I'm not saying it doesn't happen. Nor that the system should not be implemented. I'm just stating that arguing that the system should be implemented to protect you while your out doesn't justify it. Just my opinion, though.
Really, when was the last time you were in a bar, not looking for trouble, and got the shit beat out of you? I don't think your argument justifies this.
This will only happen again if stricter control over violent games is not put into place.
I'm not completely familiar with all of the details of this situation, but it seems to me that it is more likely that these kids are smarter than they look (or have smart lawyers) than that they were under the control of a game. I tend to think that this will happen again, but not because there are no restrictions on violent games.
Also, wouldn't you think that the game creators would get thier brains tweaked a little bit, considering that they have to actaully CREATE the violence?
I think the argument against this would go along the lines of... "Yes games teach people to be violent... The game creators aren't affected because they are behind the scenes creating the games and have no problem seeing that the violence is not real..." seems like I've even heard that somewhere, but I don't remember right off the top of my head.
Maybe with a simple server appliance people will get the idea that they can publish stuff on the web and share stuff with their friends and family that way
Would having thousands of servers with exactly the same configuration and hardware be a good thing. We've seen what happens when problems are found in today's servers. Sure, it would be easy to fix them all with one patch, but even people that run servers today don't patch them up as much as they should... Would the average user running an out-of-the-box server patch it? probably not.
I recently moved into a new duplex. One of the things that really annoyed me was a "largish" primestar dish cemented in the ground in my back yard. Looks like I may be able to get some use out of it....
Is the fine for each offense? What about repeat offenses? Apparently spam is effective so it well may be worth it to spammers to continue spamming and counting the 5000 pounds as "costs of operation".
I don't have any experience with this, but I would assume that if you were running linux on an xbox, a net connection throught the ethernet port would be just as useful as it is for a pc running linux...
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In that case, maybe this is better suited? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimFarm
Come to think of it, my son's first grade math text is filled with pictures of wizards, animals driving cars and other absurd teaching tools. Crazy!
Horoscopes can be used as a teaching tool, doesn't mean it lends anything to its validity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horoscopes
had a system for this.
I'm not saying it doesn't happen. Nor that the system should not be implemented. I'm just stating that arguing that the system should be implemented to protect you while your out doesn't justify it. Just my opinion, though.
Really, when was the last time you were in a bar, not looking for trouble, and got the shit beat out of you? I don't think your argument justifies this.
This will only happen again if stricter control over violent games is not put into place.
I'm not completely familiar with all of the details of this situation, but it seems to me that it is more likely that these kids are smarter than they look (or have smart lawyers) than that they were under the control of a game. I tend to think that this will happen again, but not because there are no restrictions on violent games.
Also, wouldn't you think that the game creators would get thier brains tweaked a little bit, considering that they have to actaully CREATE the violence?
... "Yes games teach people to be violent... The game creators aren't affected because they are behind the scenes creating the games and have no problem seeing that the violence is not real..." seems like I've even heard that somewhere, but I don't remember right off the top of my head.
I think the argument against this would go along the lines of
Maybe with a simple server appliance people will get the idea that they can publish stuff on the web and share stuff with their friends and family that way
Would having thousands of servers with exactly the same configuration and hardware be a good thing. We've seen what happens when problems are found in today's servers. Sure, it would be easy to fix them all with one patch, but even people that run servers today don't patch them up as much as they should... Would the average user running an out-of-the-box server patch it? probably not.
I recently moved into a new duplex. One of the things that really annoyed me was a "largish" primestar dish cemented in the ground in my back yard. Looks like I may be able to get some use out of it....
Is the fine for each offense? What about repeat offenses? Apparently spam is effective so it well may be worth it to spammers to continue spamming and counting the 5000 pounds as "costs of operation".
I don't have any experience with this, but I would assume that if you were running linux on an xbox, a net connection throught the ethernet port would be just as useful as it is for a pc running linux...
But when your product is being regularly stolen, there comes a time when you have to take appropriate action.
It's not stealing. It's still annoying to see representatives of the RIAA spinning it this way.