Okay, I can't ignore the "fighter jet video glasses." WTF are "fighter jet video glasses?" Are these something from the HUD of an F-16? Some sort of advanced pilot's night vision mask? Just a borderline Engrish adding on of "cool" nouns to make something hip with the kids these days?
Wait a sec. "The 912 "MP3" also features fighter jet technology "video glasses" to view e-mails..."
Ignoring the "fighter jet video glasses" for a second, isn't this some sort of jwz corollary? All home appliances expand until they can read e-mail.
Good point. How about open disclosure of all the screw-ups by that department. People are getting past incredibly lax security in many airports, and all the "color alerts" seem to do is create media buzzwords and hype.
"Fuscia alert, Bob! Run that clip of the dead babies..."
"We at the SCO Group have observed several companies, namely one known as the 'RIAA' acting in blatant mimicry of our tried-and-true bullying tactics. We will be taking them to court immediately..."
I agree. The point of a game should be to play it. If you can play it, then all is well. There's only so much you can expect out of people for game and/or system maintenance. Too many little siblings, pets, clumsy rommates, and freak accidents to expect trade-ins to be in Mint/Near-Mint condition.
I suppose we could call them "Chinese astronauts," as some people call cosmonauts "Russian astronauts." I'm sure the Chinese will start to call everyone else's space travelers "Laowai Taikonauts.":)
"Taikong" is a Chinese word that means space or cosmos. The resulted prefix "taiko-" is similar to "astro-" and "cosmo-" that makes three words perfectly symmetric, both in meaning and in form. Removing "g" from "taikong" is to make the word short and easy to pronounce. On the other side, its pronounciation is also close to "taikong ren", the Chinese words "space men".
I think the government's time and money would be best spent elsewhere. That would be a major, and largely pointless, undertaking. And even if for some godawful reason a "virtual internet" was created to be the punishment-free testbed for young virus writers, with their egos, they would never be satisfied until they got on the "real" internet and messed with "real" people.
As someone else pointed out, we wouldn't need the virus protection without the viruses. Also, I don't know if you've caught the numbers for each major "11:00 News" virus attack, but people aren't really learning their lesson this way. Sad but true.
Yes, users bear some responsibility for viruses' spread. Yes, I'm all for education of users. I work in tech support, believe me I'd love more educated users. Usually, I'm the one giving the basic lessons in the difference between a hard disk and a CD-ROM drive.
But the lion's share of the blame has to rest on the virus writers' collective shoulders. The vast majority have no pretensions of "educating the masses," or "simple curiosity." No, most of them just want to either a) screw people over for the hell of it, or b) get their (hopefully anonymous) 15 minutes of fame. These are the same types of people who will eventually be hired to write adware, spyware, and spamming apps. They are not heros. They are not admirable. They are degenerates and sociopaths, and they gives nerds and hackers horrible images with the very same "stupid users" that we have to interact with (and often get paid by) every day of our lives.
And don't forget the generic Caucasian skin that could end up named "Shigeo Tanida." Or the African-American "Sergei Mikhailov."
God I loved that game...
Actually, still do, since you can get a native Windows port with an XP-able hack.
Not everyone is American, btw. "Mobile" is the preferred colloquialism for mobile phone in England, much like "cell" for cell phone in the US.
Interestingly enough, according to a subtitled episode of "Coupling" I watched, in the Netherlands it's "GSM," I'm assuming in reference to the network. Weird.:)
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Okay, I can't ignore the "fighter jet video glasses." WTF are "fighter jet video glasses?" Are these something from the HUD of an F-16? Some sort of advanced pilot's night vision mask? Just a borderline Engrish adding on of "cool" nouns to make something hip with the kids these days?
Because I really need to hug my DVD player ...
..."
Wait a sec. "The 912 "MP3" also features fighter jet technology "video glasses" to view e-mails
Ignoring the "fighter jet video glasses" for a second, isn't this some sort of jwz corollary? All home appliances expand until they can read e-mail.
Good point. How about open disclosure of all the screw-ups by that department. People are getting past incredibly lax security in many airports, and all the "color alerts" seem to do is create media buzzwords and hype.
..."
"Fuscia alert, Bob! Run that clip of the dead babies
"We at the SCO Group have observed several companies, namely one known as the 'RIAA' acting in blatant mimicry of our tried-and-true bullying tactics. We will be taking them to court immediately ..."
:)
Now there's a dream matchup.
I agree. The point of a game should be to play it. If you can play it, then all is well. There's only so much you can expect out of people for game and/or system maintenance. Too many little siblings, pets, clumsy rommates, and freak accidents to expect trade-ins to be in Mint/Near-Mint condition.
I suppose we could call them "Chinese astronauts," as some people call cosmonauts "Russian astronauts." I'm sure the Chinese will start to call everyone else's space travelers "Laowai Taikonauts." :)
In case you were wondering like me ...
"Taikong" is a Chinese word that means space or cosmos. The resulted prefix "taiko-" is similar to "astro-" and "cosmo-" that makes three words perfectly symmetric, both in meaning and in form. Removing "g" from "taikong" is to make the word short and easy to pronounce. On the other side, its pronounciation is also close to "taikong ren", the Chinese words "space men".
Pardon me. I suppose I should have said I can't empathize with them.
I think the government's time and money would be best spent elsewhere. That would be a major, and largely pointless, undertaking. And even if for some godawful reason a "virtual internet" was created to be the punishment-free testbed for young virus writers, with their egos, they would never be satisfied until they got on the "real" internet and messed with "real" people.
As someone else pointed out, we wouldn't need the virus protection without the viruses. Also, I don't know if you've caught the numbers for each major "11:00 News" virus attack, but people aren't really learning their lesson this way. Sad but true.
Yes, users bear some responsibility for viruses' spread. Yes, I'm all for education of users. I work in tech support, believe me I'd love more educated users. Usually, I'm the one giving the basic lessons in the difference between a hard disk and a CD-ROM drive.
But the lion's share of the blame has to rest on the virus writers' collective shoulders. The vast majority have no pretensions of "educating the masses," or "simple curiosity." No, most of them just want to either a) screw people over for the hell of it, or b) get their (hopefully anonymous) 15 minutes of fame. These are the same types of people who will eventually be hired to write adware, spyware, and spamming apps. They are not heros. They are not admirable. They are degenerates and sociopaths, and they gives nerds and hackers horrible images with the very same "stupid users" that we have to interact with (and often get paid by) every day of our lives.
I've never understood the joy in writing viruses and wreaking havoc.
And don't forget the generic Caucasian skin that could end up named "Shigeo Tanida." Or the African-American "Sergei Mikhailov." God I loved that game ...
Actually, still do, since you can get a native Windows port with an XP-able hack.
Not everyone is American, btw. "Mobile" is the preferred colloquialism for mobile phone in England, much like "cell" for cell phone in the US. Interestingly enough, according to a subtitled episode of "Coupling" I watched, in the Netherlands it's "GSM," I'm assuming in reference to the network. Weird. :)