I mean, honestly. Isn't it at all possible that the heads of EA actually do wait 'till the end of the day, close the door to the executive boardroom, and let the goats loose and go to town?
This is the virus that MS has a patch from their fancy new Remote System Control program, right? Simply agree to download and blindly run any code they decide to send, let 'em take a peek at what you're running from time to time, and send regular status reports to the nice windows home base -- and then, we'll protect you from the nasty viruses!
And remember, kids... that's a nice computer. Would be a shame if something were to "happen" to it, you know what I mean?
It's not so much what they're actually losing, its sheer, inexplicable frustration that a service-based company would do something that is opposed by the large majority of it's customers. "Shooting yourself in the foot" and "biting the hand that feeds you" are apt analogies to the general WTF!?!? consensus seen at the moment.
From my experience, admin on MMORPGS don't really care, for one of four reasons:
1) They have a character in the game, and want to make it more fun for them
2) General fear of having their wishes proven unsound
3) God syndrome, where they feel it's their divine duty to punish and reward specific players/groups at will
4) Inability to throw away any amount of work spend brainstorming/coding changes, even when they're dumb ideas
I realized that when using the word, and used it deliberately, specifically because most people will read it as a very high-level intensifier. Like in my reply above, the fact that the dictionary records it being used this way for over a hundred years means its pretty much a second definition now.
Guess we can add the "War on Cusotmers" (started by the RIAA) to the country's other great successes -- the War on Terror, War on Drugs, and War on Kids on My Lawn
literally ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ltr--l) adv.
3. Usage Problem. Really; actually: "There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water" Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.
Usage Note: For more than a hundred years, critics have remarked on the incoherency of using literally in a way that suggests the exact opposite of its primary sense of "in a manner that accords with the literal sense of the words." In 1926, for example, H.W. Fowler cited the example "The 300,000 Unionists... will be literally thrown to the wolves." The practice does not stem from a change in the meaning of literally itselfif it did, the word would long since have come to mean "virtually" or "figuratively"but from a natural tendency to use the word as a general intensive, as in They had literally no help from the government on the project, where no contrast with the figurative sense of the words is intended.
The problem with your reasoning is that Google is not doing this out of benevolence to the people of China. They are doing it because to get business. (read: $$$)
Yahoo and MS countered by pointing out that event censored network access 'enabled far wider access to independent sources of information for hundreds of millions of individuals in China and elsewhere' than not entering China."
They'll just charge you with whatever they charge people who pass out in their cars after realizing they're too drunk to drive.
Most laws are worded that as long as you're physically able to start the car (possession of the keys), it's as bad as plowing through a bunch of little kids.
Now, that makes sense, since the entire contract won't be completely nullified until long after your employment is complete. But you'd still be able to quit at any point and say "screw the bonus, I want to work on GTA4."
Non-competive clauses are useless. Remember, you can't legally sign away any of your basic freedoms in a contract -- that's why assisted suicide, indentured servitude are illegal.
So, all the employer can threaten you with for breaking the clause is a firing. But you've already left the company if you're signing with a competitor. So what's the issue.
Did this letter get intercepted from the Bizzaro Universe?
I'm a consultant. I work with a group of consultants. They would promote themselves Klingon-style if it meant becoming an employee, with benefits and (relative) job security. What kind of crack is EA smoking?
Like the above poster said, not being able to undo all the changes is a big red flag. I did try it out, but fighting with the firewall and other miscellaneous "enhancements" ended up being ridiculous, with not even a perceptible advantage to upgrading. I eventually moved all my data to one hard drive and formatted before throwing a nice, lean, torrented copy of regular xp onto it.
On a positive note, the computer enema ended up improving performance across the board, for a mere day's work.
I got the magazine sent to me, but never remember anything like that subscriber's letter. Just a bunch of obscure references every other month and then an announcement later on that the Cleansing had indeed occured. This might've been shortly before the name change or the mag folded, I forget which.
If this guy used any more grovelling, shameless weasel words in that pathetic excuse for an excuse, he would surely have reverted back to the protoplasmic ooze from which he is comprised.
I applaud Microsoft for not doing what I would have done in this situation: pull a Google and ignore the court's demand.
Two different things. Allow me to analogize with Law and Order:
The google issue is Detective Briscoe going up to your home and saying "Someone said you sell crack here. Mind if I take a look around?" You have every right to refuse.
The microsoft issue is Detective Briscoe going up to your home and saying "I found this videotape of you selling crack here. Here's my search warrant. I'll let myself in, thanks."
In other words, a request and a ruling from the court are opposite ends of the judicial process.
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As bad as this day? http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0689711735.01._S CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
//mah favorite book
How do you really know this is a troll?
I mean, honestly. Isn't it at all possible that the heads of EA actually do wait 'till the end of the day, close the door to the executive boardroom, and let the goats loose and go to town?
I suggest (Score: 1, Implausible)
This is the virus that MS has a patch from their fancy new Remote System Control program, right? Simply agree to download and blindly run any code they decide to send, let 'em take a peek at what you're running from time to time, and send regular status reports to the nice windows home base -- and then, we'll protect you from the nasty viruses!
And remember, kids... that's a nice computer. Would be a shame if something were to "happen" to it, you know what I mean?
Ah, the old "I was just following orders!" line. Truly an unimpeachable excuse.
It's not so much what they're actually losing, its sheer, inexplicable frustration that a service-based company would do something that is opposed by the large majority of it's customers. "Shooting yourself in the foot" and "biting the hand that feeds you" are apt analogies to the general WTF!?!? consensus seen at the moment.
From my experience, admin on MMORPGS don't really care, for one of four reasons:
1) They have a character in the game, and want to make it more fun for them
2) General fear of having their wishes proven unsound
3) God syndrome, where they feel it's their divine duty to punish and reward specific players/groups at will
4) Inability to throw away any amount of work spend brainstorming/coding changes, even when they're dumb ideas
I realized that when using the word, and used it deliberately, specifically because most people will read it as a very high-level intensifier. Like in my reply above, the fact that the dictionary records it being used this way for over a hundred years means its pretty much a second definition now.
Guess we can add the "War on Cusotmers" (started by the RIAA) to the country's other great successes -- the War on Terror, War on Drugs, and War on Kids on My Lawn
literally ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ltr--l) adv.
3. Usage Problem. Really; actually: "There are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water" Used as an intensive before a figurative expression.
Usage Note: For more than a hundred years, critics have remarked on the incoherency of using literally in a way that suggests the exact opposite of its primary sense of "in a manner that accords with the literal sense of the words." In 1926, for example, H.W. Fowler cited the example "The 300,000 Unionists... will be literally thrown to the wolves." The practice does not stem from a change in the meaning of literally itselfif it did, the word would long since have come to mean "virtually" or "figuratively"but from a natural tendency to use the word as a general intensive, as in They had literally no help from the government on the project, where no contrast with the figurative sense of the words is intended.
We call this language evolution
The problem with your reasoning is that Google is not doing this out of benevolence to the people of China. They are doing it because to get business. (read: $$$)
Yahoo and MS countered by pointing out that event censored network access 'enabled far wider access to independent sources of information for hundreds of millions of individuals in China and elsewhere' than not entering China."
This is *literally* saying "Slavery is Freedom"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
schmuck...
The summary is referring to the fact that p2p use can be illegal if you're downloading zErOdAy cracks!!11 (oneone!)
Not its use in and of itself.
My employer doesn't ban Skype. I can get to the homepage just fine.
.exe or .zip files is kinda a drag, though...
Not being allowed to execute any
Maybe you don't care about someone breaking wind, a lot. I do
Farting is healthy. What is wrong with you?
They'll just charge you with whatever they charge people who pass out in their cars after realizing they're too drunk to drive.
Most laws are worded that as long as you're physically able to start the car (possession of the keys), it's as bad as plowing through a bunch of little kids.
Now, that makes sense, since the entire contract won't be completely nullified until long after your employment is complete. But you'd still be able to quit at any point and say "screw the bonus, I want to work on GTA4."
Non-competive clauses are useless. Remember, you can't legally sign away any of your basic freedoms in a contract -- that's why assisted suicide, indentured servitude are illegal.
So, all the employer can threaten you with for breaking the clause is a firing. But you've already left the company if you're signing with a competitor. So what's the issue.
Did this letter get intercepted from the Bizzaro Universe?
I'm a consultant. I work with a group of consultants. They would promote themselves Klingon-style if it meant becoming an employee, with benefits and (relative) job security. What kind of crack is EA smoking?
Like the above poster said, not being able to undo all the changes is a big red flag. I did try it out, but fighting with the firewall and other miscellaneous "enhancements" ended up being ridiculous, with not even a perceptible advantage to upgrading. I eventually moved all my data to one hard drive and formatted before throwing a nice, lean, torrented copy of regular xp onto it. On a positive note, the computer enema ended up improving performance across the board, for a mere day's work.
Run aaaawaaayyy!
Fine. As long as I can burn an installable copy onto DVD-R for backup purposes. If not, I'll stick with the Myth or Class version.
//arrrrrr
I got the magazine sent to me, but never remember anything like that subscriber's letter. Just a bunch of obscure references every other month and then an announcement later on that the Cleansing had indeed occured. This might've been shortly before the name change or the mag folded, I forget which.
If this guy used any more grovelling, shameless weasel words in that pathetic excuse for an excuse, he would surely have reverted back to the protoplasmic ooze from which he is comprised.
I applaud Microsoft for not doing what I would have done in this situation: pull a Google and ignore the court's demand.
Two different things. Allow me to analogize with Law and Order:
The google issue is Detective Briscoe going up to your home and saying "Someone said you sell crack here. Mind if I take a look around?" You have every right to refuse.
The microsoft issue is Detective Briscoe going up to your home and saying "I found this videotape of you selling crack here. Here's my search warrant. I'll let myself in, thanks."
In other words, a request and a ruling from the court are opposite ends of the judicial process.
Are you required to install security patches?
You haven't read the liscencing agreement, it seems.
The TOS states alot of things, like your sacred duty to grab a skullbat and assist in the Cleansing when Gazuga appears. It's all in there.