Sounds like an LP mud variant.
I still get all nostalgic for the time spent playing Nanvaent, which was an LP based mud. And after a while, spent some time doing coding, which was just amazing. I was always sorely disappointed by the lack of power you had in Diku as a 'builder' but then realised that was mostly because they separated out the 'builder' as in the one that described the scenery, and the coder - the one that made the game do interesting things. Where in LP... not so much - you had to do a bit of both, and every 'room' was code - well, fundamentally - usually you just inherited the generic room object, and then all you had to do is link in a few exits and a description, much like you would with more conventional 'builder' tools.
Actually logged in not that long ago, and had a wander around. My typing skills remain good, from the days spent running like hell from PKers:)
Actually I believe that's 1/100 over the course of a year - and the rate comparable to that of condoms and the pill.
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100068304
If I recall correctly, the failure rate is given assuming a year of average amount of sexual contact per week (Off the top of my head, I've heard 'average' being assumed as '3x/week')
Oh I wouldn't put it that way. Wireless is a complementary tech to wired, not a replacement. Things like being able to actually move my laptop around the office and still get network access is very handy. Or indeed take it out into the garden. That's not to say it doesn't go back on the docking station, with the ethernet cable when I've finished, but it _is_ handy to have wireless network access in e.g. meeting rooms.
The UK legal definition of "theft" is: A person shall be guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.
I would be very suprised to find the US definition was not much the same.
That 'permanently depriving' bit though, means copyright infringment can never be theft. http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1968/pdf/ukpga_19680060_en.pdf
So.. you didn't in fact have a valid credit card, you just found some sites that got confused? I assume that means you were running a Visa Delta, or similar?
*shrug*. So, it looks like the filter works, it's just the sites are being sloppy about catching it. I can well see why that might have been accidentally on purpose, too. I mean, they want to protect the children, but they don't mind taking your money none the less.
Nonsense. You talk about it as if having more skillpoints means someone automatically wins a fight - I assure you, this is FAR from the case. Sure, more skillpoints provide an advantage, but the primary advantage is range of options - more SPs mean you can fly more ships, and do more things. But that really is about it.
Also, freighters don't take 6 months to learn to fly - you need spaceship command 5 which takes about a week, and then you need industrial 5, which clocks in at about another week.
That's even assuming you suddenly stopped being competitive when the ships became available, which you didn't - freighters are good for bulk/low value cargo.
. just means the current directory when specifying a path, the reason you need to provide it when executing something in the current directory is because most sane people don't put . in their $PATH as it is a fairly big security risk.
There is no reason you need people in a datacentre for extended periods of time. If you do, you're doing it wrong. There's a whole lot of reasons why you _don't_ want people in there.
A datacentre generates a LOT of thermal energy, and... temperate flow is proportional to temperature difference - if you allow the DC to get hot, hotter than external air, then you will massively reduce how much effort is needed to move that heat around.
About half our datacentre electric bill (which is substantial) is for the aircon - it was actually cost effective to install a water cooling system in all our racks, because of this.
We used to vent our server room aircon into our main factory bay. It was a huge open space, with a large shutter door. So yes, keeping the server room cool, kept our factory warm.
Which was nice.
Cooler doesn't actually mean better on a CPU either. Silicon conducts better as temperature rises. The only reason you need to cool a CPU at all, is because it burns/melts.
Actually, they don't all do it - UK banks are very civilised as regards not screwing over their customers. Something which... well, rather shocked me when I was last visiting the US. In the UK it's just taken as read that I can use a cashpoint whenever I feel like, and using a card (debit, or credit for that matter) is also whenever I feel like.
Moving money between accounts is similarly ad-hoc, and again whenever I want to. Also, a lot of banks pay you interest on your balance, because they do actually get usage of your money whilst it's on deposit. (It's not much, because of the timescales involved, but it's some).
In the UK, people don't actually use cheques any more, because they're slower, less secure, and as much a pain in the bum as cash handling - but with the added nuisance of latency built into their transfer. Many shops are stopping accepting them too, in lieu of the authenticated and secure(er) card/account transfer.
In order to move all my game buying digital I would need:
Right of transfer - Second hand game sales, or just being able to loan it to a friend
Bandwidth control (Torrents let me constrain bandwidth, Steam doesn't)
Less DRM crap - when I'm buying a digital edition, I want to know that it'll work indefinitely, and I won't have to deal with an install limit, and junk like that - it comes out on pirate pretty quick anyway, but I'd rather not be looking to the pirate edition as the more feature complete of the two
It's not far off, but sort of requires a bit more of a shift in mindset on the part of the publishers.
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Sounds like an LP mud variant. :)
I still get all nostalgic for the time spent playing Nanvaent, which was an LP based mud. And after a while, spent some time doing coding, which was just amazing. I was always sorely disappointed by the lack of power you had in Diku as a 'builder' but then realised that was mostly because they separated out the 'builder' as in the one that described the scenery, and the coder - the one that made the game do interesting things. Where in LP... not so much - you had to do a bit of both, and every 'room' was code - well, fundamentally - usually you just inherited the generic room object, and then all you had to do is link in a few exits and a description, much like you would with more conventional 'builder' tools.
Actually logged in not that long ago, and had a wander around. My typing skills remain good, from the days spent running like hell from PKers
I can't help but feel that forcing people to plan to have children really isn't a bad thing.
Actually I believe that's 1/100 over the course of a year - and the rate comparable to that of condoms and the pill.
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100068304
If I recall correctly, the failure rate is given assuming a year of average amount of sexual contact per week (Off the top of my head, I've heard 'average' being assumed as '3x/week')
News for nerds.
Or more accurately, tantalising hints that you may one day have sex for nerds.
That's an initiation ritual. You're looking to break them down, to strive to be worthy. Out of such things are _true_ griefers born.
But surely, that's what they _want_ you to think.
I kept telling people that's what it was, but no one would believe me...
Oh I wouldn't put it that way. Wireless is a complementary tech to wired, not a replacement. Things like being able to actually move my laptop around the office and still get network access is very handy. Or indeed take it out into the garden. That's not to say it doesn't go back on the docking station, with the ethernet cable when I've finished, but it _is_ handy to have wireless network access in e.g. meeting rooms.
Because I can hook onto your wireless network from the car park.
The UK legal definition of "theft" is: A person shall be guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it.
I would be very suprised to find the US definition was not much the same.
That 'permanently depriving' bit though, means copyright infringment can never be theft.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1968/pdf/ukpga_19680060_en.pdf
No, he said 'swords and pistols' not Tachyon Beams and Ion Blasters.
Micropayments are either irrelevant to the gameplay, in which case they suck.
Or they're relevant to the gameplay, and in which case they suck.
So.. you didn't in fact have a valid credit card, you just found some sites that got confused? I assume that means you were running a Visa Delta, or similar?
*shrug*. So, it looks like the filter works, it's just the sites are being sloppy about catching it. I can well see why that might have been accidentally on purpose, too. I mean, they want to protect the children, but they don't mind taking your money none the less.
Nonsense. You talk about it as if having more skillpoints means someone automatically wins a fight - I assure you, this is FAR from the case. Sure, more skillpoints provide an advantage, but the primary advantage is range of options - more SPs mean you can fly more ships, and do more things. But that really is about it.
Also, freighters don't take 6 months to learn to fly - you need spaceship command 5 which takes about a week, and then you need industrial 5, which clocks in at about another week.
That's even assuming you suddenly stopped being competitive when the ships became available, which you didn't - freighters are good for bulk/low value cargo.
It's my opinion that they should be tried for child sex abuse, and to see if the court is prepared to return a guilty verdict.
Except all Windows users, who don't get a choice.
It is by European standards, where 40-60 MPG is standard.
There is no reason you need people in a datacentre for extended periods of time. If you do, you're doing it wrong. There's a whole lot of reasons why you _don't_ want people in there. ... temperate flow is proportional to temperature difference - if you allow the DC to get hot, hotter than external air, then you will massively reduce how much effort is needed to move that heat around.
A datacentre generates a LOT of thermal energy, and
About half our datacentre electric bill (which is substantial) is for the aircon - it was actually cost effective to install a water cooling system in all our racks, because of this.
We used to vent our server room aircon into our main factory bay. It was a huge open space, with a large shutter door. So yes, keeping the server room cool, kept our factory warm.
Which was nice.
Cooler doesn't actually mean better on a CPU either. Silicon conducts better as temperature rises. The only reason you need to cool a CPU at all, is because it burns/melts.
0C is also very relevant for anyone who drives. Ice being a bit of a problem when it's coating a road surface.
It's more polite than 'that sounds like bullshit, would you care to back it up?'
Actually, they don't all do it - UK banks are very civilised as regards not screwing over their customers. Something which... well, rather shocked me when I was last visiting the US. In the UK it's just taken as read that I can use a cashpoint whenever I feel like, and using a card (debit, or credit for that matter) is also whenever I feel like.
Moving money between accounts is similarly ad-hoc, and again whenever I want to. Also, a lot of banks pay you interest on your balance, because they do actually get usage of your money whilst it's on deposit. (It's not much, because of the timescales involved, but it's some).
In the UK, people don't actually use cheques any more, because they're slower, less secure, and as much a pain in the bum as cash handling - but with the added nuisance of latency built into their transfer. Many shops are stopping accepting them too, in lieu of the authenticated and secure(er) card/account transfer.
It's not far off, but sort of requires a bit more of a shift in mindset on the part of the publishers.