Blizzard is in a unique position. Due to the success of WoW, they are probably the top company for online gameplay at the moment. Because of this, it gives them the opportunity to be the industry leader in new technologies to protect the integrity of the online gameplay, which they have always marketed as being a great concern of theirs.
Is there really any excuse of convenience that justifies connecting the nations major utilities to the internet?
Seriously. I'd like to know why more people aren't asking this question. With all of the cybercrime going on these days, nothing is safe from attacks so long as it is connected to the internet, from my computer to nuclear power plants. It just seems asinine to have any way of getting to the power plants controls from the internet.
You would think that somebody would realize the many errors in that info.
1. Elmer Fudd being a cartoon character
2. San Antonio being in Texas and not Road Island
3. 90210 being Beverly Hills and not Road Island
Some people are idiots.
This is exactly why the only items I get off eBay are get it now items that are a fair amount cheaper than I would be able to get in any store near me, or items that are at a fair price that aren't available anywhere else.
I have never purchased a copy of Office, nor do I plan to anytime soon. I do, however, use Office 2007. In my opinion the learning curve using the ribbon is much smaller than that of previous versions of Office. 2007 runs smoother, I have not yet experience a crash, and there are several features that just make the experience much more pleasant than previous versions. Really, it's mostly just a lot of small things (live preview, save as PDF, etc) that should have been included in Office 2000 or earlier that makes me prefer Office 2007.
Now mod me down for being pro-Microsoft
Here's my 2 cents worth. He his a police officer that wrote software to alleviate some menial tasks for him and his fellow officers. He wrote it in his free time and was not compensated for it (less the time he spent working on the clock), so he obviously was not looking to be compensated for it in the first place. I think that both the officer and the state want to own the source code to own the source code. The officer did write the code, so in my opinion, it belongs to him whether he did it on the clock or off, as there are no contracts or provisions stating that the state should receive control of the code. Anyway, I'll leave it at that since I feel I am starting to ramble.
Although, it seems like the new interface could be a lot like the interface on the LG Chocolate phone with touch sensitive buttons instead of actual click-able buttons. I wonder if LG has a patent for this yet or not.
Of course I know of this think called "work". I "work" myself. I have Dell computers at my "work" which I must put up with. He said that HIS dell just cried, not the company computer that he is using at the moment.
P.S. Don't be so condescending, you get more friends that way (and keep the ones you have).
Anybody else remember this movie? They create a $99 pc, but realize that the only way to make it work is to make the OS accessible via the internet, not installed on the pc itself. Could this be far off from a future goal for Google?
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if this is similar to a 'mob' type hierarchy, who is the godfather?
A windows OS that can be spoken highly of...without ANY negative points? You must be new here.
Blizzard is in a unique position. Due to the success of WoW, they are probably the top company for online gameplay at the moment. Because of this, it gives them the opportunity to be the industry leader in new technologies to protect the integrity of the online gameplay, which they have always marketed as being a great concern of theirs.
Just like we've never seen Microsoft office on the Mac? Oh wait...
welcome our new windshield wiperless car overlords.
We should all be buried with goatse pictures so that when they dig us up, they can be like, "What the fuck??".
Seriously. I'd like to know why more people aren't asking this question. With all of the cybercrime going on these days, nothing is safe from attacks so long as it is connected to the internet, from my computer to nuclear power plants. It just seems asinine to have any way of getting to the power plants controls from the internet.
You would think that somebody would realize the many errors in that info. 1. Elmer Fudd being a cartoon character 2. San Antonio being in Texas and not Road Island 3. 90210 being Beverly Hills and not Road Island Some people are idiots.
In Soviet Russia, laser shoots you!
Exactly. I'll be lucky to get one by this Christmas.
This is exactly why the only items I get off eBay are get it now items that are a fair amount cheaper than I would be able to get in any store near me, or items that are at a fair price that aren't available anywhere else.
I have never purchased a copy of Office, nor do I plan to anytime soon. I do, however, use Office 2007. In my opinion the learning curve using the ribbon is much smaller than that of previous versions of Office. 2007 runs smoother, I have not yet experience a crash, and there are several features that just make the experience much more pleasant than previous versions. Really, it's mostly just a lot of small things (live preview, save as PDF, etc) that should have been included in Office 2000 or earlier that makes me prefer Office 2007. Now mod me down for being pro-Microsoft
Here's my 2 cents worth. He his a police officer that wrote software to alleviate some menial tasks for him and his fellow officers. He wrote it in his free time and was not compensated for it (less the time he spent working on the clock), so he obviously was not looking to be compensated for it in the first place. I think that both the officer and the state want to own the source code to own the source code. The officer did write the code, so in my opinion, it belongs to him whether he did it on the clock or off, as there are no contracts or provisions stating that the state should receive control of the code. Anyway, I'll leave it at that since I feel I am starting to ramble.
Somebody is watching tooo much Ghostbusters!
Although, it seems like the new interface could be a lot like the interface on the LG Chocolate phone with touch sensitive buttons instead of actual click-able buttons. I wonder if LG has a patent for this yet or not.
It sounds like you hit the nail straight on the head.
It doesn't. It's not out yet...
Have I been watching 'The Simpsons' too long?
I'm not sure which is worse? Actually, I am, I would rather have SkyNet!
Of course I know of this think called "work". I "work" myself. I have Dell computers at my "work" which I must put up with. He said that HIS dell just cried, not the company computer that he is using at the moment.
P.S. Don't be so condescending, you get more friends that way (and keep the ones you have).
Anybody else remember this movie? They create a $99 pc, but realize that the only way to make it work is to make the OS accessible via the internet, not installed on the pc itself. Could this be far off from a future goal for Google?
You have a Dell? Why the hell are you on /.?
Remember kids, we parked in the Scratchy lot.
I think you're overestimating Microsoft's abilities.
Where can you get a motherboard for $25 with onboard video, sound, and the works?? You're looking at at least $75-$100 just for that.