Perhaps. But BF1942 has enough bugs to keep people willing to try out a different multiplayer game I think.:) The netcode's buggy as hell.
Just an interesting aside, since you're doing a comparison. The demo for UT2003 is 100M, the one for BF1942 is around 150M. Now, I'm still downloading UT2003, but either the BF1942 guys code inefficiently, or there's nowhere near as much depth in the UT2003 demo. Or the games are like apples and oranges. Guess I'll find out in about..3 mins, 52 secs.:)
Hhahhaha.... too true. What's funny is, I don't rip off music I like. If I download something and it's shit, I delete it. I exclusively buy CDs of bands I enjoy. Other music I sample because there's no way in hell I'm paying 15 bucks for a CD that may have a single song that's good on it (and more often than not, that's the way it is).
"This is a case about choice -- creators should not be forced to give away the results of their effort for free. They should have the choice of whether to give it away or sell it."
It seems that the majority of creators aren't getting the chance to make that decision. The RIAA with its arrogant presumption is making the decision for everyone by pursuing these services.
Yes, leather. Well, in could be pleather, but still. I'm ok with a girl that wears leather for fashion. As long as that doesn't translate to ball gags and whips, of course.
You mean you know better today. Unless you already knew about this particular "feature", why would you suspect that participating in a doc edit session, even from someone you DO know, would be a problem?
And this particular attack is much more likely to come from someone you know, say a former coworker, than a stranger.
I was fully expecting replies like this, and you're right -- it's much more likely to come from someone you know. And I'm not saying there's no bug there, because there definitely is. I just see a lot of security issues come up these days that are almost 50/50 social engineering and bug.
That's very true unfortunately. However, it's nice having full access to every unretouched photo from every shoot;)
I'd rather like to see the photos without the blemishes.:) It's not like they're photoshopping on the underwear. Now if THAT were the case you'd truly be a bastard.:)
For the same reason we no longer see security fixes and patch support for Windows 3.1. It's OLD. Newer products like Office 2000 and XP are probably easier to patch than the old convoluted mess that is Office 97. I mean the product's at least five years old. Let it go.
You can't fault Microsoft for gullible people being susceptable to social engineering. If I get a document from someone I don't know, asking me to revise it and send it back to them, I know better.
Must be a slow day for nerd news or something. On the other hand it's nice to see an extremely negative review of a book -- most/. reviews are glowingly positive ones.
Hey, I program in ASP. Flame me if you like, but hey it's a good paying job.:D
Anyway, I'm not advocating tiny variables for the actual dynamic script side of code, merely for the HTML heading out to the client. And I only cited that as an example.:D One bad thing I see all over the place is people using a trillion indents and linefeeds to split up sections of code. Blech!
Oh I agree text compresses well, but I'm talking about overall savings on the order of maybe a few k or b a day on a page. For sites like say Yahoo or (gag) MSN that get many thousands of hits a day, perhaps the cumulative savings will add up.
I wonder how much bandwidth could be saved annually if people who developed webpages maybe optimized their html a little better? Removing extraneous spacings, simplifying form field namings ("fn" instead of "FirstName"), that kind of thing. Especially sites that get insane amounts of traffic. You know, like Slashdot.:)
Agreed. But good luck trying to convince the whole world at once, because that's what you'd have to do. Sure it'd be nice if we in the western world were peace mongers, but others aren't. You can be damn sure they'll take advantage of that fact as well.
Not me, not with Slashdot at least.:) I'm used to it occasionally having bouts of slowness. I get worried when CNN doesn't load for a long time though.
Oddly, I agree with you there. It's inevitable that someone will try to outdo 9|11, perhaps to finish what was started (the rumored failed attempt to hit the white house?). Scary thought. What a fucking world we live in, eh
That's a very interesting post! Personally I predict a future where there's definitely a split between the people who play along with DRM and those that don't. Those that don't will work with software, protocols and operating systems developed under open source mandates. These will operate on a new platform of hardware equipment including CPUs and motherboards developed by some kind of consortium of companies and/or organization opposed to DRM methods and policies. The computer industry is definitely going to get interesting, no matter what comes to pass.
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Ya man. It's 2002 and I still can't order a pizza online for delivery. What a crock that movie.
If DRM and Palladium take off in a big way and all motherboard manufacturers get on the bandwagon with MS and Intel (and I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't, being motivated by $$$), AMD would quickly find themselves without a piece of the pie. Chances are pretty good they'll fall in line.
Wait until they dig it up and find the massive deposit of frozen MANURE underneath that created the methane. That'll be the real environmental disaster, oh yeah.:P
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Just an interesting aside, since you're doing a comparison. The demo for UT2003 is 100M, the one for BF1942 is around 150M. Now, I'm still downloading UT2003, but either the BF1942 guys code inefficiently, or there's nowhere near as much depth in the UT2003 demo. Or the games are like apples and oranges. Guess I'll find out in about..3 mins, 52 secs. :)
Hhahhaha.... too true. What's funny is, I don't rip off music I like. If I download something and it's shit, I delete it. I exclusively buy CDs of bands I enjoy. Other music I sample because there's no way in hell I'm paying 15 bucks for a CD that may have a single song that's good on it (and more often than not, that's the way it is).
It seems that the majority of creators aren't getting the chance to make that decision. The RIAA with its arrogant presumption is making the decision for everyone by pursuing these services.
Yes, leather. Well, in could be pleather, but still. I'm ok with a girl that wears leather for fashion. As long as that doesn't translate to ball gags and whips, of course.
And this particular attack is much more likely to come from someone you know, say a former coworker, than a stranger.
I was fully expecting replies like this, and you're right -- it's much more likely to come from someone you know. And I'm not saying there's no bug there, because there definitely is. I just see a lot of security issues come up these days that are almost 50/50 social engineering and bug.
I'd rather like to see the photos without the blemishes. :) It's not like they're photoshopping on the underwear. Now if THAT were the case you'd truly be a bastard. :)
Something tells me the photoshoots aren't happening in the server room or on developers' desks in cubicleville.
Come on guys, this is no way to help a lady. :) Quit being kings of your particular castles and lend a helping hand.
Just my 2c!
You can't fault Microsoft for gullible people being susceptable to social engineering. If I get a document from someone I don't know, asking me to revise it and send it back to them, I know better.
Must be a slow day for nerd news or something. On the other hand it's nice to see an extremely negative review of a book -- most /. reviews are glowingly positive ones.
Anyway, I'm not advocating tiny variables for the actual dynamic script side of code, merely for the HTML heading out to the client. And I only cited that as an example. :D One bad thing I see all over the place is people using a trillion indents and linefeeds to split up sections of code. Blech!
Oh I agree text compresses well, but I'm talking about overall savings on the order of maybe a few k or b a day on a page. For sites like say Yahoo or (gag) MSN that get many thousands of hits a day, perhaps the cumulative savings will add up.
I wonder how much bandwidth could be saved annually if people who developed webpages maybe optimized their html a little better? Removing extraneous spacings, simplifying form field namings ("fn" instead of "FirstName"), that kind of thing. Especially sites that get insane amounts of traffic. You know, like Slashdot. :)
Agreed. But good luck trying to convince the whole world at once, because that's what you'd have to do. Sure it'd be nice if we in the western world were peace mongers, but others aren't. You can be damn sure they'll take advantage of that fact as well.
Not me, not with Slashdot at least. :) I'm used to it occasionally having bouts of slowness. I get worried when CNN doesn't load for a long time though.
Oddly, I agree with you there. It's inevitable that someone will try to outdo 9|11, perhaps to finish what was started (the rumored failed attempt to hit the white house?). Scary thought. What a fucking world we live in, eh
The posting's link is to a CNN page, dumbass.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
Credit to whoever posted this earlier, it's a great link.
That's a very interesting post! Personally I predict a future where there's definitely a split between the people who play along with DRM and those that don't. Those that don't will work with software, protocols and operating systems developed under open source mandates. These will operate on a new platform of hardware equipment including CPUs and motherboards developed by some kind of consortium of companies and/or organization opposed to DRM methods and policies. The computer industry is definitely going to get interesting, no matter what comes to pass.
Ya man. It's 2002 and I still can't order a pizza online for delivery. What a crock that movie.
Suffice to say, all of this is going to blow.
Is it legal?
It's their platform. Why not? Of course, you can always switch to something else. :)
Some people have family that like to read their blogs. Some people even have FRIENDS that like to read their blogs.
Wait until they dig it up and find the massive deposit of frozen MANURE underneath that created the methane. That'll be the real environmental disaster, oh yeah. :P