A launch like this should have been timed to occure after the Oct 3 DRM protest. With all it's problems, it already has poor opening sales going against it, now it'll jump in front of a protest too.
You say you can't afford to figure this out with an expert. My response is that you're asking your competition to help you cut your costs so that you can better compete with them. Enjoy the answers.
The captcha solvers are propably just sent an image, right? So I propose no having the data necessary to solve to captcha available in a predictable way. Perhaps use an image pre-loader which loads MANY captchas and then presents them through pure javascript (you can't parse the html if it doesn't exist, and random is a bit tricky to predict). This way, only one captcha is visible to a human but determining which one that is would require brute forcing 50 or so images with different styles.
Yes, a bit processor and bandwidth intensive, but that challange can be passed onto somebody else who's had their caffeine today.
This is college. If a student wishes to not attend class that is THEIR choice. If they can successfully cram before the exam then this is the professors problem.
Honestly, you should want students who miss class (there are legitimate reasons for this) the be able to get as much as possible if they are willing to put in the time.
Why do you feel that there is value to the university in students being in the classroom? If you could successfully provide learning media which was not geographicly restricted, that seems like a good thing.
Perhaps I could put this another way. The point of college is to learn, right? So if the student passes the exam, that should mean that they have learned enough about that subject. How they learn it is not as important. If the method really is important to you, force some freshman classes to be taken which do not have alternative resources (such as the pod cast).
A large reason for playing GAMES is to escape reality and do things which aren't possible in real life. Why do you think so many avitars are practicly the opposite of their controls?
I thought the issue would be with laptops in college lecture halls (where they can steal students focus and provide little value).
As far as grade school students using them to create powerpoint presentations I'm going to have to say somebody needs to be hired on full time to determine just how many what this is fucked up.
I run a company that provides technical support and consulting services. At that age I was focused on the thinking rather than presentation. Presentation is a skill easily learned into adulthood. Thinking is a skill which becomes increasingly difficult to pick up the older you are AND it's in extremely high demand.
My Linux systems all backup to each other and external media with no trouble. Perhaps the problem is that you're using XP. Sorry, but it's a nice little reality that *nix systems are easier to backup despite a less frequent need to use backups.
When it comes to FOSS there is no Ultimate, Best, Top, Only, or other perfect solution. There are MANY excellent solutions which provide different pros and cons, to be considered by the potential user.
You must be recently freed of Windows where you are simply told what you want, here in the world of FOSS you have choices. Reminds me of a lady who came to the US from Russia some twentyish years ago, when she saw a grocery store with CHOICES she flipped, couldn't handle the concept.
Which means that it is up to the legal system to set new precident in case law. It IS at the discretion of the enforcers that certain laws are enforced at all.
If you really want to know, I use 1-2 GB swap with 1GB ram and the same for 512MB ram.
However, you might just do what I do and try out different values to figure out what works. If you're talking about a linux system a real-time memory/swap usage graph can be added to most window managers so that you can see what's happening. You could also try to estimate usages based on what the machine is expected to do.
You have no idea how many times I call a support number only to type in information (say a phone number) and then say it to every CSR after that. It seems that no profile is generated to go along with me call so each transfer is always a reset in any information I've given them.
Does anybody remember the ad for car insurance where the guy records all his info and just plays it back to the CSRs?
I'm currently transfering my business and need to draw up NDAs and other contracts. I knew I needed to protect myself for transfering more than necessary but I hadn't considered this issue at all, thanks for bringing it up.
if you need something like this then you can afford to pay for somebody who knows wtf they're doing and avoid asking a large group of anonymous persons who'll give no warranty.
I once had a guy ask me to install security cameras in his shop (i do this so no problem) but when he took me to the freezer as said he's had trouble with employee theft and wanted a camera in there I sent him to a group that can do that type of installation, you should too.
You see, with such a terror threat we can't be expected to allow those tricky bastards to communicate while in flight, that would be too much. After all, we almost got screwed allowing them to bring on bottled water, so internet is out of the question.
Frag. Seriously. I use FPS games to relax. When something isn't working or somebody is causing trouble I frag. During periods of time when I'm not stressed I don't game (haven't played an FPS in two months).
I started using a cell phone at 16. The reason, in case you haven't guessed, has to do with driving. My parents were more comfortable with me driving if I had a phone to call for help from (NOT to use while driving).
Why an 8 year old needs a cell phone is beyond me, but if the parents want it then it's their (possibly ill informed) choice to provide it.
I know adults who have no need for a cell phone and 14 year olds who would benefit from having one available, so a specific age is not so important (unless somebody can prove damaging effects from radiation).
Simply repeat as many times as necessary what you will benefit most from and people start to take it as fact. After all, who would have doubted that Enron was doing well when all the executives and experts just kept say so.
I have one. Problem is that the storage is less than adequate and most phones come with a hurdle or two which the manufacturer would like $ to remove. In my case, getting the mp3s on the phone (without re-buying them through the phone) required having a bluetooth enabled laptop as the usb support was locked out unless I purchased a windows-only software package.
On the other hand, I do have fine storage on my watch so I doubled up there and listen to the mp3s through it all the time.
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A launch like this should have been timed to occure after the Oct 3 DRM protest. With all it's problems, it already has poor opening sales going against it, now it'll jump in front of a protest too.
You say you can't afford to figure this out with an expert. My response is that you're asking your competition to help you cut your costs so that you can better compete with them.
Enjoy the answers.
This guy approved SP2? What is this, some sneaky M$ trick to ruin a perfectly fine company with it's 'security'?
I fear what may come of this.
The captcha solvers are propably just sent an image, right? So I propose no having the data necessary to solve to captcha available in a predictable way. Perhaps use an image pre-loader which loads MANY captchas and then presents them through pure javascript (you can't parse the html if it doesn't exist, and random is a bit tricky to predict). This way, only one captcha is visible to a human but determining which one that is would require brute forcing 50 or so images with different styles.
Yes, a bit processor and bandwidth intensive, but that challange can be passed onto somebody else who's had their caffeine today.
This is college. If a student wishes to not attend class that is THEIR choice. If they can successfully cram before the exam then this is the professors problem.
Honestly, you should want students who miss class (there are legitimate reasons for this) the be able to get as much as possible if they are willing to put in the time.
Why do you feel that there is value to the university in students being in the classroom? If you could successfully provide learning media which was not geographicly restricted, that seems like a good thing.
Perhaps I could put this another way. The point of college is to learn, right? So if the student passes the exam, that should mean that they have learned enough about that subject. How they learn it is not as important. If the method really is important to you, force some freshman classes to be taken which do not have alternative resources (such as the pod cast).
A large reason for playing GAMES is to escape reality and do things which aren't possible in real life. Why do you think so many avitars are practicly the opposite of their controls?
"just too unclever for that"
and
"having a massage"
I can't imaging what's next
I thought the issue would be with laptops in college lecture halls (where they can steal students focus and provide little value).
As far as grade school students using them to create powerpoint presentations I'm going to have to say somebody needs to be hired on full time to determine just how many what this is fucked up.
I run a company that provides technical support and consulting services. At that age I was focused on the thinking rather than presentation. Presentation is a skill easily learned into adulthood. Thinking is a skill which becomes increasingly difficult to pick up the older you are AND it's in extremely high demand.
supposed to not MUST
Just because somebody has suggested a standard to help avoid confusion doesn't mean you're limited to it.
Fair enough, I must admit that I've simply used it because it seems accepted. However, that may not be true and you're correct that it is not correct.
My Linux systems all backup to each other and external media with no trouble. Perhaps the problem is that you're using XP. Sorry, but it's a nice little reality that *nix systems are easier to backup despite a less frequent need to use backups.
When it comes to FOSS there is no Ultimate, Best, Top, Only, or other perfect solution.
There are MANY excellent solutions which provide different pros and cons, to be considered by the potential user.
You must be recently freed of Windows where you are simply told what you want, here in the world of FOSS you have choices.
Reminds me of a lady who came to the US from Russia some twentyish years ago, when she saw a grocery store with CHOICES she flipped, couldn't handle the concept.
Which means that it is up to the legal system to set new precident in case law. It IS at the discretion of the enforcers that certain laws are enforced at all.
Let me be the first (or somewhere close) to say that it's high time the legal system finally saw some of the ill effects of 'protecting' hollywood.
If you really want to know, I use 1-2 GB swap with 1GB ram and the same for 512MB ram.
However, you might just do what I do and try out different values to figure out what works. If you're talking about a linux system a real-time memory/swap usage graph can be added to most window managers so that you can see what's happening. You could also try to estimate usages based on what the machine is expected to do.
Just like people, only these older systems could use shortened lifespans.
You have no idea how many times I call a support number only to type in information (say a phone number) and then say it to every CSR after that. It seems that no profile is generated to go along with me call so each transfer is always a reset in any information I've given them.
Does anybody remember the ad for car insurance where the guy records all his info and just plays it back to the CSRs?
I'm currently transfering my business and need to draw up NDAs and other contracts. I knew I needed to protect myself for transfering more than necessary but I hadn't considered this issue at all, thanks for bringing it up.
if you need something like this then you can afford to pay for somebody who knows wtf they're doing and avoid asking a large group of anonymous persons who'll give no warranty.
I once had a guy ask me to install security cameras in his shop (i do this so no problem) but when he took me to the freezer as said he's had trouble with employee theft and wanted a camera in there I sent him to a group that can do that type of installation, you should too.
You see, with such a terror threat we can't be expected to allow those tricky bastards to communicate while in flight, that would be too much. After all, we almost got screwed allowing them to bring on bottled water, so internet is out of the question.
Frag. Seriously. I use FPS games to relax. When something isn't working or somebody is causing trouble I frag. During periods of time when I'm not stressed I don't game (haven't played an FPS in two months).
I started using a cell phone at 16. The reason, in case you haven't guessed, has to do with driving. My parents were more comfortable with me driving if I had a phone to call for help from (NOT to use while driving).
Why an 8 year old needs a cell phone is beyond me, but if the parents want it then it's their (possibly ill informed) choice to provide it.
I know adults who have no need for a cell phone and 14 year olds who would benefit from having one available, so a specific age is not so important (unless somebody can prove damaging effects from radiation).
Simply repeat as many times as necessary what you will benefit most from and people start to take it as fact. After all, who would have doubted that Enron was doing well when all the executives and experts just kept say so.
If what you care about is $$$ then don't bother working as a run of the mill engineer. Consider real estate and other forms of investment.
I have one. Problem is that the storage is less than adequate and most phones come with a hurdle or two which the manufacturer would like $ to remove. In my case, getting the mp3s on the phone (without re-buying them through the phone) required having a bluetooth enabled laptop as the usb support was locked out unless I purchased a windows-only software package.
On the other hand, I do have fine storage on my watch so I doubled up there and listen to the mp3s through it all the time.