Rather than raise a hue and cry over how low the G limits are, they should just come up with a simple rating diagram that must be posted at the entrance to each ride.
State max postive and negative and lateral G-forces, and duration, and then let the public decide. Brochures explaining the complex words available gratis at entry.
Actually, I like this. It gives the abusers enough rope to hang themselves, and they evidently ARE catching them.
This means you get to easily identify, then remove, the buggers who are screwing your bandwidth distribution and forcing you to spend tons in extra capacity. A minor short-term risk for long-term gain.
I have to say I also don't mind that some warez d00d may just finally learn that yes, there are consequences to your actions, even on the Internet.
Klez, CIH, etc, all spread themselves as 100% self-contained packages, and all it takes is one slip to have it "escape" - which gives you a bit of weasel room.
This grungeware requires servers to connect to, which means concious ongoing support.
IMO, that's worse than virus writing - although it at least provides a single point of killing it off.
Are you comparing apples to apples, though? It's been my experience that the included freebie cartridges are usually half or less the capacity of a standard cartridge.
True, the real cost isn't the ink, it's the electronics, and I almost think it's worth it to be getting a new print head with each cartridge, since it's the precision part that tends to gum up. Almost.;) Getting a bit more out of the cartridge, especially if it tests out OK, would be nice.
Have people get used to sending executables zipped up or renamed if they really need to send something like that.
And then virus writers will just start sending the virii encased in zipfiles. Users, trained to just unzip them, will blithely continue as before - and now, your antivirus software works overtime because it has to unzip everything that comes in and look at the contents. Joy!
Is it the bandwidth or the latency, though? Not having a bluetooth cell myself to play with, I don't know where they bottleneck and how.
I do know, however, that MMORPG designers have been aiming for a long time to make sure that 56k modems will be suitable for their games. It's something that's hampering WW2OL, in fact, because that bandwidth limit means that only 64 players can be visible at any one time.
If the bandwidth is comparable to a 56k analog modem, it should still be possible to play these games, but I sure wouldn't try Counterstrike over it.;)
This could have a very interesting effect on MMORPG players. Why ever disconnect (unless your internet access fees are exorbitant)? Just pull it from your station at home, play on the bus/carpool to work, and then stash it in your drawer, checking frequently that your macros are still working properly.
I know I'd find it incredibly usefuly in WW2Online, for those moments I notice a weakness in the front, and just five minutes of game time could make a difference!
Yes, he's so bloody witty, in how he tries to intentionally ruin a good search engine.
Think I'm joking? His own words describe it:
In addition, I like imagining that somebody looking for something is suddenly projected into a completely different area. You look for "virgin Mary" and you end up on a site about symptoms and net art !
Well, tough for you. The site is a tool for searching, not for your grandstanding at their expense.
Within a certain definition of "easily" when said definition includes hauling up megatons of rubble from two miles below the earth's crust and somehow extracting the hydrogen.
I got to where I could do all that in less than a minute, while steering with my kneecap."
And we thought people talking on a cell phone were hazardous.... Doesn't Kodak make an extended roll for professionals, too? I'd think a 200 frame magazine would have been a lot handier, although a pain to change out compared to a standard roll.
Arguably, the CD-Key is used to authenticate the client to allow them access to the battle.net servers, and their resources.
My server, my resources, my decision about who I let on it, and how I verify them.
The onus is on the player, imo, in a keygen situation. The player is the one infringing by using a keygen and infringing copyright - bnetd is simply reverse-engineering and providing a plug-compatible solution.
(that's one point of view, in any case)
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I wish I had some mod points left for you... very good point.
This is about professionals (Banking security) getting together and talking about the ramifications of DJB's idea.
It's not 100% new, but it's not 100% recycled either. Of note is the fact that $1B is not out of their league ($2B satellites are standard items), and that they would be irresponsible to NOT have done this already.
It's pretty straightforward, but I would strongly suggest running a secure variant where the connection is SSL-encrypted. Do you really want to be sending your home system login and password back from the office in the clear?
Courier-IMAP works well for that, if a little arcane on the setup at times, and it also requires Maildir instead of mbox. Not sure what your options are for mbox.
Now all I need to do is reflag all my packets like that, and I'll get priority over the other game players!
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Because if you can get the raw materials refined on the moon, you fight a smaller gravity well to boost them up.
It's also easier to do certain things in gravity. Ever tried painting in zero-g? (hypothetically speaking)
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Not that I can use the default one (I need LDAP built-in, which afaik the rpm doesn't have), but it would be nice for them to be running something newer, like, say Postfix 1.1 which came out in mid January. There's been a lot of refinements since then.
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Rather than raise a hue and cry over how low the G limits are, they should just come up with a simple rating diagram that must be posted at the entrance to each ride.
State max postive and negative and lateral G-forces, and duration, and then let the public decide. Brochures explaining the complex words available gratis at entry.
Somewhat correct... but the explosives must -perfectly- slam the subcritical masses together. That's why making a nuke is still hugely expensive.
Actually, I like this. It gives the abusers enough rope to hang themselves, and they evidently ARE catching them.
This means you get to easily identify, then remove, the buggers who are screwing your bandwidth distribution and forcing you to spend tons in extra capacity. A minor short-term risk for long-term gain.
I have to say I also don't mind that some warez d00d may just finally learn that yes, there are consequences to your actions, even on the Internet.
Well, technically, there is a line.
Klez, CIH, etc, all spread themselves as 100% self-contained packages, and all it takes is one slip to have it "escape" - which gives you a bit of weasel room.
This grungeware requires servers to connect to, which means concious ongoing support.
IMO, that's worse than virus writing - although it at least provides a single point of killing it off.
Are you comparing apples to apples, though? It's been my experience that the included freebie cartridges are usually half or less the capacity of a standard cartridge.
;) Getting a bit more out of the cartridge, especially if it tests out OK, would be nice.
True, the real cost isn't the ink, it's the electronics, and I almost think it's worth it to be getting a new print head with each cartridge, since it's the precision part that tends to gum up. Almost.
Have people get used to sending executables zipped up or renamed if they really need to send something like that.
And then virus writers will just start sending the virii encased in zipfiles. Users, trained to just unzip them, will blithely continue as before - and now, your antivirus software works overtime because it has to unzip everything that comes in and look at the contents. Joy!
Thanks for that info... definately not very useful for gaming of any kind... well, I guess you could MUD over it alright. ;)
Do you even know how bluetooth works with a cell phone that can get an IP address?
Cell Provider phone bluetooth computer
You have the phone on your hip, and your PC gets the connection through it.
Is it the bandwidth or the latency, though? Not having a bluetooth cell myself to play with, I don't know where they bottleneck and how.
;)
I do know, however, that MMORPG designers have been aiming for a long time to make sure that 56k modems will be suitable for their games. It's something that's hampering WW2OL, in fact, because that bandwidth limit means that only 64 players can be visible at any one time.
If the bandwidth is comparable to a 56k analog modem, it should still be possible to play these games, but I sure wouldn't try Counterstrike over it.
Not if your cell is bluetooth enabled, though.
Always running though the cell would suck, though, and you can't change connectivity and stay online on the games... ah well.
This could have a very interesting effect on MMORPG players. Why ever disconnect (unless your internet access fees are exorbitant)? Just pull it from your station at home, play on the bus/carpool to work, and then stash it in your drawer, checking frequently that your macros are still working properly.
I know I'd find it incredibly usefuly in WW2Online, for those moments I notice a weakness in the front, and just five minutes of game time could make a difference!
Think I'm joking? His own words describe it:
Well, tough for you. The site is a tool for searching, not for your grandstanding at their expense.
Within a certain definition of "easily" when said definition includes hauling up megatons of rubble from two miles below the earth's crust and somehow extracting the hydrogen.
That's not usually the spambot trap, it's usually the MTA, when the spammer sends to an invalid address.
Although, the MTA would be looking at the envelope sender if it's any good, but most of the time those are faked too.
And create them inadvertently all the time.
"The prosecution can bite my shiny, metal ass. Case dismissed."
The article said it "electronically pushed the button".
I take that to mean a short range radio link - not an arm reaching out and poking the button us humans use.
As far as I can tell, it has -no- visual sensors. Just a sonar-like collision avoidance system.
And we thought people talking on a cell phone were hazardous.... Doesn't Kodak make an extended roll for professionals, too? I'd think a 200 frame magazine would have been a lot handier, although a pain to change out compared to a standard roll.
Arguably, the CD-Key is used to authenticate the client to allow them access to the battle.net servers, and their resources.
My server, my resources, my decision about who I let on it, and how I verify them.
The onus is on the player, imo, in a keygen situation. The player is the one infringing by using a keygen and infringing copyright - bnetd is simply reverse-engineering and providing a plug-compatible solution.
(that's one point of view, in any case)
I wish I had some mod points left for you... very good point.
Not quite.
This is about professionals (Banking security) getting together and talking about the ramifications of DJB's idea.
It's not 100% new, but it's not 100% recycled either. Of note is the fact that $1B is not out of their league ($2B satellites are standard items), and that they would be irresponsible to NOT have done this already.
It's more data, take it or leave it as you will.
It's pretty straightforward, but I would strongly suggest running a secure variant where the connection is SSL-encrypted. Do you really want to be sending your home system login and password back from the office in the clear?
Courier-IMAP works well for that, if a little arcane on the setup at times, and it also requires Maildir instead of mbox. Not sure what your options are for mbox.
Now all I need to do is reflag all my packets like that, and I'll get priority over the other game players!
Because if you can get the raw materials refined on the moon, you fight a smaller gravity well to boost them up.
It's also easier to do certain things in gravity. Ever tried painting in zero-g? (hypothetically speaking)
Not that I can use the default one (I need LDAP built-in, which afaik the rpm doesn't have), but it would be nice for them to be running something newer, like, say Postfix 1.1 which came out in mid January. There's been a lot of refinements since then.