I watched a bunch of the xoom movies a while back and wondered what happened to them. Someone in this discussion found em - looks like they got sold to NBCi.
The per megabyte charge is based on an aggregate of all pay content travelling through the ISP's network.
If the users decide as a group to strip/hide the tags from all content they have downloaded and redistribute it then there will be less billable content travelling through the network - hence price goes down and content providers get screwed.
While you would be harming your favourite artist, if you feel the per-megabyte price you pay is too much then this would be a feasible way of protesting. If enough people felt the same way then it would drive the cost down.
I don't see how this scheme would prevent some kind of encrypted napster/gnutella/freenet service. If the copyright tags are garbled then you can transfer copyrighted works between peers without them being clocked by the ISP. Charges for duplication of content between peers would not be logged.
If enough consumers knew about it they'd all use it and drive their subscription charges down. +++++
You're confusing a "programming" decision with a very deliberate game design decision.
Tomb raider's gameplay is dependent on the decision to play in third person. All the shooting is auto-targeted and the player is encouraged to take a godlike view at the exploration and problem solving portions of the game. Most of Lara's leaps and climbing moves would be impossible in a FPS game. Tomb Raider and IJ are probably "exploration" games - in terms of gameplay they bear more resemblance to Mario than they do to doom.
The framework of a FPS gives the player direct control over aiming. Instead of "making lara shoot people," *you* shoot them. This is why Doom etc make such compelling multiplayer games.
Don't let the use of 3d confuse you. If a game doesn't look a lot like Doom, it is NOT a first person shooter.
Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is more puzzle that FPS, even though it is a FPS.
Haven't played the game, but what I've seen of screenshots etc suggests that IJATIM is a third person puzzle game similar to tomb raider. First Person Shooters are easily identified by the first person viewpoint you take on when you play. Another thing to look out for is the shooting aspect:)
Yep, your way is good too. Just depends exactly how you want things to happen.
My bookmarklet is geared towards being a browser home page, that way I can fire up a new browser from a keyboard shortcut, and either do a search or use it as a normal browser. The search form doesn't interfere with the browser any more than a normal blank homepage would.
There was a bug in my bookmarklet - in IE the document object isn't present before the first page loads. A better way to render the form is with:
On my machine the javascript is marginally quicker than loading the page from cache. Unless you're running a vic20, executing a single line of any script from memory should be instantaneous. Any speed difference will probably come from the relative complexity of the pages being rendered - the google page includes a centered table and graphics, whereas mine only has a single left justified form field.
If you have javascript turned off, then you're dumber than you think you are. What's your next bright idea?? Solid tyres on all cars because some cackling villain could throw nails on the road...
You are not "Sandra Bullock" in "the net". Stop trying to pretend your life is more exciting than it is. +++++
I've got it as my browser home page so a fresh browser is instantly ready for a search. You can get to it quickly by clicking the otherwise useless "home" button that seems to appear on most browsers.
I wrote it myself, so feel free to send hate/fan mail if it makes your life easier etc.
The advantage of having a much higher dpi resolution means you can get crisp large fonts without the need for anti-aliasing.
You've got to remember to up the font size when you up the resolution on a monitor, otherwise you do end up squinting at tiny text - though sometimes (scanning large web docs, editing html etc.) it is helpful to fit a large body of text on screen at once.
At the moment it is much easier to read printed rather than on-screen type. Hopefully higher res monitors will fix this pretty soon - or my eyes are going to be dead by the time I'm thirty.
Yup, I realise that sessions time out, but there could still be a potential risk. What if someone registers for a site like amazon, then emails idlechatter@bigcompany.com with the link and continues surfing?
Somebody from bigcompany.com is likely to follow that link within the 20 or so minutes it takes the session to expire. If the session expire time is shortened then the site kicks people mid surf - also not desirable. If the victim keeps browsing the site for a while then the session could be open for hours after the mail is sent. Anyone in their company could buy books with their card.
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If you only have dial up access then why crap your pants over a security hole? Are there lots of nasty script kiddies on your LAN?
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I had that problem trying to install anything recent under redhat 6.2
Updating to the version of rpm in the 6.2 updates section of www.redhat.com seemed to fix it.
The package is mostly likely fine to run on 6.2 once you have done this.
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I watched a bunch of the xoom movies a while back and wondered what happened to them. Someone in this discussion found em - looks like they got sold to NBCi.
NBCi Classic Movies
Killer Bats, Green Hell and some fun "rocket ships on bits of string" style sci-fi. All movies in streaming Realplayer format.
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2001-03-14 02:30:03
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But I have to type some garbage in here now because slash thinks the date guess on its own was USING CAPS and LIKE YELLING.
All numeric posts aren't allowed
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I didn't read your comment properly.
I retract all allegations of muppethood.
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Intel and IBM are different companies :)
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They'd probably switch off the lan - no more free wireless internet.
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It makes sense if you use a credit card company that has never junk-mailed you. I do.
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If making the bad guys pay extra postage makes them charge more, then they'll have problems competing and stop.
In my dreams
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Yeah - they're rotting our freedom with their insidious opt-in schemes!
Slippery slope arguments suck. Get a life.
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Americans are getting fatter, lazier and dumber, they will eventually be wiped out by the tougher, craftier Somalis.
Providing the Somalis evolve an immunity to cruise missiles.....
Selection criteria these days are more likely to be based on governmental economic know-how than tougness or craftiness.
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No. It's an example of the kind of "innovation" that's going to save apple.
Almost as innovative as selling dual-cpu machines with an SMP-less OS.
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The per megabyte charge is based on an aggregate of all pay content travelling through the ISP's network.
If the users decide as a group to strip/hide the tags from all content they have downloaded and redistribute it then there will be less billable content travelling through the network - hence price goes down and content providers get screwed.
While you would be harming your favourite artist, if you feel the per-megabyte price you pay is too much then this would be a feasible way of protesting. If enough people felt the same way then it would drive the cost down.
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I don't see how this scheme would prevent some kind of encrypted napster/gnutella/freenet service. If the copyright tags are garbled then you can transfer copyrighted works between peers without them being clocked by the ISP. Charges for duplication of content between peers would not be logged.
If enough consumers knew about it they'd all use it and drive their subscription charges down.
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the "h" is missing from the start of http.
try this instead.
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The name of the paper is "The Times". You can't rename a 200 year old publication just on a whim, it's pretty rude.
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If you're aiming for clarity, calling it "The Times" (London) would be less misleading.
Boring conversation anyway
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I played that game for hours. Possibly my favourite beeb game :)
It was a "star control" style top-down shoot em up and you got a new ship to fly at the end of every wave. Pure class.
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You're confusing a "programming" decision with a very deliberate game design decision.
Tomb raider's gameplay is dependent on the decision to play in third person. All the shooting is auto-targeted and the player is encouraged to take a godlike view at the exploration and problem solving portions of the game. Most of Lara's leaps and climbing moves would be impossible in a FPS game. Tomb Raider and IJ are probably "exploration" games - in terms of gameplay they bear more resemblance to Mario than they do to doom.
The framework of a FPS gives the player direct control over aiming. Instead of "making lara shoot people," *you* shoot them. This is why Doom etc make such compelling multiplayer games.
Don't let the use of 3d confuse you. If a game doesn't look a lot like Doom, it is NOT a first person shooter.
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Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine is more puzzle that FPS, even though it is a FPS.
Haven't played the game, but what I've seen of screenshots etc suggests that IJATIM is a third person puzzle game similar to tomb raider. First Person Shooters are easily identified by the first person viewpoint you take on when you play. Another thing to look out for is the shooting aspect :)
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Yep, your way is good too. Just depends exactly how you want things to happen.
t tp://www.google.com/search& gt;<INPUT%20type=text%20name=q%20size=31%20maxleng th=256%20value=""><input%20type ="hidden"%20name=num%20value=100><INPUT%20type=sub mit%20name=sa%20VALUE="Google%20Se arch"><br><font%20size=1><i>nitro%20powered%20goog le%20search%20©%20p ete%20setchell%202000</i></font></form></body></ht ml>
My bookmarklet is geared towards being a browser home page, that way I can fire up a new browser from a keyboard shortcut, and either do a search or use it as a normal browser. The search form doesn't interfere with the browser any more than a normal blank homepage would.
There was a bug in my bookmarklet - in IE the document object isn't present before the first page loads. A better way to render the form is with:
about:<html><body><form%20method=GET%20action=h
But I can't get that to work in Netscape.
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On my machine the javascript is marginally quicker than loading the page from cache. Unless you're running a vic20, executing a single line of any script from memory should be instantaneous. Any speed difference will probably come from the relative complexity of the pages being rendered - the google page includes a centered table and graphics, whereas mine only has a single left justified form field.
If you have javascript turned off, then you're dumber than you think you are. What's your next bright idea?? Solid tyres on all cars because some cackling villain could throw nails on the road...
You are not "Sandra Bullock" in "the net". Stop trying to pretend your life is more exciting than it is.
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Copy this into your location bar (snip out any carriage returns...) and when you hit "go" it should instantly render a minimalist google search form.
o rm method=GET action=http://www.google.com/search><INPUT type=text name=q size=31 maxlength=256 value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=num value=100><INPUT type=submit name=sa VALUE=\"Google Search\"><br><font size=1><i>nitro powered google search © pete setchell 2000</i></font></form></body></html>");void(close( ))}
javascript:with(document){write("<html><body><f
I've got it as my browser home page so a fresh browser is instantly ready for a search. You can get to it quickly by clicking the otherwise useless "home" button that seems to appear on most browsers.
I wrote it myself, so feel free to send hate/fan mail if it makes your life easier etc.
Enjoy.
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The advantage of having a much higher dpi resolution means you can get crisp large fonts without the need for anti-aliasing.
You've got to remember to up the font size when you up the resolution on a monitor, otherwise you do end up squinting at tiny text - though sometimes (scanning large web docs, editing html etc.) it is helpful to fit a large body of text on screen at once.
At the moment it is much easier to read printed rather than on-screen type. Hopefully higher res monitors will fix this pretty soon - or my eyes are going to be dead by the time I'm thirty.
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I know - my palm has been 'Optimized for One-Finger Entry' for years...
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Yup, I realise that sessions time out, but there could still be a potential risk. What if someone registers for a site like amazon, then emails idlechatter@bigcompany.com with the link and continues surfing?
Somebody from bigcompany.com is likely to follow that link within the 20 or so minutes it takes the session to expire. If the session expire time is shortened then the site kicks people mid surf - also not desirable. If the victim keeps browsing the site for a while then the session could be open for hours after the mail is sent. Anyone in their company could buy books with their card.
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Doesn't URL rewriting mean that people can bookmark their sessions?
If someone registers credit details at a site and then emails a link to a friend then that could be a potential security problem.
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