I'm not a Facebook user, so I am having trouble understanding something.
Why would 'spammers' (whatever that means in this context) have someone's Facebook login details?
Think of Facebook as just another website. People tend to use the same username/password combination on multiple sites you only need to hack one to have a good shot at the rest.
There is no universal ISO IEEE Regulatory standard for software version numbers, it's meaningless to compare them. Personally I mostly ignore them and look at the release or file date.
My conversation with an average user:
Them: "What browser are you using?"
Me: "Firefox."
Them: "It looks neat. Is it any good?"
Me: "Yeah, I like it. You can try it if you want."
Them: "This is pretty good. What version are you running?"
Me: "Version 3.6."
Them: "Oh, if they're only on 3.6 I'll just stick with IE8."
Me: *facepalm*
I did give them the "version numbers don't mean much" spiel after that but their eyes had already glazed over when I said a number less than 8. Sometimes I think a standardized numbering system would be a good thing.
whats the point in making it if you are going to start banning it all over the place?
Welcome to the free market. A business made a decision not to sell a product in some of its stores, which is not "banning it all over the place" or banning it at all.
The people behind the game believe this decision won't affect sales. Hopefully that consoles you somewhat.
So if you sold someone some pizza and they shoved a piece of the melted cheese onto their "nether region", and they got burns, its your fault ?
What person in their right mind, regardless of "how hot" something is puts an OPEN container of coffee between their thighs ? If someone said "I put my hot coffee between my thighs and I got burned - Its your fault." came to me I'd say sue too.. because I'd think there is no way this can be my fault.
Regarding your pizza example: no, they'd just be an idiot.
Regarding McDonald's: "McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 F (82–88 C). At that temperature, the coffee would cause a third-degree burn in two to seven seconds. Prior to her lawsuit, there had been approximately 700 other burn cases involving McDonald's between 1982 and 1992." (Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants)
I agree it wasn't a good idea to put the coffee in her lap but she spent eight days in a hospital, required skin grafts and two years of medical treatment just because she spilled it on herself. I don't know if you've ever ended up with a hot beverage in your lap but it usually just hurts for an hour and gets a little red; it doesn't involve a trip to the hospital. Her original plan was to settle with McDonald's to cover her medical costs and they offered her $800. After that, they filed a suit for gross negligence for providing "unreasonably dangerous" and "defectively manufactured" coffee.
Isn't this the same as buying tokens to play arcade games? The currency isn't "fake", it still has value.
Yes, it is the same as buying tokens to play arcade games and no, the "currency" is actually fake. You can't buy goods (I use the term loosely here) or services with arcade tokens or farmville credits outside their respective mediums, currency can be used anywhere in the country.
On the other hand, after reading the article linked in the article linked by Slashdot...
The next day, Bertelsman ruled against Dirty World Entertainment Recordings. Kentucky attorney Eric Deters, who is representing Jones, said it was irrelevant that the incorrect corporation, website and physical address were listed on the complaint and judgment.
“We’re still going to serve that S.O.B. personally,” Deters said of Richie. “I’m going to make that dirty, rotten, mean, vermin bastard pay. He’s a piece of dirt.”
Her lawyer sounds like a hilariously stupid mistake.
Then the lawyer could have done his diligence and filed against the proper party.
How about the lawyer do his due diligence BEFORE all this happens? You people... seriously... there needs to be more crotches punched in this world. You're all sleepwalking zombies.
Of course the lawyer should have done his due diligence before it happened, but he didn't. Anyone can sue anyone for anything and sometimes hilariously stupid mistakes get made. If you get someone else's lawsuit delivered to your door it's a pretty good idea to correct it.
I can navigate menus just fine... Where is the difficulty?
I agree! Since you are the sole benchmark against which the effectiveness of all consoles' controllers are measured it's shocking that anyone would have an issue where you haven't.
Why is this sad? Seriously asking here, not trying to be a prick.
For some people, being accepted by other people is the most important pursuit, their reason for existence. If those people are sufficiently ostracized they lose their sense of purpose and feel as though they're not in control of their lives. A person who will accept them no matter what is simply too hard to pass up. This is also why some people join gangs or become suicide bombers, they believe it restores meaning to their existence.
It's sad in two ways: that a person is so desperate for affection that they would try to get it from the equivalent of a talking cardboard cutout and that some people believe they're alone to the point that they try to remove themselves from the world.
I believe you've never had Dim Sum. That's the last level of hell. About the same as Fear Factor.
The worst dim sum I ever had was a whole octopus coated in hot sauce; it had the texture an eraser and burned like fire. The worst episode of Fear Factor I ever watched involved a pizza with a bile-based crust, coagulated cow blood for sauce, stinky cheese, fish eyes, and live worms.
Except next week they will "discover" the opposite, and the following week alcohol will cause cancer, and the week after that it will help you lose weight, and next month they'll find that it causes Parkinson's, and then next spring it will be therapeutic for the same illness, and then...
Some citations to save the day then! (Attention pedants: Yes, I know these citations are all about beer and not alcohol specifically. Buy me a pint and we can discuss this matter further!)
It would also be a good thing to put a 1-line summary of the email, followed up with a Details section.
Isn't that what the subject line and message body are supposed to be for?
I appreciate that Google is trying to idiot-proof email but it'd probably be a simpler task to train people using almost your exact phrasing: the subject line is a one line summary of the email and the body is the details section.
It's the sound of continuity/anti-tamper sensors being added to the external housings of the next generation of consoles...
If consoles can be circumvented to run illegal backups, I'm certain that circumventing an anti-tamper sensor won't be a problem.
I'm sure you're right but I have to ask, "illegal backups"? Is that some fancy way of saying "pirated" or just the de facto standard for backing up games thanks to the DMCA? If you never had an original it's not a backup, it's just a copy.
If all buying a shiny disc does is give me a license to use the data then I'll use it however I damn well please, and here in Canada it's perfectly legal for me to use burnt discs in my console while the originals are stored out of reach of my kids and careless friends. So for what it's worth, I look forward to seeing a workaround when the day comes.
The only juvenile delinquency that comic books ever made me want to delve into was with the X-Ray glasses they always advertised on the back page of the comics. For a little boy, I apparently had quite the dirty mind. The thought of being able to see through girls' clothes held more awe and wonder for me than any amazing stunt Superman or Batman could ever pull off.
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I'm not a Facebook user, so I am having trouble understanding something.
Why would 'spammers' (whatever that means in this context) have someone's Facebook login details?
Think of Facebook as just another website. People tend to use the same username/password combination on multiple sites you only need to hack one to have a good shot at the rest.
My solution was to preemptively spam all my friends with ads for v1agra so the bots thought my account was already compromised and left it alone.
There is no universal ISO IEEE Regulatory standard for software version numbers, it's meaningless to compare them. Personally I mostly ignore them and look at the release or file date.
My conversation with an average user:
Them: "What browser are you using?"
Me: "Firefox."
Them: "It looks neat. Is it any good?"
Me: "Yeah, I like it. You can try it if you want."
Them: "This is pretty good. What version are you running?"
Me: "Version 3.6."
Them: "Oh, if they're only on 3.6 I'll just stick with IE8."
Me: *facepalm*
I did give them the "version numbers don't mean much" spiel after that but their eyes had already glazed over when I said a number less than 8. Sometimes I think a standardized numbering system would be a good thing.
whats the point in making it if you are going to start banning it all over the place?
Welcome to the free market. A business made a decision not to sell a product in some of its stores, which is not "banning it all over the place" or banning it at all.
The people behind the game believe this decision won't affect sales. Hopefully that consoles you somewhat.
Yeah...it'll probably take no more than 8 weeks...
...Of arguing over who to blame this time.
slashdot = stagnated
Yeah, it's kinda funny how a news aggregator doesn't seem to post news before any other sites, isn't it?
So if you sold someone some pizza and they shoved a piece of the melted cheese onto their "nether region", and they got burns, its your fault ?
What person in their right mind, regardless of "how hot" something is puts an OPEN container of coffee between their thighs ? If someone said "I put my hot coffee between my thighs and I got burned - Its your fault." came to me I'd say sue too.. because I'd think there is no way this can be my fault.
Regarding your pizza example: no, they'd just be an idiot.
Regarding McDonald's: "McDonald's required franchises to serve coffee at 180–190 F (82–88 C). At that temperature, the coffee would cause a third-degree burn in two to seven seconds. Prior to her lawsuit, there had been approximately 700 other burn cases involving McDonald's between 1982 and 1992." (Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants)
I agree it wasn't a good idea to put the coffee in her lap but she spent eight days in a hospital, required skin grafts and two years of medical treatment just because she spilled it on herself. I don't know if you've ever ended up with a hot beverage in your lap but it usually just hurts for an hour and gets a little red; it doesn't involve a trip to the hospital. Her original plan was to settle with McDonald's to cover her medical costs and they offered her $800. After that, they filed a suit for gross negligence for providing "unreasonably dangerous" and "defectively manufactured" coffee.
Isn't this the same as buying tokens to play arcade games? The currency isn't "fake", it still has value.
Yes, it is the same as buying tokens to play arcade games and no, the "currency" is actually fake. You can't buy goods (I use the term loosely here) or services with arcade tokens or farmville credits outside their respective mediums, currency can be used anywhere in the country.
On the other hand, after reading the article linked in the article linked by Slashdot...
The next day, Bertelsman ruled against Dirty World Entertainment Recordings. Kentucky attorney Eric Deters, who is representing Jones, said it was irrelevant that the incorrect corporation, website and physical address were listed on the complaint and judgment.
“We’re still going to serve that S.O.B. personally,” Deters said of Richie. “I’m going to make that dirty, rotten, mean, vermin bastard pay. He’s a piece of dirt.”
Her lawyer sounds like a hilariously stupid mistake.
Then the lawyer could have done his diligence and filed against the proper party.
How about the lawyer do his due diligence BEFORE all this happens? You people... seriously... there needs to be more crotches punched in this world. You're all sleepwalking zombies.
Of course the lawyer should have done his due diligence before it happened, but he didn't. Anyone can sue anyone for anything and sometimes hilariously stupid mistakes get made. If you get someone else's lawsuit delivered to your door it's a pretty good idea to correct it.
You just a succinct (I believe accurate) technical answer to a question about an Apple product on Slashdot... Is that allowed? :-)
You just a person who forgot a word? :p
The word patent is not a verb, dumbass.
I'm going to patent not bothering to do any research before calling someone a dumbass on the Internet!
http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/English/patent.html.
I can navigate menus just fine... Where is the difficulty?
I agree! Since you are the sole benchmark against which the effectiveness of all consoles' controllers are measured it's shocking that anyone would have an issue where you haven't.
Why is this sad? Seriously asking here, not trying to be a prick.
For some people, being accepted by other people is the most important pursuit, their reason for existence. If those people are sufficiently ostracized they lose their sense of purpose and feel as though they're not in control of their lives. A person who will accept them no matter what is simply too hard to pass up. This is also why some people join gangs or become suicide bombers, they believe it restores meaning to their existence.
It's sad in two ways: that a person is so desperate for affection that they would try to get it from the equivalent of a talking cardboard cutout and that some people believe they're alone to the point that they try to remove themselves from the world.
Shit, I accidentally a word out. So much for preview helping prevent errors and omissions.
Now that's a wave of destruction that's easy on the eyes.
Chinese cook being heaven?
I believe you've never had Dim Sum. That's the last level of hell. About the same as Fear Factor.
The worst dim sum I ever had was a whole octopus coated in hot sauce; it had the texture an eraser and burned like fire. The worst episode of Fear Factor I ever watched involved a pizza with a bile-based crust, coagulated cow blood for sauce, stinky cheese, fish eyes, and live worms.
I'll stick with the dim sum, thanks.
Did I just read an article that had the terms "virtual women", "steamed buns", and "fish sausages" in the same paragraph?
This is Slashdot, so the answer is probably no. :p
Everybody's mortality rate is exactly the same: 100%
If you measure it on a large enough time scale, yes, but mortality rates are usually measured over the course of one year.
Really it's just a matter of when you die and how happy you are.
Couldn't have said it better.
Except next week they will "discover" the opposite, and the following week alcohol will cause cancer, and the week after that it will help you lose weight, and next month they'll find that it causes Parkinson's, and then next spring it will be therapeutic for the same illness, and then...
Some citations to save the day then! (Attention pedants: Yes, I know these citations are all about beer and not alcohol specifically. Buy me a pint and we can discuss this matter further!)
Beer isn't fattening, fights cancer and heart disease all while making you smarter!
Only the one in my bathroom.
Ah, you're a TiSP subscriber too eh? ;)
It would also be a good thing to put a 1-line summary of the email, followed up with a Details section.
Isn't that what the subject line and message body are supposed to be for?
I appreciate that Google is trying to idiot-proof email but it'd probably be a simpler task to train people using almost your exact phrasing: the subject line is a one line summary of the email and the body is the details section.
Just glad to see /. is back up. I was having serious geek withdrawal there for a while.
You mean you don't have a local mirror?
It's the sound of continuity/anti-tamper sensors being added to the external housings of the next generation of consoles...
If consoles can be circumvented to run illegal backups, I'm certain that circumventing an anti-tamper sensor won't be a problem.
I'm sure you're right but I have to ask, "illegal backups"? Is that some fancy way of saying "pirated" or just the de facto standard for backing up games thanks to the DMCA? If you never had an original it's not a backup, it's just a copy.
If all buying a shiny disc does is give me a license to use the data then I'll use it however I damn well please, and here in Canada it's perfectly legal for me to use burnt discs in my console while the originals are stored out of reach of my kids and careless friends. So for what it's worth, I look forward to seeing a workaround when the day comes.
The only juvenile delinquency that comic books ever made me want to delve into was with the X-Ray glasses they always advertised on the back page of the comics. For a little boy, I apparently had quite the dirty mind. The thought of being able to see through girls' clothes held more awe and wonder for me than any amazing stunt Superman or Batman could ever pull off.
I hear the TSA has a few job openings.