Ok, you're right. I don't happen to play Tony Hawk or any games like that. I play some FPSs, and i'm worried about the type of game where you need to find coke cans to regain health, that kind of crap.
I get enough advertising and product placement thrown at me in any given day. It's in all new films, most TV channels are 20% advertising, and most magazines are probably a similar amount. Games were until recently a safe haven.
Not saying that they will definitely fill their games with advertising and weakly structure a plot around it, but I got a pretty good idea that they will....
Well, damnit, it's my cat, and all I want is credit for my own work. It's intolerable to me for others to get to take the credit... Ummm, dude, shouldn't that be the cat's work. Afterall, it's intolerable someone take credit for what the cat was doing....
However, many people who use the site would not be from the UK, and how does the Data Protection act work if you are accessing a non-UK site? Do they need to abide by the Data Protection Act, or do you accept the laws operating within the host sites country. Interesting question, and I don't know the answer.
A simple rewording of the message could circumvent the DPA anyway. Let them know that their data is going to be used to check for media on their computer and that this data will be shared with the MPAA. I bet that a huge number of people won't really know what this means and will click accept, and another large chunk will be clicking next without really reading anything that is appearing on screen.
Finally, the DPA states:
Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about, unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). If copyright infringement is a crime, then they could probably ignore the DPA because of this provision, however you're probably in entrapment territory again.
I reckon Christmas is the opposite of theft. You get loads of things for free from people. Also thieves go to prison and never see family, at Christmas you have to see family, whether you like it or not.
on the other hand they also installed spy ware on users computers without letting them know ahead of time - that is aginst the law in some states - it is on the same lvl as alotof the viruses out there. You're assuming that the user didn't agree to it, which isn't stated. It could easily give an option during installation saying "This application may take usage information and information on your other media from time-to-time in order to measure popularity - I agree - I disagree". Just because it reports back doesn't mean it installed this functionality surreptitiously.
I play on a PvP server, if a large guild has a member embarrasingly ganked multiple times, then they could pool their tags against one user. This person has done nothing wrong, they have been simply PvP'ing on a PvP server, and they may end up with a temp ban for it. A large guild would probably have a few members with tag points for the day.
When you give immature people a way to tag people as a douche, they'll use it immaturely
I don't see an problem with Microsoft banning people with DVD drives modified to play copied games. It makes it fair for the honest people who payed good money to play. If people with unmodified boxes start getting banned by mistake, then that would be something to worry about.
There's nothing wrong with anti-piracy measures so long as they're unobtrusive and don't effect people with legitimate copies.
Hmmm, I disagree with this. My job is teaching adult education. I teach IT at my local college for adults and we cater for anyone who is 16+. The average age of my students however is 56 and I have students as old as 88.
It's fine to say "They just need someone else to do it for them." because I agree with you, it's true. However it's not practical. I have a large number of students who don't have anyone to look after their computers for them. In fact the major reason for the older people gettings computers is to keep in touch with family who live a long way away or abroad. The worst thing is they often have "a mate from the pub who knows computers". This person is nearly always a complete idiot and has no knowledge of computers but does however know how to reinstall Windows. This is what they beliee qualifies them as an expert.
Now imagine putting Linux in front of these people with no direct support. apt-get? emerge? rpm? How is that easier that sticking in a disc, having it run and clicking next 3 times. These are people who can barely use a mouse, will they know how to search for the correct software? They would rather (and are better off) going to a store and asking for the software, and being sold something that will match their needs AND is eay to install.
I have had more than a handful of students say they have lost several years of digital photos of their grandchildren because a friend formatted their computer and reinstalled Windows. When quizzed about the actual problem it's nearly always a very simple one. In one case it was the keyboard not putting the correct characters on screen (I am in the UK and the keyboard was set to a US layout).
According to this news article from the BBC, it does appear to be a new species.
This was posted yesterday and the study compares modern microencephalics skulls with the skulls found on Flores.
True, but what if part of the production line was maybe 3 coins deep? A tracking camera can't track coins that are buried by other coins.
My idea was more of a it's not conspiracy/spy operation rather than a foolproof explanation.
Maybe its just something simple like they added chips to a small sample of coins in order to track them round the mint.
Adding them to any processes after other coins are struck might allow them to see any bottlenecks in the factory line and therefore improve the flow of coins.
Just an idea, seems more sensible than being used to track a person, because the chips probably had a low detection range, and coins change hands so quickly as other people have pointed out.
The poster was referring to redundant acronyms. DAT stands for Digital Audio Tape, so saying that they backed up from a DAT tape is really saying Digital Audio Tape Tape. The poster also lists common redundant acronyms that people use, Personal Identification Number Number and Automated Teller Machine Machine. PIN is the worst, I often hear people talking about their Personal PIN Numbers.
Only if you need it...
Sensible users usually avoid malware infections, because they know the dos and don'ts of using the internet. Do use a firewall, don't run any screensavers you get by email. Do run regular security updates, etc..
These users won't need to use a resource sapping system monitor, it is the casual internet users who don't know about basic security that will. These users are also the type of users who won't mind running the program, because they don't need a 3gHz processor to run outlook and internet explorer anyway.
If you can group malware threats together it may be easier/quicker to come up with methods to remove them. Common system actions probably means common steps to get rid of the malware. Also, having a database of actions that a piece of malware takes when infecting a system could help identify an infection sooner.
If you had an anti-malware package running on your computer and intercepting reg key changes, directory creations etc. before they happened, it could step in to alert the user and eradicate the threat before it had even finished installing itself. Admittedly many people wouldn't want an anti-malware system constantly monitoring every API access, but if it was made transparent this is the sort of thing that would greatly benefit the less technically minded user.
Sorry, I have just one question that isn't 100% clear to me. Do the islanders know how many of each eye colour there is, or do they just know that there are more than one eye colour?
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Ok, you're right. I don't happen to play Tony Hawk or any games like that. I play some FPSs, and i'm worried about the type of game where you need to find coke cans to regain health, that kind of crap.
I get enough advertising and product placement thrown at me in any given day. It's in all new films, most TV channels are 20% advertising, and most magazines are probably a similar amount. Games were until recently a safe haven.
Not saying that they will definitely fill their games with advertising and weakly structure a plot around it, but I got a pretty good idea that they will....
We usually call this living in our Mums basement on Slashdot
Fair point, I also live in the UK.
However, many people who use the site would not be from the UK, and how does the Data Protection act work if you are accessing a non-UK site? Do they need to abide by the Data Protection Act, or do you accept the laws operating within the host sites country. Interesting question, and I don't know the answer.
A simple rewording of the message could circumvent the DPA anyway. Let them know that their data is going to be used to check for media on their computer and that this data will be shared with the MPAA. I bet that a huge number of people won't really know what this means and will click accept, and another large chunk will be clicking next without really reading anything that is appearing on screen.Finally, the DPA states:
Data must not be disclosed to other parties without the consent of the individual whom it is about, unless there is legislation or other overriding legitimate reason to share the information (for example, the prevention or detection of crime). If copyright infringement is a crime, then they could probably ignore the DPA because of this provision, however you're probably in entrapment territory again.I reckon Christmas is the opposite of theft. You get loads of things for free from people. Also thieves go to prison and never see family, at Christmas you have to see family, whether you like it or not.
News is many people refused to work on the vertical farms after hearing that it would make them uphill gardeners.
It's worth noting that the SI unit of horsepower has lowered significantly in the 120years the horse has been in the archive.
The problem with this is group tags.
I play on a PvP server, if a large guild has a member embarrasingly ganked multiple times, then they could pool their tags against one user. This person has done nothing wrong, they have been simply PvP'ing on a PvP server, and they may end up with a temp ban for it. A large guild would probably have a few members with tag points for the day.
When you give immature people a way to tag people as a douche, they'll use it immaturely
I don't see an problem with Microsoft banning people with DVD drives modified to play copied games. It makes it fair for the honest people who payed good money to play. If people with unmodified boxes start getting banned by mistake, then that would be something to worry about.
There's nothing wrong with anti-piracy measures so long as they're unobtrusive and don't effect people with legitimate copies.
First she shaves all of her hair off and now this.
The girl has really gone off the rails.
Spin of the earth I would guess....
Hmmm, I disagree with this. My job is teaching adult education. I teach IT at my local college for adults and we cater for anyone who is 16+. The average age of my students however is 56 and I have students as old as 88.
It's fine to say "They just need someone else to do it for them." because I agree with you, it's true. However it's not practical. I have a large number of students who don't have anyone to look after their computers for them. In fact the major reason for the older people gettings computers is to keep in touch with family who live a long way away or abroad. The worst thing is they often have "a mate from the pub who knows computers". This person is nearly always a complete idiot and has no knowledge of computers but does however know how to reinstall Windows. This is what they beliee qualifies them as an expert.
Now imagine putting Linux in front of these people with no direct support. apt-get? emerge? rpm? How is that easier that sticking in a disc, having it run and clicking next 3 times. These are people who can barely use a mouse, will they know how to search for the correct software? They would rather (and are better off) going to a store and asking for the software, and being sold something that will match their needs AND is eay to install.
I have had more than a handful of students say they have lost several years of digital photos of their grandchildren because a friend formatted their computer and reinstalled Windows. When quizzed about the actual problem it's nearly always a very simple one. In one case it was the keyboard not putting the correct characters on screen (I am in the UK and the keyboard was set to a US layout).
According to this news article from the BBC, it does appear to be a new species. This was posted yesterday and the study compares modern microencephalics skulls with the skulls found on Flores.
True, but what if part of the production line was maybe 3 coins deep? A tracking camera can't track coins that are buried by other coins. My idea was more of a it's not conspiracy/spy operation rather than a foolproof explanation.
Maybe its just something simple like they added chips to a small sample of coins in order to track them round the mint.
Adding them to any processes after other coins are struck might allow them to see any bottlenecks in the factory line and therefore improve the flow of coins.
Just an idea, seems more sensible than being used to track a person, because the chips probably had a low detection range, and coins change hands so quickly as other people have pointed out.
That sounds pretty serious.
Say have you ever seen "A Beautiful Mind"?
The poster was referring to redundant acronyms. DAT stands for Digital Audio Tape, so saying that they backed up from a DAT tape is really saying Digital Audio Tape Tape. The poster also lists common redundant acronyms that people use, Personal Identification Number Number and Automated Teller Machine Machine. PIN is the worst, I often hear people talking about their Personal PIN Numbers.
What? This closed source SureCrypt?
It's the first link returned by Google
Only if you need it... Sensible users usually avoid malware infections, because they know the dos and don'ts of using the internet. Do use a firewall, don't run any screensavers you get by email. Do run regular security updates, etc.. These users won't need to use a resource sapping system monitor, it is the casual internet users who don't know about basic security that will. These users are also the type of users who won't mind running the program, because they don't need a 3gHz processor to run outlook and internet explorer anyway.
If you can group malware threats together it may be easier/quicker to come up with methods to remove them. Common system actions probably means common steps to get rid of the malware. Also, having a database of actions that a piece of malware takes when infecting a system could help identify an infection sooner. If you had an anti-malware package running on your computer and intercepting reg key changes, directory creations etc. before they happened, it could step in to alert the user and eradicate the threat before it had even finished installing itself. Admittedly many people wouldn't want an anti-malware system constantly monitoring every API access, but if it was made transparent this is the sort of thing that would greatly benefit the less technically minded user.
...feel like they were having an argument with R2D2?
I think you mean 'cosmonaut'
Sorry, I have just one question that isn't 100% clear to me. Do the islanders know how many of each eye colour there is, or do they just know that there are more than one eye colour?