He's talking about corporate purchases; where the company buys off the shelf, simply re-buying "their standard configuration" each time another cubicle needs filling. These kinds of customers don't build their PC from bits, you fool!
- they are reading this because they want to save money? YES?
Ok then....
And they DO worry about tiny differences in price; because they get multiplied out by the hundreds of boxes getting bought by the whole company.
- But you just said they want to save money? Surely building them from bits would save $$$. I know it does at my university, they hire students each summer to build 10,000 or so computers for them.
we all KNOW that id cards are coming, so lets just agree on that for a second.
If they exist, people will carry them with them (maybe even make it law)....
If the card knew your age...
Why not have the GAME ask for a code on your card (or read it via some reader). It could then do something funky, or go online (xbox and ps2 can already) and check if your old enough to try the game your trying to play.
Ok, you COULD hack it, copy cards etc, but this would be along the same lines as copying passports, and not many 12yr olds want to go to THAT limit of breaking the law, just to play a game. Add in some finger print reconision (should exist pretty securly by then too) and you have a full prove system
means also that shop owners no longer get blamed for selling a game to person x, who passed to on to person y, who happened to be 12.
In the uk we have age ratings on all games, and legal ratings too.
The legal ones only are either OVER 18, or ANYONE, and the other ones are rather like what it sounds like you have, a reccomendation about what age range should play the game.
Im guessing a mature game can still be sold to anyone, so do you have any age limits on the games at all?
Tbh no one under.... 18 should be playing games like manhunt, and simular things. In the uk our 18 rating is LAW and when selling, the seller should check id of who evers buying the game, sadly however, this never seems to work.
We have had a spite of killings by kids supposidly doing "what they saw in the game" however, i and most people belive this is just an excuse.
However, it does make rise to the question of how a 15yr old was playing a 18 rated game.
Is there any point in trying to protect against BIG Brother really? I mean, if they WANT to get in, they could just storm your house and take away your PC. If the want they could slience you too. So why go so over the top?
Another idea is to make sure any sensitive infomation doesn't have any means of escape, hell build a machine with no network, and no floppy drive or cd writer. Take out the usb slots too, then maybe a passer by wont be able to access it.
30char password? Whats the point? I mean you can still brute force it, and even without doing this, theres still methods such as removing the hdd drive, mounting it under anther computer and 99% time, you got instant access to everything.
People need to learn, senstive data is only protected in ONE place, inside our minds. Keep it there and no one can snoop it.
In the end, keeping explorer around will be a good thing.
As people will sometimes acidently find them selfs browsing using I.E. and then when they have finished, will notice all the spyware and maybe infections on their machines. As they browse they will notice the annoying ad's, they will notice the most annoying and obtrusive things some websites do.
It will just remind them that they like firefox and mozilla more.
It will also cause them to question, "Why do i have to use I.E.?" The user HATES it when they dont have a choice, they detest it to the upmost degree, and once they realise that somesites are forcing them to use internet explorer, they will turn away and shun the site.
"MPS devices will be available from $195. While we could imagine Realms technology to also be attractive for home users, the necessary SOBA router may be out of reach for most households: Pricing ranges from $10,000 to $40,000, depending on the amount of users."
its not even a server, its an over the top router!
fraid u can, its called q3, use a mod called 3wave, come play on jolt servers.
I've played on it for YEARS, my bro started a few months ago, all hes had is two people call him "Noob". Thats IT.
However, if you ask him about possitive comments you will hear streams of how hes had people remarking on good shots hes pulled off and how they have noticed him improve. Plus some have even offered to help train him up.
hes very happy in his new little world, strangly enough this is all rnning on windows... guess i know the lock down procedures....
as a ex-eq player, i wondering few things which i can't be arsed to google, and if i did i would have to post them anyway, for people will ask anyway.
1. This game any good? Anyone drop us a small peak review? 2. It avaible already in the UK or not? 3. How much is the monthly cost, whats the update system like, how many updates do you get for FREE (or buying addons?). 4. Any other info players think we should know?
Tbh if your looking for a PC that cheap, how long would you expect it to last under NORMAL conditions?
What im trying to say is find one (maybe in the trash!, schools regualarly throw out working pcs) and use this, when it dies, think about simple ways of fixing it i.e. blow into the fan etc etc, if it doesn' work, go out and find a new one!!
Not like your losing any money really, and you dont need to buy anything either!
lately me and my dad have been researching this thing they are calling Freeview, basicly you buy this box and you get extra channels no cost.
After much much digging we finally found the flaw, 99% of the boxes you find are all actually Sky boxes, its the sky design, just with a different packaging. Now, normally when people use these boxes they connect them to their terrestial aerial, or even their cable, and these boxes decode the signals.
This is all fine and dandy unless one of two things happen: 1. You use a satalite dish 2. You can't recive sky in your area.
We are in the middle of the UK and our whole city (pretty much anyway) can't recive freeview, yet they still sell these boxes in the shops =/. I digress, my point is my dad and i set out looking for a box which wasn't SKY. It seems this is a almost impossible task, only ones we could find were on some shady looking sites on the web.
Also if your using a stupid sky box, it will ONLY decode signals from sky and that includes the sky satatlite. Currently they are working on a different bandwidth or something such as this, and it will mean that everyone with a sky box will also be UNABLE to use it for this!. And we say M$ have a monopoly?
the teams in the BBC one are all schools and colleges.
Now, in robot wars we saw some amazing stuff, some were schools, some from other places, some in it for fun, some speading $$$$$$ on their robots (we heard over £2k for some machines). The most heartbreaking part was when two "rival" teams would be fighting, and then one robot would have some kind of malfunction, and then the teams would give each other help to fix the bots, because they would rather win a fair battle (or lose) than they would just win and take the prize.
its nice to know that we still continue to care, even in times of war.
In the UK, one of the channels BBC, has robot comp.'s each and every year, this involves different robots doing all SORTS of tasks, from swimming, running (2legs), climbing ropes etc etc.
Also we have Robot Wars where robotic vehicals would battle it out etc, yet none of this ever makes BIG news such as this.
Is it just because this has N.A.S.A backing that everyone is sitting up and taking notice, or is there something unique about this?
Slashdot Mirror
to make a profit, teh company building them must charge price of labour + profit.
Do labour your self and you save paying out someone elses profit.
All seeing eye has had this functionallity for YEARS, or at least as long as i've been using it.
Anyone find it strange that Yahoo just brought ASE?
Plus, most INGAME clients have this as well, at least, and steam....
Im sure theres many more, but i dont see the point in listing them.
He's talking about corporate purchases; where the company buys off the shelf, simply re-buying "their standard configuration" each time another cubicle needs filling. These kinds of customers don't build their PC from bits, you fool!
- they are reading this because they want to save money? YES?
Ok then....
And they DO worry about tiny differences in price; because they get multiplied out by the hundreds of boxes getting bought by the whole company.
- But you just said they want to save money? Surely building them from bits would save $$$. I know it does at my university, they hire students each summer to build 10,000 or so computers for them.
Just reading random posts....
we all KNOW that id cards are coming, so lets just agree on that for a second.
If they exist, people will carry them with them (maybe even make it law)....
If the card knew your age...
Why not have the GAME ask for a code on your card (or read it via some reader). It could then do something funky, or go online (xbox and ps2 can already) and check if your old enough to try the game your trying to play.
Ok, you COULD hack it, copy cards etc, but this would be along the same lines as copying passports, and not many 12yr olds want to go to THAT limit of breaking the law, just to play a game. Add in some finger print reconision (should exist pretty securly by then too) and you have a full prove system
means also that shop owners no longer get blamed for selling a game to person x, who passed to on to person y, who happened to be 12.
ok heres my credit card to buy teh game with,
this is my password with my birthdate on it
here is my govement issued ID card with my birthdate and photo.
Thanks for my game.
Yes you CAN fake them, but most stores DO know the difference.
In the uk we have age ratings on all games, and legal ratings too.
The legal ones only are either OVER 18, or ANYONE, and the other ones are rather like what it sounds like you have, a reccomendation about what age range should play the game.
Im guessing a mature game can still be sold to anyone, so do you have any age limits on the games at all?
Tbh no one under.... 18 should be playing games like manhunt, and simular things.
In the uk our 18 rating is LAW and when selling, the seller should check id of who evers buying the game, sadly however, this never seems to work.
We have had a spite of killings by kids supposidly doing "what they saw in the game" however, i and most people belive this is just an excuse.
However, it does make rise to the question of how a 15yr old was playing a 18 rated game.
or some shit....
Any idea of cost?
called a "Offliner". .....
those crazy guys said its secure, unless i beat the door down....
Wow.
that the best comment you can come up with? jeez, why bother...
Is there any point in trying to protect against BIG Brother really? I mean, if they WANT to get in, they could just storm your house and take away your PC. If the want they could slience you too. So why go so over the top?
Another idea is to make sure any sensitive infomation doesn't have any means of escape, hell build a machine with no network, and no floppy drive or cd writer. Take out the usb slots too, then maybe a passer by wont be able to access it.
30char password? Whats the point? I mean you can still brute force it, and even without doing this, theres still methods such as removing the hdd drive, mounting it under anther computer and 99% time, you got instant access to everything.
People need to learn, senstive data is only protected in ONE place, inside our minds.
Keep it there and no one can snoop it.
save me from me?
my machines never been infected, ever.
i ran a lan gaming center of over 25pcs, with STUPID gaming users, with floppy disks and all.
No infections, even when i.e. was the only browser.
i NEVER pay for antispyware solutions, antivirus, firewalls or any other security. (Except hardware)
Peace.
In the end, keeping explorer around will be a good thing.
As people will sometimes acidently find them selfs browsing using I.E. and then when they have finished, will notice all the spyware and maybe infections on their machines.
As they browse they will notice the annoying ad's, they will notice the most annoying and obtrusive things some websites do.
It will just remind them that they like firefox and mozilla more.
It will also cause them to question, "Why do i have to use I.E.?" The user HATES it when they dont have a choice, they detest it to the upmost degree, and once they realise that somesites are forcing them to use internet explorer, they will turn away and shun the site.
Peace out.
sad thing is companys will buy this, because is has a name and isn't made by some random coders they have never heard of.
"MPS devices will be available from $195. While we could imagine Realms technology to also be attractive for home users, the necessary SOBA router may be out of reach for most households: Pricing ranges from $10,000 to $40,000, depending on the amount of users."
its not even a server, its an over the top router!
fraid u can, its called q3, use a mod called 3wave, come play on jolt servers.
I've played on it for YEARS, my bro started a few months ago, all hes had is two people call him "Noob". Thats IT.
However, if you ask him about possitive comments you will hear streams of how hes had people remarking on good shots hes pulled off and how they have noticed him improve. Plus some have even offered to help train him up.
hes very happy in his new little world, strangly enough this is all rnning on windows... guess i know the lock down procedures....
thanks for that, one more thing?
Whats the presence in game like with GMs (game masters?), are they ever there if you have a problem?
Do they ever do such things as give you live events (or is this covered pretty much by the game its self?)
Cheers
BTW you play q3? I had a guy called moomin once train me up...
or maybe CS? as this guy called moomin came into our lan gaming center and owned EVERYONE on the stats for way over a month.
as a ex-eq player, i wondering few things which i can't be arsed to google, and if i did i would have to post them anyway, for people will ask anyway.
1. This game any good? Anyone drop us a small peak review?
2. It avaible already in the UK or not?
3. How much is the monthly cost, whats the update system like, how many updates do you get for FREE (or buying addons?).
4. Any other info players think we should know?
that was a joke.... ffs
;)
Well, i THINK it was?,
wait, A/C? maybe it wasn't but it WOULD of been funny
Tbh if your looking for a PC that cheap, how long would you expect it to last under NORMAL conditions?
What im trying to say is find one (maybe in the trash!, schools regualarly throw out working pcs) and use this, when it dies, think about simple ways of fixing it i.e. blow into the fan etc etc, if it doesn' work, go out and find a new one!!
Not like your losing any money really, and you dont need to buy anything either!
Just answer the damn question?
its true though,
lately me and my dad have been researching this thing they are calling Freeview, basicly you buy this box and you get extra channels no cost.
After much much digging we finally found the flaw, 99% of the boxes you find are all actually Sky boxes, its the sky design, just with a different packaging. Now, normally when people use these boxes they connect them to their terrestial aerial, or even their cable, and these boxes decode the signals.
This is all fine and dandy unless one of two things happen:
1. You use a satalite dish
2. You can't recive sky in your area.
We are in the middle of the UK and our whole city (pretty much anyway) can't recive freeview, yet they still sell these boxes in the shops =/. I digress, my point is my dad and i set out looking for a box which wasn't SKY. It seems this is a almost impossible task, only ones we could find were on some shady looking sites on the web.
Also if your using a stupid sky box, it will ONLY decode signals from sky and that includes the sky satatlite. Currently they are working on a different bandwidth or something such as this, and it will mean that everyone with a sky box will also be UNABLE to use it for this!. And we say M$ have a monopoly?
Ok thats all kool,
the teams in the BBC one are all schools and colleges.
Now, in robot wars we saw some amazing stuff, some were schools, some from other places, some in it for fun, some speading $$$$$$ on their robots (we heard over £2k for some machines). The most heartbreaking part was when two "rival" teams would be fighting, and then one robot would have some kind of malfunction, and then the teams would give each other help to fix the bots, because they would rather win a fair battle (or lose) than they would just win and take the prize.
its nice to know that we still continue to care, even in times of war.
In the UK, one of the channels BBC, has robot comp.'s each and every year, this involves different robots doing all SORTS of tasks, from swimming, running (2legs), climbing ropes etc etc.
Also we have Robot Wars where robotic vehicals would battle it out etc, yet none of this ever makes BIG news such as this.
Is it just because this has N.A.S.A backing that everyone is sitting up and taking notice, or is there something unique about this?
Digital music has changed the way the world thinks about property.
;)
Digital music has caused riots in lofty Record companys....
but i guess the net wins