<!--QuoteBegin-raz0r+Jun 17 2004, 03:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ Jun 17 2004, 03:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->halleluja, i finally got to SEE my empty inbox <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> so sad... I hope to have an empty gmail inbox soon. <sniffel sniffel>
Google is sooo smart - making this seem like a short supply thing and getting the public to go CRAZY over it... kudos to their marketing team... they've infected my brain.
[WHO]ThemYou can call me DaveJoin Date: 2002-12-11Member: 10593Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-GrayDuck+Jun 17 2004, 01:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (GrayDuck @ Jun 17 2004, 01:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-raz0r+Jun 17 2004, 03:04 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (raz0r @ Jun 17 2004, 03:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->halleluja, i finally got to SEE my empty inbox <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> so sad... I hope to have an empty gmail inbox soon. <sniffel sniffel>
Google is sooo smart - making this seem like a short supply thing and getting the public to go CRAZY over it... kudos to their marketing team... they've infected my brain. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I think it's actually the best idea ever for a different reason.
By expanding their users by invitation only, they exactly control the growth rate of the beta service without letting users feel cheated for not knowing about the open beta sign-up as early as others.
On a separate note, these guys still have a sense of humor... here's the message in my "All Mail" folder (basically the archive I think)...
"You don't have any mail! Our servers are feeling unloved."
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
edited June 2004
In some respects i love the webmaster, in others i hate him...
<u>love</u><ul><li>Giving away gmail accounts</li><li>Adding an autoselct function to the input box</li></ul><u>Hate</u><ul><li>Woot? Just coz i have a fast connection and can enter into the box 999 very fast <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->You have exceeded the number of guesses per minute that can be submitted, please wait and try again<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--></li></ul> Edit: While i wait to guess again... Wonder how much bandwidth were burning
Nice to meet you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
I have 1 question... unban me please, i wasnt cheeting just playing fast?
Also doing a bit of asp programing i know a bit about webpages. i have a few suggestions to block cheaters without blocking people who are honestly playing.
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
edited June 2018
<!--QuoteBegin-Viktors+Jun 18 2004, 12:11 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Viktors @ Jun 18 2004, 12:11 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> email me your suggestions, aswell as your proof to ********[dot] com aswell as your IP <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> OK. I have emailed my suggestions to ********[dot] com. It also includes an example htm file for you to use if needed. Check your junkmail folder incase it doesnt make it. I have included my IP aswell.
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
edited June 2004
LOl am i bad? i'm borrowing an IP so i can contine playing. As odd as it may sound.
Another wireless connection appeared on my list the other day as i was sat in bed, Nothing to strange you may think. This link was also encrypted, but tonight my wireless router crashed and with it being 2 in the morning i cant be arsed going into the loft to hit it. So i noticed the encryption had been taken off again. So i poked my connect button expecting someother kind of protection, but no. So i have a brand spanking new IP address coz someone near me is a nubble and didnt re-encrypt their link. Nobody else is using the connection tho, i check in the network connections list.
Ahh well, time to continue playing........
P.S. Soon as i reset my router i'm not planning to use the link again. Oh and its broadband so they aint paying for me to use the link.
EDIT: Oh no. im gonna have to find these poor people and warn them. Everything in their has no password lock. Im in the modem and firewall settings <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Theres no way to stop cheating IMO. Anyone can use a macro that enters a random number and waits a random period before submitting, and just have it loop. What you really want to do is an appet/flash that moves the submit button to a random position on the screen.
I clicked the link for the first time ever and I was banned..? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
[WHO]ThemYou can call me DaveJoin Date: 2002-12-11Member: 10593Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-Scorpion571+Jun 17 2004, 11:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scorpion571 @ Jun 17 2004, 11:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I clicked the link for the first time ever and I was banned..? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That'll learn ya.
<!--QuoteBegin-ThE HeRo+Jun 17 2004, 08:17 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (ThE HeRo @ Jun 17 2004, 08:17 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Your guess was incorrect. You guessed 724 but I chose 1,337. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That's nothing, I did 4,999 and it guessed 2... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
antifreezeThe guy with the goods!Join Date: 2003-05-12Member: 16232Members, Constellation
edited June 2004
<!--QuoteBegin-version91x+Jun 18 2004, 06:53 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (version91x @ Jun 18 2004, 06:53 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Theres no way to stop cheating IMO. Anyone can use a macro that enters a random number and waits a random period before submitting, and just have it loop. What you really want to do is an appet/flash that moves the submit button to a random position on the screen. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> well i submitted ideas on how to help stop the cheating... One of the ideas would have stoped your idea from working.
Heh... Atleast he unbanned me.
Edit: P.S. im back to my own connection now <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--> I Dont seem to be hitting the guess limiter anymore, Yey!
<!--QuoteBegin-antifreeze+Jun 18 2004, 07:26 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (antifreeze @ Jun 18 2004, 07:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Hold on while i cry...
<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> That happened to me too. I chose 88 and it was 89. I felt like killing something.
Thanks to Fam for sparing me all this anguish <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-CMEast+Jun 18 2004, 12:25 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CMEast @ Jun 18 2004, 12:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thanks to Fam for sparing me all this anguish <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> and thanks to infinitum for sparing <i>me</i> all this anguish
Just for you nubbies, use the same number and keep guessing, you should have at at the most at 5000 guesses, but at 2,500 gueses, 1 in 2 of us would have got one, and at 1,000 gueses 1 in 5 of us would have got one.
ThansalThe New ScumJoin Date: 2002-08-22Member: 1215Members, Constellation
edited June 2004
hehehe
I just deleated my first email with my new account....
it was a virus <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ons second thought
/me undeleates and gives it the label Virus
lets start keeping track of howmany I get <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Dunsby+Jun 18 2004, 12:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dunsby @ Jun 18 2004, 12:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Just for you nubbies, use the same number and keep guessing, you should have at at the most at 5000 guesses, but at 2,500 gueses, 1 in 2 of us would have got one, and at 1,000 gueses 1 in 5 of us would have got one. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> no, you get 1/5000 chance of getting it for every guess, no matter what number you choose.
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so sad...
I hope to have an empty gmail inbox soon.
<sniffel sniffel>
Google is sooo smart - making this seem like a short supply thing and getting the public to go CRAZY over it... kudos to their marketing team... they've infected my brain.
so sad...
I hope to have an empty gmail inbox soon.
<sniffel sniffel>
Google is sooo smart - making this seem like a short supply thing and getting the public to go CRAZY over it... kudos to their marketing team... they've infected my brain. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think it's actually the best idea ever for a different reason.
By expanding their users by invitation only, they exactly control the growth rate of the beta service without letting users feel cheated for not knowing about the open beta sign-up as early as others.
On a separate note, these guys still have a sense of humor... here's the message in my "All Mail" folder (basically the archive I think)...
"You don't have any mail! Our servers are feeling unloved."
and from the spam folder..
"Hooray, no spam here!"
No conversations in the trash. Who needs to delete when you have 1000 MB of storage?!
<u>love</u><ul><li>Giving away gmail accounts</li><li>Adding an autoselct function to the input box</li></ul><u>Hate</u><ul><li>Woot? Just coz i have a fast connection and can enter into the box 999 very fast
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->You have exceeded the number of guesses per minute that can be submitted, please wait and try again<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--></li></ul>
Edit: While i wait to guess again...
Wonder how much bandwidth were burning
Nice to meet you <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Also doing a bit of asp programing i know a bit about webpages. i have a few suggestions to block cheaters without blocking people who are honestly playing.
I have emailed, but no response as of yet
OK. I have emailed my suggestions to ********[dot] com. It also includes an example htm file for you to use if needed. Check your junkmail folder incase it doesnt make it. I have included my IP aswell.
You guessed 724 but I chose 1,337.
Another wireless connection appeared on my list the other day as i was sat in bed, Nothing to strange you may think. This link was also encrypted, but tonight my wireless router crashed and with it being 2 in the morning i cant be arsed going into the loft to hit it. So i noticed the encryption had been taken off again. So i poked my connect button expecting someother kind of protection, but no. So i have a brand spanking new IP address coz someone near me is a nubble and didnt re-encrypt their link. Nobody else is using the connection tho, i check in the network connections list.
Ahh well, time to continue playing........
P.S. Soon as i reset my router i'm not planning to use the link again. Oh and its broadband so they aint paying for me to use the link.
EDIT: Oh no. im gonna have to find these poor people and warn them. Everything in their has no password lock. Im in the modem and firewall settings <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
That'll learn ya.
j/k, I feel your pain.
You guessed 724 but I chose 1,337. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That's nothing, I did 4,999 and it guessed 2... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
well i submitted ideas on how to help stop the cheating... One of the ideas would have stoped your idea from working.
Heh... Atleast he unbanned me.
Edit:
P.S.
im back to my own connection now <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I Dont seem to be hitting the guess limiter anymore, Yey!
<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
That happened to me too. I chose 88 and it was 89. I felt like killing something.
DIE!!!
I hate you!
You guessed 934 but I chose 934.
WTH?
and thanks to infinitum for sparing <i>me</i> all this anguish
I just deleated my first email with my new account....
it was a virus <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ons second thought
/me undeleates and gives it the label Virus
lets start keeping track of howmany I get <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Edit: 1750 now..
no, you get 1/5000 chance of getting it for every guess, no matter what number you choose.