There is a brute force algorithm crack for every Microsoft product I have ever seen.
I saw one at a LAN party that had every copy of windows, every copy of office, and a whole bunch of Microsoft products.
You would set it and forget it. It would generate a key, test it and then if it was good put it in a log file, if it was bad it would attempt to generate another.
This kid had a list of probably 1000 WinXp pro keys that had generated just because he was bored.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/30/brute_force _quad_cores/
Read the Tom's article they explain the 90nm process and why these are more advanced than the intel chips.
Gotta remember this is revision 1 of this system, we have yet to see how far this can be taken.
Non-Legit Bidders are making ebay shopping worthless.
12 bids in a row for $200 to $500 a piece. Cmon. I have been looking at the auctions I think it's like a crew of 40 people just bidding the crap out of every auction because they are mad that they didn't stand in line long enough to get one.
The "if I can't have it no one will" childish mentality is really irritating. I think once those people get banned and the next couple crews of them get banned as well the price will settle down to like 2k. Which is still high, but a lot more manageable than $8k.
Ebay should put a limit on who can bid on these. Minimum 100+ feedback or something might be a good idea.
Yep
I do believe it's possible that some of the people that were banned were doing something more clandestine than they had stated or possible objectionable activity. It's common to play innocent.
I hope the people that were truly false positived are able to get there accounts back.
To say the least blizzard is atleast actively trying, that's better than you can say for other companies that develop games.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;js es sionid=1CE032655CAF22AA7AC6733584FF4BF9?topicId=47 009071&pageNo=3&sid=1#40
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?to pi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=3#53
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?to pi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=4#73
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?to pi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=4#78
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?to pi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=5#93
Bliz posters are saying that they are looking at it and have been for quite sometime, working Cedega, Gnome and other Linux / Winux style OS's. Take a look at the posts Tseric is usually pretty upfront about stuff like this and will tell you what he knows...
I am new to posting on/. and sometimes i forget to include HTML tags. haha
This is the 3rd or 4th time there have been reports of this.
Most of them get resolved rather quickly, but in general this game is meant to be played on Windows or Mac, it says so on the box and on the CD's. So playing on an emulated version of windows might go against there policies. Which as many of you know there policies are how they do business and control there game. If they don't want to using linux to play they won't let you play. It's there game, server, and account, you're just paying for time to play it.
But sincerely I hope they remedy this because it's kind of stupid to alienate this size of market section, just because your flavor of punkbuster can't read them.
And constant crashes.
Fine let's put it this way, it barely supports dual core architecture in the most crippled, limited, and rudimentary form possible with an absurd amount of errors and problems coming from trying to support it.
WoW at the moment doesn't even support dual core processors. And they have been out going on 2.5 years now. I doubt they will be updating to quad core support anytime soon.
Anyway World of Warcraft is barely hardware taxing anyway. Hell it runs on a Pentium 3 900mhz with a GeForce2 in it.
I agree with 100% of this, Even with the bad press almost every single presale around the country sold out. People are selling them for 3x-4x what they cost on Ebay, and the buzz for them even with 1 killer launch title is amazing.
Coupled with coming with a Blu-ray HD DVD player this (entertainment center) console could very well set the pace for the market for HD DVDs and Console (Entertainment Center) gaming machines.
Old saying applies "there is no such thing as bad press" as long as people are buzzing about you, you will be on there minds.
These sites, although gross to 99.99999% are legal, sadly. Censoring legal contact because they feel it is bad content is in general a bad idea.
I don't want to see where this ends up.... Because if censoring legal content due to moral inhibition is a steep and dangerous slope, and once it starts it could possibly landslide.
It seems to me that in general it is beneficial for Alienware to leverage there products against the review site. I am not saying it's a fair or good practice but it's definitely something a lot of other companies do.
Give them a good review or they take the ball home with them.
In the sense of real journalism it's a bunch of crap serious reviewers don't care what this companies have to say or think, and will call a lemon a lemon. But a lot of these sites are marketing tools to help make all of the partners money and they will do anything to continue that relationship because it is mutually beneficial for them to work hand in hand.
This is why you don't see many "good", well known, hardcore, or elite review sites reviewing Alienware products because Alienware knows to stay away from them because they will call it like they see it.
Sometimes Alienware Gear is good but a lot of time it's run of the mill product in a slick package, and that's about all. You're paying for the name not the quality at that point, and people should already know that.
I don't know if the RIAA will try to touch it, since these videos are out in public domain, and in most fashions not available for sale in any form.
But you never know with the RIAA.
I'm not sure how youtube makes money or stays open, but the RIAA may try to get a piece of that.
Slashdot Mirror
LOL I guess that's true.
Cobol already exists!!!
Lol, those giant magnets are dangerous.
I saw one at a LAN party that had every copy of windows, every copy of office, and a whole bunch of Microsoft products.
You would set it and forget it. It would generate a key, test it and then if it was good put it in a log file, if it was bad it would attempt to generate another.
This kid had a list of probably 1000 WinXp pro keys that had generated just because he was bored.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Corporate/VirtualPressRoo m/0,,51_104_543~114948,00.html
45nm with a decisive design edge hrm
And cheaper to manufacture!
can't wait.
Before you pass judgment on this. This is Rev 1, let's see how far they can take this. http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/30/brute_force _quad_cores/
http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/11/30/brute_force _quad_cores/
Read the Tom's article they explain the 90nm process and why these are more advanced than the intel chips.
Gotta remember this is revision 1 of this system, we have yet to see how far this can be taken.
12 bids in a row for $200 to $500 a piece. Cmon. I have been looking at the auctions I think it's like a crew of 40 people just bidding the crap out of every auction because they are mad that they didn't stand in line long enough to get one.
The "if I can't have it no one will" childish mentality is really irritating. I think once those people get banned and the next couple crews of them get banned as well the price will settle down to like 2k. Which is still high, but a lot more manageable than $8k.
Ebay should put a limit on who can bid on these. Minimum 100+ feedback or something might be a good idea.
Yep
I do believe it's possible that some of the people that were banned were doing something more clandestine than they had stated or possible objectionable activity. It's common to play innocent.
I hope the people that were truly false positived are able to get there accounts back.
To say the least blizzard is atleast actively trying, that's better than you can say for other companies that develop games.
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;j
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http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?t
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Bliz posters are saying that they are looking at it and have been for quite sometime, working Cedega, Gnome and other Linux / Winux style OS's. Take a look at the posts Tseric is usually pretty upfront about stuff like this and will tell you what he knows...
I am new to posting on
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html;jses sionid=1CE032655CAF22AA7AC6733584FF4BF9?topicId=47 009071&pageNo=3&sid=1#40
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=3#53
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=4#73
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=4#78
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topi cId=47009071&sid=1&pageNo=5#93
Bliz posters are saying that they are looking at it and have been for quite sometime, working Cedega, Gnome and other Linux / Winux style OS's.
Take a look at the posts Tseric is usually pretty upfront about stuff like this and will tell you what he knows...
This is the 3rd or 4th time there have been reports of this.
Most of them get resolved rather quickly, but in general this game is meant to be played on Windows or Mac, it says so on the box and on the CD's. So playing on an emulated version of windows might go against there policies. Which as many of you know there policies are how they do business and control there game. If they don't want to using linux to play they won't let you play. It's there game, server, and account, you're just paying for time to play it.
But sincerely I hope they remedy this because it's kind of stupid to alienate this size of market section, just because your flavor of punkbuster can't read them.
And constant crashes. Fine let's put it this way, it barely supports dual core architecture in the most crippled, limited, and rudimentary form possible with an absurd amount of errors and problems coming from trying to support it.
WoW at the moment doesn't even support dual core processors. And they have been out going on 2.5 years now. I doubt they will be updating to quad core support anytime soon. Anyway World of Warcraft is barely hardware taxing anyway. Hell it runs on a Pentium 3 900mhz with a GeForce2 in it.
I think it was something like 100,000 units presold.
I agree with 100% of this, Even with the bad press almost every single presale around the country sold out. People are selling them for 3x-4x what they cost on Ebay, and the buzz for them even with 1 killer launch title is amazing. Coupled with coming with a Blu-ray HD DVD player this (entertainment center) console could very well set the pace for the market for HD DVDs and Console (Entertainment Center) gaming machines. Old saying applies "there is no such thing as bad press" as long as people are buzzing about you, you will be on there minds.
These sites, although gross to 99.99999% are legal, sadly. Censoring legal contact because they feel it is bad content is in general a bad idea.
I don't want to see where this ends up.... Because if censoring legal content due to moral inhibition is a steep and dangerous slope, and once it starts it could possibly landslide.
It seems to me that in general it is beneficial for Alienware to leverage there products against the review site. I am not saying it's a fair or good practice but it's definitely something a lot of other companies do. Give them a good review or they take the ball home with them. In the sense of real journalism it's a bunch of crap serious reviewers don't care what this companies have to say or think, and will call a lemon a lemon. But a lot of these sites are marketing tools to help make all of the partners money and they will do anything to continue that relationship because it is mutually beneficial for them to work hand in hand. This is why you don't see many "good", well known, hardcore, or elite review sites reviewing Alienware products because Alienware knows to stay away from them because they will call it like they see it. Sometimes Alienware Gear is good but a lot of time it's run of the mill product in a slick package, and that's about all. You're paying for the name not the quality at that point, and people should already know that.
It definitely smells fishy to me...
I don't know if the RIAA will try to touch it, since these videos are out in public domain, and in most fashions not available for sale in any form. But you never know with the RIAA. I'm not sure how youtube makes money or stays open, but the RIAA may try to get a piece of that.