Moving out of state (any state, really) takes a lot of money. Especially if you have a family. In addition, most people like to have jobs, and be reasonably close to their families.
For instance, the current holder of the last 3 tennis grand slams is naturally right-handed but plays as a lefty. He built the muscle memory necessary be good at it and now it's not a problem for him. I see no reason why tennis would be easier to master with your off hand than a video game would be.
I'm going to guess he's invested many years, if not decades, into his play and training. I highly doubt that someone is going to be willing, or really able to do that for a video game.
Unfortunately, not only is Cyanogen not available for all devices, there are plenty of devices that haven't been rooted or ROMmed yet. Besides, isn't one of the big complaints people have about iOS is that you have to jailbreak it to make it useful? Isn't rooting/flashing a ROM functionally the same thing?
Except its way too late for a lot of that now. A lot of the players have a lot invested in their "farms", be it gold from farming, or lots of custom decor. Give up all that just to go to a new game, one where I have to start from scratch, and one where my friends aren't playing?
Would you rather they not, "Listen to their developers"? Every free-market libertarian on this site says that the way companies learn what to do is to, get this, piss off customers so that it affects their bottom line.
Seriously, everybody (myself included) bitched about the restriction clause. Now its lifted. And you fucks still want to bitch?
Part of the reason for that, though, is Microsoft. There have been something like 10 updates for TF2 on the PC since it was released. However, on the Xbox, Microsoft pressures its developers to charge for updates like that. Remember the Oblivion horse armor fiasco? If Valve had tried to do the same thing with the Xbox version, Microsoft would be trying to get them to charge at least $5-$10 per update.
The rumors I've heard say that when they've finally updated all the classes, they're gonna release one mega-patch for the Xbox version, to bring it up to steam.
I already work in CA. I just find it absurd that any employer should be able to have any say whatsoever on what I do after I've left that employer, regardless of where I am.
Why should any employer be allowed to push such agreements onto anyone? If you don't want me going to a competitor, then you'd better give me a better offer.
No, the proper venue would be where he went to work, which would be in California. Saying that he would be "exposed" anytime he left the state would be ludicrous.
That probably only worked because non-compete agreements are not valid in California. Had that been another state, things may not have gone as well. Granted, I have heard of people negotiating that away, or negotiating for higher pay because of it.
Except, he's in California. Non-competes aren't worth the paper they're written on here, and for good reason. HP has absolutely no right to tell him what to do after he leaves their employ.
A phone is not a desktop. And if you don't have a physical keyboard, you're not going to be able to do certain things.
That's the thing. You give users Flash, and tell them its not Flash Lite, and they're gonna think that they CAN do everything they've come to expect on the desktop. And when they can't, they won't be happy.
Its just giving each protocol what it needs. VoIP is sensitive to latency, but doesn't need much bandwidth. On the other hand, torrent traffic needs high bandwidth, but doesn't need much in terms of latency.
What AT&T is pointing out is that there are certain classes of connectivity that *are* more important than others. Their biggest example is VOIP. We really do want Skype packets to have preference over I_got_laid_by_a_midget.mpeg.torrent, but these "Net Neutrality Or Die!" folks seem to think otherwise, that no preference should be tolerated.
You're right, Skype should be given a higher QoS than the torrent traffic. However, AT&T's VoIP solution should NOT be given preference over Skype, and neither should be given preference over Vonage. And AT&T should NOT be able to charge Skype or Vonage for the ability to get unthrottled access to their customers. That is what this is about.
No it doesn't. If they did it to that extreme they would hemorrhage customers and re-evaluate their business strategy in short order.
You're assuming 2 things: The average consumer is smart enough to notice or care, and that the savvy consumers can actually jump ship to a competitor. Both are very big assumptions in the ISP market.
Prisons need to be generally less comfortable (less air conditioning/etc - no TV, etc - but not to a point where physical harm is a concern).
Actually, the reason a lot of prisons have these amenities is that it tends to keep the prisoners docile. Who would you rather guard over: A group of people who have nothing better to do than fight each other, or a group of people who have nothing better to do than talk about American Idol?
Why doesn't this happen with parents more often? or are "many" parents already sadistic and cruel?
Detachment. Most people put into positions of authority, like in the experiments conducted, don't really have any attachment to the people they are lording over. Most parents have some kind of attachment to their children.
Why aren't police officers shooting people for fun?
They kinda are, already. A lot of the cops today are much too high on their power trip.
Besides, we're not saying the idea is a bad one, stop being so paranoid. The "liberal lefties" aren't trying to take away your power tripping, jackbooted thug paradise. We're saying that, if a person is in control of the zap, its going to be abused. That's just human nature. In which case, the inmate should be able to sue. Now, should the event come that it can be completely automated, technology still might fail. Not a reason to not pursue it, but in such an event, an inmate should be able to recoup damages from the malfunction.
If they are needed for open licensing, I would say that they definitely should be used for closed licensing. Moreso because usually you can't inspect the closed licensed products.
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Somehow I doubt Washington State is selling many Treasury Bonds to the Chinese.
Moving out of state (any state, really) takes a lot of money. Especially if you have a family. In addition, most people like to have jobs, and be reasonably close to their families.
For instance, the current holder of the last 3 tennis grand slams is naturally right-handed but plays as a lefty. He built the muscle memory necessary be good at it and now it's not a problem for him. I see no reason why tennis would be easier to master with your off hand than a video game would be.
I'm going to guess he's invested many years, if not decades, into his play and training. I highly doubt that someone is going to be willing, or really able to do that for a video game.
Can you not simply install Launcher Pro or something like that?
Unfortunately, not only is Cyanogen not available for all devices, there are plenty of devices that haven't been rooted or ROMmed yet. Besides, isn't one of the big complaints people have about iOS is that you have to jailbreak it to make it useful? Isn't rooting/flashing a ROM functionally the same thing?
Except its way too late for a lot of that now. A lot of the players have a lot invested in their "farms", be it gold from farming, or lots of custom decor. Give up all that just to go to a new game, one where I have to start from scratch, and one where my friends aren't playing?
Would you rather they not, "Listen to their developers"? Every free-market libertarian on this site says that the way companies learn what to do is to, get this, piss off customers so that it affects their bottom line.
Seriously, everybody (myself included) bitched about the restriction clause. Now its lifted. And you fucks still want to bitch?
Part of the reason for that, though, is Microsoft. There have been something like 10 updates for TF2 on the PC since it was released. However, on the Xbox, Microsoft pressures its developers to charge for updates like that. Remember the Oblivion horse armor fiasco? If Valve had tried to do the same thing with the Xbox version, Microsoft would be trying to get them to charge at least $5-$10 per update.
The rumors I've heard say that when they've finally updated all the classes, they're gonna release one mega-patch for the Xbox version, to bring it up to steam.
I already work in CA. I just find it absurd that any employer should be able to have any say whatsoever on what I do after I've left that employer, regardless of where I am.
Why should any employer be allowed to push such agreements onto anyone? If you don't want me going to a competitor, then you'd better give me a better offer.
No, the proper venue would be where he went to work, which would be in California. Saying that he would be "exposed" anytime he left the state would be ludicrous.
That probably only worked because non-compete agreements are not valid in California. Had that been another state, things may not have gone as well. Granted, I have heard of people negotiating that away, or negotiating for higher pay because of it.
Except, he's in California. Non-competes aren't worth the paper they're written on here, and for good reason. HP has absolutely no right to tell him what to do after he leaves their employ.
I highly doubt that. He's just ranting about lawyers because he can. Nothing more.
A phone is not a desktop. And if you don't have a physical keyboard, you're not going to be able to do certain things.
That's the thing. You give users Flash, and tell them its not Flash Lite, and they're gonna think that they CAN do everything they've come to expect on the desktop. And when they can't, they won't be happy.
Its just giving each protocol what it needs. VoIP is sensitive to latency, but doesn't need much bandwidth. On the other hand, torrent traffic needs high bandwidth, but doesn't need much in terms of latency.
Why do we want them to be able to offer non-Neutral service in the first place?
I guaran-damn-tee you that there will be 1 service that is exempt from those fees, and it happens to be sold by AT&T themselves.
What AT&T is pointing out is that there are certain classes of connectivity that *are* more important than others. Their biggest example is VOIP. We really do want Skype packets to have preference over I_got_laid_by_a_midget.mpeg.torrent, but these "Net Neutrality Or Die!" folks seem to think otherwise, that no preference should be tolerated.
You're right, Skype should be given a higher QoS than the torrent traffic. However, AT&T's VoIP solution should NOT be given preference over Skype, and neither should be given preference over Vonage. And AT&T should NOT be able to charge Skype or Vonage for the ability to get unthrottled access to their customers. That is what this is about.
No it doesn't. If they did it to that extreme they would hemorrhage customers and re-evaluate their business strategy in short order.
You're assuming 2 things: The average consumer is smart enough to notice or care, and that the savvy consumers can actually jump ship to a competitor. Both are very big assumptions in the ISP market.
That way tax payers do not have to pay to maintain those bastards.
Its in your interest to have these people locked up. Why shouldn't you shoulder some of the costs?
Prisons need to be generally less comfortable (less air conditioning/etc - no TV, etc - but not to a point where physical harm is a concern).
Actually, the reason a lot of prisons have these amenities is that it tends to keep the prisoners docile. Who would you rather guard over: A group of people who have nothing better to do than fight each other, or a group of people who have nothing better to do than talk about American Idol?
Why doesn't this happen with parents more often? or are "many" parents already sadistic and cruel?
Detachment. Most people put into positions of authority, like in the experiments conducted, don't really have any attachment to the people they are lording over. Most parents have some kind of attachment to their children.
Why aren't police officers shooting people for fun?
They kinda are, already. A lot of the cops today are much too high on their power trip.
Besides, we're not saying the idea is a bad one, stop being so paranoid. The "liberal lefties" aren't trying to take away your power tripping, jackbooted thug paradise. We're saying that, if a person is in control of the zap, its going to be abused. That's just human nature. In which case, the inmate should be able to sue. Now, should the event come that it can be completely automated, technology still might fail. Not a reason to not pursue it, but in such an event, an inmate should be able to recoup damages from the malfunction.
If they are needed for open licensing, I would say that they definitely should be used for closed licensing. Moreso because usually you can't inspect the closed licensed products.