Great attitude. Do you wear seatbelts? After all, your car should be safe enough without needing them. They're purely optional.
A seatbelt is a great device to help protect you should you have an accident. You would be crazy not to wear one, infact it's illegal in many places not to use one.
Of course, it's best not to crash rather than rely solely on a seatbelt.
In short, a firewall isn't a replacement for applying security patches, it's there for damage limitation.
Nice try, but it took seven reloads for me to be able to get to this story. Glad I saw the , tip though (never have mod points when I need them), it seems to work great.
An XP user doesn't have to be an administrator at all, you can change this either during (or after) the installation process and make your users "Limited users" as Microsoft call it. (speaking from an XP Pro perspective - I've never seen Home edition)
The problem here IMO is a lack of social engineering. Microsoft state that when using a limited account, things might not work. There is no mention at all about the fact that your operating system is less likely to be destroyed by viruses or [spy|mal|ad]ware whilst using a limited account.
IMO, when XP is in workgroup mode it shouldn't be possible to make a user an administrator. Couple this with the administrator account that has a mandatory profile (and maybe a session time restriction) to prevent users from using the administrator account as their normal logon, and we might stand a chance of seeing better security on Windows PCs.
There isn't a filter for them at the moment, but even if it isn't added, the server dialog in steam shows a "B" icon next to servers which are running bots (see the 2nd column in the image I've linked to), so you can easily tell which server to avoid if you don't want bots in your online game.
Unfortunately VMWare 4.x (on a linux host) doesn't support the level of Direct X required for most games. So unfortunately that won't work. - I tried this not to long ago. But if you have a windows license anyway, why not just throw a second disk in the box and install a native copy of windows on it?
I'm a believer in using the right tool for the job. This is why I have a Linux web, mail & file server, and my games machine is a windows box. - That's not to say Linux isn't any good for games, but for me the games I want to play require windows, and transgaming/winex isn't an option for me.
I'd be interested in seeing versions of those that actually run on XP without you having to hack them
I'm interested to know what the problems are you have seen. I have Red Alert 2 and Generals, and both work flawlessly under XP. However I've not tried them since I've installed SP2.
I don't want to get into this arguement, but at the end of the day, If the webmaster of the pr0n site had a clue he could removehis site from google and it's cache.
If google is linking/caching any copyrighted images/thumbnails that are hosted on another server, surely the pr0nmaster should go chasing the webmaster of the other server that is breaching said copyright?
It took me 3 hours of trying to get the fucking thing installed
Lucky you. Took me 6 hours to install it over steam, but I downloaded it well before the official release date, so that I could play it as soon as it was released.
It took another 2 hours to get a game started: it crashed to the desktop without an error every time I tried.
I unlocked the game at 8am 16/11/2004 (GMT), and was playing 15 minutes later. Not had a single crash.
But then "load" and "load" and:oad": it seems every five seconds the fucking game has to load the next bit of content: that is so 1990s: haven't these guys learnt anything.
Wow! you must be racing through the game very quickly and missing lots of the gameplay if you find it loading content every five minutes.
The worst level (the level with the zombie hunting priest if you've played) the level is split: each time you cross this split you have to re-load: and you inevitably cross over multiple times doing the level. The guy who designed the level with this split in the middle should be sacked.
Not seen that at all on the Ravenholm level. I'm quite surprised you say that, as the map boundaries always seem to be far away from the next/last monster. I've not played the entire game yet, but I certainly didn't see it on the map you talk of.
I do see the stutter bug every time the game autosaves, kind of annoying, but the game itself more than makes up for it. Looks like there will be a patch RSN.
Thinking about buying HL2? Take my advice and wait another five years for these munchkins to fix the bugs.
Maybe I've just been lucky, but I'd say buy the game now.
When I say it "prevents piracy", I didn't say it would "prevent *all* piracy". It will however, as I stated, "prevent piracy".
Not being able to play a game I've legally purchased
Bull! If / when valve decide to drop support for steam / HL2, patches will be released to bypass the authentication, or as you rightly point out, cracks will be available to bypass the problem.
Linking the software purchase to your account presents even bigger problems
Yes, big problem. The official stance from valve is that, "it is not supported at this time". - Could be a yes, could be a no. Knowing this in advance, you could link your purchase to a new account if you intended to pass it on once you have finished it.
So you agree it will be cracked and therefore this will do nothing to decrease piracy, and you also agree that they could drop support for it and then you're out all the money you've spent on their crippled games unless you pirate it...So the legal customers are left out in the cold while the pirated play the game.
On October 28, 2003, the Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The four classes of works exempted are:
(1) Compilations consisting of lists of Internet locations blocked by commercially marketed filtering software applications that are intended to prevent access to domains, websites or portions of websites, but not including lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to protect against damage to a computer or computer network or lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to prevent receipt of email.
(2) Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.
(3) Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.
(4) Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling of the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the enabling of screen readers to render the text into a specialized format.
By authorize do you mean like typical software where it runs a check locally or product activation?
If I might step in here:
At first I was against the whole concept of steam, but knowing that I have no choice to play HL2, I decided to create an account. Having used it now for a period of time, I find it to be quite good.
I have no real problem with the steam "product activation", if it prevents piracy and doesn't cause a major problem for the user then thats good news isn't it?
The product activation you talk of in steam, is simply a case of entering a key found with your media when you install the game for the first time, Subsequent installs don't require the key, even when installed on another computer.
though it seems silly to force legitimate users to go to the extra trouble
Extra trouble? You only have to enter your CD key once to associate your purchase with your steam username and password, you can then install steam on any computer, download all the required program files and play your licensed game simply by logging on to steam with your user/pass. I can remember a username and password easier than a CD key, so how is it more trouble? I regulary have to nuke this windows box and reinstall it, the ability to install steam, log on and have all my games auto-install with the latest versions makes life so much easier. I'm afraid that your arguement is invalid.
The only concern I have with steam is if valve drop support for it, leaving my HL2 game unplayable, but I could easily go download a crack and continue to play should that happen.
Yes, but Valve have been smart, they have a secret weapon which is known as Counter-Strike Source.
CS Source is currently only available to people that have purchased HL2 via steam, otherwise no CS Source for you until you receive your retail box.
This was enough for me to cancel my retail order and purchase through steam instead, and if all the other CS fans have done the same, then Vivendi will have already lost out in a big way, especially when you see the number of full CS source servers there are at the moment.
Interesting, damn it - where are my mod points when I need them.
I could have done with tip that a few weeks ago. The UK TiVo has a serial port on the back which allows you to get a bash shell, unfortunately there is no 'ls' on the damn thing, so I ended up using 'file ' to get a directory listing.
Just for info, echo */ will list only the directories.
I have both Gentoo and Fedora systems, and I agree that the Gentoo install procedure is very good at teaching about the inner workings of a Linux box. As many other gentoo users have said, I've learned more from installing Gentoo, than I have from many years of using other versions of Linux.
But once it's installed, it's a different matter - The learning curve stops. It could be argued that the portage is *too* good. Installing new software or updates on Gentoo is so simple it's unreal! Okay it might be time consuming, but a minimised xterm with a hint of 'nice' takes care of that problem. I can't honestly think of a piece of software I've ever installed on a gentoo box that wasn't in the portage. Back on my Fedora system though, adding/updating software is a relative nightmare.
Gentoo has the advantage of having excellent docs, and a *very* helpful and friendly community.
These days, I tend to stick with Gentoo for the servers thrown in a cupboard, and fedora on my desktop machines.
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Great attitude. Do you wear seatbelts? After all, your car should be safe enough without needing them. They're purely optional.
A seatbelt is a great device to help protect you should you have an accident. You would be crazy not to wear one, infact it's illegal in many places not to use one.
Of course, it's best not to crash rather than rely solely on a seatbelt.
In short, a firewall isn't a replacement for applying security patches, it's there for damage limitation.
Here in the UK, the Police are not allowed to enter your property with out your permission or a warrant.
Actually, that isn't true. The Police are allowed to enter your property without a warrant or your consent under certain conditions
Nice try, but it took seven reloads for me to be able to get to this story. Glad I saw the , tip though (never have mod points when I need them), it seems to work great.
Good idea, but I don't think my mobile phone has a hosts file.
An XP user doesn't have to be an administrator at all, you can change this either during (or after) the installation process and make your users "Limited users" as Microsoft call it. (speaking from an XP Pro perspective - I've never seen Home edition)
The problem here IMO is a lack of social engineering. Microsoft state that when using a limited account, things might not work. There is no mention at all about the fact that your operating system is less likely to be destroyed by viruses or [spy|mal|ad]ware whilst using a limited account.
IMO, when XP is in workgroup mode it shouldn't be possible to make a user an administrator. Couple this with the administrator account that has a mandatory profile (and maybe a session time restriction) to prevent users from using the administrator account as their normal logon, and we might stand a chance of seeing better security on Windows PCs.
There isn't a filter for them at the moment, but even if it isn't added, the server dialog in steam shows a "B" icon next to servers which are running bots (see the 2nd column in the image I've linked to), so you can easily tell which server to avoid if you don't want bots in your online game.
Unfortunately VMWare 4.x (on a linux host) doesn't support the level of Direct X required for most games. So unfortunately that won't work. - I tried this not to long ago. But if you have a windows license anyway, why not just throw a second disk in the box and install a native copy of windows on it?
I'm a believer in using the right tool for the job. This is why I have a Linux web, mail & file server, and my games machine is a windows box. - That's not to say Linux isn't any good for games, but for me the games I want to play require windows, and transgaming/winex isn't an option for me.
I'd be interested in seeing versions of those that actually run on XP without you having to hack them
I'm interested to know what the problems are you have seen. I have Red Alert 2 and Generals, and both work flawlessly under XP. However I've not tried them since I've installed SP2.
Actually, that reminds me of one feature of windows XP that I really like.
..
..
Take a bunch of files eg.
1 - somefile.mp3
2 - somefile.mp3
9 - somefile.mp3
10 - somefile.mp3
11 - somefile.mp3
Most filemanagers would sort them as follows:
1 - somefile.mp3
10 - somefile.mp3
11 - somefile.mp3
2 - somefile.mp3
3 - somefile.mp3
But in XP's filemanager, it sorts them intelligently (like the first example).
Of course anyone with a clue would most likely add a leading zero anyway, but still kind of neat.
According to this page
Next week we will be releasing the Source SDK, along with a surprise for the community.
TF2 maybe?
I don't want to get into this arguement, but at the end of the day, If the webmaster of the pr0n site had a clue he could removehis site from google and it's cache.
If google is linking/caching any copyrighted images/thumbnails that are hosted on another server, surely the pr0nmaster should go chasing the webmaster of the other server that is breaching said copyright?
Wh-wh-wh-what st-st-st-st-stutt-tt-tt-ering?
It took me 3 hours of trying to get the fucking thing installed
:oad": it seems every five seconds the fucking game has to load the next bit of content: that is so 1990s: haven't these guys learnt anything.
Lucky you. Took me 6 hours to install it over steam, but I downloaded it well before the official release date, so that I could play it as soon as it was released.
It took another 2 hours to get a game started: it crashed to the desktop without an error every time I tried.
I unlocked the game at 8am 16/11/2004 (GMT), and was playing 15 minutes later. Not had a single crash.
But then "load" and "load" and
Wow! you must be racing through the game very quickly and missing lots of the gameplay if you find it loading content every five minutes.
The worst level (the level with the zombie hunting priest if you've played) the level is split: each time you cross this split you have to re-load: and you inevitably cross over multiple times doing the level. The guy who designed the level with this split in the middle should be sacked.
Not seen that at all on the Ravenholm level. I'm quite surprised you say that, as the map boundaries always seem to be far away from the next/last monster. I've not played the entire game yet, but I certainly didn't see it on the map you talk of.
I do see the stutter bug every time the game autosaves, kind of annoying, but the game itself more than makes up for it. Looks like there will be a patch RSN.
Thinking about buying HL2? Take my advice and wait another five years for these munchkins to fix the bugs.
Maybe I've just been lucky, but I'd say buy the game now.
When I say it "prevents piracy", I didn't say it would "prevent *all* piracy". It will however, as I stated, "prevent piracy".
Not being able to play a game I've legally purchased
Bull! If / when valve decide to drop support for steam / HL2, patches will be released to bypass the authentication, or as you rightly point out, cracks will be available to bypass the problem.
Linking the software purchase to your account presents even bigger problems
Yes, big problem. The official stance from valve is that, "it is not supported at this time". - Could be a yes, could be a no. Knowing this in advance, you could link your purchase to a new account if you intended to pass it on once you have finished it.
So you agree it will be cracked and therefore this will do nothing to decrease piracy, and you also agree that they could drop support for it and then you're out all the money you've spent on their crippled games unless you pirate it...So the legal customers are left out in the cold while the pirated play the game.
Now you are being silly.
My point is, that if you have pre-ordered the game via steam, you could have been playing CS Source for some time now.
If you are buying the retail copy, a few lucky people are able to play it now, but the vast majority can't play it until tuesday.
DMCA violation, go to jail.
Please know what you are talking about, before you actually start talking.
On October 28, 2003, the Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The four classes of works exempted are:
(1) Compilations consisting of lists of Internet locations blocked by commercially marketed filtering software applications that are intended to prevent access to domains, websites or portions of websites, but not including lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to protect against damage to a computer or computer network or lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to prevent receipt of email.
(2) Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.
(3) Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.
(4) Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling of the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the enabling of screen readers to render the text into a specialized format.
By authorize do you mean like typical software where it runs a check locally or product activation?
If I might step in here:
At first I was against the whole concept of steam, but knowing that I have no choice to play HL2, I decided to create an account. Having used it now for a period of time, I find it to be quite good.
I have no real problem with the steam "product activation", if it prevents piracy and doesn't cause a major problem for the user then thats good news isn't it?
The product activation you talk of in steam, is simply a case of entering a key found with your media when you install the game for the first time, Subsequent installs don't require the key, even when installed on another computer.
though it seems silly to force legitimate users to go to the extra trouble
Extra trouble? You only have to enter your CD key once to associate your purchase with your steam username and password, you can then install steam on any computer, download all the required program files and play your licensed game simply by logging on to steam with your user/pass. I can remember a username and password easier than a CD key, so how is it more trouble? I regulary have to nuke this windows box and reinstall it, the ability to install steam, log on and have all my games auto-install with the latest versions makes life so much easier. I'm afraid that your arguement is invalid.
The only concern I have with steam is if valve drop support for it, leaving my HL2 game unplayable, but I could easily go download a crack and continue to play should that happen.
Yes, but Valve have been smart, they have a secret weapon which is known as Counter-Strike Source.
CS Source is currently only available to people that have purchased HL2 via steam, otherwise no CS Source for you until you receive your retail box.
This was enough for me to cancel my retail order and purchase through steam instead, and if all the other CS fans have done the same, then Vivendi will have already lost out in a big way, especially when you see the number of full CS source servers there are at the moment.
Note to self: Use preview first
should read 'file <TAB><TAB>'
Interesting, damn it - where are my mod points when I need them.
I could have done with tip that a few weeks ago. The UK TiVo has a serial port on the back which allows you to get a bash shell, unfortunately there is no 'ls' on the damn thing, so I ended up using 'file ' to get a directory listing.
Just for info, echo */ will list only the directories.
It's expected sometime around May, June or July 2005.
This image showing the effect of a flashbang with the source engine, looks very much like one of the old 'wall hack' cheats.
From elfarto's text...
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more that 400 Chinese porn sites
Why wasn't this bit hyperlinked?
I have both Gentoo and Fedora systems, and I agree that the Gentoo install procedure is very good at teaching about the inner workings of a Linux box. As many other gentoo users have said, I've learned more from installing Gentoo, than I have from many years of using other versions of Linux.
But once it's installed, it's a different matter - The learning curve stops. It could be argued that the portage is *too* good. Installing new software or updates on Gentoo is so simple it's unreal! Okay it might be time consuming, but a minimised xterm with a hint of 'nice' takes care of that problem. I can't honestly think of a piece of software I've ever installed on a gentoo box that wasn't in the portage. Back on my Fedora system though, adding/updating software is a relative nightmare.
Gentoo has the advantage of having excellent docs, and a *very* helpful and friendly community.
These days, I tend to stick with Gentoo for the servers thrown in a cupboard, and fedora on my desktop machines.
The answer to that appears to be in one of TFA's
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