You might notice that if you click a link with a swgemu.com base, it redirects you to Crayola, Teletubbies or Lego's site. This is because of how the hosting service is implemented. Almost all the swgemu sites I go to require me to cut and past links into the browser and to make sure they are preceded with http://./ [.] So for instance, paste "http://forums.swgemu.com/viewtopic.php?p=24081#24 081" into your browser and you should see the linked forum.
Actually, it seems like they redirect you if you send an invalid referer (one from an external site). I have no idea why they do that (fear of slashdotting? attempts at secrecy? attempts at being funny?). You can disable sending any referers at all (set network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 in FF), or use something like the refspoof extension to get around it more eaisly.
Of course, not sending a referer works only until they start requiring valid referers... Most sites don't implement such a scheme, though, as it's a pain in the ass for everyone.
Personally, I carry it around on a thumbdrive... with qemu-win. It serves no purpose besides lauching it on people's computers and telling them "Look, it's Linux under your Windows!" Best thing is, I still fit plenty of other crap on the same, 1GB drive.
I was going to suggest that setting up a gateway, making it recognize his MAC, and automatically redirect every one of his HTTP requests to goatse would be a good idea... But then, he is a sex offender and it might not work in his case.
I suppose it's easier to conceal cheating attempts involving headphones. With wrtitng, you have to actually take something out and read it - if someone is observing you closely, they can notice you looking like you're reading something you shouldn't be reading. With headphones, you do not have to make any highly visible movements to retrieve information (provided the headphones are concealed in the first place).
Also, storing a lot of information in a small package is easier with audio players... You don't wanna cheat from a huge book under your desk.
The point of the vault is to store a couple (thousand) of samples, not to be a terraforming resource. The concern here is that after a major disaster, some types of crops might become totally extinct; the vault is there to allow people to reintroduce the particular crops back into the envirnoment. Creating such a vault takes less resources than creating a vault with crops and other resources that would allow to support a large population. Hell, such resources would probably be better spent by helping areas which lack food right now, instead of being buried underground, waiting for apocalypse.
They expect people connected to a hate site to go on the web openly admit to having a myspace account, and having several friends associated with it, who are in the same sort of hate groups. Problem is, people who go to hate sites don't exactly want to throw their personal data out there in the first place, which makes the whole project kinda pointless.
boycott: an agreement usually among a particular segment of the population to reduce or stop the use and purchase of certain products or activities.
If you consider Yahoo a product, then you can reduce or stop the use of it.
If you do not consider it a product, you can still consider using it an activity, and therefore you can reduce it (although I don't see how you can use an activity).
HL2's plot wasn't great, even if the world where it took place was very fleshed out. The game involved a lot of "go there, now go there" plot, with paper-thin reasons for doing it.
One thing that bothers me a lot is that Gordon Freeman never speaks. It feels like a severe artificial limitation on the game, and makes it that much less immersive. Were HL2 a movie, or a book, Gordon Freeman would attempt to learn what the hell was going on - even if nobody was able to provide an answer. In the game, Freeman just does whatever he is told to, like a dumb sheep, instead of trying to make sense of the situation. That makes the plot of the game feel like it's full of holes, for me.
I think the main problem with the printed game magazines is the magazines are usually very behind, with whatever content is available online. People tend to want games soon after they come out, and that's when they can read reviews and articles about them online. With magazines, on the other hand, you often have to wait 1-2 months before a review comes out. For this reason, I stopped bothering with printed game mags a long time ago.
Besides that, there's the multimediablitiy (if that's a word) of online content - you simply cannot post tons of high-res screenshots and videos in a printed magazine. What you can do, on the other hand, is get exclusives - reviews, previews, etc. - which seems to be the major thing that print mags do to attract readers these days.
Still, number stations are pretty much a one way means of communication. The whole idea behind them is that they can be broadcast from a secure location (ie, from the territory of the state running the agents), and received by any number of recipients, without anyone being able to detect the fact that the transmission was received. In case of voip, both sides are detectable - even if not eaisly traceable.
Also, the VoIP method is missing another point of the stations: with a radio station, you can remain tuned for as long as you wish, without the risk of detection increasing. Staying connected to a "number station" via VoIP means that you have to stay connected for prolonged amounts of time, increasing chances of detection, if only by a hotel employee who notes that someone was sitting on the hotel's wifi network for 24 hours. Besides, if one wants to use "number stations" over the Internet, one can simply post the numbers in any amount of places. It is easier and probably also safer to grab one text file off some FTP server, than it is to stay connected somewhere for a longer time. You might not get the message as fast then, but at least you're not sitting in a van next to your local Motel 6 for 3 days.
Actually, slavery was accepted by some, while others found it "bad." Both of these are opinions, and a neutral article ideally would show both...
Also, there really no way to objectivelly declare what's morally wrong, as it varies over people and cultures, and depends on opinions, and non-fact based convictions.
And that would make the firewall a paperwall. If the firewall can decide what to do by itself, it can decide to let in unwanted traffic by itself, making it that much easier to circumvent.
One major reason why game movies suck is that some games have very simple plots, that cannot be expanded eaisly. Take something like Doom 3 - yes, there is a background story, but good 80% of the game is shooting stuff... walk somewhere while shooting, hit a button, walk back... now, that works for games, but is too monotonous for movies...
Game-based movies would be better if they were based on games with better plot. When you start out with a shootfest where your main hero doesn't even speak, you're gonna have a hard time making something out of it.
I would love to see all of the marketing and R&D dollars poured into these stupid, stupid features go instead into producing smaller phones that have increased range, longer battery life and a user interface not designed by a team of raccoons. Is that so ridiculous?
Unfortunately, as of yet, nobody figured out how to implement a service where you get a longer battery life for a regular monthly fee. Once that happens, you can expect it to be everywhere. Just like with any other service that cellphone operators out there offer.
Scientists argue that you don't actually blow up when exposed directly to a no-air space environment... So, my suggestion would be to get into an industrial size fridge, and pour boiling water down your throat while lying down.
I want them to explain why the smallest weapon fire causes the ships to shake like crazy, but inertial dampeners have no problems with faster-than-light jumps.
While this technology is still in development, make sure it can withstand Romulan disruptor fire!
Let's just call it Football Where A Bunch Of Guys Attempt To Kick A Round Ball as opposed to Football Where A Bunch Of Guys In Protective Gear Keep Crashing Into Each Other. That would make it really easy for everyone, and nobody would have any problem with determining what the other person is talking about.
Instead of Joga.com - Soccer-themed social networking website, you could say Joga.com - Football Where A Bunch Of Guys Attempt To Kick A Round Ball-themed networking website.
Alienware targets PC gamers, and PC gamers care a lot when it comes to picking and choosing hardware, and they usually care more about the components than the name brand of whoever assembles it. If it's gonna be high end, and overpriced, then they better keep allowing flexibility, or they'll offer no real incentive for PC gamers, and others who buy from them..
Did the hamsters grow glowing red lights on the sides of their heads, allowing them to see in ir, provided they wear a special, funny-looking device over their eyes?
Maybe now they'll develop a scheme to limit the browser window to 300x300px, unless you're using IE under Vista; and a special, Mousewheel Access Protection enabled MS mouse, to use the scrollbars!
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Actually, it seems like they redirect you if you send an invalid referer (one from an external site). I have no idea why they do that (fear of slashdotting? attempts at secrecy? attempts at being funny?). You can disable sending any referers at all (set network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 in FF), or use something like the refspoof extension to get around it more eaisly.
Of course, not sending a referer works only until they start requiring valid referers... Most sites don't implement such a scheme, though, as it's a pain in the ass for everyone.
Personally, I carry it around on a thumbdrive... with qemu-win. It serves no purpose besides lauching it on people's computers and telling them "Look, it's Linux under your Windows!" Best thing is, I still fit plenty of other crap on the same, 1GB drive.
I was going to suggest that setting up a gateway, making it recognize his MAC, and automatically redirect every one of his HTTP requests to goatse would be a good idea... But then, he is a sex offender and it might not work in his case.
I suppose it's easier to conceal cheating attempts involving headphones. With wrtitng, you have to actually take something out and read it - if someone is observing you closely, they can notice you looking like you're reading something you shouldn't be reading. With headphones, you do not have to make any highly visible movements to retrieve information (provided the headphones are concealed in the first place).
Also, storing a lot of information in a small package is easier with audio players... You don't wanna cheat from a huge book under your desk.
The point of the vault is to store a couple (thousand) of samples, not to be a terraforming resource. The concern here is that after a major disaster, some types of crops might become totally extinct; the vault is there to allow people to reintroduce the particular crops back into the envirnoment. Creating such a vault takes less resources than creating a vault with crops and other resources that would allow to support a large population. Hell, such resources would probably be better spent by helping areas which lack food right now, instead of being buried underground, waiting for apocalypse.
They expect people connected to a hate site to go on the web openly admit to having a myspace account, and having several friends associated with it, who are in the same sort of hate groups. Problem is, people who go to hate sites don't exactly want to throw their personal data out there in the first place, which makes the whole project kinda pointless.
He also questioned how lawmakers reasonably expected retailers to collect the $25 fine from children.
That's easy: they'd kill a hooker and steal her money, or murder someone for their wallet. We're talking about gamers here, after all.
If you do not consider it a product, you can still consider using it an activity, and therefore you can reduce it (although I don't see how you can use an activity).
HL2's plot wasn't great, even if the world where it took place was very fleshed out. The game involved a lot of "go there, now go there" plot, with paper-thin reasons for doing it.
One thing that bothers me a lot is that Gordon Freeman never speaks. It feels like a severe artificial limitation on the game, and makes it that much less immersive. Were HL2 a movie, or a book, Gordon Freeman would attempt to learn what the hell was going on - even if nobody was able to provide an answer. In the game, Freeman just does whatever he is told to, like a dumb sheep, instead of trying to make sense of the situation. That makes the plot of the game feel like it's full of holes, for me.
I think the main problem with the printed game magazines is the magazines are usually very behind, with whatever content is available online. People tend to want games soon after they come out, and that's when they can read reviews and articles about them online. With magazines, on the other hand, you often have to wait 1-2 months before a review comes out. For this reason, I stopped bothering with printed game mags a long time ago.
Besides that, there's the multimediablitiy (if that's a word) of online content - you simply cannot post tons of high-res screenshots and videos in a printed magazine. What you can do, on the other hand, is get exclusives - reviews, previews, etc. - which seems to be the major thing that print mags do to attract readers these days.
Still, number stations are pretty much a one way means of communication. The whole idea behind them is that they can be broadcast from a secure location (ie, from the territory of the state running the agents), and received by any number of recipients, without anyone being able to detect the fact that the transmission was received. In case of voip, both sides are detectable - even if not eaisly traceable.
Also, the VoIP method is missing another point of the stations: with a radio station, you can remain tuned for as long as you wish, without the risk of detection increasing. Staying connected to a "number station" via VoIP means that you have to stay connected for prolonged amounts of time, increasing chances of detection, if only by a hotel employee who notes that someone was sitting on the hotel's wifi network for 24 hours. Besides, if one wants to use "number stations" over the Internet, one can simply post the numbers in any amount of places. It is easier and probably also safer to grab one text file off some FTP server, than it is to stay connected somewhere for a longer time. You might not get the message as fast then, but at least you're not sitting in a van next to your local Motel 6 for 3 days.
Actually, slavery was accepted by some, while others found it "bad." Both of these are opinions, and a neutral article ideally would show both...
Also, there really no way to objectivelly declare what's morally wrong, as it varies over people and cultures, and depends on opinions, and non-fact based convictions.
And that would make the firewall a paperwall. If the firewall can decide what to do by itself, it can decide to let in unwanted traffic by itself, making it that much easier to circumvent.
One major reason why game movies suck is that some games have very simple plots, that cannot be expanded eaisly. Take something like Doom 3 - yes, there is a background story, but good 80% of the game is shooting stuff... walk somewhere while shooting, hit a button, walk back... now, that works for games, but is too monotonous for movies...
Game-based movies would be better if they were based on games with better plot. When you start out with a shootfest where your main hero doesn't even speak, you're gonna have a hard time making something out of it.
On the contrary, I'm actually looking forward to, "Slashdot: Escaping the Basement." It's a fictional drama...
Sounds very fictional indeed... up to the part with the lightsaber - that could happen.
I would love to see all of the marketing and R&D dollars poured into these stupid, stupid features go instead into producing smaller phones that have increased range, longer battery life and a user interface not designed by a team of raccoons. Is that so ridiculous?
Unfortunately, as of yet, nobody figured out how to implement a service where you get a longer battery life for a regular monthly fee. Once that happens, you can expect it to be everywhere. Just like with any other service that cellphone operators out there offer.
Scientists argue that you don't actually blow up when exposed directly to a no-air space environment... So, my suggestion would be to get into an industrial size fridge, and pour boiling water down your throat while lying down.
I want them to explain why the smallest weapon fire causes the ships to shake like crazy, but inertial dampeners have no problems with faster-than-light jumps.
While this technology is still in development, make sure it can withstand Romulan disruptor fire!
Didn't they already buy out Macromedia? Seems like that was what started their efforts to get into web development software.
Let's just call it Football Where A Bunch Of Guys Attempt To Kick A Round Ball as opposed to Football Where A Bunch Of Guys In Protective Gear Keep Crashing Into Each Other. That would make it really easy for everyone, and nobody would have any problem with determining what the other person is talking about.
Instead of Joga.com - Soccer-themed social networking website, you could say Joga.com - Football Where A Bunch Of Guys Attempt To Kick A Round Ball-themed networking website.
Alienware targets PC gamers, and PC gamers care a lot when it comes to picking and choosing hardware, and they usually care more about the components than the name brand of whoever assembles it. If it's gonna be high end, and overpriced, then they better keep allowing flexibility, or they'll offer no real incentive for PC gamers, and others who buy from them..
Did the hamsters grow glowing red lights on the sides of their heads, allowing them to see in ir, provided they wear a special, funny-looking device over their eyes?
You already got Counterstrike... perfect thing to contain nasty annoying kiddies - plenty of them there already.
That must be the first post by bacteria on slashdot! Whoa!
Maybe now they'll develop a scheme to limit the browser window to 300x300px, unless you're using IE under Vista; and a special, Mousewheel Access Protection enabled MS mouse, to use the scrollbars!