I don't see that it even means anything. Is there a downside to lying to customers about this? If there is a price drop, will sony reimburse customers for the price difference? Can customers file a successful class action suit for $50+tax each (or whatever the drop amounts to) based on this information?
By the way, I have no intention of posting any non-insightful posts for the rest of 2006.
I don't care about gay marraige, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences.
That's funny. I personally don't care about interracial marriage, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences. Right?
If you've ever seen a 6-foot tall crew cut tough as nails El Al employee ask you about your luggage, you know what I mean. They'll paw thru yuour luggage, pull out an orange, shove it one half inch from your nose and ask: "AND *WHAT* is *THIS*!??"
This is really the only thing that could work. Add some kind of interface for adding and removing public keys of trusted parties, and you're in business...
except, of course, for the small problem of what to do when spammers decide to send spam advertising random companies. Any solution for that one?
But, esp after this letter has gone public and people have suggested it, it would be *easy* to construe that Poul deliberately sabotaged their products with a known weakness - stupid weakness notwithstanding. *That* would be a lot easier to prosecute. *That* would sure seem like malicious intent. In an awful twist, if Poul did his *he* could likely end up paying damages to D-Link!
If you ask me what time it is, I have no legal obligation to tell you the truth.
I'm pretty sure we have some D-link equipment in the back. I don't want this Danish guy to sue my company, so I'd better get on the phone to D-link and ask how I can make sure my hardware doesn't access his services without authorization. I'd better call D-link's legal department, just to make sure they're ready to indemnify us (is that the right word? IANAL) in case we do get sued.
If your company uses D-link products, I suggest you do the same.
I want them to be sentenced to write (by hand) an apology to every person they've wronged...
and to memorize and pronounce the words made of random letters they include to try to evade spam filters
and to change their names to the one in the "from" field. That is, legally change their names to names such as... let me check my mailbox for a second... "Recipe 4Living", "Approval Dept", "Content Paradise", "Your Mngr. mosettamay", "Sr. Loan Specialist" and "Always Savings".
I work on an air force base, and not only is IE the standard, but Firefox is on the list of unapproved apps. so if you're caught using it via the monthly scans, you're forced to uninstall it.
So... when exactly do these scans take place? And can a job be scheduled to uninstall/reinstall automatically?
Better yet: if you just copy Portable Firefox to the hard drive, or even run it from a CD / USB drive, does it still get detected?
The big issue, of course, is why you're forced to use insecure software, but you may not be able to do anything about that for the time being.
It is clear why the attack is succeeding...
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3.4. What was the first game with an on-screen counter while loading?
Technician Ted (Hewson) had a counter that went around on the screen while the game loaded. I think this was the first. The first game to play a game while loading a game was Joe Blade 2 (Players), which had a simple pac-man type game.
* my favorite isn't on the list, so it can't be "right"! * the list is biased toward older / newer / console / PC / handheld / RPG / arcade / puzzle games! * the list doesn't mean anything, lists like this never do (of course they don't) * oh man, I completely forgot that game, that was fun.
Lists like that are compiled regularly. It's hardly news, but hey, if it reminds you of a game you haven't played in years or lets you know of a gem you'd never have known about otherwise...
now that I look at my notes, the logic in the worm is more specifically "start spreading after 68 days after October 29". October 29 is the birth date of Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda.
to ensure that children have access to violent and or filthy materials? Do you think that it's GOOD that kids should be seeing this sort of trash?
By "children", do you mean people who are a few days shy of their seventeenth birthday? Some of which or attend college, or are in the armed forces?
Do you think it's GOOD that these 'children' have access to violent and filthy movies? How about violent and filthy books? Do you feel the government should step in and make sure all books are rated and that 'children' are not able to buy them?
How about books - or games - that are given to children for free? That army game? The bible, with all of its sex and violence?
And why should the government only interfere with the exchange of ideas through books? Why not when people talk to each other directly?
It's a shame the author of the article isn't aware of The Guardian Gamesblog that had an entry several weeks ago titled Peter Jackson - game developer. It seems the director was unhappy with EA's treatment of the LotR games, so for the game based on King Kong he contacted the developer of Beyond Good and Evil, a great but overlooked title, and even shipped members of the design team to New Zealand, gave them information about the movie and discussed the game with them.
Yes, games based on movies used to be bad (E.T. anyone) but now that games are big business things are changing.
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I don't see that it even means anything. Is there a downside to lying to customers about this? If there is a price drop, will sony reimburse customers for the price difference? Can customers file a successful class action suit for $50+tax each (or whatever the drop amounts to) based on this information?
By the way, I have no intention of posting any non-insightful posts for the rest of 2006.
I don't care about gay marraige, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences.
That's funny. I personally don't care about interracial marriage, it shouldn't be banned, but before we allow it, we need to take a careful look at all the societal and economic consequences. Right?
If you've ever seen a 6-foot tall crew cut tough as nails El Al employee ask you about your luggage, you know what I mean. They'll paw thru yuour luggage, pull out an orange, shove it one half inch from your nose and ask: "AND *WHAT* is *THIS*!??"
Ooh, Ooh, I know this one! Me! Me!
since I speed-misread the title as "SQL injunction attacks".
Look, all they're saying is that minors should have adult supervision when acquiring material that could be damaging to young minds.
Material... such as books?
... and change "it's" to "its".
That's almost as annoying as "alot".
No, it belongs alongside the other DS games. Seriously, does anybody arrange their game collection according to rating instead of by platform?
This is really the only thing that could work. Add some kind of interface for adding and removing public keys of trusted parties, and you're in business...
except, of course, for the small problem of what to do when spammers decide to send spam advertising random companies. Any solution for that one?
But, esp after this letter has gone public and people have suggested it, it would be *easy* to construe that Poul deliberately sabotaged their products with a known weakness - stupid weakness notwithstanding. *That* would be a lot easier to prosecute. *That* would sure seem like malicious intent. In an awful twist, if Poul did his *he* could likely end up paying damages to D-Link!
If you ask me what time it is, I have no legal obligation to tell you the truth.
I'm pretty sure we have some D-link equipment in the back. I don't want this Danish guy to sue my company, so I'd better get on the phone to D-link and ask how I can make sure my hardware doesn't access his services without authorization. I'd better call D-link's legal department, just to make sure they're ready to indemnify us (is that the right word? IANAL) in case we do get sued.
If your company uses D-link products, I suggest you do the same.
I want them to be sentenced to write (by hand) an apology to every person they've wronged...
and to memorize and pronounce the words made of random letters they include to try to evade spam filters
and to change their names to the one in the "from" field. That is, legally change their names to names such as... let me check my mailbox for a second... "Recipe 4Living", "Approval Dept", "Content Paradise", "Your Mngr. mosettamay", "Sr. Loan Specialist" and "Always Savings".
Now that's justice.
I work on an air force base, and not only is IE the standard, but Firefox is on the list of unapproved apps. so if you're caught using it via the monthly scans, you're forced to uninstall it.
So... when exactly do these scans take place? And can a job be scheduled to uninstall/reinstall automatically?
Better yet: if you just copy Portable Firefox to the hard drive, or even run it from a CD / USB drive, does it still get detected?
The big issue, of course, is why you're forced to use insecure software, but you may not be able to do anything about that for the time being.
For the reason, have a look at my homepage URL.
Just who defines "violent" or "pornographic" material?
Obviously, we (taxpayers) need a government agency that looks at content and classifies it for us.
Anybody wants to apply for the "pornographic" division?
Namco, which first used the technique in Ridge Racer.
Tape != optical disk.
That's just the first game you remember that uses this technique.
From the Spectrum Games FAQ:
Here's an image for you:
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screen
That's prior art from 1988. Can you find an earlier instance?
* my favorite isn't on the list, so it can't be "right"!
* the list is biased toward older / newer / console / PC / handheld / RPG / arcade / puzzle games!
* the list doesn't mean anything, lists like this never do (of course they don't)
* oh man, I completely forgot that game, that was fun.
Lists like that are compiled regularly. It's hardly news, but hey, if it reminds you of a game you haven't played in years or lets you know of a gem you'd never have known about otherwise...
I just *knew* google was planning to launch a music service!
EA lays off 5% of its staff. Big difference.
(Digression: "hip"? Who says "hip" any more? It's so 1960s...)
Sorry. Let's give this another try.
Can it possibly be that Java -- once the keenest of keen software -- has become a legacy technology?
now that I look at my notes, the logic in the worm is more specifically "start spreading after 68 days after October 29". October 29 is the birth date of Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda.
And Winona Ryder's.
Cut them off. If they don't want exposure, stop indexing them.
And how should Google tell who should be cut off?
Suppose they get a letter from somebody claiming to own a certain domain. Obviously they shouldn't remove it without verifying he controls the domain.
One of the easiest solutions is for the owner to place some file on his web site that confirms he does not want the site indexed...
But if you do that why bother with manually informing Google?
And hey, that kind of sounds like a mechanism that is in place already!
to ensure that children have access to violent and or filthy materials?
Do you think that it's GOOD that kids should be seeing this sort of trash?
By "children", do you mean people who are a few days shy of their seventeenth birthday? Some of which or attend college, or are in the armed forces?
Do you think it's GOOD that these 'children' have access to violent and filthy movies? How about violent and filthy books? Do you feel the government should step in and make sure all books are rated and that 'children' are not able to buy them?
How about books - or games - that are given to children for free? That army game? The bible, with all of its sex and violence?
And why should the government only interfere with the exchange of ideas through books? Why not when people talk to each other directly?
Two words: pro bono. There are tons of lawyers out there itching like mad to take this case.
I thought pro bono meant you were for extending copyrights indefinitely.
Couldn't you send Capcom a proof of purchase for buying these games on the NES, and get the PSP game in the mail for free?
Sure, why not.
P.S. You do have your receipts, right?
What terrible generalizations.
It's a shame the author of the article isn't aware of The Guardian Gamesblog that had an entry several weeks ago titled Peter Jackson - game developer. It seems the director was unhappy with EA's treatment of the LotR games, so for the game based on King Kong he contacted the developer of Beyond Good and Evil, a great but overlooked title, and even shipped members of the design team to New Zealand, gave them information about the movie and discussed the game with them.
Yes, games based on movies used to be bad (E.T. anyone) but now that games are big business things are changing.