I'd think that starting a small ISP nowadays would be likened to committing seppuku, but if you're still interested, you should try to build a loyal customer base that will be valuable when the big fish come to buy you out.
"Let's test our network connection"
"Ok, ping grandma's pacemaker!"
Talk about being worried when the ping times out...
What I wanna know is, how to hack it to add a larger hard drive and load Linux on it;)
I can't imagine a better way to break into a game company other than getting involved in the industry. Run a gaming website (or work for DailyRadar... oops! heheh), make mods for existing games (the guys that did 3wave CTF and Rocket Arena got jobs this way), or even do skins (read: Paul Steed). Anything that you can do to attract the development companies' attention has got to be a definate plus.
I haven't really looked at OSX yet, but I can't help but thinking: What's the big deal? How many enterprise-wide networks are run with Mac's?
Now don't get me wrong, I understand that there may be personal/sensitive files on the Mac, but I hardly see any "h4x0r 4tt4ck" that brings down 2 machines on my network as a major concern.
The only thing that this may effect is a large AppleTalk network, and to be honest, I don't think that I've ever seen an Appletalk network that was more than 20-25 Mac's.
I'm sure I'm missing the point here, so please fill me in....
Now I can use their technology to protect my code on my "m4d l33t h4x0r s1t3!!!"...
Seriously though, how long until the browser plugin is hacked and the content is downloaded anyway?
This is a great idea. I think that they should be able to sue those bastards.
Hell, next week I'm going to sue the Boston Red Sox for not winning a World Series in 90-something years.
Good. I hope the Gamecube doesn't come out.
The world would be a much better place if they were a software agnostic developer like Sega. That way I wouldn't have to buy the system for one good game.
Been waiting since late January for this modem, never happened to get the damn thing, then finally, after the service was cut last night, I called Telocity and was told that because I hadn't received a modem, that my account would not be transfered to them (like it's my fault they didn't send me a modem) and that now I would have to wait 2-3 months for them to come to get service.
Thanks but no thanks. I got better service through Phoenix...
John Carmack and John Romero for practically starting the FPS genre would be a good start... Where would a lot of the industry be without the FPS? Like em or not they're a huge market.
I still think that Bluetooth has a chance as a technology. Even though the first "complete" iteration of the technology doesn't live up to the hype doesn't mean that it's no good.
The fact that "Average Joe Consumer" doesn't know what Bluetooth is doesn't mean that it's "done for". People will be excited about it if it's useful to them, regardless of the name. IEEE-1394 is a perfect example. i-Link (Sony's name for it) and Firewire (Apple, duh) are successful in their niches.
The name doesn't mean anything. The technology will evolve and become useful and people will use it. Even if it's not called "Bluetooth" when that happens...
I'm trying to look where I saw this (if I find it I'll post a link), but Napster was planning to do the "protection layer" as a "feature" of the client. Therefore, the mp3's aren't being "tagged" through napster's servers, but at the end of a download on the client's machine. That alliviates the bandwidth issue of encoding "on the fly"
I guess that the big question there is where does Napster stop? Who's to say that once the file is downloaded, the "protection layer" won't allow it to be played outside of Napster? I mean, if they're planning to have a layer to stop it from being burned, what's to say that the downloaded file could then not be played in Winamp or XMMS?
(I'm sure that someone could write a plugin and/or that the "encrytion" would be broken in a week, so I'm not worried about it...)
Anyone else see the article that this was in? I think it might have been on Wired...
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I'd think that starting a small ISP nowadays would be likened to committing seppuku, but if you're still interested, you should try to build a loyal customer base that will be valuable when the big fish come to buy you out.
"Let's test our network connection" ;)
"Ok, ping grandma's pacemaker!"
Talk about being worried when the ping times out...
What I wanna know is, how to hack it to add a larger hard drive and load Linux on it
How long until cannibals start complaining about not eating genetically altered humans?
Duh, whatta ya think your "finger"'s gonna do then? ;).
BTW, the funniest thing about this article was that it was put in the humor category to begin with...
I can't imagine a better way to break into a game company other than getting involved in the industry. Run a gaming website (or work for DailyRadar... oops! heheh), make mods for existing games (the guys that did 3wave CTF and Rocket Arena got jobs this way), or even do skins (read: Paul Steed). Anything that you can do to attract the development companies' attention has got to be a definate plus.
I haven't really looked at OSX yet, but I can't help but thinking: What's the big deal? How many enterprise-wide networks are run with Mac's?
Now don't get me wrong, I understand that there may be personal/sensitive files on the Mac, but I hardly see any "h4x0r 4tt4ck" that brings down 2 machines on my network as a major concern.
The only thing that this may effect is a large AppleTalk network, and to be honest, I don't think that I've ever seen an Appletalk network that was more than 20-25 Mac's.
I'm sure I'm missing the point here, so please fill me in....
will P.A. have to make fun of? What a shame.... ;)
Now I can use their technology to protect my code on my "m4d l33t h4x0r s1t3!!!"...
Seriously though, how long until the browser plugin is hacked and the content is downloaded anyway?
Now I can throw "Patent Violater" on my police record!!
Lotsa drama there....
I think I'm going to go set up my 486 to play my iMac in battle chess... think different indeed...
This is a great idea. I think that they should be able to sue those bastards.
Hell, next week I'm going to sue the Boston Red Sox for not winning a World Series in 90-something years.
Good. I hope the Gamecube doesn't come out.
The world would be a much better place if they were a software agnostic developer like Sega. That way I wouldn't have to buy the system for one good game.
Been waiting since late January for this modem, never happened to get the damn thing, then finally, after the service was cut last night, I called Telocity and was told that because I hadn't received a modem, that my account would not be transfered to them (like it's my fault they didn't send me a modem) and that now I would have to wait 2-3 months for them to come to get service.
Thanks but no thanks. I got better service through Phoenix...
Cable: All your bandwidth are belong to us...
...and David Crane. Pitfall and River Raid were classics (but I guess this falls under the "What have you done for me lately" genre)
John Carmack and John Romero for practically starting the FPS genre would be a good start... Where would a lot of the industry be without the FPS? Like em or not they're a huge market.
The fact that "Average Joe Consumer" doesn't know what Bluetooth is doesn't mean that it's "done for". People will be excited about it if it's useful to them, regardless of the name. IEEE-1394 is a perfect example. i-Link (Sony's name for it) and Firewire (Apple, duh) are successful in their niches.
The name doesn't mean anything. The technology will evolve and become useful and people will use it. Even if it's not called "Bluetooth" when that happens...
I'm sure that this will be fixed in a service pack....
;p
By the way, I think foot in mouth is a good look for Microsoft a lot of the time...
I'm sure you guys can think of more...
I betcha it was the NSA who did this, trying to put their backdoor on Windows systems!!
You think that if the government had access to Microsoft's software then they'd have a stronger case against them...
Another great attempt by Microsoft to limit quality content on the system. Wonder if the content is blocked if you'll get a blue screen...
This is the story on Wired that I was talking about, but it doesn't talk specifically to the client-side "tagging".
I guess that the big question there is where does Napster stop? Who's to say that once the file is downloaded, the "protection layer" won't allow it to be played outside of Napster? I mean, if they're planning to have a layer to stop it from being burned, what's to say that the downloaded file could then not be played in Winamp or XMMS?
(I'm sure that someone could write a plugin and/or that the "encrytion" would be broken in a week, so I'm not worried about it...)
Anyone else see the article that this was in? I think it might have been on Wired...