It came close at times, but keep in mind:
Bletchley Park existed during wartime.
It wasn't a terribly well-kept secret.
The encryption operations only involved a few dozen, hundred men. Men recruited for the position, with very large incentive to keep quiet. The moon missions involved many thousands of men, many of whom were simply working contract jobs. It only takes one person, and the people working on the various aspects of the moon mission (the real one) would simply have been too numerous and diverse to maintain such a secret.
As soon as this goes into the media spotlight, PanIP's little game is going to be history. This should set interesting precedents in the realm of patent lawsuits, however..
Will there still be that effect where every second or third shot misses for no apparant reason, yet every other hits precisely on-target? I guess this one has permanent auto-aim, or *gasp* continuity is broken!
LOL. You're assuming the general public is intelligent enough to A: keep informed about the security of it's systems, B: motivated enough to actually seek out patches for something, and C: intelligent enough to get the fixes to work. My bet is that if MS tried to do that, the public's own stupidity would protect them.
The public doesn't care about it's rights (the ones they don't know they have in particular). Unless someone educates them, they will be perfectly fine with DRM and anything Microsoft pulls. Being as how they represent the majority of the market, Microsoft has no reason to care about the opinions of the few.
I shudder to think of the danger of my middle school science teacher leaving a jar of sodium in oil around the room for the better part of the year. It just sat there, and we didn't really know anything about it until she put some in a tray filled with water then put that on an overhead projector. Anyone else curious as to how this guy managed to find an auction for sodium on eBay, the site that has a list of banned items longer than the entire list of auctions for "Star Wars" displayed on one page?
That's odd. I recall reading a book with an extremely similar scenario. I believe it might have been a Clancy novel, or else a similar modern-day military thriller. I believe the setup was a US intelligence team deliberately crashing a Chinese aircraft with defectors on it (or something similar, they were important people). They set up in a hotel room at the end of the runway, and as the plane went to land, directed an extremely bright semi-focused beam into the cockpit, blinding the pilots and causing the plane to crash. I believe it was a government-sanctioned hit, although maybe it was some other group (I forget, it's been a while). I think it was in either China, Japan, or Korea.
Ummm...I can't delete it. I can move it, but it refuses to let me delete it. Damnit...
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Except that they're mostly useless for anything other than sculptures or large buildings. If you want to build a castle, or a spaceship, or a train, you WILL need to buy more specialized parts (those brick tubs don't really include plates either), which can run as much as a dollar or two per part (The most I've *ever* seen for a single Lego was $25 for a "special" Castle maiden from the 80s).
It's more of a community name for it. AFOL=Adult Fan Of Lego. They just needed a word to describe the hobby. Whenever one sees a group of people with a common hobby, there usually exists an adjective or pronoun to describe their interest.
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Except that bulk buckets are pretty much the absolute cheapest parts EVER come, and most likely a vast percentage of his collection is valued higher. Using Brickshelf.22 PPP, I calculate his collection to be worth 22 grand. Likely more, actually.
I'm suprised and disappointed to note that the subject of this article apparantly does not belong to www.lugnet.com , nor is an active part of the Lego community. It's unfortunate that many AFOLs, former AFOLs, and potential AFOLs fail to learn about the active and growing community. Come on over to Lugnet, and browse the posts. Then go visit www.brickshelf.com , the primary site for hosting MOCs (My Own Creation). Adult Fans Of Lego aren't freaks or outcasts (although many would probably call themselves geeks, just as most on this site would call themselves the same), just regular people who have a particular hobby.
Now might be a good time to contrast our hobby with theirs: http://www.ausbg.org/ . At least we AFOLs don't shoot the dang things to pieces after completing them.
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Actually, one of the AFOLs on Lugnet calculated the average price per part of the Star Destroyer to be only 8.7 cents. Considering the average price-per-part in the Lego aftermarket, www.bricklink.com , is usually hovering in the lower $.20 range, that's a dang good price, especially for the incredible amount of gray pieces in that set.
In all honesty, almost every MOC bathroom I've seen with TP used a white 1x1 plate with a side-mounted vertical attachment (studs on both sides) with two 1x1 round plates on either side. What's far more disturbing is that most MOCs either omit the bathroom entirely (eeek!), or else neglect toilet paper/sinks. O_o
Actually....someone did. http://www.1000steine.de/myimages/album10
Kinda disturbing.. Actually, I've found that when I take my models out of the house, and put them in the car (and leave them during the day), the 90-100 F heat is enough to noticeably weaken the stud/hole connection. Hinges become very weak, and things fall off easily. Legos are best used/stored at around 70 F. I *have* heard of a project to freeze some parts, but from what I've heard, everything went fine and there was no damage.
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If we lock a technician in a small box, we've created an immobot clone?
..shot by rabid players on your OWN team during the SPLAAT game recently? ;)
It came close at times, but keep in mind: Bletchley Park existed during wartime. It wasn't a terribly well-kept secret. The encryption operations only involved a few dozen, hundred men. Men recruited for the position, with very large incentive to keep quiet. The moon missions involved many thousands of men, many of whom were simply working contract jobs. It only takes one person, and the people working on the various aspects of the moon mission (the real one) would simply have been too numerous and diverse to maintain such a secret.
As soon as this goes into the media spotlight, PanIP's little game is going to be history. This should set interesting precedents in the realm of patent lawsuits, however..
..where they came up with the music for Tron.
It'll be located on the control panel. Click to become infested, click again to make all Terrans die.
Will there still be that effect where every second or third shot misses for no apparant reason, yet every other hits precisely on-target? I guess this one has permanent auto-aim, or *gasp* continuity is broken!
"..for each side the only acceptable outcome was the complete elimination of the other."
Very nice looking aircraft...I want one of those! It seems awfully small, though... Should be interesting to see what this design winds up becoming.
LOL. You're assuming the general public is intelligent enough to A: keep informed about the security of it's systems, B: motivated enough to actually seek out patches for something, and C: intelligent enough to get the fixes to work. My bet is that if MS tried to do that, the public's own stupidity would protect them.
The public doesn't care about it's rights (the ones they don't know they have in particular). Unless someone educates them, they will be perfectly fine with DRM and anything Microsoft pulls. Being as how they represent the majority of the market, Microsoft has no reason to care about the opinions of the few.
Someone was bored... ;) Similar to watching a bunch of teenagers playing with Black Cats.
I shudder to think of the danger of my middle school science teacher leaving a jar of sodium in oil around the room for the better part of the year. It just sat there, and we didn't really know anything about it until she put some in a tray filled with water then put that on an overhead projector. Anyone else curious as to how this guy managed to find an auction for sodium on eBay, the site that has a list of banned items longer than the entire list of auctions for "Star Wars" displayed on one page?
That's odd. I recall reading a book with an extremely similar scenario. I believe it might have been a Clancy novel, or else a similar modern-day military thriller. I believe the setup was a US intelligence team deliberately crashing a Chinese aircraft with defectors on it (or something similar, they were important people). They set up in a hotel room at the end of the runway, and as the plane went to land, directed an extremely bright semi-focused beam into the cockpit, blinding the pilots and causing the plane to crash. I believe it was a government-sanctioned hit, although maybe it was some other group (I forget, it's been a while). I think it was in either China, Japan, or Korea.
Ummm...I can't delete it. I can move it, but it refuses to let me delete it. Damnit...
Except that they're mostly useless for anything other than sculptures or large buildings. If you want to build a castle, or a spaceship, or a train, you WILL need to buy more specialized parts (those brick tubs don't really include plates either), which can run as much as a dollar or two per part (The most I've *ever* seen for a single Lego was $25 for a "special" Castle maiden from the 80s).
It's more of a community name for it. AFOL=Adult Fan Of Lego. They just needed a word to describe the hobby. Whenever one sees a group of people with a common hobby, there usually exists an adjective or pronoun to describe their interest.
Except that bulk buckets are pretty much the absolute cheapest parts EVER come, and most likely a vast percentage of his collection is valued higher. Using Brickshelf .22 PPP, I calculate his collection to be worth 22 grand. Likely more, actually.
I'm suprised and disappointed to note that the subject of this article apparantly does not belong to www.lugnet.com , nor is an active part of the Lego community. It's unfortunate that many AFOLs, former AFOLs, and potential AFOLs fail to learn about the active and growing community. Come on over to Lugnet, and browse the posts. Then go visit www.brickshelf.com , the primary site for hosting MOCs (My Own Creation). Adult Fans Of Lego aren't freaks or outcasts (although many would probably call themselves geeks, just as most on this site would call themselves the same), just regular people who have a particular hobby.
Now might be a good time to contrast our hobby with theirs: http://www.ausbg.org/ . At least we AFOLs don't shoot the dang things to pieces after completing them.
Actually, one of the AFOLs on Lugnet calculated the average price per part of the Star Destroyer to be only 8.7 cents. Considering the average price-per-part in the Lego aftermarket, www.bricklink.com , is usually hovering in the lower $.20 range, that's a dang good price, especially for the incredible amount of gray pieces in that set.
In all honesty, almost every MOC bathroom I've seen with TP used a white 1x1 plate with a side-mounted vertical attachment (studs on both sides) with two 1x1 round plates on either side. What's far more disturbing is that most MOCs either omit the bathroom entirely (eeek!), or else neglect toilet paper/sinks. O_o
Actually....someone did. http://www.1000steine.de/myimages/album10 Kinda disturbing.. Actually, I've found that when I take my models out of the house, and put them in the car (and leave them during the day), the 90-100 F heat is enough to noticeably weaken the stud/hole connection. Hinges become very weak, and things fall off easily. Legos are best used/stored at around 70 F. I *have* heard of a project to freeze some parts, but from what I've heard, everything went fine and there was no damage.
...Blizzard did it again. Anyone else notice the Brittany Spears resemblence to the main character?... Unleash the conspiracy theories..
How long until someone caches the site and then continually resets the clock? ;)