It will be half life 2, which mod makers will embrace. UT2k3 is great, the dev tools they offer are completely up to par. Developers are doing crazy things with the unreal engine, and I give them full credit for their endeavors.
However.. there is a certain modification for HL1 which was so good, it was the first game mod to garner extreme commercial success. I have yet to see a mod for a game which has had the attention & the impact that CS did.
Gooseman & the CS dev team did this without the incentive of a million dollars, too. It was out of sheer enjoyment of one of the best PC games, in my opinion, that has ever been created. Perhaps Valve will learn from Epic, and decide to offer some cash prizes to mod developers. This would, in my mind, push the community even farther than it's already gone.
When you come back from hell, in d3... you do get another item that you must pull out & utilize at certain points. It's just another way of adding a layer of challenge to the game. The flashlight is no exception.
Although in the game, it is 2145..at a research facility on mars. I find it hard to believe that there isn't one piece of duct tape anywhere on the planet. Great game, play it how it was originally meant to be played. I'm not exactly sure if it's worth $60, but it is something the minimalist linux people will have to consider upgrading for.:)
We've just recieved word that 3 out of 5 Windows systems use a commonly pirated CD-KEY.
Funny you mention that.. Windows Update is now upgraded to "version 5" which prohibits updates from pirated keys. So, the only way to get SP2, would be to apply it manually. Even then, i'm not sure it would allow an install. I believe they rolled out that new update site to coincide with the release of the now delayed SP2.
I'm about to take my CPT (placement testing / acceptance testing) for DeVry university around here, and I'm amazed that this has come up.
A few questions for you slashdotters, if you wouldn't mind (mod me offtopic if you will, this story is a perfect segway for my question).
These technical schools, of course, are FOR-PROFIT organizations. They are here to take your money, and give you a piece of paper.
My questions regarding this being: Are any of you holding a degree from Devry/technical schools out there? How did you break in to the industry with a Bachelors/Associates degree? Are there *ANY* success stories out there with people from these technical schools?
I'm hoping I am not pissing away all this money for a piece of paper, which will be laughed at. Bottom line is, at my current residence, I need to get something under my belt & get the hell out of here as quickly as possible. I know quick & easy is never a good solution for an education, but honestly.. I can't see landing a job with just tech certs alone & absolutely no college. Time is ticking for me, and I cannot, for the life of me, find any entrance in to the field around Chicago.
Granted this isn't a CS degree i'm shooting for, it's considered a bachelors in applied science. Is it even worth my time & money? I'm looking to pay about 50 grand back in the stafford loan program, when and if i'm successful in completing it. I know experience is the greatest thing to have on a resume, but I need to start somewhere, and this seems like a perfect solution. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
If you check out the wiki for the prion, it states this :
Though their exact mechanisms of action and reproduction are still unknown, it is now commonly accepted that they are responsible for a number of previously known but little-understood diseases generally classified under transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) diseases
IANAMB(I am not a microbiologist) but I'm assuming if scientists can replicate how something works, they can counter that process and develop a cure. Pretty neat stuff.
For those that are too lazy to RTFA, this is probably the most important part of it :
The push for more patents comes as Microsoft is trying to boost the licensing of its intellectual property to other companies, an effort that began last year.
That pretty much sums it up right there. Exactly what do these guys want? Being one of the largest, most proliferated company on the planet isn't enough, apparently.
Don't think this is freaky yet? Check out this article and realize the strategic use of patents in influencing a market. They have all the money to do this too, which is the scariest part. Patents aren't about protection any more, it's about CONTROL.
If you think about it, exactly how many of YOU have collected any money from those crimestoppers rewards? And you want to trust the FTC To pay you, your hard earned cash?
From the article :
The prize for a spammer's virtual pelt? A hefty percentage of whatever civil penalty the FTC is eventually able to collect based on the information.
Sorry, they're not gonna catch a damn person with "eventually" and "whatever" as backing for a reward.
If anyone put half of the effort in to catching spammers as they do with file sharers, I believe this would be a closed case. There is something fundamentally wrong with this whole situation. I can get fined a few grand, and face possible jail time, for downloading a song. On the other hand, I can make serious cash sending out billions of unwanted emails and get away with it?
Toyota doesn't mess around. They've also sold the hybrid technology to ford. Let's not forget that toyota is also releasing a hybrid which does 0-60 in 4.03 seconds and tops out around 155mph. Don't walk away from this thinking Toyota is maniacally evil, if anything, they've got their shit together more than most automotive companies.
Sorry for being a toyhead, they pleaseme immensely. Something tells me, if the author of the article was driving a volta, miles per gallon would be the least of his worries. I think toyota pretty much tops the list of fuel economy, on any playing field. Prius wins in my mind, not strictly because of fuel consumption, but by the name that's behind it.
The tech isn't there yet. There is something similar to this idea, it's a supposed "smart" floorvac called the Roomba which is just dumber than a pile of bricks. Not to say this is the leading technology in the field, but i'm fairly certain it's an indication as to where retail autonomics is at. Also remember the Darpa Project with autonomous ground vehicles, some of which, didn't even make it out the gate.
I hate to discourage your effort, but hey.. you get sun, you breathe fresh air not recycled by a case fan, and sweat off a few mountain dew pounds. It's a win-win situation!
good point... Iraq has enough problems as it is, and people are concentrating on open source software? how about creating suitable / sustainable living conditions first?
radman from ACiD posting, demo's being released, all we need now is some boxing tutorials, door games, and a hex edited renegade chock full of ansi art.
one day i'll get my THEDRAW skills up to par, i swear it. 708/312 repruhzent.
journalists iconify these assholes making them out to be some sort of innocent guy, genius, or otherwise. bottom line is, they're breaking the law, and pissing me off. let *ME* interview one of these guys, you'll surely see a dissection of a spammer.
whose with me? we'll set up some fake wired interview, and just beat them down, hoping they go tell the tale of horror to all of their buddies.
private funding sent a passenger jet in to near-orbit for a little bit over 20 million. i'll do this for 10 million, and a g-mail invite.. we will travel around the world, kicking spammer ass, guido squad style. take no prisoners. all in the name of national security, of course.
I like the NAT/firewall idea. But since he states he's on cable already, I would much rather get some of the downloadable security patches straight from microsoft's website.
Automation isn't all it's cracked up to be. And this is exactly the reason. Why bother hosting / distributing a patch to something if it *WILL NOT WORK* when you install it? To apply them manually, then install it, of course!
Microsoft Update Rollup
Something like this should be easily digested. Hope this helps. You may need something different, but check around on microsoft's website for that, if you can eudure it. oh, the pain! the pain!
The government can raid my house, throw me in prison, and ruin my life - all in the name of national security. It's an extremely disturbing thought.
Big government / brother is not science fiction anymore, it is a reality. It's disturbing, to say the least. RFID imbedded in to everything you buy, is just the next step. This database doesn't suprise me in the least. They've kept records for years, it's what they do.
I live in illinois, it's a police state. I've already been fined several hundreds of dollars for jaywalking, and owning a NOT USED, CLEAN, TOBACCO pipe. You are guilty until proven innocent, around here.
I'm 24, an american, and I want to leave. This is a nightmare. A law may come in to fruition, that if I leave and a draft is reinstated, I will be sent back here and possibly thrown in jail, or be forced to serve for a country I don't believe in. We aren't all greedy capitalist pigs, you know. Some of us are actually decent human beings.
I hate to be such a pessimist, but if you live in the states, your life is going to be more difficult, and if anything - MORE dangerous than it is now. Throw a wrapper out of the window of your car? You could be signaling terrorists that are on the side of the road planting IED's. Think i'm joking? Just wait. It's a pretty far fetched example, but with this administration, would you expect anything else?
Why is it that people concentrate so much on this stuff which really serve absolutely no purpose besides geek-factor?
Has anyone ever considered spending time working on the worlds existing problems before creating others? Or has the whole world gone completely insane? How about feeding the hungry, curing diseases, instead of blowing time & money on invisibility cloaks?
I really see absolutely no real purpose in this technology, and it really goes to show where priorities are in some scientific communities. I'm not some tree hugging hippy, I love tech, but I believe it to be a tool to enable people to better themselves and enrich lives. You'd think with the problems people face today, personal invisiblity and making transparent walls would be the last on ones "to do" list.
Before, I'd receive about a dozen spams a day, at least. I had started getting them right after i signed up for a PAYPAL account. In the past 2 days, i've received not one spam.
Absolutely unreal.
I've never been directly struck by lightning, but I have been "zapped" i guess you can say, by some sort of mild electric shock when a big bolt hit right near my apartment complex.
I ran upstairs to the 3rd floor, to shut a window because it had been raining.. I go to close the window, i'm standing on wet carpet (the whole room is practically soaked) and suddenly BLAM. Big lightning strike, and I got shocked. It almost felt like my whole body was doing a tongue test on those square 9v batteries. Probably the closest i've ever come to being struck.
Has this happened to anyone else? I had previously believed that one could only get struck or zapped by lightning outside of a house.
Exactly what USE would these people get out of building such a ship? This seems to me like a completely waste of money. Can you name any recent naval battles in the past 20 years or so that warranted having a stealthed ship that would not be picked up on radar?
And please, i'm not talking about deploying troops or anything like that. This serves basically one purpose for the swedish navy R&D guys = We're bored, look what we did with your money!
Carbon fiber too.. all they need now are some vinyl stripes, a big fartcan muffler, and TYPE-R on the side, and I bet somebody in the states would buy it.
If anything, rates will increase over time. Comcast has had an introductory offer where you pay $20 for 6 months, $30 for 3 months, then $40 for the remainder of the year.
That was enough incentive for me to sign up. I have been on dialup since the early 90's, and I must say.. 21.95/month for Earthlink dialup, Vs. 3.5mb cable for $39.95/month? I mean, figure that one out. Who in their right mind would choose the dialup?
I love the fact that more people are getting broadband. That just sets the stage for the "killer apps" which will make the promise of the internet come true.
Also, for any of you newbie comcast users, or want-to-be customers, please keep in mind that they will enforce the DMCA, if prodded by the right people. I've received a letter in the mail regarding a NAUGHTY TORRENT i used. They haven't seeked any legal action, but please, be weary of what you get and how you get it.
Slashdot Mirror
It will be half life 2, which mod makers will embrace. UT2k3 is great, the dev tools they offer are completely up to par. Developers are doing crazy things with the unreal engine, and I give them full credit for their endeavors.
However.. there is a certain modification for HL1 which was so good, it was the first game mod to garner extreme commercial success. I have yet to see a mod for a game which has had the attention & the impact that CS did.
Gooseman & the CS dev team did this without the incentive of a million dollars, too. It was out of sheer enjoyment of one of the best PC games, in my opinion, that has ever been created. Perhaps Valve will learn from Epic, and decide to offer some cash prizes to mod developers. This would, in my mind, push the community even farther than it's already gone.
What?
:)
When you come back from hell, in d3... you do get another item that you must pull out & utilize at certain points. It's just another way of adding a layer of challenge to the game. The flashlight is no exception.
Although in the game, it is 2145..at a research facility on mars. I find it hard to believe that there isn't one piece of duct tape anywhere on the planet. Great game, play it how it was originally meant to be played. I'm not exactly sure if it's worth $60, but it is something the minimalist linux people will have to consider upgrading for.
A friend of a friend would like to know..
Since version 5 of windows update refuses to let anyone with a corporate key download this, does anybody have any legitimate mirrors for SP2?
Also, apparently, neowin reports SP2 accepts those evil keys.
It makes one wonder.. why allow SP2 to install on pirated copies, but refuse to let people update via the windows update site?
"3 out of 5 machines failed to come back up"
We've just recieved word that 3 out of 5 Windows systems use a commonly pirated CD-KEY.
Funny you mention that.. Windows Update is now upgraded to "version 5" which prohibits updates from pirated keys. So, the only way to get SP2, would be to apply it manually. Even then, i'm not sure it would allow an install. I believe they rolled out that new update site to coincide with the release of the now delayed SP2.
I'm about to take my CPT (placement testing / acceptance testing) for DeVry university around here, and I'm amazed that this has come up. A few questions for you slashdotters, if you wouldn't mind (mod me offtopic if you will, this story is a perfect segway for my question).
These technical schools, of course, are FOR-PROFIT organizations. They are here to take your money, and give you a piece of paper.
My questions regarding this being: Are any of you holding a degree from Devry/technical schools out there? How did you break in to the industry with a Bachelors/Associates degree? Are there *ANY* success stories out there with people from these technical schools?
I'm hoping I am not pissing away all this money for a piece of paper, which will be laughed at. Bottom line is, at my current residence, I need to get something under my belt & get the hell out of here as quickly as possible. I know quick & easy is never a good solution for an education, but honestly.. I can't see landing a job with just tech certs alone & absolutely no college. Time is ticking for me, and I cannot, for the life of me, find any entrance in to the field around Chicago.
Granted this isn't a CS degree i'm shooting for, it's considered a bachelors in applied science. Is it even worth my time & money? I'm looking to pay about 50 grand back in the stafford loan program, when and if i'm successful in completing it. I know experience is the greatest thing to have on a resume, but I need to start somewhere, and this seems like a perfect solution. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
If you check out the wiki for the prion, it states this :
Though their exact mechanisms of action and reproduction are still unknown, it is now commonly accepted that they are responsible for a number of previously known but little-understood diseases generally classified under transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSEs) diseases
IANAMB(I am not a microbiologist) but I'm assuming if scientists can replicate how something works, they can counter that process and develop a cure. Pretty neat stuff.
For those that are too lazy to RTFA, this is probably the most important part of it :
The push for more patents comes as Microsoft is trying to boost the licensing of its intellectual property to other companies, an effort that began last year.
That pretty much sums it up right there. Exactly what do these guys want? Being one of the largest, most proliferated company on the planet isn't enough, apparently.
Don't think this is freaky yet? Check out this article and realize the strategic use of patents in influencing a market. They have all the money to do this too, which is the scariest part. Patents aren't about protection any more, it's about CONTROL.
If you think about it, exactly how many of YOU have collected any money from those crimestoppers rewards? And you want to trust the FTC To pay you, your hard earned cash?
From the article :
The prize for a spammer's virtual pelt? A hefty percentage of whatever civil penalty the FTC is eventually able to collect based on the information.
Sorry, they're not gonna catch a damn person with "eventually" and "whatever" as backing for a reward.
If anyone put half of the effort in to catching spammers as they do with file sharers, I believe this would be a closed case. There is something fundamentally wrong with this whole situation. I can get fined a few grand, and face possible jail time, for downloading a song. On the other hand, I can make serious cash sending out billions of unwanted emails and get away with it?
Hey, cut me in for some profit, and you'll have your own (patent pending)AstroBall.
...I have a cheaper solution than NASA. It would cost 80 billion less, too.
Only for astronauts who demand better things in life.
Toyota doesn't mess around. They've also sold the hybrid technology to ford. Let's not forget that toyota is also releasing a hybrid which does 0-60 in 4.03 seconds and tops out around 155mph. Don't walk away from this thinking Toyota is maniacally evil, if anything, they've got their shit together more than most automotive companies.
Sorry for being a toyhead, they please me immensely. Something tells me, if the author of the article was driving a volta, miles per gallon would be the least of his worries. I think toyota pretty much tops the list of fuel economy, on any playing field. Prius wins in my mind, not strictly because of fuel consumption, but by the name that's behind it.
The tech isn't there yet. There is something similar to this idea, it's a supposed "smart" floorvac called the Roomba which is just dumber than a pile of bricks. Not to say this is the leading technology in the field, but i'm fairly certain it's an indication as to where retail autonomics is at. Also remember the Darpa Project with autonomous ground vehicles, some of which, didn't even make it out the gate.
I hate to discourage your effort, but hey.. you get sun, you breathe fresh air not recycled by a case fan, and sweat off a few mountain dew pounds. It's a win-win situation!
good point... Iraq has enough problems as it is, and people are concentrating on open source software? how about creating suitable / sustainable living conditions first?
radman from ACiD posting, demo's being released, all we need now is some boxing tutorials, door games, and a hex edited renegade chock full of ansi art.
one day i'll get my THEDRAW skills up to par, i swear it. 708/312 repruhzent.
Is it just me, or do these articles seem less exciting WITHOUT PICTURES?
journalists iconify these assholes making them out to be some sort of innocent guy, genius, or otherwise. bottom line is, they're breaking the law, and pissing me off. let *ME* interview one of these guys, you'll surely see a dissection of a spammer.
whose with me? we'll set up some fake wired interview, and just beat them down, hoping they go tell the tale of horror to all of their buddies.
private funding sent a passenger jet in to near-orbit for a little bit over 20 million. i'll do this for 10 million, and a g-mail invite.. we will travel around the world, kicking spammer ass, guido squad style. take no prisoners. all in the name of national security, of course.
I like the NAT/firewall idea. But since he states he's on cable already, I would much rather get some of the downloadable security patches straight from microsoft's website.
Automation isn't all it's cracked up to be. And this is exactly the reason. Why bother hosting / distributing a patch to something if it *WILL NOT WORK* when you install it? To apply them manually, then install it, of course! Microsoft Update Rollup
Something like this should be easily digested. Hope this helps. You may need something different, but check around on microsoft's website for that, if you can eudure it. oh, the pain! the pain!
It really is quite sad.
The government can raid my house, throw me in prison, and ruin my life - all in the name of national security. It's an extremely disturbing thought.
Big government / brother is not science fiction anymore, it is a reality. It's disturbing, to say the least. RFID imbedded in to everything you buy, is just the next step. This database doesn't suprise me in the least. They've kept records for years, it's what they do.
I live in illinois, it's a police state. I've already been fined several hundreds of dollars for jaywalking, and owning a NOT USED, CLEAN, TOBACCO pipe. You are guilty until proven innocent, around here.
I'm 24, an american, and I want to leave. This is a nightmare. A law may come in to fruition, that if I leave and a draft is reinstated, I will be sent back here and possibly thrown in jail, or be forced to serve for a country I don't believe in. We aren't all greedy capitalist pigs, you know. Some of us are actually decent human beings.
I hate to be such a pessimist, but if you live in the states, your life is going to be more difficult, and if anything - MORE dangerous than it is now. Throw a wrapper out of the window of your car? You could be signaling terrorists that are on the side of the road planting IED's. Think i'm joking? Just wait. It's a pretty far fetched example, but with this administration, would you expect anything else?
Almost $900 for a PVR / Playstation 2? That's a bit pricey for a gaming console which i'm sure will be (already is?) obsolete.
Acronym time : DIY PVR IMO. FU PS2/PVR DRM.
Why is it that people concentrate so much on this stuff which really serve absolutely no purpose besides geek-factor?
Has anyone ever considered spending time working on the worlds existing problems before creating others? Or has the whole world gone completely insane? How about feeding the hungry, curing diseases, instead of blowing time & money on invisibility cloaks?
I really see absolutely no real purpose in this technology, and it really goes to show where priorities are in some scientific communities. I'm not some tree hugging hippy, I love tech, but I believe it to be a tool to enable people to better themselves and enrich lives. You'd think with the problems people face today, personal invisiblity and making transparent walls would be the last on ones "to do" list.
Before, I'd receive about a dozen spams a day, at least. I had started getting them right after i signed up for a PAYPAL account. In the past 2 days, i've received not one spam. Absolutely unreal.
Hey, i live a few miles away from where you're currently at. KNOCK IT OFF WITH THE TOMFOOLERY AND THE PROTONS N SUCH. Thanks.
I've never been directly struck by lightning, but I have been "zapped" i guess you can say, by some sort of mild electric shock when a big bolt hit right near my apartment complex.
I ran upstairs to the 3rd floor, to shut a window because it had been raining.. I go to close the window, i'm standing on wet carpet (the whole room is practically soaked) and suddenly BLAM. Big lightning strike, and I got shocked. It almost felt like my whole body was doing a tongue test on those square 9v batteries. Probably the closest i've ever come to being struck.
Has this happened to anyone else? I had previously believed that one could only get struck or zapped by lightning outside of a house.
Exactly what USE would these people get out of building such a ship? This seems to me like a completely waste of money. Can you name any recent naval battles in the past 20 years or so that warranted having a stealthed ship that would not be picked up on radar?
And please, i'm not talking about deploying troops or anything like that. This serves basically one purpose for the swedish navy R&D guys = We're bored, look what we did with your money!
Carbon fiber too.. all they need now are some vinyl stripes, a big fartcan muffler, and TYPE-R on the side, and I bet somebody in the states would buy it.
If anything, rates will increase over time. Comcast has had an introductory offer where you pay $20 for 6 months, $30 for 3 months, then $40 for the remainder of the year.
That was enough incentive for me to sign up. I have been on dialup since the early 90's, and I must say.. 21.95/month for Earthlink dialup, Vs. 3.5mb cable for $39.95/month? I mean, figure that one out. Who in their right mind would choose the dialup?
I love the fact that more people are getting broadband. That just sets the stage for the "killer apps" which will make the promise of the internet come true.
Also, for any of you newbie comcast users, or want-to-be customers, please keep in mind that they will enforce the DMCA, if prodded by the right people. I've received a letter in the mail regarding a NAUGHTY TORRENT i used. They haven't seeked any legal action, but please, be weary of what you get and how you get it.