"The reality is that if you could bypass Microsoft's operating system you would end up with a fairly powerful computer for less than $200"
As self righteous as hackers can be over the XBox-Linux debacle, I don't know of a company in the world that slit their own throats like these fools expect MS to. I'm sorry, these people simply aren't living in reality.
I've said it before and I'll say it again-- when a company has so much to lose by allowing the competition access to their product only a stoned idiot would consider this a good thing for their business, yet we have plenty of absolute fucking idiots crying that they somehow have a right to force MS into Linux compatibility when that God given right to Linux never existed. "It's a sad day for Microsoft" only because somebody got smacked upside the head with a reality check.
Look, I like the hacks as much as the next guy. I'll be using it just to play the import Yukikaze (Movie; Cripes this game looks hot), but it just bugs the shit out of me when people insist on pushing their own little open source fantasies in places where reality simply doesn't allow for them.
"At least the Russian has the courtesy to warn all their phone users that this was going on. Not sure what the standard FBI procedure is on something like this..."
Or another way to look at it-- Yes, at least they have the courtesy to inform the terrorist of their tactics.
The Philadelphia Inquirer needs to be honest with themselves here. Over the past decade, which has caused more violence and property damage-- The most bloody, violent game in existance or international football? How about winning the superbowl? Riots anybody? Ah, can't forget hockey.
Funny, I don't see anybody rushing to put content rating on these popular sports even though they've caused more violence than any game of Postal, Quake, etc, nor do I see them trying to ban sports based on the potential reaction of the fans hometeam winning.
Ah, I just love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning...
Time to buy a clue-- Cartrige = limited media at higher cost. MiniDVD = Massive Media storage at little cost.
It holds true on the console, and it holds true on handhelds. If both systems have equal processing power, which is more likely to have the better games? The one with the higher/cheaper storage values simply becuse more audio/video/textures/etc can be fit on it.
And THAT was my point. If Nintendo takes another cartrige format against a disk format, they might as well kiss it goodbye like they did the N64. that is assuming Sony knows anything about pricing their unit competitively, which I think they're smart enough to do.
I would see this as the biggest limiter as far as technology goes. if they decide to play the cartrige game again, they'11 screw themselves as badly as they did on the N64 against a Sony PSP sporting mini DVD technology.
Oh, I totally agree. The Vulcan analogy was a good one. I meant acting in the traditional sense, speaking lines convincingly, etc, but you are absolutely correct.
"For the exchange, we were requesting but not demanding the following..."
I mean really. I think this hack is as cool as the next person does, but who do these guys really think they're fooling? If there is one thing that everybody on the planet Earth knows, it's that MS is not about to assist ANYBODY in the installation of Linux on their console.
"We were nice, polite and reasonable in our attempt to pursuade MS into supporting offical Linux/Xbox development, but since they didn't call back, we released the exploit to the world at large."
I guess you can't blame em for trying, but how is this noteworthy again? Microsoft doesn't want Linux on the XBox. How dense do you have to be to not realize this??? OF COURSE THEY AREN'T GOING TO COOPERATE WITH YOU, regardless of how unfortuante you think it is!!!
You're asking them to remove the only saftey that guarantees they make money on games, their primary source of income! Add Linux and the box becomes a computer, a device of multiple uses. Now you can buy a cheap ass XBox computer sold at a hefty loss and MS has no guaranteed way to recoup the loss because you no longer have to buy games for it.
On top of all that, MS is in DIRECT COMPETITION with the Linux platform (unlike Sony)!!
To even believe they'd answer any other way than they did is insanity of the highest order. Asking them to sell their hardware at a loss and cut the only guarantee they can make the money back through games?! Yeah, I know I would have cooperated too...
I mean, I think the hack is cool, but the sheer naivity of people like these amazes me.
Yeah, I really don't see what the problem was with a female in the role. People to don't seem to realize the prime requisite for an evil terminator is a strait face. That's it. You can be asian, black, white, male or female... So long as you have a strait face, it's all good. You don't even have to act. In fact, I highly suspect that's an impediment. How many lines did arnold have as an evil ternimator? The guy in T2? Just have them walk around with a purpose and a serious face. Don't give em more than 10 lines and you're set. It's really a gimmie role, one the woman does admirably.
Unless larger aircraft are for some obscure reason far more sensitive to cellphones than your average learjet (and I know for a fact most of those pilots don't give a damn if you use a cell or not) then this report is just another in the walking line of BS. Not that the airlines have anything to gain by having you use their very own overpriced phone system, nooooo...
Don't forget all those hidden fees when buying this carrier.
-Insurance (Ow.) -Crew (you could get away with under a crew of thousand without aircraft and weapondry, I'm sure) -Supplies -Fuel (that's gonna kill ya) -Licencing (I'm sure the government isn't just gonna let you run around with a spare carrier without some sort of tax) -ATM fee
I don't care if it is only 4.5 mil. You're gonna have to have deeeep pockets just for upkeep, let alone taking it out for a spin... And you can stop with the Neal Stephenson jokes now. They've all been taken.
Well, not really, but I'm really not worried about China. As much as some people dislike Bush, he came within inches of naming China part of the "Axis of Evil". Something tells me he's not going to sit idlely by and watch China build a strategic weapons plat--er, moon base over his very without some sort of counter-balance. Since this is slashdot, I know some people have misgivings about the US, but do you really trust China to just build a moon base? From the very same people who won't run down their citizens with tanks anymore, wheee!
Is anybody going to watch a live action movie so filled with angst and self-loathing as Evangelion? I mean, leaving aside the attention span of the average movie goer, the plot of Evangelion is so damn convoluted it's scary. I'm firmly convinced that anybody claiming they really knew what Evangelion was about is A LIAR. Sure, the action is good, and some of the plot elements are well done, but it's going to have to be heavily edited and altered before this becomes anything but painful feature to watch.
Just curious, but how hard would it be to confirm the physics of most cheating server side? I mean, wall hack for instance. Couldn't one easily build in some sort of check and balance to see if the shot is possible or not? Same with the head shot deal. Create a routine that audits "outstanding" players. Axer05 just got his 4th strait head shot. Audit program cuts in and monitors him for a bit, judging whether the shots are even possible. I imagine such an audit program could judge a great number of attributes on specific players if they bring attention to themselves, or even at random.
I specify one at a time as I imagine it'd take too much processing power to double check everybody, but the principle would be sound. No checking everybodies files, HD, whatever. Safe, non-intrusive and fairly difficult to spoof since the auditing relies on the server side mechanics, not the peer-hacked files.
Wait for that person to leave there desk and leave a nice, polite, unsigned note saying:
"I know that you have child porn on your computer. You cannot hide it. If I ever EVER find it again YOU SICK FUCK, your ass will be in jail and Bubba will use you as his child porn bitch."
Something tells me that would go a long way in solving the problem... At work at least.
Well, almost... -Is the software industry dead? -I think it's safe to say that it's not dead...
THEN WTF IS THIS EVEN ON THE FRONT PAGE!?!??!?!?!?! I guess this fact isn't obvious enough. I mean really... Anybody with have a brain can see the industry isn't ead by ANY stretch of the imagination! And if it's so obvious as to warrent that last reply WHY MUST YOU KEEP REPRINTING THIS DAMN STORY!??!
"Game Boy Advance SP system into a jammin' Java interactive gaming machine"
And this is so much better than the existing lineup of games in what way again? I'm sorry, but 95% of the java games in existance are crap. The time and expensive, let alone value of this project make it's worth really, really dubious.
[added] The most I've seen ringworlds move is fixing orbits around their component star, where as a the Worldship depleted an entire galaxy and is now actively moving across space, looking for another one to gobble up
And I quoth the parent (me): "I don't include Niven's ring worlds or Trek's Dyson spheres simply because they don't go anywhere. Ships go places and blow things up."
Sure the Deathstar meets my qualifications as a ship. It moves and blows stuff up:D Actually, the dang thing had to have a similar jump drive as most of the smaller Starwars warships to get from place to place in a timely manner I figure.
Magog Worldship Size: Approximately 1 AU Composition: 20 plants structually interlinked within their various orbits orbiting/powered by a small artifical star. Armament: Point singularity weapons (no others observed firing. Maximum Velocity: Um, all ahead slow ensign. Episodes 1-22 & 2-01
This has to be the largest moving ship I have seen in a movie or series. I don't include Niven's ring worlds or Trek's Dyson spheres simply because they don't go anywhere. Ships go places and blow things up.
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"The reality is that if you could bypass Microsoft's operating system you would end up with a fairly powerful computer for less than $200"
As self righteous as hackers can be over the XBox-Linux debacle, I don't know of a company in the world that slit their own throats like these fools expect MS to. I'm sorry, these people simply aren't living in reality.
I've said it before and I'll say it again-- when a company has so much to lose by allowing the competition access to their product only a stoned idiot would consider this a good thing for their business, yet we have plenty of absolute fucking idiots crying that they somehow have a right to force MS into Linux compatibility when that God given right to Linux never existed. "It's a sad day for Microsoft" only because somebody got smacked upside the head with a reality check.
Look, I like the hacks as much as the next guy. I'll be using it just to play the import Yukikaze (Movie; Cripes this game looks hot), but it just bugs the shit out of me when people insist on pushing their own little open source fantasies in places where reality simply doesn't allow for them.
"At least the Russian has the courtesy to warn all their phone users that this was going on. Not sure what the standard FBI procedure is on something like this..."
Or another way to look at it--
Yes, at least they have the courtesy to inform the terrorist of their tactics.
The Philadelphia Inquirer needs to be honest with themselves here. Over the past decade, which has caused more violence and property damage-- The most bloody, violent game in existance or international football? How about winning the superbowl? Riots anybody? Ah, can't forget hockey.
Funny, I don't see anybody rushing to put content rating on these popular sports even though they've caused more violence than any game of Postal, Quake, etc, nor do I see them trying to ban sports based on the potential reaction of the fans hometeam winning.
Ah, I just love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning...
Time to buy a clue--
Cartrige = limited media at higher cost.
MiniDVD = Massive Media storage at little cost.
It holds true on the console, and it holds true on handhelds. If both systems have equal processing power, which is more likely to have the better games? The one with the higher/cheaper storage values simply becuse more audio/video/textures/etc can be fit on it.
And THAT was my point. If Nintendo takes another cartrige format against a disk format, they might as well kiss it goodbye like they did the N64. that is assuming Sony knows anything about pricing their unit competitively, which I think they're smart enough to do.
I would see this as the biggest limiter as far as technology goes. if they decide to play the cartrige game again, they'11 screw themselves as badly as they did on the N64 against a Sony PSP sporting mini DVD technology.
Oh, I totally agree. The Vulcan analogy was a good one. I meant acting in the traditional sense, speaking lines convincingly, etc, but you are absolutely correct.
"strait" as in "Strict, rigid, or righteous" would be appropriate. My bad :P
"For the exchange, we were requesting but not demanding the following..."
I mean really. I think this hack is as cool as the next person does, but who do these guys really think they're fooling? If there is one thing that everybody on the planet Earth knows, it's that MS is not about to assist ANYBODY in the installation of Linux on their console.
"We were nice, polite and reasonable in our attempt to pursuade MS into supporting offical Linux/Xbox development, but since they didn't call back, we released the exploit to the world at large."
I guess you can't blame em for trying, but how is this noteworthy again? Microsoft doesn't want Linux on the XBox. How dense do you have to be to not realize this??? OF COURSE THEY AREN'T GOING TO COOPERATE WITH YOU, regardless of how unfortuante you think it is!!!
You're asking them to remove the only saftey that guarantees they make money on games, their primary source of income! Add Linux and the box becomes a computer, a device of multiple uses. Now you can buy a cheap ass XBox computer sold at a hefty loss and MS has no guaranteed way to recoup the loss because you no longer have to buy games for it.
On top of all that, MS is in DIRECT COMPETITION with the Linux platform (unlike Sony)!!
To even believe they'd answer any other way than they did is insanity of the highest order. Asking them to sell their hardware at a loss and cut the only guarantee they can make the money back through games?! Yeah, I know I would have cooperated too...
I mean, I think the hack is cool, but the sheer naivity of people like these amazes me.
Yeah, I really don't see what the problem was with a female in the role. People to don't seem to realize the prime requisite for an evil terminator is a strait face. That's it. You can be asian, black, white, male or female... So long as you have a strait face, it's all good. You don't even have to act. In fact, I highly suspect that's an impediment. How many lines did arnold have as an evil ternimator? The guy in T2? Just have them walk around with a purpose and a serious face. Don't give em more than 10 lines and you're set. It's really a gimmie role, one the woman does admirably.
Unless larger aircraft are for some obscure reason far more sensitive to cellphones than your average learjet (and I know for a fact most of those pilots don't give a damn if you use a cell or not) then this report is just another in the walking line of BS. Not that the airlines have anything to gain by having you use their very own overpriced phone system, nooooo...
Don't forget all those hidden fees when buying this carrier.
-Insurance (Ow.)
-Crew (you could get away with under a crew of thousand without aircraft and weapondry, I'm sure)
-Supplies
-Fuel (that's gonna kill ya)
-Licencing (I'm sure the government isn't just gonna let you run around with a spare carrier without some sort of tax)
-ATM fee
I don't care if it is only 4.5 mil. You're gonna have to have deeeep pockets just for upkeep, let alone taking it out for a spin... And you can stop with the Neal Stephenson jokes now. They've all been taken.
Well, not really, but I'm really not worried about China. As much as some people dislike Bush, he came within inches of naming China part of the "Axis of Evil". Something tells me he's not going to sit idlely by and watch China build a strategic weapons plat--er, moon base over his very without some sort of counter-balance. Since this is slashdot, I know some people have misgivings about the US, but do you really trust China to just build a moon base? From the very same people who won't run down their citizens with tanks anymore, wheee!
"Interestingly, bonzi.com has been returning connection refused all day. This is usually one of the net's busiest sites."
You can help too! Slashdot the farkers at Bonzi.com!
"CD burning costs are not covered by the free trial ($0.79 per song on each CD)"
You're kidding. They want to charge me for the use of MY CD burner and MY blank media? Gee, this plan is destined for success...
OOoooooh.... I thought that was the strength of the alchohol you were supposed to consume with it.
Is anybody going to watch a live action movie so filled with angst and self-loathing as Evangelion? I mean, leaving aside the attention span of the average movie goer, the plot of Evangelion is so damn convoluted it's scary. I'm firmly convinced that anybody claiming they really knew what Evangelion was about is A LIAR. Sure, the action is good, and some of the plot elements are well done, but it's going to have to be heavily edited and altered before this becomes anything but painful feature to watch.
Just curious, but how hard would it be to confirm the physics of most cheating server side? I mean, wall hack for instance. Couldn't one easily build in some sort of check and balance to see if the shot is possible or not? Same with the head shot deal. Create a routine that audits "outstanding" players. Axer05 just got his 4th strait head shot. Audit program cuts in and monitors him for a bit, judging whether the shots are even possible. I imagine such an audit program could judge a great number of attributes on specific players if they bring attention to themselves, or even at random.
I specify one at a time as I imagine it'd take too much processing power to double check everybody, but the principle would be sound. No checking everybodies files, HD, whatever. Safe, non-intrusive and fairly difficult to spoof since the auditing relies on the server side mechanics, not the peer-hacked files.
Wait for that person to leave there desk and leave a nice, polite, unsigned note saying:
"I know that you have child porn on your computer. You cannot hide it. If I ever EVER find it again YOU SICK FUCK, your ass will be in jail and Bubba will use you as his child porn bitch."
Something tells me that would go a long way in solving the problem... At work at least.
Well, almost...
-Is the software industry dead?
-I think it's safe to say that it's not dead...
THEN WTF IS THIS EVEN ON THE FRONT PAGE!?!??!?!?!?! I guess this fact isn't obvious enough. I mean really... Anybody with have a brain can see the industry isn't ead by ANY stretch of the imagination! And if it's so obvious as to warrent that last reply WHY MUST YOU KEEP REPRINTING THIS DAMN STORY!??!
Sorry, I had to vent.. This topic is SO stale...
"Game Boy Advance SP system into a jammin' Java interactive gaming machine"
And this is so much better than the existing lineup of games in what way again? I'm sorry, but 95% of the java games in existance are crap. The time and expensive, let alone value of this project make it's worth really, really dubious.
[added]
The most I've seen ringworlds move is fixing orbits around their component star, where as a the Worldship depleted an entire galaxy and is now actively moving across space, looking for another one to gobble up
And I quoth the parent (me):
"I don't include Niven's ring worlds or Trek's Dyson spheres simply because they don't go anywhere. Ships go places and blow things up."
Sure the Deathstar meets my qualifications as a ship. It moves and blows stuff up :D Actually, the dang thing had to have a similar jump drive as most of the smaller Starwars warships to get from place to place in a timely manner I figure.
Magog Worldship
Size: Approximately 1 AU
Composition: 20 plants structually interlinked within their various orbits orbiting/powered by a small artifical star.
Armament: Point singularity weapons (no others observed firing.
Maximum Velocity: Um, all ahead slow ensign.
Episodes 1-22 & 2-01
This has to be the largest moving ship I have seen in a movie or series. I don't include Niven's ring worlds or Trek's Dyson spheres simply because they don't go anywhere. Ships go places and blow things up.
How many times has MS bailed Apple out? can you say two? not that would have any effect on their current finacial situation... Nahhhhhh...