Using your G keys to fire off a Wow Macro (announce your target, hit it) is fine.
Using your G keys to build a botting macro like this guy did so he could attack, switch weapons, and everything else with one key hit periodically while watching a movie... that's not fine.
He got deservedly banned. This is not a Logitech or Blizzard problem.
Don't be any more of a frothing idiot than you need to be. None of those come with WinXP because none of those are of interest to 99% of the WinXP market.
What's that? Geeks will rule the world? Not until they outnumber the bubbas of the world, Jimbo.
They tried *exactly* this strategy before with the Lotus e-Suite... web-based analogues of their SmartSuite products. We beta-tested them for Lotus back before they pulled the plug, so I know of what I speak.
It crashed and burned then, and as much as I applaud the effort, I don't see any clear reason why it won't do so again this time. They may be marketing well to the geeks by saying the right things (platform independence, low TCO, easy distribution), but the end-user ultimately rules the roost, and if the last go-around is any indication, the products will be slow and clunky, only partially functional, and generally leaving a lot to be desired. You'll spend more time answering "why doesn't it do X?" phone calls than you ever spent deploying and administering Office.
I truly hope they do better this time, but if they do pull it off you could likely knock me over with a feather.
Just the other day, I caught little Billy sneaking up behind me with a plumber's wrench.
See? It was a learning experience! Next time he'll know to use the candlestick, since it clanks less as you're trying to sneak up on someone. Who says games can't be educational?
I agree completely. More secure systems and better preventative measures by a more educated and proactive userbase are the answer. I don't cry any tears either for acquaintances who are silly enough to be hit with the latest viruses based on their choices and actions. I just sigh deeply and get to work helping them fix the mess they've created.
But none of that devalues in any way the idea of making the virus writers and distributors pay very deeply for what they have done. A good old "Shock and awe" campaign based on completely destroying this kid's life would be a pretty good start.
That would be worse than useless. No two test runs could be usefully compared, so the utility of the benchmark itself is called into question. You'd be reduced to aggregation of test results in the hope that they statistically settle out towards some sort of 'true' average for a given card/driver combo.
The inherent value of a benchmark is the notional "apples to apples" comparison, and you've taken even that away. There would now be no reason at all to use 3DMark.
Sending the reply this way is funny.... Check. The reply could get someone killed.... Check. The person killed is a spammer.... Check. So my reply could kil a spammer.... Check.
What exactly is the problem, from either a moral, ethical, or legal standpoint?
Spammer dead = less spam = me happy. Hell, I'll even cough up the price of the bullet it it makes Beijing happy!
Agreed. The truth ultimately must come first, and issues cannot be lumped together indiscriminately. When evidence is found, it should be used, and the investigators, not the evidence, should bear the brunt of any punishment over the methods used to gather it.
So, translated, their philosophy was: "Hey you nasty people out there, don't challenge us in any way on this, or we'll just back down! So there!"
Ummm... Something's wrong with their approach. Advertising the fact that you'll fold under the slightest pressure isn't the way to keep an effort going.
I would kill for a new 2D platform-shooter in the spirit of the greats such as Turrican and Turrican 2.
God, I miss my old Amiga500... Even today's gigahertz-chomping, T&L, multitextured, 5.1 surround sound games don't quite capture the pure *fun* of the old classics.
The word you're searching for is Dynamics, as in dynamic range of volume from very soft to very loud.
Pop music is shit, and most rock goes for balls-to-the-wall loud guitar, but plenty of other modern music does still make use of dynamic shifts to great dramatic effect. It's not solely a tool of the classical composers as some would have you believe.
What is your point? The industry's claim for years has been that piracy has been *THE* major reason for dropping sales, a viewpoint which has been fairly impressivly argued against. Of course there are more than just one or two reasons for the downturn, but clearly the major one is the economy, followed closely by the thin-gruel-like consistency of most pop music today.
Arguing that since the economy cannot be the *ONLY* reason it is somehow less valid to proclaim it as such than the industry's fallacious attacks on internet piracy is a farce.
I'm sure that one or two deeply religious parents out there have forbidden their children from buying Marilyn Manson albums - does that then also mean that we can claim that "Religion is *THE* reason for the downturn in music sales", as the record industry would have if it chose to exercise a vendetta against religion next?
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Dunno about you people, but I have WPA working properly on my WRT54G. Both my laptop and my wireless print server connect through it.
Now if only I could hack my Microsoft MN-740 Xbox wireless adapter to support WPA...
Only on Slashdot could someone call "Dupe!" on a research installation. :)
Using your G keys to fire off a Wow Macro (announce your target, hit it) is fine.
Using your G keys to build a botting macro like this guy did so he could attack, switch weapons, and everything else with one key hit periodically while watching a movie... that's not fine.
He got deservedly banned. This is not a Logitech or Blizzard problem.
Don't be any more of a frothing idiot than you need to be. None of those come with WinXP because none of those are of interest to 99% of the WinXP market.
What's that? Geeks will rule the world? Not until they outnumber the bubbas of the world, Jimbo.
"IE vulnerable to new attack" - shouldn't we find some sort of shorthand for this, since it happens so often?
I have to imagine Slashdot's bandwidth saving would be enormous.
You obviously haven't drunk enough of the IBM OS/2 Kool-Aid, my friend.
:D
OS/2 *NEVER* crashed. It just went away for very very very long times best compared with the half-life of uranium, or the death of stars.
But it didn't crash!
They tried *exactly* this strategy before with the Lotus e-Suite... web-based analogues of their SmartSuite products. We beta-tested them for Lotus back before they pulled the plug, so I know of what I speak.
It crashed and burned then, and as much as I applaud the effort, I don't see any clear reason why it won't do so again this time. They may be marketing well to the geeks by saying the right things (platform independence, low TCO, easy distribution), but the end-user ultimately rules the roost, and if the last go-around is any indication, the products will be slow and clunky, only partially functional, and generally leaving a lot to be desired. You'll spend more time answering "why doesn't it do X?" phone calls than you ever spent deploying and administering Office.
I truly hope they do better this time, but if they do pull it off you could likely knock me over with a feather.
Unless prime > 1 (which it never is), your prime^(prime^prime) calculation tends towards zero.
:)
$5 just isn't going to pay off much debt, now is it?
Don't quit your dayjob. Unless you're in finance - then quit right away!
That's only true if one assumes ever-shortening delays. Half of a constant or expanding number does absolutely *not* converge.
So yeah, but calculus is even more interesting when you get it right!
Just the other day, I caught little Billy sneaking up behind me with a plumber's wrench.
See? It was a learning experience! Next time he'll know to use the candlestick, since it clanks less as you're trying to sneak up on someone. Who says games can't be educational?
I suppose next I can plan to have SCO rifle through my wallet while deciding whether or not I am cool enough to get in the doors at Club 54?
I agree completely. More secure systems and better preventative measures by a more educated and proactive userbase are the answer. I don't cry any tears either for acquaintances who are silly enough to be hit with the latest viruses based on their choices and actions. I just sigh deeply and get to work helping them fix the mess they've created.
But none of that devalues in any way the idea of making the virus writers and distributors pay very deeply for what they have done. A good old "Shock and awe" campaign based on completely destroying this kid's life would be a pretty good start.
That would be worse than useless. No two test runs could be usefully compared, so the utility of the benchmark itself is called into question. You'd be reduced to aggregation of test results in the hope that they statistically settle out towards some sort of 'true' average for a given card/driver combo.
The inherent value of a benchmark is the notional "apples to apples" comparison, and you've taken even that away. There would now be no reason at all to use 3DMark.
All your benchmarks are belong to us!
Didn't watching Star Trek reruns convince you travelling back in time to become your own father is not only creepy, it's recursively creepy?
"we don't need back-ups, because a digital copy never wears out."
Damn, I wish he banked with my company... I'd make sure we didn't make any backups of his bank account - since they're not needed and all that.
And then I'd schedule a disaster-recovery test involving fire, flooding, and lots of sledgehammer blows to the DASD where his data was stored.
So let's recap.
Sending the reply this way is funny.... Check.
The reply could get someone killed.... Check.
The person killed is a spammer.... Check.
So my reply could kil a spammer.... Check.
What exactly is the problem, from either a moral, ethical, or legal standpoint?
Spammer dead = less spam = me happy. Hell, I'll even cough up the price of the bullet it it makes Beijing happy!
Agreed. The truth ultimately must come first, and issues cannot be lumped together indiscriminately. When evidence is found, it should be used, and the investigators, not the evidence, should bear the brunt of any punishment over the methods used to gather it.
I must say, I quite like that approach.
Could you give me the street address of this garage of treasures? And tell me what days there won't be anyone home? :)
So, translated, their philosophy was: "Hey you nasty people out there, don't challenge us in any way on this, or we'll just back down! So there!"
Ummm... Something's wrong with their approach. Advertising the fact that you'll fold under the slightest pressure isn't the way to keep an effort going.
Can't say as I blame them though.
Man, I've just gotta say the AC hit you right between the eyes on that one.
A grin and a good-natured shrug would have sufficed. Best of luck in the obviously ensuing flamewar!
Neither. It wouldn't get past the power switch.
I would kill for a new 2D platform-shooter in the spirit of the greats such as Turrican and Turrican 2.
God, I miss my old Amiga500... Even today's gigahertz-chomping, T&L, multitextured, 5.1 surround sound games don't quite capture the pure *fun* of the old classics.
Dammit, now I'm getting all nostalgic.
The word you're searching for is Dynamics, as in dynamic range of volume from very soft to very loud.
Pop music is shit, and most rock goes for balls-to-the-wall loud guitar, but plenty of other modern music does still make use of dynamic shifts to great dramatic effect. It's not solely a tool of the classical composers as some would have you believe.
What is your point? The industry's claim for years has been that piracy has been *THE* major reason for dropping sales, a viewpoint which has been fairly impressivly argued against. Of course there are more than just one or two reasons for the downturn, but clearly the major one is the economy, followed closely by the thin-gruel-like consistency of most pop music today.
Arguing that since the economy cannot be the *ONLY* reason it is somehow less valid to proclaim it as such than the industry's fallacious attacks on internet piracy is a farce.
I'm sure that one or two deeply religious parents out there have forbidden their children from buying Marilyn Manson albums - does that then also mean that we can claim that "Religion is *THE* reason for the downturn in music sales", as the record industry would have if it chose to exercise a vendetta against religion next?