Deus Ex is possibly the best FPS ever! If they can make the sequel just as good, but with fancier GF4 graphics and smarter AI, they'll have another hit on their hands.
I wrote them and told them that, my shelf of blizzard games notwithstanding, that I would never buy another blizzard product. I'm standing by that statement, until they either change management or issue an apology. I hope other/.ers will remember who their friends are.
Sure, and that's what will happen. Irrespective of how severely this guy is punished, Ubisoft will feel a consumer backlash. However, that doesn't mean the guy shouldn't be punished at all.
Oh come on, it's nothing like putting a sign in the middle of a crowded street.
Unless you're saying they published the details of the protocol publically? What they should be doing is putting 'copy protection' information into the protocol and fucking this guy up with the DMCA too.
The interesting thing about the Australian economy is that it's mainly primary industry, we don't often import other materials, process them and send them on.
A very large portion (almost all) of our imports are for consumption [ie: TV's and things like that], and those sort of purchases are easy to change.
If your average parent [or Personal Assistant for work purchases] is at the story buying a colour TV for the lounge [or company foyer] and they notice the US brand is half the price of the Japanese one, I am sure they know which one to choose.
Well, that's actually a good thing, because if our dollar kept going up and up, our exports would drop and our economy would start to tank.
So, we really have the best of both worlds, a competitive dollar where we buy stuff [ie: The US] and a cheap dollar where we sell things [ie: Asia and Europe].
You only run in to problems if you want to buy something from/visit Asia or Europe!
That's not what he's asking though, he is asking for people who have seen the code with a NDA, or have been allowed to break the NDA without being punished.
So, if those people are abusing the 'good faith' the companies have given them by i) trusting them without an NDA, or ii) letting NDA violations slide, they aren't going to get this good faith anymore.
If you let us look at your stuff for free, and don't persecute us if we tell others about it, we will turn around and stab you in the back to get all your stuff turned into the public domain.
Yeah, I bet he will be the first to complain when YAMC [Yet another massive corporation] locks down their IP rights on ,
When you sit in you neighbours coach, the coach suffers wear and tear. Are you stealing from your neighbour when you sit in his coach?
Well, if he is letting you sit there, then he gets what he deserves. But even so, if you don't leave when he asks, no doubt he will get you arrested for trespassing!
Plus, if I do decide to ask "tech support", it usually involves a post to a mailing list which is generally read by people who wrote the software and are perfectly capable of recognizing a clue when they see it.
Well, that is available as a closed source option too.. Taking MS for instance, they have a news group full of 'helpful people'.
Of course, if your boss is screaming at you to get that exchange server back on line, you probably don't want to wait for a news reply. *shrug*
The problem, of course, is that the clueless tier 1 guys don't know enough to understand that all of the above is a strong indicator that if the problem were simple, or if the fix were documented, the call would never have been placed. Again, I can understand that, and it's fine, except when it results in 30 minutes of wasted effort executing a script that I'm perfectly aware from the beginning will not solve the problem, and just may muck up something else!
Just lie back and accept it. When I'm getting anything serviced in such a manner, the most painless way is just do what they say, and tell them the truth. No more, no less.
But then, the support areas I work for are all internal, and all top notch, so I've never had someone try and read a script to me.
When tsting and applying an OSS product, I can almsot always (excepting the kernel, naturally) patch, compile and test on the production box without having to take down the unpatched service or reboot. Once it's certified ok, it just needs a >1 sec switchover.
I do support. Both onsite and phone support. One of the first things you learn doing this sort of work is that people who say they know what they are doing [and even act like they do] rarely have any idea at all.
Sometimes you'll get lucky, but that is very rare.
Have you considered signing up to their security bulletin list?
You know, the one that CNN, and all of the other big names in media [and last year, the FBI] were hammering at us over and over again?
I think of it like this: If you have a nuclear reactor powering your device X, you need trained nuclear technicians working on it. If you have MS servers, you need trained MS sysadmins working on it. These trained MS sysadmins know what needs to be done, including signing up for security lists etc. [This doesn't just apply for MS, also any other sort of server operating system out there.]
All they are doing is the same thing they do every few days, post a comic that the regulars will find funny. I'm a regular reader, and I thought it was funny. Funny enough that I forwarded it onto other less regular readers.
Maturity? That doesn't matter, they're playing to their target audience.
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I am playing it again, there is a lot of cool stuff I didn't find the first time. Like Sandra from the 'ton is one of the bums at the abandoned service station after Vandenburg.
Also, that crazy woman with all of the cats being killed by greasels in Paris. That was great too, although she didn't get upset when I jumped off a crate, onto one of her cats killing it.
Use is not the same as administer. Also, I wouldn't say that windows is any easier or harder to administer then linux. You just need to know how to do it.
1) Loading bad drivers should never be an issue on well supported hardware. If you are bothering with a commercial OS, why are you not running well supported (by some hardware vendor) hardware?
Because just because hardware is well supported doesn't mean that occasionally a bad driver release will slip through. Both of my BSOD's have been because of a bug in the NVIDIA drivers, are you trying to say that their cards aren't well supported?
2) No, it's not. That was my point.
3) Just like linux should never kernel panic? If you're running code at a kernel level, and it fails, then you've got a BSOD/kernel panic.
The solution? Make sure all of your kernel level code doesn't fail. XP does a pretty good job at maintaining it's end of the bargain, it's up to you to ensure that you're not loading up anything problematic into that privledged user mode.
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At a guess, the people they play warcraft 3 with?
Sure, and that's what will happen. Irrespective of how severely this guy is punished, Ubisoft will feel a consumer backlash. However, that doesn't mean the guy shouldn't be punished at all.
Unless you're saying they published the details of the protocol publically? What they should be doing is putting 'copy protection' information into the protocol and fucking this guy up with the DMCA too.
Well, why wait for it then? Let's just lobotomise him now and save trouble.
by Bold Marauder (673130) on Wednesday May 28, @12:30PM (#6053612)
You fail it!
A very large portion (almost all) of our imports are for consumption [ie: TV's and things like that], and those sort of purchases are easy to change.
If your average parent [or Personal Assistant for work purchases] is at the story buying a colour TV for the lounge [or company foyer] and they notice the US brand is half the price of the Japanese one, I am sure they know which one to choose.
So, we really have the best of both worlds, a competitive dollar where we buy stuff [ie: The US] and a cheap dollar where we sell things [ie: Asia and Europe].
You only run in to problems if you want to buy something from/visit Asia or Europe!
So, if those people are abusing the 'good faith' the companies have given them by i) trusting them without an NDA, or ii) letting NDA violations slide, they aren't going to get this good faith anymore.
If you let us look at your stuff for free, and don't persecute us if we tell others about it, we will turn around and stab you in the back to get all your stuff turned into the public domain.
Yeah, I bet he will be the first to complain when YAMC [Yet another massive corporation] locks down their IP rights on ,
Well, if he is letting you sit there, then he gets what he deserves. But even so, if you don't leave when he asks, no doubt he will get you arrested for trespassing!
Well, that is available as a closed source option too.. Taking MS for instance, they have a news group full of 'helpful people'.
Of course, if your boss is screaming at you to get that exchange server back on line, you probably don't want to wait for a news reply. *shrug*
Just lie back and accept it. When I'm getting anything serviced in such a manner, the most painless way is just do what they say, and tell them the truth. No more, no less.
But then, the support areas I work for are all internal, and all top notch, so I've never had someone try and read a script to me.
You're fired. Clean out your desk.
Sometimes you'll get lucky, but that is very rare.
That sounds like a great plan to me.
For instance, for every person on here saying "I buy the CD if I like the mp3s, there are a thousand people saying "I couldn't give a toss".
I know that pirates don't pay to play, because until recently, when I had a job, I was one of those people that didn't.
Things like universal health care, etc.
So your solution is no solution at all!
You know, the one that CNN, and all of the other big names in media [and last year, the FBI] were hammering at us over and over again?
I think of it like this: If you have a nuclear reactor powering your device X, you need trained nuclear technicians working on it. If you have MS servers, you need trained MS sysadmins working on it. These trained MS sysadmins know what needs to be done, including signing up for security lists etc. [This doesn't just apply for MS, also any other sort of server operating system out there.]
All they are doing is the same thing they do every few days, post a comic that the regulars will find funny. I'm a regular reader, and I thought it was funny. Funny enough that I forwarded it onto other less regular readers. Maturity? That doesn't matter, they're playing to their target audience.
GREEN GREASY GREASELS I am playing it again, there is a lot of cool stuff I didn't find the first time. Like Sandra from the 'ton is one of the bums at the abandoned service station after Vandenburg. Also, that crazy woman with all of the cats being killed by greasels in Paris. That was great too, although she didn't get upset when I jumped off a crate, onto one of her cats killing it.
Fair enough, just don't cry about how Windows blue screens all the time because you can't be bothered learning how to fix it.
Use is not the same as administer. Also, I wouldn't say that windows is any easier or harder to administer then linux. You just need to know how to do it.
Because just because hardware is well supported doesn't mean that occasionally a bad driver release will slip through. Both of my BSOD's have been because of a bug in the NVIDIA drivers, are you trying to say that their cards aren't well supported?
2) No, it's not. That was my point.
3) Just like linux should never kernel panic? If you're running code at a kernel level, and it fails, then you've got a BSOD/kernel panic.
The solution? Make sure all of your kernel level code doesn't fail. XP does a pretty good job at maintaining it's end of the bargain, it's up to you to ensure that you're not loading up anything problematic into that privledged user mode.