Ok, this is the best idea ever, and will make for the best entertainment ever on say, youtube. I am only not doing this myself because I am not a big enough fan of Knight Rider and it would take me forever to watch every episode and splice all this together.
Someone needs to:
Re-make Knight Rider by doing a voice over of KITT in a hot female voice. Splice everything together to make for an epically entertaining romantic and or bizarrely frustrating relationship between KITT and David Hasselhoff. If you can't make a series out of it please at least give me 5 minutes of LOLZ.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Google Adwords Inaccuracy
So I think this is pretty funny, well it is funny outside of the fact that I am being charged per click for something that is impossible: a 200% click through rate??
1 impression and 2 clicks...that is impossible. If it is a race condition (i.e. the person clicked the advertisement very quickly twice so both clicks got fed to Google's servers at basically the same time, then I cannot believe that Google can't figure out to enforce a constraint that you cannot have more clicks than impressions...
Click the thumb nail to enlarge:
Sometimes I see in my Adwords Billing section that money has been refunded to my account for billing inaccuracies (click quality) or however Google phrases it, so I hope these show up there too...
Oh, and while I am complaining about Google, I'd like to mention that I have recently noticed tons of Groupon ads and ads for some new Google product. There is one particular site that I was targeting that I was getting clicks for around $0.65, now Groupon (who was almost purchased by Google) and these Google ads are everywhere...and now if I want to show up on the site I have to pay like $1.50 per click. Is this fair? I mean, if Google is bidding against me...how is that at all fair? That sounds like a rigged game to me. Who oversees this kind of thing? The FCC? Does the FCC regulate Google? Not that I have heard of, I have heard of the FCC regulating TV and Radio ads, but have not heard about the FCC (or any government agency) being involved in regulating online advertising. I can't believe I actually want government over-site in a matter, but really, it seems like we might need it if Google can rig the game like that...
1 impression and 2 clicks...that is impossible. If it is a race condition (i.e. the person clicked the advertisement very quickly twice so both clicks got fed to Google's servers at basically the same time, then I cannot believe that Google can't figure out to enforce a constraint that you cannot have more clicks than impressions...
Click the thumb nail to enlarge:
Sometimes I see in my Adwords Billing section that money has been refunded to my account for billing inaccuracies (click quality) or however Google phrases it, so I hope these show up there too...
Oh, and while I am complaining about Google, I'd like to mention that I have recently noticed tons of Groupon ads and ads for some new Google product. There is one particular site that I was targeting that I was getting clicks for around $0.65, now Groupon (who was almost purchased by Google) and these Google ads are everywhere...and now if I want to show up on the site I have to pay like $1.50 per click. Is this fair? I mean, if Google is bidding against me...how is that at all fair? That sounds like a rigged game to me. Who oversees this kind of thing? The FCC? Does the FCC regulate Google? Not that I have heard of, I have heard of the FCC regulating TV and Radio ads, but have not heard about the FCC (or any government agency) being involved in regulating online advertising. I can't believe I actually want government over-site in a matter, but really, it seems like we might need it if Google can rig the game like that...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Antonio "cyx" Daniloski Dies Tragically
cyx died today, the 29th of July 2010, in a fatal car accident that occurred on his way home from the Frankfurt airport. cyx was just 20 years old. The accident was caused by a flat tire that blew out causing control of the car to be lost. cyx will be missed by his friends and family. cyx will also be missed by his eSports family and team: mousesports and by his eSPorts fans around the world. R.I.P Toni, you were a great inspiration for us counter strike players always trying to be as good as you, and it was always a pleasure to watch your matches.
It seems like the mousesports forums are pretty quiet these days, if you want to leave condolences for Toni then I suggest you head to his ESL profile (Toni pwned ESL) which is here: www.esl.eu/de/pro-series/season11/cs/5on5/player/guestbook/cyx/
It seems like the mousesports forums are pretty quiet these days, if you want to leave condolences for Toni then I suggest you head to his ESL profile (Toni pwned ESL) which is here: www.esl.eu/de/pro-series/season11/cs/5on5/player/guestbook/cyx/
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
VAC Forums on Steam website
Awhile back I made a post on the steampowered forums regarding the VAC category having no real reason for existing. Today I wandered into the forums again and was amused that the song remains the same. Here is what I observed awhile back and again just today:
The VAC forum category at steampowered.com is hilarious. Outside of the stickies, zero (0) of the threads in the VAC forum category has any reason for existing. The response to literally every single thread created in this forum category should be “read the stickies,” making the VAC forums utterly inane. The VAC forum category should be closed permanently as it is utterly pointless.
These are the questions and answers to EVERY single thread in this forum:
1. How can I report a cheater?
You cannot report a cheater on these forums, so do not even try. VAC is an automated system that bans people automatically; we will not listen to any hearsay about a “confirmed” cheater that you might provide.
2. I see gamer XYZ and he has obviously been cheating for two weeks, why hasn’t he been banned yet?
One of two reasons, either:
A. The hack has yet to be detected. Please understand that we are making our best effort to detect new cheats so that you can enjoy your gaming experience.
Or
B. The hack has been detected but we have yet to ban the accounts found to be using that hack.
3. Why do you do delayed banning? It’s not fair, you know someone is cheating and you let them keep cheating!
Because it makes it harder for hack developers to develop their hacks, and it allows us to catch more cheaters.
If VAC instantly banned detected hacks then the developers of cheats could make a cheat, join a VAC server, and instantly know whether or not their cheat is VAC-proof or not. If the cheat is instantly detected they can easily go “back to the drawing board” and keep working on their hack to make it VAC-proof before releasing it.
The fact that the developer of the new hack does not know whether the hack is VAC-proof or not means that EVERY site out there selling or distributing a hack that they claim to be VAC-proof is lying to you; they do not know if it is VAC-proof of not, all they know is that VAC bans have yet to be handed out on the hacks behalf.
The fact that you are using a hack means that you will eventually have your account banned. Whether the hack has yet to be detected, or the hack has already been detected and VAC is just waiting to update the ban list, you will eventually be caught. The advantage to waiting awhile is that more and more people will be using the detected hack and that means that more and more cheaters will get caught in the end.
Think about it this way, these are the two ways it could go:
Instant bans:
Hacker makes a hack, joins a VAC server, hack is detected, hacker tweaks the hack, now hack is not detected, hacker starts giving the hack to his friends, 50 people are using the hack, VAC detects it, 50 accounts are banned, hacker makes a new hack…
Delayed bans:
Hacker makes a hack, hack is not detected (as far the hacker knows), hacker gives it to his friends, 50 gamers are cheating, the hack rocks, more people use it, now 5,000 people are using the hack, VAC ban list is updated, 5,000 accounts are banned.
Only a certain number of people use hacks and delayed bans allows VAC to get more of these hackers “off the streets.”
End of story.
The VAC forum category at steampowered.com is hilarious. Outside of the stickies, zero (0) of the threads in the VAC forum category has any reason for existing. The response to literally every single thread created in this forum category should be “read the stickies,” making the VAC forums utterly inane. The VAC forum category should be closed permanently as it is utterly pointless.
These are the questions and answers to EVERY single thread in this forum:
1. How can I report a cheater?
You cannot report a cheater on these forums, so do not even try. VAC is an automated system that bans people automatically; we will not listen to any hearsay about a “confirmed” cheater that you might provide.
2. I see gamer XYZ and he has obviously been cheating for two weeks, why hasn’t he been banned yet?
One of two reasons, either:
A. The hack has yet to be detected. Please understand that we are making our best effort to detect new cheats so that you can enjoy your gaming experience.
Or
B. The hack has been detected but we have yet to ban the accounts found to be using that hack.
3. Why do you do delayed banning? It’s not fair, you know someone is cheating and you let them keep cheating!
Because it makes it harder for hack developers to develop their hacks, and it allows us to catch more cheaters.
If VAC instantly banned detected hacks then the developers of cheats could make a cheat, join a VAC server, and instantly know whether or not their cheat is VAC-proof or not. If the cheat is instantly detected they can easily go “back to the drawing board” and keep working on their hack to make it VAC-proof before releasing it.
The fact that the developer of the new hack does not know whether the hack is VAC-proof or not means that EVERY site out there selling or distributing a hack that they claim to be VAC-proof is lying to you; they do not know if it is VAC-proof of not, all they know is that VAC bans have yet to be handed out on the hacks behalf.
The fact that you are using a hack means that you will eventually have your account banned. Whether the hack has yet to be detected, or the hack has already been detected and VAC is just waiting to update the ban list, you will eventually be caught. The advantage to waiting awhile is that more and more people will be using the detected hack and that means that more and more cheaters will get caught in the end.
Think about it this way, these are the two ways it could go:
Instant bans:
Hacker makes a hack, joins a VAC server, hack is detected, hacker tweaks the hack, now hack is not detected, hacker starts giving the hack to his friends, 50 people are using the hack, VAC detects it, 50 accounts are banned, hacker makes a new hack…
Delayed bans:
Hacker makes a hack, hack is not detected (as far the hacker knows), hacker gives it to his friends, 50 gamers are cheating, the hack rocks, more people use it, now 5,000 people are using the hack, VAC ban list is updated, 5,000 accounts are banned.
Only a certain number of people use hacks and delayed bans allows VAC to get more of these hackers “off the streets.”
End of story.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Assorted Observations from 1/28/2010
1. My uncle recently went to the hospital for surgery, after the surgery they gave him a bunch of pain medicine. If you have taken pain medicine before you know it can potentially make you constipated. Well, it made him really constipated, and everything they gave him to get the 'pipes moving' wouldn't work, so basically the solution was to not take the pain medicine. But, he was still in a lot of pain from the surgery and also in a lot of pain from being constipated (feeling like there is a ton of gas in there that just won't come out). So...what are you supposed to do when you are in a ton of pain but can not take pain medicine because its causing you even more pain? I think this is a case where you could smoke medical whacky tabacky. Make it legal!
2. Today I overheard two nerds debating who would win in a race between Sylvester the cat and the Pink Panther. They were being serious.
3. I can now earn triple air miles at the Double TT Diner. The Double TT is "open 25 hours a day", so I can earn a crap ton of air miles.
2. Today I overheard two nerds debating who would win in a race between Sylvester the cat and the Pink Panther. They were being serious.
3. I can now earn triple air miles at the Double TT Diner. The Double TT is "open 25 hours a day", so I can earn a crap ton of air miles.
Friday, July 10, 2009
What is life in Beijing China like?
Marc: life is dim sum
you walk down the street and point at shit
and then eat it
its great
you walk down the street and point at shit
and then eat it
its great
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Happy Mother's Day !!!
Andy Samberg and Justin Timberlake plan the perfect mother's day !
I originally had this video coming in through youtube, but NBC had it taken off, so lame. I am kind of off-put by putting a link to NBC...don't see any way to embed, well the video is just too damn good to not watch so here is the link: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-motherlover/1099491/
I originally had this video coming in through youtube, but NBC had it taken off, so lame. I am kind of off-put by putting a link to NBC...don't see any way to embed, well the video is just too damn good to not watch so here is the link: http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-motherlover/1099491/
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