Uh... this isn't that new. Google has been showing up like this on my mom's laptop (widescreen so it's a big benefit) for about 3 or 4 months now.
I guess google must've detected that it was widescreen and changed the layout so that it i smore efficient in using the viewing window when fullscreened.
The easier they make it the more abuse it will have. If someone just click a button and it reports then abuse will go up. When someone has to fill out forms for 2 minutes then abuse gets cut down because people don't want to waste all that time.
I see no reason why a slashdot-style system couldn't be implemented. Just give people moderation points that can be applied to other players. After a certain amount of time these points would expire if they weren't used.
Of course, metamoderation would also have to be implemented but that would be trickier. You can't just have everyone metamod because people would be metamodding mods on people they have never played with. They would have to set it up so metamods would only be given in such a way that people wouldn't be modding a mod on someone which they've never even seen.
These games should be carrying a warning similar to cigarettes in that case.
They do. Read the EULA. No one reads the EULA.
I have heard others say that some games using StarForce do not mention it on the exterior of the box. Every place I have shopped at will not let me return a game once I rip the plastic off the box. I don't recall any games slapping the whole EULA on the box.
I think the reason they are so upset with this is because it makes the competitors more available.
Let's assume that Bob enjoys reading news on the internet. However, Bob does not know of these things referred to as "portals". Rather than pulling up 10 different windows (using internet explorer (Bob is an idiot, BTW) which makes it worse) for NYTimes, Washington Post, MSN, Yahoo, his local paper, and some others, Bob takes the lazy way out and uses only the NYTimes site because he doesn't like swapping windows.
Now Bob's friend comes along and tells Bob to go to news.google.com to get his news. Bob acquiesces and reads Google News from here on. Now Bob gets to see hundreds of different news sources rather than just the NYTimes. This is bad for the NYTimes so they sue Google.
I am not saying I agree with them suing, I believe it is fair use. However, I do see why they're suing.
I realized I had the bookmark right here.
Straight from the terms of the contest:
Using your PC (the subject PCs hardware must be under warranty terms) or any StarForce office PC you demonstrate that:
- All the drives in the system are properly functioning prior to the installation of a StarForce protected product of your choice. A legal version of operational system must be installed and there must be no other third company products installed. StarForce experts have full access to the subject PC for verification of installed software.
- After the installation and start-up of StarForce protected product (the product itself must not be hazardous for optical drives) the CD or DVD drive in the subject PC is not reading CD/DVD discs or the drive is not writing CD/DVD discs.
- After this demonstration the subject Drive must be removed from the subject PC and installed into any other computer that has no StarForce protected products or drivers installed, that has a legal version of operational system and has no third company products installed. StarForce experts have full access to the subject PC for verification of installed software.
Should the subject Drive fail to read or write CD/DVD discs in the second PC, you will be acknowledged the Winner.
That last sentence means that you must make the software actually physically fubar you drive to the point it will not work in ANY SYSTEM without starforce protection. Everyone knows starforce isn't physically smashing drives with hammers; they are breaking drivers to the point one needs to reinstall Windows.
This contest will never be won.
As a side note, if you decide you want to try to win this contest anyway, you must foot the bill to fly to Moscow (the one on the other side of the planet) and show the folks in the office.
anybody who can reproducibly demonstrate their software harming a system
You understand that one of the 'rules' of this competition was that it had to do permanent damage. Someone (multiple people, actually) showed them that when they installed a game with StarForce, their DVD(cd?) drive began to malfunction. However, they would not let this individual claim the prize because after completely wiping the HDD and reinstalling windows it began to work properly. They claimed this did not harm the system because it did not do permanent damage.
(I don't have a source to back this up right now, I'll find the article later.)
If I install a game on my system I don't want to have to reinstall my OS everytime I want to burn a DVD.
I pretty much host everything on my own servers now for a couple of reasons.
1) Most importantly, I learn all kinds of nifty things doing this that I can apply in a workplace environment
2) I don't have to pay anything. My cable connection + comp is expensive enough; I don't need to pay for that all again.
Obviously, if you have no need to learn about hosting servers and also have some extra money to spend, paying for a server is better. This way you have a better guarentee of uptime (assuming you pick a good host) and you usually will get better speeds this way (I only have 384k upload on my connection so downloading from somewhere else is very slow).
No, I said 11b is NOT limiting me. I'm on good ol' cat5 cable. Everyone on wireless only engages in casual browsing and chatting; nothing that would even stress dial-up.
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The problem with IP validation is the people on dial-up get different IPs all the time (some DSL/Cable users get different ones too). Therefore, the IP would not validate and they would have to login everytime they disconnect.
I found a link about this with LiveJournal.
Bantown members said they created hundreds of dummy member accounts featuring Web links that used the Javascript flaws to steal "cookies" (small text files on a Web-browsing computer that can be used to identify the user) from people who clicked on the links. Armed with those cookies, the hackers were then able to either log in as the victim, or arbitrarily post or delete entries on the victim's personal page.
they have ignored an entire niche market (xbox hackers)
I don't think putting security in place is ignoring them. Putting in the security just makes it more challenging for the hackers.
Putting in roadblocks and security in an attempt to stop hackers will never stop someone from at least trying.
Wasn't this demonstrated when some guy managed to steal a bunch of passwords stored in cookies. It would grab the cookie when they visited his site and he would look through them and access accounts accordingly. I think this happened on a social netowrking site (myspace?)
I don't believe it would be possible to be "trained" to defeat it. This actually scans your brain and looks at the actually "memory" (if I undertstand correctly). With polygraphs you simply have to know how to regulate your own vital signs. Unlike polys, monochromatic people would not be able to beat this one.
This won't work for those who have mental issues and actually believe they are telling the truth. When they scan your brain all the 'sectors' will still show up as true.
However, this would still be useful after it has undergone some extended testing to ensure accuracy.
Web pages appear startlingly quickly: nytimes.com pops open in about 1 second (versus 2), Amazon is ready in 2 seconds (versus 4) and MSN appears in 6 seconds (versus 8).
I might be wrong here but wouldn't the speed that a page comes up have nothing to do with whether your processor is a little faster and more to do with how many people are using broadband in your neighborhood at the time of the test?
You've got it right. And as someone said in a later comment, this decision should be made by the business, not the web designer.
Let's say your company decides to include support for IE3 Netscape Navigator 3. You charge them an extra $300 to ensure compatibility. Now users who have IE3 or NN3 make up only.6% of their visitors. The company must decide if the amount of leads they get from that small amount of people will allow them to make a profit.
I believe this is typically referred to as Return On Investment (ROI)
You're not the only one. All my network is on 802.11b (My main comp is on a wire because I didn't like the increased latency of wireless) and I don't have any intention of upgrading it. The main thing I use the network for is to hook up to my cable connection; transferring files between computers is done rarely and when it is I usually just hook up a USB key.
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I guess google must've detected that it was widescreen and changed the layout so that it i smore efficient in using the viewing window when fullscreened.
Well, it appears to be some sort of one-time pad.
Buddy, this is slashdot; I don't think we have to worry about anyone reading the article...
The idea is it's supposed to be F/OSS. MoneyDance doesn't exactly fit the bill...
Last week I stuck my finger in a light bulb socket... now that I think about it; my teeth do seem pretty darn white!
The easier they make it the more abuse it will have. If someone just click a button and it reports then abuse will go up. When someone has to fill out forms for 2 minutes then abuse gets cut down because people don't want to waste all that time.
I see no reason why a slashdot-style system couldn't be implemented. Just give people moderation points that can be applied to other players. After a certain amount of time these points would expire if they weren't used. Of course, metamoderation would also have to be implemented but that would be trickier. You can't just have everyone metamod because people would be metamodding mods on people they have never played with. They would have to set it up so metamods would only be given in such a way that people wouldn't be modding a mod on someone which they've never even seen.
For velcro-chest-hair-pockets
They do. Read the EULA. No one reads the EULA.
I have heard others say that some games using StarForce do not mention it on the exterior of the box. Every place I have shopped at will not let me return a game once I rip the plastic off the box. I don't recall any games slapping the whole EULA on the box.
I think the reason they are so upset with this is because it makes the competitors more available.
Let's assume that Bob enjoys reading news on the internet. However, Bob does not know of these things referred to as "portals". Rather than pulling up 10 different windows (using internet explorer (Bob is an idiot, BTW) which makes it worse) for NYTimes, Washington Post, MSN, Yahoo, his local paper, and some others, Bob takes the lazy way out and uses only the NYTimes site because he doesn't like swapping windows.
Now Bob's friend comes along and tells Bob to go to news.google.com to get his news. Bob acquiesces and reads Google News from here on. Now Bob gets to see hundreds of different news sources rather than just the NYTimes. This is bad for the NYTimes so they sue Google.
I am not saying I agree with them suing, I believe it is fair use. However, I do see why they're suing.
I am not sure about this but I think it also makes changes to other files/drivers so you would have to retrieve backup copies of some of them.
That last sentence means that you must make the software actually physically fubar you drive to the point it will not work in ANY SYSTEM without starforce protection. Everyone knows starforce isn't physically smashing drives with hammers; they are breaking drivers to the point one needs to reinstall Windows.
This contest will never be won.
As a side note, if you decide you want to try to win this contest anyway, you must foot the bill to fly to Moscow (the one on the other side of the planet) and show the folks in the office.
You understand that one of the 'rules' of this competition was that it had to do permanent damage. Someone (multiple people, actually) showed them that when they installed a game with StarForce, their DVD(cd?) drive began to malfunction. However, they would not let this individual claim the prize because after completely wiping the HDD and reinstalling windows it began to work properly. They claimed this did not harm the system because it did not do permanent damage.
(I don't have a source to back this up right now, I'll find the article later.)
If I install a game on my system I don't want to have to reinstall my OS everytime I want to burn a DVD.
I pretty much host everything on my own servers now for a couple of reasons.
1) Most importantly, I learn all kinds of nifty things doing this that I can apply in a workplace environment
2) I don't have to pay anything. My cable connection + comp is expensive enough; I don't need to pay for that all again.
Obviously, if you have no need to learn about hosting servers and also have some extra money to spend, paying for a server is better. This way you have a better guarentee of uptime (assuming you pick a good host) and you usually will get better speeds this way (I only have 384k upload on my connection so downloading from somewhere else is very slow).
No, I said 11b is NOT limiting me. I'm on good ol' cat5 cable. Everyone on wireless only engages in casual browsing and chatting; nothing that would even stress dial-up.
The problem with IP validation is the people on dial-up get different IPs all the time (some DSL/Cable users get different ones too). Therefore, the IP would not validate and they would have to login everytime they disconnect.
I found a link about this with LiveJournal. Bantown members said they created hundreds of dummy member accounts featuring Web links that used the Javascript flaws to steal "cookies" (small text files on a Web-browsing computer that can be used to identify the user) from people who clicked on the links. Armed with those cookies, the hackers were then able to either log in as the victim, or arbitrarily post or delete entries on the victim's personal page.
they have ignored an entire niche market (xbox hackers) I don't think putting security in place is ignoring them. Putting in the security just makes it more challenging for the hackers. Putting in roadblocks and security in an attempt to stop hackers will never stop someone from at least trying.
Wasn't this demonstrated when some guy managed to steal a bunch of passwords stored in cookies. It would grab the cookie when they visited his site and he would look through them and access accounts accordingly. I think this happened on a social netowrking site (myspace?)
I don't believe it would be possible to be "trained" to defeat it. This actually scans your brain and looks at the actually "memory" (if I undertstand correctly). With polygraphs you simply have to know how to regulate your own vital signs. Unlike polys, monochromatic people would not be able to beat this one.
This won't work for those who have mental issues and actually believe they are telling the truth. When they scan your brain all the 'sectors' will still show up as true. However, this would still be useful after it has undergone some extended testing to ensure accuracy.
I might be wrong here but wouldn't the speed that a page comes up have nothing to do with whether your processor is a little faster and more to do with how many people are using broadband in your neighborhood at the time of the test?
That brings a whole new meaning to 'RTFM'
Let's say your company decides to include support for IE3 Netscape Navigator 3. You charge them an extra $300 to ensure compatibility. Now users who have IE3 or NN3 make up only .6% of their visitors. The company must decide if the amount of leads they get from that small amount of people will allow them to make a profit.
I believe this is typically referred to as Return On Investment (ROI)
You're not the only one. All my network is on 802.11b (My main comp is on a wire because I didn't like the increased latency of wireless) and I don't have any intention of upgrading it. The main thing I use the network for is to hook up to my cable connection; transferring files between computers is done rarely and when it is I usually just hook up a USB key.