if my hard drive fails i am inconvenienced for a few days.
if my steering linkage breaks while i'm on the interstate, i die.
you have a knack for shitty analogies.
a better comparison would be if the interior lights in a certain car had a tendency to burn out. would you expect people to file a class action suit over that?
2: a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
found off the very link you so kindly provided. nice of you to prove my point for me.
agnosticism and atheism are two completely independant descriptors. as someone else pointed out, there are agnostic atheists and agnostic theists.
picturing things as an atheist -- agnostic -- theist spectrum does everyone a disservice.
most people use improper grammar from time to time, that doesn't make it suddenly correct. most people say irregardless time to time, but it's still not a word.
the fact remains that atheist literally means "without god" and agnostic literally means "without knowledge of the spiritual" and are therefore NOT mutually exclusive, but are in fact describing different facets of one's belief system.
No, that's the position of an agnostic. An atheist actively disbelieves in the existence of the divine.
no, you sir are completely incorrect. an atheist has no belief in god, period. that does NOT mean they believe there is no god. pay attention to the difference. one who actively believes there is no god is more accurately described as a hard atheist.
in a closed system, the entropy will INCREASE. continuously and consistently.
and the sun doesn't provide us with entropy, the sun is what keeps us from being overwhelmed by entropy. it provides energy.
earth is not a closed system, and the sun is one of the major contributors of change.
eventually the entropy level of the universe will reach a point where life cannot exist and the entire universe will become one evenly distributed goopy mess of nothing. it's called heat-death kiddies; look it up. very depressing stuff.
i think the easter egg in fallout 2 takes the cake. it was an actual in-game item called an easter egg, and looked like (you guessed it) an easter egg. it was hidden behind a shelf in the basement of some store and the entrance to the basement itself was hidden as well. to pick it up you had to click on one specific pixel.
in the item description, it said something to the effect of "congratulations, you've found an easter egg." the egg did absolutely nothing. i thought it was a great tongue in cheek addition to what was an amazing (and hilarious) RPG.
i'm l33t_haxor_d00d. i use ISP#1. you're innocent_bystander. you use ISP#2.
ISP#1 forwards spoofed packets. ISP#2 does not.
i attack corporate_server. i spoof the packets to say they are coming from you.
corporate_server bounces everything back and it all hits you.
theres nothing you or your ISP can do to prevent this other than simply blocking traffic from corporate_server. my ISP's irresponsibility has caused you problems, and yet there are no consquences for me or my ISP.
first of all, simply bouncing back any recieved packets can in no way be interpreted as an "attack." it is no different than marking your junk mail as "return to sender;" if someone spams you with so much junk mail that when you send it back they become clogged with it, it is their own damn fault.
second of all, i don't want to hear about how this has the potential to hurt innocent bystanders. i'm sorry, but if your system is so insecure as to allow a hacker to use it as a staging point, then you deserve what you get. perhaps if everyone fought back against DoS's and such, and enough "innocent bystanders" were injured, they would take the time to secure their system the way they should have in the first place.
the only problem is in the case of spoofed IP addresses. in this situation, the person being hurt will have had nothing to do with the problem, and the one at fault (the attacker's ISP) will not be harmed in any way. the only possible fix for this is if enough people bitch and complain, the ISP in question might get its act in gear simply due to user/peer feedback.
they're writing a version of linux optimized for the servers, and therefore will be able to handle 64 processors. which you would have known, had you bothered to read the entire article.
4 clustered 64-processor servers? for a total of 256 processors and 256 GIGS of ram? can you say overkill?
on the up side, looks like linux is getting some real credibility now, with IBM hiring folks to create a special IBM-optimized version to be released on the servers. perhaps other major computer manufacturers will take notice.
methinks things are looking up.
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actually, a is a prefix meaning without. atheist means without god. we merely interpret it to mean without belief in god.
agnostic is linguistically closer to without belief in god - gnostic being knowledge of the divine, agnostic is one who does not know of the divine, or does not have belief in the divine.
of course it matters. bandwidth is a huge issue when designing an online game. the device drivers handle the interface, but thats not going to help the problem of code being designed with ethernet in mind but then run over a modem. the poor modem owner will be swimming in a sea of lag.
by including modems, sony will influence the game designers to cut back on data transfer, which will serve to hinder what they can do. only so much information can be transmitted over 56k before lag becomes an issue.
however, if sony goes all-ethernet, they will basically be giving developers free reign. not only that, but all the PS2 owners who can't get [insert broadband delivery method here] will start bitching and complaining until someone DOES offer ADSL/cable/whatever. this would be a GoodThing®.
We're talking about players able to play mp3's off of cd's. You know, for all those people who have cd burners and rather enjoy fitting 10 hours or so of music on a cd, as opposed to the standard 1 hour of CDDA. think next time before you stick your foot in your mouth.
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no, acura is HONDA's luxury name. lexus is toyota's luxury name.
um, i think you mean the ACURA NSX...
if my hard drive fails i am inconvenienced for a few days.
if my steering linkage breaks while i'm on the interstate, i die.
you have a knack for shitty analogies.
a better comparison would be if the interior lights in a certain car had a tendency to burn out. would you expect people to file a class action suit over that?
think before you post.
um... no.
i can insult people based on anything i want, including religion, gender, ethnicity, and physical or mental handicaps. first amendment, baby.
what i can't do is discriminate against them based on the same factors (eg fire them, not serve them food)
yeah, yeah, yeah.... you aren't the only one that reads the onion you know.
(this was ripped verbatim from this week's onion's "point-counterpoint" article)
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2: a lack of belief in the existence of God or gods
found off the very link you so kindly provided. nice of you to prove my point for me.
agnosticism and atheism are two completely independant descriptors. as someone else pointed out, there are agnostic atheists and agnostic theists.
picturing things as an atheist -- agnostic -- theist spectrum does everyone a disservice.
most people use improper grammar from time to time, that doesn't make it suddenly correct. most people say irregardless time to time, but it's still not a word.
the fact remains that atheist literally means "without god" and agnostic literally means "without knowledge of the spiritual" and are therefore NOT mutually exclusive, but are in fact describing different facets of one's belief system.
No, that's the position of an agnostic. An atheist actively disbelieves in the existence of the divine.
no, you sir are completely incorrect. an atheist has no belief in god, period. that does NOT mean they believe there is no god. pay attention to the difference. one who actively believes there is no god is more accurately described as a hard atheist.
please stop spreading incorrect information.
www.centralcommand.com
i only tried it for a short time, but it seemed fast, effective, and they updated it religiously. it gets my vote.
in a closed system, the entropy will INCREASE. continuously and consistently.
and the sun doesn't provide us with entropy, the sun is what keeps us from being overwhelmed by entropy. it provides energy.
earth is not a closed system, and the sun is one of the major contributors of change.
eventually the entropy level of the universe will reach a point where life cannot exist and the entire universe will become one evenly distributed goopy mess of nothing. it's called heat-death kiddies; look it up. very depressing stuff.
Power Corrupts
i think the easter egg in fallout 2 takes the cake. it was an actual in-game item called an easter egg, and looked like (you guessed it) an easter egg. it was hidden behind a shelf in the basement of some store and the entrance to the basement itself was hidden as well. to pick it up you had to click on one specific pixel.
in the item description, it said something to the effect of "congratulations, you've found an easter egg." the egg did absolutely nothing. i thought it was a great tongue in cheek addition to what was an amazing (and hilarious) RPG.
Power Corrupts
i dont think you understand how things work.
i'm l33t_haxor_d00d. i use ISP#1.
you're innocent_bystander. you use ISP#2.
ISP#1 forwards spoofed packets. ISP#2 does not.
i attack corporate_server. i spoof the packets to say they are coming from you.
corporate_server bounces everything back and it all hits you.
theres nothing you or your ISP can do to prevent this other than simply blocking traffic from corporate_server. my ISP's irresponsibility has caused you problems, and yet there are no consquences for me or my ISP.
Power Corrupts
first of all, simply bouncing back any recieved packets can in no way be interpreted as an "attack." it is no different than marking your junk mail as "return to sender;" if someone spams you with so much junk mail that when you send it back they become clogged with it, it is their own damn fault.
second of all, i don't want to hear about how this has the potential to hurt innocent bystanders. i'm sorry, but if your system is so insecure as to allow a hacker to use it as a staging point, then you deserve what you get. perhaps if everyone fought back against DoS's and such, and enough "innocent bystanders" were injured, they would take the time to secure their system the way they should have in the first place.
the only problem is in the case of spoofed IP addresses. in this situation, the person being hurt will have had nothing to do with the problem, and the one at fault (the attacker's ISP) will not be harmed in any way. the only possible fix for this is if enough people bitch and complain, the ISP in question might get its act in gear simply due to user/peer feedback.
Power Corrupts
they're writing a version of linux optimized for the servers, and therefore will be able to handle 64 processors. which you would have known, had you bothered to read the entire article.
Power Corrupts
4 clustered 64-processor servers? for a total of 256 processors and 256 GIGS of ram? can you say overkill?
on the up side, looks like linux is getting some real credibility now, with IBM hiring folks to create a special IBM-optimized version to be released on the servers. perhaps other major computer manufacturers will take notice.
methinks things are looking up.
Power Corrupts
<pedantry>
actually, a is a prefix meaning without. atheist means without god. we merely interpret it to mean without belief in god.
agnostic is linguistically closer to without belief in god - gnostic being knowledge of the divine, agnostic is one who does not know of the divine, or does not have belief in the divine.
</pedantry>Power Corrupts
of course it matters. bandwidth is a huge issue when designing an online game. the device drivers handle the interface, but thats not going to help the problem of code being designed with ethernet in mind but then run over a modem. the poor modem owner will be swimming in a sea of lag.
by including modems, sony will influence the game designers to cut back on data transfer, which will serve to hinder what they can do. only so much information can be transmitted over 56k before lag becomes an issue.
however, if sony goes all-ethernet, they will basically be giving developers free reign. not only that, but all the PS2 owners who can't get [insert broadband delivery method here] will start bitching and complaining until someone DOES offer ADSL/cable/whatever. this would be a GoodThing®.
hah hah only serious indeed....
since when does pointing out that everyone speculating is just a waste of time qualify as a troll? come on moderators, buy a clue.
sure, there's some intellegent responses posted now, but there wasnt anything but gobbledygook when i first posted this.
We're talking about players able to play mp3's off of cd's. You know, for all those people who have cd burners and rather enjoy fitting 10 hours or so of music on a cd, as opposed to the standard 1 hour of CDDA. think next time before you stick your foot in your mouth.