Before you start handing out information it is always best to wait for a subpoena. Make sure it's signed by a judge and not a clerk. There is a reason for due process and law enforcement understands this even though they don't always want to follow it!
You know what I mean... Even if you're playing perfect poker and you know the odds of the card(s) you need coming out of the deck, there is no guarentee that you will get them. If you have an 85% chance of drawing X card, then sure that's a good bet, but if you know that you only have a 10% chance of drawing card Y, that's not a good bet.
Casino's do not use multiple decks in poker, it would break the way the game is supposed to be played... I think you are thinking of blackjack...
Online and Offline the deck of cards is reshuffled everytime. If you only have 52 cards you can calculate odds based upon what you see on the table and what you have in your hand...
At first I was thinking that maybe this isn't fair to the other players... But then again if you think about it... As it stands poker is still a game of chance... A bot can only play optimum hands based upon the cards it sees and what it knows is still in the deck... This really isn't any different then a human player. If bots exist that are beating inexperienced players, how is this different from the poker pro who logs 10 hours of online poker a day?
When you break it down it still takes a skillful poker player to engineer a bot that can perform at a winning level...
Also the bots are betting someones money...
There is an inherent risk in online poker that the player at the other end of the connection has tools that he is using to gain a competative advantage, such as tools for counting cards, figuring odds and so on...
If you're looking for real human vs human action without worrying about cheat tools find a game in your neighborhood and go play there. Even though gambling isn't legal in all 50 states you can always find somewhere to play if you look hard enough.
Don't worry about it, it does pretty much everything you want already except the blue tooth, but if you wait long enough there will probably be an sd expantion for it.
There is software available that will let you record video and sound with the exsisting camera... It's called Movie Record, google for it.
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I would have to agree with the poster. I am on my third digital camera and have shoot 10's of thousands of photos. Maybe 1 in 10 is worth printing out. Digital photography gives you the power to shot things over and over again until you get the shot to look exactly like you want.
You don't have to "Get lucky" anymore to get a good shot! This is truly nice. Plus there's tons of places that are doing digital processing and they'll even mail you the photos. I just used ofoto.com and was impressed with the quality / turn around time, I had my pictures in 3 days. I'm thinking of giving Walmart a try next because their prices are slightly cheaper and they do have an in store pickup option which saves you $$$ on shipping.
These company auctions rarely offer discount prices on anything... People get caught up in the moment and end up paying crazy prices for hardware. Often times you actually do better by buying newer hardware, then picking up things from these auctions.
There are exceptions... If you don't mind picking up a couple of hundred computers you can get a reasonable price per unit, but most on slashdot are probably not looking for that, nor could they afford it...
Scroll locks uselessness is actually useful if you have a KVM switch and have to toggle back and forth between multiple computers. Most vendors of KVM switches prefer to use the scroll lock key because almost nothing (that I can think of) depends on it.
From the comments so far I've seen "I don't have the money to pay for a static IP address.", I know that it sucks that not everyone can have static IP addresses, but that's something you should take up with your provider. Why should the rest of the Internet Service Providers out there pay for your ability to send email from a dyanmic IP address? You can't begin to imagine how much spam we are able to drop because of those two simple blocks (client.comcast.net and client2.comcast.net)... It's to the point where we would need to add at least another mail server to accept the email coming from those ranges. That's simply not something we are willing to do when 99.9999% of all email from those dynamic ranges are spam.
You can blame me and the other ISP's out there that refuse to accept mail from dynamic ranges, but you should be blaming the spammers for ruining email as we know it, and you should blame your provider for not allowing you to have a static IP address.
The ISP I work for only does Static IP addresses (except for dialup customers), all of our DSL customers are allocated a static IP address. This is common if you shop around. From what I understand there are many bigger providers that will allow you to have a static IP address for a few more dollars a month if you can show that you are not using it for commerical purposes, furthermore ISP's like SpeakEasy offer static IP addresses as a part of their typical DSL offerings (no i don't work for them).
Also, if you're running a server on those dynamic ranges with Comcast you are clearly violating their TOS. Again vote with your wallet and find a provider that is more reasonable with their TOS and IP space. Or get a few friends together and pitch in for a virtual server somewhere. You can find a decent virtual server that will suit all of your needs for less then $50 a month, hell get 5 friends together and it's only $10 a month, surely you can afford that. Plus you can say you have your own server somewhere.:-)
Since the spammers can't forge the reverse DNS on the IP you can trust your blocking Comcast's dynamic ranges. Their business customers are not on any of the IP's that reverse to client.comcast.net or client1.comcast.net, and residential customers in the blocked dynamic ranges can relay mail to you through comcast's mail servers like they are supposed to.
There is absolutely no reason in this day and age of spam to run a legit mail server off of a dynamic IP address.:-)
My friend's a personal trainer and we trade computer repair for help in the gym. He's designed me a great work out / eating program and he's been making sure I stick to it, all in exchange for keeping his PC running smoothly.
You know what I love about Ironports? They sell the disease and the cure. They do business with just about everyone. They offer to sell you anti-spam solutions but at the same time sell equipment to people like Scott Ricktor so he can blast spam all over the place...
Sell a better spam engine, offer a better spam protection device!
Well sprints data service is built into my plan right now, if you break it down it's like $10 bucks a month for it and the picture service which is well worth it to me.
And as far as choice, there are a million home brew shoutcast stations out there that play only music all the time. Check out http://www.shoutcast.com if you don't believe me.:-)
If you're in a big city, you're probably not going to lose your data connection. Bitch at At&t and see if they'll cut you a deal on data service. The treo is all about connectivity, they know it and will probably work with you.
I have a treo 600 through sprint, with their unlimited data service package. With the latest pocket tunes software I can stream audio from the internet where ever I am. Generally if there is cell service, I can get a data connection. I know it's not traditional WIFI, but it's still really neat!:-)
"The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm"
I would agree with this comment however the point of this project isn't to just improve music quality, but to enable the Library of Congress to save many 1000's of recordings that are so delicate that even putting a record needle on them could cause unrepairable damage to the record!
This is great and all but who wants 2 megapixel anything? Camera phones, this device are create for getting quick shots, but honestly do you want to archive them? They simply don't look good, because the color is off, usually they're fuzzy etc...
I'm not knocking this device, but I have a feeling it's a sign of better devices to come. With in a year or 2 I would bet you start to see 4 and 5 megapixal devices like this... This is when they are really going to take off!
Run debian, if you absolutely must install from source you can use APT to get grab the source that you need, compile and then build a deb for it so you're still using the debian tracking system. It really is the best of both worlds.
For most packages though there really isn't a big need to compile from source.
You're free to do whatever you want, just as I as a mail admin am free to not accept mail from dynamic users. You have no idea how much junk / spam / virus emails come from dynamic ranges. Your ISP provides you with email servers that you can use to send email where ever you like. They also have a static IP address so if there are problems they can be tracked back to them, and they are able to isolate where it came from within their network.
If you choose to send email from a dynamic range we have no way to tell where it came from, other then that dynamic address. Sure we can monitor for spam runs, but so what? We nuke the offending IP address, and then what? You reboot and get another IP address.
Relay email through a static server, or get yourself a static IP address and run your own mail server.
That should take care of most of the zombie / virus / idiot mail. None of their residential customers should be sending email directly from a dymamic IP address. This will seriously cut a good bite of the spam / viruses you are receiving, and you don't have to worry about missing email because they should be relaying through central mail servers.
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Before you start handing out information it is always best to wait for a subpoena. Make sure it's signed by a judge and not a clerk. There is a reason for due process and law enforcement understands this even though they don't always want to follow it!
I tried clicking on this ad, but apparently it's in some new format that Adblock doesn't recognize! :-P
Is this the longest headline blurb ever?
You know what I mean... Even if you're playing perfect poker and you know the odds of the card(s) you need coming out of the deck, there is no guarentee that you will get them. If you have an 85% chance of drawing X card, then sure that's a good bet, but if you know that you only have a 10% chance of drawing card Y, that's not a good bet.
Casino's do not use multiple decks in poker, it would break the way the game is supposed to be played... I think you are thinking of blackjack...
Online and Offline the deck of cards is reshuffled everytime. If you only have 52 cards you can calculate odds based upon what you see on the table and what you have in your hand...
At first I was thinking that maybe this isn't fair to the other players... But then again if you think about it... As it stands poker is still a game of chance... A bot can only play optimum hands based upon the cards it sees and what it knows is still in the deck... This really isn't any different then a human player. If bots exist that are beating inexperienced players, how is this different from the poker pro who logs 10 hours of online poker a day?
When you break it down it still takes a skillful poker player to engineer a bot that can perform at a winning level...
Also the bots are betting someones money...
There is an inherent risk in online poker that the player at the other end of the connection has tools that he is using to gain a competative advantage, such as tools for counting cards, figuring odds and so on...
If you're looking for real human vs human action without worrying about cheat tools find a game in your neighborhood and go play there. Even though gambling isn't legal in all 50 states you can always find somewhere to play if you look hard enough.
Maybe it's mandatory that the guys writing these articles take an intro to computer science class before writing these pieces...
:-P
Although someone I'm sure will counter with me that maybe I should have RTFA.
Don't worry about it, it does pretty much everything you want already except the blue tooth, but if you wait long enough there will probably be an sd expantion for it.
There is software available that will let you record video and sound with the exsisting camera... It's called Movie Record, google for it.
I would have to agree with the poster. I am on my third digital camera and have shoot 10's of thousands of photos. Maybe 1 in 10 is worth printing out. Digital photography gives you the power to shot things over and over again until you get the shot to look exactly like you want.
You don't have to "Get lucky" anymore to get a good shot! This is truly nice. Plus there's tons of places that are doing digital processing and they'll even mail you the photos. I just used ofoto.com and was impressed with the quality / turn around time, I had my pictures in 3 days. I'm thinking of giving Walmart a try next because their prices are slightly cheaper and they do have an in store pickup option which saves you $$$ on shipping.
These company auctions rarely offer discount prices on anything... People get caught up in the moment and end up paying crazy prices for hardware. Often times you actually do better by buying newer hardware, then picking up things from these auctions.
There are exceptions... If you don't mind picking up a couple of hundred computers you can get a reasonable price per unit, but most on slashdot are probably not looking for that, nor could they afford it...
Just my 2 cents.
Scroll locks uselessness is actually useful if you have a KVM switch and have to toggle back and forth between multiple computers. Most vendors of KVM switches prefer to use the scroll lock key because almost nothing (that I can think of) depends on it.
From the comments so far I've seen "I don't have the money to pay for a static IP address.", I know that it sucks that not everyone can have static IP addresses, but that's something you should take up with your provider. Why should the rest of the Internet Service Providers out there pay for your ability to send email from a dyanmic IP address? You can't begin to imagine how much spam we are able to drop because of those two simple blocks (client.comcast.net and client2.comcast.net)... It's to the point where we would need to add at least another mail server to accept the email coming from those ranges. That's simply not something we are willing to do when 99.9999% of all email from those dynamic ranges are spam.
:-)
You can blame me and the other ISP's out there that refuse to accept mail from dynamic ranges, but you should be blaming the spammers for ruining email as we know it, and you should blame your provider for not allowing you to have a static IP address.
The ISP I work for only does Static IP addresses (except for dialup customers), all of our DSL customers are allocated a static IP address. This is common if you shop around. From what I understand there are many bigger providers that will allow you to have a static IP address for a few more dollars a month if you can show that you are not using it for commerical purposes, furthermore ISP's like SpeakEasy offer static IP addresses as a part of their typical DSL offerings (no i don't work for them).
Also, if you're running a server on those dynamic ranges with Comcast you are clearly violating their TOS. Again vote with your wallet and find a provider that is more reasonable with their TOS and IP space. Or get a few friends together and pitch in for a virtual server somewhere. You can find a decent virtual server that will suit all of your needs for less then $50 a month, hell get 5 friends together and it's only $10 a month, surely you can afford that. Plus you can say you have your own server somewhere.
As a mail admin stop the shit yourself.
:-)
Ban - client.comcast.net, and client2.comcast.net
Since the spammers can't forge the reverse DNS on the IP you can trust your blocking Comcast's dynamic ranges. Their business customers are not on any of the IP's that reverse to client.comcast.net or client1.comcast.net, and residential customers in the blocked dynamic ranges can relay mail to you through comcast's mail servers like they are supposed to.
There is absolutely no reason in this day and age of spam to run a legit mail server off of a dynamic IP address.
My friend's a personal trainer and we trade computer repair for help in the gym. He's designed me a great work out / eating program and he's been making sure I stick to it, all in exchange for keeping his PC running smoothly.
:-)
I've even seen results!
Now let's take them both out into the street and tar and feather them... :-)
You know what I love about Ironports? They sell the disease and the cure. They do business with just about everyone. They offer to sell you anti-spam solutions but at the same time sell equipment to people like Scott Ricktor so he can blast spam all over the place...
Sell a better spam engine, offer a better spam protection device!
I love it.
Well sprints data service is built into my plan right now, if you break it down it's like $10 bucks a month for it and the picture service which is well worth it to me.
:-)
And as far as choice, there are a million home brew shoutcast stations out there that play only music all the time. Check out http://www.shoutcast.com if you don't believe me.
If you're in a big city, you're probably not going to lose your data connection. Bitch at At&t and see if they'll cut you a deal on data service. The treo is all about connectivity, they know it and will probably work with you.
I have a treo 600 through sprint, with their unlimited data service package. With the latest pocket tunes software I can stream audio from the internet where ever I am. Generally if there is cell service, I can get a data connection. I know it's not traditional WIFI, but it's still really neat! :-)
"The cracks and the spikes in a song can give it a certain charm"
I would agree with this comment however the point of this project isn't to just improve music quality, but to enable the Library of Congress to save many 1000's of recordings that are so delicate that even putting a record needle on them could cause unrepairable damage to the record!
This is great and all but who wants 2 megapixel anything? Camera phones, this device are create for getting quick shots, but honestly do you want to archive them? They simply don't look good, because the color is off, usually they're fuzzy etc...
I'm not knocking this device, but I have a feeling it's a sign of better devices to come. With in a year or 2 I would bet you start to see 4 and 5 megapixal devices like this... This is when they are really going to take off!
Run debian, if you absolutely must install from source you can use APT to get grab the source that you need, compile and then build a deb for it so you're still using the debian tracking system. It really is the best of both worlds.
For most packages though there really isn't a big need to compile from source.
You're free to do whatever you want, just as I as a mail admin am free to not accept mail from dynamic users. You have no idea how much junk / spam / virus emails come from dynamic ranges. Your ISP provides you with email servers that you can use to send email where ever you like. They also have a static IP address so if there are problems they can be tracked back to them, and they are able to isolate where it came from within their network.
If you choose to send email from a dynamic range we have no way to tell where it came from, other then that dynamic address. Sure we can monitor for spam runs, but so what? We nuke the offending IP address, and then what? You reboot and get another IP address.
Relay email through a static server, or get yourself a static IP address and run your own mail server.
Mail Admins do yourself a favor.
Just nuke the following -
client.comcast.net
and
client2.comcast.net
And for good measure - client.attbi.com
That should take care of most of the zombie / virus / idiot mail. None of their residential customers should be sending email directly from a dymamic IP address. This will seriously cut a good bite of the spam / viruses you are receiving, and you don't have to worry about missing email because they should be relaying through central mail servers.
Poster said - So you don't need to actually fight battles anymore, just be predicted to win and you are declared as having "Already Won" ?
PR Director for Microsoft?
Do yourself a favor and protect your users.
:-)
Install ClamAv and SpamAssassin and take care of spam and viruses on the front lines before they can hit the stupid users.