There are also certain items that you can no longer acquire, quests no longer doable, and until the next expansion, the old Honour system ranks. Essentially if you've started playing after a certain time you can't do certain things.
Likewise, in some world events, only 1 person can obtain the final quest reward (like opening the door to AQ).
There are lots of restrictions to the game that make it impossible for various players to do everything.
I think given the circumstances, this guy HAS done it all.
I wasn't aware achievements and completed quests were increasing the price of accounts now - I figured it was all still in Levels and Gear. When I quit - I had 5/8 of the best PvP gear available and 3/8 of the second best - and the rest (ring + trinkets) as well, but I still couldn't demand more than a couple hundred.
I'm sure buswolley is avidly against human dissection and posted this story just to crash the video server. It all makes sense, its the perfect plan! The only piece missing from this puzzle is proof!
Does the fact that none* of the Apple Operating system names are of animals not native to America?
*After 5.1, which is "Kodiak" - which can be found in Alaska. 5.2 Mac OS X v10.0 "Cheetah" 5.3 Mac OS X v10.1 "Puma" 5.4 Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar" 5.5 Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther" 5.6 Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger" 5.7 Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard" 5.8 Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard
And he's been long gone. We haven't actually tried this approach, it was just an idea. But there is nothing wrong with taking an offensive measure to test a companies defense. Certain users will require certain rights to a machine, you simply can't lock -EVERYONE- down. The CEO for example, must have unimpeded web access, and allowed to install his applications at will. If he wants to use MSN Messenger, by God, he is GOING to use MSN messenger. And everyone in his close circle will get some of that cake.
Now, we can set up machines to do one thing or another, and we can use Active Directory to the fullest extent, and we can filter all network traffic through our proxy and keep the regular employees from facebook after they learn how to use a proxy or change their DNS.
None of these will have any effect on an employee who has a bit of technical knowledge. One who knows how to boot from a CD, change the admin password, and change his rights locally on his machine. It has happened to us before in our company, and we're not even that large, Maybe 1000 people. That person then set up some bit-torrent action and ended up getting a Virus that lagged up the entire network across Canada.
Rather then wait for something like that to happen again, we put policies in place, make them known to employees, and run a test to see who breaks them. We allowed unimpeded internet access for a week and tracked all the people who use facebook once a day or more. They didn't get fired but they got a harsh warning. I mean you can call it underhanded but thats just the route you gotta take in the security biz.
I think the idea of building it into the next DirectX Release would be good, as far as I know it's really just altering some hues so that two different colours don't come up as the same shade.
However, I'm not sure exactly how other disabilities are able to cope. More and more games come out with Subtitles for Dialogue, and some few games even add SFX subtitles to Help those hard of hearing.
The only "service" I started from Scratch was the one to make the CD Tray eject every 5 minutes. It's been alot of fun pulling pranks on room mates and co-workers. However my co-worker had the profound idea of putting this on a handful of USB sticks and have it auto-install when plugged in to a computer. Then we toss a handful of these things in the parking lot, and whoever puts in an IT Request about it gets fired.
As for the book, I've never worked on a web service in Anything but VB, it handles everything we need it to do, which is very basic (pun intended).
Aside from the familiarity of Java, what benefits would Java offer for web services?
The only problem is that these kind of developments take time. Time to code, time to test.
Now, in the time that it takes me to code and test for a handicapped persion, could I implement another feature that will make my game more popular to the general populace?
If 1 out of every 10 people are blind, and 1 out of every 10 blind people want to play video games, thats 1 person for every 100 they are catering too. Now, say 9 out of 10 people aren't blind, and 5 out of 10 those want to play your game - what is more beneficial, catering to 1 of 10 of 10 or catering to 5 of 10 of 10. You are exposing your developments to a wider crowd thus increasing your chances to make more sales.
I mean, the headline makes it sound like Microsoft isn't do so well, but the full summary suggests that Apple is the one lowering its Market share to Linux.
I mean, Considering PC's have the most market share, anyone who doesn't use Windows is essentially using whatever their alternative is (OSX/Linux) to get AWAY from Windows (Especially Vista, that pushed a few people I know towards a Macbook).
So, was Windows 7 expected to Rip all thsoe Happy Mac customers back to Windows? Or was it majestically expected to make Linux users go insane?
Windows Users use Windows, and Windows 7 will only grow from the market share of other Windows operating systems. It'll be a long while before Mac and Linux users go back to Windows, and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse will be just as stumped as I will be.
Syntax. Albeit, C# was a bad example to use since Java looks very much like C or C++ or C#. (In some cases, where you are just handed a sheet of paper, its impossible to distinguish the two)
But if we were talking VB, LISP, or Perl, then the differences would be very noticable. The only thing I was demonstrating with "How much more Java can you get" was a joke on how they are named similarily, meaning I don't need Java, Javascript, ServerJS or anything else "Java" to come about.
Why not call it something new so that it's NOT associated with Javascript's terrible image?
--- Javascript If statement: if (x > 1) {
document.write("x > 1"); } ---
Java [ or C# ] If statement: if(x > 1) {
System.out.println("x > 1");
[ Console.WriteLine("x > 1"); ]
1) There are enough similarities between the two to associate them together. Obviously one is a script and the other is not, so Java needs to be compiled and you have to watch your syntax more in Javascript. But the way I declare and use my variables is most similar to the way I would handle them in Java as opposed to VB.
2) Yes I've written a GUI in Java, wrote the back end in Java, etc etc, and no, thats not what I want. It's not fun.
3) I actually only maintain web apps on occaison, most of my hobbying is spent inside C++ or C#.
4) Dear God, the idea of an OS being built on Javascript (given its massive exploitation) is a terrible idea. I hope it never comes to that.
5) I know. But about 50% of "developers" out there aren't ever looking at their own code. So they have to be able to handle that kind of shit when it comes up. And believe me, SOMEONEWILL write it like that.
I know that, everyone knows that. One is a scripting language where the other one needs to be compiled before running and blah blah blah yes we know. But there are obviously more similarities between Java and Javascript then say Javascript and C#.
No one can deny JavaScript's usefulness on the front end of the web, but if you're a developer do you support the efforts to move it beyond that?"
If I've got Javascript on the front end, and say Java working the back end... How much more Java can I get? I'm a developer and I can't think of anything MORE front then the front end...
If you're talking about Taking Javascript and making it more integrated with the actual web page display, AJAX already handles most of that. We don't need Javascript to become like PHP, where you're using PHP to write your HTML inside of your PHP script tag inside of an HTML body.
The problem is that it doesn't take much to run an Ad Server. I could hack one together with things that are just sitting around in my Parent's Garage, then just upgrade my Internet service to a business line and I'll be good to go.
Now, most web admins simply look at the price. If I can offer a penny more for my slow-you-down-ads, I think more people will choose my service.
When it comes to the ad business, there is no "Quality" gague for rating ads, since everyone who uses the net actually hates Ads.
It starts with RFID chips being implanted into everyone, which is then used only for convenience (like purchases) and then slowly becomes more and more integrated into everyday life. All of your information will be stored on this device and you will be tracked by the Government always. You will end up needing your chip to log into/. (.) Eventually you'll need it to even Access the internet. And then, once they find that you are abusing their laws, they just shut off your RFID, leaving you absolutely helpless in the world because you won't be able to do anything.
THEN they put Flouride or something in the water to make people forget. And then we find out they faked the Jupiter Landing! And then Copyright Laws become even more strict and Insane then they are now, And then Apple Gets arrested for being too Open Source and everything goes to hell!!!!
Slashdot Mirror
There are also certain items that you can no longer acquire, quests no longer doable, and until the next expansion, the old Honour system ranks. Essentially if you've started playing after a certain time you can't do certain things.
Likewise, in some world events, only 1 person can obtain the final quest reward (like opening the door to AQ).
There are lots of restrictions to the game that make it impossible for various players to do everything.
I think given the circumstances, this guy HAS done it all.
I wasn't aware achievements and completed quests were increasing the price of accounts now - I figured it was all still in Levels and Gear. When I quit - I had 5/8 of the best PvP gear available and 3/8 of the second best - and the rest (ring + trinkets) as well, but I still couldn't demand more than a couple hundred.
I highly doubt this guy can get 10,000 dollars.
You mean "inversely".
No. He means reversely. If he has 80 levels in Wow, it means he has -80 levels IRL, not 1/80.
Unless of course - the Feds or the Patent Office have something to gain by allowing spam to continue.
I want to patent my intellectual Idea of "Keep going until I reach my destination"
?
Is that to say that you didn't do well on an exam where the subject was neuroanatomy,
or that you didn't do well on an examination of YOUR neuroanatomy? (That'd be awkward...)
I'm sure buswolley is avidly against human dissection and posted this story just to crash the video server. It all makes sense, its the perfect plan! The only piece missing from this puzzle is proof!
I refuse to call a Mountain Lion a Puma.
Does the fact that none* of the Apple Operating system names are of animals not native to America?
*After 5.1, which is "Kodiak" - which can be found in Alaska.
5.2 Mac OS X v10.0 "Cheetah"
5.3 Mac OS X v10.1 "Puma"
5.4 Mac OS X v10.2 "Jaguar"
5.5 Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther"
5.6 Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"
5.7 Mac OS X v10.5 "Leopard"
5.8 Mac OS X v10.6 "Snow Leopard
And he's been long gone. We haven't actually tried this approach, it was just an idea. But there is nothing wrong with taking an offensive measure to test a companies defense. Certain users will require certain rights to a machine, you simply can't lock -EVERYONE- down. The CEO for example, must have unimpeded web access, and allowed to install his applications at will. If he wants to use MSN Messenger, by God, he is GOING to use MSN messenger. And everyone in his close circle will get some of that cake.
Now, we can set up machines to do one thing or another, and we can use Active Directory to the fullest extent, and we can filter all network traffic through our proxy and keep the regular employees from facebook after they learn how to use a proxy or change their DNS.
None of these will have any effect on an employee who has a bit of technical knowledge. One who knows how to boot from a CD, change the admin password, and change his rights locally on his machine. It has happened to us before in our company, and we're not even that large, Maybe 1000 people. That person then set up some bit-torrent action and ended up getting a Virus that lagged up the entire network across Canada.
Rather then wait for something like that to happen again, we put policies in place, make them known to employees, and run a test to see who breaks them. We allowed unimpeded internet access for a week and tracked all the people who use facebook once a day or more. They didn't get fired but they got a harsh warning. I mean you can call it underhanded but thats just the route you gotta take in the security biz.
I think the idea of building it into the next DirectX Release would be good, as far as I know it's really just altering some hues so that two different colours don't come up as the same shade.
However, I'm not sure exactly how other disabilities are able to cope. More and more games come out with Subtitles for Dialogue, and some few games even add SFX subtitles to Help those hard of hearing.
What else can be done?
The only "service" I started from Scratch was the one to make the CD Tray eject every 5 minutes. It's been alot of fun pulling pranks on room mates and co-workers. However my co-worker had the profound idea of putting this on a handful of USB sticks and have it auto-install when plugged in to a computer. Then we toss a handful of these things in the parking lot, and whoever puts in an IT Request about it gets fired.
As for the book, I've never worked on a web service in Anything but VB, it handles everything we need it to do, which is very basic (pun intended).
Aside from the familiarity of Java, what benefits would Java offer for web services?
The only problem is that these kind of developments take time. Time to code, time to test.
Now, in the time that it takes me to code and test for a handicapped persion, could I implement another feature that will make my game more popular to the general populace?
If 1 out of every 10 people are blind, and 1 out of every 10 blind people want to play video games, thats 1 person for every 100 they are catering too. Now, say 9 out of 10 people aren't blind, and 5 out of 10 those want to play your game - what is more beneficial, catering to 1 of 10 of 10 or catering to 5 of 10 of 10. You are exposing your developments to a wider crowd thus increasing your chances to make more sales.
I mean, the headline makes it sound like Microsoft isn't do so well, but the full summary suggests that Apple is the one lowering its Market share to Linux.
I mean, Considering PC's have the most market share, anyone who doesn't use Windows is essentially using whatever their alternative is (OSX/Linux) to get AWAY from Windows (Especially Vista, that pushed a few people I know towards a Macbook).
So, was Windows 7 expected to Rip all thsoe Happy Mac customers back to Windows? Or was it majestically expected to make Linux users go insane?
Windows Users use Windows, and Windows 7 will only grow from the market share of other Windows operating systems. It'll be a long while before Mac and Linux users go back to Windows, and the four horsemen of the Apocalypse will be just as stumped as I will be.
At this point, every FiOS-based Slashdot user is breaking the new AUP.
I think I'll be the first one to stay ON TOPIC!!!
Seriously though - how are they going to enforce this without reading the information I'm sending over the net. Shouldn't that be Illegal?
Agreed.
Syntax. Albeit, C# was a bad example to use since Java looks very much like C or C++ or C#. (In some cases, where you are just handed a sheet of paper, its impossible to distinguish the two)
But if we were talking VB, LISP, or Perl, then the differences would be very noticable. The only thing I was demonstrating with "How much more Java can you get" was a joke on how they are named similarily, meaning I don't need Java, Javascript, ServerJS or anything else "Java" to come about.
Why not call it something new so that it's NOT associated with Javascript's terrible image?
---
Javascript If statement:
if (x > 1)
{
document.write("x > 1");
}
---
Java [ or C# ] If statement:
if(x > 1)
{
System.out.println("x > 1");
[ Console.WriteLine("x > 1"); ]
}
---
VB If Statement:
If x > 1 Then Print "x > 1"
---
1) There are enough similarities between the two to associate them together. Obviously one is a script and the other is not, so Java needs to be compiled and you have to watch your syntax more in Javascript. But the way I declare and use my variables is most similar to the way I would handle them in Java as opposed to VB.
2) Yes I've written a GUI in Java, wrote the back end in Java, etc etc, and no, thats not what I want. It's not fun.
3) I actually only maintain web apps on occaison, most of my hobbying is spent inside C++ or C#.
4) Dear God, the idea of an OS being built on Javascript (given its massive exploitation) is a terrible idea. I hope it never comes to that.
5) I know. But about 50% of "developers" out there aren't ever looking at their own code. So they have to be able to handle that kind of shit when it comes up. And believe me, SOMEONE WILL write it like that.
I know that, everyone knows that. One is a scripting language where the other one needs to be compiled before running and blah blah blah yes we know. But there are obviously more similarities between Java and Javascript then say Javascript and C#.
No one can deny JavaScript's usefulness on the front end of the web, but if you're a developer do you support the efforts to move it beyond that?"
If I've got Javascript on the front end, and say Java working the back end... How much more Java can I get? I'm a developer and I can't think of anything MORE front then the front end...
If you're talking about Taking Javascript and making it more integrated with the actual web page display, AJAX already handles most of that. We don't need Javascript to become like PHP, where you're using PHP to write your HTML inside of your PHP script tag inside of an HTML body.
There's an App for that.
But thats the beauty of it... It might not be forced... It will be trendy... Think about it...
The new iDentifier 3GS now works in more locations.
The problem is that it doesn't take much to run an Ad Server. I could hack one together with things that are just sitting around in my Parent's Garage, then just upgrade my Internet service to a business line and I'll be good to go.
Now, most web admins simply look at the price. If I can offer a penny more for my slow-you-down-ads, I think more people will choose my service.
When it comes to the ad business, there is no "Quality" gague for rating ads, since everyone who uses the net actually hates Ads.
Technology: Are Ad Servers Bogging Down the Web?
Yes. Period.
It starts with RFID chips being implanted into everyone, which is then used only for convenience (like purchases) and then slowly becomes more and more integrated into everyday life. All of your information will be stored on this device and you will be tracked by the Government always. You will end up needing your chip to log into /. (.) Eventually you'll need it to even Access the internet. And then, once they find that you are abusing their laws, they just shut off your RFID, leaving you absolutely helpless in the world because you won't be able to do anything.
THEN they put Flouride or something in the water to make people forget. And then we find out they faked the Jupiter Landing! And then Copyright Laws become even more strict and Insane then they are now, And then Apple Gets arrested for being too Open Source and everything goes to hell!!!!
ITS NOT TOO LATE! REVOLT NOW!