>First is the government's enormous investment, with funding increases far above the rate of inflation Well of course, when the person that comes up with something good or important, they will have to give it to china directly and it will be china's property, second, their trials for medicine are totally different then ours, so if they come out with a supposed cure, the government has no problems testing right away on humans before doing real studies on animals...also, if you think about it, they have 4 times the population as the US, so of course they will be ahead, as well as all the cyber espionage they have been doing, what ever we have come up with, they now know, so we need to do the same to them....so as to keep relatively side by side.
Actually the reverse psychology might have merit too. I understand your point and do think of it as punishment for things done, however, if I look at it as a smart person trying to think outside the box, because let's face it, crime is at an all time high, and prison is no deterrent of any kind.....they come out of there less reformed then before...angry they got caught, and how they are going to f*ck sh*t up once they get out....
I say, force them all to play d&d 24/7, so that they get addicted to it so badly they have their own little meets, then once they are out in the real world, there lives revolve around these meets to play d&d, and they also get out of shape enough to realize, forget robbing a bank, you're not even able to run the distance of a block, let alone make a getaway.
Who knows, it might make them softer too, depending on how the dungeon master steers them towards....saving a princess or doing good deeds within the game, might change their outlook, and give them a less jaded experience in jail.
I prefer carrying a personal recorder at all times, especially when I think something important is going to be exchanged, such as info on how to keep safe on the network or how to back up...then when I show up with the recorder when someone does not own up to doing their own thing instead of the right thing....it becomes evident who is to blame.
Also, if you take it then that means they will try to deal it, if you show them you are not going to take it, and trust me, there are ways to get your point across, then they will find someone other scapegoat either within the company or outside....
I actually had one person blame our wifi router even though it was not even attached to our network, for some missing files that we could not find in our backups and mysteriously disappeared. I knew it must have been someone that needed it erased and also knew about the backups, but I did not go further as I did not want to get involved.
Tell that to al quidea, I don't think they are listening to you, and I think the massive amount of troops laying dead on the side of the road show that your theory although interesting is dead wrong.
It definitely will make an impact if all countries follow suit with a similar program. Contacting the owner is the first good step, as for limiting connection speeds, well, I don't get that, especially if I paid for full speed, whether I am using it for spam or not, it is paid for, but let me know that I am spamming millions of emails per day, and I will change my computer install yesterday.
Yeah, imagine if the Chinese people, not government were actually smart, hell, they would calculate that the population vs. amount of military is like 1000 to 1....really no contest if the people wanted to stop their oppressors, but that would be if they were smart enough to pull something off like that, I think the Philippines did something similar.
I can say I know where this is going, and I wonder, why do we care here on/. what metallica or pink or even backstreetboys think about the music industry, we are a computer industry, and technology, and science and math....come on people....really? If i want music news I'll get from a better source then/. If i want to know what happens when I download music, that's ok for/., as most geeks like to know what they can and can't do with TPB being their close friend. Could we have better stories please, this is not what i signed on for when i joined/. community!
ps- to all the uber/. geeks out there, yes I know i can filter out certain stories, but this one slipped in, and i though, isn't/. about tech and science, when was it about music artists, unless of course talking about how pussycat dolls are babes.
Being a hardcore bodybuilder, I can vouch for this tidbit. The early part of my life was very physical, and I had a job in construction, also working out. Then in my early 30s, I decided to trade careers and go for computer programming. I never stopped working out, and still do with enough energy and intensity to make everybody at the gym scared of working out with me, however, I have noticed that
a) my body type has changed...the way I sit all day at the computer makes for a hip stress that is totally different, and has slowly changed my hip structure over the years.... as well my overall physical performance has changed somewhat, even though I can still lift the same weights, and yes age is also a factor here, but I noticed that my wrists are not as strong as they used to be, because of the prolonged typing.
b)my cardio has slowly decreased over the years, yes I can still run 45 minutes although with difficulty, at a high level on the treadmill, I noticed that my waning cardio makes it hard to work out like I used to, I still push past it, but notice that it takes more out of me.
Again, yes old age comes and gives you these gifts for free , but I am not that old, and know others at the same level, same age, same diet, same exercise regiment that have none of the signs I have, is it also their overall environment, and gene pool...maybe, but when I get up from sitting too long, and feel it in my hips and knees....not that I complain about it, just that I notice it....i realize the importance of keeping your body in motion.
The hip area that I talked about seems to have changed in many ways, size , tilt, and even stress points. I am certain that when I was at the beginning of my computer career, I would still take a lot of walks everywhere, because I had to, so sitting was complimented by standing and walking, but now I have this job where I have all I need at my desk, and no need to walk, I sometimes have to find excuses to take one....
The Chinese government really knows how to irk the rest of the world. Yes, don't go see the movie avatar, and force a revolution, or better yet, force all your population to immigrate out of your stupid country just to be able to say they saw Avatar, that should do the trick! I know nothing about running a country, and base whatever opinions I have from Canada, and the US, maybe even a lot of Europe as being the best way to run a country, but omg, if I was Chinese, and had my cousin telling me he watched Avatar and was one of the best movies ever, and then the government pulled this sh*t, it definitely would be an eye opener for me, as to what my country really represents on censorship. I swear I would immigrate after hearing this, maybe all Chinese needing to see this movie should to!
Good luck to all Chinese people who want to see the movie, cuz you ain't getting the same effect without the glasses, and with someone using a camcorder to pirate this movie.
Just like the music and movie industry, now the book industry is embarking on the same path, to come up with absurd numbers when crunching to see how much they have lost. However, I can tell you from first hand experience, being a software developer and having 1 book title cost as much as 80$ per book, depending on the press or size of the book....I never, EVER,EVER...would spend that much on a book!!!
If I look at the many ebooks I have acquired over the years, and look at my library of real books, I can tell you, there was a time I would a book or 2...but never the amount of ebooks that I have. Also, needing some references is cool, although I can just as easily scan the internet and see a lot of code examples for the stuff I need, so did I really need that book I bought, not really.
Anyways, they never factor in the fact that of the many books pilfered , there is almost only 20 to 25 % of that whole number, where the person still would have bought the book....where as the rest could do without, and never would pay for an overpriced book. This is the reality that they never to stop and consider.
There is a reason why places like iTunes make money, no one wants to pay 22$ for a cd....are you nuts...especially if the artist only has 1 good song on there...so go to iTunes and get that song...do they say that places like iTunes cost the industry a lot of potential money they could consider as a loss....?
Would be nice to see Virgin or Geffen take Apple to court over lost revenue...i mean, isn't that like stealing , by making it possible for someone to bypass the desired paying model, and still get what he wants at a lower price then the company is willing to give out themselves?
Your lucky I have no mod points, I would have modded you troll 10 times over.
Did you ever think the reason why some people like it, is they already have paid for the game, and don't need to spend another uber fortune to play other similar games, my next game will NOT be another one like WoW, enough is enough.... the only game I might buy like minded as WoW, would be star wars MMO coming soon, but other then that, keep it offline for me from now on.
Oops, big time mistake on blizzards part, I don't need anyone knowing my game times whether real time or not, I allow WoW to know, but not anybody (especially ones without an account that want to poke fun at you). The problem here is that when someone looks you up, they need to know who you are toon wise, and what all your alts are as well as the server(s) you are on.
You can name change and server change to avoid problems...but to my knowledge, someone who knows how the game is played has unlimited access to your game times...so if someone wants to know when you are on, at any time...you can't say you were at the doctor's or busy doing your laundry....you are stuck as being on, then if the perps have an account, they can spam you until you unwittingly answer and confirm to them you are really on and not just logged on.
I don't see what the advantage of this is, why blizzard even made the effort to do this, I would have liked they keep their money (development) and give me more game story or another patch with extra raids on it....seriously!
I thought it was either because we skipped one season and got stuck with a mini movie, or that CTU had been decommissioned and Jack Bauer was nowhere to be found?
Hate to say this...as it does sound racist, but I know for a fact that most of the chinese employees within a company that deals with china, will side to help the chinese side of the deal rather then their own company that is dealing with china, also even went so far as to give out confidential info and deal breaking intel to manufacturers so as to be able to charge top dollar when they could, based on types of situations that came up.
For me, it might sound racist, but I truly believe that they have been brainwashed to really stand by their country, even when they are of different citizenship, and even live abroad...they will still report back to the motherland to help in anyway they can.
Is this wrong, the jews have been doing this for eons, so I guess not really, as it would be hypocritical to say this, but I do believe that a religion and way of life, is much different then a country's dictator's point of view of what life should be. I know i might get spammed with a lot of comments on my view points, but I have to say, we did this to ourselves.
If we allow muslems to come into our country and force us to change our country's ways to allow them to continue living the way they lived back home, then why did they leave int he first place. If you want to join the RCMP and then tell them that they are not allowed to ask you to remove your turban to put on the proper RCMP uniform, you should understand that this is part of the RCMP religion, to wear the RCMP hat.
As for chinese, if they come into the country and work for a canadian/amercian country, why would they try to still make china the more profitable partner in the deal....they left that country, for what ever reason...seems like they are almost doing this on purpose as if told to do so by the dictator himself...?
I agree purely with what you say, they must take into consideration the bruce willis factor, he might not be around next time to save the day, and we still have so many bad guys out there. Seriously though, I do hope they do a better job this time around then last time to maintain the integrity of the power grid
A judge that has common sense and knows that when you provide a client that lets you communicate with someone else in form of data, it is no different then trying to say alexander graham bell is responsible for all conversations made using his phone. Seriously, figure out a better drm system and stop trying to hammer the little guy....you don't like piracy , then create something non piratable..instead of trying to hold everybody else but yourself accountable for your failed product.
I agree, but also blame our failing school system that has kept dropping down its standards for so long, that you would never expect a kid his age to be able to create such a complex device, however crude the components were. If you look at yesteryears projects, and compare them to today's, on a ratio that is...not the unique exceptions... the projects are getting less and less impressive....some I would say are a mere farce compared to what they were say 10 or 15 years ago.
They are just now starting to realize how overpriced everything is being sold to the medical profession, on purpose....when they come out with a wii, and that same device they can use is sold at 1/1000 the price, it makes you wonder, no?
There will always be mafia types everywhere, trying to make as much money go into their own pockets, instead of letting the hospitals be able to have more for less. Then when budget time comes, they get the government telling them they cant be given more.... and like a little kid that did not save up properly in such situations, cries that its not fair.
I hope this will shed more light on other like minded situations in the hospitals...and maybe get them to review properly what they are buying....
Once you take something such as a file system, however incomplete, and then modify it to the Ts to such an extent that it now has become your own file system I doubt, you could apply a patch of any sort to it, at the base, as you say, that would fix anything that might resemble the old file system!
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Not if the habit stays free, within prison programs where a special hall
has been set up to continue the gaming.
Until, that is, they change the template's format and then we start back at square 1.
>First is the government's enormous investment, with funding increases far above the rate of inflation
Well of course, when the person that comes up with something good or important, they will have to give it to china directly and it will be
china's property, second, their trials for medicine are totally different then ours, so if they come out with a supposed cure, the government has no problems testing right away on humans before doing real studies on animals...also, if you think about it, they have 4 times the population as the US, so of course they will be ahead, as well as all the cyber espionage they have been doing, what ever we have come up with, they now know, so we need to do the same to them....so as to keep relatively side by side.
This is all we can hope for.
Actually the reverse psychology might have merit too.
I understand your point and do think of it as punishment for things done, however, if I look at it as a smart person trying to think outside the box, because let's face it, crime is at an all time high, and prison is no deterrent of any kind.....they come out of there less reformed then before...angry they got caught, and how they are going to f*ck sh*t up once they get out....
I say, force them all to play d&d 24/7, so that they get addicted to it so badly they have their own little
meets, then once they are out in the real world, there lives revolve around these meets to play d&d, and they also get out of shape enough to realize, forget robbing a bank, you're not even able to run the distance of a block, let alone make a getaway.
Who knows, it might make them softer too, depending on how the dungeon master steers them towards....saving a princess or doing good deeds within the game, might change their outlook, and give them a less jaded experience in jail.
I prefer carrying a personal recorder at all times, especially when I think something important is going to be exchanged, such as info on how to keep safe on the network or how to back up...then when I show up with the recorder when someone does not own up to doing their own thing instead of the right thing....it becomes evident who is to blame.
Also, if you take it then that means they will try to deal it, if you show them you are not going to take it, and trust me, there are ways to get your point across, then they will find someone other scapegoat either within the company or outside....
I actually had one person blame our wifi router even though it was not even attached to our network, for some missing files that we could not find in our backups and mysteriously disappeared. I knew it must have been someone that needed it erased and also knew about the backups, but I did not go further as I did not want
to get involved.
Tell that to al quidea, I don't think they are listening to you, and I think the massive amount of troops laying dead on the side of the road show that your theory although interesting is dead wrong.
It definitely will make an impact if all countries follow suit with a similar program.
Contacting the owner is the first good step, as for limiting connection speeds, well, I don't get that, especially if I paid for full speed, whether I am using it for spam or not, it is paid for, but let me know that I am spamming millions of emails per day, and I will change my computer install yesterday.
Yeah, imagine if the Chinese people, not government were actually smart, hell, they would calculate that the population vs. amount of military is like 1000 to 1....really no contest if the people wanted to stop their oppressors, but that would be if they were smart enough to pull something off like that, I think the Philippines did something similar.
I can say I know where this is going, and I wonder, why do we care here on /. what metallica or pink or even backstreetboys think about the music industry, we are a computer industry, and technology, and science and math....come on people....really? /. /., as most geeks like to know what they can and can't do with TPB being their close friend. /. community!
If i want music news I'll get from a better source then
If i want to know what happens when I download music, that's ok for
Could we have better stories please, this is not what i signed on for when i joined
ps- to all the uber /. geeks out there, yes I know i can filter out certain stories, but this one slipped in, and i though, isn't /. about tech and science, when was it about music artists, unless of course talking about how pussycat dolls are babes.
Being a hardcore bodybuilder, I can vouch for this tidbit. The early part of my life was very physical, and I had a job in construction, also working out. Then in my early 30s, I decided to trade careers and go for computer programming. I never stopped working out, and still do with enough energy and intensity to make everybody at the gym scared of working out with me, however, I have noticed that
a) my body type has changed...the way I sit all day at the computer makes for a hip stress that is totally different, and has slowly changed my hip structure over the years.... as well my overall physical performance has changed somewhat, even though I can still lift the same weights, and yes age is also a factor here, but I noticed that my wrists are not as strong as they used to be, because of the prolonged typing.
b)my cardio has slowly decreased over the years, yes I can still run 45 minutes although with difficulty, at a high level on the treadmill, I noticed that my waning cardio makes it hard to work out like I used to, I still push past it, but notice that it takes more out of me.
Again, yes old age comes and gives you these gifts for free , but I am not that old, and know others at the same level, same age, same diet, same exercise regiment that have none of the signs I have, is it also their overall environment, and gene pool...maybe, but when I get up from sitting too long, and feel it in my hips and knees....not that I complain about it, just that I notice it....i realize the importance of keeping your body in motion.
The hip area that I talked about seems to have changed in many ways, size , tilt, and even stress points. I am certain that when I was at the beginning of my computer career, I would still take a lot of walks everywhere, because I had to, so sitting was complimented by standing and walking, but now I have this job where I have all I need at my desk, and no need to walk, I sometimes have to find excuses to take one....
just my observations..
The Chinese government really knows how to irk the rest of the world. Yes, don't go see the movie avatar, and force a revolution, or better yet, force all your population to immigrate out of your stupid country just to be able to say they saw Avatar, that should do the trick! I know nothing about running a country, and base whatever opinions I have from Canada, and the US, maybe even a lot of Europe as being the best way to run a country, but omg, if I was Chinese, and had my cousin telling me he watched Avatar and was one of the best movies ever, and then the government pulled this sh*t, it definitely would be an eye opener for me, as to what my country really represents on censorship. I swear I would immigrate after hearing this, maybe all Chinese needing to see this movie should to!
Good luck to all Chinese people who want to see the movie,
cuz you ain't getting the same effect without the glasses, and with someone using a camcorder to pirate this movie.
Just like the music and movie industry, now the book industry is embarking on the same path, to come up with absurd numbers when crunching to see how much they have lost. However, I can tell you from first hand experience, being a software developer and having 1 book title cost as much as 80$ per book, depending on the press or size of the book....I never, EVER,EVER...would spend that much on a book!!!
If I look at the many ebooks I have acquired over the years, and look at my library of real books, I can tell you, there was a time I would a book or 2...but never the amount of ebooks that I have. Also, needing some references is cool, although I can just as easily
scan the internet and see a lot of code examples for the stuff I need, so did I really need that book I bought, not really.
Anyways, they never factor in the fact that of the many books pilfered , there is almost only 20 to 25 % of that whole number, where the person still would have bought the book....where as the rest could do without, and never would pay for an overpriced book. This is the reality that they never to stop and consider.
There is a reason why places like iTunes make money, no one wants to pay 22$ for a cd....are you nuts...especially if the artist only has 1 good song on there...so go to iTunes and get that song...do they say that places like iTunes cost the industry a lot of potential money they could consider as a loss....?
Would be nice to see Virgin or Geffen take Apple to court over lost revenue...i mean, isn't that like stealing , by making it possible for someone to bypass the desired paying model, and still get what he wants at a lower price then the company is willing to give out themselves?
Your lucky I have no mod points, I would have modded you troll 10 times over.
Did you ever think the reason why some people like it, is they already have paid for the game, and don't need to spend another uber fortune to play other similar games, my next game will NOT be another one like WoW, enough is enough....
the only game I might buy like minded as WoW, would be star wars MMO coming soon, but other then that, keep it offline for me from now on.
Oops, big time mistake on blizzards part, I don't need anyone knowing my game times whether real time or not, I allow WoW to know, but not anybody (especially ones without an account that want to poke fun at you). The problem here is that when someone
looks you up, they need to know who you are toon wise, and what all your alts are as well as the server(s) you are on.
You can name change and server change to avoid problems...but to my knowledge, someone who knows how the game is played has unlimited access to your game times...so if someone wants to know when you are on, at any time ...you can't say you were at the doctor's or busy doing your laundry....you are stuck as being on, then if the perps have an account, they can spam you until you unwittingly answer and confirm to them you are really on and not just logged on.
I don't see what the advantage of this is, why blizzard even made the effort to do this, I would have liked they keep their money (development) and give me more game story or another patch with extra raids on it....seriously!
See, now why would I be the only one to really think that was uber funny!
Guess not enough geeks on at the moment?
Here comes the first wave attack of the replicators...lucky I am a close friend of Thor!
P & P, or did u mean D & D
I thought it was either because we skipped one season and got stuck with a mini movie,
or that CTU had been decommissioned and Jack Bauer was nowhere to be found?
Hate to say this...as it does sound racist, but I know for a fact that most of the chinese employees within a company that deals with
china, will side to help the chinese side of the deal rather then their own company that is dealing with china, also even went so far as to give out confidential info and deal breaking intel to manufacturers so as to be able to charge top dollar when they could, based on types of situations that came up.
For me, it might sound racist, but I truly believe that they have been brainwashed to really stand by their country, even when they are of different citizenship, and even live abroad...they will still report back to the motherland to help in anyway they can.
Is this wrong, the jews have been doing this for eons, so I guess not really, as it would be hypocritical to say this, but
I do believe that a religion and way of life, is much different then a country's dictator's point of view of what life should be.
I know i might get spammed with a lot of comments on my view points, but I have to say, we did this to ourselves.
If we allow muslems to come into our country and force us to change our country's ways to allow them to continue living the way they lived back home, then why did they leave int he first place. If you want to join the RCMP and then tell them that they are not allowed to ask you to remove your turban to put on the proper RCMP uniform, you should understand that this is part of the RCMP religion, to wear the RCMP hat.
As for chinese, if they come into the country and work for a canadian/amercian country, why would they try to still make china the
more profitable partner in the deal....they left that country, for what ever reason...seems like they are almost doing this on purpose as if told to do so by the dictator himself...?
I agree purely with what you say, they must take into consideration the bruce willis factor, he might not be around next time to save the day, and we still have so many bad guys out there.
Seriously though, I do hope they do a better job this time around then last time to maintain the integrity of the power grid
A judge that has common sense and knows that when you provide a client that lets you communicate with someone else ....you don't like piracy , then create something non piratable..instead of trying to hold everybody else but yourself accountable for your failed product.
in form of data, it is no different then trying to say alexander graham bell is responsible for all conversations made using his phone.
Seriously, figure out a better drm system and stop trying to hammer the little guy
I agree, but also blame our failing school system that has kept dropping down its standards for so long, that you would never expect a kid his age to be able to create such a complex device, however crude the components were.
If you look at yesteryears projects, and compare them to today's, on a ratio that is...not the unique exceptions...
the projects are getting less and less impressive....some I would say are a mere farce compared to what they were say 10 or 15 years ago.
They are just now starting to realize how overpriced everything is being sold to the medical profession, on purpose....when they come out with a wii, and that same device they can use is sold at 1/1000 the price, it makes you wonder, no?
There will always be mafia types everywhere, trying to make as much money go into their own pockets, instead of letting the hospitals
be able to have more for less. Then when budget time comes, they get the government telling them they cant be given more....
and like a little kid that did not save up properly in such situations, cries that its not fair.
I hope this will shed more light on other like minded situations in the hospitals...and maybe get them to review properly what they are buying....
Once you take something such as a file system, however incomplete, and then
modify it to the Ts to such an extent that it now has become your own file system
I doubt, you could apply a patch of any sort to it, at the base, as you say,
that would fix anything that might resemble the old file system!
You do realize when i said Wow, i meant, as in Wow, that is something,
and not WoW as in world of warcraft...???