Caffeine has never had any obvious effects on me. In other words, I can consume as much as I want, and it doesn't keep me awake, doesn't give me an energy boost, etc. I can literally drink a few cups of espresso and hit the sack and fall asleep. (Assuming of course that the aftertaste doesn't keep me awake...) Can't tell any difference at all between regular and decaf. So my question is, is it possible for it to have some other bad effects for me, even if it doesn't *seem* to affect me at all?
I too was always pretty baffled at that. Me though, I'm more the opposite. I've always been a huge fan of fantasy, but not nearly as much of sci fi. I've enjoyed some sci fi, like Star Wars and Stargate, but most of it was more boring for me.
Yep, I was in there too. Another way you could do it was delete your hearth stone and use the 'unstuck' command at the right place. It would bump you through the blocking volumes. Of course, you would want a mage with you to do it that way. Also, if you were playing a mage you could simply blink through the blocking volume.
You can also get on top of Ironforge, and a whole host of other places. Although most of them that required the wall-jumping glitch are now inaccessible due to them fixing that tactic.
was one that very few people ever knew about, mostly because it was in a niche mod for UT2004. The mod was called Chaos UT, gave you all kinds of cool weapons and items to use, including a grappling hook. You could grapple to pretty much anything and then tell it to retract, zipping you around quickly, and of course use it to swing around in all kinds of crazy ways. The cool glitch part was, if you did it just right you could grapple to a player's head. The target had to be standing right next to a wall, so you aimed for the spot where the top of the player's head was right next to the wall, tricking it into thinking you were aiming at the wall, but in reality the player's head was in the way. The most we ever got was a 4-player chain because eventually the grapples break loose.
Heh, where to begin... sooo many exploits/bugs in WoW. I actually used the one you mentioned one day. You had to be playing a pet class. The way it worked was you told your pet to attack a mob, but before it got there you took a gryphon flight. So instead of actually flying you'd get on a gryphon and stay on the ground. At that point you could not use any of your spells, and were immune to everything (including fatigue). Me and my friend walked on the water all the way to he edge of the map west of Kalimdor with that (no, the special developer area was no longer accessible) and we strolled right into the middle of Org with our two alliance warlocks. The horde there thought it was pretty funny. To end the glitch, you simply took a gryphon flight.. which was also pretty entertaining, because instead of taking you to the destination you selected this time, it would take a straight-line flight to your original destination. Yep, straight through anything and everything that happened to get in the way - buildings, trees, mountains, whatever.
Then of course there's also all the places you used to be able to get under the map, or just in places you weren't supposed to be able to get to. The biggest one is still accessible - get under Stormwind by running up the right place on the mountain at the east end of Dun Morogh. Don't even need to use an exploit for that one. One of the coolest was running through the wall in ironforge to drop down into old ironforge.
The GGP spoke specifically about the case where you possess the CD
Yes. These days though, that's most likely stashed away somewhere it's not very easy to get to. Most people use a CD exactly once now - to rip it to their computer right after they get it.
and a reasonable reading assumes immediate possession. If you've lost, mis-placed, or can't get at the CD, that's a different case entirely.
There's plenty of reasons you might not have the actual CD in "immediate possession", or at least not immediate enough to make that more convenient than downloading via P2P. In fact, I'd wager a good 99% of the time it's more convenient to simply download it. Even if you *don't* store your CD's as soon as you rip them, the only time it's ever more convenient to actually take the CD and rip it again is if you've got space to keep your disks highly organized, within arm's reach, and you're sitting right next to them. Which is apparently what the GGP was assuming. If you don't think such an assumption warrants dripping sarcasm, I can only say I feel sorry for you.
That's assuming of course that you have the CD available and within easy reach. I'm sure everyone carries their entire CD library with them everywhere they go nowadays though, so you're probably right.
I've done both. Believe me, the people who get stressed out by "foraging" will get at least twice as stressed out trying to find time to throw together lunch to take along. Sure it's no big deal for the morning people who get up an hour before they need to, but for the night-owl types, there is never a good time to pack a lunch.
The only time I pack a lunch is when I'm *really* short on funds. Most of the time I'd rather pay 4x as much and eat unhealthy food that I can pick up over lunch.
Of course the price is going to be similar. He's comparing the Macbook to laptops with similar specs, but that are specifically targeted at businesses. Compare it to gaming laptops with similar specs, and those other laptops come in at about $1,500-$2,200. Here's a great example. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220412
I don't know about you, but given the choice between that Asus model I linked vs. the 17" Macbook, I'll go with the Asus every time. But then of course, I'm also able to fix any problems Windows throws at me, so I'm never spending money on software repairs - just like Mac users.
I could not agree more, for many reasons. There's plenty of evidence showing that the earth has been significantly warmer in the (not so distant) past than it is now. So is the global climate getting warmer? Perhaps. Are humans causing it? Not likely, but it's possible. Is it a huge problem? Almost certainly not. Which is Dyson's whole point.
There's a lot I could reply with, but it would be mostly redundant.
So let me boil it down to this.
1. You're over-reacting. Even though I do mostly agree with you about the changes to Vista... they *are* better, just frustrating to get used to.
2. Your point about OPTIONS is dead on. That's been my biggest gripe about MS and Windows for a quite a while now, going back I don't know how far. It's fine if you want people to be able to do it that way, but FFS, put in OPTIONS to allow people to do and see it a different way if they choose. Why, for example, does the start menu have to have exactly 2 columns? Why shouldn't people be allowed to set as many columns as they want, and specify exactly what each one does? If someone wants the main part of their start menu to stretch the whole way across the screen, why should you care? LET THEM! Why isn't there some giant keybinds file somewhere that anyone can edit to their heart's content, and set their own damn key combinations? And there's many more things that could be added to this.
Nah. Win2K still runs more smoothly and faster than XP... and if you use both a lot, it's noticeable. Yes, that's even with the max of ~3.23GB of RAM they can use, and even with as many things turned off in XP as possible. I do use XP over Win2K though, because it's got a few features that are too convenient for me to give up, such as Wireless Zero config. In fact, for me that's probably the only thing that's a deal-breaker that would keep me from going back to 2K. Extra driver support is basically a non-issue by now as well, because XP no longer has the drivers for recently-released hardware either, so for most things you have to download them whether it's XP or 2K. The question isn't so much "what can 2K do that XP can't", it's "what can XP do that 2K can't that more than makes up for the difference in stability, speed and smoothness between the two", just like it's always been. Unfortunately, that question seems to be coming up a lot lately when discussing about the value of upgrading to the latest version of windows. Shouldn't the newer version be *more* stable and smooth and faster? It appears Windows 7 will have exactly those kinds of improvements when compared to Vista, which is great.
However if you really do want some things 2K can do that XP can't, how about starting with being able to install and run without activation, with any legit copy.
But yes, I'm still excited about Windows 7 and will be trying it when it is released.
If you really think that the other major ISPs won't shortly follow suit, you're just burying your head in the sand. (In fact, most of them have already started something similar, or have it in the works.) The only thing that surprises me is that it hasn't already happened. So, once ATT, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner are all doing the same, where exactly do you suggest we get broadband internet from in the US? I'm sure there's a few cities where you might have another option, but for most areas (including most cities) we're fortunate if we have as many as two of those four.
What I am interested in is the sort of equipment-tracking possibilities this creates. If I could install a tracking rootkit on a laptop which could silently persist and survive disk wipes and ROM flashes, automatically reporting in whenever it gets net access, it would be a huge advantage if the machine were ever stolen. An OS reinstall is likely, because it's a simple way to circumvent the user account password, but this would even protect against a BIOS flash (which is less likely, but still not out of the question).
Interesting indeed. It would also be invaluable for rental companies that lease out computers.
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Exactly. Wasn't the whole point of DNS to make websites easier to find? With this change, it might just be easier to remember the ip address.
And I don't think my entire family will fit either.
Imagine a beowulf cluster of them!
Caffeine has never had any obvious effects on me. In other words, I can consume as much as I want, and it doesn't keep me awake, doesn't give me an energy boost, etc. I can literally drink a few cups of espresso and hit the sack and fall asleep. (Assuming of course that the aftertaste doesn't keep me awake...) Can't tell any difference at all between regular and decaf. So my question is, is it possible for it to have some other bad effects for me, even if it doesn't *seem* to affect me at all?
I too was always pretty baffled at that. Me though, I'm more the opposite. I've always been a huge fan of fantasy, but not nearly as much of sci fi. I've enjoyed some sci fi, like Star Wars and Stargate, but most of it was more boring for me.
Yep, I was in there too. Another way you could do it was delete your hearth stone and use the 'unstuck' command at the right place. It would bump you through the blocking volumes. Of course, you would want a mage with you to do it that way. Also, if you were playing a mage you could simply blink through the blocking volume.
You can also get on top of Ironforge, and a whole host of other places. Although most of them that required the wall-jumping glitch are now inaccessible due to them fixing that tactic.
was one that very few people ever knew about, mostly because it was in a niche mod for UT2004. The mod was called Chaos UT, gave you all kinds of cool weapons and items to use, including a grappling hook. You could grapple to pretty much anything and then tell it to retract, zipping you around quickly, and of course use it to swing around in all kinds of crazy ways. The cool glitch part was, if you did it just right you could grapple to a player's head. The target had to be standing right next to a wall, so you aimed for the spot where the top of the player's head was right next to the wall, tricking it into thinking you were aiming at the wall, but in reality the player's head was in the way. The most we ever got was a 4-player chain because eventually the grapples break loose.
Heh, where to begin... sooo many exploits/bugs in WoW. I actually used the one you mentioned one day. You had to be playing a pet class. The way it worked was you told your pet to attack a mob, but before it got there you took a gryphon flight. So instead of actually flying you'd get on a gryphon and stay on the ground. At that point you could not use any of your spells, and were immune to everything (including fatigue). Me and my friend walked on the water all the way to he edge of the map west of Kalimdor with that (no, the special developer area was no longer accessible) and we strolled right into the middle of Org with our two alliance warlocks. The horde there thought it was pretty funny. To end the glitch, you simply took a gryphon flight.. which was also pretty entertaining, because instead of taking you to the destination you selected this time, it would take a straight-line flight to your original destination. Yep, straight through anything and everything that happened to get in the way - buildings, trees, mountains,
whatever.
Then of course there's also all the places you used to be able to get under the map, or just in places you weren't supposed to be able to get to. The biggest one is still accessible - get under Stormwind by running up the right place on the mountain at the east end of Dun Morogh. Don't even need to use an exploit for that one. One of the coolest was running through the wall in ironforge to drop down into old ironforge.
Your sarcasm is mis-placed.
Not at all.
The GGP spoke specifically about the case where you possess the CD
Yes. These days though, that's most likely stashed away somewhere it's not very easy to get to. Most people use a CD exactly once now - to rip it to their computer right after they get it.
and a reasonable reading assumes immediate possession. If you've lost, mis-placed, or can't get at the CD, that's a different case entirely.
There's plenty of reasons you might not have the actual CD in "immediate possession", or at least not immediate enough to make that more convenient than downloading via P2P. In fact, I'd wager a good 99% of the time it's more convenient to simply download it. Even if you *don't* store your CD's as soon as you rip them, the only time it's ever more convenient to actually take the CD and rip it again is if you've got space to keep your disks highly organized, within arm's reach, and you're sitting right next to them. Which is apparently what the GGP was assuming. If you don't think such an assumption warrants dripping sarcasm, I can only say I feel sorry for you.
That's assuming of course that you have the CD available and within easy reach. I'm sure everyone carries their entire CD library with them everywhere they go nowadays though, so you're probably right.
Actually I believe in most states in the US it's law for companies to provide 10 minutes of paid break per 4 hours of labor.
Awesome suggestion. I think though in lieu of that I would rather go purchase a 12-gauge shotgun and blow my brains out.
Don't you know that smoking will give you lung cancer and kill you? It's true. I watched my great-grandpa die at 85 because of it.
Yes, I'm being facetious. I'm actually telling the truth though.
I've done both. Believe me, the people who get stressed out by "foraging" will get at least twice as stressed out trying to find time to throw together lunch to take along. Sure it's no big deal for the morning people who get up an hour before they need to, but for the night-owl types, there is never a good time to pack a lunch.
The only time I pack a lunch is when I'm *really* short on funds. Most of the time I'd rather pay 4x as much and eat unhealthy food that I can pick up over lunch.
Of course the price is going to be similar. He's comparing the Macbook to laptops with similar specs, but that are specifically targeted at businesses. Compare it to gaming laptops with similar specs, and those other laptops come in at about $1,500-$2,200. Here's a great example. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220412
I don't know about you, but given the choice between that Asus model I linked vs. the 17" Macbook, I'll go with the Asus every time. But then of course, I'm also able to fix any problems Windows throws at me, so I'm never spending money on software repairs - just like Mac users.
Obviously if you're man enough you don't *need* a laptop that adds to it.
I could not agree more, for many reasons.
There's plenty of evidence showing that the earth has been significantly warmer in the (not so distant) past than it is now. So is the global climate getting warmer? Perhaps. Are humans causing it? Not likely, but it's possible. Is it a huge problem? Almost certainly not. Which is Dyson's whole point.
No no, see it's all about who's rights are being managed.
One clue: not yours.
There's a lot I could reply with, but it would be mostly redundant.
So let me boil it down to this.
1. You're over-reacting. Even though I do mostly agree with you about the changes to Vista... they *are* better, just frustrating to get used to.
2. Your point about OPTIONS is dead on. That's been my biggest gripe about MS and Windows for a quite a while now, going back I don't know how far. It's fine if you want people to be able to do it that way, but FFS, put in OPTIONS to allow people to do and see it a different way if they choose. Why, for example, does the start menu have to have exactly 2 columns? Why shouldn't people be allowed to set as many columns as they want, and specify exactly what each one does? If someone wants the main part of their start menu to stretch the whole way across the screen, why should you care? LET THEM! Why isn't there some giant keybinds file somewhere that anyone can edit to their heart's content, and set their own damn key combinations? And there's many more things that could be added to this.
Nah. Win2K still runs more smoothly and faster than XP... and if you use both a lot, it's noticeable. Yes, that's even with the max of ~3.23GB of RAM they can use, and even with as many things turned off in XP as possible. I do use XP over Win2K though, because it's got a few features that are too convenient for me to give up, such as Wireless Zero config. In fact, for me that's probably the only thing that's a deal-breaker that would keep me from going back to 2K. Extra driver support is basically a non-issue by now as well, because XP no longer has the drivers for recently-released hardware either, so for most things you have to download them whether it's XP or 2K. The question isn't so much "what can 2K do that XP can't", it's "what can XP do that 2K can't that more than makes up for the difference in stability, speed and smoothness between the two", just like it's always been. Unfortunately, that question seems to be coming up a lot lately when discussing about the value of upgrading to the latest version of windows. Shouldn't the newer version be *more* stable and smooth and faster? It appears Windows 7 will have exactly those kinds of improvements when compared to Vista, which is great.
However if you really do want some things 2K can do that XP can't, how about starting with being able to install and run without activation, with any legit copy.
But yes, I'm still excited about Windows 7 and will be trying it when it is released.
Darn you're right. Wow, that's *really* old news.
But since it was 200 light years away, that means it actually happened 200 years ago, right?
Talk about old news...
If you really think that the other major ISPs won't shortly follow suit, you're just burying your head in the sand. (In fact, most of them have already started something similar, or have it in the works.) The only thing that surprises me is that it hasn't already happened. So, once ATT, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner are all doing the same, where exactly do you suggest we get broadband internet from in the US? I'm sure there's a few cities where you might have another option, but for most areas (including most cities) we're fortunate if we have as many as two of those four.
Oh lord, bless this thy hand grenade...
What I am interested in is the sort of equipment-tracking possibilities this creates. If I could install a tracking rootkit on a laptop which could silently persist and survive disk wipes and ROM flashes, automatically reporting in whenever it gets net access, it would be a huge advantage if the machine were ever stolen. An OS reinstall is likely, because it's a simple way to circumvent the user account password, but this would even protect against a BIOS flash (which is less likely, but still not out of the question).
Interesting indeed. It would also be invaluable for rental companies that lease out computers.
Those people are all too busy protecting IP and going after nasty pirates now.