My hypothesis is that all you have to do is smack hackers on the side of the head and tell them: Wake up. Don't sit here making up a priori theories about what users need. Go find some users and see what they need.
One of the ways early 80's investing companies would check out the local malls, and see what trends where popular. And invest in the companies making the products.
The current trend is to make something in house, find it sucks, buy some startup, rebrand it, and go. 2-4 revisions later and you have a product that people can use (mostly). Microsoft knew this and bought out an small anti-virus company to create its "AntiSpyware Beta" program to just get the ball rolling. Exactly the point Paul was saying.
Even if your product isnt the best, but you give the users what they want, its the only choice, people are going to use it. I know a guy who still sells radius software he created back in ISP boom craze, makes money selling it still, because it works, rock solid, and can be used for wireless.
Very good article, only sad point, grad school isnt the only place to make counterparts, but it does seem to be the breeding ground for new companies.
I dont see a difference between killing an animal for food or sport, even if the sport is done on the web.
This sounds like passing a law for PR, nothing else. We dont need feel good, nanny laws created. This is law is purely about ones feeling about hunting, nothing more.
People need to stop passing more laws for behavior and freedoms of the people, and deal with voilent crimes, polution or robbery. They need to stay out of peoples lives and hobbies.
If they said "No Church Online" you bet there would be more people talking about this law.
Serriously, do you need to be told what you can watch, what you can eat, who you can marry, whats proper in your own home? Damn if you people dont see this is a fluff law you are a sheep.
Been wondering with the graphics of World of Warcraft, its raised the bar on what people expect from an MMO to look like. The down side, WoW is missing many features of a popular MMO's, that EQ2, Dark Camelot, Ashron have. Even popular D&D elements are missing, but since its based on the Warcraft game history, some aspects might be expected.
I'm currious, now that the level of graphical detail has been met, what game will come along and give the game play thats also needed to make an MMO better.
After playing some demos and seen video clips, the new games just dont provide the graphical detail of WoW, but tend to offer more indepth gameplay. I just wish I knew what was coming next? Matrix was a real disappointment. autowars looks too metal-wars'ish.
http://www.mpog.com has some good links and videos and reviews. Guildwars is getting better reviews than WoW, which is interesting. Wondering its gotten better since beta.
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"Playing Well With Others"
No doubt, anyone playing Warcraft3 will no doubt know some kiddies need this one. This tends to be the average chat while waiting for a game to fill up.
While waiting for all slots to fill. "Go fag" "g" "g" "g" "g" "g" "JUST FUCKING GO!"
Then after the kid messes up the game and blames the team.
"You suck asshole!" -- if not in all caps, be amazed.
So, that recaps the first 2 minutes of warcraft3, waiting for a game to fill.
Rick Berman, executive-producer of Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he believes the decline in ratings that led to the series' cancellation was the result of an oversaturation of the franchise
Rick Berman took a good show and ruined it, Just like G4 did to TechTV's Screensavers. Corporate sabatoge for vanity.
Even when people offered to the buy the rights for the shows, they refused knowing damn well that it would make the everyone involved look like idiots. Too late.
BTW, the new Altered Universe Enterprise was very entertaining. That show had so many possabilities. Shame, it was such a great idea.
I've been a WoW player since it came out, even an officer in the 4th largest guild on the Bloodhoof server. I play a Rogue with a warlock alt and a new druid.
Being a horde player you have a smaller population, so less people to instance with. And the change of getting ninja looters, who will steal on bosses, hench the change to master loot on all bosses.
PvP is lagtastic, and offsides. Alliance normally has a 2:1 ratio, but with guards, help kinda helps. And when a true zerg 5:1 sometimes, they just storm tarren mill and take the city and camp the graveyard. So, at times, it really is crap.
Highend instances are not Rogue oriented, so after spending 5 months getting my guy to 60, I find out that I should of rolled a Priest or Warrior is rather depressing. But time will tell, but blizzard doesnt answer questions much, other than making people change names. They actually made a guy named "Hellcow" change his name, and disbanded a group called Euthanasia. Rather nazi like behavior of the GM's lately.
There is no player growth other than reach level 60, farm your armor/weapon, reach 300 on your 2 selected professions. The include cooking, firstaid and fishing for everyone. Boring......
No trophies, everyone looks the same, they are trying with new weapon graphics, which is helping some. But it would of been nice if at least some of the taruens the size of houses where not all the same size.
So, it has major issues, balance between horde vs alliance is a big problem. Also not being able for you to see friends on other servers is a big problem. Since it seems everyone I know is on a different server. Really its 2005, the technology exists to have people across servers play together. And before someone says they cant, I work at a telco, ive use and seen technology that can do this. Its possible, some MMO's already do this.
What I like, good graphics, good movement and fighting combat. Even if the lag sucks, its good. Not total FPS style, you dont aim as much.
But, I'm gonna try guild wars, and got a free EQ2 account in the mail from fileplanet.
BTW, other than patches breaking cosmo's a UI addon, they have added most of its functions, other than a CLOCK (With localtime), and a RAID addon, you almost dont need them anymore.
They are trying I give them that, I just wish they would of explored more than the really boxed in RPG feeling you get. Great graphics wont keep people around when every new game has great graphics.
Who know, time will tell how many people churn. (I like using a telco term for MMO's, YEA)
This would be a good use for Wikipedia, each plant's information should be put into into this opensource encyclopedia.
I see this as part of the problem, getting the information out, reporting plants drug use out of books into a format more people can use. Perfect use for Wikipedia.
SOX is a lie to make the public feel safe. You can still move money around from departments and expenses. The accountants make money on SOX, and you get a false "Warm and Fuzzy" feeling that the CEO/CFO wont take out personal loans. But golden parachutes still exist, and sign and profit bonus's, and a zillon other ways to get the Excecutives some money.
And the article is full of fluff, the companies he listed are already under SOX control, except offshore gambling.
This is more than "A network card with a CPU", its also the technology "SLIC" to go along with the ASIC card. SLIC was copied by Microsoft after meeting with Alacritech, and then Microsoft saying they invented it, and broke all communications.
Now, Microsoft might say that the technology already existed, but its too specialized, with parts on the CPU and parts on the Network card. I suspect Microsoft will just license the technology and end suit but not after trying years of legal bills.
I think the case was easy to understand, easier for a Judge to agree.
This is after a man who was not able to copy a DVD he purchase to a VHS cassette so he can watch it at his mother's place. Which is considered private copying and is a consumer right in France.
Until it affects you, and you can see the problem, most people dont understand the issue. This was the perfect example of people seeing the outcome of copyprotection on something you bought and no longer have control over how you use it.
Of course, I have no idea if I can copy a DVD to VHS tape legally for my own personal use in America, with the laws being passed on riders on bills for IRAQ, who knows.
I'll have to listen, I stopped my tivo for season for TSS.
Who wants to watch 20 somethings that know nothing about tech other than "Wow that Sony PSP is cool...."
Umm. I'm the 30 something that buys all the neat toys, the first ones to buy the new phones, pda's, and hardware. So, you insult us. Nice, we go off on the next place to get our tech news. Too bad Slashdot is about it. If slashdot could just a TV Show.
I have a UMTS A845, and I get over 200K on Cingular (Former ATTWS), Problem, UMTS is already being phased out for HSPDA for upto 10Mbs (4Mbs real world).
Lucky HSPDA is just a upgrade to UMTS, you get devices that are backwards compatible, so don't expect more UMTS devices in the USA, all new devices are going to be HSPDA or GPRS.
And you say you worked for the industry, well guess what, so do I.
What industry? Airlines? Baggage handlers also work "in the industry" but I wouldn't think of them especially suited to answer questions about RF interference
Yes, the baggage handlers post to slashdot during the work day.
Average member of Slashdot crowd isn't fully proficient in commenting flight safety. Your local air line representative is. So why don't you pick up your phone and make a call and have your question answered in no less than 30 seconds by a professional?
Most flight safty rep's will just read of a list of things they dont allow. They dont or have not tested RF in planes. Manufacturers do.
So, since a large group of engineers who do read Slashdot and design electronics for RF gear, or work in the RF industry might know a thing or 2.
Why believe everything you read or someone tells you. Question.
Youre an adult, "Because I told you" is not a good enough answer. Facts are.
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Most TCP Proxy tunnel programms stopped working, as microsoft turned of HTTP Connect messages.
Desproxy was great and http proxy where great programs, but now our IT with one simple upgrade to the HTTP proxy patched our little door.
Lucky we have SMTP servers, so mail->web gateways shouldnt be an issue. And if im bored could make a mail-irc gw (if it doesnt already exist)
My favorite protocol gateway convertor is Delegate. http://www.delegate.org/delegate/features/
Really, if you have a box inside and a box outside, and someway to pass data, you can move information. Even encrypted.
My hypothesis is that all you have to do is smack hackers on the side of the head and tell them: Wake up. Don't sit here making up a priori theories about what users need. Go find some users and see what they need.
One of the ways early 80's investing companies would check out the local malls, and see what trends where popular. And invest in the companies making the products.
The current trend is to make something in house, find it sucks, buy some startup, rebrand it, and go. 2-4 revisions later and you have a product that people can use (mostly). Microsoft knew this and bought out an small anti-virus company to create its "AntiSpyware Beta" program to just get the ball rolling. Exactly the point Paul was saying.
Even if your product isnt the best, but you give the users what they want, its the only choice, people are going to use it. I know a guy who still sells radius software he created back in ISP boom craze, makes money selling it still, because it works, rock solid, and can be used for wireless.
Very good article, only sad point, grad school isnt the only place to make counterparts, but it does seem to be the breeding ground for new companies.
Currious, Ad-Aware and Spybot now include "report ware" or whatever they call it, is there any truly free 3rd party program scanner?
I've been hit a couple times by downloading shareware with addons, or some popup that both have ignore, that leads me to a DDL/Reg hunt also.
Even microsoft's beta scanner doesnt catch them. Was wondering when someone would bring this up on Slashdot, its been crazy.
I dont see a difference between killing an animal for food or sport, even if the sport is done on the web.
This sounds like passing a law for PR, nothing else. We dont need feel good, nanny laws created. This is law is purely about ones feeling about hunting, nothing more.
People need to stop passing more laws for behavior and freedoms of the people, and deal with voilent crimes, polution or robbery. They need to stay out of peoples lives and hobbies.
If they said "No Church Online" you bet there would be more people talking about this law.
Serriously, do you need to be told what you can watch, what you can eat, who you can marry, whats proper in your own home? Damn if you people dont see this is a fluff law you are a sheep.
Been wondering with the graphics of World of Warcraft, its raised the bar on what people expect from an MMO to look like. The down side, WoW is missing many features of a popular MMO's, that EQ2, Dark Camelot, Ashron have. Even popular D&D elements are missing, but since its based on the Warcraft game history, some aspects might be expected.
I'm currious, now that the level of graphical detail has been met, what game will come along and give the game play thats also needed to make an MMO better.
After playing some demos and seen video clips, the new games just dont provide the graphical detail of WoW, but tend to offer more indepth gameplay. I just wish I knew what was coming next? Matrix was a real disappointment. autowars looks too metal-wars'ish.
http://www.mpog.com has some good links and videos and reviews. Guildwars is getting better reviews than WoW, which is interesting. Wondering its gotten better since beta.
"Playing Well With Others"
No doubt, anyone playing Warcraft3 will no doubt know some kiddies need this one. This tends to be the average chat while waiting for a game to fill up.
While waiting for all slots to fill.
"Go fag"
"g"
"g"
"g"
"g"
"g"
"JUST FUCKING GO!"
Then after the kid messes up the game and blames the team.
"You suck asshole!" -- if not in all caps, be amazed.
So, that recaps the first 2 minutes of warcraft3, waiting for a game to fill.
A CEO runs a company into the ground and blames the comsumers. Nobody is buying the product! Wheres my golden parachute.
Same thing with the StarTrek franchise, ran into the ground, blaming the consumers for his poor run of the company.
Rick Berman, executive-producer of Star Trek: Enterprise, told SCI FI Wire that he believes the decline in ratings that led to the series' cancellation was the result of an oversaturation of the franchise
Rick Berman took a good show and ruined it, Just like G4 did to TechTV's Screensavers. Corporate sabatoge for vanity.
Even when people offered to the buy the rights for the shows, they refused knowing damn well that it would make the everyone involved look like idiots. Too late.
BTW, the new Altered Universe Enterprise was very entertaining. That show had so many possabilities. Shame, it was such a great idea.
I miss Firefly.
Humm, maybe the artists should start sueing the RIAA, Oh yea, its only fair.
I've been a WoW player since it came out, even an officer in the 4th largest guild on the Bloodhoof server. I play a Rogue with a warlock alt and a new druid.
Being a horde player you have a smaller population, so less people to instance with. And the change of getting ninja looters, who will steal on bosses, hench the change to master loot on all bosses.
PvP is lagtastic, and offsides. Alliance normally has a 2:1 ratio, but with guards, help kinda helps. And when a true zerg 5:1 sometimes, they just storm tarren mill and take the city and camp the graveyard. So, at times, it really is crap.
Highend instances are not Rogue oriented, so after spending 5 months getting my guy to 60, I find out that I should of rolled a Priest or Warrior is rather depressing. But time will tell, but blizzard doesnt answer questions much, other than making people change names. They actually made a guy named "Hellcow" change his name, and disbanded a group called Euthanasia. Rather nazi like behavior of the GM's lately.
There is no player growth other than reach level 60, farm your armor/weapon, reach 300 on your 2 selected professions. The include cooking, firstaid and fishing for everyone. Boring......
No trophies, everyone looks the same, they are trying with new weapon graphics, which is helping some. But it would of been nice if at least some of the taruens the size of houses where not all the same size.
So, it has major issues, balance between horde vs alliance is a big problem. Also not being able for you to see friends on other servers is a big problem. Since it seems everyone I know is on a different server. Really its 2005, the technology exists to have people across servers play together. And before someone says they cant, I work at a telco, ive use and seen technology that can do this. Its possible, some MMO's already do this.
What I like, good graphics, good movement and fighting combat. Even if the lag sucks, its good. Not total FPS style, you dont aim as much.
But, I'm gonna try guild wars, and got a free EQ2 account in the mail from fileplanet.
BTW, other than patches breaking cosmo's a UI addon, they have added most of its functions, other than a CLOCK (With localtime), and a RAID addon, you almost dont need them anymore.
They are trying I give them that, I just wish they would of explored more than the really boxed in RPG feeling you get. Great graphics wont keep people around when every new game has great graphics.
Who know, time will tell how many people churn. (I like using a telco term for MMO's, YEA)
I've seen quite a few bloggers post about new hardware, software, and reviews of stuff that isnt offically released.
Hell even journalists and reporters are using blogs to give more details that released in the news.
Also, if you live in a place like China, a US blog site might be a place to post about information that you cant otherwise talk about.
Blogs might be teh suck, but they have a place in a sound bite you get only 1 point of view news sites.
Like my Slashdot blog post? (-;
Maybe they can fix it for you for a small fee, and keep your data.
This would be a good use for Wikipedia, each plant's information should be put into into this opensource encyclopedia.
I see this as part of the problem, getting the information out, reporting plants drug use out of books into a format more people can use. Perfect use for Wikipedia.
SOX is a lie to make the public feel safe. You can still move money around from departments and expenses. The accountants make money on SOX, and you get a false "Warm and Fuzzy" feeling that the CEO/CFO wont take out personal loans. But golden parachutes still exist, and sign and profit bonus's, and a zillon other ways to get the Excecutives some money.
And the article is full of fluff, the companies he listed are already under SOX control, except offshore gambling.
Not great detail, but a quick over at wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes-Oxley
Exactly, you can run Windows 16bit and (Win32) software on OS/2. I doubt microsoft will allow that code to be GPL'ed.
:P
I rathed liked OS/2, stable and had the best VGA Font I used. Ya, die hard terminal user.
This is more than "A network card with a CPU", its also the technology "SLIC" to go along with the ASIC card. SLIC was copied by Microsoft after meeting with Alacritech, and then Microsoft saying they invented it, and broke all communications.
Now, Microsoft might say that the technology already existed, but its too specialized, with parts on the CPU and parts on the Network card. I suspect Microsoft will just license the technology and end suit but not after trying years of legal bills.
http://www.alacritech.com/html/tech_review.html has details on the technology.
I think the case was easy to understand, easier for a Judge to agree.
This is after a man who was not able to copy a DVD he purchase to a VHS cassette so he can watch it at his mother's place. Which is considered private copying and is a consumer right in France.
Until it affects you, and you can see the problem, most people dont understand the issue. This was the perfect example of people seeing the outcome of copyprotection on something you bought and no longer have control over how you use it.
Of course, I have no idea if I can copy a DVD to VHS tape legally for my own personal use in America, with the laws being passed on riders on bills for IRAQ, who knows.
While based off Linux and BSD, code wasnt stolen, it was Liberated.
- China's National University of Defence Technology.
The MPAA giving to someones campaign funds is perfectly legal, lets say a Police Chief, who then in turn is tough on copyright crimes.
Yup, business as usual.
I'll have to listen, I stopped my tivo for season for TSS.
Who wants to watch 20 somethings that know nothing about tech other than "Wow that Sony PSP is cool...."
Umm. I'm the 30 something that buys all the neat toys, the first ones to buy the new phones, pda's, and hardware. So, you insult us. Nice, we go off on the next place to get our tech news. Too bad Slashdot is about it. If slashdot could just a TV Show.
Yup, and its a rider for a moral values bill too, DAMN!
Funny how people find it amazing that our legal system is out of whack, and the corporate funding of big government to protect it.
Its funny, corporations pay less taxes than you, get more legal rights than you, and elect your officals.
If you dont like it you can, ahh, vote? hahhahaha.
I have a UMTS A845, and I get over 200K on Cingular (Former ATTWS), Problem, UMTS is already being phased out for HSPDA for upto 10Mbs (4Mbs real world).
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Lucky HSPDA is just a upgrade to UMTS, you get devices that are backwards compatible, so don't expect more UMTS devices in the USA, all new devices are going to be HSPDA or GPRS.
http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/4520-3504_16-56649
And you say you worked for the industry, well guess what, so do I.
What industry? Airlines? Baggage handlers also work "in the industry" but I wouldn't think of them especially suited to answer questions about RF interference
Yes, the baggage handlers post to slashdot during the work day.
Average member of Slashdot crowd isn't fully proficient in commenting flight safety. Your local air line representative is. So why don't you pick up your phone and make a call and have your question answered in no less than 30 seconds by a professional?
Most flight safty rep's will just read of a list of things they dont allow. They dont or have not tested RF in planes. Manufacturers do.
So, since a large group of engineers who do read Slashdot and design electronics for RF gear, or work in the RF industry might know a thing or 2.
Why believe everything you read or someone tells you. Question.
Youre an adult, "Because I told you" is not a good enough answer. Facts are.