Thats not all they did in Florida. They also tightened licencing restrictions on capenters, electricians, plummers etc. so that if you had a damaged house you would have to go through one of the local contractors and not use imported craftsmen.
It was great for the local craftsmen, they made a ton of money off that hurricane....but if you were a homeowner you really got the shaft.
There is no economic model in Everquest. Items are constantly being made or found, and never destroyed.
This isn't quite true, items leave the game in two circumstances: when a player is unable to recover a corpse after they have died and when a player player quits the game.
Additionally there is the 'twink' factor.
('Twinking' is the practice of using a higher level character to equip a lower level character.) When a powerful item is obtained there is the temptation to 'twink' the item onto a lower level charater rather than introduce it to the marketplace. Since a player can have up to eight characters on a server and only play one of those characters at a time there is a potential that 7/8ths of all items simply vanish onto twink characters.
Twinkeed items aren't destroyed, they are in storage. They won't be removed from storage until a more powerful twink item is obtained. Over the long term the items are introduced into the ecomony, but the short term effect is as if the item never existed (hence was effectivly destroyed).
Personally..... I think the market that Zepplin need to be focusing on is the cruise ship business.
Zepplins require smaller/cheaper support facilities than ocean liners, they aren't restricted to ocean-side destinations, they don't experience turbulence, and they view must be amazing.
Does this mean that if someone with the plague is following me around and coughing on me that all I'm allowed to do is to run away or lock myself in my house?
Or if I'm the resident of a small town and the owner of the local nuke power plant deicdes to block out the sun to raise my power bill does this mean that I'm not allowed to tip over his sun blocking device?
>Running away does not fix the issue(ie. a bad
>law was passed). I can't believe people even
>suggest this as a correct corse of action.
Thats easy to say when its not your ass that will land in jail.
He'll get his ass back to Russia. Once he figures out the legal costs and his potential for incarceration I think he'll realise that it's in his best interest to flee prosecution.
Hell! it's in ElcomSoft's best interests if he flees. $50,000 might sound like a lot, but once you start to think in terms of billable hours its really isn't that much. The sooner he's back at work the better it will be for them.
It may be in the DOJ's best interest too. If you consider that this isn't exactly a popular case for them.
Come to think of it... isn't $50,000 bail for someone that is as much of a flight risk as Sklyarov a bit low?
Granted, he won't be able to return to the US again....but would he really want to? If it were you would you want to?
Can these guys make a game featuring Tux calling it Tux Racer and then make is closed source?
Certainly someone in the Linux Community owns either the copyright or the trademark on Tux.
Couldn't associating Tux with a Windows product dilute the public's perception of Tux = Linux(if one exists)? What about the legion of Windows users that have never heard of Tux or Linux? After they play this game won't they then associate Tux with the game and not with Linux?
They should be pressuring Sun to GPL Java (would make sence on the heels of recent news about MS abandoning it) and build an architecture based on that.
That architecture already exists in to form of Enterprise Java Beans. Granted it isn't GPL'd but http://www.jboss.org/ is a free open source EJB container.
Have you tried any java apps lately? Most all of the speed problems I experienced went away when I upgraded to v1.3. (...and If Sun's propaganda is to be believed 1.4 is even faster than 1.3.)
The critical thing that needs to be done by Sun with regards to Java support is to have something like Windows Update or the Quicktime Updater: the ability to run one program that will grab the newest and latest files and install them, using a diff-like method instead of downloading *everything* again.
So long as the process isn't automatic, this is a great idea. I just don't want my JVM upgraded without my permission.
I beg your forgiveness oh mighty one. I am but a lowly peasant. When I went to google and typed in rebirth island I foolishly omitted the quotes.
It brings me great shame that I wasted the time of an intellect so vast as your own. Perhaps now that I have been duly reprimanded you will be able to spend you nigh-priceless time correcting other slashdot posters with your rapier wit.
(Or at least correcting spelling)
But I could have sworn I read something about the ozone hole closing or starting to close or something.
You'll have to forgive me if I'm wrong about this since I live in the Northern Hemisphere (where we know how to take care of our ozone layer).
I saw an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man where Steve was on this old U-Boat (complete with Nazis). The power went out, but LUCKILY there was a hand crank that could be used to power the boat in an emergency. None of the retread Nazis that were on the U-boat could turn it (Presumably, only pure Arians would be able to). Good thing for them Steve Austin was there. He just fired up that ole bionic arm of his and they sailed home in style.
We were very happy with the whole process -- we had a lot more control over what we were doing than we would have with a conventional broker (since we got to go over the actual MLS information
A good realtor will put all that information into your hands. If your realtor won't show you the MLS, get a new realtor.
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I have a CD RW. I have had it since January. I have never used it illegally.
Thats not all they did in Florida. They also tightened licencing restrictions on capenters, electricians, plummers etc. so that if you had a damaged house you would have to go through one of the local contractors and not use imported craftsmen.
It was great for the local craftsmen, they made a ton of money off that hurricane....but if you were a homeowner you really got the shaft.
This isn't quite true, items leave the game in two circumstances: when a player is unable to recover a corpse after they have died and when a player player quits the game.
Additionally there is the 'twink' factor. ('Twinking' is the practice of using a higher level character to equip a lower level character.) When a powerful item is obtained there is the temptation to 'twink' the item onto a lower level charater rather than introduce it to the marketplace. Since a player can have up to eight characters on a server and only play one of those characters at a time there is a potential that 7/8ths of all items simply vanish onto twink characters.
Twinkeed items aren't destroyed, they are in storage. They won't be removed from storage until a more powerful twink item is obtained. Over the long term the items are introduced into the ecomony, but the short term effect is as if the item never existed (hence was effectivly destroyed).
It doesnt look like there is enough slant on that roof of yours. It it rains you might be in trouble.
:-)
It would look a lot beter if you put some neon lighs along the frame rails.
Personally..... I think the market that Zepplin need to be focusing on is the cruise ship business.
Zepplins require smaller/cheaper support facilities than ocean liners, they aren't restricted to ocean-side destinations, they don't experience turbulence, and they view must be amazing.
why is it that every time i see the URL http://www.theonering.net I think its http://www.theonionring.net
Are you nuts?
AO = CRAP
Not one person I know who bought this game still plays it.
Does this mean that if someone with the plague is following me around and coughing on me that all I'm allowed to do is to run away or lock myself in my house?
Or if I'm the resident of a small town and the owner of the local nuke power plant deicdes to block out the sun to raise my power bill does this mean that I'm not allowed to tip over his sun blocking device?
This is horrible. The comfy chiar site is slashdotted.
Now what will the Spanish Inquisition do for torture?
(Anwser: No one knows... because nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition)
>Running away does not fix the issue(ie. a bad >law was passed). I can't believe people even >suggest this as a correct corse of action. Thats easy to say when its not your ass that will land in jail.
He'll get his ass back to Russia. Once he figures out the legal costs and his potential for incarceration I think he'll realise that it's in his best interest to flee prosecution. Hell! it's in ElcomSoft's best interests if he flees. $50,000 might sound like a lot, but once you start to think in terms of billable hours its really isn't that much. The sooner he's back at work the better it will be for them. It may be in the DOJ's best interest too. If you consider that this isn't exactly a popular case for them. Come to think of it... isn't $50,000 bail for someone that is as much of a flight risk as Sklyarov a bit low? Granted, he won't be able to return to the US again....but would he really want to? If it were you would you want to?
Is Tux open source?
Can these guys make a game featuring Tux calling it Tux Racer and then make is closed source?
Certainly someone in the Linux Community owns either the copyright or the trademark on Tux.
Couldn't associating Tux with a Windows product dilute the public's perception of Tux = Linux(if one exists)? What about the legion of Windows users that have never heard of Tux or Linux? After they play this game won't they then associate Tux with the game and not with Linux?
Porn.
Ok so its not two words...
just imagine how much less bandwith voice over IP would consume with this.
That architecture already exists in to form of Enterprise Java Beans. Granted it isn't GPL'd but http://www.jboss.org/ is a free open source EJB container.
Have you tried any java apps lately? Most all of the speed problems I experienced went away when I upgraded to v1.3. (...and If Sun's propaganda is to be believed 1.4 is even faster than 1.3.)
So long as the process isn't automatic, this is a great idea. I just don't want my JVM upgraded without my permission.
It brings me great shame that I wasted the time of an intellect so vast as your own. Perhaps now that I have been duly reprimanded you will be able to spend you nigh-priceless time correcting other slashdot posters with your rapier wit. (Or at least correcting spelling)
Once again, I beg your forgiveness.
> the infamous Rebirth Island, Whats so infamous about rebirth island?
But I could have sworn I read something about the ozone hole closing or starting to close or something. You'll have to forgive me if I'm wrong about this since I live in the Northern Hemisphere (where we know how to take care of our ozone layer).
Close...
Hipposocracy is rule by horses.
But I think the word you're looking for is Hippopotamusocracy rule by Hippopotamus.
I saw an episode of the Six Million Dollar Man where Steve was on this old U-Boat (complete with Nazis). The power went out, but LUCKILY there was a hand crank that could be used to power the boat in an emergency. None of the retread Nazis that were on the U-boat could turn it (Presumably, only pure Arians would be able to). Good thing for them Steve Austin was there. He just fired up that ole bionic arm of his and they sailed home in style.
A good realtor will put all that information into your hands. If your realtor won't show you the MLS, get a new realtor.
>I think they should be able to "unilaterally
>retract features" because the guy was an idiot.
You are so right.
For too long now, stupid paople have been able to hid behind the law. NO MORE I SAY.
I DEMAND THE RIGHT TO KILL ANY MAN THAT CANNOT REBUILD HIS LINUX BOX FROM SOURCE. DEATH TO THE NON_EDUCATED.
LONG LIVE THE PLUTOCRACY!
I thought Netscape backed out of the browser market ages ago.