Any password can be hacked in a single attempt by simply using the correct password first...
Does your proposed algorithm for bruteforcing this
password fail entirely if there's less than 3 dictionary-words included? More than 3? Does it fail entirely if the spam-character is included 21 times?
Obviously, if you have a pretty damn good idea what you're looking for, you can optimize towards it.
How is Minecraft *any* good as an interface for designing something you'd want to make a 3D print of? Everything that can be designed in Minecraft can be build with Legos.
I don't see a lot of future games going down the Minecraft lane. The actual gameplay is rubbish (build a house before the first sunset, and you'll forever be safe from harm), and the game has nothing to offer except extreme customizability. It has an awesome niche appeal, because creative minds have a lot of opportunity to go nuts. But as for inspiring future games? Either you:
Keep the concept and refine the execution - improved graphics, more types of things to create and more methods of customizing behaviour (Second Life anyone?) - or:
Try to implement Minecraft'ish features into a game with a decent challenging gameplay, and you'll lose the creative minds who now have to worry about not dying AND the powergamers who realize that any game is easy when you can summon a brick wall.
One of them is an attempt at beating Minecraft at their own game, which can either succeed or fail - the other is doomed to fail as you attempt to combine ultimate sandbox with actual gameplay, thereby forsaking the benefits of both.
You're saying it's OK to break the law if you have investigated the legal circumstances, and decided that upholding the law was too much hazzle / not profitable?
Entering negotiations by itself is not an admission of guilt, but if other evidence suggests that they are in fact guilty, it's an admission of malicious intent.
When this game sells to everyone who doesn't care about reselling, everyone who doesn't plan to share it, everyone who doesn't get political about politics, and every ignorant grandparent who's seeing the title on a wishlist from some kid who might think it's less than ideal, but still wants to play the game, it'll still be a success with a majority of the 3DS user base.
Pfft. The sarcasm was so thick, I was barely able to read the actual comment.
Despite the sarcasm though, distrusting experts BECAUSE they're experts is a tiny bit less sensible than trusting them for the very same reason. Start bashing them once they've ACTUALLY said something you disagree with.
Remember - the experts are not charged with defining copyright law. They're charged with upholding it.
If you honestly think TPB is based on anything other than a complete lack of respect of established copyright law... well... obviously you're not half as smart as the slashdot crowd tries to take credit for.
Let's leave this discussion until proposed or similar instance ACTUALLY blocks a site, where the average user does not in fact use the site as a facilitator of criminal actions.
Are you suggesting that these people are incapable of mistakes, and cannot ever possibly be outsmarted by feds?
I believe you're vastly overestimating these guys, and similarly underestimating authorities.
You honestly think that pretending you didn't see your neighbour getting mugged is more acceptable than failing to boycott Sony?
Keep in mind that your potential power in both cases is likely zero. Given that you're a slashdot poster, most street criminals would likely faceroll you. As such, your responsibility in both cases is close to zero.
But let's just pretend your 200 pounds of muscle with martial arts training, who doesn't afraid of anything...
Because: "Don't Be Evil"
A lot of people (understandably) assume it means more than it really does.
I like to think that Google is not directly responsible for the deaths of any kittens.
I assume they probably have some internal policies about dos and don'ts, a few of which was spawned by a feeling of self-righteousness, and they probably obey these for the most part.
And I'm under the impression that they treat their employees fairly well.
Other than that, just another company, looking to profit.
Wait until the first true AI of significant power makes its appearance. Assuming it doesn't start out like Skynet and wipe us off the face of the planet, it's going to make for a lot of very red faces.
As a religious person, I fully expect this wait to last forever. It's unfortunate for my kind that even by the end of forever, your kind will still claim that "it's doable, we're just not quite there yet".
What would be infinitely more useful than a "auto-detect mood" feature would be a "you're wrong!"-button when you disagree with whatever result your PC came up with. Once that's developed, it might be useful to autotrigger it when the user is aggrevated.
"God did it" does not need to meet the criterias of science, as an assumed consequence of "God did it" is that there are things beyond human understanding.
Science is great as long as it deals with "how does stuff work" and "what can we do with this".
However, science doesn't even ask the questions that religion answers - it doesn't ask "why". It seems to assume that the answer is "no reason, freak accidents", and elevates this to "fact".
Thankfully though, despite your rejection of divinity, the purpose of religion seems to affect most of humanity. A lot of people are affected by an irrational set of ethics that goes slightly beyond securing the most comfortable existence for themselves. A lot of people irrationally believe that there is a point in trying to preserve humanity beyond our own individual lifespans.
But we're just a freak accident. We're not special. We'll be wiped out eventually, and the universe will not notice. If I won't be alive to see my grandchildrens children, I really shouldn't give a fuck about them. Right?
It's still not quite the kind of interaction in Guitar Hero. If it were, the enemy would get shot in the head even if you aim at something else, you just wouldn't get the points.
That part right there makes it kinda obvious that you don't know what you're talking about. I guess you're just one of those angry old men, who wish young lads would pick up a real instrument instead.
GH is not, and was never meant to be, an alternative to real instruments. It's just entertainment. Exactly like GT5. If it doesn't entertain you, don't play it. So far though, *everyone* I've actually seen playing the game has had fun with it. This includes people with actual instrumental skills.
I know people who don't like the game. None of them tried playing. They looked at the controller, said "Yeah ok, that's retarded, I'm not touching that", and decided that they were apparently surrounded by retards.
Your loss.
Problem no. 1: Noone who actually needs your guide will read it. The slashdot crew can sit here and argue and discuss why it's not a problem and just how many potential work-arounds there are, and you'll all agree, and everyone who reads this will already know.
Meanwhile, Joe Sixpack is still equally bothered by bloat/shovelware, and he doesn't read slashdot.
I saw Avatar in 3D, and I was very impressed. Then, I saw it on Bluray. HD but 2D. Turns out that was just as impressive, if not even more so. Avatar just so happens to be a ridiculously beautiful movie. The hype that exists around 3D is probably more about Avatar being Avatar than it is about the actual 3D technology.
Of course 3D "works". Claiming otherwise is ignorant (unless you're one of those 3D-impaired people). But it's probably not all that it's cracked up to be. The only thing 3D Avatar should teach its fans, is that 3D won't ruin what is already a masterpiece.
If anyone came up to me and said that five months from now they'd be harvesting thirty percent of my revenue, I don't think that conversation would last very long.
Given that this "anyone" is your outlet, your means for making a profit *at all*, I'm sure you're right. The conversation would go: "Of course, whatever you say".
Way to dodge the point there.
Honestly, you think Farmville or any other Facebook game could dream of making 70% of their current revenue without using the Facebook platform for distribution?
Those who think so are *of course* welcome to try. I predict 99% of Facebook games staying put.
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Any password can be hacked in a single attempt by simply using the correct password first...
Does your proposed algorithm for bruteforcing this password fail entirely if there's less than 3 dictionary-words included? More than 3? Does it fail entirely if the spam-character is included 21 times?
Obviously, if you have a pretty damn good idea what you're looking for, you can optimize towards it.
How is Minecraft *any* good as an interface for designing something you'd want to make a 3D print of? Everything that can be designed in Minecraft can be build with Legos.
I don't see a lot of future games going down the Minecraft lane. The actual gameplay is rubbish (build a house before the first sunset, and you'll forever be safe from harm), and the game has nothing to offer except extreme customizability. It has an awesome niche appeal, because creative minds have a lot of opportunity to go nuts. But as for inspiring future games? Either you:
Keep the concept and refine the execution - improved graphics, more types of things to create and more methods of customizing behaviour (Second Life anyone?) - or:
Try to implement Minecraft'ish features into a game with a decent challenging gameplay, and you'll lose the creative minds who now have to worry about not dying AND the powergamers who realize that any game is easy when you can summon a brick wall.
One of them is an attempt at beating Minecraft at their own game, which can either succeed or fail - the other is doomed to fail as you attempt to combine ultimate sandbox with actual gameplay, thereby forsaking the benefits of both.
What an absolute joke of ar argument.
You're saying it's OK to break the law if you have investigated the legal circumstances, and decided that upholding the law was too much hazzle / not profitable?
Entering negotiations by itself is not an admission of guilt, but if other evidence suggests that they are in fact guilty, it's an admission of malicious intent.
When this game sells to everyone who doesn't care about reselling, everyone who doesn't plan to share it, everyone who doesn't get political about politics, and every ignorant grandparent who's seeing the title on a wishlist from some kid who might think it's less than ideal, but still wants to play the game, it'll still be a success with a majority of the 3DS user base.
Pfft. The sarcasm was so thick, I was barely able to read the actual comment.
Despite the sarcasm though, distrusting experts BECAUSE they're experts is a tiny bit less sensible than trusting them for the very same reason. Start bashing them once they've ACTUALLY said something you disagree with.
Remember - the experts are not charged with defining copyright law. They're charged with upholding it.
If you honestly think TPB is based on anything other than a complete lack of respect of established copyright law... well... obviously you're not half as smart as the slashdot crowd tries to take credit for.
Citation needed.
Let's leave this discussion until proposed or similar instance ACTUALLY blocks a site, where the average user does not in fact use the site as a facilitator of criminal actions.
Are you suggesting that these people are incapable of mistakes, and cannot ever possibly be outsmarted by feds?
I believe you're vastly overestimating these guys, and similarly underestimating authorities.
When discussing police business, what really matters is that we're comparing breaking the law with breaking the law.
We may be slow, but we're not stupid.
Citation needed.
You honestly think that pretending you didn't see your neighbour getting mugged is more acceptable than failing to boycott Sony?
Keep in mind that your potential power in both cases is likely zero. Given that you're a slashdot poster, most street criminals would likely faceroll you. As such, your responsibility in both cases is close to zero.
But let's just pretend your 200 pounds of muscle with martial arts training, who doesn't afraid of anything...
Your corrective statement includes an "if" which has already been adressed and proven false.
Because: "Don't Be Evil" A lot of people (understandably) assume it means more than it really does.
I like to think that Google is not directly responsible for the deaths of any kittens.
I assume they probably have some internal policies about dos and don'ts, a few of which was spawned by a feeling of self-righteousness, and they probably obey these for the most part.
And I'm under the impression that they treat their employees fairly well.
Other than that, just another company, looking to profit.
Wait until the first true AI of significant power makes its appearance. Assuming it doesn't start out like Skynet and wipe us off the face of the planet, it's going to make for a lot of very red faces.
As a religious person, I fully expect this wait to last forever. It's unfortunate for my kind that even by the end of forever, your kind will still claim that "it's doable, we're just not quite there yet".
And we all know that Penn & Teller are the epitome of unbiased, fair, objective journalism.
Oh, wait...
This is one of those cases where you miss the "-1 Wrong" mod option.
What would be infinitely more useful than a "auto-detect mood" feature would be a "you're wrong!"-button when you disagree with whatever result your PC came up with. Once that's developed, it might be useful to autotrigger it when the user is aggrevated.
"God did it" does not need to meet the criterias of science, as an assumed consequence of "God did it" is that there are things beyond human understanding.
Science is great as long as it deals with "how does stuff work" and "what can we do with this".
However, science doesn't even ask the questions that religion answers - it doesn't ask "why". It seems to assume that the answer is "no reason, freak accidents", and elevates this to "fact".
Thankfully though, despite your rejection of divinity, the purpose of religion seems to affect most of humanity. A lot of people are affected by an irrational set of ethics that goes slightly beyond securing the most comfortable existence for themselves. A lot of people irrationally believe that there is a point in trying to preserve humanity beyond our own individual lifespans.
But we're just a freak accident. We're not special. We'll be wiped out eventually, and the universe will not notice. If I won't be alive to see my grandchildrens children, I really shouldn't give a fuck about them. Right?
It's still not quite the kind of interaction in Guitar Hero. If it were, the enemy would get shot in the head even if you aim at something else, you just wouldn't get the points.
That part right there makes it kinda obvious that you don't know what you're talking about. I guess you're just one of those angry old men, who wish young lads would pick up a real instrument instead.
GH is not, and was never meant to be, an alternative to real instruments. It's just entertainment. Exactly like GT5. If it doesn't entertain you, don't play it. So far though, *everyone* I've actually seen playing the game has had fun with it. This includes people with actual instrumental skills.
I know people who don't like the game. None of them tried playing. They looked at the controller, said "Yeah ok, that's retarded, I'm not touching that", and decided that they were apparently surrounded by retards.
Your loss.
Problem no. 1: Noone who actually needs your guide will read it. The slashdot crew can sit here and argue and discuss why it's not a problem and just how many potential work-arounds there are, and you'll all agree, and everyone who reads this will already know.
Meanwhile, Joe Sixpack is still equally bothered by bloat/shovelware, and he doesn't read slashdot.
You're overcomplicating things. That robot really doesn't look like it'd be able to stand back up if you knock it over.
Improving slashdot, step one: disable anonymous comments.
I saw Avatar in 3D, and I was very impressed. Then, I saw it on Bluray. HD but 2D. Turns out that was just as impressive, if not even more so. Avatar just so happens to be a ridiculously beautiful movie. The hype that exists around 3D is probably more about Avatar being Avatar than it is about the actual 3D technology.
Of course 3D "works". Claiming otherwise is ignorant (unless you're one of those 3D-impaired people). But it's probably not all that it's cracked up to be. The only thing 3D Avatar should teach its fans, is that 3D won't ruin what is already a masterpiece.
If anyone came up to me and said that five months from now they'd be harvesting thirty percent of my revenue, I don't think that conversation would last very long.
Given that this "anyone" is your outlet, your means for making a profit *at all*, I'm sure you're right. The conversation would go: "Of course, whatever you say".
Way to dodge the point there.
Honestly, you think Farmville or any other Facebook game could dream of making 70% of their current revenue without using the Facebook platform for distribution?
Those who think so are *of course* welcome to try. I predict 99% of Facebook games staying put.