no, but a portable console system that makes phone calls is. n-gage was a horrible idea to begin with, mainly because they were more focused with the hype than the system itself.
nah, they make their own money, instead of being sponsored. kinda similar to the people who used to make money off of selling EQ characters and items off of ebay.
brings new meaning to the term "cyber-sluts", though.
the article was about sponsored teams being paid directily by their sponsors to have gaming be their job. relying on prize money alone can be risky, and it really sucks credit-wise ("self-employed video game player" doesnt make for the eaisest loan approvals).
but yes, we still do have this here. here in america, team 3D and the newly formed NoA are both paid by their sponsors and provided with a place to live, in addition to any prize money they might win. (in 3D's case, thats a pretty decent sum, since they regularly take at least 2nd place. the CPL, which should take place in the next few days, offers $100,000 to the first place team.) the english clan 4 Kings is sponsored by some prety big companies too to do exactly the same. and you have to keep in mind that the "sport" is just starting up professionally, so expect to see more and more of this as it picks up.
if they set it up right, then they wouldnt need a cable man to replace it. have a regular sided cable with a jack on each end. plug one end into a port on the train, and then seal that end off with a key. the other end hangs freely. whenever a cable gets cut, damn near any train employee can simply unlock, unplug, plug in a new cable, and lock again.
you dont need an internet connection at that moment to play mp3s.:P i have a pretty big library i can play at any time stored on my computer. but i think the solution would be the train requiring anyone wanting to play music to use headphones. helps on battery time, too.
i thought of the same problem, but then i thought of a solution: instead of ethernet ports, why not have ethernet cords? most people dont keep their own cabling on them anyways, so this would be and advantage. and if someone cuts the cable where they sit, cat5 is dirt cheap if you get it from the right sources.
i think the wireless route is a poor one to follow anyways. how many years will it be before theres more people wanting to use the internet access than wifi can handle? cat5, however, is still going to be around for a long while, espically since you can do gigabit ethernet over the cabling.
thats actually a really good idea, except i would add one thing: keep all of your work things portable. meaning get a laptop, mainly. that way, you can work in said office, but you also keep the main point of telecommuting: being able to work at home if you want. bad whether? feeling sick? no need to go to the office. feeling like you want to work, but you want to get out? go to the office. the best of both worlds.
actually, im suprised a lot of peoples works dont offer something like that.
no, it was some german magazine, but the reason everyone was interested in the test was because they did it with so many filesizes and so many groups of people. found the link, though. a bit old, but WMP hasnt had a new version since 9, so that comparison should still be up to date.
how often do random setup servers actually end up into the skill and teamwork needed in a good game of counter-strike? this argument is hard to show to anyone without a knowledge of the top CS leagues vs. public servers, though.:(
i think spectator sports are popular because they play the game so well, not because of what they went through to get there. i really could care less if the teams in one sport trained ahrder than the teams in another sport, i just really care about which sport plays hardest.
people do watch counter-strike matches, but since most gamers know about computers well enough, we do in-game spectating as opposed to watching it on lower-res TVs. if there were a group that did *good* commentary, along with setting up good camera angles and having a bit longer wait time between rounds (for replays and such), then it might be more interesting in that way. gaming as a "sport" (like bowling or billards as a sport) is still in its beginning, so give it some time to see where it really goes.
as opposed to going through years of training to become a pro athlete, and have your career taken out by a single injury? almost all the real pro gamers i know of in the US are just finding it to be a better job while in college.
actually, ogg was rated above WMA, but ill be damned if i remember the name of the magazine that did all the tests. was all over slashdot a while back, very controled tests. anyways, winamp plays WMA and WMV, but i dont think thats the point. id like to see WMA/WMV used as least as possible, because it has the ability to make microsoft a lot of money once everyone uses it, even though right now there are free and better alternatives.
actually, sweeden leads the world in counter-strike, by teams like Schroet Kommando. the US is a close second with teams like 3D. (resource.) korea isnt really big at all in that game, but the most popular game there is Lineage. here in the US its actually close between counter-strike and bf1942, but i cant find a link for that.:(
how in-shape do you have to be for curling, shooting, or archery? granted, i dont think counter-strike should be an olympic sport. but, if they could create a first-person shooter that were similar to counter-strike, and the gameplay itself stayed the same even with things like graphics-increases (good open-source project, i imagine), then i think it should deserve the same coverage as something like bowling or billards.
might be a bit slow, since the main site is taking a beatingfrom all the downloads of the newest builds of firebird/thunderbird. anyways, it adds an entry to your right-click menu, to open a link in IE. i rarely use it, but it comes in handy.
if this were true, then nike would have "stayed cool", or fila, or gap, or bum, or IOU, etc. etc.
marketing can bring a product into the top of "coolness", but it usually only stays there if the product itself is actually better than the rest of the competition (or, in microsofts case, you can muscle out the competition). but if a product is marketed to look way more cool than it could possibly be, then it just looks retarded. take those nokia n-gage advertisements, if youve seen them. everyone my age feels that thats just coming off as looking retarded by its ads.
a self-destruct would make the first worm bigger, as well as eaisier to get rid of. just set your time to a later date. how many joe-computer-users out there do you think had the worm, just didnt care, because it didnt do anything negative to their system? patching your computer is a big task to many average computer users, but changing your clock date isnt.
the white worm uses the same exploit as the original. if you had patched your systems, you wont be infected by either. i say its a good idea to release a fix worm for all those people who become infected and dont take any action about it, so they cant infect others.
its very possible that this worm was made by the same person who made the original. notice that this worm was released *after* the attack on the microsoft website. also, the worm was not meant to cause any harm on any of its host systems. the worm served its purpose, so why not clean up after yourself?
the new worm doesnt do what the old one did to more of an extream. it removes it, and then removes itself. its the equilivant of your car alarm going off for a second, but somehow making all the other car alarms shut off. then shutting off itself.
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no, but a portable console system that makes phone calls is. n-gage was a horrible idea to begin with, mainly because they were more focused with the hype than the system itself.
brings new meaning to the term "cyber-sluts", though.
but yes, we still do have this here. here in america, team 3D and the newly formed NoA are both paid by their sponsors and provided with a place to live, in addition to any prize money they might win. (in 3D's case, thats a pretty decent sum, since they regularly take at least 2nd place. the CPL, which should take place in the next few days, offers $100,000 to the first place team.) the english clan 4 Kings is sponsored by some prety big companies too to do exactly the same. and you have to keep in mind that the "sport" is just starting up professionally, so expect to see more and more of this as it picks up.
if they set it up right, then they wouldnt need a cable man to replace it. have a regular sided cable with a jack on each end. plug one end into a port on the train, and then seal that end off with a key. the other end hangs freely. whenever a cable gets cut, damn near any train employee can simply unlock, unplug, plug in a new cable, and lock again.
you dont need an internet connection at that moment to play mp3s. :P i have a pretty big library i can play at any time stored on my computer. but i think the solution would be the train requiring anyone wanting to play music to use headphones. helps on battery time, too.
i think the wireless route is a poor one to follow anyways. how many years will it be before theres more people wanting to use the internet access than wifi can handle? cat5, however, is still going to be around for a long while, espically since you can do gigabit ethernet over the cabling.
actually, im suprised a lot of peoples works dont offer something like that.
no, it was some german magazine, but the reason everyone was interested in the test was because they did it with so many filesizes and so many groups of people. found the link, though. a bit old, but WMP hasnt had a new version since 9, so that comparison should still be up to date.
how often do random setup servers actually end up into the skill and teamwork needed in a good game of counter-strike? this argument is hard to show to anyone without a knowledge of the top CS leagues vs. public servers, though. :(
regardless of the thread being finished, im still going to wear a cup from now on. :P
people do watch counter-strike matches, but since most gamers know about computers well enough, we do in-game spectating as opposed to watching it on lower-res TVs. if there were a group that did *good* commentary, along with setting up good camera angles and having a bit longer wait time between rounds (for replays and such), then it might be more interesting in that way. gaming as a "sport" (like bowling or billards as a sport) is still in its beginning, so give it some time to see where it really goes.
why do i want to watch other people play football when i can play it myself? ive held that attitude for a long time.
as opposed to going through years of training to become a pro athlete, and have your career taken out by a single injury? almost all the real pro gamers i know of in the US are just finding it to be a better job while in college.
actually, ogg was rated above WMA, but ill be damned if i remember the name of the magazine that did all the tests. was all over slashdot a while back, very controled tests. anyways, winamp plays WMA and WMV, but i dont think thats the point. id like to see WMA/WMV used as least as possible, because it has the ability to make microsoft a lot of money once everyone uses it, even though right now there are free and better alternatives.
actually, sweeden leads the world in counter-strike, by teams like Schroet Kommando. the US is a close second with teams like 3D. (resource.) korea isnt really big at all in that game, but the most popular game there is Lineage. here in the US its actually close between counter-strike and bf1942, but i cant find a link for that. :(
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how in-shape do you have to be for curling, shooting, or archery? granted, i dont think counter-strike should be an olympic sport. but, if they could create a first-person shooter that were similar to counter-strike, and the gameplay itself stayed the same even with things like graphics-increases (good open-source project, i imagine), then i think it should deserve the same coverage as something like bowling or billards.
might be a bit slow, since the main site is taking a beatingfrom all the downloads of the newest builds of firebird/thunderbird. anyways, it adds an entry to your right-click menu, to open a link in IE. i rarely use it, but it comes in handy.
if this were true, then nike would have "stayed cool", or fila, or gap, or bum, or IOU, etc. etc. marketing can bring a product into the top of "coolness", but it usually only stays there if the product itself is actually better than the rest of the competition (or, in microsofts case, you can muscle out the competition). but if a product is marketed to look way more cool than it could possibly be, then it just looks retarded. take those nokia n-gage advertisements, if youve seen them. everyone my age feels that thats just coming off as looking retarded by its ads.
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a self-destruct would make the first worm bigger, as well as eaisier to get rid of. just set your time to a later date. how many joe-computer-users out there do you think had the worm, just didnt care, because it didnt do anything negative to their system? patching your computer is a big task to many average computer users, but changing your clock date isnt.
the white worm uses the same exploit as the original. if you had patched your systems, you wont be infected by either. i say its a good idea to release a fix worm for all those people who become infected and dont take any action about it, so they cant infect others.
its very possible that this worm was made by the same person who made the original. notice that this worm was released *after* the attack on the microsoft website. also, the worm was not meant to cause any harm on any of its host systems. the worm served its purpose, so why not clean up after yourself?
the new worm doesnt do what the old one did to more of an extream. it removes it, and then removes itself. its the equilivant of your car alarm going off for a second, but somehow making all the other car alarms shut off. then shutting off itself.
its filipino-american, thank you very much.