If it is not a default and their open-ended character creation engine allows players to bring to reality envisioned characters, so be it!
I hope they don't realize that paper and pen will let me "design characters that are virtual copies of its own superheros, including 'The Incredible Hulk'.
Disputing isn't that easy with any of my CC companies. I've had to dispute charges twice in the past, and although I got my money back, it was a small hassle.
I had to print out the receipt(online purchase) and fax that to them along with a letter I had to type up explaining the situation in writing.
Both times, I had to follow up via phone after receiving no response, and they finally said "yeah whatever" basically, and they credited my account.
The good thing is, once you start a charge dispute, you stop accruing interest on that purchase.
With that said, I buy a lot of stuff at Best Buy, and I return a lot of that stuff when it's shit. I'm an early adopter, but that doesn't mean I have to keep shit. I'm sure I'm on their "excessive return" list, but I used to work there, and I know all of the people doing the returns anyway.
Good thing it didn't add another 140 thousand or whatever, or else we might have to have Gore-esque recounts for 36 days.
I think it's funny how Ohio can't even be their own state. On the news they said, "Ohio is the Florida of 2004". How can a state be another state. Oh well, I digress.
Even on the site that the image is linked from, it doesn't say what the heights represent.
I saw another poster suggest population, but that doesn't make sense because so much is flat.
I submit that it is based upon the sway of the vote. The higher the plateau, the farther away from 50% split the vote was, and the color indicates the higher sway of votes. It also explains the higher blue plateaus in the coastal/liberal areas.
FWIW, I don't appear on that map; I voted for Badnarik
I assumed you're being sarcastic, but my guess is that it is prevented by the _software_ DEP in SP2. Since I have an athlon 64 (at home), I actually have hardware DEP support which is really cool.
"No Slashdotting" is a sure way to get slashdotted, just as sure as saying "I'll get modded down" will get you modded up.
I doubt Sony will actually do this, since they are developing their own "grid" technology in their console and are not known for outsourcing the core of their business.
With that said, Alex is awesome. I liked Patrick and Leo. I liked Leo and Kate. I even liked Kevin and Patrick. I really like Kevin and Alex. The show is more immature now, but it's a lot funnier too! Alex is one of the funniest tv personalities I have ever seen.
PS - Vote tomorrow(if you're a US citizen registered to vote).
The article didn't mention "Arizona". The/. editors accept that. Wouldn't it be neat if they were owned by some company that could pay them money to write competent HTML and CSS instead of the shitjob that shows up in firefox. Maybe if they even had money left over they could actually be EDITors, that EDIT!!
Oh wait, they are owned and they do get paid, WTF?
I saw those on the screensavers last night. Alex had them on; when you are inside, they expect you to flip it up and you look like some kind of alien/dork.
I totally wouldn't buy those, and they cost a shitload. When Sarah said "and when you're indoors..." I totally thought she was going to hit a button and the lcd would fade or something to be clear glasses, and then she flipped them up on Alex's head. TOTALLY disappointing.
Separate but equal? "If you ask Vice President Cheney's daughter,... who is a lesbian..., I'm sure she'd tell you she's just being herself." Sorry, couldn't resist quoting Kerry. "Want some wood? Heh, heh" There's a Bush one.
But, this is utter shit. I'm not gay, I only know a couple of gay people, and this whole state I live in seems to be populated by a majority of redneck homophobics. You don't have to be part of a cultural group to stand up for their rights.
If I recall correctly, about 78% of people in this state approved a bill "defining" marriage and forbidding civil unions. A judge overturned it as "too broad" but I'm sure it will be right back. I proudly voted against it. Haven't any of you ever heard of "and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me"?
Vote Michael Badnarik in 2004. He is the only one who will bring about real change and bring civil liberties back to us. He supports rights for all minorities (I'm a white, straight Male) and majorities. So don't think I'm pandering or whatever to any specific group.
Read why you should vote for him. There are reasons for about every socioeconomic/cultural group.
What's a Libertarian you ask? No, you didn't ask? Read this anyway.
I said it didn't matter in the analogy because people would say "you have a 100% chance of getting set free because you're voting". Sometimes absurdity is required to fight against a catch-22.
People say, "I'm not voting for him because he isn't going to win." But then, how do people win if they don't get votes. If you agree with someone, vote for them. If everyone does this, the leader that is _REALLY_ supported will be elected. My other posts in this thread were modded off-topic(probably by the same moderator, since it was at the same time), but this is very ON TOPIC. This leadership in America can waltz in and take over toystores now as a matter of national security ?!?
Exactly. I heard a good analogy (which I'm sure will be debunked as "This election won't save your life", although it could if the wars continue).
It goes: "You are in prison on death row and you get to vote on what happens to you. The three choices are, lethal injection, electric chair, and being set free. Now polls are conducted, and no matter what you vote, you hve a 48% chance of being shocked to death, a 48% chance of being injected with a lethal poison, and only a 4% chance of being set free.
Abuse of rights, law, and tax dollars. This is why you should vote Libertarian.
Take the Advocates.org "World's Smallest Political Quiz" to find out what party you belong in based on real issues. According to them, "Take the Quiz now and find out where you fit on the political map!"
It is my belief that everyone is a Libertarian, but they they just don't know it.
Vote Michael Badnarik in 2004. Send a message to Washington and don't choose between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich.
This has to be the coolest thing I've ever seen. Someone else said it's/.ed, but its a Coral Cache link, and it loaded fine for me. Maybe your local cache is down.
Being able to see the data in a usable form rather than looking at bland figures and listening to spin on tv about how "Rob Republicans hates old people and wants to kill your children" and "Dennis Democrat want's to eat babies" and then back it up with some nonsequitur vote is a lot better.
I don't see internet tv replacing regular tv, because you'd have to have all these micro-subscriptions to keep the sites afloat. Advertising just doesn't do that (Think late 90's).
I really like the Video On Demand that I get from Time Warner. I can pull up episodes from just about any popular tv show. I like the G4TechTV on demand channel a lot, as well as the comedy central one. Since I have HBO and Cinemax, I can pull up any recent movies on demand from it. The cable company already has a massive fiber and copper network, and they're finally leveraging it to provide entertainment to me!
I even have a channel (999) that let's me play GAMES on the DVR/cable box with my remote like solitaire and keeps real time stats with other people playing as well.
Digital cable and VoD is the future, not internet tv, as in streaming real media or wmv or something like that. I'd rather have my relatively uncompressed(mpeg2) content from my cable company.
I'm saying I'm glad it happened because maybe they'll _STOP_ using it as an authentication mechanism!
Also, apparently I know nothing about how the US telephone system works, because I see people talking about ANI and SS7 elsewhere and I don't know what they're talking about.
I'm glad this happened. I am so sick of people using Caller ID as an authentication mechanism. It has been so easy to spoof if you had connections before and is even moreso now.
My cell phone doesn't even require a password to get to my voicemail because it uses caller id. Every credit card I've activated required me to call from my home number, verifying it with caller id. When I order pizzas, they verify I am who I say I am with caller id.
It is ridiculous and is worthless as an authentication mechanism. Its only use is a convienience, to decide if you want to answer the phone. Lesson: don't rack up bills you can't pay:)
Anyway, it's always nice to have another way to screw with your friends' minds.
I am so sick of "get the facts" and "Windows TCO is lower". I am a big fan of windows on the desktop, but it sucks as a server. I contend that anyone who says "Windows is easier to admin than Linux" has never had a Windows problem.
Since Tuesday, my DFS has been totally screwed up and not replicating. With Linux, you'd just look at a samba config file or something, but NOOO, not with AD and MS domains. I totally removed all of my replica sets and spent HOURS on google trying everything under the sun.
We ended up having to call Microsoft and paying $245 for the privilege. Well, in case you're wondering, yes they fixed DFS, but now my SysVol is marked as tombstoned. So yeah, my profiles are replicating, but now my SysVol is about to delete itself. Microsoft is trying to figure out WTF it is trying to delete SysVol and every time you set the flag to 0 it goes right back to one, regardless of whether or not you stop or start the File Replication Service(FRS). We had to totally blow everything away in LDAP with ADSI edit and in the registry under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Drivers\NtFRS and DFS.
Anyway, I hate windows on a server, but you just don't have the same abilities on a Linux domain as you do on a windows domain with windows desktops. We used to have a samba domain, and we're transitioning to AD. I hope Ballmer gets to read this, preferably before my SysVol deactivates and deletes itself.
This message and SysVol will self-destruct in five seconds.
I think it would be more fun to have an underwater speaker that uses the water to conduct the sound. I remember I was in a pool once and someone at the other end of the pool heard my hour chime under water. It seems that water carries sound much better than air, but IANAP(physicist).
It would be neat to blast music to people underwater, and when you came out of the water you wouldn't be able to hear it at all.
I'm sure I'll get modded off-topic, but it still seems like a good idea.
No. I installed over it, but I wiped out my %userprofile%\Local Settings\Firefox thing and the program directory and it's still doing it. Does it write to the registry?
I did an upgrade from 0.9.something to 1.0PR and it worked fine then, so I don't know what's wrong. It's still not enough to make me use IE:)
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If it is not a default and their open-ended character creation engine allows players to bring to reality envisioned characters, so be it!
I hope they don't realize that paper and pen will let me "design characters that are virtual copies of its own superheros, including 'The Incredible Hulk'.
They might seek unspecified damages against International Paper and Bic.
It looks like you're searching for porn. Would you like help?
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Back up your data off site on GmailFS.
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Disputing isn't that easy with any of my CC companies. I've had to dispute charges twice in the past, and although I got my money back, it was a small hassle.
I had to print out the receipt(online purchase) and fax that to them along with a letter I had to type up explaining the situation in writing.
Both times, I had to follow up via phone after receiving no response, and they finally said "yeah whatever" basically, and they credited my account.
The good thing is, once you start a charge dispute, you stop accruing interest on that purchase.
With that said, I buy a lot of stuff at Best Buy, and I return a lot of that stuff when it's shit. I'm an early adopter, but that doesn't mean I have to keep shit. I'm sure I'm on their "excessive return" list, but I used to work there, and I know all of the people doing the returns anyway.
Good thing it didn't add another 140 thousand or whatever, or else we might have to have Gore-esque recounts for 36 days.
I think it's funny how Ohio can't even be their own state. On the news they said, "Ohio is the Florida of 2004". How can a state be another state. Oh well, I digress.
Disclaimer: I didn't vote for either one.
Even on the site that the image is linked from, it doesn't say what the heights represent.
I saw another poster suggest population, but that doesn't make sense because so much is flat.
I submit that it is based upon the sway of the vote. The higher the plateau, the farther away from 50% split the vote was, and the color indicates the higher sway of votes. It also explains the higher blue plateaus in the coastal/liberal areas.
FWIW, I don't appear on that map; I voted for Badnarik
I assumed you're being sarcastic, but my guess is that it is prevented by the _software_ DEP in SP2. Since I have an athlon 64 (at home), I actually have hardware DEP support which is really cool.
AKA NX.
Chris
I tried it on an xp SP1 box and it just freezes it.
I tried it on Mozilla 1.7.3 and it freezes it for about a minute, and then unfreezes and shows a blank IFRAME.
If you want to try it w/o extracting and all that stuff, click here.
Chris
You sound like a Libertarian; congratulations. Vote Badnarik tomorrow. He supports you point of view.
Libertarians don't want the US military to be GloboCop.
"No Slashdotting" is a sure way to get slashdotted, just as sure as saying "I'll get modded down" will get you modded up.
I doubt Sony will actually do this, since they are developing their own "grid" technology in their console and are not known for outsourcing the core of their business.
With that said, Alex is awesome. I liked Patrick and Leo. I liked Leo and Kate. I even liked Kevin and Patrick. I really like Kevin and Alex. The show is more immature now, but it's a lot funnier too! Alex is one of the funniest tv personalities I have ever seen.
PS - Vote tomorrow(if you're a US citizen registered to vote).
The article didn't mention "Arizona". The /. editors accept that. Wouldn't it be neat if they were owned by some company that could pay them money to write competent HTML and CSS instead of the shitjob that shows up in firefox. Maybe if they even had money left over they could actually be EDITors, that EDIT!!
Oh wait, they are owned and they do get paid, WTF?
Why do slashdot editors suck so badly?
When would those geeks (including me) be outside walking around to forward packets?
:) /me burns Karma on that one
Oh nevermind, I forgot a Computer Show is coming in early November
I saw those on the screensavers last night. Alex had them on; when you are inside, they expect you to flip it up and you look like some kind of alien/dork.
I totally wouldn't buy those, and they cost a shitload. When Sarah said "and when you're indoors..." I totally thought she was going to hit a button and the lcd would fade or something to be clear glasses, and then she flipped them up on Alex's head. TOTALLY disappointing.
Separate but equal? "If you ask Vice President Cheney's daughter, ... who is a lesbian ..., I'm sure she'd tell you she's just being herself." Sorry, couldn't resist quoting Kerry. "Want some wood? Heh, heh" There's a Bush one.
But, this is utter shit. I'm not gay, I only know a couple of gay people, and this whole state I live in seems to be populated by a majority of redneck homophobics. You don't have to be part of a cultural group to stand up for their rights.
If I recall correctly, about 78% of people in this state approved a bill "defining" marriage and forbidding civil unions. A judge overturned it as "too broad" but I'm sure it will be right back. I proudly voted against it. Haven't any of you ever heard of "and when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me"?
Vote Michael Badnarik in 2004. He is the only one who will bring about real change and bring civil liberties back to us. He supports rights for all minorities (I'm a white, straight Male) and majorities. So don't think I'm pandering or whatever to any specific group.
Read why you should vote for him. There are reasons for about every socioeconomic/cultural group.
What's a Libertarian you ask? No, you didn't ask? Read this anyway.
Chris
I said it didn't matter in the analogy because people would say "you have a 100% chance of getting set free because you're voting". Sometimes absurdity is required to fight against a catch-22.
People say, "I'm not voting for him because he isn't going to win." But then, how do people win if they don't get votes. If you agree with someone, vote for them. If everyone does this, the leader that is _REALLY_ supported will be elected. My other posts in this thread were modded off-topic(probably by the same moderator, since it was at the same time), but this is very ON TOPIC. This leadership in America can waltz in and take over toystores now as a matter of national security ?!?
Wake up America, and vote Libertarian.
Exactly. I heard a good analogy (which I'm sure will be debunked as "This election won't save your life", although it could if the wars continue).
It goes:
"You are in prison on death row and you get to vote on what happens to you. The three choices are, lethal injection, electric chair, and being set free. Now polls are conducted, and no matter what you vote, you hve a 48% chance of being shocked to death, a 48% chance of being injected with a lethal poison, and only a 4% chance of being set free.
Which would you vote for?"
Michael Badnarik and more specifically, the Libertarian party, are who will set you free.
Vote to make a difference. Vote Badnarik and also any state reps/senators that are Libertarian.
Chris
PS -- Full credit for the story goes to my state LP chair, Vincent Mouser.
Abuse of rights, law, and tax dollars. This is why you should vote Libertarian.
Take the Advocates.org "World's Smallest Political Quiz" to find out what party you belong in based on real issues. According to them, "Take the Quiz now and find out where you fit on the political map!"
It is my belief that everyone is a Libertarian, but they they just don't know it.
Vote Michael Badnarik in 2004. Send a message to Washington and don't choose between a Giant Douche and a Turd Sandwich.
This has to be the coolest thing I've ever seen. Someone else said it's /.ed, but its a Coral Cache link, and it loaded fine for me. Maybe your local cache is down.
Being able to see the data in a usable form rather than looking at bland figures and listening to spin on tv about how "Rob Republicans hates old people and wants to kill your children" and "Dennis Democrat want's to eat babies" and then back it up with some nonsequitur vote is a lot better.
mmmm, pretty colors.
I don't see internet tv replacing regular tv, because you'd have to have all these micro-subscriptions to keep the sites afloat. Advertising just doesn't do that (Think late 90's).
I really like the Video On Demand that I get from Time Warner. I can pull up episodes from just about any popular tv show. I like the G4TechTV on demand channel a lot, as well as the comedy central one. Since I have HBO and Cinemax, I can pull up any recent movies on demand from it. The cable company already has a massive fiber and copper network, and they're finally leveraging it to provide entertainment to me!
I even have a channel (999) that let's me play GAMES on the DVR/cable box with my remote like solitaire and keeps real time stats with other people playing as well.
Digital cable and VoD is the future, not internet tv, as in streaming real media or wmv or something like that. I'd rather have my relatively uncompressed(mpeg2) content from my cable company.
I'm saying I'm glad it happened because maybe they'll _STOP_ using it as an authentication mechanism!
Also, apparently I know nothing about how the US telephone system works, because I see people talking about ANI and SS7 elsewhere and I don't know what they're talking about.
Maybe it is more secure than I perceive.
Chris
What are you talking about? I'm not using UNIX services or NFS. I was talking about FRS and DFS.
I'm glad this happened. I am so sick of people using Caller ID as an authentication mechanism. It has been so easy to spoof if you had connections before and is even moreso now.
:)
My cell phone doesn't even require a password to get to my voicemail because it uses caller id. Every credit card I've activated required me to call from my home number, verifying it with caller id. When I order pizzas, they verify I am who I say I am with caller id.
It is ridiculous and is worthless as an authentication mechanism. Its only use is a convienience, to decide if you want to answer the phone. Lesson: don't rack up bills you can't pay
Anyway, it's always nice to have another way to screw with your friends' minds.
I am so sick of "get the facts" and "Windows TCO is lower". I am a big fan of windows on the desktop, but it sucks as a server. I contend that anyone who says "Windows is easier to admin than Linux" has never had a Windows problem.
Since Tuesday, my DFS has been totally screwed up and not replicating. With Linux, you'd just look at a samba config file or something, but NOOO, not with AD and MS domains. I totally removed all of my replica sets and spent HOURS on google trying everything under the sun.
We ended up having to call Microsoft and paying $245 for the privilege. Well, in case you're wondering, yes they fixed DFS, but now my SysVol is marked as tombstoned. So yeah, my profiles are replicating, but now my SysVol is about to delete itself. Microsoft is trying to figure out WTF it is trying to delete SysVol and every time you set the flag to 0 it goes right back to one, regardless of whether or not you stop or start the File Replication Service(FRS). We had to totally blow everything away in LDAP with ADSI edit and in the registry under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Drivers\NtFRS and DFS.
Anyway, I hate windows on a server, but you just don't have the same abilities on a Linux domain as you do on a windows domain with windows desktops. We used to have a samba domain, and we're transitioning to AD. I hope Ballmer gets to read this, preferably before my SysVol deactivates and deletes itself.
This message and SysVol will self-destruct in five seconds.
I think it would be more fun to have an underwater speaker that uses the water to conduct the sound. I remember I was in a pool once and someone at the other end of the pool heard my hour chime under water. It seems that water carries sound much better than air, but IANAP(physicist).
It would be neat to blast music to people underwater, and when you came out of the water you wouldn't be able to hear it at all.
I'm sure I'll get modded off-topic, but it still seems like a good idea.
No. I installed over it, but I wiped out my %userprofile%\Local Settings\Firefox thing and the program directory and it's still doing it. Does it write to the registry?
:)
I did an upgrade from 0.9.something to 1.0PR and it worked fine then, so I don't know what's wrong. It's still not enough to make me use IE