So the primary benefit listed to chipping everyone, being able to identify and avoid citizens in war, only helps make something we'd like to eliminate completely in the future more efficient. I don't think I'll get on board with this, considering the consequences.
That's great, but has nothing to do with what I am pointing out. Adding "000" to the front of a string already classified as taking centuries to crack, all of the sudden takes less than 1 day to crack. Can you explain to me why this is?
Just did this:
Start with "awesomepasswordtoday"
1 year, 8 months
Go to "awesomepasswordtoday000"
7 centuries, 8 decades
Go to "000awesomepasswordtoday000"
less than 1 day
This tells me there is something in the logic that makes it a pretty unreliable metric of password strength.
The first time you "logged in to the Internet" was to make a Facebook account? Also, I'm not sure how walking to your friend's place to get Visual Studio taught you anything more about programming -- certainly less than experimenting with example code you find on a website, usually provided from other developers attempting to solve similar problems.
I think it was probably clear I intended to annoy/offend the legislature of Arizona by saying that they are "crapping all over free speech." However, in my own best interest, I will claim that I did not.
I don't know, but I hope someone here can inform you. By this law, from what I understand, Arizona could prosecute me for the very comment I made: accusing them of making a terrible law. Insanity.
That's great in the ivory tower of science, but when we have to make a decision about how to do something, one has to decide if they believe that the evidence is strong enough to act.
I'd say this business decision is flawed. Most every gamer friend I have looks at it and thinks it's just a rip-off of steam. They dismiss it before they realize it offers a lot of interesting products steam doesn't have.
Agreed again, but what we are talking about is not a educational course. ~10x1 hour meetings over a semester is just a fun seminar. Seminars in general are just exposure. In my opinion, to avoid bias, you're going to want to survey as much as you can that's out there. Is this just something a sufficiently motivated student could simple google? Absolutely. I believe the only goal that can be hoped for with this kind of set up is guide a talented but maybe less motivated student to find something new that they may want to explore.
I agree that it will likely turn into hacking some premade code. However, for a 1 meeting course a week for a couple of weeks, this seems more like a survey course where the only educational value that can possibly be expected is just awareness of the tools and some guidance using them. You're not going to make a programmer, but you may inspire a few kids to be one.
Good point. I also personally think that learning blender doesn't do a whole lot for learning game development or programming in general. However, the tools it comes with for free are pretty great. Not just for game programming, but also for modeling. If one wants to do a game development course for High School I think it would be good to show and share some demos and let students see what they can do with it. Drop it if it doesn't stick anywhere. A survey of many development frameworks and technologies would probably be more practical than actually trying to develop a fully functional game 1 day a week for ~10 sessions.
Free speech doesn't mean people are forced to do business with you regardless of what you say. I own my money and I get to choose where I spend it. That doesn't violate anyone's free speech. If someone wants to support SOPA/Protect IP, I agree they have every right to say so. If I can find an alternative from their service or product, I will certainly prefer to do business with people I like.
You do know you are on slashdot, right? News for nerds? I mean, I assumed nerds are interested in what OS their devices have, and what they could potentially hack/extend them to do.
This is CHINA we're talking about here. The United States would never "cancel" degrees or otherwise dictate to colleges/Universities, private or otherwise, what classes or degree plans they can and can't offer.
This is happening in Florida. The governor wants many majors which don't result in employment cut in publicly funded universities.
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So the primary benefit listed to chipping everyone, being able to identify and avoid citizens in war, only helps make something we'd like to eliminate completely in the future more efficient. I don't think I'll get on board with this, considering the consequences.
That's great, but has nothing to do with what I am pointing out. Adding "000" to the front of a string already classified as taking centuries to crack, all of the sudden takes less than 1 day to crack. Can you explain to me why this is?
Just did this:
Start with "awesomepasswordtoday"
1 year, 8 months
Go to "awesomepasswordtoday000"
7 centuries, 8 decades
Go to "000awesomepasswordtoday000"
less than 1 day
This tells me there is something in the logic that makes it a pretty unreliable metric of password strength.
Interesting thought, but I'd like to see some evidence.
Seems pretty sad to me as well. I was fairly confused why space enthusiasts were cheering the entombment of the shuttle.
The terminology is not obscure. You are ignorant.
The first time you "logged in to the Internet" was to make a Facebook account? Also, I'm not sure how walking to your friend's place to get Visual Studio taught you anything more about programming -- certainly less than experimenting with example code you find on a website, usually provided from other developers attempting to solve similar problems.
I think it was probably clear I intended to annoy/offend the legislature of Arizona by saying that they are "crapping all over free speech." However, in my own best interest, I will claim that I did not.
I don't know, but I hope someone here can inform you. By this law, from what I understand, Arizona could prosecute me for the very comment I made: accusing them of making a terrible law. Insanity.
Great work on crapping all over free speech Arizona.
This will be HUGE! We all already knew that G+ was a ghost town. Suddenly, G+ will have TONS of active ghost members.
Didn't get enough people at the party? Code them into the system instead. Oh, and patent it.
I'll show him some "chill" in liquid nitrogen.
I've been hoping for a book/guide exactly like this. Thanks!
That's great in the ivory tower of science, but when we have to make a decision about how to do something, one has to decide if they believe that the evidence is strong enough to act.
I'd say this business decision is flawed. Most every gamer friend I have looks at it and thinks it's just a rip-off of steam. They dismiss it before they realize it offers a lot of interesting products steam doesn't have.
... but why did the user interface have to be a blatant rip-off of the steam platform? Could they not think of a different color palette at least?
MS proved they can take down botnets largely comprised of systems they wrote the software for? Good work.
Agreed again, but what we are talking about is not a educational course. ~10x1 hour meetings over a semester is just a fun seminar. Seminars in general are just exposure. In my opinion, to avoid bias, you're going to want to survey as much as you can that's out there. Is this just something a sufficiently motivated student could simple google? Absolutely. I believe the only goal that can be hoped for with this kind of set up is guide a talented but maybe less motivated student to find something new that they may want to explore.
I agree that it will likely turn into hacking some premade code. However, for a 1 meeting course a week for a couple of weeks, this seems more like a survey course where the only educational value that can possibly be expected is just awareness of the tools and some guidance using them. You're not going to make a programmer, but you may inspire a few kids to be one.
Good point. I also personally think that learning blender doesn't do a whole lot for learning game development or programming in general. However, the tools it comes with for free are pretty great. Not just for game programming, but also for modeling. If one wants to do a game development course for High School I think it would be good to show and share some demos and let students see what they can do with it. Drop it if it doesn't stick anywhere. A survey of many development frameworks and technologies would probably be more practical than actually trying to develop a fully functional game 1 day a week for ~10 sessions.
but Blender (blender.org) is free and open source. It has a great community behind it.
Free speech doesn't mean people are forced to do business with you regardless of what you say. I own my money and I get to choose where I spend it. That doesn't violate anyone's free speech. If someone wants to support SOPA/Protect IP, I agree they have every right to say so. If I can find an alternative from their service or product, I will certainly prefer to do business with people I like.
personal data must be deleted once it is no longer needed.
Once it is no longer needed by whom? I think it's amusing that people think they own the data they post to facebook.
You do know you are on slashdot, right? News for nerds? I mean, I assumed nerds are interested in what OS their devices have, and what they could potentially hack/extend them to do.
This is CHINA we're talking about here. The United States would never "cancel" degrees or otherwise dictate to colleges/Universities, private or otherwise, what classes or degree plans they can and can't offer.
This is happening in Florida. The governor wants many majors which don't result in employment cut in publicly funded universities.