And the chain of request is broken at the email server, which accepts everything that is shoved into it's greedy maw, but the point is, the requesting process should extend all the way to where the email originates. See yourself as a client, and a spammer as a server. You should only get mail from a spammer after you've requested it. The details of POP/IMAP and all that are underlying details. The high level, abstract concept that is not being enforced is the basic "I want an email from you" request and the basic "Here is your email" response. These requests are made by giving someone your email address.
Read Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I think he means subversive in the sense of Lord Finkle-McGraw (sp?), developing a skepticism of established law and generally teaching her that some of societies rules are silly and unnecesarry. I think the lock-picks might be going a bit far, but it would be fun to use them to break into a friend's place and leave them a note to freak them out...
Maybe a jack-o-lantern with a big knife in it, and on the knife is a note reading: "you."
Good call, I didn't think of that. She's gotta reject him at some point. I just see Lucas setting Padme up as Anakin's entire world, so when he gets the boot from her, that can't help. I do like how Anakin is showing all the traits that Yoda and the others warn are the path to the dark side throughout the movies.
but what about a central supercomputer communicating via satellite with handheld devices? That way the processing could be done with a huge server farm of today's best technology, and then operatives in the field could use sat phones even to communicate with it. Of course, then it'd have to deal with noise as well, but hell, after teaching it to speak all those languages fluently, seperating signal from noise should be a piece of cake.
That would be the best possible way of including her in there. Any other way would just be insane. I mean, we all know her death is what's going to throw Anakin over the top to become Darth Vader.
Unless they are complete morons, the thing will be programmed to head home if it ever loses it's connection.
Even if all the targets are pre-programmed, and the thing needs no guidance, there needs to be a way to at least call it back. Everyone has hopefully seen Dr. Strangelove
That would be a security hole in itself, because if someone could tap into the communications and give the callback signal, then the things would be useless anyway.
Maybe the military has some quantum computing up thier sleeve...
Well, the more MMORPGs there are, the odds of one you like increase, and the maybe the loads on servers will be distributed between games. Also, the more successful it is for other companies, the more likely it is that a niche game that appeals to you will be released, so instead of a handful of generic MMORPGs with everyone playing them, there'd be a wide variety with fewer people playing on each one. I mean, it would still be bad-assed to have an epic battle with 100 people on each side. Just think of them like politcal parties.
My understanding is that folks in Asia (Korea, Japan, all them) play games constantly. They have LAN cafes where you rent time on bad-ass machines and play whatever with all your friends. I've seen a couple in the US, but they are very, very small scale, like 2 computers in the corner of a comic/CCG store.
You realize that the $400 toilet seat / $300 hammer thing was a fluke of accounting, right? They added up all they spent, then divided it by the number of things they bought. So they got a $300 dollar hammer but also got a $300 jeep.
At least, thats what my old high school economics book said.
I guess for a lot of us, the blood and gore provides release from a ever more politically correct society. It is a harmless way of rebelling against meaningless politeness and conservative extremists. Also, half of life is the dark, the unhappy, the evil. By making music or a game out of some of those, it gives us some release. People listen to Smashing Pumpkins romantic ballads about sadness and misery because they make it sound so beautiful, and that somehow lessens the listener's pain. Granted there's a big difference between music and shooting zombies, but I think the concept is the same.
On second thought, its more like a haunted house. There's blood and gore everywhere in those things, yet people keep going in again and again. We do that for the adrenalin (sp?), for the thrill. Same with roller coasters. They are all means of evoking rarely felt emotions.
I don't know if that made any sense, so I'm going to bed.
So, are they using japan for testing before they release it to the US and Europe? I don't know the sizes of the different markets, but I'm under the impression that those kooky asians play videogames constantly over there, and would be a great group to break in a new technology for other markets that are less tolerant to bugs. Kinda a nationwide beta test, maybe.
I've seen a lot of posts about how playing Tribes2 or whatever gets your heart rate up and relaxes you. They mean relaxation in a more clinical sense, like the relaxation you get when you fall asleep, or while under hypnosis. That is a calming feeling, your heart slows and you breath deeper and slower.
That kind of relaxation is very good for you as it reduces blood pressure and all that. Some people might say they play basketball to relax, but they really mean they play basketball for enjoyment. People may listen to music for relaxation, take baths, whatever.
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And the chain of request is broken at the email server, which accepts everything that is shoved into it's greedy maw, but the point is, the requesting process should extend all the way to where the email originates. See yourself as a client, and a spammer as a server. You should only get mail from a spammer after you've requested it. The details of POP/IMAP and all that are underlying details. The high level, abstract concept that is not being enforced is the basic "I want an email from you" request and the basic "Here is your email" response. These requests are made by giving someone your email address.
but did you request the post? Did your computer send a request to /. saying "Hey, I want that post"?
Therein lies the "unsolicited" part the seperates reading comments and spam.
Read Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. I think he means subversive in the sense of Lord Finkle-McGraw (sp?), developing a skepticism of established law and generally teaching her that some of societies rules are silly and unnecesarry. I think the lock-picks might be going a bit far, but it would be fun to use them to break into a friend's place and leave them a note to freak them out...
Maybe a jack-o-lantern with a big knife in it, and on the knife is a note reading: "you."
Good call, I didn't think of that. She's gotta reject him at some point. I just see Lucas setting Padme up as Anakin's entire world, so when he gets the boot from her, that can't help. I do like how Anakin is showing all the traits that Yoda and the others warn are the path to the dark side throughout the movies.
but what about a central supercomputer communicating via satellite with handheld devices? That way the processing could be done with a huge server farm of today's best technology, and then operatives in the field could use sat phones even to communicate with it. Of course, then it'd have to deal with noise as well, but hell, after teaching it to speak all those languages fluently, seperating signal from noise should be a piece of cake.
Good call.
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That would be the best possible way of including her in there. Any other way would just be insane. I mean, we all know her death is what's going to throw Anakin over the top to become Darth Vader.
read the article. They were hosting a forum, and someone posted the picture on there. MS are the good guys in the this one.
I got the thumbs on the first page, but clicking any of them resulted in a nice javascript error. I guess envy news doesn't script for IE...
I use it every day because some sites are just annoying with their pop-ups
*cough* pr0n *cough*
Unless they are complete morons, the thing will be programmed to head home if it ever loses it's connection.
Even if all the targets are pre-programmed, and the thing needs no guidance, there needs to be a way to at least call it back. Everyone has hopefully seen Dr. Strangelove
That would be a security hole in itself, because if someone could tap into the communications and give the callback signal, then the things would be useless anyway.
Maybe the military has some quantum computing up thier sleeve...
Well, the more MMORPGs there are, the odds of one you like increase, and the maybe the loads on servers will be distributed between games. Also, the more successful it is for other companies, the more likely it is that a niche game that appeals to you will be released, so instead of a handful of generic MMORPGs with everyone playing them, there'd be a wide variety with fewer people playing on each one. I mean, it would still be bad-assed to have an epic battle with 100 people on each side. Just think of them like politcal parties.
My understanding is that folks in Asia (Korea, Japan, all them) play games constantly. They have LAN cafes where you rent time on bad-ass machines and play whatever with all your friends. I've seen a couple in the US, but they are very, very small scale, like 2 computers in the corner of a comic/CCG store.
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You realize that the $400 toilet seat / $300 hammer thing was a fluke of accounting, right? They added up all they spent, then divided it by the number of things they bought. So they got a $300 dollar hammer but also got a $300 jeep.
At least, thats what my old high school economics book said.
Mentats, anyone?
That was my first thought.
I guess for a lot of us, the blood and gore provides release from a ever more politically correct society. It is a harmless way of rebelling against meaningless politeness and conservative extremists. Also, half of life is the dark, the unhappy, the evil. By making music or a game out of some of those, it gives us some release. People listen to Smashing Pumpkins romantic ballads about sadness and misery because they make it sound so beautiful, and that somehow lessens the listener's pain. Granted there's a big difference between music and shooting zombies, but I think the concept is the same.
On second thought, its more like a haunted house. There's blood and gore everywhere in those things, yet people keep going in again and again. We do that for the adrenalin (sp?), for the thrill. Same with roller coasters. They are all means of evoking rarely felt emotions.
I don't know if that made any sense, so I'm going to bed.
So, are they using japan for testing before they release it to the US and Europe? I don't know the sizes of the different markets, but I'm under the impression that those kooky asians play videogames constantly over there, and would be a great group to break in a new technology for other markets that are less tolerant to bugs. Kinda a nationwide beta test, maybe.
I have no clue how they fit 3 PCIs and 4 bays into a 1U box, but I sure am glad.
They did it with the help of their new manufacturing engineer, Dr. Who.
Yeah, 9x, sorry, I should've specified. NT core OS's have them implemented.
Yeah they have the concept of root, it is just implemented for every user.
I've seen a lot of posts about how playing Tribes2 or whatever gets your heart rate up and relaxes you. They mean relaxation in a more clinical sense, like the relaxation you get when you fall asleep, or while under hypnosis. That is a calming feeling, your heart slows and you breath deeper and slower.
That kind of relaxation is very good for you as it reduces blood pressure and all that. Some people might say they play basketball to relax, but they really mean they play basketball for enjoyment. People may listen to music for relaxation, take baths, whatever.
He's on a modem? Jesus. I pity the poor bastard.