Granted this borders on nostalgia, but I LOVED Master of Magic, as did many of my friends. A turn based strategy game, it came out it 1993 as a DOS game, had its share of bugs even fully patched, and did not work well with Windows. I can't quite put it into words, but nothing since has quite matched it in my eyes. The closest successor would be the Age of Wonders games. I own all three of those, and they still don't have the level of detailed city control that fans of MoM knew and loved.
For years the promise was out there of a sequel. Then Microprose sold it (or was bought?), I think to Hasbro, and the team responsible got broken up for other projects. Heck, if all they did was properly port it to Windows and add mulitplayer alot of my friends would have bought it.
At least there is a multiplayer hack out there for those still willing to put up with the bugs. And yes, I still dust it off on occasion and play it.:)
Without SSID broadcast, it wouldn't even necessarily be possible to discover them all.
The answer is simple young padawan.:) Just spread some FUD about terrorists using "hidden wireless networks" to spread evil, then push through an unenforceable regulation about requiring the broadcast of your SSID.
Taking off my tinfoil hat for a moment, the goal isn't really to catalog all wifi devices. Its more about justifying your budget and maintaining the image of staying with the times and keeping the pressure on said terroists.
Just my 2 cents. Please don't flame me, it takes time to grow back eyelashes (I know this);)
with the usually plot line; older scientist's manipulating the DNA of the organism results in disaster. Enter the late 20's, early 30's young male prodigy who saves the day, along with the help of the older scientist's 20-something daughter. BTW, the old fart dies.
Just do a quick google search. There are a number of other software products/companies with "Vista" In their name. 7 in the first 10 results by my count. This may end up being a case where it goes to the public domain due to common use, much as what happened to Bayer "Aspirin" and Sanka's orange coffee carafe.
First would be taking the first computer class my high school had. To classify it in way they understood, the teachers called it "Computer Math". I spent the semester with 16 TRS-80s and others like myself making ASCII art and learning basic on our own since those in charge didn't know much more than we did.
Second would have be when I realized you could do things (overclocking, etc) that the original manufacturer never intended or wanted. Since then, except for laptops, my PCs have been one cobbled together frankenstein after another, and I've loved every tweaking bit of it.:)
I have some systems exactly like that. A dozen or so PIII-733 systems purchased 5 years ago, running W2K and MS Office. Aside from some increased use of browser based apps and Remote Desktop to a 2003 Server based app, the needs of the users has remained largely unchanged. So why should the hardware all of sudden become "obsolete". Elsewhere in the company where demands are higher, they were all upgraded to P4s throughout last year. Not every office worker needs Photoshop or cares if the lastest 3D game runs on it. They just want to get their job done.
Here is an idea for people who bring in an off-the-shelf wireless router. If they are dumb enough to leave SSID visible, perhaps they left it at the defaults. See if you can join it and then try a default password. There you can find the MAC address on the WAN side. If you have at least layer 2 managed switches on you network, you can log into them and look at the tables to determine which port it is comming in to. Hopefully you have a current map of your network (i.e. jack #23 in the wiring closet goes to the General Managers office.) The last place I worked for had no such map, I had to make it myself.
If someone cries foul that I suggest they "hack" into someones personal property, tough. The culprit is using Company resources and leaving a door open into the network, possibly affecting others.
Hope this helps
Yeah, your right. If I'd thought about it for a sec, I would have said that it runs on top of it, not that it "depends" on it.
I agree that the internet is bigger than any one country and arguments over who started it all are largely pointless. However, I also believe that at least its working for now and would very hesitant to hand it over to a body where nations such as China would better position to implement changes making it easier to restrict the free exchange of information. This wouldn't just be a problem for freedom speech in oppressive nation. This would in time provide tools to those in the "free world" less concerned with free speech than restricting speech whereever they might find offense. Its kind of like what the "smart" bomb has done to modern warfare. It is more effective and less likely to cause collateral damage, so there is a better chance it will actually be used. The end result can be a matter of debate.
Not to get into a nationalist argument, CERN came up with HTTP (Hypertext Markup Language). This depends on TCP/IP, which goes back to the US DARPA project, AFAIK. While I'm not an ubergeek who completely understands the whole mess, I think I'm generally right.
precedent on Xbox modding is grossly mistaken. What we have here is a seller of pirated software that happened come with a modded Xbox. He deserves no sympathy and did a disservice to those in the "modding community" who are simply enthusiasts who like to see what their hardware can do (Installing Linux for instance). As a matter of fact, his sentence when compared to others convicted of software piracy may well be lenient. What isn't mentioned is just how many he sold.
With the amount of information available on the web for modding Xboxes, I doubt he would have been noticed if not for the piracy. What this WILL do is drawn more attention on those with more modest goals. What he did was WRONG, and don't give me some "fight the power" garbage.
BTW, I believe in fair use.
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Granted this borders on nostalgia, but I LOVED Master of Magic, as did many of my friends. A turn based strategy game, it came out it 1993 as a DOS game, had its share of bugs even fully patched, and did not work well with Windows. I can't quite put it into words, but nothing since has quite matched it in my eyes. The closest successor would be the Age of Wonders games. I own all three of those, and they still don't have the level of detailed city control that fans of MoM knew and loved.
:)
For years the promise was out there of a sequel. Then Microprose sold it (or was bought?), I think to Hasbro, and the team responsible got broken up for other projects. Heck, if all they did was properly port it to Windows and add mulitplayer alot of my friends would have bought it.
At least there is a multiplayer hack out there for those still willing to put up with the bugs. And yes, I still dust it off on occasion and play it.
Without SSID broadcast, it wouldn't even necessarily be possible to discover them all.
:) Just spread some FUD about terrorists using "hidden wireless networks" to spread evil, then push through an unenforceable regulation about requiring the broadcast of your SSID.
;)
The answer is simple young padawan.
Taking off my tinfoil hat for a moment, the goal isn't really to catalog all wifi devices. Its more about justifying your budget and maintaining the image of staying with the times and keeping the pressure on said terroists.
Just my 2 cents. Please don't flame me, it takes time to grow back eyelashes (I know this)
I can see the next SciFi Channel movie now,
DROUGHT
with the usually plot line; older scientist's manipulating the DNA of the organism results in disaster. Enter the late 20's, early 30's young male prodigy who saves the day, along with the help of the older scientist's 20-something daughter. BTW, the old fart dies.
Just do a quick google search. There are a number of other software products/companies with "Vista" In their name. 7 in the first 10 results by my count. This may end up being a case where it goes to the public domain due to common use, much as what happened to Bayer "Aspirin" and Sanka's orange coffee carafe.
First would be taking the first computer class my high school had. To classify it in way they understood, the teachers called it "Computer Math". I spent the semester with 16 TRS-80s and others like myself making ASCII art and learning basic on our own since those in charge didn't know much more than we did. Second would have be when I realized you could do things (overclocking, etc) that the original manufacturer never intended or wanted. Since then, except for laptops, my PCs have been one cobbled together frankenstein after another, and I've loved every tweaking bit of it. :)
Thank you, I was hoping I wasn't the only one who noticed that.
I have some systems exactly like that. A dozen or so PIII-733 systems purchased 5 years ago, running W2K and MS Office. Aside from some increased use of browser based apps and Remote Desktop to a 2003 Server based app, the needs of the users has remained largely unchanged. So why should the hardware all of sudden become "obsolete". Elsewhere in the company where demands are higher, they were all upgraded to P4s throughout last year. Not every office worker needs Photoshop or cares if the lastest 3D game runs on it. They just want to get their job done.
My wireless router has 2 MAC addresses, one to its own LAN, another to the network. Wouldn't this be the case here also?
Here is an idea for people who bring in an off-the-shelf wireless router. If they are dumb enough to leave SSID visible, perhaps they left it at the defaults. See if you can join it and then try a default password. There you can find the MAC address on the WAN side. If you have at least layer 2 managed switches on you network, you can log into them and look at the tables to determine which port it is comming in to. Hopefully you have a current map of your network (i.e. jack #23 in the wiring closet goes to the General Managers office.) The last place I worked for had no such map, I had to make it myself. If someone cries foul that I suggest they "hack" into someones personal property, tough. The culprit is using Company resources and leaving a door open into the network, possibly affecting others. Hope this helps
Yeah, your right. If I'd thought about it for a sec, I would have said that it runs on top of it, not that it "depends" on it. I agree that the internet is bigger than any one country and arguments over who started it all are largely pointless. However, I also believe that at least its working for now and would very hesitant to hand it over to a body where nations such as China would better position to implement changes making it easier to restrict the free exchange of information. This wouldn't just be a problem for freedom speech in oppressive nation. This would in time provide tools to those in the "free world" less concerned with free speech than restricting speech whereever they might find offense. Its kind of like what the "smart" bomb has done to modern warfare. It is more effective and less likely to cause collateral damage, so there is a better chance it will actually be used. The end result can be a matter of debate.
Not to get into a nationalist argument, CERN came up with HTTP (Hypertext Markup Language). This depends on TCP/IP, which goes back to the US DARPA project, AFAIK. While I'm not an ubergeek who completely understands the whole mess, I think I'm generally right.
is to patent sarcasm. :)
precedent on Xbox modding is grossly mistaken. What we have here is a seller of pirated software that happened come with a modded Xbox. He deserves no sympathy and did a disservice to those in the "modding community" who are simply enthusiasts who like to see what their hardware can do (Installing Linux for instance). As a matter of fact, his sentence when compared to others convicted of software piracy may well be lenient. What isn't mentioned is just how many he sold. With the amount of information available on the web for modding Xboxes, I doubt he would have been noticed if not for the piracy. What this WILL do is drawn more attention on those with more modest goals. What he did was WRONG, and don't give me some "fight the power" garbage. BTW, I believe in fair use.