Didn't go this year. Last year 4-days plus hotel just wasn't in the budget. 4 hours of driving each way was acceptable. But $45 for the privilege of visiting the dealer area on Saturday? Nope. Uh-uh. Ain't gonna happen. Gen Con can FOAD for all I care.
There is simply no way Infra Red can be picked up after traveling through air, then through even few inches of concrete/bricks/wood/tiles then through air again, especially as a typical building has several insulating layers (e.g. ceiling, thermal insulation, cavity space, roof tiles). The signal is going to be simply non-existent.
Technically, it's a hidden object cheat. I'm sure Valve will be all over their sorry ass for terms of service. Then again, the feds can play pretty rough.
I've been waiting for the current administration to enact laws mandating all keyboards to be federally licensed, and to include a packet of napalm gel, so that when a hacker is detected: Ka-FWOOM! Just like in the cyberpunk movies and books. That is how black ICE works, isn't it? Isn't it?
Anyhow: Now all the NSA has to do is send covert agents into 2600 meetings and such, and swab all the keyboards with a mutant E.C., and it'll make the napalm while living off all the Doritos crud.
But don't forget: "The street has its own uses for technology". Ka-FWOOM! heh. heheheh.
Um... knock at the door... BRB... [p@@~@pp~~[[ NO CARRIER
They say this now, when there is Vista to buy. It's just part of Microsoft's standard strategy... Release new operating system, try and make the old one look bad.
So in the long view, all of Microsoft's operating systems have sucked blue whale, and Microsoft themselves have said as much.
Microsoft has accidentally legitimized Linux. I think we should leverage that in any way we can. We could embrace Linux on laptops, extend choice of distros, and extinguish Microsoft.
As I understand it, alpha dogs come in two different varieties: leader and aggressive. The aggressive ones spend their life reestablishing who is top dog. The leaders are more like "Stop fighting, we're on a mission here! Come on, focus!". The best bosses I've had have been women with leadership skills. They focus on the mission and build concensus. And they're smart enough to know when to say "We've got enough input; here's what we're gonna do." The aggressive bosses... well, I don't stick around long when those assholes are sinking the company. What really pains me is that it should not just be women who can show strength in non-aggression. Guys can do that too. Come on guys, get a clue.
There are health experts suggesting that people wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. I can't wait to see ASCAP go nuts on hand washers. Especially if you are required to wash your hands at work. "Ah, usin' our music in a business are yeh. That'll cost yeh! And double since y'are singin' it twice!" (Yes, with West Country accents and all.)
Trust me, I once put sugar in a guy's engine and it totally messed it up.
Yes. That was my first thought when I read the headline. Especially the word "Attempt". It was like some wiseacre went in to a room full of scientists and said "Hey, Poindexter! Try this!"
Great this is just what we need, now we are gonna have rednecks getting stuck in the woods on their campin' and huntin' trips, when their cars break down, they'll run out of food and think they can drink the gas because it's made of sugar...
I was thinking along the lines that they might think it's perfectly alright to put refined suger in their gas tank, now that sugar can replace oil.
Or is that why you think their cars are going to break down?
>>A paranoid person will wonder if M$ has not honeynetted honeynet themselves with bogus infected GNU/Linux machines.
> No, not even paranoia stretches that far.
This is the same Microsoft who introduced a rigged demo into evidence in a court of law. Publicly traded corporations are inherently sociopathic. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been known to display sociopathic behavior. They are not about making money so much as they are about winning at all costs. Open your reasonable, rational eyes a bit and adjust your level of paranoia accordingly.
Well I figured Rove would have been more polite than your christian name... 'shitbreath dogfucker', which by the name is a wierd name choice for you mother to make but nonetheless appropriate.
I'm not Karl Rove. I'm not part of his administration. And I don't support any of those assholes.
Rove, I thought they put your brain in a vat after Cheney stole your heart during his last bypass surgery??
You are addressing me as "Rove"?
I should consider that an insult, but then, maybe you've forgotton that/. removes <sarcasm> tags from sigs as well as postings. The fact that the rat-bastard weasle spin-meister is appointed and not elected should be a big tip-off.
I'm getting rather bothered by continuously seeing these/. posts implying that scientists are so non-cooperative. The last few stories about LHC have even nearly insinuated that it was somehow Fermilab's fault that there were design issues with the magnet structures, almost as if the mistakes had been intentional.
The scientists are not to blame. Fermilab has a herd of bison. We fiddled with the magnet structures. We're not so dumb as we look.
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And let me guess... they named the first calf a "Higgs Bison"? <grin>
Actually, the Higgs Bison would be the ones grazing in the Higgs Field.
(10 hours to write it up and run it past a judge.)
"Ach! Captain! It'll take at least a week!"
Didn't go this year. Last year 4-days plus hotel just wasn't in the budget. 4 hours of driving each way was acceptable. But $45 for the privilege of visiting the dealer area on Saturday? Nope. Uh-uh. Ain't gonna happen. Gen Con can FOAD for all I care.
There is simply no way Infra Red can be picked up after traveling through air, then through even few inches of concrete/bricks/wood/tiles then through air again, especially as a typical building has several insulating layers (e.g. ceiling, thermal insulation, cavity space, roof tiles). The signal is going to be simply non-existent.
Technically, it's a hidden object cheat. I'm sure Valve will be all over their sorry ass for terms of service. Then again, the feds can play pretty rough.
I've been waiting for the current administration to enact laws mandating all keyboards to be federally licensed, and to include a packet of napalm gel, so that when a hacker is detected: Ka-FWOOM! Just like in the cyberpunk movies and books. That is how black ICE works, isn't it? Isn't it?
Anyhow: Now all the NSA has to do is send covert agents into 2600 meetings and such, and swab all the keyboards with a mutant E.C., and it'll make the napalm while living off all the Doritos crud.
But don't forget: "The street has its own uses for technology". Ka-FWOOM! heh. heheheh.
Um... knock at the door... BRB... [p@@~@pp~~[[ NO CARRIER
They say this now, when there is Vista to buy. It's just part of Microsoft's standard strategy... Release new operating system, try and make the old one look bad.
So in the long view, all of Microsoft's operating systems have sucked blue whale, and Microsoft themselves have said as much.
Microsoft has accidentally legitimized Linux. I think we should leverage that in any way we can. We could embrace Linux on laptops, extend choice of distros, and extinguish Microsoft.
Are you suggesting that job stress is contributing to the nations obesity epidemic?
Oh... "fate". Never mind. [signed] Emily Lentilla
As I understand it, alpha dogs come in two different varieties: leader and aggressive. The aggressive ones spend their life reestablishing who is top dog. The leaders are more like "Stop fighting, we're on a mission here! Come on, focus!". The best bosses I've had have been women with leadership skills. They focus on the mission and build concensus. And they're smart enough to know when to say "We've got enough input; here's what we're gonna do." The aggressive bosses... well, I don't stick around long when those assholes are sinking the company. What really pains me is that it should not just be women who can show strength in non-aggression. Guys can do that too. Come on guys, get a clue.
12345678... AMAZING! That's the same exact password I have on my briefcase!
AMAZING! That's the same exact password I have on my br...
Inconceivable!
Ducks on a Plane!! *snails*
There are health experts suggesting that people wash their hands for as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice. I can't wait to see ASCAP go nuts on hand washers. Especially if you are required to wash your hands at work. "Ah, usin' our music in a business are yeh. That'll cost yeh! And double since y'are singin' it twice!" (Yes, with West Country accents and all.)
You seem to forget the recent flap about how Estonia thinks that the crippling cyber attacks they have been having were or Russian origin?
Great! They have /. filtering out all references to the "". Damn, they're good!
I'm confused.
That's what they want you to think!
Forget Vista, can it cook toast? Without burning it?
Nah! You're thinking of the George Foreman Quad G5 Mac Mini Grill. Too bad that project was discontinued when they switched to Intel.
I think they're using some of those bodged VAX knock-offs.
Lucky thing the fuel lines didn't explode.
Trust me, I once put sugar in a guy's engine and it totally messed it up.
Yes. That was my first thought when I read the headline. Especially the word "Attempt". It was like some wiseacre went in to a room full of scientists and said "Hey, Poindexter! Try this!"Great this is just what we need, now we are gonna have rednecks getting stuck in the woods on their campin' and huntin' trips, when their cars break down, they'll run out of food and think they can drink the gas because it's made of sugar...
I was thinking along the lines that they might think it's perfectly alright to put refined suger in their gas tank, now that sugar can replace oil.
Or is that why you think their cars are going to break down?
>>A paranoid person will wonder if M$ has not honeynetted honeynet themselves with bogus infected GNU/Linux machines.
> No, not even paranoia stretches that far.
This is the same Microsoft who introduced a rigged demo into evidence in a court of law. Publicly traded corporations are inherently sociopathic. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer have been known to display sociopathic behavior. They are not about making money so much as they are about winning at all costs. Open your reasonable, rational eyes a bit and adjust your level of paranoia accordingly.
I'd make some analogy to code, but I can't think of one because code doesn't seem to have the same need for resolution that drama does.
I take a stab at it. Alright, maybe it's documentation and not code. Anyway:
--gurfle
Engages the gurfle option. An explanation of the gurfle option is not within the scope of this document.
AAAaaaarrrrggghhh!
Well I figured Rove would have been more polite than your christian name... 'shitbreath dogfucker', which by the name is a wierd name choice for you mother to make but nonetheless appropriate.
I'm not Karl Rove. I'm not part of his administration. And I don't support any of those assholes.
So, what's your fuckin' problem?
Rove, I thought they put your brain in a vat after Cheney stole your heart during his last bypass surgery??
You are addressing me as "Rove"?
I should consider that an insult, but then, maybe you've forgotton that /. removes <sarcasm> tags from sigs as well as postings. The fact that the rat-bastard weasle spin-meister is appointed and not elected should be a big tip-off.
I realize this was meant as "funny", but ... resist ... modding ... "flamebait" ...
Must
I'm getting rather bothered by continuously seeing these /. posts implying that scientists are so non-cooperative. The last few stories about LHC have even nearly insinuated that it was somehow Fermilab's fault that there were design issues with the magnet structures, almost as if the mistakes had been intentional.
The scientists are not to blame. Fermilab has a herd of bison. We fiddled with the magnet structures. We're not so dumb as we look.
That's what a Molly-guard is for.