I do not know a single network admin worth a damn that does not have at least 5 non-free e-mail addresses. And you only need 3. And, yes, none of them should be on the domain in question, and none of the mail servers should be with the registrar. Security through diversity.
The difference is that with a real company, like SafeNames, you call your account rep, and he says, "I will handle this for you." And you get updates, not stonewalls. May still take a lot of time, but it will be less stress than GoDaddy's "not my problem" BS.
SafeNames. They are NOT the cheapest, but they have amazing customer service. Absolutely rock. You actually have a real person as an account manager. Type "whois dell.com" for more.
No, because it only takes one congested link, and then the buffers start filling up along the entire path. In other words, my crappy d-link router can start filling up the buffers in the core Internet. OK, not just mine, but a few dozzen crappy routers, and it can be a regional problem. And we all know those "free" cable modems are of the highest quality...
Funny enough, I often use Tomato flashed devices for APs hanging off m0n0wall and pfSense boxes. More stable than most APs, and cheaper than the good commercial APs.
Actually, some consumers ARE willing to pay, and that is what my post was about. I pay more than walmart prices, but I get better food. Do not NEED the government to do it. Just educated consumers. And if you choose not to educate yourself, you deserve the food you get. Buyer beware...
Nope. That is just old fashioned fraud killing people. There has been a lot of this lately from one nation. From toxic toothpaste to lead painted toys... Simple solution. Buy local food that still looks like the food... It also happens to be green, but I do it anyway.
I know what country you live in... Squid has been a delicacy for the rest of the world for years. I remember a Portuguese Restaurant with a squid body stuffed with mixed seafood in a cream sauce. It was amazing. Watch "Fear Factor" some time with a world traveler. They will laugh out loud with the "Food Challenges."
Tell the truth, that's a bit of a lie though. Those people in those factories are paid nearly US wages, more so if you compensate for them wasting manpower 2-3x what US companies do.
The bigger issue is investment dollars. They got to build these plant for pennies on the dollar with little to no oversight and the governments picking up a huge part of the tab. It was about investors chasing that quick 20% turnaround. Of course now the money-losing part of the industry is moved so its cheaper to build where factories are already at.
The US isn't that much more expensive. At my company, we beat our Brazillian counterparts in $$/worker that more than accounts for wages. Of course the bigger costs are energy and materials... Which of course are barely subsidized (and hijaked buy the same investors that move things out) there versus other countries.
You forgot to factor in attorney costs, and insurance. Oh, and conflicting regulatory compliance. But to be honest, government is not near the hindrance to business that lawyers are.
You're right it's not their responsibility to do that. But not for the reason that you think, they've unleashed this pox upon the gaming community, but it isn't their responsibility because their responsibility is purely to the shareholders.
Just like how there's no guarantee that they won't at some future time take everybody's games away or require a subscription to access them.
Corporate suicide is not in the best interest of the shareholders. And if you read the article, (Asking a lot I know) you will find Gabe saying that actually serving your customers IS in the best interest of the shareholders.
And what about the energy you replace it with? Is it coming from the energy fairy? Even "renewable" energy uses up a lot of non-renewable stuff to provide it. The plastic in the pretty plastic windmills comes from somewhere... If you can not see any problems with mandated CO2 reductions, you either do not pay your own electric bill, or have never heard of unintended consequences. Look up MTBE. It was supposed to save the air quality, but ended up poisoning the groundwater. Ooops!
Maybe you could give people an incentive to actually buy a PC game? First step would be to stop releasing broken-ass console ports to the PC market, I bet that would help sales a lot. Also, get rid of any additional software to run, i.e., Steam and the other ridiculous spyware crap that is bundled with so many PC games today.
"Ohhh... This games looks cool. Reviews are good. Wait a minute. It is Ubisoft. I better check to see if it is buggy crap like the last 20 games they released.... Yep. Ohhh... THIS game looks cool..."
Or, how many of those 95% actually bought the game, but also downloaded the crack to keep the draconian DRM from hosing the computer? Actually, I am surprised that 5% didn't...
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I do not know a single network admin worth a damn that does not have at least 5 non-free e-mail addresses. And you only need 3. And, yes, none of them should be on the domain in question, and none of the mail servers should be with the registrar. Security through diversity.
The difference is that with a real company, like SafeNames, you call your account rep, and he says, "I will handle this for you." And you get updates, not stonewalls. May still take a lot of time, but it will be less stress than GoDaddy's "not my problem" BS.
SafeNames. They are NOT the cheapest, but they have amazing customer service. Absolutely rock. You actually have a real person as an account manager. Type "whois dell.com" for more.
No, because it only takes one congested link, and then the buffers start filling up along the entire path. In other words, my crappy d-link router can start filling up the buffers in the core Internet. OK, not just mine, but a few dozzen crappy routers, and it can be a regional problem. And we all know those "free" cable modems are of the highest quality...
But, once you need to recover a password, or upgrade the firmware, all of that savings is gone...
Funny enough, I often use Tomato flashed devices for APs hanging off m0n0wall and pfSense boxes. More stable than most APs, and cheaper than the good commercial APs.
Actually, some consumers ARE willing to pay, and that is what my post was about. I pay more than walmart prices, but I get better food. Do not NEED the government to do it. Just educated consumers. And if you choose not to educate yourself, you deserve the food you get. Buyer beware...
Nope. That is just old fashioned fraud killing people. There has been a lot of this lately from one nation. From toxic toothpaste to lead painted toys... Simple solution. Buy local food that still looks like the food... It also happens to be green, but I do it anyway.
I know what country you live in... Squid has been a delicacy for the rest of the world for years. I remember a Portuguese Restaurant with a squid body stuffed with mixed seafood in a cream sauce. It was amazing. Watch "Fear Factor" some time with a world traveler. They will laugh out loud with the "Food Challenges."
Why fault tolerance? He still has all the disks?
But if we got rid of the government, the lawyers would still mess it up. If we get rid of the lawyers, that replaces most of government anyway. :)
Tell the truth, that's a bit of a lie though. Those people in those factories are paid nearly US wages, more so if you compensate for them wasting manpower 2-3x what US companies do.
The bigger issue is investment dollars. They got to build these plant for pennies on the dollar with little to no oversight and the governments picking up a huge part of the tab. It was about investors chasing that quick 20% turnaround. Of course now the money-losing part of the industry is moved so its cheaper to build where factories are already at.
The US isn't that much more expensive. At my company, we beat our Brazillian counterparts in $$/worker that more than accounts for wages. Of course the bigger costs are energy and materials... Which of course are barely subsidized (and hijaked buy the same investors that move things out) there versus other countries.
You forgot to factor in attorney costs, and insurance. Oh, and conflicting regulatory compliance. But to be honest, government is not near the hindrance to business that lawyers are.
You do know that there is more than on drive out there, right? Some of the WD2TB drives went from $70 to $200.
Hell... I am considering selling some that I am using!
You're right it's not their responsibility to do that. But not for the reason that you think, they've unleashed this pox upon the gaming community, but it isn't their responsibility because their responsibility is purely to the shareholders.
Just like how there's no guarantee that they won't at some future time take everybody's games away or require a subscription to access them.
Corporate suicide is not in the best interest of the shareholders. And if you read the article, (Asking a lot I know) you will find Gabe saying that actually serving your customers IS in the best interest of the shareholders.
Unlimited supply once you take pricing effects into consideration. That and we can make more. We could set this on up in Washington, or any eco zone... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4732398/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/researchers-turn-manure-crude-oil/
You're talking to kids that think population control is a good idea...
Looking at kids today, I am beginning to see their point. (Harrumph) :)
And what about the energy you replace it with? Is it coming from the energy fairy? Even "renewable" energy uses up a lot of non-renewable stuff to provide it. The plastic in the pretty plastic windmills comes from somewhere... If you can not see any problems with mandated CO2 reductions, you either do not pay your own electric bill, or have never heard of unintended consequences. Look up MTBE. It was supposed to save the air quality, but ended up poisoning the groundwater. Ooops!
Yep. If the Humble Indie Bundle can make a million and Ubisoft can not, that says something about them!
Next they shut down. That will stop those damn pirates!
There's no shame in that, and it would lose you anywhere near as many customers as spouting lies.
They have thinking customers left to lose?
Maybe you could give people an incentive to actually buy a PC game? First step would be to stop releasing broken-ass console ports to the PC market, I bet that would help sales a lot. Also, get rid of any additional software to run, i.e., Steam and the other ridiculous spyware crap that is bundled with so many PC games today.
"Ohhh... This games looks cool. Reviews are good. Wait a minute. It is Ubisoft. I better check to see if it is buggy crap like the last 20 games they released.... Yep. Ohhh... THIS game looks cool..."
Easily the most terrifying and effective of anti-piracy measures: Flooding the pros with entertaining shit to do.
That was awesome!
Or, how many of those 95% actually bought the game, but also downloaded the crack to keep the draconian DRM from hosing the computer? Actually, I am surprised that 5% didn't...
Either fill in the [citation needed] or you're just spouting very tired 10-year-old anti-MS FUD; which quite frankly is a boring topic these days.
NO, it is Anti-Linux FUD. He just ported it.