Please raise your hand if you failed to notice the point of this article (being on slashdot) is to point another example of flawed copyright law and our inability to get music for free (a reasonable time after release).
How well does Amanda work if you're not using a tape backup system?
Call me old fashined, but I really don't trust any other kind of backup besides tape. I have tried everything you can imagine (disks, dvd, cd, online systems etc), and a tape backup is what gave me the least grief.
You are wrong. You need to cook 45 out of 50 recipes, 46 of which are possible to learn right now.
No, it won't be easy, specially if you need to use your cooking awards to buy spice and cook raid food, but it is entirely possible. Much more easier, I have to say, than getting the fishing one, where you need to win the weekly tournament (yeah, I've got all the coins already, as have many others).
Also, regarding cooking, those feasts you can cook now are simply wonderful, and worth every moment I spent leveling up my cooking skill. Drop a single feast and boom, all your raid is buffed. It is also worth mentioning that pretty much all the "buff foods" now give a nice (30 or 40) stamina bonus.
I know you were joking, but I find your comments a good hook to hang my own.
About a month ago, Blizzard released the 2nd expansion back for World of Warcraft. On the same day, it was also available for download.... from Blizzard. Considering I live in a country where you can't find anything warcraft for sale, that is what allowed me to get the game (I asked an USA buddy to buy an extra copy, and send me the cdkey).
When I open my cabinet, I see a lot of old game boxes. And then I noticed that pretty much all the game I've got on the past 3 years (maybe 4?) were either torrent downloads (piracy, yeah), or buy&download (NWN2, NWN2:MotB, WoW, WoW:BC, WoW:WotLK and a few others). And my internet connection is nowhere as good/fast as that of most readers here (took me almost 3 days to download WoW + WoW:BC).
I really have to question how much of all this piracy is not due to price, but due to how easy it is to get the games online. I will pirate any games I can't buy&download online. If I can buy online and download, I will pay for it.
I understand all the DRM and price issues, but I have to wonder how much of the problem that is, when compared to the whole search+search+search+pray+search+search+maybe_finding_it_on_a_store issue. Specially for people outside the USA. Most people don't care about DRM. And people will pay through their noses for a good video card, memory, monitor etc (so money is not an issue there).
My special thanks to all companies selling games online. You are the guys that will see my money.
With a two party system either choice has been bought and paid before you ever get to the booth. Would it be better with a multi party system? Hell if I know. All I do know is it really couldn't get much worse.
Here in Brazil we have a multi party system. And by multi party I mean, once we had 22 presidential candidates. I'm pretty sure all brazilians around will remember what happened: Fernando Color de Mello for elected, and ended up "borrowing" (according to him, other words would be "confiscating", "stealing" etc) almost all the money the people had on the banks. Savings accounts, investments, you name it.
Now ? We have a president that never even finished high school. A president that, while visiting a major city in Africa, said: "This city is so clean it doesn't even feel like I'm in Africa".
Need I go any further ? Quantity is not the key here. Quality is. And guess who gets picked, by the parties, to run for president ? Candidate the party think will win. So, in a nutshell, it is us, the populace, that pick the candidates. Do you see a pattern here ?
We have a bunch of uneducated, misinformed, brainwashed people "manning" the voting process. I'm not assigning blame here, just pointing some (obvious) facts.
Believe me I've worked in IT security I can think of lots of ways to cheat e-voting that are hard to detect.
Which seems to indicate you worked on computer security, not IT. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure you could think of lots of ways to cheat a pen&paper voting that are hard to detect.
I know I do.
I'm also Brazilian, and I can vouch for the number of frauds we have before e-voting. And how the number of frauds decreased drastically after the voting machines. We have a lot of non-government organizations, universities and yes, private interest groups keeps an eye and auditing the voting machines and process. E-voting was one of the best things that ever happened to Brazilian democracy.
The problem here is actually very different: all candidates suck. I just voided both my votes (mayor and city legislative post, whatever name it is) on the last elections. I saw all the candidates, and couldn't stomach any of them.
That really begs a question: before better voting systems, shouldn't we need better politicians ?
You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.
If I had to guess i'd say approximately 1%?
Thank you, but no. Oh, your logic is right, but your assumption is wrong.
The point is that when Blizzard (on WoW) says 1% "increase", what they actually mean is 1 percent point. So if you have 1%, the "added 1%" will make it 2% (and not 1.01%). In this particular case, that "1%" is actually a 100% difference. Yeah, I know. It sucks, and makes theorycraft a pita (because, in a very few cases, 1% is really 1%).
There is also a cap at some point. I'm not sure what it is from the top of my head, but, for the same of example, lets say the max possible dodge is 50% (it is more). In that case, that "1%" from Blizzard would be a 2% increase toward the cap (not exactly correct, but I'm sure you get my point).
That is exactly the kind of perceptual issues I was mentioning earlier. It seems one way, and actually makes sense. But in reality, it is something different.
This is extremely relative. I was planning on answer the OP, but this one opens a nicer avenue.
I was in change of balancing classes/races for about a year on another game. There are so many factor to take into account I never want to do that kind of thing again. But just a rough sketch:
- Across the board balance issues: This are easier to detect, and spreadsheets are great for it - Situational balance issues: And WoW example would be horde classes on PvP - Perception balance issues: This are balance issues that players think exist, but don't. Usually they think of it as unfair or unbalanced by analyzing isolated facts, like your example. The 1% extra dodge for night elves is EXTREMELY beneficial if you are a raiding bear tank. You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.
As a player and former developer (again, from another game), I think Blizzard does the only thing that can be done: keep the imbalances balanced. Meaning: give each race, class etc something they excel at. Some are better for pvp, some are better for PvE, some for gold farming and gathering professions. After leveling my 4rd character, I have to say that all classes, if played correctly, are equally overpowered (so to speak).
I can't vouch for the WotLK expansion. I have no beta access. But, in any case, I expect more of the same. Balancing, rebalancing, adjusts, and lots of QQ about a give class being OP.
I saw a lot of people saying no to this bill. A lot of people against it. But no one have come forward with any plans that, after analysis, would be any better.
This bill is far from a good thing. However, it was a stopgag measure to refrain thing from getting worst. No serious analyst ever say this would make thing all right.
Coming from a country that spends trillions on military, I actually see this bill as something positive. Yes, it was far from being a good thing, but it was a necessary thing. I'm pretty sure all those thousands that lost their jobs on September wish this bill was passed earlier. Not to mention all the people that lost a good part of their life savings.
Trying to separate Wall Street from the rest of USA, a country where something like 40% to 50% of the people have money invested in stocks (directly or indirectly) is just plain stupid.
I know at least 2 people who use celular network exclusively for internet access. The reason is celular is the only kind of "broadband" (ie: not dialup) available at their location.
I have tested Samba servers running both Clamav and F-Prot. The access times on files, when running f-prot.so, was pretty much the same. However, when using clamav.so, it became so slow (relatively) that some programs started having problems.
I still use clamav on non speed critical environments (like e-mail servers). But for file servers, it is simply not an option.
Joking aside, there are plenty of anti-virus companies with Linux products. AVG and F-Prot are 2 I use regularly (on servers, to protect the Windows machines connected to them).
In a particular client of mine, about 40% of the yearly anti-virus license payments are related to Linux server licenses (the other 60% is, of course, related to the workstations/desktops).
So yeah, while the home market for Linux anti-virus software might be close to nill, on the corporate segment it is fairly significant.
And yes, I know you can't extrapolate a market figured based on the example of a single company (the client of mine I mentioned), since on many companies they will have Windows servers with anti-virus software. My guesswork for this would be that maybe 3% of the corporate market for anti-virus is related to Linux (or other Unices flavors). Even if not huge, it is far from insignificant. The biggest proof is the number of av companies with Linux products is increasing everyday.
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Can we neuter them ? We don't want that kind of genes polluting our gene pool.
Amen to that. I've got a 9600GT (1GB ddr3), a couple months ago, for a very nice price. It meets all my needs, and then some more.
I never buy the latest model of anything. It is simply (for me) not worth it.
Please raise your hand if you failed to notice the point of this article (being on slashdot) is to point another example of flawed copyright law and our inability to get music for free (a reasonable time after release).
Isn't that what is happening with Vista right now ?
Let me get this straight, they are investing £24.5m NOW, to save £22m over 10 years.
Can someone show me what I missed ?
Which is why I have been using LTO tapes.
Call me old fashined, but I really don't trust any other kind of backup besides tape. I have tried everything you can imagine (disks, dvd, cd, online systems etc), and a tape backup is what gave me the least grief.
Much better than that of most slashdotters, I would say. And we are all still here.
You are wrong. You need to cook 45 out of 50 recipes, 46 of which are possible to learn right now.
No, it won't be easy, specially if you need to use your cooking awards to buy spice and cook raid food, but it is entirely possible. Much more easier, I have to say, than getting the fishing one, where you need to win the weekly tournament (yeah, I've got all the coins already, as have many others).
Also, regarding cooking, those feasts you can cook now are simply wonderful, and worth every moment I spent leveling up my cooking skill. Drop a single feast and boom, all your raid is buffed. It is also worth mentioning that pretty much all the "buff foods" now give a nice (30 or 40) stamina bonus.
I know you were joking, but I find your comments a good hook to hang my own.
About a month ago, Blizzard released the 2nd expansion back for World of Warcraft. On the same day, it was also available for download .... from Blizzard. Considering I live in a country where you can't find anything warcraft for sale, that is what allowed me to get the game (I asked an USA buddy to buy an extra copy, and send me the cdkey).
When I open my cabinet, I see a lot of old game boxes. And then I noticed that pretty much all the game I've got on the past 3 years (maybe 4?) were either torrent downloads (piracy, yeah), or buy&download (NWN2, NWN2:MotB, WoW, WoW:BC, WoW:WotLK and a few others). And my internet connection is nowhere as good/fast as that of most readers here (took me almost 3 days to download WoW + WoW:BC).
I really have to question how much of all this piracy is not due to price, but due to how easy it is to get the games online. I will pirate any games I can't buy&download online. If I can buy online and download, I will pay for it.
I understand all the DRM and price issues, but I have to wonder how much of the problem that is, when compared to the whole search+search+search+pray+search+search+maybe_finding_it_on_a_store issue. Specially for people outside the USA. Most people don't care about DRM. And people will pay through their noses for a good video card, memory, monitor etc (so money is not an issue there).
My special thanks to all companies selling games online. You are the guys that will see my money.
People don't want AIX Desktops. They want POWER based desktops.
AIX was just something we ran over some very nice piece of hardware (the POWER ones, not the PowerPC+IDE ones).
No.
0.0.0.0 with netmask 0.0.0.0 means all addresses. (Choose your notation: 0.0.0.0/0, 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 etc).
0.0.0.0 is just 1 address.
Parent is 100% correct in all regards.
The book is excellent, and the 1971 movie is a very good and close adaptation.
The TV remake is just awful. It was, AT BEST, inspired by the theme of the book. Claiming anything else is just stupid.
.ibm ? .microsoft ? .google ?
We will be seeing a lot of those if it gets approved.
URL address will keep reminding us of bitnet domains ... Geez.
Here in Brazil we have a multi party system. And by multi party I mean, once we had 22 presidential candidates. I'm pretty sure all brazilians around will remember what happened: Fernando Color de Mello for elected, and ended up "borrowing" (according to him, other words would be "confiscating", "stealing" etc) almost all the money the people had on the banks. Savings accounts, investments, you name it.
Now ? We have a president that never even finished high school. A president that, while visiting a major city in Africa, said: "This city is so clean it doesn't even feel like I'm in Africa".
Need I go any further ? Quantity is not the key here. Quality is. And guess who gets picked, by the parties, to run for president ? Candidate the party think will win. So, in a nutshell, it is us, the populace, that pick the candidates. Do you see a pattern here ?
We have a bunch of uneducated, misinformed, brainwashed people "manning" the voting process. I'm not assigning blame here, just pointing some (obvious) facts.
We have a vicious circle.
How to break it ? I have no clue.
Here is another suggestion: IEEE
Believe me I've worked in IT security I can think of lots of ways to cheat e-voting that are hard to detect.
Which seems to indicate you worked on computer security, not IT. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure you could think of lots of ways to cheat a pen&paper voting that are hard to detect.
I know I do.
I'm also Brazilian, and I can vouch for the number of frauds we have before e-voting. And how the number of frauds decreased drastically after the voting machines. We have a lot of non-government organizations, universities and yes, private interest groups keeps an eye and auditing the voting machines and process. E-voting was one of the best things that ever happened to Brazilian democracy.
The problem here is actually very different: all candidates suck. I just voided both my votes (mayor and city legislative post, whatever name it is) on the last elections. I saw all the candidates, and couldn't stomach any of them.
That really begs a question: before better voting systems, shouldn't we need better politicians ?
You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.
If I had to guess i'd say approximately 1%?
Thank you, but no. Oh, your logic is right, but your assumption is wrong.
The point is that when Blizzard (on WoW) says 1% "increase", what they actually mean is 1 percent point.
So if you have 1%, the "added 1%" will make it 2% (and not 1.01%). In this particular case, that "1%" is actually a 100% difference. Yeah, I know. It sucks, and makes theorycraft a pita (because, in a very few cases, 1% is really 1%).
There is also a cap at some point. I'm not sure what it is from the top of my head, but, for the same of example, lets say the max possible dodge is 50% (it is more). In that case, that "1%" from Blizzard would be a 2% increase toward the cap (not exactly correct, but I'm sure you get my point).
That is exactly the kind of perceptual issues I was mentioning earlier. It seems one way, and actually makes sense. But in reality, it is something different.
Keeping thing in balance is a nightmare.
This is extremely relative. I was planning on answer the OP, but this one opens a nicer avenue.
I was in change of balancing classes/races for about a year on another game. There are so many factor to take into account I never want to do that kind of thing again. But just a rough sketch:
- Across the board balance issues: This are easier to detect, and spreadsheets are great for it
- Situational balance issues: And WoW example would be horde classes on PvP
- Perception balance issues: This are balance issues that players think exist, but don't. Usually they think of it as unfair or unbalanced by analyzing isolated facts, like your example. The 1% extra dodge for night elves is EXTREMELY beneficial if you are a raiding bear tank. You have no idea how much difference that 1% can make.
As a player and former developer (again, from another game), I think Blizzard does the only thing that can be done: keep the imbalances balanced. Meaning: give each race, class etc something they excel at. Some are better for pvp, some are better for PvE, some for gold farming and gathering professions. After leveling my 4rd character, I have to say that all classes, if played correctly, are equally overpowered (so to speak).
I can't vouch for the WotLK expansion. I have no beta access. But, in any case, I expect more of the same. Balancing, rebalancing, adjusts, and lots of QQ about a give class being OP.
Players will be players.
You are right. The software usually is developed on Hong Kong, India or Korean.
"Citizen, please report to the R&D department for your mandatory volunteer program. Have a nice day"
(If you don't don't have UV clearance, don't read past this point. Reading the following text without UV clearance is considered treason)
But the best quote is still: All rules are optional, some are even more optional than the others.
I saw a lot of people saying no to this bill. A lot of people against it. But no one have come forward with any plans that, after analysis, would be any better.
This bill is far from a good thing. However, it was a stopgag measure to refrain thing from getting worst. No serious analyst ever say this would make thing all right.
Coming from a country that spends trillions on military, I actually see this bill as something positive. Yes, it was far from being a good thing, but it was a necessary thing. I'm pretty sure all those thousands that lost their jobs on September wish this bill was passed earlier. Not to mention all the people that lost a good part of their life savings.
Trying to separate Wall Street from the rest of USA, a country where something like 40% to 50% of the people have money invested in stocks (directly or indirectly) is just plain stupid.
I know at least 2 people who use celular network exclusively for internet access. The reason is celular is the only kind of "broadband" (ie: not dialup) available at their location.
Because ClamAV is SLOW.
I have tested Samba servers running both Clamav and F-Prot. The access times on files, when running f-prot.so, was pretty much the same. However, when using clamav.so, it became so slow (relatively) that some programs started having problems.
I still use clamav on non speed critical environments (like e-mail servers). But for file servers, it is simply not an option.
Joking aside, there are plenty of anti-virus companies with Linux products. AVG and F-Prot are 2 I use regularly (on servers, to protect the Windows machines connected to them).
In a particular client of mine, about 40% of the yearly anti-virus license payments are related to Linux server licenses (the other 60% is, of course, related to the workstations/desktops).
So yeah, while the home market for Linux anti-virus software might be close to nill, on the corporate segment it is fairly significant.
And yes, I know you can't extrapolate a market figured based on the example of a single company (the client of mine I mentioned), since on many companies they will have Windows servers with anti-virus software. My guesswork for this would be that maybe 3% of the corporate market for anti-virus is related to Linux (or other Unices flavors). Even if not huge, it is far from insignificant. The biggest proof is the number of av companies with Linux products is increasing everyday.