Either 3-click shopping (followed by 4,5,6,8-click shopping), 4-click shopping (followed by 8, 16, 32, 64-click shopping) or the more adventurous N-click shopping, where N can be any positive integer.
Seriously, though. If all these internet technology patent claims get accepted in the US, everyone will move their servers to Russia. (where the patents claim you!)
I think being able to alt-tab is a human right, and taking over a player's computer is just fascistic. I have emails that need to be answered, etc., and what if the boss walks in? The "whoops, looks like I have to reboot my computer, manually" only works the first three times or so.
The reason I like Alastair Reynolds is the plot. He has somehow managed to squeeze the best features of a good old fashioned whodunnit into hard science fiction, and the result is quite good, although I still haven't managed to read Redemption Ark. I don't want to spoil anything, but I was quite surprised by the ending of both Chasm City and Revelation Space.
Well, client-server is not insecure normally, assuming that the server isn't hacked - the server can simply validate all client input. However, there is probably no feasible way for FPS servers to validate client input, unless you are ready to accept some latency, which usually makes the game look bad. Oh, well.
I'm very interested to see how they will tackle the security part. In general, you cannot trust the client. Ever. Introducing a P2P network will enable one hacked client to wreak havoc on other clients. Some redundancy might be introduced to prevent cheating, but that would increase bandwidth, neh? Are FPS's perhaps already trusting the client anyway? Is a cheat-proof multiplayer FPS a myth?
Well, but let's see it from the other end. Wouldn't it creep you out if a widow you were dating told you that diamond necklace she always wears is really her late husband?
Why is this moderated as a troll? It's on-topic, a reasonable discussion and not too harsh in stating a view? I disagree with the point, though. Programming under a gui is actually very easy. Put a button on a form in a form designer, and double click it to edit the button's OnClick event handling code (like in Delphi)? It's easy as pie, and is very intuitive (at least for a beginner, but advanced features are a bugger to reach). I have at least found Delphi, etc., the easiest to use when writing a gui application.
I thought they weren't interactive per se, just "shot" in an interactive environment. I.e. you, as a viewer, are not in any control of anything. The whole movie itself is just movement scripts, textures, models and sound, which can then be played in Quake 2. I agree, I don't like watching someone else play Quake, and in general, I hate it when I'm looking at this cool game over someone's shoulder and have to yell directions which are then subject to misinterpretation or plain denial:)
It's okay. I don't disagree with you, not at all. I'm just saying that there may be a good reason for you to have a grant at all.:) I hope I never came across as advocating for a GUI for everything. I just think there are very many mindless UNIX tasks that can and should be easily shortcut via the use of a more effective user interface, be it graphical or not. It could well be my misconception, I left Linux behind three years ago when my box became too outdated to run everything that I wanted, it may well be that Linux has caught up.
Well, I have to say that I disagree, to a certain extent. Ease of configuration and use does not make a system less powerful. Granted, it's going to take time to implement a GUI-driven configuration, but I think this is time well spent. I'm not implying that Alan Cox or Linus Torvalds should stop all other work to do that; I just think that efforts such as Ximian are a great contribution to Linux as everyone's operating system.
Well, I think I speak on behalf of parazoo-cum-daemon-philes (paradee's for short) everywhere when I say: Don't knock unicorns humping the devil until you've seen just how far a unicorn's horn can actually reach up a demon's butt. Unicorns are hard to please and demanding lovers, while most devils are polyamourous sluts that will sleep with everything. Your criticism of unicorn-demon-sex is just to be expected from a narrow-minded society of unispecieist cretins. One day, you will be the weird ones, and believe me, we'll laugh at you then.
This is really the point. Blizzard is trying to keep the covers on the Warcraft 3 Beta, but some idiots have found a way to play it on bnetd. I don't know how much of a modification to bnetd or the Warcraft 3 Beta that involves, does anyone?
How many people do you guys think are using bnetd for piracy, rather than fair use (which is some firewall reason?)
No, actually, you weren't the only one. This was the first that came to my mind. I was going to suggest waiting for Castle Wolfenstein, but then I read the actual text:)
It's plain to me that Osama was using the smiley faces as the real channel of communication. <Osama888> wasssuuuuuupppppp >:D
The ">:D" clearly means 'I plan to bomb Dixie', > being a code for 'bomb' and Dixie being a reference to the United States of America. <Osama888> hehe then I told the guy, "do you know who I am??" and he was like D:
"D:" means that the next supersecret hidden message is intended for his contact in Dixie, probably saying where the bomb should be located for maximum destruction. <Osama888> yea w3rd.. brb pizza;)~~~
The;)~~~ is of course Monica Lewinsky in her semen stained dress. (~ is muslim terrorist for sperm)
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Either 3-click shopping (followed by 4,5,6,8-click shopping), 4-click shopping (followed by 8, 16, 32, 64-click shopping) or the more adventurous N-click shopping, where N can be any positive integer.
Seriously, though. If all these internet technology patent claims get accepted in the US, everyone will move their servers to Russia. (where the patents claim you!)
I think being able to alt-tab is a human right, and taking over a player's computer is just fascistic.
I have emails that need to be answered, etc., and what if the boss walks in? The "whoops, looks like I have to reboot my computer, manually" only works the first three times or so.
No, most probably not. It is more probably too expensive CPU-wise for the server to work out who can see what.
The reason I like Alastair Reynolds is the plot. He has somehow managed to squeeze the best features of a good old fashioned whodunnit into hard science fiction, and the result is quite good, although I still haven't managed to read Redemption Ark.
I don't want to spoil anything, but I was quite surprised by the ending of both Chasm City and Revelation Space.
Well, client-server is not insecure normally, assuming that the server isn't hacked - the server can simply validate all client input. However, there is probably no feasible way for FPS servers to validate client input, unless you are ready to accept some latency, which usually makes the game look bad. Oh, well.
I'm very interested to see how they will tackle the security part. In general, you cannot trust the client. Ever. Introducing a P2P network will enable one hacked client to wreak havoc on other clients. Some redundancy might be introduced to prevent cheating, but that would increase bandwidth, neh?
Are FPS's perhaps already trusting the client anyway? Is a cheat-proof multiplayer FPS a myth?
Well, but let's see it from the other end. Wouldn't it creep you out if a widow you were dating told you that diamond necklace she always wears is really her late husband?
Umm, and people who spend their time reading slashdot are?
I wonder why they didn't strip Mr. Pol Pot of his first name.. would have made an interesting read.
Why is this moderated as a troll? It's on-topic, a reasonable discussion and not too harsh in stating a view?
I disagree with the point, though. Programming under a gui is actually very easy. Put a button on a form in a form designer, and double click it to edit the button's OnClick event handling code (like in Delphi)? It's easy as pie, and is very intuitive (at least for a beginner, but advanced features are a bugger to reach).
I have at least found Delphi, etc., the easiest to use when writing a gui application.
By definition, when one of them gets laid he must share his experience with the open source community.
I thought they weren't interactive per se, just "shot" in an interactive environment. I.e. you, as a viewer, are not in any control of anything. The whole movie itself is just movement scripts, textures, models and sound, which can then be played in Quake 2. :)
I agree, I don't like watching someone else play Quake, and in general, I hate it when I'm looking at this cool game over someone's shoulder and have to yell directions which are then subject to misinterpretation or plain denial
Perhaps the author is a communist and doesn't want to cast communism in it's ideal form in a bad light.
It's okay. I don't disagree with you, not at all. I'm just saying that there may be a good reason for you to have a grant at all. :)
I hope I never came across as advocating for a GUI for everything. I just think there are very many mindless UNIX tasks that can and should be easily shortcut via the use of a more effective user interface, be it graphical or not.
It could well be my misconception, I left Linux behind three years ago when my box became too outdated to run everything that I wanted, it may well be that Linux has caught up.
Well, I have to say that I disagree, to a certain extent. Ease of configuration and use does not make a system less powerful.
Granted, it's going to take time to implement a GUI-driven configuration, but I think this is time well spent. I'm not implying that Alan Cox or Linus Torvalds should stop all other work to do that; I just think that efforts such as Ximian are a great contribution to Linux as everyone's operating system.
Great troll there.
"Let's just keep Linux for the nerds!" Had me going there for a bit.
Way to go shithead. Now the pope will send people around and shut down Slashdot.
That don't mean they can say no bad things about Jesus' Momma!
Shit. For two seconds, I saw that as 'MP3's for the dead'
Well, I think I speak on behalf of parazoo-cum-daemon-philes (paradee's for short) everywhere when I say:
Don't knock unicorns humping the devil until you've seen just how far a unicorn's horn can actually reach up a demon's butt. Unicorns are hard to please and demanding lovers, while most devils are polyamourous sluts that will sleep with everything.
Your criticism of unicorn-demon-sex is just to be expected from a narrow-minded society of unispecieist cretins. One day, you will be the weird ones, and believe me, we'll laugh at you then.
This is really the point. Blizzard is trying to keep the covers on the Warcraft 3 Beta, but some idiots have found a way to play it on bnetd. I don't know how much of a modification to bnetd or the Warcraft 3 Beta that involves, does anyone?
How many people do you guys think are using bnetd for piracy, rather than fair use (which is some firewall reason?)
Here is what I get when I try this:
H:\>apt-get install curl
'apt-get' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
No, actually, you weren't the only one. This was the first that came to my mind. I was going to suggest waiting for Castle Wolfenstein, but then I read the actual text :)
The terms "Web development" and "Decent paying job" are mutually exclusive these days, neh?
It's plain to me that Osama was using the smiley faces as the real channel of communication. ;)~~~ ;)~~~ is of course Monica Lewinsky in her semen stained dress. (~ is muslim terrorist for sperm)
<Osama888> wasssuuuuuupppppp >:D
The ">:D" clearly means 'I plan to bomb Dixie', > being a code for 'bomb' and Dixie being a reference to the United States of America.
<Osama888> hehe then I told the guy, "do you know who I am??" and he was like D:
"D:" means that the next supersecret hidden message is intended for his contact in Dixie, probably saying where the bomb should be located for maximum destruction.
<Osama888> yea w3rd.. brb pizza
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