Re:Overview of Netrek
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This looks like loads of fun... But being the first time I've ever heard of it and not being a networking genius of any sort (targeted average Joe gamers, I suspect), it looks fairly intimidating just to connect to Netrek. I mean; "First, you need to get a client binary for your machine..." and "Once you have the binary, rename it to something logical like 'netrek' and run it with 'netrek -m' " (Netrek FAQ)...Huh? Client Binary? Did I see command lines in there too? Didn't those go out with DOS??? (chuckle). You could argue that's to keep the riff-raff out through elitism, but I think it also answers your question on Netrek's lack of growth, looking so fun and all. I mean my first thought was '...it looks fun, but way too much trouble to setup, let alone play.' Just a thought.
When did Ogg become a standard?
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Sorry to break it to you, but Ogg is not an encoding standard. Merriam Webster defines a standard as (3) something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example. Or (4) : something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality.
Note; I didn't say it was useless, unloved or without redeeming value, but it's hardly the measuring stick my which every other audio format is judged. And as for mass acceptance, you tell me the ratio of Ogg to MP3 on Bearshare, Kazaa and the others. I would submit that while our humble writer is obviously an Ogg fan, MP3 is the benchmark by which the other formats are judged, including Ogg.
Wow.. You're right. Don't you feel spammed for having read this comment? =p
I feel SPAMMED for having read this...
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Hacking the Highways
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Oh. My. God. How does this crap make it onto Slash? Katz and his Dog book was bad, but at least it had something to do with the internet in a vague, self promoting way. But this... WTF IS THIS SHIT DOING ON SLASH!!?!?? There is no science here. No ground breaking technology. No MS bashing. No Linux promotions. No case mods. Nothing to do with a satillites or planetary alignments. It's about a freeway sign! "A man and his dream to make the freeway safer and more efficient for us all!" Wha--? Maybe it was the use of the word "Hacking". It just sent Micheal into a tizzy and said "this must be good shit". Oh, wait. He used a digital camera to capture his moments of glory... There it is. The missing link... I should have seen it sooner!
I guess that settles it. No more news from Micheal. And you want us to pay for this!? Oh, that's good....
keyboard is for thumbs...
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Hey, anybody whose used any Sharp organizer like a Wizard (like myself) should be able to use this thing with a minimum of fuss. Thumbing the keyboard is a pretty effecient means of typing when they get that small, and I'm not just talking Asian hands, either. Once you learn what works, the keyboard will be the least of your problems.
How many times have we seen this happen? This tactic is so old it's pathetic-- Provide your service for free then try and sell it for a buck when you think you have enough users. And as old as it, they never seem to realize that it never fails to alinate their user base to no end. And I may have missed something, but since when was Kazaa's service up to the quality of something you'd pay for?
Oh yeah, the same teenager that can no longer buy GTA3 can still rent/buy the Scorpian King? And hey, they can get their fill of murder, death, rape and violence from the evening news. Wanna bet a WWF wrestling game depicting people being smashed by Grand Piano and still continuing to fight would make it past regulation? Yeah, regulation is the answer to everything!
All you need to do is forcibly delete MSN Messenger to demonstrate Window's "modularability". Yep, I need that vital component to run the OS, don't you?
"And it's predicted that the polar ice caps will melt by 2030, resulting in... Oh.. Wait. That's right... We're missing the data from User #62280122 because he disconnected... Let's try this again..."
...And this kind of blind investing is what caused the dot.com fallout. "It works, really! Trust me!" At least somebody was smart enough to verify cold fusion and find it was a hoax withing a short persiod of time, but this is just plain stupidity on the companies part. Here's a good one: Require the inventor of Technology X to make the invention work at a site not of his choosing. If the inventor can't either do that, or let somebody at least look at the guts, somethings wrong... Jeez... A fool and their money...
While I agree this is far from news, did you even bother to read the artical? This is not a hovercraft. Hovercraft require skirts to operate. This vehical does not. Hovercraft require vertically mounted engines to create a cusion of air. This vehical does not. Somehow, I don't think the writers of your quote were quite envisioning a water skimming aircraft, but more like a giant, skirted behemoth with lots of engines. Oh, a hovercraft can transverse land and water. This vehical, though faster and more effcient, can't. What's new? Beyond the general theory, everything ace.
No offense, but any body who's read popular science has a jump on our boy by about 2 years or so. At least it's mildly better than a post about an editor and his dog book.
You have the right to jam my cell and I slash your tires. We're all even, right? Actually, they DID take it into account. You know, the FCC rule that states 'this electronic device must accept any interference blah blah blah...'?
Speaking of the FCC, when did you licence your jammer for operation? That failed (multi billion dollar) business model has, and that's why I have a right to operate my cell and you don't. Legal speaking, your up shit creek. So no, you don't have a right to jam cellphones just like I don't have a right to slash your tires. Don't take my word for it, visit the FCC for details. Sorry fo ya.
True. all you do is have to create some false echo to the phone and/or tower that will disrupt or drop the call. But not only don't you have an FCC license, you are now messing with the cell phone companies ability to generate revenue. I see lawsuits raining down like frogs and locus during the apocalypse from the federal government, cell phone users and the providers themselves. Have fun. While I advocate the annihilation of cell phone idiots, not everybody is and it'd be your just desserts to get your ass sued off for using a jammer.
I forgot... You're worried about cell phones over the CRT your working in front of right now!? Oh this is too good.... And how many of those are in the average office...?
First, I don't see all these supposive people dropping dead from RF over-exposure via cell phones. Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's one giant conspiracy. Right. Second, I think the person who has the most to worry about is the user. We're not talking second hand smoke here. The power at range just isn't significant to harm a 3rd party. Third, your worried about cellphones when you probably drive through a myriad of high intensity EM fields everyday!? Take a florecent light and walk under some high-tension power lines one of these days. Or put one in a mirowave. I'm sure you'll find the effect enlightening. Funny how a cellphone doesn't produce either of these effects, but it just happens to be everybodies whipping-boy of the day. I love it.
And you actually want to jam cell phone calls? I hope those people get their asses sued off the day somebody tries to phone in a life threatening injury but can't. If you have the right to jam my phone, I must have the right to slash your tires to keep from annoying me. I can't wait until they make jamming triangulators so they can find you, beat your sorry butt down and break your little toy. heh.
Ironically, I'm betting your little jammer will produce more EM radiation than a cellphone. I used to work on EA-6b Prowlers in the navy and you're going to have a tough time jamming without generating an equal or greater amount of power than the source. That, and the greater the range, the more power it'll require. Have fun irradiating yourself, chumps.
You'll accept stories like "MS admits Linux isn't Piracy" (no F%^$^% shit) or a certain self promotional artical about Katz and his Dog book but not and article showing how gaming sales are outstripping music (even though both have plenty of piracy). For those intrested, goto This is London for the complete story. For everybody else, my off-topic apologies, but I've had it. Mod me down. WAY DOWN. I want a -10 for this. Obviously news on this site, like karma, doesn't mean shit.
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This looks like loads of fun... But being the first time I've ever heard of it and not being a networking genius of any sort (targeted average Joe gamers, I suspect), it looks fairly intimidating just to connect to Netrek. I mean; "First, you need to get a client binary for your machine..." and "Once you have the binary, rename it to something logical like 'netrek' and run it with 'netrek -m' " (Netrek FAQ) ...Huh? Client Binary? Did I see command lines in there too? Didn't those go out with DOS??? (chuckle). You could argue that's to keep the riff-raff out through elitism, but I think it also answers your question on Netrek's lack of growth, looking so fun and all. I mean my first thought was '...it looks fun, but way too much trouble to setup, let alone play.' Just a thought.
Sorry to break it to you, but Ogg is not an encoding standard. Merriam Webster defines a standard as (3) something established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example. Or (4) : something set up and established by authority as a rule for the measure of quantity, weight, extent, value, or quality.
Note; I didn't say it was useless, unloved or without redeeming value, but it's hardly the measuring stick my which every other audio format is judged. And as for mass acceptance, you tell me the ratio of Ogg to MP3 on Bearshare, Kazaa and the others. I would submit that while our humble writer is obviously an Ogg fan, MP3 is the benchmark by which the other formats are judged, including Ogg.
Ok, you got me there. MS will probably buy him out soon anyway.
Nobody force me to read the story. Check.
Slash has never been purely science. Check.
MIT Dome Hack. Che- er, no, that sucked too.
You are, of course, right about the first two points, though you have to actually read the story before you find out just how crappy it really is.
Wow.. You're right. Don't you feel spammed for having read this comment? =p
Oh. My. God. How does this crap make it onto Slash? Katz and his Dog book was bad, but at least it had something to do with the internet in a vague, self promoting way. But this... WTF IS THIS SHIT DOING ON SLASH!!?!?? There is no science here. No ground breaking technology. No MS bashing. No Linux promotions. No case mods. Nothing to do with a satillites or planetary alignments. It's about a freeway sign! "A man and his dream to make the freeway safer and more efficient for us all!" Wha--? Maybe it was the use of the word "Hacking". It just sent Micheal into a tizzy and said "this must be good shit". Oh, wait. He used a digital camera to capture his moments of glory... There it is. The missing link... I should have seen it sooner!
I guess that settles it. No more news from Micheal. And you want us to pay for this!? Oh, that's good....
Hey, anybody whose used any Sharp organizer like a Wizard (like myself) should be able to use this thing with a minimum of fuss. Thumbing the keyboard is a pretty effecient means of typing when they get that small, and I'm not just talking Asian hands, either. Once you learn what works, the keyboard will be the least of your problems.
How many times have we seen this happen? This tactic is so old it's pathetic-- Provide your service for free then try and sell it for a buck when you think you have enough users. And as old as it, they never seem to realize that it never fails to alinate their user base to no end. And I may have missed something, but since when was Kazaa's service up to the quality of something you'd pay for?
Oh yeah, the same teenager that can no longer buy GTA3 can still rent/buy the Scorpian King? And hey, they can get their fill of murder, death, rape and violence from the evening news. Wanna bet a WWF wrestling game depicting people being smashed by Grand Piano and still continuing to fight would make it past regulation? Yeah, regulation is the answer to everything!
All you need to do is forcibly delete MSN Messenger to demonstrate Window's "modularability". Yep, I need that vital component to run the OS, don't you?
"And it's predicted that the polar ice caps will melt by 2030, resulting in... Oh.. Wait. That's right... We're missing the data from User #62280122 because he disconnected... Let's try this again..."
As a friend of mine so eloquently put, "Blocking Real Audio is a bad thing?"
...And this kind of blind investing is what caused the dot.com fallout. "It works, really! Trust me!" At least somebody was smart enough to verify cold fusion and find it was a hoax withing a short persiod of time, but this is just plain stupidity on the companies part. Here's a good one: Require the inventor of Technology X to make the invention work at a site not of his choosing. If the inventor can't either do that, or let somebody at least look at the guts, somethings wrong... Jeez... A fool and their money...
Like those brilliant soviet scientist "innovated" the British design of the Concord? Riiight... That's them.
You'd hope they create sea lanes for these things. Like you say, nimble, they ain't.
While I agree this is far from news, did you even bother to read the artical? This is not a hovercraft. Hovercraft require skirts to operate. This vehical does not. Hovercraft require vertically mounted engines to create a cusion of air. This vehical does not. Somehow, I don't think the writers of your quote were quite envisioning a water skimming aircraft, but more like a giant, skirted behemoth with lots of engines. Oh, a hovercraft can transverse land and water. This vehical, though faster and more effcient, can't. What's new? Beyond the general theory, everything ace.
No offense, but any body who's read popular science has a jump on our boy by about 2 years or so. At least it's mildly better than a post about an editor and his dog book.
Wow. Quite literally "Spy Wear"
You have the right to jam my cell and I slash your tires. We're all even, right? Actually, they DID take it into account. You know, the FCC rule that states 'this electronic device must accept any interference blah blah blah...'?
Speaking of the FCC, when did you licence your jammer for operation? That failed (multi billion dollar) business model has, and that's why I have a right to operate my cell and you don't. Legal speaking, your up shit creek. So no, you don't have a right to jam cellphones just like I don't have a right to slash your tires. Don't take my word for it, visit the FCC for details. Sorry fo ya.
True. all you do is have to create some false echo to the phone and/or tower that will disrupt or drop the call. But not only don't you have an FCC license, you are now messing with the cell phone companies ability to generate revenue. I see lawsuits raining down like frogs and locus during the apocalypse from the federal government, cell phone users and the providers themselves. Have fun. While I advocate the annihilation of cell phone idiots, not everybody is and it'd be your just desserts to get your ass sued off for using a jammer.
..but worthy of slash? Hardly. To keep it on topic, I think they did a credible job with the new movie. Haven't seen the old, don't care.
I forgot... You're worried about cell phones over the CRT your working in front of right now!? Oh this is too good.... And how many of those are in the average office...?
First, I don't see all these supposive people dropping dead from RF over-exposure via cell phones. Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's one giant conspiracy. Right. Second, I think the person who has the most to worry about is the user. We're not talking second hand smoke here. The power at range just isn't significant to harm a 3rd party. Third, your worried about cellphones when you probably drive through a myriad of high intensity EM fields everyday!? Take a florecent light and walk under some high-tension power lines one of these days. Or put one in a mirowave. I'm sure you'll find the effect enlightening. Funny how a cellphone doesn't produce either of these effects, but it just happens to be everybodies whipping-boy of the day. I love it.
And you actually want to jam cell phone calls? I hope those people get their asses sued off the day somebody tries to phone in a life threatening injury but can't. If you have the right to jam my phone, I must have the right to slash your tires to keep from annoying me. I can't wait until they make jamming triangulators so they can find you, beat your sorry butt down and break your little toy. heh.
Ironically, I'm betting your little jammer will produce more EM radiation than a cellphone. I used to work on EA-6b Prowlers in the navy and you're going to have a tough time jamming without generating an equal or greater amount of power than the source. That, and the greater the range, the more power it'll require. Have fun irradiating yourself, chumps.
Just a bit.
You'll accept stories like "MS admits Linux isn't Piracy" (no F%^$^% shit) or a certain self promotional artical about Katz and his Dog book but not and article showing how gaming sales are outstripping music (even though both have plenty of piracy). For those intrested, goto This is London for the complete story. For everybody else, my off-topic apologies, but I've had it. Mod me down. WAY DOWN. I want a -10 for this. Obviously news on this site, like karma, doesn't mean shit.