I don't believe that for a second. Want a good example, take Tianmen Square, the students were not just protesting by themselves, they had huge amount of support from the local population.
The parent post is not only wrong but racist, painting a very broad picture using one person as an example. I cannot believe that this was modded Insightful!
You don't do business over here, unless you partner up with our businesses, you scratch our back, we scratch yours
Should have read, "unless you partner up with our business, at which point we attempt to steal everything from you." Chinese partnerships are notorious at attempting to shaft their partners, including other chinese. The difference between the chinese partners and foreign ones is that a chinese partner will expect it.
More likely they will come up with some regulation that they will pass some rule, that will be ignored but most chinese anyways because it can be very hard to monitor individual gaming. They will probalbly concentrate on controlling the money flow from those gamers.
I am sure that you will find the game in the cyber cafe's so there will not be a limit on distribution, hard to limit software piracy in China, it will all come down to the money, where it goes.
The drive for me has always been to find something new or interesting to do or try. It is amazing how often that games try to hide old material with a smatter of different pixels. That is why I am always looking for a new game to play, I want something that will provide something new and different. I don't want to got from kill 200 zombies, level up, now kill 200 ghouls!
Well, I would not pay $2450 for a jedi account either, but that does not mean someone else wouldn't. It is alot of work to get to a Jedi and some people just don't want to have to go through that much work to get to it.
They quoted research that said that if they did go a la carte that it would cost $187.50 for 30 channels! How they figure that 100 channels only costs $50/month then, I don't know. Maybe they have been talking with this guy about a perputual channel generator, the more channels there are, the more energy that is created and the lower the bill?
What a whimp! You want to stop unsafe driving, you have to have the ultimate penalty. Get rid of seat belts, and air bags you put a giant spear tip on the steering wheel. Better hope that noone jumps off the curve in front of you...
(Read about this foolish solution in an economic book, it is was pretty stupid actually).
It is nice to know that this implementation work somewhere, but it is not a blanket endorsement that will work everywhere. Driving behaviors are different depending on the country. To compare Germany with US is not a good comparision any more than it is to compare China's drivers with the US.
Evidently they hacked your computer and copied all of your stuff too. Probalbly someone in your house, you can tell because it takes no time to copy anything...
I don't think that the problem is that/.ers are against e-voting. It is that the companies that are involved have been unable to produce accurate results and don't have any accountability for their actions. The whole point of e-voting was increased accuracy and get rid of stuff like the 'hanging chad.' Not technology for technologies sake.
Press Release from the International Marketing Association
"Yes it is true, you found us out. We were attempting to improve young people with our hidden messages about Viagra, barely 18 Lolita's, and breast and penis enlargement ads. The messages were,
Say your Prayers.
Take your vitamins.
Do your homework.
Love thy neighbor.
I certainly hope that noone misunderstood what we were trying to communicate. in our ads.
The thing about programming is that it is getting to the point that most any motivated person can do it. The problem is that they can create a lousy experience. Often times the programmers don't even understand what a user is attempting to accomplish but are able to fill business requirements fine, it still makes for a crappy program though.
In a computer game, it is all about the user experience, not just the story but how the user interacts with the program too. If it is too hard, or too clunky people will not even consider it. People who can create a good user experience, in the interface and the presentation should be worth their weight in gold.
There are good reasons people hate browsing some business sites, not to mention boring and uninformative. This is something that a smart business should always invest in, but will be relucant to even acknowledge its importance not understanding the subject.
After reading this, I started thinking, people are dumb, in fact they are can be really dumb. Knowing this Intel will push start pushing computer manufacturers to use this technology. Why you ask?
Well lets go back to point one, people are dumb. You put a spout on top of a computer with a sign saying "Water Only", they will stick any dam thing down there. Soda, Anti-freeze, milk, urine, soap, endless possibilities, hell they would probalbly soak the sucker in a bath tub.. Now these people have ruined the computer. So now what happens? They have to get a new computer!
use tax" that you can fill out to tell the state what you bought out of state and how much owe them
I am pretty sure that most if not all states have this sort of law. I am also pretty sure that it would not stand up to a legal challenge if they did attempt to enforce it. It is hard to for the state to claimin iti is owed taxes on everything that one of its citzen buys regardless of location.
Because it is questionalbly legal they don't enforce it. Some people do send the state money regardless so it does generate revenue which is more than if someone were to get it overturned and make it disappear entirely.
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He has had 6 years to work on it
And he still put out a patch faster than the multi-billion dollar company known as Microsoft.
I don't believe that for a second. Want a good example, take Tianmen Square, the students were not just protesting by themselves, they had huge amount of support from the local population.
The parent post is not only wrong but racist, painting a very broad picture using one person as an example. I cannot believe that this was modded Insightful!
Or are they saying that the technology alone will turn average homo sapiens into blood thirsty murderers?
If Japanese Anime (like Akira), has taught me anything the answer to this would be "yes!"
office with smashed screens, click-o-death harddrives, etc.
Sounds like the CEO's of the US top 500 companies and their laptops.
They should have called that thing the Clockwork table.
Dinner for people who always want to make the Right moves.
You mean like that ratio of 1 person out 100 people is 1%?
Considering dollars are what they are using to establish market share, it makes absolute sense. :)
You don't do business over here, unless you partner up with our businesses, you scratch our back, we scratch yours
Should have read, "unless you partner up with our business, at which point we attempt to steal everything from you." Chinese partnerships are notorious at attempting to shaft their partners, including other chinese. The difference between the chinese partners and foreign ones is that a chinese partner will expect it.
More likely they will come up with some regulation that they will pass some rule, that will be ignored but most chinese anyways because it can be very hard to monitor individual gaming. They will probalbly concentrate on controlling the money flow from those gamers.
I am sure that you will find the game in the cyber cafe's so there will not be a limit on distribution, hard to limit software piracy in China, it will all come down to the money, where it goes.
The drive for me has always been to find something new or interesting to do or try. It is amazing how often that games try to hide old material with a smatter of different pixels. That is why I am always looking for a new game to play, I want something that will provide something new and different. I don't want to got from kill 200 zombies, level up, now kill 200 ghouls!
Well, I would not pay $2450 for a jedi account either, but that does not mean someone else wouldn't. It is alot of work to get to a Jedi and some people just don't want to have to go through that much work to get to it.
They quoted research that said that if they did go a la carte that it would cost $187.50 for 30 channels! How they figure that 100 channels only costs $50/month then, I don't know. Maybe they have been talking with this guy about a perputual channel generator, the more channels there are, the more energy that is created and the lower the bill?
When they strip IE from my copy of MS Windows!
(OK, not a perfect fit, do me one better.)
What a whimp! You want to stop unsafe driving, you have to have the ultimate penalty. Get rid of seat belts, and air bags you put a giant spear tip on the steering wheel. Better hope that noone jumps off the curve in front of you... (Read about this foolish solution in an economic book, it is was pretty stupid actually).
It is nice to know that this implementation work somewhere, but it is not a blanket endorsement that will work everywhere. Driving behaviors are different depending on the country. To compare Germany with US is not a good comparision any more than it is to compare China's drivers with the US.
Evidently they hacked your computer and copied all of your stuff too. Probalbly someone in your house, you can tell because it takes no time to copy anything...
I don't think that the problem is that /.ers are against e-voting. It is that the companies that are involved have been unable to produce accurate results and don't have any accountability for their actions. The whole point of e-voting was increased accuracy and get rid of stuff like the 'hanging chad.' Not technology for technologies sake.
Press Release from the International Marketing Association
"Yes it is true, you found us out. We were attempting to improve young people with our hidden messages about Viagra, barely 18 Lolita's, and breast and penis enlargement ads. The messages were,
Say your Prayers.
Take your vitamins.
Do your homework.
Love thy neighbor.
I certainly hope that noone misunderstood what we were trying to communicate. in our ads.
A flat tax is the you pay one rate for all income. What you are talking about is called a Progressive tax and we have that.
They don't notice because they never get it. Just like you it is taken out of their paycheck before they every see it.
THEY HAVE TO PROVE IT FIRST.
WOH! WOH, THERE! This the US Court system we are talking about, not a Sherlock Holmes mystery!
The thing about programming is that it is getting to the point that most any motivated person can do it. The problem is that they can create a lousy experience. Often times the programmers don't even understand what a user is attempting to accomplish but are able to fill business requirements fine, it still makes for a crappy program though.
In a computer game, it is all about the user experience, not just the story but how the user interacts with the program too. If it is too hard, or too clunky people will not even consider it. People who can create a good user experience, in the interface and the presentation should be worth their weight in gold.
There are good reasons people hate browsing some business sites, not to mention boring and uninformative. This is something that a smart business should always invest in, but will be relucant to even acknowledge its importance not understanding the subject.
Due to the overuse of the Rule of Thumb it is obivious that we need another appendage to name a rule after. I suggest one of the following,
[ ] Rule of Pinky(the Pinky Rule)
[ ] Rule of the Middle Finger(the FU Rule)
[ ] Rule of the Pointy Finger(the Blame someone else Rule)
[ ] Belly Button Rule(the Lint Rule)
[ ] The Little Piggy Rules
[ ] Rule of Nose(The "Smelt it, Dealt it" Rule)
Be sure to only pick one.
Well, the bike looks like a perfect fit for the potholes of New York. So I think that they are onto something!
After reading this, I started thinking, people are dumb, in fact they are can be really dumb. Knowing this Intel will push start pushing computer manufacturers to use this technology. Why you ask?
Well lets go back to point one, people are dumb. You put a spout on top of a computer with a sign saying "Water Only", they will stick any dam thing down there. Soda, Anti-freeze, milk, urine, soap, endless possibilities, hell they would probalbly soak the sucker in a bath tub.. Now these people have ruined the computer. So now what happens? They have to get a new computer!
So in order,
use tax" that you can fill out to tell the state what you bought out of state and how much owe them
I am pretty sure that most if not all states have this sort of law. I am also pretty sure that it would not stand up to a legal challenge if they did attempt to enforce it. It is hard to for the state to claimin iti is owed taxes on everything that one of its citzen buys regardless of location.
Because it is questionalbly legal they don't enforce it. Some people do send the state money regardless so it does generate revenue which is more than if someone were to get it overturned and make it disappear entirely.
It also means actively destroying copyes of Jim Carrey movies too, double rewards for Ace Ventura II.