This isn't new stuff. I wrote this code in 1983. Students taking Purdue's EE 263 class wrote programs in Pascal and Fortran. My program made a pattern of their programs then compared for a percentage. The pattern method would instantly find two programs that were no different except for recommented or variable names changed. Seem to remember catching quite a few cheaters.
I thought for sure that the discussion was going to be the merits of the game itself and not the hardware compatibility. I didn't know about the problems with the game. We all take a chance even after reading the requirements on the box. I, for one, took a big chance because the box said Windows 95/98/Me and I have Windows 2000. But it worked out for me and I was extreemly pleased with the quality of the game and performance. I only had a little problem with the actual story, being one of a bad science fiction movie. But, hey, even really bad sci-fi is good:) Although I was annoyed at the ranting attitude, I do appreciate hearing about the techincal problems with the game.
Oh, sure, I made this same suggestion years ago to Slashdot and I was ignored. DNS is only name to IP translation. No one is required to use DNS at all unless they want a friendly name to chew on.
How about this: Click on a product page and it comes up, full of descriptions about the product, reviews, price, etc. And a countdown timer. After, say, 30 seconds or so, if you haven't changed to a different page, the timer goes off and you've purchased this item. Ha! That would be great for the unscrupulous vendor that sets a one second timer. The pages are protected by a clause that says you're bound by the agreement listed for this web site to honor all purchases made by doing nothing. Snicker, snicker, wheeze.
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If one is going to submit a question to SlashDot, one ought to include a question. All I see is ranting and statements.
This isn't new stuff. I wrote this code in 1983. Students taking Purdue's EE 263 class wrote programs in Pascal and Fortran. My program made a pattern of their programs then compared for a percentage. The pattern method would instantly find two programs that were no different except for recommented or variable names changed. Seem to remember catching quite a few cheaters.
I thought for sure that the discussion was going to be the merits of the game itself and not the hardware compatibility. I didn't know about the problems with the game. We all take a chance even after reading the requirements on the box. I, for one, took a big chance because the box said Windows 95/98/Me and I have Windows 2000. But it worked out for me and I was extreemly pleased with the quality of the game and performance. I only had a little problem with the actual story, being one of a bad science fiction movie. But, hey, even really bad sci-fi is good :) Although I was annoyed at the ranting attitude, I do appreciate hearing about the techincal problems with the game.
Oh, sure, I made this same suggestion years ago to Slashdot and I was ignored. DNS is only name to IP translation. No one is required to use DNS at all unless they want a friendly name to chew on.
How about this: Click on a product page and it comes up, full of descriptions about the product, reviews, price, etc. And a countdown timer. After, say, 30 seconds or so, if you haven't changed to a different page, the timer goes off and you've purchased this item. Ha! That would be great for the unscrupulous vendor that sets a one second timer. The pages are protected by a clause that says you're bound by the agreement listed for this web site to honor all purchases made by doing nothing. Snicker, snicker, wheeze.