I used the managemyhome.com, and a name/address/phonenumber. It listed all transactions, going back to 1982.
Also, people give Sears far too much credit. I'd wager Sears has little idea of how much was being tracked. They're probably seeing a scant percentage of the data being recorded, most likely in a pretty chart format.
When I was in college, my physics professor had a program that rewrote any BSOD error messages into haiku form. That was one of them. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
Have you seen Dr. Jocelyn Elders? If you're promoting masturbation amongst teens, having an elderly black grandmother explain it to them may well have the opposite effect she intends, and the exact effect the Administration intended.
I think we may be comparing apples to oranges here. Science (and medicine) are tools. Politics, in this case, is deciding how to use those tools. In the end, Science doesn't care about the Conservatives making a buck, or the Liberals saving the starving African kids with AIDS. If Science had its way, unimpeded by politics, it'd take all the money and spend it on research, and experiment on all children (not just the ones that need saving).
I have to wonder though, does this partisan impediment to the surgeon general's job violate part of the hippocratic oath? Salus aegroti suprema lex or some such? One should give help to anyone of need, not just people of one's political party. Or is that all just ethical bullshit that noone in the "real world" heeds?
What makes you think only kids behave that way? I know a few grandparents who get their kicks being asses in online games.
The problem is people behave that way under the veil of anonymity (see the Penny-Arcade raving internet fuckwad theory). It isn't limited to any age group, nationality, race, etc. There must be a limiting factor, maybe sense of humor or intelligence, that prevents everyone on the internet from behaving that way. Or so I hope.
Except that some games explicity do not allow RMT. Some include a line about that in their EULA (I assume WoW does) or ToS, but then don't really enforce it.
What about games like FinalFantasy XI? SquareEnix bans RealMoneyTraders, gold/gil farmers, etc on a regular basis. In the past year, so many have been banned and so much money has been removed from the game economy, it actually caused mass deflation to the tune of about 90%. And SE isn't done. For the past year, they've focused strictly on the sellers- a month or so ago, they decided the buyers could be held accountable too.
It doesn't seem like the legitimacy/legality/morality of RMTs is much of a question when the people running the game can say, "We've banned thousands for doing what you did. Guess what we'll do to you."
You a valid point. Same with the suggestion that people must be licensed to drive cars, why not computers. Both are valid points, to a degree. People aren't required to be certified as mechanics before getting a driver's license.
Should the average user be at least somewhat computer savvy and trained in basic usage and protections (antivirus, security updates, etc)? Absolutely. What about the botnets and various infections that occur with almost no outward sign? Even the basically savvy user isn't going to know what to do if all the rest of their software doesn't do something about the zombification.
I've worked with a number of computer literate people who exercised common sense, didn't open fake bank emails, didn't click spam links, didn't download adult movies, didn't pirate, and still got a number of worms. Explaining to them the nature of the beastly Internet and the constantly-escalating arms race between botnet ops/hackers/virus programmers/spammers and Microsoft/Symantec/etc led to a nearly universal response from them:
They turned their computers off.
Maybe that's the safest solution, but they didn't leave theirs off for more than a few days, and I wouldn't expect any other user to do differently. People have short memories, and shorter attention spans.
Car manufacturers equip cars with a wide variety of safety features. Seat belts, shatterproof glass, airbags practically surrounding the driver/passengers, anti-lock brakes, etc. So maybe there's a future in making such things for computers - both tools that help keep the user from crashing their computer, and protections to keep the user relatively unharmed when it almost inevitably does.
There's a chess club for 7 year olds? Wow, I had to hit highschool before I saw anything like that. I had to go play with the old people at retirement homes, who were sore losers.
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Blizzard is owned by Vivendi, who has over twice the assets of Apple Inc.
Buy used.
Everyone knows the only way to kill an immortal is via decapitation. There can be only one.
Tastes like Science!
I used the managemyhome.com, and a name/address/phonenumber. It listed all transactions, going back to 1982.
Also, people give Sears far too much credit. I'd wager Sears has little idea of how much was being tracked. They're probably seeing a scant percentage of the data being recorded, most likely in a pretty chart format.
So the mnemonic would hold true, obviously. *forehead slap*
I take it they could write novels too. And on napkins.
If not, does this mean I could join the WGA and not have to write any code until the strike ends?
New meaning to 'defective by design' eh?
You just summarized my answer to the LongAnswer question that got me a 5 on the AP US History exam in highschool.
What makes you think every American deserves such things, especially healthcare?
As an American, and having many ties within DCS and other public services, I'm not convinced everyone deserves free healthcare.
Why, are you saying a guy with horse genes can't check an ugly chick's hard drives for errors?
Wow.
If you really want your life to get more interesting, give us your husband's cell number.
When I was in college, my physics professor had a program that rewrote any BSOD error messages into haiku form. That was one of them. Thanks for bringing back those memories.
A few thousandths of a degree above square zero. Progress!
I never thought of porn as irresponsible. As long as they use a good browser, antivirus, anti-spyware, etc.
What makes you think the idiots won't screw it up the second time around? Something about repeating an action and expecting different results...
I liked Niels Bohr's response to Einstein's comment:
"Einstein, stop telling God what to do."
Have you seen Dr. Jocelyn Elders? If you're promoting masturbation amongst teens, having an elderly black grandmother explain it to them may well have the opposite effect she intends, and the exact effect the Administration intended.
I think we may be comparing apples to oranges here. Science (and medicine) are tools. Politics, in this case, is deciding how to use those tools. In the end, Science doesn't care about the Conservatives making a buck, or the Liberals saving the starving African kids with AIDS. If Science had its way, unimpeded by politics, it'd take all the money and spend it on research, and experiment on all children (not just the ones that need saving).
I have to wonder though, does this partisan impediment to the surgeon general's job violate part of the hippocratic oath? Salus aegroti suprema lex or some such? One should give help to anyone of need, not just people of one's political party. Or is that all just ethical bullshit that noone in the "real world" heeds?
Actually, they don't have the developers. The original development team of Starcraft:Ghost was a studio called Nihilistic Software, who still has it listed under their projects. Eventually, it was moved to another studio, and then the project was cancelled entirely.
What makes you think only kids behave that way? I know a few grandparents who get their kicks being asses in online games.
The problem is people behave that way under the veil of anonymity (see the Penny-Arcade raving internet fuckwad theory). It isn't limited to any age group, nationality, race, etc. There must be a limiting factor, maybe sense of humor or intelligence, that prevents everyone on the internet from behaving that way. Or so I hope.
Except that some games explicity do not allow RMT. Some include a line about that in their EULA (I assume WoW does) or ToS, but then don't really enforce it.
What about games like FinalFantasy XI? SquareEnix bans RealMoneyTraders, gold/gil farmers, etc on a regular basis. In the past year, so many have been banned and so much money has been removed from the game economy, it actually caused mass deflation to the tune of about 90%. And SE isn't done. For the past year, they've focused strictly on the sellers- a month or so ago, they decided the buyers could be held accountable too.
It doesn't seem like the legitimacy/legality/morality of RMTs is much of a question when the people running the game can say, "We've banned thousands for doing what you did. Guess what we'll do to you."
You a valid point. Same with the suggestion that people must be licensed to drive cars, why not computers. Both are valid points, to a degree. People aren't required to be certified as mechanics before getting a driver's license. Should the average user be at least somewhat computer savvy and trained in basic usage and protections (antivirus, security updates, etc)? Absolutely. What about the botnets and various infections that occur with almost no outward sign? Even the basically savvy user isn't going to know what to do if all the rest of their software doesn't do something about the zombification. I've worked with a number of computer literate people who exercised common sense, didn't open fake bank emails, didn't click spam links, didn't download adult movies, didn't pirate, and still got a number of worms. Explaining to them the nature of the beastly Internet and the constantly-escalating arms race between botnet ops/hackers/virus programmers/spammers and Microsoft/Symantec/etc led to a nearly universal response from them: They turned their computers off. Maybe that's the safest solution, but they didn't leave theirs off for more than a few days, and I wouldn't expect any other user to do differently. People have short memories, and shorter attention spans. Car manufacturers equip cars with a wide variety of safety features. Seat belts, shatterproof glass, airbags practically surrounding the driver/passengers, anti-lock brakes, etc. So maybe there's a future in making such things for computers - both tools that help keep the user from crashing their computer, and protections to keep the user relatively unharmed when it almost inevitably does.
There's a chess club for 7 year olds? Wow, I had to hit highschool before I saw anything like that. I had to go play with the old people at retirement homes, who were sore losers.