When I take my daughter to the local "run and pipes, play games, and eat pizza" restaurant, they stamp our hands to match. I also fence, and before each tournament, we get a stamp applied to our gear after it gets certified. You could do a combination of these with gear and users. Get some cool logo stamp with a number sequencer. Give each attendee a card and stamp the card, and then stamp a sticker on the major components. When you leave, they have to match up the card to the gear. PITA. Some might complain of getting stickers on their gear. Some might think its pretty cool.
The day the theater and DVD release dates coincide is the day I stop going to the theater for the purpose of watching the movie. If the event is social, where watching the movie is only one of many purposes, I might still go. But if my intent is purely to sit and watch the new movie, DVD all the way.
I was under the impression that 5.1 surround sound had the rear two channels producing ambient non-directional sound. Not stereo. But when you move to 6.1, you get left and right rear channels and the center speaker for ambient noise.
I had a 5.1 system, and ran the testing dvd's to insure the sound came out correctly. My rear channels did indeed provide no left-right specific sound. It was mono.
I now have a 6.1 system, and the left and right channels actually play left and right, and the center plays just center.
The downside is finding any movie recorded in anything greater than 5.1.
But its very easy to get blacklisted by AOL. Just need a couple people to report you as spam. They don't even tell you they are blocking you. You just start not being able to send. AOL will now have every incentive to blacklist companies so they can generate more income.
I had a friend get his name changed. They didn't like "dog" as a name on an rp server. Yet they let the NPC's have names that violate the policy. Oh well.
Anyway, its not all Blizzards fault. Its likely some player reported you and thats why you drew attention. Some people just love to grief. Very large quantity of people means plenty of griefers for all.
TAGGE: "And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it."
You know what happened less than two hours later:-)
Loss of the internet would have a very large financial effect, more then enough to be a juicy target for those that feed on hate.
Posting a link on slashdot IS a ddos attack, no need to wait.
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OOP done badly is as you describe, but done well, can be amazing.
The same crew that uses OOP badly may also use any other methodology badly. I have wasted countless days reading through nested if-then statements trying to figure out how something works. And when you find out, the user tends to not want that to be the case, and you rewrite it anyway.
That is is the road to insanity.
Just a note on use of BT to distribute files. Blizzard has been "evaluating" a bit torrent file distribution system for some time. AFAIK it is now the planned distribution mechanism for patches and content updates in the soon to be released World of Warcraft MMO.
Many of the posts on how this system handled the 2.6 GB files they were throwing around are terrible, giving the entire distribution mechism a black eye in that community. If any of you are skilled in the coding of a BT, call Blizzard for a job!:-)
I share your conclusion. But I see science as the business of questioning the unknown and religion as the business accepting the unknown. I believe that one can not accept and question at the same time.
To understand the unknown, science must question all things. Take it apart, put it back together, predict, measure, start again.
This often ends up with theories that can be proven wrong, but are difficult or impossible to prove right. If your theories predictions are false, your theory is proven wrong. If your predictions are correct, that does not prove your theory correct. It will simply become accepted until a better theory comes along.
To accept the unknown, religion relies upon faith. Faith that comes from some source of wisdom; a book, a priest, etc..
This results in theories that "could" be proven right, but are difficult to prove wrong. Could, in this sense requires the object of faith to cooperate. Any counterevidence is only shown as a test by the source of faith. I asked a Jehova's Witness about dinosaur bones once, and was told they were put in the earth by the devil to make us question god.
If a scientist accepted the unknown, they could not question that unknown, and would not be a scientist.
If someone who placed thier trust in faith questioned the unknown, they lose the ability to accept, and faith suffers.
I think its funny that people will, in one breath, preach that god gave us free will and on the next, go on to convince us not to use it.
I have never liked Stern's type of entertainment, or his shows in particular. But I 100% support his right to be there and say what he wants. The fullness of my dissent against his programming is that I don't listen.
Its all well and good to ask the tough question. But what hope do we have of insisting on an answer?
I don't believe in the ability of our press to pursue a full answer to any question. Might as well ask them what they had for breakfast, the answer will be as relevant to the future of our nation.
Even if you manage to catch the candidate in a question that the handlers havn't prep-ed them on, those same handlers will be on hand 15 seconds after the debate to re-answer the question "correctly". With no fact checking by the "reporter".
My mother always said "life isn't a popularity contest". Well, an election is. The truth, and doing whats right, and stating your beliefs are not popular. But that is the price of a democracy. And a price that is supposed to be held in check an educated population and a free press.
This cycic believes our press sold out long ago
and the popularity contest is running unchecked.
I don't think I will ever understand this argument. And I do not pretend that I have a clue about how the law treats it.
If I live in a room, and want to be outside, but you have locked the doors and windows, haven't you removed my ablity to be outside? If you provide an alterante outside-like experience, say you pump in closed-circuit video of the park, does that count?
Oh, elbow room, elbow room
Got to, got to get us some elbow room.
It's the moon or bust,
in God we trust.
There's a new land up there! School House Rock
Wasn't Return of the Jedi supposed to be called Revenge of the Jedi? I seem to remember, as a kid, seeing someone really excited about having a movie poster with the wrong name on it...
If so, can we expect this to be released as "Return of the Sith"?
I can only speak for myself of course. I am not a western fan at all.
What I liked most was the way the actors seemed to be so comfortable with thier characters from the start.
The crew is "good" people, but they are not pure. They have intersting, unexplored, and questionable pasts. None of them really knows where they are going, but they are going none the less.
The crew relationships also existed on many levels. Each person was unique, and also had thier own relationship with others on the ship. And all that came to be real for the viewer very quickly, and the mechanism never seemed forced.
I also liked the non-space-traditional plot tactics. Good guys don't typically run bad guys through thier engines. Perhaps its because I do not like westerns that I am unfamiliar with these types of plots, I can't say.
I am married. My wife does not game. She has tried some games. Neverwinter nights, she just wanted to use as a graphical chat engine. Asherons Call, she used for the same.
We have an arrangement now. I come home, do the dinner, chores, family play time till 8 or 9. Then I can play. At 10 PM I get off line and we spend an hour together. That gives us each some time to do our own things, and still get some time together.
I think the trick is your wife/other has to have a life/hobbies of thier own in addition to the one they share with you. Have you time and us time.
Imagine the practical jokes!
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(directed sound at Victim1):Your shoe is untied
Victim1: Did you hear that?
Victim2: Hear what?
Victim1: That voice, didn't you hear it?
Victim2: No.
Victim1: It said "Your shoe is untied"
(directed sound at Victim1): I said no such thing
etc...
I use to love Real
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I stopped using it when it became 'viral' and blatently slimy. Then I tried winamp, which I was already using for files I own. Not so good, in my experience, at finding streaming music I want to hear. Apart from Media Player, whats left? I feel like if I want to hear music through the computer, I have be willing to sell my soul.
The state form sucks. Its much harder than the federal form. If there were some deal to be had with the devil, it would be tempting.
However, all trust in any state government system was washed away by the few years I worked as a state employee. Here is my story.
I had to enter payment leins against various organizations that my monster agency might have to one day pay. I had to use the dummy terminal mainframe system to enter data in a format that I think pre-dates western use of the numeral 0. If thats possible in a computer system.
And the IRS agents were sooo understanding. As we both worked for the state, and used the same systems. (Knowing perfectly well I could not comply with the requests using the tools available.) I would receive multiple certified snail mail letters threating me personnaly with liability for the tens of thousands someone owed the government. And, if multiple agencies had a claim, they would each claim that they were the ones to be given priority and I would be in serious trouble if I didn't do what they said.
Technology aside, this is the state. These people are more than likely still the ones who would use this data. And its those people I fear far more than the technology.
Slashdot Mirror
When I take my daughter to the local "run and pipes, play games, and eat pizza" restaurant, they stamp our hands to match. I also fence, and before each tournament, we get a stamp applied to our gear after it gets certified. You could do a combination of these with gear and users. Get some cool logo stamp with a number sequencer. Give each attendee a card and stamp the card, and then stamp a sticker on the major components. When you leave, they have to match up the card to the gear. PITA. Some might complain of getting stickers on their gear. Some might think its pretty cool.
The day the theater and DVD release dates coincide is the day I stop going to the theater for the purpose of watching the movie. If the event is social, where watching the movie is only one of many purposes, I might still go. But if my intent is purely to sit and watch the new movie, DVD all the way.
I was under the impression that 5.1 surround sound had the rear two channels producing ambient non-directional sound. Not stereo. But when you move to 6.1, you get left and right rear channels and the center speaker for ambient noise. I had a 5.1 system, and ran the testing dvd's to insure the sound came out correctly. My rear channels did indeed provide no left-right specific sound. It was mono. I now have a 6.1 system, and the left and right channels actually play left and right, and the center plays just center. The downside is finding any movie recorded in anything greater than 5.1.
But its very easy to get blacklisted by AOL. Just need a couple people to report you as spam. They don't even tell you they are blocking you. You just start not being able to send. AOL will now have every incentive to blacklist companies so they can generate more income.
I had a friend get his name changed. They didn't like "dog" as a name on an rp server. Yet they let the NPC's have names that violate the policy. Oh well. Anyway, its not all Blizzards fault. Its likely some player reported you and thats why you drew attention. Some people just love to grief. Very large quantity of people means plenty of griefers for all.
TAGGE: "And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it."
:-)
You know what happened less than two hours later
Loss of the internet would have a very large financial effect, more then enough to be a juicy target for those that feed on hate.
Stand them all on end and end up with zero heads in both piles?
Maybe you could just use a refill kit to fill a blank yellow cartridge with black ink and find it easier. Or add something that glows, etc...
Do you really want him to be your current president?
Posting a link on slashdot IS a ddos attack, no need to wait.
OOP done badly is as you describe, but done well, can be amazing.
The same crew that uses OOP badly may also use any other methodology badly. I have wasted countless days reading through nested if-then statements trying to figure out how something works. And when you find out, the user tends to not want that to be the case, and you rewrite it anyway.
That is is the road to insanity.
Just a note on use of BT to distribute files. Blizzard has been "evaluating" a bit torrent file distribution system for some time. AFAIK it is now the planned distribution mechanism for patches and content updates in the soon to be released World of Warcraft MMO.
:-)
Many of the posts on how this system handled the 2.6 GB files they were throwing around are terrible, giving the entire distribution mechism a black eye in that community. If any of you are skilled in the coding of a BT, call Blizzard for a job!
I share your conclusion. But I see science as the business of questioning the unknown and religion as the business accepting the unknown. I believe that one can not accept and question at the same time.
To understand the unknown, science must question all things. Take it apart, put it back together, predict, measure, start again.
This often ends up with theories that can be proven wrong, but are difficult or impossible to prove right. If your theories predictions are false, your theory is proven wrong. If your predictions are correct, that does not prove your theory correct. It will simply become accepted until a better theory comes along.
To accept the unknown, religion relies upon faith. Faith that comes from some source of wisdom; a book, a priest, etc..
This results in theories that "could" be proven right, but are difficult to prove wrong. Could, in this sense requires the object of faith to cooperate. Any counterevidence is only shown as a test by the source of faith. I asked a Jehova's Witness about dinosaur bones once, and was told they were put in the earth by the devil to make us question god.
If a scientist accepted the unknown, they could not question that unknown, and would not be a scientist.
If someone who placed thier trust in faith questioned the unknown, they lose the ability to accept, and faith suffers.
I think its funny that people will, in one breath, preach that god gave us free will and on the next, go on to convince us not to use it. I have never liked Stern's type of entertainment, or his shows in particular. But I 100% support his right to be there and say what he wants. The fullness of my dissent against his programming is that I don't listen.
Its all well and good to ask the tough question. But what hope do we have of insisting on an answer?
I don't believe in the ability of our press to pursue a full answer to any question. Might as well ask them what they had for breakfast, the answer will be as relevant to the future of our nation.
Even if you manage to catch the candidate in a question that the handlers havn't prep-ed them on, those same handlers will be on hand 15 seconds after the debate to re-answer the question "correctly". With no fact checking by the "reporter".
My mother always said "life isn't a popularity contest". Well, an election is. The truth, and doing whats right, and stating your beliefs are not popular. But that is the price of a democracy. And a price that is supposed to be held in check an educated population and a free press.
This cycic believes our press sold out long ago and the popularity contest is running unchecked.
I don't think I will ever understand this argument. And I do not pretend that I have a clue about how the law treats it. If I live in a room, and want to be outside, but you have locked the doors and windows, haven't you removed my ablity to be outside? If you provide an alterante outside-like experience, say you pump in closed-circuit video of the park, does that count?
And for the 'modern right' its unamerican or immoral. Extremes are as (or more) dangerous than stereotypes. And in the least, just as wrong.
Oh, elbow room, elbow room Got to, got to get us some elbow room. It's the moon or bust, in God we trust. There's a new land up there!
School House Rock
Wasn't Return of the Jedi supposed to be called Revenge of the Jedi? I seem to remember, as a kid, seeing someone really excited about having a movie poster with the wrong name on it... If so, can we expect this to be released as "Return of the Sith"?
I can only speak for myself of course. I am not a western fan at all.
What I liked most was the way the actors seemed to be so comfortable with thier characters from the start.
The crew is "good" people, but they are not pure. They have intersting, unexplored, and questionable pasts. None of them really knows where they are going, but they are going none the less.
The crew relationships also existed on many levels. Each person was unique, and also had thier own relationship with others on the ship. And all that came to be real for the viewer very quickly, and the mechanism never seemed forced.
I also liked the non-space-traditional plot tactics. Good guys don't typically run bad guys through thier engines. Perhaps its because I do not like westerns that I am unfamiliar with these types of plots, I can't say.
I am married. My wife does not game. She has tried some games. Neverwinter nights, she just wanted to use as a graphical chat engine. Asherons Call, she used for the same. We have an arrangement now. I come home, do the dinner, chores, family play time till 8 or 9. Then I can play. At 10 PM I get off line and we spend an hour together. That gives us each some time to do our own things, and still get some time together. I think the trick is your wife/other has to have a life/hobbies of thier own in addition to the one they share with you. Have you time and us time.
Check out This MSDN page and this from channel 9
(directed sound at Victim1):Your shoe is untied Victim1: Did you hear that? Victim2: Hear what? Victim1: That voice, didn't you hear it? Victim2: No. Victim1: It said "Your shoe is untied" (directed sound at Victim1): I said no such thing etc...
I stopped using it when it became 'viral' and blatently slimy. Then I tried winamp, which I was already using for files I own. Not so good, in my experience, at finding streaming music I want to hear. Apart from Media Player, whats left? I feel like if I want to hear music through the computer, I have be willing to sell my soul.
The state form sucks. Its much harder than the federal form. If there were some deal to be had with the devil, it would be tempting.
However, all trust in any state government system was washed away by the few years I worked as a state employee. Here is my story.
I had to enter payment leins against various organizations that my monster agency might have to one day pay. I had to use the dummy terminal mainframe system to enter data in a format that I think pre-dates western use of the numeral 0. If thats possible in a computer system.
And the IRS agents were sooo understanding. As we both worked for the state, and used the same systems. (Knowing perfectly well I could not comply with the requests using the tools available.) I would receive multiple certified snail mail letters threating me personnaly with liability for the tens of thousands someone owed the government. And, if multiple agencies had a claim, they would each claim that they were the ones to be given priority and I would be in serious trouble if I didn't do what they said.
Technology aside, this is the state. These people are more than likely still the ones who would use this data. And its those people I fear far more than the technology.