For whatever reason Schneier did a review on a case from 2 years ago. If you read that page you realize that this was analysis done in 2007. Since then the NJ Supreme Court ruled that this particular breathalyzer is accurate and can be trusted.
You can go with this theory all you want. The fact is that at times, you are going to have to play by other people's rules. This is why I would say this guy should just buck up and get a bank account of some sort. This is simply the beginning of problems for this guy, and if he doesn't learn to deal/adapt, he is going to have problems the rest of his life (and probably not just with financial matters).
And you know there are advantages to paying by means other than cash. I use nothing but plastic. I run up my CC bills each month, pay them off at the end of the month and then rack up reward points. It works great.
I was wondering the same thing. Exactly what is Psychological about 1 billion PCs? I mean, did we not think it would get this far? Seriously, we aren't talking the 4 minute mile. We are talking sales of a THING. I don't think it would ever be out of the question to say something would ring a total of 1 billion sales.
They are suing because they broke the law in selling securities in their own company. Basically they were selling securities without a license to sell them.
The fact is, with their goals, while lofty, were attainable. The problem was that they needed to make sure that closely watched EVERY penny going in and out. They should have also made sure that they were 100% sure that every means of raising money that they enacted were on the level.
Again, read the GP post. This woman was identified/branded/labeled as nothing.
The fact is, they did a very lousy job of cross referencing their sex offender DB and got a bad match. The fact is that a real search would actually result in a true positive.
NOW, what this does demonstrate is the lack of effort being put forth by MySpace in their "efforts" to identify sex offenders. This false positive really demonstrates that they are not doing a lot to really validate their lists. Along with the point of the GGP post where they state it is a simple matter for a registered sex offender to use false information on their MySpace registration.
I was thinking the same - especially since I use Subversion.
But taking a quick look at the article, I get an idea - storing your binaries at different version levels w/ it. Say I am developing a software package, us SVN for each level of revisions. With major releases I could store the produced binaries with the package to prevent the need to recompile when I am pulling down a version. Basically it would truly version control your binaries as well.
In some ways the article makes me wish I did that with the project I am currently working on. I might start doing it now.
The biggest thing here is that Gamasutra is missing the point.
Brain Age is not a popular game because it is boring or because it has such a broad appeal. It is popular because it is good. Just like Zelda and Halo (NIMHO, but that isn't the point). Good games will always be popular. Bad games will go the way of Diakatana.
When it comes to games, the point is make something that is quality work. If it is, it will find a market to appeal to. Again, look back a number of weeks when Geometry Wars was being talked about. Is that game boring? No. It is simple, but the real key, it is really fun. Hence, why it is so popular.
I will say this, if a Game "Magazine/web site" is making this article, I really have to question their credibility.
I never thought of your aspect of what this is. Personally I like this look at things.
What I was wondering if maybe the RIAA going after radio stations, something that Congress exempted years ago, would not really alert Congress to the actions of the RIAA. I mean, sure we have seen their act, and it has made enough news, but things like that tend to really get glossed over by the mainstream person. I think by taking their case to the steps of Congress, they might really be opening themselves to some scrutiny that maybe they don't want, by people they don't want.
That only goes so far. I mean, it is one thing when you are looking at a price difference of maybe 20-30%. I think even 100% in some cases is fair. You talk about the iPod, but it's cost is on par with other similar sized MP3 players. But for this to be pretty much 2000% more expensive than most keyboards! That is a no go for me. I mean, sure it is a great idea and such, but only goes so far. I mean, the kind of functionality help, I don't see it being worth $1500.
I don't see them being sold at an sort of rate that is going to drive down prices.
I have to agree, I think my G15 is going to work fine for me.
But Stanford, while they do have the "clout" to ignore anyone tried to enforce DMCA on them, that is not what they should do. If you read their policy, they are not in the business of piracy, nor condoning piracy. All they are doing in this case is passing on the cost of work that has to be done in these cases down to the students who are doing this. The fact is, Stanford is an institute of learning, in this case they are teaching people not to break the law.
And, IMHO, this policy is not all that draconian either. They are giving a get out jail free card for case #1. It is case #2 and #3 that are the bad ones. IMHO, if you are continually doing this sort of act (especially after being caught once), then maybe you should face the punishment.
And let's also add to this, they are doing a SCREENING. They are probably looking up her fingerprints against known criminals. I am sure they are doing this to make sure she hasn't done masterful job of identity theft. You can change IDs, not fingerprints.
I agree with you Score - don't like it, drop out of the running for the job. There are a ton of jobs that don't require this.
At the same time I also think that what you have is your classic case of "foot in the door." Basically, this gives you an "in" to a company. If you prove your worth, you can move up. Most companies are more than happy to move someone up internally rather than have to hire externally for upper positions.
If there is one thing that the American populace has never failed to shock me on is their lack of common sense. We are blanketed by tons of laws that are nothing but common sense laws. IMHO, even without the Virginia Tech events in such resent memory, this was a bad idea, and common sense should tell you this.
I think that there are ways to tackle issues such as this. One is probably the most obvious, talk about it. I think if you want to do something like this, you have to contact parents to alert them you want to do this, and give them the option to remove their kids from this class (and/or field trip).
These teachers probably cost themselves their jobs as well as any chance to ever work in their field again. And considering their actions, that is probably a good thing.
Graphics are not the only thing that makes a game console new and improved, there are many more factors.
This seems to be a major factor that game companies forget. They work to make their game look cool and lifelike, but they forget to make their game have content and be worth while. Just look at all the games that really made a push when 3d first came out to just use the 3D processor for graphics and the expense of game play. Most of them are all forgotten titles. Many "Last generation" 2D games (Castlevania: SOTN for example) were touted as very good games.
I also think you are missing something with the motion sensing capibilities of the Wii. It is not that it is a novel idea, the point is that the games made for the Wii are good. The use of the controllers is what is really making the games (and system) hits. Who cares that a game uses motion sensing. The point is does it do it well and intuitively and is the game fun. If you solve those questions, they who cares if you just use a single button Atari 2600 control?
As someone who does regularly patch their windows systems, but pays ZERO attention to the schedule, does MS follow this Patch Tuesday rule for only IT or for EVERYONE?
If this is an everyone issue, then IMHO, Patch Tuesday makes no sense. Because some IT don't want to work (stop me if you've heard that one before), they are halting the deployment of patches to the whole populace? IMHO, not smart.
Of course, I could be wrong about this, if so, please enlighten me.
Yea, when we get some fucking common sense or when we get rid of republicans.
Reminds me of a great Bill Hicks joke: "And on the 7th day God said, 'Done. There is creation, perfect and holy.'"
"'Oh my ME! I left fucking pot everywhere! Now people are going to think they are going to have to smoke it! SHIT!!! I shouldn't have had that joint on the 3rd day! Now I'm going to have to create Republicans!!!'"
The fact is that for an IE Dev to point fingers solely at the bank is joke.
There is a lot of blame to go around for unsecure bank transactions. In the example, we are presented w/ the whole case of user on unsecured wireless. I think the lack of security of the bank in that case is the end users - I never would do bank transactions on an unsecured network except in extreme cases.
Granted, I do believe that banks do share some responsibility. I think they would be best served to do all of their pages as secure. Therefore minimize the chance for information to be captured. But still I can't solely blame them.
And it isn't to say that IE is without blame either...
An easy description would be that a flaw is some problem with the operating system. This could be a bad implementation or software issue at the code level. A bug is specifically a software issue at the code level.
Slashdot Mirror
Short answer yes.
For whatever reason Schneier did a review on a case from 2 years ago. If you read that page you realize that this was analysis done in 2007. Since then the NJ Supreme Court ruled that this particular breathalyzer is accurate and can be trusted.
http://www.njdwidefense.com/alcotest.htm
just like if it's on wikipedia it must be true?
Of course it is almost done. The game is just Halo 2 with a new coat of paint.
You can go with this theory all you want. The fact is that at times, you are going to have to play by other people's rules. This is why I would say this guy should just buck up and get a bank account of some sort. This is simply the beginning of problems for this guy, and if he doesn't learn to deal/adapt, he is going to have problems the rest of his life (and probably not just with financial matters).
And you know there are advantages to paying by means other than cash. I use nothing but plastic. I run up my CC bills each month, pay them off at the end of the month and then rack up reward points. It works great.
RonB
This is the whole argument that Stephen Hawkins uses to "believe in God." Basically that things like this don't just happen randomly.
RonB
I was wondering the same thing. Exactly what is Psychological about 1 billion PCs? I mean, did we not think it would get this far? Seriously, we aren't talking the 4 minute mile. We are talking sales of a THING. I don't think it would ever be out of the question to say something would ring a total of 1 billion sales.
RonB
They are suing because they broke the law in selling securities in their own company. Basically they were selling securities without a license to sell them.
The fact is, with their goals, while lofty, were attainable. The problem was that they needed to make sure that closely watched EVERY penny going in and out. They should have also made sure that they were 100% sure that every means of raising money that they enacted were on the level.
RonB
Again, read the GP post. This woman was identified/branded/labeled as nothing.
The fact is, they did a very lousy job of cross referencing their sex offender DB and got a bad match. The fact is that a real search would actually result in a true positive.
NOW, what this does demonstrate is the lack of effort being put forth by MySpace in their "efforts" to identify sex offenders. This false positive really demonstrates that they are not doing a lot to really validate their lists. Along with the point of the GGP post where they state it is a simple matter for a registered sex offender to use false information on their MySpace registration.
RonB
I was thinking the same - especially since I use Subversion.
But taking a quick look at the article, I get an idea - storing your binaries at different version levels w/ it. Say I am developing a software package, us SVN for each level of revisions. With major releases I could store the produced binaries with the package to prevent the need to recompile when I am pulling down a version. Basically it would truly version control your binaries as well.
In some ways the article makes me wish I did that with the project I am currently working on. I might start doing it now.
-R
The biggest thing here is that Gamasutra is missing the point.
Brain Age is not a popular game because it is boring or because it has such a broad appeal. It is popular because it is good. Just like Zelda and Halo (NIMHO, but that isn't the point). Good games will always be popular. Bad games will go the way of Diakatana.
When it comes to games, the point is make something that is quality work. If it is, it will find a market to appeal to. Again, look back a number of weeks when Geometry Wars was being talked about. Is that game boring? No. It is simple, but the real key, it is really fun. Hence, why it is so popular.
I will say this, if a Game "Magazine/web site" is making this article, I really have to question their credibility.
RonB
I never thought of your aspect of what this is. Personally I like this look at things.
What I was wondering if maybe the RIAA going after radio stations, something that Congress exempted years ago, would not really alert Congress to the actions of the RIAA. I mean, sure we have seen their act, and it has made enough news, but things like that tend to really get glossed over by the mainstream person. I think by taking their case to the steps of Congress, they might really be opening themselves to some scrutiny that maybe they don't want, by people they don't want.
RonB
That only goes so far. I mean, it is one thing when you are looking at a price difference of maybe 20-30%. I think even 100% in some cases is fair. You talk about the iPod, but it's cost is on par with other similar sized MP3 players. But for this to be pretty much 2000% more expensive than most keyboards! That is a no go for me. I mean, sure it is a great idea and such, but only goes so far. I mean, the kind of functionality help, I don't see it being worth $1500.
I don't see them being sold at an sort of rate that is going to drive down prices.
I have to agree, I think my G15 is going to work fine for me.
RonB
I agree with some of what you say, to an extent.
But Stanford, while they do have the "clout" to ignore anyone tried to enforce DMCA on them, that is not what they should do. If you read their policy, they are not in the business of piracy, nor condoning piracy. All they are doing in this case is passing on the cost of work that has to be done in these cases down to the students who are doing this. The fact is, Stanford is an institute of learning, in this case they are teaching people not to break the law.
And, IMHO, this policy is not all that draconian either. They are giving a get out jail free card for case #1. It is case #2 and #3 that are the bad ones. IMHO, if you are continually doing this sort of act (especially after being caught once), then maybe you should face the punishment.
RonB
Of course not. These were the same people who lined up weeks in advance for Episodes 1-3 at the theaters. They don't have jobs.
RonB
Their operating systems were a mistake?
RonB
And let's also add to this, they are doing a SCREENING. They are probably looking up her fingerprints against known criminals. I am sure they are doing this to make sure she hasn't done masterful job of identity theft. You can change IDs, not fingerprints.
I agree with you Score - don't like it, drop out of the running for the job. There are a ton of jobs that don't require this.
RonB
I agree.
At the same time I also think that what you have is your classic case of "foot in the door." Basically, this gives you an "in" to a company. If you prove your worth, you can move up. Most companies are more than happy to move someone up internally rather than have to hire externally for upper positions.
RonB
If there is one thing that the American populace has never failed to shock me on is their lack of common sense. We are blanketed by tons of laws that are nothing but common sense laws. IMHO, even without the Virginia Tech events in such resent memory, this was a bad idea, and common sense should tell you this.
I think that there are ways to tackle issues such as this. One is probably the most obvious, talk about it. I think if you want to do something like this, you have to contact parents to alert them you want to do this, and give them the option to remove their kids from this class (and/or field trip).
These teachers probably cost themselves their jobs as well as any chance to ever work in their field again. And considering their actions, that is probably a good thing.
RonB
Nice to know that people do get it some times.
You are correct.
RonB
Graphics are not the only thing that makes a game console new and improved, there are many more factors.
This seems to be a major factor that game companies forget. They work to make their game look cool and lifelike, but they forget to make their game have content and be worth while. Just look at all the games that really made a push when 3d first came out to just use the 3D processor for graphics and the expense of game play. Most of them are all forgotten titles. Many "Last generation" 2D games (Castlevania: SOTN for example) were touted as very good games.
I also think you are missing something with the motion sensing capibilities of the Wii. It is not that it is a novel idea, the point is that the games made for the Wii are good. The use of the controllers is what is really making the games (and system) hits. Who cares that a game uses motion sensing. The point is does it do it well and intuitively and is the game fun. If you solve those questions, they who cares if you just use a single button Atari 2600 control?
RonB
As someone who does regularly patch their windows systems, but pays ZERO attention to the schedule, does MS follow this Patch Tuesday rule for only IT or for EVERYONE?
If this is an everyone issue, then IMHO, Patch Tuesday makes no sense. Because some IT don't want to work (stop me if you've heard that one before), they are halting the deployment of patches to the whole populace? IMHO, not smart.
Of course, I could be wrong about this, if so, please enlighten me.
RonB
Yea, when we get some fucking common sense or when we get rid of republicans.
Reminds me of a great Bill Hicks joke:
"And on the 7th day God said, 'Done. There is creation, perfect and holy.'"
"'Oh my ME! I left fucking pot everywhere! Now people are going to think they are going to have to smoke it! SHIT!!! I shouldn't have had that joint on the 3rd day! Now I'm going to have to create Republicans!!!'"
RonB
The fact is that for an IE Dev to point fingers solely at the bank is joke.
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There is a lot of blame to go around for unsecure bank transactions. In the example, we are presented w/ the whole case of user on unsecured wireless. I think the lack of security of the bank in that case is the end users - I never would do bank transactions on an unsecured network except in extreme cases.
Granted, I do believe that banks do share some responsibility. I think they would be best served to do all of their pages as secure. Therefore minimize the chance for information to be captured. But still I can't solely blame them.
And it isn't to say that IE is without blame either
RonB
An easy description would be that a flaw is some problem with the operating system. This could be a bad implementation or software issue at the code level. A bug is specifically a software issue at the code level.
IE - all bugs are flaws. Not all flaws are bugs.
RonB
He was an Electrical Engineer and he was discovered and locked out of the University network. He never "came forward" about his discovery.
RonB