Useless? What is your CPU going to be doing otherwise? I've found that it hardly interferes with anything on my NT box, and the Linux server which HAS to be up and operational for those occasional logins is not doing anything besides using up precious Kinetic energy. Might as well be doing something.
Linux. Because a computer is a terrible thing to waste.
Distributed.net - Because CPU time IS BEING wasted.
He (Kurtz) has a constitutional right to complain about things. I have a constitutional right to complain about Kurtz's strip. My rantz:
I've never read PvP, but I already have an extreme dislike for the opinions of the author. He is too close minded. If he were to think about supply and demand, he would see the DEMAND and realize that people out there are LOOKING for this kind of humour, and Illiad is supplying it.
The amateur radio packet network is governed by the FCC just like any other amateur radio communications mode. The regulations can be difficult to get around, such as the rule that you MUST have an amateur radio license to transmit anything on an amateur radio frequency.
This would put a kink in using IRC for one. You would only be able to converse with valid amateurs, which would be impossible to guarantee.
I looked into setting up a wireless amateur radio packet network at school, as I admin a svr that is currently connected to the Internet AND the packet radio network. I couldn't legally use IRC thru the radio link because the folks I would chat with do not have FCC amateur radio licenses.
'Bout the only thing this would come in handy for would be remote system administration, but then you would have to look at the fact that packet radio is an OPEN mode of communication. Anyone with a TNC and radio receiver would be able to monitor what was going on. And forget about using SSH or some similiar mode of secure shell access -- the FCC forbids the use of encryption.:(
Future Crew went above and beyond anything that was around at that time. Was it way back in 1993? I remember the first time I watched it on 486, then on a pentium... I almost went out and got a Gravis Ultrasound to replace my SB16, because FC recommended the Gravis.:) Those were the days when MUCH was done with VERY little. I wonder if it will run on my machine now...
I believe it was Skaven, one of the authors of FC's Second Reality, that went on to release Catch that Goblin, a VERY well done s3m.
It has been ages since I last went out demo searching, and I am very sorry to see the demise of hornet. Anyone happen to know where Future Crew's page is now? I believe they disbanded, but kept their presence on the 'net somewhere...
You guys remember Second Reality demo, headed up by Skaven? I think he was also the one that did Catch that Goblin, his last demo before he went to animation school (as if he needed it. )
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Useless? What is your CPU going to be doing otherwise? I've found that it hardly interferes with anything on my NT box, and the Linux server which HAS to be up and operational for those occasional logins is not doing anything besides using up precious Kinetic energy. Might as well be doing something.
Linux . Because a computer is a terrible thing to waste.
Distributed.net - Because CPU time IS BEING wasted.
He (Kurtz) has a constitutional right to complain about things. I have a constitutional right to complain about Kurtz's strip. My rantz:
I've never read PvP, but I already have an extreme dislike for the opinions of the author. He is too close minded. If he were to think about supply and demand, he would see the DEMAND and realize that people out there are LOOKING for this kind of humour, and Illiad is supplying it.
The amateur radio packet network is governed by the FCC just like any other amateur radio communications mode. The regulations can be difficult to get around, such as the rule that you MUST have an amateur radio license to transmit anything on an amateur radio frequency.
This would put a kink in using IRC for one. You would only be able to converse with valid amateurs, which would be impossible to guarantee.
I looked into setting up a wireless amateur radio packet network at school, as I admin a svr that is currently connected to the Internet AND the packet radio network. I couldn't legally use IRC thru the radio link because the folks I would chat with do not have FCC amateur radio licenses.
'Bout the only thing this would come in handy for would be remote system administration, but then you would have to look at the fact that packet radio is an OPEN mode of communication. Anyone with a TNC and radio receiver would be able to monitor what was going on. And forget about using SSH or some similiar mode of secure shell access -- the FCC forbids the use of encryption. :(
Future Crew went above and beyond anything that was around at that time. Was it way back in 1993? I remember the first time I watched it on 486, then on a pentium... I almost went out and got a Gravis Ultrasound to replace my SB16, because FC recommended the Gravis. :) Those were the days when MUCH was done with VERY little. I wonder if it will run on my machine now...
I believe it was Skaven, one of the authors of FC's Second Reality, that went on to release Catch that Goblin, a VERY well done s3m.
It has been ages since I last went out demo searching, and I am very sorry to see the demise of hornet. Anyone happen to know where Future Crew's page is now? I believe they disbanded, but kept their presence on the 'net somewhere...
Can you open source hardware? :) Or maybe release it under a license similiar to GPL?
You guys remember Second Reality demo, headed up by Skaven? I think he was also the one that did Catch that Goblin, his last demo before he went to animation school (as if he needed it. )
--Joseph