I always love it in SciFi novels when their space elevators snap because of a terrorist attack or one failed component in an insanely long chain of parts.
that Congress might need to change the law to invalidate a Supreme Court decision that established a key underpinning of fair-use rights, which is that developers of technologies cannot be held responsible for the actions of those who might use them to violate copyright.
So that means that Gun makers will finally be held liable for how people use their guns?
That being said, I still have all of my copies of all the manuals (1st edition). My original Player's Handbook, Monster Manual & DM's Guide are even signed by Gary Gygax.
D&D (and AD&D and D&D 3rd) will always hold a special place in my heart and mind. As a child, it was one of my first expressions of individuality and it taught me the basics of critical thinking.
And as other people have noted, it's the benchmark against which all RPG's (be they paper or bits) are rated.
I'm about to start hacking my car*: JWT Pop-charger, grounding kit, coilovers, new lightbulbs for the turn signals (silver instead of amber), shorter antenna.
Not that this is apropos of anything, but I remember reading something that stated in the entire history of mankind, only two perfect devices have been created: the clock and the hammer.
For both of them the rationale was that they perform their tasks with ease, are intuitive to use and aren't bogged down with needless extras (which cause confusion).
It's even stranger if you keep in mind the analogy someone posted here a few months back: If Ford is found to violate Toyota's IP, Toyota can't sue the drivers of Fords over it.
I've seen a few references to SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) in these posts and I want to make it absolutely clear to anyone who is thinking about purchasing this game:
THIS GAME IS HORRIBLY BROKEN.
It has more bugs, less content and more hostilely apathetic CSR than any game (or product for that matter) that I've ever seen.
It's SO bad that SOE (Sony Entertainment Online) made the forums private so that no perspective buyers could read the 99.9% "you suck" content that exists there.
Let me reiterate: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!
There are bugs that make entire profession trees simply not work (Bioengineer, Chef), bugs that make your possessions (and money, and houses) go *POOF* in a cloud of bad code (and for the most part the CSR's will NOT reimburse you) and bugs that make items and quests just not work.
Now, I'm a software developer and I understand that nothing of this complexity can be released without bugs; that's not it.
THIS IS THE BUGGIEST PIECE OF SOFTWARE TO DATE.
And to make matters worse, the development team insists in implement new features (which, of course, create new bugs) instead of fixing the existing ones.
THIS GAME IS UNPLAYABLE.
Unless you play a Creature Handlers, then it's all cake because of the incredible imbalance that exists.
Now, before I'm forced to use my caplock key again, does everyone understand not to buy this game?
I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but for those of you who run their own DNS servers, there is an extremely easy way to set yourself up to use OpenNIC as an alternative root.
Simply locate your "root.servers" file (/var/named for RedHat installations) and run:
dig @131.161.247.226 > root.servers
and restart named. To verify that things are then working correctly:
> host ns0.opennic.glue ns0.opennic.glue. has address 131.161.247.226
From that point onwards, you can update your root server file by adding something like this to your weekly cron:/usr/bin/dig @ns0.opennic.glue >/var/named/root.servers
They're acquiring a patent, huh? Hm. Do TV shows that demonstrate this technology count as Prior Art? They hope not, because "Earth: Final Conflict" had this type of input device since season one.
I personally disliked the show, but thought their UIs were right-on for a "futuristic" technology.
Note: I also thought their "Globals" (handheld computers/communications devices) were well designed, too. I had guessed that they accurated predicted what our technological/design curve would end up being.
As the husband of a techno DJ who owns literally hundreds of 12"s and who wishes I had most of them in MP3 format for my own pleasure, I have to say that a good noise reduction/filtering application is NOT what would make vinyl ripping "simplified."
The issue isn't what you do with it after it's been recorded, but the hassle/time expenditure of actually pulling out the record, cueing it up, ripping one side, flipping it and ripping the other side.
*THAT'S* where coming from 12" is a pain in the ass. Once it's on my HD, I can manipulate them through the scripting languages of various high-end sound editors en masse.
When you get a robot that can pull a record and physically rip it for me, give me a call.
1) Microsoft has already proven in a court of a law that you can post-modify a controlled appliance in the way you suggest (XBox mod chips).
2) I won't buy it. It's really that simple. Great. Too bad you aren't the center of the Universe. It's all the other people who WILL buy it and potentionally make it a success, which would then have vendors writing software specifically for it, that's the problem.
Or is "CGI" the new term for computer graphics in movies? I always thought it was "CG". To me, "CGI" is Common Gateway Interface... you know, web scripties.
"Unscrupulous resellers and/or distributors may purchase less expensive processors that are rated at lower clock frequencies and then remark those processor at higher clock frequencies, a procedure known as over-clocking".
So therefore we aren't restricting what our customers can do with their property but are PROTECTING them from those damn unscrupulous resellers!
Bah. Also
Overclocking, continues the patent, may produce several problems including bit error and data corruptions, and may also affect random number generators".
Hm. I can't really answer for your lack of spam, but I will ask a few things:
Do you believe it should be legal to send an 11-year-old explicit pornographic spam?
Do you believe that people have the legal right to lie about their company's name, address, phone number and everything related?
Do you believe that scams should be legal?
Do you believe there should be no way to OPT-OUT of a mailing?
Do you believe that someone has the right to use my bandwidth to accomplish any of the above items?
If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, then you too should want forged headers and the like to be illegal. If you don't, then please explain to me how I can prevent any of the above without knowing who the email came from.
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I seriously doubt anyone who is knowledgeable of the specifics can say anything of value.
I know that I am, and that I will not.
Are any transcripts of the conversations available for viewing?
I always love it in SciFi novels when their space elevators snap because of a terrorist attack or one failed component in an insanely long chain of parts.
Fantastic.
A graphical, 3D chat environment? Oh, you mean Star Wars: Galaxies!
that Congress might need to change the law to invalidate a Supreme Court decision that established a key underpinning of fair-use rights, which is that developers of technologies cannot be held responsible for the actions of those who might use them to violate copyright.
So that means that Gun makers will finally be held liable for how people use their guns?
What, no?
That being said, I still have all of my copies of all the manuals (1st edition). My original Player's Handbook, Monster Manual & DM's Guide are even signed by Gary Gygax.
D&D (and AD&D and D&D 3rd) will always hold a special place in my heart and mind. As a child, it was one of my first expressions of individuality and it taught me the basics of critical thinking.
And as other people have noted, it's the benchmark against which all RPG's (be they paper or bits) are rated.
ohh ohhh a quotation contest!
"Unenforceable laws make a mockery of justice."
-- some techno song
I'm about to start hacking my car*: JWT Pop-charger, grounding kit, coilovers, new lightbulbs for the turn signals (silver instead of amber), shorter antenna.
Does that count?
* '04 350ZR
Not that this is apropos of anything, but I remember reading something that stated in the entire history of mankind, only two perfect devices have been created: the clock and the hammer.
For both of them the rationale was that they perform their tasks with ease, are intuitive to use and aren't bogged down with needless extras (which cause confusion).
You're joking, right?
(ahem) "Napster".
It's even stranger if you keep in mind the analogy someone posted here a few months back: If Ford is found to violate Toyota's IP, Toyota can't sue the drivers of Fords over it.
My first thought was 'well if he hasn't planted a flag there then how could he own it?'.
... that I just made up!"
"Do you have a flaaaaag? No flag: no land! According to the rules
I've seen a few references to SWG (Star Wars Galaxies) in these posts and I want to make it absolutely clear to anyone who is thinking about purchasing this game:
THIS GAME IS HORRIBLY BROKEN.
It has more bugs, less content and more hostilely apathetic CSR than any game (or product for that matter) that I've ever seen.
It's SO bad that SOE (Sony Entertainment Online) made the forums private so that no perspective buyers could read the 99.9% "you suck" content that exists there.
Let me reiterate: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!
There are bugs that make entire profession trees simply not work (Bioengineer, Chef), bugs that make your possessions (and money, and houses) go *POOF* in a cloud of bad code (and for the most part the CSR's will NOT reimburse you) and bugs that make items and quests just not work.
Now, I'm a software developer and I understand that nothing of this complexity can be released without bugs; that's not it.
THIS IS THE BUGGIEST PIECE OF SOFTWARE TO DATE.
And to make matters worse, the development team insists in implement new features (which, of course, create new bugs) instead of fixing the existing ones.
THIS GAME IS UNPLAYABLE.
Unless you play a Creature Handlers, then it's all cake because of the incredible imbalance that exists.
Now, before I'm forced to use my caplock key again, does everyone understand not to buy this game?
Good.
-- an SWG player who quit yesterday
I'm sure it's been mentioned before, but for those of you who run their own DNS servers, there is an extremely easy way to set yourself up to use OpenNIC as an alternative root.
/usr/bin/dig @ns0.opennic.glue > /var/named/root.servers
Simply locate your "root.servers" file (/var/named for RedHat installations) and run:
dig @131.161.247.226 > root.servers
and restart named. To verify that things are then working correctly:
> host ns0.opennic.glue
ns0.opennic.glue. has address 131.161.247.226
From that point onwards, you can update your root server file by adding something like this to your weekly cron:
Except that the original post was a parody of Eddie Izzards "Flag" spiel...
"Do you have a flaaaaag?"
They're acquiring a patent, huh? Hm. Do TV shows that demonstrate this technology count as Prior Art? They hope not, because "Earth: Final Conflict" had this type of input device since season one.
I personally disliked the show, but thought their UIs were right-on for a "futuristic" technology.
Note: I also thought their "Globals" (handheld computers/communications devices) were well designed, too. I had guessed that they accurated predicted what our technological/design curve would end up being.
Cry me a river.
If they (the Telemarketers) hadn't been so pushy uptil now, then the List wouldn't be necessary.
But they were, and so it is.
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Im in charge of keeping production servers up to date. Im using a 2.4.20-rc7. should I go up to 2.4.21
If you are in charge of administering a number of production-level servers, you should know the answer to this question already.
(And people wonder why there are 100,000 open proxies/mail servers on the net today. Geez!)
As the husband of a techno DJ who owns literally hundreds of 12"s and who wishes I had most of them in MP3 format for my own pleasure, I have to say that a good noise reduction/filtering application is NOT what would make vinyl ripping "simplified."
The issue isn't what you do with it after it's been recorded, but the hassle/time expenditure of actually pulling out the record, cueing it up, ripping one side, flipping it and ripping the other side.
*THAT'S* where coming from 12" is a pain in the ass. Once it's on my HD, I can manipulate them through the scripting languages of various high-end sound editors en masse.
When you get a robot that can pull a record and physically rip it for me, give me a call.
1) s/can/can't (legally)/g
1) Microsoft has already proven in a court of a law that you can post-modify a controlled appliance in the way you suggest (XBox mod chips).
2) I won't buy it. It's really that simple. Great. Too bad you aren't the center of the Universe. It's all the other people who WILL buy it and potentionally make it a success, which would then have vendors writing software specifically for it, that's the problem.
Or is "CGI" the new term for computer graphics in movies? I always thought it was "CG". To me, "CGI" is Common Gateway Interface... you know, web scripties.
Are people getting confused or am I?
So therefore we aren't restricting what our customers can do with their property but are PROTECTING them from those damn unscrupulous resellers!
Bah. Also
Overclocking, continues the patent, may produce several problems including bit error and data corruptions, and may also affect random number generators".
Yeah, but wouldn't it affect them for the better?
Do you believe it should be legal to send an 11-year-old explicit pornographic spam?
Do you believe that people have the legal right to lie about their company's name, address, phone number and everything related?
Do you believe that scams should be legal?
Do you believe there should be no way to OPT-OUT of a mailing?
Do you believe that someone has the right to use my bandwidth to accomplish any of the above items?
If you answered "No" to any of the above questions, then you too should want forged headers and the like to be illegal. If you don't, then please explain to me how I can prevent any of the above without knowing who the email came from.
"Unenforceable laws make a mockery of justice."