... I was unable to clear the intersection so I took the liberty of making a left turn...", she interrupted me and and said, "Well, I'm taking the liberty of fining you $75 and reporting it to the DMV." [gavel slams]
C'mon. Total horseshit. The regulation was posted with a certain spirit and intent, neither of which was considered when deciding my case.
It's a fishing expidition. "Mouthing off" is often followed by observation of reaction. Sometimes polls are needed to reconcile these reactions with business objectives.
(C) 1812 - No Rights Observed. Reprinted without permission from "Master MBA 101!", published by AOL Press.
"Listen to this one then; you open a company called the Arse Tickler's Faggots Fan Club. You take an advert in the back page of some gay mag, advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos, sell it a bit with, er . . . I dunno, "does what no other dildo can do until now", latest and greatest in sexual technology. Guaranteed results or money back, all that bollocks. These dills cost twenty-five each; a snip for all the pleasure they are going to give the recipients. They send a cheque to the company name, nothing offensive, er, Bobbie's Bits or something, for twenty-five. You put these in the bank for two weeks and let them clear. Now this is the clever bit. Then you send back the cheques for twenty-five pounds from the real company name, Arse Tickler's Faggots Fan Club, saying sorry, we couldn't get the supply from America, they have sold out. Now you see how many of the people cash those cheques; not a single soul, because who wants his bank manager to know he tickles arses when he is not paying in cheques!"
I hate to point this out, but historically when a company reaches this level they are more likely to be assimiated into the status quo than to change it.
"kids blaming their bad behavior on anything but themselves"
Cosby had a great bit in the 60s/70s where he described a child who was standing near a half eaten pie, with pie all over his face. When he asked the kid, "Did you eat the pie?", the kid says, "Nooooo!"
The point is, all kids do this. That the journalist(s) who first examined this story didn't dismiss the ploy as normal behavior, but instead ran to their editors with a "scoop" is remarkable. That the editors agreed and pushed the story through is pathetic. These people bear the responsibility to report accurately and fairly on events, and this is where they put emphasis? Koyaanisqatsi.
Man, I got caught graffiting when I was a peckerhead... my parents didn't even come pick me up at central booking. I had to walk home. When I got there, my dad hauled ass on me. I had to go to court, plead, pay a fine. Nobody blamed anyone but me. Nobody coddled me. There could not have been a more appropriate way to handle it. *I* had to face what *I* did, and was not forgiven until I faced the music.
There's one of these cars parked in the garage where I work. More often than not it is just sitting there. The pricing may have something to do with that...
I used their estimator and pumped in 10 hours and 200 miles per week. They came back with a price of $385/month. By comparison, my car costs me about $600/month for insurance, fuel, repairs and I get to use it without limits.
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It's a good first step. However, knowing that you got screwed is one thing, cleaning it up is another: a major hassle. I'd like to see one of these careless companies say that they will reimburse your costs and compensate you for time and effort if you get screwed.
On a similar note, I recall a BK commercial about 15 years or so ago where, in addition to the loud music and flashing strobes, the voice over announcer said "juicy whopper" repeatedly. Every time he said it, a bell rang and an admittedly deliciously jucy and perfectly assembled whopper appeared and zoomed toward you. Wasn't long before my mouth would water at the sound of the bell, even if I was in the other room and heard/saw nothing else of the ad. Brilliant.
I recall another ad backfiring, at least when shown to everyone in my family. Popeye's chicken ran an ad that showed a guy sitting at a picnic table with a big bucket of KFC in one hand and a drum stick in the other. The voice over asked, "would you rather be eating that, or a nice fresh hot chicken meal from Popeye's?" Unfortunately for them, the KFC looked so damn good that we always thought "fuck Popeye's!"
Ever notice how a Windows system gets slower and slower as the registry gets bigger and bigger?
You're assuming that the company has a chain of possesion tracking procedure, and that the computer in question is recovered via it and sent straight out for forensic investigation. The vast majority of companies don't have such procedures in place, an in the ones that do, chances are that it is not properly carried out most of the time. That's where keeping your mouth shut comes into play. I think the idea is to minimize the avenues of discovery until you can get a lawyer to handle that aspect of the situation, if needed. If the entire case boils down to wether the supplied passwords were correct, its going to be a tough case to make.
As for being treated as a hostile witness, if the AC takes the stand and testifies that s/he gave the correct password and doesn't know why it doesn't work any more, how is that hostile?
How do you send 50,000 messages to 1.2 million recipients? Or is it 50,000 * 1.2 million messages? What's going on here?
Wondering where they get grants from. Might be related to the overall political climate.
No offence to the parent, but proving/supporting a point on /. won't make a damn difference. Challenge anyone who advocates these arguably unjust practices (diplomaticaly of course), and for the love of Zeus, don't let these idea's 15 minutes of fame be in a damn web forum.
Couldn't agree more. I'd go as far as to say that wild assertions should be punishable too, eh? "9 out of 10 doctors recommend..."
Is it just me, or does it seem that bullshit is more acceptable at one end of the scale?
But take note of the prosecutor's nod:
"The consoles involved in this case were of the first-generation Xbox, not the recently launched Xbox 360, a representative for the prosecution said. This isn't the first crackdown on modding."
Wouldn't want to there to be any doubt about that... it might upset the client's marketing strategy.
So, the studio execs were afraid of controversey about the size of his dick, so they decided to downplay it with some pre-release gossip? Riiiiggghhhht....
If you don't like ads/product placement on TV, then don't watch. I bet you could free up at least 10-15 hours a week - that's like getting a free day to do other things!
But... when I stop working and start personal computing, the hard drive gets swapped.
This event is good information, if not good news. Take it in stride.
Where was Barton when he heard these sounds? Wouldn't Mr Clewphone^H^H^H^H^Her have heard them sooner? Why did he ignore them?
* Clewer, who after leaving the building discovered he had scorched a piece of plastic on the floor of his car, returned to seek help from the firefighters.
What an amazing coincidence that he went back! They never would have figured it out otherwise.
* "We tested his clothes with a static electricity field meter and measured a current of 40,000 volts, which is one step shy of spontaneous combustion, where his clothes would have self-ignited," [fire official] Barton said.
I wonder if MY local firehouse has a static electrictiy field meter!? and I'd be curious i anyone knows if this alleged spontaneous combustion / voltage relationship holds any water.
Wrong. You merge the files you need to, then you say "update all [the rest of] the files in this directory".
Pixels are small... atomic to the eye on a laserjet page. A small percent of pixels can be inaccurate without being obvious. Imagine if algorithms could store data in this 'blur'.
One implementation might be: Graphics apps.
Another might be: Data encoding.
"In Soviet Russia, you don't beat terrorists, terrorists beat YOU!"
Part of the reason the American government is so broken is that the vast majority of citizens only respond with negative feedback. There is a behemoth which feeds off that by seeking these reactions to use when it needs something. This behemoth survives equally well on positive feedback, but if that's not available it will gladly consume the negative, and even cultivate controversey to enrich the crop if it must.
The balance of power starts with every citizen. If we quietly nod when things are peachy but voice only our objections, then the system will adapt accordingly.
Learn the facts, vote, and give balanced feedback. IOW, get involved.
The intersection had signs posted which prohibited any turns. However, the signal changed, becoming green for the cross traffic on Flatbush, but they were unable to proceed because the entire intersection was blocked. The whole point of the no turns regulation was to avoid gridlock by preventing congestion caused by turning motorists blocking a lane while they waited for pedestrians/oncoming traffic to clear (there is/was no room for turn lanes on Lafayette to Flatbush).
So... I looked around, sized up the situation, and seeing that it was safe to make a left turn, and that given the spirit of the law was to prevent gridlock, I proceeded to do so in order to not "block the box". Three cars behind me followed. No sooner than I had the wheels straight again, a cop parked about 500 yards ahead on Flatbush hopped out of his car and signaled to me and everyone behind me to pull over. We all did so and were cited for making an illegal turn.
I plead not guilty, and told my story to the judge. When I said something like "... I was unable to clear the intersection so I took the liberty of making a left turn...", she interrupted me and and said, "Well, I'm taking the liberty of fining you $75 and reporting it to the DMV." [gavel slams]
C'mon. Total horseshit. The regulation was posted with a certain spirit and intent, neither of which was considered when deciding my case.
(C) 1812 - No Rights Observed. Reprinted without permission from "Master MBA 101!", published by AOL Press.
I agree. The song is public domain, but the mechanical rights belong to the producer of the recording.
BBC is in the clear both ways.
"Listen to this one then; you open a company called the Arse Tickler's Faggots Fan Club. You take an advert in the back page of some gay mag, advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos, sell it a bit with, er . . . I dunno, "does what no other dildo can do until now", latest and greatest in sexual technology. Guaranteed results or money back, all that bollocks. These dills cost twenty-five each; a snip for all the pleasure they are going to give the recipients. They send a cheque to the company name, nothing offensive, er, Bobbie's Bits or something, for twenty-five. You put these in the bank for two weeks and let them clear. Now this is the clever bit. Then you send back the cheques for twenty-five pounds from the real company name, Arse Tickler's Faggots Fan Club, saying sorry, we couldn't get the supply from America, they have sold out. Now you see how many of the people cash those cheques; not a single soul, because who wants his bank manager to know he tickles arses when he is not paying in cheques!"
I hate to point this out, but historically when a company reaches this level they are more likely to be assimiated into the status quo than to change it.
Cosby had a great bit in the 60s/70s where he described a child who was standing near a half eaten pie, with pie all over his face. When he asked the kid, "Did you eat the pie?", the kid says, "Nooooo!"
The point is, all kids do this. That the journalist(s) who first examined this story didn't dismiss the ploy as normal behavior, but instead ran to their editors with a "scoop" is remarkable. That the editors agreed and pushed the story through is pathetic. These people bear the responsibility to report accurately and fairly on events, and this is where they put emphasis? Koyaanisqatsi.
Man, I got caught graffiting when I was a peckerhead... my parents didn't even come pick me up at central booking. I had to walk home. When I got there, my dad hauled ass on me. I had to go to court, plead, pay a fine. Nobody blamed anyone but me. Nobody coddled me. There could not have been a more appropriate way to handle it. *I* had to face what *I* did, and was not forgiven until I faced the music.
Very nice statistical argument, by the way!
I used their estimator and pumped in 10 hours and 200 miles per week. They came back with a price of $385/month. By comparison, my car costs me about $600/month for insurance, fuel, repairs and I get to use it without limits.