Use 6 to 8 person games. There are a bunch you can find that last 2 to 4 hours.
Because the people (hopefully your friends) are in one spot, it becomes a social experience,
Don't use the standard board games (e.g. Monopoly, Clue, Risk, etc). There are a lot of more interesting ones for
adults. Most games will give the time period on the box. Don't start with one that last more than 4 hours.
I recommend:
Settlers of Catan (needs a extensions set to go from 4 to 6 people),
Cosmic Encounters,
Acquire,
Junta
The arguments about missing large screens, mice and keyboards is silly.
Bluetooth connections or a docking station would give an all powerful portable device access to keyboards, mice, screens etc.
The IPad already allows Bluetooth keyboards. The BlackBerry Playbook allows an extra screen (via a wire), and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I expect the power of the tablet computers will eventually exist in the cell phone sized devices.
I don't want to carry portable computer around, although sometimes it would be useful. If I am going to be typing a long document it would probably be done at a known location where I would have a keyboard etc.
I think Microsoft was forced into this. I think that they realize that to get into the market with a Windows tablet, the tablet will have to be sold at a (large) loss for several years. The normal PC manufactures are not willing to, nor can afford such expense.
I have assumed that he has lived because he had something interesting to do, which gives him the will to live.
I think most people who have the disease just want to die.
Most smash and grabs are to get things to resale. Marking items with something that cannot be removed makes the items much less valuable and much more identifiable. A thief does not want to carry around any thing that is easy to identify.
There has been constant complaints about the music industry using IP addresses to sue people, and I believe the problem is the same when accusing someone of theft. You have to identify who has the stolen laptop. If it is decided that one cannot peer into a stolen computer to identify who has it, then stealing computers will be a lot easier. I do believe that they should have been allowed to peer inside, but I also believe they should have just given the police just enough information to carry out the identification.
There should be a fee to renew, and it should be an ever increasing fee.
The first 7 years would be free and automatic. The next 7 years relatively
cheap say $100, and the fee would double for each renewal, so at 70 years
the fee would $50000 (inflation adjustments should also occur).
The effect is very similar to street names in a city. Some places call the streets: first, second, third etc, but often names are used, and in subdivision quite often name with themes are used
Perfect compression is indistinguishable from random noise.
(the same is true for perfect encryption).
The more advanced the civilization the more precious bandwidth will become to them and the closer their compression will become to being perfect.
SETI will only succeed if the civilization wants to send us a signal.
CE != AD. CE is using our current date scheme a projecting it into the past. There is a 0 CE, but there is no 0 AD. In the mid 1700 (1752 in England and various other years in other locations) The calendar was reformed, at that point in the past CE no longer equals AD.
The BSD's with their anti-GNU bias are missing a whole series of simple tools (i.e stunnel ). If someone writes up BSD licensed software that is well written I am sure that their software would be adopted and shipped. Nothing give more joy of programming that have others using your work. Programming is a complex process the trick is to find simple but useful tasks to start with.
There are many many more small companies then there are large. Anyone can buy a certificate. If I wanted an extended certificate and I was going to carry out major fraud I would buy a small bankrupt company, create a web site under an ambiguous name then buy the extended certificate.
Furthermore if you need to buy something weird, the company that sells it is probably unknown to you. The only real check is to google their name and see if there are complaints. A CA signed certificate is no guarantee that they are good guys.
Bad guys have broken into sites that have certificates, and used those sites for their own purposes.
CA signed Certificates are also expensive.
I don't see how a CA signed certificate for a small company lowers fraud. Small companies are being forced to buy them because of the scares the browsers and other software generate.
The best theft prevention is enamel paint, the type that is used to color plastic models (at Walmart for about $10). Paint your name on the laptop (and carrying case) in large letters. If you are an artist or know one, it can be a fancy design as well.
The paint is not removable, so the best a thief can do is sell parts.
When you have to heat your house, incandescent lights are 100% efficient. All the "waste" energy appears as heat which you need any way. If you live in a place like Canada or Sweden compact florescent bulbs are a loser.
I do not know why since every IP4 address has exactly 1 IP6 address, the backbones could be made to run IP6, and at the edges, there would be a transparent 6 to 4 and 4 to 6 for those set of addresses. Big companies who converted to IP6 would directly continue to use their IP4 address in its IP6 format so IP4 users could communicate with them. Associated with each IP4 address is 2^16 IP6 sub addresses with the sub address 0 being the natural mapping for IP6 to IP4. If users were initially restricted only to the IP4 sub set of IP6, it still allocates each IP4 address 2^16 new IP6 address, so there would be no shortage for users with at least 1 IP address. An IP6 user (using this subset) setting up an connection would attempt to use IP6, but if the connection failed then the router would NAT the none zero sub address to IP4 subset address and try again.
The trick is how, for my machines at home (all 3 of them). I have the first backup to the second and second to the third, and the third to the first. I have thought for some time, that there should be some method of automating that procedure. But keeping track of where things are and which machine has what space would not be easy.
Look 4 year into the future, adding Linux to any motherboard should cost about $10 (the price of the flash). In 8 years every motherboard will have an operating system build into it. As time goes on those operating systems will more and more complete. No one will install an operating system ever again.
It depends on what the hardware/software is for. If the device is used to perform a
critical function (i.e. drive by wire, hospital equipment, etc) I think at least a certification organization should be able to control over what software can be run.
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Use 6 to 8 person games. There are a bunch you can find that last 2 to 4 hours. Because the people (hopefully your friends) are in one spot, it becomes a social experience, Don't use the standard board games (e.g. Monopoly, Clue, Risk, etc). There are a lot of more interesting ones for adults. Most games will give the time period on the box. Don't start with one that last more than 4 hours. I recommend: Settlers of Catan (needs a extensions set to go from 4 to 6 people), Cosmic Encounters, Acquire, Junta
The arguments about missing large screens, mice and keyboards is silly. Bluetooth connections or a docking station would give an all powerful portable device access to keyboards, mice, screens etc. The IPad already allows Bluetooth keyboards. The BlackBerry Playbook allows an extra screen (via a wire), and Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I expect the power of the tablet computers will eventually exist in the cell phone sized devices. I don't want to carry portable computer around, although sometimes it would be useful. If I am going to be typing a long document it would probably be done at a known location where I would have a keyboard etc.
I think Microsoft was forced into this. I think that they realize that to get into the market with a Windows tablet, the tablet will have to be sold at a (large) loss for several years. The normal PC manufactures are not willing to, nor can afford such expense.
I have assumed that he has lived because he had something interesting to do, which gives him the will to live. I think most people who have the disease just want to die.
Most smash and grabs are to get things to resale. Marking items with something that cannot be removed makes the items much less valuable and much more identifiable. A thief does not want to carry around any thing that is easy to identify.
There has been constant complaints about the music industry using IP addresses to sue people, and I believe the problem is the same when accusing someone of theft. You have to identify who has the stolen laptop. If it is decided that one cannot peer into a stolen computer to identify who has it, then stealing computers will be a lot easier. I do believe that they should have been allowed to peer inside, but I also believe they should have just given the police just enough information to carry out the identification.
There should be a fee to renew, and it should be an ever increasing fee. The first 7 years would be free and automatic. The next 7 years relatively cheap say $100, and the fee would double for each renewal, so at 70 years the fee would $50000 (inflation adjustments should also occur).
If this strain does not cause problems with humans (which is unproven so far) can it be used as a basis for a vaccine.
The effect is very similar to street names in a city.
Some places call the streets: first, second, third etc, but
often names are used, and in subdivision quite often name
with themes are used
Perfect compression is indistinguishable from random noise. (the same is true for perfect encryption). The more advanced the civilization the more precious bandwidth will become to them and the closer their compression will become to being perfect. SETI will only succeed if the civilization wants to send us a signal.
I believe that this permission structure was built in to Honeywell CP6 OS dating from the mid 70's, and possible it's predecessor Zerox CP5
If it is possible it probably appears in nature.
CE != AD. CE is using our current date scheme a projecting it into the past.
There is a 0 CE, but there is no 0 AD. In the mid 1700 (1752 in England and
various other years in other locations) The calendar was reformed, at that
point in the past CE no longer equals AD.
The BSD's with their anti-GNU bias are missing a whole series of simple tools (i.e stunnel ).
If someone writes up BSD licensed software that is well written I am sure that their software
would be adopted and shipped. Nothing give more joy of programming that have others using
your work. Programming is a complex process the trick is to find simple but useful tasks
to start with.
There are many many more small companies then there are large. Anyone can buy a certificate. If I wanted an extended certificate and I was going to carry out major fraud I would buy a small bankrupt company, create a web site under an ambiguous name then buy the extended certificate.
Furthermore if you need to buy something weird, the company that sells it is probably unknown to you. The only real check is to google their name and see if there are complaints. A CA signed certificate is no guarantee that they are good guys.
Bad guys have broken into sites that have certificates, and used those sites for their own purposes.
CA signed Certificates are also expensive.
I don't see how a CA signed certificate for a small company lowers fraud. Small companies are being forced to buy them because of the scares the browsers and other software generate.
The best theft prevention is enamel paint, the type that is
used to color plastic models (at Walmart for about $10). Paint your
name on the laptop (and carrying case) in large letters. If you are an
artist or know one, it can be a fancy design as well.
The paint is not removable, so the best a thief can do is sell parts.
When you have to heat your house, incandescent lights are
100% efficient. All the "waste" energy appears as heat
which you need any way. If you live in a place like
Canada or Sweden compact florescent bulbs are a loser.
I do not know why since every IP4 address has exactly 1 IP6 address, the backbones could be made to run IP6, and at the edges, there would be a transparent 6 to 4 and 4 to 6 for those set of addresses. Big companies who converted to IP6 would directly continue to use their IP4 address in its IP6 format so IP4 users could communicate with them. Associated with each IP4 address is 2^16 IP6 sub addresses with the sub address 0 being the natural mapping for IP6 to IP4. If users were initially restricted only to the IP4 sub set of IP6, it still allocates each IP4 address 2^16 new IP6 address, so there would be no shortage for users with at least 1 IP address. An IP6 user (using this subset) setting up an connection would attempt to use IP6, but if the connection failed then the router would NAT the none zero sub address to IP4 subset address and try again.
The trick is how, for my machines at home (all 3 of them). I have the first backup to the second and second to the third, and the third to the first. I have thought for some time, that there should be some method of automating that procedure. But keeping track of where things are and which machine has what space would not be easy.
Look 4 year into the future, adding Linux to any motherboard should cost about $10 (the price of the flash). In 8 years every motherboard will have an operating system build into it. As time goes on those operating systems will more and more complete. No one will install an operating system ever again.
The obvious solution to the heat dissipation is a layer of diamond,
If a building is on fire, should firemen have the right to enter the building, search though it to find the source of the fire, and put it out?
I think the situation is similar. It is the administrator's job to stop the attack.
Firemen don't just spay water on the outside of nearby building until the get permission to enter.
Old, 1950's, Did his best to be scientifically accurate. Most famous novel: Mission of Gravity
What would a star do if a planet sized object ran into it?
It depends on what the hardware/software is for. If the device is used to perform a critical function (i.e. drive by wire, hospital equipment, etc) I think at least a certification organization should be able to control over what software can be run.