... they could say they were keeping up the habit of naming them after elements of backwards pagan mythologies, then name them Belphegor and Asmodeus, and wait to see how long it takes for someone to get it.
You have to smile while you're on the phone (uhm really?), follow the cubicle dress code (but I just answer the phone), not allowed to hang up on abusive customers no matter what they do.
Though there is a malicious call warning button (i.e. someone's made a death threat) that they won't tell you about until you press the unlabeled button accidentally and send people into a panic.
Also dress code is a good thing. I worked in a place that had "casual Friday", which was odd since most of us didn't get weekends off. For casual Friday one day a guy came in shirtless. Completely shirtless. Someone had to explain the difference between "casual" and "manboobs flopping around".
China has more people of above-average intelligence than America has people. How much of an army of moderately-clever hackers could they put together if they wanted?
Did they also patent their quality customer service where an employee tells you to wait in front of a display so it looks like you're a customer rather than someone who's been waiting over fifteen minutes just to talk to someone about your broken iPad?
Wow. Just when I thought that the Flash cartoons I once watched on Newgrounds couldn't possibly be relevant again, one shall get its nanosecond in the sun: There was one about bin Laden stealing pop music and porn that was just building up to a "Free Britney Spears, Porn" joke.
"Pirates of Silicon Valley" had a whole lot of inaccuracies in it, but on the surface it didn't appear to be a documentary.
As I recall - though it's been years, caveat lector - Woz was far kinder in his assessment of its accuracy than he is here. IIRC he felt that it at least conveyed the right idea, even if a lot of people got folded into movie-Woz and such.
... then I think that they deserve to do a little bit of poaching, seeing as EDS's motto while I was there was "How can we screw you while staying within the bounds of our contract today?"
I was once asked during a job interview how many sick days I expected to take in the next calendar year. That was quite the WTF. But hey, it was a call centre, what should one expect, regulatory compliance? HA!
Now I work at in a public-facing job that doesn't give me sick leave at all, but at least it's not a call centre.
Though RND(0) isn't really random; have it only poke characters into video memory and you'll get diagonal lines with untouched areas in between. I'm kinda rusty, but found this and it rings some faint bells:
http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue72/random_numbers.php
But yeah, seriously, drives me nuts. Microsoft releases an OS showing their lack of understanding of their userbase then proceeds to insinuate itself deeply into said userbase in an effort to manipulate it? Seems like if you were going to sink millions of dollars into that kind of subtle and pervasive marketing you could just put it into subtle and pervasive market research instead and not release a nuclear turd interface.
> Notch didnt make the movie, nor is Notch distributing the movie, and in all likelihood Notch doesnt even endorse the movie.
You were right until the third one. I don't know for sure if he endorses the finished product, but he let a camera crew follow him around repeatedly, so he at least endorsed it during filming.
Yes, by not spending money on something that's in a format I don't use, I am truly a fool. I have been shown the error of my ways by the great Anonymous Coward who buys gasoline for his pedal bike. I go now into the world to spread your gospel.
Well, if they were going to start with DRMed Windows only games, the AAA name in the title served as ample warning. I used to just look at the games without checking the sysreqs because DRM-free was a given. But as soon as I saw the AAA name on this one, I got suspicious and for the first time in a while, looked closer.
Thanks THQ, because of you I'll keep a closer eye on the Humble Bundles from now on so I don't get burned by some indie dev who thinks DRM is a good idea!
Not gonna BUY the darn thing, of course, but thanks!
Seeing as three of the four video game Kickstarters I gave money to were small amounts ($10-$20) mostly to assuage my guilt for pirating from the devs as a kid, I'm not entirely heartbroken if I don't see anything from them. The fourth was mostly because it looked awesome and they had a playable demo that convinced me to part with bigger chunk of change just because they looked like they could actually deliver, and I'm enjoying playing it right now (Project Giana).
So so far, no regrets on the game front.
Gaming in general, though, is different. I'll never give a damn cent to anything 2 Player Productions does again because we're STILL WAITING FOR THAT MINECRAFT DOCUMENTARY. Nor the guys from Extra Credits because seriously, guys? All I have to show for it is a sycophantic youtube video, a fuckton of Internet Drama over money that never saw a resolution from either side, and someone trying to sell me life insurance.
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... they could say they were keeping up the habit of naming them after elements of backwards pagan mythologies, then name them Belphegor and Asmodeus, and wait to see how long it takes for someone to get it.
Oh, now that's just rubbing it in. Pluto's gonna be pissed.
You have to smile while you're on the phone (uhm really?), follow the cubicle dress code (but I just answer the phone), not allowed to hang up on abusive customers no matter what they do.
Though there is a malicious call warning button (i.e. someone's made a death threat) that they won't tell you about until you press the unlabeled button accidentally and send people into a panic.
Also dress code is a good thing. I worked in a place that had "casual Friday", which was odd since most of us didn't get weekends off. For casual Friday one day a guy came in shirtless. Completely shirtless. Someone had to explain the difference between "casual" and "manboobs flopping around".
China has more people of above-average intelligence than America has people. How much of an army of moderately-clever hackers could they put together if they wanted?
Did they also patent their quality customer service where an employee tells you to wait in front of a display so it looks like you're a customer rather than someone who's been waiting over fifteen minutes just to talk to someone about your broken iPad?
Wow. Just when I thought that the Flash cartoons I once watched on Newgrounds couldn't possibly be relevant again, one shall get its nanosecond in the sun: There was one about bin Laden stealing pop music and porn that was just building up to a "Free Britney Spears, Porn" joke.
"Pirates of Silicon Valley" had a whole lot of inaccuracies in it, but on the surface it didn't appear to be a documentary.
As I recall - though it's been years, caveat lector - Woz was far kinder in his assessment of its accuracy than he is here. IIRC he felt that it at least conveyed the right idea, even if a lot of people got folded into movie-Woz and such.
Solution: Liquid concrete!
... then I think that they deserve to do a little bit of poaching, seeing as EDS's motto while I was there was "How can we screw you while staying within the bounds of our contract today?"
I was once asked during a job interview how many sick days I expected to take in the next calendar year. That was quite the WTF. But hey, it was a call centre, what should one expect, regulatory compliance? HA!
Now I work at in a public-facing job that doesn't give me sick leave at all, but at least it's not a call centre.
Though RND(0) isn't really random; have it only poke characters into video memory and you'll get diagonal lines with untouched areas in between. I'm kinda rusty, but found this and it rings some faint bells: http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue72/random_numbers.php
drinking games that ensure alcohol poisoning.
Is there any other kind?
I saw it on the Sci-Fi channel when I was younger. The brain still occasionally gets "Livin' in the 21st Century" stuck on loop.
Or alternately: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOaIm3dcD4
(Human as Terrahawks character singing about Thunderbirds characters. Ow my head.)
That's just what a shill would say!
But yeah, seriously, drives me nuts. Microsoft releases an OS showing their lack of understanding of their userbase then proceeds to insinuate itself deeply into said userbase in an effort to manipulate it? Seems like if you were going to sink millions of dollars into that kind of subtle and pervasive marketing you could just put it into subtle and pervasive market research instead and not release a nuclear turd interface.
> Notch didnt make the movie, nor is Notch distributing the movie, and in all likelihood Notch doesnt even endorse the movie.
You were right until the third one. I don't know for sure if he endorses the finished product, but he let a camera crew follow him around repeatedly, so he at least endorsed it during filming.
> I'd suspect that this film has already been paid for (by Mojang)
By the people who Kickstarted it, actually.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2pp/minecraft-the-story-of-mojang
http://www.tlmc.eu/
One of the wonderful upgrades in Doom 2: IDCLIP
If you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to hide.
(...)
It's a matter of national security.
Yes, by not spending money on something that's in a format I don't use, I am truly a fool. I have been shown the error of my ways by the great Anonymous Coward who buys gasoline for his pedal bike. I go now into the world to spread your gospel.
Well, if they were going to start with DRMed Windows only games, the AAA name in the title served as ample warning. I used to just look at the games without checking the sysreqs because DRM-free was a given. But as soon as I saw the AAA name on this one, I got suspicious and for the first time in a while, looked closer.
Thanks THQ, because of you I'll keep a closer eye on the Humble Bundles from now on so I don't get burned by some indie dev who thinks DRM is a good idea!
Not gonna BUY the darn thing, of course, but thanks!
So so far, no regrets on the game front.
Gaming in general, though, is different. I'll never give a damn cent to anything 2 Player Productions does again because we're STILL WAITING FOR THAT MINECRAFT DOCUMENTARY. Nor the guys from Extra Credits because seriously, guys? All I have to show for it is a sycophantic youtube video, a fuckton of Internet Drama over money that never saw a resolution from either side, and someone trying to sell me life insurance.
... and I'm not stressed about it at all. Huh. My anecdote IS the singular of data!
Since the CRIA is composed of the exact same companies as the RIAA, it would be shocking if they didn't use the same tactics.
http://consumerist.com/2012/11/26/bank-of-america-is-really-good-at-losing-documents-really-bad-at-believing-my-mother-is-dead/