A lot of people seem to think because Blizzard sues a certain company because of their copyrights and property; they can illegally copy the software.
Their developers did put their work in that game, design, programming, testing, their connectivity, marketing,... what costs them money as well.
Next to that they might want to keep their keys private; on their servers only. If their server can retrieve the key of the remote user, why can't the other server retrieve (and store?).
Their keys are their protection...
They also have the full right to sue somebody who breaks the copyright law, use their code or get their keys.
It has of'course two sides, if they get their network to a pay-only version; people who buys the game want to play for free.
They might want to add a service that authenticates with their network to see if the key is valid and if not so the game doesn't work.
After that check it could connect to the network of your choice. A downside for them is that a game CAN be hacked and the check can be overridden by a simple patch.
You got to understand it's their property they want to protect. If they get to a pay-base network it would suck for the users, but if they do not and want you to use their own servers you cannot blame them for keeping their games as safe as possible for "warez-kiddies".
squeezing the vegetables ? which old ladies ? which books ?
What I hate the most is that you can go to a supermarket and you have your shopping list in your head... you buy more the less you (try to) think hard (if it's much to get)!
If I had one I would program it to be human... You don't need a X10 spycam, you just need a Sonybot!
Re:Casio Protrek with compass/barometer/altimeter
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One major difference is also that the Casio costs 200US$ and the T-touch costs 595$. I know you pay for the mechanics though if you want something worth the money the Casio Protrek is sure something you should look out to...
Casio Protrek with compass/barometer/altimeter
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I am having a Casio Protrek watch (PRG40 to be exact) which has a compass, barometer and altimeter as well. I buy the Casio watches because these are one of the only one surviving my arm on long-term usage:)... Any other watch dies with me after 3 to 6 months, a Casio survives for over 5 years (I lost my previous one, else I would still be wearing that one)..
I have seen the T-touch and found the watch less usefull than the Protrek.
The Protrek comes in 2 versions, a Protrek and a Seapathfinder. The Seapathfinder has the mooncycles built in and the Protrek has a altimeter.
These 2 casio watches have:
- 100 meters watertight (T-touch 30meter!)
- 365 degrees compass with digital layer
- barometer
- altimeter (except the SeaPath finder)
- temperature (in Farenheit and Celcius)
- adjustable ring
- (auto) Backlight (on the letters, like the palm V)
- 4 daily alarms
- stopwatch
they can be bougth with leather, titanium and leather-with-cotton (which I have). Touching the buttons is almost like a touch pad, no heavy touching is needed just tap one of the keys and it switches instantly to compass/barometer/altimeter.
To my opinion this watch has a lot more functions and shows the compass a lot better than the T-touch. (it has 2 layers, one digital layer for normal displaymode (date, time) and another layer for the compass with 365 degrees movement mode. While you are in the compass/baro/altimeter you can still see the time in small; the only major downpoint is that you cannot use the compass while using backlight.
There is one major difference, the watch is completely digital while the T-touch is analog with a small digital screen.
TheBat from Ritlabs is a quite good client. It is fast, the developers do listen to their users. It is shareware though it's worth to be registered.
one of the better features:
very extensive filters and folder support
html mail with internal viewer, no external links so spammers won't use the imageurl+emailaddress to verify the mail has been opened
multiple accounts
fast
message templating
built in pgp
imap, pop,...
very extensive address book
built in image viewer, macro support, spellchecker, regex support and much more...
If the layout could be themeable it would be even nice for endusers who are used to work with outlook express or other features-and-whistles-incorporated-packages.
One of the only mail clients/programs I found worth registering next to Frontdoor and qmail (for the ones knowing Fido etc...)
This article is quite disturbing for people who do not know what MONO is. After reading the other article on slashdot I have found out what it exactly is... So far for descriptions-that-make-sense-for-all-of-us!
Next to that it seems banners are getting effective starting now? I saw a block > the size of this submitbox under the article text when I was reading this article.
Slashdot Mirror
For Christ sake
... they could replace the ball with a EMP loaded device. It would "shock" the hell out of the players.
I wonder how much will be left of the circuitry of a harddrive
Watch out, you can get caught for helping people to circumvent a protected login!
If he gets hit by a bus the ICANN can probably transfer the ownership to another person.
.za domain goes down with him, for ever in the grave.
.be domain is lost in (cyber)space ...
It's not that one guy goes down the entire
Would be nice, a bomb hits our "dns.be" office, no owners anymore and our entire
A lot of people seem to think because Blizzard sues a certain company because of their copyrights and property; they can illegally copy the software.
... what costs them money as well.
Their developers did put their work in that game, design, programming, testing, their connectivity, marketing,
Next to that they might want to keep their keys private; on their servers only. If their server can retrieve the key of the remote user, why can't the other server retrieve (and store?).
Their keys are their protection...
They also have the full right to sue somebody who breaks the copyright law, use their code or get their keys.
It has of'course two sides, if they get their network to a pay-only version; people who buys the game want to play for free.
They might want to add a service that authenticates with their network to see if the key is valid and if not so the game doesn't work.
After that check it could connect to the network of your choice. A downside for them is that a game CAN be hacked and the check can be overridden by a simple patch.
You got to understand it's their property they want to protect. If they get to a pay-base network it would suck for the users, but if they do not and want you to use their own servers you cannot blame them for keeping their games as safe as possible for "warez-kiddies".
I wonder if the chinese Internet users pay half price for half they get? Since they are only getting half the content of the Internet
Is their glass half-full or half-empty ?
Thank you, I was already searching 25 years for the missing link
First they sue Napster to shreds
... now they buy all shreds
Sounds Microshoftish
I wonder if they can glue them though
I'm a little bit confused
squeezing the vegetables ?
which old ladies ?
which books ?
What I hate the most is that you can go to a supermarket and you have your shopping list in your head
(sorry am not hearing well
If I had one I would program it to be human
You don't need a X10 spycam, you just need a Sonybot!
One major difference is also that the Casio costs 200US$ and the T-touch costs 595$. I know you pay for the mechanics though if you want something worth the money the Casio Protrek is sure something you should look out to...
I am having a Casio Protrek watch (PRG40 to be exact) which has a compass, barometer and altimeter as well. I buy the Casio watches because these are one of the only one surviving my arm on long-term usage
I have seen the T-touch and found the watch less usefull than the Protrek.
The Protrek comes in 2 versions, a Protrek and a Seapathfinder. The Seapathfinder has the mooncycles built in and the Protrek has a altimeter.
These 2 casio watches have:
- 100 meters watertight (T-touch 30meter!)
- 365 degrees compass with digital layer
- barometer
- altimeter (except the SeaPath finder)
- temperature (in Farenheit and Celcius)
- adjustable ring
- (auto) Backlight (on the letters, like the palm V)
- 4 daily alarms
- stopwatch
they can be bougth with leather, titanium and leather-with-cotton (which I have). Touching the buttons is almost like a touch pad, no heavy touching is needed just tap one of the keys and it switches instantly to compass/barometer/altimeter.
To my opinion this watch has a lot more functions and shows the compass a lot better than the T-touch. (it has 2 layers, one digital layer for normal displaymode (date, time) and another layer for the compass with 365 degrees movement mode. While you are in the compass/baro/altimeter you can still see the time in small; the only major downpoint is that you cannot use the compass while using backlight.
There is one major difference, the watch is completely digital while the T-touch is analog with a small digital screen.
TheBat from Ritlabs is a quite good client. It is fast, the developers do listen to their users. It is shareware though it's worth to be registered.
one of the better features:
If the layout could be themeable it would be even nice for endusers who are used to work with outlook express or other features-and-whistles-incorporated-packages.
One of the only mail clients/programs I found worth registering next to Frontdoor and qmail (for the ones knowing Fido etc...)
Thank you Sony, I buy every CD that comes out in Europe and thank you Sony, really thank you, so I do not have to listen to Celine Dion
(not).
Is this a april joke or is this moderated for real ? :)
Dinosaurs did not pollute,
Humans do
Dinosaurs probably where not thinkers,
Humans do, though know they do pollute
Dino's did not know their extinction,
Humans might know
The dino's could not change earths destiny
Maybe humans can
after all, earth might stay here, shaking off humans, maybe another cycle of earths life
... underaged kid opens can, budweiser arrives with more cans, kid gets more drunk ...
:x)
what a wonderfull world!
.. telling 640k would be enough for everybody ...
.. it's a feature!
uhm no, it's not a lie
.. recycling? ...
hmm :) So we can see it as a bar/restaurant with widescreen movies on the wall ...
The most annoying is cellphones in a movietheatre. Somebody calls, most of 'm pick up very loudly and start to babble in the middle of the movie.
These days, you'll get people typing on laptops and shining with their bright lcd screen right in the eyes whenever you are watching the movie.
Guess it'll be only a geek-heaven because electronics-disturb-while-watching-a-movie.
The same as handsfree calling in a car; you just don't do it.
Guess burnoutpc is having multiple burnouts by the effect of slashdot ...
This article is quite disturbing for people who do not know what MONO is. After reading the other article on slashdot I have found out what it exactly is ... So far for descriptions-that-make-sense-for-all-of-us!
Next to that it seems banners are getting effective starting now? I saw a block > the size of this submitbox under the article text when I was reading this article.
So 10:45am local time (4:45am?) is bannertime?!
We all know the 9/11 disaster that shocked the world ... We all know the US is fighting terrorism.
..
... For the children, that one works too!)
How far will the 9/11 disaster be used/exploited to grant weapons, attacks "for the good cause"
(or in other words