Though wholly unrelated, I had a conservative uncle tell me this past Christmas when I was home visiting my family that he "Didn't believe in Life Insurance, because he thought it should be a sad day for everybody..."
About 90% waiting around for people to join, for 10% fail and quit. Repeat.
That said this is fixable with a really good guild organization, however from my experience most are not.
Also to even join a raid most get caught in a catch-22. You have to be geared and know fights to join. In order to know fights and get gear you need to run. Paradox!
Anyway I play all the time, but I find the above frustrating, particularly if you want to join a guild and not HAVE to play 5 times a week for 4 hours.
You can't stop stupid people from doing stupid things, that is why they are stupid.
Though I do understand the plight of Parents.
However there has always been, and likely always will be people trying to swindle or make a quick buck off the foolishness of others. Just bececause they have a "trusted" brand name like Sony don't make them exempt. They spent a lot of moneny on that "brand name" for that express purpose, to give consumers the idea that they are honest brokers.
You only have to look as far as the slimy infomercials on TV selling pills to make you thin, strong, more verile or perhaps get rich quick schemes by the hundred, etc... These things make money, otherwise they wouldn't be in buisness. They prey on the ininformed, the stupid, the elderly, the desprete, and make wild promises that can never be fullfiled.
I think it is sad that people can and would do this to other people, but that is how it is. Someoe said that "a sucker is born every minute", and really that just translates into "market demographic" for many companies.
As I mentioned before Sony will figure it out or go the way of the dodo, as doing this sort of stuff WILL hurt their "Brand Name". Piss off enough parents and over time when it comes time to buy that brand new TV they might think "these are the assholes I bought that useless game for my kid, screw me once shame on you, screw me twice shame on me." The sad thing, is it will take time for this to happen, so in the short term, people get screwed.
A) Develop their own "App" to access Gmail over Android (or whatever Google phones are called then) and they want to use a technology or expertise developed by reMail
or
B) reMail has a patent, or Google will file for a patent using reMail technology, that will enable them to boot/restrict/make pay licence fees to Google any phone company that wishes to access Gmail.
So long as Sony is upfront about its policy (which may be in question given it is Sony) who cares.
There is a very easy solution. Vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game. If you feeling really pissed, don't buy Sony products. They will get the message eventually, or if they don't they won't be around much longer.
It really is that simple.
However if they "trick" people into buying their products, and then once it is too late announce that "Oh BTW that thing you just bought is now crippled by this DRM, you must be online or register online, etc... to actually play our game". That would piss me off to the point where I would be demanding my money back.
Live someplace else. For all the liberty and freedom Americans scream about in an abstract way, they seem to have very little in real life.
Take Canada for instance, we have some great Privacy Laws. Government might have a bit more access, but they also have to follow some pretty strict rules (unless you just paranoid about government conspiracy or something, in which case see a doctor). People can collect all sorts of information, and use it. They can't share it or release it however without your express permission.
I would take government collecting information over a corporation any day of the week. Government has oversight, and accountability. Corporations try to make as much profit as quickly as possible.
Anyway in Canada you have protections, and if you think someone is infringing your privacy you can take them to court. The courts have also been pro-privacy and punish those who don't follow the rules severely. Bottom line anyway is that you don't have to provide your information, you can choose to not use the service if you don't like their privacy policy. Having said that, in Canada at least, a company can do or say whatever it likes on paper, or how it collects the information, it does not however excuse them from the actual law. Just like I can't make a contract with someone to murder them, and then when I am in court go, "hey look, no its OK, I have this contract, where the user said it was OK if I murdered him!". Doesn't work that way. We also have "Privacy Commissioners" in Canada you can send your complaint to for them to make a ruling on. They interpret the law, and the courts generally confer/agree with their findings (though not always).
However when it comes to privacy across political boundries it gets a bit tricky. The US Patriot Act caused some "difficulties" in that it basically allows for the sharing of personal information, and the US and Canadian government come into contact frequently and share information. Over the internet across multiple countries, where cyberspace may only be defined by where the physical servers exist it becomes ever more tricky. What are the privacy laws there? What if the servers span several areas with different laws? Google and Facebook surely fall into this category. Look at online gambling for instance. In most of the USA it is illegal. Guess how many people do it? A lot. All the servers are located in Europe or in some Native reserve which are exempt. It is kind of funny now many States are looking to legalize it now, not because they believe it is morally acceptable, but because they know there is little they can do about it, and they what their cut of the tax revenue. However the usual rule for a company is (like Google found out) you have to follow whatever laws exist in the country you do buisness in. So bottom line it comes down to your country having the laws to protect you, and you yourself being aware and making the right decisions about your own information and what you wish to share.
Netbooks sell because they are cheap. How much will this ION 2 netbook cost? Too much and you just push yourself out of the market, as you can just get a better equipped (if not as small) laptop.
I am intrigued however. If they create a low cost netbook, that can run a game like WOW (I said run, not barely function), I might buy one just to have a portable WOW device for on the road (as well as all that other stuff like email, internet, etc...).
I had some fiends take CS 101 late in their education. They had the same assignments. Two of them were in a bind, so I dug out my old assignment and gave it to them and said "go nuts". I did pretty well on it with a 80%, which I cobbled together the night before in about 2 hours before going to the University pub.
Anyway one come up to me all excited, they got a 90%. I was about to say "Son of a..." when the other showed me theirs, and the got 100%. W.T.F. I was pissed.
I did something myself years later (not CS), where I did the exact same paper, for two different 3rd year courses with different professors. Exact same topic, same everything. I think I changed the font of one just to be not so blatant, though I think the actual title was the same, so likely moot. I got a 60% on one and 80% on another.
I had one CS prof deduct points one time for not using a recursive algorithm and another the same year deduct points for using one, even thought the purpose was pretty much the same (different languages however, one was COBAL the other was C+ I think).
I came to the conclusion through University, that unless you really screw it up (aka you have no idea what you are doing or talking about), professors have a large latitude in which to determine grades, and much of that does not seem to be based in any sort of technical rigor but rather personal preference. So A) Figure out what they like to see, and B) try to have them like you a bit.
Conversely, PANIC. Panic right now. Run in circles and light your HP on fire. Best to burn down the house just in case to destroy all the evidence. No one must know! Oh wait you had roommates? Well really panic now, your a murderer. Make sure they are dead, use a shovel. Steal a car that is outside, no time to be picky, anything will do. Best take a hostage just in case the fuzz catch up with you. Now head to Mexico.
Either that or get a LiveCD of Linux and copy it to a thumb drive. Or call a friend who is halfway not retarded to do it for you. Or god forbid pay an expert to retrieve it. I mean its not like that document is worth anything to you. Best to just ask strangers on a internet forum (you somehow frequent), or just throw your hands up in the air and give up and tell you prof your computer ate your homework. Bad computer!
Ya ditto on that. I have done it tons of times personally. I always have several Live-Boot linux distros on hand just in case for troubleshooting.
I can't remember, but I think XP Pro defaults to encrypt your "Personal" Folders. So as long as you didn't save it in there you should be fine.
You can still get at them if they are encrypted, so long as you remember your old system password, its just a bit of a chore. I never had to do it, but I do remember reading up on it, and it looked like a serious pain in the ass.
Had a meeting the other day for a threat risk assessment for an app we are trying to build. I ask the guy "Your a consultant. Are you aware of the corporate security protocols? They are currently causing us some problems." He wanted to know why I knew he was a consultant. I said "Your using a Macbook."
No one in a corporate setting would be using a Macbook. Also when setting up to the projector he made a big deal about it having HDMI ports, to which my response was, "You know it is the exact same thing as DVI except with sound right?"
Funny enough there was no sound in the presentation.
In "Old Mans War" an interesting and likely idea is purposed. Implanting an AI into the human brain to be used as a tool. Basically augmenting the brain for more functionality.
And hey I figure if you have the technology to create an AI, you likely posses the technology to integrate that with the human noodle.
In this case the answer really is "Never" as, as fast as AI progresses, it will simply push our own intellects to greater heights.
Please come to Canada Google with your fiber ISP goodness. Bell and Rogers need to be knocked on their ass. Google is likely the only one that can't bully out of the market also.
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Though wholly unrelated, I had a conservative uncle tell me this past Christmas when I was home visiting my family that he "Didn't believe in Life Insurance, because he thought it should be a sad day for everybody..."
I thought it was funny.
Yes, but on the downside that you have to live in Toronto now.
There fixed that for you.
doesn't need computers in his Botnet, he just ...er infects routers and modems...
and my all time favorite:
Chuck Norris doesn't do push ups. He pushes the planet down.
Apparently you have never PvE Raided then...
About 90% waiting around for people to join, for 10% fail and quit. Repeat.
That said this is fixable with a really good guild organization, however from my experience most are not.
Also to even join a raid most get caught in a catch-22. You have to be geared and know fights to join. In order to know fights and get gear you need to run. Paradox!
Anyway I play all the time, but I find the above frustrating, particularly if you want to join a guild and not HAVE to play 5 times a week for 4 hours.
You can't stop stupid people from doing stupid things, that is why they are stupid.
Though I do understand the plight of Parents.
However there has always been, and likely always will be people trying to swindle or make a quick buck off the foolishness of others. Just bececause they have a "trusted" brand name like Sony don't make them exempt. They spent a lot of moneny on that "brand name" for that express purpose, to give consumers the idea that they are honest brokers.
You only have to look as far as the slimy infomercials on TV selling pills to make you thin, strong, more verile or perhaps get rich quick schemes by the hundred, etc... These things make money, otherwise they wouldn't be in buisness. They prey on the ininformed, the stupid, the elderly, the desprete, and make wild promises that can never be fullfiled.
I think it is sad that people can and would do this to other people, but that is how it is. Someoe said that "a sucker is born every minute", and really that just translates into "market demographic" for many companies.
As I mentioned before Sony will figure it out or go the way of the dodo, as doing this sort of stuff WILL hurt their "Brand Name". Piss off enough parents and over time when it comes time to buy that brand new TV they might think "these are the assholes I bought that useless game for my kid, screw me once shame on you, screw me twice shame on me." The sad thing, is it will take time for this to happen, so in the short term, people get screwed.
Does reMail have say some sort of patent.
No doubt this is for the future.
I say it is either to:
A) Develop their own "App" to access Gmail over Android (or whatever Google phones are called then) and they want to use a technology or expertise developed by reMail
or
B) reMail has a patent, or Google will file for a patent using reMail technology, that will enable them to boot/restrict/make pay licence fees to Google any phone company that wishes to access Gmail.
So long as Sony is upfront about its policy (which may be in question given it is Sony) who cares.
There is a very easy solution. Vote with your wallet. Don't buy the game. If you feeling really pissed, don't buy Sony products. They will get the message eventually, or if they don't they won't be around much longer.
It really is that simple.
However if they "trick" people into buying their products, and then once it is too late announce that "Oh BTW that thing you just bought is now crippled by this DRM, you must be online or register online, etc... to actually play our game". That would piss me off to the point where I would be demanding my money back.
is "improper behavior in his home'" exactly?
If I am dead and still tweeting, someone please come and either:
A) unbury me! (somehow I doubt that is an actual word)
or
B) give me their Braaains!
A practical use for twitter!
Live someplace else. For all the liberty and freedom Americans scream about in an abstract way, they seem to have very little in real life.
Take Canada for instance, we have some great Privacy Laws. Government might have a bit more access, but they also have to follow some pretty strict rules (unless you just paranoid about government conspiracy or something, in which case see a doctor). People can collect all sorts of information, and use it. They can't share it or release it however without your express permission.
I would take government collecting information over a corporation any day of the week. Government has oversight, and accountability. Corporations try to make as much profit as quickly as possible.
Anyway in Canada you have protections, and if you think someone is infringing your privacy you can take them to court. The courts have also been pro-privacy and punish those who don't follow the rules severely. Bottom line anyway is that you don't have to provide your information, you can choose to not use the service if you don't like their privacy policy. Having said that, in Canada at least, a company can do or say whatever it likes on paper, or how it collects the information, it does not however excuse them from the actual law. Just like I can't make a contract with someone to murder them, and then when I am in court go, "hey look, no its OK, I have this contract, where the user said it was OK if I murdered him!". Doesn't work that way. We also have "Privacy Commissioners" in Canada you can send your complaint to for them to make a ruling on. They interpret the law, and the courts generally confer/agree with their findings (though not always).
However when it comes to privacy across political boundries it gets a bit tricky. The US Patriot Act caused some "difficulties" in that it basically allows for the sharing of personal information, and the US and Canadian government come into contact frequently and share information. Over the internet across multiple countries, where cyberspace may only be defined by where the physical servers exist it becomes ever more tricky. What are the privacy laws there? What if the servers span several areas with different laws? Google and Facebook surely fall into this category. Look at online gambling for instance. In most of the USA it is illegal. Guess how many people do it? A lot. All the servers are located in Europe or in some Native reserve which are exempt. It is kind of funny now many States are looking to legalize it now, not because they believe it is morally acceptable, but because they know there is little they can do about it, and they what their cut of the tax revenue. However the usual rule for a company is (like Google found out) you have to follow whatever laws exist in the country you do buisness in. So bottom line it comes down to your country having the laws to protect you, and you yourself being aware and making the right decisions about your own information and what you wish to share.
Netbooks sell because they are cheap. How much will this ION 2 netbook cost? Too much and you just push yourself out of the market, as you can just get a better equipped (if not as small) laptop.
I am intrigued however. If they create a low cost netbook, that can run a game like WOW (I said run, not barely function), I might buy one just to have a portable WOW device for on the road (as well as all that other stuff like email, internet, etc...).
sounds like the title to Micheal Moore's new mockumentry...
Ya I had the same thing happen to me.
I had some fiends take CS 101 late in their education. They had the same assignments. Two of them were in a bind, so I dug out my old assignment and gave it to them and said "go nuts". I did pretty well on it with a 80%, which I cobbled together the night before in about 2 hours before going to the University pub.
Anyway one come up to me all excited, they got a 90%. I was about to say "Son of a..." when the other showed me theirs, and the got 100%. W.T.F. I was pissed.
I did something myself years later (not CS), where I did the exact same paper, for two different 3rd year courses with different professors. Exact same topic, same everything. I think I changed the font of one just to be not so blatant, though I think the actual title was the same, so likely moot. I got a 60% on one and 80% on another.
I had one CS prof deduct points one time for not using a recursive algorithm and another the same year deduct points for using one, even thought the purpose was pretty much the same (different languages however, one was COBAL the other was C+ I think).
I came to the conclusion through University, that unless you really screw it up (aka you have no idea what you are doing or talking about), professors have a large latitude in which to determine grades, and much of that does not seem to be based in any sort of technical rigor but rather personal preference. So A) Figure out what they like to see, and B) try to have them like you a bit.
Conversely, PANIC. Panic right now. Run in circles and light your HP on fire. Best to burn down the house just in case to destroy all the evidence. No one must know! Oh wait you had roommates? Well really panic now, your a murderer. Make sure they are dead, use a shovel. Steal a car that is outside, no time to be picky, anything will do. Best take a hostage just in case the fuzz catch up with you. Now head to Mexico.
Either that or get a LiveCD of Linux and copy it to a thumb drive. Or call a friend who is halfway not retarded to do it for you. Or god forbid pay an expert to retrieve it. I mean its not like that document is worth anything to you. Best to just ask strangers on a internet forum (you somehow frequent), or just throw your hands up in the air and give up and tell you prof your computer ate your homework. Bad computer!
Ya ditto on that. I have done it tons of times personally. I always have several Live-Boot linux distros on hand just in case for troubleshooting.
I can't remember, but I think XP Pro defaults to encrypt your "Personal" Folders. So as long as you didn't save it in there you should be fine.
You can still get at them if they are encrypted, so long as you remember your old system password, its just a bit of a chore. I never had to do it, but I do remember reading up on it, and it looked like a serious pain in the ass.
Hope your dissertation wasn't on how awesome Windows XP is, you might have a hard time defending that.
Had a meeting the other day for a threat risk assessment for an app we are trying to build. I ask the guy "Your a consultant. Are you aware of the corporate security protocols? They are currently causing us some problems." He wanted to know why I knew he was a consultant. I said "Your using a Macbook."
No one in a corporate setting would be using a Macbook. Also when setting up to the projector he made a big deal about it having HDMI ports, to which my response was, "You know it is the exact same thing as DVI except with sound right?"
Funny enough there was no sound in the presentation.
Anyway he did a good job, I am just being smarmy.
Annie!
thx, now I have to pour bleach on my brain... 'cept maybe the Padme parts, those are ok...
This is how political offices are won ANYWHERE.
There fixed that for you. Certainly the same in Canadian politics anyway. Playing on vote fear is job #1.
Are you saying Google is run by AI?
I KNEW it! Not evil my ass!
and whatever you do, if your are researching AI, for the love of god stop the research on making human batteries. It's just a bad idea.
In "Old Mans War" an interesting and likely idea is purposed. Implanting an AI into the human brain to be used as a tool. Basically augmenting the brain for more functionality.
And hey I figure if you have the technology to create an AI, you likely posses the technology to integrate that with the human noodle.
In this case the answer really is "Never" as, as fast as AI progresses, it will simply push our own intellects to greater heights.
Please come to Canada Google with your fiber ISP goodness. Bell and Rogers need to be knocked on their ass. Google is likely the only one that can't bully out of the market also.
That is so wasteful! We should be using hydrogen powered laptops, and extracting the hydrogen from coal. It is clearly the more intelligent choice!