Achievement points show some progress in the game if used wisely. If it's used to do Achievement whoring it's mostly causing only competitive behavior.
I recommend that you immediately inform management of the problem. If they are hesitant to buy proper licenses, inform them that you need to start uninstalling the unlicensed software (and be sure to follow through on this if you have to). That will help motivate them to do the right thing.
No offense, but, to motivate management you'll sure not need to kick against their heels...
If you'd like to motivate them, you better explain the truth about licensing, BSA and liability, which gives much MUCH more motivation!
Your motivation would be -the direct way out- of a company, for most managers, with that kind of attitude! Wonder if this has to do with your nickname;)
Do you really think, any decision taken now taking away your civil rights, protecting the government even more; would be changed just by changing one person? I've lost that faith for a few years now, after regarding politics in detail...
Once it's in place it usually stays there unless it's really *needed* for the common people to get rid of it; and yet; there are still ridiculous laws around...
Maybe it reached its no. 3 chart position thanks to actions like this?
So, yes, I think so too, the RIAA should put everyone into jail to get their artists in the top-5!;) Sounds like a great business strategy... eradicate those who could copy!
Involve the AA! Send them to the bottom of the ocean to change those bottom-dwelling creatures to live without alcohol! Yes! You fish can do it too! Send in the Alcohol Anemones!
I've been writing about this lately at my blog about this. Why would a president be able to pay for his commercial deeds with 1 euro symbolic, while the others get outragious fines?
How could one who creates the rules, break them so open and public, without the majority fighting back. How could you ever believe in one who breaks his own rules, pissing on the artists in symbolism?
For about 250 Euro you can rent yourself a spot per month; which is half of a house-rent.
Instead of creating more possibilities for the people living in town, they scrap parking spots and write up more! Without any consideration of living in that area while dropping off groceries with the car...
The only hours you might be able to find a parking spot without driving around for 20 minutes is not on fridays & saturdays and at night (around 1:30-5:00).
As cherry on top, some cops are REALLY blind when they NEED to see the Antwerp citizen parking card; creating unwanted fines and court cases by the dozens. I'm glad they've been commercializing Antwerpen-Parking because these people seem to be atleast looking to the presence of that card... mostly... that is;)
I've been adopting the CC+ licensing system in Belgium for some time now and have been unable to join Sabam, the Belgian variant of the HFA, Stemra,...
These organizations demand you to sign away your rights, including those you've been creating under Creative Commons! Making it impossible to release Creative Commons music without royalties being forced up for it. This is one of the basic reasons I've not been joining Sabam yet, to not sign away my current ideal of the ability to release non-commercial with commercial releases as one artist!
More information about this can be found here. I'd like to see some more active progress in the rights system towards existing organizations luring away the common artist from their creative ideal.
I guess discussions "could" be started, by the CC crowd, towards these organizations defending the CC right; since they are basically pissing upon other contracts/licensing deals or forms. In Holland they've started a pilot program to allow CC, but not CC+; since that would have to go through Stemra.
Why shouldn't an artist be free to do what they want with their OWN productions? Even if this is for (non)commercial usage (only) ?
When I'm IRL, even being programmer, I don't carry my keyboard with me all the time.. So I am AFK.. Although, when I am AFK; I'm not always "IRL".. for example on a game like WOW.
I think we should the acronym AFK for which it is.
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Achievement points show some progress in the game if used wisely. If it's used to do Achievement whoring it's mostly causing only competitive behavior.
I need a achievement boost badly, running around in Twink gear! ;)
Someone has seen too much The Matrix ;)
Very soon they will use us, like we currently use 12/24V batteries in autocars...
In what kind of age do you live ? It's 2009, where AI is still in it's babysteps...
By then we don't have robots to deal with, but grey goo ;)
We've got MAC people and PC people ...
PC people swear with the original IBM Model M keyboard;
MAC people seem to be swearing for the original Apple keyboard.
So .... What's the difference ?
Why turn to a new format without better benefits?
For the meta-data? right...
No offense, but, to motivate management you'll sure not need to kick against their heels ...
If you'd like to motivate them, you better explain the truth about licensing, BSA and liability, which gives much MUCH more motivation!
Your motivation would be -the direct way out- of a company, for most managers, with that kind of attitude! Wonder if this has to do with your nickname ;)
How would you feel when you are lost?
Evolution found a way to not feel so bad as before, when yelling ... I'M LOOOSTTT!!!!
... but in a way we are all monkeys ... so .. the apple sure didn't fall far from the tree...
Intelligence isn't measurable but discoverable ...
We should be happy to know our own evolution as primate; it shows intelligence has gone a far ride ... (with lots of obstacles) ..
Attach pipes to it, REAL pipes, use them as central heating for the offices surrounding the serverspace.
pro's: efficient use of energy, never cold walls ;)
con's: system administrator absolutely love heat when they work around the clock
... Give them time to change that ;)
Do you really think, any decision taken now taking away your civil rights, protecting the government even more; ...
would be changed just by changing one person? I've lost that faith for a few years now, after regarding politics in detail
Once it's in place it usually stays there unless it's really *needed* for the common people to get rid of it; and yet; there are still ridiculous laws around...
Great! We got the Borg mentality ...
Guess we're now missing the Borg overlords to finish the job for you ;)
Dr Sbaitso, are you back?
Maybe it reached its no. 3 chart position thanks to actions like this?
So, yes, I think so too, the RIAA should put everyone into jail to get their artists in the top-5! ;) ... eradicate those who could copy!
Sounds like a great business strategy
Involve the AA! Send them to the bottom of the ocean to change those bottom-dwelling creatures to live without alcohol!
Yes! You fish can do it too! Send in the Alcohol Anemones!
Isn't Fruityloops (the music sequencer) made by Imageline ?
I've been writing about this lately at my blog about this. Why would a president be able to pay for his commercial deeds with 1 euro symbolic, while the others get outragious fines?
How could one who creates the rules, break them so open and public, without the majority fighting back. How could you ever believe in one who breaks his own rules, pissing on the artists in symbolism?
For about 250 Euro you can rent yourself a spot per month; which is half of a house-rent.
Instead of creating more possibilities for the people living in town, they scrap parking spots and write up more!
Without any consideration of living in that area while dropping off groceries with the car...
The only hours you might be able to find a parking spot without driving around for 20 minutes is not on fridays & saturdays and at night (around 1:30-5:00).
As cherry on top, some cops are REALLY blind when they NEED to see the Antwerp citizen parking card; creating unwanted fines and court cases by the dozens. I'm glad they've been commercializing Antwerpen-Parking because these people seem to be atleast looking to the presence of that card... mostly ... that is ;)
I've been adopting the CC+ licensing system in Belgium for some time now and have been unable to join Sabam, the Belgian variant of the HFA, Stemra, ...
These organizations demand you to sign away your rights, including those you've been creating under Creative Commons! Making it impossible to release Creative Commons music without royalties being forced up for it. This is one of the basic reasons I've not been joining Sabam yet, to not sign away my current ideal of the ability to release non-commercial with commercial releases as one artist!
More information about this can be found here. I'd like to see some more active progress in the rights system towards existing organizations luring away the common artist from their creative ideal.
I guess discussions "could" be started, by the CC crowd, towards these organizations defending the CC right; since they are basically pissing upon other contracts/licensing deals or forms. In Holland they've started a pilot program to allow CC, but not CC+; since that would have to go through Stemra.
Why shouldn't an artist be free to do what they want with their OWN productions? Even if this is for (non)commercial usage (only) ?
That one we have to be careful for too, not running in a crowd of evil foes ... check the history on the net too!
AFK = Away From Keyboard
IRL = In Real Life
When I'm IRL, even being programmer, I don't carry my keyboard with me all the time.. .. Although, when I am AFK; I'm not always "IRL" .. for example on a game like WOW.
So I am AFK
I think we should the acronym AFK for which it is.
Checked the basement of some of our fellow /.'s yet ? ;)
comeon, confess, most of you got atleast something older than a 8086 lying around "as junk"..
Unless someone registers the domain in a hurry ...
You have to know, I've got a crate full of those adapters; If they only wore a label for which purpose they were when I've put them together!
It's nice on the other end to have a type of adapter for any current/voltage...
If I only knew for which purpose they were!