That's correct, IMO. Actually, though, I usually only state that opinion in regards to those that choose artificial means to procreate, such as using fertility drugs. I think that makes a more fair analogy, that more people would agree with.
Totally agreed here. Apache 1.3 is quite good. What's the point of updating?
As far as I've heard, the #1 "feature" enhancement from Apache 2.0 was "threading". I've also heard that there's no benefit to using it, and in fact, it's worse off with it.
I didn't hear it from the PHP folks, though, so if it's FUD...:)
27 And yea so it be the powers of those who are in debted to thine Lord, 28 the Sabbath is the last day of the week 29 PS: Don't forget to hate those different than you as is religions founding.
It's happened before, within the last couple years. Unfortunately I can't find the reference to it. It wasn't Mozilla, it was some other software. Someone broke in to the CVS (or other) repository and made some change.
There are solutions to this. PGP signing each patch would at least let you track down who submitted what. You'd probably need to grab the source as a set of patches, though, so you can individually verify each submitter's PGP key against their code. Ugh.:) Probably a better way could be devised, but as yet, none has been presented.
One thing that amuses me is sites that include the MD5 checksum on the download page. Yes, because if someone got in and changed the tarball, they sure wouldn't even bother updating that MD5 string at the same time!;)
Planetside, while being entirely PVP, offers what you want (except the character creation screen, which is stuck in the 90s). Strategy in fighting, it's fast paced, and while fun is "objective" I think it's quite fun. Needs more players though.:)
Planetside might be considered like that, although it's not a MMORPG. You have the freedom to get around any way you want, including in vehicles.
Earth and Beyond's was nice, but it would have been nicer if you were able to do more stuff when you were out of your ship. IE if there was a whole other "game world" to explore on foot.
As much as the game was a flop, primarily (IMO) due to it having no in-game tutorial, poor controls, and a producer with a self-bought PhD, and the game was not a MMORPG or MMO anything, Universal Combat could be looked to as an inspiration towards a PvE (player vs. environment) MMO with multiple "modes" of operation.
They've tipped their hand. Now, whenever anyone has an issue connecting, experiences any bug at all, etc, they will ask that their XP be accelerated. And when they don't grant it they're going to look like the bad guys.
Yeah, it probably is Vivendi's fault. Still, I'm just an end user. I shouldn't need to have extreme insight into how things work. All I know is: I start the game, and it asks for the CD, even though it also asks for me to log in. And it has Valve's logo all over it while doing so.:)
I sure hope other game publishers don't follow Valve entirely. While they are taking their stand on Steam, they sure made some major mistakes. The game requires the CD to be in the drive to start, even though you're Steam authenticated (!!). The game takes *forever* to start if your Internet connection is flakey/remote/slow. I haven't played it in weeks because it's just a hassle to start up, compared to the MMOGs and other games I'm playing lately.
Part of why IE is stumbling is because it wasn't being actively developed (at least, not in a publicly seen way), while Mozilla was.
EA is still actively developing new games (even though they are mostly rehashes of the same old designs).
OSS could potentially come out with new game ideas and run with them, but I don't think they'll come out ahead until EA starts seriously stagnating (not even putting out games for months at a time).
Heh, well, it's not easy to just "trust" that. If you're shopping for a plasma screen, who're you going to ask for advice other than people who've owned them for a few years?
It's the manufacturers own fault for putting out overpriced low quality screens.
If the new tech is so great, they should offer up low price upgrades to the early adopters, so they can in turn get the word out about the "new, better" versions.
Because spam requires storage on your computer/ISPs servers to operate, and telemarketing requires either your time or an answering machine to operate.
Broadcast television, when your TV is off, requires nothing of you.
On Kazaa, you basically run the tracker on your own machine, using Kazaa's network as a database to determine where you can grab files. BT, you have to find another tracker on your own, manually.
Slashdot caved; that doesn't mean that the Scientologists were on the right side of the law. It would have been too expensive for Slashdot to fight, that's all.
Perhaps you haven't built PHP before, but basically, you can build it so it'll either use the internal or external libraries. If the internal library is just a wrapper, how would the external libraries work at all, unless they too had a wrapper? Then, what would the difference be between the two wrappers? That's what I'm trying to get at here.
OK, sounds good. Why did they bother then? All things equal, the more code they include, the more potential there is for vulnerability. What's the point if the code doesn't do anything?
If PHP wants to get serious about security, it needs to stop writing its own libraries for things already available elsewhere, such as GD or MySQL or any number of other programs. It's always going to be difficult to keep the internal and external libraries in sync, better to just use external.
Basically, if the developers spent less time reinventing every wheel in existence (look at the documentation page some time, the index of the "libraries" is astounding) they might have more time to close holes like this.
You'll find you can actually right-click and save these and they won't prompt you for a filename "mirror" or something useless like the rest of PHP's download links.
Slashdot Mirror
That's correct, IMO. Actually, though, I usually only state that opinion in regards to those that choose artificial means to procreate, such as using fertility drugs. I think that makes a more fair analogy, that more people would agree with.
Amusingly, if breasts weren't a big deal, this game probably never would have been produced in the first place.
Have you seen the dual G5 in person? The grey case with about a billion little holes? This ASUS thing looks way better than that.
There are pills that claim they can help you reach your goals long before 6-10 months pass.
Totally agreed here. Apache 1.3 is quite good. What's the point of updating?
:)
As far as I've heard, the #1 "feature" enhancement from Apache 2.0 was "threading". I've also heard that there's no benefit to using it, and in fact, it's worse off with it.
I didn't hear it from the PHP folks, though, so if it's FUD...
Samsonite 7:27-29:
27 And yea so it be the powers of those who are in debted to thine Lord,
28 the Sabbath is the last day of the week
29 PS: Don't forget to hate those different than you as is religions founding.
It's happened before, within the last couple years. Unfortunately I can't find the reference to it. It wasn't Mozilla, it was some other software. Someone broke in to the CVS (or other) repository and made some change.
:) Probably a better way could be devised, but as yet, none has been presented.
;)
There are solutions to this. PGP signing each patch would at least let you track down who submitted what. You'd probably need to grab the source as a set of patches, though, so you can individually verify each submitter's PGP key against their code. Ugh.
One thing that amuses me is sites that include the MD5 checksum on the download page. Yes, because if someone got in and changed the tarball, they sure wouldn't even bother updating that MD5 string at the same time!
Planetside, while being entirely PVP, offers what you want (except the character creation screen, which is stuck in the 90s). Strategy in fighting, it's fast paced, and while fun is "objective" I think it's quite fun. Needs more players though. :)
Planetside might be considered like that, although it's not a MMORPG. You have the freedom to get around any way you want, including in vehicles.
Earth and Beyond's was nice, but it would have been nicer if you were able to do more stuff when you were out of your ship. IE if there was a whole other "game world" to explore on foot.
As much as the game was a flop, primarily (IMO) due to it having no in-game tutorial, poor controls, and a producer with a self-bought PhD, and the game was not a MMORPG or MMO anything, Universal Combat could be looked to as an inspiration towards a PvE (player vs. environment) MMO with multiple "modes" of operation.
Accelerated XP gain makes no sense.
They've tipped their hand. Now, whenever anyone has an issue connecting, experiences any bug at all, etc, they will ask that their XP be accelerated. And when they don't grant it they're going to look like the bad guys.
Yeah, it probably is Vivendi's fault. Still, I'm just an end user. I shouldn't need to have extreme insight into how things work. All I know is: I start the game, and it asks for the CD, even though it also asks for me to log in. And it has Valve's logo all over it while doing so. :)
I sure hope other game publishers don't follow Valve entirely. While they are taking their stand on Steam, they sure made some major mistakes. The game requires the CD to be in the drive to start, even though you're Steam authenticated (!!). The game takes *forever* to start if your Internet connection is flakey/remote/slow. I haven't played it in weeks because it's just a hassle to start up, compared to the MMOGs and other games I'm playing lately.
I thought it was funny, and I'm not posting as AC (just No Karma Bonus).
Should we only be able to make fun of "normal" groups of people? Who defines that?
Part of why IE is stumbling is because it wasn't being actively developed (at least, not in a publicly seen way), while Mozilla was.
EA is still actively developing new games (even though they are mostly rehashes of the same old designs).
OSS could potentially come out with new game ideas and run with them, but I don't think they'll come out ahead until EA starts seriously stagnating (not even putting out games for months at a time).
Heh, well, it's not easy to just "trust" that. If you're shopping for a plasma screen, who're you going to ask for advice other than people who've owned them for a few years?
It's the manufacturers own fault for putting out overpriced low quality screens.
If the new tech is so great, they should offer up low price upgrades to the early adopters, so they can in turn get the word out about the "new, better" versions.
Because spam requires storage on your computer/ISPs servers to operate, and telemarketing requires either your time or an answering machine to operate.
Broadcast television, when your TV is off, requires nothing of you.
On Kazaa, you basically run the tracker on your own machine, using Kazaa's network as a database to determine where you can grab files. BT, you have to find another tracker on your own, manually.
"By your logic if you want to have email or a telephone there's no arguement against SPAM or Telemarketing."
Broadcast is passive. Spam (please, it's not all uppercase) and telemarketing is active. They are not analogous.
10Q
Down 1.7% for the 9 month period ending September 26 2004 (compared to September 28 2003).
Go ahead and compare it against the other sites and stuff if you want, but the truth is that subscribers are declining (albiet, slowly).
Slashdot caved; that doesn't mean that the Scientologists were on the right side of the law. It would have been too expensive for Slashdot to fight, that's all.
If Tom Clancy wrote a movie, it would be approximately 50 hours long, if he cut out some of the detail.
Perhaps you haven't built PHP before, but basically, you can build it so it'll either use the internal or external libraries. If the internal library is just a wrapper, how would the external libraries work at all, unless they too had a wrapper? Then, what would the difference be between the two wrappers? That's what I'm trying to get at here.
OK, sounds good. Why did they bother then? All things equal, the more code they include, the more potential there is for vulnerability. What's the point if the code doesn't do anything?
If PHP wants to get serious about security, it needs to stop writing its own libraries for things already available elsewhere, such as GD or MySQL or any number of other programs. It's always going to be difficult to keep the internal and external libraries in sync, better to just use external.
Basically, if the developers spent less time reinventing every wheel in existence (look at the documentation page some time, the index of the "libraries" is astounding) they might have more time to close holes like this.
Question:
"Note: Due to a problem with earlier versions of Zend Optimizer, its users are urged to upgrade to the latest version."
I can't seem to find any information on what this problem may be. No release notes or anything. Any clues?
Comment:
PHP.net's download scheme is worse than Sourceforge's if you can believe that. Therefore, here are some unPHP.net-ized URLs:
US2
Belgium
Finland2
You'll find you can actually right-click and save these and they won't prompt you for a filename "mirror" or something useless like the rest of PHP's download links.