A safety feature that it doesn't need. Genuine Advantage only needs to be checked once. Upon verifying your Windows install it should never communicate with Microsoft unless specifically asked to do so. Doing anything else is highly suspicious and bad form. Failing to put this communication information in the EULA is also bad, but is likely an oversight on someones part so can probably be forgiven, we all make mistakes.
This isn't true if you know where to look. Game Maker provides an entirely drag and drop interface to game development. Of course you'll need to find sprites to use in the games, or have/be a very talented artist to make something that looks really good. It's also relatively easy to extend the programs you make by using thier c/c++ style scripting language or building/using dlls.
Rags isn't hard, he's just mind numbingly tedious. If your raid group has it's positions down, and the proper equipment he's easy. The tedious part is doing everything else under the sun to get the proper gear and to learn the positions.
I think that's something else that developers are really missing these days. Making me run around and collect 50 million widgets isn't hard or fun, it's tedious. Yet that seems to be the way many devs choose to go.
You don't get the WGA check until after you've updated to XPSP2 already. I've tried it on XP Home and Pro (both legit copies) and it's worked no problem.
Just checked it again. Get to the windows update screen with the "express" and "custom" buttons.
paste into the address bar
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
hit enter.
Then press custom and it goes right to checking for updates. So it's possible that it's something specific to that update though I don't see why.
Fair enough. Even though really that should still be a parents responsibility. Talk to your kids, ask them what they are doing. They may not always be honest but at least you are making a best effort. I know a lot of parents that don't even bother to do that.
Game resellers typically aren't the problem. Parents are. They take thier children down to the stores and say go get that game you wanted. Then they check out without looking at the title. The blame belongs on the parents, end of story. If you don't want your kids to have games with M ratings don't fucking buy them.
The vast majority of what's on the Internet seems to be about on par with the vast majority of what's on tv. The end result is that they both rot your brain.
The article references the numbers as 35% of music "consumers" partake in legal downloads compared to the 40% of music "consumers" that admitted to illegally downloading music. So 25% of music consumers don't download music. The percentages refer to the people that consume music as a whole, not to music downloads as a whole.
Again though, you are discussing the future which does nothing to deal with the problem today. This article adresses what is being done _today_.
Now, on the topic of upgrades. You are talking about OS' in the future upgrading themselves. You have to actually get to the point where users have OS' that do this. Today they do not, heck many people still run Windows 98, and with the problems that new patches often create I doubt that many corporations would put up with Microsoft or any other vendor automatically installing patches without informing the user first. This comes up every time windows updates are discussed. Admins taking care of windows networks want time with the new patches so they can ensure the patches don't break any of thier mission critical applications. A self upgrading OS wouldn't allow this.
and until then we'll just let the botnets run rampant....
Unfortunately that's not a very good solution. While creating more secure software from the ground up is definately thew ay to go for the future you have to have some plan to deal with the current problems. Keep in mind that the vast majority of people aren't going to upgrade to the latest and greatest OS, web browser, or whatever if thier existing one works. So even after you've got more secure computing solutions out there you have to convince people it's worth the time and more specifically, cost, of upgrading.
Dual layer discs are still going for like $6/ea in bulk so add that to the cost of your rental and you get closer to the price of a movie ticket for one. Personally if I'm going to copy a DVD then I probably don't want all the extras, menu's, trailers, warnings, etc. So I just copy them to a single layer disc with all that junk removed. If it's a movie that I want that stuff for then it's better to just go buy it.
The two things you can usually find in my fridge are a six pack of fat tire and sunshine wheat. You are right though, pretty much anything from New Belgium brewery is excellent.
It would be really nice if there was no two minute posting restriction for high karma accounts. It is nice that there's no captcha for those user accounts with high karma. I really don't see why it would be bad to reduce the amount of time between posts for those accounts as well.
Well not exactly. I believe it is the coinage act of 1967 (76?) that says vendors do _not_ have to take any form of legal tender if they disclose what they _will_ accept up front. If you attempt to pay with legal tender and are declined without them telling you they don't accept that form of payment up front they you are no longer responsible for providing payment. Interpretations of the law vary though.
Actually, unless it's an Intel manufactured board you probably don't have the hardware RNG. I couldn't find where I read this originally, but here's a quick link to someone else pointing this out.
Assuming this guy's connection is asymmetric then yes he's paying the same amount. However, if it is a symmetric connection then he is paying substantially less as a 1.5mbit SDSL connection easily runs $200/mo or more. In fact for my current address Mega Path networks (who can supply SDSL through new edge at my current address) wants $479/mo for a 1.5mbit sdsl. Now, the article doesn't specify if it's SDSL or ADSL but from what other people have posted, and from looking at older slashdot articles I would think it's a symmetric connection.
That's exactly the same thought that comes to my mind after reading all of these posts. We should be comparing the costs of symmetric lines not asymetric.
Is there anyone even offering symmetric service to residential customers without it being a business class service? I mean Speakeasy offers SDSL but it's business class and starts at about $100/mo.
I was just going to point out the same thing. I have never gotten motion sick from any game I've played, and certainly not any FPS's. There have been several times when playing HL2 though that I noticed something not quite right about the FOV and that it made me a little dizzy. In some places it's really apparent and looks like you are viewing the scene through a wide angle or similar lense.
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A safety feature that it doesn't need. Genuine Advantage only needs to be checked once. Upon verifying your Windows install it should never communicate with Microsoft unless specifically asked to do so. Doing anything else is highly suspicious and bad form. Failing to put this communication information in the EULA is also bad, but is likely an oversight on someones part so can probably be forgiven, we all make mistakes.
This isn't true if you know where to look. Game Maker provides an entirely drag and drop interface to game development. Of course you'll need to find sprites to use in the games, or have/be a very talented artist to make something that looks really good. It's also relatively easy to extend the programs you make by using thier c/c++ style scripting language or building/using dlls.
Rags isn't hard, he's just mind numbingly tedious. If your raid group has it's positions down, and the proper equipment he's easy. The tedious part is doing everything else under the sun to get the proper gear and to learn the positions.
I think that's something else that developers are really missing these days. Making me run around and collect 50 million widgets isn't hard or fun, it's tedious. Yet that seems to be the way many devs choose to go.
Ugh, that was a terrible animation. The WoW one is much better.
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=543034384
You don't get the WGA check until after you've updated to XPSP2 already. I've tried it on XP Home and Pro (both legit copies) and it's worked no problem.
Just checked it again. Get to the windows update screen with the "express" and "custom" buttons.
paste into the address bar
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
hit enter.
Then press custom and it goes right to checking for updates. So it's possible that it's something specific to that update though I don't see why.
Why would anyone do that, they still haven't bothered to fix this work around.
Before pressing 'Custom' or 'Express' buttons paste this text to the address bar and press enter:
javascript:void(window.g_sDisableWGACheck='all')
It turns off the trigger for the key check.
Fair enough. Even though really that should still be a parents responsibility. Talk to your kids, ask them what they are doing. They may not always be honest but at least you are making a best effort. I know a lot of parents that don't even bother to do that.
Game resellers typically aren't the problem. Parents are. They take thier children down to the stores and say go get that game you wanted. Then they check out without looking at the title. The blame belongs on the parents, end of story. If you don't want your kids to have games with M ratings don't fucking buy them.
Well, the funny thing is Fleet barely exists as a bank any more, they are in the process of being absorbed by Bank of America.
http://www.fleet.com/bankofamerica/
The vast majority of what's on the Internet seems to be about on par with the vast majority of what's on tv. The end result is that they both rot your brain.
The article references the numbers as 35% of music "consumers" partake in legal downloads compared to the 40% of music "consumers" that admitted to illegally downloading music. So 25% of music consumers don't download music. The percentages refer to the people that consume music as a whole, not to music downloads as a whole.
Again though, you are discussing the future which does nothing to deal with the problem today. This article adresses what is being done _today_.
Now, on the topic of upgrades. You are talking about OS' in the future upgrading themselves. You have to actually get to the point where users have OS' that do this. Today they do not, heck many people still run Windows 98, and with the problems that new patches often create I doubt that many corporations would put up with Microsoft or any other vendor automatically installing patches without informing the user first. This comes up every time windows updates are discussed. Admins taking care of windows networks want time with the new patches so they can ensure the patches don't break any of thier mission critical applications. A self upgrading OS wouldn't allow this.
and until then we'll just let the botnets run rampant....
Unfortunately that's not a very good solution. While creating more secure software from the ground up is definately thew ay to go for the future you have to have some plan to deal with the current problems. Keep in mind that the vast majority of people aren't going to upgrade to the latest and greatest OS, web browser, or whatever if thier existing one works. So even after you've got more secure computing solutions out there you have to convince people it's worth the time and more specifically, cost, of upgrading.
Dual layer discs are still going for like $6/ea in bulk so add that to the cost of your rental and you get closer to the price of a movie ticket for one. Personally if I'm going to copy a DVD then I probably don't want all the extras, menu's, trailers, warnings, etc. So I just copy them to a single layer disc with all that junk removed. If it's a movie that I want that stuff for then it's better to just go buy it.
Nah, those four apps will just come in versions that launch about 10,000 threads or child processes.
The two things you can usually find in my fridge are a six pack of fat tire and sunshine wheat. You are right though, pretty much anything from New Belgium brewery is excellent.
No, they are there unless you are browsing with windows... from the pages code.
if (browser.isWin) {document.write('.q1080 {display: none}');}
This is completely off topic but oh well.
It would be really nice if there was no two minute posting restriction for high karma accounts. It is nice that there's no captcha for those user accounts with high karma. I really don't see why it would be bad to reduce the amount of time between posts for those accounts as well.
Well not exactly. I believe it is the coinage act of 1967 (76?) that says vendors do _not_ have to take any form of legal tender if they disclose what they _will_ accept up front. If you attempt to pay with legal tender and are declined without them telling you they don't accept that form of payment up front they you are no longer responsible for providing payment. Interpretations of the law vary though.
Actually, unless it's an Intel manufactured board you probably don't have the hardware RNG. I couldn't find where I read this originally, but here's a quick link to someone else pointing this out.
http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/hardware-RNG/
Assuming this guy's connection is asymmetric then yes he's paying the same amount. However, if it is a symmetric connection then he is paying substantially less as a 1.5mbit SDSL connection easily runs $200/mo or more. In fact for my current address Mega Path networks (who can supply SDSL through new edge at my current address) wants $479/mo for a 1.5mbit sdsl. Now, the article doesn't specify if it's SDSL or ADSL but from what other people have posted, and from looking at older slashdot articles I would think it's a symmetric connection.
That's exactly the same thought that comes to my mind after reading all of these posts. We should be comparing the costs of symmetric lines not asymetric.
Is there anyone even offering symmetric service to residential customers without it being a business class service? I mean Speakeasy offers SDSL but it's business class and starts at about $100/mo.
I was just going to point out the same thing. I have never gotten motion sick from any game I've played, and certainly not any FPS's. There have been several times when playing HL2 though that I noticed something not quite right about the FOV and that it made me a little dizzy. In some places it's really apparent and looks like you are viewing the scene through a wide angle or similar lense.
As does justification for keeping them alive when they can't survive without medical intervention (respirators etc).
Excellent points, I'll have to look into the spontaneously aborted fertilized eggs issue as I hadn't read that.