But I have to wonder: do these Internet cafes sell balanced meals? I mean, having a-la-carte dining would at least cut down on the fatality rates, while getting the cafe owners more income.
Other people are idiots. They get far too much enjoyment out of ruining my game experience. With single player, you get a consistent and enjoyable game.
Then again, I don't equate "competitive" with "fun".
What the heck is wrong with selling out? I'd love to sell out! Who cares if the indie or underground groups think my product has jumped the shark? I've now got money, my name on a well-known product, and probably the ability to go and work on whatever I want.
You're a General because you're a General, not because of your uniform. Same with being a Doctor. The fact that most people assume the because you have the uniform that you are a General is a flaw in human perception, not in the role of General or Doctor. More to the point, wearing a General's uniform and wearing a badge with your picture that says "General" are basically the same thing: they boil down to "what you have".
And this is the point. "Something you have" is always very convincing for authentication methods. DNA can be substituted (GATTACA). Photos can be doctored. Credentials can be forged. "Something you are" doesn't work unless the authentication method can uniquely identify you as you with 100% accuracy... and that just can't be done without the security guards knowing you personally (even then, faces and voices can be mimiced).
There are three flavors of a security pass: 1. Something you have, like badge or actual key. 2. Something you know, like a password or pass phrase. 3. Something you are, like a General, Doctor, or American citizen.
Two-form authentication (where you use two of the three above forms) is quickly becoming regconized as being much more secure. Numerous security professionals were hoping biometrics would fit into the "something you are" category, but increasingly that category is being replaced by "something you have". You can have a General's uniform or forged passport... or a playdough impression from an authenticated finger. All this study does is confirm that migration.
DHT = "Trackerless". The P2P traffic is not managed by the tracker, like it normally is, but by the clients. This enables faster transfer, but interferes with the tracker's ability to manage piece distribution.
Private = "Tracker only". Well-behaved clients see the private tag and ignore trackerless requests. Usually for sites that have download ratios or other mthods that force users to upload a certain amount of content in order to continue to download.
The problem with using DHT on a private torrent is that the data in the torrent file you download that identifies who you are (for your account ratio) gets passed to other users. That screws up your ratio because others are downloading with your account info. You can very quickly find yourself below the enforced limit if you don't disable DHT.
I refuse to use Thunderbird until they implement an Export function. Forcing users to dig into the email profile directory to copy raw data files that some other application hopefully supports is not my idea of user-friendly.
Exactly. There's a fundamental problem in IT. In any aspect -- security, patch management, infrastructure, testing, development, server admin, backups -- IT done correctly tends to look like "Through a tremendous effort and cost on our part, nothing in particular happened." Unfortunately, to bean-counters this looks a whole lot like "Through no effort on our part, nothing in particular happened."
Consequently, IT departments tend to never have enough people, and instead rely on the work ethics of their staff to keep them going for long hours so as to avoid the dreaded "Through a tremendous effort and cost on our part, the stuff hit the fan." It's no wonder that IT pros tend to overwork themselves and burn out on the industry.
The actual quote is: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
Firefox is not slated to pass Acid2 until 3.0, last I heard.
IE7 is also not slated to pass at RTM, although the developers claim it will soon afterwards.
Acid2 is overrated, in any case. If you actually read the documentation on Acid2, it's a list of wants from web designers. A good target, but compared with security an usability is not on the top of the list for needs in the browsers of the future.
How can it possibly cost more every year to register a domain name? Everything involved except labour continually becomes cheaper - bandwidth, processing power, storage, everything! The process is basically automated anyway, so how can a steady increase in the cost of registering a domain be justified?
Inflation. $8 in 1905 US dollars is a heck of a lot more than $8 in 2005 US dollars.
Additionally, the demand for.com and.net addresses is higher than the number of good addresses available. If demand is greater than supply, prices go up. If people abandon.net and.com for.org or., prices go down.
Firefox is community developed OSS. Consequently, essentially anybody can submit a fix to any bug. If the Finns, Norwegians, Swedes, Poles, Danes, etc. want this fixed, they're fully capable of doing it themselves instead of waiting for English-speaking coders who don't care about it to do it for them.
Anyway wasn't the whole point of HTML that the browser decides how to render the tags and that the publisher should not expect pixel level layout wasn't it?
Of HTML, yes.
Of XHTML with full CSS support, no. CSS is designed to enforce pixel-level layout.
If only there were some way of adding "xxx" to every website name... kinda like how they add "com" or "net" to just about every website name now. Then you could block porn by just blocking the "xxx"!
With the exception of flamebait from Anonymous Cowards,/. has far better conversation and information that Digg. Digg is what would happen to/. if Fark invaded.
This reminds me of a fantasy character in one of the many books I've read (whose name is lost on me).
There was once a goblin that had gone and eaten troll steak, and trolls are notorious for very fast regeneration. The goblin grew large and fat from having eaten the steak as it continually regenerated in his stomach and was continually being digested, but he also suffered constant pains as the steak also tried to get out.
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I agree with the sentiment.
But I have to wonder: do these Internet cafes sell balanced meals? I mean, having a-la-carte dining would at least cut down on the fatality rates, while getting the cafe owners more income.
The core of D&D has always been to get together with friends and cooperatively complete adventures.
If you want h4rdc0r3 PvP, go play Counterstrike or Quake.
Other people are idiots. They get far too much enjoyment out of ruining my game experience. With single player, you get a consistent and enjoyable game.
Then again, I don't equate "competitive" with "fun".
What the heck is wrong with selling out? I'd love to sell out! Who cares if the indie or underground groups think my product has jumped the shark? I've now got money, my name on a well-known product, and probably the ability to go and work on whatever I want.
You're a General because you're a General, not because of your uniform. Same with being a Doctor. The fact that most people assume the because you have the uniform that you are a General is a flaw in human perception, not in the role of General or Doctor. More to the point, wearing a General's uniform and wearing a badge with your picture that says "General" are basically the same thing: they boil down to "what you have".
And this is the point. "Something you have" is always very convincing for authentication methods. DNA can be substituted (GATTACA). Photos can be doctored. Credentials can be forged. "Something you are" doesn't work unless the authentication method can uniquely identify you as you with 100% accuracy... and that just can't be done without the security guards knowing you personally (even then, faces and voices can be mimiced).
There are three flavors of a security pass:
1. Something you have, like badge or actual key.
2. Something you know, like a password or pass phrase.
3. Something you are, like a General, Doctor, or American citizen.
Two-form authentication (where you use two of the three above forms) is quickly becoming regconized as being much more secure. Numerous security professionals were hoping biometrics would fit into the "something you are" category, but increasingly that category is being replaced by "something you have". You can have a General's uniform or forged passport... or a playdough impression from an authenticated finger. All this study does is confirm that migration.
Wow, elitism and ignorance in the same post. You have been here a long time!
DHT = "Trackerless". The P2P traffic is not managed by the tracker, like it normally is, but by the clients. This enables faster transfer, but interferes with the tracker's ability to manage piece distribution.
Private = "Tracker only". Well-behaved clients see the private tag and ignore trackerless requests. Usually for sites that have download ratios or other mthods that force users to upload a certain amount of content in order to continue to download.
The problem with using DHT on a private torrent is that the data in the torrent file you download that identifies who you are (for your account ratio) gets passed to other users. That screws up your ratio because others are downloading with your account info. You can very quickly find yourself below the enforced limit if you don't disable DHT.
I refuse to use Thunderbird until they implement an Export function. Forcing users to dig into the email profile directory to copy raw data files that some other application hopefully supports is not my idea of user-friendly.
We don't have a justice system. We have a legal system.
China. Their legal system is corrupt, bureaucratic, slothful, wasteful, and horrible... but not like ours.
Exactly. There's a fundamental problem in IT. In any aspect -- security, patch management, infrastructure, testing, development, server admin, backups -- IT done correctly tends to look like "Through a tremendous effort and cost on our part, nothing in particular happened." Unfortunately, to bean-counters this looks a whole lot like "Through no effort on our part, nothing in particular happened."
Consequently, IT departments tend to never have enough people, and instead rely on the work ethics of their staff to keep them going for long hours so as to avoid the dreaded "Through a tremendous effort and cost on our part, the stuff hit the fan." It's no wonder that IT pros tend to overwork themselves and burn out on the industry.
Because nit-picking grammar is a sure sign of maturity.
The actual quote is:
"Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -- Benjamin Franklin
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Congratulations on passing economics.
Good luck next term on ethics.
IE7 is also not slated to pass at RTM, although the developers claim it will soon afterwards.
Acid2 is overrated, in any case. If you actually read the documentation on Acid2, it's a list of wants from web designers. A good target, but compared with security an usability is not on the top of the list for needs in the browsers of the future.
Inflation. $8 in 1905 US dollars is a heck of a lot more than $8 in 2005 US dollars.
Additionally, the demand for .com and .net addresses is higher than the number of good addresses available. If demand is greater than supply, prices go up. If people abandon .net and .com for .org or ., prices go down.
Stupid free market economics! Stupid unlimited supply of domain names!
Whoops. Someone misplaced their sarcasm detector.
Firefox is community developed OSS. Consequently, essentially anybody can submit a fix to any bug. If the Finns, Norwegians, Swedes, Poles, Danes, etc. want this fixed, they're fully capable of doing it themselves instead of waiting for English-speaking coders who don't care about it to do it for them.
There is no vendor. You are the developer.
Security through elitism? Is that a new model?
If only there were some way of adding "xxx" to every website name... kinda like how they add "com" or "net" to just about every website name now. Then you could block porn by just blocking the "xxx"!
Someone should tell the President!
With the exception of flamebait from Anonymous Cowards, /. has far better conversation and information that Digg. Digg is what would happen to /. if Fark invaded.
This reminds me of a fantasy character in one of the many books I've read (whose name is lost on me).
There was once a goblin that had gone and eaten troll steak, and trolls are notorious for very fast regeneration. The goblin grew large and fat from having eaten the steak as it continually regenerated in his stomach and was continually being digested, but he also suffered constant pains as the steak also tried to get out.