My advice is something most people don't want to hear: for personal use, get backups online for $5/month. Mozy/Carbonite/etc. There are zillion vendors, just Google it.
Yeah, for personal files, Internet backup is a way to go. I have a cheap web hosting package, so a script daily tars my data, encrypts it, and then curls it onto a server in Canada. If I was too dumb to come up with a sweet set up like this, I would consider paying for backup solution only if their software was libre and there was an encryption option, so that they cannot read my files, ever. I cannot back up all my files this way though, I have to leave behind all the media, because of size. My home directory is 86+ GiB and is duped daily onto the second HD. What would be the cheapest way to store it at a different location, I wonder?
According to the Wiki, WoW had 11.5 million monthly subscribers last time they checked. Do you have any stats relating to SC active player base? For South Korea, at least?
I am all for free software and all that jazz, but, in the end of the day, it's only a game, and so none of the ethical arguments for keeping software free have any real weight. Having a reasonably priced non-free server would be a great compromise, imho.
From battle.net forums; Karune is a Blizzard Poster.
Q u o t e:
I think the reasons starcraft has lasted so long as a game and community are because:
1) Well designed and fun to play game.
2) Free battle.net - Having a place where gamers can come together and play the game 24/7 helps to foster a bolster and lively community.
3) Continued support for the game even after 11 years, they still patch it when it needs a patch.
4) Pro-Starcraft gaming. This is a big deal to serious starcraft players or to anyone that enjoys competition. These games are fun to watch and makes casual players want to play the game.
5) Lan support. - Lan parties are fun.
If you take away LAN support you will still have the 4 other pillars for a strong starcraft community. Plus if LAN support helps rid battle.net of hackers, cheaters and piracy because the network traffic is harder to decipher then all the better. That only strengthens the spirit of fair competition on battle.net.
The first 4 pillars are ALL being made better.
1) Development time for StarCraft II have far exceeded the original StarCraft in both the standard of quality and duration, to ensure the highest in quality RTS experience we can possibly create.
2) Not only is it free to play online for people who purchase the game, Battle.net 2.0 is designed with the new generation of online community and eSports in mind.
3) As long as there are people playing our games, we will continue to support them, and we have continued with this tradition with our legacy titles like the original StarCraft.
4) StarCraft II was created with eSports as a cornerstone in design philosophy. StarCraft evolved into an eSport.
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Everything will be just tickety-boo today.
5) Map Editor will be better than any we have ever released.
and:
6) ??? - will have to wait and see:)
For me personally- I loved LAN parties, but the direction in which
Battle.net is headed, I would always choose to play on Battle.net > 99%
of the time and even if for whatever reason I did decide to lug my computer to a friend's
house in this day of age (<1%), I would still be playing with them on
Battle.net against others at their place.
It would be better for everyone if Blizzard licensed out battle.net software for a price that a small fan community could
afford, between $100 and $500, may be? Beats implementing LAN code which almost no one is going to use.
I wish they didn't bring up piracy though. Is anyone really buying this bullshit anymore? Hacking units will rush
this title like a swarm of Zerg, they will.
BT is better than Gnutella, imho. The search happens on a website, which can also provide feedback (boards) and some form of authentication.
Here, for example, you can see little green and purple skulls indicating
that the torrent was uploaded by a "trusted" person, whatever that means. Decentralized for the sake of decentralized is nice on paper, but
the actual result is often significantly less efficient than a more structured platform. Freenet & Gnutella vs. torrents, YACY vs. Google, etc.
Why is it that the state of the art in FOSS Office applications still has less features than Office 2000?
Quantity is not important in itself.
Why is that Linux uses Samba for File / Print?
Network printing does not have to be Samba-based. Even then,
support for Windows network is a major strength, is it not? We don't see Windows implementing ssh, Linux network mounts, reading ext*, or anything to make file transfer easier.
Why is it that Linux clones TrueType fonts? If fonts were so easy, why can't FOSS innovate a better font system?
Again, why not support it if there are literally tens of thousands of TTF fonts already?
Hey, I agree that Windows XP has better user interface than Linux, even to this day. Compared to latest KDE, it is fast, simple, mostly bug-free. But it is already behind on features, and, IMHO, interface is the strongest point of Vista, which is just sad.
No problem, the old greybeard in charge of the project just needs to supply one fine burglar, and the mission is a guaranteed success. At least financially. A few brave dwarves may die in the process, but it's a small price to pay for scientific progress.
Why? How did a looser and a quitter deserve anything? I think that people who failed and kept trying deserve our sympathy, because they are the ones who provided a good example. Let's just hope that depressed people have good friends who love them for reasons other than developing some HyperVM thingy. I din't know the man and I am not passing up on a good laugh just because he hanged himself. If we could not laugh at people dying, this would be a very sad world.
Why are the name translations so screwed up sometimes? Mortal engines is literally Robots' Fables and The Chain of Chance is Katar. I cannot even establish what it means in Polish, but in Russian this one is mysteriously named Runny Nose.
Yup. Another great book is Peace on Earth. It is about Ijon Tichy getting neck-deep into the intrigue involving remote-controlled dolls, cyborgs, automated warfare and strong AI, a bit reminiscent of GITS but even more philosophical. Love it.
I fully agree that reforming copyright laws is preferable to abolishing them. But I also believe that non-commercial copying is not against the spirit of copyright, even though it may get you in trouble within our less-than-perfect legal system.
Private persons who share dozens[1] of digital copies with no intention of financial gain should not be expected to comply with the copyright law, if only because it takes thousands of dollars to establish copyright status of a single file and assemble proper documentation. This is like fining people for something as natural as exchanging pleasantries. Many slashdotters accuse BT users of hypocrisy and rebuke them for taking high moral stance while breaking the law. The same people fail to realize that by paying to Sony et al. they are funding lawsuits against single mothers, wherein content owners ask for 1000x (or more) of actual damages. These people accuse us in hypocrisy?
[1] Notice that a "typical" BT user shares at 1:1, which is roughly equivalent to making 2 copies. Forget the dozens; they are dragging us through courts for a digital equivalent of shaking hands.
Most of my KC I have from my friend's CD's. Regardless, I would have downloaded ProjeKcts, as they are awesome.
And if you like it, why not let them have some royalties for their work?
Because I did not commission the work. I have no agreement with KC to pay for their labor. I pay my own cash for making the copy. Copyright law used to be a contract between artists with the public, but that was before industry breached it by extending the term and extending its reach to non-commercial copying. I consider Fripp one of the greatest living composers, but for the life of me, I do not see why I need to bend over and take it from behind when I shop for records.
Six months? May be it's just me but that is a lot of interest in an album. I mostly loose interest in the middle of a title song.
I am not a hoarder though. ATM, my music "library" has 13 artists for a grand total of 7 GB (half of it is King Crimson). After discovering torrents I quickly
got out of the habit of saving stuff. My music is not backed up and will probably get trashed during the next HD upgrade. I find it kind of liberating, actually, to
rebuild my collection every now and then by picking a few old favorites and some random stuff to check out for the first time.
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You are using Windows for working with data which is precious enough to need a backup? I admire your faith.
My advice is something most people don't want to hear: for personal use, get backups online for $5/month. Mozy/Carbonite/etc. There are zillion vendors, just Google it.
Yeah, for personal files, Internet backup is a way to go. I have a cheap web hosting package, so a script daily tars my data, encrypts it, and then curls it onto a server in Canada. If I was too dumb to come up with a sweet set up like this, I would consider paying for backup solution only if their software was libre and there was an encryption option, so that they cannot read my files, ever. I cannot back up all my files this way though, I have to leave behind all the media, because of size. My home directory is 86+ GiB and is duped daily onto the second HD. What would be the cheapest way to store it at a different location, I wonder?
According to the Wiki, WoW had 11.5 million monthly subscribers last time they checked. Do you have any stats relating to SC active player base? For South Korea, at least?
I am all for free software and all that jazz, but, in the end of the day, it's only a game, and so none of the ethical arguments for keeping software free have any real weight. Having a reasonably priced non-free server would be a great compromise, imho.
You are unique, pal. Millions of WoW subscribers are generic. You are unique.
From battle.net forums; Karune is a Blizzard Poster.
Q u o t e:
I think the reasons starcraft has lasted so long as a game and community are because:
1) Well designed and fun to play game.
2) Free battle.net - Having a place where gamers can come together and play the game 24/7 helps to foster a bolster and lively community.
3) Continued support for the game even after 11 years, they still patch it when it needs a patch.
4) Pro-Starcraft gaming. This is a big deal to serious starcraft players or to anyone that enjoys competition. These games are fun to watch and makes casual players want to play the game.
5) Lan support. - Lan parties are fun.
If you take away LAN support you will still have the 4 other pillars for a strong starcraft community. Plus if LAN support helps rid battle.net of hackers, cheaters and piracy because the network traffic is harder to decipher then all the better. That only strengthens the spirit of fair competition on battle.net.
The first 4 pillars are ALL being made better.
1) Development time for StarCraft II have far exceeded the original StarCraft in both the standard of quality and duration, to ensure the highest in quality RTS experience we can possibly create.
2) Not only is it free to play online for people who purchase the game, Battle.net 2.0 is designed with the new generation of online community and eSports in mind.
3) As long as there are people playing our games, we will continue to support them, and we have continued with this tradition with our legacy titles like the original StarCraft.
4) StarCraft II was created with eSports as a cornerstone in design philosophy. StarCraft evolved into an eSport. Preview Options Submit Continue Editing Preview Cancel Get More Comments Reply Prefs Search Everything will be just tickety-boo today.
5) Map Editor will be better than any we have ever released.
and:
6) ??? - will have to wait and see :)
For me personally- I loved LAN parties, but the direction in which Battle.net is headed, I would always choose to play on Battle.net > 99% of the time and even if for whatever reason I did decide to lug my computer to a friend's house in this day of age (<1%), I would still be playing with them on Battle.net against others at their place.
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It would be better for everyone if Blizzard licensed out battle.net software for a price that a small fan community could afford, between $100 and $500, may be? Beats implementing LAN code which almost no one is going to use.
I wish they didn't bring up piracy though. Is anyone really buying this bullshit anymore? Hacking units will rush this title like a swarm of Zerg, they will.
It must be open-source with such an odd name.
Close. It's open sores, especially around the wrists.
BT is better than Gnutella, imho. The search happens on a website, which can also provide feedback (boards) and some form of authentication. Here, for example, you can see little green and purple skulls indicating that the torrent was uploaded by a "trusted" person, whatever that means. Decentralized for the sake of decentralized is nice on paper, but the actual result is often significantly less efficient than a more structured platform. Freenet & Gnutella vs. torrents, YACY vs. Google, etc.
One of you is right, the other one is wrong.
Both of you are wrong. Both of you are right.
One of you is wrong, the other one is right.
Why is it that the state of the art in FOSS Office applications still has less features than Office 2000?
Quantity is not important in itself.
Why is that Linux uses Samba for File / Print?
Network printing does not have to be Samba-based. Even then, support for Windows network is a major strength, is it not? We don't see Windows implementing ssh, Linux network mounts, reading ext*, or anything to make file transfer easier.
Why is it that Linux clones TrueType fonts? If fonts were so easy, why can't FOSS innovate a better font system?
Again, why not support it if there are literally tens of thousands of TTF fonts already?
Hey, I agree that Windows XP has better user interface than Linux, even to this day. Compared to latest KDE, it is fast, simple, mostly bug-free. But it is already behind on features, and, IMHO, interface is the strongest point of Vista, which is just sad.
It seems like it's been fixed.
No problem, the old greybeard in charge of the project just needs to supply one fine burglar, and the mission is a guaranteed success. At least financially. A few brave dwarves may die in the process, but it's a small price to pay for scientific progress.
People with mental illness deserve your sympathy.
Why? How did a looser and a quitter deserve anything? I think that people who failed and kept trying deserve our sympathy, because they are the ones who provided a good example. Let's just hope that depressed people have good friends who love them for reasons other than developing some HyperVM thingy. I din't know the man and I am not passing up on a good laugh just because he hanged himself. If we could not laugh at people dying, this would be a very sad world.
Why are the name translations so screwed up sometimes? Mortal engines is literally Robots' Fables and The Chain of Chance is Katar. I cannot even establish what it means in Polish, but in Russian this one is mysteriously named Runny Nose.
Yup. Another great book is Peace on Earth. It is about Ijon Tichy getting neck-deep into the intrigue involving remote-controlled dolls, cyborgs, automated warfare and strong AI, a bit reminiscent of GITS but even more philosophical. Love it.
My grades also... Eh... Did it just smell like purple for a second?!!??!?
I fully agree that reforming copyright laws is preferable to abolishing them. But I also believe that non-commercial copying is not against the spirit of copyright, even though it may get you in trouble within our less-than-perfect legal system.
Private persons who share dozens[1] of digital copies with no intention of financial gain should not be expected to comply with the copyright law, if only because it takes thousands of dollars to establish copyright status of a single file and assemble proper documentation. This is like fining people for something as natural as exchanging pleasantries. Many slashdotters accuse BT users of hypocrisy and rebuke them for taking high moral stance while breaking the law. The same people fail to realize that by paying to Sony et al. they are funding lawsuits against single mothers, wherein content owners ask for 1000x (or more) of actual damages. These people accuse us in hypocrisy?
[1] Notice that a "typical" BT user shares at 1:1, which is roughly equivalent to making 2 copies. Forget the dozens; they are dragging us through courts for a digital equivalent of shaking hands.
What happens when electricity is not available?
...It is nighttime, and you are out of candles? Braille music!
Most of my KC I have from my friend's CD's. Regardless, I would have downloaded ProjeKcts, as they are awesome.
And if you like it, why not let them have some royalties for their work?
Because I did not commission the work. I have no agreement with KC to pay for their labor. I pay my own cash for making the copy. Copyright law used to be a contract between artists with the public, but that was before industry breached it by extending the term and extending its reach to non-commercial copying. I consider Fripp one of the greatest living composers, but for the life of me, I do not see why I need to bend over and take it from behind when I shop for records.
From the desk of Captain Obvious: they cannot give you back money if they are defunct.
Six months? May be it's just me but that is a lot of interest in an album. I mostly loose interest in the middle of a title song.
I am not a hoarder though. ATM, my music "library" has 13 artists for a grand total of 7 GB (half of it is King Crimson). After discovering torrents I quickly got out of the habit of saving stuff. My music is not backed up and will probably get trashed during the next HD upgrade. I find it kind of liberating, actually, to rebuild my collection every now and then by picking a few old favorites and some random stuff to check out for the first time.
...Yeah! Disks again, whatever...
Babelfish + http://bbs.linyueru.com/
You have no right to carry on the current operation, because this possible below one of reasons to create
The great Great Wall starts to assume an awe-inspiring pose, closes the forum to lie low until something blows over temporarily.
I respectfully disagree. I think /prying/ robots is the key, and the only true way to do it with robots is to pry them.