Valve's new anti-cheat seems to be working pretty well. System (the maker of OGC) was saying that it was completely useless, but so far since VAC has been out it has stopped every version of OGC within days. At this rate the cheaters can't possibly keep up, I think that it's only a matter of time before they give up.
With regard to HLGuard and CSGuard, I have found that they are buggy. For example, when attempting to change your name on a server and using a % in order to have spaces (e.g. Counter%Strike%Player), CSGuard will automatically cause your Half Life to quit. And one of the latest revisions of VAC kicks people off with no cheats installed -- this has happened to me. But eventually these bugs will be fixed, and pretty soon admins will find that they no longer need to run HL/CSGuard to reliably catch cheaters.
From Josh:
MY MOM WAS AN IDIOT, SHE READ SOME CRAP ON THE INTERNET AND SOLD THE CAR!!! It was a 535i. And in AMERICA we say beamer. Just ask anyone in Los Altos...they say beamer.
You're obviously unfamiliar with the pressures facing young teens in rich communities to drive an expensive car. Not driving a BMW is frowned upon in in rich neighborhoods like the one Josh lives in, and at times the vehicular envy can become overwhelming. Please help him out by clicking on the banner.
What used to be great about slashdot was that Rob kept the users involved in the features he implemented. Now, he adds shit like bitchslapping and karma caps without giving a fuck whether or not the community approves of it. Sure, it's his site and people will keep coming back to read it, but he ought to be a little more considerate.
Also, I just noticed that you don't read comments under 1. I asked you a question posting as AC a few days ago, not a big deal but I'd be interested if you had an answer.
If you were intent on mass-pirating DVDs (or even making copies of DVDs), there's equipment out there that can do this without even decoding the disk first. There is no way to prevent someone from copying the encrypted stuff on the disk to another disk, then having a player (licensed or not) happily decode the thing for you to watch.
The whole point is that with DeCSS, you don't need any equipment. Once you decode the DVD and have it on your computer, all you have to do is convert it to DivX or 3ivx and you're ready to distribute it on Gnutella, Freenet, or whatever program you use.
Guess what? There are already many people publishing their work online, without any copy obstruction or restriction, and with no demand for
payment. If youre reading/. you should know that. I am one of them. You are proven wrong.
I'd say that you're in the minority. For every artist that support Napster, for example, there are 10 tht are against it. To say that people would still produce movies and music for no compensation is ridiculous.
But I dont see what Communism has to do with anything, other than that some people all into American Captilalism call everything they dont like Communism.
Communism seemed like a good idea except that they didn't take in human flaws (laziness) into account. People like you don't take in others' intent to pirate through DeCSS and Napster into account.
I dont know what to say to such an abysmally stupid and brainless comment. I assume by "the growth of the Internet" mean its forced takeover by undemocratic corporate interests and its turning into a similar mixture of "entertainment", advertisement, shopping and brainwashing as the TV networks.
I will continue supporting initiatives like DeCSS, Napster, FreeNet etc., trying to spread their usage as much as I can, if only to piss you off all the more.
I have only one thing to say to you and your corporate backers: Go to Hell!
I'm not going to deal with your flamebait, it's pretty obvious that the only reason you're resorting to petty insults is that you agree with me.
Why is it that every time someone posts an opinion that differs from the majority of slashdot readers, it's labelled a "troll"? No, I am not a troll. Why don't you argue my points instead of making false accusations. Could it be because you already know that I'm right?
This is absolutely, one-hundred percent, wrong! Back before there was IP laws did people not invent things? Write poetry and literature? Perform music? Paint paintings? I really hate it when people say "without IP laws no one would publish anything" as history has shown that this
is false. The very thought that one human can own an idea, or that a thought is the same as real estate, is absolutely absurd. Now I don't think
we should do away with IP COMPLETELY, but it should be reformed drastically and protections severely minimized. Mattel sueing everyone and their dog over the name Barbie just shows that as it stands IP Law Doesn't Work!
Back when there weren't any IP laws, there was no way of distributing digital copies of music. The Internet makes possible things that we had never even imagined, and there will always be people who will take advantage of these new possibilities.
Again, this is false. One implimentation of communism crumbled so communism could never work, or doesn't work? I don't think so. This is another argumentative pet-peeve of mine. Communism as the Soviet Union practiced it didn't work, but that doesn't mean communism doesn't, or can't work.
You were missing my point here. I was saying that communism sounded like a great idea at first, you didn't have to worry about money and everyone was equal. However, they didn't factor in laziness, which was why it never worked. In this case, people like you fail to factor in others who will abuse a society which has weak IP laws.
Ah, so it was DeCSS that he was referring to. He didn't mention that in his post. I don't see anything wrong with viewing DVDs in other operating systems, the problem with DeCSS is that it enables anyone to decode the movie and freely distribute it. People have already begun doing this and encoding movies into Divex or 3ivex so they can be downloaded faster. Face it, the whole purpose behind DeCSS is to make piracy a lot easier.
Just because these programs have changed the world doesn't mean that they've changed things for the better. The whole purpose of these agencies is to protect the creators of music, movies, etc. When these producers no longer have any protection against piracy, how can they make money? When they can't make any money, what will motivate them to continue producing?
There is nothing wrong with using a licensed DVD play to watch DVD movies on, I don't understand the point you're trying to make. They haven't sued anyone under those conditions.
That's a great idea, Napster only has a few million users anyway. Napster is a service which was used for the sole purpose of piracy. Putting that many people on trial is not a practical means of stopping copyright violations.
How could this surprise anyone? Napster is obviously violating copyright laws. People don't like to admit it and they go and download songs anyway, I've even done it a few times, knowing that it's wrong. So what is Clinton wants to show his support for the RIAA? Do you really think he'd side with a company whose entire business plan depends on piracy?
While I understand how the plaintiffs feel in this case, and intentionally lowering speeds might not be a nice thing for a DSL company to do, I can't see how a suit like this could be taken seriously. Has a law been passed that I'm not familiar with which outlaws such an action? If people aren't happy with their DSL service, why can't they just switch providers?
Why is it that every time someone poses an opinion differing from the majority people assume it's a troll? No, this was not a troll.
I shouldn't even dignify this with a response. But I will.
That's the second time you're responding to something that you yourself claim you shouldn't be responding to. Gee, I wonder what that means?
if you are willing to ignore the message because of the manner in which it is delivered, then the fault lies with you -- not the messenger.
Why is it, you suppose, that the New York Times chooses to spell words correctly and write out "to" instead of "2" and "be" instead of "b"? Do you think that if they decided to write in such a format tomorrow, people would react well, or still take them seriously for that matter?
Ooh, he changed his name to exercise independence from an oppressive contract. Let's criticize him.
I suppose you don't recall that he was a laughing stock when he chose to change his name to this. Of course he deserves to be criticized, it was a ridiculous thing for him to do.
(And never mind the fact that the RIAA isn't the entity in question; it's Time-Warner.)
Since you're being sarcastic, you are wrong. I don't see how that has any relevance to this issue.
That might well be true. That's why he's trying to change the system so future artists don't have to enter indentured servitude to make their music available to a wide audience.
So this is what it comes down to. You agree with what you initially claimed was a troll. Why? Because deep down, you know that you agree with everything I said. But then...
I think Prince know exactly how much the RIAA has done for him, and that's probably why he's pissed off at it.
Did you just take a hit off that crack pipe? I can't see why anyone would be "pissed off" at an organization responsible for fame and fortune.
You left the rest of my comment out. I guess you just don't have anything to say to that, do you?
I think Rob throws out the newest 25% of accounts, so that 169xxx should be old enough any day now, as I've seen 220xxx accounts come into existence. Once they hit the mid-230's, that should open up.
Hmm. hackedtobits.com, the site that was linked to in the story, proclaims itself as the home of irresponsible journalism. I always thought that was slashdot.
Hey, sorry sport, but disliking Dubya isn't limited to the far-left. And besides, with as many gun nuts and libertarians as we have reading, Slashdot will never completely fall to those damned, dirty liberals.
My god. You appear to be literally quite insane. And watch the defamation, man -- Rob said he would vote for a malignant carbon rod before voting for Dubya, and I've never met a malignant carbon rod in favor of censorship.
Don't quote me on this, but what vision he does have is roughly equivalent to 20/700 vision I believe. So yes, all he can see are the outlines of objects and even that at an extremely low resolution. Still, I expect it's better than nothing if not terribly useful and/or practical.
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Valve's new anti-cheat seems to be working pretty well. System (the maker of OGC) was saying that it was completely useless, but so far since VAC has been out it has stopped every version of OGC within days. At this rate the cheaters can't possibly keep up, I think that it's only a matter of time before they give up.
With regard to HLGuard and CSGuard, I have found that they are buggy. For example, when attempting to change your name on a server and using a % in order to have spaces (e.g. Counter%Strike%Player), CSGuard will automatically cause your Half Life to quit. And one of the latest revisions of VAC kicks people off with no cheats installed -- this has happened to me. But eventually these bugs will be fixed, and pretty soon admins will find that they no longer need to run HL/CSGuard to reliably catch cheaters.
From Josh:
MY MOM WAS AN IDIOT, SHE READ SOME CRAP ON THE INTERNET AND SOLD THE CAR!!! It was a 535i. And in AMERICA we say beamer. Just ask anyone in Los Altos...they say beamer.
You're obviously unfamiliar with the pressures facing young teens in rich communities to drive an expensive car. Not driving a BMW is frowned upon in in rich neighborhoods like the one Josh lives in, and at times the vehicular envy can become overwhelming. Please help him out by clicking on the banner.
What used to be great about slashdot was that Rob kept the users involved in the features he implemented. Now, he adds shit like bitchslapping and karma caps without giving a fuck whether or not the community approves of it. Sure, it's his site and people will keep coming back to read it, but he ought to be a little more considerate.
Also, I just noticed that you don't read comments under 1. I asked you a question posting as AC a few days ago, not a big deal but I'd be interested if you had an answer.
Just think, you can walk around tomorrow and tell your friends in 5th grade: look at me, I'm a FuckNut! It's official!
It's good to see someone else who agrees with me.
If you were intent on mass-pirating DVDs (or even making copies of DVDs), there's equipment out there that can do this without even decoding the disk first. There is no way to prevent someone from copying the encrypted stuff on the disk to another disk, then having a player (licensed or not) happily decode the thing for you to watch.
The whole point is that with DeCSS, you don't need any equipment. Once you decode the DVD and have it on your computer, all you have to do is convert it to DivX or 3ivx and you're ready to distribute it on Gnutella, Freenet, or whatever program you use.
Guess what? There are already many people publishing their work online, without any copy obstruction or restriction, and with no demand for payment. If youre reading /. you should know that. I am one of them. You are proven wrong.
I'd say that you're in the minority. For every artist that support Napster, for example, there are 10 tht are against it. To say that people would still produce movies and music for no compensation is ridiculous.
But I dont see what Communism has to do with anything, other than that some people all into American Captilalism call everything they dont like Communism.
Communism seemed like a good idea except that they didn't take in human flaws (laziness) into account. People like you don't take in others' intent to pirate through DeCSS and Napster into account.
I dont know what to say to such an abysmally stupid and brainless comment. I assume by "the growth of the Internet" mean its forced takeover by undemocratic corporate interests and its turning into a similar mixture of "entertainment", advertisement, shopping and brainwashing as the TV networks.
I will continue supporting initiatives like DeCSS, Napster, FreeNet etc., trying to spread their usage as much as I can, if only to piss you off all the more.
I have only one thing to say to you and your corporate backers: Go to Hell!
I'm not going to deal with your flamebait, it's pretty obvious that the only reason you're resorting to petty insults is that you agree with me.
Why is it that every time someone posts an opinion that differs from the majority of slashdot readers, it's labelled a "troll"? No, I am not a troll. Why don't you argue my points instead of making false accusations. Could it be because you already know that I'm right?
This is absolutely, one-hundred percent, wrong! Back before there was IP laws did people not invent things? Write poetry and literature? Perform music? Paint paintings? I really hate it when people say "without IP laws no one would publish anything" as history has shown that this is false. The very thought that one human can own an idea, or that a thought is the same as real estate, is absolutely absurd. Now I don't think we should do away with IP COMPLETELY, but it should be reformed drastically and protections severely minimized. Mattel sueing everyone and their dog over the name Barbie just shows that as it stands IP Law Doesn't Work!
Back when there weren't any IP laws, there was no way of distributing digital copies of music. The Internet makes possible things that we had never even imagined, and there will always be people who will take advantage of these new possibilities.
Again, this is false. One implimentation of communism crumbled so communism could never work, or doesn't work? I don't think so. This is another argumentative pet-peeve of mine. Communism as the Soviet Union practiced it didn't work, but that doesn't mean communism doesn't, or can't work.
You were missing my point here. I was saying that communism sounded like a great idea at first, you didn't have to worry about money and everyone was equal. However, they didn't factor in laziness, which was why it never worked. In this case, people like you fail to factor in others who will abuse a society which has weak IP laws.
Ah, so it was DeCSS that he was referring to. He didn't mention that in his post. I don't see anything wrong with viewing DVDs in other operating systems, the problem with DeCSS is that it enables anyone to decode the movie and freely distribute it. People have already begun doing this and encoding movies into Divex or 3ivex so they can be downloaded faster. Face it, the whole purpose behind DeCSS is to make piracy a lot easier.
Just because these programs have changed the world doesn't mean that they've changed things for the better. The whole purpose of these agencies is to protect the creators of music, movies, etc. When these producers no longer have any protection against piracy, how can they make money? When they can't make any money, what will motivate them to continue producing?
There is nothing wrong with using a licensed DVD play to watch DVD movies on, I don't understand the point you're trying to make. They haven't sued anyone under those conditions.
That's a great idea, Napster only has a few million users anyway. Napster is a service which was used for the sole purpose of piracy. Putting that many people on trial is not a practical means of stopping copyright violations.
How could this surprise anyone? Napster is obviously violating copyright laws. People don't like to admit it and they go and download songs anyway, I've even done it a few times, knowing that it's wrong. So what is Clinton wants to show his support for the RIAA? Do you really think he'd side with a company whose entire business plan depends on piracy?
If there were ever a list of the 50 stupidest slashdot articles, this would be at the top. Hemos didn't even think of a department for this.
While I understand how the plaintiffs feel in this case, and intentionally lowering speeds might not be a nice thing for a DSL company to do, I can't see how a suit like this could be taken seriously. Has a law been passed that I'm not familiar with which outlaws such an action? If people aren't happy with their DSL service, why can't they just switch providers?
Obviously a troll, but I'll bite.
Why is it that every time someone poses an opinion differing from the majority people assume it's a troll? No, this was not a troll.
I shouldn't even dignify this with a response. But I will.
That's the second time you're responding to something that you yourself claim you shouldn't be responding to. Gee, I wonder what that means?
if you are willing to ignore the message because of the manner in which it is delivered, then the fault lies with you -- not the messenger.
Why is it, you suppose, that the New York Times chooses to spell words correctly and write out "to" instead of "2" and "be" instead of "b"? Do you think that if they decided to write in such a format tomorrow, people would react well, or still take them seriously for that matter?
Ooh, he changed his name to exercise independence from an oppressive contract. Let's criticize him.
I suppose you don't recall that he was a laughing stock when he chose to change his name to this. Of course he deserves to be criticized, it was a ridiculous thing for him to do.
(And never mind the fact that the RIAA isn't the entity in question; it's Time-Warner.)
Since you're being sarcastic, you are wrong. I don't see how that has any relevance to this issue.
That might well be true. That's why he's trying to change the system so future artists don't have to enter indentured servitude to make their music available to a wide audience.
So this is what it comes down to. You agree with what you initially claimed was a troll. Why? Because deep down, you know that you agree with everything I said. But then...
I think Prince know exactly how much the RIAA has done for him, and that's probably why he's pissed off at it.
Did you just take a hit off that crack pipe? I can't see why anyone would be "pissed off" at an organization responsible for fame and fortune.
You left the rest of my comment out. I guess you just don't have anything to say to that, do you?
Since you're the only person to respond to my account free for all, I'll give it to you in 24 hours if no one else puts any effort into it. Deal?
I think Rob throws out the newest 25% of accounts, so that 169xxx should be old enough any day now, as I've seen 220xxx accounts come into existence. Once they hit the mid-230's, that should open up.
Hmm. hackedtobits.com, the site that was linked to in the story, proclaims itself as the home of irresponsible journalism. I always thought that was slashdot.
Hey, sorry sport, but disliking Dubya isn't limited to the far-left. And besides, with as many gun nuts and libertarians as we have reading, Slashdot will never completely fall to those damned, dirty liberals.
My god. You appear to be literally quite insane. And watch the defamation, man -- Rob said he would vote for a malignant carbon rod before voting for Dubya, and I've never met a malignant carbon rod in favor of censorship.
Ahh, thank you for the clarification. I appreciate it.
Don't quote me on this, but what vision he does have is roughly equivalent to 20/700 vision I believe. So yes, all he can see are the outlines of objects and even that at an extremely low resolution. Still, I expect it's better than nothing if not terribly useful and/or practical.
nik, why did you use to preface the "from the --- dept." tag line with "NP"?