Who says there's a server? Are you just going to reject peer-to-peer gaming? Who says the server is trusted? What if the server is also untrusted and there are trusted "master servers"? (As, for example, Battlefield 2142 uses.) You can't expect the master servers to run all the games, that's what the servers are for.
Good point. I completely forgot about peer-to-peer.
For poker, you can make the client just the user's agent, but for almost any other game, it's impractical to design a client this way. For one thing, it means the client always has to go to the server before it can present the user with any information that becomes available to the user as a result of a decision the user makes. This increases latency dramatically and would make most first-person shooters unplayable across the Internet.
Imagine if you're turning (or even walking forward) in an FPS -- every frame contains new information you are not supposed to have until that frame is rendered. Are you suggesting a 60 frame per second game should be receiving 60 packets per second with the new data in each frame?
No, no, no, no, no. No one ever said the server has to micromanage each client. Transmitting coordinates and letting the client map it out will not allow him to suddenly interfere with another player's ability to shoot him. My point was, GPL will not make a game a cheater's paradise. Good design can prevent that.
I think it is poor design if a person could cheat just through changing his client. Pertinent information to the game's state (such as stats or whatever) should be stored on the server. If the player is using alternative clients to reduce tediousness the game's mechanics are badly constructed. Or am I not seeing something here?
All inventions are ideas and hence all patents cover ideas. The way I look at it is the one-click patent is too obvious. The problem is it is difficult to make a qualitative description of 'novelty' and 'innovation'. It is like porn, we know it when we see it but we can not define it.
That is indeed a legitimate concern. I wish I hadn't used up all my mod points before reading this article.
Larger keys are the only immediate solution besides taking down the botnet. Unfortunately some sites still use inadequately small key sizes.
On the other hand I'm told that the botnet is peer-to-peer and de-centralized. Unlike spamming or DoSing cracking a key requires some communication with a central server.
>The pro-cert people say that the certs serve as a measuring stick for non-techs who are looking to hire techs, a way of making sure that a candidate has a minimum level of experience before putting them through a serious evaluation.
Then make a certificate that does serve as a measuring stick. It does not serve as a useful reference tool if it fails to consistently measure the value of most candidates.
For some of the deaf it is more comfortable to use e-mail or chat rooms for inquiries. I hope they use both phone and e-mail support and just let their customers choose which to use.
(Have they really forsaken all e-mail communication for customer service? Two hundred representatives sounds a little low.)
my experiance with Dell is kind of different. I bought a Dimension 2350 for some simple usage for my family (web browsing, word processing, etc) and almost from day one my mom kept complaining about various things like 'its too noisy.' She called Dell and they had a guy come at least 3 times to replace the fan until I convinced my mom that the noise was normal. That I think was nice of them to show patience and humor her at their own expense. When the CD-RW drive broke, they kindly sent a replacement (once again free of charge to me). On the software side, they did kinda suck since my word processor is messed up and the computer is now without decent virus protection:( not good in a Windows world).
everybody is interested in seeing Windows or Linux on one of these machines, but how about no OS at all! no crashes, no bugs, heck it won't even start up providing one of the most secure environments you can get:)
Windows has not always been easy to use, yet everyone uses it. Ease of use, to put it simply, lets people do their work and be productive without much thought to how to do it. It lets people who don't have time to read the manuals or really learn much about the system do what they have to do. Linux is pretty easy already as far as OSes go and all I think that has to be done is to configure it for the user (and let them use gui instead of command line).
You mean my micro-horse was just a waste of money?
Anything more is stretching the point, like sticking a saddle on a pig and calling it a micro-horse. Inevitably, books then start to appear that rationalize the industry's madness, such as Micro-Horse Revealed, Micro-Horse Developer's Guide, or Teach Your Micro-Horse to Sing in 21 Days!
MacOS Classic used to have many of the same programs as Windows such as Outlook and stuff and the os has only one user with full access (aka root access). Still, there were not as many virus problems as Windows has, then and today. May be there is something the article missed.
I once fell in a similar predicament. Identity theft by spammers is not a unique occurance. It is the primary mode by which spammers can hide their own identity against backlashes (a.k.a. replies to their spam).
Nothing, the floods and hurricanes are normal for that part of India. Its just they are unable to afford proper defenses.
And with the meteorite, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Who says there's a server? Are you just going to reject peer-to-peer gaming? Who says the server is trusted? What if the server is also untrusted and there are trusted "master servers"? (As, for example, Battlefield 2142 uses.) You can't expect the master servers to run all the games, that's what the servers are for.
Good point. I completely forgot about peer-to-peer.
For poker, you can make the client just the user's agent, but for almost any other game, it's impractical to design a client this way. For one thing, it means the client always has to go to the server before it can present the user with any information that becomes available to the user as a result of a decision the user makes. This increases latency dramatically and would make most first-person shooters unplayable across the Internet.
Imagine if you're turning (or even walking forward) in an FPS -- every frame contains new information you are not supposed to have until that frame is rendered. Are you suggesting a 60 frame per second game should be receiving 60 packets per second with the new data in each frame?
No, no, no, no, no. No one ever said the server has to micromanage each client. Transmitting coordinates and letting the client map it out will not allow him to suddenly interfere with another player's ability to shoot him. My point was, GPL will not make a game a cheater's paradise. Good design can prevent that.
I couldn't even if I wanted to. I don't his phone number.
I think it is poor design if a person could cheat just through changing his client. Pertinent information to the game's state (such as stats or whatever) should be stored on the server. If the player is using alternative clients to reduce tediousness the game's mechanics are badly constructed. Or am I not seeing something here?
All inventions are ideas and hence all patents cover ideas. The way I look at it is the one-click patent is too obvious. The problem is it is difficult to make a qualitative description of 'novelty' and 'innovation'. It is like porn, we know it when we see it but we can not define it.
That is indeed a legitimate concern. I wish I hadn't used up all my mod points before reading this article.
Larger keys are the only immediate solution besides taking down the botnet. Unfortunately some sites still use inadequately small key sizes.
On the other hand I'm told that the botnet is peer-to-peer and de-centralized. Unlike spamming or DoSing cracking a key requires some communication with a central server.
>The pro-cert people say that the certs serve as a measuring stick for non-techs who are looking to hire techs, a way of making sure that a candidate has a minimum level of experience before putting them through a serious evaluation.
Then make a certificate that does serve as a measuring stick. It does not serve as a useful reference tool if it fails to consistently measure the value of most candidates.
For some of the deaf it is more comfortable to use e-mail or chat rooms for inquiries. I hope they use both phone and e-mail support and just let their customers choose which to use.
(Have they really forsaken all e-mail communication for customer service? Two hundred representatives sounds a little low.)
If they're terrorists then I'm Stephen fucking Hawking.
It would be quite ironic if the above poster is indeed Stephen Hawking.
my experiance with Dell is kind of different. I bought a Dimension 2350 for some simple usage for my family (web browsing, word processing, etc) and almost from day one my mom kept complaining about various things like 'its too noisy.' She called Dell and they had a guy come at least 3 times to replace the fan until I convinced my mom that the noise was normal. That I think was nice of them to show patience and humor her at their own expense. When the CD-RW drive broke, they kindly sent a replacement (once again free of charge to me). On the software side, they did kinda suck since my word processor is messed up and the computer is now without decent virus protection :( not good in a Windows world).
Ever sit on a 10 hour flight in coach (economy class)?
how about we vote for which ballot system to use?
everybody is interested in seeing Windows or Linux on one of these machines, but how about no OS at all! no crashes, no bugs, heck it won't even start up providing one of the most secure environments you can get :)
my name IS Ahmed you insensitive clod! and I don't like being associated with crapheads!
do you think minors are, or should be, exempt from copyright law?
yes, it will make homework much easier to do.
The RIAA is following the due process.
you mean the RIAA will soon be paying their dues ...
Windows has not always been easy to use, yet everyone uses it. Ease of use, to put it simply, lets people do their work and be productive without much thought to how to do it. It lets people who don't have time to read the manuals or really learn much about the system do what they have to do. Linux is pretty easy already as far as OSes go and all I think that has to be done is to configure it for the user (and let them use gui instead of command line).
Tetraquarks? where? *screams*
Consumer demand does wonders and is more efficient than the government even dreams about. no it doesn't, just look at Microsoft.
You mean my micro-horse was just a waste of money?
anyways, here is a cool page I found.MacOS Classic used to have many of the same programs as Windows such as Outlook and stuff and the os has only one user with full access (aka root access). Still, there were not as many virus problems as Windows has, then and today. May be there is something the article missed.
Erik Demaine is also a recipient. He is the one who showed Tetris is an NP-complete problem.
I once fell in a similar predicament. Identity theft by spammers is not a unique occurance. It is the primary mode by which spammers can hide their own identity against backlashes (a.k.a. replies to their spam).
Nope, I wasn't alive then.
Nothing, the floods and hurricanes are normal for that part of India. Its just they are unable to afford proper defenses. And with the meteorite, they were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
@stake was acting in their own interest. For them, Microsoft is a potential customer and keeping good relations is what they had in mind.