It's even worse than that.... It has nothing to do with the soldier not considering it an option, it has everything to do with someone else considering it an option for the soldier, without him knowing or giving permission.
Facsimiles have similar problems, although they have slightly better protections. For example, they require phone lines (fed wiretapping laws, at least once the signal hits the US, discourages tapping), no spoofing allowed (although that roll-your-own CID article is timely!), and an actual signature.
These protections for faxes are all simply legislated.... but the difference is that email has no legislated protections.
They track head movement, but your monitor is stationary. It's natural to move your head left to see things to the left, but with this you have to turn left and simultaneously look right.
I've looked into the hardware for making a real HUD/tracker, which has a display and does headtracking, and how to integrate them. For gameplay, it's mostly limited by the resolutions of current goggle setups. It's easy to find 640x480 goggles, but higher resolutions for gameplaying are much tougher.
If $140 makes you balk on one of the crappy units in the article, you shouldn't even consider the $2000+ it'd cost for a decent Head-mounted display.
5 inches = 12.5 cm in my world, how about yours? 5in = 12.7cm in my world, but math actually works for large, slow objects here. I hope dc(1) still works, too.
That was exactly the joke I was making, and tried to phrase it as an ignorant, american-centric, sexist. (I meant to say something about those brits not speaking Real English.) But it was all meant in Archie Bunker style humor.
But I really didn't know the origins of the confusion, and am glad the actual spanish was posted despite the obvious joking title.
Aye, but be wary of using Backorifice... the encryption is about as trivial as rot13, so anyone can root your box.
I don't know what kind of protections sub7 gives, but I'd be wary of that, too. Generally, these programs were written by hax0rz... definitely not cryptographers.
"...destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch," because of an unfortunate error in translation."
I only speak english... could someone explain the problem with that translation?
At the time, the 9800 pro was one of the fastest cards on the market, but Horizons ran like a dog, leaked memory, and ctd all the time. No other game I played did this. In fact, nearly every time I recalled to the bind point: ctd. Periodically in towns, it would slowly drop framerates until it was well below 5 fps. This issue (probably a memory leak of some sort) was only noticed if I didn't recall to my bind point, because otherwise I CRASHED TO DESKTOP!
If you visit any searchable fan sites, you'll find lots of old threads about ati's running like crap. And it didn't happen to everyone, but I would guess about 15-20% of the ati owners. We all compared drivers, trying many many different configurations, etc. Yes, all the obvious stuff was checked, updated, and even rolled back to old drivers when the new ones didn't work.
WRT the gui, if you activated an ability or attack during the recharge of another one, the first would "grey out" and be unusable unless you either did some fancy macro commands or relogged. Actually, you could also cast it with the popup menu, but the hotkey was DEAD until you did that, and in a battle that was unacceptable.
Ack... I was even considering trying out the trial since I spent a lot of time playing my mage/spellcrafter (hell, I even had a very nice RCI plot that cost 150 S), but now thinking of all the pain I had, I don't want to try it again. No way.
If I do anything, I'll restart AC2 instead. It's a far prettier, far more developed game. And I hear they really fixed up the crafting system... I was looking at it this morning and it was a huge improvement from when it was first introduced.
Why didn't it run properly on Radeons? SWG launched soon after, and ran great on all common video cards, and had much better graphics. Gale-AE kept denying there was a problem.
Was it actually possible to unlock the new races from launch, or was the game shipped before the races were even in the game?
Do you think they'll pull out of chapter 11 and turn a profit?
Have the show-stopping bugs been fixed? (ati issues, gui issues, etc)
Seriously, though, I don't get it from the players perspective. You pay $30-$50 a shot to BUY the game and the first month. Then you pay $10 a month to play. You, then, PAY (?!?!?) for major updates to the system (cleverly named 'expansions')???
Since I started playing mmorpgs and paying $10/mo or more, I soon found that I was saving a ton of money. I used to go to movies every weekend or two, at $17 a pop for two, which usually included additional cash for drinks and food. Gaming replaced a lot of that entertainment, and at $10/mo, it's pretty damn cheap in comparison! You need to look at the big picture. If gaming can satisfy your entertainment needs, it can be much cheaper.
You probably pay a lot for things which gamers have no further use for. Things like... deodorant, soap, food, gasoline,... you get the idea. Plus, gamers have less use for other forms of "interactive" entertainment with strangers (nudge nudge, wink wink), especially those 1-900 numbers that kept mysteriously appearing on their parents' phone bills.
why do I have to pay for the game AND the subscription?
Online games require similar development as traditional games, thus the initial cost of the game (and distributors and stores want their cut, etc). You generally get a discount on future products that link to the game (expansions) if you already own the original. Although you can download games, it takes a LONG time even over cable modems, and many people actually like to have a disk and the associated packaging.
But they also require other things, and these are what your $13/mo subscription pays for:
Evolving content: generally including new quests, ongoing bugfixes, occasional big updates, ongoing balancing (aka nerfing:)
Servers and maintenance: your computer isn't the only computer required to run the game, and keeping servers up 24/7 is not trivial when 10,000 angry customers will scream if you accidently hose the database server.
Additional customer support in-game is required, for handling bugs (I'm stuck!) and harassment claims.
Some big disadvantages of online gaming
right of first sale denied -- you can't simply sell the disk since it has been "activated" turning the disk into a mere communication program sans login information. Some EULAs forbid selling accounts (and IMHO should be challenged in court).
ship-now-patch-later mentality by developers. They know you're connected to the net, and they can push out updates to you at will. Why betatest when you can patch later?
Accounts often linked to email addresses, making it even more difficult to transfer. Get a temporary one for all your online games.
Credit card usually required, although some game cards are available which you purchase in a store, good for a few months.
net connection obviously required, which also means it's more difficult to play when travelling and forget playing your game on a plane!
in-game items are actually worth money on ebay, and some people spend their real-life time trying to figure out how to separate you from your virtual phat loot, including deception in-game, phishing schemes to collect IP addresses, and trojan horses.
dangerous to purchase, or even be GIVEN an account by a stranger, since they can generally recall and change the login information for the account after you have played it.
You should instead set it up to block them for an hour. Include pings, smnp, smtp/pop/whatever on hosts without those services, and all sorts of port scanning. The moment you see an illegitimate packet, you become a black hole to them. Sneakers scans would work, but it would take weeks... and it's very unlikely a kiddie would care enough to try.
But make DAMN sure that: 1) you drop any packets from the outside that appear to originate from inside your network 2) you don't accept source route packets... otherwise you risk someone sending you a DoS on yourself, which would be pretty hilarious.
Not true... internet surfing gives lots of data to analyze. And since the key will likely be the same forever, it should be easy to collect enough to analyze.
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I just want to know if Al Gore really created the Internet.
I guess I could ask Bush if he finally replaced all those lost 'W' keys that were popped off.
Plus the algae would like the heat from a laptop and grow even faster.
My mouse previously replaced my spouse!
It's even worse than that.... It has nothing to do with the soldier not considering it an option, it has everything to do with someone else considering it an option for the soldier, without him knowing or giving permission.
Facsimiles have similar problems, although they have slightly better protections. For example, they require phone lines (fed wiretapping laws, at least once the signal hits the US, discourages tapping), no spoofing allowed (although that roll-your-own CID article is timely!), and an actual signature.
These protections for faxes are all simply legislated.... but the difference is that email has no legislated protections.
"Oh, uh... do we have someone that can translate Vatican?"
Our sun uses fusion to keep burning... perhaps a simple solar power plant would suffice since all the energy is drawn from a fusion reaction.
I think a fusion plant (the way they meant it) should get better odds.
They track head movement, but your monitor is stationary. It's natural to move your head left to see things to the left, but with this you have to turn left and simultaneously look right.
I've looked into the hardware for making a real HUD/tracker, which has a display and does headtracking, and how to integrate them. For gameplay, it's mostly limited by the resolutions of current goggle setups. It's easy to find 640x480 goggles, but higher resolutions for gameplaying are much tougher.
If $140 makes you balk on one of the crappy units in the article, you shouldn't even consider the $2000+ it'd cost for a decent Head-mounted display.
5 inches = 12.5 cm in my world, how about yours?
5in = 12.7cm in my world, but math actually works for large, slow objects here. I hope dc(1) still works, too.
My netflix movies come overnight. If I get 4, that works out to almost a gig per hour...
As the saying goes, "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a truck loaded with tapes hurtling down the highway."
ctrlaltdel
I've played a lot of MMORPGs and this sums it up quite well!
That was exactly the joke I was making, and tried to phrase it as an ignorant, american-centric, sexist. (I meant to say something about those brits not speaking Real English.) But it was all meant in Archie Bunker style humor.
But I really didn't know the origins of the confusion, and am glad the actual spanish was posted despite the obvious joking title.
Aye, but be wary of using Backorifice... the encryption is about as trivial as rot13, so anyone can root your box.
... definitely not cryptographers.
I don't know what kind of protections sub7 gives, but I'd be wary of that, too. Generally, these programs were written by hax0rz
"...destined for Latin American markets, asked users to select their gender between "not specified," "male" or "bitch," because of an unfortunate error in translation."
I only speak english... could someone explain the problem with that translation?
Coming from someone named "darth mall" you will simply have to be happy with "L3ggolass".
At the time, the 9800 pro was one of the fastest cards on the market, but Horizons ran like a dog, leaked memory, and ctd all the time. No other game I played did this. In fact, nearly every time I recalled to the bind point: ctd. Periodically in towns, it would slowly drop framerates until it was well below 5 fps. This issue (probably a memory leak of some sort) was only noticed if I didn't recall to my bind point, because otherwise I CRASHED TO DESKTOP!
If you visit any searchable fan sites, you'll find lots of old threads about ati's running like crap. And it didn't happen to everyone, but I would guess about 15-20% of the ati owners. We all compared drivers, trying many many different configurations, etc. Yes, all the obvious stuff was checked, updated, and even rolled back to old drivers when the new ones didn't work.
WRT the gui, if you activated an ability or attack during the recharge of another one, the first would "grey out" and be unusable unless you either did some fancy macro commands or relogged. Actually, you could also cast it with the popup menu, but the hotkey was DEAD until you did that, and in a battle that was unacceptable.
Ack... I was even considering trying out the trial since I spent a lot of time playing my mage/spellcrafter (hell, I even had a very nice RCI plot that cost 150 S), but now thinking of all the pain I had, I don't want to try it again. No way.
If I do anything, I'll restart AC2 instead. It's a far prettier, far more developed game. And I hear they really fixed up the crafting system... I was looking at it this morning and it was a huge improvement from when it was first introduced.
so, wtf happened with horizons?
Specifically:
Seriously, though, I don't get it from the players perspective. You pay $30-$50 a shot to BUY the game and the first month. Then you pay $10 a month to play. You, then, PAY (?!?!?) for major updates to the system (cleverly named 'expansions')???
... deodorant, soap, food, gasoline, ... you get the idea. Plus, gamers have less use for other forms of "interactive" entertainment with strangers (nudge nudge, wink wink), especially those 1-900 numbers that kept mysteriously appearing on their parents' phone bills.
Since I started playing mmorpgs and paying $10/mo or more, I soon found that I was saving a ton of money. I used to go to movies every weekend or two, at $17 a pop for two, which usually included additional cash for drinks and food. Gaming replaced a lot of that entertainment, and at $10/mo, it's pretty damn cheap in comparison! You need to look at the big picture. If gaming can satisfy your entertainment needs, it can be much cheaper.
You probably pay a lot for things which gamers have no further use for. Things like
Online games require similar development as traditional games, thus the initial cost of the game (and distributors and stores want their cut, etc). You generally get a discount on future products that link to the game (expansions) if you already own the original. Although you can download games, it takes a LONG time even over cable modems, and many people actually like to have a disk and the associated packaging.
But they also require other things, and these are what your $13/mo subscription pays for:
Some big disadvantages of online gaming
Will someone please give me a link to this "Google" company?
Forget the pairing of console game + entertainment center.
True gamers want:
Console game + toilet.
Close seconds:
Console game + keg
Console game + firearms + range
Console game + vending machine
and I guess we would need the obligatory
Consol game + one-handed keyboard!
You should instead set it up to block them for an hour. Include pings, smnp, smtp/pop/whatever on hosts without those services, and all sorts of port scanning. The moment you see an illegitimate packet, you become a black hole to them. Sneakers scans would work, but it would take weeks... and it's very unlikely a kiddie would care enough to try.
... otherwise you risk someone sending you a DoS on yourself, which would be pretty hilarious.
But make DAMN sure that:
1) you drop any packets from the outside that appear to originate from inside your network
2) you don't accept source route packets
Competing game, perhaps? Or maybe someone you banned for trying to cheat or something?
Get one of these.
Not true... internet surfing gives lots of data to analyze. And since the key will likely be the same forever, it should be easy to collect enough to analyze.
Am I missing anything really obvious?
???
Profit!