Well, the I in IDE stands for integrated. The main concept behind the IDE is to provide all of the necessary development tools in a single package (Code entry, syntax parsing, GUI design, etc.), and it would only make sense that the method of retrieving and submitting controlled-source code be included in such a utility.
Ahhh, but if Jackass hadn't been financially successful (and also not resulting in a movie career), how likely would it be for him to be hired after seeing all the stupid things he's done?
I agree, I have some "friends" (in that online-only, don't-know-your-real-name sense) that I've power-levelled in a game who are now 20-30 levels higher than I am.
Most games would have a great benefit from an experience-boosting effect for more casual gamers. Something along the lines of 5% per offline-day for 1 hour per offline-day (to a max of 5 offline-days - 25% bonus for 5 hours). Some people would think it is unfair, but the advantage is that "casuals" could try to keep up the pace with the "addicts", the disadvantage is that you don't have as much loot to show for your progress.
I always have a great time when partied, but when I'm offline for extended periods of time, while they aren't, it becomes counter-productive for them to be in a party with me, and it becomes especially counter-productive for me in some games where the experience is distributed by level (with the higher level getting more due to the higher need for experience points) up to the point where all of the experience is going to everyone else in the party.
1-How long before someone hijacks the calls to collect the info that MS is supposedly not collecting? Who cares when the info is fake?
2-How long before someone create a worm/virus that fools WGA into locking you out? Microsoft does this anyway.
3-How long before someone create a worm/virus that triggers WGA's kill switch? Even if there was a "kill switch", you'd be faced with two options:
A) Call Microsoft for re-activation
B) Install Linux
The couple's 15-year-old son also was arrested, charged as a juvenile in unrelated cases of robbery and Internet trolling, according to police reports and Janet Gannon.
Quick! Call the cops, there's a lot of "Internet trolling" going on all the time here at Slashdot!
Does anyone else find it amusing that the fonts were audited by Monotype (the company frequently accused of making similar but slightly different versions of popular Linotype fonts)?
I hereby amend my analogy with the stipulation that the PS2 must be of the older type with two USB ports, a FireWire port, and an available expansion slot for the hard drive and/or network card or modem.
I used to have one of those. It was stolen (along with my XBox and GameCube and most of the games).:(
I would love to hear an announcement from Microsoft along these lines:
"We hereby rescind the licenses for all Microsoft products currently in use in those countries that are members of the EU retroactively to February 29th, 2004. Additionally, all Microsoft software currently on retail shelves throughout the EU, are now considered pirated software. Furthermore, based on our records, we will immediately begin to file lawsuits against the millions of people who have now been illegally using our software for the past two years."
I'm not defending Microsoft, but an announcement like that would leave me absolutely hysterical.
My analogy would be buying a broken PS2 on eBay for the purpose of fixing it.
SWG post-CU post-NGE is a broken PS2 hit with a sledgehammer. You can try to put it back together, but it will be a serious pain in the ass and probably won't be worth the effort.
SWG pre-CU pre-NGE (aka SWGEMU) is just a broken PS2. Probably not too hard to fix, and in the right hands, could be made better than the original.
Okay, so maybe it's a bad analogy, but it's at least funny and kinda describes the situation.
In many areas, the highway is split into 4 lanes (2 going one way, 2 going the other) with a grassy median between them. In these cases, two bridges are generally built when necessary rather than wasting resources on have a single bridge. Although this isn't really accurate either. Why build two bridges with separate sets of pylons when you could build a larger bridge with a single set of larger pylons?
But I'm not a civil engineer. I'm a software developer.
"...but if a metal object, such as a phone, is in contact with the skin it disrupts the flashover and increases the odds of internal injuries and death.'"
Last time I checked, electricity will follow the path of least resistance. Logic would dictate that the majority of the electricty local to the contact point would take the shortcut formed by the metal object, sparing the skin between. If you are going to get struck by lightning, it's going to happen regardless of whether you are talking on a cell phone (which won't increase your chances of being struck).
Here's my analogy: Don't buy lottery tickets if there are people in your family you don't want to talk to! On the odd chance that you win, they'll all come crawling to you for money!
Here is my opinion on how access points should be viewed:
If the access point is open (unencrypted), it's like hanging an open sign in your front window and leaving the doors unlocked. You are effectively advertising to the public that anyone can come in and use whatever services you are offering.
It is up to you to make sure that your TOS is being followed. In this case, there should have at the very least been a splash screen upon accessing displaying the terms of service. Judging by the way the coffee shop wanted to provide access, they should have implemented an access token system (i.e. Giving a code with every purchase that is used to allow access for a period of time). The way they were configured was essentially a suggested donation jar for soda refills.
It's like going to a lumberyard and buying a door slab. It's a door, but it doesn't have a lock on it yet. It's up to you to make sure a lock is installed.
The same way that you trust them when the method is CPM (Cost per mil, or per 1k impressions) or CPC (Cost per click).
They (The ad agency) trust that you (the advertised company) will provide an accurate report, just as you trust that they aren't padding their impressions/clicks with phony data.
This is generally done via tracking "pixels" on the contact and confirmation pages. I use pixels loosely as they are rarely images (albeit frequently implemented via img tags).
I realize that the post was at least partially a joke, but I think it would be more likely that the video stream would be directly fed to the optic nerve as a replacement signal rather than processed via supplemental optical sensors implanted in the eyes. This eliminates the added overhead involved in decrypting an optical signal of varying size (depending upon distance from the source) and orientation (since our muscles are constantly adjusting while a signal is being sent from the brain not to mention the inhererent "jitter" from the vast consumption of caffeine).
My guess would be that it really isn't worth the effort. Why throw something together to behave like Exchange when the equivalent or better functionality already exist via a suite of products. Outlook can just as easily access SMTP/POP3/IMAP servers as it does Exchange servers.
Should one make a clone of a mousetrap or make a better mousetrap?
You (as in someone who reads this and wants to do it) could write one. I know Exchange 2000 uses X.400 as the user-to-user messaging protocol. Couple that in with a Kerberos+LDAP server (ala Active Directory) and you should have a close representation of Exchange. Just substitute standards-based components for the proprietary garbage, and you'll have a groupware server better than Exchange could ever dream of becoming.
My mistake, The Rio 600 did display ID3 data. The SoulMate, did not however. Displaying data from the file should not be patentable though, and there was definately not any navigational control besides next and previous.
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Well, the I in IDE stands for integrated. The main concept behind the IDE is to provide all of the necessary development tools in a single package (Code entry, syntax parsing, GUI design, etc.), and it would only make sense that the method of retrieving and submitting controlled-source code be included in such a utility.
Ahhh, but if Jackass hadn't been financially successful (and also not resulting in a movie career), how likely would it be for him to be hired after seeing all the stupid things he's done?
The most important thing to remember both online and off:
NEVER DOCUMENT THE STUPID THINGS YOU DO! Ever. Everything else is just hearsay.
Well there's the problem right there: You forgot the semicolon after announceWayTooEarlyReleaseDate()
It keeps crashing before it can get to the testing step.
(Oh and test() isn't defined as a method of the Windows class)
I agree, I have some "friends" (in that online-only, don't-know-your-real-name sense) that I've power-levelled in a game who are now 20-30 levels higher than I am.
Most games would have a great benefit from an experience-boosting effect for more casual gamers. Something along the lines of 5% per offline-day for 1 hour per offline-day (to a max of 5 offline-days - 25% bonus for 5 hours). Some people would think it is unfair, but the advantage is that "casuals" could try to keep up the pace with the "addicts", the disadvantage is that you don't have as much loot to show for your progress.
I always have a great time when partied, but when I'm offline for extended periods of time, while they aren't, it becomes counter-productive for them to be in a party with me, and it becomes especially counter-productive for me in some games where the experience is distributed by level (with the higher level getting more due to the higher need for experience points) up to the point where all of the experience is going to everyone else in the party.
...comparing the C$ to the peso was actually kind of an insult to the peso.
That's probably why the Canadian Dollar is also known as the loonie.
(Alright, so maybe it's because there's an engraved loon - the bird - on the back of the 1 dollar coin)
Unless a "track overrun" occurs. Then it's a "Blue Sky of Death" (Followed by the flaming red scream of death)
1-How long before someone hijacks the calls to collect the info that MS is supposedly not collecting?
Who cares when the info is fake?
2-How long before someone create a worm/virus that fools WGA into locking you out?
Microsoft does this anyway.
3-How long before someone create a worm/virus that triggers WGA's kill switch?
Even if there was a "kill switch", you'd be faced with two options:
A) Call Microsoft for re-activation
B) Install Linux
I'm not surprised, but I already knew that Blizzard got their start as a B-grade console game developer.
They got lucky with Warcraft. It gave them enough credibility to become a top-notch developer.
However, the senators don't get silenced by bad karma after only a few bad decisions.
The real problem is that if the people are the moderators, they are viewing with a filter showing only -1 and 5 rated comments.
The couple's 15-year-old son also was arrested, charged as a juvenile in unrelated cases of robbery and Internet trolling, according to police reports and Janet Gannon.
Quick! Call the cops, there's a lot of "Internet trolling" going on all the time here at Slashdot!
I agree, Microsoft would not do something like this (at least for the VLK users).
However, I'm still trying to figure one little detail out...
If I don't have WGA installed, how is WGA going to stop my computer from running?
Does anyone else find it amusing that the fonts were audited by Monotype (the company frequently accused of making similar but slightly different versions of popular Linotype fonts)?
(i.e. Monotype's Arial to Linotype's Helvetica)
I hereby amend my analogy with the stipulation that the PS2 must be of the older type with two USB ports, a FireWire port, and an available expansion slot for the hard drive and/or network card or modem. I used to have one of those. It was stolen (along with my XBox and GameCube and most of the games). :(
I would love to hear an announcement from Microsoft along these lines:
"We hereby rescind the licenses for all Microsoft products currently in use in those countries that are members of the EU retroactively to February 29th, 2004. Additionally, all Microsoft software currently on retail shelves throughout the EU, are now considered pirated software. Furthermore, based on our records, we will immediately begin to file lawsuits against the millions of people who have now been illegally using our software for the past two years."
I'm not defending Microsoft, but an announcement like that would leave me absolutely hysterical.
Yes, but it won't be a built in function.
Western Union's AuctionPay service is allowed as is any other payment method that the seller is willing to accept.
I don't use PayPal anymore. I lost my account info, and PayPal want's $20 to allow me to associate my accounts with a new PayPal account.
I've never played SWG, but...
My analogy would be buying a broken PS2 on eBay for the purpose of fixing it.
SWG post-CU post-NGE is a broken PS2 hit with a sledgehammer. You can try to put it back together, but it will be a serious pain in the ass and probably won't be worth the effort.
SWG pre-CU pre-NGE (aka SWGEMU) is just a broken PS2. Probably not too hard to fix, and in the right hands, could be made better than the original.
Okay, so maybe it's a bad analogy, but it's at least funny and kinda describes the situation.
In many areas, the highway is split into 4 lanes (2 going one way, 2 going the other) with a grassy median between them. In these cases, two bridges are generally built when necessary rather than wasting resources on have a single bridge. Although this isn't really accurate either. Why build two bridges with separate sets of pylons when you could build a larger bridge with a single set of larger pylons?
But I'm not a civil engineer. I'm a software developer.
"...but if a metal object, such as a phone, is in contact with the skin it disrupts the flashover and increases the odds of internal injuries and death.'"
Last time I checked, electricity will follow the path of least resistance. Logic would dictate that the majority of the electricty local to the contact point would take the shortcut formed by the metal object, sparing the skin between. If you are going to get struck by lightning, it's going to happen regardless of whether you are talking on a cell phone (which won't increase your chances of being struck).
Here's my analogy:
Don't buy lottery tickets if there are people in your family you don't want to talk to! On the odd chance that you win, they'll all come crawling to you for money!
Here is my opinion on how access points should be viewed:
If the access point is open (unencrypted), it's like hanging an open sign in your front window and leaving the doors unlocked. You are effectively advertising to the public that anyone can come in and use whatever services you are offering.
It is up to you to make sure that your TOS is being followed. In this case, there should have at the very least been a splash screen upon accessing displaying the terms of service. Judging by the way the coffee shop wanted to provide access, they should have implemented an access token system (i.e. Giving a code with every purchase that is used to allow access for a period of time). The way they were configured was essentially a suggested donation jar for soda refills.
It's like going to a lumberyard and buying a door slab. It's a door, but it doesn't have a lock on it yet. It's up to you to make sure a lock is installed.
The same way that you trust them when the method is CPM (Cost per mil, or per 1k impressions) or CPC (Cost per click).
They (The ad agency) trust that you (the advertised company) will provide an accurate report, just as you trust that they aren't padding their impressions/clicks with phony data.
This is generally done via tracking "pixels" on the contact and confirmation pages. I use pixels loosely as they are rarely images (albeit frequently implemented via img tags).
I realize that the post was at least partially a joke, but I think it would be more likely that the video stream would be directly fed to the optic nerve as a replacement signal rather than processed via supplemental optical sensors implanted in the eyes. This eliminates the added overhead involved in decrypting an optical signal of varying size (depending upon distance from the source) and orientation (since our muscles are constantly adjusting while a signal is being sent from the brain not to mention the inhererent "jitter" from the vast consumption of caffeine).
My guess would be that it really isn't worth the effort. Why throw something together to behave like Exchange when the equivalent or better functionality already exist via a suite of products. Outlook can just as easily access SMTP/POP3/IMAP servers as it does Exchange servers.
Should one make a clone of a mousetrap or make a better mousetrap?
You (as in someone who reads this and wants to do it) could write one. I know Exchange 2000 uses X.400 as the user-to-user messaging protocol. Couple that in with a Kerberos+LDAP server (ala Active Directory) and you should have a close representation of Exchange. Just substitute standards-based components for the proprietary garbage, and you'll have a groupware server better than Exchange could ever dream of becoming.
My mistake, The Rio 600 did display ID3 data. The SoulMate, did not however. Displaying data from the file should not be patentable though, and there was definately not any navigational control besides next and previous.