(Funniest bit of all: we're all into server and box security. We don't want anyone touching our files or seeing what silly little sites we've been to. But we leave our physical goods out in the open for others to scavenge?:) Talk about mixed up principles).
Not mixed up, really. It's not like you're giving someone the coords to your house and unlocking your doors. (Of course, that'd be funny to give someone else's house's coords...;) ) You're _choosing_ to leave something. To keep on the same line of anologies, it's like putting up a web page or using gnutella.
Oh, and about the scary stuff in the bucket... once/if this gets big, I'm sure there will be a couple of red herrings deployed. (Maybe even some sick or dangerous stuff.) Hell, there will probably be some f'n spam in the buckets. A flier reading: "H0t t33n pr0n!". Damn spammers.
I'm not a Linux fanatic, so I certainly don't consider you a lower form of life for using Windows. I've got a Windows box at home for games. (I like Linux. I really like the Macintosh. I love games. So you see what my priorities are. heh.)
In the last few companies where I have worked, the SysAdmins generally lived on whatever they maintained. I've not been exposed to many environments where a SysAdmin can't have the kind of system he wants on his/her desk. Of course, I've generally worked for pretty 'good' companies. (Good meaning kind to their employees.;)
I am not even close to what I would consider a professional SysAdmin. I maintain a couple of Linux boxes for various reasons, but SysAdmin isn't in my job description. So, that's my perspective.
There may be some SysAdmins out there who can only have a Windows box on their desk and then this sounds like a decent option for them.
Also, I acknowledge your very good points about the Open Source advocacy.
(And for the record: I don't dislike Windows users. I dislike Windows. My predujice against the platform comes from me being a user and developing a distaste for it over the last 6 or so years. The "NTDude bit" was a joke.)
I certainly won't argue your statements about WHO accesses the 'net or whether or not it is in a transitional period. I think you are fairly right on the money. (However, it is possible to see how more and more different types of people are finding their way online.)
That does not mean that this is a bad time to archive the net. In fact, I would say it is a great time to do it.
Considering the (rather sci-fi) assumption that the 'net (in whatever form) will become a more integral part of everyone's life eventually, I think it might be interesting to see the steps of that evolution. It would be like looking at those drawings representing the evolutionary stages of the human race. 100 years from now they can look at the 'snapshot' and say, "So that's how it was. Horny buncha capitalists weren't they? Glad the 'net ain't like that any more. New Mail! Damn spammers!" Heh.
Perhaps it's too bad that these snapshots did not start sooner. It would have been nice to see the real baby pictures. "ARPAWha? Who used this?";)
They're looking at developing a Windows client to allow Win32 users to administer a Linux system remotely."
/me blinks.
Eh? Do any Linux SysAdmins really want/need to use Windows to admin their server? Heh.
I can just see this:
PHB: Give NTdude more access on your Unix server. SysAdmin: huh? PHB: He has a Win32 client to allow him to administer your server. SysAdmin: He's an NT administrator. PHB: All you geeks are the same!
For the record, my Linux remote admin program on my Mac is called MacTelnet.
"Common Sense Laws" really are, in effect, working against Natural Selection.
However, I wouldn't say that we are no longer evolving. Most of the changes just aren't so physically obvious. I'd guess faster mental processes, better multitasking, etc. NOTE: I have no facts to back this statement up... I'm just guessing.:)
But I don't know if I could blame this on the engine - it may have been the company that made this. I went to the website and it looks like the engine product liscense is like $250,000. (correct me if im wrong). I don't know how many people will pay that much for an engine...
I'm pretty sure that's fairly 'affordable' for a 3D engine. I think The Q2 and Unreal engines cost more.
>>1. There is a plot. A REAL plot. An INTRIGUING plot.
>You mean a boring anime plot. I've seen enough anime not to be even remotely interested that a love triangle springs up in a world with giant mechanical armour and drunken missles while a young mecha pilot tries to save the world from old friends who have turned evil. It may sound contrived that I say that happens alot in anime, but it does. And it's not really that exciting...
I've got to agree. It had a plot, but it was pretty much off the stock anime plot shelf. Mind you, this is still more then we're getting out of some FPSs these days.
"Ok, you're this badass and uh... you have to fight in an arena..."
"Ok, you're this super tough mofo and uh... you entered a tournament..."
>>2. The graphics rival Q3 and UT even though it is a year or two old.
>Yeah, I'll give you that one. The level design sucked ass though.
The art was very good. The levels were small, though. They all felt cramped. After working with Dedit, the Lithtech map editor, I know why the levels were so small. Man that thing sucks.
>>3. The game engine is incredible!
>Not really... I had trouble (lots of trouble) with D3D lockups on my TNT1, and it really *didn't* like ps2rate at all. Oh, the best part - I got (another) copy of Shogo when I bought my Logitech gaming mouse (think the classic wedge-shaped 3btn Logitech mouse, and it's dark grey to boot), and the game won't even recognize the mouse. Ironic, eh?:-)
D'oh! What was Logitech thinking?! Heh.
Anyhow, I had NO problems on my Voodoo2 card. The LithTech 1.0 engine was neat, but it's not as powerful as the modified Q2 or Unreal engines. LithTech 2.0, however, appears to be truly promising.
>>4. The gameplay is incredible!
>If you say so. The transformation was unique, but ultamately just a novelty. The single player AI containted the usual lobotomy drones that only move if you see them. Point, shoot, yay, repeat. The physics were very slippery, if you like that sort of thing.
The AI was pisspoor. The feel of the game was good, but I didn't get much of a difference in feel between being on foot and being in the mecha. (Slave Zero is the best I've seen so far for reproducing that Anime-Mecha feel.)
>>5. The weapons/items/etc are actually innovative and fun!
>Yes, I liked the drunken missles (I want to see some in UT - I mean, it wouldn't be hard at all to mutate the 8-ba... rocket launcher to shoot multiple drunken missles). Other than that, it was your usual FPS fare.
I did enjoy the weapon selection. The drunken missiles... The Bullgut! That think rocked. That was the coolest part of the game, heh. Took my back to the days of watching Macross.;)
>Really - it wasn't *that* great a game. It was cool, it was better than 60% of the other stuff out there on shelves, but it's not an A-title, IMHO.
I'd rate it a 7 out of 10.
Peronsally, I'm happier to hear about LithTech 2.0 than 1.0 or Shogo.
Pardon? What an inane restriction; limiting this software to webservers only running Win32 operating systems is going to severely limit its use. A vast majority of the webservers out there are running Apache or other U-ix-based servers. Does anyone running a website on Windows 98 really have a need for digitally authenticated documents?
No kidding. Anybody running Win98 as their web server has more pressing security issues to worry about than digital signatures.
Though it's a step in the right direction, I don't think that this is the program that's going to make digital authentication of documents a reality. The best solution for digital signatures has been and continues to be public-key encryption (PGP, et. al.).
I think that the intention, or eventual direction, of this is sort of a melding between key encryption and physical signatures.
Okay. You want a cheaper file sharing solution without floppies?
Ethernet.
What? No home network? No worries, your iBook and your G3 or G4 have built in ethernet. Get an ethernet crossover cable for $5 (or whatever).
Problem solved (with no 1.4mb size restriction to boot.) Maybe it's not FREE, but you'd still have to buy diskettes if you wanted to use floppies. (Since you don't get them in the mail anymore from AOL. Well, I don't anyhow... they send CDs now.)
Latest Update: The young career criminal somehow managed to break the chains on his imaginary handcuffs and escaped the police station, when he suddenly decided he had superhuman strength and the power to fly.
One officer was heard to comment, "I almost had him, until he told me that cops can't fly too. Man, I was bummed."
Finially, an Intel clone of the iMac! My dreams of a "portable" Linux box are about to come true! I can't WAIT!:)
Don't know if you care or not.. but the Epower has no handle like the iMac. One of their design changes.
Incidentally, if you REALLY want one of these lame knockoffs, then you'd better get one before the injunction hits. Of course, they're not even shipping yet...
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If you are so disatisfied, and make no effort to change it... it's all your fault. Not society's.
Sure, if you let yourself get treated like a cog, then your life will remain exactly as you have described. You've got to decide to do something else with your life if you feel unfulfilled. You gotta make an effort to be happy.
Good luck to you. Seriously. I hope ya figure it out.
[This uncharacteristicly inspirational moment has been brought to you by a cynical bastard. So, with that in mind... you should realize it's not just drivel from some happy-go-lucky who's head is in the clouds all the time.]
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(Funniest bit of all: we're all into server and box security. We don't want anyone touching our files or seeing what silly little sites we've been to. But we leave our physical goods out in the open for others to scavenge? :) Talk about mixed up principles).
;) ) You're _choosing_ to leave something. To keep on the same line of anologies, it's like putting up a web page or using gnutella.
Not mixed up, really. It's not like you're giving someone the coords to your house and unlocking your doors. (Of course, that'd be funny to give someone else's house's coords...
Oh, and about the scary stuff in the bucket... once/if this gets big, I'm sure there will be a couple of red herrings deployed. (Maybe even some sick or dangerous stuff.) Hell, there will probably be some f'n spam in the buckets. A flier reading: "H0t t33n pr0n!". Damn spammers.
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Wow. P4 laptops are gonna be a bitch. ;)
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I wish /. wasn't so damn crappily coded, or I could use some ASCII art to demonstrate this...
You can use the TT tag to format your text as monospaced for your ASCII drawing, no?
I'd love to see the design when done. Great project.
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The first case for the new duo will consist of mostly of the hunt for a missing child. Mulder2: Have you seen this boy?
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So... you're saying Pizza Hut used toxic chemicals in their pizzas AND their rockets?!
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I have the same profile. Who knew there were so many of us?
Maybe, since it says "try back in a week", you need to have an active account for X (heh) amount of time before you can get into lvls 2 and 3.
Anybody have an account that's over a week old... and tried to get in recently?
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(Pardon the late reply.)
;)
I'm not a Linux fanatic, so I certainly don't consider you a lower form of life for using Windows. I've got a Windows box at home for games. (I like Linux. I really like the Macintosh. I love games. So you see what my priorities are. heh.)
In the last few companies where I have worked, the SysAdmins generally lived on whatever they maintained. I've not been exposed to many environments where a SysAdmin can't have the kind of system he wants on his/her desk. Of course, I've generally worked for pretty 'good' companies. (Good meaning kind to their employees.
I am not even close to what I would consider a professional SysAdmin. I maintain a couple of Linux boxes for various reasons, but SysAdmin isn't in my job description. So, that's my perspective.
There may be some SysAdmins out there who can only have a Windows box on their desk and then this sounds like a decent option for them.
Also, I acknowledge your very good points about the Open Source advocacy.
(And for the record: I don't dislike Windows users. I dislike Windows. My predujice against the platform comes from me being a user and developing a distaste for it over the last 6 or so years. The "NTDude bit" was a joke.)
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I certainly won't argue your statements about WHO accesses the 'net or whether or not it is in a transitional period. I think you are fairly right on the money. (However, it is possible to see how more and more different types of people are finding their way online.)
;)
That does not mean that this is a bad time to archive the net. In fact, I would say it is a great time to do it.
Considering the (rather sci-fi) assumption that the 'net (in whatever form) will become a more integral part of everyone's life eventually, I think it might be interesting to see the steps of that evolution. It would be like looking at those drawings representing the evolutionary stages of the human race. 100 years from now they can look at the 'snapshot' and say, "So that's how it was. Horny buncha capitalists weren't they? Glad the 'net ain't like that any more. New Mail! Damn spammers!" Heh.
Perhaps it's too bad that these snapshots did not start sooner. It would have been nice to see the real baby pictures. "ARPAWha? Who used this?"
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They're looking at developing a Windows client to allow Win32 users to administer a Linux system remotely."
/me blinks.
Eh? Do any Linux SysAdmins really want/need to use Windows to admin their server? Heh.
I can just see this:
PHB: Give NTdude more access on your Unix server.
SysAdmin: huh?
PHB: He has a Win32 client to allow him to administer your server.
SysAdmin: He's an NT administrator.
PHB: All you geeks are the same!
For the record, my Linux remote admin program on my Mac is called MacTelnet.
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what could their possibly be of interest to something that is fascinated by its own image in the mirror.
Um... being fascinated by it's own image on a webcam?
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Polly want a packet?
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Mice WILL be the smartest animals on Earth!
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"Common Sense Laws" really are, in effect, working against Natural Selection.
:)
However, I wouldn't say that we are no longer evolving. Most of the changes just aren't so physically obvious. I'd guess faster mental processes, better multitasking, etc. NOTE: I have no facts to back this statement up... I'm just guessing.
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But I don't know if I could blame this on the engine - it may have been the company that made this. I went to the website and it looks like the engine product liscense is like $250,000. (correct me if im wrong). I don't know how many people will pay that much for an engine...
I'm pretty sure that's fairly 'affordable' for a 3D engine. I think The Q2 and Unreal engines cost more.
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>>1. There is a plot. A REAL plot. An INTRIGUING plot.
:-)
;)
>You mean a boring anime plot. I've seen enough anime not to be even remotely interested that a love triangle springs up in a world with giant mechanical armour and drunken missles while a young mecha pilot tries to save the world from old friends who have turned evil. It may sound contrived that I say that happens alot in anime, but it does. And it's not really that exciting...
I've got to agree. It had a plot, but it was pretty much off the stock anime plot shelf. Mind you, this is still more then we're getting out of some FPSs these days.
"Ok, you're this badass and uh... you have to fight in an arena..."
"Ok, you're this super tough mofo and uh... you entered a tournament..."
>>2. The graphics rival Q3 and UT even though it is a year or two old.
>Yeah, I'll give you that one. The level design sucked ass though.
The art was very good. The levels were small, though. They all felt cramped. After working with Dedit, the Lithtech map editor, I know why the levels were so small. Man that thing sucks.
>>3. The game engine is incredible!
>Not really... I had trouble (lots of trouble) with D3D lockups on my TNT1, and it really *didn't* like ps2rate at all. Oh, the best part - I got (another) copy of Shogo when I bought my Logitech gaming mouse (think the classic wedge-shaped 3btn Logitech mouse, and it's dark grey to boot), and the game won't even recognize the mouse. Ironic, eh?
D'oh! What was Logitech thinking?! Heh.
Anyhow, I had NO problems on my Voodoo2 card. The LithTech 1.0 engine was neat, but it's not as powerful as the modified Q2 or Unreal engines. LithTech 2.0, however, appears to be truly promising.
>>4. The gameplay is incredible!
>If you say so. The transformation was unique, but ultamately just a novelty. The single player AI containted the usual lobotomy drones that only move if you see them. Point, shoot, yay, repeat. The physics were very slippery, if you like that sort of thing.
The AI was pisspoor. The feel of the game was good, but I didn't get much of a difference in feel between being on foot and being in the mecha. (Slave Zero is the best I've seen so far for reproducing that Anime-Mecha feel.)
>>5. The weapons/items/etc are actually innovative and fun!
>Yes, I liked the drunken missles (I want to see some in UT - I mean, it wouldn't be hard at all to mutate the 8-ba... rocket launcher to shoot multiple drunken missles). Other than that, it was your usual FPS fare.
I did enjoy the weapon selection. The drunken missiles... The Bullgut! That think rocked. That was the coolest part of the game, heh. Took my back to the days of watching Macross.
>Really - it wasn't *that* great a game. It was cool, it was better than 60% of the other stuff out there on shelves, but it's not an A-title, IMHO.
I'd rate it a 7 out of 10.
Peronsally, I'm happier to hear about LithTech 2.0 than 1.0 or Shogo.
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Pardon? What an inane restriction; limiting this software to webservers only running Win32 operating systems is going to severely limit its use. A vast majority of the webservers out there are running Apache or other U-ix-based servers. Does anyone running a website on Windows 98 really have a need for digitally authenticated documents?
No kidding. Anybody running Win98 as their web server has more pressing security issues to worry about than digital signatures.
Though it's a step in the right direction, I don't think that this is the program that's going to make digital authentication of documents a reality. The best solution for digital signatures has been and continues to be public-key encryption (PGP, et. al.).
I think that the intention, or eventual direction, of this is sort of a melding between key encryption and physical signatures.
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Okay. You want a cheaper file sharing solution without floppies?
Ethernet.
What? No home network? No worries, your iBook and your G3 or G4 have built in ethernet. Get an ethernet crossover cable for $5 (or whatever).
Problem solved (with no 1.4mb size restriction to boot.) Maybe it's not FREE, but you'd still have to buy diskettes if you wanted to use floppies. (Since you don't get them in the mail anymore from AOL. Well, I don't anyhow... they send CDs now.)
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They won't pick Hitler. Despite the definition, despite the votes... they just won't.
Similarly, they won't pick Mao or any other 'villian'. They will pick a good guy.
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Latest Update: The young career criminal somehow managed to break the chains on his imaginary handcuffs and escaped the police station, when he suddenly decided he had superhuman strength and the power to fly.
One officer was heard to comment, "I almost had him, until he told me that cops can't fly too. Man, I was bummed."
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Was anyone else worried that it took the day care center over an hour to notice that he was gone?
You're giving them too much credit. They didn't discover that on their own. They didn't figure it out until the cops called.
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Finially, an Intel clone of the iMac! My dreams of a "portable" Linux box are about to come true! I can't WAIT! :)
Don't know if you care or not.. but the Epower has no handle like the iMac. One of their design changes.
Incidentally, if you REALLY want one of these lame knockoffs, then you'd better get one before the injunction hits. Of course, they're not even shipping yet...
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While I agree that it *should* be a good learning example for other companies. I fear that it might end up scaring off potential participants.
"It failed for Netscape, we should avoid it..."
Maybe I';m just being pessimistic today.
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Nope. Nothing to do with warez.
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If you are so disatisfied, and make no effort to change it... it's all your fault. Not society's.
Sure, if you let yourself get treated like a cog, then your life will remain exactly as you have described. You've got to decide to do something else with your life if you feel unfulfilled. You gotta make an effort to be happy.
Good luck to you. Seriously. I hope ya figure it out.
[This uncharacteristicly inspirational moment has been brought to you by a cynical bastard. So, with that in mind... you should realize it's not just drivel from some happy-go-lucky who's head is in the clouds all the time.]
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You'll be missed!
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