"People are installing SP2 internally all over the place and I certainly haven't heard of "3 out of 5" computers dying. In fact I haven't heard anything bad at all."
Then maybe you should email Ballmer and tell him the delay isn't needed, and he should just get some balls and release it.
Or maybe, just maybe, the average user that's going to have to install this thing doesn't benefit from a huge Redmond IT staff, firewalls, NATs, etc.
No offense, but if this is the typical thought in Redmond cubicals ("Works for me! Must be rock-solid!") then the last 15+ years of Microsoft treating their users as beta testers makes a lot more sense.
"So the problem, then, with Windows XP SP2 RC2 is that it doesn't work when the operating system has been corrupted beyond repair by spyware that hooks into various DLLs and services in an attempt to prevent itself from being uninstalled."
So if, say, 1/3 of all WinXP boxes out there are currently infected with spyware (probably a conservative guess), then 1/3 of all users applying XP SP2 would crash?
I'd say that makes it Microsoft's problem. Users aren't going to care, all they will see is that before XP SP2 their system worked, and after it didn't.
"The problem with current electronic voting systems is that there is no way to check what you have voted for. Therefore this statement is not necessarily entirely accurate. If anything, you're denying a large group of people the feeling that they have cast their ballot."
If I hadn't already used my last mod point, I'd bump you up.
"Yes, destroying the voting machines in not civil disobedience... turning them into a beowolf cluster to play Doom 3 on, now that is civil disobedience."
Except you'd be in a tight deathmatch, frag your opponent with a headshot from behind for the final kill, but somehow you'd end up on the ground headless and they'd be doing the victory dance.
Hmmm. I'm still keeping an eye out for it. Hollenshead's.plan file (July 14th entry) states "Last, but not least, the id Store: we will have copies of DOOM 3 available, but only after we get them.
I'm sure that some of the hardcore game retailers will get them even before we do. Check our website for
updates on this. We certainly appreciate everyone who has helped to make the id Store a huge success this
year."
Maybe another few days. My guess is they'd want to give the mainstream retailers a chance to cash in on the early purchases exclusively.
I'm going to buy Doom3 from id directly at the id Store. When there's a game I really get a lot out of (or plan to in this case), I try to buy directly from the developer to give them as big a cut of the pie as I can. They get full SRP instead of what's left from the middle man.
My way of thanking companies that still create good titles.
There are plenty of employers out there with reasonable IP agreements to be had. Be sure to read the fine print, shop around for a company that's fair.
Frankly I think it's reasonable for a company to "own" my thoughts as related to the core business of that company, and any development activities that pertain to it.
However if my employer pays me for insurance database work and I'm writing a game in my spare time though, hell no, it's mine. And I won't sign on with any company that disagrees.
One large company I worked for asked me to declare any and all previous projects I wanted to claim as mine before I joined them. I just made it one long list, several existing and a dozen or two "someday" projects just in case. Cheap insurance.;-)
I've got an NEC MultiSync LCD screen with a 16ms (avg) response time, and FPS games display beautifully. Just have to make sure the PRT is at least 16ms or so. The low-end LCDs are too laggy, pixel-wise, and you get that horrible ghosting.
Seriously, doesn't biocomputing seem like the next quantum leap in computational power? More than just storing data in cows, of course. Actual computational systems implemented in wetware. Why bother retreading the same old tired silicon, and instead focus research on the stuff that can leap us ahead an order of magnitude or so.
"Or I can do a vote swap with someone in another state. Anyone have any adivce on how not to waste my vote?"
I'd strongly argue against vote-swapping. It's a system ripe for abuse. Simply vote your choice. It's not a wasted effort even though it may seem like that drop of water in the river doesn't affect the flow.
The key is the collective weight of all those "one drop" voters casting their ballots. And even if your state is 80% for/against your candidate, it still adds to the collective voice. Go for it!
"Don't think the US is the last bastion of democracy. It wasn't the first, and it sure won't be the last. America is nothing special."
Absolutely, fully agree. America is quickly on its way to being a backwater of quasi-democracy if things don't turn around ASAP. And that's sad. Very sad.
"So move. Go live in Ulan Bator or something. Who gives a fuck about you?"
"You" as in the American voter? Apparently piss few. Damn sad given how many people have served our country defending the privilege. Am I safe in assuming that you, who care so little about it, aren't among those ranks?
The amusing part is that many conservatives who are staying silent on the e-voting matter will be the FIRST to jump up and scream if their boy doesn't win the November 2004 elections.
Here's a simple test. Flip the results in your mind - Gore wins FL, Bush loses in 2004. If the system that produced the results would raise questions in your mind and have you screaming about vote tampering, insecure e-voting implementations and inability to conduct a recount, then the time to scream is NOW!
Any system that can't even approach the simplicity and recount-friendly nature of clearly marked paper ballots has no place in a democracy, much less the country that hinges its identity on the concept.
So who cares? Anyone who claims to believe in democracy. You apparently do not. So we'll keep our country and fight for the system so many have sacrified for. You, on the other hand, can move to any number of countries that don't bother with that whole "democracy thing". Enjoy.
Does anyone else feel that the November 2004 elections are shaping up to be some twisted Monty Python skit?
And no I'm NOT aiming for +2 Funny.:-/
Seriously, we've got just over three months to go and the system is not only unimproved since the November 2000 disaster, it's actually worse. Now someone can just change the results in critical swing districts without a trace.
Add that with the Florida "Felons Who Can't Vote" rolls that were only released after a court fight, and then immediately abandoned by Florida election officials when it was revealed to be terribly flawed. But only after a court order to make them public, of course.
Maybe we can call in the U.N. to observe the elections for us. This is out of control. Cradle of Democracy my ass. We're heading to be the laughing stock of Democracy. And we're the punchline.
"I must admit that I am afraid to roll the karma dice on this one, but I really can't stand when large businesses start pushing people around. It's especially bad when said business is well liked and supported, because people might ignore such things or even find ways to justify them."
Absolutely. He was there first, it was up and operating long before Google came up with Froogle, freakin' end of case. They should just buy him out, and if he won't sell then they should simply deal with it.
Seems to me Google should be concerned more with their public image vs. squabbling in the courts after the fact. Maybe if they hired a new law firm. And for that matter some new copyright researchers to avoid this in the future.
They could've quietly bought this guy out even before they launched the Froogle beta. Yeesh! Leave the poor guy alone, it's not his fault you screwed up!
"Let's get on to the real reports like "SCO claims against IBM thrown out of court", "Judge rejects SCO vs Redhat arguments", and my favorite "Darl McBride beaten with gavel".
Frankly the favorite I'm holding out for is, "Darl McBride sodomized with gavel - the large side."
"So if you're thinking of going for your PHD in CompSci, just consider for a moment whether you REALLY want to be combining the math of CompSci, with the Molecular Biology of cow guts."
Instead you can focus on your undergrad CS degree and go straight to combining the long hours of development with the endless bullshit from middle management.:-)
From TFA: "The UK High Court has judged that the sale, advertisement, possession for commercial purposes and use of PlayStation 2 modification chips is illegal in this country."
An important distinction. It still sucks and I think it's a boneheaded decision, but the true hobbyist remains safe.
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"People are installing SP2 internally all over the place and I certainly haven't heard of "3 out of 5" computers dying. In fact I haven't heard anything bad at all."
Then maybe you should email Ballmer and tell him the delay isn't needed, and he should just get some balls and release it.
Or maybe, just maybe, the average user that's going to have to install this thing doesn't benefit from a huge Redmond IT staff, firewalls, NATs, etc.
No offense, but if this is the typical thought in Redmond cubicals ("Works for me! Must be rock-solid!") then the last 15+ years of Microsoft treating their users as beta testers makes a lot more sense.
"So the problem, then, with Windows XP SP2 RC2 is that it doesn't work when the operating system has been corrupted beyond repair by spyware that hooks into various DLLs and services in an attempt to prevent itself from being uninstalled."
So if, say, 1/3 of all WinXP boxes out there are currently infected with spyware (probably a conservative guess), then 1/3 of all users applying XP SP2 would crash?
I'd say that makes it Microsoft's problem. Users aren't going to care, all they will see is that before XP SP2 their system worked, and after it didn't.
"SCO will be a worthless smothering ruin after IBM is through with it."
As opposed to now?
"The problem with current electronic voting systems is that there is no way to check what you have voted for. Therefore this statement is not necessarily entirely accurate. If anything, you're denying a large group of people the feeling that they have cast their ballot."
If I hadn't already used my last mod point, I'd bump you up.
"Yes, destroying the voting machines in not civil disobedience... turning them into a beowolf cluster to play Doom 3 on, now that is civil disobedience."
Except you'd be in a tight deathmatch, frag your opponent with a headshot from behind for the final kill, but somehow you'd end up on the ground headless and they'd be doing the victory dance.
"The id Store doesn't seem to be selling Doom 3."
Hmmm. I'm still keeping an eye out for it. Hollenshead's .plan file (July 14th entry) states "Last, but not least, the id Store: we will have copies of DOOM 3 available, but only after we get them.
I'm sure that some of the hardcore game retailers will get them even before we do. Check our website for
updates on this. We certainly appreciate everyone who has helped to make the id Store a huge success this
year."
Maybe another few days. My guess is they'd want to give the mainstream retailers a chance to cash in on the early purchases exclusively.
"The truth is, Slashdot is basically a Gamer site."
Oh come on now, that's not fair. We also talk about pr0n.
The id Store doesn't get any special shipments to my knowledge, so they may be waiting for the official(?) sale date of Aug. 5th.
I'm going to buy Doom3 from id directly at the id Store. When there's a game I really get a lot out of (or plan to in this case), I try to buy directly from the developer to give them as big a cut of the pie as I can. They get full SRP instead of what's left from the middle man.
My way of thanking companies that still create good titles.
"This opened a can of worms: you have to think something before you can say it: thus, by extension, they own anything you say."
Oh I don't know about that - I have plenty of coworkers who seem to say plenty without thinking. Design review meetings in particular. :-)
There are plenty of employers out there with reasonable IP agreements to be had. Be sure to read the fine print, shop around for a company that's fair.
Frankly I think it's reasonable for a company to "own" my thoughts as related to the core business of that company, and any development activities that pertain to it.
However if my employer pays me for insurance database work and I'm writing a game in my spare time though, hell no, it's mine. And I won't sign on with any company that disagrees.
One large company I worked for asked me to declare any and all previous projects I wanted to claim as mine before I joined them. I just made it one long list, several existing and a dozen or two "someday" projects just in case. Cheap insurance.
Read carefully and work it to your advantage.
I've got an NEC MultiSync LCD screen with a 16ms (avg) response time, and FPS games display beautifully. Just have to make sure the PRT is at least 16ms or so. The low-end LCDs are too laggy, pixel-wise, and you get that horrible ghosting.
New Zealand has cute little furry flightless birds, plus all the backdrops for the LotR trilogy.
"We're in need of a paradigm shift. Where's the next Seymour Cray?"
Right here? :-)
Seriously, doesn't biocomputing seem like the next quantum leap in computational power? More than just storing data in cows, of course. Actual computational systems implemented in wetware. Why bother retreading the same old tired silicon, and instead focus research on the stuff that can leap us ahead an order of magnitude or so.
"No matter how idiotic, everything about elections suddenly sounds more likely, when you add
If I hadn't already posted in this thread I'd use one of my mod points to toss a "+1 TragicFunny" your way. :-)
"Or I can do a vote swap with someone in another state. Anyone have any adivce on how not to waste my vote?"
I'd strongly argue against vote-swapping. It's a system ripe for abuse. Simply vote your choice. It's not a wasted effort even though it may seem like that drop of water in the river doesn't affect the flow.
The key is the collective weight of all those "one drop" voters casting their ballots. And even if your state is 80% for/against your candidate, it still adds to the collective voice. Go for it!
"Don't think the US is the last bastion of democracy. It wasn't the first, and it sure won't be the last. America is nothing special."
Absolutely, fully agree. America is quickly on its way to being a backwater of quasi-democracy if things don't turn around ASAP. And that's sad. Very sad.
"So move. Go live in Ulan Bator or something. Who gives a fuck about you?"
"You" as in the American voter? Apparently piss few. Damn sad given how many people have served our country defending the privilege. Am I safe in assuming that you, who care so little about it, aren't among those ranks?
The amusing part is that many conservatives who are staying silent on the e-voting matter will be the FIRST to jump up and scream if their boy doesn't win the November 2004 elections.
Here's a simple test. Flip the results in your mind - Gore wins FL, Bush loses in 2004. If the system that produced the results would raise questions in your mind and have you screaming about vote tampering, insecure e-voting implementations and inability to conduct a recount, then the time to scream is NOW!
Any system that can't even approach the simplicity and recount-friendly nature of clearly marked paper ballots has no place in a democracy, much less the country that hinges its identity on the concept.
So who cares? Anyone who claims to believe in democracy. You apparently do not. So we'll keep our country and fight for the system so many have sacrified for. You, on the other hand, can move to any number of countries that don't bother with that whole "democracy thing". Enjoy.
Does anyone else feel that the November 2004 elections are shaping up to be some twisted Monty Python skit?
And no I'm NOT aiming for +2 Funny.
Seriously, we've got just over three months to go and the system is not only unimproved since the November 2000 disaster, it's actually worse. Now someone can just change the results in critical swing districts without a trace.
Add that with the Florida "Felons Who Can't Vote" rolls that were only released after a court fight, and then immediately abandoned by Florida election officials when it was revealed to be terribly flawed. But only after a court order to make them public, of course.
Maybe we can call in the U.N. to observe the elections for us. This is out of control. Cradle of Democracy my ass. We're heading to be the laughing stock of Democracy. And we're the punchline.
"I must admit that I am afraid to roll the karma dice on this one, but I really can't stand when large businesses start pushing people around. It's especially bad when said business is well liked and supported, because people might ignore such things or even find ways to justify them."
Absolutely. He was there first, it was up and operating long before Google came up with Froogle, freakin' end of case. They should just buy him out, and if he won't sell then they should simply deal with it.
Seems to me Google should be concerned more with their public image vs. squabbling in the courts after the fact. Maybe if they hired a new law firm. And for that matter some new copyright researchers to avoid this in the future.
They could've quietly bought this guy out even before they launched the Froogle beta. Yeesh! Leave the poor guy alone, it's not his fault you screwed up!
"Let's get on to the real reports like "SCO claims against IBM thrown out of court", "Judge rejects SCO vs Redhat arguments", and my favorite "Darl McBride beaten with gavel".
Frankly the favorite I'm holding out for is, "Darl McBride sodomized with gavel - the large side."
"Airport is not legal in some European countries, as it operates on military frequencies..."
So they'll be able to groove to my Mel Torme collection while going head-to-head with the OpFor? Sweet.
"So if you're thinking of going for your PHD in CompSci, just consider for a moment whether you REALLY want to be combining the math of CompSci, with the Molecular Biology of cow guts."
Instead you can focus on your undergrad CS degree and go straight to combining the long hours of development with the endless bullshit from middle management. :-)
Feh! The Sumerians were reading goat entrails for information ages before this came along.
From TFA: "The UK High Court has judged that the sale, advertisement, possession for commercial purposes and use of PlayStation 2 modification chips is illegal in this country."
An important distinction. It still sucks and I think it's a boneheaded decision, but the true hobbyist remains safe.
For the moment....