No, he meant "assimilate". You see, by the end of the audit, the consultants had become part of the Collective, and were willing to sign whatever the Borg Queen told them to.
And I should switch from a provider that has provided me with fast, reliable, if somewhat pricey, service because?
(Yes, I know that a lot of people have had really bad experiences with Comcast. And the few times I have had trouble, their customer service has not impressed me. But, by and large, I have indeed had very little downtime from them; that's something I count on, in my job among other things, and I am not inclined to leave it behind)
Or, if I get the IPv6 tunnel with Hurricaine Electric, I expect that will involve HE charging me. What will I be getting for my money?
Really? Ok, then. I have a Linux box connected to a Netgear router providing NATted connections, itself connected to a cable modem that goes out to Comcast, who provides my pipe and is my ISP. Comcast ISP, by the way, does not support IPv6. If IPv6 is here and working today, I should be able to use it. How do I do that?
If you can't tell me how, than Dan's "hypothetical problems" are very real indeed.
As far as I can tell, what people have been "cheerfully ignoring" is IPv6.
No, the original PS3 actually had all the hardware of a PS2 built into it to provide compatibility; no software emulation. Then they removed most of the hardware and did software emulation, and then the current models removed the rest of the hardware and provide no compatibility at all. Europe was the most out of luck here; no hardware-compatible PS3 was ever released in PAL format, although they did get a software emulation model.
Er...you can't buy PS2 games for non-compatible PS3s through the PS Store because the lack of PS2 compatibility means you can't play them. You can buy PSX games through the PS Store, but you can also play PSX games right from the disc (if you still have your old copy) on *any* PS3. The real gyp is that you can't play old PSX games on your PSP, because the PSP has no way to read the discs. For that, you really do have to buy them again from the PS Store.
I don't see why we have to have classes in an MMO. I much prefer the Ultima Online system of choosing your own skills and in effect, creating your own "class". This type of system is far easier to balance since you can modify each skill "in a vacuum" without upsetting anything else.
That is so, so, SO wrong. Skills are much *harder* to balance than classes, because while you can modify them "in a vacuum", you don't use them that way. Each skill in use interacts with all the others, creating a nightmare of cross-connections. That's why you don't see many skill-based MMORPGs.
So let's say Minneapolis has the cheapest power that day, but then they have more-than-normal consumption rates.
This scenario makes no sense. If a utility is experiencing high loads, they will charge *more*, not less. And the higher the load, the more they'll be charging. This scheme directs data center power consumption *away* from heavily loaded utilities, not towards them.
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You use the Ovaltine decoder ring. If you're lucky, you can persuade management to use another auditor next year.
No, he meant "assimilate". You see, by the end of the audit, the consultants had become part of the Collective, and were willing to sign whatever the Borg Queen told them to.
...that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."
I thought he had to move to Beverly. Hills, that is. Swimmin' pools. Movie stars.
Carpet? I guess nobody told you that it's really *not* a foot pedal.
I caught their act in Vegas! They were absolutely amazing!
And I should switch from a provider that has provided me with fast, reliable, if somewhat pricey, service because?
(Yes, I know that a lot of people have had really bad experiences with Comcast. And the few times I have had trouble, their customer service has not impressed me. But, by and large, I have indeed had very little downtime from them; that's something I count on, in my job among other things, and I am not inclined to leave it behind)
Or, if I get the IPv6 tunnel with Hurricaine Electric, I expect that will involve HE charging me. What will I be getting for my money?
And you will noticed that six years later, 99%+ of the Internet *still* doesn't use IPv6. Maybe he was on to something...
Really? Ok, then. I have a Linux box connected to a Netgear router providing NATted connections, itself connected to a cable modem that goes out to Comcast, who provides my pipe and is my ISP. Comcast ISP, by the way, does not support IPv6. If IPv6 is here and working today, I should be able to use it. How do I do that?
If you can't tell me how, than Dan's "hypothetical problems" are very real indeed.
As far as I can tell, what people have been "cheerfully ignoring" is IPv6.
And that's what they're getting: IPv6 support. You're getting set ups that *could* run IPv6. They don't, but they could.
...and always will be!
No, it doesn't. The 60 GB PAL PS3s (model numbers CECHCxx) did not have the Emotion Engine hardware installed and use software emulation.
No, the original PS3 actually had all the hardware of a PS2 built into it to provide compatibility; no software emulation. Then they removed most of the hardware and did software emulation, and then the current models removed the rest of the hardware and provide no compatibility at all. Europe was the most out of luck here; no hardware-compatible PS3 was ever released in PAL format, although they did get a software emulation model.
Er...you can't buy PS2 games for non-compatible PS3s through the PS Store because the lack of PS2 compatibility means you can't play them. You can buy PSX games through the PS Store, but you can also play PSX games right from the disc (if you still have your old copy) on *any* PS3. The real gyp is that you can't play old PSX games on your PSP, because the PSP has no way to read the discs. For that, you really do have to buy them again from the PS Store.
You can't conceive of "off-planet aliens" when you haven't yet conceived of *planets*.
Of course! Don't you realize that Wormhole X-treme! is just a coverup for the secret government Stargate project?
That is so, so, SO wrong. Skills are much *harder* to balance than classes, because while you can modify them "in a vacuum", you don't use them that way. Each skill in use interacts with all the others, creating a nightmare of cross-connections. That's why you don't see many skill-based MMORPGs.
You mean like the strong regulative powers that handed Comcast the data provider monopoly it enjoys in many places?
But I think I'll wait for the Laser Shuffle.
This scenario makes no sense. If a utility is experiencing high loads, they will charge *more*, not less. And the higher the load, the more they'll be charging. This scheme directs data center power consumption *away* from heavily loaded utilities, not towards them.
Exactly. You can't have channels with generic terms like "Discovery" or "History" or "Learning".
Exactly!
No, Pete Townshend never played with The Band.
We'll have to prove the specification does what we want, then. Of course, then we have to make sure our conception of what we want is right...
Personally, I think it's elephants all the way down.
Did you provide a link to the software as a reference?