To sweepingly state that you are greater than your teacher in any class is nearly always a mistake. However, to state that all things must be learned in school is equally as much a fallacy. I don't write graphics engines, but my coding skills are far improved from when I began. To date, my only CS class has been AP Hypercard(oxymoron?) in highschool.
I've learned to program somewhat proficiently in C/C++/ASP/PHP3&4(a little) and Perl all without taking a single class. It isn't to say that classes don't have their place; only that they aren't required(but helpful).
I really am. Why? Look at a lot of older companies like Sierra who have games they'll never make another penny off of. Why not release it into public domain or GPL it? No motive. However, when you look at truly great people like John Carmack who've more than given back to his community, it makes me feel good inside. Like maybe, to him, it's not all about the money.
I wish more companies and programmers had such insight.
Microwaves(plural) seems to implie that you are speaking of Microwaves(as in Microwave food heating appliances); not as in microwave radiation which is a broad spectrum. Actually, microwaves operate on the principle of exciting a water molecule by subjecting it to microwave radiation at it's naturally reasonant frequency(or a harmonic, can't remember). In any case, this is around 2.1 or 2.2 Ghz. So, what happens if the P4 on your lap hits the reasonant frequency of water? Poof. Your legs swell up like hot dogs and kablooey!!!
On a more serious note:
Of course computers have lots of EMI. You can check out examples of EMI here and here..
I can't blame them. It takes effort to continually support old versions. This affects the bottom line. Companies(especially public ones) are all about making money. When it gets to a point where you are supporting people using old software and you are losing money, that's when you pull the cord. It's like Microsoft ending support for Win95. Can you blame them? It wasn't even that great when it first came out, 6 years ago. If I was them, I wouldn't have given people quite so long.
The Magic Lantern isn't going to be a self-propagating worm or virus like many others like Code Red/SirCam. Each computer will have to be individually chosen to be compromised by the FBI. What you are thinking of is called Polymorphism. Many old virii were written using this idea. Many others would do things like compress, and randomly recompress with a different seed to generate a different size/content virus. The problem is, the decompress routine must be uncompressed(obviously) in order for it to function.
but 200MW isn't very much electricity. We should be able to scale this thing up with minimal cost and get more power out of it. For that much money, they could pay the aussie citizens to run on treadmills to produce more power:)
That's not that bad. I'm a suburbian 20 year old male with a single speeding ticket. I pay *$2400* a year for liability/comprehensive coverage on my car($500 ded. as well). Granted, the car's Kelley Blue Book retail value is $9000, but shit man. After paying this thing off, I'll have paid $36,000 for my $13,000 car.
So, I was hoping to register TheAmericanDominion.net. Do you think America will contest? aw shit... without them, it doesn't matter; they can just take it away from me in Geneva anyways.
First off, AT&T missed the negotiation deadline. You happen to be in one of the areas where AT&T didn't switch you over to their network in time. AT&T did end up getting a contract with @home, albeit a little late. That accounts for your downtime.
On a side note... oddly I've been switched over to attbi yet they will still route traffic from my old @home IP address. Think that's odd enough? I've found that it will route packets from my computer with almost any IP address that @home owns. IP Spoofing time? I think so.:)
(for those in charge... I'm just kidding about the IP spoofing)
Maybe you weren't paying attention. With backers like Sharp, you're guranteed it's not vapor. The basis for the algorithm easily leads me to believe the specs. Floating point is too complex for phones. This thing doesn't require anything that a cheap, full features microcontroller can't do. The fact that other companies like Vodafone are interested also gives it credibility. I can see this thing getting messy though, being owned almost 3/4's by the chinese government.
1) Their support are not answering the phone Be kind, they're very busy right now. Wait a little.
2) My IP address that has been static since I signed up over a year ago has suddenly changed and it appears that static addressing in any form has gone up in smoke. This screws anyone relying on a static IP. Wait a while. Things will settle down. My IP address has changed many times since saturday morning. If you need a static IP to run something against the AUP, maybe you need a new ISP anyways.
3) They have been playing fast and loose with the service agreement (that I signed), but instituting an AUP (that I didn't sign)that directly contradicts it. I haven't seen anything like this. Do you have any references?
4) Their DNS service has been very erratic
It was. It's working now. I couldn't get any of the DHCP assigned DNS IP's to work. Now they do. I think they updated the DHCP well before actually turning on the DNS servers. Oh well. Get over it. If you want DSL; you can go ahead and do it. I however, as well as everyone else I know, has found the short service interupption more than acceptable.
This is not the sort of crap I want to be paying for and I am actively shopping for a replacement (I.E. DSL). I expect any other user who wants to do more than play with the latest microsoft browser will be doing the same and dumping AT&T as soon as possible What the fsck are you talking about? You think maybe throwing in some mention of Microsoft will get you modded up or make you look cool? What do you need to do thats so goddamned important that you need a static IP? And what in the freak does a browser have to do with your ISP? That's not rhetorical.
So, yes they made some big changes. No, that's not fully exculpatory for the service interuptions. However, they've declared that it will be taken care of.
Come to think of it... there was a new AUP a while back that you had to opt-out of in writing. It's been in effect for quite a while. Maybe you should check your mail.:)
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Two weeks my arse! I spent 3 hours offline. Now, I'm back up and cruising around. I was one of the lucky few in Wasthington/Oregon who got connected to AT&T Broadband almost immediately. Is it just me, or is the news server only serving up at 150K? I used to get 400K.
:(
Need less pr0n
You hit the nail on the head with this one. What is a license? It is not ownership. It is merely a contract granting usage of a particular copyrighted work(the program) to a person.
[IANAL](first year law student)
When a company uses a GPL'd program, they do not actually distribute the program internally. The usage of the program by the companies employees does not constitute the distribution of the program. The employee has no rights not explicitly granted by the company. Even if employees of the company develop the program, the company itself is still the copyright holder. An employee's distribution of a GPL'd company-owned program would constitute theft from the company.
This, of course only applies to company employees. If, perhaps the program was leant to someone not a part of the company, this would constitute 'Distribution'. A person outside of the company would be a seperate legal entity.
[/IANAL]
Of course, with all things, this is nothing more than my own personal interpretation of copyright law. If any real lawyers would tell me how far off I am, that'd be fantastic!
Why bother? I've found Windows XP to be less than 100% compatible with games. For the home user, compatability and useability rules. I've found Windows XP to be easy to use, but has some serious issues with a few games. These issues often require software developer issued patches to correct the issue. That's a lot of work for the casual non-technical home user. I simply don't recommend it. Why not stick with Win98? It is fairly stable, plays games like a champ, has much greater driver support, and is easily obtained.
Like the article stated, the average geek isn't going to like reactivating XP every time the change 6 components. There certainly could have been a better way to do it. It's just not the preferred OS in anybody's house.
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To sweepingly state that you are greater than your teacher in any class is nearly always a mistake. However, to state that all things must be learned in school is equally as much a fallacy. I don't write graphics engines, but my coding skills are far improved from when I began. To date, my only CS class has been AP Hypercard(oxymoron?) in highschool.
I've learned to program somewhat proficiently in C/C++/ASP/PHP3&4(a little) and Perl all without taking a single class. It isn't to say that classes don't have their place; only that they aren't required(but helpful).
I really am. Why? Look at a lot of older companies like Sierra who have games they'll never make another penny off of. Why not release it into public domain or GPL it? No motive. However, when you look at truly great people like John Carmack who've more than given back to his community, it makes me feel good inside. Like maybe, to him, it's not all about the money.
I wish more companies and programmers had such insight.
Quake3 and UT, all the way.
Yeah, that's neat and all. But how's the calamari?
Often times, my brain throws a General Protection Fault in module Hypothalamus.
You weren't paying attention. Shor's(sic) algorithm was discovered by AT&T's engineer by the same name in 1994!
toonies for everyone :)
See the signs where it says:
'Don't feed the animals'?
It should read:
'Don't feed the trolls!'
This is one step in the right direction. Big things like these show you what commodity products of the future will be like.
Microwaves(plural) seems to implie that you are speaking of Microwaves(as in Microwave food heating appliances); not as in microwave radiation which is a broad spectrum. Actually, microwaves operate on the principle of exciting a water molecule by subjecting it to microwave radiation at it's naturally reasonant frequency(or a harmonic, can't remember). In any case, this is around 2.1 or 2.2 Ghz. So, what happens if the P4 on your lap hits the reasonant frequency of water? Poof. Your legs swell up like hot dogs and kablooey!!!
On a more serious note:
Of course computers have lots of EMI. You can check out examples of EMI here and here..
I can't blame them. It takes effort to continually support old versions. This affects the bottom line. Companies(especially public ones) are all about making money. When it gets to a point where you are supporting people using old software and you are losing money, that's when you pull the cord. It's like Microsoft ending support for Win95. Can you blame them? It wasn't even that great when it first came out, 6 years ago. If I was them, I wouldn't have given people quite so long.
The Magic Lantern isn't going to be a self-propagating worm or virus like many others like Code Red/SirCam. Each computer will have to be individually chosen to be compromised by the FBI. What you are thinking of is called Polymorphism. Many old virii were written using this idea. Many others would do things like compress, and randomly recompress with a different seed to generate a different size/content virus. The problem is, the decompress routine must be uncompressed(obviously) in order for it to function.
but 200MW isn't very much electricity. We should be able to scale this thing up with minimal cost and get more power out of it. For that much money, they could pay the aussie citizens to run on treadmills to produce more power :)
That's not that bad. I'm a suburbian 20 year old male with a single speeding ticket. I pay *$2400* a year for liability/comprehensive coverage on my car($500 ded. as well). Granted, the car's Kelley Blue Book retail value is $9000, but shit man. After paying this thing off, I'll have paid $36,000 for my $13,000 car.
So, I was hoping to register TheAmericanDominion.net. Do you think America will contest? aw shit... without them, it doesn't matter; they can just take it away from me in Geneva anyways.
Something like this?
First off, AT&T missed the negotiation deadline. You happen to be in one of the areas where AT&T didn't switch you over to their network in time. AT&T did end up getting a contract with @home, albeit a little late. That accounts for your downtime.
:)
On a side note... oddly I've been switched over to attbi yet they will still route traffic from my old @home IP address. Think that's odd enough? I've found that it will route packets from my computer with almost any IP address that @home owns. IP Spoofing time? I think so.
(for those in charge... I'm just kidding about the IP spoofing)
Maybe you weren't paying attention. With backers like Sharp, you're guranteed it's not vapor. The basis for the algorithm easily leads me to believe the specs. Floating point is too complex for phones. This thing doesn't require anything that a cheap, full features microcontroller can't do. The fact that other companies like Vodafone are interested also gives it credibility. I can see this thing getting messy though, being owned almost 3/4's by the chinese government.
:(
1) Their support are not answering the phone
:)
Be kind, they're very busy right now. Wait a little.
2) My IP address that has been static since I signed up over a year ago has suddenly changed and it appears that static addressing in any form has gone up in smoke. This screws anyone relying on a static IP.
Wait a while. Things will settle down. My IP address has changed many times since saturday morning. If you need a static IP to run something against the AUP, maybe you need a new ISP anyways.
3) They have been playing fast and loose with the service agreement (that I signed), but instituting an AUP (that I didn't sign)that directly contradicts it.
I haven't seen anything like this. Do you have any references?
4) Their DNS service has been very erratic
It was. It's working now. I couldn't get any of the DHCP assigned DNS IP's to work. Now they do. I think they updated the DHCP well before actually turning on the DNS servers. Oh well. Get over it. If you want DSL; you can go ahead and do it. I however, as well as everyone else I know, has found the short service interupption more than acceptable.
This is not the sort of crap I want to be paying for and I am actively shopping for a replacement (I.E. DSL). I expect any other user who wants to do more than play with the latest microsoft browser will be doing the same and dumping AT&T as soon as possible
What the fsck are you talking about? You think maybe throwing in some mention of Microsoft will get you modded up or make you look cool? What do you need to do thats so goddamned important that you need a static IP? And what in the freak does a browser have to do with your ISP? That's not rhetorical.
So, yes they made some big changes. No, that's not fully exculpatory for the service interuptions. However, they've declared that it will be taken care of.
Come to think of it... there was a new AUP a while back that you had to opt-out of in writing. It's been in effect for quite a while. Maybe you should check your mail.
Moderators: If you have to look up any of the terms I've used, don't moderate me. You're probably confused. Read the Moderator Guidlines before doing anything drastic.
Two weeks my arse! I spent 3 hours offline. Now, I'm back up and cruising around. I was one of the lucky few in Wasthington/Oregon who got connected to AT&T Broadband almost immediately. Is it just me, or is the news server only serving up at 150K? I used to get 400K.
:(
Need less pr0n
I want a kitchen sink. With all that stuff, and it still doens't come with the kitchen sink. I will not be buying that.
That's the funniest shit I've ever heard in my life. Ouch, my tummy hurts :(
You think that's funny?
Check your history.
AMD is like, 30 years old.
Look it up. They didn't start
with microprocessors at all.
You hit the nail on the head with this one. What is a license? It is not ownership. It is merely a contract granting usage of a particular copyrighted work(the program) to a person.
[IANAL](first year law student)
When a company uses a GPL'd program, they do not actually distribute the program internally. The usage of the program by the companies employees does not constitute the distribution of the program. The employee has no rights not explicitly granted by the company. Even if employees of the company develop the program, the company itself is still the copyright holder. An employee's distribution of a GPL'd company-owned program would constitute theft from the company.
This, of course only applies to company employees. If, perhaps the program was leant to someone not a part of the company, this would constitute 'Distribution'. A person outside of the company would be a seperate legal entity.
[/IANAL]
Of course, with all things, this is nothing more than my own personal interpretation of copyright law. If any real lawyers would tell me how far off I am, that'd be fantastic!
Why bother? I've found Windows XP to be less than 100% compatible with games. For the home user, compatability and useability rules. I've found Windows XP to be easy to use, but has some serious issues with a few games. These issues often require software developer issued patches to correct the issue. That's a lot of work for the casual non-technical home user. I simply don't recommend it. Why not stick with Win98? It is fairly stable, plays games like a champ, has much greater driver support, and is easily obtained.
Like the article stated, the average geek isn't going to like reactivating XP every time the change 6 components. There certainly could have been a better way to do it. It's just not the preferred OS in anybody's house.
Just my 2.