I used to work for TiVo, and while most of the company is very serious about taking care of existing customers and improving the TiVo device and service, its the big decision makers that are the problem. It isn't the current subscriber that they care about, but the potential one.
In the eyes of a few execs at TiVo, losing "a few petulant customers" is perfectly acceptable if it means they can lure in a handful of new customers. The problem is, those "few petulant customers" usually ends up being a pretty big group, and TiVo isn't able to bring in enough new customers to make up for those lost. Not only that, but TiVo is more interested in *cooperating* with everyone, and refuses to realize that the companies they are playing nice with are the *competition*, and those companies are NOT playing nice with TiVo.
But look at TiVo's earnings reports. The only quarter they have ever been in the black was the quarter they won that lawsuit against Dish Network--every other quarter in 10 years has been as red as it gets.
I'm not convinced *cheating* is the actual problem here.
I personally enjoy playing *legitimately* most of the time. But sometimes, I just want to break out the aimbot and trash my friends. Really, the problem isn't necessarily cheating, but rather time and place.
If [Insert Company Here] wants to maximize anti-cheating efforts, then there needs to be a dedicated area for "cheats allowed", and a dedicated "No Cheats" area. This enables those who wish to use cheats the ability to use those cheats, and enjoy the game as they desire it while not negatively impacting those who wish to play legitimately.
I really hope that Intel isn't gone. I don't like their stuff right now, but I hope to see innovation from them create more competition in the CPU market (server and PC). Competition = lower prices + better stuff. If Intel and AMD fight each other hard enough, the market will advance WAY beyond what it would have otherwise, and prices will be more acceptable to boot.
Netscape is like....well, its like McJagger. Old, worn-out, and badly in need of retirement because the face-lifts are just not helping anymore. Oh, and I used to be a hardcore Netscape supporter.
i work for a major broadband company (in fact, im working right now), doing technical support. I would say that this is definately true--almost one quarter of the call volume that we get has to do with a user contracting some form of malware, usually spyware. The thing is, most people are too beligerent to realize that they contracted something, thinking instead that their systems are perfectly impenetrable.
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I used to work for TiVo, and while most of the company is very serious about taking care of existing customers and improving the TiVo device and service, its the big decision makers that are the problem. It isn't the current subscriber that they care about, but the potential one. In the eyes of a few execs at TiVo, losing "a few petulant customers" is perfectly acceptable if it means they can lure in a handful of new customers. The problem is, those "few petulant customers" usually ends up being a pretty big group, and TiVo isn't able to bring in enough new customers to make up for those lost. Not only that, but TiVo is more interested in *cooperating* with everyone, and refuses to realize that the companies they are playing nice with are the *competition*, and those companies are NOT playing nice with TiVo. But look at TiVo's earnings reports. The only quarter they have ever been in the black was the quarter they won that lawsuit against Dish Network--every other quarter in 10 years has been as red as it gets.
I'm not convinced *cheating* is the actual problem here.
I personally enjoy playing *legitimately* most of the time. But sometimes, I just want to break out the aimbot and trash my friends. Really, the problem isn't necessarily cheating, but rather time and place.
If [Insert Company Here] wants to maximize anti-cheating efforts, then there needs to be a dedicated area for "cheats allowed", and a dedicated "No Cheats" area. This enables those who wish to use cheats the ability to use those cheats, and enjoy the game as they desire it while not negatively impacting those who wish to play legitimately.
I really hope that Intel isn't gone. I don't like their stuff right now, but I hope to see innovation from them create more competition in the CPU market (server and PC). Competition = lower prices + better stuff. If Intel and AMD fight each other hard enough, the market will advance WAY beyond what it would have otherwise, and prices will be more acceptable to boot.
Netscape is like....well, its like McJagger. Old, worn-out, and badly in need of retirement because the face-lifts are just not helping anymore. Oh, and I used to be a hardcore Netscape supporter.
-Cypheros