Why hasn't a company come out with an adult version of the PVR?
Name it the "Porn-O-Tron" or "Porn-O-Matic"
Include a subscription business model with various channels of varying fetishes, etc. and market it as just that. Tie it all together and the customers will flood the place...ok bad pun but you get the idea.
You could even tie in various adult products that plug into the box and someone on the other end could operate them for $19 a minute. Virtual Spanktravision might even be a better name or sub-brand as long as it doesn't canabalize the main brand.
Porn is BIG business and why hasn't a visionary other than myself come up with this?
Well I think you've misunderstood most of what I've said. I summer up what I had previously said by saying I am brutally honest but I also have empathy. You almost acuse me of having genocidal thoughts but how can one think in that manner and still have empathy? I'm sure there are cases of that happening but I for one do not fit that stereotype.
I also stated that I try to help others as much as I can but I will not lower myself to speaking in the politcal correct manner that some are out to convert the world to. Political correctness is on the same level as ebonics and ebonics has long since been dismissed.
One of the other points I made was if you stop to help those who refuse to help themselves then you are only punishing yourself. If I see someone panhandling I don't give them shit. I used to until I learned more about them. To me helping the homeless isn't about giving money to panhandlers so they can get drunk and further their cause of self loathing. I buy and donate food during the holidays for these people. That is helping and that is helping your fellow man...in my off time:D
I used to spend a lot of time trying to help and care more but it was usually met with thanklessness and/or ambivalence. I wasn't looking for mass media coverage of what I did but seeing the person you are helping not give a shit is bullshit. If they can't appreciate it then fuck 'em...I don't care. Those who do appreciate then they'll get more help from me...the rest are dead to me.
If you want a current cesspool of ignorance then just visit beautiful India and it's Caste System. Unless it's recently changed if you're born a peasant you stay one for life and no one cares. Funny how our tech sector is gravitating towards India yet I doubt the American companies involved aren't doing anything to better the lives of the peasants...not even in their off time.
"I bet many, many more OS X boxen will be sold, averting any "Great Migration" to Linux anytime soon by the DTP folk."
Isn't the Mac only 1-5% of the total market? If so then claiming a "great migration" from the Mac side would be a serious, serious overstatement. Plus most Mac users will never give up their Mac over any circumstances....
I work as an IT utility guy for my job. I have put myself in a great position by gaining the skills in the areas where people are needed on a face to face basis. I've stayed away from anything that could be outsourced or telecomuted.
I install, troubleshoot, maintain, fix all of our hardware/software/networking for my state and provide help desk support for our local branch as well as our 5 outlying areas.
If we have network (LAN/WAN/Wifi/Citrix/Webmail), hardware, software, etc. problems locally or at our other branches then it's up to me to fix it.
I also go as far as repairing shredders, printers, and even in home work for employees.
I am also the Photoshop / MS Office Guru and I maintain numerous reports that I compile into spreadsheets. From Hardware to graphic design I do it all here and I support a total of 60 users.
I've made myself valuble by having a wide range of knowledge and by always offering to help people be it here or at home. To be a valuble IT worker you need to make yourself indispensable.
By having no problem working hard and working late if need be then you can work till you retire in a position you like. I make a good income and I'm happy doing what I do. It doesn't hurt that I get to visit slashdot through out the day.
It's not a terrible world view. It's a realistic world view. When you say, "This is perhaps because when humans work together and share a system of morality, it benefits them collectively." that much is true but in the real world it's not realistic. We do not live in a state of nirvana nor do we live in a world where people give a damn about strangers. That's just the facts no matter how sad it is.
This world was built upon survival of the fittest and that usually happens at the weaker person's expense. If someone were to tip toe through life while not wanting to hurt or offend another then we would be no where in terms of productivity and advances in all facets of life.
When I was referring to mutants I actually meant retarded, cripled, and such. I'm tired of political correctness just so another's feelings aren't hurt. Retarded means slow so just because you or someone else doesn't like the term doesn't mean I can't use it. Yes I could be maimed, cripled, etc. and end up that way but if I was I don't think I'd comprehend much on an intellectual level so call me what you may. Words are just that...words. Nothing more and nothing less. Feel free to point and laugh if I were to ever end up in bad starights because I don't nor will I ever give a damn what someone thinks of me. I live my life full of brutal honesty and I don't concern myself with what other think of me. I do have plenty of friends and family who respect that about me.
P.S. I never said "mutants, the retarded, or the diseased" are bad. They are all human like you and I just not as lucky. I have empathy for them and if I can help them I do. I'm not calling them names only referring to them in an honest manner.
Well if someone doesn't believe in God then what's the case? I don't agree with it being the goverment's job to see that a person is successful. It's up to the person. What you are saying just reminds me of socialism and lack of individual responsibility for making the best out of their life.
Most successful people have their heads so high in the clouds that they wouldn't help anyone no matter what the situation.
From my experience most women hate pc's because their boyfriends, husbands, and such spend more time with the pc than with them. I've had a couple girlfriends that dispise my pc's and one girlfriends said she was jealous of my pc.
I don't think a woman gets the same use out of a pc like a guy does. Most women don't grow up playing video games like guys do so what's going to change that later in life? There are more women playing these days but the majority of what I've seen don't have a choice because they can't get a boyfriend or are some what anti-social. I'm not stereo-typing here. It's just my experience which I'm sure is different than others.
I wish I could meta-moderate my own thread after seeing how a few mods have perceived my post. How can one see my main post here as Flamebait or Troll? It's called joking around hence the:D big fucking smile at the end. I think some of these mods take their moderation a little too seriously.
If I wanted to troll or flamebait then it would be more than obvious.
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If all humans are equal then why do some have it all and some have nothing at all? Certainly the ones with everything should help the have nots right?
WRONG...they could give a shit
Only on a cellular level are we even close to being equal but if you factor in the genetic mutants and such there is nothing that makes us all equal. If anything we are the antithesis of your entire statement personified to the max.
This was just too funny.."Afghanistan currently has a shortage of ICT literate workers".
No fucking shit?
I doubt there were any since they drank mostly non-potable water, shit in buckets, outlawed dancing, kite flying, and listening to music. TRUE! There was no such thing as an IT dept. in Aganistan unless you're referring to Bin Laden's group of wacky, murderin' characters.
I wonder how many Afgani's will cheat the system and play tetris or even worse solitaire? What will happen is the downloading of massive amounts of porn.
Here's another fact: Goatse guy is an Afgani by birth.
It's a small world unless you're looking down the barrel of Goatse's famous part...then it's a very dark and mysterious place:D
Why don't we just cut the shit and agree to be impregnated by a hairy ape, last name Wadd, with a genetically altered genome with the following genetic content which is sponsored in part by the RIAA and MPAA...
Here's what's included with the DNA which is actually RNA but hey you don't need no stinkin' virus protection...but if you do Symantec has a new cyberoranistic based anti-virii protection available in subscription form with no pop-ups...
Ok the list
Chromosomes with anti-hackable, DRM enhanced, 128 bit encrypted, user-imprinted mac address. (Helps to track you to each bit of legal and illegal content you download)
Nuclei with embedded GPS technology of which you can be tracked in case you violate any MDC (multi-death corporation('s) (TM)) DRM schemes.
MS passport login access to your DNA w/ hotmail email account
Cell based DRM punishment devices with MS WinX86 based cytoplasm which, if you are found to be in possesion of copyrighted music, Nsync, etc., will start a downward spiral on a cellular level. This CLE (cellular level event (TM)) will render your muscles useless until a DRM agent is dispatched to your house, found via the nuclei embedded GPS and swipes his/her keycard down your ass. After the agent has cleaned his/her keycard and you have been B-Swiped (TM) the agent will unlock your CLE (TM) event in progress and send you off to jail.
All of this of course is done in the end user's best interest to better serve the end user's experience.
The enhanced DNA and all other parts of said DNA are built on the.net platform and.gif.exe, &.pdf.vbs languages of which are the most secure and impenetrable as demonstrated IRL especially when using dual extensions.
Remember as we continue to innovate and create the best user experience we will need to constantly patch the underlying system with updates that will make it all better.
DRM is for the user, by the user, and it is the future. Accept it and live a long productive life. There is no spoon....
Players have been selling their wares for MMORPG for a while now so I don't see a problem in it at all. Personally RPG's move too slow for me and don't hold my interest. I did like Diablo but the cheater's ruined it. When I play a game and find a cheater I look into the hacks involved so I can come back and give them a dose of their own medicine.
I did buy Everquest but after looking through the manual I decided that I didn't have the time to invest in it. I have a all or nothing attitude so I tend to get a new game and play it until I'm burned out with no time off inbetween. Trying to balance that out with a job, woman, pets, and all of that is not easy. I've had a girlfriend tell me she was jealous of my pc but she's dead now so I guess she's over it:) I would say I'm lucky that my girlfriends are so hot (not bragging...true) that they make me not want to play all of the time. I need my booty time more than any other time! You can be a geek/gamer and still pull hot women.
Seriously I have to make myself not play because I tend to play too much if I like the game. I'm into FPS's more than anything and I'm most happy with BF1942 right now. There's something about meeting new people online and killing them that makes me smile.
Why do we let an industry over state their loses, change our laws, restrict our freedoms with the products we own, and fuck us over all to keep an old system in place , of which, consumers have completely rejected and moved past?
I can say it's our own fault for not fighting this or doing anything about it that allows it to continue. Tell me how is it possible that downloading files, copyrighted or not, and movies is frowned upon more than violent crimes? The guy who released the hulk movie on the net is going to do 3-6 years. That's more than first offenders get for violent crimes yet he's lumped in with them and he didn't hurt anyone's bottom line. Total and complete bullshit and we allow it to continue.
All it takes is a grass roots effort to put an end to this. We give them the power and we can take it away. This is about money and only when we stop buying completely will they listen and take notice. Until then keep spending and supporting the entity that is out to make a point by suing you into a financial disaster and making all of your choices for you. As I stated in my previous post the RIAA seems to be trying out every angle available to stop filesharing. Guess what? It's not working nor will it. Disinformation seems to be a new tactic but I'm sure it'll work on the un-informed masses. In all actuality I bet a mojority of filesharers are under 18 so they aren't afraid of going to jail because they can't be charged as adults. Maybe the RIAA will sue them and their parents into poverty?
Hmm this story smells like propaganda or disinformation because all I've been reading online states the contrary. In fact traffic is up as much as 10% since the RIAA sue threat came out. As always don't believe everything you read and all my sources could be wrong too. Statics are misleading 50% of the time:D
There's also the case when you just download to see how much you can get. It's not the quality but the quantity. In the past I used to download just to download. It's the chase that is infact most of the fun at times.
I can't tell you how many times I've downloaded things and never listened or opened them. It was all about the hunt and soon as said item was found then my appetite was satisfied.
Why should gaming customer service be any different than regular software customer service? We all know regular software customer service is frustrating with the wait times, automated email responders and general lack of any real help unless you pay for it. I'm sure a lot of it is outsourced anyway since the entire point is pinching every single cent out of the end user and offering nothing back unless you squeeze it out of them.
My local isp's customer service is in a different state and they never know shit about current network outages and/or issues so as a gamer myself I just can't see why it would be any different for games themselves.
Isn't it fact that the games themselves these days are rushed out the door in beta and sometimes alpha states? They release and patch later and offer no help to their customers. They also outgross most big business in the process. Where can I signup to fuck people over like this and become a millionaire?
I play BF1942 for the most part now and the cheating is at the bare minimum if any at all. There is the superman cheat but it's relatively lame and you can still kill the person. Counterstrike is the single most frustrating online game ever because of the massive amount of cheating involved. I doubt I'll ever play C.S. again because of the amount of cheating and the lack of anti-cheating options implemented by Valve.
Remember when Netscape was king of the browsers and they said if MS used their dominance to shut them out the the days of browser innovation would end? Well this has materialized in a big way. MS and Netscape used to battle it out with their staggered releases, one-upping each other and the benefit was all our's. Now MS has the browser monopoly and has been slowly exploitiing it ever since.
What kind of shit is having an I.E. site only? Owning the browser market then having sites that will only render in that engine. Bullshit. I was a loyal Netscape user until AOL bought them up. AOL introduced their newest feature...the crach at will mode and I had no other choice than to use I.E. Opera is cool but I'm not paying for a browser even though I've never like MS's tactics. There have been others but I'm stuck using I.E.
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FLY-BORG
He's not as nice as he would lead you to believe!
Fly-Borg as a child attacking another Balloon
Keep your paws off me you damn dirty balloon!
Fly-Borg's CPU/Brain
Mr Know-It-All
Co-Conspiriter 1
All bark no bite
Co-Conspiriter 2
Known for his penchant for smoking endo:
Street Name Puffy A.K.A. Puff The Magic Dragon
Fly-Borg's Spiritual Advisor
Once defeated Santa Claus in the Mother of all spiritual wars
Skynet issued a statement to alleviate all concerns. Skynet says everything is ok and there is no reason to be alarmed.
Just before the Flyborg escaped it was overheard saying "I'LL BE BACK!!!!"
---end transmission---
Why hasn't a company come out with an adult version of the PVR?
Name it the "Porn-O-Tron" or "Porn-O-Matic"
Include a subscription business model with various channels of varying fetishes, etc. and market it as just that. Tie it all together and the customers will flood the place...ok bad pun but you get the idea.
You could even tie in various adult products that plug into the box and someone on the other end could operate them for $19 a minute. Virtual Spanktravision might even be a better name or sub-brand as long as it doesn't canabalize the main brand.
Porn is BIG business and why hasn't a visionary other than myself come up with this?
How long will this network stay up when GODZILLA returns?
If GODZILLA fights Rodan again then we're talking serious downtime...
A tablet pc is to computing what Nsync is to Rock & Roll.
Well I think you've misunderstood most of what I've said. I summer up what I had previously said by saying I am brutally honest but I also have empathy. You almost acuse me of having genocidal thoughts but how can one think in that manner and still have empathy? I'm sure there are cases of that happening but I for one do not fit that stereotype.
I also stated that I try to help others as much as I can but I will not lower myself to speaking in the politcal correct manner that some are out to convert the world to. Political correctness is on the same level as ebonics and ebonics has long since been dismissed.
One of the other points I made was if you stop to help those who refuse to help themselves then you are only punishing yourself. If I see someone panhandling I don't give them shit. I used to until I learned more about them. To me helping the homeless isn't about giving money to panhandlers so they can get drunk and further their cause of self loathing. I buy and donate food during the holidays for these people. That is helping and that is helping your fellow man...in my off time:D
I used to spend a lot of time trying to help and care more but it was usually met with thanklessness and/or ambivalence. I wasn't looking for mass media coverage of what I did but seeing the person you are helping not give a shit is bullshit. If they can't appreciate it then fuck 'em...I don't care. Those who do appreciate then they'll get more help from me...the rest are dead to me.
If you want a current cesspool of ignorance then just visit beautiful India and it's Caste System. Unless it's recently changed if you're born a peasant you stay one for life and no one cares. Funny how our tech sector is gravitating towards India yet I doubt the American companies involved aren't doing anything to better the lives of the peasants...not even in their off time.
"I bet many, many more OS X boxen will be sold, averting any "Great Migration" to Linux anytime soon by the DTP folk."
Isn't the Mac only 1-5% of the total market? If so then claiming a "great migration" from the Mac side would be a serious, serious overstatement. Plus most Mac users will never give up their Mac over any circumstances....
Just the facts
I work as an IT utility guy for my job. I have put myself in a great position by gaining the skills in the areas where people are needed on a face to face basis. I've stayed away from anything that could be outsourced or telecomuted.
I install, troubleshoot, maintain, fix all of our hardware/software/networking for my state and provide help desk support for our local branch as well as our 5 outlying areas.
If we have network (LAN/WAN/Wifi/Citrix/Webmail), hardware, software, etc. problems locally or at our other branches then it's up to me to fix it.
I also go as far as repairing shredders, printers, and even in home work for employees.
I am also the Photoshop / MS Office Guru and I maintain numerous reports that I compile into spreadsheets. From Hardware to graphic design I do it all here and I support a total of 60 users.
I've made myself valuble by having a wide range of knowledge and by always offering to help people be it here or at home. To be a valuble IT worker you need to make yourself indispensable.
By having no problem working hard and working late if need be then you can work till you retire in a position you like. I make a good income and I'm happy doing what I do. It doesn't hurt that I get to visit slashdot through out the day.
It's not a terrible world view. It's a realistic world view. When you say, "This is perhaps because when humans work together and share a system of morality, it benefits them collectively." that much is true but in the real world it's not realistic. We do not live in a state of nirvana nor do we live in a world where people give a damn about strangers. That's just the facts no matter how sad it is.
This world was built upon survival of the fittest and that usually happens at the weaker person's expense. If someone were to tip toe through life while not wanting to hurt or offend another then we would be no where in terms of productivity and advances in all facets of life.
When I was referring to mutants I actually meant retarded, cripled, and such. I'm tired of political correctness just so another's feelings aren't hurt. Retarded means slow so just because you or someone else doesn't like the term doesn't mean I can't use it. Yes I could be maimed, cripled, etc. and end up that way but if I was I don't think I'd comprehend much on an intellectual level so call me what you may. Words are just that...words. Nothing more and nothing less. Feel free to point and laugh if I were to ever end up in bad starights because I don't nor will I ever give a damn what someone thinks of me. I live my life full of brutal honesty and I don't concern myself with what other think of me. I do have plenty of friends and family who respect that about me.
P.S. I never said "mutants, the retarded, or the diseased" are bad. They are all human like you and I just not as lucky. I have empathy for them and if I can help them I do. I'm not calling them names only referring to them in an honest manner.
Well if someone doesn't believe in God then what's the case? I don't agree with it being the goverment's job to see that a person is successful. It's up to the person. What you are saying just reminds me of socialism and lack of individual responsibility for making the best out of their life.
Most successful people have their heads so high in the clouds that they wouldn't help anyone no matter what the situation.
From my experience most women hate pc's because their boyfriends, husbands, and such spend more time with the pc than with them. I've had a couple girlfriends that dispise my pc's and one girlfriends said she was jealous of my pc.
I don't think a woman gets the same use out of a pc like a guy does. Most women don't grow up playing video games like guys do so what's going to change that later in life? There are more women playing these days but the majority of what I've seen don't have a choice because they can't get a boyfriend or are some what anti-social. I'm not stereo-typing here. It's just my experience which I'm sure is different than others.
P2P downloader named "Spalding": I want some mp3's, I want some movies, I want so porn!
RIAA Rep named "Judge Schmels": Spalding you'll get nothing and like it!
ADS? Come on can't you do better than that?
Absolute dick shit?
I'm just so misunderstood...
I wish I could meta-moderate my own thread after seeing how a few mods have perceived my post. How can one see my main post here as Flamebait or Troll? It's called joking around hence the :D big fucking smile at the end. I think some of these mods take their moderation a little too seriously.
If I wanted to troll or flamebait then it would be more than obvious.
New Term-
DPM:Digital Post Management
definition: Mods who perceive something that wasn't even insinuated and mod down a post because they don't get it.
Starting Score: 1 point
Moderation -1
40% Interesting
20% Flamebait
20% Troll
Extra 'Interesting' Modifier 0 (Edit)
Total Score: 0
WTF is GNAA? I am half serious, half troll, and the other 22% is humor...
If all humans are equal then why do some have it all and some have nothing at all? Certainly the ones with everything should help the have nots right?
WRONG...they could give a shit
Only on a cellular level are we even close to being equal but if you factor in the genetic mutants and such there is nothing that makes us all equal. If anything we are the antithesis of your entire statement personified to the max.
In a prefect worl we are all equals.
It just so happens this world isn't perfect...
This was just too funny.."Afghanistan currently has a shortage of ICT literate workers".
No fucking shit?
I doubt there were any since they drank mostly non-potable water, shit in buckets, outlawed dancing, kite flying, and listening to music. TRUE! There was no such thing as an IT dept. in Aganistan unless you're referring to Bin Laden's group of wacky, murderin' characters.
I wonder how many Afgani's will cheat the system and play tetris or even worse solitaire? What will happen is the downloading of massive amounts of porn.
Here's another fact:
Goatse guy is an Afgani by birth.
It's a small world unless you're looking down the barrel of Goatse's famous part...then it's a very dark and mysterious place:D
Why don't we just cut the shit and agree to be impregnated by a hairy ape, last name Wadd, with a genetically altered genome with the following genetic content which is sponsored in part by the RIAA and MPAA...
.net platform and .gif.exe, & .pdf.vbs languages of which are the most secure and impenetrable as demonstrated IRL especially when using dual extensions.
Here's what's included with the DNA which is actually RNA but hey you don't need no stinkin' virus protection...but if you do Symantec has a new cyberoranistic based anti-virii protection available in subscription form with no pop-ups...
Ok the list
Chromosomes with anti-hackable, DRM enhanced, 128 bit encrypted, user-imprinted mac address.
(Helps to track you to each bit of legal and illegal content you download)
Nuclei with embedded GPS technology of which you can be tracked in case you violate any MDC (multi-death corporation('s) (TM)) DRM schemes.
MS passport login access to your DNA w/ hotmail email account
Cell based DRM punishment devices with MS WinX86 based cytoplasm which, if you are found to be in possesion of copyrighted music, Nsync, etc., will start a downward spiral on a cellular level. This CLE (cellular level event (TM)) will render your muscles useless until a DRM agent is dispatched to your house, found via the nuclei embedded GPS and swipes his/her keycard down your ass. After the agent has cleaned his/her keycard and you have been B-Swiped (TM) the agent will unlock your CLE (TM) event in progress and send you off to jail.
All of this of course is done in the end user's best interest to better serve the end user's experience.
The enhanced DNA and all other parts of said DNA are built on the
Remember as we continue to innovate and create the best user experience we will need to constantly patch the underlying system with updates that will make it all better.
DRM is for the user, by the user, and it is the future. Accept it and live a long productive life. There is no spoon....
Players have been selling their wares for MMORPG for a while now so I don't see a problem in it at all. Personally RPG's move too slow for me and don't hold my interest. I did like Diablo but the cheater's ruined it. When I play a game and find a cheater I look into the hacks involved so I can come back and give them a dose of their own medicine.
I did buy Everquest but after looking through the manual I decided that I didn't have the time to invest in it. I have a all or nothing attitude so I tend to get a new game and play it until I'm burned out with no time off inbetween. Trying to balance that out with a job, woman, pets, and all of that is not easy. I've had a girlfriend tell me she was jealous of my pc but she's dead now so I guess she's over it:) I would say I'm lucky that my girlfriends are so hot (not bragging...true) that they make me not want to play all of the time. I need my booty time more than any other time! You can be a geek/gamer and still pull hot women.
Seriously I have to make myself not play because I tend to play too much if I like the game. I'm into FPS's more than anything and I'm most happy with BF1942 right now. There's something about meeting new people online and killing them that makes me smile.
Why do we let an industry over state their loses, change our laws, restrict our freedoms with the products we own, and fuck us over all to keep an old system in place , of which, consumers have completely rejected and moved past?
I can say it's our own fault for not fighting this or doing anything about it that allows it to continue. Tell me how is it possible that downloading files, copyrighted or not, and movies is frowned upon more than violent crimes? The guy who released the hulk movie on the net is going to do 3-6 years. That's more than first offenders get for violent crimes yet he's lumped in with them and he didn't hurt anyone's bottom line. Total and complete bullshit and we allow it to continue.
All it takes is a grass roots effort to put an end to this. We give them the power and we can take it away. This is about money and only when we stop buying completely will they listen and take notice. Until then keep spending and supporting the entity that is out to make a point by suing you into a financial disaster and making all of your choices for you.
As I stated in my previous post the RIAA seems to be trying out every angle available to stop filesharing. Guess what? It's not working nor will it. Disinformation seems to be a new tactic but I'm sure it'll work on the un-informed masses. In all actuality I bet a mojority of filesharers are under 18 so they aren't afraid of going to jail because they can't be charged as adults. Maybe the RIAA will sue them and their parents into poverty?
Hmm this story smells like propaganda or disinformation because all I've been reading online states the contrary. In fact traffic is up as much as 10% since the RIAA sue threat came out. As always don't believe everything you read and all my sources could be wrong too. Statics are misleading 50% of the time:D
Here's one article stating that traffic is up...one of many...
P2P traffic up since RIAA sue threat
There's also the case when you just download to see how much you can get. It's not the quality but the quantity. In the past I used to download just to download. It's the chase that is infact most of the fun at times.
I can't tell you how many times I've downloaded things and never listened or opened them. It was all about the hunt and soon as said item was found then my appetite was satisfied.
Why should gaming customer service be any different than regular software customer service? We all know regular software customer service is frustrating with the wait times, automated email responders and general lack of any real help unless you pay for it. I'm sure a lot of it is outsourced anyway since the entire point is pinching every single cent out of the end user and offering nothing back unless you squeeze it out of them.
My local isp's customer service is in a different state and they never know shit about current network outages and/or issues so as a gamer myself I just can't see why it would be any different for games themselves.
Isn't it fact that the games themselves these days are rushed out the door in beta and sometimes alpha states? They release and patch later and offer no help to their customers. They also outgross most big business in the process. Where can I signup to fuck people over like this and become a millionaire?
I play BF1942 for the most part now and the cheating is at the bare minimum if any at all. There is the superman cheat but it's relatively lame and you can still kill the person. Counterstrike is the single most frustrating online game ever because of the massive amount of cheating involved. I doubt I'll ever play C.S. again because of the amount of cheating and the lack of anti-cheating options implemented by Valve.
Remember when Netscape was king of the browsers and they said if MS used their dominance to shut them out the the days of browser innovation would end? Well this has materialized in a big way. MS and Netscape used to battle it out with their staggered releases, one-upping each other and the benefit was all our's. Now MS has the browser monopoly and has been slowly exploitiing it ever since.
What kind of shit is having an I.E. site only? Owning the browser market then having sites that will only render in that engine. Bullshit. I was a loyal Netscape user until AOL bought them up. AOL introduced their newest feature...the crach at will mode and I had no other choice than to use I.E. Opera is cool but I'm not paying for a browser even though I've never like MS's tactics. There have been others but I'm stuck using I.E.