Maybe off subject but I had a great weekend of gaming playing Trials HD on the Xbox 360. Think Kickstart II on the C64 from years ago but add in lovely graphics and an amazing physics based environment. A sublime example of demonstrating objects in a videogame with physical world properties. It's also an easy to pick up, fun and addictive game to boot.
As a left hander I have bad memories of writing cursive (we call it joined-up here in UK). Writing with a fountain pen left smudges and messed up many documents. I remember trying to work out a writing movement that wouldn't smudge the page and whatever way I tried I would look strange and my writing would still be smudged on the document:(
I work in IT but still take hand written notes at meetings. No smudging with a biro though (ballpoint pen proabaly to US ppl).
GPS is one of things that for some reason I haven't taken a shine to. This annoys me because I see myself as embracing technology and progress in all walks of life, except this. Strange. I use a poor-man's GPS by printing out Google Maps with the route marked on and if it is multiple pages, taping them together.
Personally I enjoy researching maps and satellite imagery of destinations. I find my method of studying sattellite imagery *really* helps when looking for landmarks around a new location, when I get there in real life I can relate to my surroundings.
I was astounded when I used Google Street View for the first time to do a reccie on a location in Nottingham, UK. I 'walked' the last few miles of the virtual route and took in the surroundings (road signs and landmarks). When I arrived in real life It felt like I had been there already.
I remember reading something about a whole lot of international telecommunications and fibre links were housed in one of the Twin Towers.
I might be wrong here, but didn't a lot of the cross-ocean fibre links terminate around the Twin Towers area or at least that is where top level ISPs were?
Agree with that. If you have a machine that is known to be clean then snapshot it, do your browsing/downloading and revert back to snapshot when you are finished.
For the paranoid you could have a machine that has never been attached to the internet and snapshot it at that point in time *then* do your browsing/downloading and revert back when you have finished. Although the problem I see here is (assuming Windows) getting snagged for security updates everytime you bring this snapshot back to life and hook it up to the internet. Maybe that is a little too much.
Unfortunately the cost of creating a game is way higher than the Spectrum days. For example 250+ people were involved in the creation of GTAIV. The costs that this level of production incur must be astronomical.
You are not mistaken. Sitting behind a NAT firewall unpatched is fine *for the experiment outlined in the original article*. Just don't start browsing the internet in this state.
I know this is against the original article's experiment parameters but best practice is to get XP SP3 downloaded on a USB key or whatever, update the PC, connect to internet behind a NAT firewall, let Windows Updates do its business.
If you know what you are doing and don't install any old software or click on pop-ups you will have years of safe browsing:-)
It baffles me why people would want to have open networks in the first place. If you can't control who accesses your network what chance do you stand of any type of network/pc/laptop administration?
And who would want to use their own equipment on an unsecured 'unknown' wireless network?
Free for all wireless networks send shivers down my spine.
The closest games I have played are the seminal Grand Prix Legends and GTR2. GPL was the most unforgiving simulation ever - but that was half the fun.
This guy drivers (or used to) in the FIA GT 3 championship and plays driving sims. It is awesome to see his real life racing videos and videos from a racing simulation (rFactor in this case).
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Maybe off subject but I had a great weekend of gaming playing Trials HD on the Xbox 360. Think Kickstart II on the C64 from years ago but add in lovely graphics and an amazing physics based environment. A sublime example of demonstrating objects in a videogame with physical world properties. It's also an easy to pick up, fun and addictive game to boot.
Trials HD review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyE_j_GSsXQ/
I don't know, maybe the 'level editor' in this game would answer the OP's question?
Through a kind of insurance like an 'escrow agreement'?
http://www.nccgroup.com/services/software-escrow-services.aspx/
Tip: In Notepad.exe if you surround the filename and extension with quote marks (") on your new file it will keep the extension and not append .txt
I work in IT but still take hand written notes at meetings. No smudging with a biro though (ballpoint pen proabaly to US ppl).
GPS is one of things that for some reason I haven't taken a shine to. This annoys me because I see myself as embracing technology and progress in all walks of life, except this. Strange. I use a poor-man's GPS by printing out Google Maps with the route marked on and if it is multiple pages, taping them together.
Personally I enjoy researching maps and satellite imagery of destinations. I find my method of studying sattellite imagery *really* helps when looking for landmarks around a new location, when I get there in real life I can relate to my surroundings.
I was astounded when I used Google Street View for the first time to do a reccie on a location in Nottingham, UK. I 'walked' the last few miles of the virtual route and took in the surroundings (road signs and landmarks). When I arrived in real life It felt like I had been there already.
Human nature: Don't you just love it?
I have been an IT tech for many years and *still* don't know how to do URL links in /. comments :(
I remember reading something about a whole lot of international telecommunications and fibre links were housed in one of the Twin Towers. I might be wrong here, but didn't a lot of the cross-ocean fibre links terminate around the Twin Towers area or at least that is where top level ISPs were?
I read the title to the article as "to build a Model T". Back in time we go!
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Missing_link
I'm also mystified as to why consoles were left out. When I was at school it was a clear cut Sega Megadrive vs. Super Nintendo cult war.
Agree with that. If you have a machine that is known to be clean then snapshot it, do your browsing/downloading and revert back to snapshot when you are finished.
For the paranoid you could have a machine that has never been attached to the internet and snapshot it at that point in time *then* do your browsing/downloading and revert back when you have finished. Although the problem I see here is (assuming Windows) getting snagged for security updates everytime you bring this snapshot back to life and hook it up to the internet. Maybe that is a little too much.
Hold your horses PRS!! You are obviously flogging a dead horse here..
Ha! Try making a buck off my IP: 192.168.0.1
Still working at 95. That is amazing, he must have a vast amount of computing knowledge.
Surprisingly, Peggle was a two year project.
:-/
I don't have an answer for the rest of the post as I was shot down completely.
Unfortunately the cost of creating a game is way higher than the Spectrum days. For example 250+ people were involved in the creation of GTAIV. The costs that this level of production incur must be astronomical.
Stunt Car Racer would get my vote for a remake. The sense of height and speed was amazing for the C64/Amiga/ST days. I played it for ages.
If the life of the Earth was a 12 hour clock the human race has only been around since 19 seconds to midnight.
What makes us think we are so important? The Earth and it's ecosystems will survice in one form or another.
Smashing Pumpkins is my favourite band!! So I would be looking in that DB file. But not if it is hidden in an Aerosmith jewel case. ;-)
These pictures have made my day. Truly awe inspiring. I stared at the sunset one for ages. Mind blowing stuff.
In Russia, Moon comes to you!
You are not mistaken. Sitting behind a NAT firewall unpatched is fine *for the experiment outlined in the original article*. Just don't start browsing the internet in this state.
:-)
I know this is against the original article's experiment parameters but best practice is to get XP SP3 downloaded on a USB key or whatever, update the PC, connect to internet behind a NAT firewall, let Windows Updates do its business.
If you know what you are doing and don't install any old software or click on pop-ups you will have years of safe browsing
I get your point now.
I had my 'corporate network' hat on.
It baffles me why people would want to have open networks in the first place. If you can't control who accesses your network what chance do you stand of any type of network/pc/laptop administration?
And who would want to use their own equipment on an unsecured 'unknown' wireless network?
Free for all wireless networks send shivers down my spine.
This guy drivers (or used to) in the FIA GT 3 championship and plays driving sims. It is awesome to see his real life racing videos and videos from a racing simulation (rFactor in this case).
Personally, this fascinates me.