Hmmm...he did say he was an avid Slashdot reader, and had some stories rejected. Could Wil Wheaton be using his secret Slashdot accounts to give props to himself?
Or better yet, has anyone ever seen Wil Wheaton and Signal 11 together at the same time?
Thousands of family friendly Web sites, for no fault of their own, are being rendered inaccessible by "stealth censorship" and it may be putting people's lives at risk, warned SafeSurf, the online safety organization.
That's pretty good, but what they really needed to do here was say that it put children's lives at risk. Orphan children. Orphan children who have been raising money for their local church community center. And who own puppies.
You don't want to see church fund raising, puppy owning, orphan children be put at risk, do you?
Of course XP has nothing to do with 95, the point is that Microsoft has been singing the "more reliable, more stable" song since 95 was released. They've yet to deliver on that promise fully, though you could make a case for NT/2000 in a server environment I suppose.
Supposedly XP gives incredible stability, while still taking advantage of all the latest multimedia features, plug-and-play techs, etc. I say "supposedly", of course, since this is the same thing we've been hearing since Win95.
OK, so Gamespy is hardly the final word in game popularity, but let's not forget that some of the most popular mods going today (CS, TFC, etc) are HalfLife mods.
Damn, you beat me to the obligitory "Master of Magic Rules" post. Agreed, though, I would love to see MOM remade with updates graphics, engine and such. What would be even better, though, would be MOM2, but seeing how Microprose has been buried under about 3 buyouts since it's glory days, probably not going to happen.
It'd be great if people could read the threads here and try to figure out what is going on.
Unfortunately, it looks like the site might already be hosed. How about if we just speculate wildly, make irrational calls-to-action that will never commence, throw in a few anti-government rants, and top it all off with a good old fashion linux/bsd flamewar?
Simply getting an older PC seems like the most natural and easiest choice here. You could probably pick up a 166 P1 or something for a song. Install a CD-Drive, ISA sound card, throw on an old copy of Win95/DOS, and your golden.
You mean the same courts that ended the Florida recounts?
OK, Bush supporters, I agree that whole deal had gone way past ridiculous. But you can't deny that Bush pretty much has the Supreme court on his side of the ring.
"Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.
Translation: I'm scared shitless to vote against any bill with "anti-terrorism" in the title. You really have to admire the lone dissenter, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, for having the sack to vote against it. Too bad he'll be lucky if the voters of Wisconsin don't hold an emergency election to kick him out, nevermind re-election. You know your in trouble when CNN is singling you out in the second paragraph.
I would expect them to show a modicum of respect and restraint, and at least wait until the dead are buried before floating these kind of ideas, which are so transparently aimed at doing nothing more than increasing their stock prices it's sickening. Christ, this is the high-tech equivalent of ambulance chasing.
I don't have any evidence to back this up, but it seems to me that my cable modem does take a hit during "peak hours". Between 5-10, I generally get around 80-100 ping on most of my favorite TFC servers. On some occasions when I take a day off...errr, stay home sick, I can usually pull 50-70 ping on the same servers. The servers are usually always full, too, so I don't think it's just a busy server.
Of course, lately most of the slowdowns I've seen have been cause by Code Red, etc. I swear, that little activity light never stops blinking.
OK, the "drop features" part is news, but as for the fine: It seems like they're basically saying, "If and when we find MS did VeryBadThings(tm), we may decide to fine them".
Isn't this a little like a prosecutor saying, "If and when this man is found guilty, he may spend time in prison"? Of course they're going to fine them: what else can they do?
Believe it or not, many companies were very successful at business years before Microsoft was created.
Yes, an industry leader having their stock tank can pull down the rest of their industry, but that's not what happened here (at least not fully). For the better part of the 90's, companies with shaky business plans and few revenue opportunities fooled Wall Street into thinking they were good deals, with the help of a lot of Internet buzzwords. Eventually, Wall Street got wise, though, and the market fell as a result.
The market does not rise and fall on the whims of one company, no matter how powerful it is. Joe Techie isn't out of work because the DOJ has a mad-on with MS; he's out of work because the economy is experiencing a downturn after 10+ years of growth.
Once again I'll say it: astronomers kick butt. Who else can say with relative certainty what happened 13 billion years ago, and back up such claims with observational data?
A simpler method may be simply to install nose radar in *all* sizable airplanes, and automatically engage the autopilot when flying within 1000m of an object (building, mountain, etc.) to avoid it. We have the technology, folks.
Bad idea. Say you found yourself within 1000 feet of a mountain. Which way to you turn to avoid it: left, right, or up? Depends on the height and width of the mountain. Better hope those spacial recognition routines don't get confused by another mountain right next to it. What about if the object in front of you is another airplane? Now which way do you turn? What happens if the other airplane turns in the same direction? It'd be like one of those awkward "hallway dances" you play with people you meet in the halls, trying to figure out who goes which way. Except at 20,000 feet, 450+ MPH, with planes weighing about 400 tons (disclaimer: numbers may be total BS, I'm no engineer, but you get the point).
Autopilot works great for "normal" flying, simply because it's boring, monotonous work that doesn't change much. The computer can spend it's time worrying about keeping it's speed, altitude, and such within.5% tolerances, and it's all good. In a crisis situation, though, you want a human at the controls. Too many new variables to account for.
I second that. The Marble Trackman I used to have was freaking amazing. Once you learn the beauty of thumb controlled movement, you'll never go back.
I played with that mouse so much the damn thing broke, and when I went to go looking for another they were sold out in my area. I ended up getting an MS thumb-controlled one, but it wasn't the same. Still, I got used to it, and actually sort of like it now.
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Hmmm...he did say he was an avid Slashdot reader, and had some stories rejected. Could Wil Wheaton be using his secret Slashdot accounts to give props to himself?
Or better yet, has anyone ever seen Wil Wheaton and Signal 11 together at the same time?
Thousands of family friendly Web sites, for no fault of their own, are being rendered inaccessible by "stealth censorship" and it may be putting people's lives at risk, warned SafeSurf, the online safety organization.
That's pretty good, but what they really needed to do here was say that it put children's lives at risk. Orphan children. Orphan children who have been raising money for their local church community center. And who own puppies.
You don't want to see church fund raising, puppy owning, orphan children be put at risk, do you?
NineNine accusing me of trolling, nice.
Of course XP has nothing to do with 95, the point is that Microsoft has been singing the "more reliable, more stable" song since 95 was released. They've yet to deliver on that promise fully, though you could make a case for NT/2000 in a server environment I suppose.
Sounds like someone at CNN hit the "Submit" button rather than "Preview".
Supposedly XP gives incredible stability, while still taking advantage of all the latest multimedia features, plug-and-play techs, etc. I say "supposedly", of course, since this is the same thing we've been hearing since Win95.
Quake 3 is the biggest game out there on Windows
Not according to Gamespy. In fact, it isn't even close, and hasn't been for the past couple years.
OK, so Gamespy is hardly the final word in game popularity, but let's not forget that some of the most popular mods going today (CS, TFC, etc) are HalfLife mods.
What are you, the comedy police? At least have the decensy to flame him personally.
You mean like these?
(Sorry about that third ASP link)
Damn, you beat me to the obligitory "Master of Magic Rules" post. Agreed, though, I would love to see MOM remade with updates graphics, engine and such. What would be even better, though, would be MOM2, but seeing how Microprose has been buried under about 3 buyouts since it's glory days, probably not going to happen.
What is that, like 4 or 5 today? Do these site admins sit on IRC all day, warn each other or something?
It'd be great if people could read the threads here and try to figure out what is going on.
Unfortunately, it looks like the site might already be hosed. How about if we just speculate wildly, make irrational calls-to-action that will never commence, throw in a few anti-government rants, and top it all off with a good old fashion linux/bsd flamewar?
You know, the usual.
Simply getting an older PC seems like the most natural and easiest choice here. You could probably pick up a 166 P1 or something for a song. Install a CD-Drive, ISA sound card, throw on an old copy of Win95/DOS, and your golden.
You mean the same courts that ended the Florida recounts?
OK, Bush supporters, I agree that whole deal had gone way past ridiculous. But you can't deny that Bush pretty much has the Supreme court on his side of the ring.
"Despite my misgivings, I have acquiesced in some of the administration's proposals because it is important to preserve national unity in this time of crisis and to move the legislative process forward," said Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont.
Translation: I'm scared shitless to vote against any bill with "anti-terrorism" in the title. You really have to admire the lone dissenter, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, for having the sack to vote against it. Too bad he'll be lucky if the voters of Wisconsin don't hold an emergency election to kick him out, nevermind re-election. You know your in trouble when CNN is singling you out in the second paragraph.
I would expect them to show a modicum of respect and restraint, and at least wait until the dead are buried before floating these kind of ideas, which are so transparently aimed at doing nothing more than increasing their stock prices it's sickening. Christ, this is the high-tech equivalent of ambulance chasing.
I don't have any evidence to back this up, but it seems to me that my cable modem does take a hit during "peak hours". Between 5-10, I generally get around 80-100 ping on most of my favorite TFC servers. On some occasions when I take a day off...errr, stay home sick, I can usually pull 50-70 ping on the same servers. The servers are usually always full, too, so I don't think it's just a busy server.
Of course, lately most of the slowdowns I've seen have been cause by Code Red, etc. I swear, that little activity light never stops blinking.
OK, the "drop features" part is news, but as for the fine: It seems like they're basically saying, "If and when we find MS did VeryBadThings(tm), we may decide to fine them".
Isn't this a little like a prosecutor saying, "If and when this man is found guilty, he may spend time in prison"? Of course they're going to fine them: what else can they do?
Believe it or not, many companies were very successful at business years before Microsoft was created.
Yes, an industry leader having their stock tank can pull down the rest of their industry, but that's not what happened here (at least not fully). For the better part of the 90's, companies with shaky business plans and few revenue opportunities fooled Wall Street into thinking they were good deals, with the help of a lot of Internet buzzwords. Eventually, Wall Street got wise, though, and the market fell as a result.
The market does not rise and fall on the whims of one company, no matter how powerful it is. Joe Techie isn't out of work because the DOJ has a mad-on with MS; he's out of work because the economy is experiencing a downturn after 10+ years of growth.
I guess I could love flame spouting trolls, but I haven't been able to locate an all-night petrifying shop that doesn't ask questions.
Once again I'll say it: astronomers kick butt. Who else can say with relative certainty what happened 13 billion years ago, and back up such claims with observational data?
More like 500,000 monkeys. The rest were assigned to marketing.
A simpler method may be simply to install nose radar in *all* sizable airplanes, and automatically engage the autopilot when flying within 1000m of an object (building, mountain, etc.) to avoid it. We have the technology, folks.
.5% tolerances, and it's all good. In a crisis situation, though, you want a human at the controls. Too many new variables to account for.
Bad idea. Say you found yourself within 1000 feet of a mountain. Which way to you turn to avoid it: left, right, or up? Depends on the height and width of the mountain. Better hope those spacial recognition routines don't get confused by another mountain right next to it. What about if the object in front of you is another airplane? Now which way do you turn? What happens if the other airplane turns in the same direction? It'd be like one of those awkward "hallway dances" you play with people you meet in the halls, trying to figure out who goes which way. Except at 20,000 feet, 450+ MPH, with planes weighing about 400 tons (disclaimer: numbers may be total BS, I'm no engineer, but you get the point).
Autopilot works great for "normal" flying, simply because it's boring, monotonous work that doesn't change much. The computer can spend it's time worrying about keeping it's speed, altitude, and such within
I second that. The Marble Trackman I used to have was freaking amazing. Once you learn the beauty of thumb controlled movement, you'll never go back.
I played with that mouse so much the damn thing broke, and when I went to go looking for another they were sold out in my area. I ended up getting an MS thumb-controlled one, but it wasn't the same. Still, I got used to it, and actually sort of like it now.
It functions autonomously using other people's money, but claims to do everything "on other's behalves."
Which pretty much describes our government too come to think about it.
Yeah, their music is baaaaaad.