Well it sounds like you probably could have got your Wireless working.. But that seems like a task you would expect your vender.
"Linux Emporium" hello! Fix your crap before you sell it.
"SafeNet/MediaSentry defended their actions by claiming their company simply "records public information available to millions of users. If private investigator licenses were required to do what MediaSentry does, every user on Limewire"
By that logic, wouldn't everyone who owns a video camera need an investigator's license? Or is it the act of monitoring someone for the purposes of an investigation that requires an investigator's license?
If you don't know what is inside the chip, but you have some idea of what it does, and you can give it a known input, and read the output, then by monitoring changes in the chip, somehow, like thermally, using radio frequency, or inductance, etc.. you can implement what is called a side-channel attack.
Basically, using probabilistic analysis you can determine what the chip does. For instance, if you have a CPU you could figure out how to recognize add instructions vs. multiply instructions, and then monitor it when you process your cryptographic key, and then figure out what the secret algorithm is.
X-rays, might enable you to directly look at the pattern of diodes on the chip to to figure out its function.
Ways to prevent a side channel attack include introducing random delays in your code so that each time your secret code runs, it looks different, and can't be statistically analyzed. Other technologies such as clockless microcontrollers, which have yet to make it to market, would help prevent side channel attacks because of their very low RF emissions.
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Resistance is futile. You will be educated. Beep. Bork.
"He may even be going so far as to dare to suggest that solar output dominates the ~5% of CO2 emissions that humans contribute to the atmosphere!"
Do you have a citation for your 5% number?
Here's one from the hippies over that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration that says C02 increased by 5% in just the past 4 years. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/ Now, I know it's not the same 5% you are talking about, but you tell me what 95% non-human factors are responsible for the increase.
"The core shows that carbon dioxide was always between 180 parts per million (ppm) and 300 ppm during the 800,000 years. However, now it is 380 ppm. Methane was never higher than 750 parts per billion (ppb) in this timescale, but now it stands at 1,780 ppb."
Why should I be tolerant of a religious view that promotes making the world overpopulated and eventually uninhabitable? The Evangelical Christian view we are discussing directly harms me and my family.
IMHO, those people need to be stopped. We practical, considerate and caring atheists should take active steps to put a stop to this Christian agenda. For example, educating people and openly speaking out against religions that promote believing what you are told instead of questioning authority and thinking for yourself. Why should I be tolerant? Why should I allow people to be deluded by cults of psychological manipulation? If I value my fellow man is it not my duty to enable them to be free thinkers?
I personally know Christians who are against environmental laws and anything viewed as "left-wing", and they literally cite rapture as the reason. I know ex-Christians who have told me this is the common view shared and "taught" in their Churches, right around the same time they are told who to vote for.
From your link: "the superendowed drifters taking a whiz from a bridge with joints so long they could kiss the sky or touch the river, making one proclaim, âoeSay, the whatter cold.â His obviously longer friend comments, âoeYeah, and it deep, too!â"
Now I'm confused even more. Were they smoking joints or is joint another word for penis? How do you know the temperature of a river when peeing in it from a bridge? Does knowing the depth of water mean you have a large penis? Their dicks were long enough to dangle in the river but one guy's dick was so long it went deep into the river? If so, why bother peeing off a bridge when you could just pee anywhere and still be peeing like 20 feet away from you?
"YES! Again, achievement and exertion of control over the game-space."
Sorry to be contrary, but I think that the parent is saying that if 1000's of people complete the same quest, that makes the player feel like they don't have much "control over the game-space." He also pointed out that if someone belittles your quest that detracts from your sense of achievement.
I don't know what book you are getting your ideas from but, "25% of purchasers will get past hour 4" is just plain false. Trust me, kids play their games more then 4 hours. Have you seen kids play video games before?
I agree with the parent's point that losing once in a while can be exciting, and that MMORPG makers should consider it.
I'm working on just what you are describing for a game mod I am creating. I describe my mod as a cross between a War Sim, Zelda, and the Sims 2. You can read about it here: CSI-Sahrani
This is just a data structure problem. The way I am thinking of implementing it is to just have a vector of objects describing the currently available "quests". The quest objects contain metadata describing who/where this quest is available, "counter quests", the objectives, and content.
When this quest is started, it makes available the counter-quests. A Terrorist character is then able to start a "Level 2" quest and its object gets added to the list of currently running quests.
This is a simplified explanation, and it's all pretty complicated regarding balance issues, and other issues such as: What if no other players decide to take the counter-quest?
On a related note, this mod/game I am working on, I like to think, is a new genera of video games. It is what I call a Multiplayer Online Semi-Persistent Role Playing Game. That is, unlike FPS games that last 5-20 minutes, and MMORPGS that never reset, this world is designed to reset ever 24hours or so. So, you can play all day and reach an advanced level, but the next day, you have to start over, and different quest options will be available, prompting you to play a new persona.
People pirate because it's so easy to do. Compare piracy to ratio of "books stolen to books purchased".
That would be a far lower number then the ratio of "software copied vs. software purchased."
It happens because it's easy. The fact that it's easy is why it is a lesser crime then stealing. If something else that was easy to do was made illegal, like bumping into people on the street, a lot of people would break the law.
As a developer you have to realize this and use it to your advantage. If people want to play your game for free, enable them. Then adjust your profit model accordingly.
For example, WoW makes a lot more money on subscriptions then game sales. They could probably increase their player base by giving the game away for free. Another option is to release say, %25 of your content, and charge for the rest while making it easy for people to purchase and play the game. e.g. Offer a free demo that contains an option to buy and download the game online, right from the demo.
I still go by the old Electronic Communications Privacy act of 1986.. which basically states that as an administrator, I can monitor the activity of my network for the purposes of administration. This includes private communication.
DMCA be damned. If you send it to me, I can read it.
, is what I was going to say. I'd still say it if you just escaped and killed yourself in the ultimate anarchist revolution.
But, the wife who busted you out of jail?
There are no words to describe how low this is.
Maybe this sheds light on the mind of someone who would profit from the misery of others.
I knew a guy who made a tool to help spammers do their job. He used to talk about kidnapping women...basements and such.
Well, so far, that's 100% probability of fucketupness in my sample space.
Fuck you spammers. I'll see you in hell.
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Well it sounds like you probably could have got your Wireless working.. But that seems like a task you would expect your vender. "Linux Emporium" hello! Fix your crap before you sell it.
Then why are you commenting on the subject? It's called talking out of your ass. Please don't do it.
"SafeNet/MediaSentry defended their actions by claiming their company simply "records public information available to millions of users. If private investigator licenses were required to do what MediaSentry does, every user on Limewire"
By that logic, wouldn't everyone who owns a video camera need an investigator's license? Or is it the act of monitoring someone for the purposes of an investigation that requires an investigator's license?
Spec of salt. Large rain drop.
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Oh please oh please oh please... I promise I will clean my room and go to bed on time every day!
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IANAHCA - I am not a hardware crypto-analyst.
If you don't know what is inside the chip, but you have some idea of what it does, and you can give it a known input, and read the output, then by monitoring changes in the chip, somehow, like thermally, using radio frequency, or inductance, etc.. you can implement what is called a side-channel attack.
Basically, using probabilistic analysis you can determine what the chip does. For instance, if you have a CPU you could figure out how to recognize add instructions vs. multiply instructions, and then monitor it when you process your cryptographic key, and then figure out what the secret algorithm is.
X-rays, might enable you to directly look at the pattern of diodes on the chip to to figure out its function.
Ways to prevent a side channel attack include introducing random delays in your code so that each time your secret code runs, it looks different, and can't be statistically analyzed. Other technologies such as clockless microcontrollers, which have yet to make it to market, would help prevent side channel attacks because of their very low RF emissions.
Resistance is futile. You will be educated. Beep. Bork.
"He may even be going so far as to dare to suggest that solar output dominates the ~5% of CO2 emissions that humans contribute to the atmosphere!" Do you have a citation for your 5% number?
Here's one from the hippies over that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration that says C02 increased by 5% in just the past 4 years. http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/ Now, I know it's not the same 5% you are talking about, but you tell me what 95% non-human factors are responsible for the increase.
How about this from the nuts over at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Cambridge: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/ice-bubbles-reveal-biggest-rise-in-co2-for-800000-years-414711.html
"The core shows that carbon dioxide was always between 180 parts per million (ppm) and 300 ppm during the 800,000 years. However, now it is 380 ppm. Methane was never higher than 750 parts per billion (ppb) in this timescale, but now it stands at 1,780 ppb."
Why should I be tolerant of a religious view that promotes making the world overpopulated and eventually uninhabitable? The Evangelical Christian view we are discussing directly harms me and my family.
IMHO, those people need to be stopped. We practical, considerate and caring atheists should take active steps to put a stop to this Christian agenda. For example, educating people and openly speaking out against religions that promote believing what you are told instead of questioning authority and thinking for yourself. Why should I be tolerant? Why should I allow people to be deluded by cults of psychological manipulation? If I value my fellow man is it not my duty to enable them to be free thinkers?
I personally know Christians who are against environmental laws and anything viewed as "left-wing", and they literally cite rapture as the reason. I know ex-Christians who have told me this is the common view shared and "taught" in their Churches, right around the same time they are told who to vote for.
No, it's clear you need to put a joint in your mouth and suck it.
I don't get it.
From your link: "the superendowed drifters taking a whiz from a bridge with joints so long they could kiss the sky or touch the river, making one proclaim, âoeSay, the whatter cold.â His obviously longer friend comments, âoeYeah, and it deep, too!â"
Now I'm confused even more. Were they smoking joints or is joint another word for penis? How do you know the temperature of a river when peeing in it from a bridge? Does knowing the depth of water mean you have a large penis? Their dicks were long enough to dangle in the river but one guy's dick was so long it went deep into the river? If so, why bother peeing off a bridge when you could just pee anywhere and still be peeing like 20 feet away from you?
"YES! Again, achievement and exertion of control over the game-space."
Sorry to be contrary, but I think that the parent is saying that if 1000's of people complete the same quest, that makes the player feel like they don't have much "control over the game-space." He also pointed out that if someone belittles your quest that detracts from your sense of achievement.
I don't know what book you are getting your ideas from but, "25% of purchasers will get past hour 4" is just plain false. Trust me, kids play their games more then 4 hours. Have you seen kids play video games before?
I agree with the parent's point that losing once in a while can be exciting, and that MMORPG makers should consider it.
You have the answer. It's exactly what I am trying to implement in my little RPG/War Sim video game mod: CSI-Sahrani
I'm working on just what you are describing for a game mod I am creating. I describe my mod as a cross between a War Sim, Zelda, and the Sims 2. You can read about it here:
CSI-Sahrani
This is just a data structure problem. The way I am thinking of implementing it is to just have a vector of objects describing the currently available "quests". The quest objects contain metadata describing who/where this quest is available, "counter quests", the objectives, and content.
For example:
{Cop Quest} {Level 2} {Counter Quests: Terrorist Lvl 2, Mafia Lvl 2} {Objectives/Content/FSM: somescript.cpp}
When this quest is started, it makes available the counter-quests. A Terrorist character is then able to start a "Level 2" quest and its object gets added to the list of currently running quests.
This is a simplified explanation, and it's all pretty complicated regarding balance issues, and other issues such as: What if no other players decide to take the counter-quest?
On a related note, this mod/game I am working on, I like to think, is a new genera of video games. It is what I call a Multiplayer Online Semi-Persistent Role Playing Game. That is, unlike FPS games that last 5-20 minutes, and MMORPGS that never reset, this world is designed to reset ever 24hours or so. So, you can play all day and reach an advanced level, but the next day, you have to start over, and different quest options will be available, prompting you to play a new persona.
More then 100% efficiency? This will make millions.
People pirate because it's so easy to do. Compare piracy to ratio of "books stolen to books purchased".
That would be a far lower number then the ratio of "software copied vs. software purchased."
It happens because it's easy. The fact that it's easy is why it is a lesser crime then stealing. If something else that was easy to do was made illegal, like bumping into people on the street, a lot of people would break the law.
As a developer you have to realize this and use it to your advantage. If people want to play your game for free, enable them. Then adjust your profit model accordingly.
For example, WoW makes a lot more money on subscriptions then game sales. They could probably increase their player base by giving the game away for free. Another option is to release say, %25 of your content, and charge for the rest while making it easy for people to purchase and play the game. e.g. Offer a free demo that contains an option to buy and download the game online, right from the demo.
The only known health problem with it is silicosis,
Do you mean Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis?
Man, you guys really are nerds. The post was about sticky white substances and porn and you guys think of robots and the Death Star?
When I tried that the disk cracked and was destroyed.
I remember that. "If you want to go in the cave flip to page 121." Page 121: "You were eaten by a cave troll. The End."
I still go by the old Electronic Communications Privacy act of 1986.. which basically states that as an administrator, I can monitor the activity of my network for the purposes of administration. This includes private communication.
DMCA be damned. If you send it to me, I can read it.
IOW, if I can read it, I can read it.
, is what I was going to say. I'd still say it if you just escaped and killed yourself in the ultimate anarchist revolution.
But, the wife who busted you out of jail?
There are no words to describe how low this is.
Maybe this sheds light on the mind of someone who would profit from the misery of others.
I knew a guy who made a tool to help spammers do their job. He used to talk about kidnapping women...basements and such.
Well, so far, that's 100% probability of fucketupness in my sample space.
Fuck you spammers. I'll see you in hell.
I've answered the whole thread. Yet, this perfect post gets only a score of 1.