tazgecko

tazgecko

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Reply to Can a Game Design be Unethical? in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

Not when it comes down to choice ... you don't have to play the game, you don't have to use the auction house. I'm sure that Bizzard didn't make the market to 'exploit' someone, more likely they understand that some players like a market base mechanism to sell items. They are just catering for users. Played the game for around 10hrs, it's not that good and I can't see myself going back to it. At least Path of Exile has very good game

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Reply to It’s ugly, but… in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

NSS Labs have been found to create reports to reach criteria and outcomes, which the financier had ask for. They have been doing this for years. Microsoft gets a headline, NSS loses creditability. I treat anything that comes out of NSS with a grain of salt.

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Reply to 3D Printer Opinions in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Seleuceia" reply="3" id="3354544"] The best case I've seen for 3D is in space exploration....3D printers would allow a crew to create tools or parts as needed as opposed to having full sets and multiple spare parts... Sure, it's expensive, but so is everything when we're talking about space travel...of course you can't build everything with a 3D printer but the potential advantages as far as saving space or independence from supply chains is h

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Reply to Hey you! in Everything Else WinCustomize Forums

working on a few paintings on my time ... playing Path of Exile. If you haven't check it out yet, Frogboy ... do so. The character skill and items abilities are very well design, just check out the skill tree. I think you would like the design of it.

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Reply to Do you have blood on your clothes? in Economics WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="Timmaigh" reply="27" id="3349586"]If the companies realized they have actually certain moral obligations beyond that, there would be basically no need for any other "responsible parties" beyond the companies themselves. And there would be no need for a leftie shit anymore [/quote] It would be nice if companies have morals, but they are sociopaths by nature.

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Reply to Do you have blood on your clothes? in Economics WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="myfist0" reply="21" id="3349562"]Sorry, I have to disagree. These companies use these manufactures for the sole reason of cheapest labour at any cost, without regard to workers rights or safety and the lack of regulations to protect their environment. Like I already stated, once these workers get organised, these companies will just move to where they are not. I am quite sure a lot of these corporations would all be happy using slave labour in chains if they could get aw

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Reply to Do you have blood on your clothes? in Economics WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="GoaFan77" reply="19" id="3349553"]Only when the consumers in these countries have enough purchasing power to become politically relevant and care more about a minimal level of safety than jobs will their situation improve, just as it has else where. [/quote] +1 You can see this ongoing effect in China, the raise of the middle classes ... but it all takes time, it took western cultures hundreds of years.

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Reply to Do you have blood on your clothes? in Economics WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="16" id="3349524"]Maybe the workers who saw cracks in the building had the responsibility of keeping themselves and their fellow workers out of the building NO MATTER WHAT and calling a government inspector to get there urgently? No wages (or lack of them or their relative worth) are worth anyone's life. They know that. They chose not to call an inspector urgently. [/quote] Perhaps, but unless there are proper processes in place where the worke

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Reply to Do you have blood on your clothes? in Economics WinCustomize Forums

Don't know why people think that because a person works they are not being exploited. If you are in a country that has no unemployed social system, everything in daily life costs more than you are earning, and your employer is fully aware that your wage will never allow you to achieve any independence away from the company then I would say it's a form of slavery. They have no choice but to get paid near to nothing or starve. Blaming a company (and everyone else who buys the pr

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Reply to Yes, there are monsters in the world in Everything Else WinCustomize Forums

[quote who="myfist0" reply="49" id="3348647"][/quote] Bullshit ... I think you are forgetting the invasion of russia and china before hand, how about you stop taking snippets off the nutter press and read a bit of history yourself.

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