While EVE doesn't have a problem with contract killings, (Death is a big deal in this game) but doing so over and over again is considered griefing and will earn you a ban.
Online game companies already go after gold farmers because they make the game less fun for everyone else. Next thing you know there will be a huge crackdown on organized griefing for the same reason.
I love how the judge called shenanigans when the lawyer wanted to let discovery happen.
That right there indicates that the judge knows something suspicious is going on.
It's hard to imagine a way for Prenda and friends to not get smacked down. Everyone hates more work, so most of the judges are going to be upset with duplicate cases. If one of them does roll over and grant discovery then the original judge will block it. Then you have this weird jurisdictional clash, which will not end well for Prenda.
The simple fact is that it's all about professionalism, and common sense. While I'm not defending the TSA at all, you have to consider how many people who go through security quickly and without issue.
Most screeners have the common sense and courtesy to make the process painless. I still think most of the regulations are stupid, but having people who are "Human" and polite goes a long way.
This is one of the reasons I love flying out of Huntsville, AL, even if it is one of the most expensive airports in the US. Policies are just words on paper, it's people's actions that matter in the end.
I decided to go ahead and pledge $25 for two different physical books, plus the E-Books and extras. Never doubt the power of physical goods in addition to the digital ones.
Just because something is not totally original does not make it worthless. As the kickstarter video explains this is one of a handfull of choose your own adventure books designed for adults. Sure it's Shakespeare, but consider that there are over a hundred different bad endings. Each of those had to be written and illustrated.
As Mike said, this is all about being able to create something both new and awesome without worrying about a company suing for a zillion dollars.
If you want to see exactly how unoriginal most things are just look at TV Tropes. Most stories re use the same ideas and patterns over and over again. Just because the form is the same doesn't make them bad.
IPv6 normally does things differently than IPv4. With IPv4 the service provider uses something called DHCP to give your router an address. Your router then gives every PC in your house its own address, and uses NAT to talk to the outside world. This is one of the major reasons that IP addresses don't even correspond to individual computers.
With IPv6, the ISP says we are network 2001:..../48 and your computer uses that to create a global unique IP address. Your computer also uses that information to create a random IP address that is used for all outgoing communications.
It's sort of like having a permanent mailing address, but the post office lets you use another PO box for free. Oh, and you can change which PO box you're using at any time.
An ISP can trace those addresses back to your cable modem or DSL box, but they would need one entry per computer in that house or business. However, those random addresses normally change at least once a day. So that's one entry per computer per day.
If they're doing there jobs properly and giving the house a whole /64 then you're back to the way things are today. They know that every address that starts with those 64 bits comes from your house, but that's all they know.
This whole complaint is about record keeping. Under the old system an ISP would have the DHCP server send the information about each address to the whois database. Under the new system, they have to have there routers doing essentially the same thing.
The problem with that is that it's expensive to set all of this up, and after ARIN gave them the initial /48 or whatever they don't have a stick to beat the ISP with.
Incidentally, without proper whois records geolocation doesn't work properly.
The university requires management software on all student computers that run Windows. If you don't have it running you can not connect to the network.
As far as training goes, I was talking about how incompetent our IT department is.
I meant 256Kbps. My bad.
It's so bad that Knology makes good money selling cable internet to people who live in the dorms.
Here at UAH the university uses the Cisco Clean Access Software. Every windows computer must have it installed.
This software scans the computer for AV products to determine if they should be allowed on the internet. Sadly, the only AV software it consistently recognizes is McAfee. So not only does it fail at its intended purpose, but removes whatever protection you might have had.
Whats worse is that allows the university full access to our computers, even though no one there is smart enough to use it for such a task.
Now, back to the topic at hand.
Back when Kazaa and LimeWire where big they would ban your computer from the network if they detected you using them. The only way to get back on was to turn your computer over to them so they could rifle through your hard drive and delete the software.
It is draconian, but I guess they have no choice when they spent all this money on monitoring equipment and not on bandwidth. The fastest download speed I ever saw for a student, either via wireless or from the dorms, was around 256KB.
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Re: MrWilson
Expect a knock on your door you crazy loony you.
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Re: Re: There's a service to start
While EVE doesn't have a problem with contract killings, (Death is a big deal in this game) but doing so over and over again is considered griefing and will earn you a ban.
Online game companies already go after gold farmers because they make the game less fun for everyone else. Next thing you know there will be a huge crackdown on organized griefing for the same reason.
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Re: Re: Judge doing lawyers job
Ahh, I wish I could join you on your cloud. As long as it's not really an Amazon E2C machine. :D
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Judge doing lawyers job
That right there indicates that the judge knows something suspicious is going on.
It's hard to imagine a way for Prenda and friends to not get smacked down. Everyone hates more work, so most of the judges are going to be upset with duplicate cases. If one of them does roll over and grant discovery then the original judge will block it. Then you have this weird jurisdictional clash, which will not end well for Prenda.
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Re: The Difference
Most screeners have the common sense and courtesy to make the process painless. I still think most of the regulations are stupid, but having people who are "Human" and polite goes a long way.
This is one of the reasons I love flying out of Huntsville, AL, even if it is one of the most expensive airports in the US. Policies are just words on paper, it's people's actions that matter in the end.
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Thanks Mike
I decided to go ahead and pledge $25 for two different physical books, plus the E-Books and extras. Never doubt the power of physical goods in addition to the digital ones.
Just because something is not totally original does not make it worthless. As the kickstarter video explains this is one of a handfull of choose your own adventure books designed for adults. Sure it's Shakespeare, but consider that there are over a hundred different bad endings. Each of those had to be written and illustrated.
As Mike said, this is all about being able to create something both new and awesome without worrying about a company suing for a zillion dollars.
If you want to see exactly how unoriginal most things are just look at TV Tropes. Most stories re use the same ideas and patterns over and over again. Just because the form is the same doesn't make them bad.
On the post: FBI & DEA Warn That IPv6 May Be Too Damn Anonymous
How IPv6 works
With IPv6, the ISP says we are network 2001:..../48 and your computer uses that to create a global unique IP address. Your computer also uses that information to create a random IP address that is used for all outgoing communications.
It's sort of like having a permanent mailing address, but the post office lets you use another PO box for free. Oh, and you can change which PO box you're using at any time.
An ISP can trace those addresses back to your cable modem or DSL box, but they would need one entry per computer in that house or business. However, those random addresses normally change at least once a day. So that's one entry per computer per day.
If they're doing there jobs properly and giving the house a whole /64 then you're back to the way things are today. They know that every address that starts with those 64 bits comes from your house, but that's all they know.
This whole complaint is about record keeping. Under the old system an ISP would have the DHCP server send the information about each address to the whois database. Under the new system, they have to have there routers doing essentially the same thing.
The problem with that is that it's expensive to set all of this up, and after ARIN gave them the initial /48 or whatever they don't have a stick to beat the ISP with.
Incidentally, without proper whois records geolocation doesn't work properly.
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Re: University of Alabama in Huntsville
As far as training goes, I was talking about how incompetent our IT department is.
I meant 256Kbps. My bad.
It's so bad that Knology makes good money selling cable internet to people who live in the dorms.
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University of Alabama in Huntsville
This software scans the computer for AV products to determine if they should be allowed on the internet. Sadly, the only AV software it consistently recognizes is McAfee. So not only does it fail at its intended purpose, but removes whatever protection you might have had.
Whats worse is that allows the university full access to our computers, even though no one there is smart enough to use it for such a task.
Now, back to the topic at hand.
Back when Kazaa and LimeWire where big they would ban your computer from the network if they detected you using them. The only way to get back on was to turn your computer over to them so they could rifle through your hard drive and delete the software.
It is draconian, but I guess they have no choice when they spent all this money on monitoring equipment and not on bandwidth. The fastest download speed I ever saw for a student, either via wireless or from the dorms, was around 256KB.
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