EULAs are not the end all be all of legal matters. If I write that I want the first born of every person who plays my game in the EULA agreement of a great game that I come up with, and someone plays it, I doubt the EULA will provide any constitutional merit. EULAs are a company's protective clause, but they are not without faults or flaws...Just ask Microsoft.
Blizzard shouldn't be using anything invasive, we all know that. People shouldn't be cheating, we all know that. World of Warcraft churns out a lot of money and people are relying on the software team to make sure that people's time spent playing can actually mean something to that person. Some people play the game pretty seriously and put a lot of time into their character. These people should not feel their efforts are for naught. On the flip side, Blizzard has no right to monitor what software I have on my (or anyone else's) computer. I am pretty sure that if someone wanted to bring this to a court, Blizzard would be paying for it.
Some fish do contain amounts of fat, but I don't know of any that have enough to consider it insulating. I am not a marine biologist by ny means though. Please don't let someone point out that whales have layers of insulating fat (yeah, I see it coming)...they are not fish.
I could not agree more. Thank you for staying on topic. If Windows can do the job, people will stick with it due to the ease of use. I use Windows professionally and personally and am quite happy with it, because it meets all of my needs and my company's needs readably. I have used Linux and do find it to contain more freedom than Windows and there is a lot more to offer (with a lot more work to do it, though). I think Linux is a good OS, but Windows supplies me with what I need.
I'm just surprised to hear about people using OS X!:) Forget about the people talking about switching from MS to Linux...OS X defenders simply cannot be found ANYWHERE else and this appears to be ther rare opportunity I could not see anywhere else!
Windows XP only games are already out...Age of Empires III is a XP only game (although you can tweak it to run). Do you think the internet cafes in SK will want to tweak all of their machines though? Probably not. Buying abroad will probably be a viable solution though, as you mentioned.
I concur. Everything I have researched matches what you have stated. It is not likely this will be a very easy task to perform on a budget (depending on what he is calling a "budget"). I would guess that GoogleFS is the only viable solution other than Lustre, depending on what he is attempting to use this storage for. If large file storage is what he desires, this may be the answer once it is released to the public.
If I create a piece of software designed to communicate information about myself to other parties (i.e. ANYTHING that travels over a network) and fail to take into account security or the safety of what could be absolutely vital information, should I not be held responsible? When a car manufacturer puts in a faulty seatbelt and a person dies because of it, do you honestly think that the argument "They shouldn't be held accountable because they needed to meet a deadline and didn't have time to make it safer" should be acceptable? If you sell software, you are responsible. If you advertise the product as freeware...let that be at the user's expense. Hobbyists are not going to be held accountable, unless they are telling everyone "My software has no flaws." Today, if I buy a program, the first thing I need to do after installing is check for the patch...this is simply not good business, and is irresponsible. On the more reasonable side, there really is no bulletproof way to insure against certain vulnerabilities, because the vulnerability may not even be known about. Certain viruses can get through new software because that software makes a brand new vulnerability available to the bad guys. No accountability there, as I can see. If, however, you create a backdoor that can be exploited in order to develop software with an easy safety net, and then fail to fix the backdoor before publishing...you know that you are putting users at risk and you KNEW that you were failing to publish a solid release. These people should be and NEED to be held accountable. This is usually the situation that we hear about when there is a security patch available for a newly released piece of software. Bottom line...software programmers need to be held accountable, unless the flaw is something that was not apparent at the time of development.
I couldn't agree more. LDAP without DNS...BAD. It can work using just IPs, but isn't the whole point of DNS to allow easier communications without having to find/remember IP addresses? Also, anyone tried to run active directory without DNS lately? Not so successful. I guess the people talking about getting rid of DNS entirely might want to start working on a new OS and other communications programs as well. DNS is a simple tool to help effectively communicate. And to the people who think BT doesn't use DNS...try blocking port 53 on your router/firewalls and then tell me how your BT works. If it is still communicating, then I'll eat my own words. I don't believe that you will be successful though. To the author of the above...good points made.
First off, Buddhists do not fight back...The time it would take to fully describe how ignorant you just made yourself sound just is not available. Second, there has never been an issue with "Lazy" Tibetans. The Chinese government took over the country by force (just in case you haven't seen a history book). For those about to mention the Native Americans again, yes, the European settlers and early Americans did horrible things to the Native Americans, and they are not treated nearly as good as they should be, even to this day. It still does not justify Chinese taking over Tibet.
I tend to agree with your statements, although I am not certain that you could safely say the $ is worth more than morals in the US. Don't get me wrong, we've got people that have issues! So does every other country. I think it is simply more revealed in the US since our media here focuses intensely on the negative and have a great amount of freedom to express the negative issues here. When was the last time we heard about little Suzy winning a spelling contest. We do hear about the horrible things that happen though (since as you said, it makes $ and Suzy's ability to spell do not). I think this reflects more negatively on our country, but it is not the truth about the US. More good happens each day than bad, but you just don't hear about it, since news corporations are in there to get ratings and money, not to actually report news that might contain "good news".
As far as the US loosing our edge in science, I think we are finding a lot of out-sourcing of scientific jobs as a reason for this. Our Universities are highly lauded for their scientific discoveries and medical research, but we seem to be lacking the jobs supplied after these people graduate. Many other countries are beginning to make some very important discoveries and should certainly be given credit for those, but I think people might find that (sometimes) money is given for the research by US companies or corporations to take over research, because it is much cheaper to perform the research (and there might be fewer environmental laws to overcome) in other countries. If I were a foreign government, I would certainly push my citizens to become more educated, take US money for research that my country could lay claim to discovering. It is in my humble opinion that the US companies that do this are at fault for the people lacking the jobs, and eventually the fall of our education system's drive to teach sciences. As you pointed out, the $ does drive a lot in the US...but doesn't truly reflect poor morals.
Now you tweaked a nerve. First of all...The UN is the body who controlled what we did over there to save your sorry asses. Whether they were right or not (Usually NOT) we did what we could. Everyone assumes that since the US is in someone's country during a peacekeeping operation, that the US is who is calling the shots...not so. Especially in that case. Things would have been done much differently...successfully. The arrogance you are talking about lost the lives of sons and daughters over here that certainly thought they were protecting good people over there. How you percieve it is NOT the majority perception either, I know that. I have worked with many Croatians, Serbians, Albanians, etc. outside of those countries who are exceptionally grateful for saving thier families from the genocide that occurred there. If you don't percieve that as a good thing, I can only think that you were one of the people I was there to protect others from.
As for the grant...don't bother. You would not be welcome with an attitude like yours. One that is already biased and ignorant. I guess that your friends and Hollywood should be the ones affecting how you percieve the world. Free advise---Find out information for yourself before posting how you know things are. Don't be too offended if I don't bother to read your reply to this either. I don't have the time for people like you.
Although I do not agree with what HBO is doing, I think you are correct in this. Downloads reach millions and is within easy reach. Video tapes did present at least a little inconvenience and were not as easily distributed. I do feel that if HBO offered their own download service and charged a small fee per download (which they should be able to calculate and keep in mind the people that will inevitably share that download), they could come out ahead and profit on this. iPod is a great example to follow (don't like iPod either, but I can't knock the business sense).
Good reply. Not nasty and some good points. I've been to Croatia. Served over in the area of Bosnia and Kosovo. Seen the sacrifices my country made in those areas to help keep it from falling apart (and yes, I understand other countries helped too). I appreciated the good people I met over there. I also saw the parts of life that made me happy that I live in the USA. I suggest giving the US a try and make your own opinion. Friends can be informative, but not definative.
As far as people controlling something they didn't invent...I think just about any business that has ever created something (Open Source excluded) would greatly disagree.
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I'll buy the plane ticket for you to live in China buddy. I've been everywhere around the world, and the USA is easily the best place for more reasons than are worth listing. I'm guessing that someone like you who bashes the USA because you see the posting of one person doesn't quite get that there are many more people who show traits that personify the words "Kind" or "Good." If you're passing up the opportunity to learn in a US University or college (Which I am sure Americans are paying for), that's your call. Ignorant is it may be, it is your freedom to not like the USA. Just remember what sacrifices the US has made to those other nations (not to discredit the sacrifices made by the heroes of those countries as well). What I do not like most is a person who judges a whole nation of the basis of the very few people he/she has spoken with (especially over the internet). I hope that the people in your country are kinder than you and have more common sense.
As for the topic at hand...The USA should retain control of the medium it created for defense and educational purposes, unless there are strong arguements over the US not being capable. There are no such arguements currently and I don't see any viable ones in the future.
I'd love to actually see the idiot that performed this study with his/her set of questions. I can only picture some uptight asking shoplifters whether or not they have ever used the internet to download music illegally. Perhaps they need to go ask people that same question who work in police stations, wall street, etc. Pretty sure I know that answer........
My 4 year old has already begun this medical school. Advanced treatment of funny bone removal has been perfected. We are thinking of practicing in Mexico as well...
Honestly not being a "glass is half-empty" person, but it just doesn't work. Look at the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico right now. You just don't pick up and move platforms easily when a storm is on the way. Also, you would NEED a stable base in order for this to work properly. And finally, you would still need a ton of security from the different personal armies that would be out to just hijack this thing for money/political gain. I feel the best place to do this would be somewhere like Arizona, where there are no real natural disasters that occur, and the weather is fairly similar throughout the year (although winds could present a problem). Certain areas in Canada might also be a good choice. If whether wasn't an issue, probably the best place to do this would be one of the poles. I did like your point about ocean shipping being a valuable resource though.
Didn't anyone pay attention to the South Park episode? The kids of South Park already beat the Japanese in building this thing. Why do we need another?
Physically makes sense...sure. But which "stable" country located along the equator would you suggest? You have Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati. Any of those sound like a place you would want to put a highly sensitive and expensive piece of the Earth's future? Probably not.
Blizzard is an amazing company and there can be no doubt they have a great product. So, why should we WORRY about what other companies see as competition. This is the time for them to start creating better products. If they cannot compete, they will fail. That is the very basis of a society that is capitolistic. Only the best will survive. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel like ever paying monthly for an MMORPG. I'll stick to my Battlefield 2, which is free. And, although EA is hitting some hard times, I think this game is unbelievable. Why would I want to pay $15/month when I can go out and get a game to play for free? The answer to the problem with WoW is build a better game. If it is free monthly, all the better. If not, just make sure it is better. Force the industry to come out with games that are worth my $50.
Tell this to the millions of men and women who serve. I personally owe my life to these "poorly managed" people. I have witnessed them save so many people that I don't even have a number to offer. I've watched them change the attitude of other countries just by giving the children hope. I agree with the other person who said you are an asshat! By the way dumbass...they aren't in the business of making money. They save lives. I never usually bother to point out how ignorant some people can be here...but for you, I'll make an exception.
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EULAs are not the end all be all of legal matters. If I write that I want the first born of every person who plays my game in the EULA agreement of a great game that I come up with, and someone plays it, I doubt the EULA will provide any constitutional merit. EULAs are a company's protective clause, but they are not without faults or flaws...Just ask Microsoft.
Blizzard shouldn't be using anything invasive, we all know that. People shouldn't be cheating, we all know that. World of Warcraft churns out a lot of money and people are relying on the software team to make sure that people's time spent playing can actually mean something to that person. Some people play the game pretty seriously and put a lot of time into their character. These people should not feel their efforts are for naught. On the flip side, Blizzard has no right to monitor what software I have on my (or anyone else's) computer. I am pretty sure that if someone wanted to bring this to a court, Blizzard would be paying for it.
Some fish do contain amounts of fat, but I don't know of any that have enough to consider it insulating. I am not a marine biologist by ny means though. Please don't let someone point out that whales have layers of insulating fat (yeah, I see it coming)...they are not fish.
I could not agree more. Thank you for staying on topic. If Windows can do the job, people will stick with it due to the ease of use. I use Windows professionally and personally and am quite happy with it, because it meets all of my needs and my company's needs readably. I have used Linux and do find it to contain more freedom than Windows and there is a lot more to offer (with a lot more work to do it, though). I think Linux is a good OS, but Windows supplies me with what I need.
I'm just surprised to hear about people using OS X! :) Forget about the people talking about switching from MS to Linux...OS X defenders simply cannot be found ANYWHERE else and this appears to be ther rare opportunity I could not see anywhere else!
Windows XP only games are already out...Age of Empires III is a XP only game (although you can tweak it to run). Do you think the internet cafes in SK will want to tweak all of their machines though? Probably not. Buying abroad will probably be a viable solution though, as you mentioned.
Would a vucuum and a water hose do the trick?
I concur. Everything I have researched matches what you have stated. It is not likely this will be a very easy task to perform on a budget (depending on what he is calling a "budget"). I would guess that GoogleFS is the only viable solution other than Lustre, depending on what he is attempting to use this storage for. If large file storage is what he desires, this may be the answer once it is released to the public.
If I create a piece of software designed to communicate information about myself to other parties (i.e. ANYTHING that travels over a network) and fail to take into account security or the safety of what could be absolutely vital information, should I not be held responsible? When a car manufacturer puts in a faulty seatbelt and a person dies because of it, do you honestly think that the argument "They shouldn't be held accountable because they needed to meet a deadline and didn't have time to make it safer" should be acceptable? If you sell software, you are responsible. If you advertise the product as freeware...let that be at the user's expense. Hobbyists are not going to be held accountable, unless they are telling everyone "My software has no flaws." Today, if I buy a program, the first thing I need to do after installing is check for the patch...this is simply not good business, and is irresponsible. On the more reasonable side, there really is no bulletproof way to insure against certain vulnerabilities, because the vulnerability may not even be known about. Certain viruses can get through new software because that software makes a brand new vulnerability available to the bad guys. No accountability there, as I can see. If, however, you create a backdoor that can be exploited in order to develop software with an easy safety net, and then fail to fix the backdoor before publishing...you know that you are putting users at risk and you KNEW that you were failing to publish a solid release. These people should be and NEED to be held accountable. This is usually the situation that we hear about when there is a security patch available for a newly released piece of software. Bottom line...software programmers need to be held accountable, unless the flaw is something that was not apparent at the time of development.
I couldn't agree more. LDAP without DNS...BAD. It can work using just IPs, but isn't the whole point of DNS to allow easier communications without having to find/remember IP addresses? Also, anyone tried to run active directory without DNS lately? Not so successful. I guess the people talking about getting rid of DNS entirely might want to start working on a new OS and other communications programs as well. DNS is a simple tool to help effectively communicate. And to the people who think BT doesn't use DNS...try blocking port 53 on your router/firewalls and then tell me how your BT works. If it is still communicating, then I'll eat my own words. I don't believe that you will be successful though. To the author of the above...good points made.
Yep. You got it. Good job on knowing about "history." Now...about those Tibetans....
First off, Buddhists do not fight back...The time it would take to fully describe how ignorant you just made yourself sound just is not available. Second, there has never been an issue with "Lazy" Tibetans. The Chinese government took over the country by force (just in case you haven't seen a history book). For those about to mention the Native Americans again, yes, the European settlers and early Americans did horrible things to the Native Americans, and they are not treated nearly as good as they should be, even to this day. It still does not justify Chinese taking over Tibet.
I tend to agree with your statements, although I am not certain that you could safely say the $ is worth more than morals in the US. Don't get me wrong, we've got people that have issues! So does every other country. I think it is simply more revealed in the US since our media here focuses intensely on the negative and have a great amount of freedom to express the negative issues here. When was the last time we heard about little Suzy winning a spelling contest. We do hear about the horrible things that happen though (since as you said, it makes $ and Suzy's ability to spell do not). I think this reflects more negatively on our country, but it is not the truth about the US. More good happens each day than bad, but you just don't hear about it, since news corporations are in there to get ratings and money, not to actually report news that might contain "good news". As far as the US loosing our edge in science, I think we are finding a lot of out-sourcing of scientific jobs as a reason for this. Our Universities are highly lauded for their scientific discoveries and medical research, but we seem to be lacking the jobs supplied after these people graduate. Many other countries are beginning to make some very important discoveries and should certainly be given credit for those, but I think people might find that (sometimes) money is given for the research by US companies or corporations to take over research, because it is much cheaper to perform the research (and there might be fewer environmental laws to overcome) in other countries. If I were a foreign government, I would certainly push my citizens to become more educated, take US money for research that my country could lay claim to discovering. It is in my humble opinion that the US companies that do this are at fault for the people lacking the jobs, and eventually the fall of our education system's drive to teach sciences. As you pointed out, the $ does drive a lot in the US...but doesn't truly reflect poor morals.
Now you tweaked a nerve. First of all...The UN is the body who controlled what we did over there to save your sorry asses. Whether they were right or not (Usually NOT) we did what we could. Everyone assumes that since the US is in someone's country during a peacekeeping operation, that the US is who is calling the shots...not so. Especially in that case. Things would have been done much differently...successfully. The arrogance you are talking about lost the lives of sons and daughters over here that certainly thought they were protecting good people over there. How you percieve it is NOT the majority perception either, I know that. I have worked with many Croatians, Serbians, Albanians, etc. outside of those countries who are exceptionally grateful for saving thier families from the genocide that occurred there. If you don't percieve that as a good thing, I can only think that you were one of the people I was there to protect others from.
As for the grant...don't bother. You would not be welcome with an attitude like yours. One that is already biased and ignorant. I guess that your friends and Hollywood should be the ones affecting how you percieve the world. Free advise---Find out information for yourself before posting how you know things are. Don't be too offended if I don't bother to read your reply to this either. I don't have the time for people like you.
Although I do not agree with what HBO is doing, I think you are correct in this. Downloads reach millions and is within easy reach. Video tapes did present at least a little inconvenience and were not as easily distributed. I do feel that if HBO offered their own download service and charged a small fee per download (which they should be able to calculate and keep in mind the people that will inevitably share that download), they could come out ahead and profit on this. iPod is a great example to follow (don't like iPod either, but I can't knock the business sense).
Good reply. Not nasty and some good points. I've been to Croatia. Served over in the area of Bosnia and Kosovo. Seen the sacrifices my country made in those areas to help keep it from falling apart (and yes, I understand other countries helped too). I appreciated the good people I met over there. I also saw the parts of life that made me happy that I live in the USA. I suggest giving the US a try and make your own opinion. Friends can be informative, but not definative. As far as people controlling something they didn't invent...I think just about any business that has ever created something (Open Source excluded) would greatly disagree. Thanks
I'll buy the plane ticket for you to live in China buddy. I've been everywhere around the world, and the USA is easily the best place for more reasons than are worth listing. I'm guessing that someone like you who bashes the USA because you see the posting of one person doesn't quite get that there are many more people who show traits that personify the words "Kind" or "Good." If you're passing up the opportunity to learn in a US University or college (Which I am sure Americans are paying for), that's your call. Ignorant is it may be, it is your freedom to not like the USA. Just remember what sacrifices the US has made to those other nations (not to discredit the sacrifices made by the heroes of those countries as well). What I do not like most is a person who judges a whole nation of the basis of the very few people he/she has spoken with (especially over the internet). I hope that the people in your country are kinder than you and have more common sense.
As for the topic at hand...The USA should retain control of the medium it created for defense and educational purposes, unless there are strong arguements over the US not being capable. There are no such arguements currently and I don't see any viable ones in the future.
Thanks for playing.
I'd love to actually see the idiot that performed this study with his/her set of questions. I can only picture some uptight asking shoplifters whether or not they have ever used the internet to download music illegally. Perhaps they need to go ask people that same question who work in police stations, wall street, etc. Pretty sure I know that answer........
The downside of course is that you still only receive military pay...could pay more to be a doctor in Mexico.
My 4 year old has already begun this medical school. Advanced treatment of funny bone removal has been perfected. We are thinking of practicing in Mexico as well...
Honestly not being a "glass is half-empty" person, but it just doesn't work. Look at the oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico right now. You just don't pick up and move platforms easily when a storm is on the way. Also, you would NEED a stable base in order for this to work properly. And finally, you would still need a ton of security from the different personal armies that would be out to just hijack this thing for money/political gain.
I feel the best place to do this would be somewhere like Arizona, where there are no real natural disasters that occur, and the weather is fairly similar throughout the year (although winds could present a problem). Certain areas in Canada might also be a good choice. If whether wasn't an issue, probably the best place to do this would be one of the poles.
I did like your point about ocean shipping being a valuable resource though.
Didn't anyone pay attention to the South Park episode? The kids of South Park already beat the Japanese in building this thing. Why do we need another?
Physically makes sense...sure. But which "stable" country located along the equator would you suggest? You have Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Sao Tome & Principe, Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Somalia, Maldives, Indonesia, and Kiribati. Any of those sound like a place you would want to put a highly sensitive and expensive piece of the Earth's future? Probably not.
Blizzard is an amazing company and there can be no doubt they have a great product. So, why should we WORRY about what other companies see as competition. This is the time for them to start creating better products. If they cannot compete, they will fail. That is the very basis of a society that is capitolistic. Only the best will survive. Don't get me wrong, I don't feel like ever paying monthly for an MMORPG. I'll stick to my Battlefield 2, which is free. And, although EA is hitting some hard times, I think this game is unbelievable. Why would I want to pay $15/month when I can go out and get a game to play for free? The answer to the problem with WoW is build a better game. If it is free monthly, all the better. If not, just make sure it is better. Force the industry to come out with games that are worth my $50.
Tell this to the millions of men and women who serve. I personally owe my life to these "poorly managed" people. I have witnessed them save so many people that I don't even have a number to offer. I've watched them change the attitude of other countries just by giving the children hope. I agree with the other person who said you are an asshat! By the way dumbass...they aren't in the business of making money. They save lives. I never usually bother to point out how ignorant some people can be here...but for you, I'll make an exception.