Obviously you're aware that he conceptualized the first massively popular online RPG, Ultima Online. It was that game which made MMO's penetrate the mainstream gamers conscience. While there were plenty before him (Merdian 59 for example), preceding Everquest, Ultima Online was the first of its kind.
I played an online MMO that had something similar to this. There were a few laws that were written when the game began and it was up to player elected judges to enforce these laws. For example, one of them was no swearing. You could usually swear and get away with it, but if a judge saw it, he'd transport you to court, and usually jail shortly after. Jail in this world consisted of a 6x6 tiled room with a bed and a talking stone. You had click on the stone a variant amount of times (depending on the sentence) and retype the message it says to get out of jail. The messages were along the lines of, "I am a bad person for committing a crime and will not do it again."
If you spelled a word wrong it would start the counter over.:)
It was pretty damn effective, since it was a pay to play game, it really sucked if you got your character stuck in jail.
Not only would you have to spend an hour talking to a stone, it also left a "red branding" on your characters viewable profile. This had a pretty big impact on your characters reputation.
The discount vendor has an insentive in offering you these products, because that's the sort of market they're reaching out to (the technically savy). Dell already has a large enough market and it's a market that would likely be confused if they recieved OOo and not MS Office.
What about power? One of the most notable benefits of a wired connection is that you can not only transfer information but power the device as well. I don't know about you, but I hate wireless mice/keyboards for the very reason that it's just too inconvenient to keep replacing batteries.
FTA: "So while driving you can see the GPS navigation your kid at the backseat can enjoy Ace Combat on his PS2 while your wife in the passenger seat checks out tourist sites and restaurants all in full-screen view. "
Open Audacity. Set recording to stereo mix. Turn off or silence all other programs that might make a sound. Hit record. Open the myspace page with the music I want to "download". Wait until it's finished. Hit stop recording on Audacity. Cut out the beginning and ending dead air. Save file.
"Aspircreme and Headon are to examples of products that can be used to relieve headaches by applying the product directly to the back of the neck or forehead. Most topical pain relief products create a sensation of cooling or heating, which temporarily disguises pain and doesn't treat it."
Using a valid download center key you can download the file on a machine with an invalid VLK, but you still can't install it. This is the case at least with IE7, so I assume it's the same with other software as well. The installer does its own validation check. So ultimately, what do we gain except now we have the installer, which doesn't do an invalid user any good, because it checks for the key. And it doesn't do a valid user any good, because they could've gotten it anyway, without this!
But I just tryed this with an invalid version of Windows, and no dice. I think the article is misleading, and this isn't even newsworthy. I don't believe this is a way to "skip" authentication, but simply a way of manually entering your key into the URL, essentially what you would've done anyway, except in a form text area. No?
"And in the context of criminal investigations, what happens if evidence is "lost" (or simply unrecovered) from a 25-year-old computer in a murder investigation which has no statute of limitations?"
In the context of a criminal investigation I'd say take those situations as a case-by-case basis. If they want the case solved badly enough they will find a way to contract someone to develop hardware (or emulation?) that will read said data, or they will find a way to have tax-payers fund it. Either way, if a medium exists that has been "forgotten" it's most likely that not everyone has forgotten how to access it, or that research cannot be done in order to access it.
How do I expect to be able to convince my neighbors to go out and buy a wireless base station if they don't have one? Obviously a very idealistic and unpractical solution.:-)
FTA: "But the searchers may be running out of time. The only known equipment on which the original analogue tapes can be decoded is at a Goddard centre set to close in October, raising fears that even if they are found before they deteriorate, copying them may be impossible."
Is the article honestly trying to suggest that NASA couldn't reverse engineer a format and design a player for it if the original player was lost? I personally find that a little hard to believe. It just sounds like a convenience excuse to create a "give-up searching" date. In my oppinion these tapes are very important to our country's history. It's almost shameful to me to think they could have lost them so easily.
So what happens if there ISN'T said footage of the police car on his unpublished films when they steal them from him. Do they just go, "Oh, well that's a bummer!"?
Heh.
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Hello Kitty Island Adventure.
Obviously you're aware that he conceptualized the first massively popular online RPG, Ultima Online. It was that game which made MMO's penetrate the mainstream gamers conscience. While there were plenty before him (Merdian 59 for example), preceding Everquest, Ultima Online was the first of its kind.
The technology needs to go just a little further and become just a little smaller, and then perhaps it might be feasible in an invisibility suit spec?
I played an online MMO that had something similar to this. There were a few laws that were written when the game began and it was up to player elected judges to enforce these laws. For example, one of them was no swearing. You could usually swear and get away with it, but if a judge saw it, he'd transport you to court, and usually jail shortly after. Jail in this world consisted of a 6x6 tiled room with a bed and a talking stone. You had click on the stone a variant amount of times (depending on the sentence) and retype the message it says to get out of jail. The messages were along the lines of, "I am a bad person for committing a crime and will not do it again."
:)
If you spelled a word wrong it would start the counter over.
It was pretty damn effective, since it was a pay to play game, it really sucked if you got your character stuck in jail.
Not only would you have to spend an hour talking to a stone, it also left a "red branding" on your characters viewable profile. This had a pretty big impact on your characters reputation.
For those who are curious, the game is NexusTK by Kru
( http://www.nexustk.com/ )
The discount vendor has an insentive in offering you these products, because that's the sort of market they're reaching out to (the technically savy). Dell already has a large enough market and it's a market that would likely be confused if they recieved OOo and not MS Office.
Just my 2g.
What if I happen to enjoy the smell and want it present in a particular room of my house? I'll be having my sea-side air (freshener?) thank you!
The class-id was in the article :-) D9998BD0-7957-11D2-8FED-00606730D3AA
Lennie dies at the end of t . . . oh. Of Mice and Men . . . I get it.
That's all fine and great that they can tell us, but why the heck couldn't they make a web-interface for it so I could try it out?
What about power? One of the most notable benefits of a wired connection is that you can not only transfer information but power the device as well. I don't know about you, but I hate wireless mice/keyboards for the very reason that it's just too inconvenient to keep replacing batteries.
from the smell-of-burning-thighs dept.
I believe they make a cream for that.
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FTA: "So while driving you can see the GPS navigation your kid at the backseat can enjoy Ace Combat on his PS2 while your wife in the passenger seat checks out tourist sites and restaurants all in full-screen view. "
Open Audacity.
Set recording to stereo mix.
Turn off or silence all other programs that might make a sound.
Hit record.
Open the myspace page with the music I want to "download".
Wait until it's finished.
Hit stop recording on Audacity.
Cut out the beginning and ending dead air.
Save file.
Duh.
"Aspircreme and Headon are to examples of products that can be used to relieve headaches by applying the product directly to the back of the neck or forehead. Most topical pain relief products create a sensation of cooling or heating, which temporarily disguises pain and doesn't treat it."
i cal_headaches/index.html?ucroi_kw=headon&ucroi_adi d=16782&ucroi_google_type=GoogleAdWordsSearch
Emphasis mine.
Source: http://www.productwatch.net/consumer_products/top
So what the hell is the point of this?
But I just tryed this with an invalid version of Windows, and no dice. I think the article is misleading, and this isn't even newsworthy. I don't believe this is a way to "skip" authentication, but simply a way of manually entering your key into the URL, essentially what you would've done anyway, except in a form text area. No?
"And in the context of criminal investigations, what happens if evidence is "lost" (or simply unrecovered) from a 25-year-old computer in a murder investigation which has no statute of limitations?"
In the context of a criminal investigation I'd say take those situations as a case-by-case basis. If they want the case solved badly enough they will find a way to contract someone to develop hardware (or emulation?) that will read said data, or they will find a way to have tax-payers fund it. Either way, if a medium exists that has been "forgotten" it's most likely that not everyone has forgotten how to access it, or that research cannot be done in order to access it.
Hopefully not Pioneer, Ann Arbor. I'm afraid as a lawful Huron River Rat I must spit at you in disgust.
I'm going out on a limb here but there's an "edit HTML" mode which might make it a smidge easier to fully colorizing your background.
Cheers.
How do I expect to be able to convince my neighbors to go out and buy a wireless base station if they don't have one? Obviously a very idealistic and unpractical solution. :-)
Is it considered bad karma to reply to your own AC with a joke and get +5 for it? Just sayin'!
FTA: "But the searchers may be running out of time. The only known equipment on which the original analogue tapes can be decoded is at a Goddard centre set to close in October, raising fears that even if they are found before they deteriorate, copying them may be impossible."
Is the article honestly trying to suggest that NASA couldn't reverse engineer a format and design a player for it if the original player was lost? I personally find that a little hard to believe. It just sounds like a convenience excuse to create a "give-up searching" date. In my oppinion these tapes are very important to our country's history. It's almost shameful to me to think they could have lost them so easily.
Go America!
So what happens if there ISN'T said footage of the police car on his unpublished films when they steal them from him. Do they just go, "Oh, well that's a bummer!"? Heh.
Sadly, us.