Hyperstrike

Why the **** are you reading Quesada-era Marvel then?

Ah.

Monitors are essentially data output devices. And with appropriate application, you CAN manipulate the data displayed, not just monitor it. But that's like putting white-out on the screen since and writing on it since it doesn't actually affect the data being worked on.

Things like cybereyes, smartlinks, etc, are input/output devices. So your options are somewhat broader.


Again, I'm not saying any of this is easy, or fast. I'm simply saying that, with the right tools, it can be done.

Actually you caught sloppy editing on my part. That was part of his post I hadn't cleaned up properly.


This makes me smile. Suffice it to say that my resources for pulling information about Shadowrun mechanics out of the line developer exceed yours and leave it there.


Again, I have greater resources available to me than you do.

Gimme a little time and I'll pull an answer for you.

YES. I've got the entirety of World War Hulks (including the She Hulk comics) at home and all the aftermath comics. So, again, YES, I'm certain about it.

Happy now?

As an opening-page sight-gag, having him dot Uatu's eye was ****ing hillarious!

Referring to it, in-canon later though? DUMB.

Have the comic. Yeah, the Red She-Hulk is Betty Ross-Banner.

Mr. Legree, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry...

It's nice that you're so certain about this. But you're wrong. At least outside the context of the game. I'll have a talk with Jason Hardy about the in-game context as well.

Take a look for terms "Van Eck Phreaking" and "Tempest".
It's entirely possible to remotely monitor, and with more powerful EM equipment, interfere with the operations of such devices.

That's why when I make a Shadowrun character who uses smartlinks I go with the palm implants that inductively connect to the gun via a sensor in the grip... those can only be hacked by someone who is within arm's reach, in which case the gun is of limited use anyway.

Actually it's even worse than that. As long as you have access to the correct frequencies, you don't need to break in. You simply denial-of-service. Granted, that's appallingly obvious. And worse, the amount of power required is a short step from what'd be realistically required to begin creating EM interference of sufficient power to cause problems for hardwired implants.

If you're playing Praetorian, look for "Vendor" on your map.

You can also go into auction houses (Wentworths, Black Market, Trading House) and try to sell them there too.

Okay, anything is hackable (ANY THING) given time, motivation, skill, the right software and enough processing power.

Granted, the window of opportunity for a palm-mounted smartlink is vanishingly small, but that's besides the point.

Security in computing isn't about "keeping people out". Anyone who tells you that IS SELLING YOU SOMETHING.

Security in computing is about being just enough trouble that:

1. The would-be cracker gives up and moves on to greener (easier) pastures.
2. They take so long that they eventually get noticed (User A.Dum Schmuck has been banging away now for 73 and a half straight hours).
3. They do something spectacular that IMMEDIATELY gets them noticed. (What the? Someone just bruted their way into node C! Pull the plug! Pull it! PULLIT!)

Nothing short of disconnection of the system and nobody short of the people breaking in his front door to arrest him will keep a truly motivated cracker out of a system they want in on.

Not that I'd know from personal experience or anything....

The Aspect's forcefield isn't really PFF. He's essentially "no effect" even if you hit him. As of right now, he's still attacking with complete impuntiy though and it turns an otherwise tough-but-manageable group of enemies into a complete fuster-cluck.

I volunteer to head into a mish with the devs and show them.

It's gotten so bad that he's one-shotting Invincible Reichsman, soloing Hamidon and the CoP, altering the zones to allow for open world PVP so he can grief in Atlas Park and ignoring and bypassing mods and devs!

This was foretold long ago (and laughed at by Jack). The prophet stored the code for an uber-IO set on a flash drive in the hopes that when the threat would one day arise, a hero could use them to beat back the darkness.

Well! Log in! Go kick his butt!

Sorry War Witch. I don't have a CoH account. I have a life!

Matt Miller! I've seen you playing this game for 6+ years now! Don't give me that crap!

Dammit! Just when I thought I was out, they drag me back in!

Okay, so what's a nanotech swarm going to look like? A dark cloud of particles right?

Can't think of anything in-game that already looks like that! *COUGH*DARK*COUGH*

The powersets already in-game are sufficiently different looking from one another and perform significantly differently.

1: A higher speed-binned component. The close you come to the bleeding edge, the more it costs because there are fewer parts that actually qualify at that level.

2: A triple-channel memory controller for higher memory throughput.


Depends. I've done "budget" cases before. I've done "silent" cases. I've done "nice" cases. And in a couple situations I've done "caviar" cases.

Budget case: Think of the line from Crocodile Dundee about eating snakes and scorpions. "Yeah, you can eat it, but it tastes like ****!"

This is pretty much the situation with cheapo cases. Sure you can mount a system in there. Sharp edges, bad fit and finish making everything feel (or even BE) slipshod.

Silent cases: Usually fairly well built. But, in the drive to build a tightly controlled case, most places also build a TIGHT case. I had this driven home to me a year or so ago when I tried to buy a GTX260 for a system in an Antec Sonata case. It didn't fit. Period. I could have sacrificed half the cooling in the case by ripping out a fan to MAKE it fit. But the system would have become an oven. That and assembling it or servicing it after the fact is made rough by how tigher the confines of the case are.

For the most part, caviar cases are just great. Everything fits. No problems. More stuff for them than you'll ever use. Finish is nice, no burrs, no sharp edges. The only thing that hurts is your pocket book. I point you at the ABS Canyon. This was a SWEET case to build in. But for nearly $400? I can afford that, but the cheap ******* in me says "pass"!

Then there are the "nice" cases. For everyone this is different. Right now, for me, the CoolerMaster CM690 series of cases has been quite good. Had a couple SMALL issues with overly tight motherboard standoff pilot holes. But nothing that can't be solved with a small ratchet or a pair of pliers. Lots of space in the mainboard compartment. Plenty of spots to mount additional fans. And lots of room behind the motherboard backplane to assist with cable routing. Not bad for a $70 case. I've built one system for myself with it, and have since built two systems at work for co-workers with this case.

If you've no interest in overclocking, don't buy a 'black' or 'extreme' cpu, just get normal locked cpu. with stock heatsink[/QUOTE]

They'd have to do a deal with Microsoft. Microsoft owns all the electronic rights.

The big problem is, Microsoft wants to be guaranteed WOW numbers.
(See: Ain't NEVER gonna happen)

Riley, don't believe everything you read on Dumpshock or these other sites.
And Frank Trollman is an ESPECIALLY untrustworthy source of info. You DO realize that he's merely ticked off that, because of problems of his own creation, Catalyst (and FanPro before it) opted to no longer do business with him?

Even prior to the events you're trying to talk about, Trollman has been doing everything in his power to hurt CGL.

You also realize the people making the accusations besides Trollman actively tried to sabotage the company on their way out? And are now running a competing business?

If you think there's any "white knight" in this scenario, think again. This is simply a power struggle for control of valuable IP between the owners of a company and someone who tried to actively take over the company from within, failed, and made a mess of things whilst bailing.

Also, since you've posted, Topps has renewed CGL's license and shows every intention of extending it even further. If there was actual wrongdoing, do you think this would be the case?

Please remember that just because you see something on a webpage on the internet doesn't mean it's true.

*Holds a gigantic magnification array (omnizillionth power) in front of the banner*

Or Dominion: Tank Police.

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No mention was made of overclocking. The stock coolers for the Intel CPUs are more than adequate if you're not OC'ing.

If OC'ing had been a prereq, I'd have offered something else.

If it fills his need, within his price point, it's comparable. Regardless of whether it's missing something he doesn't need.

I'm a "get what you pay for" guy.

This all depends on how rigorously someone would apply themselves to such a coda.

You could just be the tough-guy cop who occasionally uses some "excessive" force when dealing with perps.

Or you could be some super-powered Frank Castle who's killed more people (hopefully under the radar) than the bubonic plague, HIV and every war within the last two centuries (hot or cold).

Yes, such a situation would likely be intolerable for a good chunk of the populace.

You jaywalked. *BLAM*
You littered. *BUDDABUDDABUDDA*
You know what you did to that girl. Now you'll know what it feels like to BE one for the couple days before I let you die... *Pulls huge honkin' knife with a dull, rusty edge*

But, you straight-out KILL enough lawbreakers, and sooner or later there simply isn't any serious crime. Simply through lack of people to commit them.