If you want to train a little kid on piano, but don't feel like giving them lessons: Paino Hero. Link a computer to some LEDs on the piano keys. Then when the notes are supposed to be played, they light up on the piano.
One user = one login. It is the stuff of internet legend.
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A grind is bad. Still, it is possible to make your game have a grind, but require action on the part of the player(so a bot can't play). Just hitting the same things over and over means you aren't even challenged and you're getting experience. Some of the best places to bot in Asheron's Call 1 were "perches" where you couldn't get hit by the enemy mobs. The question isn't,"Why are macro bots bad?", but "Why do you have perches in your game?" I know this isn't the case always, but it seems like many cases come down to this.
That being said, there are advanced directx hook software that can do some amazing things to a highly skilled bot creator.
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I was one of the first people using bots and macros in Asheron's Call 1 then I was one of the most advanced bot makers in it. If your game is so simple that a bot can play it, maybe your game isn't really fun to play to begin with. If you have zones that a bot can play, maybe you should tool your game so bots can't play them. If your game is failing, it isn't because people are playing your game with bots.
My focus is the 2-year old to 8-year old range, but I'm happy to hear teen-oriented suggestions too. Since it's a public library, however, I can't have any software on the computers that is risqué, gory, or violent.
No gore, cuz it is a public library. Otherwise it'd be cool for the 2-8 year olds.
People are using books that they didn't even pay for there. I think this is causing a big impact on book sales. More authors would make books if it wasn't for the Library. It is in the public's best interest to burn their libraries.
I once turned some phishers into the FBI, but you're probably right in that they're not doing enough. I think part of the problem is that cyber-crime is global. So someone could be in Zimbabwe and stealing money from Canadians. Who enforces that?
I'm not sure if there is a word for this(Phish and release), but it goes like this:
Paypal should send out official looking emails with links to a site that isn't on Paypal.
If someone enters their information on this fake site, Paypal would warn them that they got phished and released!
Paypal could tell them important stuff like only manually going into paypal.com and never clicking on a link in an email.
Of course, you can sort of create an apparatus that follows the same constraints as a Neanderthal larynx would have followed, but apart from piping/dev/urandom through it
I re-read the summary, the article, and some of the CBR forum stuff. I misunderstood that the movie isn't going to portray Open Source as being fuel for terrorism, but instead it is the new comic book.
"What experiences have others had that defied all logic and possibly made you want to start looking for rifles and bell towers?"
Respectfully yours,
DHS
>First, if you are straight out of school, chances are you're not highly skilled. Have you dealt with any code >bases with at least 200K lines of code? How many times have you worked in a team larger than 6?
I've written software three times that has over 20k lines of code, solo(beginnings of MMORPGS mainly). And it isn't just really long case statements. It is properly structured code.
I realized how I was answering your questions, and it sounded like I am boasting, so I cut the rest of the response.
I still can't find a job. I'm willing to work for like 50k which is like chump change for what I can do. Oh well, some people are forced to start their own business because no one will hire them. Life could be a lot worse for me so I'm not complaining. It is just strange to put in so much work across all the years of school and not being able to land a job.
Nokia developed my idea into lifeblog or something, but here is how mine went: GPS Cellphone with camera and maybe video: You can then send pics/text/voice/video to your blog with your GPS coordinates showing up later when you released the security on them(in case your not home and people use it to rob you). Anyway, the storage is on a server computer instead of the cell phone, so you can basically store unlimited things on your storage place. Instead of getting every mundane detail of your life, you get the cool stuff all organized.
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If you want to train a little kid on piano, but don't feel like giving them lessons: Paino Hero. Link a computer to some LEDs on the piano keys. Then when the notes are supposed to be played, they light up on the piano.
One user = one login. It is the stuff of internet legend.
A grind is bad. Still, it is possible to make your game have a grind, but require action on the part of the player(so a bot can't play). Just hitting the same things over and over means you aren't even challenged and you're getting experience. Some of the best places to bot in Asheron's Call 1 were "perches" where you couldn't get hit by the enemy mobs. The question isn't,"Why are macro bots bad?", but "Why do you have perches in your game?" I know this isn't the case always, but it seems like many cases come down to this.
That being said, there are advanced directx hook software that can do some amazing things to a highly skilled bot creator.
I was one of the first people using bots and macros in Asheron's Call 1 then I was one of the most advanced bot makers in it. If your game is so simple that a bot can play it, maybe your game isn't really fun to play to begin with. If you have zones that a bot can play, maybe you should tool your game so bots can't play them. If your game is failing, it isn't because people are playing your game with bots.
I can't seem to break into the IT industry.
First you get the sugar, then you get the money, then you get the women.
I keep getting emails from 2038.
The one things most video games lacked is the chance that you'll get to play again for free.
My focus is the 2-year old to 8-year old range, but I'm happy to hear teen-oriented suggestions too. Since it's a public library, however, I can't have any software on the computers that is risqué, gory, or violent.
No gore, cuz it is a public library. Otherwise it'd be cool for the 2-8 year olds.
I want to learn more than just a short article. Anyone know where I can read the scientific papers on this?
People are using books that they didn't even pay for there. I think this is causing a big impact on book sales. More authors would make books if it wasn't for the Library. It is in the public's best interest to burn their libraries.
Urbmobile? Wasn't that in Cheech and Chong's up in smoke?
I'd want to see a movie that was counter RIAA. Then I reread it as moxie :(
I never quite got why we were supposed to boycott French goods. That one went over my head.
I once turned some phishers into the FBI, but you're probably right in that they're not doing enough. I think part of the problem is that cyber-crime is global. So someone could be in Zimbabwe and stealing money from Canadians. Who enforces that?
I'm not sure if there is a word for this(Phish and release), but it goes like this:
Paypal should send out official looking emails with links to a site that isn't on Paypal.
If someone enters their information on this fake site, Paypal would warn them that they got phished and released!
Paypal could tell them important stuff like only manually going into paypal.com and never clicking on a link in an email.
2 bad things could happen off the top of my head:
1) A mastermind collects people's DNAs and frames them because our society has accustomed DNA with guilt 100%
2) Big Brother identifies genes of a criminal, and genetically engineers babies so they don't have the "criminal gene".
I have a paper that covers rock.
Of course, you can sort of create an apparatus that follows the same constraints as a Neanderthal larynx would have followed, but apart from piping /dev/urandom through it
Yes, but is it so easy a caveman can do it?
I re-read the summary, the article, and some of the CBR forum stuff. I misunderstood that the movie isn't going to portray Open Source as being fuel for terrorism, but instead it is the new comic book.
Now they're making open source to look bad? I'll have to download this movie wearing my tinfoil turban.
"What experiences have others had that defied all logic and possibly made you want to start looking for rifles and bell towers?" Respectfully yours, DHS
>First, if you are straight out of school, chances are you're not highly skilled. Have you dealt with any code >bases with at least 200K lines of code? How many times have you worked in a team larger than 6?
I've written software three times that has over 20k lines of code, solo(beginnings of MMORPGS mainly). And it isn't just really long case statements. It is properly structured code.
I realized how I was answering your questions, and it sounded like I am boasting, so I cut the rest of the response.
I still can't find a job. I'm willing to work for like 50k which is like chump change for what I can do. Oh well, some people are forced to start their own business because no one will hire them. Life could be a lot worse for me so I'm not complaining. It is just strange to put in so much work across all the years of school and not being able to land a job.
Nokia developed my idea into lifeblog or something, but here is how mine went: GPS Cellphone with camera and maybe video: You can then send pics/text/voice/video to your blog with your GPS coordinates showing up later when you released the security on them(in case your not home and people use it to rob you). Anyway, the storage is on a server computer instead of the cell phone, so you can basically store unlimited things on your storage place. Instead of getting every mundane detail of your life, you get the cool stuff all organized.