Very true. I'd be an instant convert to online gaming if:
A) There were no monthly costs, just the purchase fee
B) You could still play the game in single-player mode (with the same character) if the company pulls the plug.
It's much more fun to find botters in a mud, because you can send text to the screen to set off their macros and expose them. Not sure how it works in WoW, but I can say " has died." and then "Too heavy!" to get him to travel back to town to try and tell the loot. Good fun.
Just seems to me like an ISP has to get permission from the user before blocking any email. It has to be an opt-in thing. AOL can't unilaterally junk stuff right now (and not even put it in a "spam" folder) because it violates some rule.
I think it's more like "Sorry, I didn't realize I was copying the customer credit card numbers from the company server instead of my project specs. Here's the file back, and it won't happen again."
Was the NSA required to destroy the data it collected off the cookies? The article says they just disabled the cookies. Sure, this is a small issue now, but you can bet the same thing will happen even if the courts rule Bush isn't allowed to authorize phonetaps without a warrant anymore. They'll still be able to use what data was already collected.
How come if the government breaks the law, they get off with stopping the action and an apology? I should try this when they accuse me of a crime.
"Sorry, officer. You're right, I was going to sell these 30 pounds of crack to some schoolkids. But it's okay, as long as I throw it away and promise not to do it again. Right?"
Sounds great! Anyone know if it's this reasonable across the pond?
My only personal insight into the American justice system is when I casually asked the bailiff why they don't just use appointments for the speeding ticket judge instead of forcing you to wait in line the whole day. His response: "Duh, people just plead guilty in the mail if they know they'll lose a day's pay to fight it."
Court fees?
Lost wages from taking days off of work to go to court?
Lawyer's fees? (Well, you can save on that by getting a season of Law and Order on DVD, I guess...)
Great in principle, but I fear the day is theirs:(
you might as well better the rest of the human race and be a guinea pig for a drug or treatment that might save the lives of thousands.
you might as well better the bottom line of a mega-pharmaceudical and be a guinea pig for a drug or treatment that might save the lives of thousands of wealthy people.
Not to substitute axioms for well-thought out ideas, but you can't catch all the fish in a pond anyway. Just because a solution isn't perfect doesn't mean it's not more valid than the current model.
And if you have people slacking off in order to not get caught slacking off, then that's a whole other type of problem. Might be better to flush out the deadweights by doing it, actually.
Blocking all but trusted attachments in email (.doc,.txt. and.exl okay, but not.doc.exe.vbs) should be alot easier than 1) making and 2) keeping current a blacklist for ports and numbers/users who are exempt. People who really need to transfer some wierd file type will find a way (put it in a zip, sneakernet), but it will cut down on viruses are malware, which -- because they can really muck things up -- require a more technological solution than harsh language.
But most of these policies are to block porn and bittorrent because the guy approving them either a) has a moral stance on their use or b) irrationally fears lawsuits. No one's going to get hurt if they see a nipple or two by accident on the company PC. If the guy keeps getting ignoring the policy, then its insubordination, which is alot easier ground for firing anyway.
So now I got all these great ideas, but no megacorporation to use them in. Anyone care to lend me theirs?
That's a little harsh, eh? I mean, yeah, you have to know what the policy is before you push off into the deep waters of the internet, but zero tolerance always equals zero sense.
I use firefox at home with adblocker. Lots of sites surprise me at work when I see what the ads are actually hawking. If I find one of them has teh boobies, then I can't go there anymore. No harm done.
Even if you're a Fortune 500 company with a 70-story building, you'd be surprised what a walkaround by the CTO can accomplish. Stick your head in a few cubes, say "what the shit is going on here?" and let the rumour mill work for you.
It will take less time/money then hiring a "solutions" firm to police your internets. And it's the same way midlevel managers make sure their employees haven't been screwing around since like, forever.
Though, I think all LP Muds share the same library. The combat code is usually kept slim and unaltered because usually 50%+ of the players are using it at any given time
An Imp appears!
>kill imp
Imp hits you.
You hit Imp hard.
Imp scratches you.
You hit Imp very hard.
Imp falls to the ground.
Imp is bleeding to death.
>kill imp
Imp has died.
You got 4 gold.
An Imp appears!
Firefox and Bittorrent teaming up? That might produce a black hole of memory suck that would tear a hole in the fabric of the universe and destroy the space-time continuum!
"give me a good online newspaper, and I'll be happy to pay for it. As long as there are no ads..."
Why would they do that? They've already got you to pay for the physical copy with ads? Advertising saturation is a one-way tunnel, like your esophagus. They never go backwards.
That's like a pundit saying "give me a good basic cable service, and I'll be happy to pay for it. As long as there are no ads..." The industry will just scratch its head and quietly ignore them.
I dunno about that. In New York, we have a bunch of free papers (ad-rags with pages of content sandwiched inbetween) that everyone in my team gets. We read them for the crazy local news (homeless man reads porn on subway, jailarity ensues) that you'll never see on cnn.com. And there's alot. Take the Daily News. First 15 pages are almost exclusively hometown items, unless some country got blown up or something. Stuff like "Historic Peace Accord between Norway and Ghana" is always buried on page 43.
Like you said, people are interested in local stuff, but we're the opposite of you. We play crossword and suduku online and read the physical paper.
Slashdot Mirror
Very true. I'd be an instant convert to online gaming if:
A) There were no monthly costs, just the purchase fee
B) You could still play the game in single-player mode (with the same character) if the company pulls the plug.
Don't start now, then :)
In online games, you can actually lose "levels" if you play poorer that day than your average.
It's much more fun to find botters in a mud, because you can send text to the screen to set off their macros and expose them. Not sure how it works in WoW, but I can say " has died." and then "Too heavy!" to get him to travel back to town to try and tell the loot. Good fun.
Slashdot needs a "saw that coming from a mile away" category
Even better, a "You Are Wrong Because" list, from one of the Dilbert books.
http://www.megat.co.uk/wrong/
Just seems to me like an ISP has to get permission from the user before blocking any email. It has to be an opt-in thing. AOL can't unilaterally junk stuff right now (and not even put it in a "spam" folder) because it violates some rule.
I think it's more like "Sorry, I didn't realize I was copying the customer credit card numbers from the company server instead of my project specs. Here's the file back, and it won't happen again."
Was the NSA required to destroy the data it collected off the cookies? The article says they just disabled the cookies. Sure, this is a small issue now, but you can bet the same thing will happen even if the courts rule Bush isn't allowed to authorize phonetaps without a warrant anymore. They'll still be able to use what data was already collected.
Then I'd be pretty concerned about all the articles latelt that call Bush's stand on torture a "policy" too...
How come if the government breaks the law, they get off with stopping the action and an apology? I should try this when they accuse me of a crime.
"Sorry, officer. You're right, I was going to sell these 30 pounds of crack to some schoolkids. But it's okay, as long as I throw it away and promise not to do it again. Right?"
Sounds great! Anyone know if it's this reasonable across the pond?
My only personal insight into the American justice system is when I casually asked the bailiff why they don't just use appointments for the speeding ticket judge instead of forcing you to wait in line the whole day. His response: "Duh, people just plead guilty in the mail if they know they'll lose a day's pay to fight it."
Oh crap, TEXAS?
The guy'll be doing the airdance before the first May flowers push up out of the ground.
How much will it cost you in:
:(
Court fees?
Lost wages from taking days off of work to go to court?
Lawyer's fees? (Well, you can save on that by getting a season of Law and Order on DVD, I guess...)
Great in principle, but I fear the day is theirs
My magic sky deity says video games are bad, so this article is obviously wrong.
Note the use of the term "AIDS treatmenats" and not "AIDS cure." There's no money in a cure, right? Got to keep 'em coming back for the fix.
you might as well better the rest of the human race and be a guinea pig for a drug or treatment that might save the lives of thousands.
you might as well better the bottom line of a mega-pharmaceudical and be a guinea pig for a drug or treatment that might save the lives of thousands of wealthy people.
Fixed.
Yes
Not to substitute axioms for well-thought out ideas, but you can't catch all the fish in a pond anyway. Just because a solution isn't perfect doesn't mean it's not more valid than the current model.
And if you have people slacking off in order to not get caught slacking off, then that's a whole other type of problem. Might be better to flush out the deadweights by doing it, actually.
Blocking all but trusted attachments in email (.doc, .txt. and .exl okay, but not .doc.exe.vbs) should be alot easier than 1) making and 2) keeping current a blacklist for ports and numbers/users who are exempt. People who really need to transfer some wierd file type will find a way (put it in a zip, sneakernet), but it will cut down on viruses are malware, which -- because they can really muck things up -- require a more technological solution than harsh language.
But most of these policies are to block porn and bittorrent because the guy approving them either a) has a moral stance on their use or b) irrationally fears lawsuits. No one's going to get hurt if they see a nipple or two by accident on the company PC. If the guy keeps getting ignoring the policy, then its insubordination, which is alot easier ground for firing anyway.
So now I got all these great ideas, but no megacorporation to use them in. Anyone care to lend me theirs?
That's a little harsh, eh? I mean, yeah, you have to know what the policy is before you push off into the deep waters of the internet, but zero tolerance always equals zero sense.
I use firefox at home with adblocker. Lots of sites surprise me at work when I see what the ads are actually hawking. If I find one of them has teh boobies, then I can't go there anymore. No harm done.
Get ready for it...
Pay attention!
Even if you're a Fortune 500 company with a 70-story building, you'd be surprised what a walkaround by the CTO can accomplish. Stick your head in a few cubes, say "what the shit is going on here?" and let the rumour mill work for you.
It will take less time/money then hiring a "solutions" firm to police your internets. And it's the same way midlevel managers make sure their employees haven't been screwing around since like, forever.
Two Towers/Eye of the World.
Though, I think all LP Muds share the same library. The combat code is usually kept slim and unaltered because usually 50%+ of the players are using it at any given time
An Imp appears!
>kill imp
Imp hits you.
You hit Imp hard.
Imp scratches you.
You hit Imp very hard.
Imp falls to the ground.
Imp is bleeding to death.
>kill imp
Imp has died.
You got 4 gold.
An Imp appears!
Um, yeah. Count me in...
Firefox and Bittorrent teaming up? That might produce a black hole of memory suck that would tear a hole in the fabric of the universe and destroy the space-time continuum!
"give me a good online newspaper, and I'll be happy to pay for it. As long as there are no ads..."
Why would they do that? They've already got you to pay for the physical copy with ads? Advertising saturation is a one-way tunnel, like your esophagus. They never go backwards.
That's like a pundit saying "give me a good basic cable service, and I'll be happy to pay for it. As long as there are no ads..." The industry will just scratch its head and quietly ignore them.
I dunno about that. In New York, we have a bunch of free papers (ad-rags with pages of content sandwiched inbetween) that everyone in my team gets. We read them for the crazy local news (homeless man reads porn on subway, jailarity ensues) that you'll never see on cnn.com. And there's alot. Take the Daily News. First 15 pages are almost exclusively hometown items, unless some country got blown up or something. Stuff like "Historic Peace Accord between Norway and Ghana" is always buried on page 43.
Like you said, people are interested in local stuff, but we're the opposite of you. We play crossword and suduku online and read the physical paper.