a) is correct, conclusion is not (see Ken Thompson's attack against a compiler)
b) is also an incorrect conclusion. See the year and a half before finding the hard coded password in Interbase, and the exploitable double free that was in zlib for several years
So, parents can't read the back of a box and say "No" without a law? They can't set the parental locks on the consoles that support it? They can't control the purse strings? They can't set ground rules and punish if broken?
"I feel that" and "Law should say" are completely different things. Are some kids capable of handling violent games? Sure, and I can't say which ones a priori, nor am I attempting to, unlike the law.
That estimate is probably on the high side. Remember, the FCC won't release figures, and everything over modem speeds is considered "broadband" for penetration numbers.
What're you talking about? It was used with very, very strict reverse engineering practices. One looks at code, writes spec. Another writes from the spec. That *IS* reverse engineering.
If WINE hasn't done reverse engineering (or depended on it), how are undocumented functions implemented in there, and they are?
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You're assuming games necessarily cost $50. You're forgetting cell phone games, as well as various online games.
Sixty-nine percent of American heads of households play computer and video games.
I think if our medium is going to become mainstream
Gaming does better than the movie box office and it's not mainstream yet?
That's not the only source. There's also crafted overflows that may not be seen on simple inspection.
Yes, OSS helps. Just don't forget it's not a panacea. Many eyes != many skilled and/or interested eyes.
a) is correct, conclusion is not (see Ken Thompson's attack against a compiler)
b) is also an incorrect conclusion. See the year and a half before finding the hard coded password in Interbase, and the exploitable double free that was in zlib for several years
So, parents can't read the back of a box and say "No" without a law? They can't set the parental locks on the consoles that support it? They can't control the purse strings? They can't set ground rules and punish if broken?
"I feel that" and "Law should say" are completely different things. Are some kids capable of handling violent games? Sure, and I can't say which ones a priori, nor am I attempting to, unlike the law.
There is no equivalent for movies. There is also a potential chilling effect.
Kids should not get their hands on these games, but that's the responsibility of the parents. They have the tools.
*NOT* in the manner of movies. That's the problem.
Movies do not have this regulation. All media or none.
You mean like the ones Microsoft has filed, and won? Hasn't helped.
Wouldn't even break the top 10 of Blu-Ray.
AOL. Proxies like AOL destroy the usefulness of IP. It's one thing to lump all the users from a given company together, but from a large ISP?
So you have one person visiting several million times from Dulles, Virginia?
The impression I got from the cut scene was that he was now an ordinary joe, not someone who could handle the blood war by himself.
Yes, why not start with the Blood War as a premise?
Could be more interesting, than, say, collecting bottlecaps to trade for a pump. Wouldn't that make a boring game?
No, it's not. Any well written app should be able to handle any junk thrown at it without crashing.
Thankfully, I think this is highly unlikely, not only was the game written to be very self contained
Self-contained? Did you actually finish it? At least one of the endings could lead to a sequel.
How do you make something non-skippable without DRM?
And why would someone without a computer have internet?
Nothing I buy, other than a computer will *EVER* be plugged into the net.
That estimate is probably on the high side. Remember, the FCC won't release figures, and everything over modem speeds is considered "broadband" for penetration numbers.
What're you talking about? It was used with very, very strict reverse engineering practices. One looks at code, writes spec. Another writes from the spec. That *IS* reverse engineering.
If WINE hasn't done reverse engineering (or depended on it), how are undocumented functions implemented in there, and they are?
Have they broken the law? Remember, the DMCA allows reverse engineering for interoperability.
Right, like those code scanners that preemptively found the second ANI bug after the first was found. Those code scanners?
Both are DLLs from MS. Therefore, it is MS' fault.
Mod obviously never took civics and doesn't understand "checks and balances". Sadly, a common state in the American public.
Still the administrations fault. He could've vetoed it.