Ahh, the pre internet days. If the internet had been, and people really knew how bad the problems were, there would have been an outcry.
Another interesting question is how did cheats make it around? Things like the contra 30 lives cheat. I remember the kid who showed me, but who showed it to him?
Those were the good old days. Now all you have to do is log on and you can get a list of cheats usually even before the game hits the shelves.
I absolutely 100% guarantee you that IBM, HP, and Sun (and even thought not mentioned) Dell's biggest customer is the US government.
You say that all of these firms can do the same job better and cheaper? Do you realize how much it would cost for the US government to switch everything to a Unix/Linux platform?
Yep. Another one that I finally looked up last time I played: The book says you can roll 2 defending di (assuming you have at least 2) even if the attacker is only rolling 1 di.
For instance, even when the number of attacking and defending armies is equal, the probability that the attacker ends up winning the territory is actually greater than 50 percent, provided that both sides have at least five armies each. The attacker also suffers fewer losses on average than the defender.
This means means you would be rolling 2 attacking and 2 defending dice, but ties go to the defender.
How could that possibly give the attacker an advantage?
The article also flips flops every few paragraphs as to wether it calculates equalness as being the total number of armies in a territory or the number of attcking vs. defending dice.
(This, btw, would make the largest possible number of attacking di 2)
Entrapment? How would using a different IP be in anyway entrapment?
The only way a case could be thrown out for entrapment is if the RIAA IM'd you and asked you to download a file, then turned around and sued you for copyright violation.
This TRIPOLI PIT system they are talking about seems to be the same as putting a rule in your email server saying "don't accept anything that isn't PGP signed".
I understand that the percentage varies, but like I said in my post, the savings of the consumer/business is irrelevant because power prices will remain the same. Power will not be free no matter how you generate it.
Don't expect energy prices to drop if everything was powered by a fusion grid.
The plant won't run itself, especially if it is more complicated than the current "dump coal in here and start the fire".
Also, consider the impact on your bottom line if power was actually free. I spend approximately 1% of my income on my electric bill. Also, lets consider that the actual cost reduction in everyday items is 5% (pretty high) due to the lack of energy cost. That wouldn't make that big of a difference in anyone's bottom line, and thats if power was actually free.
Fusion is nice, but it won't make a bit of difference in the true value of the economy, it will just more sustainable and the side effects less messy.
OTOH, energy prices could be used to positively affect the global economy, much like the FED with interest rates.
It would award consumers $10 for each unwanted message that they receive, assuming they are willing to take the spammer to court. If they win the case, their attorney's fees would be reimbursed.
So the max you could get is $10 after a court case?
Please.
I posted a little futher down the page, but the US postal service provides time stamping for the cost of a stamp. Just mail yourself a copy of the disk and leave it sealed. You can't prove the dates on the disk are correct, but at least the court will know nothing was made later than the stamp on the envelope.
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Ahh, the pre internet days.
If the internet had been, and people really knew how bad the problems were, there would have been an outcry.
Another interesting question is how did cheats make it around?
Things like the contra 30 lives cheat.
I remember the kid who showed me, but who showed it to him?
Those were the good old days.
Now all you have to do is log on and you can get a list of cheats usually even before the game hits the shelves.
I suppose you could just attach the strips to a transparency before scanning them.
Good point about the old WPC cards.
My v1 sucked, then I upgraded to the 2.5 card.
The 2.5 was aptly named cuz I got about 2 and a half times the range and speed with WPC 2.5 over the WPC v1.
I agree.
I've had a linksys BEFW11S4 v1 for almost 3 years now.
I've never had a problem with it.
Linksys has always added great new featues to the firmware with upgrades.
I understand your pain with price.
I paid $300 dollars for mine and now they cost $99 most places.
I absolutely 100% guarantee you that IBM, HP, and Sun (and even thought not mentioned) Dell's biggest customer is the US government.
You say that all of these firms can do the same job better and cheaper?
Do you realize how much it would cost for the US government to switch everything to a Unix/Linux platform?
This shouldn't be much of a surprise -- remember the Federal government is already Microsoft's biggest customer.
No, it shouldn't.
The US federal government is the largest purchaser of goods and services in the world.
The above statement seems to imply something ugly, when in fact MANY companies' largest customer is the federal government.
Yep.
Another one that I finally looked up last time I played:
The book says you can roll 2 defending di (assuming you have at least 2) even if the attacker is only rolling 1 di.
We've recently begun playing with the mission risk cards instead of doing world domination.
It makes for an interesting and shorter game.
Most of the time all players are in to the end, which you never have in a classic world domination game.
Its says:
This means means you would be rolling 2 attacking and 2 defending dice, but ties go to the defender.
How could that possibly give the attacker an advantage?
The article also flips flops every few paragraphs as to wether it calculates equalness as being the total number of armies in a territory or the number of attcking vs. defending dice.
(This, btw, would make the largest possible number of attacking di 2)
Entrapment?
How would using a different IP be in anyway entrapment?
The only way a case could be thrown out for entrapment is if the RIAA IM'd you and asked you to download a file, then turned around and sued you for copyright violation.
He links to the rules regarding royalties, but the method violates virtually every regulation governing webcasts:
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http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#1
I'd have to put that one at a close second to the scene where you are chasing the mime while riding a tricycle.
(Or, more accurately, riding a scottsman who is riding a tricycle.)
So he cracked the code and got a copy of the book he already owned?
This TRIPOLI PIT system they are talking about seems to be the same as putting a rule in your email server saying "don't accept anything that isn't PGP signed".
I understand that the percentage varies, but like I said in my post, the savings of the consumer/business is irrelevant because power prices will remain the same.
Power will not be free no matter how you generate it.
The world won't change as much as you think.
Don't expect energy prices to drop if everything was powered by a fusion grid.
The plant won't run itself, especially if it is more complicated than the current "dump coal in here and start the fire".
Also, consider the impact on your bottom line if power was actually free.
I spend approximately 1% of my income on my electric bill.
Also, lets consider that the actual cost reduction in everyday items is 5% (pretty high) due to the lack of energy cost.
That wouldn't make that big of a difference in anyone's bottom line, and thats if power was actually free.
Fusion is nice, but it won't make a bit of difference in the true value of the economy, it will just more sustainable and the side effects less messy.
OTOH, energy prices could be used to positively affect the global economy, much like the FED with interest rates.
As many people have said, there is little chance of Iraq being able to eavesdrop on the GPS locations.
However, it presents a sigint boon to countries who do have the capability.
China is probably building a massive database of US infantry move and coutermove strategy as we speak.
In this scenario spamming would be a tax deductible expense.
I don't think anyone wants to see that.
How does a summary of a story about a free game become a microsoft bashing opportunity?
This is just about the most childish story post I have ever seen Hemos.
Except yahoo games don't slashdot quite so fast.
The site says the car is "personally affordable".
Then, when you click on the purchase link you find out it costs $1,000,000.
I posted a little futher down the page, but the US postal service provides time stamping for the cost of a stamp.
Just mail yourself a copy of the disk and leave it sealed.
You can't prove the dates on the disk are correct, but at least the court will know nothing was made later than the stamp on the envelope.
I learned in music school that the old fashioned trick of mailing yourself something and leaving it sealed does stand up in court.
Take whatever it is you want to timestamp, put it in a sealed envelope, and mail it to yourself.
If you ever have to go to court, have the judge open the postal service stamped envelope and examine the contents.
It would take a damn good lawyer to make a jury think you are somehow in cahoots with the postal service and had them back date the stamp.
His name is Kirk Carver.
It was done in 1998.
It did not go well for him...
Here is his story