"Oh, hey, this asteroid the size of Texas is less than 8 days from Earth, which in cosmic terms is like saying that a baseball thrown at 90 mph is about 3 cm from hitting your face. But we still believe that a force less than that of a supernova has a hope of detracting it from hitting the Earth. In fact, we think that we can blow it up from the inside and split it in two, and the two halves will just come within 5 miles of the Earth's atmosphere and continue right out into space, no problem whatsoever."
In theory I suppose it keeps the program from having to fully load itself from disk the next time you open a PDF. But your right, this is a very annoying practice.
Check out Joystick101 for some more first-hand reports on the various talks and presentations that went on at GDC 2002. Particularly this one and this one.
This is a pretty good interview, but the interviewer is really a bit too hung up on specific edits. I realize that's the whole point of their site, but damn. "Why did you paint a bathing suit on this woman here?" "What about the bathing suits under the towels in this episode?"
The interviewee made it pretty clear up front, I thought, that they've got guidelines to follow. It's clearly a decision made by the CN executives, and not this guy. Doesn't seem fair to make him defend himself repeatedly for it.
and that they have not done studies to se if it would be possible to produce an OS without the browser imbedded in it.
Hello, Windows 3.11? Who are these people kidding?
When 9x codebase first came out, I know the idea of "integrating" Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer was some big huge revolutionary idea, but isn't it about time to admit that idea has pretty much run it course? 5 versions later, and the most Microsoft has done to get rid of Windows Explorer is hide it under the Accessories group. I don't see any of my lusers actively using this "browse your local drives through IE" feature, they all still differentiate between IE and Explorer/MyComputer.
Customer: Hello?
Rep: Hello, sir, I'm doing a study for Comcast, and we'd like to offer you 2 free months of service if you would participate in a quick survey about your internet usage at home, so that we may better serve you in the future?
Customer: (Trying to figure out how far 2x$39.95 will go at the Golf Shop) Uh, sure, whatever.
Rep: Great! Question 1: Do you have more than one computer in your house connected to a cable modem?
Or better yet, kill service to a block of houses, and wait for the support calls to roll in. Yes sir, we'll have a technician come right out sir. He may need to have full access to your computer or computer(s), sir.
At least he's holding his convictions
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· Score: 5, Interesting
Not to get too deep into Katz bashing territory, but I seem to remember Jon (like most of us) screaming from the mountain how The Web was going to change everything about our lives not 2 years ago. But now, it seems, that "The Revolution" has met with some resistance, the new trendy thing to do is bash ourselves for being so stupid, and talk about how The Web is not fullfilling our expectations after all.
Yes, the heady days of '99 are long gone, but that doesn't mean The Web can't still change our lives for the better.
Let's just say some vodka, orange juice, Team Fortress Classic, and rcon rights on some of my favorite servers may make for some interesting gameplay come 11:30 or so...
Oh, and just to save the trolls some time:
- Yes, I am aware that makes me the biggest loser of all time.
- No, I don't really care, either.
Bandwidth/hosting costs certainly seem to be the most mentioned reason most sites close, at least those that become victims of their own success.
As for doing anything about it, I'm not sure what if anything can be done in the short term. Big Business owns and controls the fat pipes and backbones, and they sure as hell are going to try and make as much money as they can off of it. It'd probably take a new technology (true wireless?) at this point to wean off that tit.
Re:not as easy as you might think
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Yeah, I'm sure Bill was real pissed when the lid was blown off that little hack.
Get a clue. If your a PHB code reviewer at MS, there's a big difference between finding out your programmers have actually been having a little fun on the job with a hidden easter egg, and trying to figure out the functionality of backdoorforallah.dll.
One thing you seem to be missing: Slashdot has never been about "objective reporting" or "professional jouranlism". It's News for Nerds. The very idea of Slashdot is a forum where 99% of the crap on other sites is filtered, leaving us with stuff Nerds would presumably care about.
The total number of XBox's sold to people looking to modify them (and hence never buying games) will probably barely register a blip on the radar compared to total overall sales. Hacking the XBox is cool, but let's face it: 99% of the population will never do it.
Then I get embarassed and ashamed at the time I'm wasting on a persuit that leads nowhere.
So what, you plan to work 24 hours a day now? No wasted time to achieve optimum efficiency?
As another poster pointed out, gaming can become an addiction, just like anything else can, if you have an addictive personality. But I fail to see why wasting some time playing a computer game is any worse than wasting some time watching television, hanging out at the mall, or any number of other activities that aren't exactly "productive".
How long before MacCentral, MacRumor, MacAttack, or whoever releases a "secret" pick of this new flat-panel iMac. I'm eager to claim that the picture is a fake Photoshop job, and that there's no way this will ever exist, only to be proven wrong a month later.
But again, if a virus can just arbitrarily stop a virus scanner, without the scanner flagging up so much of a warning (think the "warning" virus scanners throw up if you try to modify the boot record), what good is the scanner?
Maybe I've just answered my own question, but it seems to me as much practice as they've had at it in the Windows world, virus scanners ought to be a little more bullet-proof.
Surely an attempt to delete [virusscanner].EXE is one of the first things any respectable virus scan program should monitor and attempt to prevent, or at least warn of?
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That's what cheats are for. Up-Down-Up-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A-B-A-Star t gives you 25% less stress.
Thank you.
"Oh, hey, this asteroid the size of Texas is less than 8 days from Earth, which in cosmic terms is like saying that a baseball thrown at 90 mph is about 3 cm from hitting your face. But we still believe that a force less than that of a supernova has a hope of detracting it from hitting the Earth. In fact, we think that we can blow it up from the inside and split it in two, and the two halves will just come within 5 miles of the Earth's atmosphere and continue right out into space, no problem whatsoever."
Armageddon makes Isaac Newton cry.
In theory I suppose it keeps the program from having to fully load itself from disk the next time you open a PDF. But your right, this is a very annoying practice.
Check out Joystick101 for some more first-hand reports on the various talks and presentations that went on at GDC 2002. Particularly this one and this one.
The +1 Informitive on the parent is perhaps the funniest thing about this thread.
This is a pretty good interview, but the interviewer is really a bit too hung up on specific edits. I realize that's the whole point of their site, but damn. "Why did you paint a bathing suit on this woman here?" "What about the bathing suits under the towels in this episode?"
The interviewee made it pretty clear up front, I thought, that they've got guidelines to follow. It's clearly a decision made by the CN executives, and not this guy. Doesn't seem fair to make him defend himself repeatedly for it.
and that they have not done studies to se if it would be possible to produce an OS without the browser imbedded in it.
Hello, Windows 3.11? Who are these people kidding?
When 9x codebase first came out, I know the idea of "integrating" Windows Explorer with Internet Explorer was some big huge revolutionary idea, but isn't it about time to admit that idea has pretty much run it course? 5 versions later, and the most Microsoft has done to get rid of Windows Explorer is hide it under the Accessories group. I don't see any of my lusers actively using this "browse your local drives through IE" feature, they all still differentiate between IE and Explorer/MyComputer.
"Warmest regards" indeed. Good one!
Must be increased sunspot activity, Larry's outlining paradigms for the future again. Call me when he has a plan that survives longer than 6 months.
Well, you know better, but chances are you dad or uncle don't.
Probably something along these lines:
Customer: Hello?
Rep: Hello, sir, I'm doing a study for Comcast, and we'd like to offer you 2 free months of service if you would participate in a quick survey about your internet usage at home, so that we may better serve you in the future?
Customer: (Trying to figure out how far 2x$39.95 will go at the Golf Shop) Uh, sure, whatever.
Rep: Great! Question 1: Do you have more than one computer in your house connected to a cable modem?
Or better yet, kill service to a block of houses, and wait for the support calls to roll in. Yes sir, we'll have a technician come right out sir. He may need to have full access to your computer or computer(s), sir.
Not to get too deep into Katz bashing territory, but I seem to remember Jon (like most of us) screaming from the mountain how The Web was going to change everything about our lives not 2 years ago. But now, it seems, that "The Revolution" has met with some resistance, the new trendy thing to do is bash ourselves for being so stupid, and talk about how The Web is not fullfilling our expectations after all.
Yes, the heady days of '99 are long gone, but that doesn't mean The Web can't still change our lives for the better.
Do you think new drugs just grow on trees?
Some of them do.
What's with all the hell freezing over cracks? Is it really so difficult to believe a retailer would eventually turn a profit?
Or all we all just amazed that at least one DotCom company had a solid business plan, stuck with it, and now has something to show for it?
Perhaps crayon is considered a general word, like tissue. The trademark name comes from the brand, in this case Crayola (Kleenex).
Let's just say some vodka, orange juice, Team Fortress Classic, and rcon rights on some of my favorite servers may make for some interesting gameplay come 11:30 or so...
Oh, and just to save the trolls some time:
- Yes, I am aware that makes me the biggest loser of all time.
- No, I don't really care, either.
Bandwidth/hosting costs certainly seem to be the most mentioned reason most sites close, at least those that become victims of their own success.
As for doing anything about it, I'm not sure what if anything can be done in the short term. Big Business owns and controls the fat pipes and backbones, and they sure as hell are going to try and make as much money as they can off of it. It'd probably take a new technology (true wireless?) at this point to wean off that tit.
Yeah, I'm sure Bill was real pissed when the lid was blown off that little hack.
Get a clue. If your a PHB code reviewer at MS, there's a big difference between finding out your programmers have actually been having a little fun on the job with a hidden easter egg, and trying to figure out the functionality of backdoorforallah.dll.
Unfortunately, phenomenon like Napster and the ease of `ripping and burning' are causing artists and record companies real harm...
Will someone please show this lady an episode of MTV Cribs?
One thing you seem to be missing: Slashdot has never been about "objective reporting" or "professional jouranlism". It's News for Nerds. The very idea of Slashdot is a forum where 99% of the crap on other sites is filtered, leaving us with stuff Nerds would presumably care about.
The total number of XBox's sold to people looking to modify them (and hence never buying games) will probably barely register a blip on the radar compared to total overall sales. Hacking the XBox is cool, but let's face it: 99% of the population will never do it.
Then I get embarassed and ashamed at the time I'm wasting on a persuit that leads nowhere.
So what, you plan to work 24 hours a day now? No wasted time to achieve optimum efficiency?
As another poster pointed out, gaming can become an addiction, just like anything else can, if you have an addictive personality. But I fail to see why wasting some time playing a computer game is any worse than wasting some time watching television, hanging out at the mall, or any number of other activities that aren't exactly "productive".
How long before MacCentral, MacRumor, MacAttack, or whoever releases a "secret" pick of this new flat-panel iMac. I'm eager to claim that the picture is a fake Photoshop job, and that there's no way this will ever exist, only to be proven wrong a month later.
But again, if a virus can just arbitrarily stop a virus scanner, without the scanner flagging up so much of a warning (think the "warning" virus scanners throw up if you try to modify the boot record), what good is the scanner?
Maybe I've just answered my own question, but it seems to me as much practice as they've had at it in the Windows world, virus scanners ought to be a little more bullet-proof.
Surely an attempt to delete [virusscanner].EXE is one of the first things any respectable virus scan program should monitor and attempt to prevent, or at least warn of?