Would be interesting to see if, during this adventure, they have someone in the car as they usually do during other tests. The other tests being on the salt flats doesn't really bring much danger into the mix that can't be avoided as opposed to long drops off cliffs. I hope they record a video of the interior while it goes up, that would be a neat one to see.
You're missing the point. The point is to poke fun at carbon schemes and raise money for free software. It's not to actually offset bad code, just to support good code writing organizations.
Most users who are not that savvy with computers tend to fear them and shy away from new things like Firefox and OpenOffice. Another thing that hurts these is sites that purport to sell Firefox and OpenOffice support packages. You find them often as sponsored links in search engines. This can cause problems as the software is free to download from the official site, downloads from those sites might open them up to spyware or viruses and last, but not least, it's a damn rip off. For a second I thought google might make an effort to not allow those sites to sponsor ads for keywords like Firefox?
I do know that here in Atlanta AT&T has been making it very difficult for third-party ISPs to operate. With AT&T trying to hard to kick Comcast in the ass, they are now giving priority to AT&T's on demand video, I often get disconnected or get smacked with high latency at peak times. My neighbors who use AT&T's own dsl, don't have these issues.
I'm just waiting for the day when AT&T says enough and just boots them. I really don't know what I would do. Comcast filters, AT&T plays mean kid on the block lol. Besides, my third-party ISP actually has employees who answer the phone, speak english, live in the same town as me and KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!!
Well the EQ devs have tried their best within reason to control the datastream, and the program you're thinking of is ShowEQ. Now however, a new program is out, well not so new anymore. It's called MacroQuest and this program basically takes control of the client and allows you to see where all NPCs are, allows you to bot your characters, modify memory locations.. making it so you can breath underwater, run at fast speeds etc. SOme of the more active hacks are warping, moving around in zones by basically teleporting. Currently, EQ is dealing with a massive hack going on called Ghost killing, which is usually combined with a no-delay type hack. Which sets your primary weapon to 0 delay. Your character is able to put out sometimes up to 1000x the damage per second they normally can, and not take damage from the NPC they're killing.
I agree with your line, "The companies cannot afford to take too hard a stance unless the transgressions are creating big problems." This is most assuredly the main reason why SOE has not clamped down on much of this. I don't have any hard facts or numbers, but my best guess is that over half of EQ players have used MacroQuest or are using, and a smaller percentage of them have or currently are involved in the GK/ND exploits. Some people would even say EQ's sales have increased since GK/ND, but remember, these are just rumors and guesses.
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Would be interesting to see if, during this adventure, they have someone in the car as they usually do during other tests. The other tests being on the salt flats doesn't really bring much danger into the mix that can't be avoided as opposed to long drops off cliffs. I hope they record a video of the interior while it goes up, that would be a neat one to see.
You're missing the point. The point is to poke fun at carbon schemes and raise money for free software. It's not to actually offset bad code, just to support good code writing organizations.
Most users who are not that savvy with computers tend to fear them and shy away from new things like Firefox and OpenOffice. Another thing that hurts these is sites that purport to sell Firefox and OpenOffice support packages. You find them often as sponsored links in search engines. This can cause problems as the software is free to download from the official site, downloads from those sites might open them up to spyware or viruses and last, but not least, it's a damn rip off. For a second I thought google might make an effort to not allow those sites to sponsor ads for keywords like Firefox?
I do know that here in Atlanta AT&T has been making it very difficult for third-party ISPs to operate. With AT&T trying to hard to kick Comcast in the ass, they are now giving priority to AT&T's on demand video, I often get disconnected or get smacked with high latency at peak times. My neighbors who use AT&T's own dsl, don't have these issues. I'm just waiting for the day when AT&T says enough and just boots them. I really don't know what I would do. Comcast filters, AT&T plays mean kid on the block lol. Besides, my third-party ISP actually has employees who answer the phone, speak english, live in the same town as me and KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT!!
Well the EQ devs have tried their best within reason to control the datastream, and the program you're thinking of is ShowEQ. Now however, a new program is out, well not so new anymore. It's called MacroQuest and this program basically takes control of the client and allows you to see where all NPCs are, allows you to bot your characters, modify memory locations.. making it so you can breath underwater, run at fast speeds etc. SOme of the more active hacks are warping, moving around in zones by basically teleporting. Currently, EQ is dealing with a massive hack going on called Ghost killing, which is usually combined with a no-delay type hack. Which sets your primary weapon to 0 delay. Your character is able to put out sometimes up to 1000x the damage per second they normally can, and not take damage from the NPC they're killing. I agree with your line, "The companies cannot afford to take too hard a stance unless the transgressions are creating big problems." This is most assuredly the main reason why SOE has not clamped down on much of this. I don't have any hard facts or numbers, but my best guess is that over half of EQ players have used MacroQuest or are using, and a smaller percentage of them have or currently are involved in the GK/ND exploits. Some people would even say EQ's sales have increased since GK/ND, but remember, these are just rumors and guesses.
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