Yeah! I can crack one in less than 2 seconds with a hammer. Really, 30 is quite slow. And the one I did this on had a steel case (I cracked the motherboard through the case...)
Windows boxes often have plastic cases. Much easier to crack.
Archive a bunch of images sometime. Then it's useful. I needed to put several thousand images (scanlations of manga) onto a cd. It went over the 700mb limit. Using this, I could have saved $0.10 on cds and 2 minutes of time. Not a big deal, but if you do such things a lot, it could add up.
So the program is probably worth about $5. Maybe $10, but that could be a bit much.
Why can't there be a good fast search tool on windows that can search for filenames. I don't care about searching inside files, just something keeping a database of filenames and searching it.
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Hey, ProgressQuest HAS a GUI. It's not command line... And 3D mode! Get the limited edition platinum CD for that! It's the shading on the bars, makes 'em look a bit 3D.
PQ is fun. When you get sick of playing something else, open up your PQ window and laugh.
"Time commitment to one game makes player reluctant to dedicate time to other mmo games. " Very little time commitment is needed. A nearly maxed out character can be had in 3 days of gameplay. Make it a week or 2 if you play less.
"The MMO audience is smaller than the general gamer audience. Not everyone wants to or can subscribe to a game." No monthly fee.
"To break even on operating costs, you need a certain number of players to keep the game running. This number is ussually in the thousands, but it depends ont he game." That's the hard part without a monthly fee. They will have to deliver a great game, and keep absolutely stunning expansions coming on a regular basis. Then again, it's already popular and quite good. Better graphics than WoW or EQ2. Good gameplay, but it does need some work.
Anyway, GW is a good game, and looks to become a major player, but it will need some serious advertisements and a steady stream of expansions to stay afloat. The no-monthly-fee is an interesting strategy, but it's rather risky.
Just like the Jews. We don't have any heaven or hell. Why are we good? Because it's the right thing to do. Anyone who is good merely for fear of future punishment is not truly good.
Technically Slashdot is a mass blog. Fark is somewhat like a blog, but the headlines are not really enough to qualify it as such.
Slashdot is very influential. Even if it is just the sheer number of smoking servers in our wake,/. has changed the web.
Exactly. Why should my cargo pants go to waste? I have a phone, a calculator, a Neuros, a multimeter, a soldering iron, wire, solder, wire clippers/strippers, cat5 cable, cat5 terminators, cat5 crimper, and sometimes more, ALL IN MY POCKETS!
What's in my pockets Gollum?
Don't boycott it. Return it. Then walk back to the shelves, find and buy another copy, and return that. Continue until only non drmed cds/dvds/whatever are on the shelf or you get kicked out. Or just buy a bunch, return a day later. Repeat with different things. Either method works (2 is less annoying.) Why will they work better than a boycott? Well, most stores ask for your reason for returning the item. This goes into their database. Give a good reason (eg: It has DRM, and I can't use it.) and retun it. This notches up the little counter on the number of returns. The more people that help you, the more returns. Soon, those drm products (and that DRM complaint) will be the most returned items in the store. Guess what they drop first?
I like the neuros. It's bigger, and the ui isn't that great, but the switchable backpacks make up for all that. The open source firmware is nothing to scoff at either. Well, it does help to be a coder, but there are a bunch of nice people who help add features.
And the sound quality is a bit better.
I got tall candlesticks, lathed out mounts for the rear speakers on the tops, and placed those mounts where candles would go. Perfect level, and it looks good too.
Slashdot works perfectly as it is. First, the editors post a story. Then, you have 20 comments saying "F1TS P0ST!!11" at -1, mixed with various +5, insightful reiterations of the story as posted by the editors. Then you have the comments about how this will stifle free speech and innovation, and others on that CmdrTaco has posted yet another dupe. After a couple of hours, the people who actually bothered to read the linked article, comment on how the story is totally wrong, and that, yes, it was a dupe. At last, the editors will update the story with "Update: Dupe! [slashdot.org]" and correct some of the most grave mistakes, so the readers will understand that the story wasn't remotely interesting to begin with.
Update: This post is a dupe!
Really, that is a necessary step. Making programming programs that can make anything useful is a long way off, and programming programs that can make things better than humans is even farther off. Even longer into the future are programming programs that make programming programs. All of these must be superior to what humans do. Programmers may go the way of the blacksmith, but look how long blacksmiths were around for.
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Yeah! I can crack one in less than 2 seconds with a hammer. Really, 30 is quite slow. And the one I did this on had a steel case (I cracked the motherboard through the case...) Windows boxes often have plastic cases. Much easier to crack.
If I had mod points, I'd give that a funny. As I don't I'll say that incorporating offshore in locations such as bermuda is a common tax shelter.
So now all those somatic components I memorised in spells will have a use.
Time to post > Fr. Frog's gun safety lecture.</a>
Read it.
Here's the part that applies to this discussion, but you should read the rest, it's valuable.
"The current politically correct rage is "trigger locks" and "smart guns." Trigger locks have a place but they are not a cure-all. First, their use on a loaded firearm kept for self protection is dangerous as their installation or removable could cause an unintended discharge. Second, they are slow to remove. As to their preventing unauthorized use of a stolen firearm their protection is illusionary. At least one major brand name trigger lock can be be defeated simply by using a thin bladed screw driver through its rubber pads. If a firearm is properly stored under lock and key, the chances of an unauthorized individual getting to it is slim, and if it is gotten to locks can easily be removed by an individual with a drill or bolt cutters. The place of trigger locks in my mind is to provide temporary denial of use during unloaded transportation or temporary storage.
The "smart gun" idea is no where near a useful state, and probably will never be, especially for a firearm used for personal protection. A dead battery, a lost magnetic ring, or a loose connection can cause disastrous consequences as could a burst of high energy radio or magnetic energy. There have even been proposals that the government should have the means to remotely deactivate all civilian held "smart guns" in the event of a "national emergency."
(In NJ they recently passed a law which states that if/when "smart guns " come into use that the police will not be required to use them. Hmmmm! Great technology, eh? Good enough for the peons but not the government.) The claim that they would prevent someone from using a stolen gun is also a joke. If the firearm is stolen the device can be easily deactivated by just about anyone by disassembling (forcefully or otherwise) the firearm.
No, safety is not gadgets! It is common sense."
For the second, Tabbrowser Extenisons.
Just realised: if it can compress images other than JPEG, it might make a good compressor for video. That could use it.
Archive a bunch of images sometime. Then it's useful. I needed to put several thousand images (scanlations of manga) onto a cd. It went over the 700mb limit. Using this, I could have saved $0.10 on cds and 2 minutes of time. Not a big deal, but if you do such things a lot, it could add up. So the program is probably worth about $5. Maybe $10, but that could be a bit much.
Why can't there be a good fast search tool on windows that can search for filenames. I don't care about searching inside files, just something keeping a database of filenames and searching it.
Hey, ProgressQuest HAS a GUI. It's not command line... And 3D mode! Get the limited edition platinum CD for that! It's the shading on the bars, makes 'em look a bit 3D. PQ is fun. When you get sick of playing something else, open up your PQ window and laugh.
Don't forget Guild Wars...
"Time commitment to one game makes player reluctant to dedicate time to other mmo games. "
Very little time commitment is needed. A nearly maxed out character can be had in 3 days of gameplay. Make it a week or 2 if you play less.
"The MMO audience is smaller than the general gamer audience. Not everyone wants to or can subscribe to a game."
No monthly fee.
"To break even on operating costs, you need a certain number of players to keep the game running. This number is ussually in the thousands, but it depends ont he game."
That's the hard part without a monthly fee. They will have to deliver a great game, and keep absolutely stunning expansions coming on a regular basis. Then again, it's already popular and quite good. Better graphics than WoW or EQ2. Good gameplay, but it does need some work.
Anyway, GW is a good game, and looks to become a major player, but it will need some serious advertisements and a steady stream of expansions to stay afloat. The no-monthly-fee is an interesting strategy, but it's rather risky.
Just like the Jews. We don't have any heaven or hell. Why are we good? Because it's the right thing to do. Anyone who is good merely for fear of future punishment is not truly good.
Technically Slashdot is a mass blog. Fark is somewhat like a blog, but the headlines are not really enough to qualify it as such. Slashdot is very influential. Even if it is just the sheer number of smoking servers in our wake, /. has changed the web.
I use both. Windows is fine for games, but I reboot to Linux when I want to do some real work.
Exactly. Why should my cargo pants go to waste? I have a phone, a calculator, a Neuros, a multimeter, a soldering iron, wire, solder, wire clippers/strippers, cat5 cable, cat5 terminators, cat5 crimper, and sometimes more, ALL IN MY POCKETS! What's in my pockets Gollum?
Don't boycott it. Return it. Then walk back to the shelves, find and buy another copy, and return that. Continue until only non drmed cds/dvds/whatever are on the shelf or you get kicked out.
Or just buy a bunch, return a day later. Repeat with different things.
Either method works (2 is less annoying.) Why will they work better than a boycott? Well, most stores ask for your reason for returning the item. This goes into their database. Give a good reason (eg: It has DRM, and I can't use it.) and retun it. This notches up the little counter on the number of returns. The more people that help you, the more returns. Soon, those drm products (and that DRM complaint) will be the most returned items in the store. Guess what they drop first?
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I've got a tool for that right here! It's about 8 inches long...
Hey, those are good enough for you to be elected president!
http://www.fuitadnet.com/products.php#domainnames For example. Others like that exist. Good cheap hosting too. I use it.
I like the neuros. It's bigger, and the ui isn't that great, but the switchable backpacks make up for all that. The open source firmware is nothing to scoff at either. Well, it does help to be a coder, but there are a bunch of nice people who help add features. And the sound quality is a bit better.
It's the fault of the Harry Potter books. Ridiculus! *A random boggart dies.*
I got tall candlesticks, lathed out mounts for the rear speakers on the tops, and placed those mounts where candles would go. Perfect level, and it looks good too.
Slashdot works perfectly as it is. First, the editors post a story. Then, you have 20 comments saying "F1TS P0ST!!11" at -1, mixed with various +5, insightful reiterations of the story as posted by the editors. Then you have the comments about how this will stifle free speech and innovation, and others on that CmdrTaco has posted yet another dupe. After a couple of hours, the people who actually bothered to read the linked article, comment on how the story is totally wrong, and that, yes, it was a dupe. At last, the editors will update the story with "Update: Dupe! [slashdot.org]" and correct some of the most grave mistakes, so the readers will understand that the story wasn't remotely interesting to begin with. Update: This post is a dupe!
Really, that is a necessary step. Making programming programs that can make anything useful is a long way off, and programming programs that can make things better than humans is even farther off. Even longer into the future are programming programs that make programming programs. All of these must be superior to what humans do. Programmers may go the way of the blacksmith, but look how long blacksmiths were around for.
Bah. Evil typo! Imagine what one of those could do to the election...