PR like this puts him into a category beyond HR people. Speaking tours are one possibility. If he continues to work in IT, CEOs will be making cold calls to him personally.
Yeah, in some strange fantasy world that doesn't exist.
I can't think of anyone I know. Either all techies to the bone, or so nontechnical that I could not fathom how on earth they could hold this man's freedom in their hands without buckling.
Clearly, you don't know very many people. There are plenty of people who fit between those two poles.
Why are you surprised? Those of us that work hard and succeed are taxed more to pay for the lazy,
Well, if you don't like that, then I guess the lesson is that you should slack off and fail. After all, those failing slackers have it so easy, don't they? You can join them, it's easy!
That doesn't really sound like an appropriate descriptor - unless you happen to get giddy with excitement whenever you get a low-speed internet connection.
The fact is, the software phoned home to the server.
No, that's not the fact at all. Otherwise, how would the games work when not connected to the internet? The problem was caused by the internal clock resetting itself, and had nothing to do with connecting to a server.
Phone-home DRM provides absolutely no benefit to the user, but has the same potential for screwing up.
Well sure - but why do you bring that up when it's not relevant? You may as well talk about pink elephants.
But the problem is not that it requires a network connection. The games normally play without a connection, and are failing whether or not the machine is online.
But that was before you tried to hack your system by setting the clock to February 29, 2010. Once that's been done, even once, your offline system is hosed until it can be validated by Sony DRM (tm).
Well, you'd be wrong. Where does a product being covered by a warranty mean that you can sue the manufacturer for it not working? It just means that they need to replace or repair it if it is faulty. Not that any of the "fat" PS3s are under warranty anymore.
It's more than that... So I'm stuck with essentially an overpowered PSX with a web browser
Well, gee, that's soooo much more than not being able to play a game. You can't use your other forms of digital entertainment either. It's like Sony infected you with AIDS or something, your suffering must be so great. I don't think you'll live to see another day, what a horrible situation to be in.
The only way this could be any worse is if slashdot went... NO CARRIER.
The DRM for games purchased on PlayStation Network seems to require that it be able to phone home and validate everything before it lets you play the game.
But that doesn't seem to be the case. I've played downloaded PSN games plenty of times without having any internet connection. This glitch seems like an entirely different beast.
If game producers can sue users when they play games they don't own, then user can sue game producers when they cant play games they do own.
That's fucking retarded. The two have nothing to do with one another. Copyright infringement is prohibited by law. Computers/consoles/software are not guaranteed by law to work all the time.
A network connection has no business being a requirement (to the point of failing to play without it) for a single player game.
But that's not the problem. On my PS3, an internet connection is available - I can browse the web just fine, but I can't log in to the Playstation Network.
Also, a network connection is not normally required for these games. The problem appears to have something to do with trophies - games that would normally work offline just fine, give an error if you have previously been connected to the network. It now tries to "sync trophies" and fails. If you had been playing purely offlinem I don't think this big would affect you.
I hope Sony gets sued to absolute oblivion over this. Not being able to play games you have paid for is abso-fucking-lutely un-acceptable for any reason other than your console being physically broken.
Jesus fuck. Suing over temporarily not being able to play a game? The "sue everybody" mentality really has gotten ridiculous.
All these goddamn DRM schemes that backfire and companies never learn.. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my DRM-free games and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone!!!
What does it have to do with DRM? Calendar bugs have been a very common part of the computing landscape for many years.
I find it interesting that you seem to think that the reason people disagree with you stems from a lack of understanding. Have you stopped to think that perhaps a lot of people have stopped to consider the implications, particularly on an issue that is important to them?
I'd love to see some evidence of what our CEO friend is claiming.
Well yes. But you were the one claiming that it he is definitely in the wrong, and the account was blocked only for normal procedural reasons. I don't see anybody here claiming that the guy from Fabulis definitely isn't wrong.
I'd also like to see some evidence of your characterization that he was "whining" - I read his blog post, and that doesn't sound like whining at all. In fact, it seems to be very even-handed, and even gives Citibank the chance to rectify things.
Why the antagonism? I'm not personally attacking anyone.
You were personally attacking the CEO of Fabulis.
As for the antagonism - you were also being a complete dumbass. Your statement in the great-grandparent post confesses that you have problems grasping reality and reacting in a rational manner, and that you instead lash out in a predetermined pattern. That's behavior that should be strongly discouraged, so I called you on it.
Maybe the CEO of fabulis is telling the truth. We have no evidence either way, really.
Exactly. So, why didn't you just say that, rather than claiming that the account was blocked over "compliance checks" even though you have no evidence of that?
I'm just saying, there is a simpler explanation than homophobia: greed.
Firstly, that's not what you said (you argued that Fabulis was at fault). Secondly, what makes greed a simpler explanation than homophobia? Both are pretty straightforwardly simple explanations.
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PR like this puts him into a category beyond HR people. Speaking tours are one possibility. If he continues to work in IT, CEOs will be making cold calls to him personally.
Yeah, in some strange fantasy world that doesn't exist.
I can't think of anyone I know. Either all techies to the bone, or so nontechnical that I could not fathom how on earth they could hold this man's freedom in their hands without buckling.
Clearly, you don't know very many people. There are plenty of people who fit between those two poles.
Why are you surprised? Those of us that work hard and succeed are taxed more to pay for the lazy,
Well, if you don't like that, then I guess the lesson is that you should slack off and fail. After all, those failing slackers have it so easy, don't they? You can join them, it's easy!
Or have their children chipped to prevent their kidnapping by the ever present child molester.
He must be one busy guy!
That doesn't really sound like an appropriate descriptor - unless you happen to get giddy with excitement whenever you get a low-speed internet connection.
If you can't grok that even a little bit, then shut up and let the citizens talk.
Not if you're going to use words like "grok." I'd rather you shut up and hear from adults instead.
The fact is, the software phoned home to the server.
No, that's not the fact at all. Otherwise, how would the games work when not connected to the internet? The problem was caused by the internal clock resetting itself, and had nothing to do with connecting to a server.
Phone-home DRM provides absolutely no benefit to the user, but has the same potential for screwing up.
Well sure - but why do you bring that up when it's not relevant? You may as well talk about pink elephants.
but I'm frankly sick of phone-home DRM. Here's a perfect example of it failing and locking out legitimate users.
Except that isn't what happened. It's a clock error. It has nothing to do with phoning home.
But the problem is not that it requires a network connection. The games normally play without a connection, and are failing whether or not the machine is online.
But that was before you tried to hack your system by setting the clock to February 29, 2010. Once that's been done, even once, your offline system is hosed until it can be validated by Sony DRM (tm).
And your evidence for that is what, exactly?
I beg to differ [wikipedia.org].
Well, you'd be wrong. Where does a product being covered by a warranty mean that you can sue the manufacturer for it not working? It just means that they need to replace or repair it if it is faulty. Not that any of the "fat" PS3s are under warranty anymore.
Because even offline games are unplayable, so it's clear some flaw exists relating to their protection mechanism.
How does that follow? The Y2K bug would have affected offline systems if not fixed, and that had nothing to do with DRM.
It's more than that ... So I'm stuck with essentially an overpowered PSX with a web browser
Well, gee, that's soooo much more than not being able to play a game. You can't use your other forms of digital entertainment either. It's like Sony infected you with AIDS or something, your suffering must be so great. I don't think you'll live to see another day, what a horrible situation to be in.
The only way this could be any worse is if slashdot went... NO CARRIER.
The DRM for games purchased on PlayStation Network seems to require that it be able to phone home and validate everything before it lets you play the game.
But that doesn't seem to be the case. I've played downloaded PSN games plenty of times without having any internet connection. This glitch seems like an entirely different beast.
If game producers can sue users when they play games they don't own, then user can sue game producers when they cant play games they do own.
That's fucking retarded. The two have nothing to do with one another. Copyright infringement is prohibited by law. Computers/consoles/software are not guaranteed by law to work all the time.
A network connection has no business being a requirement (to the point of failing to play without it) for a single player game.
But that's not the problem. On my PS3, an internet connection is available - I can browse the web just fine, but I can't log in to the Playstation Network.
Also, a network connection is not normally required for these games. The problem appears to have something to do with trophies - games that would normally work offline just fine, give an error if you have previously been connected to the network. It now tries to "sync trophies" and fails. If you had been playing purely offlinem I don't think this big would affect you.
The only reason I can see a video game not working because of mis-matched dates is because of DRM,
Well, if that's the only reason you can think of, you're not thinking very hard, are you?
I hope Sony gets sued to absolute oblivion over this. Not being able to play games you have paid for is abso-fucking-lutely un-acceptable for any reason other than your console being physically broken.
Jesus fuck. Suing over temporarily not being able to play a game? The "sue everybody" mentality really has gotten ridiculous.
All these goddamn DRM schemes that backfire and companies never learn.. Let me have my toaster and my TV and my DRM-free games and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone!!!
What does it have to do with DRM? Calendar bugs have been a very common part of the computing landscape for many years.
I find it interesting that you seem to think that the reason people disagree with you stems from a lack of understanding. Have you stopped to think that perhaps a lot of people have stopped to consider the implications, particularly on an issue that is important to them?
Yeah, that seems extremely unlikely.
In fact, it doesn't seem to be evil at all. So what's the fuss?
I don't recall anybody calling it evil, where did you see that? I would say it could be called funny, ironic, or fitting.
I'm also not seeing a "fuss," unless you call a slashdot article a fuss.
I'd love to see some evidence of what our CEO friend is claiming.
Well yes. But you were the one claiming that it he is definitely in the wrong, and the account was blocked only for normal procedural reasons. I don't see anybody here claiming that the guy from Fabulis definitely isn't wrong.
I'd also like to see some evidence of your characterization that he was "whining" - I read his blog post, and that doesn't sound like whining at all. In fact, it seems to be very even-handed, and even gives Citibank the chance to rectify things.
Why the antagonism? I'm not personally attacking anyone.
You were personally attacking the CEO of Fabulis.
As for the antagonism - you were also being a complete dumbass. Your statement in the great-grandparent post confesses that you have problems grasping reality and reacting in a rational manner, and that you instead lash out in a predetermined pattern. That's behavior that should be strongly discouraged, so I called you on it.
Maybe the CEO of fabulis is telling the truth. We have no evidence either way, really.
Exactly. So, why didn't you just say that, rather than claiming that the account was blocked over "compliance checks" even though you have no evidence of that?
I'm just saying, there is a simpler explanation than homophobia: greed.
Firstly, that's not what you said (you argued that Fabulis was at fault). Secondly, what makes greed a simpler explanation than homophobia? Both are pretty straightforwardly simple explanations.
So, you would rather that no one know that this is a large commercial site, about to go live?
No, I'm saying that you are using a disingenuous rhetorical style that is not warranted.
You'd rather I just shut up about it and not comment?
Seeing as you've spammed the discussion with unfounded allegations and bullshit arguments, yes.
The bank is worried about charge-backs.
How do you know that? Have you spoken to the bank about why they blocked the account?
Do I need to draw you a diagram?
I'd rather see some evidence of what you are claiming.