BTW, everyone on the internet should remember this (an example of a game that's very hard to pirate due to proprietary hardware) the next time a big media corporation wails on about piracy killing them.
Not if you just dive into it - the Rage rail shooter has got a full high-tech 3D engine behind it, and must have cost substantially more to make, but only cost a few dollars as well. Maybe it's a loss leader, but I reckon they've made their money back.
To answer that seriously: it's because high-speed routing is done by ASICs (custom-designed chips) that can't easily cope with an extensible/dynamic system. You could have something similar to the Unicode system where you can have an infinite-sized address, but you can't process that in one clock cycle of a backbone router, so we have to compromise and set a very large but static size for the address. Several decades ago it was significantly more expensive to build a router that routed IPv6-sized addresses, so the compromise was much bigger than it is today.
Also, many security vulnerabilities/bugs in software are due to logical errors in handling dynamically-allocated memory. There would be an additional epic pile of fail in the computing world if internet addresses were like that.
Like the social networking trends of the past few years, I believe the most widely-used leak site will end up being one that limits you to 140-character leaks, called "leets"
That's exactly what I said. But it'd be the manufacturer that issues the cheque if the license has already been sold.
The original round of people that got a refund on their Windows licenses as allowed by the EULA in the past decade got more than $10, but less than the OEM price. That's the result of the kind of exclusive deal I was talking about.
I remember seeing Dell computers preinstalled with Ubuntu were often times even more expensive than their Windows counterparts.
Then they didn't charge enough for Ubuntu software support. Hardware manufacturers should shut up and just support their hardware, rather than say ridiculous things like Apple's "jailbreaking your iPhone voids the hardware warranty, including the screen". I know they're scared that custom, non-sandboxed code might be able to send a "Halt and Catch Fire" type signal to the hardware that otherwise wouldn't happen, but you need a little intelligence and knowledge of your product to be able to respect your customers that are using it (in this example, to be able to differentiate between hardware failures linked to some kind of abuse and a manufacturing fault in the screen).
The problem is Microsoft uses bully tactics and abuse their monopoly to bend the manufacturers to their will. MOST people who buy laptops want or don't mind using Windows on them, so to be competitive in the laptop market you have to have a good price on your laptop+windows bundle, and if you want a good deal on Windows, Microsoft's exclusivity agreements then stop you from offering any other alternative.
The legal challengers are trying to say that a laptop as a piece of hardware is separate enough from Windows that you shouldn't be allowed to force it on people.
I don't expect a refund on the skin of an onion that gets peeled and promptly thrown away.
Yes, but the farmer doesn't pay a third party to add skins to their onions, thus increasing the cost of onion production. They may pay Monsanto, but without going too far off topic, that system's just as screwed up.
IMHO a field sobriety test is too vague and inaccurate to judge impairment to driving skills. From what I've seen they just judge coordination and coherent thought - I'd be perfectly fine with a standardised reaction time test though, and maybe they do that these days - as long as it's something scientifically quantifiable (I'm not saying you can quantify someone's driving skill with a number, just that it's the best way to police it over a general population).
And to respond to GP ("I get taxed for roads so it's my right to drive"), you have a need for roads in your society even if you're incapable of driving safely. Imagine if all of a sudden no one could drive...
Disclaimer: I live in a country where it's mandatory to submit to a police breath test at any time, and a reading above the limit is justification for a blood test to be taken.
1. Take out Linux functionality to provoke hackers to unlock your PS3 2. Boost hardware sales from all the people buying PS3's to play pirated games, while acting innocent to your third party game developers 3. ???? 4. PROFIT!!!
If you're going that far into conspiracy theory, you may as well suggest they leaked the key (or information on how to find it) themselves.
Part of the problem is that one patented idea/process/implementation isn't enough to do anything in today's world - a system like a game console or smartphone is built on thousands of patentable components.
"...Nine times seven, thought Shuman with deep satisfaction, is sixty-three, and I don't need a computer to tell me so. The computer is in my own head.
And it was amazing the feeling of power that gave him. "
except for the fact that "9*7=63" is a memorised fact for most people
Cue rampant predictions of abuse, but I wonder if it can be combined with an on-chip encryption key to make full-disk encryption more effective (if complete control is given to the user)
It was actually some stuff-up about IP, I think (some prebuilt technology they licensed for the game that they couldn't release as they wished). Ryan Gordon did most of the port, and was basically ready to release, then it was shuttered.
OpenLeaks tend to focus on security by design, but NetLeaks focuses on portability and cleanliness of leaks. Then there's the new ones like PC-leaks for leaks on the desktop, and specialist ones like LeakNAS that makes storage of leaks easy for everyone.
It's true, though. If you have nothing to hide, privacy is a total non-issue.
The problem is everyone has something to hide: passwords, bank details, religious views in certain contexts, genitalia, their company's trade secrets etc.
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What about all these 15-18 year old kids who'll think it's okay to throw pipe bombs at a mutant pig cop!?
BTW, everyone on the internet should remember this (an example of a game that's very hard to pirate due to proprietary hardware) the next time a big media corporation wails on about piracy killing them.
From what I can tell, the marketing team did in fact implement the security in the PS3...
Not if you just dive into it - the Rage rail shooter has got a full high-tech 3D engine behind it, and must have cost substantially more to make, but only cost a few dollars as well. Maybe it's a loss leader, but I reckon they've made their money back.
It's not "research" if the leeched data appears on your production site automatically and without review...
To answer that seriously: it's because high-speed routing is done by ASICs (custom-designed chips) that can't easily cope with an extensible/dynamic system. You could have something similar to the Unicode system where you can have an infinite-sized address, but you can't process that in one clock cycle of a backbone router, so we have to compromise and set a very large but static size for the address. Several decades ago it was significantly more expensive to build a router that routed IPv6-sized addresses, so the compromise was much bigger than it is today.
Also, many security vulnerabilities/bugs in software are due to logical errors in handling dynamically-allocated memory. There would be an additional epic pile of fail in the computing world if internet addresses were like that.
Like the social networking trends of the past few years, I believe the most widely-used leak site will end up being one that limits you to 140-character leaks, called "leets"
It is when you fly it into a foreign country. Sort of like shipping decryption keys in end-user products.
That's exactly what I said. But it'd be the manufacturer that issues the cheque if the license has already been sold.
The original round of people that got a refund on their Windows licenses as allowed by the EULA in the past decade got more than $10, but less than the OEM price. That's the result of the kind of exclusive deal I was talking about.
I remember seeing Dell computers preinstalled with Ubuntu were often times even more expensive than their Windows counterparts.
Then they didn't charge enough for Ubuntu software support. Hardware manufacturers should shut up and just support their hardware, rather than say ridiculous things like Apple's "jailbreaking your iPhone voids the hardware warranty, including the screen". I know they're scared that custom, non-sandboxed code might be able to send a "Halt and Catch Fire" type signal to the hardware that otherwise wouldn't happen, but you need a little intelligence and knowledge of your product to be able to respect your customers that are using it (in this example, to be able to differentiate between hardware failures linked to some kind of abuse and a manufacturing fault in the screen).
The problem is Microsoft uses bully tactics and abuse their monopoly to bend the manufacturers to their will. MOST people who buy laptops want or don't mind using Windows on them, so to be competitive in the laptop market you have to have a good price on your laptop+windows bundle, and if you want a good deal on Windows, Microsoft's exclusivity agreements then stop you from offering any other alternative.
The legal challengers are trying to say that a laptop as a piece of hardware is separate enough from Windows that you shouldn't be allowed to force it on people.
I don't expect a refund on the skin of an onion that gets peeled and promptly thrown away.
Yes, but the farmer doesn't pay a third party to add skins to their onions, thus increasing the cost of onion production. They may pay Monsanto, but without going too far off topic, that system's just as screwed up.
IMHO a field sobriety test is too vague and inaccurate to judge impairment to driving skills. From what I've seen they just judge coordination and coherent thought - I'd be perfectly fine with a standardised reaction time test though, and maybe they do that these days - as long as it's something scientifically quantifiable (I'm not saying you can quantify someone's driving skill with a number, just that it's the best way to police it over a general population).
And to respond to GP ("I get taxed for roads so it's my right to drive"), you have a need for roads in your society even if you're incapable of driving safely. Imagine if all of a sudden no one could drive...
Disclaimer: I live in a country where it's mandatory to submit to a police breath test at any time, and a reading above the limit is justification for a blood test to be taken.
1. Take out Linux functionality to provoke hackers to unlock your PS3
2. Boost hardware sales from all the people buying PS3's to play pirated games, while acting innocent to your third party game developers
3. ????
4. PROFIT!!!
If you're going that far into conspiracy theory, you may as well suggest they leaked the key (or information on how to find it) themselves.
Part of the problem is that one patented idea/process/implementation isn't enough to do anything in today's world - a system like a game console or smartphone is built on thousands of patentable components.
"...Nine times seven, thought Shuman with deep satisfaction, is sixty-three, and I don't need
a computer to tell me so. The computer is in my own head.
And it was amazing the feeling of power that gave him. "
except for the fact that "9*7=63" is a memorised fact for most people
Cue rampant predictions of abuse, but I wonder if it can be combined with an on-chip encryption key to make full-disk encryption more effective (if complete control is given to the user)
Who can confirm Netcraft is dead?
It was actually some stuff-up about IP, I think (some prebuilt technology they licensed for the game that they couldn't release as they wished). Ryan Gordon did most of the port, and was basically ready to release, then it was shuttered.
OpenLeaks tend to focus on security by design, but NetLeaks focuses on portability and cleanliness of leaks. Then there's the new ones like PC-leaks for leaks on the desktop, and specialist ones like LeakNAS that makes storage of leaks easy for everyone.
No, but you can bypass it with 1 multitool
TFA says there'll be a "jail-breaking mode", so Google have obviously realised they've been hurt by the closed Android platforms
Did you know that disco record sales were up 400 per cent for the year ending 1976? If these trends continue... Ayyy!
It's true, though. If you have nothing to hide, privacy is a total non-issue.
The problem is everyone has something to hide: passwords, bank details, religious views in certain contexts, genitalia, their company's trade secrets etc.
What, you've never fallen through a dimensional gateway into a primitive planet, or into the distant past?
I have, and it sucked - I went to all that effort to build a telegraph, but once I got it working I realised there was no one to talk to...