The problem with the no-strikes cheating policy is what is counted as cheating? Obviously bots fall into this category, but what about keyboard macros? What about running under Wine (which I do for Warcraft 3 / SC)? There is a huge grey area which makes this quite difficult.
I can tell you that I would be quite angry if I were banned because their server could tell I wasn't running under a 'normal' Windows install, especially if my legally purchased copy suddenly became useless to me.
I play Warcraft 3 and Starcraft on a very infrequent (maybe once every month or two) basis, and I *only* play on LANs; I have a few friends who play in a similar manner, and we get together and have a blast. Last time we had 10 people together; normally we average about 6 or so. We are all horrible compared to even the lowest n00bs on b.net, and besides, it is much more fun playing where you actually know the others.
I don't have enough time to become a serious player, and don't have the desire to do so; LAN play suits me just fine.
Sure I would tell people, but not anybody who reads/. or would otherwise know that an open letter has been released concerning my whereabouts. And yes, I am the sole maintainer of a relatively large open source project (about a thousand unique visitors / day). While I would love to offload some of the work to another maintainer, nobody has offered.
While I agree that changing speed makes sense, why have it in the form of a Turbo button? Software CPU scaling (present in my 2 year old laptop, probably was around for some time before that) allows the machine to run at a low frequency (e.g. I have mine defaulting to 800Mhz) until the CPU usage exceeds a threshold; it then steps up progressively to the max speed. If you set your max speed to be OC'd, and include some thermal limiting to step down if sustained max speed is too fast, then you really have the best of all worlds.
Woah! And all along I thought it was just referring to read-only media! No wonder people are so worked up about this; I'm going to have to re-evaluate my entire world view on the subject!
The patent for the first laser was apparently granted in 1959, so if GP was 8 or 9 at the time, it would be before the bonneville in question. Wow... I feel young;-)
I run some X11 apps (notably Gimp and Wireshark, among others less frequently). There is enough native software that I don't need to do it often. While it is a bit of a pain (different LnF, etc), overall it is not too bad.
This is basically the same ideas which Buzz put forth in the novel "Encounter with Tiber". In that book, when the story is told as a history, it makes sense how this sort of thing could work.
I don't know if this is flamebait, or just ignorance. While it is true that given enough time any encryption can be broken, what is not mentioned is how much time. A proven symmetric cipher (e.g. AES 256 or similar) which is implemented correctly can withstand attacks from current equipment for far longer than you (or anyone else on earth) will be alive. Why not use it, and if you are paranoid *also* destroy the drive when finished with it? Multiple layers of security never hurt anyone.
No, there's just four elephants, but they are standing on a turtle. (There used to be a fifth elephant, but it long ago crashed into the disc, and its remains are what created the massive tallow mines.)
Yeah, but I don't care about *how* the upgrade goes (whether it is an in place upgrade, archive and install, or full format / reinstall (which is what I always do anyway)). The question is whether I, as a 10.4 owner, can buy 10.6 for $29 and install it on my machine legally. For $30 I may seriously consider doing so; for the $130 that most upgrades are, there's not a chance. (That's why I am still at 10.4 - there are no killer features for me which would justify the $130 upgrade expense to 10.5).
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The problem with the no-strikes cheating policy is what is counted as cheating? Obviously bots fall into this category, but what about keyboard macros? What about running under Wine (which I do for Warcraft 3 / SC)? There is a huge grey area which makes this quite difficult.
I can tell you that I would be quite angry if I were banned because their server could tell I wasn't running under a 'normal' Windows install, especially if my legally purchased copy suddenly became useless to me.
Cheers
I play Warcraft 3 and Starcraft on a very infrequent (maybe once every month or two) basis, and I *only* play on LANs; I have a few friends who play in a similar manner, and we get together and have a blast. Last time we had 10 people together; normally we average about 6 or so. We are all horrible compared to even the lowest n00bs on b.net, and besides, it is much more fun playing where you actually know the others.
I don't have enough time to become a serious player, and don't have the desire to do so; LAN play suits me just fine.
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There is another book also by Clarke, "The Last Theorem", which looks in greater depth at FLT. Another very good book by a great author.
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That may be the case, but that is still a good 10 - 15 years later than in North America...
Like that's ever going to happen! A well written CSI episode?!?
Maybe I should just whip up a VB GUI to write good episodes for them...
Mod parent up! Great reference.
True, you do have a point there. I also assume that this is his full time job (maybe not?), and not just a side hobby.
Regardless, I do hope that everything works out with him - I have used Centos in the past, and found it to be a decent server distro.
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Sure I would tell people, but not anybody who reads /. or would otherwise know that an open letter has been released concerning my whereabouts. And yes, I am the sole maintainer of a relatively large open source project (about a thousand unique visitors / day). While I would love to offload some of the work to another maintainer, nobody has offered.
Why would you fix a gem?
Touche ;-)
While I agree that changing speed makes sense, why have it in the form of a Turbo button? Software CPU scaling (present in my 2 year old laptop, probably was around for some time before that) allows the machine to run at a low frequency (e.g. I have mine defaulting to 800Mhz) until the CPU usage exceeds a threshold; it then steps up progressively to the max speed. If you set your max speed to be OC'd, and include some thermal limiting to step down if sustained max speed is too fast, then you really have the best of all worlds.
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Did you take a picture of it? That's the rare part, not just seeing it through a telescope.
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Bruce Schneier doesn't fix PCs - he just glares at the box and the PC fixes itself!
Woah! And all along I thought it was just referring to read-only media! No wonder people are so worked up about this; I'm going to have to re-evaluate my entire world view on the subject!
Same here, and Camino doesn't seem to support downloadable fonts. Oh well, I don't think I am missing anything...
The patent for the first laser was apparently granted in 1959, so if GP was 8 or 9 at the time, it would be before the bonneville in question. Wow... I feel young ;-)
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I run some X11 apps (notably Gimp and Wireshark, among others less frequently). There is enough native software that I don't need to do it often. While it is a bit of a pain (different LnF, etc), overall it is not too bad.
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You're not missing anything...
This is basically the same ideas which Buzz put forth in the novel "Encounter with Tiber". In that book, when the story is told as a history, it makes sense how this sort of thing could work.
Very good book, highly recommended.
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I don't know if this is flamebait, or just ignorance. While it is true that given enough time any encryption can be broken, what is not mentioned is how much time. A proven symmetric cipher (e.g. AES 256 or similar) which is implemented correctly can withstand attacks from current equipment for far longer than you (or anyone else on earth) will be alive. Why not use it, and if you are paranoid *also* destroy the drive when finished with it? Multiple layers of security never hurt anyone.
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Not to mention a couple of SGA episodes... (Rodney and Mrs. Miller IIRC is one of them...)
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No, there's just four elephants, but they are standing on a turtle. (There used to be a fifth elephant, but it long ago crashed into the disc, and its remains are what created the massive tallow mines.)
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IT != Software Development.
Yeah, but I don't care about *how* the upgrade goes (whether it is an in place upgrade, archive and install, or full format / reinstall (which is what I always do anyway)). The question is whether I, as a 10.4 owner, can buy 10.6 for $29 and install it on my machine legally. For $30 I may seriously consider doing so; for the $130 that most upgrades are, there's not a chance. (That's why I am still at 10.4 - there are no killer features for me which would justify the $130 upgrade expense to 10.5).
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And furthermore, Mormons will not 'toss you out' or 'suspend you' if you don't pay a tithe. Sorry to disrupt your beliefs!