A distributed network only solves the technical aspect of how to send the opt-outs. But keep in mind that a large part of Blue Security's service is that they (i.e. humans) determined who to send those opt-outs to.
I just wanted to confirm what spyrochaete said: I was able to register, but I didn't get the confirmation email. When I try checking my account's email/domain page, it says:
Currently unavailable due to problems with our email service
Here's a link to their New User registration page, it should have been easier to find.
Very interesting point, about the limited shopping options for those who live outside of metropolitan areas. Out of curiousity, what's the population of your neighboring towns?
Another problem I've had with tape is needing "special" hardware to read it, and remembering what data format it was written in.
A friend of mine backed up an Apollo and AIX server, circa 1993. Six years later, I tried restoring the tape to no avail:
First, I had a difficult time finding a tape drive that could even physically accept the tape. (I believe it's 8mm.) Next, I didn't know what kind of tape it was. (It's possibly a DAT.) Finally, presuming I had the proper drive that could read the tape, I didn't know what format the data was written in. (tar? cpio? dd?)
I'm admittedly no expert when it comes to tape retrieval, but if it had been an old IDE or even SCSI HD, it could still be plugged into today's systems.
(I'd still like to restore that tape, if anyone has any suggestions how to do so... The tape purportedly contains the backups for the old Hero and Hero 2 MUDs, which is why our nostalgic interest in restoring a ~12 year old tape.)
I have to agree: After seeing this post, I tried out your demo -- and lo and behold, this is precisely the kind of easy-to-use app I had been looking for my department. Chalk up some more users!
Piggybacking...is no longer the exclusive domain of pilfering computer geeks or shady hackers cruising for unguarded networks.
Some piggybackers don't even realize they're doing so: My parents came to visit, and while I was out, they tried connecting their laptop to the internet. Windows XP automatically connected them to a neighbor's wireless network, and they were reading email in no time. It never even occurred to them that they could connect to someone else's network.
Before anyone tries twisting this to anti-Microsoft bashing, that ease-of-connectivity is a good thing. This is case where the networking manufacturers should be more diligent in having more secure defaults.
I can't comment on Gun specifically because I haven't played it, but:
What if a game were called "KKK" instead of "Gun," and lynching were an aspect of that game. Would people who objected to that game be "too sensitive?"
"KKK was designed to reflect the harshness of life in the Deep South at that time."
I thought "City of Villains" was just an expansion to "City of Heroes"
If you're already a CoH subscriber, then yes, CoV is like an expansion. But if you don't already have CoH, that's fine -- you don't need CoH to play CoV. So in that sense, it's a separate game.
I thought...you could play either good or bad and have great PvP battles between the two.
Yes, you can. PvP battles will be quite prominent (if you choose to participate).
Didn't know it was separate games.
Think of it like comic book crossovers: They're separate titles, but the characters can interact with one another.
Something I've never understood about automated machines like that, how do they know who the driver of the vehicle was? Do they always charge the owner of the vehicle?
Another thing that I don't understand, is why they no longer have seat belt technology in the 24th century (or whenever it is Star Trek takes place). Any time the Enterprise gets hit, crew member going flying out of their seats. Did Yugo win an exclusive contract for developing Federation ships?
Reading Eve's history, it sounded like aD ultimately failed because of Phil Greenspun. Why did he choose to accept the $7.6 million settlement and give up majority control?
I certainly don't believe Phil thought the VC's had "learned their lesson" and would "do the right thing" after resuming control. Why was Phil the only one to profit from the settlement? (Why weren't the other defendants given a portion of the settlement?)
I don't know Phil or Eve or any of the VC's involved, but from reading the account, it sounded like Phil sold out aD.
This isn't a troll, so if you have an insight as to what happened, please clarify.
> Amazing how the first iteration of a device (before it was renamed Palm Pilot even), which is almost 3 years old, is still very useful
That is quite a testament that, even now, the older Palm models hold their own. (I'm using a PalmPilot Pro, myself.)
With each new iteration of the Palm line, I keep telling my friends I'm finally going to upgrade: My old Pilot has finally outlived itself, the new Palms have features I have to have, etc. But in the end (and many hundred dollars saved), I'm still using old faithful.
Along with the idea of a "killfile" for domains, I've always wished I had more control over cookies as well. For example, I'd like to be able to "always accept cookies from slashdot.org" or "never accept cookies from doubleclick.net"
I know Lynx has options like this, but AFAIK, they don't save from session to session. (And at any rate, I'd like to see this feature in Navigator, IE, etc.)
At my current job, we began naming our workstations after devils, so we had Asmodeus, Beelzebub, Satan, etc. I named another machine BillGates, which I thought was rather fitting devil's name, but my project leader despised having a machine named after everyone's good pal.
Back when I was in school, the university had some really creative naming schemes for their labs. My favorite was the missiles lab which included such testosterone-laden names such as MX, Scud, Polaris, Hellfire, etc. One of the mechanical engineering labs was fittingly themed around muscle cars: Stingray, Mustang, Impala, Roadrunner, Cobra, etc.
There was one lab whose naming scheme I couldn't figure out. That lab had names such as Rain, Cats, Dogs, Snow and Airplanes. I asked my friend who worked for the networking group about it, and he explained the lab was themed around "things that fall from the sky."
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A distributed network only solves the technical aspect of how to send the opt-outs. But keep in mind that a large part of Blue Security's service is that they (i.e. humans) determined who to send those opt-outs to.
I just wanted to confirm what spyrochaete said: I was able to register, but I didn't get the confirmation email. When I try checking my account's email/domain page, it says:
Currently unavailable due to problems with our email serviceHere's a link to their New User registration page, it should have been easier to find.
Thank you!
Very interesting point, about the limited shopping options for those who live outside of metropolitan areas. Out of curiousity, what's the population of your neighboring towns?
Another problem I've had with tape is needing "special" hardware to read it, and remembering what data format it was written in.
A friend of mine backed up an Apollo and AIX server, circa 1993. Six years later, I tried restoring the tape to no avail:
First, I had a difficult time finding a tape drive that could even physically accept the tape. (I believe it's 8mm.) Next, I didn't know what kind of tape it was. (It's possibly a DAT.) Finally, presuming I had the proper drive that could read the tape, I didn't know what format the data was written in. (tar? cpio? dd?)
I'm admittedly no expert when it comes to tape retrieval, but if it had been an old IDE or even SCSI HD, it could still be plugged into today's systems.
(I'd still like to restore that tape, if anyone has any suggestions how to do so... The tape purportedly contains the backups for the old Hero and Hero 2 MUDs, which is why our nostalgic interest in restoring a ~12 year old tape.)
I have to agree: After seeing this post, I tried out your demo -- and lo and behold, this is precisely the kind of easy-to-use app I had been looking for my department. Chalk up some more users!
Piggybacking...is no longer the exclusive domain of pilfering computer geeks or shady hackers cruising for unguarded networks.
Some piggybackers don't even realize they're doing so: My parents came to visit, and while I was out, they tried connecting their laptop to the internet. Windows XP automatically connected them to a neighbor's wireless network, and they were reading email in no time. It never even occurred to them that they could connect to someone else's network.
Before anyone tries twisting this to anti-Microsoft bashing, that ease-of-connectivity is a good thing. This is case where the networking manufacturers should be more diligent in having more secure defaults.
I can't comment on Gun specifically because I haven't played it, but:
What if a game were called "KKK" instead of "Gun," and lynching were an aspect of that game. Would people who objected to that game be "too sensitive?"
"KKK was designed to reflect the harshness of life in the Deep South at that time."
> > You can't beat longer battery life and better performance.
> Cause you can. Make it weigh less than 1kg and you have a real winner.
Knocking down the price wouldn't hurt either.
The are separate games in the sense that if you're only interested in playing a villain, you don't have to purchase CoH as well.
I thought "City of Villains" was just an expansion to "City of Heroes"
If you're already a CoH subscriber, then yes, CoV is like an expansion. But if you don't already have CoH, that's fine -- you don't need CoH to play CoV. So in that sense, it's a separate game.
I thought...you could play either good or bad and have great PvP battles between the two.
Yes, you can. PvP battles will be quite prominent (if you choose to participate).
Didn't know it was separate games.
Think of it like comic book crossovers: They're separate titles, but the characters can interact with one another.
Something I've never understood about automated machines like that, how do they know who the driver of the vehicle was? Do they always charge the owner of the vehicle?
Another thing that I don't understand, is why they no longer have seat belt technology in the 24th century (or whenever it is Star Trek takes place). Any time the Enterprise gets hit, crew member going flying out of their seats. Did Yugo win an exclusive contract for developing Federation ships?
Cool, thanks for both your replies.
How thick are those SW control knobs? Might be cool to drill a hole through one of them and use it as a key fob.
Reading Eve's history, it sounded like aD ultimately failed because of Phil Greenspun. Why did he choose to accept the $7.6 million settlement and give up majority control?
I certainly don't believe Phil thought the VC's had "learned their lesson" and would "do the right thing" after resuming control. Why was Phil the only one to profit from the settlement? (Why weren't the other defendants given a portion of the settlement?)
I don't know Phil or Eve or any of the VC's involved, but from reading the account, it sounded like Phil sold out aD.
This isn't a troll, so if you have an insight as to what happened, please clarify.
> The rechargeable lithium ion battery gives you over two weeks of constant run time, or 14 days of normal use.
You get 2 weeks of "constant run time" or 2 weeks of "normal use." So which is it? Unless "constant run time" is considered "normal use."
That is quite a testament that, even now, the older Palm models hold their own. (I'm using a PalmPilot Pro, myself.)
With each new iteration of the Palm line, I keep telling my friends I'm finally going to upgrade: My old Pilot has finally outlived itself, the new Palms have features I have to have, etc. But in the end (and many hundred dollars saved), I'm still using old faithful.
I know Lynx has options like this, but AFAIK, they don't save from session to session. (And at any rate, I'd like to see this feature in Navigator, IE, etc.)
Back when I was in school, the university had some really creative naming schemes for their labs. My favorite was the missiles lab which included such testosterone-laden names such as MX, Scud, Polaris, Hellfire, etc. One of the mechanical engineering labs was fittingly themed around muscle cars: Stingray, Mustang, Impala, Roadrunner, Cobra, etc.
There was one lab whose naming scheme I couldn't figure out. That lab had names such as Rain, Cats, Dogs, Snow and Airplanes. I asked my friend who worked for the networking group about it, and he explained the lab was themed around "things that fall from the sky."