People don't want to admit it. But roleplaying(as in D&D) as is today (along with Wargaming which roleplaying game from) is nothing more than a statistical simulation. People who enjoy "tweaking" numbers for efficiancy usually like to play roleplaying games. Especially where there are LOTS of numbers involved and trying to find the best combination of statistics.
People who code naturally like efficient systems. It's like debugging code to get the tightest, fastest executable.
It's how MMOG publishers like Blizzard and Lucasarts keep people addicted, there is always one more level, a gun with better stats, better shields ect...so you can get more money....so you can get better stats so you can kill something quicker...so you can get better stats....(I think you get the point)
Sure, there are some people who really do "roleplay" vs "rollplay" but the game designers KNOW that the latter brings in more players...er..um...number tweakers that is.
I would bet you'd see a completely different set of people playing a MMOG if NO stats were given to the players about themselves or others and no set formula (build in unkown randomness as in life) to situations.
Assuming you have the correct ports opened for Azureus to connect to the distributed has table database (you can see if you are connected at the bottom by a green icon with the number of users connected..if not it should be yellow or red) you take that address (minus the space before the last two characters, slashdot mangled it.) and put it in the address window when you do an "Open Location" from File --> open location.
Thnaks for the link. Personally I think they (whomever tries to post slashdot bittorrent links) should post the Magnet address instead. It takes the load off of the tracker.
Since you are downloading it....could you do everybody a HUGE favor (Really!)
If you use Azureus could you post the Magnet URI address for the dht: network? The Torrent site is overloaded. At least I could join the swarm without having to connect to the tracker.
The torrent tracker site is swamped...somebody PLEASE post the bittorrent Magnet addresses for the torrents so we can join without having to get the tracker file.
Although I highly applaud Bill G for giving 15 Mil to the museum, giving 15 Mil is like me opening my wallet and pulling out a 20 dollar bill. Gates probably Makes $20 mil every hour or two in profit off of dividens.
If he was going to contribute 15 mil, why not the whole 50 mil they needed? If a begger is asking for $1.00 and you have it to spare AND intend on giving it to the begger, why only give 30 cents?
It's funny to see that the people who keep shaking their heads left and right when "IPv6" is mentioned are mainly ALL in the U.S. Fact: China, Japan, Korea and MUCH of Europe will move to IPv6 first...and much sooner no matter what the U.S thinks. Control is the issue, those moving to v6 see it as an opportunity to move away from having to call a U.S. organization to get address allocation. Also..since DNS becomes REALLY important with v6 (try to memorize IPv6 addressess..) Europe could use it as a means of setting up their own root DNS servers to take control of the future address space. Whoever has the DNS servers that people use will get control, and if Europe/Asia defines that first they will have control.
Ok...I lied...but you responded! Nobody pays attention anymore unless you post something strange.
Even so, I've been waiting on the purchase of a powerbook anticipating at the very least an upgrade in the memory bandwidth (DDR2 please!). That would zip up the powerbooks just a tad.
So far I feel like I've ben gut punched....NO powerbook upgrades? I don't give a rats ass about watching music videos on a 320x200 screen for 2 bucks each! Apple! PLEASE! Do something with the powerbooks!
If the EU mandated that all ISP's move to IPv6 within a couple of years I can gaurantee you that the vendors would jump. If the EU/ASIA decided that a new set of ROOT DNS servers would service this space there would be practically nothing the U.S. could do since the U.S. is WAY behind the rest of the world (especially the far east) in deployment of IPv6
In the short term Europeans would lose out to U.S. web sites, but I'd be willing to bet that companies here would be looking to get onto the EU "Net" anyway they could and as quickly as possible.
The current design of a semi-centralized set of root servers is what is causing the whole problem to begin with. I say let it happen, let DNS fracture. I'm optomistic that some new decentralized way of doing domain name mapping will come of this.
All it takes is for one person with money to make some crazy scanning device that fits over an HDTV to record the content from each small pixel.
Then as soon as it (the content) gets on the net all bets are off.
Even if that crazy scenario does not take place I find it hard to believe that ANYTHING Hollywood can/will do will keep the Chinese from ripping it off and providing the rest of the world with it.
Companies that do well against microsoft specfically DON'T try to compete head to head with them. Microsoft's strategy has always been to bait a competitor to compete on their turf and then steamroller them.
It's been proven that if you create a product that's good, that people want to buy AND you don't sit on your ASS while Microsoft copies and then bundles your product with windows, you CAN succeed and flourish.
Remember....you don't have to BEAT Microsoft in order to win.
along with other precautions you put yourself at risk
My, that's nebulous. What precautions?
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Not really. I specfically was not specific because what precautions are taken depend on the level of trust you have for the sources you are downloading your software from.
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People don't want to admit it. But roleplaying(as in D&D) as is today (along with Wargaming which roleplaying game from) is nothing more than a statistical simulation. People who enjoy "tweaking" numbers for efficiancy usually like to play roleplaying games. Especially where there are LOTS of numbers involved and trying to find the best combination of statistics.
People who code naturally like efficient systems. It's like debugging code to get the tightest, fastest executable.
It's how MMOG publishers like Blizzard and Lucasarts keep people addicted, there is always one more level, a gun with better stats, better shields ect...so you can get more money....so you can get better stats so you can kill something quicker...so you can get better stats....(I think you get the point)
Sure, there are some people who really do "roleplay" vs "rollplay" but the game designers KNOW that the latter brings in more players...er..um...number tweakers that is.
I would bet you'd see a completely different set of people playing a MMOG if NO stats were given to the players about themselves or others and no set formula (build in unkown randomness as in life) to situations.
I'm not holding my breath though
Assuming you have the correct ports opened for Azureus to connect to the distributed has table database (you can see if you are connected at the bottom by a green icon with the number of users connected..if not it should be yellow or red) you take that address (minus the space before the last two characters, slashdot mangled it.) and put it in the address window when you do an "Open Location" from File --> open location.
Thnaks for the link. Personally I think they (whomever tries to post slashdot bittorrent links) should post the Magnet address instead. It takes the load off of the tracker.
Do you have the bittorrent Magnet URI? (for use in Azureus)
If you are downloading via Azureus...PLEASE do the following
Post the Azureus Magnet URI to Slashdot by doing the following
Go to "My Torrents"
Right click on your torrent and choose "Copy Magnet URI to clipboard"
Please paste this in your post.
This will allow people to join the swarm without having to get the tracker file which is TOTALLY swamped at the moment.
thanks!
Those are edonkey and other network Magnet URI's....NOT Bittorrent Azureus Magnet link URI's.
Since you are downloading it....could you do everybody a HUGE favor (Really!)
If you use Azureus could you post the Magnet URI address for the dht: network? The Torrent site is overloaded. At least I could join the swarm without having to connect to the tracker.
thanks!
The torrent tracker site is swamped...somebody PLEASE post the bittorrent Magnet addresses for the torrents so we can join without having to get the tracker file.
Although I highly applaud Bill G for giving 15 Mil to the museum, giving 15 Mil is like me opening my wallet and pulling out a 20 dollar bill. Gates probably Makes $20 mil every hour or two in profit off of dividens.
If he was going to contribute 15 mil, why not the whole 50 mil they needed? If a begger is asking for $1.00 and you have it to spare AND intend on giving it to the begger, why only give 30 cents?
It's funny to see that the people who keep shaking their heads left and right when "IPv6" is mentioned are mainly ALL in the U.S. Fact: China, Japan, Korea and MUCH of Europe will move to IPv6 first...and much sooner no matter what the U.S thinks. Control is the issue, those moving to v6 see it as an opportunity to move away from having to call a U.S. organization to get address allocation. Also..since DNS becomes REALLY important with v6 (try to memorize IPv6 addressess..) Europe could use it as a means of setting up their own root DNS servers to take control of the future address space. Whoever has the DNS servers that people use will get control, and if Europe/Asia defines that first they will have control.
what do you define as "Large scale"
Internet2 is almost completely end to end IPv6 enabled (at least up to border routers).
"Frankly my dear I don't give a damn!"
Ok...I lied...but you responded! Nobody pays attention anymore unless you post something strange.
Even so, I've been waiting on the purchase of a powerbook anticipating at the very least an upgrade in the memory bandwidth (DDR2 please!). That would zip up the powerbooks just a tad.
oh well.
So far I feel like I've ben gut punched....NO powerbook upgrades? I don't give a rats ass about watching music videos on a 320x200 screen for 2 bucks each! Apple! PLEASE! Do something with the powerbooks!
Actually....
If the EU mandated that all ISP's move to IPv6 within a couple of years I can gaurantee you that the vendors would jump. If the EU/ASIA decided that a new set of ROOT DNS servers would service this space there would be practically nothing the U.S. could do since the U.S. is WAY behind the rest of the world (especially the far east) in deployment of IPv6
In the short term Europeans would lose out to U.S. web sites, but I'd be willing to bet that companies here would be looking to get onto the EU "Net" anyway they could and as quickly as possible.
The current design of a semi-centralized set of root servers is what is causing the whole problem to begin with. I say let it happen, let DNS fracture. I'm optomistic that some new decentralized way of doing domain name mapping will come of this.
Talk about divine intervention. It may not keep palm from dissapearing but it will certainly buy them some time.
I've been holding off on a powerbook anticipating an upgrade. I REALLY hope they at the very least increase the memory speed on the powerbooks.
I have a friend who uses DHT ONLY (no trackers) in conjunction with Peergaurdian.
I asked him if he's had any problems downloading rome...no problems thus far
All it takes is for one person with money to make some crazy scanning device that fits over an HDTV to record the content from each small pixel.
Then as soon as it (the content) gets on the net all bets are off.
Even if that crazy scenario does not take place I find it hard to believe that ANYTHING Hollywood can/will do will keep the Chinese from ripping it off and providing the rest of the world with it.
I have NO problem with living to 125-300 years....I just don't want my body to look and feel like I'm 125 to 300 years
Companies that do well against microsoft specfically DON'T try to compete head to head with them. Microsoft's strategy has always been to bait a competitor to compete on their turf and then steamroller them.
It's been proven that if you create a product that's good, that people want to buy AND you don't sit on your ASS while Microsoft copies and then bundles your product with windows, you CAN succeed and flourish.
Remember....you don't have to BEAT Microsoft in order to win.
If they want people to buy a commercial version of SSH then they should provide something of value that OpenSSH does not provide!
Ideas...
1. How bout a hardware based SSH accelerator for fast SFTP/SCP transfers?
2. GUI configuration in X/QT/GTK...ect...
3. Performance monitoring tools
I pulled these out of my ass in 3 seconds. None of them may be worth the time but you get the idea!
along with other precautions you put yourself at risk
My, that's nebulous. What precautions?
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Not really. I specfically was not specific because what precautions are taken depend on the level of trust you have for the sources you are downloading your software from.
Why did'nt slashdot choose to go directly to XHTML instead?
Great job on the transition!