not if they get a majority government. In a majority government, they can pass the law, everyone would get upset, but nothing would change, and by the time the 4 year mandate ends, the population will have forgotten.
but in a minority government, the dynamics are very different...
China screw your whole company - affected every employees. However, that's ok because a few of them will be able to retire. There is no more reason to complain about this than against the Banker destroying the economy or corps buying laws - the price was right for them.
After some 20 years of US teaching the rest of the world that profit is the only measure of success (screw the ethics and consequences), is it a wonder China learns the lesson and overshadows the teacher?
Really? First off, how is the US the only country "teaching" the rest world about greed? And secondly, since when has greed only been a problem for just a mere 20 years?
China wants power, and just happens to be smarter about it than the average power hungry developing nation. But pretty much everyone wants power, and this isn't because the US told them power is good. Nations and empires have been fighting based on greed since there have been nations and empires.
That said, while the economic collapse may have been spurred by US banks and bad US laws, if the US had tighter bank regulations it wouldn't have made a difference. The economic collapse didn't cause the problems in Europe, it EXPOSED them. Countries like Greece and Ireland that borrowed their way into prosperity. Ireland and Greece aren't victims of American policy. The collapse could have been caused by Europe instead of the US, but the collapse was inevitable.
You will never unlearn greed. The only thing you can do is try to legislate it in order to minimise its impacts, but it isn't going anywhere and will continue to be a driving force for all things you enjoy in your day to day life.
99 cent games aren't changing consumer's perception of value. Your intolerant, draconian treatment of your customers are changing their perception of your value.
Premium downloadable content? What the hell is that? I once bought two 3.25" disks full of Doom2 WADs because it was convenient to do so versus downloading them off of ftp.cdrom.org, not because Doom2 was defective by design unless I pay even more for "premium content".
But then, isn't that a problem with the rise of consoles? Not exactly a great place to start for a user mod community.
But at the same time, what the hell is this article going on about? The gaming industry is a huge beast now. Some gaming titles are making more money on opening weekend than movies do. So congratulations, you have managed to trick the consumer into accepting your asinine treatment of them. So I guess...
wouldn't it be possible just to write some code to delay the display of a message if it came from the future to just one second after the first message was sent?
AI and natural language processing certainly benefit from this, and the technology invented goes beyond just ad placements (even if it's the primary motive).
Not only that, but innovation has taken place just to handle the sheer volume of data created by the "social web".
the technology and resources to predict trends is something that has come out of this whole social thing, and since this kind of information can be compiled and analyzed by just about anyone, just about anyone can capitalize on that information in many ways that don't involve specifically targeted web ads.
yes it is. Todays phones are more powerful than computers ten years ago. They run applications, interact with remote services, and pretty much do everything a computer does.
so yes, tablets and smart phones are computers. Jailbreak an iPhone and you even have a terminal you can ssh into.
we should encourage microsoft to take these kinds of steps. This attitude of "we won't do anything until they do something, but even if they do something, it'll never be good enough" never leads to any kind of progress whatsoever.
Microsoft has earned its reputation and deserves scepticism, but when they do take a positive step forward, then rather than say "well, you know what MS? You're MS, so fuck you", we should say "ok, well, it's a start". Fervent religiosity never helps anyone.
Caprica wasn't that good to begin with. Had some fascinating concepts but that's about it.
Stargate Universe was like a b-rated ripoff of the re-imagined BSG series.
Besides, they changed their name to Syfy so I'm not sure what all of you were expecting. It's time to go after BBC, HBO, Showtime and AMC and get these networks to produce a killer serious science fiction show (SERIOUS, Dr Who is awesome but I'm talking BSG).
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..as a programmer?
That question is one of the best filtering questions around.
"Namespaces"
Abstract:
Process or method of encapsulating program code under a shared hierarchal grouping identified through arbitrary names
Nortel
Bombardier
CAE
ATI
Ubisoft
and maple syrup of course.
not if they get a majority government. In a majority government, they can pass the law, everyone would get upset, but nothing would change, and by the time the 4 year mandate ends, the population will have forgotten.
but in a minority government, the dynamics are very different...
I guess you perfectly illustrated the GP point.
China screw your whole company - affected every employees. However, that's ok because a few of them will be able to retire. There is no more reason to complain about this than against the Banker destroying the economy or corps buying laws - the price was right for them.
After some 20 years of US teaching the rest of the world that profit is the only measure of success (screw the ethics and consequences), is it a wonder China learns the lesson and overshadows the teacher?
Really? First off, how is the US the only country "teaching" the rest world about greed? And secondly, since when has greed only been a problem for just a mere 20 years?
China wants power, and just happens to be smarter about it than the average power hungry developing nation. But pretty much everyone wants power, and this isn't because the US told them power is good. Nations and empires have been fighting based on greed since there have been nations and empires.
That said, while the economic collapse may have been spurred by US banks and bad US laws, if the US had tighter bank regulations it wouldn't have made a difference. The economic collapse didn't cause the problems in Europe, it EXPOSED them. Countries like Greece and Ireland that borrowed their way into prosperity. Ireland and Greece aren't victims of American policy. The collapse could have been caused by Europe instead of the US, but the collapse was inevitable.
You will never unlearn greed. The only thing you can do is try to legislate it in order to minimise its impacts, but it isn't going anywhere and will continue to be a driving force for all things you enjoy in your day to day life.
99 cent games aren't changing consumer's perception of value. Your intolerant, draconian treatment of your customers are changing their perception of your value.
Premium downloadable content? What the hell is that? I once bought two 3.25" disks full of Doom2 WADs because it was convenient to do so versus downloading them off of ftp.cdrom.org, not because Doom2 was defective by design unless I pay even more for "premium content".
But then, isn't that a problem with the rise of consoles? Not exactly a great place to start for a user mod community.
But at the same time, what the hell is this article going on about? The gaming industry is a huge beast now. Some gaming titles are making more money on opening weekend than movies do. So congratulations, you have managed to trick the consumer into accepting your asinine treatment of them. So I guess...
well
whatever
wouldn't it be possible just to write some code to delay the display of a message if it came from the future to just one second after the first message was sent?
AI and natural language processing certainly benefit from this, and the technology invented goes beyond just ad placements (even if it's the primary motive).
Not only that, but innovation has taken place just to handle the sheer volume of data created by the "social web".
the technology and resources to predict trends is something that has come out of this whole social thing, and since this kind of information can be compiled and analyzed by just about anyone, just about anyone can capitalize on that information in many ways that don't involve specifically targeted web ads.
yes it is. Todays phones are more powerful than computers ten years ago. They run applications, interact with remote services, and pretty much do everything a computer does.
so yes, tablets and smart phones are computers. Jailbreak an iPhone and you even have a terminal you can ssh into.
I don't see why this was modded Flamebait.
we should encourage microsoft to take these kinds of steps. This attitude of "we won't do anything until they do something, but even if they do something, it'll never be good enough" never leads to any kind of progress whatsoever.
Microsoft has earned its reputation and deserves scepticism, but when they do take a positive step forward, then rather than say "well, you know what MS? You're MS, so fuck you", we should say "ok, well, it's a start". Fervent religiosity never helps anyone.
Caprica wasn't that good to begin with. Had some fascinating concepts but that's about it.
Stargate Universe was like a b-rated ripoff of the re-imagined BSG series.
Besides, they changed their name to Syfy so I'm not sure what all of you were expecting. It's time to go after BBC, HBO, Showtime and AMC and get these networks to produce a killer serious science fiction show (SERIOUS, Dr Who is awesome but I'm talking BSG).
So Dell will become the PC equivalent of Apple?
sudo su?
you mean like, Garry's Mod?
Nikon DSLRs are better than Canon's? I dunno, the 7D is pretty nice...
Android still is open. If one particular source is closed, nothing is stopping you from using another source.
Apple? Not so much
it is very different, but just as corrupt.
and Apple with safari?
What would they gain from killing him and is it worth more than what they lose if they kill him?
Think about that question very carefully...
So... where exactly is the heroism? What has he done for the greater good of another individual or for society?
I RTFAed, he just takes the money and move on.
I go in the reverse.
Trunk is dev, branches are stable. We haven't had much trouble with this set up at all.
Hence why it's a challenge to avoid religious wars over the issue?
I'm not sure who deserves the whoosh here, you or me.
Well, no. The more efficient they are, the more cargo they can move in the same period of time.
Bell, Shaw, Rogers, Videotron, Cogeco, they all deliver/produce media as well. That's an incentive right there, to stop piracy.
maybe because it's actually the chinese who are behind it and the US doesn't want to start a panic?