... some people are bitching that the controls will suck, etc. its a proof of concept people, not really intended to be a playable game. it simply shows how well the rage engine scales.
... it is "Apple plugs iDevice security hole" but that isn't so catchy with the anti-apple drones on here.
the hole plugged that stops some jailbreak from working could be exploited via malicious guys on the net to own your device via a hosted PDF. which isn't cool.
The one true datestamp is YYYYMMDD. Why? Because if you stick it on the FRONT if your filenames, and sort, they come up on chronological order. Its also the same way other numbers work - most significant digits first. DDMMYYYY and MMDDYYYY are BOTH broken.
Nah, you don't use the mouse like that. You set up WSAD for movement, and mouse for turning only, like every other FPS in recent history. Thus you can circle strafe, and also turn faster. If you set your mouse sensitivity properly (DOS game remember, use your DOS mouse driver switches appropriately) you could be quite accurate with the mouse.
He went HOW FAR without getting a shotgun? On the one true difficulty level (ultra violence) you get a shotgun just off to the left alcove from where you begin the game.
Also way better played with the mouse for aiming... but we all know that already...
... but how much propane can they get out of this process. How many million square km of this plant will they need to keep up with consumption of propane (as an alternative to gasoline) or gasoline (when they figure out how to get that)?
If the numbers are not realistic (e.g., we need 2x arable earth surfaces to keep up with current consumption), it is a non-starter.
Kinda neat, but not going to solve the world's problems.
... was a solution looking for a problem. In addition, i think there is a bit of stigma with using a free, beta, un-proven technology for business purposes.
There were also performance issues once waves got large.
Had a look at it, played with it a bit, but really couldn't see the point. Don't think i've even logged into my wave account in about 6-9 months.
I'm sure maybe SOME people found a use for it, but by and large, most people struggled to find a purpose for it, other than sharing porn, etc.
... i know its cool to post first before reading and all but...
An engineering side note: The "Java" property values for java.vendor and java.vm.vendor were never changed in the jdk6 releases and will remain "Sun Microsystems, Inc.". It was understood that changing the vendor property values could impact applications and we purposely did not disturb these vendor properties. The Windows specific exe/dll file "COMPANY" value is what is at issue here, not the Java properties. It came as a surprise to us that anyone would be inspecting or depending on the value of this very platform specific field. Regardless, we will restore the COMPANY field in the jdk6 releases. Note that the jdk7 releases will eventually be changing to Oracle, including the java.vendor and java.vm.vendor properties.
Many low level police are arseholes who couldn't get a real job?
AS a public servant (which is what a cop is) you should not be doing things in public, to the public, that you might not want the rest of the public to find out about.
I'd like to know what law this person is being charged with, because its a crock of shit.
The duties of a public servant performed during the course of their job should be public knowledge, and they should be accountable for their actions.
Note: this is a totally separate issue from your right to privacy as a private citizen whilst not performing a public service job. You are working FOR the people they have a right to know (via published footage) what the fuck you are doing, so long as there is no (justifiably) classified material involved.
Given that Dell insist that my SOE is broken (despite working on 100s of machines of the same model) or that I'm using their hardware inappropriately ("its not meant for workstation use!") when i report faults, I'd take any of their opinions on software with a few tonnes of salt.
My roommate has an HP printer, Wacom tablet, nVidia graphics card, Logitech trackball, Intel motherboard, and Creative soundcard. Not counting plug'n'play drivers, he's already going to have more keys to track if he ever upgrades from XP.
Well... no, given that every single one of those devices will (currently) more than likely work out of the box with a vanilla win7 install (MS signed drivers). And they're protected by digital certificates in any case, which the OS will check against the CA and tell you if they're revoked/expired. Automatically.
signed activeX is not inherently bad - ergo, activeX itself is not the actual problem.
however, brain damage like no SA password by default on installs of SQL server (and no prompting to set one during install), and by default running as "local system" - now THAT is pretty fuckin' retarded.
Who knows, but when they unpeg, expect all hell to break loose. Despite what those in the US may think, your paltry 300 million people is a mere 5% of the world's population.
Whilst you guys and your economy will be totally fucked, there are plenty of people and funds in india, china, saudi arabia and elsewhere to take up the slack when your dollar collapses.
Their economies are artificially suppressed by the US dollar's reserve status, and other countries' willingness to keep lending. It WILL NOT last forever, and the debt levels are getting real close to breaking point, where they're going to say "no more" and come repossess the assets secured by the loans...
All those electronic goods, cars, houses, etc purchased on easy credit will be repossessed by the foreign lenders when the interest rates go up beyond the means to repay.
Yes, if you have fixed interest you may be save. But its very rare that fixed interest is "forever" - pay your debts out while you still can...
I'm not sure why you're laughing at the US dollar's status as the world's reserve currency,
Because when it was on the gold standard, this was a reasonable idea.
When nixon axed the gold standard, and the rest of the world DIDN'T revoke the reserve currency status, we affectively gave the US/US Government a blank cheque with regards to how much money they can print.
However, recent events have brought this to light, and you can bet your arse that china, et al won't continue buying T-bills for much longer.
Yes, if you are in debt, inflation helps you. Somewhat.
However, it is effectively a tax on every dollar you earn. With 5% inflation, every dollar you put away for retirement (or saving, etc) is worth 5% less per year.
At higher inflation rates (e.g., 40% pa which is being touted as where the US may end up in the near future by some analysts), you're looking at almost half your savings disappearing annually.
Inflation punishes good financial management and steals your purchasing power.
However a lot of the increase in the value of gold is due to people's lack of confidence in fiat dollars - they're using it as a hedge against inflation.
Expect all commodities to trend upwards in the next few years as the world attempts to inflate itself out of debt...
actually that is far more reasonable than the fed's cap on dollars, which is effectively nothing. these are at least tied to a unit of labour, and has attempted to take moores law into account...
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... some people are bitching that the controls will suck, etc. its a proof of concept people, not really intended to be a playable game. it simply shows how well the rage engine scales.
iOS has already done much of this for at least 1 year?
the hole plugged that stops some jailbreak from working could be exploited via malicious guys on the net to own your device via a hosted PDF. which isn't cool.
The one true datestamp is YYYYMMDD. Why? Because if you stick it on the FRONT if your filenames, and sort, they come up on chronological order. Its also the same way other numbers work - most significant digits first. DDMMYYYY and MMDDYYYY are BOTH broken.
edit: my bad. use arrow keys. now you mention it i do recall having to move my keyboard far off to the left :D
Nah, you don't use the mouse like that. You set up WSAD for movement, and mouse for turning only, like every other FPS in recent history. Thus you can circle strafe, and also turn faster. If you set your mouse sensitivity properly (DOS game remember, use your DOS mouse driver switches appropriately) you could be quite accurate with the mouse.
whs. also the mouse helps vastly when turning fast. you don't need to wait for the key repeat rate to turn you, you can flick around quite quickly.
He went HOW FAR without getting a shotgun? On the one true difficulty level (ultra violence) you get a shotgun just off to the left alcove from where you begin the game.
Also way better played with the mouse for aiming... but we all know that already...
If the numbers are not realistic (e.g., we need 2x arable earth surfaces to keep up with current consumption), it is a non-starter.
Kinda neat, but not going to solve the world's problems.
There were also performance issues once waves got large.
Had a look at it, played with it a bit, but really couldn't see the point. Don't think i've even logged into my wave account in about 6-9 months.
I'm sure maybe SOME people found a use for it, but by and large, most people struggled to find a purpose for it, other than sharing porn, etc.
So, it looks like
Many low level police are arseholes who couldn't get a real job?
AS a public servant (which is what a cop is) you should not be doing things in public, to the public, that you might not want the rest of the public to find out about.
I'd like to know what law this person is being charged with, because its a crock of shit.
The duties of a public servant performed during the course of their job should be public knowledge, and they should be accountable for their actions.
Note: this is a totally separate issue from your right to privacy as a private citizen whilst not performing a public service job. You are working FOR the people they have a right to know (via published footage) what the fuck you are doing, so long as there is no (justifiably) classified material involved.
Given that Dell insist that my SOE is broken (despite working on 100s of machines of the same model) or that I'm using their hardware inappropriately ("its not meant for workstation use!") when i report faults, I'd take any of their opinions on software with a few tonnes of salt.
Well... no, given that every single one of those devices will (currently) more than likely work out of the box with a vanilla win7 install (MS signed drivers). And they're protected by digital certificates in any case, which the OS will check against the CA and tell you if they're revoked/expired. Automatically.
signed activeX is not inherently bad - ergo, activeX itself is not the actual problem.
however, brain damage like no SA password by default on installs of SQL server (and no prompting to set one during install), and by default running as "local system" - now THAT is pretty fuckin' retarded.
Like making crappy hardware? Wait a sec...
in my DMZ...
True, however GOLD is a lot less common than thin-air, which is what the dollar is currently backed by.
save == safe. unfortunately, i didn't read the preview properly :-\
Why?
Who knows, but when they unpeg, expect all hell to break loose. Despite what those in the US may think, your paltry 300 million people is a mere 5% of the world's population.
Whilst you guys and your economy will be totally fucked, there are plenty of people and funds in india, china, saudi arabia and elsewhere to take up the slack when your dollar collapses.
Their economies are artificially suppressed by the US dollar's reserve status, and other countries' willingness to keep lending. It WILL NOT last forever, and the debt levels are getting real close to breaking point, where they're going to say "no more" and come repossess the assets secured by the loans...
All those electronic goods, cars, houses, etc purchased on easy credit will be repossessed by the foreign lenders when the interest rates go up beyond the means to repay.
Yes, if you have fixed interest you may be save. But its very rare that fixed interest is "forever" - pay your debts out while you still can...
Because when it was on the gold standard, this was a reasonable idea.
When nixon axed the gold standard, and the rest of the world DIDN'T revoke the reserve currency status, we affectively gave the US/US Government a blank cheque with regards to how much money they can print.
However, recent events have brought this to light, and you can bet your arse that china, et al won't continue buying T-bills for much longer.
And when they stop, the US economy is fucked.
Yes, if you are in debt, inflation helps you. Somewhat.
However, it is effectively a tax on every dollar you earn. With 5% inflation, every dollar you put away for retirement (or saving, etc) is worth 5% less per year.
At higher inflation rates (e.g., 40% pa which is being touted as where the US may end up in the near future by some analysts), you're looking at almost half your savings disappearing annually.
Inflation punishes good financial management and steals your purchasing power.
True.
However a lot of the increase in the value of gold is due to people's lack of confidence in fiat dollars - they're using it as a hedge against inflation.
Expect all commodities to trend upwards in the next few years as the world attempts to inflate itself out of debt...
actually that is far more reasonable than the fed's cap on dollars, which is effectively nothing. these are at least tied to a unit of labour, and has attempted to take moores law into account...
getting rid of fractional reserve banking perhaps?