Nothing but absolute respect for how Apache is handling this. Were there issues that became apparent as a result of this? Yes. But have they discovered the flaws, acknowledged them, and are looking to close those holes? Yes.
It's a shame more companies can't operate with such...transparency I guess you'd call it. However, consumers respond differently to different types of companies.
I, for one, am proud to see a company take this seriously instead of trying to sweep it under the rug.
I'm a little torn on this. I'm all for freedom of just about everything - but only in stable societies. I'm not too much of an idealist to believe military states don't also have their usefulness.
Considering the grip the drug cartels have on the balls of that place I'm not too terrible surprised though. As Mexico's next door neighbor I really can't blame them for trying new tactics to deal with this situation.
I'm pretty sure I'm seeing some of this where I'm at now. Basically it has become a bad word to suggest you need a "server". There's the hardware cost, operational cost, and then most importantly to those signing the checks - the bureaucracy costs involved with running such.
The push has now become to just acquire a slot on the virtual machines they've started to toss up which has actually worked out damned well. What used to run on two giant racks now runs on one little blade server. Definitely a newer angle that I'm glad to see is finally taking hold nowadays.
It's not really a paradox. The simple solution is this: upgrade the technologies as the budget allows and train the damned pilots. It's not the kind of system where you have to have everything happen at once - this can definitely be done in phases.
"You know, all the Canadian health care bashing really gets to me."
Same here. Born USA, married to Canadian - so I've seen both sides of it. Frankly I had no choice but to be impressed by Canada's system. I asked everyone I could up there about it and their experiences and nothing as bad as I've heard of from people down in the states.
The biggest thing that actually set my stance on the universal health care debate was when I was talking to my dad who has been an electrician for all his life. He has to spend $600 a month on insurance for him and his wife because his employer (of 20+ years, mind you) still refuses to cover healthcare (and pretty much any benefit at all). How's that for loyalty? I can't imagine the average guy making $14/hr in construction can afford $600/mo just to keep his family healthy - that's just plain friggin nonsense.
Glad someone wrote this for me. Saved me some ranting. It's that craptastic mentality that shoved the consumer into piracy in the first place. 20 dollars still for a friggin cd? Come on guys. And why does't music depreciate? What's up with that? No, you're paying for the *enjoyment* of that music.
This is probably the first realistic argument AGAINST full body scanners that has appealed to my sense of reason.
Honestly - I didn't have an issue with the scanners. The only potential for abuse I saw was just seeing naked people all day and well...that doesn't bother me much. I'd rather someone see my dangly bits off in some other room than be patted down every damned time I go through an airport. To me THAT is more invasive. I honestly don't think it's the crisis that everyone's making it out to be for the most part - and I'm a pretty strong advocate for privacy otherwise. What I have to see with things that become privacy issues are *sound* potential abuses before I can really judge them to be problematic. Your argument is the first I've heard of where this can cause an immediate threat to someone's safety and livelihood - so thanks for pointing it out guys/gals.
Makes sense. I can see how this is good for finding rogue modified downloads, but I don't see the advantage when someone actually makes a formal release of this software. But perhaps that was point of the parent?
I have to ask...why make a clone of a game that already exists and sounds like is abandonware? It sounds like you could just as easily turn it into a rom and emulate it or something.
Now, if you're trying to just make a fun game that has the same spirit of one you loved - then I suggest you revamp it. Give it better graphics - give it a new story. Make it a whole new experience for the player - otherwise you're "reinventing the wheel" as they say.
Anywho - if you're planning on making money on making these games, or hell anything, I'd suggest doing as one of the other posters mentioned - set up a business for this. An LLC or some such - not a sole proprietorship or anything of that nature. You want a limitation on the liability you can incur. With this in place they can sue the business for its assets but not you and your assets (typically - unless there's fraud involved and whatnot). I think this is fair too because then you can establish a wall between money you earned from your endeavours and thus can prove true gains from this if they ever want to ream you for "damages". With this you have quantifiable proof of the limitation of the "damage" the developer incurred. Now this is only in respect to if you decide to push forward with making a copy of this other game. If you do decide to make something new I'd *still* suggest the same course of action. Any time you're taking money from people for work you're doing you absolutely want to limit your liability. To hell if I'm going to lose my house and my livelihood because some jackass says the RAM I installed burned down his house or whatever. Crazier things have happened.
In short: cover your ass, don't be a dick, educate yourself, and keep up the motivation.
Maybe I don't understand exactly how MD5 hashes work but wouldn't they change ANYWAY if you updated the software with new code? How would that tell the bad from the good? It just shows changed vs. unchanged - and if you provided an "updated" version that just means the change is "valid" and expected.
Is anyone REALLY surprised? This is the place that embraces the exploitation of others. If you don't want to get shaken down then don't go to Vegas. I sure as hell don't.
I definitely was a bit disappointed with the aspects you mention. I remember the fun of reading things like Sherlock Holmes and yes, even Encyclopedia Brown and getting such a joy out of being able to figure out the case before it was revealed.
I think given more time and a similar cast they could pull it off in a sequel - kind of the same way James Bond movies are connected but not necessarily linear. They can keep a similar spirit while going about it in totally different ways.
Fair statement - and that's fine. I got what I wanted from the film. I don't think it was a life changing experience but I didn't feel let down by it by any means.
Incoherent though? Not quite. I think it definitely meshes with the spirit of the old Sherlock Holmes stories. Now - could have it been better? I'll definitely agree that it could have. I think what sold me on this film was that by the end of the movie most/all of my questions were answered (I REALLY hate open ended plot holes that feel like a cop-out to really having to explain how xyz fit into the picture) and a strong main cast. I haven't followed Downey closely previously but I'm now more of a fan of him - as well as Jude Law. I'd love to see the two of them work together more in the future as they seem to work really well together.
And no, I don't think this movie is for everyone - I'd believe there's a much wider audience for Avatar - (probably families/kids I'd suspect). But for me, Sherlock Holmes definitely nailed my interests far better.:)
"Given that the big alternatives were Sherlock Holmes or Alvin & the Chipmunks, I think the winner was clear."
What the heck - Sherlock Holmes was infinitely better. Avatar was nice and all but nowhere near as entertaining, IMO. That comment is damned near trolling! *shakes fist* And get off my lawn!
Haha, so true. I heard someone bought the dns for the old master servers and put them back up - but haven't tested this yet. That'd be badass though if that's true. I mean heck, Starcraft is still in action, why not tribes?!
Also - is T2 still running? I didn't like it as much but it could be a handy substitute.
"Guard against scaring them into giving you false information - sometimes employees fear that they are being watched and may falsify their claimed work load and you end up hiring people to compensate the inflated demand."
This is a HUGE issue with trying to track time for task completion. People start seeing it as micromanagement instead of this information being used to see what the actual workload is. I think the key to this is to let the IT staff manage this data collection and present the final report quarterly to management - this way it's not management that appears to be like some overload, it's the IT group just tracking time per task.
Although - there really should be a measure of how much time you spend measuring time. UGH.
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But this also bans devices such as backup drives that *are* legal for use in these facilities...
Nothing but absolute respect for how Apache is handling this. Were there issues that became apparent as a result of this? Yes. But have they discovered the flaws, acknowledged them, and are looking to close those holes? Yes.
It's a shame more companies can't operate with such...transparency I guess you'd call it. However, consumers respond differently to different types of companies.
I, for one, am proud to see a company take this seriously instead of trying to sweep it under the rug.
I'm a little torn on this. I'm all for freedom of just about everything - but only in stable societies. I'm not too much of an idealist to believe military states don't also have their usefulness.
Considering the grip the drug cartels have on the balls of that place I'm not too terrible surprised though. As Mexico's next door neighbor I really can't blame them for trying new tactics to deal with this situation.
Perhaps I'm out of touch with technews but...
youtube.com. beatport.com newgrounds.com etc. There are still very valid markets for flash out there.
To one aircraft at a time - not to all.
Hah, I'll admit - I chuckled a bit.
I'm pretty sure I'm seeing some of this where I'm at now. Basically it has become a bad word to suggest you need a "server". There's the hardware cost, operational cost, and then most importantly to those signing the checks - the bureaucracy costs involved with running such.
The push has now become to just acquire a slot on the virtual machines they've started to toss up which has actually worked out damned well. What used to run on two giant racks now runs on one little blade server. Definitely a newer angle that I'm glad to see is finally taking hold nowadays.
It's not really a paradox. The simple solution is this: upgrade the technologies as the budget allows and train the damned pilots. It's not the kind of system where you have to have everything happen at once - this can definitely be done in phases.
Don't give you damned kids an iphone if you're worried about the content they may come across. Why, back in my day...
"You know, all the Canadian health care bashing really gets to me." Same here. Born USA, married to Canadian - so I've seen both sides of it. Frankly I had no choice but to be impressed by Canada's system. I asked everyone I could up there about it and their experiences and nothing as bad as I've heard of from people down in the states. The biggest thing that actually set my stance on the universal health care debate was when I was talking to my dad who has been an electrician for all his life. He has to spend $600 a month on insurance for him and his wife because his employer (of 20+ years, mind you) still refuses to cover healthcare (and pretty much any benefit at all). How's that for loyalty? I can't imagine the average guy making $14/hr in construction can afford $600/mo just to keep his family healthy - that's just plain friggin nonsense.
Glad someone wrote this for me. Saved me some ranting. It's that craptastic mentality that shoved the consumer into piracy in the first place. 20 dollars still for a friggin cd? Come on guys. And why does't music depreciate? What's up with that? No, you're paying for the *enjoyment* of that music.
This is probably the first realistic argument AGAINST full body scanners that has appealed to my sense of reason.
Honestly - I didn't have an issue with the scanners. The only potential for abuse I saw was just seeing naked people all day and well...that doesn't bother me much. I'd rather someone see my dangly bits off in some other room than be patted down every damned time I go through an airport. To me THAT is more invasive. I honestly don't think it's the crisis that everyone's making it out to be for the most part - and I'm a pretty strong advocate for privacy otherwise. What I have to see with things that become privacy issues are *sound* potential abuses before I can really judge them to be problematic. Your argument is the first I've heard of where this can cause an immediate threat to someone's safety and livelihood - so thanks for pointing it out guys/gals.
"What, besides shutting down leaky old nuclear plants, could be done to better control release of tritium into the environment?""
You don't. You run a long-ass hose to the closest Tokamak or equivalent fusion project you can find.
Makes sense. I can see how this is good for finding rogue modified downloads, but I don't see the advantage when someone actually makes a formal release of this software. But perhaps that was point of the parent?
I have to ask...why make a clone of a game that already exists and sounds like is abandonware? It sounds like you could just as easily turn it into a rom and emulate it or something.
Now, if you're trying to just make a fun game that has the same spirit of one you loved - then I suggest you revamp it. Give it better graphics - give it a new story. Make it a whole new experience for the player - otherwise you're "reinventing the wheel" as they say.
Anywho - if you're planning on making money on making these games, or hell anything, I'd suggest doing as one of the other posters mentioned - set up a business for this. An LLC or some such - not a sole proprietorship or anything of that nature. You want a limitation on the liability you can incur. With this in place they can sue the business for its assets but not you and your assets (typically - unless there's fraud involved and whatnot). I think this is fair too because then you can establish a wall between money you earned from your endeavours and thus can prove true gains from this if they ever want to ream you for "damages". With this you have quantifiable proof of the limitation of the "damage" the developer incurred. Now this is only in respect to if you decide to push forward with making a copy of this other game. If you do decide to make something new I'd *still* suggest the same course of action. Any time you're taking money from people for work you're doing you absolutely want to limit your liability. To hell if I'm going to lose my house and my livelihood because some jackass says the RAM I installed burned down his house or whatever. Crazier things have happened.
In short: cover your ass, don't be a dick, educate yourself, and keep up the motivation.
Maybe I don't understand exactly how MD5 hashes work but wouldn't they change ANYWAY if you updated the software with new code? How would that tell the bad from the good? It just shows changed vs. unchanged - and if you provided an "updated" version that just means the change is "valid" and expected.
Is anyone REALLY surprised? This is the place that embraces the exploitation of others. If you don't want to get shaken down then don't go to Vegas. I sure as hell don't.
I definitely was a bit disappointed with the aspects you mention. I remember the fun of reading things like Sherlock Holmes and yes, even Encyclopedia Brown and getting such a joy out of being able to figure out the case before it was revealed.
I think given more time and a similar cast they could pull it off in a sequel - kind of the same way James Bond movies are connected but not necessarily linear. They can keep a similar spirit while going about it in totally different ways.
Wow, I had never even heard about T3 - that's pretty bad.
Maybe THIS is the end of the world everyone's talking about...
Fair statement - and that's fine. I got what I wanted from the film. I don't think it was a life changing experience but I didn't feel let down by it by any means.
Incoherent though? Not quite. I think it definitely meshes with the spirit of the old Sherlock Holmes stories. Now - could have it been better? I'll definitely agree that it could have. I think what sold me on this film was that by the end of the movie most/all of my questions were answered (I REALLY hate open ended plot holes that feel like a cop-out to really having to explain how xyz fit into the picture) and a strong main cast. I haven't followed Downey closely previously but I'm now more of a fan of him - as well as Jude Law. I'd love to see the two of them work together more in the future as they seem to work really well together.
And no, I don't think this movie is for everyone - I'd believe there's a much wider audience for Avatar - (probably families/kids I'd suspect). But for me, Sherlock Holmes definitely nailed my interests far better. :)
"Given that the big alternatives were Sherlock Holmes or Alvin & the Chipmunks, I think the winner was clear."
What the heck - Sherlock Holmes was infinitely better. Avatar was nice and all but nowhere near as entertaining, IMO. That comment is damned near trolling! *shakes fist* And get off my lawn!
Haha, so true. I heard someone bought the dns for the old master servers and put them back up - but haven't tested this yet. That'd be badass though if that's true. I mean heck, Starcraft is still in action, why not tribes?!
Also - is T2 still running? I didn't like it as much but it could be a handy substitute.
"Guard against scaring them into giving you false information - sometimes employees fear that they are being watched and may falsify their claimed work load and you end up hiring people to compensate the inflated demand." This is a HUGE issue with trying to track time for task completion. People start seeing it as micromanagement instead of this information being used to see what the actual workload is. I think the key to this is to let the IT staff manage this data collection and present the final report quarterly to management - this way it's not management that appears to be like some overload, it's the IT group just tracking time per task. Although - there really should be a measure of how much time you spend measuring time. UGH.
I don't envy you, sir.