CAPTCHAs today are so much worse than "speed bumps" for regular users, that I'm beginning to wonder whether I, myself, am a bot. The internet is becoming unusable to me.
The internet is unusable to you because about 1% of sites out there use CAPTCHAs?
How many forms do you fill out?
Out of those, how many use Captchas?
Out of those, how many are unreadable? Out of those, how many have poorly implemented caching?
That's complete bullshit. How did you get modded insightful?
There have been MAYBE half a dozen Captcha's in my life that I have failed to get through. The "annoyance" is what... 5 seconds spent on an extra text field? Maybe 30 seconds if your eyesight suck _really bad_?
DRM, on the other hand, can keep users from actually installing programs that they paid for. It will often disable these programs outright if certain conditions are not met. It can keep users tied to services, keep users tied to the internet, or, in extreme cases, keep them from using their programs outright, and sometimes cause their entire computers to fail. Worst of all, users don't even know that DRM is there until it breaks something.
Yet, DRM is trivially easy to remove from a program. Pirates do it all the time, and I've yet to see a SINGLE program that hasn't been cracked within a week of its release.
Captcha's work. They really do. Notice the lack of Robot Posts on Slashdot? That's CAPTCHAs. Yes, there ARE workarounds, but these are time consuming, expensive, and deal with real problems that, when solved, actually result in a significant increase in our understanding of how machines can recognize images. These solutions, while powerful, are then relatively worthless as the next iteration of CAPTCHAs comes around the next day.
CAPTCHAs are well _ahead_ of the struggle, even though people have been predicting their obsolescence since their inception.
They're a wonderfully simple technology that has been proven effective time and time again, and to compare them to DRM shows a juvenile understanding of the situation.
...than another game, precisely because there's no pre-existing story. There's nothing to ruin, nothing to get wrong, no part of my (recent) childhood to rape. They can only EXPAND the story, and there's really not a lot that they can get wrong.
On the other hand, take a game with an amazing, wonderfully thought-out story like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic or even the Half-Life series, and a movie would just _ruin_ it. You couldn't tell the same intricate stories in an hour and a half. You'd be stepping on the toes of the pre-existing canon. You'd end up with a story much worse, much sloppier, and more kiddie/general-audience than the one from the game.
The fact of the matter is that Games can be their own story-telling medium, and they have just as much 'artistic' validity as a book and just as much visual appeal as a movie.
If they're going to make a movie from a video game, let it be from one whose story they won't ruin.
"in-depth investigative reporting"? The movie wasn't even finished.
It wasn't edited, had no special effects, and I'm willing to bet it didn't have any music or extra sounds. What I would fire him for would be for reviewing it with anything more than a "Looks like it could be promising..." approach.
IMO, this was just an unsuccessful attempt by the reviewer to score a few points by being the "first" to review the film. Thankfully, it bit him in the butt since you really shouldn't review unfinished works.
With the exception of the "Amiga" snippit, I can't find anything on the internet regarding what games this is going to be able to play.
What, exactly, does "proper titles" encompass? Will it run PC Games? Maybe ANY games from any other console? Will developers need to write games specifically for this? Why would they do so?
Or are we simply going to be limited to the vast selection of Linux Games on the market?
Forgive me for being stupid, but why can't you just "roll" until you get whatever you want?
I'm looking at this Particle on Earth, you're looking at it's Entangled Twin somewhere in the Delta Quadrant, and beforehand, I told you "If I roll a six and stay there, bring me back Anti-Matter. Otherwise, bring me back dark matter."
I then roll my particle dice until I get a six, then perform no more rolls. Otherwise, I roll until I _don't_ get a six, then perform no more rolls.
Where did you read that this was tinny and pitchy and had no Bass?
From the article:
The flexible speakers are almost paper-like but pack in a punch and can deliver audio that is powerful enough for public spaces, cars and homes.
The arrangement also allows for highly directional and accurate sound, say the researchers.
If it's not just fluff and they're _actually_ thinking of using these things in public places, this could really take off. The article mentions putting them in ceiling tiles, but you could put them in posters or newspapers or wallpaper if it's really as good as advertised.
BUT!! if I include the 'begin 666 New Text Document.txt' and end stuff, I get a WinRar opennable archive with a single txt document with the words "enslaved"
Slashdot Mirror
I guess we know why GLaDOS turned out the way she did.
I guarantee you it will run Duke Nukem Forever.
Throw in a couple of "Free, Test Copies" per shipment to allow Gamestop to hand out to their employees and I bet everyone would be happy.
If you had Saddam in your prison, you know you'd do the same thing.
I mean, big deal, it's a frickin' MOVIE.
We're talking about a guy who _shredded_ dissenters in a giant machine here.
CAPTCHAs today are so much worse than "speed bumps" for regular users, that I'm beginning to wonder whether I, myself, am a bot. The internet is becoming unusable to me.
The internet is unusable to you because about 1% of sites out there use CAPTCHAs?
How many forms do you fill out?
Out of those, how many use Captchas?
Out of those, how many are unreadable?
Out of those, how many have poorly implemented caching?
That's complete bullshit. How did you get modded insightful?
There have been MAYBE half a dozen Captcha's in my life that I have failed to get through. The "annoyance" is what... 5 seconds spent on an extra text field? Maybe 30 seconds if your eyesight suck _really bad_?
DRM, on the other hand, can keep users from actually installing programs that they paid for. It will often disable these programs outright if certain conditions are not met. It can keep users tied to services, keep users tied to the internet, or, in extreme cases, keep them from using their programs outright, and sometimes cause their entire computers to fail. Worst of all, users don't even know that DRM is there until it breaks something.
Yet, DRM is trivially easy to remove from a program. Pirates do it all the time, and I've yet to see a SINGLE program that hasn't been cracked within a week of its release.
Captcha's work. They really do. Notice the lack of Robot Posts on Slashdot? That's CAPTCHAs. Yes, there ARE workarounds, but these are time consuming, expensive, and deal with real problems that, when solved, actually result in a significant increase in our understanding of how machines can recognize images. These solutions, while powerful, are then relatively worthless as the next iteration of CAPTCHAs comes around the next day.
CAPTCHAs are well _ahead_ of the struggle, even though people have been predicting their obsolescence since their inception.
They're a wonderfully simple technology that has been proven effective time and time again, and to compare them to DRM shows a juvenile understanding of the situation.
That wasn't hard.
...than another game, precisely because there's no pre-existing story. There's nothing to ruin, nothing to get wrong, no part of my (recent) childhood to rape. They can only EXPAND the story, and there's really not a lot that they can get wrong.
On the other hand, take a game with an amazing, wonderfully thought-out story like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic or even the Half-Life series, and a movie would just _ruin_ it. You couldn't tell the same intricate stories in an hour and a half. You'd be stepping on the toes of the pre-existing canon. You'd end up with a story much worse, much sloppier, and more kiddie/general-audience than the one from the game.
The fact of the matter is that Games can be their own story-telling medium, and they have just as much 'artistic' validity as a book and just as much visual appeal as a movie.
If they're going to make a movie from a video game, let it be from one whose story they won't ruin.
Basically life is a terminal condition, resulting in death in every verifyable recorded sample.
Not mine. :)
Maybe not Terrorists, but our Naval Superiority, , does play a lot into our relationship with China.
Our Military superiority, (or inferiority,) dictates how much economic pressure we can apply.
"in-depth investigative reporting"? The movie wasn't even finished.
It wasn't edited, had no special effects, and I'm willing to bet it didn't have any music or extra sounds. What I would fire him for would be for reviewing it with anything more than a "Looks like it could be promising..." approach.
IMO, this was just an unsuccessful attempt by the reviewer to score a few points by being the "first" to review the film. Thankfully, it bit him in the butt since you really shouldn't review unfinished works.
Hey, it's Obama!
We trust him, right?
[fonzie]Come onnnnnnnnnnnn!!!![/fonzie]
With the exception of the "Amiga" snippit, I can't find anything on the internet regarding what games this is going to be able to play.
What, exactly, does "proper titles" encompass?
Will it run PC Games?
Maybe ANY games from any other console?
Will developers need to write games specifically for this? Why would they do so?
Or are we simply going to be limited to the vast selection of Linux Games on the market?
Who else could go for a bucket of KFC right about now?
Forgive me for being stupid, but why can't you just "roll" until you get whatever you want?
I'm looking at this Particle on Earth, you're looking at it's Entangled Twin somewhere in the Delta Quadrant, and beforehand, I told you "If I roll a six and stay there, bring me back Anti-Matter. Otherwise, bring me back dark matter."
I then roll my particle dice until I get a six, then perform no more rolls. Otherwise, I roll until I _don't_ get a six, then perform no more rolls.
Why doesn't this work?
From the article:
The flexible speakers are almost paper-like but pack in a punch and can deliver audio that is powerful enough for public spaces, cars and homes.
The arrangement also allows for highly directional and accurate sound, say the researchers.
If it's not just fluff and they're _actually_ thinking of using these things in public places, this could really take off. The article mentions putting them in ceiling tiles, but you could put them in posters or newspapers or wallpaper if it's really as good as advertised.
I think I need someone to explain this one to me. :-\
Hope you have a spacesuit handy. Sudden Decompression sucks.
Except now your boss can follow you home.
Ooh!
BUT!! if I include the 'begin 666 New Text Document.txt' and end stuff, I get a WinRar opennable archive with a single txt document with the words "enslaved"
A cry for help, or an omen?
Tried posting the crypto-code into a text file, changed the ext to XXE, tried openning it with WinRAR.
Didn't work.
HAPPY ST STUPID'S DAY!!
That's about the best term I've heard for it yet.
That way my reaction, as well.
Would've been a much better movie if it HAD been Lore.
I always wondered what I would use an _actual_ portal gun for.
Vista CD Keys?!?!