So commercial business can be trusted to fly into space/moon/whatever.. but they can't be trusted to fly a remote control drone. Mind boggled. Yes I'm being obtuse and this is not a serious comment but it's the first thing that came to my mind.. now to get some coffee.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It may be easier and cost effective to employ these guys/gals than to actually build up defenses against them. Even better if they can actually learn something from the black hats and build a more robust system
Post the problems and assistance on a public website where friend-ing isn't necessary. My teachers use to do this before Facebook existed. Slightly less convenient but still doable.
I'm not an accountant but what happens if you do not sell your items but gain virtual assets... do you have to pay taxes on that? What if the items appreciate in value.. more taxes?
Think Agriculture or more specifically ranching. Rancher's spend a lot of their time monitoring their animals... if it can be done remotely that saves a lot of time, gas and keeps you playing WoW/Eve Online longer if you have real-time remote monitoring.
Not only that , but how can a lack of R&D be to blame for a decline in sound quality?
If audio quality failed to improve, you could blame it on lack of R&D, but there's got to be more to it than that for quality to *degrade* over time.
With NO R&D AT ALL, at the least we should have exactly AS GOOD sound as "your dad's thirty-year-old stereo".
I'd have to disagree. As you add more and more complexity to a device there are power drains and voltage/capcitance/current/frequency issues to be worked out.
To put a bad analogy on it.. it's like saying "Lets add a 1000W lamp to this wall socket and not expect anything bad happen to the Audio on the same circuit." Talk to any sound engineer (read non-audiphile subscriber) and they will have tons of stories on how fickle sound set ups can be when no one knowledgeable is watching the setup and correcting things.
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I got the same thing on Windows so your O/S is not alone. I accidentally used my mouse and it focused on the chrome black backdrop window that was still part of the presentation and it hid the tiled windows. The only way to watch the rest of the video was to minimize the black backdrop. Did that then had a bunch of tiled browsers showing the video against my desktop image. I also had address bars when going through the 2 x 2 browser tile set. Guess that's why they want to kill the address bar. Either it's sloppy coding or HTML needs more work to be a standard to lock those browser tiles into place.
This reminds me of the good ol' days when you clicked the wrong ad and tons of browser windows started popping open. Thank goodness for noscript and adblockers. This browser/music video doesn't inspire me so much as scares me on all the stuff novice users are going to unintentionally click and the clean up I'll have to do afterwards. Online banking is going to need to be thoroughly tested which is always the case but even more so with an HTML 5 browser. Sorry if this sounds like FUD but these are genuine concerns of mine.
I think translating these are a good idea but hell if the above isn't a killjoy for crowd-sourcing. Yes we want you to work for us.. no you can not take a bit copy of something you find really interesting that you've helped us out with.
Their security is not casual but it's not mentally deficient either. They speak to you and are trained to watch for indicators of lies. They profile with past indicators. But they in no uncertain terms grope children.
You are not a child. You are most likely an adult who understands the situation.
A child does not have the same advantage. They think they've done something wrong when they get patted down like they are about to get arrested. They have been taught at an early age don't let strangers touch you now their parents are condoning a stranger touching them. There's an understandable divergence in logic there for the child.
Right. I believe that because how promptly they answered the big Yellow Question at the top of the consolidated list of questions submitted to CCP.
Once the documented was released they could have easily put the nerd rage to rest with the simple statement there will be only vanity items for sell with in a day or two. Instead the let it fester for a week purposefully ignoring the question for the first few days and apologizing for it, thinking it would pass, but still not answering the yellow question. Then they flew in the CSM (Game player representatives - which is pretty unique) to have talks about it for two days. This is not the actions of a company who has no plans for game influencing transactions. Then they finally come out and say.. Oh we will not have any 'game breaking' micro-transactions. But that leaves room open for things that are game bending. The developers may not have plans for it but the board and CEO definitely want to explore every money making opportunity they can.
Game breaking and game influencing items are nearly the same to me. The 1st time you can only do something via the micro transaction system in game that bypasses time working on something will be the beginning of the end for their company.
On another note micro-transactions break the immersion of the game so gets a fail in my book. However, DDO has most of it right but not perfect and people who might not be able to afford a subscription still get quite a bit of game for free which is definitely a good thing.
It's been a decade or so since I've been down there but I remember the Downtown area next to the compass restaurant hotel having a misting system. Probably a horrible use of water but if it keeps people alive..
If you have any type of internet connection at work you will end up overusing the internet at work instead of what you were doing at home. Using the net at work for non-business items can be costly to your career.
I am not a doctor but impulse control disorder maybe something you need to look into.
You underestimate the exuberance of the technophiles that have budgetary clearance - who love expensive toys for a week, then gets bored and complains that it does not work to the techs he didn't consult about the purchase in the first place.
Luckily, I don't work at a place like that now but I have in past jobs.
This reminds me of those sections of Mr Roger's Neighborhood where they would expose on something that you took for granted and show you how it was manufactured.
From an IT stand point I agree with you. From a social perspective I do not. When I hear about people doing this the #1 reason they give is.."I wanted to notify the owner that their device was found. I live in a college town where a lot of academic work is on those sticks and they get lost and the work that went into them.
They are just trying to help someone avoid double work. But as we know the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
As a one off anecdote my institution is buying 40 of them for a mobile training unit that can move from room to room for training sessions. We were looking at tablets, hybrids and netbooks and ended up choosing what would most simulate the experience the user would have with out the instructor there.
If it's those web forms that ask your age before seeing a game trailer you can bet it is being skewed by anyone under 18 posting they are above age. I select 99 years old when ever I visit a site that asks my age just to see if it kicks it back and I'm in my late 30s.. and game... head -> desk.
A large portion of geeks today are self taught and have confidence in their own ability to figure things out. The institution is worthless to them. I just watched Jaws recently and I relate the owner of the boat an old Sea Hand who kept making fun of the college researcher. Near the end of the movie he runs out of ideas and finally starts listening to the college kid. (Maybe I'm just buying into Hollywood stereotypes).
As they pass on do they want their knowledge to be lost so other geeks can re-invent the wheel and get to the same point they did.. or do they want to build upon the existing knowledge base - this is where the institution comes in. Unfortunately a lot of institutions have been slow on the uptake for IT.
8% exchange rate would be great for convenience stores compared to the price they have to pay each and every transaction on VISA cards.
There's a donut store I go to that will not do transactions with a credit card unless it breaks the 8 dollar mark.
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So commercial business can be trusted to fly into space/moon/whatever.. but they can't be trusted to fly a remote control drone. Mind boggled. Yes I'm being obtuse and this is not a serious comment but it's the first thing that came to my mind.. now to get some coffee.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. It may be easier and cost effective to employ these guys/gals than to actually build up defenses against them. Even better if they can actually learn something from the black hats and build a more robust system
Post the problems and assistance on a public website where friend-ing isn't necessary. My teachers use to do this before Facebook existed. Slightly less convenient but still doable.
It's "nuked the fridge" now (Indiana Jones Reference).. never mind I just saw your slashdot ID number.. carry on.
I'm not an accountant but what happens if you do not sell your items but gain virtual assets... do you have to pay taxes on that? What if the items appreciate in value.. more taxes?
Think Agriculture or more specifically ranching. Rancher's spend a lot of their time monitoring their animals... if it can be done remotely that saves a lot of time, gas and keeps you playing WoW/Eve Online longer if you have real-time remote monitoring.
Not only that , but how can a lack of R&D be to blame for a decline in sound quality? If audio quality failed to improve, you could blame it on lack of R&D, but there's got to be more to it than that for quality to *degrade* over time. With NO R&D AT ALL, at the least we should have exactly AS GOOD sound as "your dad's thirty-year-old stereo".
I'd have to disagree. As you add more and more complexity to a device there are power drains and voltage/capcitance/current/frequency issues to be worked out.
To put a bad analogy on it.. it's like saying "Lets add a 1000W lamp to this wall socket and not expect anything bad happen to the Audio on the same circuit." Talk to any sound engineer (read non-audiphile subscriber) and they will have tons of stories on how fickle sound set ups can be when no one knowledgeable is watching the setup and correcting things.
I got the same thing on Windows so your O/S is not alone. I accidentally used my mouse and it focused on the chrome black backdrop window that was still part of the presentation and it hid the tiled windows. The only way to watch the rest of the video was to minimize the black backdrop. Did that then had a bunch of tiled browsers showing the video against my desktop image. I also had address bars when going through the 2 x 2 browser tile set. Guess that's why they want to kill the address bar. Either it's sloppy coding or HTML needs more work to be a standard to lock those browser tiles into place.
This reminds me of the good ol' days when you clicked the wrong ad and tons of browser windows started popping open. Thank goodness for noscript and adblockers. This browser/music video doesn't inspire me so much as scares me on all the stuff novice users are going to unintentionally click and the clean up I'll have to do afterwards. Online banking is going to need to be thoroughly tested which is always the case but even more so with an HTML 5 browser. Sorry if this sounds like FUD but these are genuine concerns of mine.
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I think translating these are a good idea but hell if the above isn't a killjoy for crowd-sourcing. Yes we want you to work for us.. no you can not take a bit copy of something you find really interesting that you've helped us out with.
I for one welcome our new tiny brain overlords. Oh wait! we already have those.
Their security is not casual but it's not mentally deficient either. They speak to you and are trained to watch for indicators of lies. They profile with past indicators. But they in no uncertain terms grope children.
You are not a child. You are most likely an adult who understands the situation.
A child does not have the same advantage. They think they've done something wrong when they get patted down like they are about to get arrested. They have been taught at an early age don't let strangers touch you now their parents are condoning a stranger touching them. There's an understandable divergence in logic there for the child.
Right. I believe that because how promptly they answered the big Yellow Question at the top of the consolidated list of questions submitted to CCP.
Once the documented was released they could have easily put the nerd rage to rest with the simple statement there will be only vanity items for sell with in a day or two. Instead the let it fester for a week purposefully ignoring the question for the first few days and apologizing for it, thinking it would pass, but still not answering the yellow question. Then they flew in the CSM (Game player representatives - which is pretty unique) to have talks about it for two days. This is not the actions of a company who has no plans for game influencing transactions. Then they finally come out and say.. Oh we will not have any 'game breaking' micro-transactions. But that leaves room open for things that are game bending. The developers may not have plans for it but the board and CEO definitely want to explore every money making opportunity they can.
Game breaking and game influencing items are nearly the same to me. The 1st time you can only do something via the micro transaction system in game that bypasses time working on something will be the beginning of the end for their company.
On another note micro-transactions break the immersion of the game so gets a fail in my book. However, DDO has most of it right but not perfect and people who might not be able to afford a subscription still get quite a bit of game for free which is definitely a good thing.
It's been a decade or so since I've been down there but I remember the Downtown area next to the compass restaurant hotel having a misting system. Probably a horrible use of water but if it keeps people alive..
Also these guys might know what's up.
http://www.haciendarentals.com/cooling/
If you have any type of internet connection at work you will end up overusing the internet at work instead of what you were doing at home. Using the net at work for non-business items can be costly to your career.
I am not a doctor but impulse control disorder maybe something you need to look into.
You underestimate the exuberance of the technophiles that have budgetary clearance - who love expensive toys for a week, then gets bored and complains that it does not work to the techs he didn't consult about the purchase in the first place.
Luckily, I don't work at a place like that now but I have in past jobs.
Depends on the desert. Something out of Arizona, Nevada, Baja sure lots of life. When you are talking sand dunes not nearly as much.
Please don't give SyFy channel any more ideas.
This reminds me of those sections of Mr Roger's Neighborhood where they would expose on something that you took for granted and show you how it was manufactured.
From an IT stand point I agree with you. From a social perspective I do not. When I hear about people doing this the #1 reason they give is.."I wanted to notify the owner that their device was found. I live in a college town where a lot of academic work is on those sticks and they get lost and the work that went into them.
They are just trying to help someone avoid double work. But as we know the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
As a one off anecdote my institution is buying 40 of them for a mobile training unit that can move from room to room for training sessions. We were looking at tablets, hybrids and netbooks and ended up choosing what would most simulate the experience the user would have with out the instructor there.
If it's those web forms that ask your age before seeing a game trailer you can bet it is being skewed by anyone under 18 posting they are above age. I select 99 years old when ever I visit a site that asks my age just to see if it kicks it back and I'm in my late 30s.. and game... head -> desk.
Anti-Intellectual? No
.. or do they want to build upon the existing knowledge base - this is where the institution comes in. Unfortunately a lot of institutions have been slow on the uptake for IT.
Anti-Institution? Probably Yes.
A large portion of geeks today are self taught and have confidence in their own ability to figure things out. The institution is worthless to them. I just watched Jaws recently and I relate the owner of the boat an old Sea Hand who kept making fun of the college researcher. Near the end of the movie he runs out of ideas and finally starts listening to the college kid. (Maybe I'm just buying into Hollywood stereotypes).
As they pass on do they want their knowledge to be lost so other geeks can re-invent the wheel and get to the same point they did
I'll take my Karma hit now.
8% exchange rate would be great for convenience stores compared to the price they have to pay each and every transaction on VISA cards. There's a donut store I go to that will not do transactions with a credit card unless it breaks the 8 dollar mark.
or Movie.. the latest Batman used cell phone mics to pick up the location of his target. linky