I wondered where I left them. I'd left a Bic pen in my pocket, and it wore a hole and I lost all this stuff while out hiking...
But seriously, how long till the US decides it has to take another look at the Afghanistan situation, to, you know, protect freedom, stabilize the region, look for weapon stockpiles and all the other shit they come up with to exploit someone elses resource?
As far as I'm aware, the swf file format is open and documented. Write your own authoring tool if you like - all the info is there. A lot of people seem to miss this fact.
Maybe if this was extended to enforce a more responsible attitude for people leaving their PCs infected and sending out spam for months, I'd be all for it. Stupidity is no defence, so if you're irresponsible behaviour is causing misery for others, and potentially allowing a criminal offence to take place then you deserve to face charges.
Driving a car with no license, or instruction is an offence and whilst spamming thousands of people isn't actually dangerous, it affects more individuals.
Saying this, maybe wireless routers/modems shouldn't even have an option to operate in an open mode. Likewise, maybe ISPs shouldn't allow customers to send mail out on port 25 to random machines - just route it all through their own mail server. If a machine is sending a huge amount of mail, it's simple to block it until the user fixes their system. Surely it's not that fucking hard!
How the hell do you think this will be less bloated? Instead of a binary plugin installed on your machine that just downloads compressed binary data to render an animation, now you'll need to download the entire runtime script, as plain text, plus additional js to run the same animation. If anything, this will INCREASE the download times significantly.
I'm interested in hearing your theory on why PHP is not a general-purpose language. Especially since it's capable of being used for web, command-line and GUI applications. As for C/C++ sometimes being slightly faster, well there's a reason any application requiring high performance is written in these languages - they're often more than a little faster. I shudder to think how MW2 would run if written in Python...
Aside from this, Java or C++ would get my vote - bigger potential employment market.
Seems like a bad implementation to me. Why not have a small, pen-drive sized device that has a thumbprint scanner. When touched, the scanner would generate a one-time passkey, based on time/print which the device could verify using a private key (to prevent eavesdropping/copying). Seems stupid to have to get some device out, switch it on, then enter a keycode - if it's more cumbersome than current technology (keyfob, metal key) it's unlikely to take off, aside from amongst the usual Apple fan-boys.
"What gives these bloody do-gooders the authority to "take over" other people's servers?"
The same authority I have to "take over" someones car keys if I see them staggering out of a bar, and fumbling around to find the lock on their door while throwing up all over the hood. If you're acutely aware, and certain, that your non-action is allowing an illegal activity to take place then why not intervene? The problem today is that too many people just stand there like idiots doing nothing in the face of evil or criminal activity. The fact the servers these shitbags were using were probably compromised, or funded by illegal activities is neither here nor there.
It's not crap in the OS that causes the vast majority of infections. It's crap in the user's heads.
Why not just add code to check for an infection in the next Windows update. If found, then the user is presented with a dialogue at every boot that they must ok, and prevents them from logging in for 5 minutes for the first boot, increasing by 1 minute for each subsequent boot. Even lazy idiots will eventually get sick of this and do something about their machines.
So by extension this means that if someone pushes a kilo of cocaine through my letterbox and I report it to the police, I'm guilty of possession of a controlled substance?
If someone spent "big money" on some app that only works on IE6, then they deserve their money back, or should pay for a fucking upgrade to something that's not designed for a 9 year old browser.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it possible to have 2 browsers installed? Use IE6 all you like for ancient intranet apps. Use a modern, more secure browser for external sites. It's not hard. The only reason organisations don't do this is either laziness or ignorance. There's no excuse for it at all.
In other news: Beer is crap when you serve it in a wine glass.
It's not just the design and layout, the content and navigation requirements are often different for mobile and desktop browsers. Sure you can cram a long story into a 4" screen, but a mobile user often has different requirements (and time) to a desktop user. A mobile version of a news site would probably want to serve abbreviated or rewritten versions of the stories, or geo-location based stories, or whatever.
"World of Warcraft's success (and the huge effect it's had on the MMO genre) is often credited to its focus on casual gamers"
Sorry, but if you're writing an article claiming that casual gaming is ousting hardcore titles, you don't pick the world's most notorious timesink as supporting evidence. People who lose their jobs, homes, families and even lives, playing 20 hours a day, 7 days a week are not what I'd consider "casual" players...
"3-4 times" - I'm not surprised you posted anonymously. It's not the price so much as the fact Microsoft obviously paid Bethesda specifically to shaft PS3 owners. And Bethesda did it. As good as Fallout 3 was, I won't buy another of their games, it just encourages this sort of short-term corporate money grubbing, and shows people Bethesda could really give a shit about their customers, they're in it for the money, and that's it.
Good luck winning over the PS3 owners after shafting them with the "exclusive" 360 and PC downloadable content. Yeah, I want to go out and pay the same amount for a Bethesda game as another player, and then get less for my money.
Just return an unending stream of crap from/dev/random on your server until it crashes the RSS reader at the other end. After a few days of this I'm sure they'll sort it out from their end:-)
It's simple for Blizzard to make a good guess at who's running a bot really, even without reports from players: If a player has got into the 30's or 40's with virtually no faction rep (as a bot generally won't do quests) then that's a big red flag there. I've looked up characters on the armory at level 60+ to see they've completed almost no quests. Even the most mindless player would surely try to complete some quests...
What a load of rubbish - have you ever seen just how slow Ruby sites run with any sort of significant load? Python too. PHP isn't the silver bullet or anything, but saying Ruby/python is "better" is just playing to the fanboy crowd.
Yes, I have used all 3 in commercial projects - have you?
And as for the idiots saying "don't use a table, you can make divs behave exactly like table cells, except not in IE6" - where to start... If you're having to code up 20k of CSS and AT LEAST the same amount of markup (probably a lot more) to emulate something that already works, and works realiably, then you're an idiot. The visitors don't care, your client won't care, Google doesn't care (really! go check it out) and you won't earn any more out of it. Saying "ah, but I can tweak it easier" is more junk - how many sites do you actually "tweak" after it matches the visuals? Virtually none. A redesign usually requires different content and completely different layout.
Don't even get me started on making the site work across mobile and email shots (yeah, you're going to be using tables, or lots of images and nothing else)
Tables have their place in the real world. Stop being elitist about it.
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I wondered where I left them. I'd left a Bic pen in my pocket, and it wore a hole and I lost all this stuff while out hiking...
But seriously, how long till the US decides it has to take another look at the Afghanistan situation, to, you know, protect freedom, stabilize the region, look for weapon stockpiles and all the other shit they come up with to exploit someone elses resource?
As far as I'm aware, the swf file format is open and documented. Write your own authoring tool if you like - all the info is there. A lot of people seem to miss this fact.
Maybe if this was extended to enforce a more responsible attitude for people leaving their PCs infected and sending out spam for months, I'd be all for it. Stupidity is no defence, so if you're irresponsible behaviour is causing misery for others, and potentially allowing a criminal offence to take place then you deserve to face charges.
Driving a car with no license, or instruction is an offence and whilst spamming thousands of people isn't actually dangerous, it affects more individuals.
Saying this, maybe wireless routers/modems shouldn't even have an option to operate in an open mode. Likewise, maybe ISPs shouldn't allow customers to send mail out on port 25 to random machines - just route it all through their own mail server. If a machine is sending a huge amount of mail, it's simple to block it until the user fixes their system. Surely it's not that fucking hard!
Hey, where the hell did my previous reply about Digg go?!!
How the hell do you think this will be less bloated? Instead of a binary plugin installed on your machine that just downloads compressed binary data to render an animation, now you'll need to download the entire runtime script, as plain text, plus additional js to run the same animation. If anything, this will INCREASE the download times significantly.
Actually that's mostly using WebGL. If it was rendered using an HTML5 canvas alone I'm guessing you'd see maybe 0.1fps on a fast machine.
The guy also seems to have a problem differentiating between an operating system and a network infrastructure.
I'm interested in hearing your theory on why PHP is not a general-purpose language. Especially since it's capable of being used for web, command-line and GUI applications. As for C/C++ sometimes being slightly faster, well there's a reason any application requiring high performance is written in these languages - they're often more than a little faster. I shudder to think how MW2 would run if written in Python...
Aside from this, Java or C++ would get my vote - bigger potential employment market.
Seems like a bad implementation to me. Why not have a small, pen-drive sized device that has a thumbprint scanner. When touched, the scanner would generate a one-time passkey, based on time/print which the device could verify using a private key (to prevent eavesdropping/copying). Seems stupid to have to get some device out, switch it on, then enter a keycode - if it's more cumbersome than current technology (keyfob, metal key) it's unlikely to take off, aside from amongst the usual Apple fan-boys.
"What gives these bloody do-gooders the authority to "take over" other people's servers?"
The same authority I have to "take over" someones car keys if I see them staggering out of a bar, and fumbling around to find the lock on their door while throwing up all over the hood. If you're acutely aware, and certain, that your non-action is allowing an illegal activity to take place then why not intervene? The problem today is that too many people just stand there like idiots doing nothing in the face of evil or criminal activity. The fact the servers these shitbags were using were probably compromised, or funded by illegal activities is neither here nor there.
It's not crap in the OS that causes the vast majority of infections. It's crap in the user's heads.
Why not just add code to check for an infection in the next Windows update. If found, then the user is presented with a dialogue at every boot that they must ok, and prevents them from logging in for 5 minutes for the first boot, increasing by 1 minute for each subsequent boot. Even lazy idiots will eventually get sick of this and do something about their machines.
So by extension this means that if someone pushes a kilo of cocaine through my letterbox and I report it to the police, I'm guilty of possession of a controlled substance?
The judge is a fucking retard.
"You are epic fail and heres why."
When a comment starts out like that, I know there's no point reading any more. Have a nice day ;-)
If someone spent "big money" on some app that only works on IE6, then they deserve their money back, or should pay for a fucking upgrade to something that's not designed for a 9 year old browser.
And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it possible to have 2 browsers installed? Use IE6 all you like for ancient intranet apps. Use a modern, more secure browser for external sites. It's not hard. The only reason organisations don't do this is either laziness or ignorance. There's no excuse for it at all.
Anyone know what language(s) will be used for app development on this device? Assuming it has a very slow CPU, so Java is probably out?
In other news: Beer is crap when you serve it in a wine glass.
It's not just the design and layout, the content and navigation requirements are often different for mobile and desktop browsers. Sure you can cram a long story into a 4" screen, but a mobile user often has different requirements (and time) to a desktop user. A mobile version of a news site would probably want to serve abbreviated or rewritten versions of the stories, or geo-location based stories, or whatever.
One size doe not fit all. Get over it.
"World of Warcraft's success (and the huge effect it's had on the MMO genre) is often credited to its focus on casual gamers"
Sorry, but if you're writing an article claiming that casual gaming is ousting hardcore titles, you don't pick the world's most notorious timesink as supporting evidence. People who lose their jobs, homes, families and even lives, playing 20 hours a day, 7 days a week are not what I'd consider "casual" players...
"3-4 times" - I'm not surprised you posted anonymously. It's not the price so much as the fact Microsoft obviously paid Bethesda specifically to shaft PS3 owners. And Bethesda did it. As good as Fallout 3 was, I won't buy another of their games, it just encourages this sort of short-term corporate money grubbing, and shows people Bethesda could really give a shit about their customers, they're in it for the money, and that's it.
Good luck winning over the PS3 owners after shafting them with the "exclusive" 360 and PC downloadable content. Yeah, I want to go out and pay the same amount for a Bethesda game as another player, and then get less for my money.
Screw em.
Just return an unending stream of crap from /dev/random on your server until it crashes the RSS reader at the other end. After a few days of this I'm sure they'll sort it out from their end :-)
It's simple for Blizzard to make a good guess at who's running a bot really, even without reports from players: If a player has got into the 30's or 40's with virtually no faction rep (as a bot generally won't do quests) then that's a big red flag there. I've looked up characters on the armory at level 60+ to see they've completed almost no quests. Even the most mindless player would surely try to complete some quests...
I think you'll find that Google's search engine doesn't run on Python...
What a load of rubbish - have you ever seen just how slow Ruby sites run with any sort of significant load? Python too. PHP isn't the silver bullet or anything, but saying Ruby/python is "better" is just playing to the fanboy crowd.
Yes, I have used all 3 in commercial projects - have you?
And as for the idiots saying "don't use a table, you can make divs behave exactly like table cells, except not in IE6" - where to start... If you're having to code up 20k of CSS and AT LEAST the same amount of markup (probably a lot more) to emulate something that already works, and works realiably, then you're an idiot. The visitors don't care, your client won't care, Google doesn't care (really! go check it out) and you won't earn any more out of it. Saying "ah, but I can tweak it easier" is more junk - how many sites do you actually "tweak" after it matches the visuals? Virtually none. A redesign usually requires different content and completely different layout.
Don't even get me started on making the site work across mobile and email shots (yeah, you're going to be using tables, or lots of images and nothing else)
Tables have their place in the real world. Stop being elitist about it.
Has Netcraft confirmed this death yet?
Well obviously if those 4 million people have nothing to hide, then there's nothing to worry about, right?