That kind of reminds me of the LTR-40125S/LTR-40125W firmware thing. This line of drives uses exactly the same hardware as the LTR-48125S/LTR-48125W drives do, so there's no sense in not going ahead and upgrading the firmware for the extra 8x (besides which, if you have one of the S series, you really should change to a W firmware, as the W drives use P-CAV, whereas the S drives use Z-CLV).
The recursion I don't understand either - all the professional programmers I know say it's useless and is likely to fill up the stack memory and crash the program.
It depends on how you implement it, and (more importantly) how many times it recurses. If you pass by reference than by value (Java primarily uses one of these, but I can't remember which . . . it's been a long time since I've written any Java code), it'll take quite a bit longer for the stack to fill up, as you won't be creating new variables on it with each instance, but it will eventually just because of the program keeping track of return addresses from the function (which would take a fair number of recursions, but it's not all that unlikely for a lengthy problem).
The benefit of recursion are that for smaller jobs, it can be the easiest code to write. You have to be extremely careful where you use it, though, as there are usually better ways to implement most things.
*sigh* BIND has been known to be an exceedingly insecure DNS implementation for . . . how long now? And it's still being used? *glares at root server operators*
I realize that not everybody patches their servers, but . . . DNS is the backbone of virtually everybody's Internet connection, once a physical connection has been established. Honestly, very few people have the IP addresses to sites or servers they use memorized, or have them hard-coded in hosts files. Anybody running a DNS server should have an obligation to prevent it from being compromised, even moreso at the higher areas in the DNS hierarchy.
So . . . a life sentence in that case would be three years? Do you get a bulk discount with that, or what? Or maybe you're figuring on parole or time off for good behavior . . .:^P
Typing of Fury (the keyboard-based version of this game) is an interesting take on the whole DDR thing. I had an opportunity to try out an unreleased beta of this that the developers allowed us to borrow for an annual convention that the gaming student org at my college runs. I'm not sure I like it, however. Yes, it's a good way to get typing practice in, but it just seems a bit strange . . . Perhaps it was just the keyboards, but occasionally, it seemed as though I'd hit the proper key at the proper time, but it wouldn't register (and I've got fairly good rhythm, having played classical piano for about 9 years). Of course, at this point, the game wasn't completely finished (one of the songs (I can't remember the title . . . something with noodles . ..) at that point crashed the game, for instance), so it may have been fixed, if indeed it was a problem.
Actually, the BeOS does a very good job of dealing with hardware configuration, provided there are drivers for the hardware available. If there is, it's configured automatically. It just works (except for network cards, where the extent of the configuration is choosing among DHCP, manual IP config, or disabled). If there isn't a driver for the device, it doesn't work (or goes grayscale, in the case of the display).
This can really be seen if you have two different BeOS-supported video cards. Swap them out and the box will boot as though nothing happened. Now if only other operating systems could do that . . .
To hazard a guess, since he was South Korean, I'd say it was probably Gunbound, an exremely addicting game (kind of like an updated version of Scorched Earth). It is only in Korean at this point, but it's quite fun even if you can't understand the text (which you don't really need to, anyway).
You can get a free account here (fields are username, password, password again, and the radio buttons are male/female; then click the large rocket graphic at the bottom) and a copy of the current version of the client here. Grab the gunbound_xxx.exe file (where xxx is the latest version number).
OK, I haven't played Magic in years (the newest cards in my collection came from the Ice Age set), so I have no idea what "type II" is. Is it some different rule set or something else?
Actually, I think part of it may have been due to poor manufacturing.
I've had two Kenwood 72x drives (including the one that they replaced for free under warranty), and neither of them has had any of the problems reading CD-Rs or CD-RWs that many people have had. Similarly, I've never had a problem with scratched discs.
Obviously, the design itself is fine. The problems that have popped up are probably due to defects somewhere in the manufacturing (or maybe, since these were both late models, they fixed the problems?).
Quite so. BFS, however, used MIME typing as a file identification method in addition to the more common filename-based typing. It works quite well, is very reliable, and has the added advantage of not requiring any OS-specific metadata to be sent with files to be identified.
So the Euro is copyrighted? But by whom? And if it's copyrighted, the copyright owner could, theoretically, shut out people or member states on a whim . . . (Not that it'd happen, but it's an interesting thought)
Hmmm. I just saw this at my local BestBuy today. And here I thought I simply missed the release announcement on Slashdot . ..
Regarding the CD key banning, there's something I'd like to point out: what happens if you buy a copy of RtCW and the CD key that you get has already been blacklisted? Say someone uses a keygen. Keygens come up with apparently valid keys which can be used to install software/etc. However, the same CD key could very well also be sitting in a box on a store shelf somewhere. This happened to a friend of mine with Diablo II (although they do not blacklist keys; he just couldn't log on because of it), and Blizzard killed the other guy's account (seems justified . ..). However, suppose the keygen has produced a key that has been posted on the Internet and shared. I doubt that id would just say, "Oh, that's yours? Well, we'll just take it off of the list of banned keys." Hopefully, the customer could fax a copy of a receipt or something and get a new key mailed if this was to happen.
On a side note, I'm surprised at the note that Graeme Devine had something to do with this. Last I heard of him was in the interview at the end of the 11th Hour strategy guide. Good luck Mr. Devine, wherever you are.
That's probably the most interesting part of all this. They bought them partially for the BeIA codebase, but mostly for the engineering team (nevermind that Be had some massive layoffs right before the sale was announced . ..).
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Somehow I doubt a spinning optical disc will fare that well rattling and shaking either.
I'd buy the GBA version, but I'm not paying $20 for a game I already own two copies of and is old enough to vote.
That kind of reminds me of the LTR-40125S/LTR-40125W firmware thing. This line of drives uses exactly the same hardware as the LTR-48125S/LTR-48125W drives do, so there's no sense in not going ahead and upgrading the firmware for the extra 8x (besides which, if you have one of the S series, you really should change to a W firmware, as the W drives use P-CAV, whereas the S drives use Z-CLV).
The recursion I don't understand either - all the professional programmers I know say it's useless and is likely to fill up the stack memory and crash the program.
It depends on how you implement it, and (more importantly) how many times it recurses. If you pass by reference than by value (Java primarily uses one of these, but I can't remember which . . . it's been a long time since I've written any Java code), it'll take quite a bit longer for the stack to fill up, as you won't be creating new variables on it with each instance, but it will eventually just because of the program keeping track of return addresses from the function (which would take a fair number of recursions, but it's not all that unlikely for a lengthy problem).
The benefit of recursion are that for smaller jobs, it can be the easiest code to write. You have to be extremely careful where you use it, though, as there are usually better ways to implement most things.
*sigh* BIND has been known to be an exceedingly insecure DNS implementation for . . . how long now? And it's still being used? *glares at root server operators* I realize that not everybody patches their servers, but . . . DNS is the backbone of virtually everybody's Internet connection, once a physical connection has been established. Honestly, very few people have the IP addresses to sites or servers they use memorized, or have them hard-coded in hosts files. Anybody running a DNS server should have an obligation to prevent it from being compromised, even moreso at the higher areas in the DNS hierarchy.
So . . . a life sentence in that case would be three years? Do you get a bulk discount with that, or what? Or maybe you're figuring on parole or time off for good behavior . . . :^P
Typing of Fury (the keyboard-based version of this game) is an interesting take on the whole DDR thing. I had an opportunity to try out an unreleased beta of this that the developers allowed us to borrow for an annual convention that the gaming student org at my college runs. I'm not sure I like it, however. Yes, it's a good way to get typing practice in, but it just seems a bit strange . . . Perhaps it was just the keyboards, but occasionally, it seemed as though I'd hit the proper key at the proper time, but it wouldn't register (and I've got fairly good rhythm, having played classical piano for about 9 years). Of course, at this point, the game wasn't completely finished (one of the songs (I can't remember the title . . . something with noodles . . .) at that point crashed the game, for instance), so it may have been fixed, if indeed it was a problem.
Is it just me, or has UserFriendly gotten, well, lame in recent years? Not that these WhizKids comics are much better, mind you . . .
Actually, the BeOS does a very good job of dealing with hardware configuration, provided there are drivers for the hardware available. If there is, it's configured automatically. It just works (except for network cards, where the extent of the configuration is choosing among DHCP, manual IP config, or disabled). If there isn't a driver for the device, it doesn't work (or goes grayscale, in the case of the display).
This can really be seen if you have two different BeOS-supported video cards. Swap them out and the box will boot as though nothing happened. Now if only other operating systems could do that . . .
To hazard a guess, since he was South Korean, I'd say it was probably Gunbound, an exremely addicting game (kind of like an updated version of Scorched Earth). It is only in Korean at this point, but it's quite fun even if you can't understand the text (which you don't really need to, anyway).
You can get a free account here (fields are username, password, password again, and the radio buttons are male/female; then click the large rocket graphic at the bottom) and a copy of the current version of the client here. Grab the gunbound_xxx.exe file (where xxx is the latest version number).
When can I get a laser pointer with that kind of power?
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What a medireviewly draconian policy . . .
OK, I haven't played Magic in years (the newest cards in my collection came from the Ice Age set), so I have no idea what "type II" is. Is it some different rule set or something else?
Actually, I think part of it may have been due to poor manufacturing.
I've had two Kenwood 72x drives (including the one that they replaced for free under warranty), and neither of them has had any of the problems reading CD-Rs or CD-RWs that many people have had. Similarly, I've never had a problem with scratched discs.
Obviously, the design itself is fine. The problems that have popped up are probably due to defects somewhere in the manufacturing (or maybe, since these were both late models, they fixed the problems?).
Quite so. BFS, however, used MIME typing as a file identification method in addition to the more common filename-based typing. It works quite well, is very reliable, and has the added advantage of not requiring any OS-specific metadata to be sent with files to be identified.
Imagine a Beowulf cl*whack*
Owww . . .
Gee, thanks for posting this on Slashdot. There goes any chance of getting something at a reasonable price.
From that page: "the symbol © indicating copyright protection"
So the Euro is copyrighted? But by whom? And if it's copyrighted, the copyright owner could, theoretically, shut out people or member states on a whim . . . (Not that it'd happen, but it's an interesting thought)
http://open-beos.sourceforge.net, actually.
Hmmm. I just saw this at my local BestBuy today. And here I thought I simply missed the release announcement on Slashdot . . .
.). However, suppose the keygen has produced a key that has been posted on the Internet and shared. I doubt that id would just say, "Oh, that's yours? Well, we'll just take it off of the list of banned keys." Hopefully, the customer could fax a copy of a receipt or something and get a new key mailed if this was to happen.
Regarding the CD key banning, there's something I'd like to point out: what happens if you buy a copy of RtCW and the CD key that you get has already been blacklisted? Say someone uses a keygen. Keygens come up with apparently valid keys which can be used to install software/etc. However, the same CD key could very well also be sitting in a box on a store shelf somewhere. This happened to a friend of mine with Diablo II (although they do not blacklist keys; he just couldn't log on because of it), and Blizzard killed the other guy's account (seems justified . .
On a side note, I'm surprised at the note that Graeme Devine had something to do with this. Last I heard of him was in the interview at the end of the 11th Hour strategy guide. Good luck Mr. Devine, wherever you are.
We are borg.
That's probably the most interesting part of all this. They bought them partially for the BeIA codebase, but mostly for the engineering team (nevermind that Be had some massive layoffs right before the sale was announced . . .).
> 1100 people have already successfully turned it off . . .
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I wish I was one of them. I keep getting the following error (and the
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"only" 512 mbps? I'd pay a whole lot more than $100 for that kind of speed . . . :^)