I just purchased it today... with a Xbox Live Points card from Target. Until Saturday, Target is selling $20 Point cards for $15. So, in essence, you can purchase Precipice for only $15 - 25% off!
I think we need to start slashbombing the submitters of these articles. I doubt/. has a backlog of submissions two years old, so people need to stop submitting old crap to this site.
More useless propaganda, and the idiots that fall for it.
For the last two years, Nintendo has been rated the worst. But, not because that is the truth. They are rated that way because they refuse to disclose their environmental methods. And, by disclose, I mean that Nintendo didn't have that information readily available on their website.
The trailer I saw (before Iron Man) actually looked great to me, so I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
Unfortunately, trailers have little to do with movies anymore. Trailer designers and technicians have made an art out of what they do: making the most boring movies look exciting and fun. Honestly, they're good at what they do! By just changing transition graphics, music score, sound clips, and some of the shots, they can make an action movie look like a: comedy, drama, or documentary.
It could've worked, if it was just used as a frame of reference against the other speeds. So, the Power6 is from the knuckle to fingertip. What is the distance of the Pentium Extreme? From elbow to fingertip? Wrist to fingertip? The analogy is horrible, but it sounds amazing... until you frame the other items by the same reference and you realize that there probably isn't much difference between a knuckle and a wrist.
I wonder why a virus writer would even want to do this? Nearly all have learned that instead of wreaking havoc for fun, they can wreak havoc and make money off it. There's a reason most writers stopped writing boot sector viruses. Viruses are more fun when they can perform click-fraud, and other long-term money making actions, instead of destroying a user's computer.
I have that problem with FF2, and it was the reason I went to FF3. I've not had it occur within FF3, but when I temporarily reverted back to 2.0 it was still there.
It would spike for about 10-20 seconds then go back to normal for a few more minutes.
I think that the majority of others are specialty training guides provided to those in the field, or just basic knowledge gained from experience.
If you really want to learn more, download Sleuthkit/Autopsy (Sleuthkit is cmd line forensics tools, Autopsy is a web-based frontend to them) and just play. They're FOSS, and you'll learn more this way than any other. The tools were also written by Brian Carrier, author of the book above.
FTA: "Nearly 30% of all fatal accidents involving large trucks in the US happen during the hours of darkness" So, 70% of accidents still occur during the day.
There's a reason trucks drive at night: it's when there are no cars on the road. No soccer moms riding the left lane under the speed limit, no kids blitzing through traffic. A large number of truckers prefer night driving; I'm actually surprised there aren't MORE accidents at night.
Cool tech, but I hate when they throw in useless statistics to try and justify it.
The lab tech at the police officer that gets to deal with computer crimes. Yeah, once the police knock down the door to the house of someone collecting child porn, he's the guy that has to touch the keyboard...
My Audiovox SMT5600, running Windows, would constantly call 911. I could never figure out how, but at least 3 times a month it would call 911 while it was in my pocket. I finally figured out that the phone was set to use "08" as an emergency number (which seems to be in use in Saudi Arabia and New Zealand). Since the two buttons are next to each other, they were constantly being pushed. I ended up using a registry editor to remove the number from the list of valid emergency numbers.
The Wii's are out there. I bought one last month with only a week of searching. Use www.itrackr.com, set up the Wii as a favorite, and pay a small fee to have them email you when one comes in stock. I got a notice, called my wife, and she went down and picked it up at a local Target store.
Which is what most people would do. But, when you have a team of guys who have to work in the server room for hours on end, assessing trouble tickets and fixing equipment, they should be able to hold a conversation without having to walk in and out 10 seconds.
We have our own loud server room, and are not only looking for solutions to ease the noise, but to also facilitate communication in it. We have impromptu meetings at time with developers and techs that can last for long periods.
Are there any good headsets that not only cancel out noise, but also allow for a group of 6 people to communicate right next to each other without yelling?
They have a whole block on "Avoid using these characaters for maximum portability".
But, where's the exclamation mark? TONS of Windows people (including me) use exclamation points as the first character to put files/directories to the top of the list. Linux constantly chokes on these characters. But, no mention of it at all in this article.
I don't find that at all. I pick up Game Informer occassionally and find it very current. Game Informer was the ONLY magazine to have inside information on the Revolution(Wii) with details of the Red Steel game. Online sites were ripping and sharing scans of the magazine to provide online content. On the other side of the coin, they still referred to it as the Revolution long after we knew of its new name. While some areas of magazines will be behind due to printing delays, many times they are current due to pre-scheduled press releases.
I work in IT, and a specialized form, around a metro area. Rush hour is typically from 8-10AM, and 3:30-6PM. I live 45 miles from my work, and have tried for years to find the best time. The best solution I found was getting up at 5, leaving by 5:30, and cutting my 1-hour commute to half an hour. And, it works great! I get in by 6:00AM, and have nearly two hours of quiet with a few coworkers before the loud masses come in with their whining and requests for help.
I just wish that coming in earlier meant leaving earlier.
Thanks for the brief, though good, review of the book. I'm B.B., author of three chapters of the book: 9, 11, 12 (Gnutella, BitTorrent, FastTrack). If you look at the book's profile on other sites, you'll see there were a variety of co-authors on the book. As a long time member of Slashdot, and a long time advocate of both Open Source applications and Linux, this was a small way for me to at least give a little back. My chapters were written from a Linux admin POV, with details and steps on iptables (with installing strings), self-made Snort rules, and Ethereal screen shots (which were done in Windows, my Linux boxes are headless) I can only speak for my sections, but I hoped that if a regular Windows admin picked it up, and saw how easy it was to create firewall rules in Linux, it may help to win some hearts and heads.
Overall, it was an honor and priviledge (cliched, I know) to help out with the book, with a great bunch of other guys. And thanks Slashdot;)//Feeling obliged to use Karma Bonus
'With proprietary software, innovation comes from the people in marketing. But with open source, innovation comes from the guy who is really in the market. It comes from someone who knows the city.'
Is it possible to give a quoted source in an article +1 for Insightful?
There actually was a kid who claimed that the world had better watch out for 9/11. He made the claim about a week prior to the incident. A lot of people were up in arms, and reported his posts, etc.
However, it came out that he made the same claim for 9/1. He was basically combinations for 911, and when 9/1/1 nothing happened, he tried for 9/11, and something did happen.
From what I heard he shit a brick when the attacks came. I wish I could find the posts now.
Slashdot Mirror
I just purchased it today... with a Xbox Live Points card from Target. Until Saturday, Target is selling $20 Point cards for $15. So, in essence, you can purchase Precipice for only $15 - 25% off!
I think we need to start slashbombing the submitters of these articles. I doubt /. has a backlog of submissions two years old, so people need to stop submitting old crap to this site.
We're looking at YOU, nz17
More useless propaganda, and the idiots that fall for it.
For the last two years, Nintendo has been rated the worst. But, not because that is the truth. They are rated that way because they refuse to disclose their environmental methods. And, by disclose, I mean that Nintendo didn't have that information readily available on their website.
See this follow-up report from Ars Technica.
In other words: nothing to see here; move along.
Or, you could be rick-rolling us :)
No, that's the real clip.
The trailer I saw (before Iron Man) actually looked great to me, so I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
Unfortunately, trailers have little to do with movies anymore. Trailer designers and technicians have made an art out of what they do: making the most boring movies look exciting and fun. Honestly, they're good at what they do! By just changing transition graphics, music score, sound clips, and some of the shots, they can make an action movie look like a: comedy, drama, or documentary.
It could've worked, if it was just used as a frame of reference against the other speeds. So, the Power6 is from the knuckle to fingertip. What is the distance of the Pentium Extreme? From elbow to fingertip? Wrist to fingertip? The analogy is horrible, but it sounds amazing... until you frame the other items by the same reference and you realize that there probably isn't much difference between a knuckle and a wrist.
I wonder why a virus writer would even want to do this? Nearly all have learned that instead of wreaking havoc for fun, they can wreak havoc and make money off it. There's a reason most writers stopped writing boot sector viruses. Viruses are more fun when they can perform click-fraud, and other long-term money making actions, instead of destroying a user's computer.
I have that problem with FF2, and it was the reason I went to FF3. I've not had it occur within FF3, but when I temporarily reverted back to 2.0 it was still there.
It would spike for about 10-20 seconds then go back to normal for a few more minutes.
Brian Carrier's File System Forensics is a staple book for anyone in forensics.
I think that the majority of others are specialty training guides provided to those in the field, or just basic knowledge gained from experience.
If you really want to learn more, download Sleuthkit/Autopsy (Sleuthkit is cmd line forensics tools, Autopsy is a web-based frontend to them) and just play. They're FOSS, and you'll learn more this way than any other. The tools were also written by Brian Carrier, author of the book above.
FTA:
"Nearly 30% of all fatal accidents involving large trucks in the US happen during the hours of darkness"
So, 70% of accidents still occur during the day.
There's a reason trucks drive at night: it's when there are no cars on the road. No soccer moms riding the left lane under the speed limit, no kids blitzing through traffic. A large number of truckers prefer night driving; I'm actually surprised there aren't MORE accidents at night.
Cool tech, but I hate when they throw in useless statistics to try and justify it.
The lab tech at the police officer that gets to deal with computer crimes. Yeah, once the police knock down the door to the house of someone collecting child porn, he's the guy that has to touch the keyboard...
We all know all those added titles was just a cloud around the real title, The Guy Game. Some developer wanted his child porn.
My Audiovox SMT5600, running Windows, would constantly call 911. I could never figure out how, but at least 3 times a month it would call 911 while it was in my pocket. I finally figured out that the phone was set to use "08" as an emergency number (which seems to be in use in Saudi Arabia and New Zealand). Since the two buttons are next to each other, they were constantly being pushed. I ended up using a registry editor to remove the number from the list of valid emergency numbers.
The Wii's are out there. I bought one last month with only a week of searching. Use www.itrackr.com, set up the Wii as a favorite, and pay a small fee to have them email you when one comes in stock. I got a notice, called my wife, and she went down and picked it up at a local Target store.
Which is what most people would do. But, when you have a team of guys who have to work in the server room for hours on end, assessing trouble tickets and fixing equipment, they should be able to hold a conversation without having to walk in and out 10 seconds.
We have our own loud server room, and are not only looking for solutions to ease the noise, but to also facilitate communication in it. We have impromptu meetings at time with developers and techs that can last for long periods.
Are there any good headsets that not only cancel out noise, but also allow for a group of 6 people to communicate right next to each other without yelling?
www.processlibrary.com Enter in each executable in your process list and get detailed info on each there. I use it quite a bit.
They have a whole block on "Avoid using these characaters for maximum portability".
But, where's the exclamation mark? TONS of Windows people (including me) use exclamation points as the first character to put files/directories to the top of the list. Linux constantly chokes on these characters. But, no mention of it at all in this article.
Spoiler? There's a statute of limitations to spoilers; after 10 years it's almost common knowledge.
BTW, Vader was Luke's father.
And Bruce Willis was dead the whole time.
The news is alwasy one month out dated.
I don't find that at all. I pick up Game Informer occassionally and find it very current. Game Informer was the ONLY magazine to have inside information on the Revolution(Wii) with details of the Red Steel game. Online sites were ripping and sharing scans of the magazine to provide online content. On the other side of the coin, they still referred to it as the Revolution long after we knew of its new name. While some areas of magazines will be behind due to printing delays, many times they are current due to pre-scheduled press releases.
Wow, site is already slashdotted.
I work in IT, and a specialized form, around a metro area. Rush hour is typically from 8-10AM, and 3:30-6PM. I live 45 miles from my work, and have tried for years to find the best time. The best solution I found was getting up at 5, leaving by 5:30, and cutting my 1-hour commute to half an hour. And, it works great! I get in by 6:00AM, and have nearly two hours of quiet with a few coworkers before the loud masses come in with their whining and requests for help.
I just wish that coming in earlier meant leaving earlier.
Thanks for the brief, though good, review of the book. I'm B.B., author of three chapters of the book: 9, 11, 12 (Gnutella, BitTorrent, FastTrack). If you look at the book's profile on other sites, you'll see there were a variety of co-authors on the book. As a long time member of Slashdot, and a long time advocate of both Open Source applications and Linux, this was a small way for me to at least give a little back. My chapters were written from a Linux admin POV, with details and steps on iptables (with installing strings), self-made Snort rules, and Ethereal screen shots (which were done in Windows, my Linux boxes are headless) I can only speak for my sections, but I hoped that if a regular Windows admin picked it up, and saw how easy it was to create firewall rules in Linux, it may help to win some hearts and heads.
;) //Feeling obliged to use Karma Bonus
Overall, it was an honor and priviledge (cliched, I know) to help out with the book, with a great bunch of other guys. And thanks Slashdot
'With proprietary software, innovation comes from the people in marketing. But with open source, innovation comes from the guy who is really in the market. It comes from someone who knows the city.'
Is it possible to give a quoted source in an article +1 for Insightful?
There actually was a kid who claimed that the world had better watch out for 9/11. He made the claim about a week prior to the incident. A lot of people were up in arms, and reported his posts, etc.
However, it came out that he made the same claim for 9/1. He was basically combinations for 911, and when 9/1/1 nothing happened, he tried for 9/11, and something did happen.
From what I heard he shit a brick when the attacks came. I wish I could find the posts now.
Google Caching and Wayback lookups. You could easily look URLs up by right-clicking on them.
/shameful plug
Oh, wait, there is one.