Good comments are not there to document what is obvious from reading the code they must add another information that one will not easily get otherwise.
For example, instead of a comment that explains *how* something works write comments when it's necessary to explain *why* you implemented things that way.
I didn't know that one. I'm not sure it should count though. From what I see on the web it wasn't meant to be a sequel to PoP and they added that to the title later.
But thanks for the info!
There was the original Prince Of Persia, its sequel Prince Of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame with better graphics, Prince Of Persia 3D, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time and the finally the new one Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within.
Well in theory, GIMP is enough to create any picture, no? It's a question of the skills of the artists and what they want to achieve.
If I need a photorealistic picture of a flower for some commercial purpose, I'll buy one from a photograph. But if I'm a 3d artist doing 3d for fun, I'll make the picture myself and improve my skills in the process.
I don't think there is anything masochistic in using the tools you like.
When I first heard about the rally to gather the money to free the Blender source I was a bit skeptical that it would work but then I was amazed to see how quickly people answered the call. It seems that all this great stuff we can see in the reel was in part possible thanks to that.
This is just a calendar coincidence not any kind of astronomical event. And in fact it happens quite often. So really, there is nothing special to see here. Was that really worth mentioning on slashdot?
The only real way to protect against such attacks is to keep the confidential data on a separate network not connected to the internet.
If you don't do that it takes only one person being tricked into installing a trojan and it's over. And I can think of a lot of ways to trick someone other than sending an email with a clickmeifyouredumb.exe file.
It had rather poor gameplay, just a collection of old puzzles. The whole interest of this game was that it was the first PC game that was available only on CD-ROM and was based on videos. As such, most people who bought a CD-ROM drive at the time bought it, just so that their expensive device would have some use (or at least some respectable use;)
Sure they are going to invest more money in the games and with the new capabilities of the graphics cards we are going to see some amazing graphics.
But they are going to be even less willing to take the risk to innovate than before. A high-quality game isn't just last year's game with prettier graphics.
What about John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider (1975)? It's not only a cyberpunk precursor but also a "hacker" novel. Vinge is a great author, but the cyberpunk genre is based on the work of many different authors.
A modern OS should take a paranoid approach to any installed software. Every privilege that an application needs should be explicitely granted by the user. For example: it's OK to give a web browser permission to open connections on the internet but not to get access to a user's personal files. An application should only get access to files related to it. Most applications don't need an unlimited access. A user based system, while better than nothing, is not enough to solve the problem. Trusting the author of every software we install has become impossible, so we need a solution that allows us to safely run software we don't trust and is simple enough that the average user can use it.
I never managed to see them (oh the hours of frustration while staring at static). But Red/Blue anaglyphs are really cool and would make a much more playable game.
This is good news but there is hardly any spam problem here in Switzerland. To my knowledge I've received only one spam message advertising a Swiss company from a Swiss provider. I reported it to the provider who assured me that they had a policy against spam and would take appropriate actions to ensure it would not happen again. Compared to the tons of spam I receive from the rest of the world everyday, this law isn't going to change anything for me.
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Good comments are not there to document what is obvious from reading the code they must add another information that one will not easily get otherwise.
For example, instead of a comment that explains *how* something works write comments when it's necessary to explain *why* you implemented things that way.
I didn't know that one. I'm not sure it should count though. From what I see on the web it wasn't meant to be a sequel to PoP and they added that to the title later. But thanks for the info!
There was the original Prince Of Persia, its sequel Prince Of Persia 2: The Shadow and The Flame with better graphics, Prince Of Persia 3D, Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time and the finally the new one Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within.
Prince Of Persia 2 was released about 10 years ago, it was a great game but it's a bit late to announce its release on slashdot.
And this is not the first time there is a slashdot story about it.
Actually it seems I was wrong, now their website is working and they still have affordable USB kits: http://www.cypress.com/
I bought a Cypress USB kit a few years ago, it's quite cool. Is that company still in business? Their website seems to be gone.
Well in theory, GIMP is enough to create any picture, no? It's a question of the skills of the artists and what they want to achieve.
If I need a photorealistic picture of a flower for some commercial purpose, I'll buy one from a photograph. But if I'm a 3d artist doing 3d for fun, I'll make the picture myself and improve my skills in the process.
I don't think there is anything masochistic in using the tools you like.
When I first heard about the rally to gather the money to free the Blender source I was a bit skeptical that it would work but then I was amazed to see how quickly people answered the call.
It seems that all this great stuff we can see in the reel was in part possible thanks to that.
This is just a calendar coincidence not any kind of astronomical event. And in fact it happens quite often. So really, there is nothing special to see here. Was that really worth mentioning on slashdot?
WOW, A whole economy based on stupid, greedy people.
Best definition for "capitalism" I've ever seen!
It's not just you. Games were a lot more fun when I was 12 too. ;)
The only real way to protect against such attacks is to keep the confidential data on a separate network not connected to the internet. If you don't do that it takes only one person being tricked into installing a trojan and it's over. And I can think of a lot of ways to trick someone other than sending an email with a clickmeifyouredumb.exe file.
It had rather poor gameplay, just a collection of old puzzles. The whole interest of this game was that it was the first PC game that was available only on CD-ROM and was based on videos. As such, most people who bought a CD-ROM drive at the time bought it, just so that their expensive device would have some use (or at least some respectable use ;)
Yes it could very well be a trojan. But then that is true of any software you download. It's never going to be 100% safe.
Maybe today is a good day to frag noobs ^_^
Sure they are going to invest more money in the games and with the new capabilities of the graphics cards we are going to see some amazing graphics.
But they are going to be even less willing to take the risk to innovate than before. A high-quality game isn't just last year's game with prettier graphics.
What about John Brunner's The Shockwave Rider (1975)? It's not only a cyberpunk precursor but also a "hacker" novel. Vinge is a great author, but the cyberpunk genre is based on the work of many different authors.
A modern OS should take a paranoid approach to any installed software. Every privilege that an application needs should be explicitely granted by the user. For example: it's OK to give a web browser permission to open connections on the internet but not to get access to a user's personal files. An application should only get access to files related to it. Most applications don't need an unlimited access. A user based system, while better than nothing, is not enough to solve the problem.
Trusting the author of every software we install has become impossible, so we need a solution that allows us to safely run software we don't trust and is simple enough that the average user can use it.
Sure that would abolish hunger for a short while but what will people do after they've eaten their pony?
I don't think you're allowed to post copyrighted Microsoft code here.
I never managed to see them (oh the hours of frustration while staring at static). But Red/Blue anaglyphs are really cool and would make a much more playable game.
Sorry, I just had to say it.
This is good news but there is hardly any spam problem here in Switzerland. To my knowledge I've received only one spam message advertising a Swiss company from a Swiss provider. I reported it to the provider who assured me that they had a policy against spam and would take appropriate actions to ensure it would not happen again.
Compared to the tons of spam I receive from the rest of the world everyday, this law isn't going to change anything for me.
My guess is that many applications use self-modifying code as part of their anti-piracy/anti-reverse-engineering protection.