You would think they could simply create a simulated teen with a random text generator.
I don't know why they are, like, bothering to pay people to blog for the Product? You would think they could simply create a, like, "simulated" teen with a totally random text generator. All that really would matter is that the blog adds to the Google level and totally bumps up search results. Yeah.. you know?
In the US a naked tit causes so much trouble it has to be pixelated out of TV shows.
Or how about this. In Toys-R-Us, the tits on a game are censored, but a person pointing a gun at someone else in a post is not. WTF? What kind of message is that sending?
You're totally on my line of thinking as well. I wrote an IM client/server for Windows in about 2 hours. Big deal. Charging for it? Yeah right. That would be like those people who put out "registry tweak" apps and make a quick buck but quickly it's commoditized. No longevity.
Frankly, it sounds like a desperate move on AOL's part.
Kazaa is free P2P. There's no reason people couldn't be swapping instant messages in realtime in addition to files!
Will this eliminate the problem of bright sunlight washing out the display? I can hardly see anything on my Kodak LCD when the sun is shining brightly. That really takes away from the experience since I _need_ the LCD to use my addon lenses (it's not an SLR camera).
You actually run into problems with network bandwidth here... especially with a battle out in the open where you cant employ cunning tricks to fix the problem of having to replicate 49 players + 300 AI's to 49 players. (300 players to 300 players would suck)
That's nothing. Try the same thing in a Hall of Mirrors.;) I remember there was a big disclaimer in a Duke Nukem level editor - no mirrors facing each other! Hmm... then again, maybe I've just invented the next killer app.
In a case such as this where the project name changes, what happens to the CVS module name? Does it change as well? Is everyone required to re-pull the source from a new name? And finally, how is the history preserved?
I'm very wary of adding to ground level ozone, but if it'll eliminate that waxy sh-t from my fruits and vegetables and allow me to eat the "best part" once again, I'd consider it. The health benefits might counteract the negative. Just a thought.
But the process won't add to the ground-level ozone that is a component of smog, they said.
I was wondering what is the explanation for this as well. Well in that case, maybe they can take the harmful ground level ozone from metropolitan areas and transfer it to farmer's fields where it... won't.. be harmful?:-/
It's funny, that when we all become adults we forget many of the lessons learned as kids. Such as the one where if you let what other kids bug you about bother you, they will continue to bother you. If you don't appear bothered, they'll stop.
So let people have their little laughs. Who cares. Nobody is better than anybody else. Nobody has a right to judge you if they know nothing about you. Job titles are useless outside 9-5. Age means nothing. You care about other people, or you don't. That's what it boils down to. I spent years worrying that older folks didn't approve of me. Now that I'm older, I realize they're just people who are older. Imperfect. Be yourself, say what you believe. Those who love you will love you, and those who don't will not. That's the world, that's the way it is, and it's all outlook baby.
Don't be surprised if three generations from now the truth about the ancient battery is uncovered: it was a mistake made in the future when someone went back to the past. They're probably laughing at us right now in another timeline because we don't get it.
But seriously, if pattern matching was the holy grail to hit songs, why don't people just copy Elvis forever? Obviously there are more variables involved here, like maybe the current economic, geopolitical, El-Nino, fashion variables and countless others?
They should just repackage their software and make an MP3-deduper for everyone's large collections.
However, the service is strictly limited to AOL customers, making many wonder if it will grab enough attention of the current subscriber base to actually be of value.
That's a lot like Tommy Hilfiger forcing customers to wear T.H. pants before entering their store, isn't it?
I'm happy to say that I did not contribute to their profits this year. They did not respond to my query about last years rebate which I did not receive. This year I chose TaxAct. It wasn't perfect, but for $30 including e-file I can't complain.
35,000,000 is dwarfed in comparison with the number of AOL CDs ever produced. Ten CDs for every man, woman and child on the planet. Let's see, 7 billion times 10... 15 cents a piece...
The point is they only get a fraction of the money you spend at a retail store. It's divided up between the retail chain, the company which pressed the cds, Mandrake, and more than likely a middleman.
No offense, but how is that my problem? They might have more Mandrake fans if they didn't offend paying customers. It's still better than those who leech costly bandwidth _and_ pay zero dollars. At least the minimum level of membership and an explanation is in order, I think. Anyway, I've moved on to Red Hat at least for the forseeable future.
I'd be more impressed if I could get in the Mandrake club by purchasing a boxed product from a retail outlet. Right now that's not possible (to my knowledge). Why should I pay twice?
Would Slashdot (or somebody - leave a link) set up a poll for this?
Personally, I don't purchase more because: prices are too high, most of the stuff on albums sucks, and singles are too expensive if you just want one good song. The situation has been like the above for years. The public has been bilked for decades. So maybe the industry is now reaping what it sowed?
So far, gaming companies have been pretty generous about letting people copy very obsolete games from the C64 era. I hope that by creating hardware platforms for these obsolete games becomes more widespread, the gaming companies don't start changing their minds. I guess as long as people don't start making a lot of money at it?
True, LOTR was great. Still, my two gripes stand out for me. Maybe their CG just sucked, and their well known actors didn't pull it off too well. Speaking of which, you could tell they were uncomfortable sometimes just knowing that the whole set was a big blue screen. You'd figure they would be trained for that kind of environment.
So what's the difference between Star Wars' CG and LOTR CG? Why is LOTR' so much better? Or is it? (It must be - I'm not complaining about it:)
If the producers of the last two movies are listening: NO MORE CG & NO MORE WELL-KNOWN ACTORS!
Using CG and popular actors are the two biggest flaws of the last two films. Stop-motion photography was much more convincing because you can't fake all the subtleties of real life that make it real. It's hard to believe a movie in another place and time when you have all these well-known actors and actresses in the movies. Get rid of them! You don't see David Hasselhoff in the Lord of the Rings, do you? Sheesh.
Remember that PINs have to be simple enough that even PHBs can remember them. This rules out pretty much everything more complicated than the 4-digit numeric we're all used to.
My point is not that the pins are 4 digits long. It's the fact that they can be calculated from some other hidden number or formula. All one has to do is figure what the other number or formula is and bingo - you've got the person's pin. Without going to the server, this is the only way, no? Not terribly secure. But you're probably right - it wasn't a security pro who came up with it.
BTW - if you generated that GUID from your machine and plan on generating another one tied to your real name, it would be easy for someone to join the two together if they wished to learn your true identity. In case you care.:)
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You would think they could simply create a simulated teen with a random text generator.
I don't know why they are, like, bothering to pay people to blog for the Product? You would think they could simply create a, like, "simulated" teen with a totally random text generator. All that really would matter is that the blog adds to the Google level and totally bumps up search results. Yeah.. you know?
In the US a naked tit causes so much trouble it has to be pixelated out of TV shows.
Or how about this. In Toys-R-Us, the tits on a game are censored, but a person pointing a gun at someone else in a post is not. WTF? What kind of message is that sending?
You're totally on my line of thinking as well. I wrote an IM client/server for Windows in about 2 hours. Big deal. Charging for it? Yeah right. That would be like those people who put out "registry tweak" apps and make a quick buck but quickly it's commoditized. No longevity.
Frankly, it sounds like a desperate move on AOL's part.
Kazaa is free P2P. There's no reason people couldn't be swapping instant messages in realtime in addition to files!
Will this eliminate the problem of bright sunlight washing out the display? I can hardly see anything on my Kodak LCD when the sun is shining brightly. That really takes away from the experience since I _need_ the LCD to use my addon lenses (it's not an SLR camera).
You actually run into problems with network bandwidth here... especially with a battle out in the open where you cant employ cunning tricks to fix the problem of having to replicate 49 players + 300 AI's to 49 players. (300 players to 300 players would suck)
;) I remember there was a big disclaimer in a Duke Nukem level editor - no mirrors facing each other!
That's nothing. Try the same thing in a Hall of Mirrors.
Hmm... then again, maybe I've just invented the next killer app.
In a case such as this where the project name changes, what happens to the CVS module name? Does it change as well? Is everyone required to re-pull the source from a new name? And finally, how is the history preserved?
If on DAY 3 or 4 you wait more than five minutes for a toilet to become free... dial 911!
I'm very wary of adding to ground level ozone, but if it'll eliminate that waxy sh-t from my fruits and vegetables and allow me to eat the "best part" once again, I'd consider it. The health benefits might counteract the negative.
Just a thought.
But the process won't add to the ground-level ozone that is a component of smog, they said.
:-/
I was wondering what is the explanation for this as well.
Well in that case, maybe they can take the harmful ground level ozone from metropolitan areas and transfer it to farmer's fields where it... won't.. be harmful?
It's funny, that when we all become adults we forget many of the lessons learned as kids. Such as the one where if you let what other kids bug you about bother you, they will continue to bother you. If you don't appear bothered, they'll stop.
So let people have their little laughs. Who cares. Nobody is better than anybody else. Nobody has a right to judge you if they know nothing about you. Job titles are useless outside 9-5. Age means nothing. You care about other people, or you don't. That's what it boils down to. I spent years worrying that older folks didn't approve of me. Now that I'm older, I realize they're just people who are older. Imperfect. Be yourself, say what you believe. Those who love you will love you, and those who don't will not. That's the world, that's the way it is, and it's all outlook baby.
First there was offshore IT...
Don't like it, get the hell out. Or at least write your representative.
Don't be surprised if three generations from now the truth about the ancient battery is uncovered:
it was a mistake made in the future when someone went back to the past. They're probably laughing at us right now in another timeline because we don't get it.
But seriously, if pattern matching was the holy grail to hit songs, why don't people just copy Elvis forever?
Obviously there are more variables involved here, like maybe the current economic, geopolitical, El-Nino, fashion variables and countless others?
They should just repackage their software and make an MP3-deduper for everyone's large collections.
So the Barenaked Ladies were right... It's All Been Done. Woo-hoo-hoo!
One minute... (sticks finger down throat)...
Bawaaaarrrff..
However, the service is strictly limited to AOL customers, making many wonder if it will grab enough attention of the current subscriber base to actually be of value.
That's a lot like Tommy Hilfiger forcing customers to wear T.H. pants before entering their store, isn't it?
Intuit are still profiting from the product.
I'm happy to say that I did not contribute to their profits this year. They did not respond to my query about last years rebate which I did not receive.
This year I chose TaxAct. It wasn't perfect, but for $30 including e-file I can't complain.
35,000,000 is dwarfed in comparison with the number of AOL CDs ever produced. Ten CDs for every man, woman and child on the planet. Let's see, 7 billion times 10... 15 cents a piece...
The point is they only get a fraction of the money you spend at a retail store. It's divided up between the retail chain, the company which pressed the cds, Mandrake, and more than likely a middleman.
No offense, but how is that my problem? They might have more Mandrake fans if they didn't offend paying customers. It's still better than those who leech costly bandwidth _and_ pay zero dollars. At least the minimum level of membership and an explanation is in order, I think.
Anyway, I've moved on to Red Hat at least for the forseeable future.
I'd be more impressed if I could get in the Mandrake club by purchasing a boxed product from a retail outlet.
Right now that's not possible (to my knowledge). Why should I pay twice?
Slashdot Poll!
Would Slashdot (or somebody - leave a link) set up a poll for this?
Personally, I don't purchase more because: prices are too high, most of the stuff on albums sucks, and singles are too expensive if you just want one good song.
The situation has been like the above for years. The public has been bilked for decades. So maybe the industry is now reaping what it sowed?
So far, gaming companies have been pretty generous about letting people copy very obsolete games from the C64 era. I hope that by creating hardware platforms for these obsolete games becomes more widespread, the gaming companies don't start changing their minds. I guess as long as people don't start making a lot of money at it?
True, LOTR was great. Still, my two gripes stand out for me. Maybe their CG just sucked, and their well known actors didn't pull it off too well. Speaking of which, you could tell they were uncomfortable sometimes just knowing that the whole set was a big blue screen. You'd figure they would be trained for that kind of environment.
:)
So what's the difference between Star Wars' CG and LOTR CG? Why is LOTR' so much better? Or is it? (It must be - I'm not complaining about it
If the producers of the last two movies are listening: NO MORE CG & NO MORE WELL-KNOWN ACTORS!
Using CG and popular actors are the two biggest flaws of the last two films. Stop-motion photography was much more convincing because you can't fake all the subtleties of real life that make it real.
It's hard to believe a movie in another place and time when you have all these well-known actors and actresses in the movies. Get rid of them! You don't see David Hasselhoff in the Lord of the Rings, do you? Sheesh.
Remember that PINs have to be simple enough that even PHBs can remember them. This rules out pretty much everything more complicated than the 4-digit numeric we're all used to.
:)
My point is not that the pins are 4 digits long. It's the fact that they can be calculated from some other hidden number or formula. All one has to do is figure what the other number or formula is and bingo - you've got the person's pin.
Without going to the server, this is the only way, no? Not terribly secure. But you're probably right - it wasn't a security pro who came up with it.
BTW - if you generated that GUID from your machine and plan on generating another one tied to your real name, it would be easy for someone to join the two together if they wished to learn your true identity. In case you care.
The idea was to create ATMs that could verify PIN numbers without dialing into a central computer.
And security professionals thought this up? I sure wouldn't mountain climb with that level of security.