that's ridiculous. if you're that itching to play the game, and don't care about violating all sorts of copyright laws, just download the french version online. i've already beaten halo 2 (french edition, ha!) on an "acquaintence's" console.
Just like Tom from Office Space, the people at liftport tell their friends about their idea.
Tom Smykowski : It's a "Jump to Conclusions Mat". You see, you have this mat, with different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO.
Michael Bolton : That is the worst idea I've ever heard.
Samir : Yes, this is horrible, this idea.
and they go ahead with it anyway. they couldn't come up with a more efficient way to get around in space? say like this?
All i ever hear is people complaining about this kind of marketing. where's the real problem with Walt Disney World knowing where you were, and what you bought within the confines of their own property? cause they might market things to you based off of what you bought before? if you complain about this, you sound (to me) an awful lot like the people who don't like the target marketing system utilized by Gmail. come on folks.
Why do you hate marketing in the first place? too many useless emails/brochures/leaflets. well what if you were guaranteed to be INTERESTED in what those marketing materials had to offer? then instead of wasting their time and money, and your time and potential buying interest, they've got you reading something you may WANT to read, and they're more likely to make a sale. boosting the relevancy of marketing of any kind can never be a bad thing. even if they have to find out what i bought, or how i emailed my sister about my mom's birthday. because then maybe i was shown ads about places i could buy her birthday presents. sounds like a win/win to me.
I realize that in this day and age everyone is a little skittish about electronic data security, fraud over the internet and the such (rightfully so) but what you're suggesting seems like 5 steps in the wrong direction. Implementing a 2 step process where two independent numbers are combined to create a valid authorization code is a great idea. Sending them vai Snail Mail however, is not. My first thought is that now, anyone who has access to your postmail box has access to your authorization codes. if that someone happens to be a "friend" or someone else who could potentially gain knowledge of your credit card verification number then has a free shopping spree. A way to secure this would be to require activation of these numbers, much as they currently do with atm cards or credits sent in the mail themselves.
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This was sent to me by David Banach's defending attorney:
The Office of the United States Attorney in Newark is headed up by Mr. Christopher Christie and you may direct any letters to his attention at:
United States Attorney's Office
970 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
I am glad to see there are still some civil libertarians left!
Just in case anyone wanted to gripe to an outlet that may actually accomplish something.
G/F??? really? you're reading /. you're not fooling anyone.
that's ridiculous. if you're that itching to play the game, and don't care about violating all sorts of copyright laws, just download the french version online. i've already beaten halo 2 (french edition, ha!) on an "acquaintence's" console.
Just like Tom from Office Space, the people at liftport tell their friends about their idea.
Tom Smykowski : It's a "Jump to Conclusions Mat". You see, you have this mat, with different CONCLUSIONS written on it that you could JUMP TO.
Michael Bolton : That is the worst idea I've ever heard.
Samir : Yes, this is horrible, this idea.
and they go ahead with it anyway. they couldn't come up with a more efficient way to get around in space? say like this?
welcome our new pokerbot overlords
i suppose that would all depend on whose side they're on ;-)
a posting from the blog site...
/.ed I hope you have fun while it last.
4:22 AM
Anonymous said... you have been
Mod this guy up for the rocking allusion to "all your base"
All i ever hear is people complaining about this kind of marketing. where's the real problem with Walt Disney World knowing where you were, and what you bought within the confines of their own property? cause they might market things to you based off of what you bought before? if you complain about this, you sound (to me) an awful lot like the people who don't like the target marketing system utilized by Gmail. come on folks.
Why do you hate marketing in the first place? too many useless emails/brochures/leaflets. well what if you were guaranteed to be INTERESTED in what those marketing materials had to offer? then instead of wasting their time and money, and your time and potential buying interest, they've got you reading something you may WANT to read, and they're more likely to make a sale. boosting the relevancy of marketing of any kind can never be a bad thing. even if they have to find out what i bought, or how i emailed my sister about my mom's birthday. because then maybe i was shown ads about places i could buy her birthday presents. sounds like a win/win to me.
I realize that in this day and age everyone is a little skittish about electronic data security, fraud over the internet and the such (rightfully so) but what you're suggesting seems like 5 steps in the wrong direction. Implementing a 2 step process where two independent numbers are combined to create a valid authorization code is a great idea. Sending them vai Snail Mail however, is not. My first thought is that now, anyone who has access to your postmail box has access to your authorization codes. if that someone happens to be a "friend" or someone else who could potentially gain knowledge of your credit card verification number then has a free shopping spree. A way to secure this would be to require activation of these numbers, much as they currently do with atm cards or credits sent in the mail themselves.