As a rather well-known cyber-security consultant (you'd know my $450/hr name, I guarantee it) at Foundstone, I can tell you what the problem is - the lack of a comprehensive, rehearsed disaster recovery plan. It really isn't that hard, to implement it correctly, I always recommend this (clients are always amazed by its brilliance and simplicity) - every night, copy all of your company's critical data to a CD, and have EACH EMPLOYEE TAKE HOME A COPY.
Bam - that pops, it sizzles, as we say in the consulting biz. Simple yet EXTREMELY effective.
Now, if you want anymore advice, its gonna cost ya - ($450/hr)
In terms of hours, I probably played 10-12 hours per day.
I meant the original post to be more provocative and less flamebait, but as I reread it, I can see I failed at that.
I think one of the reasons I saw a lack of challenge in WoW was that there seems to be no real death penalty. EQ2 punishes recklessness/carelessness with a shared group penalty, which I love.
I hear a lot about WoW, and yes, it is fun if (1) you don't want a challenge in your game (I did 20 levels in 3 days) and (2) if you like the sort of cheap cartoony-type graphics most 7 or 8 year olds like.
Now, EQ2, on the other hand, is a fantastic game. The creative content is far and away the best, it has the richest backstory, the most unbelievable graphics, and finally, it is extremely challenging. Failure to pay careful attention to group strategy (and strategies differ inside and outside of a dungeon!) will lead to certain death.
So, yes, if you just want a game you can "win" and that will level you with minimal effort to make you feel good about yourself, by all means, play WoW. Otherwise, go EQ2.
Will they completely failed the American people like the media in 2004? In other words, will they allow an arrogant, rogue administration like the failed Bush administration to lie, inveigle, and obfuscate their way into a war with Iraq?
Hmm - I paid $99 for it and it d/l'ed from TiVo's website. I wonder if it was made free after I purchased it, or if it is free with all new TiVos. I've got a series 2 also - the TCD240080, and HMO was definitely not free.
Strangeberry software, codeveloped by one of the writers of Sun's Java programming language, allows users to plug a DSL or cable modem into the back of the TiVo device and draw digital content like music and movies off the Internet.
TiVo can already use your broadband connection to download their programming info. Does anyone know exactly what Strangeberry does? The TiVo press release just described it as "protocols and tools for delivery of broadband."
I'm also wondering if this is going to be an update to your existing TiVo software, or if it'll be another $100 add-on, like Home Media Option.
I liked Singularity Sky (on the Best Novel list). Just good scifi reading. The endless descriptions of military procedure and protocol did get a bit tiring.
I'm looking forward to Iron Sunrise but not enough to buy it in hardcover.
They won the D&D battle. Remember the 1st edition Dungeon Masters Guide? With the big demon on the front? Or all the demons in Monster Manual? Nothing like that in 3rd edition. I suspect they didn't want heat from the Christians.
Is the objection to Harry Potter that it depicts magic? I don't get it. C.S. Lewis had magic in his books, and Christians love him. What is the difference?
I didn't realize that publishers let these advance copies out. The book doesn't hit bookstores until mid-September. How are the eBay sellers getting this ahead of time? And is it the book in it's final form?
We use certification analysts. They handle the testing. Unfortunately, the functional analysts that are supposed to write the tests rarely know the software well enough to do that, so some of my time is spent helping to write the black box tests. Writing good tests has become especially important since most of the cert analyst jobs are being sent to India and aren't on site anymore.
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As a rather well-known cyber-security consultant (you'd know my $450/hr name, I guarantee it) at Foundstone, I can tell you what the problem is - the lack of a comprehensive, rehearsed disaster recovery plan. It really isn't that hard, to implement it correctly, I always recommend this (clients are always amazed by its brilliance and simplicity) - every night, copy all of your company's critical data to a CD, and have EACH EMPLOYEE TAKE HOME A COPY.
Bam - that pops, it sizzles, as we say in the consulting biz. Simple yet EXTREMELY effective.
Now, if you want anymore advice, its gonna cost ya - ($450/hr)
does that violate any agreement with Redhat that you made when you purchased the software?
Java thin clients are where it's at. Sun has known this for years, and that's why they are doing so well in the market.
Battlestar Galactica might be the best SciFi airing right now.
Taco the blasphemer! Repeat after me Stargate: Atlantis.
In terms of hours, I probably played 10-12 hours per day.
I meant the original post to be more provocative and less flamebait, but as I reread it, I can see I failed at that.
I think one of the reasons I saw a lack of challenge in WoW was that there seems to be no real death penalty. EQ2 punishes recklessness/carelessness with a shared group penalty, which I love.
I hear a lot about WoW, and yes, it is fun if (1) you don't want a challenge in your game (I did 20 levels in 3 days) and (2) if you like the sort of cheap cartoony-type graphics most 7 or 8 year olds like.
Now, EQ2, on the other hand, is a fantastic game. The creative content is far and away the best, it has the richest backstory, the most unbelievable graphics, and finally, it is extremely challenging. Failure to pay careful attention to group strategy (and strategies differ inside and outside of a dungeon!) will lead to certain death.
So, yes, if you just want a game you can "win" and that will level you with minimal effort to make you feel good about yourself, by all means, play WoW. Otherwise, go EQ2.
Did any of those Enron execs ever see any jail time, or are the trials still ongoing?
Incidentally, according to MSNBC this morning, Houston is the fattest city in America.
bhj
Will they completely failed the American people like the media in 2004? In other words, will they allow an arrogant, rogue administration like the failed Bush administration to lie, inveigle, and obfuscate their way into a war with Iraq?
Make that 986, they just found another one.
bhj
That case is an abomination.
Contrary to popular belief here on /., MS does not hire idiots to write their code
Amen to that. I don't know where this idea that MS doesn't hire skilled people to design and develop software came from, but it's wrong.
It has always appeared to me that MS hires top students from the very best schools.
bhj
Let me guess - this was submitted by Gary Niger and the GNAA, right?
Hmm - I paid $99 for it and it d/l'ed from TiVo's website. I wonder if it was made free after I purchased it, or if it is free with all new TiVos. I've got a series 2 also - the TCD240080, and HMO was definitely not free.
bhj
Strangeberry software, codeveloped by one of the writers of Sun's Java programming language, allows users to plug a DSL or cable modem into the back of the TiVo device and draw digital content like music and movies off the Internet.
TiVo can already use your broadband connection to download their programming info. Does anyone know exactly what Strangeberry does? The TiVo press release just described it as "protocols and tools for delivery of broadband."
I'm also wondering if this is going to be an update to your existing TiVo software, or if it'll be another $100 add-on, like Home Media Option.
-bhj
FF VII was my favorite, with FF X falling close behind.
Thank you for that link. I've been looking for something that makes the tabs behave more sensibly for a while.
I liked Singularity Sky (on the Best Novel list). Just good scifi reading. The endless descriptions of military procedure and protocol did get a bit tiring.
I'm looking forward to Iron Sunrise but not enough to buy it in hardcover.
These are vulnerabilities in a particular implementation of K5, not in Kerberos itself. I think it's an important distinction.
They won the D&D battle. Remember the 1st edition Dungeon Masters Guide? With the big demon on the front? Or all the demons in Monster Manual? Nothing like that in 3rd edition. I suspect they didn't want heat from the Christians.
Is the objection to Harry Potter that it depicts magic? I don't get it. C.S. Lewis had magic in his books, and Christians love him. What is the difference?
I didn't realize that publishers let these advance copies out. The book doesn't hit bookstores until mid-September. How are the eBay sellers getting this ahead of time? And is it the book in it's final form?
bhj
I love Neal Stephenson, even the Big U, but holy shit Diamond Age was bad.
I've already pre-ordered System of the World, the Baroque series is utterly compelling.
Here's what I would like to know after reading The Confusion - can one really extract phosphorus from urine?
bhj
We use certification analysts. They handle the testing. Unfortunately, the functional analysts that are supposed to write the tests rarely know the software well enough to do that, so some of my time is spent helping to write the black box tests. Writing good tests has become especially important since most of the cert analyst jobs are being sent to India and aren't on site anymore.
bhj
It sounds like ice-nine from that Vonnegut book Cat's Cradle.
Why do you think the government is illegitimate? Is it because of the 2000 election fiasco?
bhj