Ok, I have been playing now since it opened the other Thursday, and it is really a beautiful game. When it is up, I have really had a lot of fun on it, unfortunately thats the downside right now. They apparently didn't plan nearly well enough for the number of people who would be on the game, and now are paying the price for it. The other problem is issues with the mission generators issuing missions where the target you are supposed to assassinate never does pop, or you are unable to actually enter the building that the target you are after is actually in (Playshifting failed error..).
That said, I have actually gotten in some game play. I have gotten the first set of bars in Omni-Tek and am rising through the corporation I guess. The entire concept of Omni-Tek versus the Clans, etc.. is a great concept, and just the fact that I can build cyborg implants into a character, run nanoprograms, and eventually access the grid through my computer programming skills is enough to keep me around on the game just to see what it is like. I bought Everquest and was there the first day, and I suffered through the ups and downs of it in a similar way. I stuck around there off and on for almost 2 years, and I'll probably be this one for the time to come. The somethingawful site is feeling the effects of Slashdot, so I'm unable to check that article out, but I figure you always have to give these games time. Anyway, they haven't actually started charging us yet for our monthly fee, or the original free month, so its all good!
I can only hope that the government of China, the EU, Japan or some other country will one day announce that they will start working on a manned mission to Mars. If that were to happen I'm sure the US government and NASA would probably jump to attention and get to work doing the same thing. As the article mentions, the Bush Administration has basically cut funding to the extent that a manned mission would not be possible. If the US doesn't do it, maybe another country will step up to motivate the United States to it one day. A new space race is definitely what we need to draw new attention to NASA and their astronauts. I guess I can just sit here and hope....
Yes, I agree with this statement. When I went to mysql.org it really does look like it would be the standard website for the mysql distribution. In fact the only reference to the AB company on that website was the little blurb at the bottom that said "If you are looking for the MySQL AB company, click here." . This makes it sound like there simply referring you to some other commercial distribution of mysql. If a person did not know about mysql or the company behind it this website would not provide them with that information. In fact the licensing page isn't really even correct between the mysql.org and the mysql.com pages:
I see one minor one doing a quick search on cnn.com. The only one I saw was from April, which involved power outages that caused users to experience problems over a two day period reaching buddy lists, etc... Here are two links with blurbs about it:
It really does leave you looking for alternatives. At universities, often many labs are used for students to log into some web based instructional tools and to print up papers. It makes you seriously think about the viability of a lab with Linux, StarOffice, and Mozilla or Konqueror. I know in many states there have been budget cut backs and it leaves you wondering if it is best to completely avoid these types of Microsoft agreements. As all budgeting takes quite a bit of planning and red tape, this type of shifting of licensing agreements is a little scary. Does anyone know of any universities that actually use a set up like the one mentioned above?
I guess the only problem is that X10 actually has to honor their own cookies. If they start noticing a bunch of cookies that have values greater than 30 days then they might just consider it invalid or issue another cookie and everyone will have to put up with those "pop-under" adds again. Then again, maybe they will get smart and just get rid of the pop-under ad alltogether... or maybe not...
Well I think the problem for Sony is that "piece of shit vaporware" will be coming out on November 8, 2001, and it will come with a hard drive, and it will also come with a built in ethernet adapter, all devices that the Playstation 2 were lacking. As more people end up with cable modems, etc.. being able to play games over a network will be of greater importance. Having a hard drive just makes sense, rather than having to switch out CD's, a 40 GB hard drive could give games some room to spread out. All things that Microsoft gave some thought to, and now Sony is doing the same. I'm glad to see Sony is taking this step, competition breeds innovation, or at least some more add-ons I guess...
The Department of Energy does actually have a few programs set up in the United States to promote solar power use in the US. One is the Million Solar Roofs Initiative (MSR) which provides grants to state and local partnerships to try develop uses for solar energy in communities. The program plans to have a million solar roof systems in place in the United States by the year 2010.
There is a map of current locations of partnerships in the United States here:
The G4 cube casing was a problem that people continued to complain about. Around the rivets on the top of it people were finding what they thought were hair thin cracks. Apple said it was a normal part of manufacturing and not a defect but I think it bothered a lot of people getting the cube. There was also an issue with the power turning on and off. There wasn't an actual power on/off, and some people were having problems with the power touch detection working correctly. Heres a link from Sept 2000 about the cases:
Guess I can expand on this a little... I use nano, currently version 1.0.3 and it really is a good drop in replacement for pico. Looks exactly the same, same curses based interface as pico, etc... It already comes with Debian as is mentioned in the article. All it takes is a./configure;make;make install;ln -s/usr/local/bin/nano/usr/bin/pico and forget the licensing problems of pico.
Now I just wonder if we will one day see "look and feel" lawsuits to remove nano from existence... I kinda doubt it, but ya never know.
Actually, please don't post that link. It will only serve to provide the slashdot effect on the poor kernel.org servers even further, just put it in the post please.:P
-bbh
Recently I have heard a lot about states taking DNA samples from prison inmates and the setting up of DNA Databanks for possible future identification of criminal offenders. What do you feel are the implications of widespread collection of DNA data, and should we collect information from every person at birth? Do you feel this is a good idea? Do you feel a system like this could be abused, and what would you do to safeguard the rights of people against discrimination based on information from DNA?
What if Slashdot decided your opinion was not worth being read, or you weren't worthy of a chance to give your opinion? At least one debate could have allowed for a view to be heard that did not come out of the basic two party system. It would have allowed for some interesting television and would have broken up the practiced responses we have seen so far in the debates.
I think we should put CmdrTaco in a room with all the candidates for a grilling Slashdot style.
Slashdot Mirror
Ok, I have been playing now since it opened the other Thursday, and it is really a beautiful game. When it is up, I have really had a lot of fun on it, unfortunately thats the downside right now. They apparently didn't plan nearly well enough for the number of people who would be on the game, and now are paying the price for it. The other problem is issues with the mission generators issuing missions where the target you are supposed to assassinate never does pop, or you are unable to actually enter the building that the target you are after is actually in (Playshifting failed error..).
That said, I have actually gotten in some game play. I have gotten the first set of bars in Omni-Tek and am rising through the corporation I guess. The entire concept of Omni-Tek versus the Clans, etc.. is a great concept, and just the fact that I can build cyborg implants into a character, run nanoprograms, and eventually access the grid through my computer programming skills is enough to keep me around on the game just to see what it is like. I bought Everquest and was there the first day, and I suffered through the ups and downs of it in a similar way. I stuck around there off and on for almost 2 years, and I'll probably be this one for the time to come. The somethingawful site is feeling the effects of Slashdot, so I'm unable to check that article out, but I figure you always have to give these games time. Anyway, they haven't actually started charging us yet for our monthly fee, or the original free month, so its all good!
bbh
I can only hope that the government of China, the EU, Japan or some other country will one day announce that they will start working on a manned mission to Mars. If that were to happen I'm sure the US government and NASA would probably jump to attention and get to work doing the same thing. As the article mentions, the Bush Administration has basically cut funding to the extent that a manned mission would not be possible. If the US doesn't do it, maybe another country will step up to motivate the United States to it one day. A new space race is definitely what we need to draw new attention to NASA and their astronauts. I guess I can just sit here and hope....
bbh
Yes, I agree with this statement. When I went to mysql.org it really does look like it would be the standard website for the mysql distribution. In fact the only reference to the AB company on that website was the little blurb at the bottom that said "If you are looking for the MySQL AB company, click here." . This makes it sound like there simply referring you to some other commercial distribution of mysql. If a person did not know about mysql or the company behind it this website would not provide them with that information. In fact the licensing page isn't really even correct between the mysql.org and the mysql.com pages:
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http://www.mysql.com/support/arrangements/policy.
http://www.mysql.org/content.php?menu=18&page_id=
bbh
I see one minor one doing a quick search on cnn.com. The only one I saw was from April, which involved power outages that caused users to experience problems over a two day period reaching buddy lists, etc... Here are two links with blurbs about it:
r oblems/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/05/aim.p
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5465136.html
bbh
However, there is a very small percentage of people who have lost their contact list due to unforeseen circumstances in the data restoration process.
Uhh...dude... you mean we were also supposed to back up the G:\ partition? KAHN!!!!!!!!!!!!
It really does leave you looking for alternatives. At universities, often many labs are used for students to log into some web based instructional tools and to print up papers. It makes you seriously think about the viability of a lab with Linux, StarOffice, and Mozilla or Konqueror. I know in many states there have been budget cut backs and it leaves you wondering if it is best to completely avoid these types of Microsoft agreements. As all budgeting takes quite a bit of planning and red tape, this type of shifting of licensing agreements is a little scary. Does anyone know of any universities that actually use a set up like the one mentioned above?
bbh
I guess the only problem is that X10 actually has to honor their own cookies. If they start noticing a bunch of cookies that have values greater than 30 days then they might just consider it invalid or issue another cookie and everyone will have to put up with those "pop-under" adds again. Then again, maybe they will get smart and just get rid of the pop-under ad alltogether... or maybe not...
bbh
Well I think the problem for Sony is that "piece of shit vaporware" will be coming out on November 8, 2001, and it will come with a hard drive, and it will also come with a built in ethernet adapter, all devices that the Playstation 2 were lacking. As more people end up with cable modems, etc.. being able to play games over a network will be of greater importance. Having a hard drive just makes sense, rather than having to switch out CD's, a 40 GB hard drive could give games some room to spread out. All things that Microsoft gave some thought to, and now Sony is doing the same. I'm glad to see Sony is taking this step, competition breeds innovation, or at least some more add-ons I guess...
bbh
The Department of Energy does actually have a few programs set up in the United States to promote solar power use in the US. One is the Million Solar Roofs Initiative (MSR) which provides grants to state and local partnerships to try develop uses for solar energy in communities. The program plans to have a million solar roof systems in place in the United States by the year 2010.
There is a map of current locations of partnerships in the United States here:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/tally.html
The main webpage for the program can be found here:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/"
And here is a list of projects that have already been put into place in the United States related to this program:
http://www.eren.doe.gov/millionroofs/news.html
bbh
The G4 cube casing was a problem that people continued to complain about. Around the rivets on the top of it people were finding what they thought were hair thin cracks. Apple said it was a normal part of manufacturing and not a defect but I think it bothered a lot of people getting the cube. There was also an issue with the power turning on and off. There wasn't an actual power on/off, and some people were having problems with the power touch detection working correctly. Heres a link from Sept 2000 about the cases:
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http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2885165.html
Despite these small issues, it is sad to see it go. On the G4 Cube webpage there is now a heading about it being "put on ice"
http://www.apple.com/powermaccube/
bbh
Guess I can expand on this a little... I use nano, currently version 1.0.3 and it really is a good drop in replacement for pico. Looks exactly the same, same curses based interface as pico, etc... It already comes with Debian as is mentioned in the article. All it takes is a ./configure;make;make install;ln -s /usr/local/bin/nano /usr/bin/pico and forget the licensing problems of pico.
Now I just wonder if we will one day see "look and feel" lawsuits to remove nano from existence... I kinda doubt it, but ya never know.
bbh
You do have to fax them an 11 page PDF file though, sign away one of your children, take a blood oath. -bbh
Actually, please don't post that link. It will only serve to provide the slashdot effect on the poor kernel.org servers even further, just put it in the post please. :P
-bbh
There are a number of features in sendmail to close open relays. check out the links below to get you started on it.
Allowing Controlled SMTP relaying in Sendmail 8.9
Relaying Denied/Allowed (in sendmail 8.8/8.9-8.11)
Recently I have heard a lot about states taking DNA samples from prison inmates and the setting up of DNA Databanks for possible future identification of criminal offenders. What do you feel are the implications of widespread collection of DNA data, and should we collect information from every person at birth? Do you feel this is a good idea? Do you feel a system like this could be abused, and what would you do to safeguard the rights of people against discrimination based on information from DNA?
What if Slashdot decided your opinion was not worth being read, or you weren't worthy of a chance to give your opinion? At least one debate could have allowed for a view to be heard that did not come out of the basic two party system. It would have allowed for some interesting television and would have broken up the practiced responses we have seen so far in the debates. I think we should put CmdrTaco in a room with all the candidates for a grilling Slashdot style.