For the most part it's an easy way to save the $50 on the price of the game. Most of the fun in playing Diablo 2 is the multiplayer. You can only get on Battle.net if you have a valid CD-Key (ie bought the game. I'm not taking into account key generators). Therefore with bnetd you don't need to buy the game.
Essentially Blizzard is using this to try and stop people from pirating their software. Either that or force bnetd to have an out of band authentication to battle.net... But that would defeat the purpose.
4. People who download shows which you can't watch on TV anymore..
I fit into this category bigtime being a huge Doctor Who fan. I love the show. All 26 seasons worth. I have no way of watching this show where in Canada (maybe with satilite). The space channel carried it for a while a few years ago. I would be happy to purchase as many episodes as I could on DVD but I simply refuse to purchase VHS now (I have no VCR and it's old technology.
So far Warner (who has the rights to distribute Doctor Who for North America) has released 3 DVDs 1 story each (4 episodes usually). They plan on releasing 2 more in April. I have the 3 that have been released and plan to buy the other 2.
But what about the rest of the shows. It is illegal to download them off of the Internet. But it's either that or you don't get to watch them at all.
Since Apple has not put all it's eggs in one basket, going to all LCDs and trashing the CRTs... We finally get to see how they compare up to other LCDs...
Or maybe they won't review any Apple products...
I though for sure they would with all the hype behind the LCD iMac and such. Oh well.
I'd have to disagree with you on this one...
I just recently got a iBook (600MHz) with 128 MB of ram. OS X (10.1.2) runs quite smoothly. When I start running a lot of programs though things grind to a hault. The memory requirements are quite high. I plan to pop another 256 MB of ram in there soon. With nothing running almost all of my ram is used up.
I think people are confusing massive swapping with the fact that the thing runs slow. When I'm not swaping like mad, it runs smooth.
X86 isn't all the amazing, in fact it's not even that great of an architecture. It's just used everywhere.
Oh, and Their kernel, Darwin, runs on x86 as well as PPC.
Oh, and no their hardware isn't all that expensive. Take a look at the low end iBooks and compare it to the low end Dells. The iBook was about 70$ CDN more for the same basic system (except the iBook had firewire too). So I bought an iBook. Their desktops are a bit pricy though.
I also just recently bought my first Mac, and iBook. I've been impressed with OS X. It was the real reason I bought a Mac. If you want to get all of your GNU Linux utilities you can download GNU-Darwin.
I downloaded these tools (about 1 GB full install). It's just like having your favorite BSD distrabution along side the Mac interface. XDarwin lets you run X-Windows rootless so you can run X apps along side Mac ones.
People know I'm a geek. When I tell non-geeks I bought a Mac they are like ewww... I didn't think geeks liked Macs. I just tell them They do now cause of OS X! But when talking with other geeks, they know exactly why I bought a Mac. I think we will start to see many Unix lovers use Macs for every day desktop stuff. I still plan to use Linux for servers. As the article said, there isn't much conflict here. Linux and OS X can live together.
CD burning works great with my new iBook and OS X. I really enjoy the combo drive.
One problem that I have yet to figure out though is how to burn a CD without using a damn HFS partition. It will only let me burn 660 MB on a 700MB CD (and 620 on a 650 I think). It's kinda annoying. I still havn't found a way around this.
I don't understand why they build GNUstep on linux. The logical choice would be to build it on Darwin. Then you would have the ability to create an interface which "...aims to be a user-friendly version of UNIX for the PC, similar to what Apple's OS X is to the Macintosh." (http://simplygnustep.sourceforge.net).
Not only that, but it would be a Mac OS like OS for PC that is based on the Mac kernel. Using the same kernel and API set as Mac OS would be really useful.
There is already starting to be quite a presence of GNU software for Darwin (can be run on Mac OS X too, not just plain Darwin installs). You can check it out at www.gnu-darwin.org
First of all, it doesn't even have to be a O(n) solution. NP hard problems are exponential, so even a O(n^2) or n^3 or anything polynomial would be a major breakthrough.
As to the outcomes...
Personally, I've though about this a lot in my algorithms class. The way the theory goes, if you can solve an NP complete problem in polynomial time then it means that all the other problems in NP complete are part of P (or something to that effect). Where I see the problem is that all encryption EVERYWHERE is based on the face the a very large number can't be easily factored into it's two primes. This is designated as an NP hard problem. So, cracking encryption in polynomial time would be possible.
This is when I get a large government grant and construct the worlds most secure underground bunker. Then I release the the solution to the world and hide. The consequences would be chaotic. Nothing would be digitally secure anymore, anywhere.
But, the chances that someone will actually solve an NP problem is slim... But hey, It could happen
Any SUV (well most SUVs anyway). They are built for people who want cars but have the safety requirements of a truck. They are starting to get better now.
So if you want to keep your family as safe as possible, go for a safe car and not an SUV. If you want to be secure, use a security solution which has a few years behind it. I would never buy into something that new and let it handle security.
And somehow I just can't justify paying 20$ for something that is the size of a quarter.
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XML != just a web technology...
XML is much more that a technology for the web. Many applications are written today using XML for config files, data transmission protocols as well as many other things which make data easy to read to a user in the middle.
HTML has a set syntax for creating web documents. With XML you can specify your syntax depending on what you are doing. XML is a buzzword, which marketing people drool over, but the reason it is is because it's a powerful technology for standardized representation of data.
On another note, to say that you don't expect any more advances in web technologies is utterly rediculous... Of course there will be advances, just like every other Computer technology over the years.
You can't just rely on CPI either. When comparing a RISC chip with a CISC chip, the RISC one will always come out on tip with CPI.
RISC has many smaller instructions to accomplish the same one monolithic CISC instruction. Thus comparing the number of cycles in that instruction is meaningless when you don't have a comparable instruction set to compare against.
I know this is a little off topic, but not really. It's dealing with the same issue of average old joe, or one who 'knows computers', giving out advice on a matter which they have done not research on or heard from someone else (who also is non-authoritative in the field).
One I hear a lot today is, you need to have a firewall on your computer or you will get HACKED!!! If you have a windows 98 box (i'm not talking about servers here), which is virus free and has the latest patches... You don't need to have a firewall. If you are running no server software or anything that would allow any connections into your computer, you don't have to worry about blocking port 80 and such.
The False authroity syndrome is not just to virii, but it's all over. What I have not found though is a good way to combat it...
video at apple for another benchmark with the same results (at the mac expo).
I can't get over that this was allowed to be posted. The guy has excellent points that the benchmarks done with the G4 vs P4 all use photoshop and macs always win. He points out the bias quite easily but...
He doesn't offer any solution. Ok, so maybe the G4 isn't really as fast as they say it is. PROVE it. Let's see some benchmarks that are more fair and then re-evaluate the position.
I would agree that 733 MHz beating a P4 1.7 GHz seems wrong. But this guy is no better than faulty benchmarks. He makes it sound like G4 733 is only as good as P3 733. I would not agree with that.
This article is more then just a bunch of wining about samba. So what, they make a new technology and render the smb protocol useless. I don't hear too many people wining about how no one uses gopher much anymore...
The point is that we can always create a free version of whatever MS makes. For smb protocol we created samba. Samba is for interconnectivity with windows; not too many people use it for Unix sharing (usually use NFS).
If it goes away, fine. We'll make Omni-ba that'll work with the new protocol for filesharing.
BUT. The real problem I see here is...
Open-source critics of Microsoft said the company would have the opportunity to strangle an open-source project by demanding a licensing fee and royalty payments each time an open-source version of its patent was implemented.
The whole point of Mono is to be able to have a free.NET alternative for Linux because MS has no intention of doing this on their own. Now MS says you can do all the work into implementing our system, with all of it's problems and complexities, and we'll get paid for it.
Does anyone else see the problem here. MS if you want to get paid for a Linux/Unix version of.NET, DO IT YOURSELF!!! I mean, can they really expect people to pay to use this? I don't know how Ximian can go along with this one.
I got 17 attacks the first time around and 4 this time in my apache logs. I'm not saying that I think i'm going to see as many as last time, but it's not over yet. The last one was just requested about an hour ago.
I have to say, Java security is pretty good compared to Active-X and anything microsoft has created with VBScript support. Microsoft provides overrides for this though which can allow any applet to do anything. In netscape 4.x, if the Java applet is not properly signed, it won't give permissions to it even if you click the grant button. Even still you can only do so much with stupid users.
I think the real reason they are pulling Java is because it's what they are trying to do with.NET. Sure you can get the java plug-in. But the java 2 plugin is available now, and yet no-one downloads it. It is better, faster and support newer stuff. People don't like to have to upgrade all these plugins all the time.
The reason Microsoft used Java before was because they were trying the standard embrace, extend, break tactics. VJ++ was a flop covered in lawsuits... So they go to plan B, kill Java and make.NET.
I'm in the same situation. I took the bottom line Dell (the one with the 12.1 inch screen) and then proceeded to add all of the features which don't come with the Dell like ethernet card, DVD (i was comparing to the second model iBook) etc. I came up with the exact same price. Plus the iBook has built in firewire which you can't get on the Dell at all.
No the iBook isn't perfect as he mentioned about a few things like the latch, but I'd like to see someone come up with a computer which never had the slightest glitch. He's pointing these things out so that people are aware of the minor points. Comepare these with the Dells that were recalled because they could catch fire!
I'm probably going to get an iBook this fall for school. I plan on running OS X only because I can get most Linux programs for it (from FreeBSD ports).
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I believe there are legit uses for Bnetd but...
For the most part it's an easy way to save the $50 on the price of the game. Most of the fun in playing Diablo 2 is the multiplayer. You can only get on Battle.net if you have a valid CD-Key (ie bought the game. I'm not taking into account key generators). Therefore with bnetd you don't need to buy the game.
Essentially Blizzard is using this to try and stop people from pirating their software. Either that or force bnetd to have an out of band authentication to battle.net... But that would defeat the purpose.
... And the probably sound like crap too.
Never buy a guitar cause it looks good (unless it sounds good too).
People want intelligent, thought-provoking, emotionally engaging music.
And they don't want to pay for it!
Well some people will pay for it. But I don't think better music will solve the problem of pirating.
4. People who download shows which you can't watch on TV anymore..
I fit into this category bigtime being a huge Doctor Who fan. I love the show. All 26 seasons worth. I have no way of watching this show where in Canada (maybe with satilite). The space channel carried it for a while a few years ago. I would be happy to purchase as many episodes as I could on DVD but I simply refuse to purchase VHS now (I have no VCR and it's old technology.
So far Warner (who has the rights to distribute Doctor Who for North America) has released 3 DVDs 1 story each (4 episodes usually). They plan on releasing 2 more in April. I have the 3 that have been released and plan to buy the other 2.
But what about the rest of the shows. It is illegal to download them off of the Internet. But it's either that or you don't get to watch them at all.
Who says I can't create my own GBA rom image of some program I'm developing for GBA. You can use this to transfer it onto a cartridge.
This should definately not be DMCA violation. I think Nintendo is just trying to scare him
Also reminds me of theSlashdot Article on tracking a thief via the Sircam Virus.
So basically you're saying the thiefs made a mistake stealing an iMac... They could never sell it for parts. The thing is mostly one piece.
Since Apple has not put all it's eggs in one basket, going to all LCDs and trashing the CRTs... We finally get to see how they compare up to other LCDs...
Or maybe they won't review any Apple products...
I though for sure they would with all the hype behind the LCD iMac and such. Oh well.
I'd have to disagree with you on this one...
I just recently got a iBook (600MHz) with 128 MB of ram. OS X (10.1.2) runs quite smoothly. When I start running a lot of programs though things grind to a hault. The memory requirements are quite high. I plan to pop another 256 MB of ram in there soon. With nothing running almost all of my ram is used up.
I think people are confusing massive swapping with the fact that the thing runs slow. When I'm not swaping like mad, it runs smooth.
X86 isn't all the amazing, in fact it's not even that great of an architecture. It's just used everywhere.
Oh, and Their kernel, Darwin, runs on x86 as well as PPC.
Oh, and no their hardware isn't all that expensive. Take a look at the low end iBooks and compare it to the low end Dells. The iBook was about 70$ CDN more for the same basic system (except the iBook had firewire too). So I bought an iBook. Their desktops are a bit pricy though.
I also just recently bought my first Mac, and iBook. I've been impressed with OS X. It was the real reason I bought a Mac. If you want to get all of your GNU Linux utilities you can download GNU-Darwin.
I downloaded these tools (about 1 GB full install). It's just like having your favorite BSD distrabution along side the Mac interface. XDarwin lets you run X-Windows rootless so you can run X apps along side Mac ones.
People know I'm a geek. When I tell non-geeks I bought a Mac they are like ewww... I didn't think geeks liked Macs. I just tell them They do now cause of OS X! But when talking with other geeks, they know exactly why I bought a Mac. I think we will start to see many Unix lovers use Macs for every day desktop stuff. I still plan to use Linux for servers. As the article said, there isn't much conflict here. Linux and OS X can live together.
CD burning works great with my new iBook and OS X. I really enjoy the combo drive.
One problem that I have yet to figure out though is how to burn a CD without using a damn HFS partition. It will only let me burn 660 MB on a 700MB CD (and 620 on a 650 I think). It's kinda annoying. I still havn't found a way around this.
I don't understand why they build GNUstep on linux. The logical choice would be to build it on Darwin. Then you would have the ability to create an interface which "...aims to be a user-friendly version of UNIX for the PC, similar to what Apple's OS X is to the Macintosh." (http://simplygnustep.sourceforge.net).
Not only that, but it would be a Mac OS like OS for PC that is based on the Mac kernel. Using the same kernel and API set as Mac OS would be really useful. There is already starting to be quite a presence of GNU software for Darwin (can be run on Mac OS X too, not just plain Darwin installs). You can check it out at www.gnu-darwin.org
First of all, it doesn't even have to be a O(n) solution. NP hard problems are exponential, so even a O(n^2) or n^3 or anything polynomial would be a major breakthrough.
As to the outcomes...
Personally, I've though about this a lot in my algorithms class. The way the theory goes, if you can solve an NP complete problem in polynomial time then it means that all the other problems in NP complete are part of P (or something to that effect). Where I see the problem is that all encryption EVERYWHERE is based on the face the a very large number can't be easily factored into it's two primes. This is designated as an NP hard problem. So, cracking encryption in polynomial time would be possible.
This is when I get a large government grant and construct the worlds most secure underground bunker. Then I release the the solution to the world and hide. The consequences would be chaotic. Nothing would be digitally secure anymore, anywhere.
But, the chances that someone will actually solve an NP problem is slim... But hey, It could happen
not just a pinto...
Any SUV (well most SUVs anyway). They are built for people who want cars but have the safety requirements of a truck. They are starting to get better now.
So if you want to keep your family as safe as possible, go for a safe car and not an SUV. If you want to be secure, use a security solution which has a few years behind it. I would never buy into something that new and let it handle security.
Slashdot owned by OSDN.
Thinkgeek owned by OSDN.
Thinkgeeks sells nomad.
Thinkgeek will not sell apple products.
Therefore nomad must be better.
Seriously, this looks like a great device. Faster, smaller and 5GB is tons of space. Don't dis innovation just cause it's apple.
Make them smaller so they are easier to lose.
And somehow I just can't justify paying 20$ for something that is the size of a quarter.
XML != just a web technology...
XML is much more that a technology for the web. Many applications are written today using XML for config files, data transmission protocols as well as many other things which make data easy to read to a user in the middle.
HTML has a set syntax for creating web documents. With XML you can specify your syntax depending on what you are doing. XML is a buzzword, which marketing people drool over, but the reason it is is because it's a powerful technology for standardized representation of data.
On another note, to say that you don't expect any more advances in web technologies is utterly rediculous... Of course there will be advances, just like every other Computer technology over the years.
You can't just rely on CPI either. When comparing a RISC chip with a CISC chip, the RISC one will always come out on tip with CPI.
RISC has many smaller instructions to accomplish the same one monolithic CISC instruction. Thus comparing the number of cycles in that instruction is meaningless when you don't have a comparable instruction set to compare against.
I know this is a little off topic, but not really. It's dealing with the same issue of average old joe, or one who 'knows computers', giving out advice on a matter which they have done not research on or heard from someone else (who also is non-authoritative in the field).
One I hear a lot today is, you need to have a firewall on your computer or you will get HACKED!!! If you have a windows 98 box (i'm not talking about servers here), which is virus free and has the latest patches... You don't need to have a firewall. If you are running no server software or anything that would allow any connections into your computer, you don't have to worry about blocking port 80 and such.
The False authroity syndrome is not just to virii, but it's all over. What I have not found though is a good way to combat it...
- Watch the Megahertz
- video at apple for another benchmark with the same results (at the mac expo).
I can't get over that this was allowed to be posted. The guy has excellent points that the benchmarks done with the G4 vs P4 all use photoshop and macs always win. He points out the bias quite easily but...He doesn't offer any solution. Ok, so maybe the G4 isn't really as fast as they say it is. PROVE it. Let's see some benchmarks that are more fair and then re-evaluate the position.
I would agree that 733 MHz beating a P4 1.7 GHz seems wrong. But this guy is no better than faulty benchmarks. He makes it sound like G4 733 is only as good as P3 733. I would not agree with that.
This article is more then just a bunch of wining about samba. So what, they make a new technology and render the smb protocol useless. I don't hear too many people wining about how no one uses gopher much anymore...
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.NET alternative for Linux because MS has no intention of doing this on their own. Now MS says you can do all the work into implementing our system, with all of it's problems and complexities, and we'll get paid for it.
.NET, DO IT YOURSELF!!! I mean, can they really expect people to pay to use this? I don't know how Ximian can go along with this one.
The point is that we can always create a free version of whatever MS makes. For smb protocol we created samba. Samba is for interconnectivity with windows; not too many people use it for Unix sharing (usually use NFS).
If it goes away, fine. We'll make Omni-ba that'll work with the new protocol for filesharing.
BUT. The real problem I see here is
Open-source critics of Microsoft said the company would have the opportunity to strangle an open-source project by demanding a licensing fee and royalty payments each time an open-source version of its patent was implemented.
The whole point of Mono is to be able to have a free
Does anyone else see the problem here. MS if you want to get paid for a Linux/Unix version of
I got 17 attacks the first time around and 4 this time in my apache logs. I'm not saying that I think i'm going to see as many as last time, but it's not over yet. The last one was just requested about an hour ago.
It's still too early to tell.
I have to say, Java security is pretty good compared to Active-X and anything microsoft has created with VBScript support. Microsoft provides overrides for this though which can allow any applet to do anything. In netscape 4.x, if the Java applet is not properly signed, it won't give permissions to it even if you click the grant button. Even still you can only do so much with stupid users.
.NET. Sure you can get the java plug-in. But the java 2 plugin is available now, and yet no-one downloads it. It is better, faster and support newer stuff. People don't like to have to upgrade all these plugins all the time.
.NET.
I think the real reason they are pulling Java is because it's what they are trying to do with
The reason Microsoft used Java before was because they were trying the standard embrace, extend, break tactics. VJ++ was a flop covered in lawsuits... So they go to plan B, kill Java and make
I'm in the same situation. I took the bottom line Dell (the one with the 12.1 inch screen) and then proceeded to add all of the features which don't come with the Dell like ethernet card, DVD (i was comparing to the second model iBook) etc. I came up with the exact same price. Plus the iBook has built in firewire which you can't get on the Dell at all.
No the iBook isn't perfect as he mentioned about a few things like the latch, but I'd like to see someone come up with a computer which never had the slightest glitch. He's pointing these things out so that people are aware of the minor points. Comepare these with the Dells that were recalled because they could catch fire!
I'm probably going to get an iBook this fall for school. I plan on running OS X only because I can get most Linux programs for it (from FreeBSD ports).