You want to know why T1 lines are so expensive? Because the idiots with whom you try to talk to just want you to give them money, they don't even bother to haggle on the price.
Why just last week, I was talking to my local ISP about my situation. I was interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line, and was trying to determine if they were able to provide an IP router that was compatible with my Token Ring Ethernet LAN configuration. The bastard just looked at me blankly and asked:
"Can I have some money now?"
I mean, how the fuck are prices suppose to fall with that attitude?
'We are not going to change our strategy because of one lousy quarter.'
"How many lousy quarters does it take, Hector, before it becomes wrong? Hmm? A thousand, fifty thousand, a million? How many quarters does it take, Hector?"
It's probably not one of the "most influential" Amiga games, but I have a fondness for a game called Wanderer. It was a Boulderdash clone, but with many extra features such as flying arrows and a few others traps. I really should track it down and use an emulator - good times.
The death-scream when your avatar is killed is pretty funny too.
Under that logic, users do not even have the right to use anti-virus software in the event that the game becomes infected.
I think Blizzard would let this particular circumstance slide when determining the requirements for who should be dealt with in their investigations. There's gotta be some gray-area here, assuming Blizzard is a reasonable company.
Furthermore, Blizzard's legal filings downplay the role of their Warden software, which actively scans users' RAM, CPU, and storage devices (and potentially sensitive data) and sends information back to Blizzard to be processed.
If people have a problem with Warden, they can choose to not play WoW (assuming they know what it is of course). Given the millions of current players however, I don't think gamers care that much anyway.
I think this makes for a pretty good example of one of the strengths of something like Linux. If you find your distro moving into directions you don't like, you can leave pretty easily and try another distro. They're all Linux, just wrapped up differently, and so if a distro decides to pull some shit like this, they'll only be hurting themselves because there's no real lock-in to any one distribution.
Microsoft are trying to cripple Linux using traditional methods, but all they can really cripple is openSUSE due to the Novell partnership. It's not like MS can take over EVERY SINGLE DISTRO, particularly the homegrown stuff. A good example of the power of choice I think.
I dunno, the idea of a missile going "aw fuck, I'm not heading in the right direction, I'll return to base and avoid needless destruction" sounds rather neat.
Then again, the last time I heard about a missile with a conscience was in a ST: Voyager episode, and I'm already trying to wash myself of the memories of that damn show.
I've heard that missiles can be guided to a target through GPS. Could the noise generated from massive sunspot activity cause the missile to drift enough to hit a completely different target even though it THINKS it's on target?
In other words, could the noise corrupt the GPS signal and offset the readings (but still be understood by the missile), or would it mess-up the system up completely to become totally incomprehensible?
This reminds me of politicians who have to testify at a hearing for whatever indecent they've managed to get themselves involved with.
"Sorry, I have no memory of that event." "Sorry, I have no recollection of that phone call." "Sorry, I cannot recall that conversation."
Unfortunately we're screwed either way. If they're lying, then they can't be trusted to run a country. If they're telling the truth, then they have shown an extraordinary inability to remember important details, they have chronic memory problems and as such they still can't be trusted to run a country.
I'm running Linux right now. If I go to the ASUS site and view the hacked iframe or whatever, will it be like Yoda fighting whathisname where he absorbs the Force Lightning and throws it back at his opponent?
It'll be like:.ANI: Woah, wtf is this shit! Linux: I ownz you d00d!.ANI: AHHHH!
That's nice and all, but couldn't they have done something more fun? Heck, they should have hacked the Vista bootscreen at least. It's so damn boring, it doesn't even have the Vista logo.
I'd have been much more impressed if they replaced it with a picture of Gerard Butler, screaming
THIS... IS... VISTAAAA!!
Now THAT's a boot screen! Bonus points for having a bunch of Hoplites dressed in red, green, blue and yellow armor.
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You want to know why T1 lines are so expensive? Because the idiots with whom you try to talk to just want you to give them money, they don't even bother to haggle on the price.
Why just last week, I was talking to my local ISP about my situation. I was interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud Internet connection to a 1.5 megabit fiber optic T1 line, and was trying to determine if they were able to provide an IP router that was compatible with my Token Ring Ethernet LAN configuration. The bastard just looked at me blankly and asked:
"Can I have some money now?"
I mean, how the fuck are prices suppose to fall with that attitude?
"How many lousy quarters does it take, Hector, before it becomes wrong? Hmm? A thousand, fifty thousand, a million? How many quarters does it take, Hector?"
PCs? Or "Windows"? Be specific son!
So many people are getting into the MMO craze. It's just too much!
What's next, an MMOS game? (Massively Multiplayer Online Sex)
Now that I think of it... (ponders)
If it becomes too prevalent to avoid, just reverse-engineer the damn thing. Or wrap it in some WINE-doohickey or something, I dunno.
We've dealt with getting propriety stuff working in Linux, we can do it again.
With any luck, future generations will have no memory of that horrible, horrible abmoniation called Internet Explorer.
In 2101, war was not beginning...
Clerk: (looks at sheet, decides on changes)
Clerk: Internet 2.8.01 reporting bb explorenet doubleplusungood refs unperson rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling
Why are they using a supercomputer?
Screw that, let's wait for Earthquakes@home - and hope the name doesn't scare off some people.
It's probably not one of the "most influential" Amiga games, but I have a fondness for a game called Wanderer. It was a Boulderdash clone, but with many extra features such as flying arrows and a few others traps. I really should track it down and use an emulator - good times.
The death-scream when your avatar is killed is pretty funny too.
*walk underneath boulder*
*THUMP**THUMP**THUMP**THUMP*
*BLHAHHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!
"In related news, Microsoft will be holding a day for DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! ...."
In Russia Soviet, Dyslexia for cure found.
Moron. I said they'd have to know what WARDEN is, to have a problem with it.
Agreed; I'm just addressing the issue as an impartial observer. I've never even played WoW (I'M PURE!), but hey, people still have a choice.
I think Blizzard would let this particular circumstance slide when determining the requirements for who should be dealt with in their investigations. There's gotta be some gray-area here, assuming Blizzard is a reasonable company.
If people have a problem with Warden, they can choose to not play WoW (assuming they know what it is of course). Given the millions of current players however, I don't think gamers care that much anyway.
I think this makes for a pretty good example of one of the strengths of something like Linux. If you find your distro moving into directions you don't like, you can leave pretty easily and try another distro. They're all Linux, just wrapped up differently, and so if a distro decides to pull some shit like this, they'll only be hurting themselves because there's no real lock-in to any one distribution.
Microsoft are trying to cripple Linux using traditional methods, but all they can really cripple is openSUSE due to the Novell partnership. It's not like MS can take over EVERY SINGLE DISTRO, particularly the homegrown stuff. A good example of the power of choice I think.
I dunno, the idea of a missile going "aw fuck, I'm not heading in the right direction, I'll return to base and avoid needless destruction" sounds rather neat.
Then again, the last time I heard about a missile with a conscience was in a ST: Voyager episode, and I'm already trying to wash myself of the memories of that damn show.
Who the fuck modded me offtopic? What part of 'from the radio-signals-cringing dept' makes me "offtopic"?
I've heard that missiles can be guided to a target through GPS. Could the noise generated from massive sunspot activity cause the missile to drift enough to hit a completely different target even though it THINKS it's on target?
In other words, could the noise corrupt the GPS signal and offset the readings (but still be understood by the missile), or would it mess-up the system up completely to become totally incomprehensible?
I suppose me and my loyal Ti-89 are not welcome in your HP love fest, huh!
/me storms out
"Do no evil"
should be changed to
"Do just a tiny bit of evil"
which at this rate will probably end up as
"All your web are belong to us"
This reminds me of politicians who have to testify at a hearing for whatever indecent they've managed to get themselves involved with.
"Sorry, I have no memory of that event."
"Sorry, I have no recollection of that phone call."
"Sorry, I cannot recall that conversation."
Unfortunately we're screwed either way. If they're lying, then they can't be trusted to run a country. If they're telling the truth, then they have shown an extraordinary inability to remember important details, they have chronic memory problems and as such they still can't be trusted to run a country.
I'm running Linux right now. If I go to the ASUS site and view the hacked iframe or whatever, will it be like Yoda fighting whathisname where he absorbs the Force Lightning and throws it back at his opponent?
.ANI: Woah, wtf is this shit! .ANI: AHHHH!
It'll be like:
Linux: I ownz you d00d!
ASUS.com gets knocked off-line.
That'd be righteous. Or I could lay off the rum.
Virtual representations eh?
About as useful as a virtual avatar for a search engine: http://www.msdewey.com/
Bitch never gives me what I want though!
That's nice and all, but couldn't they have done something more fun? Heck, they should have hacked the Vista bootscreen at least. It's so damn boring, it doesn't even have the Vista logo.
I'd have been much more impressed if they replaced it with a picture of Gerard Butler, screaming
THIS... IS... VISTAAAA!!
Now THAT's a boot screen! Bonus points for having a bunch of Hoplites dressed in red, green, blue and yellow armor.
Doesn't have that SlashRating© bullshit on the side of the article. The horror has ended!