Except this one has (apparently) no religious pretense at all. This is some standard nutjob trying to make a name for himself. I'd rank this guy up there with the lizard people crowd. No sense in bringing more bias into the story if it's just not there. Heck, according to the article he's not as munch debunking Darwin as proposing that some alternate understanding of evolution without doing any sort of real observation or experiments.
As one article points out, the bar for libel is pretty high in the US, especially for public or semi-public figures. The author of the book has put themselves in the public view multiple times, for many different things. I'd expect it never makes it to court.
Just a quick question... On what basis do you claim Pivar is a religious nutball? I've read most of the connected articles and it sounds like he's just a regular nutball, religion isn't mentioned anywhere that I've seen. Unless you're just inferring that because he's putting up something contrary to real evolutionary theory (which I would maintain makes him a regular nutball).
It won't matter. The first thing to do is get some politicians in place that are willing to actually try to minimize outsourcing and H1-B Visas. Or at least put policies in place that make it less attractive. It doesn't matter how many qualified college graduates we have stateside if companies refuse to look at them.
I just wander what caused the complete round about turn, sounds like they found someone in a position of power who was too money orientated got replaced.
Based on my time in the corporate world, I'd guess they were close to having something else marketable in the video world (as part of their "refocusing"), and that it would hit soon enough that they figured people wouldn't have completely forgotten about their last...faux pas.
My betting money says that if they weren't about to launch something in roughly the same space (or partner with someone in the same space), they wouldn't give two hoots about any lingering bad PR.
Some portion of the people likely don't act online as they would in real life. But there would be real life asshats to make up for it.
For example, if I were told I had TB and that I had best not travel, I probably wouldn't, regardless of whether it was to protect themselves or not. There'd be that little voice saying TB is contagious, and I probably shouldn't run the risk...
I don't know how much effort it would take on the part of developers, but if they get a good game together that the ESRB gives an AO rating, maybe the answer is to tone it down enough for a M rating and then also offer the unrated edition available from their websites. They could (potentially) cash in on the console market and the people who decide to impulse buy it at the store, and have the unrated version available for PC gamers. Maybe, if the sales look good enough, that'd creep over into console manufacturers giving a license to release AO games on their platform.
I'll grant you, it's not doable if the gameplay is centered around some AO elements, but if it's a matter of swapping some skins and maybe tweaking a part or two around...
Or, does the video game industry have enough power (read: money) yet to get government to change the rules?
Obviously not, or some senators wouldn't be calling for probes into video games. They don't seem to have a problem with their buddies in Hollywood, though...
That they've counted and not included in the total. What I've learned from reading over the list, is that I shouldn't trust and government agency with sensitive data. Ever. Private industries seem to be fairing better (or not uniformly reporting their issues). My data has been exposed thanks to the VA theft a while back, my wife's was recently compromised by a third party check clearing service that we weren't knowingly doing business with.
And to top it all off, there's talk in some areas about sending private data over sees to cut the costs of processing it locally. I bet that won't get screwed up at all.
A natural person *is* offered settlements when they commit a crime. They call it a plea deal. You agree to take responsibility/blame/whatever for a crime, and the government agrees to give you a more palatable sentance.
That having been said, I agree that more *people* need to be held accountable for their actions when it's done under the guise of a corporation. I'm a little bit confused why there aren't criminal charges pending against the ex-CEO and the private investigator they hired.
But I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of people who are trying to scrutinize people by looking for subtle clues to their state of mind as they go through security and flag some people for better security. It's got to be better than the "random" checking that goes on now.
The flipside to that is that I don't trust anybody I've interacted with at TSA to be astute enough to actually flag people properly. One *might* be able to get a few well trained people everywhere, but you're not going to be able to get enough to do any good. The next logical step is going to be trying to integrate it with all those "face recognition" programs we're always hearing about...and that won't work so well either.
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The public education system has been failing gifted students since long before No Child Left Behind.
That's the surprising new recommendation from the National School Boards Association -- a not-for-profit organization representing 95,000 school board members -- in a new study funded by Microsoft, News Corporation, and Verizon. >
So, basically, this article is saying that a group that's received funding for studies from big name technology companies has caused another group, with hardy approval from big name technology companies, to support teaching kids about on-line safety. Perhaps the part they're leaving out involves something about using on the best Genuine Microsoft OS and Symantec security software is the best bet...
I know it's hip to hate Fox News... But the actual article describes the people denying global warming is man made as a "fringe group" and includes quotes from British researchers pointing out that it really doesn't matter on a global scale.
I would think that if Verus is referring people to an alternate service, there would be some sort of contractual agreement between the two. The investors might have to assume some liability for preventing legal redress of problems.
For that matter, I would the federal government would be all over it for violation of HIPA regulations.
I hate the RIAA and the assorted *IAA's that seem to want nothing more than to force me to re-buy something I've already bought over and over again, but is an email inquiry really worth anything? There's no real mechanism for guaranteeing delivery of the email, short of a reply from the recipient. If they'd sent a certified letter and heard nothing back, that'd be one thing. But an email seems to be wide open to "we never got it" or "the guy that checks that account was out the last two weeks."
There used to be, and probably still are, a few websites that offered "hacking challenges" where there would be a brief description of a potential security hole, and a clean place to play around to see if you could uncover it and progress to the next challenge. I enjoyed those, and learned a lot of relatively simple (but often overlooked) things in a short period of time.
"Games" like that would work quite well, at least for a limited subset of the work market.
Games are under such sustained, and unfounded, attack because of the violence that they portray - still dramatically less gruesome that what is commonplace in film and TV
What hypocrisy? If you try really hard, you'll hear multiple sides of a lot issues thrown around. Unless we finally get all the way to enforced groupthink, my neighbor doing something I speak out against doesn't make either of us a hypocrite.
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Except this one has (apparently) no religious pretense at all. This is some standard nutjob trying to make a name for himself. I'd rank this guy up there with the lizard people crowd. No sense in bringing more bias into the story if it's just not there. Heck, according to the article he's not as munch debunking Darwin as proposing that some alternate understanding of evolution without doing any sort of real observation or experiments.
As one article points out, the bar for libel is pretty high in the US, especially for public or semi-public figures. The author of the book has put themselves in the public view multiple times, for many different things. I'd expect it never makes it to court.
Just a quick question... On what basis do you claim Pivar is a religious nutball? I've read most of the connected articles and it sounds like he's just a regular nutball, religion isn't mentioned anywhere that I've seen. Unless you're just inferring that because he's putting up something contrary to real evolutionary theory (which I would maintain makes him a regular nutball).
It won't matter. The first thing to do is get some politicians in place that are willing to actually try to minimize outsourcing and H1-B Visas. Or at least put policies in place that make it less attractive. It doesn't matter how many qualified college graduates we have stateside if companies refuse to look at them.
I just wander what caused the complete round about turn, sounds like they found someone in a position of power who was too money orientated got replaced.
Based on my time in the corporate world, I'd guess they were close to having something else marketable in the video world (as part of their "refocusing"), and that it would hit soon enough that they figured people wouldn't have completely forgotten about their last...faux pas.
My betting money says that if they weren't about to launch something in roughly the same space (or partner with someone in the same space), they wouldn't give two hoots about any lingering bad PR.
Because backhoes just won't cut it anymore.
Some portion of the people likely don't act online as they would in real life. But there would be real life asshats to make up for it.
For example, if I were told I had TB and that I had best not travel, I probably wouldn't, regardless of whether it was to protect themselves or not. There'd be that little voice saying TB is contagious, and I probably shouldn't run the risk...
I don't know how much effort it would take on the part of developers, but if they get a good game together that the ESRB gives an AO rating, maybe the answer is to tone it down enough for a M rating and then also offer the unrated edition available from their websites. They could (potentially) cash in on the console market and the people who decide to impulse buy it at the store, and have the unrated version available for PC gamers. Maybe, if the sales look good enough, that'd creep over into console manufacturers giving a license to release AO games on their platform.
I'll grant you, it's not doable if the gameplay is centered around some AO elements, but if it's a matter of swapping some skins and maybe tweaking a part or two around...
Or, does the video game industry have enough power (read: money) yet to get government to change the rules?
Obviously not, or some senators wouldn't be calling for probes into video games. They don't seem to have a problem with their buddies in Hollywood, though...
There is, but all the people that get caught keep removing themselves from the page!
That they've counted and not included in the total. What I've learned from reading over the list, is that I shouldn't trust and government agency with sensitive data. Ever. Private industries seem to be fairing better (or not uniformly reporting their issues). My data has been exposed thanks to the VA theft a while back, my wife's was recently compromised by a third party check clearing service that we weren't knowingly doing business with.
And to top it all off, there's talk in some areas about sending private data over sees to cut the costs of processing it locally. I bet that won't get screwed up at all.
A natural person *is* offered settlements when they commit a crime. They call it a plea deal. You agree to take responsibility/blame/whatever for a crime, and the government agrees to give you a more palatable sentance.
That having been said, I agree that more *people* need to be held accountable for their actions when it's done under the guise of a corporation. I'm a little bit confused why there aren't criminal charges pending against the ex-CEO and the private investigator they hired.
But I'm not necessarily opposed to the idea of people who are trying to scrutinize people by looking for subtle clues to their state of mind as they go through security and flag some people for better security. It's got to be better than the "random" checking that goes on now.
The flipside to that is that I don't trust anybody I've interacted with at TSA to be astute enough to actually flag people properly. One *might* be able to get a few well trained people everywhere, but you're not going to be able to get enough to do any good. The next logical step is going to be trying to integrate it with all those "face recognition" programs we're always hearing about...and that won't work so well either.
The public education system has been failing gifted students since long before No Child Left Behind.
But I was impressed the author took the time to point out some of the good ones rather than just vilifying the more craptastic.
I knew I recognized them...
That's the surprising new recommendation from the National School Boards Association -- a not-for-profit organization representing 95,000 school board members -- in a new study funded by Microsoft, News Corporation, and Verizon. >
So, basically, this article is saying that a group that's received funding for studies from big name technology companies has caused another group, with hardy approval from big name technology companies, to support teaching kids about on-line safety. Perhaps the part they're leaving out involves something about using on the best Genuine Microsoft OS and Symantec security software is the best bet...
I know it's hip to hate Fox News... But the actual article describes the people denying global warming is man made as a "fringe group" and includes quotes from British researchers pointing out that it really doesn't matter on a global scale.
I would think that if Verus is referring people to an alternate service, there would be some sort of contractual agreement between the two. The investors might have to assume some liability for preventing legal redress of problems.
For that matter, I would the federal government would be all over it for violation of HIPA regulations.
I hate the RIAA and the assorted *IAA's that seem to want nothing more than to force me to re-buy something I've already bought over and over again, but is an email inquiry really worth anything? There's no real mechanism for guaranteeing delivery of the email, short of a reply from the recipient. If they'd sent a certified letter and heard nothing back, that'd be one thing. But an email seems to be wide open to "we never got it" or "the guy that checks that account was out the last two weeks."
There used to be, and probably still are, a few websites that offered "hacking challenges" where there would be a brief description of a potential security hole, and a clean place to play around to see if you could uncover it and progress to the next challenge. I enjoyed those, and learned a lot of relatively simple (but often overlooked) things in a short period of time.
"Games" like that would work quite well, at least for a limited subset of the work market.
Except that their physical security is apparently so poor that I can't imagine their data security is much better.
"All the data is protected, as long as the thieves don't look at the password sticker hidden inside the case."
Games are under such sustained, and unfounded, attack because of the violence that they portray - still dramatically less gruesome that what is commonplace in film and TV
The best reason is that there are plenty of PS3's sitting around collecting dust on store shelves. Should get some use out of them, anyway :)
What hypocrisy? If you try really hard, you'll hear multiple sides of a lot issues thrown around. Unless we finally get all the way to enforced groupthink, my neighbor doing something I speak out against doesn't make either of us a hypocrite.