Slow? Yes. Boring? Not hardly. Watching the supercap you spent months acquiring getting torn apart piece by piece is, I would wager, anything but boring. Not pleasant. But not boring. And, looking on the other side, realizing that you've delivering a serious blow to Goonfleet, one of the most powerful--and hated--coalitions in Eve, had to have been much more pleasant. And also not boring.
The $3600 was,yes, the equivalent cost of just the one ship. *You* don't permanently die, but your ships and equipment and items can, and do. Also, while death is not permanent, you *can* be killed; when your ship is destroyed, you eject in a pod, which can easily be single-shotted by even small ships. This kills you. That results in the destruction of any implants you may have had installed (which in the case of high-level pilots can run into the billions of ISK) and means you must re-upgrade your medical clone (because you just used the one you had) at a price--generally not all that high, in fact, but it's still another cost.
So... just to clarify, did this guy actually spend $3500 on his ship?
Almost certainly not. But he probably could've sold it for enough ISK to buy enough PLEX to enable him to play the game for the next dozen years for free.
Why he simply didn't jump back to escape from this territory?
Because the first thing any opponent does in this situation is have tacklers web and warp scramble you. And they'll start bumping you to push you away from directions they don't want you go. And you materialize from an incoming jump a few kilometers away from the gate/cyno field. You ain't goin' nowhere.
If he couldn't jump back, why he simply didn't use his escape pod to escape, sacrificing only one titan, instead of three?
*That* is an excellent question. It's probably what he should have done. But he didn't want to eat the loss, so he upped the stakes, hoping he could win.
From the accounts I read, his battlecry was more likely "OhGodWhatDidIJustDo? HEEEEELP!"
Accidentally appearing in the middle of enemy controlled territory means he most likely was immediately pinned by several well-equipped tackles--helped by the fact that a Titan is one of the least agile ships in the game. They would have had plenty of time to get him properly wrapped up. By the time he realized he wasn't going where he thought he was going, it was too late.
According to the Eve message boards, it was a Leviathan-class Titan. $3600 may be a bit on the high side, but it was worth thousands, definitely.
Incidentlally, estimated losses for the entire battle (which included *three* titans lost before it was all over, all on the side the guy who misjumped) is over 700 billion ISK. That's about *$25,000*, kiddies.
Fun fact--in the original pilot and several episodes in the first season (including some after the tape had been introduced), the message was on a self-incinerating *vinyl record*.
Of course it does. If life hands you lemons, or in this case, an ass-raping by the Secret Service, you might as well make marketing lemonade out of it. The fact remains that Steve Jackson Games was shut down for some time and very nearly went out of business, for doing absolutely nothing wrong, because a Secret Service manager saw a chance to rack up some political brownie points by smacking "evil hackers" who couldn't defend themselves.
Q. Hello, I am Interested in Internet service, do you offer IPv6?
A. No, there is no business case for us to do so.
Q. Thanks for your time....click.
Frankly, your ISP doesn't care that much about you, because you're not the vast majority of their user base. People who have even *heard* the terms "IPv4" and IPv6" are probably less than 1% of their customers.
The problem with ipv6/ipv4 dual stacking when there is little to no ipv6 only out there is that it is pain now, payoff later...maybe. Unsurprisingly, it's had trouble getting people to line up for it.
You don't seriously think the White House pays any attention to those, do you? If it doesn't fit in with what they want to do, it just gets rubber-stamped "No" and tossed in the trash can.
Furthermore, the prosecutor can't just go out and charge whoever he likes, he needs to convince a grand jury that the charges are reasonable. That means a majority of about 20 regular people have to agree that the person should get charged.
Over nine times out of ten,the grand jury will indict whomever the prosecutor tells them to, regardless of the circumstances. Google "ham sandwich prosectuor" and find out why the research paper referenced by the summary is titled "Ham Sandwich Nation".
Because the tax is not on the use of gas, it is on the sale of gas. The gas is sold in Oregon, therefore Oregon can tax the sale of it. If Oregon taxed the use of gas, they'd have to prove the gas was used in Oregon, but that's not what they're taxing.
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Slow? Yes. Boring? Not hardly. Watching the supercap you spent months acquiring getting torn apart piece by piece is, I would wager, anything but boring. Not pleasant. But not boring. And, looking on the other side, realizing that you've delivering a serious blow to Goonfleet, one of the most powerful--and hated--coalitions in Eve, had to have been much more pleasant. And also not boring.
The $3600 was,yes, the equivalent cost of just the one ship. *You* don't permanently die, but your ships and equipment and items can, and do. Also, while death is not permanent, you *can* be killed; when your ship is destroyed, you eject in a pod, which can easily be single-shotted by even small ships. This kills you. That results in the destruction of any implants you may have had installed (which in the case of high-level pilots can run into the billions of ISK) and means you must re-upgrade your medical clone (because you just used the one you had) at a price--generally not all that high, in fact, but it's still another cost.
Almost certainly not. But he probably could've sold it for enough ISK to buy enough PLEX to enable him to play the game for the next dozen years for free.
Please repeat after me:
Slow does not mean turn-based.
Turn-based does not mean slow (ever seen a game of blitz chess played?)
Because the first thing any opponent does in this situation is have tacklers web and warp scramble you. And they'll start bumping you to push you away from directions they don't want you go. And you materialize from an incoming jump a few kilometers away from the gate/cyno field. You ain't goin' nowhere.
*That* is an excellent question. It's probably what he should have done. But he didn't want to eat the loss, so he upped the stakes, hoping he could win.
From the accounts I read, his battlecry was more likely "OhGodWhatDidIJustDo? HEEEEELP!"
Accidentally appearing in the middle of enemy controlled territory means he most likely was immediately pinned by several well-equipped tackles--helped by the fact that a Titan is one of the least agile ships in the game. They would have had plenty of time to get him properly wrapped up. By the time he realized he wasn't going where he thought he was going, it was too late.
I figure he ragequit when he lost his cruiser. Unlikely that he lasted long enough to work up to a BC.
According to the Eve message boards, it was a Leviathan-class Titan. $3600 may be a bit on the high side, but it was worth thousands, definitely.
Incidentlally, estimated losses for the entire battle (which included *three* titans lost before it was all over, all on the side the guy who misjumped) is over 700 billion ISK. That's about *$25,000*, kiddies.
Fun fact--in the original pilot and several episodes in the first season (including some after the tape had been introduced), the message was on a self-incinerating *vinyl record*.
More likely he hasn't watched either, but he's heard of Star Wars.
Or your Roto-Rooter.
Well, of course. It's just down the street from the secret nuclear bunker.
Of course it does. If life hands you lemons, or in this case, an ass-raping by the Secret Service, you might as well make marketing lemonade out of it. The fact remains that Steve Jackson Games was shut down for some time and very nearly went out of business, for doing absolutely nothing wrong, because a Secret Service manager saw a chance to rack up some political brownie points by smacking "evil hackers" who couldn't defend themselves.
Frankly, your ISP doesn't care that much about you, because you're not the vast majority of their user base. People who have even *heard* the terms "IPv4" and IPv6" are probably less than 1% of their customers.
The problem with ipv6/ipv4 dual stacking when there is little to no ipv6 only out there is that it is pain now, payoff later...maybe. Unsurprisingly, it's had trouble getting people to line up for it.
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You don't seriously think the White House pays any attention to those, do you? If it doesn't fit in with what they want to do, it just gets rubber-stamped "No" and tossed in the trash can.
Over nine times out of ten,the grand jury will indict whomever the prosecutor tells them to, regardless of the circumstances. Google "ham sandwich prosectuor" and find out why the research paper referenced by the summary is titled "Ham Sandwich Nation".
MacOS won't be running from this device. It'll be running from a Mac, which this device will be a remote terminal to.
...you've had enough. I don't think this is exactly news.
Because meetings are the only way to let people know about something new, of course.
Heroic NESbots battle the evil Famicons. More than meets the eye!
Those would be Atari games, not Altair.
Yep, that works good. It's not like the malware can't eavesdrop on your remote connection or even take it over. Oh wait...
Because the tax is not on the use of gas, it is on the sale of gas. The gas is sold in Oregon, therefore Oregon can tax the sale of it. If Oregon taxed the use of gas, they'd have to prove the gas was used in Oregon, but that's not what they're taxing.