That's right - somethis is missing! A terrorist has stolen the White House! Your job is to track the theif to his hideout, arrest him, and recover the loot! A white man was seen leaving the scene of the crime...
People sold copies of copywrited material on every street corner.
Hey, that sounds like New York City!
Seriously, tho - the guy's got a point (gal? - nah, this is/.). In Russia, there are black literal markets, where you can buy everything from "Gucci" to "All Windows - Russian - XP, ME, 2003". It's sooo much easier to buy a ripped copy of windows then it is to buy a genuine copy.
In NYC, we only get this on a few street corners, not every one.
Google and Wikipedia take time to load and require a new window open. I'll be here on/. all day; it only takes one <F5> to reload the page. They also only help me; I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't know who SBC is.
As far as the FA goes, I did read it (it seems you didn't) - there was no mention of whoTF SBC is. There was only mention that they're going to be AT&T.
The answer I got was really pretty spot on, and now it's here, nice and tightly packed with the discussion.:-P
--LWM
Who the heck is SBC?
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Who is SBC, for those of us Americans who don't know?
WoW is like a scene from some dark science fiction work where the characters live, work, and die in a company town. Blizzard owns and controls WoW. They make the rules. They make the laws. *You* *have* *no* *rights*, except the ones they decide to allow you. You can buy citizenship in this world, but that only gets you so much. Even your very identity can be wiped away. CmdrTaco no longer exists. His history is gone. No one will remember what happened to him.
What can you do about it? I suppose you could start working on a revolution, but what happens when WoW Secret Police suddenly close your account down? And how do you riot against the Gods themselves, anyway? The best you can do is join a rival "state" - at least you can still defect. What happens when you can't even do that?
Another important part is the signal processing software.
SETI has developed some *damn* impressive software in their search for a signal at intersteller distances. I remember one talk I went to 6 or 7 years ago. The woman was describing the setup, and said that they used (I think it was) one of the Pioneer crafts as a basic check to make sure the software was turned on and working. This thing is a 4 watt source out past Jupiter - that's a christmas tree light halfway across the solar system. The signal from it was so loud, no one in the audience could miss it.
Nowadays, you don't need a good signal-to-noise ratio to be able to pick up stuff, at least if you've got enough processing power. And I'm sure the FBI has plenty of processing power.
It's so nice to play a game where you're not merely applying some complex strategy by rote. From my point of view, the Creature really did have a personality of its own. Even if I was frustrated by it, it was still wonderful - Tamaguchi on a divine scale...
Too often, our games don't have any personality to the gameplay. I think the creature really changed that. The realization that my Ape was so lazy really made me realize what a great game it was!
I loved my old creature! I had an Ape. I did have some trouble with him at the beginning, but once I taught him that he could eat grain, it wasn't so bad. He did get hungry a lot, though... So I'd come over, give him some grain, rub his belly 'till he ate it, make him happy. We'd play with the beachballs (he did have a tendency to eat them, though), I'd leash him to a friendly village so he could help out (and raid their stores) - it was a good life.
It took me about a month before I realized that I'd trained him to be fat, lazy, and complain a lot (you're complaining? Here, have some food, and I'll rub your belly). At least he was affectionate - he'd pay attention to my hand when it was around. No doubt waiting for the next handout! I never gave him anything heavy to carry so he wasn't that impressive in combat, either... I was so pleased when I realized that I'd done! (Not pleased with the result, mind you - pleased that it could be done at all!) I'd spoiled a creature!!
I recommend getting some book for a programming language (e.g., Java?), such as Learn Java in 30 Days (if you like, I can find a cute book I was trying to learn Java from). Go through the motions of learning the language according to the book.
Type in the examples. Actually type them in - you'll learn what syntax errors look like;-)
Do the questions. Do the practices.
Sure, you'll feel dumb for typing "print("Hello World");", but that's the way to learn it. Granted, there are other ways to learn it, but this provides a fairly straightforward, structured way to go about it. It also guarentees that you'll be exposed to all the syntax of the language at least once. That's one of the biggest problems I have with just jumping in - you never know what can or can't be done easily and you don't know what's already been done (especially troublesome with Perl when you have no experience. I'd try a book if I had to do it again...well, maybe I wouldn't - there's only so much you can do to learn perl; the rest is magic). If you just start coding on some project, you may never learn a bunch of the things you *could* be doing. OTOH, that may not be a problem;-)
Well, there's always eminent domain. That's a similar concept in the US, where a method is as tangible property as a piece of land is. Some might say owning a process and owning a piece of land both make no sense...
That's a bad sign of the times. Especially the DoD part. Granted, one can make tons of money on DoD work, but still, that's not what space is supposed to be about.
There's nothing wrong with his friends showing up, especially since you can always show them the door.
If his friends start sleeping on your couch, or you invite him to stay the night and they kick back on the floor too, then you've got a good reason to call 911. Or get out your shotgun, if you're that kind.
Don't forget then Bugzilla can be hacked to meet your needs. If you want to change something you can. If you need a new hook, you can add it. Some of these aren't even that difficult to do:-D If you want e-mail automatically sent to a special e-mail address when bugs get closed, no problem - you can do that. If you want to make your source control add comments to the bug report every time a junior developer touches the code, you can do that, too.
... and very very scary if there is any sensitive customer data in your bugzilla.
Yes, but if there is such sensitive information in your Bugzilla, then the user would have access to it whether or not they use deskzilla. Or, contrariwise, if they don't have access to it without deskzilla, they won't have access with it.
Think of Deskzilla (in this situation) as a way of copying the text from Bugzilla to a spreadsheet, except it's really really fast, and you don't have to do it yourself.
If you're not using deskzilla, you'd probably still have this sort of confidential information running around in your browser cache, etc. Best bet, of course, is to encrypt the harddrive of the laptop, so if it gets stolen, nothing can be pulled from it. In the case that the user is "evil", then you can't do anything about it one way or another.
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That's right - somethis is missing! A terrorist has stolen the White House! Your job is to track the theif to his hideout, arrest him, and recover the loot! A white man was seen leaving the scene of the crime...
--LWM
Seriously, tho - the guy's got a point (gal? - nah, this is
In NYC, we only get this on a few street corners, not every one.
--LWM
Google and Wikipedia take time to load and require a new window open. I'll be here on /. all day; it only takes one <F5> to reload the page. They also only help me; I'm sure I'm not the only one who doesn't know who SBC is.
:-P
As far as the FA goes, I did read it (it seems you didn't) - there was no mention of whoTF SBC is. There was only mention that they're going to be AT&T.
The answer I got was really pretty spot on, and now it's here, nice and tightly packed with the discussion.
--LWM
Who is SBC, for those of us Americans who don't know?
--LWM
Ah, but what's a good html/css book? I've seen amazing things done with css, but I wouldn't know where to start with it.
--LWM
No you fool,
emacs!
</troll>
--LWM
Hackware.
When your linux distro starts attacking you with a battle axe +4
--LWM
Only the company exists.
WoW is like a scene from some dark science fiction work where the characters live, work, and die in a company town. Blizzard owns and controls WoW. They make the rules. They make the laws. *You* *have* *no* *rights*, except the ones they decide to allow you. You can buy citizenship in this world, but that only gets you so much. Even your very identity can be wiped away. CmdrTaco no longer exists. His history is gone. No one will remember what happened to him.
What can you do about it? I suppose you could start working on a revolution, but what happens when WoW Secret Police suddenly close your account down? And how do you riot against the Gods themselves, anyway? The best you can do is join a rival "state" - at least you can still defect. What happens when you can't even do that?
--LWM
Hey, you're getting dangerously close to violating my patent on a method to sue companies for IP crimes!
Remember, in the US, you can own ideas!
--LWM
Another important part is the signal processing software.
n ce/index.html?section=cnn_latest) God only knows what they listen in on "just to make sure it was turned on".
SETI has developed some *damn* impressive software in their search for a signal at intersteller distances. I remember one talk I went to 6 or 7 years ago. The woman was describing the setup, and said that they used (I think it was) one of the Pioneer crafts as a basic check to make sure the software was turned on and working. This thing is a 4 watt source out past Jupiter - that's a christmas tree light halfway across the solar system. The signal from it was so loud, no one in the audience could miss it.
Nowadays, you don't need a good signal-to-noise ratio to be able to pick up stuff, at least if you've got enough processing power. And I'm sure the FBI has plenty of processing power.
The really scary thing about this new toy is how regularly the FBI flaunts their power, even with everything they got from the PATRIOT act. (http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/25/2fbi.surveilla
--LWM
Too funny!
It's so nice to play a game where you're not merely applying some complex strategy by rote. From my point of view, the Creature really did have a personality of its own. Even if I was frustrated by it, it was still wonderful - Tamaguchi on a divine scale...
Too often, our games don't have any personality to the gameplay. I think the creature really changed that. The realization that my Ape was so lazy really made me realize what a great game it was!
--LWM
I loved my old creature! I had an Ape. I did have some trouble with him at the beginning, but once I taught him that he could eat grain, it wasn't so bad. He did get hungry a lot, though... So I'd come over, give him some grain, rub his belly 'till he ate it, make him happy. We'd play with the beachballs (he did have a tendency to eat them, though), I'd leash him to a friendly village so he could help out (and raid their stores) - it was a good life.
It took me about a month before I realized that I'd trained him to be fat, lazy, and complain a lot (you're complaining? Here, have some food, and I'll rub your belly). At least he was affectionate - he'd pay attention to my hand when it was around. No doubt waiting for the next handout! I never gave him anything heavy to carry so he wasn't that impressive in combat, either... I was so pleased when I realized that I'd done! (Not pleased with the result, mind you - pleased that it could be done at all!) I'd spoiled a creature!!
Just wait 'till I have a kid!
--LWM
I recommend getting some book for a programming language (e.g., Java?), such as Learn Java in 30 Days (if you like, I can find a cute book I was trying to learn Java from). Go through the motions of learning the language according to the book.
;-)
;-)
:)
Type in the examples. Actually type them in - you'll learn what syntax errors look like
Do the questions. Do the practices.
Sure, you'll feel dumb for typing "print("Hello World");", but that's the way to learn it. Granted, there are other ways to learn it, but this provides a fairly straightforward, structured way to go about it. It also guarentees that you'll be exposed to all the syntax of the language at least once. That's one of the biggest problems I have with just jumping in - you never know what can or can't be done easily and you don't know what's already been done (especially troublesome with Perl when you have no experience. I'd try a book if I had to do it again...well, maybe I wouldn't - there's only so much you can do to learn perl; the rest is magic). If you just start coding on some project, you may never learn a bunch of the things you *could* be doing. OTOH, that may not be a problem
Anyway, good luck
--LWM
Well, there's always eminent domain. That's a similar concept in the US, where a method is as tangible property as a piece of land is. Some might say owning a process and owning a piece of land both make no sense...
--LWM
This word you're looking for is Troll.
--LWM
There's always
6) Gloat.
--LWM
Or Saddam and family would have the nicest moon-rock jacuzzis in the mideast! :-D
--LWM
That's a bad sign of the times. Especially the DoD part. Granted, one can make tons of money on DoD work, but still, that's not what space is supposed to be about.
--LWM
There's nothing wrong with his friends showing up, especially since you can always show them the door.
If his friends start sleeping on your couch, or you invite him to stay the night and they kick back on the floor too, then you've got a good reason to call 911. Or get out your shotgun, if you're that kind.
--LWM
Well, if they closed their chat rooms to women, that would eliminate most everything else!
--LWM
Just remember - this contains an important lesson for adventuring in the bottom level of the dungeon:
If you get swallowed by a purple worm, don't give up hope! Keep on hacking away!
--LWM
Don't forget then Bugzilla can be hacked to meet your needs. If you want to change something you can. If you need a new hook, you can add it. Some of these aren't even that difficult to do :-D If you want e-mail automatically sent to a special e-mail address when bugs get closed, no problem - you can do that. If you want to make your source control add comments to the bug report every time a junior developer touches the code, you can do that, too.
Try doing *that* with closed source bug tracker!
--LWM
Think of Deskzilla (in this situation) as a way of copying the text from Bugzilla to a spreadsheet, except it's really really fast, and you don't have to do it yourself.
If you're not using deskzilla, you'd probably still have this sort of confidential information running around in your browser cache, etc. Best bet, of course, is to encrypt the harddrive of the laptop, so if it gets stolen, nothing can be pulled from it. In the case that the user is "evil", then you can't do anything about it one way or another.
--LWM
That's an *impressively* obnoxious page design!
Everyone kept complaining, but I didn't believe it. Wow! They should win an award or something...
Maybe an award for "Most awful commercial example of minimalist website design".
Wow.
I'll grant it's readable...well, maybe light grey on white with yellow thrown into the mix is bad too. I hope they hire a graphic designer!
--LWM
They offer free download for people in opensource development, and you can also use the "bleeding edge" version for free.
--LWM