That would certainly locate the watermark, but random garbage doesn't cure the problem. The watermark probably has a checksum with it. Like the last digit on your average barcode. Some function of the watermark data must be equal to the checksum value. Certainly someone can reverse engineer that or crack the program and remove the check, but it will be harder.
I'm so used to poorly written crap on the internet that I didn't get the joke until I saw "QEWTRY":-)
Reminds me of this: http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~jn429/cambscramb/ (just with better grammar)::Cue a joke about how this post has a spelling or grammar mistake::
I agree! I make a ton of typos, but manage to correct them almost instantly by pressing ctrl+shift+left and retyping the word. I found that each typing test score me as making a ton of mistakes because I will type two or three more words before I realize none of my text it getting through but I am racking up mistakes.
A friend and I were discussing this very idea earlier today. Duct tape could make a for a very good gameplay mechanic.
If you got duct tape you could attach your flash light to a weapon, but it takes some time to do/undo. Or you could hold it in one hand and use your pistol like police officers are trained to do.
If you read (and fully understood) the article, you would realize that a fully hardware accelerated windowing system is not all that Microsoft promises with this new stuff.
The other stuff I see as being BIG are the changes to DirectX such as removing a lot of the fixed function pipeline features. They are pushing the GPU to be more generalized which is a good thing.
Microsoft is really hyping up Longhorn and none of the meat of Avalon has made it into the technical previews. Judging by the Ctrl+Alt+Del animations, the smooth color fades in Explorer, the few existing vector graphics, the other random programmer art in the technical previews, Avalon is going to be IMPRESSIVE.
Whether you like MS or not (which you don't, this is slashdot), they have the programming and graphical resources to pull this off in a very big way.
How much bandwidth will that person have to consume?;-)
Thinking about it. There are hundreds of varying ways to reduce bandwidth overhead, but there are two primary reasons why people could always (and I mean ALWAYS) use more bandwidth.
1) Reducing bandwidth requires thought and time from developers as well as end users. Developers need to keep the size of the data sent down and end users need to use web friendly graphics or compress files. All that requires additional development time as well as end user training.
2) The more bandwidth the more global things can become. I would love to be able to go to any computer in the world and instantly load a full size movie. A full high definition quality, full length movie is a pretty heafty file and even streaming such a video needs a lot of bandwidth. What if I wanted to jump to any point in the video and fast forward and do all sorts of crazy stuff? I need the thickest water pipes possible:-)
yyeeaaaaa... that seems to be a big problem with prompts.
Prompts for many people become an extension of the action that caused the prompt.
Example: How many times have you deleted a file through windows explorer only to to go "oh crap" and go get it out of the recycling bin. If you are an average user, you now ask "wtf is the recycling bin", if you are a clumbsy power user.. the answer is "A LOT".
I am still a huge fan of the "power-tool security method" (tm of Brandon Bloom). Basicly, every potentially dangerous action should require a secondary action that indicates you understand the dangers involved with the primary action. You need to hold two buttons in order to turn on a modern table saw. The first button turns on the saw, and the second button turns on the button that turns on the saw.
In the case of deleting files, reversability (having a recycling bin) cures the problem.
But for install-on-demand, shell: links, etc: I want a prompt that has a "OK" button that changes to be "Continue" when you check a box labeled "I understand the potential dangers and wish to continue."
I created a shell link inside Office Word 2003 and when I clicked it I was warned that the hyperlink contained a potentially dangerous target and that I should only proceed if I trusted the source of the document. This warning does not appear for http, https, ftp, or other common "safe" protocols.
similar situation over here in NY, USA. The lottery is a non-profit organization. If I recall correctly, about 40% of the income from lottery ticket sales goes back out in the form of prizes and to pay salaries, manufacturing costs etc. The rest goes to the education and roads and highway systems.
Casino odds are wwaaaay better than lotto odds, but lotto payouts are much higher and you are indirectly donating to charity. Granted those facts, people who actually gamble hundreds of dollars a week away on scratch off tickets should still be executed:-)
People are reading the summary and then this article and saying "bias! bias! bais!".
Re-read it carefully!
The summary is making it out to say that the article is suggesting windows is the most secure OS (or at least more secure than OSX). Clearly, the article is simply saying that all the OSes are equally insecure. The summary was written by a true slashdot/linux--fan in a way (intentionally or not) that influenced the opinions I see in these comments.
A table is a class A row is an object A field is a property
granted I am an OOP programer, but still... I can't even begin to understand why this is wrong for SIMPLE OBJECTS. I could see where concerns can come in with respect to inheritance and etc. But MS WinFS and the corresponding ObjectSpace namespace of the coming.NET 2.0 seems to be carrying the objects in a database idea to extreams and working well in the betas.
We have already GONE there. Java,.NET, fancy smancy libraries for C and C++ all exist and are all far far safer than the old stuff lieing around. Microsoft has taken notice of the security trends are and introducing many backwards compatability breaking changes into XP SP2. When Microsoft *knowingly* breaks backwards compatability, you know they mean business (see this article, even tho I agree with the "MSDN Camp": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html ). Even tho everyone on/. hates them, you can't deny that when Microsoft starts a "bet the company" style trend, that the rest of the tech world doesn't play along.
You can't make up the fact that the album in #1 right now, but is the recording industry saying "if people did not accept the copy protection then the sales would be lower"? Did it ever occur to them that maybe it is just a really good album and that the people buying it are people who don't steal music anyways?
From what I understand, most people who used to buy CDs from before Mp3s were popular STILL DO. Sales are up aren't they? I personally never used to buy CDs. I would just listen to the radio. Mp3s are convienient because they are commercial free and I can play DJ, but if they didn't exist I would be listening to the radio and not buying albums. Most people I speak to feel the same way.
While the algo may be new, the idea certainly isn't. Direct3D has built in support for optimized meshes, the ROAM algo http://gamasutra.com/features/20000403/turner_01.h tm is in wide use. In fact, pretty much all 3d gemoetric level of detail techniques rely on collapsing "flat" areas. The source data for the geometry can also compress geometric data with stuff like NURBS and other parametric surfaces which is probably much better than some sort of lossy compression. With the coming "DirectX Next", OGL 2, and newer video cards, parametric surfaces (read: infinite curve detail) will easily become the norm.
ATI and nVidia are in what I like to call "good competition". I can choose one or the other with minimal negative side effects for either choice. Their products are complete substitutes for each other and that is good. They force each other to be innovative.
The current (and for the forseeable future) situtation with operating systems isn't so wonderful. Mac, Windows, Linux, and Unix are certainly in "bad competition". I can't switch between them that easily. If I choose the wrong one I've got major problems. Can't run this game on Linux, can't get that application for Mac, constantly fighting spyware on Windows, etc. Their products fill different, but similar needs. Maybe it is just the nature of the product, but it really sucks. Sure the normal rules of competition apply, you need to have better stuff than the compedators. Unfortunatly, operating system vendors can easily lock you into their product. Changing my video card may cause an visual artifact in 1 out of 20 games, but changing my operating system is gonna throw a wrench in everything.
Platform independant applications exist, but we aren't quite there yet. I think more effort needs to be put into this. Personally, I really like the.NET framework and would love to see it become the standard for cross platform applications. I would also love to see cross platform applications become the standard;-)
I think Microsoft sees that they will not be able to hold onto the operating system market forever and I believe they are making a good move (both for themselves and for the industry) by depreciating native Win32 in Longhorn. Hopefully, the bet-the-company mentality will let them force people to accept change.
Wasn't the PS2's Emotion Engine chip supposed to totally rock our world? I seem to remember the PS2 having awsome graphics only to have its ass handed to it shortly afterwards by ATI and nVidia.
As an earlier poster said, Sony sucks at designing things with developer considerations. Apparently the PS2 is a nightmare to code for.
What guarentee is there that this chip will really be revolutionary? And what has been done to ensure that it can be utilized?
There are two cable lines. A supposibly independant line to the modem, and one to three analog receivers/tvs and two digital receivers. I am willing to bet the two independant lines are split just outside my house:-)
In any case, it is super annoying to be dropped from a game only to be able to instantly rejoin it. And its even more annoying when you miss ONE instant message out of a stream of 10 and completely loose track of the conversation.:-/
I would be very interested to know how you got this resolved.
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That would certainly locate the watermark, but random garbage doesn't cure the problem. The watermark probably has a checksum with it. Like the last digit on your average barcode. Some function of the watermark data must be equal to the checksum value. Certainly someone can reverse engineer that or crack the program and remove the check, but it will be harder.
I'm so used to poorly written crap on the internet that I didn't get the joke until I saw "QEWTRY" :-)
t with better grammar) ::Cue a joke about how this post has a spelling or grammar mistake::
Reminds me of this: http://stage.itp.nyu.edu/~jn429/cambscramb/
(jus
I agree! I make a ton of typos, but manage to correct them almost instantly by pressing ctrl+shift+left and retyping the word. I found that each typing test score me as making a ton of mistakes because I will type two or three more words before I realize none of my text it getting through but I am racking up mistakes.
apparent b/c i got first post.. i must be addicted to the net or at least slash dot
A friend and I were discussing this very idea earlier today. Duct tape could make a for a very good gameplay mechanic.
If you got duct tape you could attach your flash light to a weapon, but it takes some time to do/undo. Or you could hold it in one hand and use your pistol like police officers are trained to do.
If you read (and fully understood) the article, you would realize that a fully hardware accelerated windowing system is not all that Microsoft promises with this new stuff.
The other stuff I see as being BIG are the changes to DirectX such as removing a lot of the fixed function pipeline features. They are pushing the GPU to be more generalized which is a good thing.
Microsoft is really hyping up Longhorn and none of the meat of Avalon has made it into the technical previews. Judging by the Ctrl+Alt+Del animations, the smooth color fades in Explorer, the few existing vector graphics, the other random programmer art in the technical previews, Avalon is going to be IMPRESSIVE.
Whether you like MS or not (which you don't, this is slashdot), they have the programming and graphical resources to pull this off in a very big way.
How much bandwidth will that person have to consume? ;-)
:-)
Thinking about it. There are hundreds of varying ways to reduce bandwidth overhead, but there are two primary reasons why people could always (and I mean ALWAYS) use more bandwidth.
1) Reducing bandwidth requires thought and time from developers as well as end users. Developers need to keep the size of the data sent down and end users need to use web friendly graphics or compress files. All that requires additional development time as well as end user training.
2) The more bandwidth the more global things can become. I would love to be able to go to any computer in the world and instantly load a full size movie. A full high definition quality, full length movie is a pretty heafty file and even streaming such a video needs a lot of bandwidth. What if I wanted to jump to any point in the video and fast forward and do all sorts of crazy stuff? I need the thickest water pipes possible
yyeeaaaaa... that seems to be a big problem with prompts.
Prompts for many people become an extension of the action that caused the prompt.
Example:
How many times have you deleted a file through windows explorer only to to go "oh crap" and go get it out of the recycling bin. If you are an average user, you now ask "wtf is the recycling bin", if you are a clumbsy power user.. the answer is "A LOT".
I am still a huge fan of the "power-tool security method" (tm of Brandon Bloom). Basicly, every potentially dangerous action should require a secondary action that indicates you understand the dangers involved with the primary action. You need to hold two buttons in order to turn on a modern table saw. The first button turns on the saw, and the second button turns on the button that turns on the saw.
In the case of deleting files, reversability (having a recycling bin) cures the problem.
But for install-on-demand, shell: links, etc: I want a prompt that has a "OK" button that changes to be "Continue" when you check a box labeled "I understand the potential dangers and wish to continue."
(that subject is a great way to get modded down)
I created a shell link inside Office Word 2003 and when I clicked it I was warned that the hyperlink contained a potentially dangerous target and that I should only proceed if I trusted the source of the document. This warning does not appear for http, https, ftp, or other common "safe" protocols.
I do not have MSN available for testing.
similar situation over here in NY, USA. The lottery is a non-profit organization. If I recall correctly, about 40% of the income from lottery ticket sales goes back out in the form of prizes and to pay salaries, manufacturing costs etc. The rest goes to the education and roads and highway systems.
:-)
Casino odds are wwaaaay better than lotto odds, but lotto payouts are much higher and you are indirectly donating to charity. Granted those facts, people who actually gamble hundreds of dollars a week away on scratch off tickets should still be executed
People are reading the summary and then this article and saying "bias! bias! bais!".
Re-read it carefully!
The summary is making it out to say that the article is suggesting windows is the most secure OS (or at least more secure than OSX). Clearly, the article is simply saying that all the OSes are equally insecure. The summary was written by a true slashdot/linux--fan in a way (intentionally or not) that influenced the opinions I see in these comments.
I have always believed that
.NET 2.0 seems to be carrying the objects in a database idea to extreams and working well in the betas.
A table is a class
A row is an object
A field is a property
granted I am an OOP programer, but still... I can't even begin to understand why this is wrong for SIMPLE OBJECTS. I could see where concerns can come in with respect to inheritance and etc. But MS WinFS and the corresponding ObjectSpace namespace of the coming
We have already GONE there. Java, .NET, fancy smancy libraries for C and C++ all exist and are all far far safer than the old stuff lieing around. Microsoft has taken notice of the security trends are and introducing many backwards compatability breaking changes into XP SP2. When Microsoft *knowingly* breaks backwards compatability, you know they mean business (see this article, even tho I agree with the "MSDN Camp": http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html ). Even tho everyone on /. hates them, you can't deny that when Microsoft starts a "bet the company" style trend, that the rest of the tech world doesn't play along.
I am so ashamed...
I had it right in my first post... hehe
I am an idiot for not using preview... correction:
/" at the end of my br tags!
Karma: <Speak Voice="Mr.Burns>Excellent</Speak>
p.s. This post was HTML instead of "Plain Old Text" and yes I did put the "
I agree with the AC...
but just because you brought it up, the signature sould read:
Karma: Excellent
...a fifty dollar backwards compatability module?
I wonder if that would be possible
You can't make up the fact that the album in #1 right now, but is the recording industry saying "if people did not accept the copy protection then the sales would be lower"? Did it ever occur to them that maybe it is just a really good album and that the people buying it are people who don't steal music anyways?
From what I understand, most people who used to buy CDs from before Mp3s were popular STILL DO. Sales are up aren't they? I personally never used to buy CDs. I would just listen to the radio. Mp3s are convienient because they are commercial free and I can play DJ, but if they didn't exist I would be listening to the radio and not buying albums. Most people I speak to feel the same way.
The article is short on technical details but...
h tm is in wide use. In fact, pretty much all 3d gemoetric level of detail techniques rely on collapsing "flat" areas. The source data for the geometry can also compress geometric data with stuff like NURBS and other parametric surfaces which is probably much better than some sort of lossy compression. With the coming "DirectX Next", OGL 2, and newer video cards, parametric surfaces (read: infinite curve detail) will easily become the norm.
While the algo may be new, the idea certainly isn't. Direct3D has built in support for optimized meshes, the ROAM algo http://gamasutra.com/features/20000403/turner_01.
Random MS vs Linux or whatever point:
.NET framework and would love to see it become the standard for cross platform applications. I would also love to see cross platform applications become the standard ;-)
ATI and nVidia are in what I like to call "good competition". I can choose one or the other with minimal negative side effects for either choice. Their products are complete substitutes for each other and that is good. They force each other to be innovative.
The current (and for the forseeable future) situtation with operating systems isn't so wonderful. Mac, Windows, Linux, and Unix are certainly in "bad competition". I can't switch between them that easily. If I choose the wrong one I've got major problems. Can't run this game on Linux, can't get that application for Mac, constantly fighting spyware on Windows, etc. Their products fill different, but similar needs. Maybe it is just the nature of the product, but it really sucks. Sure the normal rules of competition apply, you need to have better stuff than the compedators. Unfortunatly, operating system vendors can easily lock you into their product. Changing my video card may cause an visual artifact in 1 out of 20 games, but changing my operating system is gonna throw a wrench in everything.
Platform independant applications exist, but we aren't quite there yet. I think more effort needs to be put into this. Personally, I really like the
I think Microsoft sees that they will not be able to hold onto the operating system market forever and I believe they are making a good move (both for themselves and for the industry) by depreciating native Win32 in Longhorn. Hopefully, the bet-the-company mentality will let them force people to accept change.
Wasn't the PS2's Emotion Engine chip supposed to totally rock our world? I seem to remember the PS2 having awsome graphics only to have its ass handed to it shortly afterwards by ATI and nVidia.
As an earlier poster said, Sony sucks at designing things with developer considerations. Apparently the PS2 is a nightmare to code for.
What guarentee is there that this chip will really be revolutionary? And what has been done to ensure that it can be utilized?
Spy Hunter and Elevator Action were certainly my most favorate nintendo games ever!
I would love to see the movie you described done as a comedy, but I fear that no one but us two would laugh.
That is not what he/I ment and you know it :-P
/. without it being super over analyzed!
Can't say anything on
YOU RTFCC (2nd C = correctly)
He suggested sueing the cable technician and HIS employer (that would be the cable company)
There are two cable lines. A supposibly independant line to the modem, and one to three analog receivers/tvs and two digital receivers. I am willing to bet the two independant lines are split just outside my house :-)
:-/
In any case, it is super annoying to be dropped from a game only to be able to instantly rejoin it. And its even more annoying when you miss ONE instant message out of a stream of 10 and completely loose track of the conversation.
I would be very interested to know how you got this resolved.