Let's see...how many countries speak Russian? Russia, and its former satellites. Not exactly a happening part of the world, either. Now, how many countries speak English, or Spanish, or even German? Many.
The reason is the Air Force has hundreds of low-mileage Pratt & Whitney TF-33 fanjets sitting around in depots. This same engine was used in common on a number of now-obsolete aircraft, and thus the B-52 will have free spares for quite some time yet.
Well, you touch on a larger issue, that computer games are inherently a waste of time. Reduced to essentials, games like Mario are simply moving values around on a spreadsheet. Your current level and items are nothing but data stored in memory locations - why not change their values at your own will? "Playing" the game simply does the same thing, only far more slowly and painfully than using a gameshark. As soon as one realizes this fact, computer gaming becomes rather pointless, and the ex-gamer goes on to other things in life.
The hole-in-one every time is gamer heaven. Boring, you say? Hah. You can win every time. And that, my friends, is what computer gaming is really all about.
In Southwestern Bell, GTE, US West, and Pac Bell territory, standard unmetered residential service is usually around $20/mo plus taxes, as opposed to $70-$80/mo or more for a business line. That's just the loop charges, with no premium services.
In the USA, there is a premium charge on any phone line that will primarily be used for business purposes. This reflects the fact that the line will be used primarily for making money, and it helps to subsidize the very reasonable residential rates. Seems as if cable access is in the same league, even though the telephone market is regulated and can't be compared too closely. If you're using your link to make money, it's a business account. It's all a matter of ethics, really. If your employer demands you get a broadband connection for your job, tell them you need the business-class service. If they're legit they'll get you the appropriate service.
They're a "gaming journalist"...they get paid for what even their fellow obsessive gamers think of as disturbing behavior. Who else would give five-star ratings to games like "Outpost"?
Yes, it is rather strange to expect Software Engineering to live up to the same standards as other Engineering disciplines. If only 1% of bridge users experience a crash while using the bridge, who is to complain?
Reminds me of Civ 3...nowhere on the box does it say you need a name-brand monitor with an associated Windows driver, and yet the game absolutely will not play with a no-name monitor ("Default Monitor"). Doesn't matter that the same monitor will work fine in RTCW, Quake3, etc. You absolutely must have a name-brand monitor with a driver, or the game WILL NOT WORK.
Well, the campaign is going smashingly well, America's enemies are in full retreat, and all anybody can talk about are the miniscule friendly fire statistics. Sounds pretty unfriendly to me.
FYI: the bomb that hit the Chinese embassy in Belgrade wasn't a mistake. We had blown up all the Serbian Army's big radio transmitters, and they had no way to get messages from HQ in Belgrade to the units in the field in Kosovo. The Chinese helpfully stepped in and began relaying orders to the Serbian Army via the transmitter on the grounds of their embassy. The USA was faced with a dilemma...if they accused the Chinese in public, they'd get the usual lousy treatment from the media, UN, etc. If they did nothing, the campaign was in jeopardy. Shockingly, the USA chose to do the right thing, which was bomb the embassy (which had forfeited its neutrality by consorting with belligerents). Only the portion of the embassy containing the transmitter was bombed, and the Chinese knew damn well they had been caught red-handed. The Chinese didn't protest too much, and the event provided a convenient way for the Chinese public to blow off steam that would have otherwise likely been directed at the Communist Party.
Jesus...there's always going to be mistakes made. Friendly fire is as old as the wooden spear.
I think it says a lot that nowadays the worst thing that the anti-military folks can say is "i'm shocked by how many of our own soldiers we're killing". Funny, I'm shocked at how few of our soldiers have been killed by the enemy (current score: 0). Just goes to show you how some people's minds work. Sad, really.
Re:Purely defensive??????? I dont think so....
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The M1 Abrams tank has had lasing warning for a good while now. I remember getting "Laser Detected" warnings playing M1 Tank Commander back in 1987...
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Ouch...4 copies of Soundforge would be rather expensive. For a hobbyist, anyway.
Let's see...how many countries speak Russian? Russia, and its former satellites. Not exactly a happening part of the world, either. Now, how many countries speak English, or Spanish, or even German? Many.
The reason is the Air Force has hundreds of low-mileage Pratt & Whitney TF-33 fanjets sitting around in depots. This same engine was used in common on a number of now-obsolete aircraft, and thus the B-52 will have free spares for quite some time yet.
Let's see you implement Space Invaders in 4k and get back to me on the "no art in it" comment.
The hole-in-one every time is gamer heaven. Boring, you say? Hah. You can win every time. And that, my friends, is what computer gaming is really all about.
...and then, since the ship is so quiet, instead of looking for noise you look for a hole in the ocean where there is no noise :).
In Southwestern Bell, GTE, US West, and Pac Bell territory, standard unmetered residential service is usually around $20/mo plus taxes, as opposed to $70-$80/mo or more for a business line. That's just the loop charges, with no premium services.
In the USA, there is a premium charge on any phone line that will primarily be used for business purposes. This reflects the fact that the line will be used primarily for making money, and it helps to subsidize the very reasonable residential rates. Seems as if cable access is in the same league, even though the telephone market is regulated and can't be compared too closely. If you're using your link to make money, it's a business account. It's all a matter of ethics, really. If your employer demands you get a broadband connection for your job, tell them you need the business-class service. If they're legit they'll get you the appropriate service.
2) Warez kiddies generally cannot interest celebrity lawyers into taking their case.
They're a "gaming journalist"...they get paid for what even their fellow obsessive gamers think of as disturbing behavior. Who else would give five-star ratings to games like "Outpost"?
If you allow hackers to attack your network with nmap you've already lost the battle.
Yaknow, "gamesx.com" sure looks a heckuva lot like goatsex at first glance.
I have a killer app to analyze my apache logs too - it's called grep -c.
Having descriptive DNS names for your equipment is a security risk. Why tell hackers what you have?
Dude, you just paid USD $30 for a whois lookup program, availible for free at any command prompt or windows freeware site.
From their site: "NeoTrace is the world's most popular Internet tracer"...hahaha, sure.
Yes, it is rather strange to expect Software Engineering to live up to the same standards as other Engineering disciplines. If only 1% of bridge users experience a crash while using the bridge, who is to complain?
I think it says a lot that nowadays the worst thing that the anti-military folks can say is "i'm shocked by how many of our own soldiers we're killing". Funny, I'm shocked at how few of our soldiers have been killed by the enemy (current score: 0). Just goes to show you how some people's minds work. Sad, really.
What, they've already made nine sequels to that movie!?
Anyone else see parallels between DJB and Derek Smart? Or is it just me?