Cheaters just want an unfair advantage. When everyone else is cheating, you lost your advantage. To make it worse, if everyone is invincible, nobody wins. Eventually they'll get frustrated and know why non-cheaters hate their guts and lost interest in the online game because of cheaters. It's perfect, non-cheaters get to play with non-cheaters and cheaters get to play with cheaters. They should love it unless deep down inside they hate people like themselves.
technically those are clickers, but yea they are harder to detect just looking at data going to the server, except if you probe for them. send a very brief incorrect set of data indicating a head in the crosshairs, like one or two frames, if bullets come out instantly, drop the banhammer.
Very nice!! I was thinking of something like that for drawing out the cheaters. Does anyone use this? If not, they should.
Oh ya, another issue. It is often too expensive or too much of a bother for utilities to send someone out to check for fraud on just a suspicion. And they may want police with them in case of altercations. I think a lot of this stuff gets overlooked intentionally at times.
Too much of a bother? Recently, 10 minutes from where I lived, the police discovered huge pot farms in houses dedicated to growing weed. The home owners bypassed the meter so that they wouldn't notice the huge power usage, but I guess they noticed the "lack of usage".
No, they're not. Most everyone I know has a CRT (usually a TV). I don't think CRTs are sold any more, but it was only a few years ago they were commonplace in stores while newer displays were expensive, and CRTs last a LONG time
I agree. I still have my Panasonic HDTV from 2002, and it still looks better than most LCD televisions I have seen.
Another place that you would see a CRT would be ATMs. They're far from gone.
If it's a thread to every major economic player, then in terms of competition, it levels the playing field, right? Somehow it sounds to me as if we just go forward in playing the big final game despite the fact that both teams went down with fever and cough, diarrhoe and headaches. But because the final game is so important for the season, we call the people warning about the teams being sick "infection alarmists".
Additional problems are caused by other countries trying to build up their industries to catch up to the already industrialized countries. If we are already at the limit of what the planet can handle, then it implies that some countries will have to reduce emissions so that other countries can increase their emissions.
Since this probably means less money for the wealthy, they will do everything they can to prevent scaling back, ie: "It's not hurting the planet/This will cause economic disaster/etc". Unless someone figures out a way to take the political clout of the wealthy elite, then we're screwed.
There's a lot of book players who wonder how they lost when they reached a book position that was supposed to be in their favor! It's not that simple. Yes, they do try to find weaknesses in their opponent's opening repertoire, but both sides are doing the same thing, and are aware of the fact that the other side is looking for weaknesses. Sometimes they'll add something completely different to throw off their opponents work. Sometimes they'll get the advantage because of a novelty they worked out ahead of time, and their opponent still manages to get a draw, and now they can work out whether they can come up with an answer to the new move.
Their preparation doesn't negate their opponent's skill. It's still an over the board battle.
Assume I am a human who, before starting a game, has learnt and will apply the algorithm a computer uses to play chess.
Computer chess algorithms are extremely inefficient if not impossible for a human to use, not unless you have a lot of pen and paper to keep track of your billions of calculations, but using notes is cheating and besides, your clock would run out. Strong human players use algorithms that are not easily translated into computer code. Sometimes(maybe a lot of times) there might be flaws in their calculations, but unless they are playing against a high end chess program/system, nobody will notice the mistake.
I don't have a water filter in my refrigerator. That whole "ice/water in the door" thing sucks.
But that is hardly the same as designing a device where every square millimeter is precious, now is it?
I love it! Ice trays are a royal pain.
I never understood why people get so upset about their phone getting a little bigger. If it still fits in your pocket, who cares? If it's too unwieldy, trying exercising with ipads, maybe some curls or bench presses. Eventually that HD smartphone won't seem so heavy.
If time really is the important factor, then being able to replace a battery yourself should be a benefit. While shopping at the mall, I stop at a kiosk, they look at my phone for 2 seconds, and show me the choice of batteries I can use, either same capacity or higher, of course I go for higher. Later, I switch batteries and charge, done!
Are you telling me that the process is quicker with an iphone? It's certainly not more convenient! Or are iphones perfect and never need a battery replacement? If the capacity of the battery drops before the 2 year contract, I'm not buying another phone to replace the battery.
If people didn't replace their cellphone batteries then it wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar market and you wouldn't see kiosks in the mall selling cellphone batteries. Apple just wants to increase their profits by shifting that market directly under their control.
We have people who are killing others. They are bombing innocents. They are threatening the security of the free World. And they are eluding authorities.
But God forbid you attack some Big Corps website and *gasp* force their website down! Then there's a HUGE manhunt to get those criminals!
Every one of these "law enforcement" officials should get a swift kick in the ass and their priorities straightened out.
I fully agree with you that priorities need to be fixed. But this was easily predicted. You don't want Big Corps to focus on eliminating you, unless you have a death wish.
the old ipad 2 is faster than the tegra 3, according to arstecnica, so it should make sense that the new ipad is even faster. i can't find the link but i saw it a few days ago, maybe here in a comment
Why is everyone focused on benchmarks when they have been notoriously unreliable. There are games available for both platforms, ie: Riptide GP, and there are youtube videos of them being played side by side. The Tegra 3 version had more details and was on a higher resolution platform. Seems to me that Tegra 3 won that bout. There are other examples of applications on both platforms. Unless your favorite application is a benchmark, lets hear about real applications that exist and are being used by actual people.
Nope. Plutocracy. Aristocrats are aristocrats because their parents were aristocrats.
Is there really any difference? I know what the old definition of Aristocracy was, but I think it has changed. It seems like big money plays a factor now.
Honestly, sell your old Canon Rebel and get a Rebel t2i and get a camera that sees in the dark and kicks the crud out of that paleolithic age camera... IF.....
The Rebel t2i is very nice, have one myself. Just don't be cheap on the lens and filters. And if you install "Magic Lantern"(http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki), you really have a nice camera!
We'd have a lot less garage explosions if methamphetamines could be produced in a professional lab somewhere, with QA and such.
Sorry, but methamphetamines already are produced in a professional lab, it's one of the medications used to treat ADHD. Unless you meant to add, "and handed out like M&Ms". But that's crazy talk.
Why should the legal status matter? They're not stealing because their drug of choice is illegal , they do it because they're addicted to drugs that make it hard to hold a steady job. And the drug involved could be alcohol, crack, or pot...etc. Feeding their addiction is their only goal, and if their drug of choice became legal, it wouldn't change a thing. Gambling and alcohol are legal, and yet there are plenty of people who still steal to maintain their habit.
Are you saying that thieves tend to be teetotalers? Or are you saying that the money they make from illegal activities is only for buying illegal drugs?
I agree, if you make it impossible to do Heroin, it will be replaced with something else. A lot of addicts are self-medicating and if you take away their medication of choice, they will go nuts trying to find a replacement medication. They really need to treat the root problem, otherwise the cycle of self-medication will continue with other dangerous drugs.
There should be an achievement award for being modded down by oppressive government agencies censoring the internet! Just a sec, there's someone at the door
This reads just like the email tax hoax. It's totally unrealistic and will never happen.
Am I missing something, or am I wrong in that each country already has control over their portion of the Internet. They prove it when they start censoring and setup firewalls trying to exert their will over the masses. Obviously, if countries like China want a change, it's not to make it better, and doesn't most of the internet mischief originate from Russia and China? If they can't control things in their own backyard then they need to back off. And you know they can find the culprits if they wanted to, I'm sure if a hacker posted nude pictures of senior Chinese officials having sex with underage prostitutes, they would be arrested before their fingers left the keyboard.
The U.N. just wants more control and more money. I think our answer should be, screw you guys, we're out of this club and we're taking our funding with us.
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Cheaters just want an unfair advantage. When everyone else is cheating, you lost your advantage. To make it worse, if everyone is invincible, nobody wins. Eventually they'll get frustrated and know why non-cheaters hate their guts and lost interest in the online game because of cheaters. It's perfect, non-cheaters get to play with non-cheaters and cheaters get to play with cheaters. They should love it unless deep down inside they hate people like themselves.
technically those are clickers, but yea they are harder to detect just looking at data going to the server, except if you probe for them. send a very brief incorrect set of data indicating a head in the crosshairs, like one or two frames, if bullets come out instantly, drop the banhammer.
Very nice!! I was thinking of something like that for drawing out the cheaters. Does anyone use this? If not, they should.
and replacing the CRT monitors and TVs with LCD monitors and TVs
Oh ya, another issue. It is often too expensive or too much of a bother for utilities to send someone out to check for fraud on just a suspicion. And they may want police with them in case of altercations. I think a lot of this stuff gets overlooked intentionally at times.
Too much of a bother? Recently, 10 minutes from where I lived, the police discovered huge pot farms in houses dedicated to growing weed. The home owners bypassed the meter so that they wouldn't notice the huge power usage, but I guess they noticed the "lack of usage".
No, they're not. Most everyone I know has a CRT (usually a TV). I don't think CRTs are sold any more, but it was only a few years ago they were commonplace in stores while newer displays were expensive, and CRTs last a LONG time
I agree. I still have my Panasonic HDTV from 2002, and it still looks better than most LCD televisions I have seen.
Another place that you would see a CRT would be ATMs. They're far from gone.
If it's a thread to every major economic player, then in terms of competition, it levels the playing field, right? Somehow it sounds to me as if we just go forward in playing the big final game despite the fact that both teams went down with fever and cough, diarrhoe and headaches. But because the final game is so important for the season, we call the people warning about the teams being sick "infection alarmists".
Sounds similar to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons
Additional problems are caused by other countries trying to build up their industries to catch up to the already industrialized countries. If we are already at the limit of what the planet can handle, then it implies that some countries will have to reduce emissions so that other countries can increase their emissions.
Since this probably means less money for the wealthy, they will do everything they can to prevent scaling back, ie: "It's not hurting the planet/This will cause economic disaster/etc". Unless someone figures out a way to take the political clout of the wealthy elite, then we're screwed.
If you burn all the books, in a few decades ALL labour in the US will be AWESOMELY cheap!
Except for the professional athletes, actors/actresses, rock stars, and senior executives.
There's a lot of book players who wonder how they lost when they reached a book position that was supposed to be in their favor! It's not that simple. Yes, they do try to find weaknesses in their opponent's opening repertoire, but both sides are doing the same thing, and are aware of the fact that the other side is looking for weaknesses. Sometimes they'll add something completely different to throw off their opponents work. Sometimes they'll get the advantage because of a novelty they worked out ahead of time, and their opponent still manages to get a draw, and now they can work out whether they can come up with an answer to the new move.
Their preparation doesn't negate their opponent's skill. It's still an over the board battle.
Assume I am a human who, before starting a game, has learnt and will apply the algorithm a computer uses to play chess.
Computer chess algorithms are extremely inefficient if not impossible for a human to use, not unless you have a lot of pen and paper to keep track of your billions of calculations, but using notes is cheating and besides, your clock would run out. Strong human players use algorithms that are not easily translated into computer code. Sometimes(maybe a lot of times) there might be flaws in their calculations, but unless they are playing against a high end chess program/system, nobody will notice the mistake.
I don't have a water filter in my refrigerator. That whole "ice/water in the door" thing sucks. But that is hardly the same as designing a device where every square millimeter is precious, now is it?
I love it! Ice trays are a royal pain.
I never understood why people get so upset about their phone getting a little bigger. If it still fits in your pocket, who cares? If it's too unwieldy, trying exercising with ipads, maybe some curls or bench presses. Eventually that HD smartphone won't seem so heavy.
If time really is the important factor, then being able to replace a battery yourself should be a benefit. While shopping at the mall, I stop at a kiosk, they look at my phone for 2 seconds, and show me the choice of batteries I can use, either same capacity or higher, of course I go for higher. Later, I switch batteries and charge, done!
Are you telling me that the process is quicker with an iphone? It's certainly not more convenient! Or are iphones perfect and never need a battery replacement? If the capacity of the battery drops before the 2 year contract, I'm not buying another phone to replace the battery.
So when it is time to replace the water filter for your refrigerator, do you have someone come over and do it for you or do you have it shipped out?
If people didn't replace their cellphone batteries then it wouldn't be a multi-billion dollar market and you wouldn't see kiosks in the mall selling cellphone batteries. Apple just wants to increase their profits by shifting that market directly under their control.
Iran has elections, just like the US. (And both seem to be about selecting one of two equally bad choices)
I also heard that they know the results before the last voter is done!
We have people who are killing others. They are bombing innocents. They are threatening the security of the free World. And they are eluding authorities.
But God forbid you attack some Big Corps website and *gasp* force their website down! Then there's a HUGE manhunt to get those criminals!
Every one of these "law enforcement" officials should get a swift kick in the ass and their priorities straightened out.
I fully agree with you that priorities need to be fixed. But this was easily predicted. You don't want Big Corps to focus on eliminating you, unless you have a death wish.
the old ipad 2 is faster than the tegra 3, according to arstecnica, so it should make sense that the new ipad is even faster. i can't find the link but i saw it a few days ago, maybe here in a comment
Why is everyone focused on benchmarks when they have been notoriously unreliable. There are games available for both platforms, ie: Riptide GP, and there are youtube videos of them being played side by side. The Tegra 3 version had more details and was on a higher resolution platform. Seems to me that Tegra 3 won that bout. There are other examples of applications on both platforms. Unless your favorite application is a benchmark, lets hear about real applications that exist and are being used by actual people.
Technically this is called aristocracy
Nope. Plutocracy. Aristocrats are aristocrats because their parents were aristocrats.
Is there really any difference? I know what the old definition of Aristocracy was, but I think it has changed. It seems like big money plays a factor now.
Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
Honestly, sell your old Canon Rebel and get a Rebel t2i and get a camera that sees in the dark and kicks the crud out of that paleolithic age camera... IF.....
The Rebel t2i is very nice, have one myself. Just don't be cheap on the lens and filters. And if you install "Magic Lantern"(http://magiclantern.wikia.com/wiki/Magic_Lantern_Firmware_Wiki), you really have a nice camera!
We'd have a lot less garage explosions if methamphetamines could be produced in a professional lab somewhere, with QA and such.
Sorry, but methamphetamines already are produced in a professional lab, it's one of the medications used to treat ADHD. Unless you meant to add, "and handed out like M&Ms". But that's crazy talk.
Why should the legal status matter? They're not stealing because their drug of choice is illegal , they do it because they're addicted to drugs that make it hard to hold a steady job. And the drug involved could be alcohol, crack, or pot...etc. Feeding their addiction is their only goal, and if their drug of choice became legal, it wouldn't change a thing. Gambling and alcohol are legal, and yet there are plenty of people who still steal to maintain their habit.
Are you saying that thieves tend to be teetotalers? Or are you saying that the money they make from illegal activities is only for buying illegal drugs?
I agree, if you make it impossible to do Heroin, it will be replaced with something else. A lot of addicts are self-medicating and if you take away their medication of choice, they will go nuts trying to find a replacement medication. They really need to treat the root problem, otherwise the cycle of self-medication will continue with other dangerous drugs.
Wow, I haven't been modded down in ages!
There should be an achievement award for being modded down by oppressive government agencies censoring the internet! Just a sec, there's someone at the door
This reads just like the email tax hoax. It's totally unrealistic and will never happen.
Am I missing something, or am I wrong in that each country already has control over their portion of the Internet. They prove it when they start censoring and setup firewalls trying to exert their will over the masses. Obviously, if countries like China want a change, it's not to make it better, and doesn't most of the internet mischief originate from Russia and China? If they can't control things in their own backyard then they need to back off. And you know they can find the culprits if they wanted to, I'm sure if a hacker posted nude pictures of senior Chinese officials having sex with underage prostitutes, they would be arrested before their fingers left the keyboard.
The U.N. just wants more control and more money. I think our answer should be, screw you guys, we're out of this club and we're taking our funding with us.