What I noticed in typing this, is that MS is _always_ about 10 years behind where the progress should be. Its now 2006, and XP is a clowny looking thing from the mid 90s. I will say that they sure know how to sell stuff to people. They get an A++ for that, but innovation and quality have never been their forte.
MS Has gotten themselves into a catch 22. Issue: Legacy apps.
The reason they appear to be behind the times, and the reason it takes them so long to get a product 'out the door' is due to the fact they are building in legacy support into their most current operating systems. Apple decided to cut their losses in this, and can thus turn around new releases every year or so, while it might take MS 5 years to get something new out.
If MS decides to discontinue legacy support, they can potentially lose hundreds of thousands of customers. That would be a bad business decision. On the other hand, building a bulky product that people constantly complain about seems to be working just fine, as they still have a firm grasp on the OS market.
The response rate for phishing e-mails is much higher than for spam, says Paul Judge, CTO of messaging security maker CipherTrust.
Gee, I wonder why...
Which would you click on? (Under the assumption you're a BoA customer)
Cl1ck H33RE F0R S|0ft V1A_GR_A!!!!!
or
Click here to update your account information.
Its a matter of logic. You can expect people to fall for things that look legitimate, not the things that just look utterly retarded, like most spam these days.
Its just censorship under the veil of protection. Give games the rating based on the same standard as in movies, and block access to them, just like with movies.
Put some of the damn responsibility back on the parents.
First, songs taught us how to kill cops. Then Beavis and Butthead taught us how to kill each other. Then wrestling taught us to suplex each other. Now games teach us to fire guns.
Its a general problem in america (and yes, I'm american, and texan at that) where we can't and won't own up to the ability to control our lives. I don't know where it started, but thats a common theme over the past 20 years. I'm curious where the next phase of this is going to go.
Pepsi stock has taken a harsh beating today, after allegations of "Corpse Camping" by the Coke Guild. When approached for comments, Pepsi replied "AFK bio"
I've been a VB.Net developer since it was.Net beta, and am fluent in C# as well. Top that off with proficiency with SQL/ADO.Net and database architecture, and I'm pretty ripe for the picking.
Too bad I can't find time to find a better job, and am only pulling in 62k:(
"Unlike a lot of malware that exploits vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, there is no 'patch' that can be downloaded to ward off Kama Sutra."
Half the articles i read yesterday about this said that the public was being screwed over becuase MS wouldn't release a patch.
The only patch for stupid is a swift boot in the ass.
Stupid "Lameness" filter. been trying 15 minutes to get this crap to work. The quippiness has since left me and now i'm bitter. Add Morse code to the damn drop down already.
This biggest crim you can commit against a gamer is to make them feel like they've wasted their time.
How many raids are truely fruitful for a gamer in WoW at level 60? You don't need the XP, you don't need 90% of the items that even drop.
PvP on the other hand is equally as "regressive." Your hard-earned week of achievement can be wiped out if you go out of town, or if your internet goes down. There is no long-lasting benefit from PvPing, as there is in DAoC. In DAoC, you get a rank, you can't be demoted back to a lesser rank.
Now, of course as an indie, I'm not going to be making a "WoW-Killer" or anything like that, but all these things will be taken into consideration when we develop our next game.
Being a game designer, and writing my own MMO, I've been doing a lot of thinking about WoW (avid player for 6 months).
It doesn't find the happy medium. It is like a pyramid, with the middle missing. There is no spot for mediocracy. You have leetsauce gear, or you are a noob.
Every game has its roots. DAoC was a PvP game. EQ was a PvE game. WoW can't make up its mind, so its kinda half-assing it on both attempts.
I think its great for the extra publicity, as it helps us indies get a better grasp on what Joe Public wants and how he reacts to various scenarios.
" 'Investors are worried about interest rates and inflation and they felt technology stocks like Google, Apple, Yahoo and others were able to withstand these kinds of pressure. But now that ability is in doubt, "
How does the subpoena resistance have anything to do with interest rates and inflation? Sounds like the article is a coincidence.
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Yeah. Sometimes they filter out on incorrect items as well. I had to change the name of my header image on my own website, becuase I put "banner" in the name of image. Norton picked that up and killed the image, even though it wasn't a "ad" per se.
Seriously. IE for Windows has hella security holes as it is. Releasing the source code for Mac IE, which is also widely used, would only open up more security holes than already exist in public knowledge.
Besides, it would take months for any initiative to start and release a "patch" to fix said new holes.
The whole issue with distributed MMORPGs is the lag factor, as the parent said. You need to figure out which content is where, and that requires a centralized node. That node of course, subject to all the lookups and the likes.
Clustered boxes are the closest you can really come to this. Certain zones are on certain machines. If you want to switch zones, you go into a load screen, and then your server connects to the new zone, you get your characater serialized and moved to the new box, and then your client sees the new zone.
Some good classical music with maybe a little John Tesh thrown in for good measure. Just don't make me haul out the "big guns" and start playing some Celine Dion!
Note the bold. It means "in addition to" not "including". He never said they were classical.
As an English professor, I'm really offended by your inability to read.
Reall, I'm offended.
Really though, who qualifies? People that work for Symantec, McAfee and the likes?
Cyber security really starts at each individual user, imo. The virus can't spread if it has nowhere to spread to.
I know thats not directly related to the article, but is a clutch 'factor' in Security on the web. Can't DOS something if you have no hosts.
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What I noticed in typing this, is that MS is _always_ about 10 years behind where the progress should be. Its now 2006, and XP is a clowny looking thing from the mid 90s. I will say that they sure know how to sell stuff to people. They get an A++ for that, but innovation and quality have never been their forte.
MS Has gotten themselves into a catch 22. Issue: Legacy apps.
The reason they appear to be behind the times, and the reason it takes them so long to get a product 'out the door' is due to the fact they are building in legacy support into their most current operating systems. Apple decided to cut their losses in this, and can thus turn around new releases every year or so, while it might take MS 5 years to get something new out.
If MS decides to discontinue legacy support, they can potentially lose hundreds of thousands of customers. That would be a bad business decision. On the other hand, building a bulky product that people constantly complain about seems to be working just fine, as they still have a firm grasp on the OS market.
What would you do if you were Gates?
Agree with you, sadly.
Forgot the comedian who said it, but let Darwin work. Take the caps off the bleach bottles.
The response rate for phishing e-mails is much higher than for spam, says Paul Judge, CTO of messaging security maker CipherTrust.
Gee, I wonder why...
Which would you click on? (Under the assumption you're a BoA customer)
Cl1ck H33RE F0R S|0ft V1A_GR_A!!!!!
or
Click here to update your account information.
Its a matter of logic. You can expect people to fall for things that look legitimate, not the things that just look utterly retarded, like most spam these days.
Its just censorship under the veil of protection. Give games the rating based on the same standard as in movies, and block access to them, just like with movies.
Put some of the damn responsibility back on the parents.
First, songs taught us how to kill cops.
Then Beavis and Butthead taught us how to kill each other.
Then wrestling taught us to suplex each other.
Now games teach us to fire guns.
Its a general problem in america (and yes, I'm american, and texan at that) where we can't and won't own up to the ability to control our lives. I don't know where it started, but thats a common theme over the past 20 years. I'm curious where the next phase of this is going to go.
astronauts who have been to the Moon tend to get cataracts about 7 years earlier than other astronauts.
How many men have been to the moon? Is this really a good control group?
Pepsi stock has taken a harsh beating today, after allegations of "Corpse Camping" by the Coke Guild. When approached for comments, Pepsi replied "AFK bio"
I've been a VB.Net developer since it was .Net beta, and am fluent in C# as well. Top that off with proficiency with SQL/ADO.Net and database architecture, and I'm pretty ripe for the picking.
:(
Too bad I can't find time to find a better job, and am only pulling in 62k
If google was slowing down, i'd say yeah. I don't think though, that they are. Course, thats why its a gamble ;)
If you're playing the stock for the long haul, you're just chuckling to yourself. Its up how many fold in the past 12 months?
"Unlike a lot of malware that exploits vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, there is no 'patch' that can be downloaded to ward off Kama Sutra."
Half the articles i read yesterday about this said that the public was being screwed over becuase MS wouldn't release a patch.
The only patch for stupid is a swift boot in the ass.
Stupid "Lameness" filter. been trying 15 minutes to get this crap to work. The quippiness has since left me and now i'm bitter. Add Morse code to the damn drop down already.
This biggest crim you can commit against a gamer is to make them feel like they've wasted their time.
How many raids are truely fruitful for a gamer in WoW at level 60? You don't need the XP, you don't need 90% of the items that even drop.
PvP on the other hand is equally as "regressive." Your hard-earned week of achievement can be wiped out if you go out of town, or if your internet goes down. There is no long-lasting benefit from PvPing, as there is in DAoC. In DAoC, you get a rank, you can't be demoted back to a lesser rank.
Now, of course as an indie, I'm not going to be making a "WoW-Killer" or anything like that, but all these things will be taken into consideration when we develop our next game.
Being a game designer, and writing my own MMO, I've been doing a lot of thinking about WoW (avid player for 6 months).
It doesn't find the happy medium. It is like a pyramid, with the middle missing. There is no spot for mediocracy. You have leetsauce gear, or you are a noob.
Every game has its roots. DAoC was a PvP game. EQ was a PvE game. WoW can't make up its mind, so its kinda half-assing it on both attempts.
I think its great for the extra publicity, as it helps us indies get a better grasp on what Joe Public wants and how he reacts to various scenarios.
Can't believe the RIAA would stretch so far as to make something commonplace illegal in order to profit. Just don't buy it sir
didn't RTFA btw
" 'Investors are worried about interest rates and inflation and they felt technology stocks like Google, Apple, Yahoo and others were able to withstand these kinds of pressure. But now that ability is in doubt, "
How does the subpoena resistance have anything to do with interest rates and inflation? Sounds like the article is a coincidence.
Yeah. Sometimes they filter out on incorrect items as well. I had to change the name of my header image on my own website, becuase I put "banner" in the name of image. Norton picked that up and killed the image, even though it wasn't a "ad" per se.
Seriously. IE for Windows has hella security holes as it is. Releasing the source code for Mac IE, which is also widely used, would only open up more security holes than already exist in public knowledge.
Besides, it would take months for any initiative to start and release a "patch" to fix said new holes.
Uh, its only free if your project is going under the GPL.
For all those people who don't like showing the world an easy way to hack their program, they get to pay for the "commercial" version.
Or, for you .NET junkies:
DatePassed.AddMonths(11);
The whole issue with distributed MMORPGs is the lag factor, as the parent said. You need to figure out which content is where, and that requires a centralized node. That node of course, subject to all the lookups and the likes. Clustered boxes are the closest you can really come to this. Certain zones are on certain machines. If you want to switch zones, you go into a load screen, and then your server connects to the new zone, you get your characater serialized and moved to the new box, and then your client sees the new zone.
.....net worth just tripled.
I guess I forgot my SML tags (Sarcasm Markup Language)
Some good classical music with maybe a little John Tesh thrown in for good measure. Just don't make me haul out the "big guns" and start playing some Celine Dion! Note the bold. It means "in addition to" not "including". He never said they were classical. As an English professor, I'm really offended by your inability to read. Reall, I'm offended.
"Dave, I'm telling your wife you watched 'Shaving Ryan's Privates' last night..."
Really though, who qualifies? People that work for Symantec, McAfee and the likes? Cyber security really starts at each individual user, imo. The virus can't spread if it has nowhere to spread to. I know thats not directly related to the article, but is a clutch 'factor' in Security on the web. Can't DOS something if you have no hosts.