>>How do you suggest we support access controls
>> for individual settings and keys - make a
>> single INI file for each one?
That is the only reason I can think of where it makes sense to use the registry. The reality is however, that most computers and their applications on them are used by only 1 person. So there is no to store access controls for individual settins and keys.
Most of the time we would rather have our apps in a directory that can be dragged from 1 computer to another and work flawlessly. So we appreciate apps that don't use the registry.
I can keep out of jail without being a genius and without respecting authority. I might have to get along with them and work with them to accomplish my goals, but I don't have to respect them.
I don't think that because someone is in an authority position, they are automatically deserving of respect. I don't think we should look to video games to teach that to our children, or blame them if they don't pass that message along. It is not a correct message.
WoW is helping the gaming industry CONSUMERS.
Blizzard is an awesome game company, their games consistently deliver on quality, originality, and run on Mac or PC. If you have one of the non-subscription games you can play for free forever on battlenet.
If you have one of their subscription games, like WoW, they are honerable to do things like stop shipping the game when server issues appear, while the resolve them.
Compare this to the MMORPGs chummed out by Sony, licensing pop-culture elements and deploying bug-riddled games at increasingly higher monthly fees.
When a good company like Blizzard releases a good title and it is a commercial success, it tells the people of the gaming industry that good quality service and high-quality products are important to the consumer.
911 is exactly the issue. People will no longer have a phone line in their home, they will have VoIP. With some offerings such as roaming phones and the fact that the provider won't know for sure where the phone is at any given time; it will take new systems to manage everything. Systems that the phone companies will not bother to set up unless they have to. So I am worried.
>>I've played most of the big ones - UO, EQ, AC, >>DAOC and now SWG, and I've exhibited the same >>reaction to almost all of them. You see, I'm >>always the fish that got away.
The fish that got away? How much money did the game companies get, for selling this dude the box set to each game, and 6+ months of monthly service... the article talks about how the players are losing out, but as long as we consumers pass along the message that what they give us is profitable they will keep churning out as much crap as they can.
Did you know SWG is the most expensive MMORPG, and that they had a period where instead of working on and fixing all the customer service tickets, they said "We just fixed a couple bugs, so we are going to delete all the tickets. If your problem is still here, then please make another ticket". What the hell is that???
>>So if you're concerned about that, why not just >>change the mask to/16 instead of/24? >>Considering that the 172.(16-32).x.x addresses >>are all/16's anyway. >>... >>Please, PLEASE, PLEASE, never do any network >>setup. Ever. Until such time as you understand >>what you're talking about.
Notice the author of the post you replied to said the exact same thing you said... >>Of course it would be trivial to change that so >>its like a class B address, instead of a class >>C.
Don't go around assuming people don't know about networking, etc. Just because you took your little class at ITT Tech and they made you memorize which address spaces have which official "Class" Designations. Anyone who actually works on internet routers knows that the Class system is entirely ignored.. for the last 10 years or so we've been using another system called "Classless InteRdomain Routing" (CIDR)
So, as you said, "Please, PLEASE, PLEASE, never do any network setup. Ever. Until such time as you understand what you're talking about."
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Last time a state tried to secede from the union, the rest of the US went to war with them and beat them into submission.
Does anyone know what changed between .NET 2 and 1.1? I can't find anything on Microsoft's site describing what changed.
>>How do you suggest we support access controls >> for individual settings and keys - make a >> single INI file for each one? That is the only reason I can think of where it makes sense to use the registry. The reality is however, that most computers and their applications on them are used by only 1 person. So there is no to store access controls for individual settins and keys. Most of the time we would rather have our apps in a directory that can be dragged from 1 computer to another and work flawlessly. So we appreciate apps that don't use the registry.
Did you know the Dvorak that wrote that article isn't the same as the keyboard guy?
I can keep out of jail without being a genius and without respecting authority. I might have to get along with them and work with them to accomplish my goals, but I don't have to respect them. I don't think that because someone is in an authority position, they are automatically deserving of respect. I don't think we should look to video games to teach that to our children, or blame them if they don't pass that message along. It is not a correct message.
Why is respect for authority important?
WoW is helping the gaming industry CONSUMERS. Blizzard is an awesome game company, their games consistently deliver on quality, originality, and run on Mac or PC. If you have one of the non-subscription games you can play for free forever on battlenet. If you have one of their subscription games, like WoW, they are honerable to do things like stop shipping the game when server issues appear, while the resolve them. Compare this to the MMORPGs chummed out by Sony, licensing pop-culture elements and deploying bug-riddled games at increasingly higher monthly fees. When a good company like Blizzard releases a good title and it is a commercial success, it tells the people of the gaming industry that good quality service and high-quality products are important to the consumer.
911 is exactly the issue. People will no longer have a phone line in their home, they will have VoIP. With some offerings such as roaming phones and the fact that the provider won't know for sure where the phone is at any given time; it will take new systems to manage everything. Systems that the phone companies will not bother to set up unless they have to. So I am worried.
Probably it will last for 100,000 writes.
We're talking about England here. Fancy Lunch means "Do you want to get lunch?". Go watch 'Harry Potter' or something.
>>I've played most of the big ones - UO, EQ, AC,
>>DAOC and now SWG, and I've exhibited the same
>>reaction to almost all of them. You see, I'm
>>always the fish that got away.
The fish that got away? How much money did the game companies get, for selling this dude the box set to each game, and 6+ months of monthly service... the article talks about how the players are losing out, but as long as we consumers pass along the message that what they give us is profitable they will keep churning out as much crap as they can.
Did you know SWG is the most expensive MMORPG, and that they had a period where instead of working on and fixing all the customer service tickets, they said "We just fixed a couple bugs, so we are going to delete all the tickets. If your problem is still here, then please make another ticket". What the hell is that???
>>So if you're concerned about that, why not just /16 instead of /24? /16's anyway.
>>change the mask to
>>Considering that the 172.(16-32).x.x addresses
>>are all
>>...
>>Please, PLEASE, PLEASE, never do any network
>>setup. Ever. Until such time as you understand
>>what you're talking about.
Notice the author of the post you replied to said the exact same thing you said...
>>Of course it would be trivial to change that so
>>its like a class B address, instead of a class
>>C.
Don't go around assuming people don't know about networking, etc. Just because you took your little class at ITT Tech and they made you memorize which address spaces have which official "Class" Designations. Anyone who actually works on internet routers knows that the Class system is entirely ignored.. for the last 10 years or so we've been using another system called "Classless InteRdomain Routing" (CIDR)
So, as you said,
"Please, PLEASE, PLEASE, never do any network setup. Ever. Until such time as you understand what you're talking about."
I think the software's author's opinion counts more then yours.