HDCP was a horrible algorithm from the start. The method for finding the master key has been known for many years. It's just that it required quite a bit of effort to actually get it.
That said, I am not sure if somebody actually used the theoretical attack, or if it was just leaked.
Even if you use a cross-platform engine, you still have to make sure all the code you write yourself is cross-platform. That can be a lot of work, especially if you don't set out to do so right from the start.
The story? That was Bulwer-Lytton contest quality writing. The story was what made me give up on it. That and the way it starts out so incredibly slow that you're bored of it before you get to any theoretical good parts later.
"When confronted with a dangerous situation, I was wise to use the full range of my physical abilities to avoid it. With a powerful thrust of my legs, my webbed feet would propel me forward, leaving my pursuers in my wake."
Who' to say the World of Goo engine couldn't do a larger game?
A larger game... That looks pretty much like World of Goo, sure. That is not the issue.
That said Id has also port their games to Linux with what seems to be relative ease.
Id have lots of extremely competent programmers with experience of writing engines for cross-platform use, and their main business is selling engines, not games. Of course it is easier for them.
I'm all for it! The more the big old dinosaurs get out of the single-player game market, the more room there is for people who can actually make a good game to work!
People keep trying to do this. At first we had P2P clients with integrated searching. None of them ever got all that popular. Then BitTorrent is launched, and it didn't have any searching, and relied on the much more familiar and comfortable web for that. It became a huge hit. What do these people do? They think, "Wow! BitTorrent is pretty great! But wouldn't it be even better if it had search?"
Predictably, though, they fail completely, every time.
The article clearly demonstrates that Google has hard-coded its services to appear in the #1 spot for certain search terms.
Which is a well-known and well-liked feature, and should not come as a surprise to anyone who has used Google.
It is not, however, a "hard-coded bias" in the search results, nor is it a sign that any algorithm is biased, because that extra information doesn't come from the search algorithms in the first place, and is not a search result.
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All colour films are black and white films with colour added to them, and require special chemistry.
Sure you're not thinking of Kodak's Ektachrome rather than actual Kodachrome? Ektachrome fades horribly.
Indeed, everyone in IT has stories about how everyone except themselves are idiots.
It already calculates a checksum, because that is how code signing works in the first place. It's not a checksum of the entire disc.
HDCP was a horrible algorithm from the start. The method for finding the master key has been known for many years. It's just that it required quite a bit of effort to actually get it.
That said, I am not sure if somebody actually used the theoretical attack, or if it was just leaked.
Hey! Scientists! Stop ruining nonsensical old X-Files episodes!
This was not always the case.
Yes, it was.
This is because WebGL is an experimental feature. It is not meant to be easy or obvious! WebGL is not read for general use yet.
Most browsers will already happily use DirectShow if you ask them nicely.
Chrome supports h.264 just fine.
Even if you use a cross-platform engine, you still have to make sure all the code you write yourself is cross-platform. That can be a lot of work, especially if you don't set out to do so right from the start.
He's probably talking about this:
Please note, Cortex Command and Revenge of the Titans are still under active development.
The story? That was Bulwer-Lytton contest quality writing. The story was what made me give up on it. That and the way it starts out so incredibly slow that you're bored of it before you get to any theoretical good parts later.
"When confronted with a dangerous situation, I was wise to use the full range of my physical abilities to avoid it. With a powerful thrust of my legs, my webbed feet would propel me forward, leaving my pursuers in my wake."
Who' to say the World of Goo engine couldn't do a larger game?
A larger game... That looks pretty much like World of Goo, sure. That is not the issue.
That said Id has also port their games to Linux with what seems to be relative ease.
Id have lots of extremely competent programmers with experience of writing engines for cross-platform use, and their main business is selling engines, not games. Of course it is easier for them.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that simple games are easier to port than big ones.
I know, I know, crazy talk.
I'm all for it! The more the big old dinosaurs get out of the single-player game market, the more room there is for people who can actually make a good game to work!
It was the only P2P client at the time. It was also never as popular as BitTorrent.
Since you didn't seem to get the point, let me summarize:
Decentralized, search: All P2P clients except BitTorrent. All failed.
Centralized, no search: BitTorrent. Wildly successful.
Don't worry, nobody will care this time either.
People keep trying to do this. At first we had P2P clients with integrated searching. None of them ever got all that popular. Then BitTorrent is launched, and it didn't have any searching, and relied on the much more familiar and comfortable web for that. It became a huge hit. What do these people do? They think, "Wow! BitTorrent is pretty great! But wouldn't it be even better if it had search?"
Predictably, though, they fail completely, every time.
The article clearly demonstrates that Google has hard-coded its services to appear in the #1 spot for certain search terms.
Which is a well-known and well-liked feature, and should not come as a surprise to anyone who has used Google.
It is not, however, a "hard-coded bias" in the search results, nor is it a sign that any algorithm is biased, because that extra information doesn't come from the search algorithms in the first place, and is not a search result.
You must have missed that that article is 100% bullshit.
It's amazing Slashdot actually published that bullshit, and it's even sadder that people actually took it at face value.
Kelp tea?
What?
Yes, ancient superstitions, the best reason to oppose technology!