Most mornings, I walk into work, pour up the last of what's left from the night before, and toss it in the microwave for a minute. Then I check what the grounds in the basket look like... if they've only been used once, I'll add half a pot's worth to it and let the coffee maker do its job. If it's more than once, I'll dump those and start fresh.
It's all about the caffeine... to hell with everything else. I'd drink sewage if it were properly caffeinated.
It wasn't a MUD or similar by any means, but there were massively multiplayer games on BBSes... Barren Realms Elite comes to mind (a strategy game, but definitely massive... I think the network we were associated with had a peak playerbase of 5000, although it did take 4 days for everything to propogate out across the country with the nightly updates).
Most of the BBS games were multiplayer capable but not designed to handle it... Tradewars specifically had some interesting exploitable behavior, where you could have two people on withdraw money from a bank account simultaneously and both would get it. We duped the bejesus out of cash in that one.
I look at it the other way. If the doctors who are getting paid to fix my back are telling me that I should be more careful with it to avoid injury, I'm gonna listen. They're just taking money out of their own pockets, so they must take those injuries seriously.
Now, if your back specialist has a brother who works on knees, I'd recommend getting the tin-foil hat out.
Write up a bit of code to exploit the security vulnerability and publish it to the web. That's the most reasonable and expedient way to get the vulnerability fixed and your 15 minutes of fame.
Bonus points if you blog about the FBI searches of your office/residence/colon.
Having read through the rule changes, this seems to be limited to actual solicitation for services. Legal commentary or discussion of legal issues isn't anywhere in this, that I could see.
Basically, it applies the limitations currently in place for print and television ads to internet ads as well, which is a reasonable step to take... regulate all advertising, or regulate none.
Since you're adopting a teenager, you're going to have a radically different experience than everyone else here. I don't have kids, but I have two nieces, one foster and one adopted (14 and 7), and there are a lot of things different from what my parents had to deal with from my brother and I.
Since you aren't starting with a child from birth, you have to go through a period of actually getting to know them before you can really decide what kind of rules there need to be. Talk to them, and find out what they know already, and what they're used to, and work from there. A 14 year old new to your family isn't going to react well to arbitrary rules, especially if they're radically different from what he's used to. Anything that's much different from his normal should be explained. You don't have to explain everything, obviously, but you need to be open with them on the reasons for things that they may not agree with.
I recommend keeping the electronic entertainment in common areas, but that's more of a spending time together thing. The last thing you want to do with a newly adopted kid is to encourage them to spend time away from the rest of the family. Give them space, but make sure that they've got some draw to be out and about with everyone else.
Not exactly. They're getting a 4-6% gain the next day, not annually. Fire them off once a week, and you're talking several thousand percent gain annually.
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Most mornings, I walk into work, pour up the last of what's left from the night before, and toss it in the microwave for a minute. Then I check what the grounds in the basket look like... if they've only been used once, I'll add half a pot's worth to it and let the coffee maker do its job. If it's more than once, I'll dump those and start fresh.
It's all about the caffeine... to hell with everything else. I'd drink sewage if it were properly caffeinated.
Pabst Blue Ribbon. Beer for serious Revelation.
It wasn't a MUD or similar by any means, but there were massively multiplayer games on BBSes... Barren Realms Elite comes to mind (a strategy game, but definitely massive... I think the network we were associated with had a peak playerbase of 5000, although it did take 4 days for everything to propogate out across the country with the nightly updates).
Most of the BBS games were multiplayer capable but not designed to handle it... Tradewars specifically had some interesting exploitable behavior, where you could have two people on withdraw money from a bank account simultaneously and both would get it. We duped the bejesus out of cash in that one.
This type of system would be a hellacious target for a virus.
To be more accurate, lawyers are very good with fuzziness. That's why you never ever ever ever want to leave them any to exploit.
At least with quantum buzzwords, it's ok that nobody knows what they indicate.
I look at it the other way. If the doctors who are getting paid to fix my back are telling me that I should be more careful with it to avoid injury, I'm gonna listen. They're just taking money out of their own pockets, so they must take those injuries seriously.
Now, if your back specialist has a brother who works on knees, I'd recommend getting the tin-foil hat out.
Gullibility is fatal. You just have to encourage it a bit.
I was about to say that it's the best game ever for the exact same reason.
Until you manage to inform someone that 'you' is a vowel.
Write up a bit of code to exploit the security vulnerability and publish it to the web. That's the most reasonable and expedient way to get the vulnerability fixed and your 15 minutes of fame.
Bonus points if you blog about the FBI searches of your office/residence/colon.
Maybe the machines know that nobody would vote against Christ.
Oh, it's Crist? Hmm... well, it's still 84% of our savior.
But... it has 'hack' right in the name!
Hell, that's a highly anticipated Friday night activity for some of us.
... what?
Having read through the rule changes, this seems to be limited to actual solicitation for services. Legal commentary or discussion of legal issues isn't anywhere in this, that I could see.
Basically, it applies the limitations currently in place for print and television ads to internet ads as well, which is a reasonable step to take... regulate all advertising, or regulate none.
Finally, the comfort of a laptop keyboard meets the effectiveness of working from my recliner.
All that's missing now is the professionalism of the beer holder.
New moderation ideas are a dime a dozen, but I have to throw one in for this...
+1 Creepy but probably true
Since you're adopting a teenager, you're going to have a radically different experience than everyone else here. I don't have kids, but I have two nieces, one foster and one adopted (14 and 7), and there are a lot of things different from what my parents had to deal with from my brother and I.
Since you aren't starting with a child from birth, you have to go through a period of actually getting to know them before you can really decide what kind of rules there need to be. Talk to them, and find out what they know already, and what they're used to, and work from there. A 14 year old new to your family isn't going to react well to arbitrary rules, especially if they're radically different from what he's used to. Anything that's much different from his normal should be explained. You don't have to explain everything, obviously, but you need to be open with them on the reasons for things that they may not agree with.
I recommend keeping the electronic entertainment in common areas, but that's more of a spending time together thing. The last thing you want to do with a newly adopted kid is to encourage them to spend time away from the rest of the family. Give them space, but make sure that they've got some draw to be out and about with everyone else.
Too late:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0373908/
As long as Kirk shoots first (or only, as applicable) I'll still be happy.
Hey, selling out the entire species is a small price to pay to get in and play with the datasphere.
I for one welcome our Volatile overlords.
7. [...]No porn [...] 'Nuff said.
Well, that's it. PC for me.
There's no chance of being distracted by all that pesky work that's sitting on the computer waiting to be done.
Trying to get any kind of RL punishment for this would be like calling the cops because somebody stole a stack of $500s during a game of Monopoly.
Not exactly. They're getting a 4-6% gain the next day, not annually. Fire them off once a week, and you're talking several thousand percent gain annually.