couldnt agree more. I got married in the states, but you wouldnt catch me going there now, I dont like to be treated like a criminal beacuse Im not a good loyal american like Timothy mcVeigh. If I fancy seeing american soil, Ill holiday in Canada, all the great countryside and no gun crime. Or I'll holiday in Italy which is closer, and the customs guys won't treat me like dirt. Must really suck to have shares in US tourism these days.
enforced how? you have missile batteries at every reactor? and i presume the cost of those missile defences are factored in to the electricity price when people brag about nuclear being cheap? thought not...
people always bravely claim how US reactors are safer and it could never happen. lets hope you are right. But don't forget that the original 9/11 plan included flying a plane into one of those reactors, and this could happen at any time. You might be convinced that a reactor can withstand a 747 hitting it, but they reckoned the twin towers would cope too didnt they? Its not worth the risk, especially with alternatives like wind, solar and *shock* energy efficiency (ask your european friends to explain the last one).
can't 'researchers' come up with something useful? That trevor bayliss guy who invented the clockwork radio, now THAT is inventing. These are just lab-monekys churning out cool trinkets for rich kids. Arent there things to invent that satisfy a real need amongst consumers who arent tech-obsessed rich kids?
although that also populates the industry purely with kids with stars in their eyes who are prepared to work for long hours for sod all. Thats the kind of workforce EA LOVES. Here in the UK another developer just went bust the day they release their game. Great news for whoever makes money from that games sales (publishers, maybe some of the companies original shareholders?) but the poor sods who worked a year of crunch time on it are out of work with sod all bonus and sod all reward for their efforts. this sucks. People who make games SHOULD make lots of money. If you are an ace C++ games coder you DESERVE that ferrari and that big fuckoff bonus. You certainly deserve it as much as the pompous git in marketing who earns triple your salary. Im not saying you should do it JUST for the money, but good games developers shouldn't be afraid to demand a bloody good wage for their (often very good) skills.
I dont understand the oft heard phrase "who can afford to defend themselves.." Unless I REALLY misunderstand UK law, you don't need money to defend a case in court. just time. Sure, employing a good lawyer costs a lot fo money, but can you not represent yourself/ I dont see how this is an even vaguely fair legal system if any money is required to defend a court case. Do americans not have the right to a free lawyer if they can't afford one?
You think that spending hours practicing sniping people and blowing peoples heads off in greater and greater realism (dont forget dolby 5.1 sound so you really hear your victims head explode!) is just a TEENY WEENY bit more likely to be a factor in someone taking a gun and doing likewise in real life, than what they eat / watch / read? Geeks love to boast that they can learn to fly using microsoft flight simulator. but learn to kill using a computer game? Don't devalue your argument by over-reacting so blatantly. there IS a case to be answered here, and I say this as someone who makes a living making videogames.
well if you lived in a society with minimal gun crime would you fund a study into it? or be mroe likely to do so if you have rampant gun crime, like (for example) the USA? Its just sensible allocation of research money.
a redundant comment. There was heart attacks before mcdonalds, but does eating nothing but big macs increase your likelihood of heart attacks? yes is it bad for kids to eat nothing but mac donalds? yes.
Don't try and reduce the argument to such a simple soundbite just because you dont like the conclusions.
This is true for content developed before it was an issue, but can you say the same about current shows? A TV program being made now MUST have the future net distribution details ironed out at the same time as the DVD rights. There are many films/programs I wouldnt be arsed to go buy, or even pay $5 to rent, but charge me $1 a download and I'm there. Of course, we might be the thin end of a bell shaped curve in terms of what people will pay. The studios want to maximise REVENUE not numbers of viewers.
I disagree entirely. Years ago I was after a job in the games programming industry. My savings had run out and I badly needed work. I got 2 good job offers (and 1 bad one). One job was a 20 minute drive, a nice secure place with a proven track record and seemingly low stress environment. They offered me the job in the interview and wanted me to start ASAP. The other place was my dream job, doing revolutionary new stuff, a young high-profile company. They were a 2 hour drive away, and kept me hanging for ages for an answer, even after 4 interviews. I took the closer job. I turned up the first day, tried to make the most of it, got home around 6.20pm knowing I wouldnt get back from the other job till maybe 8pm each night. On that first drive home, I knew I'd made the wrong choice, the job was safe and sensible but not what I wanted to do. I called the recruitment agency, and asked them to call the dream job and tell them I'd changed my mind. The next morning I called in and quit my job (after 8 hours working there), with no safety net and nothing to go to. It was scary. I got the dream job, after more interviews and lots of waiting. They actually said one reason they took me is that I had the guts to walk out of the other place without waiting for their answer. Don't play it safe. You only get one chance in life. If you aren't doing what you really want to do, quit. Do you want to achieve stuff in your life? or muddle through until retirement? Just my opinion:D
not neccesarily. I heard about this 'loan checque' bullshit on the radio recently. It was totally new to me, I'm guessing this is a popular US scam which is just taking off here in the UK. If I was a judge and someone came to me with a loan cheque saying they didnt realise it was a loan, I'd give them a hell of a lot of sympathy. I've received a lot of cheques over the years and they are all good news, no suprise that people don't read the small print when given a big fat one.
disclaimer: we spell things differently in the UK.
If I have to read the EULA, or am legally expected to have done so, I need to know the length of it before purchase. If I'm buying a new mousemat and it has a 20 page EULA, I'll decline the purchase, as the reading time outweighs the value of the product. This means all products need the full EULA text printed on the outside of the packaging. EULAs are bullshit that keep lawyers in sports cars, one reason my games don't have them.
Good news for authors i guess. Nobody can prevent me enjoying good-ol paper wherever I want. Actually I have to confess this topic has really shocked me. I live in the UK, and I've never even heard of this before. I must have missed previous slashdot stories on it. I would go absolutely ape if they tried to introduce this crap in the UK, although there only 1 channel (ch4) over here worth watching anyway. More people need to be made aware of the issue, because if even a geek like me who keeps an eye out for this has never heard of it, you can bet 95% of US viewers who will be affected have NO idea either.(even though I'm in the UK).
I generally agree however a scumbag advertiser may have a reason, in that a dutiful IT guy may go round andinstall pop up blockers on 500 machines, but those machines are run by dumbass users who do actually read ads for viagra if they see them. They must rationalise that there are a good %tage of users who have a pop and blocker but didn't install it deliberately.
We do nothing? excuse me? Maybe you aren't aware of the relative efficiency of the average european car and the average US car? You guys gave the world the hummer, the most inefficient gas guzzling disaster in the automotive world. Europe gave us the SMART car one of the most efficient gasoline using vehicles you can buy. And these things are very popular in the UK. Until your govt puts a huge whack on gasoline tax (yeah likely with Bush payrolled by exxon mobil) americans can just STFU about whose doing mroe to cut emmisions.
True, but also progress is held back when a small group of people refuse to accept the obvious. hundreds of years ago scientists claiming the earth was round were persecuted by the church. Do you think that because a few people still belive this crap that we should still be discussing it now? Society needs to learn things, accept the facts and move forwards. Should we not be studying weather patterns because a few zealots think god controls the weather? Don't let the 1% of naysayers hold back global science.
don't forget on average he will serve only half his sentence. So even if he factors in the odd 8 months inside (full bed and board) given breaking into houses or a minimum wage job hes probably behaving rationally. Given the threat of 5 years seriously hard labour in prison with no TV, no radio, nothing but basic food water and a cell would he be as likely to break in again? I know I wouldn't.
Nice. Yet another pro nuclear post that glosses over the waste issue. If nuclear was efficient economically (nope) and safe to proliferate the tech(nope) and not risky(nope) and wasnt a security risk(nope) then you still have radioactive waste to store for thousands of years. You volunteering your backyard?
well said. Those few americans that do care about the envitonment are already starting to import SMART cars which I believe are made in France? I'm pretty sure they aren't made in detroit anyway. Time to sell shares in general motors.
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couldnt agree more. I got married in the states, but you wouldnt catch me going there now, I dont like to be treated like a criminal beacuse Im not a good loyal american like Timothy mcVeigh.
If I fancy seeing american soil, Ill holiday in Canada, all the great countryside and no gun crime. Or I'll holiday in Italy which is closer, and the customs guys won't treat me like dirt.
Must really suck to have shares in US tourism these days.
So you agree that nuclear power increases the costs of such defence? it all comes from the same pool of cash, you and me.
enforced how?
you have missile batteries at every reactor? and i presume the cost of those missile defences are factored in to the electricity price when people brag about nuclear being cheap?
thought not...
people always bravely claim how US reactors are safer and it could never happen. lets hope you are right. But don't forget that the original 9/11 plan included flying a plane into one of those reactors, and this could happen at any time.
You might be convinced that a reactor can withstand a 747 hitting it, but they reckoned the twin towers would cope too didnt they?
Its not worth the risk, especially with alternatives like wind, solar and *shock* energy efficiency (ask your european friends to explain the last one).
can't 'researchers' come up with something useful? That trevor bayliss guy who invented the clockwork radio, now THAT is inventing. These are just lab-monekys churning out cool trinkets for rich kids. Arent there things to invent that satisfy a real need amongst consumers who arent tech-obsessed rich kids?
although that also populates the industry purely with kids with stars in their eyes who are prepared to work for long hours for sod all. Thats the kind of workforce EA LOVES.
Here in the UK another developer just went bust the day they release their game. Great news for whoever makes money from that games sales (publishers, maybe some of the companies original shareholders?) but the poor sods who worked a year of crunch time on it are out of work with sod all bonus and sod all reward for their efforts.
this sucks.
People who make games SHOULD make lots of money. If you are an ace C++ games coder you DESERVE that ferrari and that big fuckoff bonus. You certainly deserve it as much as the pompous git in marketing who earns triple your salary.
Im not saying you should do it JUST for the money, but good games developers shouldn't be afraid to demand a bloody good wage for their (often very good) skills.
I dont understand the oft heard phrase "who can afford to defend themselves.."
Unless I REALLY misunderstand UK law, you don't need money to defend a case in court. just time. Sure, employing a good lawyer costs a lot fo money, but can you not represent yourself/ I dont see how this is an even vaguely fair legal system if any money is required to defend a court case. Do americans not have the right to a free lawyer if they can't afford one?
You think that spending hours practicing sniping people and blowing peoples heads off in greater and greater realism (dont forget dolby 5.1 sound so you really hear your victims head explode!) is just a TEENY WEENY bit more likely to be a factor in someone taking a gun and doing likewise in real life, than what they eat / watch / read?
Geeks love to boast that they can learn to fly using microsoft flight simulator. but learn to kill using a computer game?
Don't devalue your argument by over-reacting so blatantly. there IS a case to be answered here, and I say this as someone who makes a living making videogames.
well if you lived in a society with minimal gun crime would you fund a study into it? or be mroe likely to do so if you have rampant gun crime, like (for example) the USA? Its just sensible allocation of research money.
a redundant comment. There was heart attacks before mcdonalds, but does eating nothing but big macs increase your likelihood of heart attacks?
yes
is it bad for kids to eat nothing but mac donalds?
yes.
Don't try and reduce the argument to such a simple soundbite just because you dont like the conclusions.
This is true for content developed before it was an issue, but can you say the same about current shows? A TV program being made now MUST have the future net distribution details ironed out at the same time as the DVD rights.
There are many films/programs I wouldnt be arsed to go buy, or even pay $5 to rent, but charge me $1 a download and I'm there. Of course, we might be the thin end of a bell shaped curve in terms of what people will pay. The studios want to maximise REVENUE not numbers of viewers.
I disagree entirely. Years ago I was after a job in the games programming industry. My savings had run out and I badly needed work. I got 2 good job offers (and 1 bad one). One job was a 20 minute drive, a nice secure place with a proven track record and seemingly low stress environment. They offered me the job in the interview and wanted me to start ASAP. The other place was my dream job, doing revolutionary new stuff, a young high-profile company. They were a 2 hour drive away, and kept me hanging for ages for an answer, even after 4 interviews. :D
I took the closer job. I turned up the first day, tried to make the most of it, got home around 6.20pm knowing I wouldnt get back from the other job till maybe 8pm each night.
On that first drive home, I knew I'd made the wrong choice, the job was safe and sensible but not what I wanted to do. I called the recruitment agency, and asked them to call the dream job and tell them I'd changed my mind. The next morning I called in and quit my job (after 8 hours working there), with no safety net and nothing to go to. It was scary.
I got the dream job, after more interviews and lots of waiting. They actually said one reason they took me is that I had the guts to walk out of the other place without waiting for their answer.
Don't play it safe. You only get one chance in life. If you aren't doing what you really want to do, quit. Do you want to achieve stuff in your life? or muddle through until retirement?
Just my opinion
not neccesarily. I heard about this 'loan checque' bullshit on the radio recently. It was totally new to me, I'm guessing this is a popular US scam which is just taking off here in the UK.
If I was a judge and someone came to me with a loan cheque saying they didnt realise it was a loan, I'd give them a hell of a lot of sympathy. I've received a lot of cheques over the years and they are all good news, no suprise that people don't read the small print when given a big fat one.
disclaimer: we spell things differently in the UK.
just don't install flash. I don't have it on my home PC, and you know what?
I really don't miss it. Aren't these things always flash based?
If I have to read the EULA, or am legally expected to have done so, I need to know the length of it before purchase.
If I'm buying a new mousemat and it has a 20 page EULA, I'll decline the purchase, as the reading time outweighs the value of the product.
This means all products need the full EULA text printed on the outside of the packaging.
EULAs are bullshit that keep lawyers in sports cars, one reason my games don't have them.
Good news for authors i guess. Nobody can prevent me enjoying good-ol paper wherever I want.
Actually I have to confess this topic has really shocked me. I live in the UK, and I've never even heard of this before. I must have missed previous slashdot stories on it. I would go absolutely ape if they tried to introduce this crap in the UK, although there only 1 channel (ch4) over here worth watching anyway.
More people need to be made aware of the issue, because if even a geek like me who keeps an eye out for this has never heard of it, you can bet 95% of US viewers who will be affected have NO idea either.(even though I'm in the UK).
I generally agree however a scumbag advertiser may have a reason, in that a dutiful IT guy may go round andinstall pop up blockers on 500 machines, but those machines are run by dumbass users who do actually read ads for viagra if they see them. They must rationalise that there are a good %tage of users who have a pop and blocker but didn't install it deliberately.
We do nothing? excuse me?
Maybe you aren't aware of the relative efficiency of the average european car and the average US car? You guys gave the world the hummer, the most inefficient gas guzzling disaster in the automotive world. Europe gave us the SMART car one of the most efficient gasoline using vehicles you can buy. And these things are very popular in the UK.
Until your govt puts a huge whack on gasoline tax (yeah likely with Bush payrolled by exxon mobil) americans can just STFU about whose doing mroe to cut emmisions.
True, but also progress is held back when a small group of people refuse to accept the obvious. hundreds of years ago scientists claiming the earth was round were persecuted by the church. Do you think that because a few people still belive this crap that we should still be discussing it now? Society needs to learn things, accept the facts and move forwards. Should we not be studying weather patterns because a few zealots think god controls the weather? Don't let the 1% of naysayers hold back global science.
Indeed. I don't recall ever hearing about an essex woman being taken to hospital by truck.
couldn't agree more. London has some superb restaurants if you know where to go. The Oxo Tower is one such superb example.
not at all. Im suggesting both that the sentence, and the way that sentence is served both need changing. I thought that was clear.
don't forget on average he will serve only half his sentence. So even if he factors in the odd 8 months inside (full bed and board) given breaking into houses or a minimum wage job hes probably behaving rationally.
Given the threat of 5 years seriously hard labour in prison with no TV, no radio, nothing but basic food water and a cell would he be as likely to break in again? I know I wouldn't.
Nice. Yet another pro nuclear post that glosses over the waste issue. If nuclear was efficient economically (nope) and safe to proliferate the tech(nope) and not risky(nope) and wasnt a security risk(nope) then you still have radioactive waste to store for thousands of years.
You volunteering your backyard?
well said. Those few americans that do care about the envitonment are already starting to import SMART cars which I believe are made in France?
I'm pretty sure they aren't made in detroit anyway.
Time to sell shares in general motors.