wouldn't the "right thing" have been to have sensible security from the beginning so we wouldn't have the mess now e.g. games having access to admin priledges and all kinds of ports?
since when should some police acts get special funding?
should we have a "paedophile investigation tax" on the internet and photos?
a "murder/assault tax" on knives?
get a freaking clue. the police are there to do that kind of thing. need more money? justify it to government - don't start taxing people directly. if this goes further it'll end up like banks:
police: I think you might be driving illegally so I'm going to charge you $10 to have a look at your tax disk and license.
I absolutely refuse to support subscription based software.
As far as companies go TransGaming might be one of the less horrible ones (AFAIK), but I find the idea of automatically wanting more money regardless of improvements, service etc. disgusting and imo it has no place in software of all places.
it's not about not wanting to pay, it's more the attitude. paying 45 pounds for each new SuSE box is fine by me, but demanding more money just so I can continue using software I've been using already pisses me off. even the way Mandrake makes you click a link saying you promise to give them money pisses me off, especially when I'm going to download a beta which will actually help them with testing.
if you want to keep my money, let me keep your software. subscription based software is 1000 times worse than closed source imo.
then there's the fact that to enforce the subscription method usually involves restrictions, inconveniences, limitations and a lot of other long words that result in me getting pissed off.
wages? - already paid for training? - already paid for phone lines? - already paid for equipment? - already paid for
what the fuck needs paying for that the police don't already do/have?
is "police uniform tax" going to turn up on all my clothes next?
"police car" tax on cars?
"police car petrol" tax on petrol?
wiretapping has been going on for decades without needing a special tax. now the police have more powers than ever so it should be even cheaper. this is bullshit.
what makes you think "using the internet" equates to "having a server completely open to the public with no backup processes"? in the UK you can do your taxes online, I guess if they get DDOS'd no one will have to pay?
I use ZoneAlarm but it isn't about getting hacked; it's stopping all the crap trying to access the net e.g. Microsoft Intellipoint - no my mouse drivers are not such a fucking priority that I want you checking the web every time I boot.
If you want to train Firefox not to accept cookies from the usual advertisers, then go to that Flexbeta site. Seems to ask for cookies for every media company on the web.
I don't think you understand. even with a real Doom 3 CD in the drive you cannot run the game if you have drive emulation software installed on your computer.
there have been other games (e.g. Painkiller) where you cannot run the game if you have CD writer software installed on your computer.
I'm not talking about actually using the emulation/writer software. If it is simply installed you cannot get the game you paid for to work.
This is like not being able to play DVDs if you have video codecs installed, just because some dumbfuck company thinks having codecs installed mean you will rip, encode and pirate.
P.S. I don't have to justify anything - since I cannot run the software I don't. I have not pirated the game, or any other game. I have no problem paying for software, but if the software will mess me about and try to say what I can and cannot have installed on my own computer, then I simply take my business elsewhere.
I don't imagine ID had to go around begging for someone to take a chance on them and publish their little game, or that they are so ignorant of how the industry works that it took them by surprise.
tablets will never be done. a tablet is essentially just a very portable laptop with a touchscreen. this is a very good idea and the only problem is getting a good price/performance balance. time will solve this problem.
consider the evidence: electronic organisers evolved to PDAs with touchscreen and handwriting recognition.
mobile phones evolved to smartphones with touchscreen and handwriting recognition.
laptops will evolve to tablets with touchscreen and handwriting recognition. to claim otherwise seems foolish.
how the hell would it help if the only people allowed to test their security is... who? you need a CS degree? you need to work for a security company? you need to prove you could write your own tools?
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outsourcing. who needs people who can speak English when the web has plenty of free translation sites?
wouldn't the "right thing" have been to have sensible security from the beginning so we wouldn't have the mess now e.g. games having access to admin priledges and all kinds of ports?
"Star Trek StarFleet Command III"
lol.
"For some programs the list of instructions involves finding and opening ports used by programs to make sure they can communicate via the web.
For average users, these instructions could prove formidably complicated."
Has MS just lost it?
Screw you guys, I'm going Mac!
yeah but it'll be fully commentend and documented right?
did Xfree/X.org teach (or even remind) them nothing?
fools! those who do not learn from history.... etc.
since when should some police acts get special funding?
should we have a "paedophile investigation tax" on the internet and photos?
a "murder/assault tax" on knives?
get a freaking clue. the police are there to do that kind of thing. need more money? justify it to government - don't start taxing people directly. if this goes further it'll end up like banks:
police: I think you might be driving illegally so I'm going to charge you $10 to have a look at your tax disk and license.
I absolutely refuse to support subscription based software.
As far as companies go TransGaming might be one of the less horrible ones (AFAIK), but I find the idea of automatically wanting more money regardless of improvements, service etc. disgusting and imo it has no place in software of all places.
it's not about not wanting to pay, it's more the attitude. paying 45 pounds for each new SuSE box is fine by me, but demanding more money just so I can continue using software I've been using already pisses me off. even the way Mandrake makes you click a link saying you promise to give them money pisses me off, especially when I'm going to download a beta which will actually help them with testing.
if you want to keep my money, let me keep your software. subscription based software is 1000 times worse than closed source imo.
then there's the fact that to enforce the subscription method usually involves restrictions, inconveniences, limitations and a lot of other long words that result in me getting pissed off.
what are the costs of wiretapping?
wages? - already paid for
training? - already paid for
phone lines? - already paid for
equipment? - already paid for
what the fuck needs paying for that the police don't already do/have?
is "police uniform tax" going to turn up on all my clothes next?
"police car" tax on cars?
"police car petrol" tax on petrol?
wiretapping has been going on for decades without needing a special tax. now the police have more powers than ever so it should be even cheaper. this is bullshit.
what makes you think "using the internet" equates to "having a server completely open to the public with no backup processes"? in the UK you can do your taxes online, I guess if they get DDOS'd no one will have to pay?
Dewey Decimal System is a piece of shit. you have to fucking pay to use it.
I think you lose the right to say "it's just an engine, great games will come" when you decide to charge $55 for it.
people are right to bitch.
a trojan'd program sending your passwords/credit card numbers to someone?
I use ZoneAlarm but it isn't about getting hacked; it's stopping all the crap trying to access the net e.g. Microsoft Intellipoint - no my mouse drivers are not such a fucking priority that I want you checking the web every time I boot.
um, if you RTFA you'll see it does a pretty shitty job of protecting the desktop.
If you want to train Firefox not to accept cookies from the usual advertisers, then go to that Flexbeta site. Seems to ask for cookies for every media company on the web.
aren't brown paper bags embarassing because they're used when buying porn?
Yeah well when you're dead and I trample all over your rights, come sue me.
I don't think you understand. even with a real Doom 3 CD in the drive you cannot run the game if you have drive emulation software installed on your computer.
/writer software. If it is simply installed you cannot get the game you paid for to work.
there have been other games (e.g. Painkiller) where you cannot run the game if you have CD writer software installed on your computer.
I'm not talking about actually using the emulation
This is like not being able to play DVDs if you have video codecs installed, just because some dumbfuck company thinks having codecs installed mean you will rip, encode and pirate.
P.S. I don't have to justify anything - since I cannot run the software I don't. I have not pirated the game, or any other game. I have no problem paying for software, but if the software will mess me about and try to say what I can and cannot have installed on my own computer, then I simply take my business elsewhere.
I don't imagine ID had to go around begging for someone to take a chance on them and publish their little game, or that they are so ignorant of how the industry works that it took them by surprise.
ID Software will not let you run the game on a computer with legal CD emulation software installed.
Thus the only version of the game I can run on my system is a pirate version.
Thanks, guys!
tablets will never be done. a tablet is essentially just a very portable laptop with a touchscreen. this is a very good idea and the only problem is getting a good price/performance balance. time will solve this problem.
consider the evidence:
electronic organisers evolved to PDAs with touchscreen and handwriting recognition.
mobile phones evolved to smartphones with touchscreen and handwriting recognition.
laptops will evolve to tablets with touchscreen and handwriting recognition. to claim otherwise seems foolish.
no I don't think that.
how the hell would it help if the only people allowed to test their security is... who? you need a CS degree? you need to work for a security company? you need to prove you could write your own tools?
why use tables when you can use CSS !