No matter how realistic they make the game, when you come to a locked door, you won't be able to get through it, despite the fact that you're carrying a crowbar/shotgun/friggin' rocket launcher, etc.
Fences that are taller than waist-high will post a problem, too.
"Also, what happened to all of the basestars that Cavil had under control? Not to mention, the "millions" of cylons on the colonies. Wouldn't they lay out to search for the final five to rebuild resurrection?"
Yeah, probably, but it's a big universe, and without resurrection, they'll all die out within a generation - they couldn't breed.
He was roaming on the cruise ship's own cell phone network, which works over a satellite uplink. The cruise company billed AT&T for the usage of their network (that's what roaming fees are). Oftentimes, the carrier you're roaming on doesn't forward those charges along to your carrier for a month or two, so the idea of AT&T putting a 'cap' on the billed services is impossible (they haven't been billed yet). Fact is, somebody on the cruise ship fucked up by not hitting the 'off' switch on their cell network when they pulled into port, and they need to drop the roaming fees - not AT&T.
That's why cell phones have the nifty indicators to tell you when you're roaming. Of course, in the situation described in the article, he was using a wireless card and not a phone so it likely didn't give any sort of warning.
For Windows, I recommend using Tea Timer, an extension to Spybot S&D. It sits in memory and monitors system files, including the HOSTS file, and alerts the user when another program is attempting to alter it, or add processes to startup, etc.
I have the HOSTS file installed because most of the time I'm tethering through a cell phone modem for my net connection, and overbearing ads choke it. Like I said, I'm willing to deal with the ads, but CBS should consider serving the ads up through their own domain. Hulu, for example, doesn't give me this problem; I 'deal with the ads' just fine there.
I tried to fire up one of the episodes in Opera, only to be met with the message that the video was unavailable because I had ad-blocking software installed. Thinking it was some browser detect issue, I tried FireFox. No joy. Google Chrome, no luck. I sighed and fired up IE thinking this was one of those IE-only sites... no such luck.
Then I remembered that I have a pretty comprehensive ad-blocking HOSTS file.
If they want to get around ad blocking via a hosts file, they just need to deliver their ads through the CBS domain. Don't require me to open up to other sites' content to view yours.
I, for one, wouldn't at all mind a new story set in the Blade Runner universe, so long as it's not an actual sequel to the events of the film.
I was a big fan of 'Total Recall 2070', a short-run TV series that was based on a mishmash of Philip K. Dick's works, and was one of the best invocations of the cyberpunk aesthetic that I've seen on screen. What was amusing was that people who didn't know Blade Runner was itself inspired by Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' were calling the show a Blade Runner ripoff at the time. If the show had been called 'Blade Runner', it wouldn't have tainted the original movie in any way because the plot was unrelated (and people wouldn't have been calling it a ripoff). The show was about a detective investigating android-related cases and misappropriation of memory-altering technology by megacorporations. A perpetual twilight, giant monolithic skyscrapers, and a multicultural high-tech low-life was the aesthetic it shared with Blade Runner and that's one I wouldn't mind seeing revisited.
My guess (and only a guess) is that Opera approached an OEM with the possibility of having Opera bundled with desktop/laptop sales, and was dismissed because the OEM probably has a contract with MS that keeps third-party browsers out in OEM bundles.
If there's a contract barring voluntarily bundling other browsers in an OEM package, then yeah, that's pretty monopolistic.
I tether using my Verizon Blackberry as a modem. It's only 15 bucks on top of the normal Blackberry plan and allows me to use my laptop anywhere. The EVDO speeds are fast enough to, say, stream YouTube videos without buffering, but downloading large files can be a pain as you'll rarely get a download speed above 75k or so. Still, it's pretty cheap addition if you already have a PDA/Blackberry plan and the mobility is the best thing about it.
Lindsay: Yes. For example, no one was showing up for jury
duty, so we made the experience more exciting by
synergizing it with his comic book collection.
[cut to Moe's tavern. Moe opens an envelope] Moe: [reading] You have been chosen to join the Justice
Squadron, 8 a.m. Monday at the Municipal Fortress of
Vengeance. Oh, I am *so* there!
Google Answers rocked. More than once I was willing to shell out $10-$20 bucks (plus tip) to find the answer to something my own Google-fu fails to uncover. (What's the full text of 'Nightingale Woman', Gene Roddenberry's ode to his WWII airplane?)
This is the sort of shit that continues to seriously impress me about Google. Every now and then, beyond simply serving excellent web search results (and ads), they roll out some project that by its nature turns raw, incomprehensible data and statistics into user-parsable information. They're creating the William Gibson data matrix in realtime.
I just wish they'd bring back Google Answers. I am more than willing to shell out $10-$50 (plus tip) to have a group of expert researchers find the answer to the few questions that can't be wrung out of their own search engine. Quite frankly I simply can't understand why they axed the project, as it seemed to have a fair amount of activity and most questions were answered successfully, despite their lack of advertising and promotion of the service. I daresay it was a better business model than spending however many kabillion overinflated dollars they spent for YouTube.
But surely that's only a concern if someone gets your blackberry (or one of the others on the same BES), and has your BSD server in mind as an attack target, and can gain server access via (I assume) some username/password combination typed away on the blackberry's keyboard?
In short, I guess I'm asking, isn't this easily defeated by password-protecting your phone? You can specify how many incorrect password entries self-destruct the device.
Slashdot Mirror
I say they should ferry some sand up to the ISS and see what happens in null gravity.
No matter how realistic they make the game, when you come to a locked door, you won't be able to get through it, despite the fact that you're carrying a crowbar/shotgun/friggin' rocket launcher, etc.
Fences that are taller than waist-high will post a problem, too.
Of course, if his account was disconnected due to non-payment, he likely didn't even have his phone with him.
From http://mobiledevdesign.com/tutorials/lte_next_step_cellular_3g-1027/
"Network latency will also improve, from as much as 200 ms today to 5 to 10 ms with LTE."
Ever priced a stick or two of RAM from Apple?
I know it doesn't affects us geeks, but it'll give Grandma a heart attack.
If anything, the children should be teaching the adults this stuff!
"Also, what happened to all of the basestars that Cavil had under control? Not to mention, the "millions" of cylons on the colonies. Wouldn't they lay out to search for the final five to rebuild resurrection?"
Yeah, probably, but it's a big universe, and without resurrection, they'll all die out within a generation - they couldn't breed.
He was roaming on the cruise ship's own cell phone network, which works over a satellite uplink. The cruise company billed AT&T for the usage of their network (that's what roaming fees are). Oftentimes, the carrier you're roaming on doesn't forward those charges along to your carrier for a month or two, so the idea of AT&T putting a 'cap' on the billed services is impossible (they haven't been billed yet). Fact is, somebody on the cruise ship fucked up by not hitting the 'off' switch on their cell network when they pulled into port, and they need to drop the roaming fees - not AT&T.
That's why cell phones have the nifty indicators to tell you when you're roaming. Of course, in the situation described in the article, he was using a wireless card and not a phone so it likely didn't give any sort of warning.
For Windows, I recommend using Tea Timer, an extension to Spybot S&D. It sits in memory and monitors system files, including the HOSTS file, and alerts the user when another program is attempting to alter it, or add processes to startup, etc.
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/33.html
I have the HOSTS file installed because most of the time I'm tethering through a cell phone modem for my net connection, and overbearing ads choke it. Like I said, I'm willing to deal with the ads, but CBS should consider serving the ads up through their own domain. Hulu, for example, doesn't give me this problem; I 'deal with the ads' just fine there.
I tried to fire up one of the episodes in Opera, only to be met with the message that the video was unavailable because I had ad-blocking software installed. Thinking it was some browser detect issue, I tried FireFox. No joy. Google Chrome, no luck. I sighed and fired up IE thinking this was one of those IE-only sites... no such luck.
Then I remembered that I have a pretty comprehensive ad-blocking HOSTS file.
If they want to get around ad blocking via a hosts file, they just need to deliver their ads through the CBS domain. Don't require me to open up to other sites' content to view yours.
Yikes, I can nab a DVD burner on Newegg for only 20 bucks. Do any drives come with *nix DVD codecs included?
What is it? How much does it cost to buy if you don't have a Dell box?
I, for one, wouldn't at all mind a new story set in the Blade Runner universe, so long as it's not an actual sequel to the events of the film.
I was a big fan of 'Total Recall 2070', a short-run TV series that was based on a mishmash of Philip K. Dick's works, and was one of the best invocations of the cyberpunk aesthetic that I've seen on screen. What was amusing was that people who didn't know Blade Runner was itself inspired by Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' were calling the show a Blade Runner ripoff at the time. If the show had been called 'Blade Runner', it wouldn't have tainted the original movie in any way because the plot was unrelated (and people wouldn't have been calling it a ripoff). The show was about a detective investigating android-related cases and misappropriation of memory-altering technology by megacorporations. A perpetual twilight, giant monolithic skyscrapers, and a multicultural high-tech low-life was the aesthetic it shared with Blade Runner and that's one I wouldn't mind seeing revisited.
My guess (and only a guess) is that Opera approached an OEM with the possibility of having Opera bundled with desktop/laptop sales, and was dismissed because the OEM probably has a contract with MS that keeps third-party browsers out in OEM bundles.
If there's a contract barring voluntarily bundling other browsers in an OEM package, then yeah, that's pretty monopolistic.
NASA will become a fourth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, known as 'Starfleet'.
Just did a speed test; 195ms.
I tether using my Verizon Blackberry as a modem. It's only 15 bucks on top of the normal Blackberry plan and allows me to use my laptop anywhere. The EVDO speeds are fast enough to, say, stream YouTube videos without buffering, but downloading large files can be a pain as you'll rarely get a download speed above 75k or so. Still, it's pretty cheap addition if you already have a PDA/Blackberry plan and the mobility is the best thing about it.
Lindsay: Yes. For example, no one was showing up for jury
duty, so we made the experience more exciting by
synergizing it with his comic book collection.
[cut to Moe's tavern. Moe opens an envelope]
Moe: [reading] You have been chosen to join the Justice
Squadron, 8 a.m. Monday at the Municipal Fortress of
Vengeance. Oh, I am *so* there!
Unfortunately, the quality is nowhere near what Google Answers had.
Google Answers rocked. More than once I was willing to shell out $10-$20 bucks (plus tip) to find the answer to something my own Google-fu fails to uncover. (What's the full text of 'Nightingale Woman', Gene Roddenberry's ode to his WWII airplane?)
A great post that underlines the usefulness of what Google does.
Unfortunately your dig at anticapitalists will probably draw more negative responses and distract readers from the point you made. (I agree with you.)
This is the sort of shit that continues to seriously impress me about Google. Every now and then, beyond simply serving excellent web search results (and ads), they roll out some project that by its nature turns raw, incomprehensible data and statistics into user-parsable information. They're creating the William Gibson data matrix in realtime.
I just wish they'd bring back Google Answers. I am more than willing to shell out $10-$50 (plus tip) to have a group of expert researchers find the answer to the few questions that can't be wrung out of their own search engine. Quite frankly I simply can't understand why they axed the project, as it seemed to have a fair amount of activity and most questions were answered successfully, despite their lack of advertising and promotion of the service. I daresay it was a better business model than spending however many kabillion overinflated dollars they spent for YouTube.
But surely that's only a concern if someone gets your blackberry (or one of the others on the same BES), and has your BSD server in mind as an attack target, and can gain server access via (I assume) some username/password combination typed away on the blackberry's keyboard?
In short, I guess I'm asking, isn't this easily defeated by password-protecting your phone? You can specify how many incorrect password entries self-destruct the device.