Now that's a totally useless gesture on their part.
If an exotic dancer in nothing but high heels, g-string, and garter belt can accept the tips from 20 horny guys, then a bribe taking suit wearing airline employee has lots of places to discreetly stuff bribes, as long as it isn't a live chicken.
If the drives are different sizes, different filesystems, or even just set up with different cluster sizes.
(Yes, you can do that in Windows, just don't get stupid with the settings.)
He may have corrupted files, he should really check, but if a different size on different drives is the only thing he's checked, they may be perfectly fine.
Ancient History Perspective:)
Back in the Dos days, people were always panicking about their memory not having the exact byte value they expected. Most people didn't understand that different bios versions/brands and different bios options, like shadowing, all affected that value.
It's rather easy. It's a violation of the User Agreement for the game.
Why does the game company want to stop gold selling?
It's part of the nature of the ingame economy and balance.
They crafted a world based around certain ideals and formulas based on time and available resources. Someone buying in game gold or items using money from another universe (aka real money) is disrupting that balance.
Is that disruption visible on a personal level? Maybe, guess it depends on what you encounter. Ever fight a 20th level twink with all epic gear that's only been playing for 3 weeks? You know the scum doesn't deserve it.
This kind of activity isn't much different than playing a chess match with someone, and that bozo keeps slipping a fiver to a player on the next table to get extra pawns from him.
Is that fair? No.
Is it against the rules of the game? Yes.
Do you know anybody that would do it if they could get away with it? Probably, do you know a gold buyer?
No, seriously, is this a test?
One where anybody dumb enough to give out that info automatically fails for an inability to maintain the most basic of security measures and violating the use agreement or policy of the online services they use...
[sniff]...what is that smell?... wait a second, I remember that smell.... it smells like... bloodthirsty sharks....
RUN! THE LAWYERS ARE CONVERGING FOR A FEEDING FRENZY!!!
Absolutely Correct:)
This is a common type of abuse. I thought most admins had set their systems up to automatically unlock after a reasonable amount of time (15 minutes - 2 hours), as well as send them an alert when this happens so they can be on the lookout for this kind of mischief.
This kind us stuff is pretty much expected on school networks. (Not because it's condoned, but rather there is always one student that wants to test the limits...)
Might be better if they cracked the judges computer and made it obvious to him...
(Like changing his desktop background to a compromising picture of him with appropriate tags)
Of course, doing something like that would be illegal, even if it did get the point across, so nevermind...
Planes fly much faster than the birds.
Planes have far less maneuverability than the birds.
Radar isn't that good on a couple pounds of flesh, so detection range is limited right now.
Even if the radar on the planes was improved to easily detect birds, the range would still have effective limits because birds move and change course.
By the time the birds detect the plane, they don't have much of a chance to avoid it.
There is a whole lot of sky to cover, the only feasible method is to cover controlled areas. Aka - the airport airspace, and the planes immediate path.
The best solution is to keep the birds out of the plane flight paths. How to do that is the problem. It's exacerbated by the open fields of the airports being ideal habitat for the birds. One thing airlines do is try to set their flight paths at altitudes that birds don't normally travel at, but that isn't always possible.
Since I don't know the circumstances of how you ended up at the cybersquatter, it is possible that they are just 'tasting' the domain to sucker you into paying them. If that's the case, just wait 6 days, and register your chosen domain with the registrar.
Short version of what domain tasting is: Squatter's script registers the domain you checked for availability using a "5 day free trial" grace period to sucker you into paying them.
It's not much more than a new version of signal mirrors, heliograph, signal fires, etc.
Even a minor power source (such as a hand operated generator) would allow a radio to outperform infofuses.
The only reason I see for this item, is when you are someplace electricity doesn't work. Of course, then the sensor package used to read the infofuse signal would need power also, and be within 1.5km/0.9 miles. Guess it's not really that good in an EMP field.
Of course, what about the gear to encode the message?
They are trying to make it simpler and smaller, but it doesn't sound like it's going to be an easy piece of gear to run without electricity. Of course, the troops could be sent out with a packet of pre-recorded messages. Or maybe just extra batteries for their radios...
Maybe I'm being a little hypercritical, but it seems as if they are trying to solve a non-existent problem with an overcomplicated solution. (Kind of like trying to move the 15' from your parking space to the mailbox when you don't have your car keys but think you can hotwire the car with a screwdriver... Just walk over there stupid!)
Here's another idea, give the troopies binoculars and semaphore flags. Of course they'd then have to be trained in semaphore, but it's technology that's available and works without electricity, even after your choice of nuclear apocalypse or alien invasion.
Admittedly I haven't checked in the last couple months, but when I did check earlier this year, those are the instructions that Sony had posted on their site. If they have changed their instructions, I apparently haven't heard about it. If there were any other instructions, they were not visible on that page. I will check again and see if I can find those new instructions. I really want some of those games.
Currently, if you want to download a game DEMO to your PSP it's easy.
Just connect to the store through your PSP and download it, then start playing.
On the other hand, if you want to download a full Game, things get different.
You can do one of two things. First, you can use your PS3 to download the game from the online store, then use the PS3 to transfer it to your PSP, then play.
Second method. Use your computer to go to the online store, and download the game. Then put it on a portable media (like a sony memory stick duo) and use that to transfer it to your PS3, then transfer it from the PS3 to your PSP. Finally you can play it on your PSP.
So basically, Sony wants you to buy $400 dollar peripheral (the playstation 3), to be able to play online purchased and downloaded games on your Playstation Portable, that is already fully capable of downloading things off the internet...
Now the article doesn't specifically state if those 'rental' games will use the current stupid system, or if they'll use the same rational one currently only being used for demos. Though considering Sony's past customer care, I'm betting it's not the intelligent choice.
Personally, I love my PSP. And there are a lot of games I'd be willing to purchase for download. But I don't have a PS3, nor do I have the money or inclination to purchase one. It just doesn't have enough software I want to justify that price. And to buy one just to be able to get those games for my PSP is not only absurd, it's an insult and completely against the concept of the handheld! There is a reason the second P stands for Portable.
Ok, enough ranting. You may resume your regularly scheduled whatever.;p
Does anyone else thinks this sounds suspiciously like the Crippleware/Shareware/Demos that have been around for decades that have limited functionality until you pay for the rest of it?
The only effective difference I see is that Crippleware covers all software, while MS limited their joke of a patent to Operating Systems. (OS is a subset of Software. Gotta love Boolean.)
Of course, I hate reading legalese and it's various dialects, so I might have missed something relevant.
The so called 'piracy' (aka copyright infringement) is about fair use, freedom, and taking a stance (though some choose an improper form) against the draconion rules and organizations that are trying to monetize and take away our legacy.
Music has always been about enjoyment and sharing. Until recently, the most common way to listen to music was to get together with friends and sing. No performance fees, no songwriter royalties, just people belting out a ditty.
Under the current situation, and the future one if RIAA has it's way, the National Anthem of the USA, that's the "Star Spangled Banner" for those who don't know, wouldn't exist under their rules. It was a (somewhat) popular piece of poetry that people started singing to a very popular piece of music. That made a fantastic hit that inspired people so much, they made it the national anthem. These days, the insane copyright lengths combined with the dubious 'enforcement groups' would have prevented any such thing from ever happening.
Have you wondered why nobody ever sings "Happy Birthday" on shows and movies anymore? Someone decided to enforce their copyright... Another piece of classic americana and culture down the tubes because of this subject. What's the next thing we'll loose?
Yes, some of these people are breaking laws.
Yes, we talk about it a lot.
But you need to understand, if somebody doesn't raise a fuss and find a way to stop this, what will our children have left?
Unfortunately, the answer is not much...
Actually detaining him is against the law. There have been several cases against stores/people/businesses in the past few years where egotistical morons have held someone against their will.
I've never found a McDonalds around here that has Free wi-fi, all the ones that have it have charged from day one. (All the McDonalds around here are owned by 2 different people.)
It's actually very simple as to why using a tracking device isn't considered kosher while tailing someone is.
Just imagine if the subject happened to be a phone conversation:
It's the difference between putting a wire tap on a phone, and being in the same room and overhearing a phone conversation.
It's starting to sound like the "Caller ID", "Caller ID Blocking", "Caller ID Blocking Unblocking" scams the phone companies charge you for.
Although I will say that I tend to only block the junk that gets in my way. That includes frames in the middle of the articles, anything that 'floats over' the page, anything that flashes, anything that appears when the mouse goes over a word that isn't part of the menu, etc.
Hmmm... Come to to think of it, that covers almost everything. And for that matter, that annoying garbage is the exact reason I installed Adblocker in the the first place...
It is true that enough media hype and expectations can garner a good opening week.
That's why the second and third week make or break a movie.
It takes a little time for word of mouth to get around.
Slashdot Mirror
That's one more reason to endorse the institution of a National Marketing Weasel Hunting Season.
No limits, tags, or licenses needed.
I guess for safety's sake, we'd have to use nerf guns, or maybe supersoakers loaded with red ink.
The more adventurous could shoot them with cameras and post the photos on a Webpage of Shame with hints on where to find them for further nerf action.
>^_^\
Personally, I'd wait till they were potty trained...
Now that's a totally useless gesture on their part.
If an exotic dancer in nothing but high heels, g-string, and garter belt can accept the tips from 20 horny guys, then a bribe taking suit wearing airline employee has lots of places to discreetly stuff bribes, as long as it isn't a live chicken.
Considering how easy it is to mess with a GPS receiver, I wonder how many of them will suffer from "reception issues".
Also, what will the government do about all those long drives in non-reception areas, like all those mountains we have here in Oregon.
Absolutely.
:)
If the drives are different sizes, different filesystems, or even just set up with different cluster sizes.
(Yes, you can do that in Windows, just don't get stupid with the settings.)
He may have corrupted files, he should really check, but if a different size on different drives is the only thing he's checked, they may be perfectly fine.
Ancient History Perspective
Back in the Dos days, people were always panicking about their memory not having the exact byte value they expected. Most people didn't understand that different bios versions/brands and different bios options, like shadowing, all affected that value.
It's rather easy. It's a violation of the User Agreement for the game.
Why does the game company want to stop gold selling?
It's part of the nature of the ingame economy and balance.
They crafted a world based around certain ideals and formulas based on time and available resources. Someone buying in game gold or items using money from another universe (aka real money) is disrupting that balance.
Is that disruption visible on a personal level? Maybe, guess it depends on what you encounter. Ever fight a 20th level twink with all epic gear that's only been playing for 3 weeks? You know the scum doesn't deserve it.
This kind of activity isn't much different than playing a chess match with someone, and that bozo keeps slipping a fiver to a player on the next table to get extra pawns from him.
Is that fair? No.
Is it against the rules of the game? Yes.
Do you know anybody that would do it if they could get away with it? Probably, do you know a gold buyer?
Biggest problem moving to Mars.
Although your network connection will be optical fiber, the lag is just beyond freaking belief...
No, a swarm small of meteorites. That way you can use pinpoint targeting.
No, seriously, is this a test?
...what is that smell?... wait a second, I remember that smell.... it smells like ... bloodthirsty sharks....
One where anybody dumb enough to give out that info automatically fails for an inability to maintain the most basic of security measures and violating the use agreement or policy of the online services they use...
[sniff]
RUN! THE LAWYERS ARE CONVERGING FOR A FEEDING FRENZY!!!
Absolutely Correct :)
This is a common type of abuse. I thought most admins had set their systems up to automatically unlock after a reasonable amount of time (15 minutes - 2 hours), as well as send them an alert when this happens so they can be on the lookout for this kind of mischief.
This kind us stuff is pretty much expected on school networks. (Not because it's condoned, but rather there is always one student that wants to test the limits...)
Might be better if they cracked the judges computer and made it obvious to him...
(Like changing his desktop background to a compromising picture of him with appropriate tags)
Of course, doing something like that would be illegal, even if it did get the point across, so nevermind...
Planes fly much faster than the birds.
Planes have far less maneuverability than the birds.
Radar isn't that good on a couple pounds of flesh, so detection range is limited right now.
Even if the radar on the planes was improved to easily detect birds, the range would still have effective limits because birds move and change course.
By the time the birds detect the plane, they don't have much of a chance to avoid it.
There is a whole lot of sky to cover, the only feasible method is to cover controlled areas. Aka - the airport airspace, and the planes immediate path.
The best solution is to keep the birds out of the plane flight paths. How to do that is the problem. It's exacerbated by the open fields of the airports being ideal habitat for the birds. One thing airlines do is try to set their flight paths at altitudes that birds don't normally travel at, but that isn't always possible.
I know of 2 drug dogs the USAF had that were 'retired' because of false positives.
One was a chocoholic and would alert on anything that had chocolate.
The other was a lunchgut that would alert on anything with food when he got hungry.
Since I don't know the circumstances of how you ended up at the cybersquatter, it is possible that they are just 'tasting' the domain to sucker you into paying them. If that's the case, just wait 6 days, and register your chosen domain with the registrar.
Short version of what domain tasting is: Squatter's script registers the domain you checked for availability using a "5 day free trial" grace period to sucker you into paying them.
Much better description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_tasting
It's not much more than a new version of signal mirrors, heliograph, signal fires, etc. Even a minor power source (such as a hand operated generator) would allow a radio to outperform infofuses.
The only reason I see for this item, is when you are someplace electricity doesn't work. Of course, then the sensor package used to read the infofuse signal would need power also, and be within 1.5km/0.9 miles. Guess it's not really that good in an EMP field.
Of course, what about the gear to encode the message?
They are trying to make it simpler and smaller, but it doesn't sound like it's going to be an easy piece of gear to run without electricity. Of course, the troops could be sent out with a packet of pre-recorded messages. Or maybe just extra batteries for their radios...
Maybe I'm being a little hypercritical, but it seems as if they are trying to solve a non-existent problem with an overcomplicated solution.
(Kind of like trying to move the 15' from your parking space to the mailbox when you don't have your car keys but think you can hotwire the car with a screwdriver... Just walk over there stupid!)
Here's another idea, give the troopies binoculars and semaphore flags. Of course they'd then have to be trained in semaphore, but it's technology that's available and works without electricity, even after your choice of nuclear apocalypse or alien invasion.
Admittedly I haven't checked in the last couple months, but when I did check earlier this year, those are the instructions that Sony had posted on their site. If they have changed their instructions, I apparently haven't heard about it. If there were any other instructions, they were not visible on that page. I will check again and see if I can find those new instructions. I really want some of those games.
Currently, if you want to download a game DEMO to your PSP it's easy.
;p
Just connect to the store through your PSP and download it, then start playing.
On the other hand, if you want to download a full Game, things get different.
You can do one of two things. First, you can use your PS3 to download the game from the online store, then use the PS3 to transfer it to your PSP, then play.
Second method. Use your computer to go to the online store, and download the game. Then put it on a portable media (like a sony memory stick duo) and use that to transfer it to your PS3, then transfer it from the PS3 to your PSP. Finally you can play it on your PSP.
So basically, Sony wants you to buy $400 dollar peripheral (the playstation 3), to be able to play online purchased and downloaded games on your Playstation Portable, that is already fully capable of downloading things off the internet...
Now the article doesn't specifically state if those 'rental' games will use the current stupid system, or if they'll use the same rational one currently only being used for demos. Though considering Sony's past customer care, I'm betting it's not the intelligent choice.
Personally, I love my PSP. And there are a lot of games I'd be willing to purchase for download. But I don't have a PS3, nor do I have the money or inclination to purchase one. It just doesn't have enough software I want to justify that price. And to buy one just to be able to get those games for my PSP is not only absurd, it's an insult and completely against the concept of the handheld! There is a reason the second P stands for Portable.
Ok, enough ranting. You may resume your regularly scheduled whatever.
Does anyone else thinks this sounds suspiciously like the Crippleware/Shareware/Demos that have been around for decades that have limited functionality until you pay for the rest of it?
The only effective difference I see is that Crippleware covers all software, while MS limited their joke of a patent to Operating Systems. (OS is a subset of Software. Gotta love Boolean.)
Of course, I hate reading legalese and it's various dialects, so I might have missed something relevant.
The so called 'piracy' (aka copyright infringement) is about fair use, freedom, and taking a stance (though some choose an improper form) against the draconion rules and organizations that are trying to monetize and take away our legacy. Music has always been about enjoyment and sharing. Until recently, the most common way to listen to music was to get together with friends and sing. No performance fees, no songwriter royalties, just people belting out a ditty.
Under the current situation, and the future one if RIAA has it's way, the National Anthem of the USA, that's the "Star Spangled Banner" for those who don't know, wouldn't exist under their rules. It was a (somewhat) popular piece of poetry that people started singing to a very popular piece of music. That made a fantastic hit that inspired people so much, they made it the national anthem. These days, the insane copyright lengths combined with the dubious 'enforcement groups' would have prevented any such thing from ever happening.
Have you wondered why nobody ever sings "Happy Birthday" on shows and movies anymore? Someone decided to enforce their copyright... Another piece of classic americana and culture down the tubes because of this subject. What's the next thing we'll loose? Yes, some of these people are breaking laws.
Yes, we talk about it a lot.
But you need to understand, if somebody doesn't raise a fuss and find a way to stop this, what will our children have left?
Unfortunately, the answer is not much...
Actually detaining him is against the law. There have been several cases against stores/people/businesses in the past few years where egotistical morons have held someone against their will.
I've never found a McDonalds around here that has Free wi-fi, all the ones that have it have charged from day one. (All the McDonalds around here are owned by 2 different people.)
It's actually very simple as to why using a tracking device isn't considered kosher while tailing someone is.
Just imagine if the subject happened to be a phone conversation: It's the difference between putting a wire tap on a phone, and being in the same room and overhearing a phone conversation.
It's starting to sound like the "Caller ID", "Caller ID Blocking", "Caller ID Blocking Unblocking" scams the phone companies charge you for.
Although I will say that I tend to only block the junk that gets in my way. That includes frames in the middle of the articles, anything that 'floats over' the page, anything that flashes, anything that appears when the mouse goes over a word that isn't part of the menu, etc.
Hmmm... Come to to think of it, that covers almost everything. And for that matter, that annoying garbage is the exact reason I installed Adblocker in the the first place...
I'd say a lot of people are rather contemptuous of the court that 'convicted' the T.P.B. people.
It is true that enough media hype and expectations can garner a good opening week.
That's why the second and third week make or break a movie.
It takes a little time for word of mouth to get around.