"Just because you can is no reason for you to make every single thing shiny."
Thank you... I thought I was alone in thinking this. It seems like I see this in so many games lately, but nobody really seems to mind. Maybe it's an issue with texture resolution, but there's just not a enough subtlety in the specularity maps...
Nevermind "how"... what is "disruptive technology?" I've seen that term thrown around in place of what seems should be "creative" or such... but that just doesn't make much sense to me.
I dunno... if the 8-hour life is true I'm sure there are a good few people who would be willing to trade a few pounds for that kind of outlet-free time.
You don't have to use the Catalyst Control Center... AFAIK you have all the same control with the normal one. Just, when you update your drivers, download the standalone driver install and the standalone Control Panel install.
Good luck finding that outside a corporate environment. Most average users I know aren't even aware of privilege levels... plus, AFAIK the security model isn't present (or isn't fully present) in WinXP Home, which is what comes with your typical Dell/Gateway/Whatever.
Well, that's when you take a sick day, or come in late, or leave early, or whatever. At any rate, the OP's problem was job hunting... just saying that it's far from impossible, even on the tightest of schedules.
He's got a point, though. In the same time it took him to submit a story to Slashdot, he could have probably shined up his resumé and signed up for Monster.com. Hell, I get emails from them every day with relavent job listings! How's that for an easy job search...
Granted Monster.com isn't exactly the be-all end-all of job searching, but it's a decent start.
OR... they could not build a complete censorship layer into their OS. And if your child searches 'breast"... and finds a sweet pair of titties... it's your own damn fault for not monitoring their internet usage, not Google's.;)
"There's no association with IP address or individual profiles or anything like that."
Regardless! There is no need for the government to monitor search logs. None. Whether they're aggregated, impersonal, or not.
It may be simple aggregation now... but what happens when suddenly search engines need to submit weekly reports? What happens when suddenly the gov't starts saying "Well... we're going to need the IP's of whoever searched for _____ and ____"??
Maybe I'm overreacting... maybe it's just slippery slope hyperbole. But it all seems very unnecessary. Especially when the goal is to revive a law that was alredy struck down as unconstitutional.
As absurd as it might sound, it's not. Piracy legitimizes their claims of lost revenues by demonstrating a demand for the product. A demand the *AA uses to leverage whatever it wants to. They make the assumption that if piracy didn't exist, that all the people pirating their material would be buying it. We know this isn't true, of course, but the fact is that so long as people are pirating crap music acts that were processed and marketed to the hilt, piracy will be viewed as lost revenue.
"Mandatory HDTV broadcasting is only a few years away in the USA and Canada"
I do believe you mean digital broadcasting. Digital != HD Common mixup, though.;)
"I understand that IE has had security vulnerabilities, but, well, so have all the others just as soon as they gained some popularity."
That would require that "all the others" are as shoddily programmed and as unnecessarily integrated as IE is. I find that pretty hard to believe.
Do you really think that "all the others" have gaping system-access vulnerabilities just waiting to be discovered week after week for years on end, despite all sorts of security "campaigns?" 'Cause I don't.
Of your list, Skype does all of them except away messages. AFAIK IMs are even encrypted, though they may still relay through a server. But I guess they'd have to, to make offline messaging work. Of course, it's not perfect either.... you can't group your contact list, which I find annoying.
I mean seriously... why not put Linux on the XBox? If there are some hackers out there that get their rocks off porting Linux to everything from new architectures to dead badgers, then more power to them if they want to tackle the X360, too.
And IMO it'd be pretty damn cool to have 1) the power and 2) the form-factor in a general-purpose box.
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"Just because you can is no reason for you to make every single thing shiny." Thank you ... I thought I was alone in thinking this. It seems like I see this in so many games lately, but nobody really seems to mind. Maybe it's an issue with texture resolution, but there's just not a enough subtlety in the specularity maps...
Hopefully it's not the same Quality Assurance that gets us these Fine Microsoft Products in the first place!
Reminds me of an article by Derek Silvers (creator of CD Baby).
"To me, ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions."
"Of course, the people actually selling CDs are no longer offering this"
Au contraire!
OK so it ain't Top 40 radio but indie musicians need (and, perhaps, deserve) more support anyway.
But then again, IIAIE (I Am An Indie Musician)...
Nevermind "how" ... what is "disruptive technology?" I've seen that term thrown around in place of what seems should be "creative" or such ... but that just doesn't make much sense to me.
Really? Does it change from H2O when it changes phase? ;)
I dunno ... if the 8-hour life is true I'm sure there are a good few people who would be willing to trade a few pounds for that kind of outlet-free time.
Because we all know nerds are only ever network admins...
You don't have to use the Catalyst Control Center ... AFAIK you have all the same control with the normal one. Just, when you update your drivers, download the standalone driver install and the standalone Control Panel install.
Good luck finding that outside a corporate environment. Most average users I know aren't even aware of privilege levels... plus, AFAIK the security model isn't present (or isn't fully present) in WinXP Home, which is what comes with your typical Dell/Gateway/Whatever.
Hahaha ... I did the same thing, but I didn't want to say so. Had to read the title a few times...
Well, that's when you take a sick day, or come in late, or leave early, or whatever. At any rate, the OP's problem was job hunting ... just saying that it's far from impossible, even on the tightest of schedules.
He's got a point, though. In the same time it took him to submit a story to Slashdot, he could have probably shined up his resumé and signed up for Monster.com. Hell, I get emails from them every day with relavent job listings! How's that for an easy job search... Granted Monster.com isn't exactly the be-all end-all of job searching, but it's a decent start.
OR ... they could not build a complete censorship layer into their OS. And if your child searches 'breast" ... and finds a sweet pair of titties ... it's your own damn fault for not monitoring their internet usage, not Google's. ;)
"There's no association with IP address or individual profiles or anything like that."
... but what happens when suddenly search engines need to submit weekly reports? What happens when suddenly the gov't starts saying "Well ... we're going to need the IP's of whoever searched for _____ and ____"??
... maybe it's just slippery slope hyperbole. But it all seems very unnecessary. Especially when the goal is to revive a law that was alredy struck down as unconstitutional.
Regardless! There is no need for the government to monitor search logs. None. Whether they're aggregated, impersonal, or not.
It may be simple aggregation now
Maybe I'm overreacting
"the vast majority of whom are no doubt an honest and hardworking lot."
... then yea. ;)
If by "honest and hardworking" you mean "getting their homework from a knowledgeable friend rather than outsourcing"
As absurd as it might sound, it's not. Piracy legitimizes their claims of lost revenues by demonstrating a demand for the product. A demand the *AA uses to leverage whatever it wants to. They make the assumption that if piracy didn't exist, that all the people pirating their material would be buying it. We know this isn't true, of course, but the fact is that so long as people are pirating crap music acts that were processed and marketed to the hilt, piracy will be viewed as lost revenue.
"Mandatory HDTV broadcasting is only a few years away in the USA and Canada" I do believe you mean digital broadcasting. Digital != HD Common mixup, though. ;)
Right, because only RIAA members make music...
"I understand that IE has had security vulnerabilities, but, well, so have all the others just as soon as they gained some popularity."
That would require that "all the others" are as shoddily programmed and as unnecessarily integrated as IE is. I find that pretty hard to believe.
Do you really think that "all the others" have gaping system-access vulnerabilities just waiting to be discovered week after week for years on end, despite all sorts of security "campaigns?" 'Cause I don't.
So that in 8-12 months when it's painfully slow to boot/run/etc... they decide they need a new computer.
"This one's slow, it must be wearing out..."
Don't think it hasn't been said...
Right, because everyone keeps their virus definitions up to date...
Uh, didn't Google buy Meetro?
Of your list, Skype does all of them except away messages. AFAIK IMs are even encrypted, though they may still relay through a server. But I guess they'd have to, to make offline messaging work. Of course, it's not perfect either .... you can't group your contact list, which I find annoying.
I mean seriously ... why not put Linux on the XBox? If there are some hackers out there that get their rocks off porting Linux to everything from new architectures to dead badgers, then more power to them if they want to tackle the X360, too.
And IMO it'd be pretty damn cool to have 1) the power and 2) the form-factor in a general-purpose box.