It's just wrong that people make a summary about someone breaking an unbreakable and doesn't include how it was broken. I'm all for people being encouraged to RTFA, but leaving out such a vital piece of the story? Epic fail...
That said, the only time Blizzard could make Authenticators mandatory would be at a game-changing event, like the release of the next expansion. If they go ahead and do that, they'd probably throw Authenticators in the box, to automatically have near-total distribution. Their biggest concern is probably whether they can source a few million of them.
Many people already have it. They probably wouldn't ship millions of them in the expansion box, but more likely in collector edition, or at the time, ship them to the stores where the kind teller asks "Would you like an Authenticator with that".
I posted this in another Avatar topic. The situation on the planet reminds me of "The Cycle of Fire" trilogy by Janny Wurtz. The location of the soul tree is probably a space ship crash-site of some terraforming/colonisation ship with link technology. It set about altering all the biology on the planet as per standard protocol and the rings of ruin like structure are the remains of the support beams in the ship. The core of the machine is emitting a massive EM field which is causing the mountains to be ripped out of the ground and float about (as they are laced with superconducting material)
The smurfs might be primitive because they have only been around for 1.5-3k years, since they were 'uplifted' by the technology from some form of mammal. If only the timelines permitted, one could have imagined it was an Earth ship that introduced the humanoid form through DNA splicing or somewhat, but this is unlikely, though might give some credence to a "common origin" theory, i.e. Alien DNA + chimps = Humans, Alien DNA + small blue mammal = Na'vi.
The Alien DNA being a common component is what allows humans to use the link tech to create avatars.
Law enforcement agencies often tell stories like this to make people think that it is very easy to get caught. What they don't want is for people to realise that if they pin you down to one location on teh interwebs (Your blizzard account) then they get your IP, the ISP tells the police every single website you've ever gone to (online banking, buying flights online, ebay, facebook etc) which will give them access to all the other companies that you've been in contact with, making it simple for them to locate every billing and shipping address you've ever used.
This is like them telling you that you can be traced when on a mobile phone call, and you have to figure out yourself that you can be traced when not on a call, or even in some cases when the phone is turned off (turns out, the only safe way to hide is removal of battery)
Police groups will never tell you the full extent of the information they use to capture crooks, as that will only enable you to try to subvert their efforts.
One sells a highly addictive product used by millions across the globe, tends to only give you enough that you want for more and the product is usually flawed and dangerous to your health.
But the reason that hasn't happened yet is Thorium just has too many unsolved problems -- it's not because of some industry conspiracy.
--Greg
There is also the Brotherhood to consider. They are not keen to hand over their precious Thorium, and the necessary flux to get it to react properly. They are never going to trust outsiders with it since Maltorius stole the secret plans.
...for the second or third movie when you find out that Eywa is in fact a CPU from some terraforming space ship (containing link equipment) that crashed to the planet and began changing everything about so that all the denizens were able to link, and download/upload with the CPU. Those arches around the soul tree are likely the remains of the ship structure.
Now go read the Cycle of Fire trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janny_Wurts#The_Cycle_of_Fire_Trilogy)
I first got involved in computing when I was 8yo, and typing, doing excel and tinkering with hypercard.
a field that's globally-fungible, where entry-level salaries are declining, and it's common to think that staying up all night for a company-paid pizza is a good deal
Never really entered my mind at the time. It seems to me that at the time a girl would not have been encouraged to take such an interest in computing at that age, if not actively discouraged.
The time that most of us at/. really developed our interest in things geeky were before we started noticing the fairer sex, and it would appear that we managed to bypass that altogether. I don't think that geeks tend to drive off women from the profession, I think that the initial interest is never truly engendered there to begin with.
It would be an interesting survey to ask women who have worked in computing for 5+ years, why they initially joined the profession. Then run the same survey on a comparable group of men, and compare why they are where they are.
It's quite interesting that there used to be an inland sea there and then suddenly the water just vanished for no reason, damn aliens!
I'm not geologist, but I suspect there's a good reason why an area 15m below sea level is unable to sustain an inland sea, It might have something to do with it only being 15 meters deep in an area that gets a large amount of sun...
All you would do by trying to fill it would be to create a large shallow sea that evaporates at a huge pace, forming a lot of clouds and totally upsetting the current eco system in place.
Slashdot Mirror
When was the last time the average slashdotter got close enough to confirm this?
I've experiments to be run.
There is research to be done.
On the people who are
still alive.
I'm doing Science and I'm still alive.
Will make excellent petrol bombs.
To get an email address:
rivenaleem@atdot.com
It's just wrong that people make a summary about someone breaking an unbreakable and doesn't include how it was broken. I'm all for people being encouraged to RTFA, but leaving out such a vital piece of the story? Epic fail...
That said, the only time Blizzard could make Authenticators mandatory would be at a game-changing event, like the release of the next expansion. If they go ahead and do that, they'd probably throw Authenticators in the box, to automatically have near-total distribution. Their biggest concern is probably whether they can source a few million of them.
Many people already have it. They probably wouldn't ship millions of them in the expansion box, but more likely in collector edition, or at the time, ship them to the stores where the kind teller asks "Would you like an Authenticator with that".
... nobody can be told where the G-Spot is, you must see it for yourself
Or wait until you can see it in 3D at home.
I posted this in another Avatar topic. The situation on the planet reminds me of "The Cycle of Fire" trilogy by Janny Wurtz. The location of the soul tree is probably a space ship crash-site of some terraforming/colonisation ship with link technology. It set about altering all the biology on the planet as per standard protocol and the rings of ruin like structure are the remains of the support beams in the ship. The core of the machine is emitting a massive EM field which is causing the mountains to be ripped out of the ground and float about (as they are laced with superconducting material)
The smurfs might be primitive because they have only been around for 1.5-3k years, since they were 'uplifted' by the technology from some form of mammal. If only the timelines permitted, one could have imagined it was an Earth ship that introduced the humanoid form through DNA splicing or somewhat, but this is unlikely, though might give some credence to a "common origin" theory, i.e. Alien DNA + chimps = Humans, Alien DNA + small blue mammal = Na'vi.
The Alien DNA being a common component is what allows humans to use the link tech to create avatars.
What better name for the unobtainable MacGuffin?
MMmmm Unobtainable MacMuffin
Law enforcement agencies often tell stories like this to make people think that it is very easy to get caught. What they don't want is for people to realise that if they pin you down to one location on teh interwebs (Your blizzard account) then they get your IP, the ISP tells the police every single website you've ever gone to (online banking, buying flights online, ebay, facebook etc) which will give them access to all the other companies that you've been in contact with, making it simple for them to locate every billing and shipping address you've ever used.
This is like them telling you that you can be traced when on a mobile phone call, and you have to figure out yourself that you can be traced when not on a call, or even in some cases when the phone is turned off (turns out, the only safe way to hide is removal of battery)
Police groups will never tell you the full extent of the information they use to capture crooks, as that will only enable you to try to subvert their efforts.
Not sure what is worse, the dealer, or Blizzard.
One sells a highly addictive product used by millions across the globe, tends to only give you enough that you want for more and the product is usually flawed and dangerous to your health.
The other is a drug dealer.
But the reason that hasn't happened yet is Thorium just has too many unsolved problems -- it's not because of some industry conspiracy.
--Greg
There is also the Brotherhood to consider. They are not keen to hand over their precious Thorium, and the necessary flux to get it to react properly. They are never going to trust outsiders with it since Maltorius stole the secret plans.
More than likely, they will divert Earth.
...for the second or third movie when you find out that Eywa is in fact a CPU from some terraforming space ship (containing link equipment) that crashed to the planet and began changing everything about so that all the denizens were able to link, and download/upload with the CPU. Those arches around the soul tree are likely the remains of the ship structure.
Now go read the Cycle of Fire trilogy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janny_Wurts#The_Cycle_of_Fire_Trilogy)
What have we done that you punish us so?
Can anyone explain to me what is wrong with this? I don't understand why it's on the list. I think it's great.
I first got involved in computing when I was 8yo, and typing, doing excel and tinkering with hypercard.
a field that's globally-fungible, where entry-level salaries are declining, and it's common to think that staying up all night for a company-paid pizza is a good deal
Never really entered my mind at the time. It seems to me that at the time a girl would not have been encouraged to take such an interest in computing at that age, if not actively discouraged.
The time that most of us at /. really developed our interest in things geeky were before we started noticing the fairer sex, and it would appear that we managed to bypass that altogether. I don't think that geeks tend to drive off women from the profession, I think that the initial interest is never truly engendered there to begin with.
It would be an interesting survey to ask women who have worked in computing for 5+ years, why they initially joined the profession. Then run the same survey on a comparable group of men, and compare why they are where they are.
Also a large disk shape would mean that with a large surface area, you have less likelihood of important sections being damaged
Send in the cats
We've known for decades that the moon was made of cheese. Why are we surprised to find it's gone moldy?
9 months of labor must be painful
Feh! He obviously has inferior equipment! He obviously needs a ROFL-capable set of SCUBA gear!
Surely he want's some ROSFL-capable SCUBA gear?
In the land of the blind, the one with the braille pron is king.
It's quite interesting that there used to be an inland sea there and then suddenly the water just vanished for no reason, damn aliens!
I'm not geologist, but I suspect there's a good reason why an area 15m below sea level is unable to sustain an inland sea, It might have something to do with it only being 15 meters deep in an area that gets a large amount of sun...
All you would do by trying to fill it would be to create a large shallow sea that evaporates at a huge pace, forming a lot of clouds and totally upsetting the current eco system in place.