By the way, in the month building up to the invasion, George Bush forced the inspectors to leave Iraq.
Bzzt! Wrong!
Sorry, but the UN pulled the inspectors out when it was obvious the US wouldn't listen to them. They were pulled out in the days immediately following Fmr. Gen. Colin Powell's infamous "this much anthrax could kill everyone in this room" speech.
This is probably a little cynical, but they probably got the reprogrammable covers so they could re-use them when they don't sell.
Newsstand owners send back the front covers of unsold magazines, newspapers, and other items, and just recycle the rest of the item. Here, the newsstand owners send back a programmable cover, and Esquire's publisher can re-use the cover for a later stunt.
It's changed significantly since it was announced. Also, it's been on (in order), the PS1, GameCube, and now X360. It also started out as futuristic Sci-Fi, and now it's Gothic Norse.
As a coder working in an investment bank environment, you're measured in getting your deliverables done within a decent time frame. So a tiny app would be a week, but an intranet/extranet site would be measured in months or years.
In that environment, success is measured in getting your projects done, properly, in as little time as possible. Lines/day, deliverables/day, etc., don't factor in, since most of the business managers have little technical knowledge/expectations, beside getting what they need fast.
Quake Live *is* Q3 for free, with the only modifications being some advertising (the banners on the walls, etc). Supposedly it is compatible with existing Q3 games, but since I'm not in the beta and I don't have Q3A currently installed, I can't check that personally.
If you want a free Q3 shooter, check out OpenArena or Warsow (but with a funky S symbol that I can't be bothered to look up right now). Both are based on Q3's engine, but are totally free.
Also, id typically doesn't release its games free of charge, but releases their source code once the engine isn't worth the license cost. The gameplay, albeit simple, is pretty long-lasting stuff (go replay the first DOOM game, it's el cheapo on Steam and the full WAD can be dropped into any DOOM engine mod, like ZDoom or Doomsday) so the games have a long tail, but they give back where people can still enjoy it.
Microsoft understands it needs to move away from OS-based services to cloud-based services (see the Windows Live apps), so I look at Silverlight as more of a way to tie apps to Microsoft rather than to their platform.
At this point MS is trying desperately to outsmart Google, and they're doing it by trying to *be* Google. Google bases everything on open standards and gives it away for free, so users are tied to Google's services. Microsoft can't handle open standards, so they create their own (Silverlight), build their services on that, and tie users to Microsoft's services. Then they deliver an ad network based on Silverlight, and they've copied Google's profit model.
I could be totally off, but this just looks like the direction Microsoft has been heading in for a while.
Very true; however, the point remains that it was the BIOS that was rev-engineered, not the OS. More specifically, it was a single chip that was patented, while the rest of IBM's first desktops were built with then-commodity parts.
Not quite. They bought a clone/rip-off of DR-DOS and liscenced it to IBM, with the condition that they be allowed to liscence it to others if the opportunity presented itself. When Compaq cloned the IBM systems, they also liscenced MS-DOS for its systems, to make them as similar as possible to the IBM.
Most of NJ is already wired. FiOS coverage is way up there in terms of percentage (>70%) and population coverage (>90%) when compared with the rest of the US.
The series by the BBC is called "Planet Earth" and is by far one of the best looking documentaries ever produced, if not the best looking. Its also completely awesome in a literal sense of giving you a feeling of awe.
Ah crap, you are correct. The Wii version was killed off, but since CivRev's sold pretty well so far, and the Wii is what it is, that version will come back soon enough.
Steam backups only store the files (i.e.: I'm moving to a new computer, and don't want to have to download my ~20GB Steam folder).
It doesn't do anything in terms of the copy protection.
Supposedly, you can even borrow a backup disc from a friend for a game you don't own, restore it into your Steam, and be left with a block of useless files because you don't have access in your account. But if you bought it, you'd be fine.
pdusen: Mr. DOS is more interested in stripping DRM (i.e.: a "backup" of a DVD movie strips its DRM) than in the backup itself.
I do this as well, but you should be warned against using music while you're running. The rhythm of music can upset the natural beat of your pace, which can lead to strain/injury and variable speed as songs change. You should always try to run at a constant pace, even on hills. If you can't keep the pace, shorten your steps and keep that rhythm constant.
Adding PDF export to Office 2007 is trivial, and unlike the PDF export in OpenOffice, the MS Office version isn't riddled with obvious bugs that haven't been fixed for years and render it hopelessly unreliable.
OpenOffice includes native PDF export. At this point, that feature is a draw since both have the same iffy math PDF output.
The title of this story is "Worm Transcodes MP3s To Infect PCs, not "Worm Infects PCs with ASFs". How much more clear could that be?
The worm transcodes MP3s into ASFs, and then adds some naughty bits to the ASF. The MP3 is just dummy data - something to get the user to lower their guard because everything comes ok A-OK.
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The difference is between the UN losing faith in the US, and the US bossing the UN around. This is a case of the UN losing faith in the US.
By the way, in the month building up to the invasion, George Bush forced the inspectors to leave Iraq.
Bzzt! Wrong!
Sorry, but the UN pulled the inspectors out when it was obvious the US wouldn't listen to them. They were pulled out in the days immediately following Fmr. Gen. Colin Powell's infamous "this much anthrax could kill everyone in this room" speech.
This is probably a little cynical, but they probably got the reprogrammable covers so they could re-use them when they don't sell. Newsstand owners send back the front covers of unsold magazines, newspapers, and other items, and just recycle the rest of the item. Here, the newsstand owners send back a programmable cover, and Esquire's publisher can re-use the cover for a later stunt.
Sony is responsible for the SecuROM protection that EA uses. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecuROM
Windows Vista.
It's changed significantly since it was announced. Also, it's been on (in order), the PS1, GameCube, and now X360. It also started out as futuristic Sci-Fi, and now it's Gothic Norse.
As a coder working in an investment bank environment, you're measured in getting your deliverables done within a decent time frame. So a tiny app would be a week, but an intranet/extranet site would be measured in months or years. In that environment, success is measured in getting your projects done, properly, in as little time as possible. Lines/day, deliverables/day, etc., don't factor in, since most of the business managers have little technical knowledge/expectations, beside getting what they need fast.
Quake Live *is* Q3 for free, with the only modifications being some advertising (the banners on the walls, etc). Supposedly it is compatible with existing Q3 games, but since I'm not in the beta and I don't have Q3A currently installed, I can't check that personally.
If you want a free Q3 shooter, check out OpenArena or Warsow (but with a funky S symbol that I can't be bothered to look up right now). Both are based on Q3's engine, but are totally free.
Also, id typically doesn't release its games free of charge, but releases their source code once the engine isn't worth the license cost. The gameplay, albeit simple, is pretty long-lasting stuff (go replay the first DOOM game, it's el cheapo on Steam and the full WAD can be dropped into any DOOM engine mod, like ZDoom or Doomsday) so the games have a long tail, but they give back where people can still enjoy it.
PS: Some of the graphical additions made to the engines are insane. Just look at Tenebrae (http://tenebrae.sf.net/) and DarkPlaces (http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces), both working off the Quake 1 source code.
Microsoft understands it needs to move away from OS-based services to cloud-based services (see the Windows Live apps), so I look at Silverlight as more of a way to tie apps to Microsoft rather than to their platform.
At this point MS is trying desperately to outsmart Google, and they're doing it by trying to *be* Google. Google bases everything on open standards and gives it away for free, so users are tied to Google's services. Microsoft can't handle open standards, so they create their own (Silverlight), build their services on that, and tie users to Microsoft's services. Then they deliver an ad network based on Silverlight, and they've copied Google's profit model.
I could be totally off, but this just looks like the direction Microsoft has been heading in for a while.
Very true; however, the point remains that it was the BIOS that was rev-engineered, not the OS. More specifically, it was a single chip that was patented, while the rest of IBM's first desktops were built with then-commodity parts.
Also, SEGA publishes/published Condemned: Criminal Origins (the good one, not the iffy sequel) and Creative Assembly's Total War games.
Not quite... the Compaq case was a reverse-engineered chip, not software. Chips - patents. Software - copyright. Patents != copyright.
But the Whalers are winning the Stanley Cup!
Not quite. They bought a clone/rip-off of DR-DOS and liscenced it to IBM, with the condition that they be allowed to liscence it to others if the opportunity presented itself. When Compaq cloned the IBM systems, they also liscenced MS-DOS for its systems, to make them as similar as possible to the IBM.
Most of NJ is already wired. FiOS coverage is way up there in terms of percentage (>70%) and population coverage (>90%) when compared with the rest of the US.
Nah, seems more like a \documentclass{report}
The series by the BBC is called "Planet Earth" and is by far one of the best looking documentaries ever produced, if not the best looking. Its also completely awesome in a literal sense of giving you a feeling of awe.
Thereby installing it into the local repository, where you can still find it and fully remove it?
I got a "New York Attacked by Terrorists." I knew it was wrong because I work in NYC :P
Ah crap, you are correct. The Wii version was killed off, but since CivRev's sold pretty well so far, and the Wii is what it is, that version will come back soon enough.
You mean Civilization Revolution? That came out a few weeks back, has a Wii version, and has been a huge success.
Steam backups only store the files (i.e.: I'm moving to a new computer, and don't want to have to download my ~20GB Steam folder). It doesn't do anything in terms of the copy protection. Supposedly, you can even borrow a backup disc from a friend for a game you don't own, restore it into your Steam, and be left with a block of useless files because you don't have access in your account. But if you bought it, you'd be fine. pdusen: Mr. DOS is more interested in stripping DRM (i.e.: a "backup" of a DVD movie strips its DRM) than in the backup itself.
I do this as well, but you should be warned against using music while you're running. The rhythm of music can upset the natural beat of your pace, which can lead to strain/injury and variable speed as songs change. You should always try to run at a constant pace, even on hills. If you can't keep the pace, shorten your steps and keep that rhythm constant.
Adding PDF export to Office 2007 is trivial, and unlike the PDF export in OpenOffice, the MS Office version isn't riddled with obvious bugs that haven't been fixed for years and render it hopelessly unreliable.
OpenOffice includes native PDF export. At this point, that feature is a draw since both have the same iffy math PDF output.
The title of this story is "Worm Transcodes MP3s To Infect PCs, not "Worm Infects PCs with ASFs". How much more clear could that be?
The worm transcodes MP3s into ASFs, and then adds some naughty bits to the ASF. The MP3 is just dummy data - something to get the user to lower their guard because everything comes ok A-OK.
It's still the ASF that's doing the damage.