Just lie on your resume. If you really do know how to use the technology, just say you used it as part of your job. How would HR or the interviewers know you're lying?
There's little incentive to do this because Steam games are often much cheaper than Xbox games, and there are more of them. I frequently buy new games, but I justify the $60 cost knowing that I can sell it for about half that when I'm done with the game. If I only pay $20 for a game, I'm not worried about selling it.
If Microsoft wants to adopt the Steam model, they also have to adopt the Steam prices. This means that games need to sell for at most $50, and then they need to quickly go on sale.
Chinese, which would actually be REALLY useful in this modern world.
No, it wouldn't. It would take a massive effort to be proficient enough in Mandarin to be able to use it, and you would still not be accepted by native Chinese, because you're not one of them. You won't be able to use your rudimentary Mandarin to make any kind of business deals in China. If anything, you'd just be forced by your employer to travel to Beijing frequently and breathe in the toxic air. No thanks.
The TSA is now in the public comment stage of its project to roll out Advanced Imaging Technology scanners. The TSA wants your feedback as to whether or not this project should be continued or cancelled.
If we convince the TSA to cancel the project, does that mean that the TSA will keep the x-ray machines, and not replace them with millimeter-wave systems? That's actually a bad thing. Given a choice, I would prefer the millimeter-wave scanners over an x-ray scanner.
But they already have DRM for downloaded content. Any game you buy is already tied to your console. It's also tied to your gamertag, so as long as you connect online and sign in with your gamertag, you can play any content you've purchased.
In other words, the Xbox 360 already has DRM for downloadable content. And the DRM is already pretty restrictive. There's no way, for instance, that I can have anything I've purchased tied to more than one Xbox.
Yeah, the key word is absurd though. I don't have a problem with unobtrusive DRM.
That's why I don't understand MS' silence on the always-on requirement. The Xbox 360 already has a working DRM system. It's very difficult to play a game unless you have the disc or purchased it from the Marketplace. Sure, I've heard some people manage to pirate Xbox 360 games, but I don't know of anyone who's even thought about doing that, and it's a lot of work. Frankly, I would be very surprised if 1% of Xbox 360 owners pirate any of their games. So from Microsoft's perspective, it should be a non-issue.
Therefore, the only reason for the always-on requirement is to kill the used game market. Could MS really be that stupid? Only time will tell.
Maybe instead, we should vote out the republicans and democrats, but I suppose that's too much to ask. Besides, we would probably just end up with the tea party loons, or worse.
Per-site would also allow me to have one Google profile for youtube.com, and another for gmail.com, and a third for google.com. This would fight attempts by Google to merge all of my activity under one profile.
What's the point of showing a NASA promotional video before a Star Trek movie? Everyone who watches that movie is already a fan of space exploration. The video should be shown in front of something completely different, like The Great Gatsby.
I would have sponsored the funding campaign on Indiegogo if that had been their goal. Instead, it's just preaching to the choir. What a waste.
Why should somebody in another state have to keep track of the tax laws in every municipality in every state in the country?
Because this is a trivially simple problem that can be solved with software? The vast majority of vendors already need to calculate and disburse sales taxes from their own state. Just extend that system to every state, and voila -- the whole thing is fully automated and no longer an issue.
The problem with collecting sales tax is not in figuring out what to charge. I hear that argument a lot, but I don't believe it.
Therefore you don't really own it, but rent it from the state.
Not really true. Just because the government can take something of mine if I don't pay a fee, that doesn't mean that I don't really own it. Any of my posessions can be confiscated by the government if it's used to commit a crime.
If you don't pay your license fee, you are no longer allowed to drive it.
Also not true. If you don't pay the fee, you are not allowed to drive it on public roads. I can buy a car and drive it on my private property without paying any fees, without needing a driver's license, and even without paying some taxes on fuel.
By that rationale, any request on a web server via the HTTP GET or POST that could escalate privilege or divulge private data should go unpunished.
Yes, that's correct. We're not talking about a (D)DOS attack. This was a normal request/response. The owners of the servers should be 100% responsible for the security of those servers in such situations.
The only way the title would be clear is if they had written, "The Second Act of Live (the musicians)" And even then, it can still be confusing. Ideally, "Live" should be italicized.
Unfortunately, when you choose a stupid name for your band, you're just going to cause problems. If I see them in concert, do I tell people, "I'm going to see Live live!"
I live in Austin. The only thing that AMD is know for around here is layoffs. I'm surprised they have any engineers left to work on their products. Why anyone would work for them is a mystery to me.
This buyout is almost identical to what Freescale went through a few years ago. Almost the same amount ($17B), and the proponents are saying the same exact things (able to focus on the longer term because they won't need to worry about quarter-to-quarter earnings, bla bla).
It was a disaster for Freescale. They're still trying to dig themselves out of a mountain of debt, and they've been struggling the whole time. Freescale has had significant layoffs, and it's so dismal there that they have a major attrition problem now.
I read that one senator is proposing a bill to allow employees to freely and openly discuss their pay.
Am I missing something? Why would this be illegal in the first place? I don't tell people my salary because I think it's inappropriate to discuss such things, not because I think I'm not allowed to.
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Well, with that logic, Oracle never does anything evil.
Surely they could find some archeologists would be willing to pay the bill for exclusive access to the site?
Just lie on your resume. If you really do know how to use the technology, just say you used it as part of your job. How would HR or the interviewers know you're lying?
As Jim Sterling points out MSFT is pretty much giving the finger to everybody that doesn't have 1.-A ton of money and 2.- Incredible broadband,
I have a ton of money and incredible broadband, and I still think that Microsoft is giving me the finger with the Xbox One.
There's little incentive to do this because Steam games are often much cheaper than Xbox games, and there are more of them. I frequently buy new games, but I justify the $60 cost knowing that I can sell it for about half that when I'm done with the game. If I only pay $20 for a game, I'm not worried about selling it.
If Microsoft wants to adopt the Steam model, they also have to adopt the Steam prices. This means that games need to sell for at most $50, and then they need to quickly go on sale.
Chinese, which would actually be REALLY useful in this modern world.
No, it wouldn't. It would take a massive effort to be proficient enough in Mandarin to be able to use it, and you would still not be accepted by native Chinese, because you're not one of them. You won't be able to use your rudimentary Mandarin to make any kind of business deals in China. If anything, you'd just be forced by your employer to travel to Beijing frequently and breathe in the toxic air. No thanks.
How about ... the first person to set foot on the planet gets to name it?
The TSA is now in the public comment stage of its project to roll out Advanced Imaging Technology scanners. The TSA wants your feedback as to whether or not this project should be continued or cancelled.
If we convince the TSA to cancel the project, does that mean that the TSA will keep the x-ray machines, and not replace them with millimeter-wave systems? That's actually a bad thing. Given a choice, I would prefer the millimeter-wave scanners over an x-ray scanner.
But they already have DRM for downloaded content. Any game you buy is already tied to your console. It's also tied to your gamertag, so as long as you connect online and sign in with your gamertag, you can play any content you've purchased.
In other words, the Xbox 360 already has DRM for downloadable content. And the DRM is already pretty restrictive. There's no way, for instance, that I can have anything I've purchased tied to more than one Xbox.
Yeah, the key word is absurd though. I don't have a problem with unobtrusive DRM.
That's why I don't understand MS' silence on the always-on requirement. The Xbox 360 already has a working DRM system. It's very difficult to play a game unless you have the disc or purchased it from the Marketplace. Sure, I've heard some people manage to pirate Xbox 360 games, but I don't know of anyone who's even thought about doing that, and it's a lot of work. Frankly, I would be very surprised if 1% of Xbox 360 owners pirate any of their games. So from Microsoft's perspective, it should be a non-issue.
Therefore, the only reason for the always-on requirement is to kill the used game market. Could MS really be that stupid? Only time will tell.
You're doing it wrong.
Kid: "Dad, can I have an x-box", answer: "no".......
Kid: "Dad, can I have an x-box", answer: smacks kids across the face
Kid: "I'm sorry, Dad"
That's how it goes in my house.
Maybe instead, we should vote out the republicans and democrats, but I suppose that's too much to ask. Besides, we would probably just end up with the tea party loons, or worse.
Um, this is exactly what happened in 2010.
Per-site would also allow me to have one Google profile for youtube.com, and another for gmail.com, and a third for google.com. This would fight attempts by Google to merge all of my activity under one profile.
What's the point of showing a NASA promotional video before a Star Trek movie? Everyone who watches that movie is already a fan of space exploration. The video should be shown in front of something completely different, like The Great Gatsby.
I would have sponsored the funding campaign on Indiegogo if that had been their goal. Instead, it's just preaching to the choir. What a waste.
Where do you get the plans for those miniatures? I was thinking about doing the same thing.
Why should somebody in another state have to keep track of the tax laws in every municipality in every state in the country?
Because this is a trivially simple problem that can be solved with software? The vast majority of vendors already need to calculate and disburse sales taxes from their own state. Just extend that system to every state, and voila -- the whole thing is fully automated and no longer an issue.
The problem with collecting sales tax is not in figuring out what to charge. I hear that argument a lot, but I don't believe it.
Therefore you don't really own it, but rent it from the state.
Not really true. Just because the government can take something of mine if I don't pay a fee, that doesn't mean that I don't really own it. Any of my posessions can be confiscated by the government if it's used to commit a crime.
If you don't pay your license fee, you are no longer allowed to drive it.
Also not true. If you don't pay the fee, you are not allowed to drive it on public roads. I can buy a car and drive it on my private property without paying any fees, without needing a driver's license, and even without paying some taxes on fuel.
By that rationale, any request on a web server via the HTTP GET or POST that could escalate privilege or divulge private data should go unpunished.
Yes, that's correct. We're not talking about a (D)DOS attack. This was a normal request/response. The owners of the servers should be 100% responsible for the security of those servers in such situations.
Because you honestly want to purchase three copies -- one for you, and one for each of two friends. DRM-free does not mean royality-free licensing.
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The only way the title would be clear is if they had written, "The Second Act of Live (the musicians)" And even then, it can still be confusing. Ideally, "Live" should be italicized.
Unfortunately, when you choose a stupid name for your band, you're just going to cause problems. If I see them in concert, do I tell people, "I'm going to see Live live!"
AMD is know for
AMD is known for
I live in Austin. The only thing that AMD is know for around here is layoffs. I'm surprised they have any engineers left to work on their products. Why anyone would work for them is a mystery to me.
This buyout is almost identical to what Freescale went through a few years ago. Almost the same amount ($17B), and the proponents are saying the same exact things (able to focus on the longer term because they won't need to worry about quarter-to-quarter earnings, bla bla).
It was a disaster for Freescale. They're still trying to dig themselves out of a mountain of debt, and they've been struggling the whole time. Freescale has had significant layoffs, and it's so dismal there that they have a major attrition problem now.
I read that one senator is proposing a bill to allow employees to freely and openly discuss their pay.
Am I missing something? Why would this be illegal in the first place? I don't tell people my salary because I think it's inappropriate to discuss such things, not because I think I'm not allowed to.