Why not just a physical (non toggle) button that enables a unit-specific password for two hours? You might have a big sticker next to the button with that machine's login info. Gain physical access to the device, and you gain access to the router. Have the machine send an e-mail out the the administrators whenever this happens. You would have to trust your employees, but if you can't trust them you are doing something very wrong.
Physical access generally means security access. Why not build this into the router itself?
Several DVDs we've gotten through Netflix have several minutes of trailers you can't skip. All they let you do is hold down the fast forward.
Can anyone recommend a good Open Source / Freeware / Shareware / Paid DVD player that allows you to skip the "unskippable" ads? If I'm not mistaken, the ads are unskippable entirely through contractual implementation requirements, not any technical jiggery.
Personally, I've just been ripping the raw files to disk with DVD Decrypter, and just watching the movie portions, but it would be nice to cut out the ripping phase.
They should probably do this with screeners, where people should naturally be less picky about image quality, but not with full theater releases. That way A: it is more difficult for pirates to figure a way around the encoding, having less access to it and B: Once the real free-for-all starts, paying movie goers get their full quality's worth. But the pre-release screeners get caught, giving the movie companies a chance to release bad movies and still get good opening weekend numbers.
Speaking of technological improvements, why do we still have cigarette burns on movie screens? You would think for half the cost of this technology, they could have found a spot SOMEWHERE on the off-screen portion of the film to signal a second reel.
Don't need a "camera" filter. Browse through the Schott Optical catalog and find the bandpass you need to reject. Order the proper diameter. ??? Profit! (sorry, couldn't resist)
Don't modern autofocus systems rely upon IR tracking to gauge distance? Even a proper filter if properly scrambled wouldn't erase the need for manual focusing of the camera, a behavior which would likely get someone caught.
Thats where all those MIT and Harvard slackers work.
I think you mean, that's where all those MIT and Harvard slackers drink. I worked at the Starbucks nearest Harvard Law for a few months, and there wasn't a single Harvard or MIT kid on the staff. Mostly they were from Berklee, Smith, or that Massage School in Watertown.
Just move to a state that has anti-spam laws, like North Carolina. North Carolina statures allow for 10 dollars per spam. California allows for 500 dollars per spam. Either way, with millions of pieces of spam per day intercepted by their service, they should stand to gain quite ludicrously on the deal. If they can track down 20 of the top spammers, and one of them has insurance, SpamHous will suddenly have far more money than it will know what to do with. Sadly indentured servitude is not a viable option for the other 19, as the US has bankruptcy laws. Still, assuming the congress hasn't passed any laws saying that people CAN SPAM, the plan is perfect.
Yahoo's tool bar pop-up blocker has long been known to let Yahoo's advertisers through. The only difference here is in the maliciousness of the programs.
Interplay has also published a lot of PC titles, under their own name and under that of MacPlay, which has already been retired. Here is a more complete list from GameSpot, though it doesn't include anything predating the SNES.
I used to think biometrics were the ultimate form of authentication. Then I worked at a company which used fingerprint scans as a clock in / clock out device. After a few good years of use, the thing couldn't tell a fingerprint from a warm hot dog. I actually tried that once, it validated me. It would also validate on the back of the hand, the elbows, and a few other body parts that involved seriously cleaning the pad afterwards.
While the idea may be great, I've yet to be convinced of either the strength of implementation or the wisdom of making everyone in a company share germs immediately before lunch.
Think about it, the fact that you can see the source code to Linux doesnt mean that a regular user has any greater ability to gain root. That's exactly how these new DRM systems work, by taking a way a user's right to be root on their own machine.
But the thing is that the way linux prevents a user from being root is by having someone else manually change the password to something that is not in the source code. There is important data being witheld from the user, that will unlock the system. As DRM systems must be self-contained, the "key" to unlocking content must be local. An OS DRM would therefore need to contain the key.
Likewise, while not having root on a box will prevent you from doing lots of things on it, you are still free to edit the source and create your own version of linux without the concept of root (or with full root). Likewise, with a truly OS BIOS, you will have the ability to create your own DRM-free system.
But SUV's are safe. SUV's are safe because they have a higher mass. SUV's are safe because they have a higher mass which ensures that the SUV accelerates less in a collision with any other vehicle on the road. The other vehicle, of course, accelerates more, proving that they should have bought a heavier vehicle too.
Personally, I can't wait until this huge mass = safety-for-my-children racket ratchets up to the point where everyone is driving around Mac Trucks. You could probably hit a moose with one of those things and be OK... just don't try to steer when the neighborhood kid darts in front on a bike.
Community support goes a long way to getting a sequal made. Prince of Persia: SOT sold pretty poorly overall, but because of the tremendous buzz surrounding it the Prince of Persia line is suddenly revitalized. It's never about how well this game sold, it's about how well people think the next game will sell. Part of that is based upon sales numbers, but a large part of that is based around the size of the community around the game. Used games greatly foster community.
Furthermore, the reason used game prices are so high (besides EB's fat profit margin) is that not enough people sell their games. People become attached to them, like good books or movies, and don't want to give them up. Also, because they retail for 50 and sell for 5, people understandably are shocked by the depreciation. If you want to support gaming as a hobby, go third party. Sell back any games that you don't play anymore, and sell them to the smaller local stores that haven't been gobbled up by the major chain.
Cry no tears for Nintendo. It is true that their profits were cut in half this year, but that was cut in half to a half billion dollars. Used games are necessarily a diminishing-returns phenomenon. Most games launch at a rediculous price, and are quickly reduced as demand subsides. Very few people resell their games, and the few that do generally plow that money right back into the hobby of gaming. Does that mean the copy of Metroid Prime you picked up used for 20 bucks from a local mom-and-pop videogame store doesn't pay Nintendo a penny? Yes, but the same could be said of reselling movies, cars, furnature, or anything else in life. Nintendo made their money. Sony made their money. Microsoft made their money. If the person who paid for that game wants to sell it to plow even more money back into their hobby than I can't see how this hurts the gaming ecosystem.
As a game developer, I welcome the practice. Heck, I own a used copy of one of the games I helped develop, which I picked up for 11 dollars.
The answer is: develop our own technologies, and ship them before Microsoft ships theirs. Make a lot of noise to get people to notice. By the time Microsoft gets its technology out, me must have established a solid userbase. Then, we just hope we can stay ahead.
What, like alpha png support? Face it, if it isn't supported by Internet Explorer, it won't go on the web. Any web designer who says differently had better have a great special case. If the next iteration of CSS is truly great, and it's supported in Mozilla but not Internet Explorer, nobody will use it. And sadly, as development of Internet Explorer for older platforms has ceased, movement of web standards can now only happen through a hearse.
Actually, if you print them out 3 to a sheet, the resultant 1/3rd size 1/10th size arcade cabinets are kind of cute. They're also not so large as to be considered freakishly obsessive, which is a nice bonus.
Why do people always ask Bruce about Evil Dead 4? How many times has he answered the question that no, nobody's planning another one? Is it in production? Of course it is not in production. Hollywood's inability to keep the slightest thing secret is legendary. Entire scripts are available online before a moment of shooting takes place. Preproduction artwork finds it's way onto unlicensed souvineer mugs sold along Venice beach to the movie executives deciding whether or not to give the go-ahead. Heck, I had a copy of Episode 1 in quicktime format before the thing arrived in theaters, and you remember the extroardinary security measures around that turd.
Now, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash thing could be very interesting, assuming that all parties involved realize that all of their respective franchises have already been driven into the ground. Personally I'd like to see if Freddy's insanity is more powerful than Ash's insanity. But either way, it will happen if it happens... It's not up to Bruce.
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I can just imagine the disclosure request for: A list of all assignments on which you cheated For each such assignment on which you cheated, A description of where and how you obtained your work, any agreements you engaged in to obtain it, how much (if anything) you paid for each assignment, and how you think the markers should have recognized your cheat.
He'll probably just crib the list from someone else.
Interesting concept. Also known as: Bad management
Imagine the quote from a film company: We played the movie to test audiences and they said they really hated one character, so we put some of that character's deleted scenes back in.
It could very well be that the testers became complacent by the easier sections of the game. When the difficulty ramped up as high as Team Ninja wanted the testers felt the change and felt that it was too sudden / too strong. To smooth out the perception of disjoint in the difficulty curve, Team Ninja could have either made the hard sections easier, or made the easy sections harder. They chose the latter.
Considering all of the press that this game has recieved, it was the right choice. Compare this outing to the recent update of Strider... Which was truer to the source material? Which was the better game?
Imagine this quote from a film company: We played Lost Highway to test audiences and they said they didn't it, so we're simplifying the storyline and making things clearer. Sometimes it's best not to do what your audience wants.
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Why not just a physical (non toggle) button that enables a unit-specific password for two hours? You might have a big sticker next to the button with that machine's login info. Gain physical access to the device, and you gain access to the router. Have the machine send an e-mail out the the administrators whenever this happens. You would have to trust your employees, but if you can't trust them you are doing something very wrong.
Physical access generally means security access. Why not build this into the router itself?
Several DVDs we've gotten through Netflix have several minutes of trailers you can't skip. All they let you do is hold down the fast forward.
Can anyone recommend a good Open Source / Freeware / Shareware / Paid DVD player that allows you to skip the "unskippable" ads? If I'm not mistaken, the ads are unskippable entirely through contractual implementation requirements, not any technical jiggery.
Personally, I've just been ripping the raw files to disk with DVD Decrypter, and just watching the movie portions, but it would be nice to cut out the ripping phase.
They should probably do this with screeners, where people should naturally be less picky about image quality, but not with full theater releases. That way A: it is more difficult for pirates to figure a way around the encoding, having less access to it and B: Once the real free-for-all starts, paying movie goers get their full quality's worth. But the pre-release screeners get caught, giving the movie companies a chance to release bad movies and still get good opening weekend numbers.
Speaking of technological improvements, why do we still have cigarette burns on movie screens? You would think for half the cost of this technology, they could have found a spot SOMEWHERE on the off-screen portion of the film to signal a second reel.
Don't need a "camera" filter. Browse through the Schott Optical catalog and find the bandpass you need to reject. Order the proper diameter. ??? Profit! (sorry, couldn't resist)
Don't modern autofocus systems rely upon IR tracking to gauge distance? Even a proper filter if properly scrambled wouldn't erase the need for manual focusing of the camera, a behavior which would likely get someone caught.
Thats where all those MIT and Harvard slackers work.
I think you mean, that's where all those MIT and Harvard slackers drink. I worked at the Starbucks nearest Harvard Law for a few months, and there wasn't a single Harvard or MIT kid on the staff. Mostly they were from Berklee, Smith, or that Massage School in Watertown.
Just move to a state that has anti-spam laws, like North Carolina. North Carolina statures allow for 10 dollars per spam. California allows for 500 dollars per spam. Either way, with millions of pieces of spam per day intercepted by their service, they should stand to gain quite ludicrously on the deal. If they can track down 20 of the top spammers, and one of them has insurance, SpamHous will suddenly have far more money than it will know what to do with. Sadly indentured servitude is not a viable option for the other 19, as the US has bankruptcy laws. Still, assuming the congress hasn't passed any laws saying that people CAN SPAM, the plan is perfect.
Yahoo's tool bar pop-up blocker has long been known to let Yahoo's advertisers through. The only difference here is in the maliciousness of the programs.
Interplay has also published a lot of PC titles, under their own name and under that of MacPlay, which has already been retired. Here is a more complete list from GameSpot, though it doesn't include anything predating the SNES.
I used to think biometrics were the ultimate form of authentication. Then I worked at a company which used fingerprint scans as a clock in / clock out device. After a few good years of use, the thing couldn't tell a fingerprint from a warm hot dog. I actually tried that once, it validated me. It would also validate on the back of the hand, the elbows, and a few other body parts that involved seriously cleaning the pad afterwards.
While the idea may be great, I've yet to be convinced of either the strength of implementation or the wisdom of making everyone in a company share germs immediately before lunch.
Think about it, the fact that you can see the source code to Linux doesnt mean that a regular user has any greater ability to gain root. That's exactly how these new DRM systems work, by taking a way a user's right to be root on their own machine.
But the thing is that the way linux prevents a user from being root is by having someone else manually change the password to something that is not in the source code. There is important data being witheld from the user, that will unlock the system. As DRM systems must be self-contained, the "key" to unlocking content must be local. An OS DRM would therefore need to contain the key.
Likewise, while not having root on a box will prevent you from doing lots of things on it, you are still free to edit the source and create your own version of linux without the concept of root (or with full root). Likewise, with a truly OS BIOS, you will have the ability to create your own DRM-free system.
But SUV's are safe.
SUV's are safe because they have a higher mass.
SUV's are safe because they have a higher mass which ensures that the SUV accelerates less in a collision with any other vehicle on the road. The other vehicle, of course, accelerates more, proving that they should have bought a heavier vehicle too.
Personally, I can't wait until this huge mass = safety-for-my-children racket ratchets up to the point where everyone is driving around Mac Trucks. You could probably hit a moose with one of those things and be OK... just don't try to steer when the neighborhood kid darts in front on a bike.
I'm not sure where methanol comes from?
If I'm not mistaken, methanol comes from flavor country.
Community support goes a long way to getting a sequal made. Prince of Persia: SOT sold pretty poorly overall, but because of the tremendous buzz surrounding it the Prince of Persia line is suddenly revitalized. It's never about how well this game sold, it's about how well people think the next game will sell. Part of that is based upon sales numbers, but a large part of that is based around the size of the community around the game. Used games greatly foster community.
Furthermore, the reason used game prices are so high (besides EB's fat profit margin) is that not enough people sell their games. People become attached to them, like good books or movies, and don't want to give them up. Also, because they retail for 50 and sell for 5, people understandably are shocked by the depreciation. If you want to support gaming as a hobby, go third party. Sell back any games that you don't play anymore, and sell them to the smaller local stores that haven't been gobbled up by the major chain.
Cry no tears for Nintendo. It is true that their profits were cut in half this year, but that was cut in half to a half billion dollars. Used games are necessarily a diminishing-returns phenomenon. Most games launch at a rediculous price, and are quickly reduced as demand subsides. Very few people resell their games, and the few that do generally plow that money right back into the hobby of gaming. Does that mean the copy of Metroid Prime you picked up used for 20 bucks from a local mom-and-pop videogame store doesn't pay Nintendo a penny? Yes, but the same could be said of reselling movies, cars, furnature, or anything else in life. Nintendo made their money. Sony made their money. Microsoft made their money. If the person who paid for that game wants to sell it to plow even more money back into their hobby than I can't see how this hurts the gaming ecosystem.
As a game developer, I welcome the practice. Heck, I own a used copy of one of the games I helped develop, which I picked up for 11 dollars.
The answer is: develop our own technologies, and ship them before Microsoft ships theirs. Make a lot of noise to get people to notice. By the time Microsoft gets its technology out, me must have established a solid userbase. Then, we just hope we can stay ahead.
What, like alpha png support? Face it, if it isn't supported by Internet Explorer, it won't go on the web. Any web designer who says differently had better have a great special case. If the next iteration of CSS is truly great, and it's supported in Mozilla but not Internet Explorer, nobody will use it. And sadly, as development of Internet Explorer for older platforms has ceased, movement of web standards can now only happen through a hearse.
Does anyone else find it ironic that one of their board members is named William Greed?
What are you talking about? This would be *perfect* for Mr. Smither's Malibu Stacy collection...
Ok. I guess you have a point there.
Actually, if you print them out 3 to a sheet, the resultant 1/3rd size 1/10th size arcade cabinets are kind of cute. They're also not so large as to be considered freakishly obsessive, which is a nice bonus.
(perhaps a fix would have been to alter the dns entry to point back to microsoft's server, though that might have been actionable.)
Actually, as another flaw in Netgear's hardware, the IP address was hard-coded. No such DNS trickery would help.
Why do people always ask Bruce about Evil Dead 4? How many times has he answered the question that no, nobody's planning another one? Is it in production? Of course it is not in production. Hollywood's inability to keep the slightest thing secret is legendary. Entire scripts are available online before a moment of shooting takes place. Preproduction artwork finds it's way onto unlicensed souvineer mugs sold along Venice beach to the movie executives deciding whether or not to give the go-ahead. Heck, I had a copy of Episode 1 in quicktime format before the thing arrived in theaters, and you remember the extroardinary security measures around that turd.
Now, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash thing could be very interesting, assuming that all parties involved realize that all of their respective franchises have already been driven into the ground. Personally I'd like to see if Freddy's insanity is more powerful than Ash's insanity. But either way, it will happen if it happens... It's not up to Bruce.
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That one is going to rake in the dough.
Exactly. Spend all of your nights building your own taser and you'll never need to go out again.
I can just imagine the disclosure request for:
A list of all assignments on which you cheated
For each such assignment on which you cheated,
A description of where and how you obtained your work,
any agreements you engaged in to obtain it,
how much (if anything) you paid for each assignment, and
how you think the markers should have recognized your cheat.
He'll probably just crib the list from someone else.
Interesting concept. Also known as: Bad management
Imagine the quote from a film company: We played the movie to test audiences and they said they really hated one character, so we put some of that character's deleted scenes back in.
It could very well be that the testers became complacent by the easier sections of the game. When the difficulty ramped up as high as Team Ninja wanted the testers felt the change and felt that it was too sudden / too strong. To smooth out the perception of disjoint in the difficulty curve, Team Ninja could have either made the hard sections easier, or made the easy sections harder. They chose the latter.
Considering all of the press that this game has recieved, it was the right choice. Compare this outing to the recent update of Strider... Which was truer to the source material? Which was the better game?
Imagine this quote from a film company: We played Lost Highway to test audiences and they said they didn't it, so we're simplifying the storyline and making things clearer. Sometimes it's best not to do what your audience wants.
So that's how CmdrTaco is making his money...
I don't know whether to mod that "Insightful" or "Funny."