My guess is that they are going to make it look like the Cylons have taken human religion and interpreted it somehow to justify genocide.
That sounds plausible... Christian religions kind of say that all the other life on our planet was made to support humans, so maybe the cylons believe they're our successors?
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Based on what I know of the original security, you'd need to be quite an insider to crack it. And it may not even be possible at all - kind of how it's (virtually) impossible to un-hash passwords even though you may have admin access to the table that stores them.
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It was first built in 2000, when Netscape was down and out and Firefox was very very young. So they didn't worry about non-IE browsers.
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Probably the most striking thing about Google Maps is the very impressive (for DHTML, anyway) graphics. Now, I'm sure that many of you old JavaScript hacks out there have known this sort of thing was possible for a long time, but it's very cool to see it (a) actually being used for something real, and (b) where normal users will see it.
They didn't want people to need a plugin to use it, so they wrote it in JavaScript.
It's a slot machine with moving prize images. You click the arm and it pulls down and starts spinning. It talks to the server to see if your spin won a prize or not, and spins the wheels accordingly.
And even with 100% market share, they'd still need to market their new versions as they come out. 100% market share of Windows 98 for the rest of eternity doesn't make them any money (unless they start to charge for patches).
He must have meant "sales tax" instead of "shipping". Dell Small Business charges tax in every state, so that's anywhere from 5-8% extra cost over Dell Home. So depending on your sales tax, a 15% off deal in Small Business could be more expensive than a 10% off deal in Dell Home.
You can see his point though, if the drivers for the Network card don't work, no amount of pandering to the PHB will undo that bad decision.
Hopefully, he would order just one machine and put it in a test environment, before buying up 300 machines.
Then, the test environment would clearly show that the version of windows used by the company does not work with the network card.
Test Condition: Connect Dell Optiplex to our network with standard company software (Windows Version XX, etc) Result: Failed. Reason: Dell supplied Network Interface Card not compatible with Windows Version XX.
Then, the boss could decide to:
- Order 3rd party network cards that DO work with the version of windows, and install then in the new machines
- Go for a different config altogether - maybe choose those dimensions that already have compatible network cards.
Also, Dell would probably have installed alternative network cards for a few bucks per PC.
What version of windows were you using that the network card wouldn't work?
From the part of the story you mentioned, it doesn't sound like it had to end up with you losing your job...
WoW's nice because there's no penalty for not playing for a while - in fact, you get an XP bonus for "resting" that helps you to catch up a bit when you do return.
The only reason you come back to play WoW is because it's fun, not because if you don't it could hurt your experience later on.
"One of the designers really needed to step up and say the HAM system sucked."
Yes yes yes! And when buffs came along that made your secondary stats so strong that special moves cost nothing, you could spam them forever and be a godly fighter.
There were literally lines in major cities for people waiting to get buffed by master doctors.
I can remember before I knew about buffs how challenging and fun fighting was. Things were fairly decently balanced. Then I got buffed once, and kind of felt like it was cheating - I had 3x the health, could spam special moves, and regenerated very quickly - I never died.
This problem was kind of caused by the fact that other than buffs, your stats never changed. In every other game, as you level up or get stronger, you got a little more life and strength, so you could handle bigger monsters.
But in SWG you could create a brand new character, equip the best armor in teh game, get buffed, and withstand almost anything. After a little training so you could cause more damage, you were up with the pros.
Unlike WoW, SWG wasn't meant to be loot-oriented. Except for a few reeeeally rare drops of legendary items, the best items had to be bought from a skilled player armorsmith or weaponsmith. So looting in SWG was never a big deal. Even skinning good Avian/Herbivore meat was more exciting than waiting for loot drops. And even then, it was tedious collecting it all day long, just so you could make good buffs (as a doctor).
WoW has a great mix of legendary drops / legendary crafting. I'm about to make a sweet pair of gloves and a belt as a leatherworker, but the materials are difficult to collect and come from varied sources.
Yes the drops can be better than the crafts, but not game-breakingly so, so you're not left out in the cold if you buy all your stuff from player crafters.
And unlike SWG, you don't sacrifice combat to be crafter. I'm a leatherworker/skinner so as I kill creatures I can skin them to get materials for my leatherworking.
WoW's level requirements and soul-binding of magical items (once you wear 'em nobody else can) helps keep the lower end from flooding. Ask anyone in SWG and they'll tell you that anything below master crafting professions are simply not viable. A master can make everything you can make, in bulk, and better, due to higher experimentation. And even as master, you have a lot of work to do to keep up.
Some of the arguments you made are political / open sauce driven - most consumers don't care about that david vs goliath kind of stuff enough to switch. But you're right that the UI look and feel is totally subjective.
This is a huge mistake for microsoft. What is to prevent everyone from switching to openoffice if everything interoperates perfectly?
Because when you come down to it, Word and Excel are very capable, mature office programs. Open Office just doesn't feel right yet, and I don't think it's a limitation of the document format that causes it.
Other office apps have been fairly compatible with MS Office documents for some time.
Wow. I can be a programmer for the MPAA. I'm sooo smart.
I bet the user interface of the actual MPAA program took 99% of the development time, and the background search is just a windows port of what you wrote.
Which is one of the main reasons that I think blogs suck and why bloggers aren't journalists. Too much unchecked/unverified information. Yeah, that happens in the real news world, but nowhere as common as the 'blogosphere.
You've got that backwards. Just because it's easier to expose errors in the blog world, doesn't mean that they're actually more prevalent than in traditional news media.
Most bloggers back up every claim they make with a link to their source. You don't get that from any network newscast.
Enterprise is the first series running the risk of being cut short...if you tuned out during the first 3 seasons, you should tune in and give it a shot).
I guess this could be done by saving the waveform of the audio, then comparing it to the waveform recorded by you saying your search term. But damn, that's gotta be a lot of work:-)
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Yeah, just like I admit to having a nice new Dell 2001FP 20.1" Flat Panel display.
They're proud to "admit" this, because they know it means no one will make a direct attack against them.
They're not admitting anything, they're warning other countries to stay back.
My guess is that they are going to make it look like the Cylons have taken human religion and interpreted it somehow to justify genocide.
That sounds plausible... Christian religions kind of say that all the other life on our planet was made to support humans, so maybe the cylons believe they're our successors?
Based on what I know of the original security, you'd need to be quite an insider to crack it. And it may not even be possible at all - kind of how it's (virtually) impossible to un-hash passwords even though you may have admin access to the table that stores them.
It was first built in 2000, when Netscape was down and out and Firefox was very very young. So they didn't worry about non-IE browsers.
From TFA:
Probably the most striking thing about Google Maps is the very impressive (for DHTML, anyway) graphics. Now, I'm sure that many of you old JavaScript hacks out there have known this sort of thing was possible for a long time, but it's very cool to see it (a) actually being used for something real, and (b) where normal users will see it.
Back in the Summer of 2000 iWon.com released the Prize Machine.
They didn't want people to need a plugin to use it, so they wrote it in JavaScript.
It's a slot machine with moving prize images. You click the arm and it pulls down and starts spinning. It talks to the server to see if your spin won a prize or not, and spins the wheels accordingly.
Nifty little app, actually.
And even with 100% market share, they'd still need to market their new versions as they come out. 100% market share of Windows 98 for the rest of eternity doesn't make them any money (unless they start to charge for patches).
Dell Small Business gets free 3-5 day shipping...
He must have meant "sales tax" instead of "shipping". Dell Small Business charges tax in every state, so that's anywhere from 5-8% extra cost over Dell Home. So depending on your sales tax, a 15% off deal in Small Business could be more expensive than a 10% off deal in Dell Home.
You can see his point though, if the drivers for the Network card don't work, no amount of pandering to the PHB will undo that bad decision.
Hopefully, he would order just one machine and put it in a test environment, before buying up 300 machines.
Then, the test environment would clearly show that the version of windows used by the company does not work with the network card.
Test Condition: Connect Dell Optiplex to our network with standard company software (Windows Version XX, etc)
Result: Failed.
Reason: Dell supplied Network Interface Card not compatible with Windows Version XX.
Then, the boss could decide to:
- Order 3rd party network cards that DO work with the version of windows, and install then in the new machines
- Go for a different config altogether - maybe choose those dimensions that already have compatible network cards.
Also, Dell would probably have installed alternative network cards for a few bucks per PC.
What version of windows were you using that the network card wouldn't work?
From the part of the story you mentioned, it doesn't sound like it had to end up with you losing your job...
I really like what I'm hearing about most aspects of WoW, and I'm going to give it a try once they start selling it again.
It's available at ebgames.com
WoW's nice because there's no penalty for not playing for a while - in fact, you get an XP bonus for "resting" that helps you to catch up a bit when you do return.
The only reason you come back to play WoW is because it's fun, not because if you don't it could hurt your experience later on.
"One of the designers really needed to step up and say the HAM system sucked."
Yes yes yes! And when buffs came along that made your secondary stats so strong that special moves cost nothing, you could spam them forever and be a godly fighter.
There were literally lines in major cities for people waiting to get buffed by master doctors.
I can remember before I knew about buffs how challenging and fun fighting was. Things were fairly decently balanced. Then I got buffed once, and kind of felt like it was cheating - I had 3x the health, could spam special moves, and regenerated very quickly - I never died.
This problem was kind of caused by the fact that other than buffs, your stats never changed. In every other game, as you level up or get stronger, you got a little more life and strength, so you could handle bigger monsters.
But in SWG you could create a brand new character, equip the best armor in teh game, get buffed, and withstand almost anything. After a little training so you could cause more damage, you were up with the pros.
Unlike WoW, SWG wasn't meant to be loot-oriented. Except for a few reeeeally rare drops of legendary items, the best items had to be bought from a skilled player armorsmith or weaponsmith. So looting in SWG was never a big deal. Even skinning good Avian/Herbivore meat was more exciting than waiting for loot drops. And even then, it was tedious collecting it all day long, just so you could make good buffs (as a doctor).
WoW has a great mix of legendary drops / legendary crafting. I'm about to make a sweet pair of gloves and a belt as a leatherworker, but the materials are difficult to collect and come from varied sources.
Yes the drops can be better than the crafts, but not game-breakingly so, so you're not left out in the cold if you buy all your stuff from player crafters.
And unlike SWG, you don't sacrifice combat to be crafter. I'm a leatherworker/skinner so as I kill creatures I can skin them to get materials for my leatherworking.
WoW's level requirements and soul-binding of magical items (once you wear 'em nobody else can) helps keep the lower end from flooding. Ask anyone in SWG and they'll tell you that anything below master crafting professions are simply not viable. A master can make everything you can make, in bulk, and better, due to higher experimentation. And even as master, you have a lot of work to do to keep up.
I've seen _dozens_ of live database queries to fill a 'State' dropdown on a website... ...when was the last time we ratified a new state?
Even a static file that's updated when needed would be sufficient and better than live hits to the database.
Alan Turing is spinning in his grave.
Will he ever stop spinning, or will his ghost keep halting me forever???
Look up the term, dihydrogen monoxide. Let the enlightenment hit you.
Thanks, but I've already called my senators urging them to ban its use in our governmental facilities.
BTW. The sail emits carbon monoxide to get its speed boost. You know, the stuff the kills humans almost as fast as dihydrogen monoxide.
You really want to be behind that thing for a whole month?
Right, like they're going to be flying along to Mars with the windows open.
Some of the arguments you made are political / open sauce driven - most consumers don't care about that david vs goliath kind of stuff enough to switch. But you're right that the UI look and feel is totally subjective.
This is a huge mistake for microsoft. What is to prevent everyone from switching to openoffice if everything interoperates perfectly?
Because when you come down to it, Word and Excel are very capable, mature office programs. Open Office just doesn't feel right yet, and I don't think it's a limitation of the document format that causes it.
Other office apps have been fairly compatible with MS Office documents for some time.
So how can watching BSG be your excuse for not watching Enterprise?
:)
I technically could watch both (could even tivo it if they overlapped), but I have limited TV-viewing time with all the WoW I've been playing lately
The SpeakEasy plugin is actually a pretty decent set of bookmarks! Nicely targeted at good-for-broadband sites, like the Apple Movie Trailers site.
But that's all it is; bookmarks. Just a little more prominent (it appears next to the Help menu), and impossible to alter.
Which is one of the main reasons that I think blogs suck and why bloggers aren't journalists. Too much unchecked/unverified information.
Yeah, that happens in the real news world, but nowhere as common as the 'blogosphere.
You've got that backwards. Just because it's easier to expose errors in the blog world, doesn't mean that they're actually more prevalent than in traditional news media.
Most bloggers back up every claim they make with a link to their source. You don't get that from any network newscast.
Enterprise is the first series running the risk of being cut short...if you tuned out during the first 3 seasons, you should tune in and give it a shot).
Nope, sorry, too busy watching the revamped Battlestar Galactica on SciFi.
"All your bases are belong to us!"
You take some magic out of that quote when you say "bases" instead of "base".
I guess this could be done by saving the waveform of the audio, then comparing it to the waveform recorded by you saying your search term. But damn, that's gotta be a lot of work :-)