What’s so interesting about the top of Mt. Everest, that a couple hundred people have died trying to reach it?
I didn't pay taxes for dipshits to go off and die on a mountain.
Your argument fails. We don't explore space for the thrill of it. We explore space to get off this shitty rock.
Mars may not be hospitable to us, but we sure as fuck could still establish a colony there for all kinds of scientific research geared toward getting us to a new hospitable planet.
BEFORE: The shitty, forced "acting" The annoying junior crew took up 60% of the show The "hurr, durr, hurr durr, derp derp derp let's blow something up" mentality Adam's non-stop "look at me, I'm gaaaaaaay with this walrus!" antics The "we saw this on youtube so we're gonna do it too" "myths" The "Hey, if you like our show and want more, go watch this 20 second clip on the site! Yes, this little segment telling you to go to the site is in fact 30 seconds long!" shit
We don't even need to get into the whole "wouldn't fall to the Earth anyway, would burn in atmosphere if it did, would likely hit water, etc." stuff.
Point webcam at exposed crotch. If genitals become engorged, MOAR. If genitals disgorge, SOMETHING ELSE. If genitals retract further than baseline, turn up the thermostat. If genitals quiver then glisten, dispense wet nap.
I don't want to have to perform a fucking rain dance to appease the Apple gods (and let's face it - this is all because of Apple) to try and get my device to do a simple task.
I might as well try to arrange marshmallows while wearing boxing gloves.
You ever have a friend around while you're writing on physical paper? He invariably knocks your hand or grabs the paper in order to mess you up (as he SHOULD). You ever have a friend around while you're typing or mousing? He invariably mashes the keys, grabs the mouse and starts clicking, etc. in order to mess you up (as he SHOULD). You ever have a friend around while you're ordering from a touch screen at Jack in the Box or something? He invariably taps the screen frantically in an attempt to mess up your order and make you buy 30 "tacos" (as he SHOULD). You ever have a friend around while you've got arms? He invariably grabs them and uses them to hit you while asking why you're hitting yourself (as he SHOULD). You ever have a friend around while you're trying to do something delicate, like build a house of cards? He invariably stomps and tromps until it all comes tumbling down (as he SHOULD). You ever have a friend around while you're on the phone? He invariably dances around to distract you, makes loud sexual noises or silly voices, and if it's a land line picks up another handset to mash the keypad, listen in, or breathe heavily (as he SHOULD).
I just don't like the idea of a new tech device that enables more ass hattery. Now all you'll have to do is wave your hands about, make some noise, or give a little shake. Will this shit erase everything after a few good shakes like an etch-a-sketch? Knowing the shitty gimmicky features they tack on, it'll be an option on several devices.
Oh well. Plebes, buy your retarded devices with shitty interfaces. I will make your life hell. Me? You'll at least have to pry my devices from my hands before you can interrupt me.
It definitely exists with gmail. It happened to me, and there are a few threads in google groups that refer to the problem, though no one had a definitive cause (makes sense if it's an XSS/CRSF attack like I suspect, there would be no footprint left on the computer)
It was a big deal in 2008 and early 2009. It was an XSS vulnerability that Google refused to come out and admit. It was primarily used to steal domains from people with shitty registrars (such as godaddy).
Find a domain you want. Poke around to see if you can find a gmail account associated with it. Set up an autoforwarder to an account you have access to. Hit the "transfer my domain to some communists" button. Click the confirmation link that got auto forwarded to the address you set up. Take over site. Send ransom email to gmail account.
I'm sure some implementation of email obfuscation are weak and there are already bots that can harvest for example someone at example dot com or similar, but stronger techniques should be able to fool the bots.
Bots are already better than humans at image captchas. Do you think the bots are actually deterred by plain old text?
Trademarks that allow authors to own parts of the English language, in any context, even words that they didn't invent is madness. Especially when it's not even the original author complaining.
That's hot. (She also got "That's huge" recently.)
There are multiple interpretations of the Interstate Commerce Clause.
Yet only one is correct.
If the clause is ambiguous, then it must be rewritten.
If the clause is not strictly worded, then all powers are reserved by the states and the people, and the fed can't regulate it.
It's simple.
I'm not arguing for or against any side. I'm just sick of courts having to "interpret" what's written out in black and white.
Hell, I'm still pissed off that the rules for Settlers of Catan expansions don't specifically mention whether or not the city walls block the initial steal from a robber (I believe as written, they do, but we play as if they don't, since it keeps a bit more strategy going a bit more in the late game). I'm also pissed that they don't state what you get when you have a city on a gold mine. We play that you get 1 resource and 1 commodity of your choice.
(Wikipedia says "When combined with Cities and Knights, the rules state that you are not allowed to take commodities instead of resources if a city is nearby." but that's not in my rulebook, and I haven't seen that in the rules online, and the whole idea of gold was that it was tradable for anything, etc.)
Even if every player was firmware upgradeable (unlikely), not every manufacturer would issue patches and only a small % of users would bother even if they did. There is no chance this would fly.
I believe being firmware upgradable is a requirement. I believe players are supposed to accept firmware upgrades on the discs themselves as well.
So when you buy a new disc pressed after your Daewoo BluRay player got hacked and had the decryption keys extracted, the disc won't refuse to play, it'll force an update. The update will scan your player, find out what it is, and issue new keys. Or some such.
They actually did put revocation of keys into the spec. And it actually is in use - WinDVD or PowerDVD or whatever it is went through like 5 million required updates back when BluRay ripping was getting off the ground because hackers would just hook into the memory and pull the keys out. The update would move / hide / obfuscate the keys, and the hackers would do it again.
If the current players can't read any section of the new discs, then yeah, they'll need to include an update disc with every disc for a while and work their asses off getting retailers and consumers up to speed.
But I agree - I don't think there's anyway in hell they're going to black list a big swath of standalone players, nor will they release a new wave of incompatible discs (be it because of revoked keys or because of a new encryption scheme).
There was a SHITSTORM when Titanic came out on DVD because it was the first major dual layer release and tons of players couldn't deal with it.
(No, no it wasn't. And no, a BD-50 doesn't hold 50 GB of data, much like a DVD-18, DVD-10, DVD-9, and DVD-5 don't hold 18, 10, 9, and 5 GB of data respectively. That shit's based on the physical structure of the disc + a hokum delta + the 1024/1000 lie. It's not based on the the actual user-writable area.)
I just wanted to say yes to you because you used the proper calculation for GB. Your low UID brings a smile to my face. I won't have to repeat the same arguments over and over again to the same retards this time - I'll just point to good ol' 317.
Beyond that - MGS4 was terrrrrrrrrible. How convoluted do you have to make the fucking story? How boring can you make the gameplay? It was technically proficient, sure. I don't even care that is has to install FOUR SEPARATE times. But fuuuuuuuuuck. The only MGS games that count are MGS and MGS 3. Maybe MGS5 will bring some sanity back to the story and improve the gameplay.
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What’s so interesting about the top of Mt. Everest, that a couple hundred people have died trying to reach it?
I didn't pay taxes for dipshits to go off and die on a mountain.
Your argument fails.
We don't explore space for the thrill of it.
We explore space to get off this shitty rock.
Mars may not be hospitable to us, but we sure as fuck could still establish a colony there for all kinds of scientific research geared toward getting us to a new hospitable planet.
Or maybe Mars has oil.
Yikes, money in space is dangerous... especially coins.
http://mythbustersresults.com/episode4
Come on guys. Episode FOUR.
BEFORE:
The shitty, forced "acting"
The annoying junior crew took up 60% of the show
The "hurr, durr, hurr durr, derp derp derp let's blow something up" mentality
Adam's non-stop "look at me, I'm gaaaaaaay with this walrus!" antics
The "we saw this on youtube so we're gonna do it too" "myths"
The "Hey, if you like our show and want more, go watch this 20 second clip on the site! Yes, this little segment telling you to go to the site is in fact 30 seconds long!" shit
We don't even need to get into the whole "wouldn't fall to the Earth anyway, would burn in atmosphere if it did, would likely hit water, etc." stuff.
Maybe they could use the 3D they did for the pocahantas/smurf movie recently.
I don't know what movie you're talking about, but RULE 34!
I've had fuel in my car for more than 4 weeks in winter, without starting it. I had no problems with this.
When was the last time you looked at the inside of your gas tank?
I'd pay $2500 for a good CRT.
It's the best display technology available to man.
Needs crotch gestures.
Point webcam at exposed crotch.
If genitals become engorged, MOAR.
If genitals disgorge, SOMETHING ELSE.
If genitals retract further than baseline, turn up the thermostat.
If genitals quiver then glisten, dispense wet nap.
I like buttons.
I like direct control.
I don't want to have to perform a fucking rain dance to appease the Apple gods (and let's face it - this is all because of Apple) to try and get my device to do a simple task.
I might as well try to arrange marshmallows while wearing boxing gloves.
Fuck this shit.
Touch screen, multitouch, gestures, accelerometers!
Shitty keyboard, no keyboard, fewer buttons, gimmicky unreliable shit!
You ever have a friend around while you're writing on physical paper? He invariably knocks your hand or grabs the paper in order to mess you up (as he SHOULD).
You ever have a friend around while you're typing or mousing? He invariably mashes the keys, grabs the mouse and starts clicking, etc. in order to mess you up (as he SHOULD).
You ever have a friend around while you're ordering from a touch screen at Jack in the Box or something? He invariably taps the screen frantically in an attempt to mess up your order and make you buy 30 "tacos" (as he SHOULD).
You ever have a friend around while you've got arms? He invariably grabs them and uses them to hit you while asking why you're hitting yourself (as he SHOULD).
You ever have a friend around while you're trying to do something delicate, like build a house of cards? He invariably stomps and tromps until it all comes tumbling down (as he SHOULD).
You ever have a friend around while you're on the phone? He invariably dances around to distract you, makes loud sexual noises or silly voices, and if it's a land line picks up another handset to mash the keypad, listen in, or breathe heavily (as he SHOULD).
I just don't like the idea of a new tech device that enables more ass hattery. Now all you'll have to do is wave your hands about, make some noise, or give a little shake. Will this shit erase everything after a few good shakes like an etch-a-sketch? Knowing the shitty gimmicky features they tack on, it'll be an option on several devices.
Oh well. Plebes, buy your retarded devices with shitty interfaces. I will make your life hell. Me? You'll at least have to pry my devices from my hands before you can interrupt me.
It definitely exists with gmail. It happened to me, and there are a few threads in google groups that refer to the problem, though no one had a definitive cause (makes sense if it's an XSS/CRSF attack like I suspect, there would be no footprint left on the computer)
It was a big deal in 2008 and early 2009.
It was an XSS vulnerability that Google refused to come out and admit.
It was primarily used to steal domains from people with shitty registrars (such as godaddy).
Find a domain you want.
Poke around to see if you can find a gmail account associated with it.
Set up an autoforwarder to an account you have access to.
Hit the "transfer my domain to some communists" button.
Click the confirmation link that got auto forwarded to the address you set up.
Take over site.
Send ransom email to gmail account.
I'm sure some implementation of email obfuscation are weak and there are already bots that can harvest for example someone at example dot com or similar, but stronger techniques should be able to fool the bots.
Bots are already better than humans at image captchas.
Do you think the bots are actually deterred by plain old text?
The snide "are people STILL using technology X?" comments when technology X is the clear market leader are just annoying though.
Are people STILL being snide on the internet?
link to article on microcode
something something
turn in your geek card
something something
Uh, no.
How could a player have problems with a DVD 18 and not a DVD 9?
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Cameras need better mic options.
NTHGTHDGDCRTDTRK
On the eight day god created Turok. All the other cheats have meaning too. Some have evaded me for all these years...
All Weapons
CMGTSMMGGTS
Come get some, maggots.
Big Heads
GSHNTTBNCTPRDCRD
???
Dana Mode
DNCHN
Dana Chan.
Disco Mode
SNFFRR
Saturday Night Fever forever.
Fancy Colors
LLTHCLRSFTHRNB
All the colors of the rainbow.
Fly Mode
LKMBRD
Look, I'm a bird!
Greg Mode
GRGCHN
Greg Chan.
Infinite Lives
FRTHSTHTTRLSCK
For those that truly suck.
Pen and Ink Mode
DLKTDR
Do you like to draw?
Quack Mode
CLLTHTNMTN
You call that animation?
Robin Mode
RBNSMTH
Robin Smith.
Show Enemies on the Map
NSTHMNDNT
Now you see them now you don't.
Show the Credits
FDTHMGS
???
Spirit Mode
THSSLKSCL
This is like, so cool!
Unlimited Ammo
BLLTSRRFRND
Bullets are our friend.
Unlock the Gallery
THBST
The best/
Raptor mode (Enemies have Raptor heads):
MRPTR
I'm a raptor!
Dino Chizzle (Turok rides a jackhammer type of thing):
RSFGKFFH
(Don't know if this one is a real cheat - someone test it!)
Trademarks that allow authors to own parts of the English language, in any context, even words that they didn't invent is madness. Especially when it's not even the original author complaining.
That's hot.
(She also got "That's huge" recently.)
I for one welcomed our new SNES overlords, until I realized it stood for Sony Network Entertainment (Subsidiary).
But otherwise, one can debug VAC or Warden in a sandbox and find a way to disable these spyware to make the gaming experience more enjoyable.
VAC requires a logged-in Steam account.
VAC is not (solely) client-side.
VAC has a built-in delay of at LEAST 2 months.
Of course, even with all the potential, VAC still sucks and never catches anyone.
There are multiple interpretations of the Interstate Commerce Clause.
Yet only one is correct.
If the clause is ambiguous, then it must be rewritten.
If the clause is not strictly worded, then all powers are reserved by the states and the people, and the fed can't regulate it.
It's simple.
I'm not arguing for or against any side. I'm just sick of courts having to "interpret" what's written out in black and white.
Hell, I'm still pissed off that the rules for Settlers of Catan expansions don't specifically mention whether or not the city walls block the initial steal from a robber (I believe as written, they do, but we play as if they don't, since it keeps a bit more strategy going a bit more in the late game). I'm also pissed that they don't state what you get when you have a city on a gold mine. We play that you get 1 resource and 1 commodity of your choice.
(Wikipedia says
"When combined with Cities and Knights, the rules state that you are not allowed to take commodities instead of resources if a city is nearby."
but that's not in my rulebook, and I haven't seen that in the rules online, and the whole idea of gold was that it was tradable for anything, etc.)
It's better than the argument that the government uses to triply tax sales.
Pay your sales tax for New York (you live there), and Texas (where you were when you ordered it), and Montana (where the item will be used).
Even if every player was firmware upgradeable (unlikely), not every manufacturer would issue patches and only a small % of users would bother even if they did. There is no chance this would fly.
I believe being firmware upgradable is a requirement.
I believe players are supposed to accept firmware upgrades on the discs themselves as well.
So when you buy a new disc pressed after your Daewoo BluRay player got hacked and had the decryption keys extracted, the disc won't refuse to play, it'll force an update. The update will scan your player, find out what it is, and issue new keys. Or some such.
They actually did put revocation of keys into the spec. And it actually is in use - WinDVD or PowerDVD or whatever it is went through like 5 million required updates back when BluRay ripping was getting off the ground because hackers would just hook into the memory and pull the keys out. The update would move / hide / obfuscate the keys, and the hackers would do it again.
If the current players can't read any section of the new discs, then yeah, they'll need to include an update disc with every disc for a while and work their asses off getting retailers and consumers up to speed.
But I agree - I don't think there's anyway in hell they're going to black list a big swath of standalone players, nor will they release a new wave of incompatible discs (be it because of revoked keys or because of a new encryption scheme).
There was a SHITSTORM when Titanic came out on DVD because it was the first major dual layer release and tons of players couldn't deal with it.
Surely they've learned from this.
You can get 99 minute (880 MB) CD-R.
I'd like to see you find them (you are welcome to time travel to back when they were available) and get them to WORK.
Ok forget mp3, I have 1 GB of PDF files. Can you help with it?
The only way to solve your PDF problem is to commit suicide. I do this as a weekly cleanse, as I have to use PDF files at work.
Yes. Yes it was.
(No, no it wasn't. And no, a BD-50 doesn't hold 50 GB of data, much like a DVD-18, DVD-10, DVD-9, and DVD-5 don't hold 18, 10, 9, and 5 GB of data respectively. That shit's based on the physical structure of the disc + a hokum delta + the 1024/1000 lie. It's not based on the the actual user-writable area.)
I just wanted to say yes to you because you used the proper calculation for GB. Your low UID brings a smile to my face. I won't have to repeat the same arguments over and over again to the same retards this time - I'll just point to good ol' 317.
Beyond that - MGS4 was terrrrrrrrrible.
How convoluted do you have to make the fucking story? How boring can you make the gameplay? It was technically proficient, sure. I don't even care that is has to install FOUR SEPARATE times. But fuuuuuuuuuck. The only MGS games that count are MGS and MGS 3. Maybe MGS5 will bring some sanity back to the story and improve the gameplay.