Why not use Unattended? http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ - we use it, and it works wonders here. Unattended is a system for fully automating the installation of Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. When you are finished setting up Unattended, you will be able to boot any PC from a floppy, from a CD-ROM, or directly from the network, answer a few questions, and come back an hour or two later to a fully-installed Windows workstation. We boot from the network, and the machines build themselves without our intervention. They have a step-by-step guide on how to set it up even.
Note that RIS is not a very good solution. Even if you have uniform hardware, (Like Dell's, or HP/Compaq's) changing one driver can muck up the whole process. Not so with unattended. Being an Open Source project, you are im complete control of your build process.
I'm glad they settled, but it doesn't make up for all the shit they put the bnetd guys through, or the fact that they constantly ignore what their user community wants, or the whole silly 'gay marriage' thing in WoW.
I'm afraid they're all just corporate asshats. It's sad, but I'd love to see a mass exodus of the creative people who brought us StarCraft to somewhere else, so that we could get some games that are worth playing.
Is a multi player game table where at least 4 PC's share a large table stop screen, so as to be able to play anything from WoW to Axes and Allies. Diplomacy, anyone?
I'm just speculating here, but I'm betting you have a RAZOR thin 'line' between the two. You're still squished into spaghetti at that line, and once they 'touch' event horizons, it's only a (short?) matter of time before their center's merge and form one, larger black hole, whith one, larger event horizon. It's not like there is any force that will cause them to repell one another, so they likely arc together in an ever tightening vortex until they merge. The closer they get, the faster they go, as well.
Because, our bodies have a fairly good idea of when it's light, and when it's dark. It's not that our bodies know it's midnight, it's that they know it's dark, and typically, it's between these hours, somewhere in that 2 hour span, that we process melatonin.
The six most important words in the English language are, "May I please see the report?" Rather than just being skeptical, read the research.:-)
I really wonder. Biologically, we process melatonin best between the hours of 12:00am and 2:00am. I'm wondering, with our biology hardwired that way, is any alternate sleep patern ever effective?
Cutanious (or, Skin) Anthrax is exactly the same as the other - it just hasn't been aerisolized. Cutanious Anthrax is very common, and historically was called 'Sheep sheerers disease'. Very common, very easy to treat. It's not dangerous unless it gets in your lungs (or blood) and has a chance to do real dammage.
To 'manipulate' it to be deadly to the touch would mean playing with it's genetic structure, like say by adding some proteous species genetic material to it - proteous sp. is a form of germ that can worm it's way around a plate of blood auger (what we grow bacteria on in a lab) and has some mobility (through motility, if I remember correctly). No one has been crazy enough to try this, that I am aware...
Worse case, just remember to take a whole freaking case of Ciprofloxicin at the first sign of trouble. If you're already getting bumpy in the armpits - forget it, you're likely toast anyway.
Fourth, you might have a history of being a pain in the ass, and I might have rejected your story because you called me a jerk one time on IRC.
And this attitude, more than anything else, makes me think Rob got exactly what he deserved. Karma (the real thing, not the silly number system) is a bitch sometimes. I'm glad that his finally caught up with him.
A real human is wearing a shroud of anonymity and handing out the bitchslap to a total stranger. That really makes the whole experience even more dehumanizing. In a massive virtual world, we're still people.
Cry me a motherfucking river. Hows it feel to be on the reciving end, bitch? How many 'trolls' and no-so-much 'trolls' do you do this to with bitchslap.pl? I'm glad the universe has a sense of justice.
Yes. First, make sure that he's willing to actually spend money on this. Once you're past that hurdle, order something like a Tandberg 6000, and a dedicated T-1 line. Install the Tandberg in the conference room, and install either two large projection screens, or large plasma display units along with it. This will allow you to have the main conference on one screen, and a presentation on the other. Make sure that you have equipment at the remote end that is simmilar, or appropriate to the remote end, I.E. for a small office with 10 or so people, a portable Tandberg 1000 should suffice. For a large office, you'd need another 6000. The small remote officess can likely get by with a fractional T-1, or multiple ISDN lines, since each video connection only needs like 384k symetrical to work. YOU need the T-1 has the hub, and if that becomes insufficient, you can upgrade that to a DS-3/OC-3 type link pretty easily.
Yeah, I have to admit - I was secretly hoping that Episode II was going to be "The long slow painful torture of Jar Jar Binks" and that Episode III was going to be "The even longer slow painful death of Jar Jar Binks".
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We no longer have a problem - we now use Unattended rather than RIS.
Why not use Unattended? http://unattended.sourceforge.net/ - we use it, and it works wonders here. Unattended is a system for fully automating the installation of Windows 2000 Professional and Server, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003. When you are finished setting up Unattended, you will be able to boot any PC from a floppy, from a CD-ROM, or directly from the network, answer a few questions, and come back an hour or two later to a fully-installed Windows workstation. We boot from the network, and the machines build themselves without our intervention. They have a step-by-step guide on how to set it up even.
Note that RIS is not a very good solution. Even if you have uniform hardware, (Like Dell's, or HP/Compaq's) changing one driver can muck up the whole process. Not so with unattended. Being an Open Source project, you are im complete control of your build process.
I'm glad they settled, but it doesn't make up for all the shit they put the bnetd guys through, or the fact that they constantly ignore what their user community wants, or the whole silly 'gay marriage' thing in WoW.
I'm afraid they're all just corporate asshats. It's sad, but I'd love to see a mass exodus of the creative people who brought us StarCraft to somewhere else, so that we could get some games that are worth playing.
Too bad he wasn't smart enough to put it away in the Cayman Islands or a Swiss account!
C'mon guys, that was FUNNY!
I'd pay more than that for a MMOPRG StarCraft II.
Step 1: Ignore the demand for StarCraft II, and produce other games instead.
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit!
I'm guessing this means no new meds yet, huh?
Oh - update your schtick - I'm divorced.
Hopefully, with age comes wisdom. The jury is still out, but we'll let you know. :-)
Is a multi player game table where at least 4 PC's share a large table stop screen, so as to be able to play anything from WoW to Axes and Allies. Diplomacy, anyone?
I'm just speculating here, but I'm betting you have a RAZOR thin 'line' between the two. You're still squished into spaghetti at that line, and once they 'touch' event horizons, it's only a (short?) matter of time before their center's merge and form one, larger black hole, whith one, larger event horizon. It's not like there is any force that will cause them to repell one another, so they likely arc together in an ever tightening vortex until they merge. The closer they get, the faster they go, as well.
Bullshit. Say who you are, and back up some of what YOU are saying with hard numbers, or FOAD.
Because, our bodies have a fairly good idea of when it's light, and when it's dark. It's not that our bodies know it's midnight, it's that they know it's dark, and typically, it's between these hours, somewhere in that 2 hour span, that we process melatonin.
:-)
The six most important words in the English language are, "May I please see the report?" Rather than just being skeptical, read the research.
I really wonder. Biologically, we process melatonin best between the hours of 12:00am and 2:00am. I'm wondering, with our biology hardwired that way, is any alternate sleep patern ever effective?
When I run into such a seriously aclueistic situation, I point it out. Once. Then, I go work somewhere else if they don't get a clue.
Cutanious (or, Skin) Anthrax is exactly the same as the other - it just hasn't been aerisolized. Cutanious Anthrax is very common, and historically was called 'Sheep sheerers disease'. Very common, very easy to treat. It's not dangerous unless it gets in your lungs (or blood) and has a chance to do real dammage.
To 'manipulate' it to be deadly to the touch would mean playing with it's genetic structure, like say by adding some proteous species genetic material to it - proteous sp. is a form of germ that can worm it's way around a plate of blood auger (what we grow bacteria on in a lab) and has some mobility (through motility, if I remember correctly). No one has been crazy enough to try this, that I am aware...
Worse case, just remember to take a whole freaking case of Ciprofloxicin at the first sign of trouble. If you're already getting bumpy in the armpits - forget it, you're likely toast anyway.
I'm sure, but that's because you're a n00b. You weren't around at the start. I was (see my original UID, which is 5 digits).
And this attitude, more than anything else, makes me think Rob got exactly what he deserved. Karma (the real thing, not the silly number system) is a bitch sometimes. I'm glad that his finally caught up with him.
Cry me a motherfucking river. Hows it feel to be on the reciving end, bitch? How many 'trolls' and no-so-much 'trolls' do you do this to with bitchslap.pl? I'm glad the universe has a sense of justice.
The very first line in the article you quote says, " Bezos said the company would not stop the use or enforcement of its patents."
So, how is it news that they're doing exactly that?
It's the perfect place to shoot a remake of, "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
Yes, thank you - that's exactly what I meant. :-)
Yes. First, make sure that he's willing to actually spend money on this. Once you're past that hurdle, order something like a Tandberg 6000, and a dedicated T-1 line. Install the Tandberg in the conference room, and install either two large projection screens, or large plasma display units along with it. This will allow you to have the main conference on one screen, and a presentation on the other. Make sure that you have equipment at the remote end that is simmilar, or appropriate to the remote end, I.E. for a small office with 10 or so people, a portable Tandberg 1000 should suffice. For a large office, you'd need another 6000. The small remote officess can likely get by with a fractional T-1, or multiple ISDN lines, since each video connection only needs like 384k symetrical to work. YOU need the T-1 has the hub, and if that becomes insufficient, you can upgrade that to a DS-3/OC-3 type link pretty easily.
A better one would be to see if they'd cough that up now.
Yeah, I have to admit - I was secretly hoping that Episode II was going to be "The long slow painful torture of Jar Jar Binks" and that Episode III was going to be "The even longer slow painful death of Jar Jar Binks".