People are now doing XPI versions of the dreaded ActiveX "Do you want to install Weatherbug" type things. Thankfully, there's a whitelist now, but we'll see how far it stays put.
In fact, this has actually been done. People did indeed compile the HL2 engine, and insert HL content into it, generating a working sort of demo, including a port of some counterstrike files. Don't get all excited yet, it works, but not as well as a retail game. You can find it on suprnova, and related sites.
So, the HL2 leak is QUITE real, you can try it yourself.
>I've overclocked my watch to 67.2 khz and it rocks! My workouts go much faster now (and better what with the water cooling rig acting as a wrist weight). Although I never seem to get enough sleep and nobody ever shows up on time for my meetings
Let's see. Less exercise, less sleep, less meetings.... that means more games. I fail to see the problem here.
Actually, the conversation would go more like this:
You: "Hello?" "PLEASE DIAL ONE FOR BUSINESS SUPPORT, TWO FOR..." *five* You: "Hello?" "PLEASE ENTER THE ID NUM..." *fivefivefiveonetwoonetwo* Them: *thick indian accent* "Hello?" You: "What?" Them: "Yes, hello."... Them: "Do you have a router?" You: "No, I don't want to buy a scooter." Them: "No no, a router." You: "Oh yes, I have a Cisco 92TBps." Them: "What did you say about my mother?" You: "I said, I have a Cisco 92tbps router." Them: "Why must you say such horrible things about.." *click*
At this point, it's best to give up, and just post a stupid, but popular question to ask slashdot to better show off the router. "I just acquired a Cisco 92TBps router and am trying to set up an ISP in my apartment building using only a thimble of wax and a two by four wood plank with a nail in it. Can someone tell me my legal liabilities for this ISP, and an open source solution to manage the whole thing, as well as an OS replacement for the cisco IOS firmware?"
Yes. In a situation like a college campus, where alot of people have iTunes, and you're used to streaming lots of different streams over a network, this is terribly inconvenient. You can't tell everyone to upgrade, since they're all on different versions. This is why it sucks.
No, it really doesn't get the message across, which is the entire problem. It gets you a message back that says "your attachment doesn't work with windows". Like it or not, SXW is a very unpopular format, whereas DOC is very popular. Sending stuff in SXW doesn't send your message, only miscommunication. It simply isn't practical to do so.
VIA's release has only one real feature, that of the ability to use AES on their hardware, and possibly the linux client that actually works. The interface has been made gawd ugly, filled with blue and white crap, with a push button icon size of nearly 60x60 pixels each. It also sticks the huge disgusting logo beneath the main window, instead of a clean dialog box.
It is significantly less usable than the current WASTE client from waste.sourceforge.net . Further, it takes keys in a slightly different format, requiring you to change the header "WASTE_PUBLIC_KEY" to "PADLOCKSL_PUBLIC_KEY". The networks are otherwise fairly interoperable, although troublesome because of the key import thing. So if you really want to use padlockSL on an existing waste network, this is fine, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT USING A NETWORK PASSWORD.
For some inexplicable reason, VIA removed the network password feature, which immediately makes it worthless for connecting to any passworded WASTE network.
Summary, this thing is useless, except for those with VIA hardware, a strong urge to use their linux client, or if you have problems seeing certain icons, and need them about ten times larger.
On the other, entirely irrelevant hand, if we search google for "bank linux migration", versus "bank sex migration", it's clear that we should all be dropping our CS degrees and immediately hijacking the Bank to Porn conversion industry.
CALL WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES AND GET A SECOND Cray Supercomputer ABSOLUTELY free... BUT wait, there's more. You also get a Sun Ultra 5 workstation. Regardless of whether you decide to keep the Cray Supercomputer, the Ultra 5 is yours to keep as a complementary gift.
The inform language is an object orienated programming language designed for easy implementation of text based adventure games. It uses a well defined object hierarchy structure, that allows you to define parent child relationships easily, as well as move stuff around. The syntax is similar to C, but not quite, and a bit quirky with commas in parts.
Most uses of inform are with the Library, a selection of functions and support thingies written to facilitate IF writing.
Many people also thought they couldn't possibly screw up Deus Ex 2. Unfortunately, when the game came out, flamethrowers shared ammunition with rocket launchers, it took five shots to the head to kill anybody, the stealth aspect was terrible, and the system requirements utterly ridiculous.
That teaches you one thing, never, ever believe that anything is so perfect that you can't screw it all up after all.
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One of the reasons they do not allow you to remove the optical drive is to standardize installation and support procedures, as well as software distribution. Although you might not need an optical drive, the majority of people do. It is rather difficult to install the operating system with one computer that lacks an optical drive, and even more difficult to tell the user that when they are on the tech support line, having not bought a cdrom drive.
The fact of the matter is that most people DO indeed need a cdrom drive to install applications and lack the technical expertise to stream a cdrom over the network. Further, crazy options make it much more complicated to support. "Does your system have the following ports...." Never mind how difficult it is to get them to identify their computer if they need to read off a 20 feature list with it.
At some point, you have to be practical, and i'd say this is the line.
> Are lawyers nerds?... Is there some sort of hobbyist lawyer nerd demographic that i am completely unaware of reading this site? Legalese thrill seekers?
Clearly, you've never read "Ask Slashdot", the apparent Armchair Lawyer Depot.
Slashdot Mirror
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=4638 28
People are now doing XPI versions of the dreaded ActiveX "Do you want to install Weatherbug" type things. Thankfully, there's a whitelist now, but we'll see how far it stays put.
In fact, this has actually been done. People did indeed compile the HL2 engine, and insert HL content into it, generating a working sort of demo, including a port of some counterstrike files. Don't get all excited yet, it works, but not as well as a retail game. You can find it on suprnova, and related sites.
So, the HL2 leak is QUITE real, you can try it yourself.
2005? You're using unstable, aren't you?
Hell, i'm using stable, still waiting for them to port that new fangled program I keep hearing about, what's it called... gopher?
>I've overclocked my watch to 67.2 khz and it rocks! My workouts go much faster now (and better what with the water cooling rig acting as a wrist weight). Although I never seem to get enough sleep and nobody ever shows up on time for my meetings
Let's see. Less exercise, less sleep, less meetings.... that means more games. I fail to see the problem here.
Actually, the conversation would go more like this:
...
You: "Hello?"
"PLEASE DIAL ONE FOR BUSINESS SUPPORT, TWO FOR..."
*five*
You: "Hello?"
"PLEASE ENTER THE ID NUM..."
*fivefivefiveonetwoonetwo*
Them: *thick indian accent* "Hello?"
You: "What?"
Them: "Yes, hello."
Them: "Do you have a router?"
You: "No, I don't want to buy a scooter."
Them: "No no, a router."
You: "Oh yes, I have a Cisco 92TBps."
Them: "What did you say about my mother?"
You: "I said, I have a Cisco 92tbps router."
Them: "Why must you say such horrible things about.."
*click*
At this point, it's best to give up, and just post a stupid, but popular question to ask slashdot to better show off the router. "I just acquired a Cisco 92TBps router and am trying to set up an ISP in my apartment building using only a thimble of wax and a two by four wood plank with a nail in it. Can someone tell me my legal liabilities for this ISP, and an open source solution to manage the whole thing, as well as an OS replacement for the cisco IOS firmware?"
Try amazing your boss. Open minesweeper, type in:
xyzzy
[left shift]
and watch the upper left most top pixel of your screen as you pass the mouse over the mines. Yep. That bastard had a REAL mine detector after all.
XYZZY is actually a zork reference, amazing that the MS folks programmed in a cheat..
> What? Apple sells sesktops, laptops, and servers?! This is shocking news!
Yep. Everyone always knew, porn is the gold mine of the internet.
Yes. In a situation like a college campus, where alot of people have iTunes, and you're used to streaming lots of different streams over a network, this is terribly inconvenient. You can't tell everyone to upgrade, since they're all on different versions. This is why it sucks.
>May I humbly offer the suggestion that you acquire Self-Restraint 1.0?
>It's free.
>KFG
Free as in beer? Or Free as in speech?
Sorry, I couldn't RESIST.
Trust the fungus.
Apparently, they followed their own advice and had the fungus write the script too.
In case you're wondering, it also runs linux.
[This was a bad joke as a reference to the fact that it's a frickin hard drive.]
And all the characters with black silhouttes?
No, it really doesn't get the message across, which is the entire problem. It gets you a message back that says "your attachment doesn't work with windows". Like it or not, SXW is a very unpopular format, whereas DOC is very popular. Sending stuff in SXW doesn't send your message, only miscommunication. It simply isn't practical to do so.
VIA's release has only one real feature, that of the ability to use AES on their hardware, and possibly the linux client that actually works. The interface has been made gawd ugly, filled with blue and white crap, with a push button icon size of nearly 60x60 pixels each. It also sticks the huge disgusting logo beneath the main window, instead of a clean dialog box.
It is significantly less usable than the current WASTE client from waste.sourceforge.net . Further, it takes keys in a slightly different format, requiring you to change the header "WASTE_PUBLIC_KEY" to "PADLOCKSL_PUBLIC_KEY". The networks are otherwise fairly interoperable, although troublesome because of the key import thing. So if you really want to use padlockSL on an existing waste network, this is fine, AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT USING A NETWORK PASSWORD.
For some inexplicable reason, VIA removed the network password feature, which immediately makes it worthless for connecting to any passworded WASTE network.
Summary, this thing is useless, except for those with VIA hardware, a strong urge to use their linux client, or if you have problems seeing certain icons, and need them about ten times larger.
On the other, entirely irrelevant hand, if we search google for "bank linux migration", versus "bank sex migration", it's clear that we should all be dropping our CS degrees and immediately hijacking the Bank to Porn conversion industry.
That's ironic. If BSD is dying, BDSM is basically doing everything short of dying, isn't it?
You forgot the most important one,
CALL WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES AND GET A SECOND Cray Supercomputer ABSOLUTELY free... BUT wait, there's more. You also get a Sun Ultra 5 workstation. Regardless of whether you decide to keep the Cray Supercomputer, the Ultra 5 is yours to keep as a complementary gift.
The inform language is an object orienated programming language designed for easy implementation of text based adventure games. It uses a well defined object hierarchy structure, that allows you to define parent child relationships easily, as well as move stuff around. The syntax is similar to C, but not quite, and a bit quirky with commas in parts.
Most uses of inform are with the Library, a selection of functions and support thingies written to facilitate IF writing.
It's turing complete, if you were wondering.
Very nifty. Chief competetor is TADS.
Many people also thought they couldn't possibly screw up Deus Ex 2. Unfortunately, when the game came out, flamethrowers shared ammunition with rocket launchers, it took five shots to the head to kill anybody, the stealth aspect was terrible, and the system requirements utterly ridiculous.
That teaches you one thing, never, ever believe that anything is so perfect that you can't screw it all up after all.
>Also, as far as this Apple is more expensive, why not compare APPLES to ORANGES.
t m
Okay.
http://www.inno-vet.com/articles/1999/0599/52.h
Optionally, they can just have their legal department file a temporary injunction against the universe ending.
They DO have more lawyers than the universe has employees, they're that big.
The slashdot version, that just plain DDoSes anything you try to view outside your local intranet.
Nope. Looks like emacs.
*ducks*
One of the reasons they do not allow you to remove the optical drive is to standardize installation and support procedures, as well as software distribution. Although you might not need an optical drive, the majority of people do. It is rather difficult to install the operating system with one computer that lacks an optical drive, and even more difficult to tell the user that when they are on the tech support line, having not bought a cdrom drive.
...." Never mind how difficult it is to get them to identify their computer if they need to read off a 20 feature list with it.
The fact of the matter is that most people DO indeed need a cdrom drive to install applications and lack the technical expertise to stream a cdrom over the network. Further, crazy options make it much more complicated to support. "Does your system have the following ports
At some point, you have to be practical, and i'd say this is the line.
> Are lawyers nerds? ... Is there some sort of hobbyist lawyer nerd demographic that i am completely unaware of reading this site? Legalese thrill seekers?
Clearly, you've never read "Ask Slashdot", the apparent Armchair Lawyer Depot.