With the thought of this looming, if ever there was a time for mass-adoption of GPGP or other open PGP/encryption methods, this is it. Shared keys, trust, and full party encryption needs to be adopted and expected by the public before that's outlawed as well in order to allow this type of system.
Curious to know what the original concept/production dates are of Ultima and EQ. Release dates are not the dates that the ideas were thought up or put to paper.
If guns kept people safer we'd be allowed to carry them on commercial flights.
Except for the fact that hitting anything but the hostile with a special projectile that won't (do as much) damage the aircraft and cause explosive decompression is not something normal gun owners are trained or equipped for.
Private ownership of firearms and good training is one thing, special cases like needing to use one 30,000 feet in the air is an entire other case.
My guess is the idea is so the hardware works after the fact, besides a 25 megaton blast would only be deadly to 30 or so miles, where is the EMP would be much more far reaching. So it makes sense for the military to plan for that.
Radius of destructive circle: 6.5 miles 12 pounds per square inch
The remains of some buildings' foundations are visible. Some of the strongest buildings -- those made of reinforced, poured concrete -- are still standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population within this area are dead.
Radius: 10.7 miles 5 psi
Virtually everything is destroyed between the 12 and 5 psi rings. The walls of typical multi-story buildings, including apartment buildings, are completely blown out. As you move from the center toward the 5 psi ring there are more structural skeletons of buildings standing. Single-family residences within this this area have been completely blown away -- only their foundations remain. Fifty percent of the population between the 12 and 5 psi rings are dead. Forty percent are injured.
Radius: 20 miles 2 psi
Any single-family residences that are not completely destroyed are heavily damaged. The windows of office buildings have been blown away, as have some of their walls. The contents of these buildings' upper floors, including the people who were working there, are scattered on the street. A substantial amount of debris clutters the entire area. Five percent of the population between the 5 and 2 psi rings are dead. Forty-five percent are injured.
Radius: 30.4 miles 1 psi
Residences are moderately damaged. Commercial buildings have sustained minimal damage. Twenty-five percent of the population between the 2 and 1 psi rings are injured, mainly by flying glass and debris. Many others have been injured from thermal radiation -- the heat generated by the blast. The remaining seventy-five percent are unhurt.
Funny, you don't sound like someone who spent two years in-game.
If you where, in that time you would know that someone who's only been in game for a couple months can take on a 3 year vet without a problem.
EVE's game model is based on Tactics, and the lack of grinding levels.
No, you can't spend a South Park style 3 months grinding pigs in the forest to max level, but during that 3 months you can still, most of all if you get some friends during that time, take on anything and anyone, and have a chance. Unlike a level 30 Paladin vs. a 60 with Judgment gear.
Yes, in fact those are in game shots. I've been playing Eve Online since launch, a little over three years, and it's always been a very good looking game. CCP has done a great job keeping interest within it's userbase, and has been growing since launch. The thing that Eve has going for it is quality of players, not quantity. They have been able to expand the server cluster (30,000 users on one server, not split up like every other game on the market).
Eve has also managed to keep the client and all upgrades free. Only fee is the monthly fee. There is an updated client for DX10 (Vista) and they vow to support DX9 clients as well.
Eve is a niche game, not a mass-market cookie cutter game. It's very harsh, a bit of a learning curve, and not for the weak of heart. It could take you a month to save for a cruiser, and ten seconds to lose it if you're not careful. It's not a matter of going to a repair shop and paying a couple gold.
You'll love it, or hate it. There is no "in the middle":)
I've been in game since November on the Bronzebeard server (Aramova). I've had times of burn-out in WoW, as many people have. They are now starting to turn out some good end-game content, but for a very long time there was really little to do but grind the same instances over and over.
Subscriber base is going to die off shortly, and pickup other games, around the Christmas season, but when WoW2 hits, we'll have this all over again, cause Blizzard has done MMO right, and everyone knows it.
WoW at this point is the iPod of MMORPG's, something really amazing is going to be needed to unseat it.
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...Since Goonfleet swarmed noob ships into Delve!
Well, a little bit more updated news.. (Jan 2010)
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0109dnbusindict.5a69f16b.html?ocp=2#slcgm_comments_anchor
Seems one of the main people referenced in the story is dead trying to re-enter the US after he fled, the other is in Jail.
At least we know what happened to the players.
You could of just said Truecrypt and made it alot shorter...
I'll always think Art Bell when I hear of that show... He'd know exactly how to get the bottom of these electronic brain gizmos...
Forgot to say, "...in public places" in the title.
This law is talking about areas that are public. And you have to think what can be covered by that....
Can Wal-mart? Can the Wal-mart parking lot?
No to both answers.
Simple way to view it, anywhere your tax dollars pay for upkeep. A court house, a public park, a school are some examples.
With the thought of this looming, if ever there was a time for mass-adoption of GPGP or other open PGP/encryption methods, this is it. Shared keys, trust, and full party encryption needs to be adopted and expected by the public before that's outlawed as well in order to allow this type of system.
Not with Intel GPUs you won't.
Curious to know what the original concept/production dates are of Ultima and EQ. Release dates are not the dates that the ideas were thought up or put to paper.
You'd hope any spyware scanner worth using would have picked it up 20x faster.
Not all anti-virus and malware scanners will include commercial products in their database.
Unless of course the commercial product in question is a Windows system file...
Even singles sites are lonely enough to pay for some action... I thought I was the only one willing to pay out $100 for head...
If guns kept people safer we'd be allowed to carry them on commercial flights.
Except for the fact that hitting anything but the hostile with a special projectile that won't (do as much) damage the aircraft and cause explosive decompression is not something normal gun owners are trained or equipped for.
Private ownership of firearms and good training is one thing, special cases like needing to use one 30,000 feet in the air is an entire other case.
You just need to yell, "My god! It's coming right for us!" and you'll be fine.
a dildo company sponsor some shows on NBC. This could get good.
I think you'll find that it turns out in a case of gross miscalculation the entire cloud will get swallowed up by a Jack Russell...
My guess is the idea is so the hardware works after the fact, besides a 25 megaton blast would only be deadly to 30 or so miles, where is the EMP would be much more far reaching. So it makes sense for the military to plan for that.
Radius of destructive circle: 6.5 miles
12 pounds per square inch
The remains of some buildings' foundations are visible. Some of the strongest buildings -- those made of reinforced, poured concrete -- are still standing. Ninety-eight percent of the population within this area are dead.
Radius: 10.7 miles
5 psi
Virtually everything is destroyed between the 12 and 5 psi rings. The walls of typical multi-story buildings, including apartment buildings, are completely blown out. As you move from the center toward the 5 psi ring there are more structural skeletons of buildings standing. Single-family residences within this this area have been completely blown away -- only their foundations remain. Fifty percent of the population between the 12 and 5 psi rings are dead. Forty percent are injured.
Radius: 20 miles
2 psi
Any single-family residences that are not completely destroyed are heavily damaged. The windows of office buildings have been blown away, as have some of their walls. The contents of these buildings' upper floors, including the people who were working there, are scattered on the street. A substantial amount of debris clutters the entire area. Five percent of the population between the 5 and 2 psi rings are dead. Forty-five percent are injured.
Radius: 30.4 miles
1 psi
Residences are moderately damaged. Commercial buildings have sustained minimal damage. Twenty-five percent of the population between the 2 and 1 psi rings are injured, mainly by flying glass and debris. Many others have been injured from thermal radiation -- the heat generated by the blast. The remaining seventy-five percent are unhurt.
They do. Humvees are shielded against EMP in the event of an atomic attack.
Someone put an Adword in on google for "Douchebag" and it linked to http://www.daneastman.com/
Funny, you don't sound like someone who spent two years in-game.
If you where, in that time you would know that someone who's only been in game for a couple months can take on a 3 year vet without a problem.
EVE's game model is based on Tactics, and the lack of grinding levels.
No, you can't spend a South Park style 3 months grinding pigs in the forest to max level, but during that 3 months you can still, most of all if you get some friends during that time, take on anything and anyone, and have a chance. Unlike a level 30 Paladin vs. a 60 with Judgment gear.
Yes, in fact those are in game shots. I've been playing Eve Online since launch, a little over three years, and it's always been a very good looking game. CCP has done a great job keeping interest within it's userbase, and has been growing since launch. The thing that Eve has going for it is quality of players, not quantity. They have been able to expand the server cluster (30,000 users on one server, not split up like every other game on the market).
:)
Eve has also managed to keep the client and all upgrades free. Only fee is the monthly fee. There is an updated client for DX10 (Vista) and they vow to support DX9 clients as well.
Eve is a niche game, not a mass-market cookie cutter game. It's very harsh, a bit of a learning curve, and not for the weak of heart. It could take you a month to save for a cruiser, and ten seconds to lose it if you're not careful. It's not a matter of going to a repair shop and paying a couple gold.
You'll love it, or hate it. There is no "in the middle"
I don't get it. Aren't humans "animals", too?
...You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals...
"It's only after you've lost everything," Tyler says, "that you're free to do anything."
Yup, anyone who's played Eve Online and lost a full set of +3/4 implants knows this is true...
Hmm, Ctrl-Alt-Del knew about this over a year and a half ago!
Allowing other people who you don't even know to use your internet connection is just plain dumb.
Uhm, it was her child... And I'm pretty sure she knew her own kid...
But, that dose not mean she knew what her kid was doing on the internet...
That said there will never be a need for more then 3 or 5 computers in the world.
I've been in game since November on the Bronzebeard server (Aramova). I've had times of burn-out in WoW, as many people have. They are now starting to turn out some good end-game content, but for a very long time there was really little to do but grind the same instances over and over.
Subscriber base is going to die off shortly, and pickup other games, around the Christmas season, but when WoW2 hits, we'll have this all over again, cause Blizzard has done MMO right, and everyone knows it.
WoW at this point is the iPod of MMORPG's, something really amazing is going to be needed to unseat it.