That sounds like a library. You know that only crooks check out books, right? Libraries are massive pools of organized theft! It is wrong to learn things without paying for them!
Okay, I am now under the impression that I do not understand some crucial part of DRM and I need someone to clear this up for me.
My (possibly incorrect) understanding of the general idea of DRM schemes was - in very broad strokes - encrypting the file and only decrypting it or parts of it during playback. Why then does it matter if a file format "supports" DRM when you can wrap a crypto scheme around it? It it more secure in some way to have a special container for the restricted audio stream, or somehow more flexible on the developer end?
I haven't worked on it much per se, but I really like the code in Angband. The style is generally consistant and easy to look at, not to mention quite well commented. Of course, it's also the first C code I ever looked at, so I'm probably a touch biased.
I did check the Wikipedia article, and it just said something about how Einstien was still alive and that the effects of Bose-Einstien condensation had tripled over the last year... ---
Okay seriously - I know it's convenient and all, but could we PLEASE link to something that isn't Wikipedia? That is, something where any passers-by can't just poke the "edit" button to hack the page?
How quickly we forget ourselves. Only a few years ago in the midst of the "Napster Revolution" there was a fair bit of talk about how the media cartels were attacking peer to peer networks before the feared change, because the Internet represented a new paradigm of buisness and other such things. We said that they're not ready for the changes a new world imposes on the market.
Well, guess what? They adapted. I certanly don't think that DRM is the right answer as it can only hurt legitimate consumers with little to no effect on piracy. However, this is change, this is how they've adapted to the situation. Many are convinced that the only way that they can protect their assets is to lock them up in a little box and only let the customer borrow the key for a few minutes after they've paid (yet again).
They changed, much as any people ranted that they needed to... And it is certainly for the worse.
Okay... I'm no expert here, and this IS just a "funny" story, so it doesn't truly matter... But in polls like this, aren't the 71% to 73% results well within the margin of error?
There's been a lot of talk about what the motion-sensitive controls might or might not be used for with the revolution, but I think everyone's missing the obvious.
Wii need a remake of Desert Bus for the revolution!
Yeah, I'm just one more voice in this chorus, but let's face it : Star Trek is dead.
What made the original series and the next generation so good in my eyes is that the stories weren't clear cut "good and evil" conflicts. Often, they were situations with no obvious answer that would really make me think about the problem presented. Nowdays, the writers cater to the lowered bar that america gives them and writes bad plots with worse characters.
This latest movie is a prime example of this trend. Someone else made a comment about how it'll basically be "Harry Potter in space" and I find it difficult to disagree with that analysis.
I certainly hope that this outlook on Lucas' part is correct. Without a doubt, I'm preaching to the choir here when I say that there hasn't been much in the mainstream movies that has proven interesting at all. Let's face it, no matter how much money you throw at some of these awful movies, you still won't manage to hire a writer who can come up with plots beyond a fifth-grader's capacity to understand them.
With any luck, the lower budgets for production will open up the way for relative no-namers to at least get their break and put thier first movie on the big screen.
I'm not holding my breath though... Not after hearing that Jurassic Park 4 is going to hit the theatres in the foreseeable future. They shouldn't have even made the first sequel, let alone the next...
Porn or not, as bandwidth and hard drive capacity have increased over the years, people have found new ways to make heavy use of both. There was a time that spending a couple hours to download a text file wasn't unheard of. Now, full DVD rips are thrown about the net like it were nothing.
Despite the humor of the parent post, people always find ways to make hardware obsolete on their own.
Honestly, I can't remember which is which when it comes to the *radiant tools.
I'm reasonably sure that the one I toyed with with GTKRadiant, and I found it a little counter-intuitive at first. But only at first; once I started to get used to the way it did things as opposed to the amazingly bad Qoole, it started to flow fairly natrually.
Generally, though, I wonder just what will be done with the code... After all, Quake 3 is positively prehistoric by today's standards. Does the editor support anything current? Would it be worth modifying it to do so?
Okay, it might just be me, and I might just be an idiot here, but isn't spyware illegal already, since it's modifying the contents of my computer without my knowledge or authorization? To me, it seems that spyware makers should be prosecuted just like anyone else who writes malicious code (viruses, trojans, worms, and so on).
Any technically-literate lawyers have a comment on this?
Freeciv is neat and all, but as of late, I'm quite partial to the battle for Wesnoth when it comes to turn based strategy. Great community, excellent game, yet not well known.
It's getting closer to a 1.0 release, albeit slowly.
Despite that Google isn't out to take over the world their impact on the net is quite amazing.
Google's long standing tech demo that is their search engine has become pretty important. In fact, for the most part, if it doesn't come up on a google search, it doesn't exist.
There have been so many memes spawned from google as well... Google-whacking, google fights, google bombing, etc.
Let's not forget the chaos that ensued when GMail opened up either.
They don't need to take over anything, really, everyone's eating out of the palm of their hand.
Given that there's undoubtedly still going to be a few monitors produced with dead pixels, are they going to supply thier otherwise worthless screens to other vendors for sale at a discount? And then would the consumer ever see these savings?
Further - how hard will it be for them to weasel out of the "no dead pixel" policy? After all, should something happen during shipping or in the hands of the retailer, are they going to let themselves be held responsible for damage that they may or may not have had anything to do with?
Perhaps I'm being overly skeptical on the last part there, but questions are made to be asked, after all.
Another buzzword for people to throw about like mad. Just what we need.
Seriously though, my head may be up my ass on this, but could someone tell me just what the difference between all these *logs and the now long-dead.plan files some used to the same purpose? Sure, you don't have to finger for the info as it's all on the web now, but it's the same concept, isn't it?
Arguments of legality aside, I've fonud that BitTorrent is a great way to get files - when I managed to download a 700 meg linux ISO through torrent, it took just about 90 minutes as opposed to the eight plus hours it would have taken to get the file from the site distributing the file. The system itself has flaws, to be certain - the fact that working a.torrent can be a lot like DDOSing yourself (I can't get to anything else when it's running) is a drawback to say the least. However, I get my file quicker, so I'm not going to complain.
As for companies using bittorrent to distribute thier software - more power to them! I'm happy to see blizzard deciding to do this.
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That sounds like a library. You know that only crooks check out books, right? Libraries are massive pools of organized theft! It is wrong to learn things without paying for them!
Mr. Gygax is a large part of why I'm the geek that I am today, it's sad to see him go.
Thanks for the games, you will be missed.
Okay, I am now under the impression that I do not understand some crucial part of DRM and I need someone to clear this up for me.
My (possibly incorrect) understanding of the general idea of DRM schemes was - in very broad strokes - encrypting the file and only decrypting it or parts of it during playback. Why then does it matter if a file format "supports" DRM when you can wrap a crypto scheme around it? It it more secure in some way to have a special container for the restricted audio stream, or somehow more flexible on the developer end?
Could somebody clear this up for me please?
...and of course, the rebuttals to this absurd claim
I haven't worked on it much per se, but I really like the code in Angband. The style is generally consistant and easy to look at, not to mention quite well commented. Of course, it's also the first C code I ever looked at, so I'm probably a touch biased.
Angband.
Sadly, OpenDNS will give you its own fake/crappy search page when you type something wrong. That alone was cause enough for me to stop using it.
I did check the Wikipedia article, and it just said something about how Einstien was still alive and that the effects of Bose-Einstien condensation had tripled over the last year...
---
Okay seriously - I know it's convenient and all, but could we PLEASE link to something that isn't Wikipedia? That is, something where any passers-by can't just poke the "edit" button to hack the page?
How quickly we forget ourselves. Only a few years ago in the midst of the "Napster Revolution" there was a fair bit of talk about how the media cartels were attacking peer to peer networks before the feared change, because the Internet represented a new paradigm of buisness and other such things. We said that they're not ready for the changes a new world imposes on the market. Well, guess what? They adapted. I certanly don't think that DRM is the right answer as it can only hurt legitimate consumers with little to no effect on piracy. However, this is change, this is how they've adapted to the situation. Many are convinced that the only way that they can protect their assets is to lock them up in a little box and only let the customer borrow the key for a few minutes after they've paid (yet again). They changed, much as any people ranted that they needed to... And it is certainly for the worse.
Okay... I'm no expert here, and this IS just a "funny" story, so it doesn't truly matter... But in polls like this, aren't the 71% to 73% results well within the margin of error?
There's been a lot of talk about what the motion-sensitive controls might or might not be used for with the revolution, but I think everyone's missing the obvious.
Wii need a remake of Desert Bus for the revolution!
Yeah, I'm just one more voice in this chorus, but let's face it : Star Trek is dead.
What made the original series and the next generation so good in my eyes is that the stories weren't clear cut "good and evil" conflicts. Often, they were situations with no obvious answer that would really make me think about the problem presented. Nowdays, the writers cater to the lowered bar that america gives them and writes bad plots with worse characters.
This latest movie is a prime example of this trend. Someone else made a comment about how it'll basically be "Harry Potter in space" and I find it difficult to disagree with that analysis.
Ah well, just another two cents.
Yeah, I did my part many many times in the past. Easist way to fight the good fight, IMO.
I certainly hope that this outlook on Lucas' part is correct. Without a doubt, I'm preaching to the choir here when I say that there hasn't been much in the mainstream movies that has proven interesting at all. Let's face it, no matter how much money you throw at some of these awful movies, you still won't manage to hire a writer who can come up with plots beyond a fifth-grader's capacity to understand them.
With any luck, the lower budgets for production will open up the way for relative no-namers to at least get their break and put thier first movie on the big screen.
I'm not holding my breath though... Not after hearing that Jurassic Park 4 is going to hit the theatres in the foreseeable future. They shouldn't have even made the first sequel, let alone the next...
Porn or not, as bandwidth and hard drive capacity have increased over the years, people have found new ways to make heavy use of both. There was a time that spending a couple hours to download a text file wasn't unheard of. Now, full DVD rips are thrown about the net like it were nothing.
Despite the humor of the parent post, people always find ways to make hardware obsolete on their own.
Honestly, I can't remember which is which when it comes to the *radiant tools.
I'm reasonably sure that the one I toyed with with GTKRadiant, and I found it a little counter-intuitive at first. But only at first; once I started to get used to the way it did things as opposed to the amazingly bad Qoole, it started to flow fairly natrually.
Generally, though, I wonder just what will be done with the code... After all, Quake 3 is positively prehistoric by today's standards. Does the editor support anything current? Would it be worth modifying it to do so?
Okay, it might just be me, and I might just be an idiot here, but isn't spyware illegal already, since it's modifying the contents of my computer without my knowledge or authorization? To me, it seems that spyware makers should be prosecuted just like anyone else who writes malicious code (viruses, trojans, worms, and so on).
Any technically-literate lawyers have a comment on this?
Freeciv is neat and all, but as of late, I'm quite partial to the battle for Wesnoth when it comes to turn based strategy. Great community, excellent game, yet not well known. It's getting closer to a 1.0 release, albeit slowly.
Despite that Google isn't out to take over the world their impact on the net is quite amazing.
Google's long standing tech demo that is their search engine has become pretty important. In fact, for the most part, if it doesn't come up on a google search, it doesn't exist.
There have been so many memes spawned from google as well... Google-whacking, google fights, google bombing, etc.
Let's not forget the chaos that ensued when GMail opened up either.
They don't need to take over anything, really, everyone's eating out of the palm of their hand.
Well, since the article went up 40 minutes after the interview started, I'm wondering if anyone's captured the audio streams and put up a torrent?
I know, wishful thinking...
Why I can already hear Jobs smashing extra Newtons already,..
If you buy a mac and ditch OSX, are you supposed to demand a rebate from apple?
Given that there's undoubtedly still going to be a few monitors produced with dead pixels, are they going to supply thier otherwise worthless screens to other vendors for sale at a discount? And then would the consumer ever see these savings?
Further - how hard will it be for them to weasel out of the "no dead pixel" policy? After all, should something happen during shipping or in the hands of the retailer, are they going to let themselves be held responsible for damage that they may or may not have had anything to do with?
Perhaps I'm being overly skeptical on the last part there, but questions are made to be asked, after all.
Uh, have you *BEEN* to McDonald's? I wouldn't call any meat from there "fresh" ever...
Another buzzword for people to throw about like mad. Just what we need.
.plan files some used to the same purpose? Sure, you don't have to finger for the info as it's all on the web now, but it's the same concept, isn't it?
Seriously though, my head may be up my ass on this, but could someone tell me just what the difference between all these *logs and the now long-dead
Arguments of legality aside, I've fonud that BitTorrent is a great way to get files - when I managed to download a 700 meg linux ISO through torrent, it took just about 90 minutes as opposed to the eight plus hours it would have taken to get the file from the site distributing the file. The system itself has flaws, to be certain - the fact that working a .torrent can be a lot like DDOSing yourself (I can't get to anything else when it's running) is a drawback to say the least. However, I get my file quicker, so I'm not going to complain.
As for companies using bittorrent to distribute thier software - more power to them! I'm happy to see blizzard deciding to do this.