Not that I disagree with you as such, but I believe the opposite can also be true. I do IT support in the medical profession, and we have "professional" software suites that cost thousands per year to license and have, on the scale of things, a fairly small user base. Getting prompt, relevant support is an exercise in frustration. You know the drill: log a call, wait for someone technical to call back, etc. etc.. Sometimes a bug can take months to be fixed, if at all.
Compare this with Pandion, the open source IM client I installed in our building. An update failed to install on our machines and left the old version inoperable. I posted a query on the official forum at 8:30 on the morning of the rollout and got a fix (from several people concurrently who were also browsing the forums) within half an hour.
It's the large, expert community (that has access to and therefore something of a stake in the source code) that enables such superb support.
Two links to the same article in the summary, and no apparent mention in the article (yes, I RTFA'd, wow) of what the hell these so-called "Pet Projets" (sic) actually are. What gives?
"What next? Is the King of England going to be able to listen in on my VoIP calls?"
Yes, even if you encrypt, and if by King you mean Prime Minister. The RIP Act forces suspects to reveal encryption keys on pain of imprisonment, whether charged with a crime or not. Useful, huh?
I assume VOIP can be encrypted just like anything else. So once again this will do nothing towards preventing terrorism, but everything to alienate The People.
"...would bar users from accessing sites like Amazon, MySpace, or Slashdot.....[which]....have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground."
Of course, because preteen girls are well known for associating themselves with this particular social network.
I wonder if it's the races and roles that people find easier to identify with in a fantasy MMO. Typical RPG characters like Human, Elf, Dwarf, Wizard and so on are pretty well defined. Give someone Human, Alien, Other Alien etc. and they don't know how to associate with the role.
Think this'll make any difference if I put a notice on my door? Of course, that assumes people come to see me, rather than summoning me to their desks.
Actually, reminds me of a decorative plate hanging on my grandmother's kitchen wall. It's labelled a "Round Tuit", and it allows her to complete all the tasks she's been putting off for years.
"It may not be there in the same form in the final game, but you could also hit a menu item and send your creature to Maxis' 3D printer, which automatically creates a model of it. It is likely that a model-making service (which will probably require payment) will be available when the game appears."
Holy shit how cool would that be? Unless they became sentient and we had to welcome our new 3-legged overlords.
FTA: "We later learned that the door access system had been mistakenly set to use a feature called "man-trap," which enables banks to secure their ATM machines while allowing access to customers of other banks. Most magnetic stripe systems have this capability."
So yes, misconfigured. But such a configuration has its uses in some situations like, as in the example, ATM vestibules.
I remember back in the days of the Atari ST and Amiga, C was considered to be a high-level language. People would complain about the poor performance of games written in C (to ease the porting from Amiga to ST and vice versa) over 'proper' Assembly coded games.
Now I hear most people referring to C and C++ as "low level" languages, compared to Java and PHP and visual basic and so on. Funny how that works out.
I like Assembler. There's something about interacting intimately with your target hardware. It's a shame that it's no longer feasible with today's variety of hardware.
"Currently, web surfers simple(sic) get an error message when they attempt to navigate to an unused domain. OpenDNS users will instead be routed to a company server that will present a list of search engine results and paid advertisements."
TFA states that Myspace was told to require credit card verification, so that answers your question. I'd say RTFA, except that for some reason, since ten minutes ago, it suddenly requires registration.
Or even a "parental responsibility" clause. Why did her parents allow her to meet a total stranger without supervision? And why does Myspace have any more responsibility than ANY other community-based website or bulletin board?
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Not that I disagree with you as such, but I believe the opposite can also be true. I do IT support in the medical profession, and we have "professional" software suites that cost thousands per year to license and have, on the scale of things, a fairly small user base. Getting prompt, relevant support is an exercise in frustration. You know the drill: log a call, wait for someone technical to call back, etc. etc.. Sometimes a bug can take months to be fixed, if at all.
Compare this with Pandion, the open source IM client I installed in our building. An update failed to install on our machines and left the old version inoperable. I posted a query on the official forum at 8:30 on the morning of the rollout and got a fix (from several people concurrently who were also browsing the forums) within half an hour.
It's the large, expert community (that has access to and therefore something of a stake in the source code) that enables such superb support.
Two links to the same article in the summary, and no apparent mention in the article (yes, I RTFA'd, wow) of what the hell these so-called "Pet Projets" (sic) actually are. What gives?
Indeed. I'm just waiting for someone to trot out The Ayn Rand Quote.
"What next? Is the King of England going to be able to listen in on my VoIP calls?"
Yes, even if you encrypt, and if by King you mean Prime Minister. The RIP Act forces suspects to reveal encryption keys on pain of imprisonment, whether charged with a crime or not. Useful, huh?
I assume VOIP can be encrypted just like anything else. So once again this will do nothing towards preventing terrorism, but everything to alienate The People.
"...would bar users from accessing sites like Amazon, MySpace, or Slashdot.....[which] ....have become a haven for online sexual predators who have made these corners of the Web their own virtual hunting ground."
Of course, because preteen girls are well known for associating themselves with this particular social network.
I wonder if it's the races and roles that people find easier to identify with in a fantasy MMO. Typical RPG characters like Human, Elf, Dwarf, Wizard and so on are pretty well defined. Give someone Human, Alien, Other Alien etc. and they don't know how to associate with the role.
Just a thought.
Well there's your problem - everyone knows cubes aren't aerodynamic.
Sorry.
I'd say using the word "gheyest" is pathetic to say the least. Maybe I'm just getting old.
There's a university in the UK which offers courses in "Circus Skills", so I wouldn't be surprised.
So many odd things about this article, including the kid's name: "Victor De Leon III". Sounds like a mafia boss. Wonder if he's allowed to play GTA?
What gets me is why anyone would want to pay? It's like paying someone to eat chocolate for you.
Think this'll make any difference if I put a notice on my door? Of course, that assumes people come to see me, rather than summoning me to their desks.
Sounds like it might be trivial to make a nice little boot disc for Vista, in this case.
Actually, reminds me of a decorative plate hanging on my grandmother's kitchen wall. It's labelled a "Round Tuit", and it allows her to complete all the tasks she's been putting off for years.
"Go to it" is how I read it. Silly name anyway, but makes a kinda sense.
"It may not be there in the same form in the final game, but you could also hit a menu item and send your creature to Maxis' 3D printer, which automatically creates a model of it. It is likely that a model-making service (which will probably require payment) will be available when the game appears."
Holy shit how cool would that be? Unless they became sentient and we had to welcome our new 3-legged overlords.
FTA: "We later learned that the door access system had been mistakenly set to use a feature called "man-trap," which enables banks to secure their ATM machines while allowing access to customers of other banks. Most magnetic stripe systems have this capability."
So yes, misconfigured. But such a configuration has its uses in some situations like, as in the example, ATM vestibules.
Should have used caltraps instead of mantraps.
I remember back in the days of the Atari ST and Amiga, C was considered to be a high-level language. People would complain about the poor performance of games written in C (to ease the porting from Amiga to ST and vice versa) over 'proper' Assembly coded games.
Now I hear most people referring to C and C++ as "low level" languages, compared to Java and PHP and visual basic and so on. Funny how that works out.
I like Assembler. There's something about interacting intimately with your target hardware. It's a shame that it's no longer feasible with today's variety of hardware.
Give us back the three-page BASIC code listings that took hours to type in and then didn't work. Bring back the fun.
This'll probably be about as popular as MS Word's Autocorrect, and not nearly as easy to turn off.
"Currently, web surfers simple(sic) get an error message when they attempt to navigate to an unused domain. OpenDNS users will instead be routed to a company server that will present a list of search engine results and paid advertisements."
No thanks.
Relate to whom? None of us here. ;)
TFA states that Myspace was told to require credit card verification, so that answers your question. I'd say RTFA, except that for some reason, since ten minutes ago, it suddenly requires registration.
Or even a "parental responsibility" clause. Why did her parents allow her to meet a total stranger without supervision? And why does Myspace have any more responsibility than ANY other community-based website or bulletin board?