Its getting trite to point out how anti-MS the Slashdot trolls^H^H^H^H^H^Heditors are, but...
Speculation is welcome as to why NT sysadmins don't install service packs for known vulnerabilities...
I'm a programmer. I've worked with many companies, both Windows based and UNIX based, and in my experience there's plenty of clueless sysadmins to go around. In fact, while I have no numbers to back it up, my experience suggests NT sysadmins are MORE likely to be running patched systems than UNIX sysadmins... Not because they are more clueful, but because its easier to install one monolithic service pack than hundreds of seperate patches to deal with specific security problems as is the norm on the UNIX side of things. I'm not saying the NT 'way' is better -- you certainly generally have to wait longer for a fix to a known problem on that end, but to suggest that sysadmins who use NT are someone less clueful or responsible just because they are running NT is just, well, fucking stupid.
Uh, the Gameboy is the most popular gaming system ever in the history of gaming systems, portable or not in terms of numbers sold.
Why would Nintendo change their strategy on which types of game to offer it now? Pokemon, despite how you may feel about it, brought Nintendo multiple billions of dollars over the past few years and helped them offset the losses they suffered from the N64 debacle. If not for Pokemon, Nintendo would be just as fucked as Sega is right now...So I ask again, why is it they should abandon it?
Yet another hypocritical anti-Microsoft Slashdot story.
When the government passes laws that REALLY censor games, what do we say? Let the PARENTS deal with the issue. When Microsoft (or anyone else) introduces a system that actually allows parents to deal with the issue without having to follow their kids around 24/7, we still bitch?
Cmon..this isn't the same as government censorship or even censorware software in public libraries..Microsoft is simply trying to give parents a choice..Would you prefer they go the route of the other major console manufacturers, who just refuse to publish Ultra-violent games?
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good luck. while the xbox is generally built around PC architecture, the graphics chip is not going to be sitting on a standard AGP card.
The better question is how hackable will the XBox be..Would one be able to get a more full featured OS than the cut down Win2k kernel running on it? And get support for SVGA monitors and other standard peripherals needed to turn this into a really nice workstation?
FWIW, its not so much the technological limitations of Linux that are holding back game development for the platform (at least not anymore).
It has far more to do with the potential support nightmare of a system that is more complex from the user's perspective (thus more expensive to train tech support monkeys) multiplied by the fact that there's dozens of different distros in use and no central business to hold accountable for future kernel upgrades that might break existing code.
From the outside looking in, I'd have to say it appears that the PTO doesn't really do any rudimentary checking at all when it comes to software patents.
Seems like they just grant everything and then let the courts sort them out.
The same can be said of Napster (just a directory), since these OpenNaps are just non-commercial Napster clones. If Napster is illegal, and the courts have essentially said it is, then so are these OpenNap servers.
Only a *complete idiot* would download and use a binary from the net.
I download and use binaries from the net every day. And as far as I know, I'm not an idiot.
I presume from your post that you only download SOURCE CODE? And if this is the case, I assume that you audit every single line of every single program that you get in source code format? Otherwise you haven't gained yourself any real safety. The fact of the matter is that trojans can be slipped into open source software too (and it has happened in the past, so its not just theoretical).
Windows 2000 Defrag is from Executive Software (they made DiskKeeper for NT).
Perhaps best known for the fact that the company has ties to Scientology, which caused some uproar in Germany when it came to Win2k adoption. In response, Microsoft posted instructions on MSDN on how to specifically remove the Disk Degfrag software.
I agree. I was looking forward to Oni for a long time based on preview information. I recently downloaded the demo and not only was I sad about the fact that it used some fucked up installer system that forces you to reinstall the game every time you play it, but I was rather disappointed with the game in general. Didn't bother to buy the full version.
Ah well:( Halo's still looking good..hope it actually delivers.
Just because you release your code as GPL doesn't mean it always has to be GPL. The copyright holder can always release new versions under different licenses, even ones that are not compatible with the GPL.
The core issue is that some companies claim copyright to works you do while under their employ. Thus, if you add features to a product you GPLed, but you own the copyright for...well, if the company manages to snake the copyright from you, the GPL aspect of it makes no difference on further releases. They can't "pull back" the old releases, but they can issue new released under any crazy license they want, closed source or open.
The way this would work, I guess (and I'm not necessarily advocating this way to go, IMO you should just refuse to work for a company that has these policies) is if you assigned the copyright to the FSF. In this case you know the code will remain GPLed, but you no longer control the copyright and thus the employer cannot take it from you. Of course, to be legal you need to finalize all this before working for the company.
Which should we do? Arrest everyone on Napster (I imagine its a misdemeanor),
The fact that so many people are willing to break copyright law when it is made easy for them to do so is a clear indication that copyright law needs to be changed. After all, the laws are to enforce the will of the people, right?
I know I wouldn't seriously play a game like Quake for anything more than fun, due to the extensive trust given to the clients
'Quake' (particularly newer revisions, Quake3, Quake2, etc) does not given extensive trust to the clients.
The issue with FPSes isn't that they give the client extensive trust, its that the games are based on the player's skill and not some numbered statistics (ala RPGs). The player's skill can easily be supplanted by code (ala aimbots). The same is not true for RPGs unless they trust the client for such knowledge (Diablo 1).
Yeah Gamespot's layout is a bit on the heavy side, but given the redundant nature of these two sites, I'd much rather see Gamecenter go than Gamespot -- GameSpot just plain has better content.
GameSpot's longer features (I especially liked their story on the rise and fall of Trilobyte. See here) elevate the site beyond the normal review crap.
The only thing I ever found interesting about Gamecenter (IMO, of course) is they had some good "top 10 blah of all time" type articles, but so many other sites carry such similar content that I can afford to live without it.
The VPN client could be hacked just the same as a game. You can always modify the part that does the check to make it skip the check or make it look like the check went OK.
In fact, Quake3 'pure' mode was supposed to do just this type of checking in the game realm to avoid hacked clients and it was eventually cracked and gotten around.
Seconded. Comparing the Ultra5 to a PC is not at all as apples to oranges as these other people are suggesting. The Ultra5 is pretty much PC technology with a SPARC thrown in there. It has quite shitty performance for the price and can be outperformed by what is currently considered a mid-range PC for half the price.
The people yelling about the architecture have clearly never used Ultra5s and are assuming they are like EnterpriseServer juniors. They are not, they are like really crappy PCs that happen to have a SPARC chip in them. The IDE performance sucks, the PCI bus limits the scalability to that of a cheap PC.
Lets face it, Sun isn't what it used to be. Even their high end "super reliable" servers have been having reliability problems the past few years. Just ask anyone who works at eBay or other large volume sites that use the high end enterprise ultras..You know, the ones that Sun tried to get people to sign NDAs for just so they could get tech support to find out why their multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars server could not keep an uptime of over a single day under heavy load.
Its funny most of these anti-Sun posts get modded down to troll. Seems Slashdot moderators have a selective memory. When talking about how Java isn't GPLed, bashing Sun is a good way to karma whore. But on an article related to Sun slamming Microsoft, bashing Sun gets you the old Troll status.
True. id wasn't even the first person to use the railgun in a video game..Turok was out before Quake2. And both Turok and Quake2 clearly modelled their idea of what a railgun would look/act like from the movie 'Eraser'.
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Better to find out while developing it rather than when the program is out in the field.
Speculation is welcome as to why NT sysadmins don't install service packs for known vulnerabilities...
I'm a programmer. I've worked with many companies, both Windows based and UNIX based, and in my experience there's plenty of clueless sysadmins to go around. In fact, while I have no numbers to back it up, my experience suggests NT sysadmins are MORE likely to be running patched systems than UNIX sysadmins... Not because they are more clueful, but because its easier to install one monolithic service pack than hundreds of seperate patches to deal with specific security problems as is the norm on the UNIX side of things. I'm not saying the NT 'way' is better -- you certainly generally have to wait longer for a fix to a known problem on that end, but to suggest that sysadmins who use NT are someone less clueful or responsible just because they are running NT is just, well, fucking stupid.
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Why would Nintendo change their strategy on which types of game to offer it now? Pokemon, despite how you may feel about it, brought Nintendo multiple billions of dollars over the past few years and helped them offset the losses they suffered from the N64 debacle. If not for Pokemon, Nintendo would be just as fucked as Sega is right now...So I ask again, why is it they should abandon it?
When the government passes laws that REALLY censor games, what do we say? Let the PARENTS deal with the issue. When Microsoft (or anyone else) introduces a system that actually allows parents to deal with the issue without having to follow their kids around 24/7, we still bitch?
Cmon..this isn't the same as government censorship or even censorware software in public libraries..Microsoft is simply trying to give parents a choice..Would you prefer they go the route of the other major console manufacturers, who just refuse to publish Ultra-violent games?
The better question is how hackable will the XBox be..Would one be able to get a more full featured OS than the cut down Win2k kernel running on it? And get support for SVGA monitors and other standard peripherals needed to turn this into a really nice workstation?
It has far more to do with the potential support nightmare of a system that is more complex from the user's perspective (thus more expensive to train tech support monkeys) multiplied by the fact that there's dozens of different distros in use and no central business to hold accountable for future kernel upgrades that might break existing code.
Seems like they just grant everything and then let the courts sort them out.
The same can be said of Napster (just a directory), since these OpenNaps are just non-commercial Napster clones. If Napster is illegal, and the courts have essentially said it is, then so are these OpenNap servers.
But just because the lawyers say the thing looks good doesn't mean its legal, it needs to be tested in court to be sure.
I download and use binaries from the net every day. And as far as I know, I'm not an idiot.
I presume from your post that you only download SOURCE CODE? And if this is the case, I assume that you audit every single line of every single program that you get in source code format? Otherwise you haven't gained yourself any real safety. The fact of the matter is that trojans can be slipped into open source software too (and it has happened in the past, so its not just theoretical).
eBay is currently in no danger of failing. They are one of the few dotcoms that consistently pull in a profit.
If Google fails -- that would be tougher. I love Google. But I used the net before it existed and I'll use the net after its gone, should it die.
Who is going to pay for the storage and the bandwidth?
Why? If they work fine as is, and the software's license specifically allows for uses such as Microsoft's... why rewrite them?
Perhaps best known for the fact that the company has ties to Scientology, which caused some uproar in Germany when it came to Win2k adoption. In response, Microsoft posted instructions on MSDN on how to specifically remove the Disk Degfrag software.
Ah well :( Halo's still looking good..hope it actually delivers.
Just because you release your code as GPL doesn't mean it always has to be GPL. The copyright holder can always release new versions under different licenses, even ones that are not compatible with the GPL.
The core issue is that some companies claim copyright to works you do while under their employ. Thus, if you add features to a product you GPLed, but you own the copyright for...well, if the company manages to snake the copyright from you, the GPL aspect of it makes no difference on further releases. They can't "pull back" the old releases, but they can issue new released under any crazy license they want, closed source or open.
The way this would work, I guess (and I'm not necessarily advocating this way to go, IMO you should just refuse to work for a company that has these policies) is if you assigned the copyright to the FSF. In this case you know the code will remain GPLed, but you no longer control the copyright and thus the employer cannot take it from you. Of course, to be legal you need to finalize all this before working for the company.
The fact that so many people are willing to break copyright law when it is made easy for them to do so is a clear indication that copyright law needs to be changed. After all, the laws are to enforce the will of the people, right?
Its a line from the Sega Genesis game "Zero Wing". A game primarily known for its incredibly bad translation from Japanese to English.
The issue with FPSes isn't that they give the client extensive trust, its that the games are based on the player's skill and not some numbered statistics (ala RPGs). The player's skill can easily be supplanted by code (ala aimbots). The same is not true for RPGs unless they trust the client for such knowledge (Diablo 1).
GameSpot's longer features (I especially liked their story on the rise and fall of Trilobyte. See here) elevate the site beyond the normal review crap.
The only thing I ever found interesting about Gamecenter (IMO, of course) is they had some good "top 10 blah of all time" type articles, but so many other sites carry such similar content that I can afford to live without it.
In fact, Quake3 'pure' mode was supposed to do just this type of checking in the game realm to avoid hacked clients and it was eventually cracked and gotten around.
The people yelling about the architecture have clearly never used Ultra5s and are assuming they are like EnterpriseServer juniors. They are not, they are like really crappy PCs that happen to have a SPARC chip in them. The IDE performance sucks, the PCI bus limits the scalability to that of a cheap PC.
Lets face it, Sun isn't what it used to be. Even their high end "super reliable" servers have been having reliability problems the past few years. Just ask anyone who works at eBay or other large volume sites that use the high end enterprise ultras..You know, the ones that Sun tried to get people to sign NDAs for just so they could get tech support to find out why their multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars server could not keep an uptime of over a single day under heavy load.
Its funny most of these anti-Sun posts get modded down to troll. Seems Slashdot moderators have a selective memory. When talking about how Java isn't GPLed, bashing Sun is a good way to karma whore. But on an article related to Sun slamming Microsoft, bashing Sun gets you the old Troll status.
It was done at MIT (on the Green Building) back in 1993 or so. This building at Brown, which looks to have done it in 2000 is a johnny-come-lately.