I mean, pen and paper RPG without the geekiness? That's like french fries without fat, Microsoft software without bugs... *rimshot*. They probably just bit the bullet after all these wasted years and made the geekiest game in history. Which will still sell like mad; they've had an eternity to hype it and take pre-orders, after all.
I got a first-generation optical mouse, and definitely had that problem:( In a stunning turn of events though, MS tech support was *great* and was happy to send a replacement totally free of charge. I guess that's the least they can do with their hundreds of billions of dollars.
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I'm not exactly an expert on wireless internet, but where does the bandwidth to connect this network to the rest of the internet come from? I was under the impression almost all broadband providors don't take kindly to a wireless link providing free access for all to their network. Do these projects just have a very generous ISP behind them, or is it done without their knowledge, or what? I'm curious how this was pulled off at this end of the connection.
I don't think he necessarily meant, "the entire CS curriculum of most universities is four years of learning to code in Java". Of course students are still learning basic concepts. However, at some point it is useful for students to actually write, compile and run code, for which they need a language. Rather than give each assignment over four years in a new language, it makes sense to at least stick to one or two so they don't get bogged down in learning new syntax constantly. I can truthfully say as a first year CS student, my courses are definitely about algorithms and data structures first, and how to actually put those into practice in Java second.
That's a great suggestion. I personally could care less about what color someone decided to paint his case today, but I realize to a certain audience this sort of hacking is fascinating. Put it in its own category, and everyone is happy.
Except no one at CompUSA figured it out...the author of the article was a customer who witnessed this happen. He reported it to the CompUSA staff and was laughed at, and the kid walked off scott free. They're just as clueless as you remember.
This is one reason I am glad I enjoy a lot of small-time, local bands. I can go see several groups I like at a live show, often for as little as $5, and get something like a t-shirt or CD nearly at cost, rather than paying $20+ for the same thing in a store. Most of them don't even sell tickets for entry, so it's not like Ticketmaster is taking a big cut out of it.
Look into your local underground music scene. No matter what genre you like, you're almost sure to find some good acts who you can see for cheap.
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This isn't exactly revolutionary, even our friend Microsoft has had this feature since at least Windows 98, and probably 95. You can select text in Wordpad, MS Word, etc. and drag it to the desktop to make a "scrap" file. I've never actually found it useful, but someone must have...
I bought Sierra's "Tribes 2" game a number of months after it originally came out, and when I went to register and sign into the online portion of the game for the first time, it came back with a message that I was using a pirated CD key! Considering I had just brought the game home from Electronics Boutique and read the key off the back of the shrinkwrapped case, I figured this was unlikely.
Eventually I got in touch with Sierra and they had me fax them a photocopy of the store receipt and the back of the case clearly showing the CD key (which was a bitch since I don't have a copier). Within minutes of doing so I was back in business. I can only assume Microsoft has a similar policy, where if you can prove ownership, they'll unblock your key.
Just for the record, where I live (eastern Massachusetts) DVDs are the exact same price to rent as VHS tapes, which is *much* less than the cost of buying them. I can rent a video typically for less than four dollars, while buying a DVD of the exact same film might cost me twenty-five. So for me, it is more than worth it to rent the DVD version of a film if it's in stock.
Did the other people commenting on this review actually read the article? It is almost exactly the same information presented in the NewsForge review. Quit flaming the guy, or at least give NewsForge their fair share of flames if you still insist on treating everything as bull.
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Maybe I miss your point, but I don't exactly see the involvement of Church in this, and as has been pointed out, the post office only has very nominal ties to the government (in America at least). What were you trying to say exactly?
How is that in any way a response to what he asked? He didn't say it was easy to crack copy protection, he said that there is no way that people distributing pirated software will be able to mount a serious legal defense, no matter who defends them. If you can't even *READ*, I doubt you are exactly a top-level cracker yourself.
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Is it really so hard for Microsoft to *require* you to put in an administrator password? The three seconds it would have taken to add in that common-sense functionality could have averted the whole thing. Everything about this worm just reeks of stupidity, on both Microsoft and especially the administrators' part.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but has anyone seen an interpreter that can run the original Gabriel Knight, from Sierra? It's one of my all-time favorites, but it doesn't get on well with Windows 2000. None of the Sierra interpreters, like FreeSCI, seem to run it either...has anyone had more luck than me in getting it to run?
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I mean, pen and paper RPG without the geekiness? That's like french fries without fat, Microsoft software without bugs... *rimshot*. They probably just bit the bullet after all these wasted years and made the geekiest game in history. Which will still sell like mad; they've had an eternity to hype it and take pre-orders, after all.
I got a first-generation optical mouse, and definitely had that problem :( In a stunning turn of events though, MS tech support was *great* and was happy to send a replacement totally free of charge. I guess that's the least they can do with their hundreds of billions of dollars.
I'm not exactly an expert on wireless internet, but where does the bandwidth to connect this network to the rest of the internet come from? I was under the impression almost all broadband providors don't take kindly to a wireless link providing free access for all to their network. Do these projects just have a very generous ISP behind them, or is it done without their knowledge, or what? I'm curious how this was pulled off at this end of the connection.
There's still hope...even CmdrTaco duped someone into marrying him!
Oh, so only one out of five nukes reached a major city? I can breathe more easily with that knowledge!
(Kidding obviously, I realize they were preliminary tests, but I couldn't resist).
I don't think he necessarily meant, "the entire CS curriculum of most universities is four years of learning to code in Java". Of course students are still learning basic concepts. However, at some point it is useful for students to actually write, compile and run code, for which they need a language. Rather than give each assignment over four years in a new language, it makes sense to at least stick to one or two so they don't get bogged down in learning new syntax constantly. I can truthfully say as a first year CS student, my courses are definitely about algorithms and data structures first, and how to actually put those into practice in Java second.
That's a great suggestion. I personally could care less about what color someone decided to paint his case today, but I realize to a certain audience this sort of hacking is fascinating. Put it in its own category, and everyone is happy.
Except no one at CompUSA figured it out...the author of the article was a customer who witnessed this happen. He reported it to the CompUSA staff and was laughed at, and the kid walked off scott free. They're just as clueless as you remember.
This is one reason I am glad I enjoy a lot of small-time, local bands. I can go see several groups I like at a live show, often for as little as $5, and get something like a t-shirt or CD nearly at cost, rather than paying $20+ for the same thing in a store. Most of them don't even sell tickets for entry, so it's not like Ticketmaster is taking a big cut out of it.
Look into your local underground music scene. No matter what genre you like, you're almost sure to find some good acts who you can see for cheap.
This isn't exactly revolutionary, even our friend Microsoft has had this feature since at least Windows 98, and probably 95. You can select text in Wordpad, MS Word, etc. and drag it to the desktop to make a "scrap" file. I've never actually found it useful, but someone must have...
I bought Sierra's "Tribes 2" game a number of months after it originally came out, and when I went to register and sign into the online portion of the game for the first time, it came back with a message that I was using a pirated CD key! Considering I had just brought the game home from Electronics Boutique and read the key off the back of the shrinkwrapped case, I figured this was unlikely.
Eventually I got in touch with Sierra and they had me fax them a photocopy of the store receipt and the back of the case clearly showing the CD key (which was a bitch since I don't have a copier). Within minutes of doing so I was back in business. I can only assume Microsoft has a similar policy, where if you can prove ownership, they'll unblock your key.
You assume Windows was coded in C...given its usual performance, I'd say it's more characteristic of QuickBasic than that.
Just for the record, where I live (eastern Massachusetts) DVDs are the exact same price to rent as VHS tapes, which is *much* less than the cost of buying them. I can rent a video typically for less than four dollars, while buying a DVD of the exact same film might cost me twenty-five. So for me, it is more than worth it to rent the DVD version of a film if it's in stock.
Did the other people commenting on this review actually read the article? It is almost exactly the same information presented in the NewsForge review. Quit flaming the guy, or at least give NewsForge their fair share of flames if you still insist on treating everything as bull. Anthracks
Maybe I miss your point, but I don't exactly see the involvement of Church in this, and as has been pointed out, the post office only has very nominal ties to the government (in America at least). What were you trying to say exactly?
That was pretty funny stuff, if I had some lousy mod points I'd bump you up :)
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How is that in any way a response to what he asked? He didn't say it was easy to crack copy protection, he said that there is no way that people distributing pirated software will be able to mount a serious legal defense, no matter who defends them. If you can't even *READ*, I doubt you are exactly a top-level cracker yourself. Anthracks
Is it really so hard for Microsoft to *require* you to put in an administrator password? The three seconds it would have taken to add in that common-sense functionality could have averted the whole thing. Everything about this worm just reeks of stupidity, on both Microsoft and especially the administrators' part.
I'll probably get modded down for this, but has anyone seen an interpreter that can run the original Gabriel Knight, from Sierra? It's one of my all-time favorites, but it doesn't get on well with Windows 2000. None of the Sierra interpreters, like FreeSCI, seem to run it either...has anyone had more luck than me in getting it to run?
This should go without saying, but don't go to that site...it runs some sort of Internet Explorer exploit. Anthracks