What kind of cable modem do you own? The surfboards have always (from at least the SB3100 and up, from my personal experience) had a web interface (192.168.100.1) that displays upstream and downstream power levels, frequency locks, SNR, as well as an event log. I have Charter cable. SNMP would be nice if it were accessible to the customers (to set threshold monitors, etc.) but having the web interface is much better than nothing at all. I don't know if they have the capability to lock out the web interface, but there's really no point in it.
I was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder a few years ago, and have learned the importance of sunlight (or a high lux lightbox). Keep in mind that this disorder is because of a lack of sunlight - it isn't because of the season necessarially.
I'd recommend taking a look - it wouldn't hurt. I was skeptical until I noticed an unbelievable change in the way I felt with light therapy. A high-lux lamp serves two great purposes: therapy and "indoor gardening";)
As opposed to mapping interconnected hosts, I wonder how it would look if we took internal networks (192.168./16, 10./8 172./8, etc..). Instead of mapping the Internet, it would be interesting how many computers are actually connected to the internet, even if by means of NAT, (transparent) proxy, interior routing, etc.. Although it's an impossible task to do without contributors, but I think it would be a very interesting visualization when combined with a map like this.
I wonder if anyone has any traffic dumps that might show how AOL manages to do this. I wouldn't be able to avoid laughing if someone discovers a way to exploit this, just because of the fact AOL wrote their software with the capability.
thus was born "Kazaa Lite", which is a completely reverse-engineered version of the offical Kazaa client, effectively removing all forms of spyware and adware, and actually adding features and making improvements.
I would be truly surprised if the GPS transponder was actually put inside the can. Coke makes softdrinks, not advanced electronics. It would make sense if they stuck up a deal with a company like motorola or nokia, and a cellular provider (verizon, sprint, nextel, etc.) that used AGPS (assisted GPS) to accomplish the task.
Secondly, I highly doubt Coke will go through the trouble to integrate the device into a coke can itself. With what little information this article provided, I have a feeling that Coke will probably plant the tracking device in a 24-pack case. I will be truly surprised if they go ahead with putting a device in a can and have it actually work.
hear hear! One thing I always loved about the AT spec - when serial and parallel ports started to become standard on AT motherboards (instead of the ISA cards), the serial and parallel connectors attached to the case with small ribbon cables attaching to the motherboard. Although, the only problem is the waste of IRQ's - if somehow they could have the serial and parallel connectors bridge to the USB controller and be completely backwards compatible, that would be efficent (it could pose problems for legacy OS'es, but so would the complete lack of serial/parallel ports).
Which brings me to the next question - why, oh why don't they finally scrap that cursed floppy controller once and for all? Christ - the PS/2 port isn't even as old as that is... Only 16 IRQ's... so many wasted.
ESRB Helps Parents Choose the Right Games for Their Families
The ESRB rating system is designed to give parents the information they need to evaluate a computer or video game before making a purchasing decision. The ratings are not meant to recommend which games consumers should buy or rent or to serve as the only basis for choosing a product. Rather, parents should use the ESRB ratings in conjunction with their own tastes and standards and their individual knowledge about what's best for their kids.
ESRB is responsible for enforcement of its rating system. We monitor compliance and investigate violations of ESRB's Rules and Regulations. Where appropriate, we impose penalties against companies that violate ESRB labeling, marketing, or product submission rules.
Although the ESRB does not have the authority to enforce the ratings at the retail level, we do work closely with retailers and game centers to encourage them to display ratings information and not sell or rent certain product to minors. In fact, many retailers have signed up for ESRB's Commitment to Parents program in which they pledge to use their best efforts not to rent or sell M-rated games to children under 17 without parental consent. For a list of retailers that participate in the Commitment to Parents program click here.
I remember there was talk about how they initially left out some scenes in the FOTR theatrical release because it would have given them an "R" rating. One has to wonder if the extended-edition DVD release of the FOTR (which still had a PG-13 rating) still cut out the violent scenes from all releases, or if the MPAA changed their mind, or if they will include the violent scenes in the re-release and give it an "R" rating?
I remember that while AOL was continuously trying to block AOL, Microsoft was kind enough (archived site) to notify the Trillian authors a change in the MSN server protocol. Although, it could have easily been either/all of the following:
1. For Microsoft's benefit, like preventing Trillian from flooding their servers or something.
2. To piss AOL off, and get people to use the.NET service
With USB 2.0 and 802.11, I hope they will consider a Linux kit.
With the Playstation 2 Linux Kit, they managed to use a playstation 2 game disc as the runtime environment, where you would boot to whatever kernel you wanted (stored on a memory card). They could easily make a bootloader for the PSP with BOOTP support with the 802.11 interface, or hard drive with the USB 2.0 interface.
The PS2 Linux Kit (which I am a proud owner of) is bundled with a 40 gig hard drive (with mounting brackets). This was a big factor in driving up the price of the kit and thus discouraging more geeks from buying it. The kit includes an ethernet adapter, hard drive (with mounting brackets), usb mouse/keyboard, vga adapter and the linux distribution.) With a $200 price tag, and the decline of hard drive prices, it makes it even less economical to buy one today (as opposed to when I bought mine about a year and a half ago).
I would certainly hope they decide to make linux available, and for a cheaper price. Besides, what could be more cooler than wardriving with kismet on a PSP?:)
When the motion picture industry starts freaking out about sales, they start messing with new marketing schemes and incentives that actually give people a reason the buy their products.
You mean how they release a movie on DVD, wait 6 months, then screw the customer when they intentionally release a special edition of the DVD with never-before-seen footage, extra commentary, etc...
They definitely give you a reason to buy their products, or re-buy their products..
Mark my words -- next year we'll see a Matrix trilogy boxset coming out, with extra content, etc.. that will leave all the people who bought the movies when they first were released on DVD, pissed off with no choice to once-again buy the same movie.
Yeah, until the Matrix Trilogy box set comes out, with 60 minutes of never before seen footage, extra director's commentary, etc...
Should we put age restrictions on people over 60 driving or not, too? If the old person really wants to get transported, let's make a law requiring the elderly have a younger relative be present in the car whenever they drive. After all, old people lose their vision and hearing.
Restricting someone because of their AGE is just as vague and discriminatory as a person's gender, sexual preference, race, or handicap. Age is and should be a protected civil right, for the young and old.
Good point. However, I would assume most people who would build their own need a TV listing data stream as well. I'm sure that determined people have found a way to do this (parsing/extracting data from existing websites, etc..) but I would think there is a potential business model here -- provide TV listings and whatnot in a XML stream, provide API's (free/open source?) to developers who wish to utilize it, and a free data service to the general public in exchange for submitting viewing habits and other marketable data back to the provider, which can in turn sell it like Tivo is doing.
This may have not affected me personally, but I think Pac Man is definitely to blame for raves.
"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.
I had a college instructor for a writing class once, and what she said the first day of class i'll never forget:
"I will try to get your assignments graded and back to you ASAP, but I must confess I am an avid gamer and Diablo II addict, so please, let me know if I forgot to get something back to you."
My jaw immediately dropped, along with my stereotypes of gamers (especially in the RPG/adventure genre) only being geeky males. A late 20's/early 30's female instructor with no telltale signs of any gaming/geekiness threw me for a huge surprise.
In my opinion, the game's atmosphere does indeed have a pro-war, conservative biased smell to it. I won't go into specifics, because it's mostly bits and pieces that is better understood once played.
One thing that I will touch on is C&C Generals Online's interesting (and mandatory) word filtering (both in chat rooms and in multiplayer games). Along with the traditional swear words, don't expect to use words such as: "saddam", "osama", "hitler", and "god". They will all show up as aterisks. If that's any indication to the mindset the developers/story writers are in, it's a pretty ludicrous one.
I second that. PDA's are certainly worth buying a protection plan, especially when Palm's warranty isn't that long. I bought a palm m500 unit at Best Buy and the sales guy pretty much told me that getting an extended warranty for the palm is probably the only item he personally recommends to people (the plan was $60, unit was $300). Sure enough, the digitizer fried on it about a year later. Being the m500 was now discontinued, they gave me a Palm m515 as a replacement (with a $20 replacement fee). Heh, getting a color screen and double the on-board memory was fine by me:)
I wonder if anyone has had success/failure with the GameWallet with the SP? It would seem to me the form factor of the GameWallet would get in the way of the clamshell design, but maybe i'm wrong..
The libertarian party thought so, too. Lots of people (myself included) put some money together to run a full-page ad in USA Today in response to the ONDCP's printed ad.
Read about it here. The full-size PDF of the ad is here. It was definitely a hoot.
As for the system requirements, you can use a TV, but you need a sync-on-green monitor to initially install linux (why, i'm not sure, but the website has a list of tested monitors). You can also find instructions for a "blind" install, that will guide you through the various keystrokes of installing and changing the boot configuration file to TV mode. The most obvious advantage to having a sync-on-green monitor is the higher screen resolutions and refresh rates - a TV just doesn't cut it.
The 8MB memory card stores the linux kernel. Sony's Linux distribution (redhat based) comes on two PS2 DVD's. In order to boot into Linux, you need the PS2 DVD which loads as a game would on the PS2. The DVD has a boot menu on it, which loads the kernel from the memory card into memory. Then it detects the hard drive, network adapter, etc.. and begins the boot process.
There's a ton of information on sony's site, as well as very informative discussion groups. I've had mine for almost a year now, and have had a ton of fun with it. The requirements have discouraged alot of people from getting one, but to be honest, they are worth the burden. Sony's willingness to open up the PS2 to developers is truly awesome -- there still hasn't been a game written (or ported) that makes use of the PS2's graphics power.
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What kind of cable modem do you own? The surfboards have always (from at least the SB3100 and up, from my personal experience) had a web interface (192.168.100.1) that displays upstream and downstream power levels, frequency locks, SNR, as well as an event log. I have Charter cable. SNMP would be nice if it were accessible to the customers (to set threshold monitors, etc.) but having the web interface is much better than nothing at all. I don't know if they have the capability to lock out the web interface, but there's really no point in it.
I was diagnosed with Seasonal Affective Disorder a few years ago, and have learned the importance of sunlight (or a high lux lightbox). Keep in mind that this disorder is because of a lack of sunlight - it isn't because of the season necessarially.
;)
I'd recommend
taking a look - it wouldn't hurt. I was skeptical until I noticed an unbelievable change in the way I felt with light therapy. A high-lux lamp serves two great purposes: therapy and "indoor gardening"
As opposed to mapping interconnected hosts, I wonder how it would look if we took internal networks (192.168./16, 10./8 172./8, etc..). Instead of mapping the Internet, it would be interesting how many computers are actually connected to the internet, even if by means of NAT, (transparent) proxy, interior routing, etc.. Although it's an impossible task to do without contributors, but I think it would be a very interesting visualization when combined with a map like this.
I wonder if anyone has any traffic dumps that might show how AOL manages to do this. I wouldn't be able to avoid laughing if someone discovers a way to exploit this, just because of the fact AOL wrote their software with the capability.
thus was born "Kazaa Lite", which is a completely reverse-engineered version of the offical Kazaa client, effectively removing all forms of spyware and adware, and actually adding features and making improvements.
I would be truly surprised if the GPS transponder was actually put inside the can. Coke makes softdrinks, not advanced electronics. It would make sense if they stuck up a deal with a company like motorola or nokia, and a cellular provider (verizon, sprint, nextel, etc.) that used AGPS (assisted GPS) to accomplish the task.
Secondly, I highly doubt Coke will go through the trouble to integrate the device into a coke can itself. With what little information this article provided, I have a feeling that Coke will probably plant the tracking device in a 24-pack case. I will be truly surprised if they go ahead with putting a device in a can and have it actually work.
hear hear!
One thing I always loved about the AT spec - when serial and parallel ports started to become standard on AT motherboards (instead of the ISA cards), the serial and parallel connectors attached to the case with small ribbon cables attaching to the motherboard. Although, the only problem is the waste of IRQ's - if somehow they could have the serial and parallel connectors bridge to the USB controller and be completely backwards compatible, that would be efficent (it could pose problems for legacy OS'es, but so would the complete lack of serial/parallel ports).
Which brings me to the next question - why, oh why don't they finally scrap that cursed floppy controller once and for all? Christ - the PS/2 port isn't even as old as that is... Only 16 IRQ's... so many wasted.
From Debian's
security advisory:
This bug has been fixed in upstream version 3.7. For the Debian stable distribution this bug has been fixed in version 1:3.4p1-1.1.
Telling him to upgrade to 3.7 could easily send him into unstable, which he stated he didn't want.
From the ESRB:
ESRB Helps Parents Choose the Right Games for Their Families
The ESRB rating system is designed to give parents the information they need to evaluate a computer or video game before making a purchasing decision. The ratings are not meant to recommend which games consumers should buy or rent or to serve as the only basis for choosing a product. Rather, parents should use the ESRB ratings in conjunction with their own tastes and standards and their individual knowledge about what's best for their kids.
And here:
ESRB is responsible for enforcement of its rating system. We monitor compliance and investigate violations of ESRB's Rules and Regulations. Where appropriate, we impose penalties against companies that violate ESRB labeling, marketing, or product submission rules.
Although the ESRB does not have the authority to enforce the ratings at the retail level, we do work closely with retailers and game centers to encourage them to display ratings information and not sell or rent certain product to minors. In fact, many retailers have signed up for ESRB's Commitment to Parents program in which they pledge to use their best efforts not to rent or sell M-rated games to children under 17 without parental consent. For a list of retailers that participate in the Commitment to Parents program click here.
I remember there was talk about how they initially left out some scenes in the FOTR theatrical release because it would have given them an "R" rating. One has to wonder if the extended-edition DVD release of the FOTR (which still had a PG-13 rating) still cut out the violent scenes from all releases, or if the MPAA changed their mind, or if they will include the violent scenes in the re-release and give it an "R" rating?
I remember that while AOL was continuously trying to block AOL, Microsoft was kind enough (archived site) to notify the Trillian authors a change in the MSN server protocol.
.NET service
Although, it could have easily been either/all of the following:
1. For Microsoft's benefit, like preventing Trillian from flooding their servers or something.
2. To piss AOL off, and get people to use the
With the Playstation 2 Linux Kit, they managed to use a playstation 2 game disc as the runtime environment, where you would boot to whatever kernel you wanted (stored on a memory card). They could easily make a bootloader for the PSP with BOOTP support with the 802.11 interface, or hard drive with the USB 2.0 interface.
The PS2 Linux Kit (which I am a proud owner of) is bundled with a 40 gig hard drive (with mounting brackets). This was a big factor in driving up the price of the kit and thus discouraging more geeks from buying it. The kit includes an ethernet adapter, hard drive (with mounting brackets), usb mouse/keyboard, vga adapter and the linux distribution.) With a $200 price tag, and the decline of hard drive prices, it makes it even less economical to buy one today (as opposed to when I bought mine about a year and a half ago).
I would certainly hope they decide to make linux available, and for a cheaper price. Besides, what could be more cooler than wardriving with kismet on a PSP? :)
When the motion picture industry starts freaking out about sales, they start messing with new marketing schemes and incentives that actually give people a reason the buy their products.
You mean how they release a movie on DVD, wait 6 months, then screw the customer when they intentionally release a special edition of the DVD with never-before-seen footage, extra commentary, etc...
They definitely give you a reason to buy their products, or re-buy their products..
Mark my words -- next year we'll see a Matrix trilogy boxset coming out, with extra content, etc.. that will leave all the people who bought the movies when they first were released on DVD, pissed off with no choice to once-again buy the same movie.
Yeah, until the Matrix Trilogy box set comes out, with 60 minutes of never before seen footage, extra director's commentary, etc...
Should we put age restrictions on people over 60 driving or not, too? If the old person really wants to get transported, let's make a law requiring the elderly have a younger relative be present in the car whenever they drive. After all, old people lose their vision and hearing.
Restricting someone because of their AGE is just as vague and discriminatory as a person's gender, sexual preference, race, or handicap. Age is and should be a protected civil right, for the young and old.
You have described my exact frustrations with the Linux desktop to such an accurate degree it's scary.
For now, I will stick to the console (like I have for the past 6 years) and patiently wait for a usable linux desktop (that works from the get-go).
The possibilities with this technology make it an essential tool for the blind. Just use TTS to relay the information back to the person.
Homer: 30 Seconds? But I want it now!
Good point. However, I would assume most people who would build their own need a TV listing data stream as well. I'm sure that determined people have found a way to do this (parsing/extracting data from existing websites, etc..) but I would think there is a potential business model here -- provide TV listings and whatnot in a XML stream, provide API's (free/open source?) to developers who wish to utilize it, and a free data service to the general public in exchange for submitting viewing habits and other marketable data back to the provider, which can in turn sell it like Tivo is doing.
I, for one, would gladly make use of the service.
This may have not affected me personally, but I think Pac Man is definitely to blame for raves.
"Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all run around in a darkened room munching pills and listening to repetitive music." - Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989.
I had a college instructor for a writing class once, and what she said the first day of class i'll never forget:
"I will try to get your assignments graded and back to you ASAP, but I must confess I am an avid gamer and Diablo II addict, so please, let me know if I forgot to get something back to you."
My jaw immediately dropped, along with my stereotypes of gamers (especially in the RPG/adventure genre) only being geeky males. A late 20's/early 30's female instructor with no telltale signs of any gaming/geekiness threw me for a huge surprise.
In my opinion, the game's atmosphere does indeed have a pro-war, conservative biased smell to it. I won't go into specifics, because it's mostly bits and pieces that is better understood once played.
One thing that I will touch on is C&C Generals Online's interesting (and mandatory) word filtering (both in chat rooms and in multiplayer games).
Along with the traditional swear words, don't expect to use words such as:
"saddam", "osama", "hitler", and "god". They will all show up as aterisks. If that's any indication to the mindset the developers/story writers are in, it's a pretty ludicrous one.
I second that. PDA's are certainly worth buying a protection plan, especially when Palm's warranty isn't that long. I bought a palm m500 unit at Best Buy and the sales guy pretty much told me that getting an extended warranty for the palm is probably the only item he personally recommends to people (the plan was $60, unit was $300). Sure enough, the digitizer fried on it about a year later. Being the m500 was now discontinued, they gave me a Palm m515 as a replacement (with a $20 replacement fee). Heh, getting a color screen and double the on-board memory was fine by me :)
I wonder if anyone has had success/failure with the GameWallet with the SP? It would seem to me the form factor of the GameWallet would get in the way of the clamshell design, but maybe i'm wrong..
The libertarian party thought so, too. Lots of people (myself included) put some money together to run a full-page ad in USA Today in response to the ONDCP's printed ad.
Read about it here.
The full-size PDF of the ad is here. It was definitely a hoot.
Here's the Offical Site.
As for the system requirements, you can use a TV, but you need a sync-on-green monitor to initially install linux (why, i'm not sure, but the website has a list of tested monitors). You can also find instructions for a "blind" install, that will guide you through the various keystrokes of installing and changing the boot configuration file to TV mode. The most obvious advantage to having a sync-on-green monitor is the higher screen resolutions and refresh rates - a TV just doesn't cut it.
The 8MB memory card stores the linux kernel. Sony's Linux distribution (redhat based) comes on two PS2 DVD's. In order to boot into Linux, you need the PS2 DVD which loads as a game would on the PS2. The DVD has a boot menu on it, which loads the kernel from the memory card into memory. Then it detects the hard drive, network adapter, etc.. and begins the boot process.
There's a ton of information on sony's site, as well as very informative discussion groups. I've had mine for almost a year now, and have had a ton of fun with it. The requirements have discouraged alot of people from getting one, but to be honest, they are worth the burden. Sony's willingness to open up the PS2 to developers is truly awesome -- there still hasn't been a game written (or ported) that makes use of the PS2's graphics power.