Yeah, he interpreted it as forbidding brute-force testing against other users, but allowing brute-force against one's own account when it's clear that it actually means "don't test brute-force attacks at all"
Frequent Contributor Bennet Haselton is coming across as a bit "Autistic spectrum-y" in this story.
Heh, I see someone knows their Spider-man. Thwippt! Though IMHO they should have had Emma Stone play Mary-Jane, NOT Gwen.
I realize that PCs are quirky beasts; but they are quirky beasts architecturally very similar to(typically more powerful than, for any vaguely serious gaming system) both contemporary consoles
How does this happen?
You are thinking like a PC gamer and thinking about ONLY the CPU and GPU when you compare the PC to the current gen consoles. Machines aren't just CPU's and GPU's, they have internal busses, I/O, RAM. Those matter.
And when it comes to those things, consoles are still specialized beasts.
Lets take the PS2. There were PC gamers claiming their GeForce 3 was better, their CPU faster, etc etc. That may have been true, but the PS2 wasn't an ordinary PC, it had specialized RAM and specialized internal busses. It could do things that a PC of that era simply could not do.
http://archive.arstechnica.com...
http://archive.arstechnica.com...
Watch the vector unit demos. They're running entirely on the vector unit in 16K of RAM, no CPU involved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
IIRC, somebody came up with a Zlib implementation that ran entirely on a PS2 vector unit.
The PS3 is similar, fast Rambus RAM, SPU's, and fast internal busses. IIRC somebody smarter than me referred to it as "taking the multiprocessin ideas introduced with the PS2, further"
The PS4 is more "normal", but still has specialized RAM and internal busses. You simply can't buy a PC with GDDR5 main ram. Imagine if you had a PC with ALL of it's RAM as fast as the RAM on the video card. That would be nice, wouldn't it? But that can't happen, the PC is limited by PCIe.
The PS4 isn't.
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/...
It can move data around in ways a PC simply can not do. It also doesn't have to deal with the problem that is Windows. Windows is a general purpose OS, even when it runs games.
The PS4 runs BSD, while it is also a general purpose OS, there's no need on the PS4 to keep "desktop computer services" running. The PS4 doesn't have to keep a print spool up, have a java updater constantly running, . It doesn't have to worry about the "needs" of an Office suite, or SMB shares, or Norton/Kaspersky/AVG, or any of the other things a PC does. It runs games. It can do other things as well but it's design focus is on games more than anything else.
The PS4 version has access to 8GB of what is basically VRAM on a fast bus attached to both the GPU and CPU.
I've told "masterrace" types saying that they can build a PC better than the PS4 for less than the PS4 that it isn't just the CPU and Videocard that matters. That the RAM matters as well but they always ignore that.
IIRC there were a couple of PC ports of PS2 and PS3 games that had similar issues because of those systems fast rambus RAM and fast system busses.
Yes, and I don't care for that one bit. Though with previous consoles, PC Gamer "masterrace" types claimed that the ability to patch was an advantage.
It can be, but it doesn't turn out that way due to laziness or being rushed.
Well, as a happy Mediacom cable Internet customer I can happily say that the speeds I get are always over what I pay for.
Also a Mediacom Internet customer, for 13 years now, and ditto. One always gets faster than the speed one is subscribed to.
I pay $24.99 a month for 100/10
Introductory rate for Ultra?
What's funny is that the satellite services now have bundles locally where their satellite service is bundled with Mediacom's internet. For those who don't know, Mediacom is a Cable company. But they are a better ISP and phone provider than they are a cable company. Well, except for their DNS servers having issues now and then.
how does this work through IMAP?
It doesn't, I think.
Who is even using g-mail via web interface these days?
Everyone except the few nerds using gmail via IMAP.
[CronoCloud ~]$
Eliza: Is something troubling you?
you: What do you think about the comments on Slashdot?
Eliza: What do you think?
you: That's what I'm asking you.
Eliza: Do you enjoy being asking me?
you: Yes.
Eliza: Please tell me some more about this.
you: Do you read Slashdot?
Eliza: We were discussing you -- not me.
you: My original question was asking you about Slashdot.
Eliza: Tell me more about that.
you: I'm not going to lmgtfy for you.
Eliza: Is it because you are not going to lmgtfy for me that you came to me?
you: No.
Eliza: Why 'no'?
you: Just no.
Eliza: Does this make you feel unhappy?
you: I wonder if M-x doctor is smarter than you, perl-Chatbot-Eliza.
Eliza: Do you think its likely that M-x doctor is smarter than me?
you: Maybe, but I don't like Emacs.
Eliza: You aren't sure?
you: No, I haven't compared both.
Eliza: Why 'no'?
you: Because I haven't done a systematic comparison of both.
Eliza: I think you should talk to a REAL analyst. Ciao!
I have a minimum of stuff that I even bother to back up. Me? Very nearly nothing. Everything I consider worthy of Backups for the sake of backups, again and again - most of it is just junk, really.
For the most part I hold a similar opinion, though I was encouraged to do a "real" backup thanks to a humorous comment.
browse my backup drive, move over the stuff I need or want, such as my Mozilla profile, and I'm up and running. Passwords and keys are stored in a couple of places, just in case. Phhht.
Yeah, I had certain things backed up like tax returns, the keepassx database, the precious gpg keys and so forth, but didn't back up everythng.
You know, in my face mashing "OMG why would anyone want to know so much about cosmetic brands"
Slashdot is the last place one would ever suspect they'd see a comment about makeup brands.
this is exactly what Scott Adams was talking about in one of his old Dilbert books..... "Life is too complicated to be competent all the time"
Indeed.
It doesn't matter what you are an expert in, there are way more things you know jack shit about than you could EVER even be the least bit competent and knowledgeable about. Its amazing how much of our consumer culture is based on this fact and particularly based on the fact that you are ignorant of many things, and each of those is an angle that can be used to sell garbage product.
I've ran into this tech gear for sure (video cards, mixers, HOTAS), all sorts of things that you almost have to be an expert in to do any informed shopping.
many have so many stabilizers they don't even melt..
What? I knew about the vanilla thing but not that! Do I need a PHD in ice cream to buy non-crap ice cream these days, it's bad enough with tech. The more you know!
For me, it's always been boot sector errors that have taken drives down. They don't boot, but I've always been able to read user data from them after removing them so I haven't made regular thorough backups a part of my computing life. Yeah, I've backed up some things separately like Mail (and I use IMAP now), tax return PDF's, the keepassx database, the precious gpg keys, but not things I probably should be backing up.
But....I am running a backup right now. Kudos to you, Slashdotter, for a humorous way to encourage backups.
Perhaps I should have clarified that they categorize "themselves" as a prestige brand, not that their products are actually better than what one could find at Tarjay. Of course one could say that about many prestige or department store brands...Lancome, I'm looking at you, you know I'm just going to wait for the L'Oreal/Maybelline version of your new product since it won't be overpriced as much.
Also, MAC has been on its way down.
You sound like a former AFer (alt.fashion) or MUAer.
Please be aware that the following is a joke, always wanted to do this one:
I'm allergic to strawberries you insignificant clod!
Which is sad, I do like strawberries, but can't eat them fresh.
They're a prestige high-end brand like MAC, Nars, or Stila. You won't find their products at your local Walgreens. If my memory serves me well they're around the same vintage as those brands. They've been around longer than Youtube, that's for sure.
Avon's mostly crap, the good Avon stuff is in their Mark sub-brand.
Because I have not been made aware that a particular piece of information has since become outdated and incorrect.
Don't you think it's your responsibility to make sure your facts are correct BEFORE you post things like that? And considering that Manhunt 2 was released 8 YEARS AGO, you'd think that you'd have paid attention to what had actually happened considering you remembered the initial refusal.
Would it be more proper to phrase all such anecdotes in the past tense, citing a particular article that was published in a particular month and year?
It would be more "proper" and a "best practice" to check your anecdotes for accuracy yourself. You've got google, use it.
Which I did not mention at all.
You didn't need to. I figure most frequent commenters know of your grudge.
There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.
