Did anyone notice, on the screenshot of Internet Explorer, displaying the About window, the line that says
Update Version:;SP1;
Why would they have SP1 installed on this "Longhorn" Preview?.. that just doesnt smell right.. seems to me that that should be something you'd only see on XPsp1, or 2kSP1..or am I missing something..
um because 2 better cards equals approx. 4 of the lesser cards, if my math is reading your comment right. once new AGP card >= 2(Older PCI card), AGP becomes more popular. 2(SLI'd AGP Cards) >= 4(older PCI card) = hot Damn!
Or maybe Im wrong.. but who really cares about the facts, its the sound. "Dual AGP Cards" *note, dual as in 2 cards, one box, not dual display, because as noted there are many multihead cards already.* I know I'd prolly buy a mobo with > 1 agp slot, if it came with other things like a replacement for the aging pci standard (PCI-X et al) and SerialATA, not to mention usb2.0 and firewire on board..
damnit.. now I'm drooling over hardware that doesnt yet commercially exist..
Re:Yeah, posting the links to the video...
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its like, 12:30 central time and the site is still up.. I was getting speeds over 400k when I was checking out those videos.. either people arent going because they assume its been slashdotted, or he's got amazing Amazing pipes on that site..
I am reminded of a comment made on EFFRadio about how copyright is intended, in the constitution, to protect the rights of the people, not the corporations. The speaker also makes a comment that if the people were to get together that they would be an undenyable force against the **AA's and the MS's of the world. I honestly do believe, that if the many readers of/. were to unite, and organize, however far fetched the idea may be, that things would get changed. maybe I am ranting, and no doubt will be modded down for being off topic, but I have to let my opinion be known.
Why not? such a thing would work, given the very wide range of knowledge in the/. community, ranging from people who are well versed in law, to those equally well versed in the technical applications. I dont know if the parent was meant as a joke, but such a thing, in theory, would work. Any volunteers to organize such a suit?
No matter how Insightful the comments may be in these discussions, actions always speak louder than words.
why does it take tons of cash and lawyers when you have the law so much obviously on your side? In this imaginary case, MS releases info about problems with IIS. Someone then goes and builds a worm, exploiting that weakness and targeting non-patched systems. Lets say I am the one who owns the now infected server. Had MS not published the weakness, what is the probability that the writer of the worm would have known to target that weakness, especially seeing as its closed source? What exactly could MS say if I were to sue them for releasing information that enabled someone to take control of my server?
I just dont see why I would need an expensive lawyer to argue this point in front of a judge.
Does this mean that all of the companies issuing security advisories are breaching the DMCA?
Does this mean that when MS decides to release a "security patch" for one of its releases, and explains why this patch is necessary and how it might be exploited, that they are in breach of the DMCA? Could someone sue MS for releasing details that are then used to build a worm? (CodeRed comes to mind...)
I am oddly reminded of A Wesley Snipes movie (Demolition Man I do believe) where the great bionic security retina scan system they employed was circumnavigated with a pen... through the wardens eye.. but whatever.. similar to this idea of implanting, I'd much rather someone just steal my device from my pocket, that remove my arm to gain access to my things...
It could also get a computer to start up with the proper settings as soon as the user sat down, the paper said.
I think this would be a benefit for both computer security and for true multi-user desktop environments, as well as network access.. Instead of a password, you need the hardware device to access a specific account. then again, it is just one more device to lose/break/power/carry.
I spotted this posted by a anon coward, figured I'd repost it for those who dont browse at 0... I thought it was kinda interesting...
Umm.. What? (Score:0)
by Anonymous Coward on Sat Sep 14, '02 08:52 AM (#4256524)
I downloaded a copy of UT2k3 off edonkey about 2 weeks ago.. wtf.. its a huge fuckin install... kinda doubt its simply the demo.. as for play, graphics could use help, AI is trash, and I think the gameplay is strange with the whole team scoring system...reminds me of a sports game..
in case someone wants to check, the Images I downloaded are titled :
Unreal.Tournament.2003.FINAL.ViGiLANTE-UT2003-CD 1_certifier_ok_par_www.pyteamarena.t2u.com.bin
Un real.Tournament.2003.FINAL.ViGiLANTE-UT2003-CD2_ce rtifier_ok_par_www.pyteamarena.t2u.com.bin
Posting this as a coward, simply out of fear of having the whole game..*shrug*
Yeah Right!... I know for a fact that you can build a solar oven from a month or so supply of daily sent AOL 7.0 CD's.. As for what to cook, for the vegans.. well just look around.. go download/buy a copy of a US Army Field Manual and theres tons of things in there that you can do with a simple old SCSI Card and a few bi-di printer cables from basic shelter to water purification.. those "User Guides" Come in good as tinder for a camp fire.. Use an un-cooled Athlon to spark the fire... Bah to you and your idea of a geek starving in the wild.. BAH TO YOU I SAY! Damnit... Now your giving me Ideas..
*grabs scsi card and stack of cd's, bounds out the door*
Re:Game board/peices?
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Any respectable game store should have a board and pieces. Maybe listed under the name Mancala, its pretty popular... atleast where I am from in the midwest... then again, farming is popular here too...:p
As for specifics, I've seen them in the toy sections of Walgreens' for under $5, a wooden board, folded, with all the necessary pieces and a 2 page instruction set thats pretty weak, but general enough to get people started..
Re:double Uhhh.
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Maybe I'm missing something, but there is a Huge element of chance in all the games listed. Its that unless your playing against a computer, and even in that instance, there is a Chance of Human error. Someone may move a piece they didnt intend to. A program may have been written with a susceptibility in it that makes it less than perfect. There is no such thing as a game without chance, there is always the chance of a human error, since humans, despite what some may feel, are far FAR from perfet.
My school offers insane discounts on quite a few MS software titles.. not an item over $35.
Visual Studio.Net Professional Bundle (5 CD set) $30.00
Office XP Professional and FrontPage 2002 Bundle $35.00
PhotoDraw 2000 $25.00
Windows Millenium Edition Upgrade $25.00
MS Visual Studio Professional 6.0 $25.00
MS Office 2000 $30.00
Windows XP Professional $25.00
Office 2001 and FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh $35
I go to a lowly technical college and get those prices.. As do the entire University of Wisconsin system.. I am not advocating MS, but those prices are rediculous.. (As to the parents statement of limited installs, I have not had that issue.. Installed XP Pro and Office 2001 for Mac approximately 15 times each...*shrug*)
While I've only been mudding for 7 years or so (Thats a long time when your 19), Reading this time line was really quite interesting. Reading all these posts on the other hand, left me with the thought of pity for the older generation. Dont just sit there and mutter over the loss of your favorite online worlds, wether they be via BBS, MU*s or any other means. Go Find another and jump back in where you left off. For my money, theres no site more helpful than Mudconnector for finding a MU* to solve those text based RPG'ing jonses.
Just a thought.. I dont like seeing people miserable over loses that they can atleast partially satiate.
I agree a magnet is not a bad idea, but heres an idea. Attach smaller electro magnets to stuff, sattelites, space stations, orbiters etc. and have them pick up the junk thats coming at them and passively sweep. Thats gotta be cheaper than building a dedicated satelite. Couldnt someone come up with a way of processing those collected scraps for fuel onboard said satelites/heavenly vehicles??...
I agree with this and other posts that state that the idea of Gates buying the L3/Qwest/WorldCom conglomorate from Buffet is quite a stretch, but if they have the "friendship" that is so highly touted in the article, it is possible that some really strange squence of events could lead to Gates owning it all, unintentionally.
Lets examine a senario.
Gates and Buffet. Chillin like a pair of penguins somewhere, way past toasted, playing various games of chance; for sake of argument lets make it Poker.(not entirely chance, but lets just say it is) Both are out of cash currency on there persons, so they start betting property, a car here, a chunk of stock there. So 'round bout middle of the night, both sh!tfaced beyond compare, each pulls a hand that they think the other cant beat. So Buffet says "I'll bet you my L3/Qwest/WorldCom to your Microsoft". Gates, never backing down from a challenge accepts, and wins with a pair of queens to Buffets hand of sh!t. Lackeys ever vigilent in the shadows shake hands andBAM!, All Bow Down To Gates, Owner Of The Free World.
After reading the article for the fourth time, I have come to the conclusion that this Harvard Expert must be one of the many Business orientated technophobes that litter the technology community by virtue of their appointment to some board or company due to their business expertise. His article makes little sense when he goes and compares the operating system of a computer to the hardware of a refrigerator. Its not a fare comparison, akin to that of apples to oranges. Since I am not a console gamer(Never owned one, never will.. Not till that PS9{the brain spore one} comes out:P) I cant claim the reliability of a console to a PC, except on the rare occasion of watching a peer in the heat of the action just to be caught by a bug in a game. (thats not to say that never happened to me in a PC Game...)
Aaanyway.. It just seems to me that this content lockdown, wether the author is for or against it, is in general a bad idea, not for the PC manufacturer, but more for the content creator. Since the begining of the computer age home brew systems have existed, and if this comes into being, that community will see a resurgence in popularity (not that it never died). I forsee, in the event of this highly unlikely situation, that systems designed from currently available "legacy" hardware using "alternative" operating systems will become common place, to a level equal to, if not superior to the major PC manufacturers of today. Maybe I'm Right, maybe I'm wrong, but I predict that if this does happen, not only will content creation companies lose cash buy the truck load from all their lobbying, they will lose support from the all important consumer because I know I am not the only one who sees this as an infringment on the basic freedoms of a United States Citizen. It can not be a proactive activity to choke out software and media development and place it in the hands of the few mighty.
This post seems to be rambling on, so I will sum it up in one clean sentence: If this happens, The world will never be the same again!
Slashdot Mirror
Did anyone notice, on the screenshot of Internet Explorer, displaying the About window, the line that says
.. that just doesnt smell right.. seems to me that that should be something you'd only see on XPsp1, or 2kSP1..or am I missing something..
Update Version:;SP1;
Why would they have SP1 installed on this "Longhorn" Preview?
um because 2 better cards equals approx. 4 of the lesser cards, if my math is reading your comment right. once new AGP card >= 2(Older PCI card), AGP becomes more popular. 2(SLI'd AGP Cards) >= 4(older PCI card) = hot Damn!
Or maybe Im wrong.. but who really cares about the facts, its the sound. "Dual AGP Cards" *note, dual as in 2 cards, one box, not dual display, because as noted there are many multihead cards already.* I know I'd prolly buy a mobo with > 1 agp slot, if it came with other things like a replacement for the aging pci standard (PCI-X et al) and SerialATA, not to mention usb2.0 and firewire on board..
damnit.. now I'm drooling over hardware that doesnt yet commercially exist..
its like, 12:30 central time and the site is still up.. I was getting speeds over 400k when I was checking out those videos.. either people arent going because they assume its been slashdotted, or he's got amazing Amazing pipes on that site..
I am reminded of a comment made on EFFRadio about how copyright is intended, in the constitution, to protect the rights of the people, not the corporations. The speaker also makes a comment that if the people were to get together that they would be an undenyable force against the **AA's and the MS's of the world. I honestly do believe, that if the many readers of /. were to unite, and organize, however far fetched the idea may be, that things would get changed. maybe I am ranting, and no doubt will be modded down for being off topic, but I have to let my opinion be known.
Why not? such a thing would work, given the very wide range of knowledge in the /. community, ranging from people who are well versed in law, to those equally well versed in the technical applications. I dont know if the parent was meant as a joke, but such a thing, in theory, would work. Any volunteers to organize such a suit?
No matter how Insightful the comments may be in these discussions, actions always speak louder than words.
slightly ot but..
why does it take tons of cash and lawyers when you have the law so much obviously on your side? In this imaginary case, MS releases info about problems with IIS. Someone then goes and builds a worm, exploiting that weakness and targeting non-patched systems. Lets say I am the one who owns the now infected server. Had MS not published the weakness, what is the probability that the writer of the worm would have known to target that weakness, especially seeing as its closed source? What exactly could MS say if I were to sue them for releasing information that enabled someone to take control of my server?
I just dont see why I would need an expensive lawyer to argue this point in front of a judge.
just my $.02
Does this mean that when MS decides to release a "security patch" for one of its releases, and explains why this patch is necessary and how it might be exploited, that they are in breach of the DMCA? Could someone sue MS for releasing details that are then used to build a worm? (CodeRed comes to mind...)
Just my $.02
I am oddly reminded of A Wesley Snipes movie (Demolition Man I do believe) where the great bionic security retina scan system they employed was circumnavigated with a pen... through the wardens eye.. but whatever.. similar to this idea of implanting, I'd much rather someone just steal my device from my pocket, that remove my arm to gain access to my things...
Just my $.02
I think this would be a benefit for both computer security and for true multi-user desktop environments, as well as network access.. Instead of a password, you need the hardware device to access a specific account. then again, it is just one more device to lose/break/power/carry.
Just a thought..
chads grávidos
I coulda sworn I noticed that the Kodak was based on a CMOS Chip, not a ccd...
sorry, I'm just nit picking...
I spotted this posted by a anon coward, figured I'd repost it for those who dont browse at 0... I thought it was kinda interesting...
... kinda doubt its simply the demo.. as for play, graphics could use help, AI is trash, and I think the gameplay is strange with the whole team scoring system.. .reminds me of a sports game..
in case someone wants to check, the Images I downloaded are titled :
Unreal.Tournament.2003.FINAL.ViGiLANTE-UT2003-CD 1_certifier_ok_par_www.pyteamarena.t2u.com.bin
Un real.Tournament.2003.FINAL.ViGiLANTE-UT2003-CD2_ce rtifier_ok_par_www.pyteamarena.t2u.com.bin
Posting this as a coward, simply out of fear of having the whole game..*shrug*
Umm.. What? (Score:0) by Anonymous Coward on Sat Sep 14, '02 08:52 AM (#4256524) I downloaded a copy of UT2k3 off edonkey about 2 weeks ago.. wtf.. its a huge fuckin install
Time to do a bit of hunting....
Yeah Right!...
I know for a fact that you can build a solar oven from a month or so supply of daily sent AOL 7.0 CD's.. As for what to cook, for the vegans.. well just look around.. go download/buy a copy of a US Army Field Manual and theres tons of things in there that you can do with a simple old SCSI Card and a few bi-di printer cables from basic shelter to water purification.. those "User Guides" Come in good as tinder for a camp fire.. Use an un-cooled Athlon to spark the fire... Bah to you and your idea of a geek starving in the wild.. BAH TO YOU I SAY!
Damnit... Now your giving me Ideas..
*grabs scsi card and stack of cd's, bounds out the door*
Any respectable game store should have a board and pieces. Maybe listed under the name Mancala, its pretty popular... atleast where I am from in the midwest... then again, farming is popular here too... :p
As for specifics, I've seen them in the toy sections of Walgreens' for under $5, a wooden board, folded, with all the necessary pieces and a 2 page instruction set thats pretty weak, but general enough to get people started..
Maybe I'm missing something, but there is a Huge element of chance in all the games listed. Its that unless your playing against a computer, and even in that instance, there is a Chance of Human error. Someone may move a piece they didnt intend to. A program may have been written with a susceptibility in it that makes it less than perfect. There is no such thing as a game without chance, there is always the chance of a human error, since humans, despite what some may feel, are far FAR from perfet.
Just my two cents...
My school offers insane discounts on quite a few MS software titles.. not an item over $35.
.Net Professional Bundle (5 CD set) $30.00
Visual Studio
Office XP Professional and FrontPage 2002 Bundle $35.00
PhotoDraw 2000 $25.00
Windows Millenium Edition Upgrade $25.00
MS Visual Studio Professional 6.0 $25.00
MS Office 2000 $30.00
Windows XP Professional $25.00
Office 2001 and FrontPage 1.0 for Macintosh $35
I go to a lowly technical college and get those prices.. As do the entire University of Wisconsin system.. I am not advocating MS, but those prices are rediculous..
(As to the parents statement of limited installs, I have not had that issue.. Installed XP Pro and Office 2001 for Mac approximately 15 times each...*shrug*)
While I've only been mudding for 7 years or so (Thats a long time when your 19), Reading this time line was really quite interesting. Reading all these posts on the other hand, left me with the thought of pity for the older generation. Dont just sit there and mutter over the loss of your favorite online worlds, wether they be via BBS, MU*s or any other means. Go Find another and jump back in where you left off. For my money, theres no site more helpful than Mudconnector for finding a MU* to solve those text based RPG'ing jonses.
Just a thought.. I dont like seeing people miserable over loses that they can atleast partially satiate.
Derg
Just an Idea...
Lets examine a senario.
Gates and Buffet. Chillin like a pair of penguins somewhere, way past toasted, playing various games of chance; for sake of argument lets make it Poker.(not entirely chance, but lets just say it is) Both are out of cash currency on there persons, so they start betting property, a car here, a chunk of stock there. So 'round bout middle of the night, both sh!tfaced beyond compare, each pulls a hand that they think the other cant beat. So Buffet says "I'll bet you my L3/Qwest/WorldCom to your Microsoft". Gates, never backing down from a challenge accepts, and wins with a pair of queens to Buffets hand of sh!t. Lackeys ever vigilent in the shadows shake hands andBAM!, All Bow Down To Gates, Owner Of The Free World.
or maybe not *shrug*
After reading the article for the fourth time, I have come to the conclusion that this Harvard Expert must be one of the many Business orientated technophobes that litter the technology community by virtue of their appointment to some board or company due to their business expertise. His article makes little sense when he goes and compares the operating system of a computer to the hardware of a refrigerator. Its not a fare comparison, akin to that of apples to oranges. Since I am not a console gamer(Never owned one, never will.. Not till that PS9{the brain spore one} comes out:P) I cant claim the reliability of a console to a PC, except on the rare occasion of watching a peer in the heat of the action just to be caught by a bug in a game. (thats not to say that never happened to me in a PC Game...)
Aaanyway.. It just seems to me that this content lockdown, wether the author is for or against it, is in general a bad idea, not for the PC manufacturer, but more for the content creator. Since the begining of the computer age home brew systems have existed, and if this comes into being, that community will see a resurgence in popularity (not that it never died). I forsee, in the event of this highly unlikely situation, that systems designed from currently available "legacy" hardware using "alternative" operating systems will become common place, to a level equal to, if not superior to the major PC manufacturers of today. Maybe I'm Right, maybe I'm wrong, but I predict that if this does happen, not only will content creation companies lose cash buy the truck load from all their lobbying, they will lose support from the all important consumer because I know I am not the only one who sees this as an infringment on the basic freedoms of a United States Citizen. It can not be a proactive activity to choke out software and media development and place it in the hands of the few mighty.
This post seems to be rambling on, so I will sum it up in one clean sentence: If this happens, The world will never be the same again!