As I posted below, the LUA interface doesn't provide move commands. Here's what some of the most popular "mods" are:
Look/feel changes: These simply change the appearance of the GUI. Sometimes they add more information, like overlaying a % over the enemies health bar, or highlighting party members who are taking damage.
Bars: Many of the early addons were to add more buttons, until Blizzard implemented this themselves.
Raid: lots of addons help with raiding, like showing the health of everyone in the raid, showing the main tank's target, etc. Also, debuff cleansing with one button press (scans the raid and casts an appropriate cure spell), though this is being disabled by Blizzard in the coming expansion.
Additional GUI: some mods don't just modify the existing GUI they add more. A bar across the top listing money, regen rate, your (x,y) location on the map, your XP/hour, your fps and ping, the amount of ammo you have left, etc. For classes with reagent needs it can track those.
As you can see most add-ons revolve around giving the user more information. The closest thing to botting there is the auto-curing, which is on its way out.
Incorrect. First, the built-in scripting language for WoW cannot be used to bot, since it doesn't provide APIs to move, or even to make actions without some sort of user input. The closest you can come is to write a massive if tree so that you only have to push one button. But you still need to be there to click it.
Also, Blizzard doesn't ban people for using the built-in scripting language, unless of course they find some exploit that lets them do crazy things.
What's so unreasonable about that? Sometimes people need a good punch in the face (or three), and who better than the police to do it? It helps to stop people from being whiny, cowardly worms.
I weep for our future. We are a nation of laws. I don't care what this guy did, for all I know he deserves life. But that is for a judge and jury to decide, not a pissed off cop.
I fail to see how you happily dropping $3,100 for a TV and console means Sony will obviously sell every console they make for a "long time". Most analysts (people who know what they're actually talking about, supposedly) aren't confident the PS3 will sell to anyone but the hardcore market.
Seriously, what's the ???. I want to know. Because I believe there is nothing there. It can't be done. What good is a factory if I have to give away what it creates?
While that's true from a technical perspective, I would be surprised if that held up in court. While you may not be sharing the entire file yourself, you are at the very least taking part in the "scheme". A smart judge (and most of them ARE smart) would cut through the technical crap that he probably didn't totally understand (or care about), and go after the heart of the matter - which is that you're sharing copyrighted content.
Huh? After reading TFA, I like section 512. Sounds to me like this one of the few GOOD things that the DMCA has in it. If hosting companies were held responsible for everything on users uploaded, it would stifle virtually all the creativity the web has given birth to.
A drawback for Firefox, yes. But IE7 being "usable" isn't inherently a bad thing...in fact its a good thing because the millions of people who simply lack the (motivation | ability | know-how | *) to switch are getting a better experience.
Claiming slashdot and/or its readership doesn't lean anti-MS is one of the most insanely asinine things I've ever heard.
As for MS being ethical, I think they are. So there's one exception to your grand sweeping generalization. I would actually argue that most rational people think MS *is* ethical, and they also would agree that, in the past, MS was *not* ethical. Assuming MS is unethical now and forever, because once upon a time several years ago they abused a monopoly, doesn't give the impression that you're thinking critically about this.
If people get modded up for saying things like, "Well, to be fair, MS is a business...", its because they're the only ones who can overcome their irrational personal loathings long enough to have some perspective.
You really don't have to worry about that... you don't get taxed on things as they increase in value, just when you cash out on them (imagine buying a rare baseball card; as it increases in value you don't have to pay taxes on that)
I don't know, but I'm guessing that they have to pay for the exclusivity, as opposed to before when they were using their monopoly to force the exclusivity (as in, do it or we won't work with you at all)
I love this... the Zune offers features the iPod doesn't have, but it doesn't go far enough, so now it's a "shitty product". Try actually putting your paws on one first.
Not quite. IANAL, but as I understand it, public figures are protected from libel and slander (false statements designed to hurt business or reputation) just like anyone else.
What they aren't protected from is the whole harassment/pain/suffering thing. If publish ad nausium about joe schmo's financial indiscretions, eventually it amounts to illegal harassment. But I can criticize and humiliate public officials until the end of time.
Not true - the threat of military action is still diplomatic, heavy-handed though it may be. Also, military alliances (with you or against you) are powerful bargaining chips, as is the sharing of military technology or the sale of military equipment.
In a sense, the entire cold war was a diplomatic war, with the weight of nuclear weapons backing up every word.
One thing I don't believe any other government, or people, have done throughout history is to insist other governments should be more like their own and encouraging change with a very large military.
What!? No other nation in the history of the world has used its military to make others like them? Tell that to the Romans. Or the Greeks. Or the Mongols. Or every single nation in the history of the world. Until a few centuries ago using your military to control your neighbors (or just annex them) was the primary purpose of government. And there have been quite a few in the last few centuries.
Also, "thoughout history"?? You mean in the 220 years that the US has even existed?
I think what you're trying to say is that in the last decade (hardly all of history) the US has used its military as diplomatic leverage. But still, it's hardly unique in that respect.
A monopoly (note: a monopoly does not mean 100% when speaking legally) signifies abuse in the market place, as in "costs you money" with little recourse, then it becomes an abusive monopoly and starts to get into the illegal areas, which they have been provbven to have done. and it wasn't an accident either.
The idea that monopolies are inherently abusive, or inherently illegal, or will without fail lead to those behaviors, is one of the great fallacies continuously perpetuated on/. Don't make broad sweeping statements when all you're really talking about is how much you hate MS. You certainly wouldn't speak ill of the iPod, with its 90% market share, would you?
Just because you don't care about facebook doesn't mean other people don't. Especially those who devoted over 2 years of their lives to creating it. If you took something from a fun little project in the science center basement to a $50 million dollar/year, $900 million dollar company with almost 10 million users, you might care about it too.
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As you can see most add-ons revolve around giving the user more information. The closest thing to botting there is the auto-curing, which is on its way out.
Incorrect. First, the built-in scripting language for WoW cannot be used to bot, since it doesn't provide APIs to move, or even to make actions without some sort of user input. The closest you can come is to write a massive if tree so that you only have to push one button. But you still need to be there to click it.
Also, Blizzard doesn't ban people for using the built-in scripting language, unless of course they find some exploit that lets them do crazy things.
What they are banning for 3rd party apps.
I fail to see how you happily dropping $3,100 for a TV and console means Sony will obviously sell every console they make for a "long time". Most analysts (people who know what they're actually talking about, supposedly) aren't confident the PS3 will sell to anyone but the hardcore market.
Such a comment would most likely be made off the record or anonymously.
A hit is a hit is a hit, regardless of the intent. You might not like it but the numbers aren't false.
It's the #2 search used, behind google and ahead of Yahoo. I don't know what the numbers are, though I suspect Google has a significant lead.
1. "Having" Einstein 2. ??? 3. Profit!!
Seriously, what's the ???. I want to know. Because I believe there is nothing there. It can't be done. What good is a factory if I have to give away what it creates?
Because being a monopoly isn't illegal? Because the federal goverment shouldn't be regulating market share?
While that's true from a technical perspective, I would be surprised if that held up in court. While you may not be sharing the entire file yourself, you are at the very least taking part in the "scheme". A smart judge (and most of them ARE smart) would cut through the technical crap that he probably didn't totally understand (or care about), and go after the heart of the matter - which is that you're sharing copyrighted content.
Huh? After reading TFA, I like section 512. Sounds to me like this one of the few GOOD things that the DMCA has in it. If hosting companies were held responsible for everything on users uploaded, it would stifle virtually all the creativity the web has given birth to.
A drawback for Firefox, yes. But IE7 being "usable" isn't inherently a bad thing...in fact its a good thing because the millions of people who simply lack the (motivation | ability | know-how | *) to switch are getting a better experience.
Claiming slashdot and/or its readership doesn't lean anti-MS is one of the most insanely asinine things I've ever heard.
As for MS being ethical, I think they are. So there's one exception to your grand sweeping generalization. I would actually argue that most rational people think MS *is* ethical, and they also would agree that, in the past, MS was *not* ethical. Assuming MS is unethical now and forever, because once upon a time several years ago they abused a monopoly, doesn't give the impression that you're thinking critically about this.
If people get modded up for saying things like, "Well, to be fair, MS is a business...", its because they're the only ones who can overcome their irrational personal loathings long enough to have some perspective.
Ah, but newsgroups and classifieds would be difficult, if not impossible to track. With ebay, they just subpeona them for the information and voila.
I don't know, but I'm guessing that they have to pay for the exclusivity, as opposed to before when they were using their monopoly to force the exclusivity (as in, do it or we won't work with you at all)
And to the poster above me who says the Xbox doesn't make money, the xbox360 is NOT sold at a loss. FYI.
I love this... the Zune offers features the iPod doesn't have, but it doesn't go far enough, so now it's a "shitty product". Try actually putting your paws on one first.
You have it backwards. The judge decides whether the defendant is culpable, and the jury decides the award amount.
Not quite. IANAL, but as I understand it, public figures are protected from libel and slander (false statements designed to hurt business or reputation) just like anyone else.
What they aren't protected from is the whole harassment/pain/suffering thing. If publish ad nausium about joe schmo's financial indiscretions, eventually it amounts to illegal harassment. But I can criticize and humiliate public officials until the end of time.
Except that instead of washing your windshield, he got into your car, pulled down your pants and gave you a rectal exam.
You don't "unintentionally" hack into a bank's phone system.
In a sense, the entire cold war was a diplomatic war, with the weight of nuclear weapons backing up every word.
Also, "thoughout history"?? You mean in the 220 years that the US has even existed?
I think what you're trying to say is that in the last decade (hardly all of history) the US has used its military as diplomatic leverage. But still, it's hardly unique in that respect.
Just because you don't care about facebook doesn't mean other people don't. Especially those who devoted over 2 years of their lives to creating it. If you took something from a fun little project in the science center basement to a $50 million dollar/year, $900 million dollar company with almost 10 million users, you might care about it too.