Mangos and Summit weren't stolen from Blizzard. Now AEGIS-based Ragnarok servers are a totally different story. But people have been stealing that for years using an anonymous FTP account that Gravity has left open since... about 2001. Doesn't make it less illegal, but you'd think a company would figure that out when the majority of their players don't even play on official servers.
Considering that some people play WoW more often than my computer is guaranteed to be up and running, I'd say botting on WoW puts you at a disadvantage.
Not really. It's been inferred here that Glider actively bypasses Warden, which would be a DMCA violation. Warden simply not detecting Glider should be fundamentally different. Apparently it's not.
Actually, this is very true. I'm tired of seeing stuff on Fark about England banning yet another harmless object because it's the tiniest bit dangerous. Likewise, I'm getting tired of no one in America having the backbone to stand up and simply refuse to do things like give up their notes just because a teacher says so. It may be a school policy, but if every student always refused, what would they do? The school would either quickly run out of money, or quickly axe that policy so they won't run out of money.
The RIAA has been slowly causing the US population to believe that everything, without exception, can be copyrighted, controlled, and owned by a single entity to any extent. If it wasn't the RIAA, then it was something else, because this is only a fairly recent phenomenon.
I know I, for one, would be pretty pissed off to open up my new computer and not have any way to go download Firefox.
There are plenty of ways to do it. Aside from the FTP client Windows comes with (there's gotta be public FTP mirrors), there's PortableFirefox and different types of media for copying data over. It may be less convenient than simply opening up IE once, but let's face it: Internet Explorer is much more of a risk for the average user than Firefox or Opera. It's cliche, but it's true, and it's not that huge hump to cross to get a browser onto a browserless machine. Especially with so many people owning digital cameras, and most new laptops coming with SD/MMC slots.
On the other hand, I don't think that forcing Microsoft to remove WMP from Windows was such a good idea. Chances are that a good amount of people know at least one person who will ask, "well, why not try Firefox?" But those same people might not know anyone who will ask, "well, why not try VLC?"
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I demand newton meters to confuse the masses!
This is turning into job interview 2.0, where there is simply no possible solution and then you don't get hired because you didn't have a solution.
Then again, great great grandparent's computer could be behind a router blocking incomming connections...
Then it's no longer simply obscurity.
In Soviet... Ahh, nevermind.
Is this just Google's front for collecting porn for themselves? Taking all bets!
Mangos and Summit weren't stolen from Blizzard. Now AEGIS-based Ragnarok servers are a totally different story. But people have been stealing that for years using an anonymous FTP account that Gravity has left open since... about 2001. Doesn't make it less illegal, but you'd think a company would figure that out when the majority of their players don't even play on official servers.
Compared to other bots that inject themselves and patch out hack protection entirely? I'd say there's a big difference.
Considering that some people play WoW more often than my computer is guaranteed to be up and running, I'd say botting on WoW puts you at a disadvantage.
It just seems like a slippery slope to me, that's all.
Whoa whoa, Call of Duty isn't an EA game.
tell that to Psystar.
Fixed that for ya.
Not really. It's been inferred here that Glider actively bypasses Warden, which would be a DMCA violation. Warden simply not detecting Glider should be fundamentally different. Apparently it's not.
Doesn't the mod10 algorithm violate the DMCA by reverse engineering CC numbers to verify them?
So, wait, Big-O is based on a true story... from the future??
From a loudspeaker next to the camera: "EXTERMINATE!"
Fixed it for both of you.
Speaking of tags, should this be tagged 'bigbrother' or something more appropriate like 'middlebrother' or 'littlebrother?'
Actually, this is very true. I'm tired of seeing stuff on Fark about England banning yet another harmless object because it's the tiniest bit dangerous. Likewise, I'm getting tired of no one in America having the backbone to stand up and simply refuse to do things like give up their notes just because a teacher says so. It may be a school policy, but if every student always refused, what would they do? The school would either quickly run out of money, or quickly axe that policy so they won't run out of money.
The RIAA has been slowly causing the US population to believe that everything, without exception, can be copyrighted, controlled, and owned by a single entity to any extent. If it wasn't the RIAA, then it was something else, because this is only a fairly recent phenomenon.
Some schools are privately owned, however.
I could have sworn North Korea already tried, failed, and no one even noticed until after the fact...
Was that Seagate or did Candlejack get a little behind on h
Yeah, but everyone has access to BitTorrent. Whoops, did I just let that slip? Sorry, major networks!
I know I, for one, would be pretty pissed off to open up my new computer and not have any way to go download Firefox.
There are plenty of ways to do it. Aside from the FTP client Windows comes with (there's gotta be public FTP mirrors), there's PortableFirefox and different types of media for copying data over. It may be less convenient than simply opening up IE once, but let's face it: Internet Explorer is much more of a risk for the average user than Firefox or Opera. It's cliche, but it's true, and it's not that huge hump to cross to get a browser onto a browserless machine. Especially with so many people owning digital cameras, and most new laptops coming with SD/MMC slots.
On the other hand, I don't think that forcing Microsoft to remove WMP from Windows was such a good idea. Chances are that a good amount of people know at least one person who will ask, "well, why not try Firefox?" But those same people might not know anyone who will ask, "well, why not try VLC?"
With the internet interface. This one is made specifically to be viewed on a TV screen.
Oh yeah? Well I optimized my sex down to 23 seconds. Top THAT!