Er, why bother hashing the current time? Just send random "x | -2^32 Client: Stats, please. Server: Challenge 876053 Client: Response 876053 Server: DATA
I'll take this opportunity to give you a message referring you to other posts on this thread. The All-Seeing Eye (which I've used, mind you, great program) does nothing to solve this problem.
It was foolish to put "GameSpy" in the title of this article; it has nothing directory to do with GameSpy.
Unless you're moving relatively small amounts of non-critical information, GENRIP is probably not for you.
GENRIP does not even attempt to compete with 802.11 wireless LAN equipment. That's not what it's for. GENRIP is SLOW! For example, the MHX-910 radios give approximately 120ms round trip ping times, and an actual streaming throughput (using TCP) of about 21K, which is slightly less than your average 28.8K modems. While this is certainly not bad, it's not going to help you if you're looking for fast wireless connectivity.
Sure, sure, so it supports J2ME Java Apps. But how long until there's support for MIDP2 in these apps, or, hell, even MMAPI? Nokia UI API doesn't cut it; as a developer for these devices, I can say that we need the ability to play arbitrary waveform data across the speakers, and we need it now, for all devices, regardless of manufacturer.
Java is just the thing to run on mobile devices, but if Sun doesn't get its act together and start pursuing the manufacturers to put in sound support (and other goodies, like full screen games), the market is going to die while BREW and other initiatives surge ahead.
No such thing as a hexadecimal bit. Only hexadecimal characters, or, if you're adventurous and know your old-fashioned 'puter terminology, hexadecimal nibbles.
Nah, I'm sure he's currently able to VISUALISE the packets hitting his ethernet card, and he can SEE IN 3D every single atom comprising his CPU melting into an unidentifiable glob of sludge.
Did I fail to communicate resulting in your failure to grok, or did you need that additional information before grokking could commence? I'm not doubting the former; my comments have been known to lose some lucidity at times....
And yet, those in the South consistently elect Republicans, who consistently support tougher sentences and more enforcement against drug users and dealers.
It seems to me that, regardless of where one lives, a minority of the people oppose legalization of marijuana. Until that changes, no laws will change.
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How does this vote-counting stuff work, anyway?
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They had lasers this powerfull in the 80's (star wars), maybe earlier.
I doubt they had any computers powerfull enough to manage calculating trajectories in real time untill recently.... at least not any computers smaller than a house.
Calculating an object like a mortar's trajectory is trivial, even for 1980's computers. And one barely needs to account for the speed of the laser (a nice thing about moving at 186,000 miles a second).
So, 1980's computers could have done it rather easily, for at least some target types.
Of course, Reagan actually had the right idea; putting lasers in space makes much more sense than lasers on the ground, since the air soaks up so much of the energy. Fast-forward to today, and/M?THAL/ is pretty smart, too--the people with ICBMs have the money to develop options to evade this type of system, but those with RPGs and classical mortars are probably very poorly financed.
Nope, sorry, wrong. Bankrupt on Wheel of Fortune, a Whammy on Press Your Luck--you've screwed up.
When you've worked as a QA team member and have spent five days working on an execution-stopping problem that ends up being the interaction between a copy-protection routine and the removal of some trailing whitespace from a label widget, you can talk again.
Any change, no matter how seemingly insignificant and unconnected to other parts of the system, can have far-reaching consequences. If someone changes a single one to zero, or the other way around, it's time to unleash the full fury of QA, because even the slightest change can bring down the whole program.
Even when all you're doing is trying to make "First Name: " look a little bit prettier.
Java a) runs in a sandbox. b) runs in a window. c) requires my explicit permission to do anything more than add one and one together and display the result.
Neither JavaScript nor Flash have these properties. I'm on WinXP, so it's trivial for me to install Flash (just click once on the "Missing Plugin" image). There is, of course, no chance in hell that I'm going to do this.
Somebody's.sig is "Macromedia sucks" or something to that effect, and it links to a press release on Macromedia's site about a partnership between them and DoubleClick, the ad people. Bah!
And before you accuse me of hypocrisy for not liking ads but using/., I'm a/. subscriber.
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The worst part is, my company is developing products in Flash. They wanted me to help, so I installed their content-generation tool, Flash MX. I was afraid, but I guess so many people hate what they create with the damn thing, they forced the issue--there's a box at one point that allows you to not install the plugin for IE. AND IT DEFAULTS TO NO! I just about crapped my pants when I saw that.
No idea if they're particularly rare, but it's old, and it's a computer. I'd take it, and pay eBay or better prices for it. Probably $50 or so, which I realize is less than the $100 he paid for it.
And in response to your comment: it's also relatively easy to find NEXTCubes on eBay; they're nonetheless rare. They just happen to be at that magical point right now where many "normal" users are getting rid of them, creating opportunities for the collectors. In two years, it will be impossible to find a NEXTCube on eBay for less than $500.
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Dang preview button!
Let's try again:
Er, why bother hashing the current time? Just send random "x | -2^32 <= x < 2^32" and ask for it back.
Client: Stats, please.
Server: Challenge 876053
Client: Response 876053
Server: DATA
Yeah, I do this stuff for a living.
Jouster
Er, why bother hashing the current time? Just send random "x | -2^32 Client: Stats, please.
Server: Challenge 876053
Client: Response 876053
Server: DATA
Yeah, I do this stuff for a living.
Jouster
I'll take this opportunity to give you a message referring you to other posts on this thread. The All-Seeing Eye (which I've used, mind you, great program) does nothing to solve this problem.
It was foolish to put "GameSpy" in the title of this article; it has nothing directory to do with GameSpy.
Jouster
Yeah, I ran across this one quite some time ago.
Read your Bugtraq, boys! There's a reason I don't allow UDP-based game servers to run inside my network.
Jouster
*ahem*
I work with computers that run Mac OS 9 and FileMaker 5.0. They drive me to drink. Does that count?
Jouster
Jouster
Agreed with AC, bad moderation on parent.
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Whoa, thanks for kicking my trolling monitor into gear; I almost let that one slip by.
Jouster
Sure, sure, so it supports J2ME Java Apps. But how long until there's support for MIDP2 in these apps, or, hell, even MMAPI? Nokia UI API doesn't cut it; as a developer for these devices, I can say that we need the ability to play arbitrary waveform data across the speakers, and we need it now, for all devices, regardless of manufacturer.
Java is just the thing to run on mobile devices, but if Sun doesn't get its act together and start pursuing the manufacturers to put in sound support (and other goodies, like full screen games), the market is going to die while BREW and other initiatives surge ahead.
Jouster
No such thing as a hexadecimal bit. Only hexadecimal characters, or, if you're adventurous and know your old-fashioned 'puter terminology, hexadecimal nibbles.
Jouster
Please, please, please make this joke die.
Jouster
Nah, I'm sure he's currently able to VISUALISE the packets hitting his ethernet card, and he can SEE IN 3D every single atom comprising his CPU melting into an unidentifiable glob of sludge.
Jouster
Er, yes, and that's what I based my response on.
Did I fail to communicate resulting in your failure to grok, or did you need that additional information before grokking could commence? I'm not doubting the former; my comments have been known to lose some lucidity at times....
Jouster
And yet, those in the South consistently elect Republicans, who consistently support tougher sentences and more enforcement against drug users and dealers.
It seems to me that, regardless of where one lives, a minority of the people oppose legalization of marijuana. Until that changes, no laws will change.
Jouster
Take a look at this for a quick introduction to CNN's methods: How does CNN make election projections?.
Jouster
Thanks, very insightful (and accurate, I actually knew about MIRV, but not about how that affected "Star Wars" missile defense).
I'm burning off some karma here... mods, parent is a score:0 by anonymous coward, but very informative: please mod it up before you mod me down.
Thanks!,
Jouster
So, 1980's computers could have done it rather easily, for at least some target types.
Of course, Reagan actually had the right idea; putting lasers in space makes much more sense than lasers on the ground, since the air soaks up so much of the energy. Fast-forward to today, and
Jouster
1) This already exists.
and
2) For the love of all that's holy, please learn how to spell "roll".
Jouster
Check out the quote at the bottom of this page: "SCREENSHOTS REMOVED DUE TO MICROSOFT REQUEST".
I suppose using the Print Screen key is now a circumvention device or something....
Jouster
Nope, sorry, wrong. Bankrupt on Wheel of Fortune, a Whammy on Press Your Luck--you've screwed up.
When you've worked as a QA team member and have spent five days working on an execution-stopping problem that ends up being the interaction between a copy-protection routine and the removal of some trailing whitespace from a label widget, you can talk again.
Any change, no matter how seemingly insignificant and unconnected to other parts of the system, can have far-reaching consequences. If someone changes a single one to zero, or the other way around, it's time to unleash the full fury of QA, because even the slightest change can bring down the whole program.
Even when all you're doing is trying to make "First Name: " look a little bit prettier.
Jouster
Java
.sig is "Macromedia sucks" or something to that effect, and it links to a press release on Macromedia's site about a partnership between them and DoubleClick, the ad people. Bah!
/., I'm a /. subscriber.
a) runs in a sandbox.
b) runs in a window.
c) requires my explicit permission to do anything more than add one and one together and display the result.
Neither JavaScript nor Flash have these properties. I'm on WinXP, so it's trivial for me to install Flash (just click once on the "Missing Plugin" image). There is, of course, no chance in hell that I'm going to do this.
Somebody's
And before you accuse me of hypocrisy for not liking ads but using
Jouster
We use WebTrends at work, and it's always funny seeing "RedHat -1.0" as one of the entries in the OS list (I run Windows XP and RH 8 GNU/Linux).
Be sure and remove the spaces inserted by
Jouster
The worst part is, my company is developing products in Flash. They wanted me to help, so I installed their content-generation tool, Flash MX. I was afraid, but I guess so many people hate what they create with the damn thing, they forced the issue--there's a box at one point that allows you to not install the plugin for IE. AND IT DEFAULTS TO NO! I just about crapped my pants when I saw that.
Jouster
You, my good man, ROCK!
I owe you a beer next time you're in Virginia.
Jouster
No idea if they're particularly rare, but it's old, and it's a computer. I'd take it, and pay eBay or better prices for it. Probably $50 or so, which I realize is less than the $100 he paid for it.
And in response to your comment: it's also relatively easy to find NEXTCubes on eBay; they're nonetheless rare. They just happen to be at that magical point right now where many "normal" users are getting rid of them, creating opportunities for the collectors. In two years, it will be impossible to find a NEXTCube on eBay for less than $500.
Jouster