What can you expect the states to do? They're fucked budget-wise and need to get back in black as soon as possible. This is just one of the lousy things that'll probably pass siimply because of the horendous budget situation the entire country is currently in.
As to your call for us to suspend the service, I would respectfully suggest that it would be premature to decide on any course of action until we first have had an opportunity to collect and review the available data.
Well, I think that the world would have appreciated the same level of consideration before the system was ever even implemented in the first place.
What I dind a lot more troubling is that the 2GHz systems come by default with SuperDrives. It seems like an awful waste to produce 1,100 supeerdrives that'll never even be used. ever.
It's a bit of a cocktease to post this link right now...Most of the mac community sites linked to the pictures at Virginia Tech's site but brought it down. Try clicking on the "pictures" link on their site and you'll se that they chmod 0'd the whole site so that the bandwidth usage won't peak out again
The pics at chaosmint are a small selection of what was originally on the site.
But to be on topic I'm suprised that Apple didn't get them Xserve G5's for the cluster. While the desktop G5's look cool it's really unneeded to use up all that space.
All of the GTA ads that I saw were great. They were classy aand had real productions values (just like the games)
You get out of the trailer thinking that "this game isn't like any other" since they don't try to pander to anybody. Plus they say right in it that it's a "Mature" game
If we're talking overhyped at all in context with the article then I firmly vote for The Sims Online.
Jesus Christ! It was on the fucking cover of Newsweek!!
People were expecting hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the service, they saw it bridging the gap and getting "regular folks" into online gaming.
And what happened? Nothing.
Few signed up for it, lag was everywhere, mobs formed in the game and overall it was boring! Who wants to play a game online just to chat with other people? At least in Everquest you get to hit things with swords.
Hello. Based upon your above post it appears clear that you understand that terminology used in illegal drugs and their production, distribution, and comsumption.
Please report to a justice dept. regional office as soon as possible. You will want to visit room 101 for 'processing'
Crowd plays the "Imperial March" from Star Wars as Ashcroft enters building: story
And while I can't find it there was also, at a Patriot Act "whoo-ha!" rally, a protestor that directly addressed Ashcroft and said "You're fired" and told him that what he was doing was wrong. You didn't see any of that in the liberal media, however...
"Hey! That's great! Lights on my RAM! Oh, hey, scientists: CANCER! AIDS! Let's put the blinkenlights on the RAM on the backburner and try to eradicate cancer and AIDS first!"
If (assuming that it's true) they make people connect to the internet then it would be serious misstep at an otherwise brilliant company.
Valve has got lots of great people and is one of the few companies that can seriously challenge id in the FPS market. Making people connect to the internet to play, though? Weak.
What if your LAN party's using some type of weird proxying system? What about other configurations? What if the inet trunk goes down and people have to say "Oh shit. No inet. Let's just play Doom3 instead"
It just doesn't make much sense to require a "ping" to the server to play on a lan or single player. Sure, activating the product I can understand (And just like everybody else with some shred of moral fiber in them I plan on plunking down some hard-earned cash for HL2 the first day it's out) but anything farther than piracy prevention is toeing that line between cautious and just plain douche-baggery.
I've got lots of friends who do exactly what you're talking about: buying top-of-the-line games and hardware then cranking their visual settings down to pong-esque mode just for faster gameplay.
Excuse me, but when I drop $300-500 on a video card I want my screen to fucking blow me away! I didn't pay for the new technology just to see it wasted. FPS are important, but getting your money's worth and enjoying what the artists put together for the game is far more interesting than simply looking to get a bigger number.
In the last few years Emmanuel Goldstein has become a growing analogy for me in policy debates. The Parent post sums it up nicely; an undefined "boogeyman" is great to launch a war against. It's also a lot easier to flip-flop and change your mind when the enemy is "everywhere"
"We are at war with East Eurasia!" becomes "We are at war with Oceania!" and "We are at war against al Qaeda!" becomes "We are at war with Iraq!"
Or what about just making the memory cards and their slot the same form factor as GBA games? That way if you wanted to play a GBA game you could just plug it right into the memory card slot and play away.
Slashdot Mirror
The first rule of NDA Cult is - you do not talk about NDA Cult.
The second rule of NDA Cult is - you DO NOT talk about NDA Cult.
Third rule of NDA Cult, someone yells "Stop!", gets an attorney, or finds shredded documents then deny all knowledge.
Fourth rule, only two guys to a fight(When beans are spilled).
Fifth rule, as many NDA's at a time, fellas.
Sixth rule, no wires, no cell phones.
Seventh rule, NDAs will go on as long as they have to.
And the eighth and final rule, if this is your first night at NDA Club, you have to shut up about what you see.
What can you expect the states to do? They're fucked budget-wise and need to get back in black as soon as possible. This is just one of the lousy things that'll probably pass siimply because of the horendous budget situation the entire country is currently in.
It's the matrix trying to confuse you.
http://news.com.com/2100-12-5080449.html
oooh! Patching every other day is fun!
This is just like being a MCSE! Now I can hang out with the NT guys and chat about patching!
From the letter to ICANN:
As to your call for us to suspend the service, I would respectfully suggest that it would be premature to decide on any course of action until we first have had an opportunity to collect and review the available data.
Well, I think that the world would have appreciated the same level of consideration before the system was ever even implemented in the first place.
So the bigwig at the company used to work for apple but the site says that his new appliance will only work with a WinXP machine?
What's that about?
What I dind a lot more troubling is that the 2GHz systems come by default with SuperDrives. It seems like an awful waste to produce 1,100 supeerdrives that'll never even be used. ever.
It's a bit of a cocktease to post this link right now...Most of the mac community sites linked to the pictures at Virginia Tech's site but brought it down. Try clicking on the "pictures" link on their site and you'll se that they chmod 0'd the whole site so that the bandwidth usage won't peak out again
The pics at chaosmint are a small selection of what was originally on the site.
But to be on topic I'm suprised that Apple didn't get them Xserve G5's for the cluster. While the desktop G5's look cool it's really unneeded to use up all that space.
You sure that the cunt wasn't just reading the Bible?
Bob - 8:01, Marc - 8:14, Ray - 7:55, John - 8:20
Wait, was there a 'Bob' in the Bible?
Performance wise?
Well....it sucks.
All of the GTA ads that I saw were great. They were classy aand had real productions values (just like the games)
You get out of the trailer thinking that "this game isn't like any other" since they don't try to pander to anybody. Plus they say right in it that it's a "Mature" game
One would think that they would have an automated voice-response system on their main number, so I think that they are being innudated with calls.
Yes, because tonight all the geeks of the world rose up against VeriSign and dialed their number....
C'mon! This isn't like SCO!
If we're talking overhyped at all in context with the article then I firmly vote for The Sims Online.
Jesus Christ! It was on the fucking cover of Newsweek!!
People were expecting hundreds of thousands of subscribers to the service, they saw it bridging the gap and getting "regular folks" into online gaming.
And what happened? Nothing.
Few signed up for it, lag was everywhere, mobs formed in the game and overall it was boring! Who wants to play a game online just to chat with other people? At least in Everquest you get to hit things with swords.
From: John Ashcroft
To: ThesQuid
Hello. Based upon your above post it appears clear that you understand that terminology used in illegal drugs and their production, distribution, and comsumption.
Please report to a justice dept. regional office as soon as possible. You will want to visit room 101 for 'processing'
yes, that's a 1984 reference
Crowd plays the "Imperial March" from Star Wars as Ashcroft enters building: story
And while I can't find it there was also, at a Patriot Act "whoo-ha!" rally, a protestor that directly addressed Ashcroft and said "You're fired" and told him that what he was doing was wrong. You didn't see any of that in the liberal media, however...
To quote the lovely Tina Fey:
"Hey! That's great! Lights on my RAM! Oh, hey, scientists: CANCER! AIDS! Let's put the blinkenlights on the RAM on the backburner and try to eradicate cancer and AIDS first!"
It is pretty cool, though...
If (assuming that it's true) they make people connect to the internet then it would be serious misstep at an otherwise brilliant company.
Valve has got lots of great people and is one of the few companies that can seriously challenge id in the FPS market. Making people connect to the internet to play, though? Weak.
What if your LAN party's using some type of weird proxying system? What about other configurations? What if the inet trunk goes down and people have to say "Oh shit. No inet. Let's just play Doom3 instead"
It just doesn't make much sense to require a "ping" to the server to play on a lan or single player. Sure, activating the product I can understand (And just like everybody else with some shred of moral fiber in them I plan on plunking down some hard-earned cash for HL2 the first day it's out) but anything farther than piracy prevention is toeing that line between cautious and just plain douche-baggery.
I've got lots of friends who do exactly what you're talking about: buying top-of-the-line games and hardware then cranking their visual settings down to pong-esque mode just for faster gameplay.
Excuse me, but when I drop $300-500 on a video card I want my screen to fucking blow me away! I didn't pay for the new technology just to see it wasted. FPS are important, but getting your money's worth and enjoying what the artists put together for the game is far more interesting than simply looking to get a bigger number.
In the last few years Emmanuel Goldstein has become a growing analogy for me in policy debates. The Parent post sums it up nicely; an undefined "boogeyman" is great to launch a war against. It's also a lot easier to flip-flop and change your mind when the enemy is "everywhere"
"We are at war with East Eurasia!" becomes "We are at war with Oceania!"
and
"We are at war against al Qaeda!" becomes "We are at war with Iraq!"
Actually, they're really a "aquire and kill" company
I prefer SCO's policy of "Aquire and Rape" to WindRiver's more liberal leanings.
As long as security vulnerabilities keep coming out with this regularity I get to keep my job even longer!
Now the week that nothing happens.....well....that's whan I begin to worry!
Or what about just making the memory cards and their slot the same form factor as GBA games? That way if you wanted to play a GBA game you could just plug it right into the memory card slot and play away.
You've got it all wrong. She'll be doing "dangerous" things like contributing to open-source projects and spending her days on /.
eeek!