This is NOT A BACKDOOR. It's a way of signing/verifying documents. Don't you people remember having signatures on older.zip files, to guarentee it was from the author of a program? (ala PK Ware).
I've never played the game, so I can't comment, however I do know that ANY commercial game is good for linux right now. Commercial games (generally) mean advertising. Advertising means people see it (even though they don't want to). It's exposure. The more people hear/see linux they'll be curious and want to try it out.
Plus, a lot of companies, being the large non-comformists they are (ok, end sarcasm) will see other's making games for linux, and will see said games selling, and will want to jump on the bandwagon.
Think of it like this: You have to use windows to appreciate linux. You have to play bad games to appreciate good games.:)
Ok, here, I'm seeing a lot of crap about this, so here it is:
The Microsoft CryptoAPI is a complete set of tools for creating secure Internet and intranet applications. Microsoft distributes the Cryptographic Service Provider Developer's Kit (CSPDK) to authorized recipients located in the United States and Canada, and to persons and entities outside the United States or Canada authorized to receive the CSPDK under specific license from the U.S. State Department, Office of Defense Trade Controls.
That's it, it's a way to make programs to send secure data over networks. It's NOT a way to authorize loading of DLL's and such. In fact, CryptoAPI is loaded via System Services (which must be done by Administrator).
What this means, is that even IF the NSA has a key to CSP's, that means nothing. It means they have authorized DLL's, nothing more. It doesn't mean they can insert them and run them from remotely.
You know, this isn't really DIRECTLY on topic, however:
In highschool a few years back I was a teachers-aide, and my teachers all talked about the standard curve, blah blah blah.
Yet, never once did I ever see the distribution - but no, I had to be wrong, right? I mean, who am I to tell the teacher they're wrong (not that I was ever slow to disagree >:P )
Anyways, looking at the graph, it seems a bit more realistic than a standard curve, because in reality, intelligence grows fast but falls faster:)
(much like my grades...quick to raise, quicker to fall)
Oh, and anyone notice how if you turn your head sideways this kind of looks like half a turnip...which this and the poll option, has Rob revealed a secret fetish?
Ok, this is just something to note. First, I'm not a Win9x, NT, *BSD, Linux, Mac, etc. user...
Actually, I run BeOS, Linux AND FreeBSD, so I'm not really biased.
Something a lot of people here seem to be saying is about appending the GPL onto *BSD. You people must get it through your heads, GPL is not the saving grace. Most, if not all, *BSD users that I know (self somewhat included) detest the GPL, because of it's politics. It's a software license for chrissakes, not a religion.
This is not intended as flamebait nor to attack, simply to point out that don't see it how a lot of BSD people do - they use FreeBSD because they don't want GPL, not because GPL doesn't want them.
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Ok, people, get this through your heads.
.zip files, to guarentee it was from the author of a program? (ala PK Ware).
This is NOT A BACKDOOR.
It's a way of signing/verifying documents.
Don't you people remember having signatures on older
Does that mean pkzip 4.08g is a backdoor? no.
I've never played the game, so I can't comment, however I do know that ANY commercial game is good for linux right now. Commercial games (generally) mean advertising. Advertising means people see it (even though they don't want to). It's exposure. The more people hear/see linux they'll be curious and want to try it out.
:)
Plus, a lot of companies, being the large non-comformists they are (ok, end sarcasm) will see other's making games for linux, and will see said games selling, and will want to jump on the bandwagon.
Think of it like this:
You have to use windows to appreciate linux.
You have to play bad games to appreciate good games.
kthxbye
Ok, here, I'm seeing a lot of crap about this, so here it is:
The Microsoft CryptoAPI is a complete set of tools for creating secure Internet and intranet applications. Microsoft distributes the Cryptographic Service Provider Developer's Kit (CSPDK) to authorized recipients located in the United States and Canada, and to persons and entities outside the United States or Canada authorized to receive the CSPDK under specific license from the U.S. State Department, Office of Defense Trade Controls.
That's it, it's a way to make programs to send secure data over networks. It's NOT a way to authorize loading of DLL's and such. In fact, CryptoAPI is loaded via System Services (which must be done by Administrator).
What this means, is that even IF the NSA has a key to CSP's, that means nothing. It means they have authorized DLL's, nothing more. It doesn't mean they can insert them and run them from remotely.
kthxbye
You know, this isn't really DIRECTLY on topic, however:
:)
In highschool a few years back I was a teachers-aide, and my teachers all talked about the standard curve, blah blah blah.
Yet, never once did I ever see the distribution - but no, I had to be wrong, right? I mean, who am I to tell the teacher they're wrong (not that I was ever slow to disagree >:P )
Anyways, looking at the graph, it seems a bit more realistic than a standard curve, because in reality, intelligence grows fast but falls faster
(much like my grades...quick to raise, quicker to fall)
Oh, and anyone notice how if you turn your head sideways this kind of looks like half a turnip...which this and the poll option, has Rob revealed a secret fetish?
Ok, this is just something to note.
First, I'm not a Win9x, NT, *BSD, Linux, Mac, etc. user...
Actually, I run BeOS, Linux AND FreeBSD, so I'm not really biased.
Something a lot of people here seem to be saying is about appending the GPL onto *BSD. You people must get it through your heads, GPL is not the saving grace. Most, if not all, *BSD users that I know (self somewhat included) detest the GPL, because of it's politics. It's a software license for chrissakes, not a religion.
This is not intended as flamebait nor to attack, simply to point out that don't see it how a lot of BSD people do - they use FreeBSD because they don't want GPL, not because GPL doesn't want them.
Oh, and umm, hi mom!