If memory serves me correctly (it probably doesn't), NH4OH (ammonia) + 2 O2 (oxygen gas) + catalyst(copper?) = HNO3 (nitric acid) + 2 H20 (water)...or is it NH03, oxydized copper and hydrogen gas? That pungent gas is the vaporous form of HNO3 and it's not so much toxic as it is highly corrosive. I believe the sensation of pungent-ness is the inside of the nose being eaten away.
Nitrogen gas (N2) and nitrous oxide (N2O3) aren't even part of the reaction, and I doubt most people could coax them to react so easily as ammonia to produce nitric acid.:) ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Most of what you're breathing right now is nitrogen gas. I wouldn't worry too much about just spewing it right out the exhaust. ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Our atmosphere is mostly nitrogen anyway. If we're going to be pumping any gas into the atmosphere, I can't think of anything less harmful. ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I think the thief games from the late looking glass software could count as a new genre... Of course the more anal among us might consider them first person shooters even though shooting to kill people only really happens when you really screw the pooch.:p ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Hey, that means it doesn't apply to remote display. I gotta patent that fast! I'll be rich!!:-D ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I'd love to know how they'd expect us to find a stolen machine in order to issue the "kill" email to it.
It's going to be on the net with a completely different ISP (if at all), and the new owner is not likely to access your email account even if the password is available; most ISPs I know of block POP3/IMAP connections that aren't coming from their own subnets.
Unknown IP address, no email connection, no points of contact... so how's this kill email supposed to be anything but a timebomb waiting to go off on the legitimate owner?
I'm just glad I don't have such an embarassing patent under my name. =) ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The crusoe provides a lot more horsepower than a 486 on less than 2 watts if memory serves me correctly. ---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
...we weren't too busy keeping everything running during the start-of-weekend network activity on friday to appreciate being appreciated.:-P --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I'd hate to see the speed difference as soon as this thing started swapping from the LS disk. Virtual whiplash! --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
User geekflav's shell had been locked out for a bit, but I guess it wasn't enough.
Looks like they zeroed out permissions on webroot and locked down the ftp port altogether. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
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...but this isn't some new community site or grand experiment. The guy's just sticking it to his ISP for not delivering the services he needs on his way out. Slashdot-scale havoc until his credit for this billing period runs out, or they terminate the account.
That said, I'd love to see the looks on the faces of the admins right about now, assuming they don't read slashdot.:)
--- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I crank up my CPU when my machine seems to be performing sluggishly while running modern applications. For me it's a way of extending my investment a little longer before I need to plunk down some more cash for an upgrade... seeing as processors are only becoming faster and cheaper, the longer I can get away with say, a 300mhz celeron, the better and/or cheaper the upgrade will be. Frying the cpu isn't as much of a problem when you need an upgrade and are probably past the warranty anyway.
This is my reason. For some it's a "more power!" sort of thing, and I say go for it. It's not my money.:) --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
"Thunderbird" Athlons will be labeled as "Athlon, with enhanced cache", and unless you get one in a pre-built system from a distributor like gateway or dell, the processor will be in socketed form rather than on a slot-A PCB. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Fortunately, anyone can take the linux kernel and strip it down as far as they want; tailor it to the system. Hardware is fixed, and the range of functions a PDA is expected to perform is rather small.
Are there any parts of the kernel the PDA doesn't need that can't be removed? --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
This sort of thing happens without the tools in at least one game that I've seen.
I've got a Geforce and noticed weird effects while playing Tribes with detonator 5.22; objects would become partially transparent at large distances and seemed to "segment", each segment updating on its own as I move, sides aliasing and all.
While being able to see through walls at a distance sometimes is a small advantage, the effect is overall distracting. I'd gladly give up seeing through walls if I could have proper rendering.
Maybe it's just me, but playing in wireframe so I can get a few more points simply isn't worth giving up my delicious graphics.:) --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Seriously though, when cmos data is lost the abit boards just run at 66mhz fsb with cpu default voltage and multiplier until you enter the settings yourself which then persist until the next cold boot.
While I'm not sure about asus boards as I have yet to see what they do on losing CMOS data, I suspect they behave similarly.
Of course, there is also the hybrid option that seems to be rather popular. MBs that can be set by either jumpers/switches or BIOS (though only one or the other at any given time of course). If the battery dies on one of those you can just fall back on the hardware if you aren't using it already.
BIOS-based cpu settings are damn convenient yet dangerous in the hands of the inexperienced, true... but IMHO a warning about the dangers of overclocking and the voiding of warranty is sufficient. If joe average tries to overclock his cpu and reduces it to slag it's his own problem after all.
Protective measures like making cpu settings jumper-only is a downward spiral (make something idiot proof, they make a better idiot). People don't need to be protected from themselves so much as they need to be educated.
Smoking a cpu would be one hell of an expensive lesson, but they'll learn one way or the other.;) --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
They include it as a module already, which makes a lot of sense. For the most part, folks don't use IPv6 yet so it would be bloat to compile it into the RH stock kernel.
If you have an auto module loader, it'll find and load ipv6.o as soon as you try to use ping6.
If you don't, just insmod it. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I used to get the mystical black screen of video card lockup on this ATI chip. It's now working (seemingly) properly under 4.0.1, which is great because Xfree86 4.x is pretty slick. I'll have to do some more testing to make sure it's stable though. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Shrink the bus and crank up the frequency... I'm not so sure this is such a great idea, with more heat and higher power consumption. Do we really want to start down this road?
Increased performance would be great and all, but I have enough trouble keeping the computer cool and keeping energy bills down as it is. I'd much rather opt for more elegant solutions. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The Iridium sattelites are way too low-bandwidth to support a system like this. It's the same reason why nobody wants them. --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The need for a patch and the damage leading up to it could have been avoided had they taken more care in the creation of the protocol, but these game companies never seem to take proactive steps.
Next up will probably be removing monster hp and level from the datastream. The player is told the general condition of a monster when examined, and the monster's general level in relation to the player's is dealt with using consider.
There's just no reason for the server to be sending the client hp/level information for nearby mobs. The look/consider responses can and should be handled server-side. "The rat looks really hurt! You slashdot it for 4 damage! The rat is dead!" - That's about all any player needs to know. There's no need for the player to know that they just reduced the rat to -1 of 8hp, therefore there is no need for the client to know either. The client doesn't need to know anything beyond that it should make the rat squeak and fall over. Another oversight perhaps?:-P
Once this is fixed, the next datastream "oops" will turn up, and the saga continues. All of this wasted time, energy and even money could have been saved by a little bit of common sense during production.
Of course, the moment common sense prevails in the corporate environment, I'd probably be able to sell the devil a pair of skis.;) --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Is it even possible to "store" an artificially-created, cognitive intelligence using known digital or physical methods? --- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
What gets me is that the makers of these online games always insist on sending information to the client that is not meant to be seen by the player.
The client is in the hands of anyone who may want to hack it, and hack it they will... So it should stand to reason that you can't trust the client-end once it's in the hands of the playerbase.
The client's code, any information it stores in ram, and the client/server datastream are all accessible by would-be hackers.
If you don't want the player making use of information that is supposed to be hidden from them, just don't put it there. There's no reason this could not have been desinged and contingencies planned for from the beginning in any of these games. All the client needs is the information the player will see and interact with. Everything else can be done server-side. Take EQ's "roll for loot" system, for instance. The numbers rolled to see who gets an item of loot are rolled client-side, which means they can be tampered with. A huge hole in fair play for what? To take a bit of load off the servers' random number generators? If it was just an oversight, it's a pretty big one IMHO.
After seeing multiple generations of games suffer the same defect, I can't believe they haven't learned. Is it arrogance? I'm at a loss to explain it.
--- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
You could compare it with an anal probe. Some people are actually into that sort of thing... I just had no idea it was %80 of 'em. All I know is that I'll never be able to look at the other people on the bus the same way again.:-P
--- Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
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If memory serves me correctly (it probably doesn't), NH4OH (ammonia) + 2 O2 (oxygen gas) + catalyst(copper?) = HNO3 (nitric acid) + 2 H20 (water)...or is it NH03, oxydized copper and hydrogen gas? That pungent gas is the vaporous form of HNO3 and it's not so much toxic as it is highly corrosive. I believe the sensation of pungent-ness is the inside of the nose being eaten away.
:)
Nitrogen gas (N2) and nitrous oxide (N2O3) aren't even part of the reaction, and I doubt most people could coax them to react so easily as ammonia to produce nitric acid.
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Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Most of what you're breathing right now is nitrogen gas. I wouldn't worry too much about just spewing it right out the exhaust.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
...would do pretty much squat.
Our atmosphere is mostly nitrogen anyway. If we're going to be pumping any gas into the atmosphere, I can't think of anything less harmful.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I think the thief games from the late looking glass software could count as a new genre... Of course the more anal among us might consider them first person shooters even though shooting to kill people only really happens when you really screw the pooch. :p
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Hey, that means it doesn't apply to remote display. I gotta patent that fast! I'll be rich!! :-D
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I'd love to know how they'd expect us to find a stolen machine in order to issue the "kill" email to it.
It's going to be on the net with a completely different ISP (if at all), and the new owner is not likely to access your email account even if the password is available; most ISPs I know of block POP3/IMAP connections that aren't coming from their own subnets.
Unknown IP address, no email connection, no points of contact... so how's this kill email supposed to be anything but a timebomb waiting to go off on the legitimate owner?
I'm just glad I don't have such an embarassing patent under my name. =)
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The crusoe provides a lot more horsepower than a 486 on less than 2 watts if memory serves me correctly.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
...we weren't too busy keeping everything running during the start-of-weekend network activity on friday to appreciate being appreciated. :-P
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I'd hate to see the speed difference as soon as this thing started swapping from the LS disk. Virtual whiplash!
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
User geekflav's shell had been locked out for a bit, but I guess it wasn't enough.
Looks like they zeroed out permissions on webroot and locked down the ftp port altogether.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
...but this isn't some new community site or grand experiment. The guy's just sticking it to his ISP for not delivering the services he needs on his way out. Slashdot-scale havoc until his credit for this billing period runs out, or they terminate the account.
:)
That said, I'd love to see the looks on the faces of the admins right about now, assuming they don't read slashdot.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I crank up my CPU when my machine seems to be performing sluggishly while running modern applications. For me it's a way of extending my investment a little longer before I need to plunk down some more cash for an upgrade... seeing as processors are only becoming faster and cheaper, the longer I can get away with say, a 300mhz celeron, the better and/or cheaper the upgrade will be. Frying the cpu isn't as much of a problem when you need an upgrade and are probably past the warranty anyway.
:)
This is my reason. For some it's a "more power!" sort of thing, and I say go for it. It's not my money.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
"Thunderbird" Athlons will be labeled as "Athlon, with enhanced cache", and unless you get one in a pre-built system from a distributor like gateway or dell, the processor will be in socketed form rather than on a slot-A PCB.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Fortunately, anyone can take the linux kernel and strip it down as far as they want; tailor it to the system. Hardware is fixed, and the range of functions a PDA is expected to perform is rather small.
Are there any parts of the kernel the PDA doesn't need that can't be removed?
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
This sort of thing happens without the tools in at least one game that I've seen.
:)
I've got a Geforce and noticed weird effects while playing Tribes with detonator 5.22; objects would become partially transparent at large distances and seemed to "segment", each segment updating on its own as I move, sides aliasing and all.
While being able to see through walls at a distance sometimes is a small advantage, the effect is overall distracting. I'd gladly give up seeing through walls if I could have proper rendering.
Maybe it's just me, but playing in wireframe so I can get a few more points simply isn't worth giving up my delicious graphics.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Seriously though, when cmos data is lost the abit boards just run at 66mhz fsb with cpu default voltage and multiplier until you enter the settings yourself which then persist until the next cold boot.
;)
While I'm not sure about asus boards as I have yet to see what they do on losing CMOS data, I suspect they behave similarly.
Of course, there is also the hybrid option that seems to be rather popular. MBs that can be set by either jumpers/switches or BIOS (though only one or the other at any given time of course). If the battery dies on one of those you can just fall back on the hardware if you aren't using it already.
BIOS-based cpu settings are damn convenient yet dangerous in the hands of the inexperienced, true... but IMHO a warning about the dangers of overclocking and the voiding of warranty is sufficient. If joe average tries to overclock his cpu and reduces it to slag it's his own problem after all.
Protective measures like making cpu settings jumper-only is a downward spiral (make something idiot proof, they make a better idiot). People don't need to be protected from themselves so much as they need to be educated.
Smoking a cpu would be one hell of an expensive lesson, but they'll learn one way or the other.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
RH 6.x has a kernel module for it instead so as to not bloat the kernel of the majority of users, who don't yet use ipv6.
Just insmod ipv6 or run an autoloader.
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Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
They include it as a module already, which makes a lot of sense. For the most part, folks don't use IPv6 yet so it would be bloat to compile it into the RH stock kernel.
If you have an auto module loader, it'll find and load ipv6.o as soon as you try to use ping6.
If you don't, just insmod it.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
I used to get the mystical black screen of video card lockup on this ATI chip.
It's now working (seemingly) properly under 4.0.1, which is great because Xfree86 4.x is pretty slick. I'll have to do some more testing to make sure it's stable though.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Shrink the bus and crank up the frequency... I'm not so sure this is such a great idea, with more heat and higher power consumption. Do we really want to start down this road?
Increased performance would be great and all, but I have enough trouble keeping the computer cool and keeping energy bills down as it is. I'd much rather opt for more elegant solutions.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The Iridium sattelites are way too low-bandwidth to support a system like this.
It's the same reason why nobody wants them.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
The need for a patch and the damage leading up to it could have been avoided had they taken more care in the creation of the protocol, but these game companies never seem to take proactive steps.
:-P
;)
Next up will probably be removing monster hp and level from the datastream. The player is told the general condition of a monster when examined, and the monster's general level in relation to the player's is dealt with using consider.
There's just no reason for the server to be sending the client hp/level information for nearby mobs. The look/consider responses can and should be handled server-side. "The rat looks really hurt! You slashdot it for 4 damage! The rat is dead!" - That's about all any player needs to know. There's no need for the player to know that they just reduced the rat to -1 of 8hp, therefore there is no need for the client to know either. The client doesn't need to know anything beyond that it should make the rat squeak and fall over. Another oversight perhaps?
Once this is fixed, the next datastream "oops" will turn up, and the saga continues. All of this wasted time, energy and even money could have been saved by a little bit of common sense during production.
Of course, the moment common sense prevails in the corporate environment, I'd probably be able to sell the devil a pair of skis.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
Is it even possible to "store" an artificially-created, cognitive intelligence using known digital or physical methods?
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
What gets me is that the makers of these online games always insist on sending information to the client that is not meant to be seen by the player.
The client is in the hands of anyone who may want to hack it, and hack it they will... So it should stand to reason that you can't trust the client-end once it's in the hands of the playerbase.
The client's code, any information it stores in ram, and the client/server datastream are all accessible by would-be hackers.
If you don't want the player making use of information that is supposed to be hidden from them, just don't put it there. There's no reason this could not have been desinged and contingencies planned for from the beginning in any of these games. All the client needs is the information the player will see and interact with. Everything else can be done server-side.
Take EQ's "roll for loot" system, for instance. The numbers rolled to see who gets an item of loot are rolled client-side, which means they can be tampered with. A huge hole in fair play for what? To take a bit of load off the servers' random number generators? If it was just an oversight, it's a pretty big one IMHO.
After seeing multiple generations of games suffer the same defect, I can't believe they haven't learned. Is it arrogance? I'm at a loss to explain it.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.
You could compare it with an anal probe. Some people are actually into that sort of thing... I just had no idea it was %80 of 'em. :-P
All I know is that I'll never be able to look at the other people on the bus the same way again.
---
Where can the word be found, where can the word resound? Not here, there is not enough silence.