"just that I understand why people pay for multiplayer games - the "prestige" of being seen at the top of the leaderboards."
Ahh, I understand. What you said. I'll never understand why peple pay for the "prestige" of leaderboards. Personally, I hate leaderboards and consider them a "feature" that makes the game less desirable (unless you can opt out of them).
Re: Re: Re: So you're still okay with Google spying and tracking everyone all over the web for targeted advertising and giving NSA "direct access"?
I have to admit I am stunned. The reference, by the way, doesn't come from the TV show but from their most famous movie, "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". If you haven't seen this, you really should. Unless you hate laughing, of course.
There's no such thing as an internet connected device you can't firewall. My firewall block them by default. I have to specifically change configuration to allow a new device to connect to the internet, and I have total control over who it gets to talk to.
It's also poppycock because Java isn't incredibly secure. It tends to have a different set of vulnerabilities than C (being a different language), but it has numerous vulnerabilities.
Ones that developers using Java can't do much about, unlike languages that give you actual control.
"there ARE lots of cases where inaccurate or outdated information, by virtue of being on the Internet, continues to cause real damage for individuals for decades after the fact."
I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. What I'm saying is that the RTBF is a terrible "solution" to the problem. It does harm to people and society at large while not actually doing much to solve the situation.
This hasn't been true for at least two years (I don't think it was ever true). Anyone can use the hotspots, but if you aren't an AT&T customer, you are limited to a certain number of hours per week for your total hotspot usage.
"Comparing taxi service in NYC (or any modern city) to ebay and Etsy is just ridiculous."
Maybe it's ridiculous in New York, but not in any of the major cities I've been to. In all of those, cabs are not even close to being essential infrastructure.
"how do you guarantee you'll have sufficient service available?"
The existing cab regulations don't do a very good job of this (probably because that's not the goal of the regulations). Every time I've used a cab, it's been a crapshoot as to whether one will show up, and nearly always it takes about an hour for one to show up.
You're doing one of the two, or else you're just wrong. It is 100% possible to write secure code in C, and is commonly done. The use of C all by itself means nothing, except that you be more confident in the security of properly written C code because of the reduced attack surface involved.
"Google can't actually outright "deny" the DMCA requests"
Actually, Google can deny any such requests it wishes. There is no legal requirement for them to honor any of them. They honor them because doing so gets them a shield from some legal liabilities.
"What sinister purposes do you imagine a grocery store has in spying"
Who said I thought they had a sinister purpose? Their purpose is obvious: marketing. That doesn't make it any less spying, though.
Also, that data has been used for sinister purposes. There have been cases where customers have sued stores and the stores have brought up their purchasing history in an attempt to smear their character ("this guy buys an awful lot of beer...")
Also also, it's a dead certainty that that data is being provided to others, where it is combined with all the other data gathered about you, which amounts to an extreme and dangerous invasion of your privacy.
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It's not at all extreme in the US, where there is little difference between major corporations and the government.
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Ahh, I understand. What you said. I'll never understand why peple pay for the "prestige" of leaderboards. Personally, I hate leaderboards and consider them a "feature" that makes the game less desirable (unless you can opt out of them).
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Re: We need the rights, not others
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Re: Re: Re: So you're still okay with Google spying and tracking everyone all over the web for targeted advertising and giving NSA "direct access"?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why not start at the source?
Ones that developers using Java can't do much about, unlike languages that give you actual control.
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Re: Re: Whats-his-name
That's interesting, considering that DDG uses Bing as one of the sources of its search results.
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I don't think anyone is saying otherwise. What I'm saying is that the RTBF is a terrible "solution" to the problem. It does harm to people and society at large while not actually doing much to solve the situation.
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Re: On Demand infrastructure?
Maybe it's ridiculous in New York, but not in any of the major cities I've been to. In all of those, cabs are not even close to being essential infrastructure.
"how do you guarantee you'll have sufficient service available?"
The existing cab regulations don't do a very good job of this (probably because that's not the goal of the regulations). Every time I've used a cab, it's been a crapshoot as to whether one will show up, and nearly always it takes about an hour for one to show up.
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Re: Re: Why not start at the source?
You're doing one of the two, or else you're just wrong. It is 100% possible to write secure code in C, and is commonly done. The use of C all by itself means nothing, except that you be more confident in the security of properly written C code because of the reduced attack surface involved.
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Re: Re: Why not start at the source?
He was talking about HTML in email, which is a terrible thing and should not be the default.
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Never. There can't possibly be a legit request since the entire idea is illegitimate.
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Why do you limit this comment to single player games? Multiplayer games don't get off the hook here either.
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Re: Remember the Jeep Cherokee security hack?
This is incredibly hard to believe. In this day and age, do people even use car radios anymore?
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Actually, Google can deny any such requests it wishes. There is no legal requirement for them to honor any of them. They honor them because doing so gets them a shield from some legal liabilities.
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Who said I thought they had a sinister purpose? Their purpose is obvious: marketing. That doesn't make it any less spying, though.
Also, that data has been used for sinister purposes. There have been cases where customers have sued stores and the stores have brought up their purchasing history in an attempt to smear their character ("this guy buys an awful lot of beer...")
Also also, it's a dead certainty that that data is being provided to others, where it is combined with all the other data gathered about you, which amounts to an extreme and dangerous invasion of your privacy.
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Different people are motivated by different things.
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