I remember a Slashdot article of a guy who used JPEG quantization to detect if images were photoshopped... it had an example of a terrorist adding books. Can't find it via google tho.
Why not specify some new optional standards: HTML5-AVC, HTML5-THEORA, etc. -- each should specify a minimum feature set so encoding profiles will be easy to make. If you make optional standards like this, browsers may be pressured into supporting them when they become the last browser to not support something.
A lot of problems are I/O driven -- I would like to see more database client libraries allow a full async approach that lets us not block the threads we are trying to do concurrent work on.
I don't really understand why E3 can't be more like Comic-Con. Make it a fun event for gamers. It's not like the press will find it any harder to get info. Create some panels, signings, big rooms for LAN games, etc.
I believe they answered this long ago -- that it would be easy to make happen, but it was better for horror gameplay to keep you seeing only your own flashlight.
I agree -- L4D has still not reached what I consider to be $50 worth of content. Especially if you compare it to other games like Half-Life 2 and the Orange Box, both of which went for $50.
And after all this time it is still buggy, full of map exploits, and incredibly difficult to get a good game going unless you plan one out with 8 friends. It seemed to have been left in the dust, and I guess now we all know why.
Given these issues, I'm really not feeling like paying for a L4D 2. Valve was the only game studio that I wasn't afraid to preorder games from. Every one of their games had been gold, until now. I'd be curious to see what changed to make them like this.
When I hear "Comic book" I think of a 20-30 page X-Men. When I hear "Graphic novel" I think of a ~150 page Scott Pilgrim book or a ~600 page Blankets. Graphic novels also usually have a definitive ending. I see that distinction.
I think the problem comes from people who are too worried about looking like a stereotype, too worried about looking childish -- so they sell graphic novels as a more mature, adult version of a comic. Which is totally false -- smart, mature comics with well written story arcs do exist, just like some childish graphic novels exist. These guys need to accept who they are and stop being so self conscious.
I also think this, like most other stereotypes, is just exacerbated by a small number of very loud people. None of the comic readers I know feel the need to defend themselves in such a silly manor.
Keep in mind that VC++ is not the Microsoft Platform SDK. These are two completely different, albeit related, products. The SDK had a bug in getline(), but VC can't really do anything about the quality of the installed SDK.
getline() is part of the C++ standard library, which is part of VC++. The Platform SDK (now simply called the Windows SDK) contains all the Windows-specific headers.
This is clearly not the zombie game you want. I enjoy it a lot. Not to say it doesn't have its problems. Valve has really mastered the typical multiplayer FPS, but Left 4 Dead isn't so typical and it really shows in the huge number of bugs, exploits, and poor design choices.
The editor finally being released will at least give us more maps to play. Four wasn't enough.
There are Berkeley sockets which are relatively portable, and then there are extremely platform-specific APIs for high performance and scalability. The old API might have run it's course, but most of the new ones are still relevant. Things like asio are helping to merge all the differences into one nice API.
I don't mean to belittle Theora, I've really been rooting for them over the years. And this recent test does look fantastic.
But I can't help wonder what settings they are testing x264 with. x264 has recently been shown to be highly sensitive to clips like the Akiyo one tested here -- it also lost to some other H.264 encoders that it usually beats fairly consistently. The version and settings used to encode this one make a WORLD of difference.
Check out Bill Gates' recent TED talk. He talks about how to improve our school systems in the second half, and how hard it is to fire teachers is part of it. It's really astonishing -- he mentions some teachers actually have obstacles added to their contracts that make it nearly impossible to fire a teacher for poor performance, or even to restrict judging their performance at all.
I wonder how much these companies spend licensing and supporting DRM. Even leaving out sales lost because of DRM, I have a hard time imagining them making up those costs.
Why would you shut your blinds unless you were doing something illegal? Why would you password protect your computer unless you have child porn on it? Some people just like their privacy. You don't have to be doing illegal things to want to keep your habits private.
To be clear, I'm not arguing the likelihood of the service being used for anonymization of illegal activity.
Recent games don't run on netbooks. Old Windows-only games run fine in Wine. So I've got no issue running Linux on my Eee PC. The only thing I'd like to see, is apps have better support for the small screen. I'm sure Windows has much of the same problems -- whoever gets there first might find it easier to sell.
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I remember a Slashdot article of a guy who used JPEG quantization to detect if images were photoshopped... it had an example of a terrorist adding books. Can't find it via google tho.
Why not specify some new optional standards: HTML5-AVC, HTML5-THEORA, etc. -- each should specify a minimum feature set so encoding profiles will be easy to make. If you make optional standards like this, browsers may be pressured into supporting them when they become the last browser to not support something.
A lot of problems are I/O driven -- I would like to see more database client libraries allow a full async approach that lets us not block the threads we are trying to do concurrent work on.
I don't really understand why E3 can't be more like Comic-Con. Make it a fun event for gamers. It's not like the press will find it any harder to get info. Create some panels, signings, big rooms for LAN games, etc.
Stop calling them free updates. We already paid for them, they are not free.
I believe they answered this long ago -- that it would be easy to make happen, but it was better for horror gameplay to keep you seeing only your own flashlight.
I agree -- L4D has still not reached what I consider to be $50 worth of content. Especially if you compare it to other games like Half-Life 2 and the Orange Box, both of which went for $50.
And after all this time it is still buggy, full of map exploits, and incredibly difficult to get a good game going unless you plan one out with 8 friends. It seemed to have been left in the dust, and I guess now we all know why.
Given these issues, I'm really not feeling like paying for a L4D 2. Valve was the only game studio that I wasn't afraid to preorder games from. Every one of their games had been gold, until now. I'd be curious to see what changed to make them like this.
When I hear "Comic book" I think of a 20-30 page X-Men. When I hear "Graphic novel" I think of a ~150 page Scott Pilgrim book or a ~600 page Blankets. Graphic novels also usually have a definitive ending. I see that distinction.
I think the problem comes from people who are too worried about looking like a stereotype, too worried about looking childish -- so they sell graphic novels as a more mature, adult version of a comic. Which is totally false -- smart, mature comics with well written story arcs do exist, just like some childish graphic novels exist. These guys need to accept who they are and stop being so self conscious.
I also think this, like most other stereotypes, is just exacerbated by a small number of very loud people. None of the comic readers I know feel the need to defend themselves in such a silly manor.
getline() is part of the C++ standard library, which is part of VC++. The Platform SDK (now simply called the Windows SDK) contains all the Windows-specific headers.
It is not akin to someone taking your photograph. It is like someone tagging your ear with a GPS tracker.
But I can't live with the invasion of privacy. Sorry :(
This is clearly not the zombie game you want. I enjoy it a lot. Not to say it doesn't have its problems. Valve has really mastered the typical multiplayer FPS, but Left 4 Dead isn't so typical and it really shows in the huge number of bugs, exploits, and poor design choices.
The editor finally being released will at least give us more maps to play. Four wasn't enough.
more than one backup. always! especially if two servers are running the same software, who says they won't both fail at the same time?
There are Berkeley sockets which are relatively portable, and then there are extremely platform-specific APIs for high performance and scalability. The old API might have run it's course, but most of the new ones are still relevant. Things like asio are helping to merge all the differences into one nice API.
My Cowon D2 can play Vorbis and FLAC.
I don't mean to belittle Theora, I've really been rooting for them over the years. And this recent test does look fantastic.
But I can't help wonder what settings they are testing x264 with. x264 has recently been shown to be highly sensitive to clips like the Akiyo one tested here -- it also lost to some other H.264 encoders that it usually beats fairly consistently. The version and settings used to encode this one make a WORLD of difference.
Check out Bill Gates' recent TED talk. He talks about how to improve our school systems in the second half, and how hard it is to fire teachers is part of it. It's really astonishing -- he mentions some teachers actually have obstacles added to their contracts that make it nearly impossible to fire a teacher for poor performance, or even to restrict judging their performance at all.
Which is a perfect example of why, in all GPL code I have written, I remove the "or later versions" clause.
Youtube and consumer mics can have pretty horrible sound quality -- seems like a pretty bad way to audition for a position on an orchestra.
I wonder how much these companies spend licensing and supporting DRM. Even leaving out sales lost because of DRM, I have a hard time imagining them making up those costs.
So what you are saying is, only criminals need strong security?
Why would you shut your blinds unless you were doing something illegal? Why would you password protect your computer unless you have child porn on it? Some people just like their privacy. You don't have to be doing illegal things to want to keep your habits private.
To be clear, I'm not arguing the likelihood of the service being used for anonymization of illegal activity.
Are you in the same LA as me? The bus system around me has been nothing short of fantastic.
Recent games don't run on netbooks. Old Windows-only games run fine in Wine. So I've got no issue running Linux on my Eee PC. The only thing I'd like to see, is apps have better support for the small screen. I'm sure Windows has much of the same problems -- whoever gets there first might find it easier to sell.
The captains were trying to re-enact the Battlestar finale.