They aren't toying with anyone's computer. Apparently, they check to see when it's run if it's the "warez" version and then ban the person's Steam account(s). It's up the the pirate to install and try to play the game, first of all, and if he's found to be naughty, well, he gets what he deserves.
Though any false positives that may occur do suck.
It's true. But the problem is because extensions mark what versions they're good with. Moji, for example, works just fine with 0.10 and 1.0, but because the it says it works with up to 0.9.x it won't work.
A lot of the "busted" extensions are merely extensions which don't say that they work with future versions. And therefore, they're disabled on upgrade. Sucks, but it's an issue that not only the m.o people need to look at, but the extension writers too.
I believe that in the article, they stated that they planned to go after the app developers next. Or that could have just been something I picked up on our thread about it at GDNet, can't recall...
Of course, back then it took one person about three months to do all the programming for a game. It's possible that much of those games fall after the patent if they're late 88.
Actually, the exploit is when you switch to the Citibank tab and start typing text in the zip textbox. It won't show up, rather appearing in the textbox on the Securia page.
After typing in some text (it won't appear, at least with 0.10.1) go back to the Securia page. The textbox there will have all that you typed in. The exploit works, sadly.
Superior at spending more money to make less? Considering that Paul Allen put in what, $20M to $30M, and the prize is only $10M, that's still in the red.
We can't allow this! Quickly, my fellow developers! We must remain competitive and produce a distro of Linux that is crippled in a comparative fashion! We can beat them at their own game, and produce an operating system that is crippled in a more superior way than they can cripple theirs!:D
Canadian English takes on some of the peculiarities of the American dialect of the language, but mostly retains the classic British spellings. On top of all this, we have a French influence on our dialect. Pronunciation, as we all know, leans towards the Americans.
With two strong influencing dialects plus the Quebecer salting, ours allows for much flexibility (as much as my primary school teachers denied it).
By the way, on "eh". It's for the most part localised to Ontario, but mocking its use isn't just a hit on those of us in Ontario. You're also hitting quite a few Michiganers.
Not only do we not get to reap the rewards of what we've sown, but we barely get any credit for our work, either. Unless you're very indie (like myself), in which case almost nobody ever plays the game anyway.
Sure, we get compared a lot to the movie industry, but we don't get much credit for our work.
We still have a long way to go before we're really like Hollywood, and not just for recognition. There's also the model used for game development and marketing. But I've not the time to go on a complete diatribe, so you can Google about it.
I use IRC pretty often, and I've been a chanop in quite a few places (including some on EFNet, #1 in all of IRC!). Certainly, a lot of pirating goes on, but it still pales in comparison to people just going on to hang out with people with similar interests and/or careers from around the globe and talk shop or shit. The NYT's look at things, however, makes one think that all us IRC users are criminals and terrorists.
But then again, what would you expect from such a fascist rag?
IRC is a great place to communicate with others or find stuff that isn't available elsewhere (like anime titles that haven't been licensed for distribution in N. America). Actual pirating is bigger outside of IRC, and many of these so-called 'elite' pirates would use something more secure than IRC to communicate with each other.
Simply put, the NYT has once again shown that it's not worth the paper it's printed on (or the electrons it's sending).
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They aren't toying with anyone's computer. Apparently, they check to see when it's run if it's the "warez" version and then ban the person's Steam account(s). It's up the the pirate to install and try to play the game, first of all, and if he's found to be naughty, well, he gets what he deserves.
Though any false positives that may occur do suck.
He's probably too tired to complain about it, and I daresay that you've missed the whole point about all this.
It's true. But the problem is because extensions mark what versions they're good with. Moji, for example, works just fine with 0.10 and 1.0, but because the it says it works with up to 0.9.x it won't work.
A lot of the "busted" extensions are merely extensions which don't say that they work with future versions. And therefore, they're disabled on upgrade. Sucks, but it's an issue that not only the m.o people need to look at, but the extension writers too.
I hope that they can get them out of malls here in Canada too. Those things are such utter crap.
I believe that in the article, they stated that they planned to go after the app developers next. Or that could have just been something I picked up on our thread about it at GDNet, can't recall...
Of course, back then it took one person about three months to do all the programming for a game. It's possible that much of those games fall after the patent if they're late 88.
Junpei knows, as should you: Leet ninj4 ski11z.
Actually, the exploit is when you switch to the Citibank tab and start typing text in the zip textbox. It won't show up, rather appearing in the textbox on the Securia page.
After typing in some text (it won't appear, at least with 0.10.1) go back to the Securia page. The textbox there will have all that you typed in. The exploit works, sadly.
And who would have such a legitimate reason?
Superior at spending more money to make less? Considering that Paul Allen put in what, $20M to $30M, and the prize is only $10M, that's still in the red.
But what happens when they cut the power?
We can't allow this! Quickly, my fellow developers! We must remain competitive and produce a distro of Linux that is crippled in a comparative fashion! We can beat them at their own game, and produce an operating system that is crippled in a more superior way than they can cripple theirs! :D
For them to finally get user accounts working on our school's network after three weeks of sitting around not caring about the problem.
That, coupled with the fact that they can't seem to do their jobs properly, guarantees no appreciation from any of us here.
It is doing the company a favour, because you're contributing to the company's revenue.
:D
I'm attempting to learn Japanese so that I can read and watch raw anime and manga. That's just as poor a reason as is to use RMXP.
Programming languages, or human langauges?
Could I cut the Hubris, too?
This is something we've all known for a long time. What we haven't done, however, is take it to heart.
The patent system was already screwed up before Dubya became the Glorious Leader. You can't go blaming him for everything. At least, not yet.
Canadian English takes on some of the peculiarities of the American dialect of the language, but mostly retains the classic British spellings. On top of all this, we have a French influence on our dialect. Pronunciation, as we all know, leans towards the Americans.
With two strong influencing dialects plus the Quebecer salting, ours allows for much flexibility (as much as my primary school teachers denied it).
By the way, on "eh". It's for the most part localised to Ontario, but mocking its use isn't just a hit on those of us in Ontario. You're also hitting quite a few Michiganers.
We're having a discussion about XNA over on the GameDev.net forums. It might be worth reading, even if you don't have an account there and can't post.
Not only do we not get to reap the rewards of what we've sown, but we barely get any credit for our work, either. Unless you're very indie (like myself), in which case almost nobody ever plays the game anyway.
Sure, we get compared a lot to the movie industry, but we don't get much credit for our work.
We still have a long way to go before we're really like Hollywood, and not just for recognition. There's also the model used for game development and marketing. But I've not the time to go on a complete diatribe, so you can Google about it.
It's the American Way!
"If Microsoft had been honest about sharing standards, then Microsoft would have simply used XUL, which has become a published standard."
It is? Could you show me a link?
Ah, a turn in the road. Want to avoid people noticing you haven't a leg to stand on?
I use IRC pretty often, and I've been a chanop in quite a few places (including some on EFNet, #1 in all of IRC!). Certainly, a lot of pirating goes on, but it still pales in comparison to people just going on to hang out with people with similar interests and/or careers from around the globe and talk shop or shit. The NYT's look at things, however, makes one think that all us IRC users are criminals and terrorists.
But then again, what would you expect from such a fascist rag?
IRC is a great place to communicate with others or find stuff that isn't available elsewhere (like anime titles that haven't been licensed for distribution in N. America). Actual pirating is bigger outside of IRC, and many of these so-called 'elite' pirates would use something more secure than IRC to communicate with each other.
Simply put, the NYT has once again shown that it's not worth the paper it's printed on (or the electrons it's sending).