Europe only screamed holland for me. i think i might just move to norway and make day-trips to amsterdam since ill have a lot of spare change from not buying software:D
Of course online gaming is overrated. with the majority of things now having to be basically rented to play, im standing firmly against paid online games. unless of course some one is willing to create something that isnt WoW, and is willing to pay for me to play, and most importantly, pay me TO play
God i might be blind in one eye and poke myself in the other with the remote on the night that futurama comes back on tv. I vote they get their butts into gear, bring out the whips and shackles, get them to work asap! hopefully by the time it comes out, people will still enjoy it:D im sure i will, but i want a 2007 release... say jan 1st? come on guys who is with me!
See, like the head states, this idea is a double edged sword.
a new fallout game would be flippin awesome!!!
But well... having to pay a monthly charge (Most Likely) to play it each month? ill pass, my RL actually has costs, so i guess i will have to pass when it comes out
Think about it this way, if Bill was the PUSA, we WOULD have sharks with fricken laser beams.
but think about it on another aspect - whats the worst that could happen? i mean seriously, its not as if anything bad would happen - everything would be written on paper - last time i checked, you cant BSOD a sheet of A4 paper!
Im more of a tactile shopper myself, i mean seriously, i *Wouldnt* put my card into a giant tv screen. im not exactly a skinny bloke, so id at least like to try my stuff on first.
Its like buying groceries over teh internet - its a great idea until you find that some one stacked your tomatoes and bananas at teh bottom of a bag of soup tins.
Delightful isnt it - you never know how it will turn out until it is too late
psh, the usa shouldnt complain about having crappy internet speeds - Australia didnt make this list because well, the services provided, lets just say arent up to par. but it is correct, it is population density that is the issue here. i live about 500km's west of sydney, i guess you could call it the country, and i work with a lot of people out of town trying to access the internet. the majority of the time, they are stuck on dialup because they are too far from the exchange, and yet are still too close to town to recieve a government subsidy to have satellite internet installed on their farms.
When everyone gets to go back to dialup again, let me know how you feel, because there are hundreds of thousands of people here that are still unable to get even basic adsl (512/256). And the prices? Well lets put it this way - if population density = low, then price = high as hell
Simple solutions are usually the best ones. simply rig up a mechanism that detects any sort of wrong doing.
Best part you should do? add a pnumatic guillotine that the hands have to go through first before they can touch the keyboard.
'Look Ma! No hands!'
make the kids think twice about fooling around with computers doesnt it...
(admittedly tho, god when i found my school principals password, grades were going up 10 bucks per mark, per subject)
Its amazing, im all for space exploration and the understanding of things that are unknown. blowing things up are cool too.
but seriously, it costs hundreds of millions of dollars to get something like that up into the deep unknown, and they are just gonna bust out and crash it into the moon?
who says money isnt worth throwing away?
I can feel big brother breathing on my neck right behind me.
fair enough everyone is looking out for 'the children' this is much more than that - if you arent always 100% politically correct, or your msn name has something suggestive in your name, you have the potential to be screwed over.
soon enough ill be getting in trouble for wanting to 'tap that' on my msn name. but im quite happy to take my oh so bad language to court;)
The problem here is unfortunate to start off with, but in all honesty, i see some one doing all of the 'thinking' work for me would be fantastic if i was a police officer. but alas, this is not a perfect world.
but there are a few alternative things to think about if these police were actually dedicated to solving a computer crime.
more than likely you took away their mojo (for lack of a better word). you solved the case for them, you can provide them with all the details (as much as you can in legal avenues) that you are able to get. case solved pretty much.
To be honest, it really annoys me that when it comes to a type of computer crime, the majority of times people see them being solved is on a TV show, and most of the time what they talk about is a bunch of bs in the first place.
All in all, tell the cops youll take it to the public for letting criminals run free under their jurisdiction, and see what they do, but like many others, alerting the media would definately be a bit of a problem if the thief pays attention to local news.
Finally, the simple answer could be that they just snubbed you for a fresh pot of coffee and some doughnuts/sarcasm
good luck on tracking it down, would love to hear how this goes in the future, keep us updated!
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Europe only screamed holland for me. i think i might just move to norway and make day-trips to amsterdam since ill have a lot of spare change from not buying software :D
Of course online gaming is overrated. with the majority of things now having to be basically rented to play, im standing firmly against paid online games. unless of course some one is willing to create something that isnt WoW, and is willing to pay for me to play, and most importantly, pay me TO play
God i might be blind in one eye and poke myself in the other with the remote on the night that futurama comes back on tv. I vote they get their butts into gear, bring out the whips and shackles, get them to work asap! hopefully by the time it comes out, people will still enjoy it :D im sure i will, but i want a 2007 release... say jan 1st? come on guys who is with me!
See, like the head states, this idea is a double edged sword. a new fallout game would be flippin awesome!!! But well... having to pay a monthly charge (Most Likely) to play it each month? ill pass, my RL actually has costs, so i guess i will have to pass when it comes out
Think about it this way, if Bill was the PUSA, we WOULD have sharks with fricken laser beams. but think about it on another aspect - whats the worst that could happen? i mean seriously, its not as if anything bad would happen - everything would be written on paper - last time i checked, you cant BSOD a sheet of A4 paper!
Im more of a tactile shopper myself, i mean seriously, i *Wouldnt* put my card into a giant tv screen. im not exactly a skinny bloke, so id at least like to try my stuff on first. Its like buying groceries over teh internet - its a great idea until you find that some one stacked your tomatoes and bananas at teh bottom of a bag of soup tins. Delightful isnt it - you never know how it will turn out until it is too late
hmm, all fine and well to say that but im sure most people could think of 10 porn sites off the top of their head, but only one slashdot ;)
psh, the usa shouldnt complain about having crappy internet speeds - Australia didnt make this list because well, the services provided, lets just say arent up to par. but it is correct, it is population density that is the issue here. i live about 500km's west of sydney, i guess you could call it the country, and i work with a lot of people out of town trying to access the internet. the majority of the time, they are stuck on dialup because they are too far from the exchange, and yet are still too close to town to recieve a government subsidy to have satellite internet installed on their farms.
When everyone gets to go back to dialup again, let me know how you feel, because there are hundreds of thousands of people here that are still unable to get even basic adsl (512/256). And the prices? Well lets put it this way - if population density = low, then price = high as hell
Simple solutions are usually the best ones. simply rig up a mechanism that detects any sort of wrong doing. Best part you should do? add a pnumatic guillotine that the hands have to go through first before they can touch the keyboard. 'Look Ma! No hands!' make the kids think twice about fooling around with computers doesnt it... (admittedly tho, god when i found my school principals password, grades were going up 10 bucks per mark, per subject)
Its amazing, im all for space exploration and the understanding of things that are unknown. blowing things up are cool too. but seriously, it costs hundreds of millions of dollars to get something like that up into the deep unknown, and they are just gonna bust out and crash it into the moon? who says money isnt worth throwing away?
I can feel big brother breathing on my neck right behind me. fair enough everyone is looking out for 'the children' this is much more than that - if you arent always 100% politically correct, or your msn name has something suggestive in your name, you have the potential to be screwed over. soon enough ill be getting in trouble for wanting to 'tap that' on my msn name. but im quite happy to take my oh so bad language to court ;)
The problem here is unfortunate to start off with, but in all honesty, i see some one doing all of the 'thinking' work for me would be fantastic if i was a police officer. but alas, this is not a perfect world. but there are a few alternative things to think about if these police were actually dedicated to solving a computer crime. more than likely you took away their mojo (for lack of a better word). you solved the case for them, you can provide them with all the details (as much as you can in legal avenues) that you are able to get. case solved pretty much. To be honest, it really annoys me that when it comes to a type of computer crime, the majority of times people see them being solved is on a TV show, and most of the time what they talk about is a bunch of bs in the first place. All in all, tell the cops youll take it to the public for letting criminals run free under their jurisdiction, and see what they do, but like many others, alerting the media would definately be a bit of a problem if the thief pays attention to local news. Finally, the simple answer could be that they just snubbed you for a fresh pot of coffee and some doughnuts /sarcasm
good luck on tracking it down, would love to hear how this goes in the future, keep us updated!