"It was a nuisance lawsuit to us, and it was the most efficient decision to settle it for a minimal amount," said Lesley Pool, a spokeswoman for Affiliated Computer. She would not say the amount, but an article in The Dallas Business Journal, which DataTreasury has linked to its Web site, said it was $50,000.
What the hell? Is this what our legal system has come to? "Nuisance Lawsuits"?
This is not sustainable, and the situation could harm our judiciary processes right to the very core.
MMOs aren't supposed to run on unofficial servers.
Sure, UO and a bunch of others have been emulated to do it, but the only reason to even play the game is to be on the OFFICIAL servers, otherwise what sense of progress/accomplishment will you have had? I know I wouldn't have any. It would be pointless not playing with the exposure to thousands of people.
Especially if it's only seen by a few people. It's when that mentality starts bleeding into other things like semi-formal or official correspondence that we start to have problems.
I'm mostly a grammar nazi, even when i'm talking in IM's to people I use the same english I would use anywhere else. Don't really see a point in sounding like a 10 year old.
You're basically saying that formal education is a filtering tool, and I disagree.
The filtering tool, is the on-the-spot assessment of their intelligence, not how many pieces of paper they can pull out of their ass. In my experience, here's the basic list of what most people actually "learn" in college:
1.) Time management 2.) Slamming beer 3.) Self-motivation and task/goal orientation/execution 4.) Sometimes even some better communication skills, not guaranteed though. 5.) The false notion they actually know anything.
Then again, i'm used to working in mission environments, perhaps the "real-world" has an incurable amount of bullshit naturally associated with it.
I do not feel they are mutually exclusive.
I feel they either are, or aren't, based upon the situation.
You're attacking me from too much of an objective angle for you to be making any valid points.
If someone wants to learn a given discipline, whatever it might be, they'll be learning 100000% more when they take initiative to really learn it on their own, rather than through a ficticiously subjective course path that only usually provides some of the answers (that fit in line with the agenda of that College).
The only real way to learn math related material anyway is by actually getting your hands dirty, and applying it to real-world stuff. Everything else is just a test-lab, mostly useless beyond some core concepts which someone is either going to pick up, or not. Sorry to say, but generally people only learn things they have aptitude for. I can sit here all day long teaching you addition/subtraction, but if your mind just isn't at a level to learn it, you aren't going to learn it.
I've come to realize that "College" is just like a permission slip to your new boss saying you're authorized a little bit more pay, and perhaps a little more clout in obtaining the job you're after. Academics.. are for those who seek to learn, instead of treadmill it up.
I was done with math in 10th grade, and I said screw calculus, didn't need it.
Besides, just simply taking a course on anything doesn't mean you're learning anything. You seem to place too high a value on that.
I'm naturally gifted with math, it's my strongest subject by miles and miles, but I really don't like it that much. Love/Hate thing. Calculus was a joke in our system anyway, you're not teaching anyone anything when ~75% of the class is failing every major test and everything has to be graded on a bell curve.
Least, that's how it was with our school system, perhaps yours infuses lessons into your brains via the matrix.
From around 6th grade on, I probably did homework about half of the time, and never at home, always during class or during study halls, or i'd just half-ass it at the beginning of the day on the bus or in homeroom (where you usually spent your first 20-25 minutes of the day listening to announcements and crap).
I ended up in the low 90s for almost every year thereafter, all I really did was ace tests, turning in the occasional half-assed homework assignment that I usually scored pretty well on. Beyond that, all I did was sleep (I was awake for psychology/sociology though, and usually history if the topic didn't involve politics or religion, which bored me).
Not everyone is like that of course, and hell, the lack of motivation in HS still shines through in present life, not that it matters, i'm doing quite well for myself.
all of the media for Oblivion so far is proof of concept and tech demos, nothing that actually was produced for or that was shown running on Xbox 2 hardware.
Not to mention i'm pretty sure it was all concept stuff for the PC anyway.
By staying in the position he is, he is effectively condoning all actions his company takes.
Whether you like it or not, he can be held to a standard too, it's called honor. Something most people don't have anymore. I don't care how much "power" I wield, you put me in a position of responsibility for something that I have no control over, yet is doing all sorts of fucked up things, and i'm out of there faster than a bank robber.
Either do something or get out of the way, is how it should be, unfortunately people like him have no honor, just the dollar.
You took my attempt at humour and just stamped the living shit out of it. What do you do in your spare time? Deliver proof to christians that there is no god, and tell young children there is no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy?
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3.) Bill Gates gives his money away, becomes hermit.
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5.) DOT COM era back in full swing.
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it's like pointing out the sky is blue to someone who still will never understand that it's blue.
Still have to try.
What the hell? Is this what our legal system has come to? "Nuisance Lawsuits"?
This is not sustainable, and the situation could harm our judiciary processes right to the very core.
throw our economy into a downward spiral led by IP lawyers.
Human nature only recognizes the need for change once a given situation becomes catastrophically harmful.
Just run through some instances (while at the appropriate level for 'em)..
MMOs aren't supposed to run on unofficial servers.
Sure, UO and a bunch of others have been emulated to do it, but the only reason to even play the game is to be on the OFFICIAL servers, otherwise what sense of progress/accomplishment will you have had? I know I wouldn't have any. It would be pointless not playing with the exposure to thousands of people.
to get a clearance is through the military.
;)
Join the reserves (not the Army reserves, lol).
Of course, if you have a shady past, it won't help you.
Yeah, i've just never been interested in writing any code whatsoever. I'm an EE guy at heart, which is already enough crap flooding my brain. ;)
Thanks, yeah i'm not a real big "original" person. My slant is more of the "phpBB install/modification" avenue, rather than core PHP itself..
So I can read code just fine, i've just never cared to spare the time to actually learn it.
It's like gamespy was trying to appease both Sony and Blizzard by not knocking their faults too harshly.
I've never really done anything with Perl before though, just limited php/html, not a programming type.
Would appreciate help/guidance.
that would be acceptable.
Especially if it's only seen by a few people. It's when that mentality starts bleeding into other things like semi-formal or official correspondence that we start to have problems.
I'm mostly a grammar nazi, even when i'm talking in IM's to people I use the same english I would use anywhere else. Don't really see a point in sounding like a 10 year old.
You're basically saying that formal education is a filtering tool, and I disagree.
The filtering tool, is the on-the-spot assessment of their intelligence, not how many pieces of paper they can pull out of their ass. In my experience, here's the basic list of what most people actually "learn" in college:
1.) Time management
2.) Slamming beer
3.) Self-motivation and task/goal orientation/execution
4.) Sometimes even some better communication skills, not guaranteed though.
5.) The false notion they actually know anything.
Then again, i'm used to working in mission environments, perhaps the "real-world" has an incurable amount of bullshit naturally associated with it.
I do not feel they are mutually exclusive.
I feel they either are, or aren't, based upon the situation.
You're attacking me from too much of an objective angle for you to be making any valid points.
If someone wants to learn a given discipline, whatever it might be, they'll be learning 100000% more when they take initiative to really learn it on their own, rather than through a ficticiously subjective course path that only usually provides some of the answers (that fit in line with the agenda of that College).
The only real way to learn math related material anyway is by actually getting your hands dirty, and applying it to real-world stuff. Everything else is just a test-lab, mostly useless beyond some core concepts which someone is either going to pick up, or not. Sorry to say, but generally people only learn things they have aptitude for. I can sit here all day long teaching you addition/subtraction, but if your mind just isn't at a level to learn it, you aren't going to learn it.
I've come to realize that "College" is just like a permission slip to your new boss saying you're authorized a little bit more pay, and perhaps a little more clout in obtaining the job you're after. Academics.. are for those who seek to learn, instead of treadmill it up.
courses i've attended. :)
Of course, that doesn't matter right? You're just here to try to shove an agenda down my throat, or at least look good trying to do it.
Goodnight sir.
I was done with math in 10th grade, and I said screw calculus, didn't need it.
Besides, just simply taking a course on anything doesn't mean you're learning anything. You seem to place too high a value on that.
I'm naturally gifted with math, it's my strongest subject by miles and miles, but I really don't like it that much. Love/Hate thing. Calculus was a joke in our system anyway, you're not teaching anyone anything when ~75% of the class is failing every major test and everything has to be graded on a bell curve.
Least, that's how it was with our school system, perhaps yours infuses lessons into your brains via the matrix.
From around 6th grade on, I probably did homework about half of the time, and never at home, always during class or during study halls, or i'd just half-ass it at the beginning of the day on the bus or in homeroom (where you usually spent your first 20-25 minutes of the day listening to announcements and crap).
;)
I ended up in the low 90s for almost every year thereafter, all I really did was ace tests, turning in the occasional half-assed homework assignment that I usually scored pretty well on. Beyond that, all I did was sleep (I was awake for psychology/sociology though, and usually history if the topic didn't involve politics or religion, which bored me).
Not everyone is like that of course, and hell, the lack of motivation in HS still shines through in present life, not that it matters, i'm doing quite well for myself.
Selective motivation folks.
all of the media for Oblivion so far is proof of concept and tech demos, nothing that actually was produced for or that was shown running on Xbox 2 hardware. Not to mention i'm pretty sure it was all concept stuff for the PC anyway.
and should've known what I was replying to.. heh
By staying in the position he is, he is effectively condoning all actions his company takes.
Whether you like it or not, he can be held to a standard too, it's called honor. Something most people don't have anymore. I don't care how much "power" I wield, you put me in a position of responsibility for something that I have no control over, yet is doing all sorts of fucked up things, and i'm out of there faster than a bank robber.
Either do something or get out of the way, is how it should be, unfortunately people like him have no honor, just the dollar.
there be pirates trying to defeat your biometrics
mwahahahaha ;)
though whether it's you or me that is surprised, is debatable.
the obvious choice is Sane and Hot.