The games that usually pose the largest problems are those that use Microsoft's DirectPlay. These games include Age of Empires II, Mechwarrior 3, and Rainbow Six. The reason why these won't work is they use a lot of odd ports during gameplay. If you search Deja.com, you may find a shell script which sets up ipchains for you to help you resolve these problems.
I dunno, if there's fixers out there that are like the ones I usedta encounter in Shadowrun with my first GM, anything's possible.
Why, you could just saunter down an alley, find some random wacky elf fixer with a few troll bodyguards, and fence anything imaginable, usually on the spot. Restricted VTOL military fighter craft? No problem. The president's daughter? No hitch. Random NASA space shuttle? Oh come on now, who doesn't have one of those?;)
I had a shirt that once said "Go away or I'll replace you with a very small shell script". Never think anyone would actually do that though. I guess things'll be interesting with the new Jon Katz around. =D
Didn't Segfault and some other sites (UserFriendly?) "close their doors" last year due to some random lawsuits on *dun dun dun!* April 1st? Coincedence, or conspiracy? If you were wise, I'd take this with a grain of salt.
This is truly vile, and it deeply sickens me. And what sickens me most, Pinkertons, arguably the largest and most highly regarded security firm in the world, is running this. If Alan Pinkerton was still around today, I sincerely doubt that he would even consider anything so... ugh! There's no word to describe it.
Pinkerton's Corporate HQ can be contacted here: 4330 Park Terrace Drive Westlake Village, CA 91361 818-706-6800 - Telephone 818-706-5515 - Fax
On the Bright Side (TM), ~27,000 of these are just inefficiencies in the code that were long forgotten and need to be taken care of.
However, there are an estimated 28,000 Real Problems (TM) still in the software. This, is still quite disheartening. I for one am delaying deployment of Windows 2000 Professional on workstations until it's reported that the final version (give or take 4 service packs) is relatively stable.
And for all you IT managers out there, make sure you develop a stable method of deployment before updating all your NT 4.0 boxen, unless you want to deal with a huge heap of problems. Use common sense. --
Is it just me or are there small belt holsters with decent sized pistols in 'em? I never got one of those when I became an MCP, just a 'pocket guide' on NTS erver that was far too large to fit in anyone's pocket.
I've owned a numerous deal of gadgety watches from Casio, as several co-workers of mine. They're truly ingenious little wonders, and we often do make excuses to justify purchases, but they never seem to last long.
First I had a watch with a calculator. The buttons were minute but I got used to them after a bit. It was a nice device, and fairly solid. This is the only Casio I've owned that's managed to last. It was annihilated by a racquetball that hit me in the wrist. I mean, no way it could've been saved. I give this one credit though, as it held up through years of showers, swimming, and abuse.
Then I moved onto the Databank 150. It was a nice watch, and it really was quite useful, freeing me from carrying around a small notebook for phone numbers and reminders. Unfortunately, one of the buttons had a habit of sticking inside the watch, which would drain the battery in 2-3 days. Friends reported that small bumps and even a decent static charge would knock out their organizer for good.
Then I moved to the touchscreen version. Ah, no more square inch keyboard. It was great, until a static discharge from a combination of a monitor and the fiber/cat5 switching system knocked it out. Being under warranty I shipped it out to Casio in which its currently being repaired.
The other thing that was often a nuisance is getting a battery replaced. No shop in the area was Casio certified and had the battery replacement tools, except one. I went in asking to see if they replaced the batteries in a Casio and they told me to come back the following day around 6, in which her brother with his special tool would replace it for me. I wanted my info back, so I came back and he gladly took my watch and used his special tool -- a paperclip which he masterfully bent and shaped to remove the covering -- and replaced the battery. What can I say, it worked damn well.
Currently though I have a pretty stock $18 Timex w/ Indiglo. It gets me by. These new watches look keen, specially the mp3 watch, and the new organizer, but I have some reservation in buying yet another watch to again handle and lose important information.
I think I'll just wait until the color Palm Pilots come along and just use my watch as a watch. =) --
What IF they won? Seriously, do these guys realize what they could unleash upon themselves?
First, one can imagine the unquantifiable amount of flame that LinuxTECH would receieve. Not only from the community, but from the media. Also, what would companies like Red Hat, SuSE, VA Linux Systems, and IBM think of this? I doubt they'd be very pleased about the situation at all.
I'm sorry, but anyone else who tries to trademark Linux should be shot.
He didn't take advantage of the opportunity for fun spending the evening with your datacenter.
As the countdown rolled down, all the PCs were off, and accounting was closing out the "old-fashioned way", so I headed down to the second basement where all the circuit breakers are.
At the stroke of midnight I turned off power to the 3rd floor (accounting). You could hear em scream all the way down there. =) They won't me cooped up on a holiday with a buncha servers and leftover fruitcake anymore. Muwaa haa haa.
Not a single date-related problem either. Woohoo! --
CI Host has a blurb on their home page making note that they've made one of the top 3 out of 15000+ hosting companines. Wonder if that award can be taken away.;)
Here's the blurb for the motivationally-challenged:
Award Winning Service C I Host leads the web hosting industry by providing and upholding true commitment to customer care. The belief that customer satisfaction and trust are the key factors to our success makes C I Host the premier choice for consumers and businesses in over 128 countries worldwide. C I Host is also consistently rated in the Top 3 of 15,000+ hosting companies by HostIndex and The Ultimate Web Host List. Speed, reliability, affordable pricing and superior customer service are the hallmark of success at C I Host --
I personally use NQC becuase personally its much easier for me to deal with than the drag-and-drop interface provided with the application on the kit's CD-ROM, and IMHO I find it more flexible.
Mark Miller has made modifications to allow each sensor input on the RCX to handle four different sensors per input (for a total of twelve sensors per RCX unit). He has also provided example code in NQC to show how to handle the situation. Here's the link: http://www.eagle-software.com/MindFest.h tm. This is a great solution for those of you who would like to use more than 3 input devices on a single brick.
What am I doing with mine? Currently I'm trying (honest!) to create an ATV that can map out its immediate surroundings (using proximity detection [http://www.mop.no/~simen/legoproxi.htm], and input from touch sensors) so that if it gets stuck it can quickly figure out how to leave the area. I just purchased my second set and a myriad of sensors too. Joy! =) --
What is he gonna do if his laptop sporks out? Or the cable for his net connection? He'll have no contact with the outside world (except screaming for help from his backyard I guess). I hope that incidents along that line are covered. =) --
European monk Adelard of Bath translated Arab mathematicianal-Khowarizmi's book "Al-jabr" in 1120. Within 20 years, Arabic decimals spread throughout Europe.
Leon Battista Alberti wrote "On Painting" in 1431, the first scientific study of perspective visualiztation. The mathematical interpretation of 3-D scenes as 2-D images continues to be the foundation of computer graphics and simulations.
William Oughtred invented the most successful computing device in history, the slide rule, based on the development of logarithms seven years earlier, in 1621. --
So your site is going to be down ~110 hours during the course of a year. Bout 4 1/2 days. They're boasting about that? I wouldn't, especially if they offer e-commerce hosting. --
In consideration to their stock, if this keeps up, eToys could be hit by a class-action lawsuit from shareholders.
In the U.S. you can sue a company's management if they keep making decisions that run counter to sound business judgment--and in this case, it's pretty clear eToys management is acting out of personal motives rather than from any real judgment.
Under U.S. law shareholders can lead a class-action lawsuit against management that willfully and stupidly loses their money--and that's what we've got here. Pretty soon it's going to be necessary to decide whether to join that suit, or to keep losing money...
IMHO, they should drop this while they're still able. --
Ok, lemme clear something up before this gets flamed into oblivion. =)
In case of said failure, the group would be prolly liable for damages, but I don't think the feds would be on their case or there would be any major lawsuits, if they immediately released a patch. --
Cliff is right, this is a touchy issue. I am not a lawyer, but I do have have some thoughts in which I'm sure fellow slashdotters with more knowledge of the field/issue will expand on.
Law. Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.
Ok, hypothetical situation time. Company X makes this nifty toaster called the iToast. It can track user settings, adjust to hardware failure, and all sorts of nifty things to make you the perfect toast each and every time until the whole thing goes.
But I must mention that the iToast has a built in 3.5" floppy drive so you can apply patches, or isntall a whole different version of the software. Now, Company X ships the iToast bundled with its own software, but a nice little grassroots orginization creates their own OSS for the device. It's faster, and has a better isToastDone(args), which results in better output. Yum indeed.
Unfortunately, the OSS geeks overlooked a small bug which can, although rare (say 1:20000 uses) cause the toaster to burst into flames. Not good.
Now, the question is where can, if at all, the company become liable?
I say there is little chance that the OSS group would be held liable if they released a patch immediately upon discovery of the bug. However, if they chose to ignore the bug, the group would more than likely be held liable for resulting damages. Of course, there are some creative lawyers out there nowadays, so . . . =) --
Suing over results in a search engine? Either someone at LF has been seriously misinformed or they need a serious talking to.
If this was an actual problem, wouldn't everyone have sued every other search engine over this by now? Eesh.
I'm quite fluent in French, and I think my IS deparment is going to have a word with their IS department. Want to get in touch with LF? Here you go for those who don't mind making international calls/faxes:
Slashdot Mirror
The games that usually pose the largest problems are those that use Microsoft's DirectPlay. These games include Age of Empires II, Mechwarrior 3, and Rainbow Six. The reason why these won't work is they use a lot of odd ports during gameplay. If you search Deja.com, you may find a shell script which sets up ipchains for you to help you resolve these problems.
I dunno, if there's fixers out there that are like the ones I usedta encounter in Shadowrun with my first GM, anything's possible.
;)
Why, you could just saunter down an alley, find some random wacky elf fixer with a few troll bodyguards, and fence anything imaginable, usually on the spot. Restricted VTOL military fighter craft? No problem. The president's daughter? No hitch. Random NASA space shuttle? Oh come on now, who doesn't have one of those?
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I had a shirt that once said "Go away or I'll replace you with a very small shell script". Never think anyone would actually do that though. I guess things'll be interesting with the new Jon Katz around. =D
Yep, this is breaking some of the major news stations by the way. The verdict will be next week. You can read all about it here:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/387475.asp
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Didn't Segfault and some other sites (UserFriendly?) "close their doors" last year due to some random lawsuits on *dun dun dun!* April 1st? Coincedence, or conspiracy? If you were wise, I'd take this with a grain of salt.
This is truly vile, and it deeply sickens me. And what sickens me most, Pinkertons, arguably the largest and most highly regarded security firm in the world, is running this. If Alan Pinkerton was still around today, I sincerely doubt that he would even consider anything so ... ugh! There's no word to describe it.
Pinkerton's Corporate HQ can be contacted here:
4330 Park Terrace Drive
Westlake Village, CA 91361
818-706-6800 - Telephone
818-706-5515 - Fax
Another test message, this time, with a login.
On the Bright Side (TM), ~27,000 of these are just inefficiencies in the code that were long forgotten and need to be taken care of.
However, there are an estimated 28,000 Real Problems (TM) still in the software. This, is still quite disheartening. I for one am delaying deployment of Windows 2000 Professional on workstations until it's reported that the final version (give or take 4 service packs) is relatively stable.
And for all you IT managers out there, make sure you develop a stable method of deployment before updating all your NT 4.0 boxen, unless you want to deal with a huge heap of problems. Use common sense.
--
And for all you Natalie Portman worshippers, you too can own your very own 5' tall Natalie, available from Amazon.Com's zShops.
Yes, it's cardboard. Sorry to dissapoint you all. You can continue building your Natalie sexbot from your Lego Mindstorms kits now. =)
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Oh come now. This would never fly! The reason some (most [all]) people even go to college is to surf, get drunk, and get laid!
Oh yes, and those nice pieces of paper which get you a good job.
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Burnt flesh and curly fries?
"Waah! Einstein died and he didn't get to finish his curly fries!"
http://www.kibo.com/adventure/adven ture_1.shtml
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Is it just me or are there small belt holsters with decent sized pistols in 'em? I never got one of those when I became an MCP, just a 'pocket guide' on NTS erver that was far too large to fit in anyone's pocket.
I'm going to pout now.
--
I've owned a numerous deal of gadgety watches from Casio, as several co-workers of mine. They're truly ingenious little wonders, and we often do make excuses to justify purchases, but they never seem to last long.
First I had a watch with a calculator. The buttons were minute but I got used to them after a bit. It was a nice device, and fairly solid. This is the only Casio I've owned that's managed to last. It was annihilated by a racquetball that hit me in the wrist. I mean, no way it could've been saved. I give this one credit though, as it held up through years of showers, swimming, and abuse.
Then I moved onto the Databank 150. It was a nice watch, and it really was quite useful, freeing me from carrying around a small notebook for phone numbers and reminders. Unfortunately, one of the buttons had a habit of sticking inside the watch, which would drain the battery in 2-3 days. Friends reported that small bumps and even a decent static charge would knock out their organizer for good.
Then I moved to the touchscreen version. Ah, no more square inch keyboard. It was great, until a static discharge from a combination of a monitor and the fiber/cat5 switching system knocked it out. Being under warranty I shipped it out to Casio in which its currently being repaired.
The other thing that was often a nuisance is getting a battery replaced. No shop in the area was Casio certified and had the battery replacement tools, except one. I went in asking to see if they replaced the batteries in a Casio and they told me to come back the following day around 6, in which her brother with his special tool would replace it for me. I wanted my info back, so I came back and he gladly took my watch and used his special tool -- a paperclip which he masterfully bent and shaped to remove the covering -- and replaced the battery. What can I say, it worked damn well.
Currently though I have a pretty stock $18 Timex w/ Indiglo. It gets me by. These new watches look keen, specially the mp3 watch, and the new organizer, but I have some reservation in buying yet another watch to again handle and lose important information.
I think I'll just wait until the color Palm Pilots come along and just use my watch as a watch. =)
--
Also what's interesting is the Dilbert comic at the bottom of that same page.
The comic even has in it:
"Redistribution in part or in whole is strictly prohibited"
These guys just don't get it do they? =)
--
What IF they won? Seriously, do these guys realize what they could unleash upon themselves?
First, one can imagine the unquantifiable amount of flame that LinuxTECH would receieve. Not only from the community, but from the media. Also, what would companies like Red Hat, SuSE, VA Linux Systems, and IBM think of this? I doubt they'd be very pleased about the situation at all.
I'm sorry, but anyone else who tries to trademark Linux should be shot.
Survivors should be shot again. Nuff said.
--
He didn't take advantage of the opportunity for fun spending the evening with your datacenter.
As the countdown rolled down, all the PCs were off, and accounting was closing out the "old-fashioned way", so I headed down to the second basement where all the circuit breakers are.
At the stroke of midnight I turned off power to the 3rd floor (accounting). You could hear em scream all the way down there. =) They won't me cooped up on a holiday with a buncha servers and leftover fruitcake anymore. Muwaa haa haa.
Not a single date-related problem either. Woohoo!
--
CI Host has a blurb on their home page making note that they've made one of the top 3 out of 15000+ hosting companines. Wonder if that award can be taken away. ;)
Here's the blurb for the motivationally-challenged:
Award Winning Service
C I Host leads the web hosting industry by providing and upholding true commitment to customer care. The belief that customer satisfaction and trust are the key factors to our success makes C I Host the premier choice for consumers and businesses in over 128 countries worldwide. C I Host is also consistently rated in the Top 3 of 15,000+ hosting companies by HostIndex and The Ultimate Web Host List. Speed, reliability, affordable pricing and superior customer service are the hallmark of success at C I Host
--
I personally use NQC becuase personally its much easier for me to deal with than the drag-and-drop interface provided with the application on the kit's CD-ROM, and IMHO I find it more flexible.
Mark Miller has made modifications to allow each sensor input on the RCX to handle four different sensors per input (for a total of twelve sensors per RCX unit). He has also provided example code in NQC to show how to handle the situation. Here's the link: http://www.eagle-software.com/MindFest.h tm. This is a great solution for those of you who would like to use more than 3 input devices on a single brick.
What am I doing with mine? Currently I'm trying (honest!) to create an ATV that can map out its immediate surroundings (using proximity detection [http://www.mop.no/~simen/legoproxi.htm], and input from touch sensors) so that if it gets stuck it can quickly figure out how to leave the area. I just purchased my second set and a myriad of sensors too. Joy! =)
--
What is he gonna do if his laptop sporks out? Or the cable for his net connection? He'll have no contact with the outside world (except screaming for help from his backyard I guess). I hope that incidents along that line are covered. =)
--
European monk Adelard of Bath translated Arab mathematicianal-Khowarizmi's book "Al-jabr" in 1120. Within 20 years, Arabic decimals spread throughout Europe.
Leon Battista Alberti wrote "On Painting" in 1431, the first scientific study of perspective visualiztation. The mathematical interpretation of 3-D scenes as 2-D images continues to be the foundation of computer graphics and simulations.
William Oughtred invented the most successful computing device in history, the slide rule, based on the development of logarithms seven years earlier, in 1621.
--
So your site is going to be down ~110 hours during the course of a year. Bout 4 1/2 days. They're boasting about that? I wouldn't, especially if they offer e-commerce hosting.
--
#include
#include <std_disclaimer.h>
In consideration to their stock, if this keeps up, eToys could be hit by a class-action lawsuit from shareholders.
In the U.S. you can sue a company's management if they keep making decisions that run counter to sound business judgment--and in this case, it's pretty clear eToys management is acting out of personal motives rather than from any real judgment.
Under U.S. law shareholders can lead a class-action lawsuit against management that willfully and stupidly loses their money--and that's what we've got here. Pretty soon it's going to be necessary to decide whether to join that suit, or to keep losing money...
IMHO, they should drop this while they're still able.
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Ok, lemme clear something up before this gets flamed into oblivion. =)
In case of said failure, the group would be prolly liable for damages, but I don't think the feds would be on their case or there would be any major lawsuits, if they immediately released a patch.
--
Cliff is right, this is a touchy issue. I am not a lawyer, but I do have have some thoughts in which I'm sure fellow slashdotters with more knowledge of the field/issue will expand on.
Law. Failure to exercise the degree of care considered reasonable under the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another party.
Ok, hypothetical situation time. Company X makes this nifty toaster called the iToast. It can track user settings, adjust to hardware failure, and all sorts of nifty things to make you the perfect toast each and every time until the whole thing goes.
But I must mention that the iToast has a built in 3.5" floppy drive so you can apply patches, or isntall a whole different version of the software. Now, Company X ships the iToast bundled with its own software, but a nice little grassroots orginization creates their own OSS for the device. It's faster, and has a better isToastDone(args), which results in better output. Yum indeed.
Unfortunately, the OSS geeks overlooked a small bug which can, although rare (say 1:20000 uses) cause the toaster to burst into flames. Not good.
Now, the question is where can, if at all, the company become liable?
I say there is little chance that the OSS group would be held liable if they released a patch immediately upon discovery of the bug. However, if they chose to ignore the bug, the group would more than likely be held liable for resulting damages. Of course, there are some creative lawyers out there nowadays, so . . . =)
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Suing over results in a search engine? Either someone at LF has been seriously misinformed or they need a serious talking to.
If this was an actual problem, wouldn't everyone have sued every other search engine over this by now? Eesh.
I'm quite fluent in French, and I think my IS deparment is going to have a word with their IS department. Want to get in touch with LF? Here you go for those who don't mind making international calls/faxes:
Tel: +33(1) 47 20 24 88
Fax: +33(1) 49 52 01 01
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