Meh, now Hasbro is going to be mad. Not only you get more points for making Scrabulous when compared to making Scrabble, now you can get even more by making Wordscraper!
Here is how to COMPLETELY disable the Awesome Bar:
Click Start, point to Control Panel, double click on Add and Remove Programs (or Programs and Features if on Vista), select Firefox 3.0 and click Uninstall.
Do the equivalent if on other platform.
If you installed a NEWER MAJOR version of a software, it is because you wanted NEW features.
The Awesome Bar is one of those things that I cannot live without anymore, and so won't you when you actually try to use it the way it should be used! And here's something I predict happening: Other browsers adopting the SAME behavior! So, you can either go back to your text based browsing age, or actually TRY the new feature!
This screencast shows how it can be very easy to use it in an effective way.
Trying to find a website by typing the EXACT BEGINNING of the URL doesn't make sense when you can search for things EASIER to remember, like TITLE, or BOOKMARK TAGS!
When you are "outside", just make sure you are not using the DNS server provided by the hotel DHCP server. In Windows, simply set the ip addresses of your DNS servers to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 (OpenDNS) and you should be safe.
Do you KNOW how shipping works in China? Apparently you don't, so I'll explain:
They have a gigantic trebuchet-like device. They measure wind (by licking the tip of the finger) and aim the trebuchet at the US, load id up with a huge container full of Rock Bands and BAM! They have been doing this for years, so they manage to hit Continental US about 75% of the time.
If you still don't understand what would make shipping to the US cheaper, I'll tell you: do you know how hard is it to hit that small island where the UK sits compared to the USA when throwing things from China?
Plus, the ip address of your parent DNS server should not change constantly. Creating a rule to allow connections from any port on your side, to [ns ip address]:53 is not that hard or insecure.
It's not like they are asking you to add 2500 to NAT and allow connections from any address...
I don't know that much about sockets, but I'm guessing the optimal here would be for it to grab a random port that is not being used between say 1000~65000 at the moment that it has to send a packet.
Instead, it seems to be grabbing 2500 random ports at spawn and keeping them forever.
If it were Windows servers, by the time you got back home the screens would be locked due to inactivity and you wouldn't be able to get access anymore.
Exactly. Since the gaming interface is now very limited (no tells), a computer can and will, over time, learn and play the game in a manner that he will always win over a human player.
It's simple: if you make the game all about math (odds), a computer will simply be better at it. He will be able to look through historical data for that player flawlessly and make decisions based on that that will have the best EV (expected value).
And when you go from online to live play, the interface is still limited because the computer does not give out tells. The game becomes a simple matter of calculating pot odds and evaluating previous hands to calculate the correct play.
When it comes to play poker against a computer, in the future, the correct move is not to play.
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You forgot the Windows Vista Patience event...
Meh, now Hasbro is going to be mad. Not only you get more points for making Scrabulous when compared to making Scrabble, now you can get even more by making Wordscraper!
They are looking for an excuse to get funding for a new form of defense to replace the "old" missile defense system.
[rant mode on]
Here is how to COMPLETELY disable the Awesome Bar:
Click Start, point to Control Panel, double click on Add and Remove Programs (or Programs and Features if on Vista), select Firefox 3.0 and click Uninstall.
Do the equivalent if on other platform.
If you installed a NEWER MAJOR version of a software, it is because you wanted NEW features.
The Awesome Bar is one of those things that I cannot live without anymore, and so won't you when you actually try to use it the way it should be used! And here's something I predict happening: Other browsers adopting the SAME behavior! So, you can either go back to your text based browsing age, or actually TRY the new feature!
This screencast shows how it can be very easy to use it in an effective way.
Trying to find a website by typing the EXACT BEGINNING of the URL doesn't make sense when you can search for things EASIER to remember, like TITLE, or BOOKMARK TAGS!
[rant mode off]
When you are "outside", just make sure you are not using the DNS server provided by the hotel DHCP server. In Windows, simply set the ip addresses of your DNS servers to 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 (OpenDNS) and you should be safe.
Do you KNOW how shipping works in China? Apparently you don't, so I'll explain:
They have a gigantic trebuchet-like device. They measure wind (by licking the tip of the finger) and aim the trebuchet at the US, load id up with a huge container full of Rock Bands and BAM! They have been doing this for years, so they manage to hit Continental US about 75% of the time.
If you still don't understand what would make shipping to the US cheaper, I'll tell you: do you know how hard is it to hit that small island where the UK sits compared to the USA when throwing things from China?
Need proof? How do you think this happened?
Spanish.
Impossible. Statistics by nature require a large sample size.
Craig, is that you?
Now that's a novel idea. Perhaps we should wait a week to see if it's worth.
Plus, the ip address of your parent DNS server should not change constantly. Creating a rule to allow connections from any port on your side, to [ns ip address]:53 is not that hard or insecure.
It's not like they are asking you to add 2500 to NAT and allow connections from any address...
I'm not the OP though.
Why? Did he get in Trouble for that?
Never mind, another annoying post that starts on the subject.
What?
You're right, I did not use an accurate number, but mine's a lot closer than yours.
Who cares? His is funny...
They are mad because you get more points for making "Scrabulous" than for "Scrabble".
They should test this on the current data network in Brazil. Internet connections there are a joke.
I don't know that much about sockets, but I'm guessing the optimal here would be for it to grab a random port that is not being used between say 1000~65000 at the moment that it has to send a packet.
Instead, it seems to be grabbing 2500 random ports at spawn and keeping them forever.
Can't they do something more dynamic?
Agreed. And I feel kinda sad when I think on the fact that the actor is dead and I won't be seeing such a good villain anymore.
If it were Windows servers, by the time you got back home the screens would be locked due to inactivity and you wouldn't be able to get access anymore.
I guess MS did get something right...
Well, at least it is still cheaper than a gal of gas...
Wrong analogy. Regarding the videos, with or without ads the content is basically the same. On your OS comparison, the content is 100% different.
A correct version of your analogy would be: why would someone use a OS build with ads on it instead of the same build without ads?
The answer is still the same, though: convenience.
Exactly. Since the gaming interface is now very limited (no tells), a computer can and will, over time, learn and play the game in a manner that he will always win over a human player.
It's simple: if you make the game all about math (odds), a computer will simply be better at it. He will be able to look through historical data for that player flawlessly and make decisions based on that that will have the best EV (expected value).
And when you go from online to live play, the interface is still limited because the computer does not give out tells. The game becomes a simple matter of calculating pot odds and evaluating previous hands to calculate the correct play.
When it comes to play poker against a computer, in the future, the correct move is not to play.
Professionals play the other players.
Exactly. How do you expect a professional to win when he is playing against a player that does not give out tells and other clues?