Yeah it is, once you get good at it, level up some of your abilities, stop worrying about screwing up, and start building or making things happen the way you want them to.
There are tons of different ways to have fun playing in reality. Maybe you're just a n00b.
Either they turned them back on really quick, or the article itself is hoax-ad-ware? or something.. i'm sure there's some pre-ordained term for this from the Elders of the Internet
Nope no pre-ordianed term. We didn't need one back in the day, since internet censorship was the feavered dream of a mad man back then.
On the one hand I like to see them suffer. On the other hand I won't get antyhing done.
If only we could convince them to go somewhere else to be tortured.
I hate every ape I see,
From chimpan-A to chimpan-Z.
No you'll never make a monkey out of me!
Oh my god, I was wrong.
It was Earth all along.
You finally made a monkey
Yes, we finally made a monkey
Yes, you finally made a monkey out of me
I think you hit it on the head. Hard core gaming is dying not console gaming.
I don't think that's true at all. "Hardcore" gaming (I hate that term) isn't declining, it's just being OVERSHADOWED by the massive growth in the entire gaming market. It's a smaller piece of a vastly larger pie. That may bother some egos, but isn't really a bad thing. Probably good for the industry.
All this may be true but it's also the reason why the new Calll of Duty doesn't have dedicated server support.
#@!$ casual players ruining it for the people who carried the industry for years.
no it's pretty much the same shit, except instead of angelfire and geocities pages made by idiots with animated gif flames and spinning skulls it's myspace pages with animated gif glitter and spinning rims.
though now we have streaming MP3s and flv video instead of MIDIs so things have actually gotten worse.
It's just 1997 with a little more online bandwidth.
There, I wrote it.
and a 747 is just a modified Kity Hawk that flies a little faster.
I mean all anyone uses airplanes for is for flying around. There haven't been any real improvements.
I feel obliged to point out that one person obstructing a FOI request for emails is a very, very far cry from the allegation that the CRU withheld, tampered with or erased data.
Obstructing a FOI request is the defintion of withholding data.
What if our operating systems were more secure, or if virtualization became universally used? Wouldn't that make it less necessary to use blacklists? I mean, if there's no danger from malware, then I don't have to worry so much if I open an attachment from an email that looks like it's coming from a friend. Worst thing it can do is blow up my virtual machine and I can just close a window and keep on going. It would also make hackers look for other ways to do evil besides attacking our desktops.
Is virtualization as secure as I think it is? I admit I don't know a lot about internet security beyond just being careful and using protection, so I'd like to hear what those of you who have expertise think.
It's not a about viruses it's the shear volume of spam hitting mail servers that makes blacklisting necessary.
If you remove it your essentially allowing yourself to be DOS'd.
I know some people who work in fast foods and hire a fair number of immigrants. Why? At the amount is he allowed by management to pay them, he can't get Americans with a work ethic to apply for the job. But it keeps the hamburgers cheap.
Anyway, first time he got a bad Soc card (I think they actually mis-spelled security on it) he brought it to his boss and asked him what to do about it. Boss said "I'm not trained in identifying legitimate social security cards, are you?" and told him to put down that they presented him with a card.
Another time someone's ID got hit by a random check and was found to be bad. They hired him back the next day when he came back with a better card.
There would have to be so much more government oversight than there is currently to actually have a chance of stopping this. And even then:
Fast food wages would have to increase drastically to get people to work there (not saying it's entirely a bad thing, but it has consequences, such as..).
Food prices would increase to match.
A lot of good (but illegal) people would be out of work. My friend doesn't hire people just because they're cheap - he's looking for good people who are solid workers, same as any employer.
Our large portions of our economy built on cheap labor would collapse..
Right,,,theres a lack of potential labour out there right now which is why unemployment is 9.8%.
I would agree with you except I've known too many immigrants who've gotten fake social security cards, id's and all the papers a normal person would need to work in the US. Doing what you suggest would only make it a little harder. Just like drugs, which is actively persecuted.
Getting a fake is easy. Actually getting a real SSN that traces back to person who isn't dead is a little harder. A simple background check would eliminate a lot of the fakes.
Anti-immigration laws are like the war on drugs: neither one works. You may not realize it, but after drugs, one of the best sources of income for organized crime is human-trafficking: sneaking poor people into rich countries. If you continue to support anti-immigration laws, you will continue to support violence, human exploitation, and all the other problems that come with organized crime. There is no way to stop it. The only thing to do is legalize it.
All you need to do to end it is require proof of citizenship(that's actaully checked out) to get hired in this country. Then charge companies who don't comply with rico laws (sieze their assests etc) .
This will never happen since companies make too much money off the backs of illegal immigrants working for less than minimum wage.
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Actually, in the original context , that "kill all the lawyers" line is in praise of lawyers, for they are obstacles to a tyrant's plans.
No it was a praise to tyrant's since they kill lawyers. .
Reality isn't fun.
Yeah it is, once you get good at it, level up some of your abilities, stop worrying about screwing up, and start building or making things happen the way you want them to. There are tons of different ways to have fun playing in reality. Maybe you're just a n00b.
So reality is a grind fest?
Ditto.
Either they turned them back on really quick, or the article itself is hoax-ad-ware? or something.. i'm sure there's some pre-ordained term for this from the Elders of the Internet
Nope no pre-ordianed term. We didn't need one back in the day, since internet censorship was the feavered dream of a mad man back then.
On the one hand I like to see them suffer. On the other hand I won't get antyhing done.
If only we could convince them to go somewhere else to be tortured.
Several virgins orbiting one overweight heavenly body.
Sounds like they found the one cosplay chick at the convetion who'se still single.
I hate every ape I see, From chimpan-A to chimpan-Z. No you'll never make a monkey out of me! Oh my god, I was wrong. It was Earth all along. You finally made a monkey Yes, we finally made a monkey Yes, you finally made a monkey out of me
I love you Dr Zaius!
I think you hit it on the head. Hard core gaming is dying not console gaming. I don't think that's true at all. "Hardcore" gaming (I hate that term) isn't declining, it's just being OVERSHADOWED by the massive growth in the entire gaming market. It's a smaller piece of a vastly larger pie. That may bother some egos, but isn't really a bad thing. Probably good for the industry.
All this may be true but it's also the reason why the new Calll of Duty doesn't have dedicated server support.
#@!$ casual players ruining it for the people who carried the industry for years.
Half the racers in the BMW CCCA own a PS3 loaded with Grand Turismo.
a whole seething hive of the industries top brains probably makes them wake up in the night and scream.
Huh, so that's why I keep doing that.
Less browser support so they usually don't play?
If a player isn't embed on the page their doing it wrong. Browser support shouldn't make a difference if you using one made in the last 5 years.
They download quickly over a modem and have their own volume slider in the mixer.
Remind me how a dialup is superior to DSL again? Also mp3's can and often do have a volumn slider when placed in a webpage.
no it's pretty much the same shit, except instead of angelfire and geocities pages made by idiots with animated gif flames and spinning skulls it's myspace pages with animated gif glitter and spinning rims. though now we have streaming MP3s and flv video instead of MIDIs so things have actually gotten worse.
Remind again how midi's are superiour to mp3's?
It's just 1997 with a little more online bandwidth.
There, I wrote it.
and a 747 is just a modified Kity Hawk that flies a little faster.
I mean all anyone uses airplanes for is for flying around. There haven't been any real improvements.
I feel obliged to point out that one person obstructing a FOI request for emails is a very, very far cry from the allegation that the CRU withheld, tampered with or erased data.
Obstructing a FOI request is the defintion of withholding data.
.....for I work for a IS departmnent.
Because information services is so much greater than information technology.
That will teach em to remove dedicated server support.
That's ironical, isn't it?
A little too ironical I really do think.
What if our operating systems were more secure, or if virtualization became universally used? Wouldn't that make it less necessary to use blacklists? I mean, if there's no danger from malware, then I don't have to worry so much if I open an attachment from an email that looks like it's coming from a friend. Worst thing it can do is blow up my virtual machine and I can just close a window and keep on going. It would also make hackers look for other ways to do evil besides attacking our desktops.
Is virtualization as secure as I think it is? I admit I don't know a lot about internet security beyond just being careful and using protection, so I'd like to hear what those of you who have expertise think.
It's not a about viruses it's the shear volume of spam hitting mail servers that makes blacklisting necessary.
If you remove it your essentially allowing yourself to be DOS'd.
It's also illegal to tint your car windows too darkly as someone could have a gun and the police wouldn't be able to see it.
If the police can't see in - you can't see out. That can become a problem, particularly at night.
You could solve that problem by polarizing the glass which is also illegal.
I know some people who work in fast foods and hire a fair number of immigrants. Why? At the amount is he allowed by management to pay them, he can't get Americans with a work ethic to apply for the job. But it keeps the hamburgers cheap.
Anyway, first time he got a bad Soc card (I think they actually mis-spelled security on it) he brought it to his boss and asked him what to do about it. Boss said "I'm not trained in identifying legitimate social security cards, are you?" and told him to put down that they presented him with a card.
Another time someone's ID got hit by a random check and was found to be bad. They hired him back the next day when he came back with a better card.
There would have to be so much more government oversight than there is currently to actually have a chance of stopping this. And even then:
Fast food wages would have to increase drastically to get people to work there (not saying it's entirely a bad thing, but it has consequences, such as..). Food prices would increase to match. A lot of good (but illegal) people would be out of work. My friend doesn't hire people just because they're cheap - he's looking for good people who are solid workers, same as any employer. Our large portions of our economy built on cheap labor would collapse. .
Right,,,theres a lack of potential labour out there right now which is why unemployment is 9.8%.
I would agree with you except I've known too many immigrants who've gotten fake social security cards, id's and all the papers a normal person would need to work in the US. Doing what you suggest would only make it a little harder. Just like drugs, which is actively persecuted.
Getting a fake is easy. Actually getting a real SSN that traces back to person who isn't dead is a little harder. A simple background check would eliminate a lot of the fakes.
Anti-immigration laws are like the war on drugs: neither one works. You may not realize it, but after drugs, one of the best sources of income for organized crime is human-trafficking: sneaking poor people into rich countries. If you continue to support anti-immigration laws, you will continue to support violence, human exploitation, and all the other problems that come with organized crime. There is no way to stop it. The only thing to do is legalize it.
All you need to do to end it is require proof of citizenship(that's actaully checked out) to get hired in this country. Then charge companies who don't comply with rico laws (sieze their assests etc) . This will never happen since companies make too much money off the backs of illegal immigrants working for less than minimum wage.
Similar legislation has been approved in Colombia,
Bawahahahaha! Seriously you have a point but no one will take you seriously if you put them at the top of your list.
The cartels run that country.
Well, one of the evil warlocks is drunk and drives his magic car into the magical untouchable bar.
Like putting too much air in a balloon. It's all so simple.
If you have no expectation of privacy could an ISP open every piece of email and sell the contents?
......and I just found a new online business idea.
Where was this judge when Sarah Palin had her yahoo email hacked?