If Blizzard does not want people using bots/mods, then they should put it in the EULA, and if anyone violates that, handle is accordingly.
It's already in there, don't worry. Apparently, Blizzard is just looking for a bigger stick to wave at potentian cheaters.
A good friend of mine is "addicted" to this game. He has been playing for over a year now, and has leveled up 2 characters to level 70.
Only ?
So he uses a bot, to gather some experience. If it wasnt for the bot, he probably wouldn't be playing anymore.
If he finds the game tedious, why doesn't he play something that's actually fun ? I dunno, but seeing "Level 70" on the screen doesn't really sound like fun.
So he wants to make a third character, but he doesn't want to play through all the lower missions.
I doubt he's seen all of them with just two characters.
is he interfering with other peoples play? no., so wtf?
Heck yes he is. Maybe some legit players want to farm, too. Having to compete against dozens of farm-bots in addition to the Chinese farmers sucks big time.
WoW is a cash cow, and they are just trying to milk it to the Max...those bastards...
If they were trying to milk anything, they'd have the game mechanics set up so that having a second account with a buffbot (which is different from a real active bot, because its only purpose is to be parked in a safe spot) is a must, and be running an items-for-cash service.
Right now, Blizzard is far from being in the "milking" phase, in contrast to some other MMOs.
This case seems more akin to a device for cheating at Backgammon.
In backgammon, you can usually take measures against people who cheat (anything from a good kickin' where it hurts to not playing with them anymore). In WoW, you don't have that option.
I'd much rather have something else go thru the grind for me than have me sitting in front of the game for hours on end.
If you find the game so tedious, why are you playing it ? How about playing something that's actually fun ?
Then again, WoW is very light on the grinding side (unless you're doing nothing but leveling up one char after the other). At least on the type of grinding that's easily automated. It'll be a while until 25 bots can run a raid instance.
I quit 2 months ago (not because of the grind, but because of the ongoing Priest class issue), and found other games to be just as entertaining.
At least before the price cuts, there was simply no way I would even consider an AMD CPU, after Intel got Core 2 Duo up and running.
So what's your usage profile ? High-end gaming or running some extremely CPU-intensive tasks where time is money ? Yup, then the C2D is for you.
But what about the mass market ? People whose CPU will mainly twiddle its thumbs (and other digits) while running web/email/office ? People who don't care if they get 100 fps or 145 ? For them, getting an Athlon makes more sense. It's more efficient while idle and more than fast enough for the usual tasks. It's fast enough for any current game (when combined with an appropriate graphics card). Why spend an extra $40 just to have "Intel inside" ?
First, if the company buys the monitor for you, it begins the jealousy factor, where others want to have it too, so managers and such, who wouldn't have any need for it, start asking, and it ends up wasting the company a lot of money.
Is plain old jealousy really that big of a problem in the workplace in America ? Like "who's got the window office", "who's got two monitors", etc. ?
That would be a pretty fscked up work environment. Where I work, people get the stuff they need (i.e. managers get notebooks and PDAs, developers get their two screens, people who use Unix/Linux get a separate workstation, etc.). And, well, computers are the smallest of the costs there. What's a $1k computer system when you're working with a $4k piece of software and $6k worth of development system ? Heck. The oscilloscopes we use start at $4k each, and usually people get the more expensive ones because they help them diagnose problems faster. When the shit hits the fan and you suddenly get a production hold, you want the reason and you want it fixed NOW and not tomorrow.
This is work. Not some fscked up dick-waving contest.
If you really think it helps that much, ask them if you can bring in your own monitor.
It's not the employees job to throw money at the company he works for. Unless doing something like that has benefits for you (like not getting carpal tunnel syndrome by using your own mouse), don't do it.
If the bean-counters are too stupid to invest in good working equipment, don't bail them out.
A lot of managers don't think of "if we spend this we'll save twice that" they think "if we spend this we immediately reduce the bottom line by the same amount, fuck that!"
Well, that's the bad thing about capitalism today - it's been replaced by blind greed and short-term thinking. The term "investment" (the basis of all capital) is pretty much forgotten. Instead, "investing" money is considered "spending" it.
Wrong, when audited, you can't compare a hidden benefit with a visible cost, no matter how positive it might eventually be.
If your salary is $50 an hour, then every second you spend on unproductive things becomes a very visible cost, especially if those seconds add up.
If the bean-counters at the company don't see that, they're effectively incompetent. Which usually points to bad prospects for the future of the company.
Unless you are actually needing to see more things at the same time, extra monitors are a waste of desk space and electricity.
I supposed you don't need to look at data sheets while you program. Sure, you don't need to see the IDE and the datasheet at the same time, but just switching between the two fullscreen apps on a single monitor costs you more than enough time, since you lose track of what was in the old window and need to orient yourself in the new window.
Monitors are cheap. Dirt cheap compared to the salaries of most people sitting in front of them.
If you merely spend five additional minutes on work each day that you would have had to spend on shuffling windows around, the investment in an additional monitor will pay for itself within weeks.
Capitalism demands that the employer try to screw the employee by giving them as little as possible.
"There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. " - Henry Ford.
However, blind greed is much more in style nowadays.
So, unless you particularly enjoy the thought of a genocidal car constantly messing with your mind and trying to take over your home planet, don't buy it.
... get the brand-spankin'-new-looking red '58 Plymouth Fury over there instead.
The Supreme Court ruled the country or city can kick you out if the can get a higher-taxed property to take your place.
They cannot "kick you out". They can force you to sell it. If they really owned anything, they could kick you out without having to compensate you for it, and any legal wrangling would stop several instances before even getting to the SCOTUS.
How does the government enhance my ability to earn a living? For some of us, it actually interferes with our ability to earn a living.
Yeah, if you run a racketeering operation, deal drugs, are a professional hit man, a fraudster, or various other types of criminal, or want to sell cheap-o, shoddily made, unsafe products, then, hell yeah, the government really interferes with your ability earn a living.
For most honest folks, if the government really interferes that much with their ability to make a living, they're not adaptable enough or are doing things wrong.
if I remember right, have proof that an American applicant couldn't have filled the position.
Such proofs, if they are necessary at all, are fairly easy to get. Just tailor the job description to the exact qualifications of the prospective applicant.
and -that- is what's forcing immigrants into work.
And don't forget that governments in Europe are much, much more eager to combat illegal employment. There are no millions of underpaid, illegal workers over here.
This case shows that a county can take property from one landowner and give/sell to another landowner at will.
Not without compensation (which wouldn't be necessary if they owned the property in the first place). Also, there's going to be some legal wrangling about it, even if it is just about the size of the compensation (which would also be a non-issue if they truly owned the place).
Fact: The county cannot simply tell you "You're out. Bye.". They could do that if they own the place in question.
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Because by playing the game, you usually agree not to cheat.
If you don't like cheating, don't play games with cheaters.
Care to name a few ? They should allow for more than one human player at a time, please.
I would ... if they had enough GMs and were actually willing to ban reported cheaters after a short investigation of their behavior.
Warden just keeps the really really stupid ones from cheating.
Why should I be forced to stop playing any game I like (poker, backgammon, WoW) in order to avoid cheaters ? This does not make sense. At all.
It's already in there, don't worry. Apparently, Blizzard is just looking for a bigger stick to wave at potentian cheaters.
A good friend of mine is "addicted" to this game. He has been playing for over a year now, and has leveled up 2 characters to level 70.
Only ?
So he uses a bot, to gather some experience. If it wasnt for the bot, he probably wouldn't be playing anymore.
If he finds the game tedious, why doesn't he play something that's actually fun ? I dunno, but seeing "Level 70" on the screen doesn't really sound like fun. So he wants to make a third character, but he doesn't want to play through all the lower missions.
I doubt he's seen all of them with just two characters.
is he interfering with other peoples play? no., so wtf?
Heck yes he is. Maybe some legit players want to farm, too. Having to compete against dozens of farm-bots in addition to the Chinese farmers sucks big time.
WoW is a cash cow, and they are just trying to milk it to the Max...those bastards...
If they were trying to milk anything, they'd have the game mechanics set up so that having a second account with a buffbot (which is different from a real active bot, because its only purpose is to be parked in a safe spot) is a must, and be running an items-for-cash service.
Right now, Blizzard is far from being in the "milking" phase, in contrast to some other MMOs.
In backgammon, you can usually take measures against people who cheat (anything from a good kickin' where it hurts to not playing with them anymore). In WoW, you don't have that option.
If you find the game so tedious, why are you playing it ? How about playing something that's actually fun ?
Then again, WoW is very light on the grinding side (unless you're doing nothing but leveling up one char after the other). At least on the type of grinding that's easily automated. It'll be a while until 25 bots can run a raid instance.
I quit 2 months ago (not because of the grind, but because of the ongoing Priest class issue), and found other games to be just as entertaining.
So what's your usage profile ? High-end gaming or running some extremely CPU-intensive tasks where time is money ? Yup, then the C2D is for you.
But what about the mass market ? People whose CPU will mainly twiddle its thumbs (and other digits) while running web/email/office ? People who don't care if they get 100 fps or 145 ? For them, getting an Athlon makes more sense. It's more efficient while idle and more than fast enough for the usual tasks. It's fast enough for any current game (when combined with an appropriate graphics card). Why spend an extra $40 just to have "Intel inside" ?
Is plain old jealousy really that big of a problem in the workplace in America ? Like "who's got the window office", "who's got two monitors", etc. ?
That would be a pretty fscked up work environment. Where I work, people get the stuff they need (i.e. managers get notebooks and PDAs, developers get their two screens, people who use Unix/Linux get a separate workstation, etc.). And, well, computers are the smallest of the costs there. What's a $1k computer system when you're working with a $4k piece of software and $6k worth of development system ? Heck. The oscilloscopes we use start at $4k each, and usually people get the more expensive ones because they help them diagnose problems faster. When the shit hits the fan and you suddenly get a production hold, you want the reason and you want it fixed NOW and not tomorrow.
This is work. Not some fscked up dick-waving contest.
It's not the employees job to throw money at the company he works for. Unless doing something like that has benefits for you (like not getting carpal tunnel syndrome by using your own mouse), don't do it.
If the bean-counters are too stupid to invest in good working equipment, don't bail them out.
Well, that's the bad thing about capitalism today - it's been replaced by blind greed and short-term thinking. The term "investment" (the basis of all capital) is pretty much forgotten. Instead, "investing" money is considered "spending" it.
If your salary is $50 an hour, then every second you spend on unproductive things becomes a very visible cost, especially if those seconds add up.
If the bean-counters at the company don't see that, they're effectively incompetent. Which usually points to bad prospects for the future of the company.
I supposed you don't need to look at data sheets while you program. Sure, you don't need to see the IDE and the datasheet at the same time, but just switching between the two fullscreen apps on a single monitor costs you more than enough time, since you lose track of what was in the old window and need to orient yourself in the new window.
... that cars don't buy cars.
If you merely spend five additional minutes on work each day that you would have had to spend on shuffling windows around, the investment in an additional monitor will pay for itself within weeks.
"There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible. " - Henry Ford.
However, blind greed is much more in style nowadays.
A fertilized egg also temporarily does not have the ability to experience anything. The duration of this inability is just about five months long.
Are you ok with being killed if they promise you that the anaesthesia would have lasted five months if they had not killed you ?
Well, sorry, then your belief is wrong.
It's called imminent domain.
Eminent domain.
The Supreme Court ruled the country or city can kick you out if the can get a higher-taxed property to take your place.
They cannot "kick you out". They can force you to sell it. If they really owned anything, they could kick you out without having to compensate you for it, and any legal wrangling would stop several instances before even getting to the SCOTUS.
Yeah, if you run a racketeering operation, deal drugs, are a professional hit man, a fraudster, or various other types of criminal, or want to sell cheap-o, shoddily made, unsafe products, then, hell yeah, the government really interferes with your ability earn a living.
For most honest folks, if the government really interferes that much with their ability to make a living, they're not adaptable enough or are doing things wrong.
Nope. Only if you were born to a US citizen parent. If one of your parents becomes a US citizen and you're over 21, it's the queue for you.
Since when has "American" become a race ? You're confusing racism and nationalism here.
Such proofs, if they are necessary at all, are fairly easy to get. Just tailor the job description to the exact qualifications of the prospective applicant.
That doesn't make a difference. As a possible rich-but-undesirable applicant, just find a prospective employer and offer to pay them for hiring you.
And don't forget that governments in Europe are much, much more eager to combat illegal employment. There are no millions of underpaid, illegal workers over here.
Not without compensation (which wouldn't be necessary if they owned the property in the first place). Also, there's going to be some legal wrangling about it, even if it is just about the size of the compensation (which would also be a non-issue if they truly owned the place).
Fact: The county cannot simply tell you "You're out. Bye.". They could do that if they own the place in question.