That would do the trick... except for the coordination thing. Turn based, play by e-mail-like, would fit the bill, but anything that requires to coordinate a time of play with other people is kind of difficult.
I gave up massive multiplayer rpg for this reason (among others). I can't set aside a specific time of the day for playing, so I play when time permits... lunchtime, early in the morning, at midnight... you get the idea, usually never at the same time two days in a row... so it's single player for me for the time being.
Having worked at an ISP, I'm going to answer from the pov of an ISP (your mileage may vary):
Did you try to get TDC to make an exception for you? Some ISPs actually go out of their way to please their customers. They might customize their filters to let your SMTP traffic thru. Seeing how you are the exception, rather than the rule (not many people with PPP/ADSL run their own servers), this is not unreasonable. Heck, they might even give you a separate network and set up reverse DNS for you (your SMTP server should have it).
Does your TOS have enything to say about this? If your TOS say that you can't run a server (and given the nature of the internet and specially p2p traffic this might be semantic hair splitting), then you'll have to acomodate them. Maybe change to a service that will let you.
Of course, I know by personal experience that telco's (specially if they are the dominant one) can be pretty unreasonable, but you won't know until you try.
But a crime is only theft if something of value is removed. The crook must take it with him. If the object was left behind in the victim's possession, then it wasn't stolen and there is no theft.
I know I'm splitting hairs here, but it was, at least, corporate espionage.
Something of value was removed: the secrecy of the code, wich has (had?) a comercial value to the company.
Besides that, there's also the breaking and entering a system to wich they had no right.
No it isn't. Not for me at least. It can be somewhat behind the latests posts, but since I'm not the kind that constantly hits refresh on Slashdot nor Fark, it doesn't matter to me.
The way I use it, I have several sources (a couple of interesting blogs, a book review site, Slashdot, Fark, etc), it then refreshes every 30 minutes, and I can keep track on new posts from a single location. If I see an interesting article on one of the sites, then I go to the actual web page.
Plus, my RSS reader is inobtrusive enough that noone can see I'm actually monitoring goof-off sites.
Computers sold with Generic OEM Windows XP, usually come with a sticker with the key that should be attached to the computer case for easy access.
Other computers that come with "pre-cooked" installations of windows xp, don't have XP cd at all, but a recovery cd that re-installs the system back to it's factory default. Never asking for the key.
Personally, I enjoy seeing a Microsoft ad. Why? Because they just paid for something that was completely and utterly wasted. Seriously. Bring it on. Gives me something to laugh at and costs Microsoft money, it doesn't get much better than that.
Now that you mention it... I'm gonna start enjoying those Pepsi ads more.
My sensei also said that another instructor he knew tried to take down a mugger who had a knife and he ended up dead with multiple stab wounds.
Did one of his students swear revenge and tracked down the killer and challenged him to a duel?
I mean... I always assumed it was an unwritten rule of martial arts that when somebody kills your master you have to swear revenge on his grave.
(yes, I'm going to hell)
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Simple. People stopped using dialup and 3Com couldn't keep up in the NIC card market
Are you kidding? People have not stopped using dialup at all. Yes, broadband is accesible to more people today, but there are *lots* of people still accessing the internet via plain old telephone system.
The problem is, many of today's mainboards come with integrated modem, usually by the same manufacturer of the sound card and probably the network card.
US Robotics used to make damn fine sturdy modems (I had one that could withstand the most horrid lines at a reasonable speed. You could accidentally lift an extension and the modem would carry on).
The Total Control line of NAS was also fine (even if their Total Switches were lock prone), then they suddenly waned out of the market for some reason.
I also dispise thiefs and the such enough to end thier life if it ever becomes an opertunity.
You know, if for some reason you are ever brought to trial for homicide (accidental, unfounded or otherwise) and the DA finds this post and manages to connect it to you, you will look pretty bad in front of a jury.
;-) Just kidding... that was the paranoid in me running amok.
Also.. when the RIAA comes calling I have probable deniability. I can just tell the Judge that it was some random wireless user and I have a Linksys AP and I'm not smart enough to secure it;)
That will only work so many times. After a couple of people use that defense, you can bet somebody is going to push some law mandating the securing of wireless networks, either by requiring manufacturers to make it easier or passing a law that says that the network owner is responsible for *anything* illegal that goes thru his/hers network.
Rest assured, they'll try to convince people it's in the interest on national security *and* to prevent child pornography ("won't somebody please think of the children").;-)
Yeah, this territory is too new for microsoft not to find a way to screw it up.
So was the console market, yet the Xbox seems to be doing well, even if Sony still leads the race, more and more games are being released as Xbox exclusive (wasn't there a story about it on slashdot recently?)
For $50 I'd buy a MS iPod clone. As long as it didn't come with restrictions, such as only allowing DRMed songs playback. I wouldn't mind having to convert my library to wma for that matter, I may have a below average hearing, but I can't tell the difference between MP3, OGG, AAC or WMA.
Light knows I've spent more than that on impulse buys that tend to end up gathering dust on some drawer (I'm a weak consumer sucker... maybe I'll just give the $50 to charity, instead).
Maybe it's more complex than that. Maybe the people their targetting are generally selectively chosen based on race and religion.
You hit the nail right on the head. Maybe the poster's co-worker was muslim, or had features similar to those of middle-eastern origin.
Circuit boards and soldering iron doesn't sound threatening (can't really form a full opinion without hearing all parts), but given today's state of mind, his appearance might have tipped the repairmen's resolve to report him.
I love FreeBSD, but could those uptimes be because some load balancer/front ends run a BSD variant? Maybe that's the uptime we are seeing, not the actual server's.
A hall of mirrors could mean the universe is finite but tricks us into thinking it is infinite.
Think of it as a video game in which an object disappearing on the right side of the screen reappears on the left.
Well, shoot... thank god I tought it was just me being obtuse. I mean... at least now I know why altho it is finite, I won't hit a wall if I were to travel (or try to) 156 Billion Light Years +1 inch. Turn's out I'll just warp to the other edge... like pacman.
As we know it? I could only hope so. Nothing's gonna change, tho, until one of the many proposed methods of sender authetication is adopted as industry standard. But I'm not holding my breath.
I get so much spam everyday in my work account, that I'm not even annoyed anylonger. I've come to accept it as a fact of life on the internet... ain't that sad? At least with such a large amount of sample e-mail, my Popfile hasn't had a false positive/false negative in months.
Nice idea, I don't want to play like that. Anonymity died at that moment.
I played once and never looked back.
Wise choice. From what I read, There was essentialy, a chat room with pretty graphics. Even the documentation said that if you didn't enjoy interacting with other people, then the game was not for you (or something to that effect, I haven't looked at it since they were in beta). So if that's not your thing, there were several other multiplayer worlds to cater to you.
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That would do the trick... except for the coordination thing. Turn based, play by e-mail-like, would fit the bill, but anything that requires to coordinate a time of play with other people is kind of difficult.
I gave up massive multiplayer rpg for this reason (among others). I can't set aside a specific time of the day for playing, so I play when time permits... lunchtime, early in the morning, at midnight... you get the idea, usually never at the same time two days in a row... so it's single player for me for the time being.
How's about giving the guy the benefit of the doubt and go render yerself a chill-pill?
Maybe you could follow your own advice.
Shoot man, sometimes I think I'm the only one with a sense of humor, but seeing how somebody modded grandparent Funny, I guess I'm not truly alone.
Unless you were trying to be funny also... in which case render me some of those chill-pill thingys.
BTW: I didn't post grandparent. I'm too lazy to check that Anonymously box.
Having worked at an ISP, I'm going to answer from the pov of an ISP (your mileage may vary):
Did you try to get TDC to make an exception for you? Some ISPs actually go out of their way to please their customers. They might customize their filters to let your SMTP traffic thru. Seeing how you are the exception, rather than the rule (not many people with PPP/ADSL run their own servers), this is not unreasonable. Heck, they might even give you a separate network and set up reverse DNS for you (your SMTP server should have it).
Does your TOS have enything to say about this? If your TOS say that you can't run a server (and given the nature of the internet and specially p2p traffic this might be semantic hair splitting), then you'll have to acomodate them. Maybe change to a service that will let you.
Of course, I know by personal experience that telco's (specially if they are the dominant one) can be pretty unreasonable, but you won't know until you try.
But a crime is only theft if something of value is removed. The crook must take it with him. If the object was left behind in the victim's possession, then it wasn't stolen and there is no theft.
I know I'm splitting hairs here, but it was, at least, corporate espionage.
Something of value was removed: the secrecy of the code, wich has (had?) a comercial value to the company.
Besides that, there's also the breaking and entering a system to wich they had no right.
No it isn't. Not for me at least. It can be somewhat behind the latests posts, but since I'm not the kind that constantly hits refresh on Slashdot nor Fark, it doesn't matter to me.
The way I use it, I have several sources (a couple of interesting blogs, a book review site, Slashdot, Fark, etc), it then refreshes every 30 minutes, and I can keep track on new posts from a single location. If I see an interesting article on one of the sites, then I go to the actual web page.
Plus, my RSS reader is inobtrusive enough that noone can see I'm actually monitoring goof-off sites.
Looks like Microsoft's ridiculous patents posts have replaced SCO's ridiculous claims posts.
Oh well... At least got a couple of pointers to a few interesting IDEs.
Computers sold with Generic OEM Windows XP, usually come with a sticker with the key that should be attached to the computer case for easy access.
Other computers that come with "pre-cooked" installations of windows xp, don't have XP cd at all, but a recovery cd that re-installs the system back to it's factory default. Never asking for the key.
Personally, I enjoy seeing a Microsoft ad. Why? Because they just paid for something that was completely and utterly wasted. Seriously. Bring it on. Gives me something to laugh at and costs Microsoft money, it doesn't get much better than that.
Now that you mention it... I'm gonna start enjoying those Pepsi ads more.
Actually, the first all-artificial movie was Gigli I believe. :)
Or so the rumor goes. It will remain unverified since no one has, as of today, seen that movie and lived.
The same NY Times that got Adrian Lamo busted while he found a f**king open-proxy on their network.
I guess... your point being...?
My sensei also said that another instructor he knew tried to take down a mugger who had a knife and he ended up dead with multiple stab wounds.
Did one of his students swear revenge and tracked down the killer and challenged him to a duel?
I mean... I always assumed it was an unwritten rule of martial arts that when somebody kills your master you have to swear revenge on his grave.
(yes, I'm going to hell)
Simple. People stopped using dialup and 3Com couldn't keep up in the NIC card market
Are you kidding? People have not stopped using dialup at all. Yes, broadband is accesible to more people today, but there are *lots* of people still accessing the internet via plain old telephone system.
The problem is, many of today's mainboards come with integrated modem, usually by the same manufacturer of the sound card and probably the network card.
US Robotics used to make damn fine sturdy modems (I had one that could withstand the most horrid lines at a reasonable speed. You could accidentally lift an extension and the modem would carry on).
The Total Control line of NAS was also fine (even if their Total Switches were lock prone), then they suddenly waned out of the market for some reason.
The spin-off mania didn't help them, IMHO.
I also dispise thiefs and the such enough to end thier life if it ever becomes an opertunity.
;-) Just kidding... that was the paranoid in me running amok.
You know, if for some reason you are ever brought to trial for homicide (accidental, unfounded or otherwise) and the DA finds this post and manages to connect it to you, you will look pretty bad in front of a jury.
kubaton
Following your link and a quick cursory google search reveal... a "ninja key-chain"? I'm I supposed to stab the burglar with the pointy end?
How effective is it as a defense weapon? Will they let me board a plane with it? Will it raise the eyebrows of security guards?
Try it once, however, and you'll be amazed you were ever satisfied without it
Indeed! I just wish GRUB would work of a CD, either rescue or live cd.
Also.. when the RIAA comes calling I have probable deniability. I can just tell the Judge that it was some random wireless user and I have a Linksys AP and I'm not smart enough to secure it ;)
;-)
That will only work so many times. After a couple of people use that defense, you can bet somebody is going to push some law mandating the securing of wireless networks, either by requiring manufacturers to make it easier or passing a law that says that the network owner is responsible for *anything* illegal that goes thru his/hers network.
Rest assured, they'll try to convince people it's in the interest on national security *and* to prevent child pornography ("won't somebody please think of the children").
Yeah, this territory is too new for microsoft not to find a way to screw it up.
So was the console market, yet the Xbox seems to be doing well, even if Sony still leads the race, more and more games are being released as Xbox exclusive (wasn't there a story about it on slashdot recently?)
For $50 I'd buy a MS iPod clone. As long as it didn't come with restrictions, such as only allowing DRMed songs playback. I wouldn't mind having to convert my library to wma for that matter, I may have a below average hearing, but I can't tell the difference between MP3, OGG, AAC or WMA.
Light knows I've spent more than that on impulse buys that tend to end up gathering dust on some drawer (I'm a weak consumer sucker... maybe I'll just give the $50 to charity, instead).
Maybe it's more complex than that. Maybe the people their targetting are generally selectively chosen based on race and religion.
You hit the nail right on the head. Maybe the poster's co-worker was muslim, or had features similar to those of middle-eastern origin.
Circuit boards and soldering iron doesn't sound threatening (can't really form a full opinion without hearing all parts), but given today's state of mind, his appearance might have tipped the repairmen's resolve to report him.
Wouldn't that be a "Beowoof" cluster?
You forgot:
7. Bad pun or wordplay based on the name...
such as "EE I EE I OH"...
I love FreeBSD, but could those uptimes be because some load balancer/front ends run a BSD variant? Maybe that's the uptime we are seeing, not the actual server's.
from the article:
A hall of mirrors could mean the universe is finite but tricks us into thinking it is infinite.
Think of it as a video game in which an object disappearing on the right side of the screen reappears on the left.
Well, shoot... thank god I tought it was just me being obtuse. I mean... at least now I know why altho it is finite, I won't hit a wall if I were to travel (or try to) 156 Billion Light Years +1 inch. Turn's out I'll just warp to the other edge... like pacman.
Better watch out for the IRS. You have to claim barter on your taxes!
Hmmm... you think the goverment will take a bottle out of every Six Pack? Gotta find me some off-shore tax heaven.
Is this the beginning of the end of e-mail?
As we know it? I could only hope so. Nothing's gonna change, tho, until one of the many proposed methods of sender authetication is adopted as industry standard. But I'm not holding my breath.
I get so much spam everyday in my work account, that I'm not even annoyed anylonger. I've come to accept it as a fact of life on the internet... ain't that sad? At least with such a large amount of sample e-mail, my Popfile hasn't had a false positive/false negative in months.
Nice idea, I don't want to play like that. Anonymity died at that moment.
I played once and never looked back.
Wise choice. From what I read, There was essentialy, a chat room with pretty graphics. Even the documentation said that if you didn't enjoy interacting with other people, then the game was not for you (or something to that effect, I haven't looked at it since they were in beta). So if that's not your thing, there were several other multiplayer worlds to cater to you.