So if Skynet isn't a distributed network, where is it hosted? If it's just the AI running on the computers, what happens to it when those computers are destroyed?
And as for the anti-virus thing, that's one of those "utterly stupid plot devices, but only if you know how computers work". People with no computer ability whatsoever will find it fully plausable -- and they'll start to think that computers behave in that fashion in the real world.
I have a big problem with the way Skynet was represented as a gigantic distributed network on the Internet. Apart from being completely implausable (then again, lots of movies do things with computers that real geeks know are impossible), if Skynet was actually a blip of code running on every computer on the Internet, then Skynet would have destroyed a large chunk of itself in the initial blast -- more than half of the computers in the world on which it was running should have been wiped out!
Sometimes they don't think these stupid plot twists through well enough.
I won a free copy of Win2K during a promotional giveaway that Microsoft was running when it was first released. I've never had to pay for a Windows OS in my life, and I never will, and this way I can still run Windows legally.
Remember annoy.com (or something similar to that), where they were issued with an injunction and a gag order that prohibited them from even consulting with an attorney? It seems that large companies can prevent individuals from consulting with a laywer if they know the right legalese and enough corrupt judges.
There were at least two installers at the time of release of the first beta, and possibly more and better ones have come out since then (the installer that I used didn't do the 1.29 update, but I've heard that later incarnations incorporated the patch).
While it is unfortunate and inexcusable that the installer included on the SoU CD is broken, it's easy enough to install it by unzipping the four large ZIPfiles off of the CD.
I still have a problem with a company promising multiplatform support all along (even with a promise of a simulatenous release up until a few months before the Windows release) yet using completely proprietary methods that cannot be translated to one fo the platforms that they're supposedly "officially" supporting.
Heh. I remember years ago when I first heard of DiVX. It was back shortly before the release of the Playstation 2 and before it was even conirmed that the console would support DVD movie playback, and someone was posting to a gaming newsgroup about how DVD may not really the future of movies, as there was a "new" technology coming out called DIVX, which was basically "DVD with encrpytion". I remember thinking at the time that it was an incredibly stupid idea, and I couldn't imagine it becoming popular with consumers.
China and Brazil, two of the largest spam-supporting countries. Wiping them off of the face of the earth would only be a good thing, as it would drastically reduce spam in our inboxes.
After that, something of a lower yeild for Boca Raton, Florida is in order. Then again, perhaps we should take that out first, since that's where quite a few of the spammers actually live.
I've seen that it really depends on how the light is installed. The only problem that I have with my AB light is that my GBA is a transluscent Fuscia model, so there's leakage all out of the case. I've considered spraypainting my case to a solid colour to cut down on that, but apart from that I've seen little or no difference between the GBA SP light's quality and the one on my GBA.
Except that in the time that it takes for the signals to travel to earth, the copyright time might have expired (except for relatively close star systems).
Say, DirecTV and other companies should be lobbying Congress for longer extensions to copyright holdings, lest some alien civilization start freeloading off of them in 200 years!
I wasn't trying to imply that it wasn't used correctly in that context. I was simply referring to the general lack of consideration for anything that looks like intelligently structured grammar in console RPGs. Perhaps the "Spoony" comment was a bit of a bad example because it was merely an obscure term rather than a badly worded sentence, but overall Ted Woosley's translation just left something to be desired. Perhaps it had something to do with "family friendly" constraints set by Nintendo, but I suspect that there was more to it.
That terribly translated line was so funny and memorable that it was retained in the retranslated and rereleased Final Fantasy IV for the Sony Playstation.
I'd really like to know from whom Ted Woosley obtained his crack.
Odd. The dialogue in many of the console RPGs that I have played would, IMO, lead to a decrease in verbal skills. What kind of spoony friends do you have?
For things like that, I resort to USENET. I honestly didn't expect HL for DC to have been leaked, since I would have expected it shortly after its cancellation, but I found it about two months ago.
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So if Skynet isn't a distributed network, where is it hosted? If it's just the AI running on the computers, what happens to it when those computers are destroyed?
And as for the anti-virus thing, that's one of those "utterly stupid plot devices, but only if you know how computers work". People with no computer ability whatsoever will find it fully plausable -- and they'll start to think that computers behave in that fashion in the real world.
Also, what happens when Skynet's first strike destroys more than half of its own infrastructure? Not a very bright move, I should say.
I have a big problem with the way Skynet was represented as a gigantic distributed network on the Internet. Apart from being completely implausable (then again, lots of movies do things with computers that real geeks know are impossible), if Skynet was actually a blip of code running on every computer on the Internet, then Skynet would have destroyed a large chunk of itself in the initial blast -- more than half of the computers in the world on which it was running should have been wiped out!
Sometimes they don't think these stupid plot twists through well enough.
I'm sure that they will stop ignoring the homebrew community. Expect members of the homebrew community to get hit with countless lawsuits now.
Are you referring to the unnecessary comma between "quarter" and "and", or the fact that it's claiming that the cost of a quarter is "free"?
Hell, Wallyworld has been known to try to get away with making their employees work without any pay at all.
I won a free copy of Win2K during a promotional giveaway that Microsoft was running when it was first released. I've never had to pay for a Windows OS in my life, and I never will, and this way I can still run Windows legally.
Remember annoy.com (or something similar to that), where they were issued with an injunction and a gag order that prohibited them from even consulting with an attorney? It seems that large companies can prevent individuals from consulting with a laywer if they know the right legalese and enough corrupt judges.
There were at least two installers at the time of release of the first beta, and possibly more and better ones have come out since then (the installer that I used didn't do the 1.29 update, but I've heard that later incarnations incorporated the patch).
While it is unfortunate and inexcusable that the installer included on the SoU CD is broken, it's easy enough to install it by unzipping the four large ZIPfiles off of the CD.
Well...SoU is out...and the installer doesn't work! Two setup scripts are provided, but neither actually work! Whoops, someone screwed up bigtime.
I still have a problem with a company promising multiplatform support all along (even with a promise of a simulatenous release up until a few months before the Windows release) yet using completely proprietary methods that cannot be translated to one fo the platforms that they're supposedly "officially" supporting.
Heh. I remember years ago when I first heard of DiVX. It was back shortly before the release of the Playstation 2 and before it was even conirmed that the console would support DVD movie playback, and someone was posting to a gaming newsgroup about how DVD may not really the future of movies, as there was a "new" technology coming out called DIVX, which was basically "DVD with encrpytion". I remember thinking at the time that it was an incredibly stupid idea, and I couldn't imagine it becoming popular with consumers.
China and Brazil, two of the largest spam-supporting countries. Wiping them off of the face of the earth would only be a good thing, as it would drastically reduce spam in our inboxes.
After that, something of a lower yeild for Boca Raton, Florida is in order. Then again, perhaps we should take that out first, since that's where quite a few of the spammers actually live.
Most, if not all, spammers are already outlaws. Slow dissolution in acid wouldn't be painful enough for them, IMO.
I noticed that his donations went up very soon after the suggestion was posted to Slashdot.
His life savings was $12,000. $13 is about 0.1083% of that.
I've seen that it really depends on how the light is installed. The only problem that I have with my AB light is that my GBA is a transluscent Fuscia model, so there's leakage all out of the case. I've considered spraypainting my case to a solid colour to cut down on that, but apart from that I've seen little or no difference between the GBA SP light's quality and the one on my GBA.
I'll stick with my 57" model.
Except that in the time that it takes for the signals to travel to earth, the copyright time might have expired (except for relatively close star systems).
Say, DirecTV and other companies should be lobbying Congress for longer extensions to copyright holdings, lest some alien civilization start freeloading off of them in 200 years!
I wasn't trying to imply that it wasn't used correctly in that context. I was simply referring to the general lack of consideration for anything that looks like intelligently structured grammar in console RPGs. Perhaps the "Spoony" comment was a bit of a bad example because it was merely an obscure term rather than a badly worded sentence, but overall Ted Woosley's translation just left something to be desired. Perhaps it had something to do with "family friendly" constraints set by Nintendo, but I suspect that there was more to it.
That terribly translated line was so funny and memorable that it was retained in the retranslated and rereleased Final Fantasy IV for the Sony Playstation.
I'd really like to know from whom Ted Woosley obtained his crack.
Odd. The dialogue in many of the console RPGs that I have played would, IMO, lead to a decrease in verbal skills. What kind of spoony friends do you have?
Bah, and I was gonna offer the DiscJuggler CDI image (which I surprisingly still have on my machine).
For things like that, I resort to USENET. I honestly didn't expect HL for DC to have been leaked, since I would have expected it shortly after its cancellation, but I found it about two months ago.
Just wait. Microsoft will lobby US congresscritters to impose sanctions for this injustice.