The Army has special positions for PhD's just because you didn't see them don't assume they don't exist. They aren't in the pamphlets the army hands out to high school graduates.
PhD's in the Army don't get sent to war zones or deployed anywhere anytime for that matter, they works in basically state of the art research and development labs and designs/develops those systems the Army trained you on.
But, don't say education doesn't mean jack... You were writing ada code, adding new uses to a UNIX server, maybe even running CAT5 through a building. And your right without higher education if doesn't matter, but you were doing scripted events the Army solving problems the Army trained you to specifically solve. But, keep in mind that no matter how much experience you had and how hard you worked or how hell you could work with others you couldn't move up to one of there positions.
BTW when the army gets those people with engineering PhD's the first thing they get is OCS and get promoted to captain or majors quicker then you would ever think possible.
Sprint is a crap company. I'm in college and both my parents have had Sprint phones since 99; they sent me the older of the two so they could basically call and bitch at me whenever they wanted. Well about a month ago a drug dealer stole the phone...long story.
We called to cancel the phone and Sprint said it would be $150.00 to get out of the contract. Well this phone has been turned on since 99 and about 6 months ago we contacted Sprint to add minuets to the plan... but they never said anything about a new contract. But now they inform us that whenever you change add/reduce minuets from your phone plan there is a mandatory 1 year contract - which they don't tell you about.
Well needless to say my parents are now on a mission and refuse to pay Sprint... I hope their credit doesn't get fucked up. They have canceled the 2 cell phones we had from them, went to T-Mobile and got cool new color phones for free with a good plan 1000 anytime min for the same price we were paying for 300 + free nights and weekend from sprint.
I've looked at assembly and not understood it, I've looked at C and not understood it, and I think every time I have looked anything in perl I've not understood it. But, now the unthinkable has happened and I've looked at basic and not understood it.
I can't argue with that... other then the part of Gore being the better alternative. Come on after the whole "I invented the internet" thing how could anyone vote for him.
Due to funding issues Northern Illinois University combined the Computer Science and Psychology buildings. That with a little belligerence and debauchery, being an asshole, getting drunk a lot (being a fun person to be around), and taking shitty electives that require a lot of bullshit writing but have other perks; anything is possible.
Everything I said was true and you damn well know it. Don't hand me that crap.... And Arnold hasn't even come out with his official political stands on the issues. But everything from high school student console to the presidential office is about who is more popular... who can relate to the people, who do the people think is cool.
Of course Arafat doesn't give a fuck about that.... I was just making a sarcastic point on how the general public views Arnold. He is the hero of the 20 something late teen generations... which is also the percentage of the population most likely to not get off their ass and vote.
So what, I didn't vote in the last election basically because I could give a fuck less if Bush or Gore got elected... they are both a joke. Gore lost my vote with the internet thing and well Bush he's proved to be an idiot. I'm glad I can say I can't be blamed one way or the other for their fuckups.
Also anytime a "geek" girl with 1/2 a brain who you can rate above a 2* (aka, Wildebeast) Slashdot just on that train faster then the captain of the cheerleading team takes off her prom dress.
After reading over the views and opinions of all the candidates I have to admit I like yours the best and in a perfect world you would be elected. But, in the real world elections aren't about political viewpoints and intelligence their about popularity. So, why even bother?
I'm not a California resident but even if I was I would have to vote for Arnold... just for the fact he's Arnold. I'm 22, though I'm lazy and haven't exercised my voting privileges in this lifetime yet, if I did get off my ass, I couldn't ever look another man in the eye again if I didn't vote for him. I can't count all the nights of enjoyment he's brought us drinking beer and watching action movies.
He's the badass of our generation if the law was changed and he could be elected president he would; total landslide. I mean who would fuck with us... Fidel Castro? Yasser Arafat? We wouldn't need the army Bush likes to use so much. Arnold could go and crush them all himself... well not really but who would you talk back to him? No one exactly!
On top of all this, every time he says "California" everyone laughs and he gains another 1% of the vote. Thinking of him being elected and doing this all the time makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I can't wait until I hear him say it on TV when I'm high.
So what point are you trying to prove... because deep down you have to know you really can't win? I got $100 on it though that you will get a greater percentage of the vote then Venus Williams.
Maybe in Utah or somewhere else you would have a grain of hope but come one California save your money and try another state.
Well *I* wish you took English Comprehension along with that graphics course.
Key phrases in story: *** who is not at all a computer geek***. ***She knows Photoshop well, but doesn't have much in the way of a computer background.***
hmmm... by the laws of probability and statistics is she looking to just make some cool shit and do things beyond the scope of Photoshop or start working on the next release of Blender?
Come on the guys who got the chicks in highschool we're the ones throwing paper airplanes and spitballs @ the teachers. The guys who got the girls in college we're the frat boys buying friends and drinking themselves stupid every night doing just enough to get bye w/ an C average. Then there are the women who... given the brain designed by "the creator" were programmed to run to them with open arms. These people we're not smart... sex makes you stupider if anything... my god just look at all the trouble it gets people into there stimulated production of new neurons for the olfactory bulb we're not turned on during the dirty act or even functioning. The majority of these people weren't that smart to begin with!
The problem is that graphics software.... Any 3d rendering/modeling application worthwhile is designed and priced for corporate use and finding books on open source/free applications, which usually prove, to have steep learning curves and so so results and shit interfaces.
If she is really "serious" about this I would suggest Lightwave 3d [http://www.newtek.com] and the book Inside Lightwave 7 by Dan Ablan. Overall Lightwave has an excellent rendering engine an easy to pick up interface, isn't over prices for this level of computer graphics software, and she can create anything her imagination can come up with.
But in the area of free, or very cheap, 3d modellers (particularly ones with nice UI's).
Aztec Cost: Free (opensource) Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/ subd's, Full UV support, Skeletal animation, Ray-Traced render engine via Povray. Interface: Very Max-Like, not hugely intuative, but good enough. Usability: I picked it up pretty quickly, but I've had experience with max, those who haven't may find it a little confusing initially. Rating: 8/10 Comments: Support for other render engines coming soon, continually developed, so expect new features to keep cropping up
Wings3d Version: 0.97.5 Cost: Free (opensource) Features: Good mesh-based modelling tools w/ subd's, simple render thru OpenGL. There are a lot of features I'd like to see yet (edge/poly creation, ability to do things without having to rightclick up a menu every 5 seconds), but as it's pre-1.0 I won't count this towards it. Interface: Fairly intuative, not the best overall, but second only to anim8or. Usability: Easy as hell, everythings pretty clearly labelled. I picked it up straight away. Rating: 7/10 Comments: Single-pane view can get irritating occasionally, but overall a nice app. Purely for modelling, you won't get any pretty renders out of this, and the UV is limited. No animation capabilities. A lot more features expected before 1.0
Anim8or Version: 0.8 Cost: Free Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/subd's, scan-line render engine, skeletal animation and full UV texturing capabilities. Interface: Very nice, no tooltips, so can be a little tricky to get used to, but overall - good. Usability: Odd. The interface doesn't lend itself to good workflow, but not very easy to figure out intially. Rating: 9/10 Comments: I'd say the best I found overall, espcially for pre-1.0 . Let down slightly by its render engine, but its enough to get the job done.
Metasequoia Version: 2.1 Cost: Freeware/Shareware Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/subd's, no render engine (?), no animation, limited texturing capabilites. Interface: Can be confusing initially, due to it's extremely high ability for UI customisation. By default it's UI is a turn-off to say the least, but see dhromed's post a few down for information on customising, and a pic showing the possibilities. Usability: Lots of buttons, quite confusing, but not that hard to pick up. Rating: 6/10 Comments: Quite difficult to figure out, tools appear to be very unstable (splitting a polygon caused all sorts of havok). Very customisable, which is a plus, but still lacking somewhat in features and stability.
Blender Version: 2.25 Cost: Freeware (opensource) Features: Probably the most feature rich of the group. You'll find pretty much anything you'd expect from a commercial program, especially considering the amount of user-created plugins availble for cloth dynamics, fur etc etc. The exception to this is the apparent lack of edge, or polygon modelling. Vertex only, it would appear. You can perform any function you could perform on an edge or polygon, such as extrude, bevel, edge-bevel etc...but it's still one of its biggest downsides. Especially if you're from a box-modelling background, and can't do without your polygons, like me . Another one of its short comings is the render engine, even the best blender3d work, still has that "1995 computer graphics" looks to it. Shame. Interface: Many peoples first thoughts are "WTF??". Quite rightly so. It's pretty horrendous at first, you can't figure out what in the hell does what, when all you want to do is make a damn box. Bad blender, BAD! Usability: Despite the above, once you've spent a week or so learning it (it would be a lot quicker if there was actually any decent documentation available without having to buy the manual), things start clicking into place, and the interface is actually very efficient. Rating: 8/10 Comments: Would be excellent if it wasn't for the steep learning curve. It's really not for anyone who hasn't got good experience in 3d, and a fair amount of time on their hands. However, it's extremely feature rich, and once you've learnt the interface, the speed of work-flow you can achieve is phenominal.
MilkShape3d Version: 1.6.4 Cost: $20 Features: Your basic box-modeller, no subd's, no render engine. skeletal-based animation, and full UV support. Amazing import/export list. Interface: Horrible. Confusing to even 3d veterans. Not at all intuative, its click click click every 3 seconds. Usability: Limited severely. The UI needs a total overhaul, the features are there, but it's just too irritating for my tastes. I use it purely as a format conversion tool. Rating:7/10 Comments: Good for what its designed for - games. But let down by its interface, makes everything such a chore.
AC3D Version: 3.4 Cost: $39.95 Features: Mesh based modelling tools. Full UV texturing capabilities. Interface: Quite bad, menu elements are in odd places, overall - not very intuiative. Usability: Average. Things were easy-ish to find, but took some searching in odd places. Rating: 7/10 Comments: Like milkshape, this is intended for low-poly model creation. Also like milkshape, let down by its interface, but has the tools to do the job.
Nurbana Version: 1.03 (aplha) Cost: Free Features: A fully featured nurbs editor (supposadly). Custom-coded raytracing render engine. Support for materials, not sure about UV texturing. No animation. Interface: Very simple looking, don't be decieved, there are a million keyboard shortcuts. Very confusing overall, despite its apparent simplicity. Usability: Easy once you get to grips with it, everything is nicely organised for fast workflow, and everything is kept beautifully simple, while still providing nice results. Rating: 8/10 Comments: It has its problems, I'd say for one that it's too simple. So simple it can be confusing. The interface didn't look like the screenshots for me, so I think it may be customisable, but no idea how. There are a few bugs, but it's only in Alpha, so that's be be expected.
Softy3d Version: 1.0 Price: $34 Features: Where to begin? Certainly not a conventional modelling tool, but certainly one of my favourite, the results you can obtain are fantastic. let me explain.... this program works in a similar way to "meta-balls". You "sketch" out your object in spheres, and lines (with thickness references at each point you click), then you generate a mesh, which smooths over all these. Imagine the human body, all the muscles underneath, with a "skin" ontop. That's exactly what this program does. No render engine, no texturing, it's purely a modeller, to export into other programs. Interface: Fantastic; nicely laid out, everything easily accessable. The only thing I didn't like was the white background for the 3d windows. Usability: I hovered over a few tooltips, and I'd learned the program. It's that simple. Amazing little ap. Rating: 9/10 Comments: It's certainly not usable for low poly work, its texturing capabilities are none, it doesn't have a render engine...BUT this is one of the most unique, original little programs I've come accross. Try it. TRY IT.
DirecTV, owned by Hughes Electronics Corp., said it spent more than $25 million to develop its latest "Period 4" anti-piracy cards, which hackers have so far been unable to break. Marc J. Zwillinger, a lawyer for DirecTV, said the company would sue or seek criminal charges against others caught redistributing such documents.
"To the extent people have these documents, we expect this news will cause them to delete the documents immediately," Zwillinger said.
Who is this guy kidding... he really thinks this will work?
A more recently developed stimulant, modafinil (sold under the name Provigil), was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1999 and has been shown to keep people awake and alert for two days straight.
I wonder if I combine this with viagra and extacy if I could fuck for days and still feel good about doing it?
Do you really need a Christmas bonus??? No, of course not, we don't care about Christmas... it's all about New Years Eve. As long as you have a beer, a whore, and enough money to bail yourself out on the 1st everything will be AOK.
I agree... it's always really cool to see new wiz kids make up. But, I'm sure now yahoo, infoseek, and others will follow once google comes out with 10 years worth of cool new functions.
Regardless of the morality of it ignorance a not a defense in a court of law.... So it would make sense you couldn't prosecute people on the ignorance of others.
I hate their software and business practices as much as the next guy. But they do make excellent mice and the Explorer 3.0 is the shit. My life changed when I didn't have to mess with and clean dirty mechanical rollers.
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I hoped after all this he asked for his donation back.
New Years = Chicago = I'm drunk = -1 Flamebait
Next time they call you comment your code so they don't have to call you again.
The Army has special positions for PhD's just because you didn't see them don't assume they don't exist. They aren't in the pamphlets the army hands out to high school graduates.
PhD's in the Army don't get sent to war zones or deployed anywhere anytime for that matter, they works in basically state of the art research and development labs and designs/develops those systems the Army trained you on.
But, don't say education doesn't mean jack... You were writing ada code, adding new uses to a UNIX server, maybe even running CAT5 through a building. And your right without higher education if doesn't matter, but you were doing scripted events the Army solving problems the Army trained you to specifically solve. But, keep in mind that no matter how much experience you had and how hard you worked or how hell you could work with others you couldn't move up to one of there positions.
BTW when the army gets those people with engineering PhD's the first thing they get is OCS and get promoted to captain or majors quicker then you would ever think possible.
Education does matter.
Sprint is a crap company. I'm in college and both my parents have had Sprint phones since 99; they sent me the older of the two so they could basically call and bitch at me whenever they wanted. Well about a month ago a drug dealer stole the phone...long story.
We called to cancel the phone and Sprint said it would be $150.00 to get out of the contract. Well this phone has been turned on since 99 and about 6 months ago we contacted Sprint to add minuets to the plan... but they never said anything about a new contract. But now they inform us that whenever you change add/reduce minuets from your phone plan there is a mandatory 1 year contract - which they don't tell you about.
Well needless to say my parents are now on a mission and refuse to pay Sprint... I hope their credit doesn't get fucked up. They have canceled the 2 cell phones we had from them, went to T-Mobile and got cool new color phones for free with a good plan 1000 anytime min for the same price we were paying for 300 + free nights and weekend from sprint.
Don't take it personally; sometimes the moderators have the sense of Christopher Lowell on a bad batch of crystal meth.
I've looked at assembly and not understood it, I've looked at C and not understood it, and I think every time I have looked anything in perl I've not understood it. But, now the unthinkable has happened and I've looked at basic and not understood it.
I can't argue with that... other then the part of Gore being the better alternative. Come on after the whole "I invented the internet" thing how could anyone vote for him.
Due to funding issues Northern Illinois University combined the Computer Science and Psychology buildings. That with a little belligerence and debauchery, being an asshole, getting drunk a lot (being a fun person to be around), and taking shitty electives that require a lot of bullshit writing but have other perks; anything is possible.
Everything I said was true and you damn well know it. Don't hand me that crap.... And Arnold hasn't even come out with his official political stands on the issues. But everything from high school student console to the presidential office is about who is more popular... who can relate to the people, who do the people think is cool.
Of course Arafat doesn't give a fuck about that.... I was just making a sarcastic point on how the general public views Arnold. He is the hero of the 20 something late teen generations... which is also the percentage of the population most likely to not get off their ass and vote.
So what, I didn't vote in the last election basically because I could give a fuck less if Bush or Gore got elected... they are both a joke. Gore lost my vote with the internet thing and well Bush he's proved to be an idiot. I'm glad I can say I can't be blamed one way or the other for their fuckups.
Also anytime a "geek" girl with 1/2 a brain who you can rate above a 2* (aka, Wildebeast) Slashdot just on that train faster then the captain of the cheerleading team takes off her prom dress.
After reading over the views and opinions of all the candidates I have to admit I like yours the best and in a perfect world you would be elected. But, in the real world elections aren't about political viewpoints and intelligence their about popularity. So, why even bother?
I'm not a California resident but even if I was I would have to vote for Arnold... just for the fact he's Arnold. I'm 22, though I'm lazy and haven't exercised my voting privileges in this lifetime yet, if I did get off my ass, I couldn't ever look another man in the eye again if I didn't vote for him. I can't count all the nights of enjoyment he's brought us drinking beer and watching action movies.
He's the badass of our generation if the law was changed and he could be elected president he would; total landslide. I mean who would fuck with us... Fidel Castro? Yasser Arafat? We wouldn't need the army Bush likes to use so much. Arnold could go and crush them all himself... well not really but who would you talk back to him? No one exactly!
On top of all this, every time he says "California" everyone laughs and he gains another 1% of the vote. Thinking of him being elected and doing this all the time makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside. I can't wait until I hear him say it on TV when I'm high.
So what point are you trying to prove... because deep down you have to know you really can't win? I got $100 on it though that you will get a greater percentage of the vote then Venus Williams.
Maybe in Utah or somewhere else you would have a grain of hope but come one California save your money and try another state.
Well *I* wish you took English Comprehension along with that graphics course.
Key phrases in story:
*** who is not at all a computer geek***.
***She knows Photoshop well, but doesn't have much in the way of a computer background.***
hmmm... by the laws of probability and statistics is she looking to just make some cool shit and do things beyond the scope of Photoshop or start working on the next release of Blender?
Come on the guys who got the chicks in highschool we're the ones throwing paper airplanes and spitballs @ the teachers. The guys who got the girls in college we're the frat boys buying friends and drinking themselves stupid every night doing just enough to get bye w/ an C average. Then there are the women who... given the brain designed by "the creator" were programmed to run to them with open arms. These people we're not smart... sex makes you stupider if anything... my god just look at all the trouble it gets people into there stimulated production of new neurons for the olfactory bulb we're not turned on during the dirty act or even functioning.
The majority of these people weren't that smart to begin with!
I really don't think programming graphic libraries is what she was looking for... and if it is I would start her out with SRGP long before that!
The problem is that graphics software.... Any 3d rendering/modeling application worthwhile is designed and priced for corporate use and finding books on open source/free applications, which usually prove, to have steep learning curves and so so results and shit interfaces.
If she is really "serious" about this I would suggest Lightwave 3d [http://www.newtek.com] and the book Inside Lightwave 7 by Dan Ablan. Overall Lightwave has an excellent rendering engine an easy to pick up interface, isn't over prices for this level of computer graphics software, and she can create anything her imagination can come up with.
But in the area of free, or very cheap, 3d modellers (particularly ones with nice UI's).
Aztec
Cost: Free (opensource)
Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/ subd's, Full UV support, Skeletal animation, Ray-Traced render engine via Povray.
Interface: Very Max-Like, not hugely intuative, but good enough.
Usability: I picked it up pretty quickly, but I've had experience with max, those who haven't may find it a little confusing initially.
Rating: 8/10
Comments: Support for other render engines coming soon, continually developed, so expect new features to keep cropping up
Wings3d
Version: 0.97.5
Cost: Free (opensource)
Features: Good mesh-based modelling tools w/ subd's, simple render thru OpenGL. There are a lot of features I'd like to see yet (edge/poly creation, ability to do things without having to rightclick up a menu every 5 seconds), but as it's pre-1.0 I won't count this towards it.
Interface: Fairly intuative, not the best overall, but second only to anim8or.
Usability: Easy as hell, everythings pretty clearly labelled. I picked it up straight away.
Rating: 7/10
Comments: Single-pane view can get irritating occasionally, but overall a nice app. Purely for modelling, you won't get any pretty renders out of this, and the UV is limited. No animation capabilities. A lot more features expected before 1.0
Anim8or
Version: 0.8
Cost: Free
Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/subd's, scan-line render engine, skeletal animation and full UV texturing capabilities.
Interface: Very nice, no tooltips, so can be a little tricky to get used to, but overall - good.
Usability: Odd. The interface doesn't lend itself to good workflow, but not very easy to figure out intially.
Rating: 9/10
Comments: I'd say the best I found overall, espcially for pre-1.0 . Let down slightly by its render engine, but its enough to get the job done.
Metasequoia
Version: 2.1
Cost: Freeware/Shareware
Features: Mesh-based modelling tools w/subd's, no render engine (?), no animation, limited texturing capabilites.
Interface: Can be confusing initially, due to it's extremely high ability for UI customisation. By default it's UI is a turn-off to say the least, but see dhromed's post a few down for information on customising, and a pic showing the possibilities.
Usability: Lots of buttons, quite confusing, but not that hard to pick up.
Rating: 6/10
Comments: Quite difficult to figure out, tools appear to be very unstable (splitting a polygon caused all sorts of havok). Very customisable, which is a plus, but still lacking somewhat in features and stability.
Blender
Version: 2.25
Cost: Freeware (opensource)
Features: Probably the most feature rich of the group. You'll find pretty much anything you'd expect from a commercial program, especially considering the amount of user-created plugins availble for cloth dynamics, fur etc etc. The exception to this is the apparent lack of edge, or polygon modelling. Vertex only, it would appear. You can perform any function you could perform on an edge or polygon, such as extrude, bevel, edge-bevel etc...but it's still one of its biggest downsides. Especially if you're from a box-modelling background, and can't do without your polygons, like me . Another one of its short comings is the render engine, even the best blender3d work, still has that "1995 computer graphics" looks to it. Shame.
Interface: Many peoples first thoughts are "WTF??". Quite rightly so. It's pretty horrendous at first, you can't figure out what in the hell does what, when all you want to do is make a damn box. Bad blender, BAD!
Usability: Despite the above, once you've spent a week or so learning it (it would be a lot quicker if there was actually any decent documentation available without having to buy the manual), things start clicking into place, and the interface is actually very efficient.
Rating: 8/10
Comments: Would be excellent if it wasn't for the steep learning curve. It's really not for anyone who hasn't got good experience in 3d, and a fair amount of time on their hands. However, it's extremely feature rich, and once you've learnt the interface, the speed of work-flow you can achieve is phenominal.
MilkShape3d
Version: 1.6.4
Cost: $20
Features: Your basic box-modeller, no subd's, no render engine. skeletal-based animation, and full UV support. Amazing import/export list.
Interface: Horrible. Confusing to even 3d veterans. Not at all intuative, its click click click every 3 seconds.
Usability: Limited severely. The UI needs a total overhaul, the features are there, but it's just too irritating for my tastes. I use it purely as a format conversion tool.
Rating:7/10
Comments: Good for what its designed for - games. But let down by its interface, makes everything such a chore.
AC3D
Version: 3.4
Cost: $39.95
Features: Mesh based modelling tools. Full UV texturing capabilities.
Interface: Quite bad, menu elements are in odd places, overall - not very intuiative.
Usability: Average. Things were easy-ish to find, but took some searching in odd places.
Rating: 7/10
Comments: Like milkshape, this is intended for low-poly model creation. Also like milkshape, let down by its interface, but has the tools to do the job.
Nurbana
Version: 1.03 (aplha)
Cost: Free
Features: A fully featured nurbs editor (supposadly). Custom-coded raytracing render engine. Support for materials, not sure about UV texturing. No animation.
Interface: Very simple looking, don't be decieved, there are a million keyboard shortcuts. Very confusing overall, despite its apparent simplicity.
Usability: Easy once you get to grips with it, everything is nicely organised for fast workflow, and everything is kept beautifully simple, while still providing nice results.
Rating: 8/10
Comments: It has its problems, I'd say for one that it's too simple. So simple it can be confusing. The interface didn't look like the screenshots for me, so I think it may be customisable, but no idea how. There are a few bugs, but it's only in Alpha, so that's be be expected.
Softy3d
Version: 1.0
Price: $34
Features: Where to begin? Certainly not a conventional modelling tool, but certainly one of my favourite, the results you can obtain are fantastic. let me explain.... this program works in a similar way to "meta-balls". You "sketch" out your object in spheres, and lines (with thickness references at each point you click), then you generate a mesh, which smooths over all these. Imagine the human body, all the muscles underneath, with a "skin" ontop. That's exactly what this program does. No render engine, no texturing, it's purely a modeller, to export into other programs.
Interface: Fantastic; nicely laid out, everything easily accessable. The only thing I didn't like was the white background for the 3d windows.
Usability: I hovered over a few tooltips, and I'd learned the program. It's that simple. Amazing little ap.
Rating: 9/10
Comments: It's certainly not usable for low poly work, its texturing capabilities are none, it doesn't have a render engine...BUT this is one of the most unique, original little programs I've come accross. Try it. TRY IT.
DirecTV, owned by Hughes Electronics Corp., said it spent more than $25 million to develop its latest "Period 4" anti-piracy cards, which hackers have so far been unable to break. Marc J. Zwillinger, a lawyer for DirecTV, said the company would sue or seek criminal charges against others caught redistributing such documents.
"To the extent people have these documents, we expect this news will cause them to delete the documents immediately," Zwillinger said.
Who is this guy kidding... he really thinks this will work?
A more recently developed stimulant, modafinil (sold under the name Provigil), was approved by the Federal Drug Administration in 1999 and has been shown to keep people awake and alert for two days straight.
I wonder if I combine this with viagra and extacy if I could fuck for days and still feel good about doing it?
Do you really need a Christmas bonus??? No, of course not, we don't care about Christmas... it's all about New Years Eve. As long as you have a beer, a whore, and enough money to bail yourself out on the 1st everything will be AOK.
God... all 3 consumers in Honduras won't be able to support id software anymore.
That's odd...
Thanks for the link slashdot this is better then Kazaa!
I agree... it's always really cool to see new wiz kids make up. But, I'm sure now yahoo, infoseek, and others will follow once google comes out with 10 years worth of cool new functions.
Regardless of the morality of it ignorance a not a defense in a court of law.... So it would make sense you couldn't prosecute people on the ignorance of others.
We can't even make good game AI yet... we are no where near the level we have be for robot ai... that would actually be useful.
I hate their software and business practices as much as the next guy. But they do make excellent mice and the Explorer 3.0 is the shit. My life changed when I didn't have to mess with and clean dirty mechanical rollers.