And now that I've reached the end of the install, there are other errors. The last page states:
End
Gridwars interactive - The Battle For Processors has been successfully installed.
Click the following button if you want to see the latest information concerning gridwars interactive - The Battle For Processors :
Select the following option if you want gridwards interactive - The Battle For Processors to be launched after exiting this install program
1. They didn't properly capitalize the name of the application (in the first instance, "interactive" isn't capitalized, and in the second and third, "gridwars" isn't either!).
2. They didn't properly terminate the second or third paragraphs (extra space before colon on second, and no punctuation on third).
3. But far worse: there is no checkbox or button for either the second or third paragraph's described functionality! There are three buttons visible, "Back" and "Next" which are greyed out (if they're unusable, why oh why are they displayed -- but that's a Windows issue more than likely), and the only choice you can actually take, "Exit".
I've yet to start playing with the kit but so far there's an appaling lack of professionalism...
(Man that "Gay-O" troll has been posted like 7 times to this thread -- out of 11 posts so far!)
I'm currently installing the GridWars software, and have a gripe (other than the Flash gripe that's been echoed here several times -- there should always be a way to navigate a site from a text-based browser!). My gripe is that they default to installing on C:, and they greyed out the [...] button which would allow you to change the installation directory!
Yes, I realize my configuration is non-standard (Windows 2000 was on D:, then I added a bigger drive and reinstalled on K:), but c'mon, there's no reason to force the installation directory in this day and age.
That said, I for one look forward to seeing just how much of an overlord I can become.;-)
Another approach is the one I use. I purchased a domain name at DirectNIC.com for $15 a year, and they allow you to set up email rules. To purchase POP/IMAP email accounts costs more, but the rules are free.
And you can set up a "default" rule, which sends email to [anything]@yourdomain.com to an address.
So, get an account with www.myrealbox.com, which is free and has both webmail and POP/IMAP access (so you could for instance use Outlook with it); call that yourself@myrealbox.com. Configure a rule for yourdomain.com email to "*" (anything) to be sent to yourself@myrealbox.com.
Then, when signing up for service, you can use any email name you want -- so your account at eBay could be ebay@yourdomain.com; your Slashdot user could get email at slashdot@yourdomain.com; and if you must answer some spam, you can do it with, for instance, bankcards@yourdomain.com. (I actually did this a few weeks ago, and got about 4 calls from different vendors who told me I signed up for their phone call using that email address.)
It's a great way of keeping track how far your email address(es) go once you've given them out.
Imagine roads where 95% of all vehicles were Ladas. Think about how many people would refer to loading up the Lada for a holiday, or getting the Lada serviced, even if the were one of the few who drove a Peugeot.
You made me consider the origin of words, and whether "car" came from a shortened version of "carriage", i.e., the horseless kind. (Also I saw Seabiscuit last night, it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be.;-)
A search on the origin of the word shows it came from the Welsh "caer" meaning "fortified place", which describes many SUVs... And this one says (under archaic) it was "A chariot, carriage, or cart." Which makes a bit more sense, shortening "cart" by just dropping the "t"...
I would argue that the most popular OS in the world is Linux or Unix in general, judging from how many people like using it as opposed to being "forced" to use Windows just because you can't buy an x86 PC with any other OS. Also judging from the usage in terms of servers (especially HTTP servers), Linux/BSD win hands down.
Seems like that's a better way to protect a 20-30 dollar investment in a movie from the natural wear and tear of being used.
And there's where capitalism and best practices diverge: the current system is a great way to capitalize on repeat purchases, especially by the video rental stores.
I for one (not gonna say it!) can't wait until we start getting "open source"-style hardware designs. Already starting to happen with OpenBIOS and LinuxBIOS; other hardware should follow (especially as we develop nanotechnology and are able to duplicate any physical item).
Once we're in that future, you can have your own caddy system if you so desire.
Similarly, I play Tekken 4 at the local arcade every once in a while. I only play "Christine" who is the Brazilian chick who inherited "Eddy"s moves (caipoera -- Brazilian slave "dancing" they told their masters, but it's actually an excellent martial art -- neat subversiveness going on there).
I love the control I have over the character, and it has nothing to do with her being female -- I used to play Eddy through Tekken 3.
'Course, the almost nipple shots in the cut scenes aren't too bad, either.;-)
I really liked what you had to say about Ms. Scarlett in your followup to the troll.
The end was great: "I'm going to capture a Gideon. I'm going to make that my hobby. Yeah, I'm going to call the front desk one day: 'Yeah, I don't seem to have a Bible in my room...'"
Never heard of Bill Hicks before, he's a bit vulgar but very amusing. Great delivery too. Thanks!
and, on closer inspection, selling short costs nothing, you actually get paid to do it, you are selling.
True, but when you sell short your downside is unlimited -- the stock could go up to "infinity." (Your upside is limited: it can only go to 0, it cannot go below 0.)
When buying puts, your downside is limited to the amount of money you put in. You will never have to pay a "margin call" when buying puts, whereas if you sell short at $20 and it goes to $50, expect a margin call. Granted, the upside is limited as well, since it still cannot go lower than 0, but your downside risk is much better.
Generally if you short a stock for $20, you'll need $20 per share in your account to cover the eventual purchase. Buying puts on a $20 stock would vary from $1 per share to $10 per share (depending on the expiration date; longer expiration is more expensive), so I stand by my logic: it is both less risky and less expensive to buy puts than it is to short a stock. (And in this case it's not possible, so the point is somewhat moot but valid in the case of, for example, MSFT).
Alternately, if you're expecting it to go down you could sell calls instead of buying puts. This puts money in your pocket immediately, with the potential obligation to make good on the calls (i.e., sell stock at the price listed on the calls). This is more risky than buying puts, as if it went the other way you might be out considerably more money than you took in from selling the calls; but it would be less expensive than buying puts, because money arrives in your account when you sell the calls, and you have to spend money to purchase puts.
Options are a lot trickier than stocks; I recommend doing thorough research prior to option investing.
My immediately though was a $241 Linux box, with two Ethernet cards: one on the network at 100MB/s, and one attached solely to the printer at 10MB/s.
Of course, others have suggested bandwidth throttling, which is better because you can fine-tune it, but if it can accept data at 10MB/s then a $3 card would do the trick.
About the selling short: it might actually be viable, if they sell short immediately.
For a $50 million short-term investment (a few days to a week, I think), they're getting 2,953,000 shares at $16.93 per share ($49,994,290 to be exact).
If they sell short the same number of share today (or wait until they take delivery, then sell them on the open market), they'd gross 2,953,000 times $20.75, or $61,274,750 -- giving them a profit of over $10 million ($11,280,460 to be exact).
Not bad for a short-term play. Or they could be holding onto the stock in the hopes (prayers?) that SCO actually has a chance.
Of course, there is also the effect of selling so many shares -- SCO's average volume is only 356,000 shares a day, so selling close to 10 times that would either take some time or seriously lower the stock price on the day it was sold. So... If SCO stock takes a quick dip and recovers (?) then perhaps this is their strategy.
Unless they are hedging their put options. (does sco have options?)
No, unfortunately -- I wanted to buy some puts as well, since that would be cheaper and less risky than going short (and I've wanted to go short since $9, good thing I don't have any play money!).
And, agreed -- there is no point in both going long and short on the same stock with the same number of shares -- they'd just be wasting their transaction costs with no net change regardless of where the stock goes. If this was the strategy then perhaps they just wanted to park the money for a while, and look like they were benefiting SCO? That seems unwise, though, so I'm thinking that the initial guess as to their strategy may be off.
Hi, thanks, after about an hour of having the 3 windows up (and clicking probably 100 times on the error message) it started trickling in, and by morning I had all 3.
Out of curiosity, how can you tell how many seeds and trackers there are? Thanks!
Bernstein: "But if they change their mind and start harassing Internet-security researchers, I'll be back."
I can't resist plugging a site I learned about the other day: it has a sound board for Ahnold quotes (among others) and also has prank calls made using said sound board (among others -- Ahnold's is the 6th on the right side, and currently has 7 calls). Very cool to click on the quotes and have it instantly say them (it must download everything in the Flash animation).
Warning: you need Flash enabled for this (so do as I do, and open it in IE instead of Mozilla -- Moz never gets Flash installed, and I do my primary browsing from it).
So one solution is for that virus writer who is exploiting the new Windows holes to cause the machines to all pop up a message at the same time: "We are conducting a search for God. Everyone please pray for [X]."
Dunno what to put in [X] but it should be something easy to verify, like causing an earthquake or tornado or lightning strike or power outage (all bad things), or to influence a vote (not necessarily bad), or to save a person with a terminal disease (preferred).
This really makes you wonder how Isreal looks at things...
Slightly OT, but I have a good friend who is from Israel. He supports government-sponsored torture, saying "Well if we break a few fingers and end up saving the lives of 40 children, was it worth it? We know the guy has the info, and if we don't torture him our innocent citizens die."
Tough to argue with that; they have to deal with much harder issues than we Americans generally have to (very few nightclubs explode here, unless Great White is playing). I stil haven't quite come over to his side, though -- what if you have the wrong guy? Then you're maiming someone for no good reason.
"Never interupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."-Napoleon
I am not your enemy, so I feel justified in pointing out that you made a mistake spelling "interrupt.";-)
Seriously, I've seen that quote around these parts for a couple weeks now but never saw it attributed. I've used it several times verbally, so never let it be said that/. is a waste of time.;->
Back OnT: you're absolutely right, teachers should only influence what my kids do at school. (Of course, they could be teaching the Golden Rule or various and sundry laws, in which case I hope my children heed them afterschool as well...)
My kids will see porn whenever they want to, but it'll be supervised -- "Daddy, where do babies come from?" They'll then get to watch Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" (perhaps Mr. Creosote would be a bit too much, but the "sex ed" part at the beginning and the sperm song).
You said exactly what I was thinking, and I was going to hammer it home with "Look at KDE vs. Gnome."
Would KDE have advanced to the state it's in today, from three years ago, if Gnome hadn't appeared on the scene? Perhaps; but having competition made them both better (and freed KDE's license as well).
We need fires lit under us to get us to perform at our best.
Another thing about BitTorrent: if you're using a DSL Router/firewall, which gives DHCP addresses to your machines of the form "192.168.x.x" then your IP address is internal-only; the IP address that machines on the internet think you're coming from is actually the router's IP address.
So in order to get BitTorrent working at decent speeds, you need to forward a few ports (which means you can only have BitTorrent at decent speeds on one of your machines -- someone please correct me if there's a better way to do it).
On my router, a Linksys BEFRS41, it's on the "Forwarding" tab, and I have just one rule set: ports 6881 through 6889 are forwarded to my main machine, both UDP and TCP.
That one little change brought my BT speeds from an average of 10-20 kBps to 60-80 kBps (the most this DSL line can handle; at another location I had cable and routinely got 200 kBps).
Slashdot Mirror
(Of course, the irony is that in the book the postage-stamp sized country actually won...)
1. They didn't properly capitalize the name of the application (in the first instance, "interactive" isn't capitalized, and in the second and third, "gridwars" isn't either!).
2. They didn't properly terminate the second or third paragraphs (extra space before colon on second, and no punctuation on third).
3. But far worse: there is no checkbox or button for either the second or third paragraph's described functionality! There are three buttons visible, "Back" and "Next" which are greyed out (if they're unusable, why oh why are they displayed -- but that's a Windows issue more than likely), and the only choice you can actually take, "Exit".
I've yet to start playing with the kit but so far there's an appaling lack of professionalism...
I'm currently installing the GridWars software, and have a gripe (other than the Flash gripe that's been echoed here several times -- there should always be a way to navigate a site from a text-based browser!). My gripe is that they default to installing on C:, and they greyed out the [...] button which would allow you to change the installation directory!
Yes, I realize my configuration is non-standard (Windows 2000 was on D:, then I added a bigger drive and reinstalled on K:), but c'mon, there's no reason to force the installation directory in this day and age.
That said, I for one look forward to seeing just how much of an overlord I can become. ;-)
And you can set up a "default" rule, which sends email to [anything]@yourdomain.com to an address.
So, get an account with www.myrealbox.com, which is free and has both webmail and POP/IMAP access (so you could for instance use Outlook with it); call that yourself@myrealbox.com. Configure a rule for yourdomain.com email to "*" (anything) to be sent to yourself@myrealbox.com.
Then, when signing up for service, you can use any email name you want -- so your account at eBay could be ebay@yourdomain.com; your Slashdot user could get email at slashdot@yourdomain.com; and if you must answer some spam, you can do it with, for instance, bankcards@yourdomain.com. (I actually did this a few weeks ago, and got about 4 calls from different vendors who told me I signed up for their phone call using that email address.)
It's a great way of keeping track how far your email address(es) go once you've given them out.
You made me consider the origin of words, and whether "car" came from a shortened version of "carriage", i.e., the horseless kind. (Also I saw Seabiscuit last night, it wasn't as bad as we thought it would be. ;-)
A search on the origin of the word shows it came from the Welsh "caer" meaning "fortified place", which describes many SUVs... And this one says (under archaic) it was "A chariot, carriage, or cart." Which makes a bit more sense, shortening "cart" by just dropping the "t"...
I would argue that the most popular OS in the world is Linux or Unix in general, judging from how many people like using it as opposed to being "forced" to use Windows just because you can't buy an x86 PC with any other OS. Also judging from the usage in terms of servers (especially HTTP servers), Linux/BSD win hands down.
And there's where capitalism and best practices diverge: the current system is a great way to capitalize on repeat purchases, especially by the video rental stores.
I for one (not gonna say it!) can't wait until we start getting "open source"-style hardware designs. Already starting to happen with OpenBIOS and LinuxBIOS; other hardware should follow (especially as we develop nanotechnology and are able to duplicate any physical item).
Once we're in that future, you can have your own caddy system if you so desire.
As a Massachusetts resident, I must say that we abbreviate our state as "MA". "MS" is Mississippi.
See here.
Similarly, I play Tekken 4 at the local arcade every once in a while. I only play "Christine" who is the Brazilian chick who inherited "Eddy"s moves (caipoera -- Brazilian slave "dancing" they told their masters, but it's actually an excellent martial art -- neat subversiveness going on there).
I love the control I have over the character, and it has nothing to do with her being female -- I used to play Eddy through Tekken 3.
'Course, the almost nipple shots in the cut scenes aren't too bad, either. ;-)
I really liked what you had to say about Ms. Scarlett in your followup to the troll.
Never heard of Bill Hicks before, he's a bit vulgar but very amusing. Great delivery too. Thanks!
Agreed. My vote:
A bit more to type, and gives them the middle finger as well. ;-)
True, but when you sell short your downside is unlimited -- the stock could go up to "infinity." (Your upside is limited: it can only go to 0, it cannot go below 0.)
When buying puts, your downside is limited to the amount of money you put in. You will never have to pay a "margin call" when buying puts, whereas if you sell short at $20 and it goes to $50, expect a margin call. Granted, the upside is limited as well, since it still cannot go lower than 0, but your downside risk is much better.
Generally if you short a stock for $20, you'll need $20 per share in your account to cover the eventual purchase. Buying puts on a $20 stock would vary from $1 per share to $10 per share (depending on the expiration date; longer expiration is more expensive), so I stand by my logic: it is both less risky and less expensive to buy puts than it is to short a stock. (And in this case it's not possible, so the point is somewhat moot but valid in the case of, for example, MSFT).
Alternately, if you're expecting it to go down you could sell calls instead of buying puts. This puts money in your pocket immediately, with the potential obligation to make good on the calls (i.e., sell stock at the price listed on the calls). This is more risky than buying puts, as if it went the other way you might be out considerably more money than you took in from selling the calls; but it would be less expensive than buying puts, because money arrives in your account when you sell the calls, and you have to spend money to purchase puts.
Options are a lot trickier than stocks; I recommend doing thorough research prior to option investing.
And who could forget Jimi Hendrix's "'Scuse Me While I Kiss This Guy" (there was actually a book by that name, about mis-heard lyrics).
Of course, others have suggested bandwidth throttling, which is better because you can fine-tune it, but if it can accept data at 10MB/s then a $3 card would do the trick.
For a $50 million short-term investment (a few days to a week, I think), they're getting 2,953,000 shares at $16.93 per share ($49,994,290 to be exact).
If they sell short the same number of share today (or wait until they take delivery, then sell them on the open market), they'd gross 2,953,000 times $20.75, or $61,274,750 -- giving them a profit of over $10 million ($11,280,460 to be exact).
Not bad for a short-term play. Or they could be holding onto the stock in the hopes (prayers?) that SCO actually has a chance.
Of course, there is also the effect of selling so many shares -- SCO's average volume is only 356,000 shares a day, so selling close to 10 times that would either take some time or seriously lower the stock price on the day it was sold. So... If SCO stock takes a quick dip and recovers (?) then perhaps this is their strategy.
No, unfortunately -- I wanted to buy some puts as well, since that would be cheaper and less risky than going short (and I've wanted to go short since $9, good thing I don't have any play money!).
See CBOE for the lack of options for this stock.
And, agreed -- there is no point in both going long and short on the same stock with the same number of shares -- they'd just be wasting their transaction costs with no net change regardless of where the stock goes. If this was the strategy then perhaps they just wanted to park the money for a while, and look like they were benefiting SCO? That seems unwise, though, so I'm thinking that the initial guess as to their strategy may be off.
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times???"
Out of curiosity, how can you tell how many seeds and trackers there are? Thanks!
Anyone else get it to work or am I just coming to the party too late?
I can't resist plugging a site I learned about the other day: it has a sound board for Ahnold quotes (among others) and also has prank calls made using said sound board (among others -- Ahnold's is the 6th on the right side, and currently has 7 calls). Very cool to click on the quotes and have it instantly say them (it must download everything in the Flash animation).
Warning: you need Flash enabled for this (so do as I do, and open it in IE instead of Mozilla -- Moz never gets Flash installed, and I do my primary browsing from it).
Dunno what to put in [X] but it should be something easy to verify, like causing an earthquake or tornado or lightning strike or power outage (all bad things), or to influence a vote (not necessarily bad), or to save a person with a terminal disease (preferred).
Slightly OT, but I have a good friend who is from Israel. He supports government-sponsored torture, saying "Well if we break a few fingers and end up saving the lives of 40 children, was it worth it? We know the guy has the info, and if we don't torture him our innocent citizens die."
Tough to argue with that; they have to deal with much harder issues than we Americans generally have to (very few nightclubs explode here, unless Great White is playing). I stil haven't quite come over to his side, though -- what if you have the wrong guy? Then you're maiming someone for no good reason.
I am not your enemy, so I feel justified in pointing out that you made a mistake spelling "interrupt." ;-)
Seriously, I've seen that quote around these parts for a couple weeks now but never saw it attributed. I've used it several times verbally, so never let it be said that /. is a waste of time. ;->
Back OnT: you're absolutely right, teachers should only influence what my kids do at school. (Of course, they could be teaching the Golden Rule or various and sundry laws, in which case I hope my children heed them afterschool as well...)
My kids will see porn whenever they want to, but it'll be supervised -- "Daddy, where do babies come from?" They'll then get to watch Monty Python's "Meaning of Life" (perhaps Mr. Creosote would be a bit too much, but the "sex ed" part at the beginning and the sperm song).
Would KDE have advanced to the state it's in today, from three years ago, if Gnome hadn't appeared on the scene? Perhaps; but having competition made them both better (and freed KDE's license as well).
We need fires lit under us to get us to perform at our best.
Someone gave me an Overrated for trying to help. Oh well, no good deed goes unpunished, right? ;-/
So in order to get BitTorrent working at decent speeds, you need to forward a few ports (which means you can only have BitTorrent at decent speeds on one of your machines -- someone please correct me if there's a better way to do it).
On my router, a Linksys BEFRS41, it's on the "Forwarding" tab, and I have just one rule set: ports 6881 through 6889 are forwarded to my main machine, both UDP and TCP.
That one little change brought my BT speeds from an average of 10-20 kBps to 60-80 kBps (the most this DSL line can handle; at another location I had cable and routinely got 200 kBps).
Hope this helps some of you out there!