what you know, what you want to learn and your present/past work experience.
It's not like doing an MBA where one college offers a stronger program than another. We're talking about a program where work experience matters more than where you studied and that is IF you studied (a bunch of selt-taught employed people out there).
At the beginning when searching for a good job in that field, it might be a bit harder because they will see that you don't have much experience and pay attention to your past educational experience but once you're in a job and that you get experience and that people know you're valuable to the company, it will be easier and easier to find another job as you can the work experience. Then again, that applies to many programs but its true in C.S
now I have to dress up just to make a phone call... I won't. This is my house and I'l be damned if somebody who's calling early in the morning will force me to put on some pants. If the caller is aware of this technology, then he should be aware of the consequences and consequences he shall have!
They'll go after the bastard with the deepest pocket.
And it wouldn't make sense to sue these end-users because a lot of them have no clue if their copy is legal or not. They see an add in a pc newspaper of somesort or the net, call to get info and hooray they got a new pc with windows xp and that's all they know.
Sue a person who went for the cheapest deal or sue the person making cash out of these cheap deals? This is an easy question for M$.
Good point but can you carefully tell me how the heck does a cd key get entered into an account once its registered within the customer's account? It can't. Steam will popup saying "Duplicate CD KEY. This one is already in use" which makes almost everything you said false.
Once a cd key is entered, it takes $10 to make Valve remove it from an account. Otherwise, its there as long as Steam is running and even if you gave your cd key to somebody, that would be useless because nobody else can use it. Somebody would have to hack you some way to gain access of your account information and then if Valve detects that the same account is used among a range of different ip addresses, then the cd key will be subject to ban.
There have been many threads going on where we argued on how useless and unfair (compared to customers who bought it off steam) the cd-check is and valve did not reply even once. Instead, the moderators deleted the "800+ replies" thread but it's far from over because there are many other threads currently on this topic that are open to discussion and hopefully, we will make enough noise to get them to listen.
Using a no-cd patch with steam is a risk that you take because afaik, it could detect it but I can't confirm that. Frankly, this is Valve's job to remove the cd-check which is, like I said many times, utterly useless since activating Hl2 thru steam with your cd key is good enough to prove that one person has a legit copy. Even if the game had no-cd check, sharing the cds would be useless since Steam would popup asking for a valid key which is already in use....
Kruger: Uh George we got a situation here. My accountant told me there's no such thing as the Human Fund. George: Well... there could be Kruger: Well I don't get it. If there was no such as the Human Fund, then those Christmas gifts were Fake. You better have a damn good reason why you gave ME a fake christmas gift George: Well sir.... the thing is.... I don't.. celebrate Christmas... I celebrate Festivus Kruger: Feminist? George: Festivus!
Give me a break. They care andy they don't care. In the steampowered.com forums, there are many threads related to "remove cd-check". The original one was over 800 posts and it ended up getting deleted and valve didn't even make a single post. Suspicious if you ask me.
But yes, other than that, its good to see them fix this problem
Isn't there a Dilbert comic that has Dogbert saying that humans will always go towards the thing that looks the most tempting/fun because it's our nature?
How is that less professional than Ballmer running around making everyone deaf or better yet, making a complete ass of himself on this shocking microsoft windows ad 15 years ago
There is a time and place when you have to be professional but it's not true that because you're in a business that you have to be politically correct 100% of the time.
Look at the way despair.com's faq is written and then think twice.
Thanks to everyone who came out to show their support for us and who defended us when everyone was calling us gay.
for people who didn't know the source of who "everyone" represents, its a way that nullsoft puts it to make it sound less offensif but I think we could all simply read that as
Slashdot Mirror
You qualify if you can manage to put "eh" and "yehaw" in one sentence that makes some sence.
Microsoft VirtualPC
nono. you're right.
MySQL is there cause people aren't willing to learn the full potential of SQL which postgresql takes advantage of.
In general, people try MySQL because
1) It's popular among php boards and its name is reknown
2) It's easy
Then you see those sites with mysql query errors when under heavy load or whichever silly programming mistakes.
MySQL is popular because its easy
wow I didn't know English was the language of all the citizens on Earth.
I guess all those countries with different cultures and differences are just fictional imaginations produced by my brain.
Having English as a second language, I could careless about those corrections but Hey, thanks for writing AND understanding.
In other news, anonymous cowards land on Mars
After seeing that paralyzed woman walk for the first time, now this?
Its a uber week BUT how concrete is their statement? Ah...
what you know, what you want to learn and your present/past work experience.
It's not like doing an MBA where one college offers a stronger program than another. We're talking about a program where work experience matters more than where you studied and that is IF you studied (a bunch of selt-taught employed people out there).
At the beginning when searching for a good job in that field, it might be a bit harder because they will see that you don't have much experience and pay attention to your past educational experience but once you're in a job and that you get experience and that people know you're valuable to the company, it will be easier and easier to find another job as you can the work experience. Then again, that applies to many programs but its true in C.S
I'm not sure whats so unique about it. I doubt anything is unique AND good but I could be wrong.
Is it to try and compete with Microsoft, some nostalgic reason or what?
One thing is sure, planting a windows pc will produce radishes that the people of Shelbyville will "enjoy".
in other words, a different operating system :p
now I have to dress up just to make a phone call...
I won't. This is my house and I'l be damned if somebody who's calling early in the morning will force me to put on some pants. If the caller is aware of this technology, then he should be aware of the consequences and consequences he shall have!
wmv9 and a slashdotted site?
One's a sick duck... I can't remember how it ends but your (you slashdotters) mother's a whore.
They'll go after the bastard with the deepest pocket.
And it wouldn't make sense to sue these end-users because a lot of them have no clue if their copy is legal or not. They see an add in a pc newspaper of somesort or the net, call to get info and hooray they got a new pc with windows xp and that's all they know.
Sue a person who went for the cheapest deal or sue the person making cash out of these cheap deals? This is an easy question for M$.
Homer: Comon! Damn You! OVULATE!
Machine: *You are out of sperm*
*Homer leaves. Krusty hops on the seat*
Krusty: Hey baby, remember me!
Good point but can you carefully tell me how the heck does a cd key get entered into an account once its registered within the customer's account? It can't. Steam will popup saying "Duplicate CD KEY. This one is already in use" which makes almost everything you said false.
Once a cd key is entered, it takes $10 to make Valve remove it from an account. Otherwise, its there as long as Steam is running and even if you gave your cd key to somebody, that would be useless because nobody else can use it. Somebody would have to hack you some way to gain access of your account information and then if Valve detects that the same account is used among a range of different ip addresses, then the cd key will be subject to ban.
There have been many threads going on where we argued on how useless and unfair (compared to customers who bought it off steam) the cd-check is and valve did not reply even once. Instead, the moderators deleted the "800+ replies" thread but it's far from over because there are many other threads currently on this topic that are open to discussion and hopefully, we will make enough noise to get them to listen.
Using a no-cd patch with steam is a risk that you take because afaik, it could detect it but I can't confirm that. Frankly, this is Valve's job to remove the cd-check which is, like I said many times, utterly useless since activating Hl2 thru steam with your cd key is good enough to prove that one person has a legit copy. Even if the game had no-cd check, sharing the cds would be useless since Steam would popup asking for a valid key which is already in use....
Kruger: Uh George we got a situation here. My accountant told me there's no such thing as the Human Fund. .. celebrate Christmas... I celebrate Festivus
George: Well... there could be
Kruger: Well I don't get it. If there was no such as the Human Fund, then those Christmas gifts were Fake. You better have a damn good reason why you gave ME a fake christmas gift
George: Well sir.... the thing is.... I don't
Kruger: Feminist?
George: Festivus!
Watch out for the G-Man for he is watching your ass!
good to see Valve finally acknowledge it.
Give me a break. They care andy they don't care. In the steampowered.com forums, there are many threads related to "remove cd-check". The original one was over 800 posts and it ended up getting deleted and valve didn't even make a single post. Suspicious if you ask me.
But yes, other than that, its good to see them fix this problem
Didn't know it took a Senate to confirm that.
Isn't there a Dilbert comic that has Dogbert saying that humans will always go towards the thing that looks the most tempting/fun because it's our nature?
We're human. LET MY PORNO GO
Seriously, we should punish the idiots on the road who can't drive, then we might have more fun going home from work at rush hour.
Why should I trust a computer to do something that I can surely do? and that is: Drive
Some ppl can drive, some can't. I surely won't be punished by having a noob controlling my vehicle under any circumstance
will be made out of flapjacks.
How is that less professional than Ballmer running around making everyone deaf or better yet, making a complete ass of himself on this shocking microsoft windows ad 15 years ago
There is a time and place when you have to be professional but it's not true that because you're in a business that you have to be politically correct 100% of the time.
Look at the way despair.com's faq is written and then think twice.
Thanks to everyone who came out to show their support for us and who defended us when everyone was calling us gay.
for people who didn't know the source of who "everyone" represents, its a way that nullsoft puts it to make it sound less offensif but I think we could all simply read that as
AOL was calling us gay.
Duke Nukem Forever?
A Simpsons reference like I said.
For more info on the episode Simpsons: Lisa's Rival