DMCA is for copyright violations, where is the copyright issue with this rootkit? Presumably they (Sony) have the rootkit's authors' permision to use the rootkit...
So, maybe 80 games a year will be profitable. But how many will be profitable because they have a hype machine pushing them, and how many will be profitable because they are actually fun to play?
Did you actually read the post you replied to, or did you not understand it?
For the benefit of the relatively clueless I'll elaborate...
I work in the AUP dept for an ISP.
A typical conversation with a typical XP user goes something like this:
US: do you have to logon to Windows with a password? THEM: no US: have been able to do Windows Updates recently? THEM: what? US: is the XP firewall active? THEM: i have no idea
This is the Joe Sixpack user I was referring to. He buys a shiny-new computer, plugs it in, then meanders across the internet while logged in as an admin.
Now who is responsible for educating this user on safe computer practices? That is debatable, but Microsoft isn't doing enough to stress the importance of creating new Windows user accounts with limited privileges, especially for brand-new users.
Malware like the kind I described would finally force MS and the user to say: OMFG! We have to learn this security thing now!
Things will have to get worse before they get better.
Sometimes I pray for an actual competent anarchist malware writer. Someone who can get the rootkits installed and wait a while for the infection to spread. THEN tell all the infected machines to fry the MOBO and/or the MBR on the HD.
Only then will you see Microsoft and Joe Sixpack get serious about security.
I speak from experience when I tell you that educating users will not solve the world's computing ills. Some users can't/won't be educated.
This is something else the EU could sue MS over. Will Longhorn be available in the EU WITHOUT the RSS built in? They already got nailed for embedding Windows Media Player...
It sounds ambitious but I would really like to know how the method of character progression actually differs from any mmorpg already out there.
Can the GMs award extra experience for clever solutions? Can they award a character extra experience for behaving as a particular character (priest, druid, etc) should? Can they subtract experience for a player acting out of character?
Until/unless that happens the "R" in computer RPGs will stand for "roll".
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"Highly Critical Hole Found in IE"
When does this stop being "news" and start being "the usual"?
Inventor?! No, an inventor would have something workable. RIM INVENTED the device and rightfully said to the squatter: "go pound sand up your ass"
"MMORPGs generally don't have a win condition either"
Not for the subscribers anyway. The vendors definitely have THEIR win condition... $$$
...Earth-like or Pluto-like?
TFA says it's more Pluto-like. 5x the mass of Earth and -220 degrees. But "Earth-like" is scattered rather too liberally throughout the article.
Seems just a bit sensationalist to me.
If the story is news for nerds then let it in and appeal to the moderators to flag offtopic posts as "off topic".
Or create a "bitchy whiner" mod.
"Isn't 99 cents too much to pay for music that appeals to just a few people?"
You can't be serious. It depends on the listener what music is worth. Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.
Anything by Albinoni (or any other dead baroque composer) is worth vastly more than the latest Jessica Simpson pablum.
"Let those lovely DMCA laws work in our favor"
DMCA is for copyright violations, where is the copyright issue with this rootkit? Presumably they (Sony) have the rootkit's authors' permision to use the rootkit...
Unless these scientists find a way to make humans less fertile, planet earth is gonna get ugly crowded.
If a business like an internet cafe could get a break on liscensing and initial payout they would probably jump all over it.
'The internet is now such a massive industry but people haven't caught up in terms of their dress'
It kills me that a bunch of drones brainwashed into wearing an outfit that hasn't really changed in decades is telling the IT industry to catch up...
So, maybe 80 games a year will be profitable. But how many will be profitable because they have a hype machine pushing them, and how many will be profitable because they are actually fun to play?
Did you actually read the post you replied to, or did you not understand it?
For the benefit of the relatively clueless I'll elaborate...
I work in the AUP dept for an ISP.
A typical conversation with a typical XP user goes something like this:
US: do you have to logon to Windows with a password?
THEM: no
US: have been able to do Windows Updates recently?
THEM: what?
US: is the XP firewall active?
THEM: i have no idea
This is the Joe Sixpack user I was referring to. He buys a shiny-new computer, plugs it in, then meanders across the internet while logged in as an admin.
Now who is responsible for educating this user on safe computer practices? That is debatable, but Microsoft isn't doing enough to stress the importance of creating new Windows user accounts with limited privileges, especially for brand-new users.
Malware like the kind I described would finally force MS and the user to say: OMFG! We have to learn this security thing now!
Things will have to get worse before they get better.
Sometimes I pray for an actual competent anarchist malware writer. Someone who can get the rootkits installed and wait a while for the infection to spread. THEN tell all the infected machines to fry the MOBO and/or the MBR on the HD.
Only then will you see Microsoft and Joe Sixpack get serious about security.
I speak from experience when I tell you that educating users will not solve the world's computing ills. Some users can't/won't be educated.
This thing is designed to limit software installation. Does that include viruses/trojans/rootkits/etc? Somehow I think not.
What are the users supposed to do if (when) their toy gets pwned? Rely on a MS solution? HA!
... of a White House press conference.
They're too busy counting all their money to take any of you seriously.
What is this "wife" of which you speak?
... is it legal to use these two words in the same sentence?
1) release virus
2) get arrested
3) update resume
4) get hired by security company
5) profit!
Wasn't this supposed to be the service that would draw customers to Infinium's vapo.. Phantom console?
Anyone still investing in Infinium after hearing this news deseves to lose their money.
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." - Benjamin Franklin
There! Feel better now?
Do you think your faux witticism falls in the 60% total rubbish category, the 39% mostly rubbish category or the 1% chest puffing category?
"They that give up liberty for security deserve neither" - Benjamin Franklin
This is something else the EU could sue MS over. Will Longhorn be available in the EU WITHOUT the RSS built in? They already got nailed for embedding Windows Media Player...
It sounds ambitious but I would really like to know how the method of character progression actually differs from any mmorpg already out there.
Can the GMs award extra experience for clever solutions? Can they award a character extra experience for behaving as a particular character (priest, druid, etc) should? Can they subtract experience for a player acting out of character?
Until/unless that happens the "R" in computer RPGs will stand for "roll".
I, for one, am looking forward to the new Lindsay Lohan ride...
What kind of software do collage students use? Something that involves a lot of cut n paste?