We wouldn't need string literals if C was the global language, you could just call the point you were referring to.
Unfortunately C has grammar problems of its own though, you'd probably see Americans continuing their tradition for shoddy grammar by slapping the 'goto' keyword everywhere.
Clippy's least favourite word is the word 'which'. It's pretty much impossible to type it without him deciding to underline it and make some irrelevant and probably incorrect comment abouts its usage.
Claiming Blizzard haven't broken even is obviously complete rubbish. Lets say they had 100 programmers and artists for a full 5 years (they probably had less). At an average yearly salary of $50,000, over 5 years, that's 25 million dollars. Assuming it costs them $10,000,000 a month for bandwidth and servers (will be much lower), it's still going to take them less than 1 month to break even.
Yes there are some extra distribution/shipping/support costs etc. but these are more than met by the initial income from the boxed game, which will also net Blizzard a vast, vast, profit, probably enough to meet development costs from box sales alone. I think it's pretty clear that even using very pessimistic figures, WoW is a huge Blizzard cash cow.
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Well I guess it depends on what you're selling, or your willingness to accept Paypal payments. I've personally sold around 50 items on eBay, and have been the victim of a reversed payment once, as well as having to refuse to trade with bad buyers on 3/4 occasions which I noticed were obviously hacked accounts after researching.
And that doesn't even include the various scam emails I get with auctions running from various shady types offering to buyout for ridiculous prices providing I send the item immediately/trade for nonexistent stuff etc.
Interestingly, the ill-fated Atari Jaguar CD addon actually had this feature built into its hardware. It basically projected a fancy looking light show from the drive while audio CDs were playing.
Obviously wasn't appealing enough that people actually decided to buy it though.
It's true that technology can, in some cases, be a great equaliser. However, moderation is important, and I'm not sure that extensively experiencing the world through a computer, as you put it, is necessarily the way to go. I'd hope that most Slashdotters would agree that there's a beauty to the real world sometimes which can't really be matched by looking at a computer screen.
Maybe as suggested, one day you will have a high paying job where you sit for hours on end staring at a computer screen, but will you be any happier then the guy who's delivering your pizza? Have computers in your life, but don't let them be your life.
Disclaimer: I'm not even sure I agree with my own comment, I'm in an odd mood.
Why exactly are pseudo randomly generated (e.g./dev/urandom) numbers not good enough for your purpose? I can't think of a situation where these numbers, when generated from a suitably random state (for example after some random mouse movements etc.) would not be sufficient.
Much as geeks like to discuss ridiculously impractical ways of generating randomness, I really can't see a situation where this would be required. If anyone knows differently and has an example of how a code was cracked due to problems with a cryptographically strong PRNG, I'd be interested to hear it.
'Hubble' space telescope, one careful owner. A blast at parties, or good Christmas present for nerds. Payment via paypal to sales@nasa.gov or will accept checks once cleared, or cash on collection. $15,000 delivery, NASA is an eBay power seller.
In Europe, World of Warcraft is probably the most anticipated game of 2005. They still haven't released it here. I guess you guys will soon have finished Beta testing it for us so that we can play without the server issues you're experiencing though;)
Amusing as Bill Gates is, I'm not sure he quite warrents a post in the games section. Although clearly the editors think he is fun for all the family:)
Being a little bored, I added a Dozomo meta-search capability. You can now type things like "doz google stuff", and it will redirect the query to itself, before redirecting to the result. This has the interesting side effect that you can launch a denial of service attack by submitting queries like "doz doz doz doz doz doz doz doz doz doz doz stuff", which will cause it to redirect to itself a large number of times before handling your query.
Seriously, it looks like a fun project, but I'm not sure whether their security expert is earning his valuable stock;) Hopefully this comment will cause the value of current investors shares to plummet... it's just like the old dot com days, or being Darl McBride.
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We wouldn't need string literals if C was the global language, you could just call the point you were referring to.
Unfortunately C has grammar problems of its own though, you'd probably see Americans continuing their tradition for shoddy grammar by slapping the 'goto' keyword everywhere.
Clippy's least favourite word is the word 'which'. It's pretty much impossible to type it without him deciding to underline it and make some irrelevant and probably incorrect comment abouts its usage.
I dug the link up for those who weren't priveliged enough to catch it the first time. http://www.theonion.com/content/node/29743
Yes there are some extra distribution/shipping/support costs etc. but these are more than met by the initial income from the boxed game, which will also net Blizzard a vast, vast, profit, probably enough to meet development costs from box sales alone. I think it's pretty clear that even using very pessimistic figures, WoW is a huge Blizzard cash cow.
Did anyone else misread that headline and think the networks had started a "Pimp my City" show?
A man was arrested in Central Park last week whilst flashing his iPod. Onlookers objected to the size of his firmware.
The Communist browsers have been known to block advertising, denying American companies advertising revenue, and open pages in 'tabs', freeing up computer resources and thus destroying global hardware sales. This menace must be stopped.
Why do you morons keep modding up every incomp
And that doesn't even include the various scam emails I get with auctions running from various shady types offering to buyout for ridiculous prices providing I send the item immediately/trade for nonexistent stuff etc.
You know what happens every time you mention Rez on Slashdot. It only takes 10 minutes before someone posts that damn link.
Obviously wasn't appealing enough that people actually decided to buy it though.
Maybe as suggested, one day you will have a high paying job where you sit for hours on end staring at a computer screen, but will you be any happier then the guy who's delivering your pizza? Have computers in your life, but don't let them be your life.
Disclaimer: I'm not even sure I agree with my own comment, I'm in an odd mood.
Why exactly are pseudo randomly generated (e.g. /dev/urandom) numbers not good enough for your purpose? I can't think of a situation where these numbers, when generated from a suitably random state (for example after some random mouse movements etc.) would not be sufficient.
Much as geeks like to discuss ridiculously impractical ways of generating randomness, I really can't see a situation where this would be required. If anyone knows differently and has an example of how a code was cracked due to problems with a cryptographically strong PRNG, I'd be interested to hear it.
Massively Multiplayer Elite. Serious, who wouldn't buy that?
'Hubble' space telescope, one careful owner. A blast at parties, or good Christmas present for nerds. Payment via paypal to sales@nasa.gov or will accept checks once cleared, or cash on collection. $15,000 delivery, NASA is an eBay power seller.
In Europe, World of Warcraft is probably the most anticipated game of 2005. They still haven't released it here. I guess you guys will soon have finished Beta testing it for us so that we can play without the server issues you're experiencing though ;)
First post via rotary phone! Took me a while to dial my ISP, but I hope I still got the first comment.
This comes as no surprise to me - I always feel like dancing after I have eaten hallucinagenic mushrooms.
Python? That code is so hard to read I thought it was Perl!
Come on guys, with a name like 133to, he is obviously good. Where is the story?
Amusing as Bill Gates is, I'm not sure he quite warrents a post in the games section. Although clearly the editors think he is fun for all the family :)
That's right... leave the Linux administration textbooks at home, because everyone knows the ladies only go for FreeBSD admins!
Odd how people swear by Word 5.1, when all I seem to manage with Word XP is to swear at it.
Seriously, it looks like a fun project, but I'm not sure whether their security expert is earning his valuable stock ;) Hopefully this comment will cause the value of current investors shares to plummet... it's just like the old dot com days, or being Darl McBride.
Great, I'll grab it just as soon as the source for the patch goes into CVS! Oh wait...