Seriously, after dozens of self-satisfied comments claiming shit like 'Oh, they don't want business! Waak-waak-waak!', this is an informative breath of fresh air. Christ, does nobody even bother to read TFA any more?
Yeah, this is off-topic, but jeez. I took one look at that River of News mock-up, and had to see if the real thing was as confusing as it looked-- scrolling horizontally and vertically with a format like that looks like a UI sprain waiting to happen.
So I go to download the plugin, to see if the river works better than it looks, and to see if I can finally figure out what the fuss about RSS is. Then I'm met with a login page, and that's where I stopped. I don't need to log in as a reminder that I'm taking a risk-- Christ almighty, Firefox already has a fucking username and password monitor built in, so that eliminates that after my first run through the hoops. If you want a barrier that makes me think for more than half a second, rather than makes me mutter about fishing another fucking web-page sign-up out of my bulk mail folder, throw up a boilerplate EULA and a yes/no radio button at the end.
The 1-60 game is essentially dead already, barring arena twinks. They've already amplified the amount of XP you get from 20-60, and drastically increased the amount of faction points you get per kill/turn in/blowjob for pre-BC factions so that people can get their trinkets and crap before rushing off to the Dark Portal. Even Death Knights are starting off at some ridiculously high level.
Unless they changed the qualification process recently, you'd have to have been gone another two months, and not have been successfully invited back in the past. They hide that last bit in the finer print, and don't explain it anywhere on the error page that non-eligible reinvite attempts throw.
Insert that old 'First they came for the...' thing here. People are creatures of habit and comfort. Unless someone comes into their house, brandishing a rifle or a club, most aren't going to react on that kind of a scale. They'll talk about it, but the logistics of moving out of your home country are extremely difficult to work through unless you're already mobile or have been planning such a thing for years.
How about 'Immediately'. This is no different than any other act of hacking or social engineering, it is gaining access to personal data under false pretenses. People seem to be under the misapprehension that since it affects non-tangible documents, it is non-harmful.
Make it prosecutable on the first offense, and pursue those cases vigorously. That is the only way that people will learn to not fuck with someone else's e-mail.
If there isn't, it'll be utterly hilarious. Blizzard will have carte blanche to jump down their collective throats, on the grounds that they're both evading the injunction against Glider development, and intentionally attempting to harm the WoW service in retaliation for that injunction.
My god! It must have been a heroic effort to somehow drum up interest in something that ancient! If they could do that for Scrabble, imagine what they could do for chess, or go, or even poker!
You're playing D&D with 'a younger crowd' and you're expecting anything but "I attack it!" out of them, right out of the gate? I've been playing tabletop RPGs since '84, and just about every young gamer I've encountered has begun as an anti-social, min-maxing little munchkin, myself included.
The only discount you're getting for an insurance-requested screening, is the company refusing to insure you on the grounds of this, that and the other pre-existing condition or probability of coming down with a severe case of something expensive.
Insurance is a gamble. These screening programmes are the insurance company's attempt to look at your cards.
You seem to be under the mistaken impression that the engineers are involved anywhere in the decision making process. They're the ones asking 'How high?' when someone says 'Build.' I'm sure they'd be just as happy broadcasting everything in 1080, but the cost of the extra bandwidth would cut into the delicious profits that the bean counters and shareholders like to see.
Given that standard definition TV was supposed to be phased out long before now, it's pretty clear that the broadcasters can't be arsed to come up with their own standards. That, ladies and germs, is how we end up with government mandates to get our circuses at eye-popping resolution.
Yup. Cities and countries scramble to host the Olympics, but the only long-term effects are overwhelmingly negative. The host city ends up with massive debt and little else, since the surge in tourism is temporary and interest in using the purpose-built facilities peaks much lower after the Games have ended.
PAX attendance has grown at an astronomical rate since its inception, and last year the jackholes behind 'E for Everyone' tried to use its popularity to boost their own, and hilariously failed.
PAX doesn't need a shot in the arm, it just needs its directors to stick to the format they've established. Oh, and reports of hilariously misguided coattail riders.
Sure you've got some old cold war hawks still raging against the international threat of communism, but by and large it's to keep a large, cohesive voting bloc in a politically strategic location happy. It's hardly affecting other Americans, so there's little reason to ease up on the embargo.
The exec has social networking skills sufficient to get himself into that position, find himself a new roost, and (apparently) threaten blackmail, all while keeping his ass covered with smiles and hearsay.
The sysadmin has a computer network that knows no loyalties, keeps stringent records, and will happily spill the beans if someone thinks to check in on any skulduggery. He also knows damn well that he'll never work again if it comes out that he fucked his employer's network.
Chances are that there's wording in the subscription contract that negates any 'right' to accessibility or usability. There was a class-action suit against Ultima Online ten years ago, over what amounted to lag, and it's been standard boilerplate since.
Also, while Flagship and Ping0 are going the way of the dodo, the Hellgate and Mythos IP are owned lock, stock and barrel by two other companies. Chances are that HGL will continue to limp along for a while, but the likelihood of serious patching and new content is low.
People have had trouble canceling their accounts since HGL launched, for god's sake. Half the system thinks that they've canceled, but the charge still goes through to the credit card... and of course, since they're supposedly not subscribed, they can't cancel a second time.
This is the reason that I love my WRT54GL, actually. I do a lot of playing on old-school MUSH, MUX and MUDs, and dealing with ports timing out can require some obnoxious scripting at times. Sure I have to reboot the router once every couple of months, but it saves me a lot of annoyance.
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Like, Indiana Jones and the Battle for Tenure.
Seriously, after dozens of self-satisfied comments claiming shit like 'Oh, they don't want business! Waak-waak-waak!', this is an informative breath of fresh air. Christ, does nobody even bother to read TFA any more?
So I go to download the plugin, to see if the river works better than it looks, and to see if I can finally figure out what the fuss about RSS is. Then I'm met with a login page, and that's where I stopped. I don't need to log in as a reminder that I'm taking a risk-- Christ almighty, Firefox already has a fucking username and password monitor built in, so that eliminates that after my first run through the hoops. If you want a barrier that makes me think for more than half a second, rather than makes me mutter about fishing another fucking web-page sign-up out of my bulk mail folder, throw up a boilerplate EULA and a yes/no radio button at the end.
The 1-60 game is essentially dead already, barring arena twinks. They've already amplified the amount of XP you get from 20-60, and drastically increased the amount of faction points you get per kill/turn in/blowjob for pre-BC factions so that people can get their trinkets and crap before rushing off to the Dark Portal. Even Death Knights are starting off at some ridiculously high level.
Unless they changed the qualification process recently, you'd have to have been gone another two months, and not have been successfully invited back in the past. They hide that last bit in the finer print, and don't explain it anywhere on the error page that non-eligible reinvite attempts throw.
Insert that old 'First they came for the...' thing here. People are creatures of habit and comfort. Unless someone comes into their house, brandishing a rifle or a club, most aren't going to react on that kind of a scale. They'll talk about it, but the logistics of moving out of your home country are extremely difficult to work through unless you're already mobile or have been planning such a thing for years.
Make it prosecutable on the first offense, and pursue those cases vigorously. That is the only way that people will learn to not fuck with someone else's e-mail.
If there isn't, it'll be utterly hilarious. Blizzard will have carte blanche to jump down their collective throats, on the grounds that they're both evading the injunction against Glider development, and intentionally attempting to harm the WoW service in retaliation for that injunction.
Your right to free speech is the right to speak freely against the government, not release another company's trade secrets.
My god! It must have been a heroic effort to somehow drum up interest in something that ancient! If they could do that for Scrabble, imagine what they could do for chess, or go, or even poker!
You're playing D&D with 'a younger crowd' and you're expecting anything but "I attack it!" out of them, right out of the gate? I've been playing tabletop RPGs since '84, and just about every young gamer I've encountered has begun as an anti-social, min-maxing little munchkin, myself included.
Insurance is a gamble. These screening programmes are the insurance company's attempt to look at your cards.
Given that standard definition TV was supposed to be phased out long before now, it's pretty clear that the broadcasters can't be arsed to come up with their own standards. That, ladies and germs, is how we end up with government mandates to get our circuses at eye-popping resolution.
Yup. Cities and countries scramble to host the Olympics, but the only long-term effects are overwhelmingly negative. The host city ends up with massive debt and little else, since the surge in tourism is temporary and interest in using the purpose-built facilities peaks much lower after the Games have ended.
PAX doesn't need a shot in the arm, it just needs its directors to stick to the format they've established. Oh, and reports of hilariously misguided coattail riders.
How is babby formed?
Sure you've got some old cold war hawks still raging against the international threat of communism, but by and large it's to keep a large, cohesive voting bloc in a politically strategic location happy. It's hardly affecting other Americans, so there's little reason to ease up on the embargo.
I swear, I can't go anywhere without a circumcision debate popping up.
My god, I was going to suggest this tongue-in-cheek. My hat goes off to your childhood.
The sysadmin has a computer network that knows no loyalties, keeps stringent records, and will happily spill the beans if someone thinks to check in on any skulduggery. He also knows damn well that he'll never work again if it comes out that he fucked his employer's network.
They wear their beards the old fashioned way: with spirit gum, and not marriage.
Also, while Flagship and Ping0 are going the way of the dodo, the Hellgate and Mythos IP are owned lock, stock and barrel by two other companies. Chances are that HGL will continue to limp along for a while, but the likelihood of serious patching and new content is low.
The chance to see Bill Roeper's eyes light up with little cartoon dollar signs, pretty much.
People have had trouble canceling their accounts since HGL launched, for god's sake. Half the system thinks that they've canceled, but the charge still goes through to the credit card... and of course, since they're supposedly not subscribed, they can't cancel a second time.
This is the reason that I love my WRT54GL, actually. I do a lot of playing on old-school MUSH, MUX and MUDs, and dealing with ports timing out can require some obnoxious scripting at times. Sure I have to reboot the router once every couple of months, but it saves me a lot of annoyance.