It's relatively better than the number of people they poll prior to elections...If 3000 is a good statistical segment for 250 million people, why not 5 million?
Ever heard of "make"? It's a neat little standard utility that only compiles things that have changed. And Windows install sizes have been getting bigger and bigger, with disk space getting cheaper and cheaper.
And, again, it doesn't have to be in human-readable form. It could be in a compacted version of an intermediary format, like GCC's SSA.
It doesn't have to be in the same high-level languge the OS was written in; it could be a compiler-specific intermediate language, like GCC's SSA.
Such an arrangement offloads some of the compiling process to Microsoft's servers, and obfuscates the patch.
The compiler included with the OS doesn't even have to support any other language. And it can require a signed certificate from Microsoft to accept the code.
I'm much more comfortable with Linux and iptables than I would be with any of the smaller commercial offerings. I've got the source to the kernel and the OS, and I can upgrade any of them whenever I like.
Plus the skills honed in administering that box carry over to administering other Linux boxes.
Most people don't have broadband; Windows Update takes a long time when all you want to do is get your email.
Now, if they graduated from an HTTP download to rsync, the download size would be significantly smaller.
An even better solution would be to have the source code on the computer, and have the machine compile the patches locally from a (much quicker to patch) source code. Of course, they'd need to find a way to securely encrypt the source code so those "evil GPL coders" don't peek.
If one were to summarize all of the "evil" (from a D&D perspective) acts that a world leader had done, it would sound over-the-top. Essentially, it's only over-the-top if you don't believe it can happen.
I've seen pictures of mutilated bodies in African villages. Don't tell me what's over the top. I was 17 when I saw a fellow high-school student looking at those pictures on the web, and I was still ashen-faced an hour or two later when I went to my appointment with the school social-worker.
Another rot13 segment. (This one's more detailed.)
Jung'f vg ynpxvat? Fhccbegvat qrgnvy. Gb onpx hc gur pnevpngher bs na rivy bireybeq, nqq qrfpevcgvba bs oybbq ehaavat sebz gur pbaphovar'f abfr nf ure oenvaf jrer fpenzoyrq, gur oebxra obarf chapghevat gur fxva, naq gur tncvat, oybbql ubyr jurer ure wnj unq orra. Naq nyy bs gung cevbe gb encr ol n qrzba be qrivy.
That'll get the characters' and player's attention. And it should have gotten yours. However, I don't think I know anyone who wouldn't be sufficiently motivated by much, much less; roleplayers aren't a particularly bloodthirsty group. At least, mature ones aren't.
The thing about a keylogger is that it captures your keystrokes before the data reaches an application that can encrypt it. Unless your encryption is used between your keyboard and the app you're using, it's useless against keylogging.
So Steve Polge is now lead designer? Last I heard, he was in charge of the AI...but that was a long time ago.
He developed the Reaper Bot, a Quake 1 bot that I still use...according to the accompanying details, he was a network routing protocol developer at the time.
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That looks like the basis of a template post, like the *-is-dying ones.
Erm, I'm not giving anyone ideas. Really, I'm not.
"Well established?"
I'd like to see your reference...I've never heard of that position.
It's relatively better than the number of people they poll prior to elections...If 3000 is a good statistical segment for 250 million people, why not 5 million?
I don't think it's so much a CPU cycle issue as it is a RAM issue. GNOME runs fine on my Duron 750...but I'm running with 768MB of RAM.
Maybe I should break out the tin foil hat...
If you're using a cell phone, a tin-foil hat might not be a bad idea.
*ducks*
When was the last time you updated your Windows Update software? For me, it did it automatically when I went to the appropriate site in IE.
I'm not a network expert, but I don't think that prevents packets from queuing up and being dropped on the ISP's end.
I can't do any unthrottled downloads (Windows Update-related or not) while I'm browsing or reading Slashdot, for that reason.
How long do you think that will take on a modem?
Took me four days, on-and-off. Thank God the Windows Update software had been upgraded to support resuming in an earlier patch.
Thanks to my Linux machine serving as a dial-up router, I wasn't infected.
Ever heard of "make"? It's a neat little standard utility that only compiles things that have changed. And Windows install sizes have been getting bigger and bigger, with disk space getting cheaper and cheaper.
And, again, it doesn't have to be in human-readable form. It could be in a compacted version of an intermediary format, like GCC's SSA.
Re, 1: My main machine is a Dron 750 on a VIA KT133; it works fine. Maybe you had a BIOS issue?
Re, 2: Did you try the external drives on other boxes? Did you try replacing the cable?
My external 250GB drive goes through a USB2 expansion card, since KT133 doesn't support USB 2.0...
It doesn't have to be in the same high-level languge the OS was written in; it could be a compiler-specific intermediate language, like GCC's SSA.
Such an arrangement offloads some of the compiling process to Microsoft's servers, and obfuscates the patch.
The compiler included with the OS doesn't even have to support any other language. And it can require a signed certificate from Microsoft to accept the code.
Control.
I'm much more comfortable with Linux and iptables than I would be with any of the smaller commercial offerings. I've got the source to the kernel and the OS, and I can upgrade any of them whenever I like.
Plus the skills honed in administering that box carry over to administering other Linux boxes.
That works, until they or a relative disable it.
Most people don't have broadband; Windows Update takes a long time when all you want to do is get your email.
Now, if they graduated from an HTTP download to rsync, the download size would be significantly smaller.
An even better solution would be to have the source code on the computer, and have the machine compile the patches locally from a (much quicker to patch) source code. Of course, they'd need to find a way to securely encrypt the source code so those "evil GPL coders" don't peek.
My impression of the bounce tubes was that it used an antigravity device for propulsion, not air flow.
That makes me wonder...how to international SMS rates stack up against voice rates?
Reminds me of one of the ANSI animations in an old BBS game called TradeWars 2002: "Debbie does Rigel"
Of course, it consisted of two text bubbles coming from a doorway: "Debbie! No1" "ZAP!"
Short movie...not worth my 5 credits. Shoulda saved up for more holds and a Psychic Probe.
If one were to summarize all of the "evil" (from a D&D perspective) acts that a world leader had done, it would sound over-the-top. Essentially, it's only over-the-top if you don't believe it can happen.
I've seen pictures of mutilated bodies in African villages. Don't tell me what's over the top. I was 17 when I saw a fellow high-school student looking at those pictures on the web, and I was still ashen-faced an hour or two later when I went to my appointment with the school social-worker.
Another rot13 segment. (This one's more detailed.)
Jung'f vg ynpxvat? Fhccbegvat qrgnvy. Gb onpx hc gur pnevpngher bs na rivy bireybeq, nqq qrfpevcgvba bs oybbq ehaavat sebz gur pbaphovar'f abfr nf ure oenvaf jrer fpenzoyrq, gur oebxra obarf chapghevat gur fxva, naq gur tncvat, oybbql ubyr jurer ure wnj unq orra. Naq nyy bs gung cevbe gb encr ol n qrzba be qrivy.
That'll get the characters' and player's attention. And it should have gotten yours. However, I don't think I know anyone who wouldn't be sufficiently motivated by much, much less; roleplayers aren't a particularly bloodthirsty group. At least, mature ones aren't.
The SP2 download, according to Windows Update, was 108MB. By my calculations, that would take 4.4 hours on a maxed-out 56k connection.
So...what kind of connection did you use?
I hope you're not serious.
The thing about a keylogger is that it captures your keystrokes before the data reaches an application that can encrypt it. Unless your encryption is used between your keyboard and the app you're using, it's useless against keylogging.
I'd think they'd be scared shitless. :D
Nah...they use Squid. ;-)
...that's why it's only going to be up for a short time.
From the website: "Contest runs through June 8, 2005."
GET A LIFE!
But nobody wants to share...
So Steve Polge is now lead designer? Last I heard, he was in charge of the AI...but that was a long time ago.
He developed the Reaper Bot, a Quake 1 bot that I still use...according to the accompanying details, he was a network routing protocol developer at the time.