yeah i have the same sort of thing. when the power goes out or something, the lack of computer fan sound makes silence seem like something weird and out of place.
then the bigger issue becomes not that the services are different, but that the definition of 'sufficiently vital to everyday life' needs to be updated. I am nearly certain that most people, when inquired about their daily life nowadays, would include internet usage as a very common part of their personal and professional lives.
What I find interesting is the odd conflict arising from your statements... you admit how reliance upon technology makes a person weaker, and then call that same achievement incredible...
correct me if i'm wrong... my thought is that for backwards compatibility they would have to write patches for their old games for the change in authentication scheme. i'm not a super programmer but it *sounds* (key word there, heh) like it wouldn't be too much work... likely they use the same algorithms for battle.net authentication in most of their games...
if blizzard would just release their own server program for public use then they would be able to control piracy like they want yet allow 3rd party bnet servers...
at least that's the idea...
since they didn't, now they've got this 3rd party designed bnet server emulator on their hands...
maybe they will wise up and fill the demand with a supply...
it is somewhat amusing that a not insignificant percentage of the articles that make the front page of slashdot mention that their information source is zdnet...
i always track spammers down to ip's over in china and taiwan, where nobody gives a flying rat's ass if they host spammers or not. it's a haven for spam imo...
oh, i dunno.
sneaking this kind of shit into open source software would be a game of statistics.
yeah, open source software prides itself on the "thousands of eyes fixing bugs" model, but if 10,000 people download the code, compile it and use it, and only 50 actually look at it, and only 5 actually look at it carefully and grok it all, what are the chances that they can't sneak things into forgotten little sub-parts?
what are the chances that it has not already happened?
it's called subversion, and the cia is good at it.
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yeah i have the same sort of thing.
when the power goes out or something, the lack of computer fan sound makes silence seem like something weird and out of place.
eudas
or, any episode of star trek.
eudas
were the sites defaced after the netcraft survey or after the switch to parking them on IIS servers? :)
eudas
only to other /. trolls.
eudas
gah html email. what an awful concept.
eudas
"but I guess you can't sue for making the neighborhood look bad."
actually iirc neighborhood associations do sue individuals for making the neighborhood look bad...
eudas
well you know what they say, women control 60% of the spending money and 100% of the pussy...
eudas
i bet it makes some dogbert at that company wag his tail ferociously when he thinks about it, though.
eudas
well kudos to you for checking, verifying, and then having the balls to apologize. *clap clap*
eudas
then the bigger issue becomes not that the services are different, but that the definition of 'sufficiently vital to everyday life' needs to be updated. I am nearly certain that most people, when inquired about their daily life nowadays, would include internet usage as a very common part of their personal and professional lives.
eudas
What I find interesting is the odd conflict arising from your statements... you admit how reliance upon technology makes a person weaker, and then call that same achievement incredible...
eudas
yeah but if big business is athens then so are they... ie, the peloponnesian war...
eudas
he's probably just read it for his classical civ class, so it's on his mind... :P
eudas
correct me if i'm wrong... my thought is that for backwards compatibility they would have to write patches for their old games for the change in authentication scheme. i'm not a super programmer but it *sounds* (key word there, heh) like it wouldn't be too much work... likely they use the same algorithms for battle.net authentication in most of their games...
just my $0.02...
eudas
if blizzard would just release their own server program for public use then they would be able to control piracy like they want yet allow 3rd party bnet servers...
at least that's the idea...
since they didn't, now they've got this 3rd party designed bnet server emulator on their hands...
maybe they will wise up and fill the demand with a supply...
eudas
One would assume that you are a big boy and know how to cut and paste.
eudas
While I did a google search to find out what NIH syndrome was, I found this result:
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog00000
It is an article written in defense of NIH; I found it an interesting read.
eudas
can we fill his house with popcorn first?
eudas
it is somewhat amusing that a not insignificant percentage of the articles that make the front page of slashdot mention that their information source is zdnet...
eudas
i always track spammers down to ip's over in china and taiwan, where nobody gives a flying rat's ass if they host spammers or not. it's a haven for spam imo...
eudas
What if it's an odd function like sin and therefore T3 will be Arnie trying to kill John Conner again?
eudas
you probably wouldn't win; you'd probably just disappear.
eudas
oh, i dunno.
sneaking this kind of shit into open source software would be a game of statistics.
yeah, open source software prides itself on the "thousands of eyes fixing bugs" model, but if 10,000 people download the code, compile it and use it, and only 50 actually look at it, and only 5 actually look at it carefully and grok it all, what are the chances that they can't sneak things into forgotten little sub-parts?
what are the chances that it has not already happened?
it's called subversion, and the cia is good at it.
eudas
Rent next month.
eudas
What... the irony doesn't speak out to you?
eudas