I agree with you that movies have much more potential to frighten. Video games just aren't REAL enough to scare me. There's nothing scary about fake monsters in a fake space lab on a planet we can't even go to. But take a good scary movie like Jaws where it's based on real places with real creatures and real situations, and it can be incredbly powerful. I was scared of the ocean for a long time after seeing Jaws, as were lots and lots of other people. No videogame could ever do that, because the topics are never simple and real enough to be believable. And if it's not believable then it's not scary. Videogames need to be EXCITING and COHERENT in the time domain. Movies can do cuts and editing to elicit the perfect mood and feeling, where time can be fragmented. But you can't do stuff like that in games, so you lose very important story-telling devices and techniques. It's the story-telling that makes something scary, not just making scary things jump out of dark places at you.
It doesn't matter what their intent is, they are using rootkit techniques to hide shit on your computer. This allows other parties to piggyback on that tech and install other nastier UNDETECTABLE malware. It would be like if your house cleaning lady leaves your front door wide open when she leaves. Someone could stroll in, fuck your shit up, and leave undetected. Definitely something to seriously worry about.
If there was a Big Bang, then all matter would have emanated from that single point in the universe and moved outward, leaving a huge hole of nothing. This site could simply be where the Big Bang occured.
The problem is not the computers, it's the humans. The real solution is to get rid of all these goddamned pathetic humans and their feeble, greedy, corrupt brains. Cyborgs Unite!!
In this case, the intent was crystal clear. The user deleted the very specific parts that would prevent the user from printing out more copies than the copyright holder allowed, and nothing else. Please explain how this could possibly not be with bad intent.
That's all well and good, but you can't copyright a coupon.
The thing is, that's chump change to the RIAA. It's probably easily worth it to them to risk the $$ for the slightest chance they will prevail in appeals court.
Yeah, this is a good point. I can't imagine there are many problems you could have with a simple service like Netflix where you're just like, "OMG I NEED to get this problem solved TODAY, RIGHT NOW!" where you would need to sit on the phone and wait to actually talk to someone.
I'm not saying I'm smarter than NASA scientists, but why don't they put some sort of protective layer on top of the tiles for launch, which later gets shed either in space or during re-entry?
You're right. The real solution is to cut off kids' fingers at age 10, and reattach them when they graduate. Of course, everyone will have the fingers of a 10-year old, but these are just minor details...
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1. Open store
2. Receive bomb threat
3. Ignore demands, find bomb
4. Sell bomb on black market
5. Profit!!!
6. Goto Step2
That's just Money, in any country, any language, any politician
I'm actually convinced that the "dumb" government we see is just a front for the secret "smart" government working behind the scenes somewhere.
So can they convict me for destroying evidence because I turned off my computer?
You do the math.
(sqrt(270000) * 146000) / pi = 24148205.619474491768596100626108
I agree with you that movies have much more potential to frighten. Video games just aren't REAL enough to scare me. There's nothing scary about fake monsters in a fake space lab on a planet we can't even go to. But take a good scary movie like Jaws where it's based on real places with real creatures and real situations, and it can be incredbly powerful. I was scared of the ocean for a long time after seeing Jaws, as were lots and lots of other people. No videogame could ever do that, because the topics are never simple and real enough to be believable. And if it's not believable then it's not scary. Videogames need to be EXCITING and COHERENT in the time domain. Movies can do cuts and editing to elicit the perfect mood and feeling, where time can be fragmented. But you can't do stuff like that in games, so you lose very important story-telling devices and techniques. It's the story-telling that makes something scary, not just making scary things jump out of dark places at you.
It doesn't matter what their intent is, they are using rootkit techniques to hide shit on your computer. This allows other parties to piggyback on that tech and install other nastier UNDETECTABLE malware. It would be like if your house cleaning lady leaves your front door wide open when she leaves. Someone could stroll in, fuck your shit up, and leave undetected. Definitely something to seriously worry about.
it should've just said "@HJ89u^@^NO CARRIER"
If there was a Big Bang, then all matter would have emanated from that single point in the universe and moved outward, leaving a huge hole of nothing. This site could simply be where the Big Bang occured.
I think HDDVD will win that particular battle due to it being based on existing tech and manufacturing processes.
The problem is not the computers, it's the humans. The real solution is to get rid of all these goddamned pathetic humans and their feeble, greedy, corrupt brains. Cyborgs Unite!!
In this case, the intent was crystal clear. The user deleted the very specific parts that would prevent the user from printing out more copies than the copyright holder allowed, and nothing else. Please explain how this could possibly not be with bad intent.
That's all well and good, but you can't copyright a coupon.
If you have the diet of a prototypical Slashdotter there probably isn't much actual fiber in it.
I don't love the captain of the football team.
It still so weird to read about the new Russian court system. I always just figured the Russian court system was a guy named Yuri with an AK-47.
RIAA, MPAA, SIIA. What is it with these guys and the 4-letter acronyms?
It's just better at facilitating mutation and resistance to anti-bacterial agents, instead of the opposite...
The thing is, that's chump change to the RIAA. It's probably easily worth it to them to risk the $$ for the slightest chance they will prevail in appeals court.
I shave as denial of my shameful ape ancestry.
Yeah, this is a good point. I can't imagine there are many problems you could have with a simple service like Netflix where you're just like, "OMG I NEED to get this problem solved TODAY, RIGHT NOW!" where you would need to sit on the phone and wait to actually talk to someone.
I'm not saying I'm smarter than NASA scientists, but why don't they put some sort of protective layer on top of the tiles for launch, which later gets shed either in space or during re-entry?
The witnesses said they saw white, puffy smoke.
"All that smoke? Yeah, it was, uh, those Verizon guys. They hit a power line. It smells like pot?? Weird, dude..."
Wow! Is that the opposite of self-documenting code or what?
I would call it self-obfuscating.
You couldn't fool your mother on the foolingest day of your life with an electrified fooling machine!
You're right. The real solution is to cut off kids' fingers at age 10, and reattach them when they graduate. Of course, everyone will have the fingers of a 10-year old, but these are just minor details...