You should run Counterstrike, etc tournaments every once in a while. Helps bring in the people. And people are going to be hard on equipment, so standardize. Select a good gaming system, and buy a lot of them. When you do this, call around. If Dell, Gateway, HP know that you're standardizing on their equipment, they might give you a discount, because their name is going to be all over the place. Take one computer, install what you want on the hard drive, then Ghost the installation to all the other computers. If a computer happens to get a virus or something, just reGhost it.
There was a/. article a while back about a failed tourny, learn from it's failures. Numero uno, cache server. If you're running Steam or something and it needs updates, download the update to a local cache server, then have the client machines "pull" it from the cache server. Two, huge pipeline to the Net. Games like CS can take up a LOT of bandwidth.
You probably won't make too much money off the computer and game usage; make the most money off refreshments, etc. In the hours that gamers are gone (school) perhaps turn it into a Net Cafe. And atmosphere is key. A little on the dark side, toned down colors, flashy lights, etc. And remember, sell Bawls. This stuff is so full of caffeine I know gamers who live off it, and think nothing of drinking 6-7 of them in one sitting.
I think we need something more computer based....
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All these robots are cool and all, but I think we need to delve more into a more computer contained AI, one that can reliably interpret something like a search request, (e.g. when I search for my hometown, I get stuff like my hometown's web site and not some stupid real estate web site... stupid people jamming Google with fake pages...), etc. Something like Cortana from the Halo game, for example, instantly able to take a request, interpret it, and turn it into orders to control the Pillar of Autumn. We still are a long way towards an AI.
Re:For all you "Bots take over the world" types..
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An interesting study in two very different we PR campaigns. I saw on cnn.com that the stylish Stewart site Martha Talks [marthtalks.com] has gotten like 6,000,000 visitors. SCO's ugly-ass site, with jagged-aggressive "source" font, makes my insides burn.
Ha ha. Your "Martha Talks" link shows marthtalks.com. Note the absence of an a after "marth". And your site redirects to http://www.smartnetbusiness.com/.
Well, I'm not a Google employee or anything, but linking litigious bastards on one highly trafficked site should be ok. If the linked phrase (such as litigious bastards) is on a site that linked to by a lot of other sites, it should be fine. litigious bastards
3. What is the cost of the License?
The promotional fee for the client (desktop) license is $199. The promotional pricing is available through October 31, 2003.
Uh, we're slightly past that date. Like a few months after it. What is SCO doing putting up that faq?
If some Linux guru could answer this quickly: I thought SCO was saying that only Linux kernel 2.4.x+ infringed on SCO's intellectual property. But don't the files SCO shows as evidence exist in previous kernels? Thanks.
Here's the Halo 2 Documentary (warning, requires WMP 9). Go 2:05 into the movie, and they'll show you a cinematic of a UNSC marine hugging a Covenant Elite. WTF? The marines are supposed to be killing the Covenant, not hugging them... sigh.
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You should run Counterstrike, etc tournaments every once in a while. Helps bring in the people. And people are going to be hard on equipment, so standardize. Select a good gaming system, and buy a lot of them. When you do this, call around. If Dell, Gateway, HP know that you're standardizing on their equipment, they might give you a discount, because their name is going to be all over the place. Take one computer, install what you want on the hard drive, then Ghost the installation to all the other computers. If a computer happens to get a virus or something, just reGhost it.
/. article a while back about a failed tourny, learn from it's failures. Numero uno, cache server. If you're running Steam or something and it needs updates, download the update to a local cache server, then have the client machines "pull" it from the cache server. Two, huge pipeline to the Net. Games like CS can take up a LOT of bandwidth.
There was a
You probably won't make too much money off the computer and game usage; make the most money off refreshments, etc. In the hours that gamers are gone (school) perhaps turn it into a Net Cafe. And atmosphere is key. A little on the dark side, toned down colors, flashy lights, etc. And remember, sell Bawls. This stuff is so full of caffeine I know gamers who live off it, and think nothing of drinking 6-7 of them in one sitting.
Windows XP is NT 5.1 -- (check with ver if you want) Windows 2000 with the PlaySkool OS look.
If you're running Windows XP and IE, you can check this. I don't know if this works with Mozilla. Put the following in IE's address bar:
javascript: alert(navigator.appVersion)
It'll return your browser and OS version. Mine came up as:
4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; iOpus-I-M)
I'm not a Amazon affiliate. If I was, would I have put a Froogle link?
Mod this Troll down.
Amazon Link
Froogle Link
You get opted in by default....
That is excellent. I wouldn't mind trying that armor out. However, I've always wanted a cool wargreymon armor suit.
All these robots are cool and all, but I think we need to delve more into a more computer contained AI, one that can reliably interpret something like a search request, (e.g. when I search for my hometown, I get stuff like my hometown's web site and not some stupid real estate web site... stupid people jamming Google with fake pages...), etc. Something like Cortana from the Halo game, for example, instantly able to take a request, interpret it, and turn it into orders to control the Pillar of Autumn. We still are a long way towards an AI.
It's just "Mewtwo". Here's a good picture, or if that gets /.'ed, this Google image search will show you plenty of good pictures of Mewtwo.
/. forums..........
Yes, I am a Pokemon freak, and yes, I need a life, just like everyone else on the
Which letter was this again?
No, my University can't do cool stuff like UIUC scientists, we get on the front page of /. because of some blasted cheese slicing laser! I feel sick....
I've just posted this to Kuo5hin, and it's getting killed. If anyone has a kuro5hin account, jump over there and mod it up!
An interesting study in two very different we PR campaigns. I saw on cnn.com that the stylish Stewart site Martha Talks [marthtalks.com] has gotten like 6,000,000 visitors. SCO's ugly-ass site, with jagged-aggressive "source" font, makes my insides burn.
Ha ha. Your "Martha Talks" link shows marthtalks.com. Note the absence of an a after "marth". And your site redirects to http://www.smartnetbusiness.com/.
Well, I'm not a Google employee or anything, but linking litigious bastards on one highly trafficked site should be ok. If the linked phrase (such as litigious bastards) is on a site that linked to by a lot of other sites, it should be fine. litigious bastards
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3. What is the cost of the License? The promotional fee for the client (desktop) license is $199. The promotional pricing is available through October 31, 2003.
Uh, we're slightly past that date. Like a few months after it. What is SCO doing putting up that faq?
If some Linux guru could answer this quickly: I thought SCO was saying that only Linux kernel 2.4.x+ infringed on SCO's intellectual property. But don't the files SCO shows as evidence exist in previous kernels? Thanks.
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by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 12, @03:08PM (#7955752)
what like this litigious bastards.
Exactly, now you're catching on. Everybody with me now: litigious bastards.
Oops, I linked twice. Feel free to mod me up though
Just did a Froogle search. No one else sells it at that price... Everyone else sells at roughly $500. I'd get it, if I had $300 to spare....
No, you have to do this: litigious bastards.
the leak was really Carl Rove, right?
You mean Karl Rove. There's a K instead of the usual C.
Loaded quickly for me. Looks nice too.
See my sig, SCO Countdown. It's the second countdown.
I've got -1 days, -9 hours.
Updated it now.
Here's the Halo 2 Documentary (warning, requires WMP 9). Go 2:05 into the movie, and they'll show you a cinematic of a UNSC marine hugging a Covenant Elite. WTF? The marines are supposed to be killing the Covenant, not hugging them... sigh.
From Comcast, Woodridge, Illinois (Suburb of Chicago. Mapquest it if you want a map). I also get regular cable included.