Actually, the good analogy would be 'some guy plowed into me with his car; he had a license. Therefore, having a drivers license isn't an indication of actual driving skill.'
Well, having your MCSE isn't an indication of your actual skill; it's an indication of your ability to pass a standarized test.
What we'd like is a better backhaul to get to remote areas than 2.4 ghz or 5.8 ghz radio, over tens of kilometers. Say an upper limit, in this case, of about 50 kilometers.
If you're looking for Japanese RPGs, PS2, no contest. If you're looking for platformers, PS2 or Xbox. If you're looking for Zelda, Mario or Metroid, GC. If you're looking for new or inventive gameplay, DreamCast or Xbox. If you're looking for sports, I believe it's PS2, at this point. If you're looking for online, Xbox.
I've had an xbox for years, now, but I finally got around to picking up a PS2 for the.hack series, Final Fantasy X and X-2, and I plan to get Lifeline. Otherwise, there's not a whole lot of stuff on the PS2 that interests me personally.
The Playstation was a milestone because it brought 3d home to the masses, cheap. The N64 was crap because it was a PS with better lighting and no CD. Ooops. The Saturn was an improved Genesis with a CD player built in, and with 3d tacked on. The Dreamcast was a milestone because it brought *good* 3d to the masses, as well as being the first one with a modem built in. The PS2 was actually just a rehashed Saturn. The Dreamcast had launch title that look better than current PS2 games (so did the Xbox for that matter.) The Xbox was a milestone because it included broadband and a hard drive, standard. Also for the 'high end' home theater options; 5.1 digital surround, in game, by default. HDTV capability, by default (which the DC also had, to a lesser extent.)
So, what needs to be done for the next generation? I don't know; you'd need to guess the next emergent technology. At this point, we're probably in the 'Super Nintendo' phase; an improved Xbox is probably just right; keep the mass-storage, keep the broadband, keep the four controllers, make it so that 720P is the default resolution, but it can downconvert, increase the number of polys, and you're off to the races.
I wonder if there might not be a method to use multiple GPUs to render multiple parts of a scene; have one GPU rendering the 'set,' one rendering the crazy-high-poly model for the hero, one rendering other models in the foreground, and one rendering everything else. Rather than four processing one whole scene in parallel.
Lincsat is trying to get the DW4000 modems out the door, and is offering a deal of $499CDN with dish, free installation, and 'only' $49.95 for the first two months. After that, the price goes up to the regular $79.95/month for the remainder of the two year contract.
Note, however, that the 4000 series ends in a USB cable, not an ethernet cable.
On the other hand, if, at any point, the VoIP service interfaces with the phone service, then, yes, they must play by the same rules.
I think that's the issue here. If you want to use VoIP to 'chat' from your PC to Cousin Bob's PC, fine. If you want a phone at home, that's plugged into your cable router, and you pick it up, and can dial somebody elses POTS land line, it's a phone service. Period.
The Expanded Universe is defined as the books, comics, and so on, which, although perhaps not considered 'cannon' are nevertheless approved by Lucasarts and are considered to be 'cannon unless refuted by the movies, the novelizations of the movies, or the radio plays of the movies (in that order, I believe).
But it *is* false advertising. Saying 'x minutes and x capabilities for 30 per month, plus 10 in gov't fees and what not' wouldn't be false.
Saying '30 per month, and you see those fuzzy white lines at the bottom of your screen? They're the fine print. Too bad you can't read them on NTSC resolution, they're there. Suckers!' however, is false advertising, and it's knowingly false advertising.
And it should be illegal. I appreciate the British system; what's on the sticker is what you pay, period.
You wouldn't even need a 'simple PDA;' you'd need a power supply, and something that can spray out random noise in the appropriate frequency range.
You can probably build a 'wi-fi jammer' from Radio Shack parts. Well, maybe not anymore; Radio Shack seems to be moving away from electronics and what not.
I think that the average Windows user understands the concept of 'deleting a file,' based on the 'delete' option in the context menu, or the common shortcut of hitting the 'delete' key.
Further, I think that, were you to tell the average Windows user to 'move the file to the recycle bin, then empty the recycle bin,' they'd say, 'what, you mean delete the file?'
Step one: Make it abundantly clear to everybody involved, and get management/executive signoff, that you're looking to 'improve security.' You're not looking to expose incompetence, to find people to be fired, and so on. It's like bringing in outside auditors to go over the books every once in a while; it's not that your own beancounters are screw-ups, it's that you don't take chances with this kind of shit.
Step two: Compromise; arrange for a military style 'wargame.' No, not that kind of wargame. State that everything you do will be during a given window; say, one week, but actual things will be announced only after the fact.
That way, they know when to be watching for things to break, if something does go down, they know to call and find out if you are in process of doing something, but you still get to test the systems in a relatively 'in the wild' state.
Step three: Don't present 'flaws' or 'vulnerabilities.' Present 'improvements' or 'best practices.' Rather than say, for example, that half the network's PCs are unpatched, suggest a patch server to improve patch installation time, provide for centralized management, and so on.
Or mayhaps he was trying to clean up the machine. Or, as another pointed out, perhaps a previous computer owner was deleting files. Or partitions. Or something.
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Actually, the good analogy would be 'some guy plowed into me with his car; he had a license. Therefore, having a drivers license isn't an indication of actual driving skill.'
Well, having your MCSE isn't an indication of your actual skill; it's an indication of your ability to pass a standarized test.
Yeah, it's disappointing; the good doctor is a known troll, but he's been slipping lately. Some of his earlier trolls were damn fine works of art.
What we'd like is a better backhaul to get to remote areas than 2.4 ghz or 5.8 ghz radio, over tens of kilometers. Say an upper limit, in this case, of about 50 kilometers.
I call bullshit.
Depends on what you mean by 'games.'
If you're looking for Japanese RPGs, PS2, no contest. If you're looking for platformers, PS2 or Xbox. If you're looking for Zelda, Mario or Metroid, GC. If you're looking for new or inventive gameplay, DreamCast or Xbox. If you're looking for sports, I believe it's PS2, at this point. If you're looking for online, Xbox.
I've had an xbox for years, now, but I finally got around to picking up a PS2 for the .hack series, Final Fantasy X and X-2, and I plan to get Lifeline. Otherwise, there's not a whole lot of stuff on the PS2 that interests me personally.
The Playstation was a milestone because it brought 3d home to the masses, cheap. The N64 was crap because it was a PS with better lighting and no CD. Ooops. The Saturn was an improved Genesis with a CD player built in, and with 3d tacked on. The Dreamcast was a milestone because it brought *good* 3d to the masses, as well as being the first one with a modem built in. The PS2 was actually just a rehashed Saturn. The Dreamcast had launch title that look better than current PS2 games (so did the Xbox for that matter.) The Xbox was a milestone because it included broadband and a hard drive, standard. Also for the 'high end' home theater options; 5.1 digital surround, in game, by default. HDTV capability, by default (which the DC also had, to a lesser extent.)
So, what needs to be done for the next generation? I don't know; you'd need to guess the next emergent technology. At this point, we're probably in the 'Super Nintendo' phase; an improved Xbox is probably just right; keep the mass-storage, keep the broadband, keep the four controllers, make it so that 720P is the default resolution, but it can downconvert, increase the number of polys, and you're off to the races.
I wonder if there might not be a method to use multiple GPUs to render multiple parts of a scene; have one GPU rendering the 'set,' one rendering the crazy-high-poly model for the hero, one rendering other models in the foreground, and one rendering everything else. Rather than four processing one whole scene in parallel.
How it SHOULD have happened.
Note, however, that the 4000 series ends in a USB cable, not an ethernet cable.
I'd be really interested in this technology, if it wasn't for the '1 km seems to be the limit,' well, limit.
On the other hand, if, at any point, the VoIP service interfaces with the phone service, then, yes, they must play by the same rules.
I think that's the issue here. If you want to use VoIP to 'chat' from your PC to Cousin Bob's PC, fine. If you want a phone at home, that's plugged into your cable router, and you pick it up, and can dial somebody elses POTS land line, it's a phone service. Period.
The Expanded Universe is defined as the books, comics, and so on, which, although perhaps not considered 'cannon' are nevertheless approved by Lucasarts and are considered to be 'cannon unless refuted by the movies, the novelizations of the movies, or the radio plays of the movies (in that order, I believe).
In the expanded universe, Luke winds up turning to the dark side, and it takes him quite a few years to even realize that he has.
AND, you'd get more mileage about of standard military lingo like 'fire in the hole' or 'commence fire mission.'
You'll also note that in Casinos, a very large amount of the security/surveillence is watching the dealers, not the gamblers....
But it *is* false advertising. Saying 'x minutes and x capabilities for 30 per month, plus 10 in gov't fees and what not' wouldn't be false.
Saying '30 per month, and you see those fuzzy white lines at the bottom of your screen? They're the fine print. Too bad you can't read them on NTSC resolution, they're there. Suckers!' however, is false advertising, and it's knowingly false advertising.
And it should be illegal. I appreciate the British system; what's on the sticker is what you pay, period.
Actually, I seem to recall that the problem was that the program running on top of NT4 didn't validate user input properly.
First of all, that's probably part of the required Java EULA.
Second, I doubt they're using off the shelf copies of NT.
Look into TN visas; 'trade nafta.'
You wouldn't even need a 'simple PDA;' you'd need a power supply, and something that can spray out random noise in the appropriate frequency range.
You can probably build a 'wi-fi jammer' from Radio Shack parts. Well, maybe not anymore; Radio Shack seems to be moving away from electronics and what not.
I think that the average Windows user understands the concept of 'deleting a file,' based on the 'delete' option in the context menu, or the common shortcut of hitting the 'delete' key.
Further, I think that, were you to tell the average Windows user to 'move the file to the recycle bin, then empty the recycle bin,' they'd say, 'what, you mean delete the file?'
So..the average mac user wouldn't understand 'rm is 'remove' or 'delete'?
Nobody's mentioned Rumble Roses, the mud-wrestling game which advertises a 'hands free' cpu-vs-cpu mode.
Think of it as the forerunner of 'I'd hit it.'
Step one: Make it abundantly clear to everybody involved, and get management/executive signoff, that you're looking to 'improve security.' You're not looking to expose incompetence, to find people to be fired, and so on. It's like bringing in outside auditors to go over the books every once in a while; it's not that your own beancounters are screw-ups, it's that you don't take chances with this kind of shit.
Step two: Compromise; arrange for a military style 'wargame.' No, not that kind of wargame. State that everything you do will be during a given window; say, one week, but actual things will be announced only after the fact.
That way, they know when to be watching for things to break, if something does go down, they know to call and find out if you are in process of doing something, but you still get to test the systems in a relatively 'in the wild' state.
Step three: Don't present 'flaws' or 'vulnerabilities.' Present 'improvements' or 'best practices.' Rather than say, for example, that half the network's PCs are unpatched, suggest a patch server to improve patch installation time, provide for centralized management, and so on.
Or mayhaps he was trying to clean up the machine. Or, as another pointed out, perhaps a previous computer owner was deleting files. Or partitions. Or something.