I have played the Silent Hill series. It did scare me the first time thru, but I have played both in the dark with headphones on.... SS2 had me jumping at nearly every bend (especially if you keep the tough parts in the game that the patch takes out, like your gun jamming more often and such).
perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
Or... how about we don't bitch about something we can get for free?
How many people are holding a gun to your head demanding you send emails to TWO WHOLE PEOPLE you know?
Better yet... have you ever emailed someone to say "Hey, check out this game" or "Yo, here's a sweet perl module you should check out" or anything of the ilk? The true thought behind this "tell-ware" is the hopes that you enjoy the software enough to email a couple of friends to tell them its worth the download.
For how much real 3D software can cost, I'm truely surprised someone is bitching about emailing two friends about it...
Then again, the open source community is full of extreme whackos like ESR, so maybe my surprise is unjust...
After almost 8 years, Slashdot's HTML is finally getting an overhaul.
I'm more surprised that after 8 years, slashdot is testing something on a machine that isn't the main server.
Seriously, while you guys are changing things, how about changing it so ALL code changes go through regression testing along with some major user testing before you drop ut into the production servers. We all dislike 503s, and we have see a TON of bugs pop up (like last weeks 'unable to see comments' for several hours).
Wow... a well crafted troll, but sent in to late. No one will see this but me, and I've already explained that I was a C and C++ developer before a Java developer...
Nothing is hack proof, but my main point is that when you play a game that requires you to use real money to buy things and you know it is possible to get mugged, then you are accepting the risk that someone will steal everything from you.
The developers, on the other hand, should be working dilligently to prevent the ability of bots to happen. They should have watchdog algorithms that detect bot activity.
What the solution should be is that the developers should ban the guy with the bot, return all the items to their old owners and fix the issue. Instead, they call the cops and claim its a crime.
Wow... I come into this discussion and only 1 post is here, which is the parent. I agree on every point. If it is possible to become 'invincible' in the game, its not the fault of the person who used it, its the fault of the gaming company for allowing it to happen.
The game involves real money and looting, this should be expected and the players know the risk coming into the game. No crime, IMHO, was committed.
This is the same question as "When do I get my kid a car" and "When do I let my kid play violent games" so on, etc...
When the kid is responsible enough and you trust them enough is when you do it. Me? I'd personally have him/her get a job so they'd have to pay at least part of the costs. Makes them just a little more appreciative of the item that way.
I'm not saying this is a good thing (trust me, I want it to stay very credible and use it often), but I just merely wanted to point out that they are growing out of their roots (which isn't always a bad thing).
I think it will be more based on worry than morbid interest. People don't enjoy watching astronauts die. Most car wrecks in NASCAR aren't fatal, but accidents in space (with the apollo 13 exemption) usually are.
How do you handle immature zealots that believe your job involves backstabbing the open source community (like many questions here... hopefully none of which actually get modded high enough for you to have to deal with)?
That's simple. Competition. If you want to compete with a product, you need to know its strengths and weaknesses. That's how competition works, ya know;)
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Why don't you guys have a formal testing process in place for slashcode?
Seriously, its like every Thursday morning its a big test to determine how many '503 Service Unavailable' we will get.
If this was done in a real web app environment, you'd guys wouldn't have your cushy jobs, ya know...
Having said that, I get a 500 error randomly on any post...
I have played the Silent Hill series. It did scare me the first time thru, but I have played both in the dark with headphones on.... SS2 had me jumping at nearly every bend (especially if you keep the tough parts in the game that the patch takes out, like your gun jamming more often and such).
What makes this really funny is how well you sig fits into your post :D
I'm thinking more on the lines of a professional grade 3D program... Maya... 3D-Max, etc...
perhaps the Slashdot crowd could offer advice on a better business model than spam and merchandising?
Or... how about we don't bitch about something we can get for free?
How many people are holding a gun to your head demanding you send emails to TWO WHOLE PEOPLE you know?
Better yet... have you ever emailed someone to say "Hey, check out this game" or "Yo, here's a sweet perl module you should check out" or anything of the ilk? The true thought behind this "tell-ware" is the hopes that you enjoy the software enough to email a couple of friends to tell them its worth the download.
For how much real 3D software can cost, I'm truely surprised someone is bitching about emailing two friends about it...
Then again, the open source community is full of extreme whackos like ESR, so maybe my surprise is unjust...
Someone needs their foil hat adjusted...
... you'll see that this was a bug found by someone using their TiVo over antennae, not cable, which could have distorted the signal.
The whole macrovision flag is for PPV shows, not regular shows.
After almost 8 years, Slashdot's HTML is finally getting an overhaul.
I'm more surprised that after 8 years, slashdot is testing something on a machine that isn't the main server.
Seriously, while you guys are changing things, how about changing it so ALL code changes go through regression testing along with some major user testing before you drop ut into the production servers. We all dislike 503s, and we have see a TON of bugs pop up (like last weeks 'unable to see comments' for several hours).
Wow... a well crafted troll, but sent in to late. No one will see this but me, and I've already explained that I was a C and C++ developer before a Java developer...
Your grasp of the difference of reality and fantasy leave much to be desired.
I'm a J2EE developer, actually.
Nothing is hack proof, but my main point is that when you play a game that requires you to use real money to buy things and you know it is possible to get mugged, then you are accepting the risk that someone will steal everything from you.
The developers, on the other hand, should be working dilligently to prevent the ability of bots to happen. They should have watchdog algorithms that detect bot activity.
What the solution should be is that the developers should ban the guy with the bot, return all the items to their old owners and fix the issue. Instead, they call the cops and claim its a crime.
I've tried 15 different techniques, but now I can't remember which ones I've tried and which I haven't.
Also... is it bad to bleed out your eyeballs? Can you get your nose replaced?
Wow... I come into this discussion and only 1 post is here, which is the parent. I agree on every point. If it is possible to become 'invincible' in the game, its not the fault of the person who used it, its the fault of the gaming company for allowing it to happen.
The game involves real money and looting, this should be expected and the players know the risk coming into the game. No crime, IMHO, was committed.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the whole plot and premise of Robert Heinlein's "Red Planet"??
... its a brave new world??
MOD PARENT UP!
This is the same question as "When do I get my kid a car" and "When do I let my kid play violent games" so on, etc...
When the kid is responsible enough and you trust them enough is when you do it. Me? I'd personally have him/her get a job so they'd have to pay at least part of the costs. Makes them just a little more appreciative of the item that way.
I'm not saying this is a good thing (trust me, I want it to stay very credible and use it often), but I just merely wanted to point out that they are growing out of their roots (which isn't always a bad thing).
Not to be mean (I looove wikipedia), but doesn't more control mean less 'wiki-like'?
... better safe than sorry.
Plus its not like its costing us any extra money or anything. Safety first and all that.
I think it will be more based on worry than morbid interest. People don't enjoy watching astronauts die. Most car wrecks in NASCAR aren't fatal, but accidents in space (with the apollo 13 exemption) usually are.
They pulled on the dangly thing on the underside until a substance came out, and now there is no chance of overheating on reentry?
Hope no one takes that outta context...
The true sign of a zealot is one who sees things as black or white. You are for or against us.
I use both windows and linux, so obviously I'm a Microsoft zealot, right?
Cloaked Wraiths and even battlecruisers could be trouble too... not to mention vulture mines. I see your point!
;)
How do you handle immature zealots that believe your job involves backstabbing the open source community (like many questions here... hopefully none of which actually get modded high enough for you to have to deal with)?
That's simple. Competition. If you want to compete with a product, you need to know its strengths and weaknesses. That's how competition works, ya know ;)