So let me just straighten this mess out for all you people that are lucky to live in the 'land of the free'.
Running an insecure wireless network is a crime.
So lets fix this... oh no wait... discussing security issues relating to said wireless network is illegal under the DMCA. (assuming theres even a tiny bit of copyrighted media on it)
Truthfully I think litigation is pushing the US technology sector into a downward spiral. Something is going to break soon, it will have to.
Its obviously time for new tactics, Elftor style;)... "Hooray!"
I have a copy here of Solaris, Intel Platform Edition. You dont need Sun hardware to run Solaris. AFAIK Solaris is also free (as in beer) for boxen with 4 or less CPUs.
Well if you are talking maritime salvage then the convention 'Lloyds Open Form' is generally half the value of the vessel. (The owner has to agree to this of course).
Basically ring them up;) im sure they will be quite happy to pay half the value of the satellite:> in fact hell, claim the whole value of the satellite, they are considering it a write off... they'd be happy to avoid more launch fees and the money they are losing while they dont have a sat up there.
but you would never own it... i dont think 'flotsam and jetsam' applies to space;) regardless though, they know where it is... its um 'parked' in orbit.. still theirs... its not lost or anything:>
Im sure if you called them and asked if you could have it, just so you could say that 'I own a satellite' they would be very happy to get the liability off their hands;)
OT: In fact a long time back it was convention back in some mediterranean ports to have local lads offer 'to help you moor at the jetty'; then these kids would claim salvage of a few hundred bucks... which holidaymakers would pay to avoid getting their boat impounded while the kids uncle harbourmaster lethargically investigated:D...
This is where the whole Open Source / Free (as in beer) software idea breaks down. All for one and one for all, socialism is very very nice in theory, but the fact is people get greedy.
I want to have my cake and eat it too.
Right now i can get the latest linux iso, and have a fully working OS. Sure, I _could_ donate some cash, but lets face it... I dont have to, and as beer is not free (as in beer), I would much prefer to spend the money on beer.
So there it is. The net result is that donating to all these nice people that are fighting for my rights, writing me software, etc, for no charge would be a nice thing for me to do. Unfortunately i think most people cannot be bothered / are greedy / dont agree 100%.
I think this is similar to where the communist ideal breaks down... greed. Simple.
* Disclaimer: well if i wasnt such a poor student I might actually support such things.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=44558&threshol d=1&commentsort=0&tid=160&mode=thread&cid=4627 678
Suggests that the light from the moon would fry the optics.
Also im guessing that it would be a pain to focus on something that close....
And on top of this if anyone has fiddled with Stardocks WindowFX... which applies neat effects, such as windows spinnying in and out of the background... wobbling like putty when dragged... ooh and the 'dissolve in' for menus. So much eye-candy.. so much nausea.
Oh anyway the point of this post... a bandwidth monitor utility i was working on, and i did something stupid which popped up windows flat out... was easy to pull up the task manager and end process;)
Funny, I oft hear other people complaining about how pro-intel THG is.
In fact THG is accused of being pro-everything while simultaneously being anti-every-same-thing. It must be quite difficult to maintain this image.
Guess it comes with the territory of being a popular hardware site and having to make calls that no everyone agrees with. * takes a long hard look at amd-die-hards.. intel-die-hards.. linux/windows/mac/emacs/tcl-die-hards *
Enjoy trolling, AC, at least I have the guts to risk moderation:P
Actually the Fanwing was capable of autorotoring. However with the low velocity it would be a lot easier to deploy a chute.
In the "1 July, 1999" section of their news page:
Note: ( 15 May 2001 ) We have made a breakthrough with the latest wing design. The FanWing now glides with a rotor autorotation speed already high enough to effect a controlled landing.
This depends on the game, and the level of 'trust' the server has in the clients.
In the good 'ol days, the clients replicated to everyone what they were doing, and everyone trusted them implicitly. (Yes I did jump 200ft in the air, honest.)
Later with the server being the authority for much of the game state (a la Unreal) it made it harder to implement obvious hacks (such as your character running faster, taking no damge when told, etc). Hacks still abounded though in the form of wallhacks (see players though walls), and aimbots (autoaim)... these things being client-side of course and impossible for the server to know about.
Decent games these days, such as UT2003 which has built in anti-cheat from the CSHP guy keeps mucho things on the server. Many effects and such are replicated to the client to be simulated proxys and actors such as an enemy player are only replicated if they are relevant (ie: the player should be able to see it). This works well against wallhacks, as the client only is told where an enemy is if it should be able to see it.
Unfortunately we have a situation similar to copy protection, there is allways going to be ways to work around... at least now its not as simple as dumping the unrealscript sdk and modifying some variables.
Still the more objects that the server has authority on the better. Your hacked client interface might tell you that you have 900 rockets left, but the server knows better;)
actually i do have a keyboard plugged in, but it isnt needed (i use a util similar to VNC called Radmin), but i have the keyboard plugged in for when i use it as a jukebox (its in the lounge).
needing a directinput mouse is just vmware being gay:/
no monitor... only cabling is power, network, phone (for the ivrs) and audio out. im so proud of it, every bit of hardware is dodgy... the motherboard cant even remember the time, and i can never be bothered setting it, so i can check uptime by looking at the system clock:>
this is going to get me modded down in record time, however win2k adv server runs fine on my 366mhz gateway... running IIS, ivrs answering service, serving files, and terminal services (2 users) for irc and winmx and stuff (so i can switch my box off and actually sleep;)
runs acceptably too, the gui is snappy and responsive, and the only thing ive tweaked is removing alpha effects:)
oh... one thing left to add is a mouse and this stick of ram (64meg):>...this will let me boot the solaris virtual machine without vmware complaining too much
my friend isnt so lucky... his gateway is only a cyrix 120 with 64meg ram. nevertheless, win2k runs ok:)
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Generally this is where the BDFH (Bastard Developer From Hell) sends the boss at high speed down a freight elevator, followed by several legacy disk arrays. (By legacy I mean 4 tonne):)
Actually you would have this teenager walk out and say something like:
"WOW! Check the phat graphics.. the textures! the model complexity! even the sound! what kind of hardware are you running?............. Real Life hey... is that made by nvidia?"
yes, however if you do propagate the quench packets back towards the source, the idea is that its no longer your pipe that's being filled.
this technique seems pretty good actually... imagining a large number of skript kidz filling up my pipe (dodgy image there;) but I digress)... by 'quenching' each one of these at their ISP's router it means my pipe is empty, theirs is full and all they have succeded in doing is DOSing themselves:D
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So let me just straighten this mess out for all you people that are lucky to live in the 'land of the free'.
;)... "Hooray!"
Running an insecure wireless network is a crime.
So lets fix this... oh no wait... discussing security issues relating to said wireless network is illegal under the DMCA. (assuming theres even a tiny bit of copyrighted media on it)
Truthfully I think litigation is pushing the US technology sector into a downward spiral. Something is going to break soon, it will have to.
Its obviously time for new tactics, Elftor style
I have a copy here of Solaris, Intel Platform Edition. You dont need Sun hardware to run Solaris. AFAIK Solaris is also free (as in beer) for boxen with 4 or less CPUs.
Well if you are talking maritime salvage then the convention 'Lloyds Open Form' is generally half the value of the vessel. (The owner has to agree to this of course).
;) im sure they will be quite happy to pay half the value of the satellite :> in fact hell, claim the whole value of the satellite, they are considering it a write off... they'd be happy to avoid more launch fees and the money they are losing while they dont have a sat up there.
;) regardless though, they know where it is... its um 'parked' in orbit.. still theirs... its not lost or anything :>
;)
:D...
Basically ring them up
but you would never own it... i dont think 'flotsam and jetsam' applies to space
Im sure if you called them and asked if you could have it, just so you could say that 'I own a satellite' they would be very happy to get the liability off their hands
OT: In fact a long time back it was convention back in some mediterranean ports to have local lads offer 'to help you moor at the jetty'; then these kids would claim salvage of a few hundred bucks... which holidaymakers would pay to avoid getting their boat impounded while the kids uncle harbourmaster lethargically investigated
This is where the whole Open Source / Free (as in beer) software idea breaks down. All for one and one for all, socialism is very very nice in theory, but the fact is people get greedy.
I want to have my cake and eat it too.
Right now i can get the latest linux iso, and have a fully working OS. Sure, I _could_ donate some cash, but lets face it... I dont have to, and as beer is not free (as in beer), I would much prefer to spend the money on beer.
So there it is. The net result is that donating to all these nice people that are fighting for my rights, writing me software, etc, for no charge would be a nice thing for me to do. Unfortunately i think most people cannot be bothered / are greedy / dont agree 100%.
I think this is similar to where the communist ideal breaks down... greed. Simple.
* Disclaimer: well if i wasnt such a poor student I might actually support such things.
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=44558&threshol d=1&commentsort=0&tid=160&mode=thread&cid=4627 678
Suggests that the light from the moon would fry the optics.
Also im guessing that it would be a pain to focus on something that close....
And on top of this if anyone has fiddled with Stardocks WindowFX... which applies neat effects, such as windows spinnying in and out of the background... wobbling like putty when dragged... ooh and the 'dissolve in' for menus. So much eye-candy.. so much nausea.
;)
Oh anyway the point of this post... a bandwidth monitor utility i was working on, and i did something stupid which popped up windows flat out... was easy to pull up the task manager and end process
Funny, I oft hear other people complaining about how pro-intel THG is.
:P
In fact THG is accused of being pro-everything while simultaneously being anti-every-same-thing. It must be quite difficult to maintain this image.
Guess it comes with the territory of being a popular hardware site and having to make calls that no everyone agrees with. * takes a long hard look at amd-die-hards.. intel-die-hards.. linux/windows/mac/emacs/tcl-die-hards *
Enjoy trolling, AC, at least I have the guts to risk moderation
Actually the Fanwing was capable of autorotoring. However with the low velocity it would be a lot easier to deploy a chute.
In the "1 July, 1999" section of their news page:
Note: ( 15 May 2001 ) We have made a breakthrough with the latest wing design. The FanWing now glides with a rotor autorotation speed already high enough to effect a controlled landing.
from fanwing.com/news.htm
This depends on the game, and the level of 'trust' the server has in the clients.
;)
In the good 'ol days, the clients replicated to everyone what they were doing, and everyone trusted them implicitly. (Yes I did jump 200ft in the air, honest.)
Later with the server being the authority for much of the game state (a la Unreal) it made it harder to implement obvious hacks (such as your character running faster, taking no damge when told, etc). Hacks still abounded though in the form of wallhacks (see players though walls), and aimbots (autoaim)... these things being client-side of course and impossible for the server to know about.
Decent games these days, such as UT2003 which has built in anti-cheat from the CSHP guy keeps mucho things on the server. Many effects and such are replicated to the client to be simulated proxys and actors such as an enemy player are only replicated if they are relevant (ie: the player should be able to see it). This works well against wallhacks, as the client only is told where an enemy is if it should be able to see it.
Unfortunately we have a situation similar to copy protection, there is allways going to be ways to work around... at least now its not as simple as dumping the unrealscript sdk and modifying some variables.
Still the more objects that the server has authority on the better. Your hacked client interface might tell you that you have 900 rockets left, but the server knows better
:)
:/
:>
actually i do have a keyboard plugged in, but it isnt needed (i use a util similar to VNC called Radmin), but i have the keyboard plugged in for when i use it as a jukebox (its in the lounge).
needing a directinput mouse is just vmware being gay
no monitor... only cabling is power, network, phone (for the ivrs) and audio out. im so proud of it, every bit of hardware is dodgy... the motherboard cant even remember the time, and i can never be bothered setting it, so i can check uptime by looking at the system clock
this is going to get me modded down in record time, however win2k adv server runs fine on my 366mhz gateway... running IIS, ivrs answering service, serving files, and terminal services (2 users) for irc and winmx and stuff (so i can switch my box off and actually sleep ;)
:)
:> ...this will let me boot the solaris virtual machine without vmware complaining too much
:)
runs acceptably too, the gui is snappy and responsive, and the only thing ive tweaked is removing alpha effects
oh... one thing left to add is a mouse and this stick of ram (64meg)
my friend isnt so lucky... his gateway is only a cyrix 120 with 64meg ram. nevertheless, win2k runs ok
*waves goodbye to karma*
slashdot effect?
more like a "SlashDOS"...
Generally this is where the BDFH (Bastard Developer From Hell) sends the boss at high speed down a freight elevator, followed by several legacy disk arrays. (By legacy I mean 4 tonne) :)
Actually you would have this teenager walk out and say something like:
..... Real Life hey... is that made by nvidia?"
"WOW! Check the phat graphics.. the textures! the model complexity! even the sound! what kind of hardware are you running?........
yes, however if you do propagate the quench packets back towards the source, the idea is that its no longer your pipe that's being filled. this technique seems pretty good actually... imagining a large number of skript kidz filling up my pipe (dodgy image there ;) but I digress)... by 'quenching' each one of these at their ISP's router it means my pipe is empty, theirs is full and all they have succeded in doing is DOSing themselves :D