Three pins, not four...one center pin, with two pins arranged 90 degrees from each other about the center pin. Then, a similar pattern on the receptacle. Then just use the connections between the two auxiliary pins to determine orientation. In fact, I believe the receptacle would only need to have one pin, which would provide power, that one pin matching up with the semi-circular area defined by the nub's three pins. Just to clean up the design, invert the whole thing. Put the one large pin on an edge of the nub, and put the more delicate three pins on the female end of the connector.
Just to be on the safe side, I do my part by celebrating the new millennium every single day, in the usual way: fireworks, heavy drinking, rioting, and hiding in my bomb shelter in fear of the next epoch bug.
Also, apparently I can't even form a coherent sentence today. That should have read: "That's all I can say to this: yes." If only there were some sort of "preview" functionality!
I'm sorry, but the only valid response to this is: "What the FUCK?"
I'm sorry, since when did the existence of a worse system make this system okay? There is *always* a worse system. That does not justify this one. I don't want to be personal, but your statement is pitiful, apologetic garbage. I don't care who runs the US government. Republicans, Democrats, it doesn't matter. THEY ARE ALL OUT OF CONTROL.
I *do* want a revolution. It is absolutely necessary at this point. Yes, a lot of us may not live through it. But golly, have you ever read any history at all? There's not even any need to go abroad, as you touted out Stalin. Hell, look at our own nation's history! We became an independent nation because the current system was unacceptable. Do you think that our colonial status was the worst system in the world? I would hope not. And yet, still, it was necessary. Or how about the Civil War? Should we have stayed with the system of slavery that was in place, simply because there are worse possible systems out there? What's that you say? No? Well, holy shit...it's beginning to sound like sometimes, revolutions and civil wars are necessary, even if people *do* end up dead.
If you are afraid to fight for change simply because it might inconvenience you, you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DESERVE ANYTHING BETTER. I would be PROUD to die for my beliefs rather than giving them up for convenience and comfort, and eventually being taken off to some shadowed, non-existent prison and executed for crimes I may or may not have committed.
This nation was founded on those willing to die for their beliefs, and you squander their good will with your passive, apologetic bullshit. You, sir, deserve exactly the treatment you get from this government, as well as whatever treatment they determine you need in the future.
I think you *precisely* correct in referring to the whole system as a pendulum. And, as you said, it's swinging further each time. What I fear--and, honestly, look forward to--is when that pendulum begins to swing so wildly and out of control that the entire system tears itself apart. Anyone who believes deep down that we can fix this system without a revolution is living in a fantasy world. There will come a time in the very near future when our country will undergo an actual, honest-to-god revolution, possibly even a civil war. Hopefully what we get out of it will be better than we we went into it with.
Yeah, saying crap like that probably puts me on some watch list or another, but pretty soon, we'll *all* be on those lists, and then they'll start using those lists against us. And that's when the whole revolution starts.
The short version of this entire message is that our nation is beyond the point of no return. Of that I have absolutely no doubt.
You mean it will actually be searchable in an efficient, reasonable manner? Or will it just be one giant black rectangle playing the part of a 3000-page redaction?
Ah. I was victim of the same educational offense. It never made sense to me, anyhow, since it would imply a missing gap of 20-30 years, since Before Christ would be before he was born, and After Death would be some time later. Anyhow, I still stand by my reasoning that yes, there *is* a year zero. Otherwise, the math just don't add up none.:P
I'm not so sure...I mean, A.i.P. stands for *After* iPhone, right? So 2007 was *during* the coming of the iPhone. It's sort of like counting from negative to positive. We say..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2,..., rather than..., -2, -1, 1, 2,...
This way, 2007 is simply the central point from which you count outwards. Anything prior is negative (clearly, since there was no iPhone...how could anything be *positive* in such a state? It's a wonder we survived those dark ages) and anything after is positive (because we have the iPhone! The time of enlightenment has arrived!)
At least with the iPhone, we're much more likely to witness a second coming...and a third, fourth, fifth, and so on, ad nauseam. Go Apple!:P
Not to compare this "incident" to shooting someone, but...
If I'm at the shooting range, putting the new Benelli I got for Christmas through its paces, and someone wanders out onto the range, I don't think anyone could claim that I am not at fault when I shoot that person. Yes, in this case it may have been foolish of that person. On the other hand, maybe I wasn't paying attention and missed an all clear on the shooting line. Anyhow, in this hypothetical situation, someone got shot, and I did the shooting. Just because I was using the firearm as designed doesn't mean I'm not in deep shit (although, arguably, the guy I just blasted a hole in is in significantly DEEPER shit...)
These things require responsible use. Aircraft are covered in flashing lights and the like. They make lots of noise. They are highly detectable. I don't think there is any way this can be blamed on anything but irresponsibility of the people wielding the laser. Is the fine outrageous? Probably. Is the jail-time outrageous? Probably. Does that negate the responsibility of those involved? Not at all. It is not the job of the pilot to dodge lasers; it is the job of those wielding lasers to avoid the pilots.
I bet your circumstances helped out there. More likely than not, you were either A) playing against a poorly-functioning team, B) playing with a very well-functioning team, or C) both A and B. If you were playing against a well-functioning team, they would have forcibly removed you from those high-traffic areas, and not allowed you to regain entry. If you were playing with a poorly-functioning team, you would not have been able to fool about camping hallways and such.
Any tactic that works for "an hour or so" just screams that one of the above situations it the case. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the truth is, there is more or less a response class for every class you can play. If you keep sticky-bombing a hallway, I sneak around as a spy and end your reign. If you keep sneaking around as a spy and ending people's reigns, I burn your face off as a pyro. If you keep burning my face off as a pyro, I mow you down as a heavy. If you keep mowing me down as a heavy, I drop a couple rockets near your feet. The list goes on. More or less, every class has at least one or two classes that can effectively respond to it. Since you apparently did not encounter the demo response classes for so long, there was something seriously wrong with your opposition.:)
Still, sticky-camping can be amusing for a little while.:)
What you quoted above was really just poking fun at the attitude of the summary...claiming every class is using bastard tactics, when they ought to be playing fair and such. I mean, seriously, what class does the author play as? Paladin?:P
The Q rotation servers are usually pretty good. Good crowd, good map rotation, not too much bullshit.
A tip for Gravelpit: if you're a defending demo, put some stickies on A. Not on the floor, though. Put them up on the walls, above the doors. Put all eight of them all the way around the edge, Leave and go help defend B. At some point, A will start getting some BLU traffic. Don't set your stickies off yet! Wait for it. Usually, people set them off as soon as they see the point is being captured. Instead, wait until you see a good 7- or 8-count on the point. Yeah, they'll get some headway on the cap, but chances are, they won't bother to remove your stickies if you haven't popped 'em yet. Once they're good and thick in there, and everyone's on, go ahead and blow everyone up. Voila! Point defended, half a dozen kills on your score, and they're team is at half-power. Do that wherever you can. Just remember to give them a chance to group up before you set your stickies off.:P
I was never into TFC more than once or twice, so I can't speak to the specific differences, but send me a message (on here) if you want to tag along with someone.:)
I think you mis-read that map. The most deaths (the red spots) are just inside the entrance to each team's base, just before you head out the doors or wander into the courtyard. This is the largest choke-point both when a team is laying siege to your fort, and when you are doing the same to the enemy team.
There is a slightly higher density outside the spawns. This is probably because a *lot* of scouts run over the bridge cover and meet sentry guns covering the courtyard right there. The same is true for soldiers and demos, and the occasional lost spy. Alternately, that density is actually on the level *below* the spawn, which is the space just before the courtyard. Not many people like to go the alternate route, as it's a long straight hallway with no cover or escape. So, they go the other way, which makes for minor skirmishes in that one room.
If only they had this density map in 3 dimensions, we could tell what was *actually* going on. I have a hunch that the vast majority of those deaths are actually on the ground floor, rather than actually being outside the spawns.
What's *really* interesting is that the deaths at the main entrance occur on the same relative side. That is, it implies people tend to go in the right door when attacking, or possibly out the left when leaving. I have a hunch it's the former, since that leads to more deaths (people die more when attacking the enemy base, less when leaving their own). But, again, we're trapped in this 2D map. I believe the sewer-room is directly below that red splotch, which would also make for a higher count on the map even though the two locales are unrelated.
in regards to the bit about scouts, snipers, heavies, engies, etc...it's almost as if each class has certain strengths and weaknesses put in there intentionally! I know it sounds crazy, but maybe, just *maybe*, there's more of a difference to each class than the character model! WOW!
As far as the RvB thing goes, it's obvious. BLU is best. Also, maybe the red jackets of those Red Bread losers wear makes them stand out more? Just a thought, but I bet a bright red jacket against a concrete wall is an easier target to lock in on than a blue jacket against the same wall.
It matters what you call it because people need to have at least an inkling of what they're talking about. It's happened in other threads, and it will likely happen in this one, that the issue is confused for net neutrality, a completely separate side-issue.
Also, content-filtering and context-filtering are two completely different issues. With the former, I can't see any way you can claim common-carrier status. With the latter, I'm not sure yet. For instance, if I'm a common carrier, I'm pretty sure I'm still allowed to pick what *kind* of things I carry. I am under no requirement, for instance, to support carrier-pigeons on my network. Likewise, I may be under no compulsion to support bittorrent transfers on my network. On the other hand, I *am* supporting TCP/IP traffic, so it seems I should support *all* TCP/IP traffic, provided it conforms to the spec I am claiming to support.
So, by that logic, anyone claiming common-carrier status (i.e. Comcast) should not be allowed to perform content- or context-filtering. The problem is getting them to define what context(s) they carry. I have no doubt that if it came down to that, Comcast would *not* claim to be a common carrier of the TCP/IP context. They would instead claim far more specific contexts, such as SMPT, HTTP, etc.
All of that aside, I think it's bullshit and Comcast should have their feet put to the coals for the fraudulent data they're transferring. They are actively performing a man-in-the-middle attack on those whose traffic they are supposedly neutrally transferring.
Long story short--and I apologize for all the rambling above--it matters what you call it because that changes what bullshit excuse will be used in court.
For the moment, I'm not concerned with the mechanism. Instead, let's all get on the same page about the essence of what they're doing, and then we can get get upset about how illegal their chosen method is.;)
In regards to your three bullets, I agree. I actually added QoS as an aside, and it didn't really belong in my list. Your list is more correct, in laying out the three topics we all love to debate around here: content-filtering, context-filtering, and network neutrality.
The big point I wanted to get across, though, is that these three terms are often used interchangeably, when they really ought'nt.
Just to be clear, what Comcast has been caught at is not content-filtering. They have been breaking connections based on the *type of the connection*, not the content contained therein. Let's call what Comcast is doing by a more descriptive name. I propose Context Filtering. This way, we have QoS (throttling throughput while leaving it operational, etc.), Content-Filtering (watching the data going through and responding to the actual data) and Context-Filtering (watching the type of connection and reacting to that, such as SMTP connections, HTTP connections, BitTorrent connections, etc.) These terms are not interoperable, and shouldn't be treated as such.
Come now...while I agree that the video is (mildly) interesting, it is not what you claim. But beside that, the article doesn't say "there's no possible explanation" at all. In fact, the article presents at least a couple possible explanations. In fact, and I say this with every ounce of *gasp* I can muster, the article presents an explanation for the moving rocks that is identical to the one presented in the video! Did you happen to read the article? You ought to. It's relevant to this discussion.
My car was bricked after running out of gas! My phone was bricked after I failed to pay my bills! My house was bricked after I locked my keys inside! My dinner was bricked after I let it get cold!
The really sad thing was, I read the blurb, the article, the posts, etc. I moved on, as it was highly non-interesting. About 10 minutes later, I thought, "Heh, this is exactly the sort of thing people bitch about every single time kdawson posts. Wouldn't it be funny if it was a kdawson post?" 10 minutes after that, I'm back at slashdot and I notice, "Oh. It's a kdawson post. Fuck kdawson. Dude needs to get out more."
Also in other news: kdawson's girlfriend was bricked after his thumb cramped up!
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I got it and thought it was funny. Sorry you got modded down as a troll; get well soon.
Condolences,
-G
Three pins, not four...one center pin, with two pins arranged 90 degrees from each other about the center pin. Then, a similar pattern on the receptacle. Then just use the connections between the two auxiliary pins to determine orientation. In fact, I believe the receptacle would only need to have one pin, which would provide power, that one pin matching up with the semi-circular area defined by the nub's three pins. Just to clean up the design, invert the whole thing. Put the one large pin on an edge of the nub, and put the more delicate three pins on the female end of the connector.
Just sayin'.
-G
Just to be on the safe side, I do my part by celebrating the new millennium every single day, in the usual way: fireworks, heavy drinking, rioting, and hiding in my bomb shelter in fear of the next epoch bug.
-G
Also, apparently I can't even form a coherent sentence today. That should have read: "That's all I can say to this: yes." If only there were some sort of "preview" functionality!
-G
I'm sorry, but the only valid response to this is: "What the FUCK?"
I'm sorry, since when did the existence of a worse system make this system okay? There is *always* a worse system. That does not justify this one. I don't want to be personal, but your statement is pitiful, apologetic garbage. I don't care who runs the US government. Republicans, Democrats, it doesn't matter. THEY ARE ALL OUT OF CONTROL.
I *do* want a revolution. It is absolutely necessary at this point. Yes, a lot of us may not live through it. But golly, have you ever read any history at all? There's not even any need to go abroad, as you touted out Stalin. Hell, look at our own nation's history! We became an independent nation because the current system was unacceptable. Do you think that our colonial status was the worst system in the world? I would hope not. And yet, still, it was necessary. Or how about the Civil War? Should we have stayed with the system of slavery that was in place, simply because there are worse possible systems out there? What's that you say? No? Well, holy shit...it's beginning to sound like sometimes, revolutions and civil wars are necessary, even if people *do* end up dead.
If you are afraid to fight for change simply because it might inconvenience you, you ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DESERVE ANYTHING BETTER. I would be PROUD to die for my beliefs rather than giving them up for convenience and comfort, and eventually being taken off to some shadowed, non-existent prison and executed for crimes I may or may not have committed.
This nation was founded on those willing to die for their beliefs, and you squander their good will with your passive, apologetic bullshit. You, sir, deserve exactly the treatment you get from this government, as well as whatever treatment they determine you need in the future.
-G
Yes. That's all I can say this this: yes.
-G
I think you *precisely* correct in referring to the whole system as a pendulum. And, as you said, it's swinging further each time. What I fear--and, honestly, look forward to--is when that pendulum begins to swing so wildly and out of control that the entire system tears itself apart. Anyone who believes deep down that we can fix this system without a revolution is living in a fantasy world. There will come a time in the very near future when our country will undergo an actual, honest-to-god revolution, possibly even a civil war. Hopefully what we get out of it will be better than we we went into it with.
Yeah, saying crap like that probably puts me on some watch list or another, but pretty soon, we'll *all* be on those lists, and then they'll start using those lists against us. And that's when the whole revolution starts.
The short version of this entire message is that our nation is beyond the point of no return. Of that I have absolutely no doubt.
-G
You mean it will actually be searchable in an efficient, reasonable manner? Or will it just be one giant black rectangle playing the part of a 3000-page redaction?
-G
Ah. I was victim of the same educational offense. It never made sense to me, anyhow, since it would imply a missing gap of 20-30 years, since Before Christ would be before he was born, and After Death would be some time later. Anyhow, I still stand by my reasoning that yes, there *is* a year zero. Otherwise, the math just don't add up none. :P
-G
I'm not so sure...I mean, A.i.P. stands for *After* iPhone, right? So 2007 was *during* the coming of the iPhone. It's sort of like counting from negative to positive. We say ..., -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, ..., rather than ..., -2, -1, 1, 2, ...
:P
This way, 2007 is simply the central point from which you count outwards. Anything prior is negative (clearly, since there was no iPhone...how could anything be *positive* in such a state? It's a wonder we survived those dark ages) and anything after is positive (because we have the iPhone! The time of enlightenment has arrived!)
At least with the iPhone, we're much more likely to witness a second coming...and a third, fourth, fifth, and so on, ad nauseam. Go Apple!
-G
Not to compare this "incident" to shooting someone, but...
If I'm at the shooting range, putting the new Benelli I got for Christmas through its paces, and someone wanders out onto the range, I don't think anyone could claim that I am not at fault when I shoot that person. Yes, in this case it may have been foolish of that person. On the other hand, maybe I wasn't paying attention and missed an all clear on the shooting line. Anyhow, in this hypothetical situation, someone got shot, and I did the shooting. Just because I was using the firearm as designed doesn't mean I'm not in deep shit (although, arguably, the guy I just blasted a hole in is in significantly DEEPER shit...)
These things require responsible use. Aircraft are covered in flashing lights and the like. They make lots of noise. They are highly detectable. I don't think there is any way this can be blamed on anything but irresponsibility of the people wielding the laser. Is the fine outrageous? Probably. Is the jail-time outrageous? Probably. Does that negate the responsibility of those involved? Not at all. It is not the job of the pilot to dodge lasers; it is the job of those wielding lasers to avoid the pilots.
-G
Does you sig imply that you fall into the latter category? :)
-G
I bet your circumstances helped out there. More likely than not, you were either A) playing against a poorly-functioning team, B) playing with a very well-functioning team, or C) both A and B. If you were playing against a well-functioning team, they would have forcibly removed you from those high-traffic areas, and not allowed you to regain entry. If you were playing with a poorly-functioning team, you would not have been able to fool about camping hallways and such.
:)
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Any tactic that works for "an hour or so" just screams that one of the above situations it the case. Sorry to burst your bubble, but the truth is, there is more or less a response class for every class you can play. If you keep sticky-bombing a hallway, I sneak around as a spy and end your reign. If you keep sneaking around as a spy and ending people's reigns, I burn your face off as a pyro. If you keep burning my face off as a pyro, I mow you down as a heavy. If you keep mowing me down as a heavy, I drop a couple rockets near your feet. The list goes on. More or less, every class has at least one or two classes that can effectively respond to it. Since you apparently did not encounter the demo response classes for so long, there was something seriously wrong with your opposition.
Still, sticky-camping can be amusing for a little while.
-G
What you quoted above was really just poking fun at the attitude of the summary...claiming every class is using bastard tactics, when they ought to be playing fair and such. I mean, seriously, what class does the author play as? Paladin? :P
-G
The Q rotation servers are usually pretty good. Good crowd, good map rotation, not too much bullshit.
:P
:)
A tip for Gravelpit: if you're a defending demo, put some stickies on A. Not on the floor, though. Put them up on the walls, above the doors. Put all eight of them all the way around the edge, Leave and go help defend B. At some point, A will start getting some BLU traffic. Don't set your stickies off yet! Wait for it. Usually, people set them off as soon as they see the point is being captured. Instead, wait until you see a good 7- or 8-count on the point. Yeah, they'll get some headway on the cap, but chances are, they won't bother to remove your stickies if you haven't popped 'em yet. Once they're good and thick in there, and everyone's on, go ahead and blow everyone up. Voila! Point defended, half a dozen kills on your score, and they're team is at half-power. Do that wherever you can. Just remember to give them a chance to group up before you set your stickies off.
I was never into TFC more than once or twice, so I can't speak to the specific differences, but send me a message (on here) if you want to tag along with someone.
-G
I think you mis-read that map. The most deaths (the red spots) are just inside the entrance to each team's base, just before you head out the doors or wander into the courtyard. This is the largest choke-point both when a team is laying siege to your fort, and when you are doing the same to the enemy team.
There is a slightly higher density outside the spawns. This is probably because a *lot* of scouts run over the bridge cover and meet sentry guns covering the courtyard right there. The same is true for soldiers and demos, and the occasional lost spy. Alternately, that density is actually on the level *below* the spawn, which is the space just before the courtyard. Not many people like to go the alternate route, as it's a long straight hallway with no cover or escape. So, they go the other way, which makes for minor skirmishes in that one room.
If only they had this density map in 3 dimensions, we could tell what was *actually* going on. I have a hunch that the vast majority of those deaths are actually on the ground floor, rather than actually being outside the spawns.
What's *really* interesting is that the deaths at the main entrance occur on the same relative side. That is, it implies people tend to go in the right door when attacking, or possibly out the left when leaving. I have a hunch it's the former, since that leads to more deaths (people die more when attacking the enemy base, less when leaving their own). But, again, we're trapped in this 2D map. I believe the sewer-room is directly below that red splotch, which would also make for a higher count on the map even though the two locales are unrelated.
-G
in regards to the bit about scouts, snipers, heavies, engies, etc...it's almost as if each class has certain strengths and weaknesses put in there intentionally! I know it sounds crazy, but maybe, just *maybe*, there's more of a difference to each class than the character model! WOW!
As far as the RvB thing goes, it's obvious. BLU is best. Also, maybe the red jackets of those Red Bread losers wear makes them stand out more? Just a thought, but I bet a bright red jacket against a concrete wall is an easier target to lock in on than a blue jacket against the same wall.
-G
It matters what you call it because people need to have at least an inkling of what they're talking about. It's happened in other threads, and it will likely happen in this one, that the issue is confused for net neutrality, a completely separate side-issue.
Also, content-filtering and context-filtering are two completely different issues. With the former, I can't see any way you can claim common-carrier status. With the latter, I'm not sure yet. For instance, if I'm a common carrier, I'm pretty sure I'm still allowed to pick what *kind* of things I carry. I am under no requirement, for instance, to support carrier-pigeons on my network. Likewise, I may be under no compulsion to support bittorrent transfers on my network. On the other hand, I *am* supporting TCP/IP traffic, so it seems I should support *all* TCP/IP traffic, provided it conforms to the spec I am claiming to support.
So, by that logic, anyone claiming common-carrier status (i.e. Comcast) should not be allowed to perform content- or context-filtering. The problem is getting them to define what context(s) they carry. I have no doubt that if it came down to that, Comcast would *not* claim to be a common carrier of the TCP/IP context. They would instead claim far more specific contexts, such as SMPT, HTTP, etc.
All of that aside, I think it's bullshit and Comcast should have their feet put to the coals for the fraudulent data they're transferring. They are actively performing a man-in-the-middle attack on those whose traffic they are supposedly neutrally transferring.
Long story short--and I apologize for all the rambling above--it matters what you call it because that changes what bullshit excuse will be used in court.
-G
For the moment, I'm not concerned with the mechanism. Instead, let's all get on the same page about the essence of what they're doing, and then we can get get upset about how illegal their chosen method is. ;)
-G
In regards to your three bullets, I agree. I actually added QoS as an aside, and it didn't really belong in my list. Your list is more correct, in laying out the three topics we all love to debate around here: content-filtering, context-filtering, and network neutrality.
The big point I wanted to get across, though, is that these three terms are often used interchangeably, when they really ought'nt.
-G
Seconded! :)
-G
Just to be clear, what Comcast has been caught at is not content-filtering. They have been breaking connections based on the *type of the connection*, not the content contained therein. Let's call what Comcast is doing by a more descriptive name. I propose Context Filtering. This way, we have QoS (throttling throughput while leaving it operational, etc.), Content-Filtering (watching the data going through and responding to the actual data) and Context-Filtering (watching the type of connection and reacting to that, such as SMTP connections, HTTP connections, BitTorrent connections, etc.) These terms are not interoperable, and shouldn't be treated as such.
-G
Come now...while I agree that the video is (mildly) interesting, it is not what you claim. But beside that, the article doesn't say "there's no possible explanation" at all. In fact, the article presents at least a couple possible explanations. In fact, and I say this with every ounce of *gasp* I can muster, the article presents an explanation for the moving rocks that is identical to the one presented in the video! Did you happen to read the article? You ought to. It's relevant to this discussion.
-G
In other news...
My car was bricked after running out of gas!
My phone was bricked after I failed to pay my bills!
My house was bricked after I locked my keys inside!
My dinner was bricked after I let it get cold!
The really sad thing was, I read the blurb, the article, the posts, etc. I moved on, as it was highly non-interesting. About 10 minutes later, I thought, "Heh, this is exactly the sort of thing people bitch about every single time kdawson posts. Wouldn't it be funny if it was a kdawson post?" 10 minutes after that, I'm back at slashdot and I notice, "Oh. It's a kdawson post. Fuck kdawson. Dude needs to get out more."
Also in other news: kdawson's girlfriend was bricked after his thumb cramped up!
-G
P.S. Yeah, off-topic, but relevant and IMPORTANT. :)
-G