Wow its like you read my mind. From a purely technical appreciation perspective they both look impressive, so I really don't get all the hate on Call of Doody,
That said I am never going to buy either since its pretty obvious both are just yet another formulaic braindead FPS that we've seen so many times before. Here's to the new boss same as the old boss.
Thanks for your comprehensive reply. As you pointed out, the political involvement and resultant vagueness around anything solid just make me feel even surer about my original point that I don't see the problem with drivers being mandatorily fingerprinted/background checked.
>> because you have some perceived risk that someone may sometime do something bad to you?
You conveniently overlooked the most important bit... the increased risk is real and is based on the FACT that they've already actually done something bad to someone.
Thats retarded. No-one has the time or resources to vet the workings of the parent company every time they get into a taxi or use any other service. I think its more than reasonable to expect that all reasonable basic safety checks have already been done.
They should put them in civilian airliners too. Its an immediate and effective solution to idiots who shine laser pointers into cockpits, and/or fly their drones in airport airspace.
I understand fingerprinting would be an added one-time inconvenience for uber drivers, but I think it makes sense (I'm assuming regular taxi drivers also need to be fingerprinted). Uber's only argument seems to be that its not 100% foolproof. That may be true but I think it would still be better than doing nothing.
>> The company says that over 10 million (per day) of these login attempts are cyber-attacks, which the company is able to detect....meanwhile the many successful and/or undetected attempts are conveniently presumed to be zero.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that you can't stop updates from ever being applied. What happens if you set the timeframe to say 1am-3am, then never have your computer powered up at that time? Does it hit some point where it just forces it on you whenever its on?
>> If you help business, you will improve the lives of individuals, because they will have jobs, and enhanced productivity will allow them to earn more.
This is called Trickle Down Economics" and has been proven over and over again to absolutely not work that way. All that happens is the bosses make more profit and keep it for themselves, and the divide between the rich and everyone else just gets bigger. If you actually want to help individuals, why wouldnâ(TM)t you just help them directly without going through big business first? How does giving even more money to companies directly help retired people or vets or the quality of education>? giving more money to companies doesn;t stop them trying to outsource American jobs to H1b Visas. Simple proof is that the biggest offenders are exactly the companies with the most money (Google, Apple, Microsoft).
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Wow its like you read my mind.
From a purely technical appreciation perspective they both look impressive, so I really don't get all the hate on Call of Doody,
That said I am never going to buy either since its pretty obvious both are just yet another formulaic braindead FPS that we've seen so many times before.
Here's to the new boss same as the old boss.
I never did like that browser launcher thing but I've always guessed its a more to do with DRM/copy protection than their shitty idea of usability.
It seems to be far bigger than that.
Thanks for your comprehensive reply.
As you pointed out, the political involvement and resultant vagueness around anything solid just make me feel even surer about my original point that I don't see the problem with drivers being mandatorily fingerprinted/background checked.
>> because you have some perceived risk that someone may sometime do something bad to you?
You conveniently overlooked the most important bit... the increased risk is real and is based on the FACT that they've already actually done something bad to someone.
Thats retarded. No-one has the time or resources to vet the workings of the parent company every time they get into a taxi or use any other service. I think its more than reasonable to expect that all reasonable basic safety checks have already been done.
They should put them in civilian airliners too.
Its an immediate and effective solution to idiots who shine laser pointers into cockpits, and/or fly their drones in airport airspace.
What data? please cite your references.
>> Taxi drivers do not currently need to be fingerprinted
Yes they do, at least in SF.
https://www.sfmta.com/services...
>> I'm not trying to force my choices on anyone else.
Sure you are. Want if I want to know that whatever driver I get has for sure been fingerprinted?
Why would you prefer a higher chance that your driver is going to hurt you in some way? That makes no sense.
Because people have to actually be victims before you find out who the bad guys are.
I understand fingerprinting would be an added one-time inconvenience for uber drivers, but I think it makes sense (I'm assuming regular taxi drivers also need to be fingerprinted).
Uber's only argument seems to be that its not 100% foolproof. That may be true but I think it would still be better than doing nothing.
Because its possible that just writing could bring down a plane?
It really isn't blocked at least for me.
>> The company says that over 10 million (per day) of these login attempts are cyber-attacks, which the company is able to detect. ...meanwhile the many successful and/or undetected attempts are conveniently presumed to be zero.
>> Yes, I've already taken cover
Why? You're actually correct in that female brains have less mass than male brains.
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2014/02...
Nice idea but that would be one heck of an electric tow plane. as in "not doeable".
I can totally imagine them selling this data to law enforcement, advertising companies etc.
The personalised billboard thing is getting ever closer.
My DVD drive and my printer don't work properly under Windows 10 but work fine under Linux Just sayin.
This should piss off all the sysadmins that keep pushing windows/Microsoft infrastructure down our throats at work.
It also has a lot to do with driving tests in the EU being a lot more than just a formality like they are in the US.
McGee is female.
I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that you can't stop updates from ever being applied.
What happens if you set the timeframe to say 1am-3am, then never have your computer powered up at that time?
Does it hit some point where it just forces it on you whenever its on?
>> If you help business, you will improve the lives of individuals, because they will have jobs, and enhanced productivity will allow them to earn more.
This is called Trickle Down Economics" and has been proven over and over again to absolutely not work that way.
All that happens is the bosses make more profit and keep it for themselves, and the divide between the rich and everyone else just gets bigger.
If you actually want to help individuals, why wouldnâ(TM)t you just help them directly without going through big business first? How does giving even more money to companies directly help retired people or vets or the quality of education>? giving more money to companies doesn;t stop them trying to outsource American jobs to H1b Visas. Simple proof is that the biggest offenders are exactly the companies with the most money (Google, Apple, Microsoft).