It seems that a better use of spare CPU cycles would be distributed.net's Optimal Golomb Ruler search, or Stanford University's Folding @ Home project.
Make an actual contribution to science - much more satisfying than looking for a very improbable E.T. or senselessly cracking encryption schemes.
I would like to extend my sincere thanks for fighting the erosion of language into the cesspool where it seems all but certain to find an unfortunate resting place, where homophones are used interchangably, apostrophes are used freely, and so on.
I just might have to bitch-slap the next mouth-breather who writes "should of".
anyone will be able to stroll into their local store and buy all three major consoles for the same price ($400 give or take a few dollars) as the Current Hotness Video Card (ATI 9800XT).
And they would STILL be getting more value from the video card purchase. (Though I'd probably recommend the 9800 Pro for about half the cost.)
No console game I've seen supports substantive user-created content (eg mods) and there are just some things that a mouse and keyboard will ALWAYS be better at. Plus you aren't stuck with low-res interlaced video. Yadda, yadda, "consoles suck", etc. (Yes, this is off-topic, but frankly parent post is flamebait.)
Won't be life here in 10 years, if you Yanks are stupid enough to re-elect Shrub!
But don't you see, in order to be "re-elected", you must first be elected. Therefore no possible outcome of the 2004 race will result in the re-election of Bush.
Does it really matter if we have 8, 9, or 10 planets or 8 planets and 1 or two planetoids?
No, but...
I say leave the distinction between planet and planetoid fuzzy, and focus on the objects themselves.
While it doesn't matter whether or not our system has 10 "planets", having a meaningful vocabulary to describe the universe does matter.
By taking your reasoning to it's extreme, we shouldn't bother making a distinction between "liquids" and "solids" or "hot" and "cold" and just "focus on the objects".
You're right - not enough attention is paid to the fact that cheats would not be possible if the code were bullet-proof.
However... unlike people who write computer worms and exploit vulnerabilities in operating systems, there is no reason to cheat in a game other than pure selfishness and sadism.
When you control an army of zombie PCs, you can sell your services to spammers and the like. There is no financial incentive to cheat (well, except in a tourney, but those are tightly controlled events).
People are outraged by cheaters because their motives are so foreign to well-adjusted individuals.
3. accused of using bizarre, grey market, very old or very new hardware (none of that is true)
Well, if you're certain that all of the hardware you are working with is supposed to be supported, then I guess you just have bad luck. (Or maybe bad karma?)
As someone who released the first aimbot for unreal tournament, and coded a few different cheats I can tell you why I, cheated. To grief people.
So in other words, you're a sociopath. You derive pleasure from antagonizing others in a way that leaves them no recourse.
Let me guess - pulling the wings off of flies and burning ants with a magnifying glass are among your cherished childhood memories. Maybe you had "fun" with firecrackers and the family pet?
I'd hate to run afoul of Godwin's Law, but the senseless sadism exhibited by cheaters seems like it would fit right into some sort of guard/prisoner dynamic.
Typically these viruses (or more correctly, worms)...
Are these really viruses? Only two are actually mass-mailing worms...
Can someone please provide a lucid explanation of the difference between a "worm" and a "virus"? Please cite references.
My understanding was that a "worm" required no user action, such as Blaster/Nachia/Welchia last August, whereas a "virus" required user action for an infection to take place (executing a malicious e-mail attachment for example).
I was going to just wait until the next series of distro releases solved these problems for me, but maybe I should give it another shot.
Since I'm still new to running *nix at home, I haven't ever had anything on my dedicated Linux box that I needed to save, so all of my installs have been on a freshly formatted drive.
I am curious about the "upgrade" process - what changes? What is lost? What is moved/renamed? I would expect that nothing in/home is touched, but beyond that I'm not so sure. Is it ill-advised to "upgrade" to a different distro?
Homer: Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Seriously though, it's nice to read a perspective that isn't clouded with self-deception. It's really amazing how few people stop to examine the greater context of human existence.
People seem to have an extremely difficult time wrapping their minds around the fact that there are essentially no unselfish reasons to have children. Considering the gravity of the consequences (instantiating a new consciousness for your own gratification) it's the single most selfish thing a person could do. But no one wants to hear that. All great truths begin as blasphemies. (GB Shaw)
Just thought I would bring something to the attention of anyone interested in playing Paranoia over the net.
Paranoia-Live is a site dedicated to organizing and carrying out games of Paranoia over the internet, using a neat li'l Java app known amazingly enough as JParanoia.
Main Entry: insight
Pronunciation: 'in-"sIt Function: noun 1 : the power or act of seeing into a situation : PENETRATION 2 : the act or result of apprehending the inner nature of things or of seeing intuitively
Smoke and drink what you want at home, but if you drive to the 7-11 while under the influence, expect your next of kin to be notified within the hour as to where they can pick up your body and pay for the cost of the executing officer's bullet.
That sounds good on paper (to me anyway), but as more offenses become punishable by summary execution it becomes increasingly trivial for corrupt cops to frame someone they want dead.
Or maybe we could just execute them? But, oh wait, we already know that the death penalty isn't a crime deterrent.
The death penalty isn't a deterrent for capital crimes since you basically have to be insane or not place great value on your own life to commit such an act.
I tend to think that if the death penalty were applied all the way down to seemingly innocuous offenses - jaywalking, for example - that you would see a hell of a lot less jaywalking.
Personally, I would not want to live in a world where the authorities have so many opportunities to take lives. On the other hand people who drive while impaired are sociopaths and should be treated accordingly.
(This comment reminds me of that early ST:TNG episode where Wesley is to be executed for stepping on some flowers.)
Crystal Pepsi was the only good Pepsi ever. It tasted like Coke. And it was a good thing, too, since at that time, Coke was trying to pass New Coke off as the real thing.
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It seems that a better use of spare CPU cycles would be distributed.net's Optimal Golomb Ruler search, or Stanford University's Folding @ Home project.
Make an actual contribution to science - much more satisfying than looking for a very improbable E.T. or senselessly cracking encryption schemes.
I would like to extend my sincere thanks for fighting the erosion of language into the cesspool where it seems all but certain to find an unfortunate resting place, where homophones are used interchangably, apostrophes are used freely, and so on.
I just might have to bitch-slap the next mouth-breather who writes "should of".
anyone will be able to stroll into their local store and buy all three major consoles for the same price ($400 give or take a few dollars) as the Current Hotness Video Card (ATI 9800XT).
And they would STILL be getting more value from the video card purchase. (Though I'd probably recommend the 9800 Pro for about half the cost.)
No console game I've seen supports substantive user-created content (eg mods) and there are just some things that a mouse and keyboard will ALWAYS be better at. Plus you aren't stuck with low-res interlaced video. Yadda, yadda, "consoles suck", etc. (Yes, this is off-topic, but frankly parent post is flamebait.)
Fifty bucks.
Perhaps PGP Freeware would fit the bill for the budget-minded slashdotter. (Also integrates with popular mail clients.)
Won't be life here in 10 years, if you Yanks are stupid enough to re-elect Shrub!
But don't you see, in order to be "re-elected", you must first be elected. Therefore no possible outcome of the 2004 race will result in the re-election of Bush.
Does it really matter if we have 8, 9, or 10 planets or 8 planets and 1 or two planetoids?
No, but...
I say leave the distinction between planet and planetoid fuzzy, and focus on the objects themselves.
While it doesn't matter whether or not our system has 10 "planets", having a meaningful vocabulary to describe the universe does matter.
By taking your reasoning to it's extreme, we shouldn't bother making a distinction between "liquids" and "solids" or "hot" and "cold" and just "focus on the objects".
You're right - not enough attention is paid to the fact that cheats would not be possible if the code were bullet-proof.
However... unlike people who write computer worms and exploit vulnerabilities in operating systems, there is no reason to cheat in a game other than pure selfishness and sadism.
When you control an army of zombie PCs, you can sell your services to spammers and the like. There is no financial incentive to cheat (well, except in a tourney, but those are tightly controlled events).
People are outraged by cheaters because their motives are so foreign to well-adjusted individuals.
3. accused of using bizarre, grey market, very old or very new hardware (none of that is true)
Well, if you're certain that all of the hardware you are working with is supposed to be supported, then I guess you just have bad luck. (Or maybe bad karma?)
Sucks to be you.
As someone who released the first aimbot for unreal tournament, and coded a few different cheats I can tell you why I, cheated. To grief people.
So in other words, you're a sociopath. You derive pleasure from antagonizing others in a way that leaves them no recourse.
Let me guess - pulling the wings off of flies and burning ants with a magnifying glass are among your cherished childhood memories. Maybe you had "fun" with firecrackers and the family pet?
I'd hate to run afoul of Godwin's Law, but the senseless sadism exhibited by cheaters seems like it would fit right into some sort of guard/prisoner dynamic.
...and that a disc will cost about a dime more than today's discs.
In other words, twice as much.
What's next, suggesting moral equivalence between the genocide in Rwanda and MS's "embrace and extend" tactics?
Well, ya gotta admit, "embrace and extend" is pretty damned evil.
I wholeheartedly concur.
I want to touch Ellen Feiss.
The letter was worded like the old joke, "Do you still beat your wife?" There was no way to answer the question without incriminating yourself.
One succinct way of responding is "mu".
Hacker's Dictionary: mu
Can someone please provide a lucid explanation of the difference between a "worm" and a "virus"? Please cite references.
My understanding was that a "worm" required no user action, such as Blaster/Nachia/Welchia last August, whereas a "virus" required user action for an infection to take place (executing a malicious e-mail attachment for example).
My favorite controller remains the dreamcast
Such an obvious troll...
I was going to just wait until the next series of distro releases solved these problems for me, but maybe I should give it another shot.
/home is touched, but beyond that I'm not so sure. Is it ill-advised to "upgrade" to a different distro?
Since I'm still new to running *nix at home, I haven't ever had anything on my dedicated Linux box that I needed to save, so all of my installs have been on a freshly formatted drive.
I am curious about the "upgrade" process - what changes? What is lost? What is moved/renamed? I would expect that nothing in
Homer: Hmm. Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Seriously though, it's nice to read a perspective that isn't clouded with self-deception. It's really amazing how few people stop to examine the greater context of human existence.
People seem to have an extremely difficult time wrapping their minds around the fact that there are essentially no unselfish reasons to have children. Considering the gravity of the consequences (instantiating a new consciousness for your own gratification) it's the single most selfish thing a person could do. But no one wants to hear that. All great truths begin as blasphemies. (GB Shaw)
If you have to strap your alarm clock to your head in order to wake up, you have bigger problems than EMF radiation...
Looks like we got slashdotted!
The site has been moved to a new host, we're waiting for the DNS records to catch up:
http://205.243.144.237/~paranoia/news.php
Just thought I would bring something to the attention of anyone interested in playing Paranoia over the net.
Paranoia-Live is a site dedicated to organizing and carrying out games of Paranoia over the internet, using a neat li'l Java app known amazingly enough as JParanoia.
Shame on you, mods.
That sounds good on paper (to me anyway), but as more offenses become punishable by summary execution it becomes increasingly trivial for corrupt cops to frame someone they want dead.
Or maybe we could just execute them? But, oh wait, we already know that the death penalty isn't a crime deterrent.
The death penalty isn't a deterrent for capital crimes since you basically have to be insane or not place great value on your own life to commit such an act.
I tend to think that if the death penalty were applied all the way down to seemingly innocuous offenses - jaywalking, for example - that you would see a hell of a lot less jaywalking.
Personally, I would not want to live in a world where the authorities have so many opportunities to take lives. On the other hand people who drive while impaired are sociopaths and should be treated accordingly.
(This comment reminds me of that early ST:TNG episode where Wesley is to be executed for stepping on some flowers.)
Crystal Pepsi appeared in 1992
Thanks for playing.
(You are right about Crystal Pepsi being a quality beverage. I just wish Coca-Cola would bring back OK soda.)