I have google as my home page. I have the IE toolbar on my windows machine and the Galeon eqiv on my Linux box. In short - Google is normaly my first port of call.
Despite this I've always made a consious effort to keep a backup search engine that I try if I ever find myself using more than a "few" of the results from Google. I find that if there are, say, 10 good pages from google there will be at least 3 that AllTheWeb (for example) will find that Google didn't have in the top 50.
I've decided that its very dangerous to use one SE to the exclusion of all else because there will always be holes, index bias, algorithm oddities etc that hide some of the info you wanted. As long as your other SE isn't simply playing follow-the-leader you'll benefit from the little effort of using a second source.
The idea is old of course, any researcher will tell you that having one source is poor methodology.
Does Google recognise this idea and is there anything you plan to do about it?
A Super-advanced search that allowed you to alter the weightings of link importance, document age, the domain it sits on etc etc? That'd surely be too much work for the average Joe.
I don't have an answer or I'd be sat coding it up but I do find searches that simply work better elsewhere. Maybe if you had 3 algs with a 70%, 20%, 10% mix in the results we'd all be a little richer.
When I searched Deja a few years ago I found a lot of very, very old posts I made to FidoNet "echos" before I had Internet connectivity. These were a serious blast from the past... right back to my childhood.
Back then nobody I knew had access to "the internet", although a few people could get limited janet access (a Uk academic network), and I'd love to reread some of them.
These posts don't seem to be on google. Does anyone know if they're lost forever or hanging around somewhere?
I haven't got any pictures together yet but I've just squeezed a Celeron@1.1GHz (OCed of course) into a Sun SparcStation LX box.
I used an excellent motherboard from shuttle (the 7"x7.5" FV24) which includes almost everything onboard (from audio to network via firewire. Everything), so the build was easy.
I got the idea from a similar project I saw over at this place but because the FV24 is so tiny I managed to get everything, including a 1U psu, in the standard LX box.
It looks very odd indeed with my massive monitor perched on top... Retro modding is the way forward:)
Thanks for a genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Mike Magee has finally been found out!
And in the other article he refered to Chimpzilla as the chip supplier. The guy is clueless!
By way of explanation it is a very common jest in the UK to exchange someone / something's name for a ridicule that sounds similar. Not exactly highbrow humour but I like it all the same. I was under the impression this existed in other cultures... obviously not yours.
These guys took a 1.2G chip to 1.6G and, frankly, the box alone makes the project cool beyond anything you're going to buy. Sure a Peltier (156Watt) isn't exactly standard kit in an OEM PC but 12x133MHz has gotta fizz.
gamedvdplayer.com was only registered on 08-Nov-2000 to roberts, scott (carolbowman25@hotmail.com) so this isn't exactly an established site to buy from. Yes, that was a hotmail address on the company contact info for the domain. This question smells a bit like PR hype to me.
Everything about this player looks to be 100% standard for a cheap OEM far east unit. I've seen lots in the UK. The ONLY new idea (or new to me) is the Sega Master System built in. I reckon you could intergrate a SMS onto a chip and make it for next to no cost.. but what about those 700+ games. I looked and couldn't find any details of the licencing arrangements. I couldn't find a press release from SEGA either, and they tend to announce everything.
Maybe I'm too cynical (can on be?) but I wouldn't buy one. Those games come from lots of different publishers and I bet some of them aren't even still trading, let alone doing deals with old IP.
When they claim you can play the games in digital surround sound I raise an eyebrow. When they give special thanks to Omar Cornut (Zoop) of http://www.smspower.org/ (A ROMs site) I raise the other:)
Isn't it OK to copy games that are no longer distributed in the stores or commercially exploited?
No, the current availability of a game in stores is irrelevant to its copyright status. Unlike trademarks, copyrights are not considered abandoned if they are no longer enforced. Copyrights do not enter the public domain just because they are no longer commercially exploited or widely available. Therefore, the copyrights of games are valid even if the games are not found on store shelves, and copying or distributing those games is a copyright infringement.
(From http://www.idsa.com/piracy.html)
What exactly are the IDSA doing wrong here? People should write to the member companies and ask them to change their corporate policies, not flame the ISDA. The companies signed up because they didn't want their IP put on the web for download.. you're allowed to complain to them but you can't just ignore them because you don't like what they have to say. The ISDA are doing what they're paid to do. They hit high profile sites because it is easy, low risk (they clearly have legal right whatever the moral viewpoint) and sends a message. If they let these high profile sites go it whould imply acceptace of copyright devalument after, say, 6 years or so. The members don't want that.
I know people here get very worked up about GPL violations, well these guys appear to be engaged in wholesale licence violation. Its not as if these companies aren't trading anymore or that these games have no value. Companies like Namco still make good money from 20yr old games being sold today. Maybe EA want to put Gunship in thier next flight sim as a secret sub-game in the air traffic control system computer (Day of the tenticle anyone?). These guys were giving Gunship away, which devalues such a promotion.
Am I missing something or is this whole "Abandonware" tag being abused. Who says these games are Abandoned? Doesn't that happen when the Publisher/whoever formally Abandons it, or changes the licence or the copyright expires? Maybe if they go bankrupt (although such rights usually find a buyer even then). There are examples of companies releasing old IP because they don't need it, think its good PR, had a fit of humanity etc.. but this site doesn't look like a repository of that to me.
I don't see the IDSA overstepping any marks here. This one of the roles they exist to carry out. Complaining to the members makes sense. If you alert them to a market for old games them may make them a $1 dload...
Ok, so blackstar runs mod_perl as part of the Apache goodness they've got going on. Thats not much of a reason to give such a large amount to a developer.
Does anyone have any details on why Blackstar should feel so endebted to Conway? I feel I must be missing something...
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Gail wouldn't take kindly to such talk. She isn't topless, netpixie is correct.
I agree that the top in question is very slight and may get you arrested in the land of the free, but thats beside the point.
Time to grow up and stop gaulking I'm afraid, even your mother had them.
Just wait until you see the picture of her arse(PIC 2 from left, bottom row. Click to enlarge.) the gnome boys have lined up for the login dialog on the next killer release...
Samba works fine with W2k, I use it every day. Lots of users, lots of drive maps. You can have account mappings and shared directories and everything you may like.
The thing they want to get sorted is that we still need a W2K Domain Controller. Samba can't do the job so you can't have an all Linux network server and appear to be beating MS's drum in terms of network structure. I least thats they way I read it last time I checked the FAQs, but I'm no SMB pro.
I've got a P166 to do ALL the file serving and a P333 just to control the domain. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Employ a script kiddie to write you a quick routine to populate a fake database then send them that file.
Except for the fact that the contract you sign says you will supply real data and you agree to be audited to verify said data. They'd notice the junk data if they use the database (I assume they do) and then they'd go after the source. They'd prove fairly trivially that the huge quantities of fake data were computer created and you'd most likely end up in court being chased for damages.
There are three layers that are used for elevation, terrain, and trees. The rules for each of those individual layers are as follows:
Elevation is measured by colors. White is high, and black is low.
...
It sounds to me like the whole dammed track is one huge bump map. Not really a bump map in the current normal usage but more like a heightfield from POVRay and similar.
Quite a clever, and very cheap (Gimp) way of coming up with a map editor.
They was more to it (pleas for machines of mass destruction rather than tiny models) but it all got lost in the wash. And to think I bothered to preview, next time I'll read it. Anyone who saw the building bashing and the target bombing shows will know what I was tring to get at... no contest.
According to This page the current UK Series (called Scrapheap Challenge) finishes with a TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE (their caps) after the final.
Is this going to be a link up with this US based show prehaps or are they just going to pick some random stateside folk and claim they somehow represent the country?
There are a few good links at the bottom of that page to Channel 4's site, the production company's site, a mailing list etc...
It is certainly one of the best shows on TV a the moment, but please can we have more of the massive machines of destruction (as in the DemolitionAerial Bomber shambles).
Anyone wanting to know more about the UK series, which is at least vaguely similar to the US show being discussed, should probably start at The Channel 4 Site. Good site, same the Javascript is broken and they seem to like realplayer a little too much for me.
If you'd sooner have your cat on/dev/scanners/cuecat than hanging off the back of a Windows box then you can patch your kernal today... CueCat Driver 0.1.8 was released on Freshmeat mere hours ago.
I know not everyone knows how Search Engines work, and mostly you don't need to know. Everyone who has a page on the web should read this though "A Standard for Robot Exclusion". Its been a standard since 30 June 1994 and thats not bad for an Internet standard.
I assure you that Google.com follows it to the letter. All the main SEs do.. if they didn't they might even be leaving themselves open to legal challenges. Read the old mailing lists at Webcrawler (search for "robots.txt" on google) and you'll see that people used to get quite wound up by rude SEs back in 94. A Web server's CPU time was worth something then.
As for all the lone gunmen out there cooking up theories...read this. Google has ALREADY sold the top links for some keywords. They don't hide it, read the FAQ on their site and you'll find the address to write to to buy listings. Maybe you should read the Demographics. Your the market being sold. Seems fair to me.
The actual search results (not the adverts) are genuine and not sold. Makes sense... consider the whole Google model (who links to you affects your ranking) and its clear Yahoo, Disney etc will all rank very highly. Lots of links into them because they are quality sites.
I've done a lot of work with SEs over the years and Google is far more genuine than anyone else in the market, but they have to make ends meet.
I have the Freeserve offer for 10ukp/month. It is excellent value.
The ususal OK connection rates and overall performance issues exist as on the regular Freeserve accounts but I've been using it on a 56k modem for 18+ hrs a day for over a month with no real problems.
No special dialup programs that tie you to a W98 box and 10ukp/mon of normal calls thrown in for the price too.
I don't recommend you let go of your paid ISP yet (SLAs still mean something after all) but this is an excellent way to manage your bill if you do a lot of daytime work on the web/email.
Last time I rang up accounts were taking about 10 days to clear and payment was by direct debit monthly. My account has saved me a LOT of money, maybe 100ukp/mon (about $750/yr)
I think we have to give credit to gamers for driving the cool case idea a while ago (like the unreal case) but they've been left behind now by hardware nuts who don't care what runs on the computer, just how fast, how cool and how it looks.
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I have google as my home page. I have the IE toolbar on my windows machine and the Galeon eqiv on my Linux box. In short - Google is normaly my first port of call.
Despite this I've always made a consious effort to keep a backup search engine that I try if I ever find myself using more than a "few" of the results from Google. I find that if there are, say, 10 good pages from google there will be at least 3 that AllTheWeb (for example) will find that Google didn't have in the top 50.
I've decided that its very dangerous to use one SE to the exclusion of all else because there will always be holes, index bias, algorithm oddities etc that hide some of the info you wanted. As long as your other SE isn't simply playing follow-the-leader you'll benefit from the little effort of using a second source.
The idea is old of course, any researcher will tell you that having one source is poor methodology.
Does Google recognise this idea and is there anything you plan to do about it?
A Super-advanced search that allowed you to alter the weightings of link importance, document age, the domain it sits on etc etc? That'd surely be too much work for the average Joe.
I don't have an answer or I'd be sat coding it up but I do find searches that simply work better elsewhere. Maybe if you had 3 algs with a 70%, 20%, 10% mix in the results we'd all be a little richer.
Discuss...
When I searched Deja a few years ago I found a lot of very, very old posts I made to FidoNet "echos" before I had Internet connectivity. These were a serious blast from the past... right back to my childhood.
Back then nobody I knew had access to "the internet", although a few people could get limited janet access (a Uk academic network), and I'd love to reread some of them.
These posts don't seem to be on google. Does anyone know if they're lost forever or hanging around somewhere?
Thanks.
I haven't got any pictures together yet but I've just squeezed a Celeron@1.1GHz (OCed of course) into a Sun SparcStation LX box.
I used an excellent motherboard from shuttle (the 7"x7.5" FV24) which includes almost everything onboard (from audio to network via firewire. Everything), so the build was easy.
I got the idea from a similar project I saw over at this place but because the FV24 is so tiny I managed to get everything, including a 1U psu, in the standard LX box.
It looks very odd indeed with my massive monitor perched on top... Retro modding is the way forward
The google cached pages that pjgunst (and others) are linking to are not the same as the pages at atheos.cx.
The site has been redesigned and there seems to be substantially more content than the cached versions.
Sorry karma hunters.
Thanks for a genuine laugh-out-loud moment. Mike Magee has finally been found out!
And in the other article he refered to Chimpzilla as the chip supplier. The guy is clueless!
By way of explanation it is a very common jest in the UK to exchange someone / something's name for a ridicule that sounds similar. Not exactly highbrow humour but I like it all the same. I was under the impression this existed in other cultures... obviously not yours.
http://www.pcfactory.co.kr/1600overclock.htm
These guys took a 1.2G chip to 1.6G and, frankly, the box alone makes the project cool beyond anything you're going to buy. Sure a Peltier (156Watt) isn't exactly standard kit in an OEM PC but 12x133MHz has gotta fizz.
It almost always means "Box 304".
gamedvdplayer.com was only registered on 08-Nov-2000 to roberts, scott (carolbowman25@hotmail.com) so this isn't exactly an established site to buy from. Yes, that was a hotmail address on the company contact info for the domain. This question smells a bit like PR hype to me.
:)
Everything about this player looks to be 100% standard for a cheap OEM far east unit. I've seen lots in the UK. The ONLY new idea (or new to me) is the Sega Master System built in. I reckon you could intergrate a SMS onto a chip and make it for next to no cost.. but what about those 700+ games. I looked and couldn't find any details of the licencing arrangements. I couldn't find a press release from SEGA either, and they tend to announce everything.
Maybe I'm too cynical (can on be?) but I wouldn't buy one. Those games come from lots of different publishers and I bet some of them aren't even still trading, let alone doing deals with old IP.
When they claim you can play the games in digital surround sound I raise an eyebrow. When they give special thanks to Omar Cornut (Zoop) of http://www.smspower.org/ (A ROMs site) I raise the other
Isn't it OK to copy games that are no longer distributed in the stores or commercially exploited?
No, the current availability of a game in stores is irrelevant to its copyright status. Unlike trademarks, copyrights are not considered abandoned if they are no longer enforced. Copyrights do not enter the public domain just because they are no longer commercially exploited or widely available. Therefore, the copyrights of games are valid even if the games are not found on store shelves, and copying or distributing those games is a copyright infringement. (From http://www.idsa.com/piracy.html)
What exactly are the IDSA doing wrong here? People should write to the member companies and ask them to change their corporate policies, not flame the ISDA. The companies signed up because they didn't want their IP put on the web for download.. you're allowed to complain to them but you can't just ignore them because you don't like what they have to say. The ISDA are doing what they're paid to do. They hit high profile sites because it is easy, low risk (they clearly have legal right whatever the moral viewpoint) and sends a message. If they let these high profile sites go it whould imply acceptace of copyright devalument after, say, 6 years or so. The members don't want that.
I know people here get very worked up about GPL violations, well these guys appear to be engaged in wholesale licence violation. Its not as if these companies aren't trading anymore or that these games have no value. Companies like Namco still make good money from 20yr old games being sold today. Maybe EA want to put Gunship in thier next flight sim as a secret sub-game in the air traffic control system computer (Day of the tenticle anyone?). These guys were giving Gunship away, which devalues such a promotion.
Am I missing something or is this whole "Abandonware" tag being abused. Who says these games are Abandoned? Doesn't that happen when the Publisher/whoever formally Abandons it, or changes the licence or the copyright expires? Maybe if they go bankrupt (although such rights usually find a buyer even then). There are examples of companies releasing old IP because they don't need it, think its good PR, had a fit of humanity etc.. but this site doesn't look like a repository of that to me.
I don't see the IDSA overstepping any marks here. This one of the roles they exist to carry out. Complaining to the members makes sense. If you alert them to a market for old games them may make them a $1 dload...
Ok, so blackstar runs mod_perl as part of the Apache goodness they've got going on. Thats not much of a reason to give such a large amount to a developer.
Does anyone have any details on why Blackstar should feel so endebted to Conway? I feel I must be missing something...
Gail wouldn't take kindly to such talk. She isn't topless, netpixie is correct.
...She has a top on after all. (PIC 2 from left on top row, Fortunecity filter direct links to images. Click to enlarge.)
3rd pic, seems a tad rude... but whats this
I agree that the top in question is very slight and may get you arrested in the land of the free, but thats beside the point.
Time to grow up and stop gaulking I'm afraid, even your mother had them.
Just wait until you see the picture of her arse (PIC 2 from left, bottom row. Click to enlarge.) the gnome boys have lined up for the login dialog on the next killer release...
Samba works fine with W2k, I use it every day. Lots of users, lots of drive maps. You can have account mappings and shared directories and everything you may like.
The thing they want to get sorted is that we still need a W2K Domain Controller. Samba can't do the job so you can't have an all Linux network server and appear to be beating MS's drum in terms of network structure. I least thats they way I read it last time I checked the FAQs, but I'm no SMB pro.
I've got a P166 to do ALL the file serving and a P333 just to control the domain. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Employ a script kiddie to write you a quick routine to populate a fake database then send them that file.
Except for the fact that the contract you sign says you will supply real data and you agree to be audited to verify said data. They'd notice the junk data if they use the database (I assume they do) and then they'd go after the source. They'd prove fairly trivially that the huge quantities of fake data were computer created and you'd most likely end up in court being chased for damages.
Neato idea.
From this LinuxWorld article: (in relation to track editing for Tux Racer)
...
There are three layers that are used for elevation, terrain, and trees. The rules for each of those individual layers are as follows:
Elevation is measured by colors. White is high, and black is low.
It sounds to me like the whole dammed track is one huge bump map. Not really a bump map in the current normal usage but more like a heightfield from POVRay and similar.
Quite a clever, and very cheap (Gimp) way of coming up with a map editor.
I had this problem and it is VERY annoying.
See here
So if anyone knows what went wrong with me / slash then please let me know.
Thats it I give up. Dammed thing keeps converting my > in the closing anchor tag. And it was correct in the preview too...
Arrh.. That post was blatently broken.
I ment to say the DemolitionAerial Bomber one was not so hot.
They was more to it (pleas for machines of mass destruction rather than tiny models) but it all got lost in the wash. And to think I bothered to preview, next time I'll read it. Anyone who saw the building bashing and the target bombing shows will know what I was tring to get at... no contest.
According to This page the current UK Series (called Scrapheap Challenge) finishes with a TRANSATLANTIC CHALLENGE (their caps) after the final.
Is this going to be a link up with this US based show prehaps or are they just going to pick some random stateside folk and claim they somehow represent the country?
There are a few good links at the bottom of that page to Channel 4's site, the production company's site, a mailing list etc...
It is certainly one of the best shows on TV a the moment, but please can we have more of the massive machines of destruction (as in the DemolitionAerial Bomber shambles).
Anyone wanting to know more about the UK series, which is at least vaguely similar to the US show being discussed, should probably start at The Channel 4 Site. Good site, same the Javascript is broken and they seem to like realplayer a little too much for me.
If you'd sooner have your cat on /dev/scanners/cuecat than hanging off the back of a Windows box then you can patch your kernal today... CueCat Driver 0.1.8 was released on Freshmeat mere hours ago.
"We're doing some forensic review of the hard drive and determining what is there"
:)
So we can assume those movies refered to were Adult in nature can we? They're unlikely to want to review his Metallica collection after all
I know not everyone knows how Search Engines work, and mostly you don't need to know. Everyone who has a page on the web should read this though " A Standard for Robot Exclusion ". Its been a standard since 30 June 1994 and thats not bad for an Internet standard.
I assure you that Google.com follows it to the letter. All the main SEs do.. if they didn't they might even be leaving themselves open to legal challenges. Read the old mailing lists at Webcrawler (search for "robots.txt" on google) and you'll see that people used to get quite wound up by rude SEs back in 94. A Web server's CPU time was worth something then.
As for all the lone gunmen out there cooking up theories...read this. Google has ALREADY sold the top links for some keywords. They don't hide it, read the FAQ on their site and you'll find the address to write to to buy listings. Maybe you should read the Demographics. Your the market being sold. Seems fair to me.
The actual search results (not the adverts) are genuine and not sold. Makes sense... consider the whole Google model (who links to you affects your ranking) and its clear Yahoo, Disney etc will all rank very highly. Lots of links into them because they are quality sites.
I've done a lot of work with SEs over the years and Google is far more genuine than anyone else in the market, but they have to make ends meet.
Take a look at this also. Can we spot the paid for listings yet?
I use "freeserve time" which doesn't go thru BT.
You're correct that the calls aren't billed via BT but you have to rent your line from BT, and keep the line BT, to use the freeserve offer.
I don't have the info to hand but I think the Telecom partner may be Energis. Although that could be my other ISP (U-NET), or both.
I have the Freeserve offer for 10ukp/month. It is excellent value.
The ususal OK connection rates and overall performance issues exist as on the regular Freeserve accounts but I've been using it on a 56k modem for 18+ hrs a day for over a month with no real problems.
No special dialup programs that tie you to a W98 box and 10ukp/mon of normal calls thrown in for the price too.
I don't recommend you let go of your paid ISP yet (SLAs still mean something after all) but this is an excellent way to manage your bill if you do a lot of daytime work on the web/email.
http://www.freeserve.com
Last time I rang up accounts were taking about 10 days to clear and payment was by direct debit monthly. My account has saved me a LOT of money, maybe 100ukp/mon (about $750/yr)
A Price Check on "Coke" give "No Matches". A check on "Cola" spewed out this beauty:
/whatsinstore/browse.asp, line 25
:)
Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers error '80040e4e'
Operation was canceled.
So where do I enter my credit card number?
http://www.virtualhideout.net/ is a good starting point for Case Mod ideas.
The Cool Case Gallery has pictures of 161 mods (to date).
I think we have to give credit to gamers for driving the cool case idea a while ago (like the unreal case) but they've been left behind now by hardware nuts who don't care what runs on the computer, just how fast, how cool and how it looks.