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Comment · 13 years ago
Why would you intentionally leave in potential vulnerabilities, if you hypothetically have the option to release bug free code and boast about it.
Comment · 13 years ago
By "set of stairs" do you mean a simple vertical line that cuts trough all of terrain?
Comment · 13 years ago
Interesting, i thought minecraft had more complicated algorithms.

Does anyone have any examples on a more specific 2d terrain generation (side-scroller).

Comment · 13 years ago
I was always wondering, if PayPal locks a 200k$ account, where does that money go?
Comment · 13 years ago
Were you lying about being an american student?
Comment · 13 years ago
The whole movie in... First Person Perspective!

or even better;

The whole movie is a first person game and every viewer has a mouse and keyboard, every move from everyone is integrated/averaged together and this moves the character on the movie screen.

Comment · 13 years ago
They have to make it quieter first. There is no way i could use anything so loud with roommates sleeping in the next room.

I think towel is still better for home usage as it wipes any remaining soap/stain off your skin in hard to reach places, and after a while you can always wash it in a washing machine.

Comment · 14 years ago
Now it says Infinity:NaN:NaN regarding the estimated time to download. :)

And the file is just 4KB.

Comment · 14 years ago
This statement makes no sense whatsoever.
Comment · 14 years ago
Important part:

Prosecutors Ortiz and Stephen Heymann turned to a standard trick while pursuing the case, mounting a total of thirteen felony counts against Swartz and arguing that his college prank aimed at “liberating” a collection of academic articles with little commercial value was a serious crime. Although each of these counts bordered on the preposterous, Ortiz and Heymann clearly reckoned that at least one or two would stick during the jury-room bargaining process. More to the point, they assumed that the risk of their success even on bogus charges would be enough to pressure Swartz into accepting a guilty plea on all the counts in exchange for a reduced sentence — which is what they offered him. The process was fundamentally corrupt and shameful. But observers of the American criminal-justice system also know that it was a common one.

Comment · 14 years ago
I kinda liked it; Even if you skip something the story is written in a way so it doesn't matter too much.
Comment · 14 years ago
What illegal products are you talking about?
Comment · 14 years ago
Piece is the keyword here.
Comment · 14 years ago
Comment · 14 years ago
The user's javascript that encrypted the file can also make a hash send it to mega, and then they check if they already have that.

EDIT: They never get to see your key or what is in the file.

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