BTW, Steam has killed our lan gaming events. It takes up too much bandwidth trying to phone home so it ends up killing the network for everyone else. Especially if not everyone is updated before they get to the lan, which is usually the case. The amount of people showing up for an event dropped alot after Steam killed it.
Easy fix: Force everyone to update at before connecting to the lan.
1. Burn.GCF few files to a couple DVD-RW. 2. Overwrite the GCF files in the Steam Folder. 3. ??? 4. Profit!
Actually the all-you-can-eat places do limit the Homer Simpsons and still call it all-you-can-eat. They simply say "all you can eat" means all you personally can eat while you're there.
Yes, and the Homer Simpsons eat the entire stock in one sitting without problem and still be hungry enough to look for other restaurants, and go fishing afterwards - in the same way that Homer Simpsons aren't even close to being tormented when force-fed every single donught in the whole world.
When someone buys 6meg DSL for $99/mth it will cost the ISP $450/mth to supply the 6meg to that DSL when needed. So for prices to be lowered overbooking is done. You know, like with dialup? Are we all forgetting that? To bring prices down for the residential customer a certain amount of overbooking HAS to be done.
Overbooking not the issue. The issue is with ISPs that advertise unlimited but then charge for excessive bandwidth usage. Either it is unlimited or it is not - if it isn't unlimited, then do not advertise it as such.
If an "All-you-can-eat" restaurant can't handle Homer Simpson, then they should increase their prices to compensate or not provide an "All-you-can-eat" option. This is plain and simple, and applies to ISPs as well.
As for overbooking, my dial-up ISP fixed the problem by having two peak hours per day, with extensions during non-busy periods, followed by annual renewal requests. This worked perfectly - as the heavy users that did not like the policy were free to choose any other ISP in the area (which actually bill for services rather than ask for donations.)
This guys still alive? And more importantly, why are we still discussing him like he makes some sort of difference at all?
In this case, it will most likely signal the official end of his lawyer career. He's already lost credability with NIMF, and in other places. Going after the bar will make him lose credibility, period.
While a similar lawsuit succeeded in the past, it was settled out of court since the bar wanted to protect the people making the complaints. However, I doubt there's going to be any form of settlement this time around - previously, it was settled to protect the complaintants, but this time, they have a much stronger case because of his press releases.
Don't feed the trolls people
I asked on GamePolitics - the people feeding the troll say that they have to reply to correct his inaccurracies. "If we don't reply, he'll just claim that he's right because there are no replies".
This is ignoring the fact I also suggested to leave the messages for the admins. They generally have the best replies and follow up with a ban - they have one of many reasons to do and can use any one at their leisure.
In addition to encryption, Starforce works like a rootkit to install bottom-level drivers ("ring 0 drivers") that directly control your CDROM drives by sitting just below Windows' built in IDE drivers, therefore controlling all CDROM access even for discs not protected by Starforce.
Ring 0 drivers are not rootkits - they are called Ring 0 Drivers. In the same way, you might as well call Video card drivers to be the equivalent of rootkits as well - they need to have Ring 0 for performance reasons (at least with Windows XP).
Drivers are only rootkits if they try to hide themselves by masking themselves from user visibility. This is not the case, since they appear as non-plug-and-play drivers in Windows XP.
Feel free to call them malware (especially since it springs itself on users without forwarning), defective or garbage - but they are not rootkits.
Am I the only one here who looks at Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq and thinks our money would be better spent on a few crates of AK-47's, body armor, and more benefits for the troops?
I would look back to WWI. Giving the WWI equivalents would only get more people killed in the trenches, and would fail not break the trench deadlock.
"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax." -- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 1899.
Naturally, this scientist was short-sighted - and would be considered a liability as soon as the enemy had the exclusive aircraft advantage.
The same applies to WWII, where Radar/Sonar would be considered something taken from a bad Sci-Fi story, and WW III, where this type of weapon is considered taken from a bad Sci-Fi story, and where people recommend sticking with whatever works, and finally WW IV, where Arquebus/Muskets are silly Sci-Fi stuff.
I logged into my "Root" account, and installed Chessmaster 9000. When I logged back into my regular user account, the game wouldn't start. After a while, it dawned on me that Chessmaster installs the bulk of the data in your My Documents folder. So I uninstalled it, then tried to install it under my user's account.
IIRC, the "Designed for Windows XP" certification guide states that is a defect. I haven't reviewed the document recently, but I still remember that games are supposed to run from a limited user account under Windows XP certification.
Installation requires administrator privilages, and that's a given. However, normal usage of "normal" products must run as a limited user or it is defective - it is even more defective if it must run as a Domain Administrator.
The real difference, for now at least, is that most Windows users run applications and more importantly web browsers with administrative privilages.
Most Linux/*nix users do not.
A properly written Linux/Unix virus will do the equivalent of rootkitting the ".bashrc". It hides itself in that file - then it redirects input/output through itself, being the man-in-the-middle. You won't notice it unless you log in as root and see that users have a disproportionate amount of space.
However, from a proper security perspective, you won't log in as root - you'd use a "lesser" account and "su" to root. That's how the virus will infect the system - it grabs the root password while you type it in, and it rootkits the system.
If you stick with a mindset that viruses can't spread under Linux, then you'll end up with the exact opposite you expect. While we may not be a tech level that makes this level of hacking practical (because it would generally have to emulate an entire operating system), don't be suprised when these attacks start appearing.
I have only one word to say to this... Doogie Howser. Which is actually two words, but hey we can't all be geniuses. He was a doctor at age 14!
Doogie Howser is a fictional character... which makes it all more awe-inspiring when you do meet him.
You don't see too many people such as that star - most child geniuses are simply given a higher quantity of work that eventually drains them out when they become adults. They are either drained because they don't learn what they want (e.g. they are "taught" art instead), are only exposed to the tedious aspect of learning (e.g. theory only), do not have resources to learn (e.g. no persistant textbook that can be reviewed later), and/or are continuously snuffed out (e.g. attended High School).
Depression interferes with learning as well - but teenagers are somehow taught that these are mood swings caused by some hormonal imbalance. (In some cases, this is incorrect - these moods are related to the teenager feeling that something is wrong, but doesn't yet understand why.)
This is my hypothesis, but I'm not a sociologist. Child prodegies can carry on into adulthood with new advancements (even if they aren't famous), but they have to be educated correctly - conventional education will not work.
This is what happens when the boss is a technological moron. He doesn't know a thing so he bans everything because of FEAR.
And you can't guarentee that the IT department will attempt to overrule the boss'es decision. The arguments for keeping the major contenders at bay are:
- P2P: Even if "low bandwidth", they hurt the router's performance levels as it has to keep track of a hundred or so connections. If there's too many connections, it hurts the company. - Videos, music and other multimedia: These things take up a lot of bandwidth. Since we are not part of the entertainment business, it is not justifiable to cache them - especially since there are so many variations on a theme. - Program intsallations: Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible
The boss may react out of fear, but the IT department enforces it out of necessity in order to ensure their systems run properly.
Locking down networks does not make sense for intellegent workers - however, there are plenty of users at my work that are reckless (e.g. Disable a virus checker, and use Internet Explorer at the same time.)
Actually M rated games are for people 17 years of age and older while AO rated games are for people 18 years of age and older.
That's partly correct.
While the numerical values are correct, 'M' means that it should not be sold to people under 17. It is not solid and is mallable (e.g. if a 16-year old acts highly mature or casually states that he needs to get hands on a gaming engine for programming). At worst, a clerk may have a meeting with a manager which is just a coaching session at worst - usually there's plausable deniability going on.
'AO' means that it may not be sold to people under 18. This is a hard requirement, and thus clerks are required to ask for ID (or otherwise have a person with ID vouch on the buyer's behalf.) At best, a clerk selling to a minor will have a meeting with a manager, and it's not going to just be a coaching session.
Seriously... At work and you're browsing a _very_ pink/. site and clicked on a link to a site selling UNICORN T-SHIRT's.
I work in a call center with a low activity level.
While Jokes and Hoaxes are one thing, plopping a Goatse image in a non-descript link is against all ethics - it gets modded down on this forum. The same should apply to the not-safe-for-work articles that were posted.
At the very least, this should have been in a subsection rather than spamming the main page.
Now, if the/. editors are allowed to post images of Unicorns with Dildos as their horn (perhaps I should call them Unidildos instead), there's no reason why I shouldn't be allowed to make "Adopt a Bird Today" postings, or any other NSFW posts.
A penis would only help improve your abysmal image at work,
That's why I get to use the restroom twice during my shift - not including the 30-minute lunch.
This story invloves a Blizzard product (and most likely is from Blizzard.) As with past AFJs from Blizzard, they turned out to be real - examples being the Pandarians, the Goblin Tinker, etc.
...when/. becomes completely useless for 24 hours. Sure, you're laughing now, but by midday tomorrow, when you've read 20 stories along the lines of "Microsoft headquarters explodes, Linus given Nobel prize, and...um...aliens abduct Sony chairman. Oh, yeah, and buy stuff from ThinkGeek!!!!111" you'll be longing for April 2nd to arrive.
This is expected for Slashdot. Every year on March 32nd, the only stories that appear are hoaxes - and they aren't very good ones since an editor has to come in and say that it is an AFJ. It may be a tradition, but it's not a very good one.
The only good story of this type involved the movie "The March is Over" - and it was good since it was well timed and planned.
With a one time pad, you need to keep a copy of the pad with everyone who wants access to the data.
Not really - all you need is two one-time pads. One to send, and one to receive.
The intent of One-time pads is to prevent the decoding of the message when it is intercepted. Once it reaches the destination, you can decrypt the message into a usable format and use your own security system that could be cracked more easily (but requires having better access). It is not intended to be a mass dissemmination system - only for point-to-point communication.
And as with all encryption methods, they are all still vulnerable to rubber-hose brute force attacks.
Don't go to a retailer and buy a pre-built computer. Buy parts and put your own together.
This is good advice, but isn't a global truth.
If you attempt to go for a low-end computer, you will have a hard sell as the retailers can order in bulk and assemble in bulk. Even if you match their monetary amounts, it generally takes a few more hours to setup.
For medium strength computers, you might get a better deal. It vaires based on what you can get your hands on.
For high strength computers... you'd be taking a risk. While a system purchased from Dell/Alienware is fully protected if a power supply goes pop, the manufacturer's warrenty generally do not include damage from a power-surge because of that fault. (You could go for a high-end, but even the most reliable will encounter that random fault.)
I'm also not counting the pre-installed copies of WXP that are cheaper than normal market value (unless you want to pirate, but that's illegal.)
Phishing works because people don't understand (nor do they want to) the basics of the technology they use (example: Jerry Taylor).
I'd agree on the concept, but the actual cause is different. The actual reason is because people believe that the word gullible is not in the dictionary.
Recently, there was an "employment agency" that sent out paper forms to applicants which were to be filled out and mailed in with a $20 cheque for a processing fee. The forms included sections for the Social Insurance Number, Driver's License number, DOB, mother's Maiden name, and other information not normally used by employers.
Their intent was to obtain credit cards from banks with the applicant's personal information - hence, they used four different company names. The good news was that they were raided.
It's MS's no source architecture that is slow. not its legacy support.
Whether it is full source or no source makes no difference. The only reason one OS will be faster than another is based on the programmers that write the OS - a ton of programmers can build on OS, but only a specialist who knows how to speed up bottlenecks can make it fast.
Its portability on the source code level that allows UN*X to run on so many platforms.
It's portability is created by programmers that have written the system-specific code for that platform - not because of the source code.
You cannot take the source code required to build Unix on a PC and use it to build Unix on a Macintosh - they are two different archetectures that require different pieces of source code to handle the associated hardware (not to mention some big-endian/little-endian assumptions made by inexperienced programmers.)
Half-Life 2 has come and gone...but now we're getting Episode One? Wouldn't Episode Two be a bit more fitting.
I couldn't agree more - although the original title of Half-Life: Aftermath actually made a lot more sense, since it is obvious that it is the aftermath of the Citadel blowing up. That, and it allows creating jokes about Valve having games named after the C&C Red Alert Expansion packs: Counterstrike, Aftermath, which soon be followed by Yuri's Revenge (A sure fire way to collect karma.)
Episode one implies something happened before Gordon entered City 17, and the implications state that we're not talking about HL 1. Because of this, the new naming convention probably will cause confusion.
Of course, I can't prove ROI until the new site is launched (a great Catch22).
The trick is not to do ROI - instead you do risk analysis of not undertaking the project.
You mention that the current site is 8 years out of date. In your risk analysis, state that prospective clients that view the website will see that information is outdated and will look elsewhere. This qualifies as a cataclysmic severity since it means no inbound customers (as they are more attracted to some webpage that is moderatly up to date.)
Just remember one change you have to make in your risk analysis: s/risk/certainty/g.
If the manager insists on ROI, head to the advertising department and ask them for their figures. As you know, a website is merely another way of advertising, and no advertising means no business - in fact, advertsing may give you advise on working around your roadblocks as necessary (or otherwise work on your behalf.)
As some other readers have pointed out, pen and paper makes you think about the prof's words before you write them in your own way. You do need students to think about what you are saying.
My typing speed peaks averages 60wpm - this is still slower than what can be spoken. In this case, the only difference is that the note capacity is higher then pen and paper.
As a former student, I have reflected on my education - in general, it's a struggle finding out what is "important" to study. For me, this is more of an issue since I found studying to be unbearable because I already memorized some course material a few grades ahead - eliminating the fun factor. The other issue is finding a place to store the notes - some of which was useless clutter (e.g. math exercises) intermixed with stuff I should know (e.g. Dot Product and Cross product.)
As you mentioned, a diagram is hard to take down on a laptop. This still encourages thinking as you have to find a way to take notes. Ultimatly, I would recommend laptops when possible - it's much easier than to juggle the same amount of paper, plus you can gradually hide information that loses importance in studying.
Right now, I work in a call center - the notes are best taken in distinct point form.
The eye contact issue is actually important. Eye contract comes with a whole bunch of other communication channels (all composing the face), and this is one way we can get feedback about what is going on across the class (who is with us, who isn't, who is sleeping, who is texting on their phone...). (I am a Communication prof, and I've had to teach nonverbal.)
If necessary, I touch type. I've demonstrated this on/. before, and the results were suprisingly effective.
I had a professor cycle through four different methods for delivering content. It started with web notes with fill-in-the-blanks, followed by having the entire content. The professor then handed out the notes in the classroom. and decided to do no notes.
Maintaining eye-contact would make the first delivery method impossible - it was already hard enough to find out what word you had to fill when you were paying attention. (As a side note, the students let him know that system was not a good delivery method - they preferred the third or fourth delivery styles instead.)
Are they IMing? Email? You don't know, and if the computer helps them not pay attention and hurts their ability to learn, it's out. Yes every student is different, but you can't do case by case.
In a way, this can be stretched over to paper - are the students passing notes? Doodling? You don't know unless you do the case-by-case basis, but doing an outright ban on paper is ridiculous.
Laptops are the electronic equivalent of paper. To make sure that they are used properly, you have to micromanage the students, in the same way you micromanage students using paper. It's much easier to ban academic misconduct and stuff that disturbs the class.
For the last over a decade, my company has done quite well for itself self-publishing our role-playing games. (Spiderweb Software, http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/ If you can pull it off, it's a great way to make a living. With electronic distribution and a huge profit margin, you don't have to sell too too many copies of your game to buy a house.
The only problem is that you have to make sure that your interface is "bullet-proof". If a person plays Exile for a while, moves onto a competing product (e.g. Angband), and whacks into interface issues on a return to your game, then that's a potentially lost sale.
Large game companies have enough weight that they will get orders no matter what - smaller game companies are do-or-die, and don't have agility. The only hope is to make the gameplay good enough that any small or medium bugs become marginalized. (Not only that, but you will encounter hardware problems that manifest themselves bugs in the game. I had one myself - it plaged several different games.)
Of course, Exile is done right - it has a group of fans.
Does nobody remember a TV game series called 'Crystal Maze' that ran from the early-mid '90s.
No, but I do remember another major show: Fort Boyard. It follows the same style, where contestants have a time-limit to complete certain tasks. There's differences (e.g. only one team in one episode, and the host volunteers the contestants on their behalf), but it is generally the same. Only saw the french version, though.
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Easy fix: Force everyone to update at before connecting to the lan.
1. Burn
2. Overwrite the GCF files in the Steam Folder.
3. ???
4. Profit!
It's not a problem if you plan properly.
Yes, and the Homer Simpsons eat the entire stock in one sitting without problem and still be hungry enough to look for other restaurants, and go fishing afterwards - in the same way that Homer Simpsons aren't even close to being tormented when force-fed every single donught in the whole world.
Overbooking not the issue. The issue is with ISPs that advertise unlimited but then charge for excessive bandwidth usage. Either it is unlimited or it is not - if it isn't unlimited, then do not advertise it as such.
If an "All-you-can-eat" restaurant can't handle Homer Simpson, then they should increase their prices to compensate or not provide an "All-you-can-eat" option. This is plain and simple, and applies to ISPs as well.
As for overbooking, my dial-up ISP fixed the problem by having two peak hours per day, with extensions during non-busy periods, followed by annual renewal requests. This worked perfectly - as the heavy users that did not like the policy were free to choose any other ISP in the area (which actually bill for services rather than ask for donations.)
In this case, it will most likely signal the official end of his lawyer career. He's already lost credability with NIMF, and in other places. Going after the bar will make him lose credibility, period.
While a similar lawsuit succeeded in the past, it was settled out of court since the bar wanted to protect the people making the complaints. However, I doubt there's going to be any form of settlement this time around - previously, it was settled to protect the complaintants, but this time, they have a much stronger case because of his press releases.
I asked on GamePolitics - the people feeding the troll say that they have to reply to correct his inaccurracies. "If we don't reply, he'll just claim that he's right because there are no replies".
This is ignoring the fact I also suggested to leave the messages for the admins. They generally have the best replies and follow up with a ban - they have one of many reasons to do and can use any one at their leisure.
Ring 0 drivers are not rootkits - they are called Ring 0 Drivers. In the same way, you might as well call Video card drivers to be the equivalent of rootkits as well - they need to have Ring 0 for performance reasons (at least with Windows XP).
Drivers are only rootkits if they try to hide themselves by masking themselves from user visibility. This is not the case, since they appear as non-plug-and-play drivers in Windows XP.
Feel free to call them malware (especially since it springs itself on users without forwarning), defective or garbage - but they are not rootkits.
I would look back to WWI. Giving the WWI equivalents would only get more people killed in the trenches, and would fail not break the trench deadlock.
"Radio has no future. Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible. X-rays will prove to be a hoax." -- William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, British scientist, 1899.
Naturally, this scientist was short-sighted - and would be considered a liability as soon as the enemy had the exclusive aircraft advantage.
The same applies to WWII, where Radar/Sonar would be considered something taken from a bad Sci-Fi story, and WW III, where this type of weapon is considered taken from a bad Sci-Fi story, and where people recommend sticking with whatever works, and finally WW IV, where Arquebus/Muskets are silly Sci-Fi stuff.
IIRC, the "Designed for Windows XP" certification guide states that is a defect. I haven't reviewed the document recently, but I still remember that games are supposed to run from a limited user account under Windows XP certification.
The docs are shown here, and are *.EXE self-extractors: http://www.microsoft.com/winlogo/software/downloa
Installation requires administrator privilages, and that's a given. However, normal usage of "normal" products must run as a limited user or it is defective - it is even more defective if it must run as a Domain Administrator.
A properly written Linux/Unix virus will do the equivalent of rootkitting the ".bashrc". It hides itself in that file - then it redirects input/output through itself, being the man-in-the-middle. You won't notice it unless you log in as root and see that users have a disproportionate amount of space.
However, from a proper security perspective, you won't log in as root - you'd use a "lesser" account and "su" to root. That's how the virus will infect the system - it grabs the root password while you type it in, and it rootkits the system.
If you stick with a mindset that viruses can't spread under Linux, then you'll end up with the exact opposite you expect. While we may not be a tech level that makes this level of hacking practical (because it would generally have to emulate an entire operating system), don't be suprised when these attacks start appearing.
Doogie Howser is a fictional character... which makes it all more awe-inspiring when you do meet him.
You don't see too many people such as that star - most child geniuses are simply given a higher quantity of work that eventually drains them out when they become adults. They are either drained because they don't learn what they want (e.g. they are "taught" art instead), are only exposed to the tedious aspect of learning (e.g. theory only), do not have resources to learn (e.g. no persistant textbook that can be reviewed later), and/or are continuously snuffed out (e.g. attended High School).
Depression interferes with learning as well - but teenagers are somehow taught that these are mood swings caused by some hormonal imbalance. (In some cases, this is incorrect - these moods are related to the teenager feeling that something is wrong, but doesn't yet understand why.)
This is my hypothesis, but I'm not a sociologist. Child prodegies can carry on into adulthood with new advancements (even if they aren't famous), but they have to be educated correctly - conventional education will not work.
And you can't guarentee that the IT department will attempt to overrule the boss'es decision. The arguments for keeping the major contenders at bay are:
- P2P: Even if "low bandwidth", they hurt the router's performance levels as it has to keep track of a hundred or so connections. If there's too many connections, it hurts the company.
- Videos, music and other multimedia: These things take up a lot of bandwidth. Since we are not part of the entertainment business, it is not justifiable to cache them - especially since there are so many variations on a theme.
- Program intsallations: Microsoft Says Recovery From Malware Becoming Impossible
The boss may react out of fear, but the IT department enforces it out of necessity in order to ensure their systems run properly.
Locking down networks does not make sense for intellegent workers - however, there are plenty of users at my work that are reckless (e.g. Disable a virus checker, and use Internet Explorer at the same time.)
That's partly correct.
While the numerical values are correct, 'M' means that it should not be sold to people under 17. It is not solid and is mallable (e.g. if a 16-year old acts highly mature or casually states that he needs to get hands on a gaming engine for programming). At worst, a clerk may have a meeting with a manager which is just a coaching session at worst - usually there's plausable deniability going on.
'AO' means that it may not be sold to people under 18. This is a hard requirement, and thus clerks are required to ask for ID (or otherwise have a person with ID vouch on the buyer's behalf.) At best, a clerk selling to a minor will have a meeting with a manager, and it's not going to just be a coaching session.
I work in a call center with a low activity level.
While Jokes and Hoaxes are one thing, plopping a Goatse image in a non-descript link is against all ethics - it gets modded down on this forum. The same should apply to the not-safe-for-work articles that were posted.
At the very least, this should have been in a subsection rather than spamming the main page.
Now, if the
That's why I get to use the restroom twice during my shift - not including the 30-minute lunch.
Prepend a '!' - this is the equivalent of negating a tag.
Bad advice - a true reader doesn't want them to even try mangling what would be good AFJs.
A good AFJ would be the Goblin Tinker announcement. It even fooled Slashdot since they mangled it to make it look like an obvious AFJ.
This story invloves a Blizzard product (and most likely is from Blizzard.) As with past AFJs from Blizzard, they turned out to be real - examples being the Pandarians, the Goblin Tinker, etc.
This is expected for Slashdot. Every year on March 32nd, the only stories that appear are hoaxes - and they aren't very good ones since an editor has to come in and say that it is an AFJ. It may be a tradition, but it's not a very good one.
The only good story of this type involved the movie "The March is Over" - and it was good since it was well timed and planned.
Not really - all you need is two one-time pads. One to send, and one to receive.
The intent of One-time pads is to prevent the decoding of the message when it is intercepted. Once it reaches the destination, you can decrypt the message into a usable format and use your own security system that could be cracked more easily (but requires having better access). It is not intended to be a mass dissemmination system - only for point-to-point communication.
And as with all encryption methods, they are all still vulnerable to rubber-hose brute force attacks.
This is good advice, but isn't a global truth.
If you attempt to go for a low-end computer, you will have a hard sell as the retailers can order in bulk and assemble in bulk. Even if you match their monetary amounts, it generally takes a few more hours to setup.
For medium strength computers, you might get a better deal. It vaires based on what you can get your hands on.
For high strength computers... you'd be taking a risk. While a system purchased from Dell/Alienware is fully protected if a power supply goes pop, the manufacturer's warrenty generally do not include damage from a power-surge because of that fault. (You could go for a high-end, but even the most reliable will encounter that random fault.)
I'm also not counting the pre-installed copies of WXP that are cheaper than normal market value (unless you want to pirate, but that's illegal.)
I'd agree on the concept, but the actual cause is different. The actual reason is because people believe that the word gullible is not in the dictionary.
Recently, there was an "employment agency" that sent out paper forms to applicants which were to be filled out and mailed in with a $20 cheque for a processing fee. The forms included sections for the Social Insurance Number, Driver's License number, DOB, mother's Maiden name, and other information not normally used by employers.
Their intent was to obtain credit cards from banks with the applicant's personal information - hence, they used four different company names. The good news was that they were raided.
Whether it is full source or no source makes no difference. The only reason one OS will be faster than another is based on the programmers that write the OS - a ton of programmers can build on OS, but only a specialist who knows how to speed up bottlenecks can make it fast.
It's portability is created by programmers that have written the system-specific code for that platform - not because of the source code.
You cannot take the source code required to build Unix on a PC and use it to build Unix on a Macintosh - they are two different archetectures that require different pieces of source code to handle the associated hardware (not to mention some big-endian/little-endian assumptions made by inexperienced programmers.)
I couldn't agree more - although the original title of Half-Life: Aftermath actually made a lot more sense, since it is obvious that it is the aftermath of the Citadel blowing up. That, and it allows creating jokes about Valve having games named after the C&C Red Alert Expansion packs: Counterstrike, Aftermath, which soon be followed by Yuri's Revenge (A sure fire way to collect karma.)
Episode one implies something happened before Gordon entered City 17, and the implications state that we're not talking about HL 1. Because of this, the new naming convention probably will cause confusion.
The trick is not to do ROI - instead you do risk analysis of not undertaking the project.
You mention that the current site is 8 years out of date. In your risk analysis, state that prospective clients that view the website will see that information is outdated and will look elsewhere. This qualifies as a cataclysmic severity since it means no inbound customers (as they are more attracted to some webpage that is moderatly up to date.)
Just remember one change you have to make in your risk analysis: s/risk/certainty/g.
If the manager insists on ROI, head to the advertising department and ask them for their figures. As you know, a website is merely another way of advertising, and no advertising means no business - in fact, advertsing may give you advise on working around your roadblocks as necessary (or otherwise work on your behalf.)
My typing speed peaks averages 60wpm - this is still slower than what can be spoken. In this case, the only difference is that the note capacity is higher then pen and paper.
As a former student, I have reflected on my education - in general, it's a struggle finding out what is "important" to study. For me, this is more of an issue since I found studying to be unbearable because I already memorized some course material a few grades ahead - eliminating the fun factor. The other issue is finding a place to store the notes - some of which was useless clutter (e.g. math exercises) intermixed with stuff I should know (e.g. Dot Product and Cross product.)
As you mentioned, a diagram is hard to take down on a laptop. This still encourages thinking as you have to find a way to take notes. Ultimatly, I would recommend laptops when possible - it's much easier than to juggle the same amount of paper, plus you can gradually hide information that loses importance in studying.
Right now, I work in a call center - the notes are best taken in distinct point form.
If necessary, I touch type. I've demonstrated this on
I had a professor cycle through four different methods for delivering content. It started with web notes with fill-in-the-blanks, followed by having the entire content. The professor then handed out the notes in the classroom. and decided to do no notes.
Maintaining eye-contact would make the first delivery method impossible - it was already hard enough to find out what word you had to fill when you were paying attention. (As a side note, the students let him know that system was not a good delivery method - they preferred the third or fourth delivery styles instead.)
In a way, this can be stretched over to paper - are the students passing notes? Doodling? You don't know unless you do the case-by-case basis, but doing an outright ban on paper is ridiculous.
Laptops are the electronic equivalent of paper. To make sure that they are used properly, you have to micromanage the students, in the same way you micromanage students using paper. It's much easier to ban academic misconduct and stuff that disturbs the class.
The only problem is that you have to make sure that your interface is "bullet-proof". If a person plays Exile for a while, moves onto a competing product (e.g. Angband), and whacks into interface issues on a return to your game, then that's a potentially lost sale.
Large game companies have enough weight that they will get orders no matter what - smaller game companies are do-or-die, and don't have agility. The only hope is to make the gameplay good enough that any small or medium bugs become marginalized. (Not only that, but you will encounter hardware problems that manifest themselves bugs in the game. I had one myself - it plaged several different games.)
Of course, Exile is done right - it has a group of fans.
No, but I do remember another major show: Fort Boyard. It follows the same style, where contestants have a time-limit to complete certain tasks. There's differences (e.g. only one team in one episode, and the host volunteers the contestants on their behalf), but it is generally the same. Only saw the french version, though.