This was used in Mission to Mars for the spaceship's voice. The director was looking to do some sound FX to create one from a human voice, then found AT&T's product which was a perfect fit.
I wanted the same voice for my computer-controlled house, and tracked down where they got it. Now my handheld says, "Warning. Power failure immenent." when it's batter is about to die.
And a planted bomb? Remember, they Al Quida have excelled at using the lowest-tech to do the greatest harm. The thing was just gliding, main engines off, minutes from landing. And then it blows up.
I thought that hacking was how to cleverly manipulate computers into doing more work on their part with way too much work on yours. Just get out of the house and fricken buy a skillet... no need to hack one up.
It's interesting to note that drag racing is intentionally "old-school". They have made it so that the competitors are racing virtually identical equipment, so it's all down to the pit crew (heck, the driver just presses a button and steers, the car does the shifting). The run the engines so hot, that the pit crew has to rebuild the enginge after every race, sometimes within only a few hours.
Most of my info came from some show, and this is all I could find about these restrictions on the web.
"I think I'm going to go insane."
"Nice day for it," said a passing maniac.
"Who was that?"
"Who? The man with the two heads and the elderberry bush full of kippers?"
"Yes."
"I don't know. Just someone."
--Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
I don't know about the parent... But I bought my XBox at 12:10AM on launch day. Been playing it since without problems, and I was on the Beta test for XBox live. At no time have I had any problems playing Live!
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What makes the article interesting is that the person describes in detail how to exploit a discovered buffer-overrun vulnerability. The OpenBSD flaw was just an example.
It's up to the merchant (heck, even Amazon sells them). Check out any online store, as several may be running specials. Or do the google search xbox-live and msrp. The latter turned up at least one merchant that was offering discounts to a Live! game with purchase of communicator.
Trust me, you will be missing out on the best console experience ever if you avoid Live due to the lack of pricing information on a single site.
We got back after one day, and had more than 20 (!) messages on our answering machine. The entire line was shut down because the software was not seeing any new orders. My boss had been going around, saying, "Well, he's finally left. I knew he would do something like that. We're screwed."
Turns out some fool had modified a record without using the proper indexes (ancient FoxPro for DOS). Because the indexes were no longer synchronized, the software's "do while order == opened" loop hit a closed record that was indexed as open, and exited prematurely.
I went in, fixed it in five minutes, and left. They were bankrupt within 4 months, and I was thankfully on to a new employer (that didn't trust employees any further, but that's another story).
Ah, yes. Three years ago I was working in Hollywood as a Sr. Developer/Analyst. I had a contract for around $70/hour, and then the government messed up. That summer, all IT workers were no longer exempt... overtime was required to be paid. And, since we were working more than 80-hours a week, we were actually getting double time for a bit.
Of course, they ended up working out a contract where we only changed up to time-and-a-half, so a few weeks I was told to shift hours around, but it was still pretty nice. And after a few months, emergency legislation was passed to put things back to "normal."
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This was used in Mission to Mars for the spaceship's voice. The director was looking to do some sound FX to create one from a human voice, then found AT&T's product which was a perfect fit.
I wanted the same voice for my computer-controlled house, and tracked down where they got it. Now my handheld says, "Warning. Power failure immenent." when it's batter is about to die.
Hmm. Right. And I suppose that telescopes haven't changed much over the last 5 years? Adaptive optics have seen no improvements?
And a planted bomb? Remember, they Al Quida have excelled at using the lowest-tech to do the greatest harm. The thing was just gliding, main engines off, minutes from landing. And then it blows up.
How do you know it wasn't Steve in Alaska? Yeesh.
The DVD kit for XBox comes with a remote.
Buy an XBox to play games in a social context. Without needing five billion hardware upgrades every 6 months.
I thought that hacking was how to cleverly manipulate computers into doing more work on their part with way too much work on yours. Just get out of the house and fricken buy a skillet... no need to hack one up.
So, what happens when you buy a keychain fobb at Safeway? Do you get charged every time you go through checkout?
Here in redmond, home of the well paid schools, they still prefer you to make mimeographs instead of photocopies, because each penny adds up.
It's interesting to note that drag racing is intentionally "old-school". They have made it so that the competitors are racing virtually identical equipment, so it's all down to the pit crew (heck, the driver just presses a button and steers, the car does the shifting). The run the engines so hot, that the pit crew has to rebuild the enginge after every race, sometimes within only a few hours.
Most of my info came from some show, and this is all I could find about these restrictions on the web.
Could this be cross platform? I found this link while trying to do developer research. Here it is.
Well, he is talking about his "steel erection." (no kidding, read the link)
from 120mph to 0mph as soon as Slashdot hears about it.
Hmm... Too bad the facts are in your way. Of course, I understand that FUDers don't bother looking at facts.
what about inertia? I seem to remember that the gravity waves to make that work traveled back in time.
But one was holding down the emergency stop button while the other climbed. I mean, really, it wasn't "active."
It's Ford Prefect. PREFECT
Sheesh. Kids these days.
"I think I'm going to go insane."
"Nice day for it," said a passing maniac.
"Who was that?"
"Who? The man with the two heads and the elderberry bush full of kippers?"
"Yes."
"I don't know. Just someone."
--Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy"
I thought you said, "Recording Industry Assassins of America"
Some people have more than one drive.
I don't know about the parent... But I bought my XBox at 12:10AM on launch day. Been playing it since without problems, and I was on the Beta test for XBox live. At no time have I had any problems playing Live!
What makes the article interesting is that the person describes in detail how to exploit a discovered buffer-overrun vulnerability. The OpenBSD flaw was just an example.
Oh. Like cold fusion. Then the media will tear them apart.
It's up to the merchant (heck, even Amazon sells them). Check out any online store, as several may be running specials. Or do the google search xbox-live and msrp. The latter turned up at least one merchant that was offering discounts to a Live! game with purchase of communicator.
Trust me, you will be missing out on the best console experience ever if you avoid Live due to the lack of pricing information on a single site.
I've got big brass ones running Windows.
We got back after one day, and had more than 20 (!) messages on our answering machine. The entire line was shut down because the software was not seeing any new orders. My boss had been going around, saying, "Well, he's finally left. I knew he would do something like that. We're screwed."
Turns out some fool had modified a record without using the proper indexes (ancient FoxPro for DOS). Because the indexes were no longer synchronized, the software's "do while order == opened" loop hit a closed record that was indexed as open, and exited prematurely.
I went in, fixed it in five minutes, and left. They were bankrupt within 4 months, and I was thankfully on to a new employer (that didn't trust employees any further, but that's another story).
Ah, yes. Three years ago I was working in Hollywood as a Sr. Developer/Analyst. I had a contract for around $70/hour, and then the government messed up. That summer, all IT workers were no longer exempt... overtime was required to be paid. And, since we were working more than 80-hours a week, we were actually getting double time for a bit.
Of course, they ended up working out a contract where we only changed up to time-and-a-half, so a few weeks I was told to shift hours around, but it was still pretty nice. And after a few months, emergency legislation was passed to put things back to "normal."