I agree completely. I can understand how someone who hasn't been taught about these kinds of scams could easily fall for them. Heck, I would probably fall for these scams if I had never seen one before. My problem is with the people who are told repeatedly that the emails they are replying to are scams, and yet they continue to do so. Some victims of 419 scams still don't believe they were ever scammed, even after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars and getting nothing in return. Human stupidity at it's worst I suppose...
Everytime I read a statistic like this I have to ask myself if it's even worth fighting against this kind of thing any more, or if we should consider it a tax on the stupid. Cynical, maybe, but I'm tired of explaining why you should never give out personal information via email to people and having them turn around and do exactly that a week later. I admit, some of the newer emails are getting quite professional looking, but as soon as they start asking for passwords/CC #s, red flags should go up. Sadly, many users gladly give the scammers what they're after with not a thought.
It'll be interesting to see how ATI responds to this. They pulled ahead in the last generation, but it seems to be Nvidia has learned from their mistakes. Nice to see that uberhardware isn't needed to get decent framerates. Too bad for the hardware industry though...
If the INDUCE act passes, I have a feeling someone's in trouble... Sad, but true.
I've seen it first hand.
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I live near a large HP facility (Boise, Idaho) and I've seen first hand the changes at HP. Brilliant engineers are being fired, and what used to be an emphasis on innovation and creativity has been replaced by a lust for short term profit to please the investors. I used to think HP was the most admirable company in tech, and maybe it was, but now... What goes around comes around though, I'm not expecting HP to succeed in the long run.
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I agree completely. I can understand how someone who hasn't been taught about these kinds of scams could easily fall for them. Heck, I would probably fall for these scams if I had never seen one before. My problem is with the people who are told repeatedly that the emails they are replying to are scams, and yet they continue to do so. Some victims of 419 scams still don't believe they were ever scammed, even after losing hundreds of thousands of dollars and getting nothing in return. Human stupidity at it's worst I suppose...
Everytime I read a statistic like this I have to ask myself if it's even worth fighting against this kind of thing any more, or if we should consider it a tax on the stupid. Cynical, maybe, but I'm tired of explaining why you should never give out personal information via email to people and having them turn around and do exactly that a week later. I admit, some of the newer emails are getting quite professional looking, but as soon as they start asking for passwords/CC #s, red flags should go up. Sadly, many users gladly give the scammers what they're after with not a thought.
It'll be interesting to see how ATI responds to this. They pulled ahead in the last generation, but it seems to be Nvidia has learned from their mistakes. Nice to see that uberhardware isn't needed to get decent framerates. Too bad for the hardware industry though...
If the INDUCE act passes, I have a feeling someone's in trouble... Sad, but true.
I live near a large HP facility (Boise, Idaho) and I've seen first hand the changes at HP. Brilliant engineers are being fired, and what used to be an emphasis on innovation and creativity has been replaced by a lust for short term profit to please the investors. I used to think HP was the most admirable company in tech, and maybe it was, but now... What goes around comes around though, I'm not expecting HP to succeed in the long run.
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How could they possibly be doing poorly when they invented the wonder of sidetalking?