What does someone do who is a die-hard fan that wants the game more than anything? Preorder. Without even knowing what DRM the game will have or if at all. Because he doesn't give a shit. I wanna, shut up and take my money!
Most of my friends don't mind doing that, paying full price, getting the pre-order bonuses and trying to get the game early because if it's trash, we have a "good game" guarantee that allows us to return a game if it's shite.
Yes, it's true that most sales happen in the first few days. But not because of DRM but because of fanboys who preordered.
The gamers we hangout with are really different...
An estimate would say four hours development time. But developers are paid a salary, not hourly.
Or paying their staff better?
Since it's publishers that are licensing this software and doing so out of their own profits, I guess it's possible their marketing team might get paid better. It certainly wasn't going to the dev team.
Or rolled off into the budget of another game?
Generally speaking, these decisions are made on profit and losses, so they would under normal circumstances have made more profit doing this. Seems highly unlikely they would have had more money to throw around in this scenario.
Take the mining script, put it on your own website. Change parameters to write data to your server that then pass it on to the mining pool. Done, it's now javascript locally on your own website, no 3rd party. Hosts files can do nothing.
If I had a money incentive and was a nefarious operator. I wouldn't mind sitting there constantly updating the Javascript to workaround any pattern rules. Something I would have not been able to do with 3rd party advertisements. After all, this would be my job and doing it well means I get paid more.
Sites "think" they are writing to my drive, when all the time, they are being thrown into the void.
I doubt they "think" at all, you get a set-cookie and you do whatever you want with it. The website isn't assuming you're storing it.
Gotta love a *nix system and a little know how.
The operating system has no baring on what you're doing here.
Pretty sure they can embed coin mining javascript into the webpage or on the same page without a problem. It's not like it needs to be loaded from a particular origin server like advertising does.
Some sites in the EU require you to choose to agree to a bunch of terms on a overlay to be able to view or use the site under it (usually involving privacy policy talking about cookies), is that better?
You an embed the javascript directly on the site using a variety of different methods that can work around pretty much any blocking mechanism. This isn't ad-like where you can just block the origin server, since the origin doesn't matter.
I don't. I pointed out: the UK citizens usually have no passport or lower level "Personalausweis" equivalent.
And I pointed out that these double as a passport and even treated as such by some non-EU countries. They're not merely an ID card.
Which ID is enough for you I don't know.
I pointed out that IDs which don't double as a passport because they don't follow the current ePassport standards etc. are valid in the Schengen area, but are not valid for travel to the UK.
But I doubt a UK citizen can travel with a driving license only to Switzerland.
A UK citizen cannot travel to the Schengen area on the IDs I mentioned, but they can travel within the Schengen area on flights etc. with the IDs I mentioned.
But I doubt a UK citizen can travel with a driving license only to Switzerland.
To be more specific, a UK EEA driving license is sufficient (which practically everyone who has a driving license has). But only from the Schengen area, not the UK - The UK is not part of the Schengen area.
your "fix" against dns redirect poisoning DOUBLES your overheads (using TCP vs. UDP the default) creating yet MORE INEFFICIENCY in your doing so... lol!
You do realize that your issue (whether it is some form of schizophrenia, break down, autism or some learned helplessness) is preventing you from actually understanding what is written there and preventing you from grasping how trivial this traffic was to modern systems already 10 years ago.
It's disappointing and you have my sympathy because if you were a well adjusted individual, you would be doing much better in life. On the other hand, you post so much inane stuff that misleads other people, it's irritating.
Have you not noticed that barely anyone else on the web goes around threatening people and uses argumentum ad nauseam in an attempt to declare victory in an argument or try to motivate people to do something you want?
A UK drving license is not an ID card in Germany or France.
It is sufficient for a flight from France to Germany, I would know. I've done it. All the documents I've mentioned above, I've used in the Schengen area on flights that are not valid for flights to the UK.
My ID card is valid in the UK... and north Africa and plenty of other places
Your card doubles as a passport because it's using the ePassport standard. There are non-EU countries that accept these just as passports.
Personalausweis
Personalausweis follows the ePassport standard. They even use the same encryption certificates on the RFID chip as the regular German passports.
Most places in Europe have "simple ID cards"
A "simple ID card" wouldn't follow ePassport standards, like the wojewodztwa, UK driving license, voting card etc.
Honestly, I found that Slashdot's intelligent comments were suppressed for a time when they started tweaking the lameness filter to deal with APK. Even though it's better now, I don't really see those large informative posts anymore.,
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They are, I'm watching it on Netflix.
You didn't even answer what I was raising.
Cool story, AC.
Most of my friends don't mind doing that, paying full price, getting the pre-order bonuses and trying to get the game early because if it's trash, we have a "good game" guarantee that allows us to return a game if it's shite.
The gamers we hangout with are really different...
The production of Star Citizen seems to be looking pretty good so far. The end result will either be great or an epic disappointment.
Would you like a referral code to wait and see with me?
I know plenty that do, usually even trying to get the game a daily early from stores.
An estimate would say four hours development time. But developers are paid a salary, not hourly.
Since it's publishers that are licensing this software and doing so out of their own profits, I guess it's possible their marketing team might get paid better. It certainly wasn't going to the dev team.
Generally speaking, these decisions are made on profit and losses, so they would under normal circumstances have made more profit doing this. Seems highly unlikely they would have had more money to throw around in this scenario.
Yes.
Would it be any good and offer real education value?
Probably not.
You'd have to know about it first. If every site starts doing it themselves, you'll never have a definitive list.
Take the mining script, put it on your own website. Change parameters to write data to your server that then pass it on to the mining pool. Done, it's now javascript locally on your own website, no 3rd party. Hosts files can do nothing.
If I had a money incentive and was a nefarious operator. I wouldn't mind sitting there constantly updating the Javascript to workaround any pattern rules. Something I would have not been able to do with 3rd party advertisements. After all, this would be my job and doing it well means I get paid more.
I doubt they "think" at all, you get a set-cookie and you do whatever you want with it. The website isn't assuming you're storing it.
The operating system has no baring on what you're doing here.
Pretty sure they can embed coin mining javascript into the webpage or on the same page without a problem. It's not like it needs to be loaded from a particular origin server like advertising does.
I remember people said most websites won't put advertising on their sites.
Some sites in the EU require you to choose to agree to a bunch of terms on a overlay to be able to view or use the site under it (usually involving privacy policy talking about cookies), is that better?
Middle clicking.
Not getting to it yet and doing more middle clicking.
Right clicking and choosing "Bookmark this link" seems kind of annoying to me.
You an embed the javascript directly on the site using a variety of different methods that can work around pretty much any blocking mechanism. This isn't ad-like where you can just block the origin server, since the origin doesn't matter.
Nope. no effort involved.
Oh, that's easy, it's either 'gay' or 'amazing'. Explanation in simple terms done.
Indeed.
And I pointed out that these double as a passport and even treated as such by some non-EU countries. They're not merely an ID card.
I pointed out that IDs which don't double as a passport because they don't follow the current ePassport standards etc. are valid in the Schengen area, but are not valid for travel to the UK.
A UK citizen cannot travel to the Schengen area on the IDs I mentioned, but they can travel within the Schengen area on flights etc. with the IDs I mentioned.
To be more specific, a UK EEA driving license is sufficient (which practically everyone who has a driving license has). But only from the Schengen area, not the UK - The UK is not part of the Schengen area.
By the way APK, that Anon post wasn't me.
APK, you can sock puppet all you like, but it just makes you look desperate.
Well no, in the past it would have just the older passport standards which was MRZ. But, standards move on.
Again, I did not have problem with the IDs I mentioned on flights within the Schengen area.
You do realize that your issue (whether it is some form of schizophrenia, break down, autism or some learned helplessness) is preventing you from actually understanding what is written there and preventing you from grasping how trivial this traffic was to modern systems already 10 years ago.
It's disappointing and you have my sympathy because if you were a well adjusted individual, you would be doing much better in life. On the other hand, you post so much inane stuff that misleads other people, it's irritating.
Have you not noticed that barely anyone else on the web goes around threatening people and uses argumentum ad nauseam in an attempt to declare victory in an argument or try to motivate people to do something you want?
It is sufficient for a flight from France to Germany, I would know. I've done it. All the documents I've mentioned above, I've used in the Schengen area on flights that are not valid for flights to the UK.
Your card doubles as a passport because it's using the ePassport standard. There are non-EU countries that accept these just as passports.
Personalausweis follows the ePassport standard. They even use the same encryption certificates on the RFID chip as the regular German passports.
A "simple ID card" wouldn't follow ePassport standards, like the wojewodztwa, UK driving license, voting card etc.
Honestly, I found that Slashdot's intelligent comments were suppressed for a time when they started tweaking the lameness filter to deal with APK. Even though it's better now, I don't really see those large informative posts anymore.,