In the event of a minor compromise the cost will be into the tens of thousands of dollars, if not the hundreds of thousands. The news story states "The governor argued that "the industry"--presumably a reference to credit card companies and the PCI Council--is in a better position to know what is realistic and reasonable for credit card security." This is correct to a degree. The payment card industry knows what needs to be done to be secure, but that does not necessarily manifest itself in the PCIDSS. I've been working in the PCI compliance field for over a year, and I've seen that even the standards alone can't keep you safe. I've come to find that more is required than simply being compliant with the PCIDSS to be in the category of 'safe harbor'. From what I've seen, this bill is heading more in the direction of safe harbor which would be beneficial to everyone in the long run. Arnold doesn't seem to truly understand what this is all about. Probably mostly from the fact that the payment card industry, like most things, is far different in reality than it is on paper. For the average level 4 merchant, it would be far easier to pay a small amount of money and time on a certified vendor to become compliant than it would be to go out of business due to card association fines.
I'm sure these over heating problems will be fixed as soon as they finish the radiator attatchment. It sounds more and more like Sony is releasing a fancy car. I mean, think about it, you take a loan out for a car, you take a loan out for a PS3, it needs constant maintenance for inevitable, very serious problems and here's even a quote from the link supplied in the article: "Once the consumers get their hands on a PS3 and understand what's under the hood, I think price will not be a factor in the decision-making process,'' it sounds to me like they're refering to a car.
It seems to me that this is all just a continuation of the target on the game industry as a whole due to the many school shootings and such taking place. Or like another recent story recently posted, which blames videogames for a commited homocide: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/14 1209
As I stated in a comment I placed under that article, I strongly believe that all of this is just people trying to find a scapegoat for their ignorance and the problems that come from it.
There is nothing wrong with the ESRB. Games are clearly labled by a simple, easy to understand system. With a good majority of games it should be very apparent which rating they fall under, and the ESRB will rate it appropriately, I find no really appropriate reason for people to play the game through, it will just be a failed attempt at trying to cover up the real issues. These issues, in my eyes are:
1. Videogames are becomming far to violent.
I love to sit down and play a FPS just as much as the next person, but when it comes to games like the GTA series, that is just going overboard.
2. Videogames are targeted by media, and parents for violent acts.
As, many people have stated before me in various ways, Parents are becomming more and more irresponsible. People do not like to admit that they(or their children) make mistakes, that is simple human nature. People always search for a scapegoat, and that is how the ESRB and other gaming related industries get targeted.
So again, there is no problem with the ESRB, but with people as a whole, changing and gradually decreasing morals, and a decline in the quallity of parenting.
the ESRB does exist for a reason, its to protect stupid people. not to protect the game creator. the decision for the customer to purchase the game does not fall on the head of the creators, neither does the decision of who plays it. so how could they be blamed after the parents(or whomever purchased the game) purchased the game, and then they allowed their child to play it, and then the kid goes out and does something incredibly stupid. the game creators have power over the game, not the stupid decisions of the costomers. an attempt to try to pin this on the game designers is nothing more than trying to seek out a scapegoat. the game creators cannot raise children. that is up to the parents, so they need to spend less time trying to find someone to blame for their faults, and more time parenting. the only thing I can really think they could try to pin them with would be to refer to the game as an 'attractive nuisance'. I do not however agree with the game, or the creators and personally dislike the game highly for its content and feel we wouldnt have a problem at all if it just wasnt created in the first place. but I feel it wrong for these people to win the court case because from what it seems like, they are just in this to make money. if they had better motives I wouldnt be as much against them as I am.
linux works as long as you actually know what you're doing as well. If you spent half the time learning how to use and work with it correctly as you have spent complaining and bashing on it then I'm sure that you wouldn't mind it as much.
But if you must continue, at least name specific problems that you feel it has so people might actually be able to give you an answer to these problems. And have you ever tried using a linux? If not you're as bad as my 10 year old brother who refuses to eat sour cream or whipped cream because they're too sour, even though he's never tried them before. Just be logical.
Oh wow, it made me laugh that I was actually correct in my assumptions. I'm sorry that Linux lacks the many issues such as bugs, virus', and spyware that your windows machine has, and I'm sure that you have a great friendship with the tech support group over at microsoft, but I would rather have a problem free machine and just stick to doing things myself.
Have you really ever watched over a Linux server? Some distributions are more difficult than others, but as long as you actually know what you're doing it's simple. Oh yeah, AND FREE.
I have never had a single problem with any of my linux boxes. My father owns 2 windows computers with many programs attempting to keep them safe, but he still has to clean them off weekly because of all of the garbage that they accumulate, and he still gets virus'. On the other hand, I have 3 Linux machines which I have never had to clean off, that I have never had crash, that have never gotten a virus, that has never gotten spyware, and that doesnt do anything without my permission, and I got it for free. I'm confused as to what open sores you are talking about. The biggest problem I've had on my machine was when I had a windows partition, but I've solved that problem.
People have their preferences. Many prefer windows because it does everything for them and because they dont mind giving Bill Gates a bj to have a monopolistic superpower as a puppeteer. I prefer Linux because there are so many distributions that I can choose from that I have something that works for me, and that fits my needs, and something that is reliable and wont fail on me unless I say that it can.
I appologize, you are watching over windows servers so I'm sure that you have something that you need to be doing right now.
And I think that you are an admin for some Windows servers that require constant attention so you can be angry at the world and continue your childish rants. But you're making money, because its Windows, so somebody has to do it. Congrats.
I dont really care if they do or not. But I really wouldnt be suprised to find that they didnt.. I mean, they are stupid enough to be using windows for everything...
If the Wiimote is actually too tiring for long term use, its possible that it'll be used much sparingly in conjunction with a more traditional control style.
Too tiring? Oh come on, its like we're all nerds or something.
I really dont think that will slow people down. Dance Dance Revolution has had fairly descent success, dispite the fact that your feet are constantly moving. I find no reason that the Wii remote would be even that difficult to do, or have at least that much success.
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In the event of a minor compromise the cost will be into the tens of thousands of dollars, if not the hundreds of thousands. The news story states "The governor argued that "the industry"--presumably a reference to credit card companies and the PCI Council--is in a better position to know what is realistic and reasonable for credit card security." This is correct to a degree. The payment card industry knows what needs to be done to be secure, but that does not necessarily manifest itself in the PCIDSS. I've been working in the PCI compliance field for over a year, and I've seen that even the standards alone can't keep you safe. I've come to find that more is required than simply being compliant with the PCIDSS to be in the category of 'safe harbor'. From what I've seen, this bill is heading more in the direction of safe harbor which would be beneficial to everyone in the long run. Arnold doesn't seem to truly understand what this is all about. Probably mostly from the fact that the payment card industry, like most things, is far different in reality than it is on paper. For the average level 4 merchant, it would be far easier to pay a small amount of money and time on a certified vendor to become compliant than it would be to go out of business due to card association fines.
http://wii.ign.com/articles/733/733464p1.html
I'm sure these over heating problems will be fixed as soon as they finish the radiator attatchment. It sounds more and more like Sony is releasing a fancy car. I mean, think about it, you take a loan out for a car, you take a loan out for a PS3, it needs constant maintenance for inevitable, very serious problems and here's even a quote from the link supplied in the article: "Once the consumers get their hands on a PS3 and understand what's under the hood, I think price will not be a factor in the decision-making process,'' it sounds to me like they're refering to a car.
It seems to me that this is all just a continuation of the target on the game industry as a whole due to the many school shootings and such taking place. Or like another recent story recently posted, which blames videogames for a commited homocide:4 1209
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/1
As I stated in a comment I placed under that article, I strongly believe that all of this is just people trying to find a scapegoat for their ignorance and the problems that come from it.
There is nothing wrong with the ESRB. Games are clearly labled by a simple, easy to understand system. With a good majority of games it should be very apparent which rating they fall under, and the ESRB will rate it appropriately, I find no really appropriate reason for people to play the game through, it will just be a failed attempt at trying to cover up the real issues. These issues, in my eyes are:
1. Videogames are becomming far to violent.
I love to sit down and play a FPS just as much as the next person, but when it comes to games like the GTA series, that is just going overboard.
2. Videogames are targeted by media, and parents for violent acts. As, many people have stated before me in various ways, Parents are becomming more and more irresponsible. People do not like to admit that they(or their children) make mistakes, that is simple human nature. People always search for a scapegoat, and that is how the ESRB and other gaming related industries get targeted.
So again, there is no problem with the ESRB, but with people as a whole, changing and gradually decreasing morals, and a decline in the quallity of parenting.
the ESRB does exist for a reason, its to protect stupid people. not to protect the game creator. the decision for the customer to purchase the game does not fall on the head of the creators, neither does the decision of who plays it. so how could they be blamed after the parents(or whomever purchased the game) purchased the game, and then they allowed their child to play it, and then the kid goes out and does something incredibly stupid. the game creators have power over the game, not the stupid decisions of the costomers. an attempt to try to pin this on the game designers is nothing more than trying to seek out a scapegoat. the game creators cannot raise children. that is up to the parents, so they need to spend less time trying to find someone to blame for their faults, and more time parenting. the only thing I can really think they could try to pin them with would be to refer to the game as an 'attractive nuisance'. I do not however agree with the game, or the creators and personally dislike the game highly for its content and feel we wouldnt have a problem at all if it just wasnt created in the first place. but I feel it wrong for these people to win the court case because from what it seems like, they are just in this to make money. if they had better motives I wouldnt be as much against them as I am.
linux works as long as you actually know what you're doing as well. If you spent half the time learning how to use and work with it correctly as you have spent complaining and bashing on it then I'm sure that you wouldn't mind it as much. But if you must continue, at least name specific problems that you feel it has so people might actually be able to give you an answer to these problems. And have you ever tried using a linux? If not you're as bad as my 10 year old brother who refuses to eat sour cream or whipped cream because they're too sour, even though he's never tried them before. Just be logical.
Oh wow, it made me laugh that I was actually correct in my assumptions. I'm sorry that Linux lacks the many issues such as bugs, virus', and spyware that your windows machine has, and I'm sure that you have a great friendship with the tech support group over at microsoft, but I would rather have a problem free machine and just stick to doing things myself. Have you really ever watched over a Linux server? Some distributions are more difficult than others, but as long as you actually know what you're doing it's simple. Oh yeah, AND FREE. I have never had a single problem with any of my linux boxes. My father owns 2 windows computers with many programs attempting to keep them safe, but he still has to clean them off weekly because of all of the garbage that they accumulate, and he still gets virus'. On the other hand, I have 3 Linux machines which I have never had to clean off, that I have never had crash, that have never gotten a virus, that has never gotten spyware, and that doesnt do anything without my permission, and I got it for free. I'm confused as to what open sores you are talking about. The biggest problem I've had on my machine was when I had a windows partition, but I've solved that problem. People have their preferences. Many prefer windows because it does everything for them and because they dont mind giving Bill Gates a bj to have a monopolistic superpower as a puppeteer. I prefer Linux because there are so many distributions that I can choose from that I have something that works for me, and that fits my needs, and something that is reliable and wont fail on me unless I say that it can. I appologize, you are watching over windows servers so I'm sure that you have something that you need to be doing right now.
And I think that you are an admin for some Windows servers that require constant attention so you can be angry at the world and continue your childish rants. But you're making money, because its Windows, so somebody has to do it. Congrats.
I dont really care if they do or not. But I really wouldnt be suprised to find that they didnt.. I mean, they are stupid enough to be using windows for everything...
If the Wiimote is actually too tiring for long term use, its possible that it'll be used much sparingly in conjunction with a more traditional control style. Too tiring? Oh come on, its like we're all nerds or something. I really dont think that will slow people down. Dance Dance Revolution has had fairly descent success, dispite the fact that your feet are constantly moving. I find no reason that the Wii remote would be even that difficult to do, or have at least that much success.