We always thought that we could turn off unfriendly robots, but we can't really turn off the internet
Sure you can. Just take out a few key backbone sites, and there you go. That'll disable a good chunk of the Internet for long enough for you to clean up the rest.
Or, just lobby (i.e. pay) your Congressman to pass a killswitch bill...
I want to listen to binary files
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whoever in his right mind would want to listen to binary files loudly?
I don't remember where (probably here on Slashdot, actually), but I once saw something from someone who took several binary file formats and cat'd them to/dev/dsp just to see what they sounded like.
I think his favorite was actually a filesystem, because of the patterns in data.
Go ahead, try it. But turn down your speakers' volume first, it'll be a bit loud.
an RPG against an Apache would be entirely ineffective at this range
I believe the same Wikipedia article you reference also states that RPGs are also frequently employed beyond their standard-use range as a sort of flak weapon. (RPG rounds automatically detonate about 4.5 seconds after launch, I think it was.)
Blizzard could single handedly make linux a gaming platform. They already release OpenGL versions for the Mac so technologically, they are a short hop from a linux client rather than a giant leap
The Source engine does OpenGL on the Mac now too, so Valve is in the same position. The Steam client partially runs on Linux (natively, that is, not under Wine) too, although Valve is denying there's an actual Linux client for end users now. (Of course, Michael Larabel of Phoronix claims otherwise.)
Nothing they did seems unethical or immoral to me.
Not even buying up all available tickets and reselling them at a markup? Inflating the prices to astronomical levels?
Capitalism at work. Legal? Sure should be, in a pure capitalist system, but ethical? Oh hell no.
I think most searches are performed by a person of the same gender as the searchee, so you'd get a woman searching you. (If you don't, by all means make a stink. I think everyone would be on your side.
This brings up a good question, though--who searches homosexual or transgender persons?
Ask the Army.
My dad tells the story of how they needed some barracks near the local university for whatever reason, so they built them.
In 24 hours, they turned a pile of raw materials into two two-story buildings for housing... I don't know, 150 people each?
When the Army didn't want them any more, the University turned them into dorms. They used them for quite a while until they got torn down for something else.)
(Also, in your video, the workers assembled prefabs. They weren't working from piles of steel, cement, etc.)
Hmm. I wonder if offering a non-monetary reward (e.g. baked goods) or a simple fiat "high score" would be an improvement on that.
Though one must always watch for people gaming the system, or becoming too fixated on the reward, when it's the bug-fixing that's the important part.
Perhaps only reward during specified "bugfix drives", and disqualify/discipline/fire anyone found to be inserting bugs just to be the one to fix them?
It's the same with getting their account hacked, it not their problem (they think), it's mine.
Given that it's a relative, I think it's obvious you're doing this for free.
Simple solution: bill them. Hard.
That's the reason you don't drive all around when you've got all kinds of lights on on your dash. Parts & labor can be wicked expensive, so it's in your best interest to take care of it.
(Of course, I can provide an immediate counterpoint. I listen to Car Talk on NPR sometimes, and there's the occasional call that goes something like this:
"My car makes such-and-such a sound..."
"How long has this been happening?"
"Oh, about three years now.")
Assuaging fears that America's nuclear deterrent might have been compromised during this failure, the source article notes that the missiles still could be launched from airborne command centers.
See, thing is, unless the system was taken offline by an enemy for the express purpose of disabling the nukes, when they go down nobody knows about it. So, it doesn't really hurt the deterrent, now does it?
2) It's unusual for more than 50% of the people who beat the first level of your game to beat the last level.
Very true--For those unaware, Valve publishes statistics (lower right panel) for some of their games. For Half-Life: Episodes 1 and 2, they've published the highest map reached. The graph is slightly S-shaped (greatest percentage at the first map, lowest at the last, and evener in the middle), with about 100% beating the first level and a bit less than 50% beating the last.
For Episode 2, they also published death heatmaps--maps showing where people died the most frequently. Of course, boss battles and the like appear pretty hot, but what I found particularly interesting is this map, the first level. That hot spot you see there marks the cliff facing the far-off superportal, which the player is instructed to look at (it's pretty cinematic). Newbie players likely think, "hey, I wonder if I can jump down there." (You can, but the fall kills you.)
I don't know about evil, but it's still illegal.
You'd be doing an overall good, but you'd be drawing all kinds of extra power. Even if you only used spare processor time, it's still something like "theft of service".
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Sure you can. Just take out a few key backbone sites, and there you go. That'll disable a good chunk of the Internet for long enough for you to clean up the rest.
Or, just lobby (i.e. pay) your Congressman to pass a killswitch bill...
I don't remember where (probably here on Slashdot, actually), but I once saw something from someone who took several binary file formats and cat'd them to /dev/dsp just to see what they sounded like.
I think his favorite was actually a filesystem, because of the patterns in data.
Go ahead, try it. But turn down your speakers' volume first, it'll be a bit loud.
I believe the same Wikipedia article you reference also states that RPGs are also frequently employed beyond their standard-use range as a sort of flak weapon. (RPG rounds automatically detonate about 4.5 seconds after launch, I think it was.)
The Source engine does OpenGL on the Mac now too, so Valve is in the same position. The Steam client partially runs on Linux (natively, that is, not under Wine) too, although Valve is denying there's an actual Linux client for end users now. (Of course, Michael Larabel of Phoronix claims otherwise.)
;)
Time will tell if it will come to pass or not. In the meantime, write an email and express your interest.
http://us.blizzard.com/en-us/company/about/contact.html
http://www.valvesoftware.com/contact/
Protip: writing a physical letter carries a whole lot more weight. Do that if you can.
The rears of the disobedient ones.
Or the ones into S&M, I guess...
Not even buying up all available tickets and reselling them at a markup? Inflating the prices to astronomical levels?
Capitalism at work. Legal? Sure should be, in a pure capitalist system, but ethical? Oh hell no.
I think most searches are performed by a person of the same gender as the searchee, so you'd get a woman searching you. (If you don't, by all means make a stink. I think everyone would be on your side.
This brings up a good question, though--who searches homosexual or transgender persons?
Well, first it'd probably see the TV as a 2D object and not recognize the people in it.
;)
But if it did recognize the ad, perhaps it would suggest a DVR/service with ad-skipping features?
Don't blame the OS, blame the author of the software for not considering a small screen.
Ask the Army.
My dad tells the story of how they needed some barracks near the local university for whatever reason, so they built them.
In 24 hours, they turned a pile of raw materials into two two-story buildings for housing... I don't know, 150 people each?
When the Army didn't want them any more, the University turned them into dorms. They used them for quite a while until they got torn down for something else.)
(Also, in your video, the workers assembled prefabs. They weren't working from piles of steel, cement, etc.)
If I paid $50 for a(n allegedly) professionally-produced game, they sure as hell DO owe me something.
Blender doesn't require installation. Just download the standalone tarball (or more likely a ZIP archive) and unpack it somewhere.
Here, I'll even link to it for you: http://download.blender.org/release//Blender2.55beta/blender-2.55-beta-windows32.zip
(Or, the main download page for when that's out-of-date.)
Just drop that in My Documents, unpack, and run blender.exe.
Er, the guys with the security cameras. Didn't you even read the headline? :P
Accelerates tech development, then?
Hmm. I wonder if offering a non-monetary reward (e.g. baked goods) or a simple fiat "high score" would be an improvement on that.
Though one must always watch for people gaming the system, or becoming too fixated on the reward, when it's the bug-fixing that's the important part.
Perhaps only reward during specified "bugfix drives", and disqualify/discipline/fire anyone found to be inserting bugs just to be the one to fix them?
See, that's one of the (unfortunate) benefits of war. It drives technology.
Here, we get things like this, while in WWII, we got things like Mylar.
http://www.google.com/search?q=open source hardware
Between his name and the topic (pat-downs), I thought you were kidding...
Turns out you just got the name a little wrong. Honoré de Balzac
Given that it's a relative, I think it's obvious you're doing this for free.
Simple solution: bill them. Hard.
That's the reason you don't drive all around when you've got all kinds of lights on on your dash. Parts & labor can be wicked expensive, so it's in your best interest to take care of it.
(Of course, I can provide an immediate counterpoint. I listen to Car Talk on NPR sometimes, and there's the occasional call that goes something like this:
"My car makes such-and-such a sound..."
"How long has this been happening?"
"Oh, about three years now.")
See, thing is, unless the system was taken offline by an enemy for the express purpose of disabling the nukes, when they go down nobody knows about it. So, it doesn't really hurt the deterrent, now does it?
You should totally put some brownies in there and attach a short letter to the person searching your luggage. :D
Of course, the brownies will get thrown away (or at least they damn well should), but it's the thought that counts, right?
"My crash rating goes to 11."
Very true--For those unaware, Valve publishes statistics (lower right panel) for some of their games. For Half-Life: Episodes 1 and 2, they've published the highest map reached. The graph is slightly S-shaped (greatest percentage at the first map, lowest at the last, and evener in the middle), with about 100% beating the first level and a bit less than 50% beating the last.
For Episode 2, they also published death heatmaps--maps showing where people died the most frequently. Of course, boss battles and the like appear pretty hot, but what I found particularly interesting is this map, the first level. That hot spot you see there marks the cliff facing the far-off superportal, which the player is instructed to look at (it's pretty cinematic). Newbie players likely think, "hey, I wonder if I can jump down there." (You can, but the fall kills you.)
I don't know about evil, but it's still illegal.
You'd be doing an overall good, but you'd be drawing all kinds of extra power. Even if you only used spare processor time, it's still something like "theft of service".