Because we've already got tons of seasoned international enforcement against bank and credit fraud, while selling farmed gold to online gamers is a relatively new scam that will leave most modern investigators scratching their heads.
the CEO of General Mills has declared that breakfast is only successful when big business gets involved, the Maverick playing cards company has concluded that games of chance are only successful when big business gets involved, and the Louisville Slugger company have announced that bludgeoning people with baseball bats is only a success when big business gets involved.
It's being assaulted with the same hyped-up news "story" about video game violence on every slow news day for 20 years that makes me want to hit somebody.
the rate of technological advancement has outstripped growth in security awareness
That happened the first time one of our grandmothers got a computer "to look at the online." The day computers outgrew the subset of the population who knew everything about how to use them safely is long past.
Unortunately, the same self-important gadget love that has people driving one-handed while juggling a phone with the other ensures that nobody will ever pay much attention to the cell phone ban until an actual plane crash happens, and is conclusively proven to have been caused by someone's phone.
It's all true!! I set up one little Linux box, and the next morning my phone, toaster, and kitchen sink were all being freely updated and improved by thousands of collaborators all over the world! Insidious stuff, that open-source.
At this point, it seems anyone who would care about Dell's Linux machines are nerds like us who already know, and are least likely to base a computer purchase off an ad anyway. Why would they spend money on promotion that would preach to a choir and go ignored by the masses?
These dangers include the fact that you can easily find out alot of personal information about someone. And, that information is readily available to millions of people on the web.
No, that's not the danger at all. The danger is that there are kids putting that information out there in the first place. The only remedy is to educate your kids about the dangers before they put themselves in such a position, whether they do it on Myspace, Livejournal, Geocities, or a fully hosted, hand-coded personal site.
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Because we've already got tons of seasoned international enforcement against bank and credit fraud, while selling farmed gold to online gamers is a relatively new scam that will leave most modern investigators scratching their heads.
BLAM!
There's another one for the firewall.
the CEO of General Mills has declared that breakfast is only successful when big business gets involved, the Maverick playing cards company has concluded that games of chance are only successful when big business gets involved, and the Louisville Slugger company have announced that bludgeoning people with baseball bats is only a success when big business gets involved.
It's not violent games that lead me to violence.
It's being assaulted with the same hyped-up news "story" about video game violence on every slow news day for 20 years that makes me want to hit somebody.
It's got one hell of a better backlight, a smaller form factor, more powerful battery, and other tweaks.
Luckily, I don't need to get a DS Lite, as I was able to steal a regular DS from some guy last Summer.
the rate of technological advancement has outstripped growth in security awareness
That happened the first time one of our grandmothers got a computer "to look at the online." The day computers outgrew the subset of the population who knew everything about how to use them safely is long past.
Can it core a apple, oh Chef of the Future?
You're Bill Gates and I claim my five pounds.
Like DMOZ?
You'd think it was a review by a vendor, or something.
Unortunately, the same self-important gadget love that has people driving one-handed while juggling a phone with the other ensures that nobody will ever pay much attention to the cell phone ban until an actual plane crash happens, and is conclusively proven to have been caused by someone's phone.
Sad, really.
It's all true!! I set up one little Linux box, and the next morning my phone, toaster, and kitchen sink were all being freely updated and improved by thousands of collaborators all over the world! Insidious stuff, that open-source.
This isn't exactly EA.
Thank heavens for that. *shudder*
They have 20 sides.
these numbers are just pulled out of their asses.
Careful, they'll sue you for revealing trade secrets!
I decided to employ my own preferred research method, which I feel comparable to the one employed in TFA on every level.
The icosahedron came up "Reply hazy, ask again later."
..they're the ones with the news website that is mostly unusable without a privacy-shaving registration or BugMeNot.
..at least its not a promotion by the caber-tossing industry.
You mean the blue laser will always be this color???
Heh, maybe they're just trying to weed out the non-elite. Perhaps there's a code word you need to use.
At this point, it seems anyone who would care about Dell's Linux machines are nerds like us who already know, and are least likely to base a computer purchase off an ad anyway. Why would they spend money on promotion that would preach to a choir and go ignored by the masses?
Would it make anyone feel any better if they met at a party? Or a bar? Or on a telephone chat line? Or at work? Or at school? Or on a public street?
At what point exactly can we blame the context more than the criminals?
..they're the ones who used the remnants of an abandoned joint project with Nintendo to enter the console business. They're no stranger to adapting whatever the others are doing.