Has there been anything you guys have gleaned from the DAOC development team in terms of what and what not to do? I thoroughly enjoyed DAOC in its earlier years but moved on after Trials of Atlantis made my head explode.
I wonder if a similar comment would have survived to the slashdot front page if moveon.org complained that YouTube was blocking access to a video that criticized Bush's policy on Saudi Arabia (and was bereft of nudity, violence, etc)...
Of course it would, and it would have resulted in a barrage of "OMG 1984" comments in the discussion.
No, seriously, when I looked at the page a couple of hours ago all it had on it was the screenshot of IE6 getting bombed, that was it. I went back and looked at it again just now and there's a lot more on there than previously. Mea culpa!
consumers have been hearing mostly baseless FUD about a potential $600 purchase.
Dude, it is going to be a $600 purchase - that isn't baseless FUD, that's straight from the horse's mouth. In fact, once you tack on games and accessories, sales tax, etc, I would not be very surprised if some people break the $1,000 mark just at launch.
I'd start working on residential-level network security appliances. Get ahold of D-Link, Linksys, Buffalo Tech, Netgear, etc., and work with them to implement virus/spyware/spam filtering on their routers. It's not going to take care of the people still on dialup because they want to live 50 miles from the nearest city with >10,000 people, but it's a good start.
That's known as being a grammar nazi. You have nothing constructive to contribute, all you're there for is to correct somebody else for something that's ultimately worthless.
Viruses aren't the point - an online service is only as secure as the people who use it. If some schmuck logs into a site with sensitive data on a public terminal at an airport and doesn't close his session, someone can come in right behind him and tinker. If somebody gives his password out to his secretary so they can do something, then the secretary writes it down and hangs the sticky on their monitor where the overnight janitor can see it, that's already 2 extra people that have access to resources that aren't intended.
I hate that shit. My parents get calls from fire/police departments asking for money all the time. What the hell, isn't that what our taxes for? Where is all the money going?
I looked at a couple of the cases they had listed and it seemed like most (if not all) were dealerships that sold a counterfeit copy to a secret shopper. At least it looks like they're doing their homework before filing a lawsuit, unlike certain other organizations that are out suing dead grandmothers that never owned anything made after 1962.
Wait until somebody goes AFK.
Take a screenshot of their desktop, save to My Documents.
Right-click -> Arrange by -> Uncheck Show Desktop Icons
Set desktop background to bitmap you saved
Hide Start menu
Watch as their computer magically "quits responding"
Because Vista is going to be used by about a couple hundred million more people than Linux/OSX. Even if there is no real threat, it's worth it just to investigate and make sure.
I don't know much about the baseball legend, but having his name and money behind the project can't be a bad thing.
Schilling has been noted in the past for being an avid MMO gamer, I believe DAOC at one point as well as Everquest 2. So at the very least it's something he's probably going to be interested in, as opposed to just having something to pour some of his money into.
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Has there been anything you guys have gleaned from the DAOC development team in terms of what and what not to do? I thoroughly enjoyed DAOC in its earlier years but moved on after Trials of Atlantis made my head explode.
Run for your lives! Oh... wait.
I wonder if a similar comment would have survived to the slashdot front page if moveon.org complained that YouTube was blocking access to a video that criticized Bush's policy on Saudi Arabia (and was bereft of nudity, violence, etc)...
Of course it would, and it would have resulted in a barrage of "OMG 1984" comments in the discussion.
Sure is.
No, seriously, when I looked at the page a couple of hours ago all it had on it was the screenshot of IE6 getting bombed, that was it. I went back and looked at it again just now and there's a lot more on there than previously. Mea culpa!
I saw this easily 2-3 years ago.
consumers have been hearing mostly baseless FUD about a potential $600 purchase.
Dude, it is going to be a $600 purchase - that isn't baseless FUD, that's straight from the horse's mouth. In fact, once you tack on games and accessories, sales tax, etc, I would not be very surprised if some people break the $1,000 mark just at launch.
Welcome to every piece of software ever made.
and we don't have to worry about the food being bad
:)
Haven't seen and/or played Final Fantasy X-2 then, I take it?
We prefer sequels? This is news to me.
I'd start working on residential-level network security appliances. Get ahold of D-Link, Linksys, Buffalo Tech, Netgear, etc., and work with them to implement virus/spyware/spam filtering on their routers. It's not going to take care of the people still on dialup because they want to live 50 miles from the nearest city with >10,000 people, but it's a good start.
Yeah, I don't like em unless somebody I know is sending me a link that is 5 miles long and may get broken up in an IM window.
Even Christianity, when it first came along was a threat.
It's still a threat even now, considering some of the shit going on these days.
See: How Rock'n'Roll Music Became the Bogeyman in 1950. Bunch of wound-up old people that don't like change.
That's a lot of Wii.
Because, man! Down with the RIAA, man!!
That's known as being a grammar nazi. You have nothing constructive to contribute, all you're there for is to correct somebody else for something that's ultimately worthless.
Viruses aren't the point - an online service is only as secure as the people who use it. If some schmuck logs into a site with sensitive data on a public terminal at an airport and doesn't close his session, someone can come in right behind him and tinker. If somebody gives his password out to his secretary so they can do something, then the secretary writes it down and hangs the sticky on their monitor where the overnight janitor can see it, that's already 2 extra people that have access to resources that aren't intended.
That's an unneeded security risk.
I hate that shit. My parents get calls from fire/police departments asking for money all the time. What the hell, isn't that what our taxes for? Where is all the money going?
I looked at a couple of the cases they had listed and it seemed like most (if not all) were dealerships that sold a counterfeit copy to a secret shopper. At least it looks like they're doing their homework before filing a lawsuit, unlike certain other organizations that are out suing dead grandmothers that never owned anything made after 1962.
On a Windows machine anyway...
Wait until somebody goes AFK.
Take a screenshot of their desktop, save to My Documents.
Right-click -> Arrange by -> Uncheck Show Desktop Icons
Set desktop background to bitmap you saved
Hide Start menu
Watch as their computer magically "quits responding"
Someone already beat you to it.
That's why they said up front: easy to learn, difficult to master.
Why would Vista cause any more problems?
Because Vista is going to be used by about a couple hundred million more people than Linux/OSX. Even if there is no real threat, it's worth it just to investigate and make sure.
Newsflash, genius: Everquest wasn't the first to the stage with MMORPG genre, they just took what was out there and made it bigger.
I don't know much about the baseball legend, but having his name and money behind the project can't be a bad thing.
Schilling has been noted in the past for being an avid MMO gamer, I believe DAOC at one point as well as Everquest 2. So at the very least it's something he's probably going to be interested in, as opposed to just having something to pour some of his money into.
http://www.game-reviews.ca/news_1163.htm