Perhaps. The big trick is unifying the underlying calls. Nobody, not even I, wants to go to the command line and invoke grep, and other utilities to get basic work done. It all comes down to ease of use. A slick UI would probably be a good thing, but reliance on third party (in this case open source) utilities is not exactly safe. One small change to the utility that changes the way it calls or returns information can break the application. The only way around that would be to never update those utilities, but that would do away with security patches.
those trades are made with 'hard currency'. I really doubt that SWG 'credits', and various game 'gold' would readily equate to 'hard currency'. Sure, they can tax my swg 'credits' if they wish to take payment in SWG 'credits', CoH influence, CoV infamy, or Auto Assault clink.
No, they just want their shit to work. They want to hit the power button on the computer and have it jut work. When they install a sofware package they just want to run the installer and have it ready to use in a few minutes instead of untaring a file, configuring, and making the software.
Yeah, Linux is superior to Windows, but untill it 'just works' even to the extent that windows software 'just works' then it'll still be just a tinkerers operating system. Nothing more than a hobbyists wet nightmare.
Those idiots are counting characters registered on servers, I'm positive of that. After they allowed people to have two characters instead of one, their 'player count' skyrocketed. Just more phraseology from the morons at SOE.
Using the term 'nuclear waste' is a bit dishonest. People think it's nothing but 'glowing stuff' when in reality it's mostly things like contaminated items which is low level.
------------------ "(Caveat: For those of you with home systems with XP Home Edition, this virtual server doesn't come free -- you'll need to flip for the $100 XP Professional upgrade.)"
Considering it's called "Virtual Server", why would anyone running Home edition try to use it? It's clear that the product is intended for administrators and developers, hence the OS requirement. ------------------
My winblows machine does just fine with Windows XP Home. Vmware runs on it, and for that they beat the crap out of Microsofts piece of shit untill they take out the artificial OS limit.
I'm not a big fan of ads in games either, but the inevitability of it has to be recognized. Often, we do not get what we wants. Especially in this day and age.
It's like any media. Ads support the media cost, and lower the cost to the end user. If magazines, for instance, did not have ads the magazine cost to the reader would be above what it is with ads. It's inevitable that ads get into video games in one form or another. Got a magazine subscription? Do they have ads? Yup.
When robots become autonomous then I'll consider some sort of 'law' programming. As they are now, they are either simply remote control devices or have less 'intelligence' than a cockroach.
Small claims court can be used. A subpeona is good from any court.
"He'll have to pay court fees and spend hours, if not days, on this and when he gets them, the police won't do a damn thing."
I always get the police to act even if they don't want to act. All I do is ask the officer(s) if the police department is abdicating it's responsibility in the matter, and if so, to put it in writing. If they abdicate then the responsibility falls on me, and then tell them to stay out of my way, and not interfere with me in pursuit and resolution of the matter. So far, I've had no takers, and the police do their job.
"If, by some small miracle, the police catch the perp, there is virtually no chance of getting any money from the perp and the bank has more lawyers than he does (and $2000 isn't much when you're talking legal fees)."
By doing nothing you do two things. You tell the criminal that it's ok to steal money from others, and you tall the other criminal (the bank) that it's ok to allow your money to be stolen.
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Perhaps. The big trick is unifying the underlying calls. Nobody, not even I, wants to go to the command line and invoke grep, and other utilities to get basic work done. It all comes down to ease of use. A slick UI would probably be a good thing, but reliance on third party (in this case open source) utilities is not exactly safe. One small change to the utility that changes the way it calls or returns information can break the application. The only way around that would be to never update those utilities, but that would do away with security patches.
He's looking for ONE piece of software, not a handfull of cobbled together code snippets.
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that's pretty much my measure. If it hides itself, doesn't uninstall, no uninstaller, or a fake uninstaller then it gets killed.
How do you get her past your parents, and into the basement?
those trades are made with 'hard currency'. I really doubt that SWG 'credits', and various game 'gold' would readily equate to 'hard currency'. Sure, they can tax my swg 'credits' if they wish to take payment in SWG 'credits', CoH influence, CoV infamy, or Auto Assault clink.
Tell this to photographers.
"for the children" is the new rallying cry of modern fascism.
Interesting, never heard of that one. Naw, I was thinking of the Music of Eric Zahn.
You may be closer than you think. The combination of the words/phrases "executive" and "personality test", sets off Scientology alarms.
I suggest learning to play the violin.
Yes, of course. How appropriate.
"Most people want everything handed to them,"
No, they just want their shit to work. They want to hit the power button on the computer and have it jut work. When they install a sofware package they just want to run the installer and have it ready to use in a few minutes instead of untaring a file, configuring, and making the software.
Yeah, Linux is superior to Windows, but untill it 'just works' even to the extent that windows software 'just works' then it'll still be just a tinkerers operating system. Nothing more than a hobbyists wet nightmare.
Those idiots are counting characters registered on servers, I'm positive of that. After they allowed people to have two characters instead of one, their 'player count' skyrocketed. Just more phraseology from the morons at SOE.
Seinfeld called, he wants his $1.95 for that.
Using the term 'nuclear waste' is a bit dishonest. People think it's nothing but 'glowing stuff' when in reality it's mostly things like contaminated items which is low level.
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"(Caveat: For those of you with home systems with XP Home Edition, this virtual server doesn't come free -- you'll need to flip for the $100 XP Professional upgrade.)"
Considering it's called "Virtual Server", why would anyone running Home edition try to use it? It's clear that the product is intended for administrators and developers, hence the OS requirement.
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My winblows machine does just fine with Windows XP Home. Vmware runs on it, and for that they beat the crap out of Microsofts piece of shit untill they take out the artificial OS limit.
That all depends if she puts out or not.
Heresy! Sourceforge projects are perfect!
I'm not a big fan of ads in games either, but the inevitability of it has to be recognized. Often, we do not get what we wants. Especially in this day and age.
This is why a combination shredder/incinerator would be beneficial. Now, how to make it work without the risk of burning a structure down.
It's like any media. Ads support the media cost, and lower the cost to the end user. If magazines, for instance, did not have ads the magazine cost to the reader would be above what it is with ads. It's inevitable that ads get into video games in one form or another. Got a magazine subscription? Do they have ads? Yup.
When robots become autonomous then I'll consider some sort of 'law' programming. As they are now, they are either simply remote control devices or have less 'intelligence' than a cockroach.
Small claims court can be used. A subpeona is good from any court.
"He'll have to pay court fees and spend hours, if not days, on this and when he gets them, the police won't do a damn thing."
I always get the police to act even if they don't want to act. All I do is ask the officer(s) if the police department is abdicating it's responsibility in the matter, and if so, to put it in writing. If they abdicate then the responsibility falls on me, and then tell them to stay out of my way, and not interfere with me in pursuit and resolution of the matter. So far, I've had no takers, and the police do their job.
"If, by some small miracle, the police catch the perp, there is virtually no chance of getting any money from the perp and the bank has more lawyers than he does (and $2000 isn't much when you're talking legal fees)."
By doing nothing you do two things. You tell the criminal that it's ok to steal money from others, and you tall the other criminal (the bank) that it's ok to allow your money to be stolen.
Hex editors and disassemblys worked nicely for those of us who weren't script kiddies.