Just to clarify, this article is about a problem in Nokia's implementation of Bluetooth, not necessarily a problem in the actual Bluetooth protocol/specification. As an analogy, we hear about security holes in IIS, Apache, OpenSSL, etc
Oh, in that case, I know this one: it's the users' fault for not constantly monitoring the problems discovered in every software package they use and failing to update their systems, right?
At least that seems to be the typical slashdot attitude - we love keeping track of software, so should everybody else.
Kind of makes you glad recalls of non-software products don't work the same way.
If you're wondering how he eats and breathes and other science facts (la la la), Then repeat to yourself, "It's just a show, I should really just relax"
It's just that there are very few (multi-game) handhelds, so most of them are in there.
In summary: battery life is much, much more important that anybody would think. Nintendo got lucky with its B/W (actually green/gray) display that required relatively little battery life and the popular franchises didn't hurt any.
Oh, and the Lynx's ultrathick design gives me cramps after playing certain games for only a few minutes.
Maybe this is a market with only enough room for one mainstream system?
Can you separate tracks based not only on audio but also on the title/artist data displayed?
If you had software that did that and combined it with a ripper, you could leave it running all day and have a repository of free (well, already-paid-for) legally owned music.
I'd much more rather have a cardboard box and a CD sitting there nice and pretty than not. Even if I'm making a backup of a game CD for regular usage, I'd still rather have the original sitting in a jewel case on a CD shelf.
But would you rather have 500 cardboard boxes and CDs than not?
Would your answer changed if you moved every year or so?
Once people made millions off of homemade board games that became outrageously popular, and many people tried to emulate the success. Now a hundred years of free market evolution has filtered out only the best board games, but guess what : people are still making millions off of them, and people are still loving games made even before the depression. Even still, if you have a bright idea you can easily enter the market (Think about the very popular new-comer "Cranium")
Look at today's most popular board games: Monopoly and Risk. You could argue that Risk isn't a bad game, but Monopoly certainly is. People don't buy them because they're good; rather, because they achieved critical market share and recognition. Monopoly is a popular present (Bob likes golf, let's buy him the Monopoly Golf edition for his birthday).
Cranium was successful because of the business skills of its creators (who by the way are ex-microsoft employees).
Meanwhile hundreds of games which would be much more fun to play are not known to anybody who doesn't check boardgamegeek.com.
Since the probability of SCO not producing evidence is 1 for all practical purposes, the message "SCO has not produced evidence" has an information content of zero.
I know it's scary that we can tell there's something wrong but there's no way to know the right result -
But the worse scenario is one where there's no way to tell anything's wrong. No reason to request a manual count, no reason for trusting fools to question the results.
Most people, it seems, have an "I haven't verified this system, therefore it must be secure" mindset. But don't worry; this particular problem will be fixed and people can go back to assuming everything works until the next time something is obvious wrong.
Remember - it can't be a problem if nobody knows about it.
According to the kid's teacher, "suspension of students who are guilty of such tampering sends a message to all students that is beneficial and necessary."
So is sending a message to all the students OK or not?
if you're going to post a URL in your game/movie/etc, make sure it exists (like CSI did with http://ladyheather.com/ ) or that it can't exist (nonexistant TLD, illegal characters etc).
It's like making sure your characters' phone numbers start with 555.
Granted, your flash cart will likely only have enough storage for a few minutes, but you can encode any video data rather than depending on / paying for prepackaged content.
Don't worry, the software (windows only, I'm afraid) can also encode MPEG video.
I don't understand why anyone would enter a Windows-only (or other proprietary formatted) game.
Because some authors are familiar with a certain programming environment, and lack the time / skill to learn a new one?
As an extreme example, a couple of games over the years were submitted in HTML (+Javascript).
I'm not saying it's the best way to go about it, just offering a motive.
Besides, it's enough if only half the judges (or less) play your game, since the results are based on average scores, not popularity.
And in fact, some judges may enjoy trying out new engines. Yes, so far none of them even came close to Inform or TADS, but one day they may face competition.
Formulas, please. What is my ranking after the battle as a function of my ranking, my enemy's ranking, and friends ranking (if applicable - don't know the individual game), and how well we all did?
Try as they might, coders always miss SOMETHING and no matter how many hardware and software configurations are tested prior to release, there will always be more combinations than they can test.
On a PC, sure. But not on a console. Or on tomorrow's all-in-one entertainment center appliances.
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Just to clarify, this article is about a problem in Nokia's implementation of Bluetooth, not necessarily a problem in the actual Bluetooth protocol/specification. As an analogy, we hear about security holes in IIS, Apache, OpenSSL, etc
Oh, in that case, I know this one: it's the users' fault for not constantly monitoring the problems discovered in every software package they use and failing to update their systems, right?
At least that seems to be the typical slashdot attitude - we love keeping track of software, so should everybody else.
Kind of makes you glad recalls of non-software products don't work the same way.
Sun's web site assures me that with Java you can "write once, run anywhere".
Specifically, J2ME (micro edition) software is supposed to run on a wide variety of devices, some of which may actually exist.
don't pick Iran as the setting.
Which game?
If you're wondering how he eats and breathes
and other science facts (la la la),
Then repeat to yourself, "It's just a show,
I should really just relax"
"Top Ten non-Nintendo handhelds".
It's just that there are very few (multi-game) handhelds, so most of them are in there.
In summary: battery life is much, much more important that anybody would think. Nintendo got lucky with its B/W (actually green/gray) display that required relatively little battery life and the popular franchises didn't hurt any.
Oh, and the Lynx's ultrathick design gives me cramps after playing certain games for only a few minutes.
Maybe this is a market with only enough room for one mainstream system?
Can you separate tracks based not only on audio but also on the title/artist data displayed?
If you had software that did that and combined it with a ripper, you could leave it running all day and have a repository of free (well, already-paid-for) legally owned music.
I'd much more rather have a cardboard box and a CD sitting there nice and pretty than not. Even if I'm making a backup of a game CD for regular usage, I'd still rather have the original sitting in a jewel case on a CD shelf.
But would you rather have 500 cardboard boxes and CDs than not?
Would your answer changed if you moved every year or so?
Once people made millions off of homemade board games that became outrageously popular, and many people tried to emulate the success. Now a hundred years of free market evolution has filtered out only the best board games, but guess what : people are still making millions off of them, and people are still loving games made even before the depression. Even still, if you have a bright idea you can easily enter the market (Think about the very popular new-comer "Cranium")
Look at today's most popular board games: Monopoly and Risk. You could argue that Risk isn't a bad game, but Monopoly certainly is. People don't buy them because they're good; rather, because they achieved critical market share and recognition. Monopoly is a popular present (Bob likes golf, let's buy him the Monopoly Golf edition for his birthday).
Cranium was successful because of the business skills of its creators (who by the way are ex-microsoft employees).
Meanwhile hundreds of games which would be much more fun to play are not known to anybody who doesn't check boardgamegeek.com.
P.S.
www.antimonopoly.com.
When you use acronyms in an article that some readers may not be familiar with, take the time to explain them.
Since the probability of SCO not producing evidence is 1 for all practical purposes, the message "SCO has not produced evidence" has an information content of zero.
But it does have entertainment value.
The Scottish/Irish prefix Mc means "son of".
Son of.. the bride? It seems she has already given birth before the wedding ceremony. Which means the baby was born out of wedlock.
So it's obvious the CEO of SCO hails from a long line of bastards.
Recent exchange-rate changes complicate U.S. launch pricing estimates
No, they make things simpler. As a rule of thumb, hardware that costs $100 in the U.S. costs 100 UKP in the U.K.
I know it's scary that we can tell there's something wrong but there's no way to know the right result -
But the worse scenario is one where there's no way to tell anything's wrong. No reason to request a manual count, no reason for trusting fools to question the results.
Most people, it seems, have an "I haven't verified this system, therefore it must be secure" mindset. But don't worry; this particular problem will be fixed and people can go back to assuming everything works until the next time something is obvious wrong.
Remember - it can't be a problem if nobody knows about it.
According to the kid's teacher, "suspension of students who are guilty of such tampering sends a message to all students that is beneficial and necessary."
So is sending a message to all the students OK or not?
if you're going to post a URL in your game/movie/etc, make sure it exists (like CSI did with http://ladyheather.com/ ) or that it can't exist (nonexistant TLD, illegal characters etc).
It's like making sure your characters' phone numbers start with 555.
with the METEO Avi-2-GBA Video Codec.
Granted, your flash cart will likely only have enough storage for a few minutes, but you can encode any video data rather than depending on / paying for prepackaged content.
Don't worry, the software (windows only, I'm afraid) can also encode MPEG video.
I don't understand why anyone would enter a Windows-only (or other proprietary formatted) game.
Because some authors are familiar with a certain programming environment, and lack the time / skill to learn a new one?
As an extreme example, a couple of games over the years were submitted in HTML (+Javascript).
I'm not saying it's the best way to go about it, just offering a motive.
Besides, it's enough if only half the judges (or less) play your game, since the results are based on average scores, not popularity.
And in fact, some judges may enjoy trying out new engines. Yes, so far none of them even came close to Inform or TADS, but one day they may face competition.
Formulas, please. What is my ranking after the battle as a function of my ranking, my enemy's ranking, and friends ranking (if applicable - don't know the individual game), and how well we all did?
Or substance abuse.
Or intolerance.
Or civil disobedience.
Or anything that disagrees with one or more branches of government.
ebolamonkeyman (the original?).
Obviously its strategy is to try giving Kasparov a virtual-boy sized headache and throw off his game.
I mean, a game is the sum of its parts and all.
These articles are stupid.
Does good audio make up for bad graphics?
Does a good learning curve make up for cancelled online features?
Come on, can't you see how useless this is?
Try as they might, coders always miss SOMETHING and no matter how many hardware and software configurations are tested prior to release, there will always be more combinations than they can test.
On a PC, sure. But not on a console. Or on tomorrow's all-in-one entertainment center appliances.
They contain elements of both.
Next time on slashdot: Movies - eye candy or social commentary?