What about arbitrary javascript on web pages? By your logic, a Flash player would be out of the question.
Yes it would. Don't think for a second that Apple would let you sell your own browser of Flash plug-in. It doesn't mean that you are not allowed to use an existing Flash plugin or webbrowser tough.
While the 11 KB code footprint might not be all that impressive (altough I think it is), the 13 is very impressive for an IPv6 stack. I haven't RTFA but if it accepts a largeish number of simultaneous connections, I highly doubt they got it working at all with that kind of footprint.
Heck, 13KB is only slightly over the space required to load a 64 by 64 24 bits bitmap in memory. And you haven't displayed it yet.
For consoles it IS prohibitively difficult. Take Rock Band. I don't know how, say, the XBox filesystem works, but say the savegame/install portions and the downloadable songs are segmented. Now the first step is that you can't download the songs. Second you have to crack the game so that it reads in different spot (and probably break all new content that it released after the first release.) Every time, someone with a legit copy has to get all the content, and try to include it on the disk, and make sure the game can read it. Probably crack a UID inserted in the downloaded files, and release a new ISO of the game everytime that must be deleted. It completely stop used game resale, and pretty much makes piracy too annoying. I'm not even SURE there is a cracking process for XBox games right now. Do modchip do all the work ?
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Honestly ? Yes. Microsoft's compilers output better code and, in my experience, are faster at compiling than GCC is. Various IDEs for Windows let you use the (free as in beer) Microsoft compilers with them, so I honestly have no idea why someone would want to use MinGW unless they relied on GCC-specific extensions.
Yes. Yes they are crap, by today's standard. I'm tired of that logic. Go play your favorite SNES game (on a SNES, emulators are excluded), wait for the notalgia to wear off and try to honestly tell me it's more fun than your average PS3/X360 game. Be honest.
No graphics aren't everything, but it's not just graphics, it's raw CPU power, which means less budget for what makes the game fun, like AI and game logic.
Sounds rather clear to me. It validates EULAs, or at least, software licenses in general. So, if the WoW license says 'Only one copy running at the same time' or 'No bots' and you do not respect that, they can sue you.
I'm sorry, the game is called Grand Theft Auto and the box art is rather informative. I mean, If it had been called Brokeback Fountains, and the box had depicted dressed women wearing suggestive clothing, would you also have excused her for not paying attention to the rating ?
I got my B. Sc. in Computer Science with a concentration in Intelligent Systems. The state of academic AI seems to me like a field looking directly for purpose and direction. The problem with AI is that stuff which was once considered part of AI is now considered an algorithm. This is especially true for graph search algorithms such as A* and heuristics. Classification algorithms, from primitive algorithms such as K-Mean to more complex Bayesian models seem to be going down the same path of "just an algorithm."
Nowadays, it seems like planning is the big thing in AI, but once again, it's just a glorified search in a graph, be it a state or plan graph.
AI is an intuitively 'simple' concept, but there's no clear way to 'get there.'
Patents were only supposed to be used in special cases. The fact that they've become the norm, rather than the exception is a problem[1], and it doesn't seem like anyone is seriously looking into fixing that.
[1]Citation Needed.
You and the above poster's anecdotes have a thing in common. The users are mostly software engineers. That's precisely why it works. Also, I believe only engineers and production teams have admin privilieges on there machines and those are also supersceded in some cases via Active Directory.
For non-technical users, the story is entirely different, unless you want 'computer systems administration knowledge' as an evaluation point when hiring for all positions.
Not a bad idea but now you need to graft a standard interface to a keyring password manager in the standard. Is it worth it ? Like has been mentionned in other posts, it is very possible to attain more security trough relying on Kerberos or Active Directory for authentication and that's trivially implemented with a custom connection string.
My point is merely that I consider it a 'less secure but more practical option for the little guy', not a security vulnerability. It's a viable option when your data's not exactly national secrets.
They're there for data bindings to databases, which can be used for anything from mass mailing clients to generate a list of items with pricing.
I'd be interested in what is the alternative to storing them in plaintext in the document format. See, the database is going to be wanting that password, and it must be stored somewhere in the document in a stand-alone way or remembered by the user. If you encrypt it, you need to provide the keys in the same document or use a constant well-known key across all instance of the software. Hardly good security. The users might be willing to remember them, and I'm sure that's an option. In a lot of instances, credentials stored as plaintext with read-only permissions on specific tables is a fine solution, and you can do the security at the file access rights level. I would hardly call that a 'security hole'.
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If he can do it, so can the bad guys.
Not quite. If he can do it, maybe some bad guys can. If he publishes it, anyone who cares can.
In fact... I've just looked around for kicks.
What about arbitrary javascript on web pages? By your logic, a Flash player would be out of the question.
Yes it would. Don't think for a second that Apple would let you sell your own browser of Flash plug-in. It doesn't mean that you are not allowed to use an existing Flash plugin or webbrowser tough.
No it is not in any jurisdiction that I know of. You're thinking of trademarks.
If my DPI reveals encrypted data, I give you the lowest QoS. What's your reaction now ?
Nope, just got it.
I want to see if that feature actually works in real-time.
While the 11 KB code footprint might not be all that impressive (altough I think it is), the 13 is very impressive for an IPv6 stack. I haven't RTFA but if it accepts a largeish number of simultaneous connections, I highly doubt they got it working at all with that kind of footprint.
Heck, 13KB is only slightly over the space required to load a 64 by 64 24 bits bitmap in memory. And you haven't displayed it yet.
For consoles it IS prohibitively difficult. Take Rock Band. I don't know how, say, the XBox filesystem works, but say the savegame/install portions and the downloadable songs are segmented. Now the first step is that you can't download the songs. Second you have to crack the game so that it reads in different spot (and probably break all new content that it released after the first release.) Every time, someone with a legit copy has to get all the content, and try to include it on the disk, and make sure the game can read it. Probably crack a UID inserted in the downloaded files, and release a new ISO of the game everytime that must be deleted. It completely stop used game resale, and pretty much makes piracy too annoying. I'm not even SURE there is a cracking process for XBox games right now. Do modchip do all the work ?
Honestly ? Yes. Microsoft's compilers output better code and, in my experience, are faster at compiling than GCC is. Various IDEs for Windows let you use the (free as in beer) Microsoft compilers with them, so I honestly have no idea why someone would want to use MinGW unless they relied on GCC-specific extensions.
Yes. Yes they are crap, by today's standard. I'm tired of that logic. Go play your favorite SNES game (on a SNES, emulators are excluded), wait for the notalgia to wear off and try to honestly tell me it's more fun than your average PS3/X360 game. Be honest. No graphics aren't everything, but it's not just graphics, it's raw CPU power, which means less budget for what makes the game fun, like AI and game logic.
ECMA Script 3.11 for workgroups.
The joke works this time !
What about referees ? They can have a lot of influence. As much as judge can since they have well-established guidelines too.
Seriously. I'd expect more open-mindedness from a bunch of people whose hobbies are such interesting things as soldering and typing in a text editor.
I'm willing to bet most MMOs trust the client to some extent, in order to reduce their load. Open Sourcing them might not be such a good idea.
Sounds rather clear to me. It validates EULAs, or at least, software licenses in general. So, if the WoW license says 'Only one copy running at the same time' or 'No bots' and you do not respect that, they can sue you.
Why ? If they offer you money to display ads, why not take it ? Is being paid to advertise a product completely immoral on Slashdot now ?
I'm sorry, the game is called Grand Theft Auto and the box art is rather informative. I mean, If it had been called Brokeback Fountains, and the box had depicted dressed women wearing suggestive clothing, would you also have excused her for not paying attention to the rating ?
I got my B. Sc. in Computer Science with a concentration in Intelligent Systems. The state of academic AI seems to me like a field looking directly for purpose and direction. The problem with AI is that stuff which was once considered part of AI is now considered an algorithm. This is especially true for graph search algorithms such as A* and heuristics. Classification algorithms, from primitive algorithms such as K-Mean to more complex Bayesian models seem to be going down the same path of "just an algorithm."
Nowadays, it seems like planning is the big thing in AI, but once again, it's just a glorified search in a graph, be it a state or plan graph.
AI is an intuitively 'simple' concept, but there's no clear way to 'get there.'
Patents were only supposed to be used in special cases. The fact that they've become the norm, rather than the exception is a problem[1], and it doesn't seem like anyone is seriously looking into fixing that. [1]Citation Needed.
You and the above poster's anecdotes have a thing in common. The users are mostly software engineers. That's precisely why it works. Also, I believe only engineers and production teams have admin privilieges on there machines and those are also supersceded in some cases via Active Directory. For non-technical users, the story is entirely different, unless you want 'computer systems administration knowledge' as an evaluation point when hiring for all positions.
I wanted to post exactly that. Diamond Age is, IMHO, Stephenson's best novel. I'll give the editors a free pass on Zodiac tough.
Not a bad idea but now you need to graft a standard interface to a keyring password manager in the standard. Is it worth it ? Like has been mentionned in other posts, it is very possible to attain more security trough relying on Kerberos or Active Directory for authentication and that's trivially implemented with a custom connection string. My point is merely that I consider it a 'less secure but more practical option for the little guy', not a security vulnerability. It's a viable option when your data's not exactly national secrets.
They're there for data bindings to databases, which can be used for anything from mass mailing clients to generate a list of items with pricing.
I'd be interested in what is the alternative to storing them in plaintext in the document format. See, the database is going to be wanting that password, and it must be stored somewhere in the document in a stand-alone way or remembered by the user. If you encrypt it, you need to provide the keys in the same document or use a constant well-known key across all instance of the software. Hardly good security. The users might be willing to remember them, and I'm sure that's an option. In a lot of instances, credentials stored as plaintext with read-only permissions on specific tables is a fine solution, and you can do the security at the file access rights level. I would hardly call that a 'security hole'.