First, I find it worrisome, but not as much as when it impacts the non-game software world, i.e. the world of operating systems and productivity software, stuff that either is something everyone uses, or people use to make money, or both. What do you do if your job depends on your computer booting, which it refuses to do?
Switch to free software. For example, some companies are subject to regulatory requirements for privacy, such as HIPAA. Once their leaders start to realize the implications of the "telemetry" that shipped with Windows 10 and is being added to Windows 7 and 8.1 through Windows Update, they're more likely to consider alternatives to Windows. And free software has historically been much better at providing alternatives to non-game software than at providing alternatives to AAA games.
Well, there are plans which would provide more bandwidth.
Such plans are cost prohibitive: after already having paid $60 to buy a license for a game, one further needs to spend $250 at $5 per GB to download it.
I only have 6 Mbps myself, though with no cap, and [...] cannot download a game and game online at the same time
This is an instantaneous throughput limit, which you can work around by downloading a game overnight. Caps, on the other hand, tend to be applied around the clock, except for a few satellite providers that offer a "happy hour" type plan with a separate larger quota of data that can be used only between 12 and 5 AM local time when the bird is a little less oversubscribed.
TL;DR: AAA games are not for people with crap internet
Either that or this is another advantage of consoles over PCs.
tell us when the last time was that you can recall security risks arising from a video game
Both the Sega Dreamcast and the Nintendo GameCube were compromised through a security oversight in the video game Phantasy Star Online. This allowed code not approved by the console maker to execute on the console. After that, the same thing happened with save files on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and most of the LEGO film adaptations on Wii, and Cubic Ninja on Nintendo 3DS. Furthermore, bugs in Super Mario World and Pokémon Yellow were recently discovered that caused a jump into the memory used for enemy positions or inventory items, allowing a Super NES or Game Boy system to be hacked purely through the controller port.
Then make it lawful to copy but not to use. The legal structure needed to enable this has been in place since October 1998, when the U.S. Congress made it unlawful to decrypt a program's installer without permission from the program's copyright owner. So someone would have the encrypted bits but not the license code to use them.
Unless you have a POTS modem, your time is already wasted when you go to buy a Steam-"powered" game.
In some parts of the United States without access to cable, Internet access costs $5 per GB. People with a 10 GB/mo plan on cellular, satellite, or Iowa DSL could start a download now and not finish the 50 GB of a full 2-layer BD-ROM before the end of the year.
The article states that some countries recognize exclusive rights in typefaces for terms ranging from 14 to 25 years. Monaco and the other original Mac fonts came out in 1984.
Digital outline fonts (.ttf,.otf) are subject to ordinary copyright as computer programs because there is more room for originality in control point placement and hint programming.
Applying implied warranties to all computer programs distributed for a fee makes it impractical to recover the cost of distributing free software on physical media.
The final game will run on all three major platforms, just like the Codex of Indie Game Development that I just made up demands it. We release alpha builds for Windows, Linux and OS X, with a new build available to founders ideally every two weeks, if a major feature doesn't require more time.
I see nothing about a console port. My point is that it takes a larger team to shepherd a game through console makers' bureaucracy.
The use case I had envisioned involves the operator of a very popular forum and video archive, which ends up getting kicked off inexpensive paid hosting services because of bandwidth use.
Why not just allow for Skype and Ok Google, but disallowed for any other generic website unless a request is popped up and accepted?
Agreed. The user would place Skype and the like under "Background access", but "any other generic website" would get "Temporary foreground access" with a pop-up to change the policy. The problem comes when users aren't given a way to say "Yes, this site has a legit reason to use my sensors, so quit bugging me," or when each site operator has to register with each browser publisher to enable the "quit bugging me" options.
How many people use their microphone that often? If they don't care about their own privacy over the inconvience of clicking a button then they probably deserve the privacy intrusion they're going to get.
How many people use their microphone that often?
I can think of users of Siri, users of OK Google, users of Cortana, users of voice-to-SMS, frequent users of VoIP, and people who use dictation because they have trouble using a standard keyboard. Someone who scans barcodes of products or scans personal checks from friends and family and payroll checks from employers too small for direct deposit might use the camera often.
I suggest a different privilege model for access to privacy-sensitive sensors:
Background access (while this origin or this app is open)
Foreground access (while this origin or this app is open and focused)
Temporary background access (revoked once all documents from this origin are unloaded, other than in navigation to another same-origin document, or all windows from this app are closed)
Which side of the equation do the content creators care about the most? Would they rather provide the readers with value and treat them with respect, or suck up to those with the money?
If the choice is between trying to respect visiting readers while showing tasteful ads and trying to respect visiting readers while showing no ads, it depends on how much the authors want to keep a roof over their heads. The alternative (a paywall to cover authors' salaries and server costs) disrespects readers who are visiting, as paywalls lead to bounces, and bounces waste not only the reader's time but also server resources.
That's right, RHEL/CentOS separates security updates with feature updates. Ubuntu doesn't do this
In my experience, an Ubuntu LTS release doesn't get feature updates other than hardware support. Feature updates come every two years to the LTS track. What am I missing?
Ubuntu is a good enough OS for desktops, but servers are precisely where it should not be used.
Could you explain in more detail why you believe Ubuntu Server is unsuitable for servers? What change from Debian makes it unsuitable? Or is Debian likewise unsuitable?
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First, I find it worrisome, but not as much as when it impacts the non-game software world, i.e. the world of operating systems and productivity software, stuff that either is something everyone uses, or people use to make money, or both. What do you do if your job depends on your computer booting, which it refuses to do?
Switch to free software. For example, some companies are subject to regulatory requirements for privacy, such as HIPAA. Once their leaders start to realize the implications of the "telemetry" that shipped with Windows 10 and is being added to Windows 7 and 8.1 through Windows Update, they're more likely to consider alternatives to Windows. And free software has historically been much better at providing alternatives to non-game software than at providing alternatives to AAA games.
Well, there are plans which would provide more bandwidth.
Such plans are cost prohibitive: after already having paid $60 to buy a license for a game, one further needs to spend $250 at $5 per GB to download it.
I only have 6 Mbps myself, though with no cap, and [...] cannot download a game and game online at the same time
This is an instantaneous throughput limit, which you can work around by downloading a game overnight. Caps, on the other hand, tend to be applied around the clock, except for a few satellite providers that offer a "happy hour" type plan with a separate larger quota of data that can be used only between 12 and 5 AM local time when the bird is a little less oversubscribed.
TL;DR: AAA games are not for people with crap internet
Either that or this is another advantage of consoles over PCs.
tell us when the last time was that you can recall security risks arising from a video game
Both the Sega Dreamcast and the Nintendo GameCube were compromised through a security oversight in the video game Phantasy Star Online. This allowed code not approved by the console maker to execute on the console. After that, the same thing happened with save files on The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and most of the LEGO film adaptations on Wii, and Cubic Ninja on Nintendo 3DS. Furthermore, bugs in Super Mario World and Pokémon Yellow were recently discovered that caused a jump into the memory used for enemy positions or inventory items, allowing a Super NES or Game Boy system to be hacked purely through the controller port.
Then make it lawful to copy but not to use. The legal structure needed to enable this has been in place since October 1998, when the U.S. Congress made it unlawful to decrypt a program's installer without permission from the program's copyright owner. So someone would have the encrypted bits but not the license code to use them.
Unless you have a POTS modem, your time is already wasted when you go to buy a Steam-"powered" game.
In some parts of the United States without access to cable, Internet access costs $5 per GB. People with a 10 GB/mo plan on cellular, satellite, or Iowa DSL could start a download now and not finish the 50 GB of a full 2-layer BD-ROM before the end of the year.
i wish a new MGS starred Raiden again.
You might be interested in another series starring what Raiden becomes after he learns to bend lightning to his will: Mortal Kombat.
That's because five years ago, Ubuntu was shipping with DejaVu Mono, and Hack's website admits that it's a modified DejaVu Mono.
The article states that some countries recognize exclusive rights in typefaces for terms ranging from 14 to 25 years. Monaco and the other original Mac fonts came out in 1984.
Digital outline fonts (.ttf, .otf) are subject to ordinary copyright as computer programs because there is more room for originality in control point placement and hint programming.
Ø is a letter, not a number.
The bidirectional control characters are up in the U+20xx block, not down below U+0020 as you appear to assume.
Then how wouldn't proprietary software be able to avail itself of the same loophole?
So long as the "peanut" symbol recognizably depicts a peanut in each font, it still serves its purpose as an allergen symbol.
The reason slashdot does not show unicode (first byte above 0x7F) is because the characters are filtered out
And this character whitelist exists because in the past, vandals have used bidirectional control characters in Unicode to spoof moderation scores.
graphics processor? You mean you can process all kinds of porn with it?
Given the name, you can probably process kitty porn.
Slashdot should be fixing their bugs, not us working around them.
If we move from Slashdot to a site whose developers have fixed Slashdot's bugs, does that count as "working around them"?
Applying implied warranties to all computer programs distributed for a fee makes it impractical to recover the cost of distributing free software on physical media.
But in order to get Minecraft or Cave Story or any of the other solo success stories onto game consoles everywhere
Have a look at the nowhere demos.
From the FAQ:
I see nothing about a console port. My point is that it takes a larger team to shepherd a game through console makers' bureaucracy.
The use case I had envisioned involves the operator of a very popular forum and video archive, which ends up getting kicked off inexpensive paid hosting services because of bandwidth use.
Why not just allow for Skype and Ok Google, but disallowed for any other generic website unless a request is popped up and accepted?
Agreed. The user would place Skype and the like under "Background access", but "any other generic website" would get "Temporary foreground access" with a pop-up to change the policy. The problem comes when users aren't given a way to say "Yes, this site has a legit reason to use my sensors, so quit bugging me," or when each site operator has to register with each browser publisher to enable the "quit bugging me" options.
So this Japanese guy arrives at the airport, jumps in a taxi, smiles at the driver and says ...
Ou, haai.
We put a spoiler on a Prius.
Which one? "The Lone Gunmen are dead"? "Snape kills Dumbledore"?
How many people use their microphone that often? If they don't care about their own privacy over the inconvience of clicking a button then they probably deserve the privacy intrusion they're going to get.
How many people use their microphone that often?
I can think of users of Siri, users of OK Google, users of Cortana, users of voice-to-SMS, frequent users of VoIP, and people who use dictation because they have trouble using a standard keyboard. Someone who scans barcodes of products or scans personal checks from friends and family and payroll checks from employers too small for direct deposit might use the camera often.
I suggest a different privilege model for access to privacy-sensitive sensors:
Which side of the equation do the content creators care about the most? Would they rather provide the readers with value and treat them with respect, or suck up to those with the money?
If the choice is between trying to respect visiting readers while showing tasteful ads and trying to respect visiting readers while showing no ads, it depends on how much the authors want to keep a roof over their heads. The alternative (a paywall to cover authors' salaries and server costs) disrespects readers who are visiting, as paywalls lead to bounces, and bounces waste not only the reader's time but also server resources.
That's right, RHEL/CentOS separates security updates with feature updates. Ubuntu doesn't do this
In my experience, an Ubuntu LTS release doesn't get feature updates other than hardware support. Feature updates come every two years to the LTS track. What am I missing?
Ubuntu is a good enough OS for desktops, but servers are precisely where it should not be used.
Could you explain in more detail why you believe Ubuntu Server is unsuitable for servers? What change from Debian makes it unsuitable? Or is Debian likewise unsuitable?