On the one hand, as has been pointed out a dozen times, MHz is a pointless number. It's like talking about engines in terms of liters. Higher numbers are not always better than lower numbers.
I'd say it's more like talking about engines in terms of RPMs, but it's still a valid point.
Living in Canada is no excuse to play the warez version. I live in the USA and I ordered mine from Codemasters UK on a Friday night, and it arrived next Thursday.
It's an excellent game, just seeing the outdoor engine alone is reason enough to try the demo, even if you're not into military squad combat sims.
I'm sure you could write a "good worm" to roam the Internet and patch IIS servers. But you'd still be executing your code on other people's servers, even if your intent is honorable. Not a good idea.
There have been "good worms" released on the Internet before that had bad bugs. I wouldn't want the FBI knocking on my door and taking all my computers when something went wrong.
After listening to the video (I didn't bother getting the picture part because of my slow connection), it sounds like a spray paint can going ssssss....ssssss......ssssss....ssssss. White noise. Rather annoying to me, I don't think it should be used in non-emergency situations like a cell phone. But for emergencies I can believe it would work better than a siren blaring and echoing everywhere
You obviously want a TV. Go get one. Just don't watch TV when you're bored, pick specific shows like Junkyard Wars and The Simpsons and watch them. Then you're not wasting your time (as much). If you're into guns, the History Channel has lots of good gun shows. TNN has some good car shows on weekends. You can definitely get a lot of basic knowledge if you watch the right shows on basic cable.
"Maximum collateral damage" is their goal
From where did you get that quote?
I got that exact quote from both Vixie and the mail-abuse.org website. I would send you the exact URL, but I haven't been able to get to their site for the past two days. Have they moved to a new URL, or perhaps been kicked off the Internet for not playing nice?
MAPS is trying to draw attention to itself. They're trying to get sued, they even had a section on their website titled "How to sue MAPS". I think that is quite arrogant, and they have quite a bit of power to back that up.
His CD was supposed to come out in March. I was going to buy it just to play around with it. It's totally ludacris to say it can't be copied. Did anybody buy it and try? Or is everyone here too proud to go into a record store and buy a Charlie Pride CD?:)
"Maximum collateral damage" is their goalFrom where did you get that quote?
"Maximum collateral damage" came right from Vixie's mouth (well, email) and directly from the mail-abuse.org site (which seems to be down right now or I'd send the exact URL).
The MAPS "organization" is little better than vigilantes who expect everyone to live by their rules or face the consequences. Who gave them the authority? It's easy to get on their list and hard to get off. It does little to stop spam, and does block legitimate e-mail. Period.
I don't want a filtered Internet, any more than I want censored movies or CDs. If I'm dumb enough to let my e-mail address get spammed, that's my problem, and I'll deal with it, but I expect to receive any e-mail that's addressed to me, or else the Internet is not working like it's supposed to. Why would I want someone else to decide what I recieve and what I don't?
Yep, if you're a lawmaker and everyone is yelling at you to do something about spam, what are you going to do? You make sending spam illegal.
But of course people will still send spam. Next step, how do you find out who is sending the spam so you can punish them? Right now there is no good way to trace spam back to the sender. You would have to know exactly who each person is when they access the Internet, and log what they do. Otherwise someone could just go to a friend's house or a public computer and send their spam. Something like a fingerprint ID or retinal scan would have to be required to get on the Internet.
So what's better, a monitored and restricted Internet, or a few spam messages? I personally don't want to give up my privacy just to reduce the 10-15 spams I get per day.
Vixie probably doesn't care how many people pay for MAPS. He is associated with AboveNet, a major world-wide backbone bandwidth provider. He is associated with whitehat.com, an opt-in SPAM company. How ironic, he has determined that you can send spam, but only if it's done his way. He will be making money from sending spam, and making money from spam filters. I bet whitehat.com doesn't get blacklisted when someone complains about their spam.
The whole concept of MAPS is flawed. MAPS blacklists a domain after the spammer has already sent their mail. How long and how much trouble does it take to get off the MAPS list after the fact?
If your Aunt Edna can't send e-mail because a spammer sent spam from her ISP's domain two months ago, MAPS doesn't care. MAPS has publicly stated that they don't care if they are "throwing the baby out with the bathwater." "Maximum collateral damage" is their goal. Well excuse me but I thought the Internet was supposed to be an open system. If you want a network with a bunch of roadblocks/dead ends, start your own Anti-SpamNet.
But no, I'm sure some sysadmins will pay good money for the MAPS list because they don't know what else to do. IP/domain filtering is NOT a practical way to get rid of spam. The spammers are smart enough to move around from one account to another.
The only way I can ever see the spam problem solved is if people stop worrying about a few messages and get on with their lives. Use the delete key. I got pissed over spam at first (like 5 years ago), but you know what, if spammers want to spam, they'll ALWAYS find a way. No system is 100% secure.
I think the (ugh) "Information Superhighway" metaphor works better. Your ISP is your vehicle, it gets you on the road. From there on, you can go wherever you want. Some places are free, like the city park. Other places charge money, like movie theatres. Some sites are free, some sites aren't. As long as you have a decent ISP, you can go wherever you want.
I wouldn't mind micropayments as long as it was secure, trustworthy, and easy. In other words, I wouldn't want Microsoft involved, not because I think their software is particularly bad but because they would abuse and twist the original agreement.
There needs to be some sort of independent organiztion that is supported by sites that accept the micropayments. Somebody like Verisign might work, although they're not the greatest...
How come more people aren't saying it's a terrible idea? Are people too lazy to take a shower? Are you going to wear a bacteria skullcap to keep your hair clean too?
My goal is less bacteria, not more. It may be just a matter of time before some killer disease wipes out half the human population.
If you want to fight on foot and drive cars and tanks and planes, take a look at Operation Flashpoint. That game deserves a/. story, with it's intelligent squad AI, gorgeous landscapes, and open-ended mission structure (go whatever you want!) I've never spent so much time on a demo, can't wait until the full game arrives!
Did anybody else notice that "interview" with ID was basically major kissing up? It seemed like an advertisement written by ID.
FYI, quake2 sucks. Is it just me or did anyone who liked q2 never actually play q1 or doom multiplayer?
I can still remember getting into my first Internet Doom (or was it Doom2) match, versus a fellow from Holland. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to be playing a game with a guy from another country. I forget what that Internet Doom launcher program was called, anybody remember?
I never got into Quake1, maybe because I didn't have a fast enough machine. By the time I did, Quake2 was out. I loved Quake2. I was pretty good with the railgun, and the single player was good mindless fun. To me, Quake2 was more like Doom3. I've played around with GLQuake and while I can appreciate it's engine, I still don't think it's that great. But I do have to give props to Quake1, because Half-Life is based on it's engine! Half-Life is still the game years after it's release (what was it, December 1999?)
Quake3 doesn't interest me that much because I've moved on to Team Fortress Classic, Counter Strike and lately Day of Defeat (all Half-Life mods.) But I'll buy it one day when it's $20 in the bargain bin.
It seems like every 6 months or so scientists find more evidence of water on Mars.
Why don't we go there and see for ourselves? Pick some up and taste it? It's the year 2001, we're supposed to have hover-cars and space colonies for cryin' out loud!
If the Pentagon can "lose" a BILLION dollars why can't we afford to send men to Mars?
Allows you to pause live TV, rewind, fast forward, etc.
Includes a FREE service that downloads TV listings to your computer once a week and lets you point and click what you want to schedule to record or even just watch (it turns brings up the TV window when the program comes on.) Plus it lets you sort and search many different ways, like find all the Clint Eastwood movies or all Sci-Fi movies.
Can encode video using your choice of codecs/quality settings; MPG, MPG2, MP4, etc. Plus you have basically limitless storage capacity because you're using your hard drive(s). Video CD quality video takes about 650MB per hour.
Lets you view video (or normal Windows desktop/apps) on your monitor or TV, or both at the same time.
Can show you a "thumbnail" view of every channel at once (each is updated every few seconds, depending on how many channels you have).
Lets you browse the web while watching TV in a window integrated into IE (not sure if it works with Netscape, I've given up on Netscape entirely).
The only thing I can think of that it can't do is watch one program while you record another, when you're recording it pretty much ties the Radeon up.
Having said all that, it was a b*tch to set up, but I'm very happy with it now. The Radeon AIW is also certainly not as easy to use as a Tivo, the software is a little odd. But what will a Tivo do that a Radeon can't? A Radeon is cheaper, has more storage capacity available, and doesn't need a monthly subscription.
You can really do even better than that if you stay away from the prepackaged Dell/Gateway/Apple, etc. computers.
How about a 1.2 GHZ AMD processor, 256 MB RAM (plus 64 I had laying around), 80 GB hard drive (plus a 30, 40, and 8 I already had), ATI AIW Radeon video card, 17" Mag flatscreen monitor, and a MS Intellimouse Explorer optical mouse, all for $1,200?
I could not justify spending the $$ that Apple wants for their computers.
My Aiwa CDC-MP3 has worked like a charm for 6 months. Some people have problems with them, but most don't.
It would be hard for me to go back to a normal CD player now. I notice that there are now 4-5 different in-dash MP3 players in the new Crutchfield catalog. If I had to pick one, it would be the Sony, which I assume just came out or is coming soon. I miss the nice interface on my old Sony.
I agree. To me pointing fuckgeneralmotors.com to ford.com with no warning is like going to your local Ford dealer and putting a "Chevrolet" banner over their sign. Wouldn't this be illegal?
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I'd say it's more like talking about engines in terms of RPMs, but it's still a valid point.
It's an excellent game, just seeing the outdoor engine alone is reason enough to try the demo, even if you're not into military squad combat sims.
There have been "good worms" released on the Internet before that had bad bugs. I wouldn't want the FBI knocking on my door and taking all my computers when something went wrong.
Sports take mental as well as physical skills, so I'm sure that playing computer game simulations over and over would help you in that area.
From where did you get that quote?
I got that exact quote from both Vixie and the mail-abuse.org website. I would send you the exact URL, but I haven't been able to get to their site for the past two days. Have they moved to a new URL, or perhaps been kicked off the Internet for not playing nice?
MAPS is trying to draw attention to itself. They're trying to get sued, they even had a section on their website titled "How to sue MAPS". I think that is quite arrogant, and they have quite a bit of power to back that up.
Hip-hop artists are messing up my spelling.
"Maximum collateral damage" came right from Vixie's mouth (well, email) and directly from the mail-abuse.org site (which seems to be down right now or I'd send the exact URL).
The MAPS "organization" is little better than vigilantes who expect everyone to live by their rules or face the consequences. Who gave them the authority? It's easy to get on their list and hard to get off. It does little to stop spam, and does block legitimate e-mail. Period.
I don't want a filtered Internet, any more than I want censored movies or CDs. If I'm dumb enough to let my e-mail address get spammed, that's my problem, and I'll deal with it, but I expect to receive any e-mail that's addressed to me, or else the Internet is not working like it's supposed to. Why would I want someone else to decide what I recieve and what I don't?
But of course people will still send spam. Next step, how do you find out who is sending the spam so you can punish them? Right now there is no good way to trace spam back to the sender. You would have to know exactly who each person is when they access the Internet, and log what they do. Otherwise someone could just go to a friend's house or a public computer and send their spam. Something like a fingerprint ID or retinal scan would have to be required to get on the Internet.
So what's better, a monitored and restricted Internet, or a few spam messages? I personally don't want to give up my privacy just to reduce the 10-15 spams I get per day.
If your Aunt Edna can't send e-mail because a spammer sent spam from her ISP's domain two months ago, MAPS doesn't care. MAPS has publicly stated that they don't care if they are "throwing the baby out with the bathwater." "Maximum collateral damage" is their goal. Well excuse me but I thought the Internet was supposed to be an open system. If you want a network with a bunch of roadblocks/dead ends, start your own Anti-SpamNet.
But no, I'm sure some sysadmins will pay good money for the MAPS list because they don't know what else to do. IP/domain filtering is NOT a practical way to get rid of spam. The spammers are smart enough to move around from one account to another.
The only way I can ever see the spam problem solved is if people stop worrying about a few messages and get on with their lives. Use the delete key. I got pissed over spam at first (like 5 years ago), but you know what, if spammers want to spam, they'll ALWAYS find a way. No system is 100% secure.
I wouldn't mind micropayments as long as it was secure, trustworthy, and easy. In other words, I wouldn't want Microsoft involved, not because I think their software is particularly bad but because they would abuse and twist the original agreement. There needs to be some sort of independent organiztion that is supported by sites that accept the micropayments. Somebody like Verisign might work, although they're not the greatest...
My goal is less bacteria, not more. It may be just a matter of time before some killer disease wipes out half the human population.
Did anybody else notice that "interview" with ID was basically major kissing up? It seemed like an advertisement written by ID.
I can still remember getting into my first Internet Doom (or was it Doom2) match, versus a fellow from Holland. I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to be playing a game with a guy from another country. I forget what that Internet Doom launcher program was called, anybody remember?
I never got into Quake1, maybe because I didn't have a fast enough machine. By the time I did, Quake2 was out. I loved Quake2. I was pretty good with the railgun, and the single player was good mindless fun. To me, Quake2 was more like Doom3. I've played around with GLQuake and while I can appreciate it's engine, I still don't think it's that great. But I do have to give props to Quake1, because Half-Life is based on it's engine! Half-Life is still the game years after it's release (what was it, December 1999?)
Quake3 doesn't interest me that much because I've moved on to Team Fortress Classic, Counter Strike and lately Day of Defeat (all Half-Life mods.) But I'll buy it one day when it's $20 in the bargain bin.
Why don't we go there and see for ourselves? Pick some up and taste it? It's the year 2001, we're supposed to have hover-cars and space colonies for cryin' out loud!
If the Pentagon can "lose" a BILLION dollars why can't we afford to send men to Mars?
Allows you to pause live TV, rewind, fast forward, etc.
Includes a FREE service that downloads TV listings to your computer once a week and lets you point and click what you want to schedule to record or even just watch (it turns brings up the TV window when the program comes on.) Plus it lets you sort and search many different ways, like find all the Clint Eastwood movies or all Sci-Fi movies.
Can encode video using your choice of codecs/quality settings; MPG, MPG2, MP4, etc. Plus you have basically limitless storage capacity because you're using your hard drive(s). Video CD quality video takes about 650MB per hour.
Lets you view video (or normal Windows desktop/apps) on your monitor or TV, or both at the same time.
Can show you a "thumbnail" view of every channel at once (each is updated every few seconds, depending on how many channels you have).
Lets you browse the web while watching TV in a window integrated into IE (not sure if it works with Netscape, I've given up on Netscape entirely).
The only thing I can think of that it can't do is watch one program while you record another, when you're recording it pretty much ties the Radeon up.
Having said all that, it was a b*tch to set up, but I'm very happy with it now. The Radeon AIW is also certainly not as easy to use as a Tivo, the software is a little odd. But what will a Tivo do that a Radeon can't? A Radeon is cheaper, has more storage capacity available, and doesn't need a monthly subscription.
How about a 1.2 GHZ AMD processor, 256 MB RAM (plus 64 I had laying around), 80 GB hard drive (plus a 30, 40, and 8 I already had), ATI AIW Radeon video card, 17" Mag flatscreen monitor, and a MS Intellimouse Explorer optical mouse, all for $1,200?
I could not justify spending the $$ that Apple wants for their computers.
But I agree that Verizon sucks. Big time. We're going to try to go with a Cisco wireless Internet connection to avoid Verizoff altogether.
It would be hard for me to go back to a normal CD player now. I notice that there are now 4-5 different in-dash MP3 players in the new Crutchfield catalog. If I had to pick one, it would be the Sony, which I assume just came out or is coming soon. I miss the nice interface on my old Sony.
I agree. To me pointing fuckgeneralmotors.com to ford.com with no warning is like going to your local Ford dealer and putting a "Chevrolet" banner over their sign. Wouldn't this be illegal?