Even if it didn't happen, I'm sure it could happen. I mean, just look at this website. How can you deny those facts? http://http//www.realultimatepower.net/
...Will this mean that if my graphics card is optimized for DirectX 9, that it won't work at the same level with DirectX 10? If so, can I simply uninstall DirectX 10, and go back to DirectX 9? I haven't made the download yet.
Sorry if this is a noob question, but I'd like to know before I decide to upgrade. Please, no flaming.
You're all idiots. Every last one of you. You all think I'm just an anti-bush activist or something? Well, you're all wrong. Jesus, all I do is bring up an example of a recent event THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE RELATED TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, and all your arguments become directed at that, and ONLY that. GET A BETTER ARGUMENT. I'm NOT promoting anti-bushism here, hell, I don't even FOCUS on that.
I simply state that if it's been done before, it can be done again, and through another medium. Don't throw your "you just hate bush" fodder at me. It's the stupidest reply you could ever give, and makes it seem like you're just looking to pick a fight with anyone who mentions even the slightest negative thing about Bush. I could care less about Bush, you bunch of morons. Santa Claus could be the president now for all I care, but if he and his administration had been accused of illegally wiretapping American citizens, I'd suspect him just the same! STOP focusing on the person, and focus on the whole entity, i.e. the Government, their actions and their record.
And it's real funny how I try to maintain a normal debate, and all of you just add your little "dweeb" or "doofus" comment at the end. Real top notch there. Between the senseless name calling, and the idiotic replies that I've just wasted my time reading, well, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were all Fox employees.
I'm not blaming Bush in the sense you are pointing out. Sure, a lot of presidents have been guilty of these actions, I don't deny that. What I was doing with that example was simply bringing up the most recent case which seemed to fit into this article's particular category.
Don't focus on one particular example. Take the whole thing in. I'm not making a huge verbal attack on the Bush administration. I don't really care for the Bush administration. What I'm conveying relates to the Government as a whole, albeit whichever administration is in control at the moment.
Why would there be any credibility loss? This is a serious issue that merits at least some effort to investigate, and just because it might be a hoax, it doesn't boast enough of a reason to drop it all together.
We're not talking about endless hours of monetary resources and man power to verify these claims are true. It's almost effortless, really, to simply "check this out". Just a few people scanning their computer's internet connection.
If anything, this should be a top priority, being that it can be solved so quickly if people would just give it a little attention. Then, if it comes out as a hoax, well, so what? It had potential to be a big issue, and it deserved to be investigated. Any cons to this? Not really, being that it didn't take a whole lot to disprove it. If it comes out real? Who knows what the ramifications could be.
I'm not saying we should put every little conspiracy theory under the microscope, but when something can easily be dissected, then I ask, why not?
Not to start a flame battle, but why do you have to reply with such a useless post, calling me a dweeb, when all I'm doing is stating a valid opinion based on previous experiences that have been noted, such as illegal wire tapping?
If you have nothing constructive to say, don't reply to my posts.
With the fairly recent uproar that occurred with the numerous accounts of illegal wire tapping by part of the Bush administration, why, oh why, would anyone discard this as some sort of sham?
Now, I'm not agreeing that the proof is 100% credible, and I'm not completely disregarding the fact that this might really be a sham, but the previous experiences the US has had with any sort of monitoring on the peoples should be enough to regard this with high suspicion.
Monitoring through the internet isn't difficult. You don't need to be a Government agency with vast resources at your disposal. All you need is a terminal, and knowledge. I think the Government has plenty of both. Most people with internet connections don't know how to check the connections going into their computer. They don't know how to "port sniff". This makes for millions upon millions of victims to such an invasion of privacy.
I strongly believe this should be taken more seriously than it is at the moment. If wire tapping is illegal, and is treated with such priority, then I think this should be handled the same way. We have nothing to lose by assuming this is legitimate, and we have so much more to gain by going directly to the facts, by means of thorough investigation. This shouldn't be taken lightly.
Grand Theft Auto V
Mission #1: Tony Pinetti's ho owes him $230. She's been dodging him for 3.2 days. Tony charges an interest rate of %0.1 interest per hour a ho dodges him. Tony has instructed you to smack her for every $3.50 she owes him. How many times will you have to smack Tony's ho?
Does this mean I won't be able to call my ex girlfriend up at 3am with a phone number she doesn't recognize, and proceed to breathe heavily into the phone?
But seriously, I think it's a good idea. They've closed the door to many a tele-scammer. Hopefully now all those geriatrics who get their social security card stolen will have a little more security.
But I want those $500. Maybe I could use it to buy a board with a chip that will actually provide some routine functionality on a shorterm scale. Wouldn't that be the ultimate irony?
If it's taken us this long to reach a hopefully significant leap in the exploration of Mars, how long do you guys think it would take for a man to be able to set foot on Mars to actually get some first person perspective on the planet itself?
I ask, because I've seen a lot of planning going on in terms of living on Mars, but I can't help wonder, "Why all this planning and scheming, when we haven't even had concrete, indisputable evidence that Mars can sustain life, much less had someone actually get there?"
You pose an interesting point, but I must, pardoning the phonetic redundancy, point out, that the cases you just mentioned don't really involve verbal abuse, it would seem.
These cases are in fact harsher of course due to a more tactful representation of an act of cyberbullyism. Still, I must argue that in relation to the second case regarding the Drunken Pirate: If the teacher hadn't been fired for it, and their bosses would have had a bit more of an open mind in the dealings, would the teacher really have been affected by this? Let's face it. We all drink, we all party, we all might make asses of ourselves at some point. Would this have really been such a big case of cyberbullying if the teacher hadn't been fired? The answer is 'No'.
It's sad that the outcome of a genuinely harmless picture would be so severe, but that is nobody's fault but of the higher-ups who decided that being a normal, fun-loving human being is wrong on some level.
In the first case, well, I think that can be pretty much cleared up through proper communication. All you really have to do is call people up, or send a few messages simply saying: "This jackass stole my phone and did this crap, please ignore it". Honestly, would that be a difficult thing to do?
Sorry to the mods who found this redundant, but while I'm writing this, about 20 other people are saying it before I am, and I find it difficult to maintain a train of thought, while checking up on whether or not someone has posted something along the lines of what I'm about to post.
Not to offend, but man, it's painfully obvious that he's very very young. Anyone in their right mind would've told you to buzz off, and block you.;p
You just came off as a "cyberbully" there, along with your friend. XD
Again, I mean no disrespect.
I ask myself...To be the victim of a cyberbully: Does that even constitute as being victimized? Who in their right mind would even consider that as a cause for any reaction whatsoever, other than a hearty laugh at the expense of the loser who thinks picking on people over the internet puts him up on some sort of proverbial pedestal?
Now, don't get me wrong, I know there are very extreme cases where these issues can turn into cyberstalking, in which a person's actual, physical being is in jeopardy from actual, physical harm, but a few nasty e-mails, or a few comments in your myspace box? Come on! How much of a low self esteem do you have to let such anonymous and distant remarks get to you on some level?
Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. Does that saying have any more meaning?! Doesn't anyone apply it anymore? Hell, if words can't hurt you, I doubt text can do any more. Atleast when someone is spewing insults at your face, you might feel inclined to cry or whatnot, but text? You don't even have to read it if you don't want to. People can be blocked from contacting you through many mediums. People can be banned.
This is just another way of showing us how we've declined as emotional entities. To show us just how damn sensitive people are when they're being taunted from someone they probably don't even know, and will probably NEVER meet. Those people need help. A lot of help.
In spite of his evident PR slurring to make the "dark" market of RMT out to be the publisher's and hacker's/farmer's/duper's fault, and his dodging of definite answers, I think, and I'm sure most can agree, that this will definitely open up the doors for what I will so fittingly deem: "The Fantasy World Mafia".
It is clear that with this company's poor planning, security measures, and currency issues, they've practically paved a road for large scale money laundry in a fantasy environment. This being pointed out by people's comments on: "What's to stop the dupers from turning their fake gold into real currency?". The answer? Absolutely nothing.
In the world of the internet, anonimity is the number one cause of fraudulence, and I believe this will be one of its biggest spotlights. Honestly, how easy is it to make a few "legitimate" accounts, spread some duped gold across them, and sell it at varying prices to avoid suspicion? Hell, I just thought of it, and I'm no genius, so what's to stop more sinister masterminds from putting this into play? Maybe even in a more crafty manner?
This is a business they're proposing, and with every business there is corruption. They're not really doing anything about it. So imagine: The US Government has trouble with the Mafia, even with all their resources, laws, ect. What the HELL can this company do other than speculate on whose conducting business illicitly, when they don't even have a third of the Government's resources, not to mention the barrier of net-anonimity?
They seriously need to reconsider their agenda and business strategies before coming into such an easily manipulated market. With their current dealings and such, they're setting themselves up for major trouble in the future.
Parting a little from the premise of the article's main idea, I can't help but point this out...
With the mention of "space debris", making space unusable: Well, wouldn't this give us a brief glimpse into the possible job descriptions of the future? Crews of "space garbagemen" drifting off into the abyss to clean up this debris.
It seems quite interesting to think about it. What new occupations will arise if space, or another planet were conquered and colonized? Would there be scores of men, eager to become a part of this great new frontier? Will they become unionized?
We can only speculate.
You ain't just whistlin' dixie...
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With the iPhone release coming soon there is no shortage of stories being submitted.
No shortage?! That's a gross understatement. I think I have just been convinced by this latest iPhone plug that things are going overboard.
We know the features, we know the controversy, we know EVERYTHING.
Just let the damn thing come. This is more than gratuitous splurge on a product. It's downright unnecessary.
I'm looking forward to this thing as much as the next guy, but come on, enough with the iPhone articles. It's getting redundant.
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Even if it didn't happen, I'm sure it could happen. I mean, just look at this website. How can you deny those facts? http://http//www.realultimatepower.net/
Thank God no one actually had them on their lap.
...Will this mean that if my graphics card is optimized for DirectX 9, that it won't work at the same level with DirectX 10? If so, can I simply uninstall DirectX 10, and go back to DirectX 9? I haven't made the download yet.
Sorry if this is a noob question, but I'd like to know before I decide to upgrade. Please, no flaming.
Just great! How am I supposed to kick off my anonymous online greeting card company now?! Thanks a lot Storm!
Hm...If it doesn't actually explode, then I don't want it.
-sigh- What happened to the good ol' days when something that was said to self-destruct would mean that it exploded?
You're all idiots. Every last one of you. You all think I'm just an anti-bush activist or something? Well, you're all wrong. Jesus, all I do is bring up an example of a recent event THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE RELATED TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION, and all your arguments become directed at that, and ONLY that. GET A BETTER ARGUMENT. I'm NOT promoting anti-bushism here, hell, I don't even FOCUS on that.
I simply state that if it's been done before, it can be done again, and through another medium. Don't throw your "you just hate bush" fodder at me. It's the stupidest reply you could ever give, and makes it seem like you're just looking to pick a fight with anyone who mentions even the slightest negative thing about Bush. I could care less about Bush, you bunch of morons. Santa Claus could be the president now for all I care, but if he and his administration had been accused of illegally wiretapping American citizens, I'd suspect him just the same! STOP focusing on the person, and focus on the whole entity, i.e. the Government, their actions and their record.
And it's real funny how I try to maintain a normal debate, and all of you just add your little "dweeb" or "doofus" comment at the end. Real top notch there. Between the senseless name calling, and the idiotic replies that I've just wasted my time reading, well, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you were all Fox employees.
I'm not blaming Bush in the sense you are pointing out. Sure, a lot of presidents have been guilty of these actions, I don't deny that. What I was doing with that example was simply bringing up the most recent case which seemed to fit into this article's particular category.
Don't focus on one particular example. Take the whole thing in. I'm not making a huge verbal attack on the Bush administration. I don't really care for the Bush administration. What I'm conveying relates to the Government as a whole, albeit whichever administration is in control at the moment.
Why would there be any credibility loss? This is a serious issue that merits at least some effort to investigate, and just because it might be a hoax, it doesn't boast enough of a reason to drop it all together.
We're not talking about endless hours of monetary resources and man power to verify these claims are true. It's almost effortless, really, to simply "check this out". Just a few people scanning their computer's internet connection.
If anything, this should be a top priority, being that it can be solved so quickly if people would just give it a little attention. Then, if it comes out as a hoax, well, so what? It had potential to be a big issue, and it deserved to be investigated. Any cons to this? Not really, being that it didn't take a whole lot to disprove it. If it comes out real? Who knows what the ramifications could be.
I'm not saying we should put every little conspiracy theory under the microscope, but when something can easily be dissected, then I ask, why not?
That's why I state in the end that this should be handled by a thorough investigation. You need to look for proof for there to be proof.
Not to start a flame battle, but why do you have to reply with such a useless post, calling me a dweeb, when all I'm doing is stating a valid opinion based on previous experiences that have been noted, such as illegal wire tapping?
If you have nothing constructive to say, don't reply to my posts.
Hackaday's newest I-pod hacks:
DIY: USB adapter you can hook up to your spinal cord to charge up your I-pod!
With the fairly recent uproar that occurred with the numerous accounts of illegal wire tapping by part of the Bush administration, why, oh why, would anyone discard this as some sort of sham?
Now, I'm not agreeing that the proof is 100% credible, and I'm not completely disregarding the fact that this might really be a sham, but the previous experiences the US has had with any sort of monitoring on the peoples should be enough to regard this with high suspicion.
Monitoring through the internet isn't difficult. You don't need to be a Government agency with vast resources at your disposal. All you need is a terminal, and knowledge. I think the Government has plenty of both. Most people with internet connections don't know how to check the connections going into their computer. They don't know how to "port sniff". This makes for millions upon millions of victims to such an invasion of privacy.
I strongly believe this should be taken more seriously than it is at the moment. If wire tapping is illegal, and is treated with such priority, then I think this should be handled the same way. We have nothing to lose by assuming this is legitimate, and we have so much more to gain by going directly to the facts, by means of thorough investigation. This shouldn't be taken lightly.
Grand Theft Auto V Mission #1: Tony Pinetti's ho owes him $230. She's been dodging him for 3.2 days. Tony charges an interest rate of %0.1 interest per hour a ho dodges him. Tony has instructed you to smack her for every $3.50 she owes him. How many times will you have to smack Tony's ho?
Does this mean I won't be able to call my ex girlfriend up at 3am with a phone number she doesn't recognize, and proceed to breathe heavily into the phone?
But seriously, I think it's a good idea. They've closed the door to many a tele-scammer. Hopefully now all those geriatrics who get their social security card stolen will have a little more security.
But I want those $500. Maybe I could use it to buy a board with a chip that will actually provide some routine functionality on a shorterm scale. Wouldn't that be the ultimate irony?
If it's taken us this long to reach a hopefully significant leap in the exploration of Mars, how long do you guys think it would take for a man to be able to set foot on Mars to actually get some first person perspective on the planet itself?
I ask, because I've seen a lot of planning going on in terms of living on Mars, but I can't help wonder, "Why all this planning and scheming, when we haven't even had concrete, indisputable evidence that Mars can sustain life, much less had someone actually get there?"
You pose an interesting point, but I must, pardoning the phonetic redundancy, point out, that the cases you just mentioned don't really involve verbal abuse, it would seem.
These cases are in fact harsher of course due to a more tactful representation of an act of cyberbullyism. Still, I must argue that in relation to the second case regarding the Drunken Pirate: If the teacher hadn't been fired for it, and their bosses would have had a bit more of an open mind in the dealings, would the teacher really have been affected by this? Let's face it. We all drink, we all party, we all might make asses of ourselves at some point. Would this have really been such a big case of cyberbullying if the teacher hadn't been fired? The answer is 'No'.
It's sad that the outcome of a genuinely harmless picture would be so severe, but that is nobody's fault but of the higher-ups who decided that being a normal, fun-loving human being is wrong on some level.
In the first case, well, I think that can be pretty much cleared up through proper communication. All you really have to do is call people up, or send a few messages simply saying: "This jackass stole my phone and did this crap, please ignore it". Honestly, would that be a difficult thing to do?
They say that when you return 13 XBox 360's, Bill Gates comes to your house and personally pisses on your shoe.
Sorry to the mods who found this redundant, but while I'm writing this, about 20 other people are saying it before I am, and I find it difficult to maintain a train of thought, while checking up on whether or not someone has posted something along the lines of what I'm about to post.
Not to offend, but man, it's painfully obvious that he's very very young. Anyone in their right mind would've told you to buzz off, and block you. ;p
You just came off as a "cyberbully" there, along with your friend. XD
Again, I mean no disrespect.
I ask myself...To be the victim of a cyberbully: Does that even constitute as being victimized? Who in their right mind would even consider that as a cause for any reaction whatsoever, other than a hearty laugh at the expense of the loser who thinks picking on people over the internet puts him up on some sort of proverbial pedestal?
Now, don't get me wrong, I know there are very extreme cases where these issues can turn into cyberstalking, in which a person's actual, physical being is in jeopardy from actual, physical harm, but a few nasty e-mails, or a few comments in your myspace box? Come on! How much of a low self esteem do you have to let such anonymous and distant remarks get to you on some level?
Sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. Does that saying have any more meaning?! Doesn't anyone apply it anymore? Hell, if words can't hurt you, I doubt text can do any more. Atleast when someone is spewing insults at your face, you might feel inclined to cry or whatnot, but text? You don't even have to read it if you don't want to. People can be blocked from contacting you through many mediums. People can be banned.
This is just another way of showing us how we've declined as emotional entities. To show us just how damn sensitive people are when they're being taunted from someone they probably don't even know, and will probably NEVER meet. Those people need help. A lot of help.
In spite of his evident PR slurring to make the "dark" market of RMT out to be the publisher's and hacker's/farmer's/duper's fault, and his dodging of definite answers, I think, and I'm sure most can agree, that this will definitely open up the doors for what I will so fittingly deem: "The Fantasy World Mafia".
It is clear that with this company's poor planning, security measures, and currency issues, they've practically paved a road for large scale money laundry in a fantasy environment. This being pointed out by people's comments on: "What's to stop the dupers from turning their fake gold into real currency?". The answer? Absolutely nothing.
In the world of the internet, anonimity is the number one cause of fraudulence, and I believe this will be one of its biggest spotlights. Honestly, how easy is it to make a few "legitimate" accounts, spread some duped gold across them, and sell it at varying prices to avoid suspicion? Hell, I just thought of it, and I'm no genius, so what's to stop more sinister masterminds from putting this into play? Maybe even in a more crafty manner?
This is a business they're proposing, and with every business there is corruption. They're not really doing anything about it. So imagine: The US Government has trouble with the Mafia, even with all their resources, laws, ect. What the HELL can this company do other than speculate on whose conducting business illicitly, when they don't even have a third of the Government's resources, not to mention the barrier of net-anonimity?
They seriously need to reconsider their agenda and business strategies before coming into such an easily manipulated market. With their current dealings and such, they're setting themselves up for major trouble in the future.
I was talking about the...you know...flop part.
Parting a little from the premise of the article's main idea, I can't help but point this out...
With the mention of "space debris", making space unusable: Well, wouldn't this give us a brief glimpse into the possible job descriptions of the future? Crews of "space garbagemen" drifting off into the abyss to clean up this debris.
It seems quite interesting to think about it. What new occupations will arise if space, or another planet were conquered and colonized? Would there be scores of men, eager to become a part of this great new frontier? Will they become unionized?
We can only speculate.
With the iPhone release coming soon there is no shortage of stories being submitted. No shortage?! That's a gross understatement. I think I have just been convinced by this latest iPhone plug that things are going overboard.
We know the features, we know the controversy, we know EVERYTHING.
Just let the damn thing come. This is more than gratuitous splurge on a product. It's downright unnecessary.
I'm looking forward to this thing as much as the next guy, but come on, enough with the iPhone articles. It's getting redundant.