We're gonna be rebuilding plantation economies at this point anyway if something isn't done about the present economy and the flimsy standing of the government. It wouldn't take A-bombs to turn the US into a Jericho scenario.
Just keep going down the road we're going for another decade or two (or less?) and we're looking at a guaranteed complete collapse of the US Govt and us/world economy. A lot more than just "5 government programs" will be axed.
This is pretty much it. I'd make the switch WITHOUT the raise if I got that much extra time in my day.
Change is also good as a developer. It keeps you sharp and helps you grow in your skills. Staying in the same job for many years is something that makes me wary of any developer I interview. Years = stagnation, and becoming steadfast in your ways....which is never a good idea in the tech industry.
The kicker here is that in the email Sony sent PSN members, they specifically called out the new section about class action waiver. It was in the first, short paragraph of a reasonably short email. People should, at least, have read that.
Except the sum total will be FAR less. They could lose millions upon millions in a class action, or the 3 people who actually individually take them to court might take a couple grand.
You left off the most important part of my comment: "While this may be a very personal statement...."
Point being....people who have been into games long enough to have played games back in that era have played better games than (almost) anything coming out these days.
Yeah, the problem isn't that gamer's aren't finishing the games. The problem is that the games of the past few years are largely not good enough to warrant finishing.
While this may be a very personal statement....Having lived through the Halflife/Halflife 2 era of games, it's very hard for me to find anything that's fun enough to finish playing.
I can't count the number of games that I've started and been unable to finish because they're simply not fun or interesting enough. It seems like the only companies making truly fun games these days are Valve...and various indie developers (Trine was a fantastic game, for instance).
The solution isn't to make shorter games. It's to make games that are inventive, risk taking, and not clones of tons of other games (I'm looking at you, COD & MOH).
You're comparing apples to pineapples here. We're not talking about government, which was the context of Franklin's quote. We're talking about online accountability. Facebook isn't pushing some law that states you have to be public with your online profile.
While I don't necessarily agree with Zuckerberg's his point, i do agree with his sentiment. People use anonymity on the internet to be complete pricks. It's easy to talk a pile of trash when you aren't accountable for your blathering. Doing away with anonymity adds at least SOME accountability to your online life.
That said, anonymity is also required in many cases, internet or not, to preserve life, liberty, etc. This is why Zuckerberg can talk all day long, but the government should NEVER get involved in any decisions about this.
And yet, ironically enough, having a jailbroken phone can allow you to avoid or patch vulnerabilities that Apple hasn't gotten around to patching (or won't)....
Also, running unsigned code is the #1 reason people WANT to jailbreak their phone. If people could run unsigned code on their iPhones, most wouldn't bother jailbreaking in the first place.
The "jails" only protect you from things that you install through itunes. If you remember the many web-based jailbreaking techniques in times past, obviously once a flaw has been found in apple's walled garden someone could easily do anything they wanted anyway. It's only good fortune that the vulnerabilities were used to jailbreak and subsequently patch the holes that allowed the jailbreak to begin with. Apple's "security" is their biggest security risk. As I see it, jailbreaking has historically made devices MORE secure than less.
I don't care WHO said it. That's nothing but FUD. The fact remains that jailbreaking your phone doesn't leave it wide open. It DOES allow you to do many various things that CAN leave your phone wide open....but in and of itself, it's not really dangerous.
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Apparently you don't know much about his past... He also doesn't accept a salary from the US Govt.
More of the same? Hardly.
It looks like more of all the worst parts of wow, with a candy coated cartoon plot added on top. Ugh. This is embarrassingly bad.
How long have those depts existed?
When he said that, the only iPhone option was > $600. That's WAY too expensive to gain traction. He was 100% right then. The facts changed LATER.
We're gonna be rebuilding plantation economies at this point anyway if something isn't done about the present economy and the flimsy standing of the government. It wouldn't take A-bombs to turn the US into a Jericho scenario.
Just keep going down the road we're going for another decade or two (or less?) and we're looking at a guaranteed complete collapse of the US Govt and us/world economy. A lot more than just "5 government programs" will be axed.
This is pretty much it. I'd make the switch WITHOUT the raise if I got that much extra time in my day.
Change is also good as a developer. It keeps you sharp and helps you grow in your skills. Staying in the same job for many years is something that makes me wary of any developer I interview. Years = stagnation, and becoming steadfast in your ways....which is never a good idea in the tech industry.
Maybe they should have tried switching to their auxiliary subspace transmitter. Radio? What's that?
Walmart put terms like that in their employment contract, and SCOTUS upheld it.
Considering how "secure" sony's network was, I'd liken it to a collander....in which case "leaked" is an accurate portrayal. :-P
The kicker here is that in the email Sony sent PSN members, they specifically called out the new section about class action waiver. It was in the first, short paragraph of a reasonably short email. People should, at least, have read that.
Except the sum total will be FAR less. They could lose millions upon millions in a class action, or the 3 people who actually individually take them to court might take a couple grand.
Not entirely true. Walmart employees' contracts state they can't file a class action and it was held up by SCOTUS.
I simply won't be buying anything again from PSN.
Obviously the original wheel wasn't round enough...
Argh. beat me to it!
You left off the most important part of my comment: "While this may be a very personal statement...."
Point being....people who have been into games long enough to have played games back in that era have played better games than (almost) anything coming out these days.
http://www.iamrogue.com/limitless/fullsite/index.html
Yeah, the problem isn't that gamer's aren't finishing the games. The problem is that the games of the past few years are largely not good enough to warrant finishing.
While this may be a very personal statement....Having lived through the Halflife/Halflife 2 era of games, it's very hard for me to find anything that's fun enough to finish playing.
I can't count the number of games that I've started and been unable to finish because they're simply not fun or interesting enough. It seems like the only companies making truly fun games these days are Valve...and various indie developers (Trine was a fantastic game, for instance).
The solution isn't to make shorter games. It's to make games that are inventive, risk taking, and not clones of tons of other games (I'm looking at you, COD & MOH).
Limitless
Sounds like the theory from the movie "Limitless" put into practice.
If they were accountable for acting like jackasses....they probably wouldn't act like jackasses.
You're comparing apples to pineapples here. We're not talking about government, which was the context of Franklin's quote. We're talking about online accountability. Facebook isn't pushing some law that states you have to be public with your online profile.
While I don't necessarily agree with Zuckerberg's his point, i do agree with his sentiment. People use anonymity on the internet to be complete pricks. It's easy to talk a pile of trash when you aren't accountable for your blathering. Doing away with anonymity adds at least SOME accountability to your online life.
That said, anonymity is also required in many cases, internet or not, to preserve life, liberty, etc. This is why Zuckerberg can talk all day long, but the government should NEVER get involved in any decisions about this.
Too much crap, from favoritism to improper relationships, could originate between teachers and students on facebook.
And yet, ironically enough, having a jailbroken phone can allow you to avoid or patch vulnerabilities that Apple hasn't gotten around to patching (or won't)....
Also, running unsigned code is the #1 reason people WANT to jailbreak their phone. If people could run unsigned code on their iPhones, most wouldn't bother jailbreaking in the first place.
The "jails" only protect you from things that you install through itunes. If you remember the many web-based jailbreaking techniques in times past, obviously once a flaw has been found in apple's walled garden someone could easily do anything they wanted anyway. It's only good fortune that the vulnerabilities were used to jailbreak and subsequently patch the holes that allowed the jailbreak to begin with. Apple's "security" is their biggest security risk. As I see it, jailbreaking has historically made devices MORE secure than less.
I don't care WHO said it. That's nothing but FUD. The fact remains that jailbreaking your phone doesn't leave it wide open. It DOES allow you to do many various things that CAN leave your phone wide open....but in and of itself, it's not really dangerous.