Isn't it funny how there are so many meglomaniac geeks? (Not that I'm immune, of course.) Maybe, psychologically, there might be some correlation between enjoying control through programming and computers and thinking that trying to control people (and getting nasty if one cannot) in the same way is acceptable.
I noticed they actually went so far as to block the w3c's validator from accessing Slashdot. (When you try to validate it, the validator complains that it received a 403.)
To be fair, I bet Slashdot rejects anything that looks like an unfriendly script/bot that tries to access it. The largest websites, IRC networks, etc., are always ripe targets for DoS and other attacks.
Aside from that, I agree. Slashdot's standards compliance is terrible. About the only good thing they have going for them in terms of accessibility is that their look is consistent.
Due to how the servers are setup however, it seems to be more efficient for them to send out all the monsters, rather than do the range calculations and just send the nearby ones.
I don't know how EQ sets up its servers, but it sounds like they should have a cluster of servers, each dedicated to a small task. One computer's sole purpose could be to crunch "nearest monster location" data. This box could then send it to the server (via gigabit CAT5 or whatever) that is the last-in-line to serve up data over the network.
Trademark holders are obligated to fight for their trademark in order to keep it. Some Random Technology Company + Protecting Their Trademark = Story Posted? Lame.
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Just curious, do you beat and then jizz, or the other way around? I find that beating and THEN jizzing works best. Jizzing first makes the beatee to slippery to receive a good pounding.
On an on-topic note, I'm surprised that: A) this is considered a serious bug--who actually uses DHTML? and B) they're "recalling" the release, as it were. Tainted Mozilla meat.
Slightly off-topic, I finally switched for good to Mozilla, from IE. Even up until 1.1 final, there were at least five nagging bugs that made me use IE instead. I've been using 1.2 final for a few days now, and it's been rock solid. Getting popup windows in IE was driving me nuts.
Even more off-topic, I should probably try to switch to Linux for good, at least for work. I can't see Linux playing DVDs well (a la WinDVD) or having a wide selection of games any time soon.
...if all the thousands of man hours put into filtering, blacklists, etc., were spent creating and installing a new authenticating mail transport prococol. I know, I know, just like IPv6, it would take years to get everyone to switch over. But right now spam costs lots of money and is just plain annoying, and the situation doesn't seem to be improving much.
I say we go for it. Why not build in an easy-to-use encryption scheme too, so all the Carnivore/RIAA/etc crap won't work?
The way I heard that the AI for the battle scene was programmed was such that every one of the creatures had a slightly different set of paramaters, with the same goal of maximizing damage, while minimizing casualties.
On the first run, every single one of the thousands of little AIs decided that the best way to minimize casualties was to turn and run away.
This actually has huge practical benefits. LinuxBIOS like derivatives are used in tons of embedded projects. I can go from powerup to multitasking Linux kernel in about 3 seconds on a slow machine without doing a lot of optimization (ie decoding the kernel out of flash) I bet I could drop that the about 1.5 seconds if needed. init is running within about 5 seconds as is.
When I worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the late '80s, we had a stand of trees (poplars, I believe) between the main road through the heart of the facility and a research reactor building. I used to walk right by these trees every day to get to the cafeteria. One day, the sidewalk on that side of the road was blocked off, and several men, wearing bunny suits and wielding chainsaws, were hard at work felling the trees. By the next day, even the stumps were gone.
We've had our share of radioactive frogs too, some with some, shall we say, unique anatomy. Once, on that same main road, one of these unfortunate amphibians wandered underneath the tread of one of the facility's vehicles. Again, we see the bunny suits, this time with sprayers full of this black, sticky foam. Down the road every so often, you'd see a bunnyman either spraying or scraping an already-encapsulated piece of frog from the road where the contaminated tire had deposited it.
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The best Slashdot post I've read all week!
Isn't it funny how there are so many meglomaniac geeks? (Not that I'm immune, of course.) Maybe, psychologically, there might be some correlation between enjoying control through programming and computers and thinking that trying to control people (and getting nasty if one cannot) in the same way is acceptable.
Pure speculation, but food for thought I hope.
"If they were to implement CSS usage, I think their bandwidth would easily be reduced by half..."
Bandwidth is the biggest cost. This suggestion above would mean less cost for them, less need for ads, and thus happier users.
I noticed they actually went so far as to block the w3c's validator from accessing Slashdot. (When you try to validate it, the validator complains that it received a 403.)
To be fair, I bet Slashdot rejects anything that looks like an unfriendly script/bot that tries to access it. The largest websites, IRC networks, etc., are always ripe targets for DoS and other attacks.
Aside from that, I agree. Slashdot's standards compliance is terrible. About the only good thing they have going for them in terms of accessibility is that their look is consistent.
Due to how the servers are setup however, it seems to be more efficient for them to send out all the monsters, rather than do the range calculations and just send the nearby ones.
I don't know how EQ sets up its servers, but it sounds like they should have a cluster of servers, each dedicated to a small task. One computer's sole purpose could be to crunch "nearest monster location" data. This box could then send it to the server (via gigabit CAT5 or whatever) that is the last-in-line to serve up data over the network.
Trademark holders are obligated to fight for their trademark in order to keep it. Some Random Technology Company + Protecting Their Trademark = Story Posted? Lame.
Umm... isn't that what you're doing now? Duh.
Hehehe... LMAO, guys. :-)
In Soviet Russia, you're still BORING.
Thanks for the clarification.
You forgot to mention PC Gamer.
PC Gamer Holiday Gift Guide
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Just curious, do you beat and then jizz, or the other way around? I find that beating and THEN jizzing works best. Jizzing first makes the beatee to slippery to receive a good pounding.
Does she look anything like Nicole Kidman in Birthday Girl?
This movie also looks strikingly similar to Minority Report (i.e. guy who works for The Man gets targeted by The Man).
...can be found here:
http://tmda.planet-d.net/list.html
(Note: these are nearly 100% DOS/Windows files.)
Thanks for the info. I'd read that there might be trouble playing "encrypted" DVD. But I guess this isn't the case anymore?
On an on-topic note, I'm surprised that: A) this is considered a serious bug--who actually uses DHTML? and B) they're "recalling" the release, as it were. Tainted Mozilla meat.
Slightly off-topic, I finally switched for good to Mozilla, from IE. Even up until 1.1 final, there were at least five nagging bugs that made me use IE instead. I've been using 1.2 final for a few days now, and it's been rock solid. Getting popup windows in IE was driving me nuts.
Even more off-topic, I should probably try to switch to Linux for good, at least for work. I can't see Linux playing DVDs well (a la WinDVD) or having a wide selection of games any time soon.
Just testing my signature.
...if all the thousands of man hours put into filtering, blacklists, etc., were spent creating and installing a new authenticating mail transport prococol. I know, I know, just like IPv6, it would take years to get everyone to switch over. But right now spam costs lots of money and is just plain annoying, and the situation doesn't seem to be improving much.
I say we go for it. Why not build in an easy-to-use encryption scheme too, so all the Carnivore/RIAA/etc crap won't work?
After all, many many years after the invention of libraries, book publishers are still in business.
That's because library books have BOOGERS on their pages. Would you touch boogers? I didn't think so!
The way I heard that the AI for the battle scene was programmed was such that every one of the creatures had a slightly different set of paramaters, with the same goal of maximizing damage, while minimizing casualties.
On the first run, every single one of the thousands of little AIs decided that the best way to minimize casualties was to turn and run away.
This actually has huge practical benefits. LinuxBIOS like derivatives are used in tons of embedded projects. I can go from powerup to multitasking Linux kernel in about 3 seconds on a slow machine without doing a lot of optimization (ie decoding the kernel out of flash) I bet I could drop that the about 1.5 seconds if needed. init is running within about 5 seconds as is.
People who do this shit piss me off, but do expose a hole in the moderation system.
Admins: Fix it.
Heh heh... I wondered how long it would take for someone to catch on.
They didn't even use a rack mount solution, they used regular Shuttle XPC SS51G Mini-PCs.
I thought Shuttle's Mini-PCs were cool before, but this really resets the scale... Now where is the HOWTO for this thing? ;)
When I worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the late '80s, we had a stand of trees (poplars, I believe) between the main road through the heart of the facility and a research reactor building. I used to walk right by these trees every day to get to the cafeteria. One day, the sidewalk on that side of the road was blocked off, and several men, wearing bunny suits and wielding chainsaws, were hard at work felling the trees. By the next day, even the stumps were gone.
We've had our share of radioactive frogs too, some with some, shall we say, unique anatomy. Once, on that same main road, one of these unfortunate amphibians wandered underneath the tread of one of the facility's vehicles. Again, we see the bunny suits, this time with sprayers full of this black, sticky foam. Down the road every so often, you'd see a bunnyman either spraying or scraping an already-encapsulated piece of frog from the road where the contaminated tire had deposited it.