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Comment · 10 years ago
>all the text, sounds, textures models are present on the client side alone

This isn't entirely true. All the quest text, monster says, NPC interactions and more are sent by the server. Sure, the models and sounds are part of the client, but the server tells your client where to place which mobs, how much health they should have, how they react to you, etc.

>The content that is available on Nostralius is literally not available on any live server any more

Yeah, hosting a game server that is no longer available because the company that used to host them stopped offering that option should probably not be against the law. Even single player games are being created as "multiplayer" nowadays, so it's bound to become an even bigger problem in the future.

Comment · 10 years ago
Comment · 10 years ago
I think you might have misread the gp. gp asked

>am I required to make my application code public?

Comment · 10 years ago
You are not required to make your application public as it is not considered a derivative of the linux kernel. If you distribute the device you are required to provide your customers with the source code to the running linux kernel.

The exact details depend on multiple factors (are you linking to libraries? Are they considered system libraries?) and if you are actually thinking of doing this you should invest some time in investigating this, and probably in consulting a lawyer.

Note that this is all based on my layman's understanding of the law and the license, and I'm definitely not a lawyer.

Comment · 10 years ago
You misread what was said I think. It's about a facebook like, not about facebook itself.
Comment · 11 years ago
The readme doesn't seem to mention or I have missed it: I assume this works on a locked instance of KeePass (the database opened, but the application interface locked)?
Comment · 11 years ago
Most of the time you can paste the password in another field (like the username) and select and drag it to the password field.

Browsers should probably not allow that kind of interaction between javascript and the password field.

Comment · 11 years ago
While your name and phone number are public, the list of people who have your phone number saved is not public. These companies can effectively map who you associate with only by looking at other people's phones. They can profile you by association, and that is very wrong.

At some point privacy is no longer a choice, not a real choice anyway. You get to chose between participating in society or keeping your privacy. It shouldn't have to be this way, but it is.

Comment · 11 years ago
I really do appreciate the effort you put into these videos, and I definitely understand you want something out of this as well but the user experience of having to go through your site instead of a link to a youtube playlist does put me off quite a bit.

Either way, the first few videos I've watched so far are great, thanks.

Comment · 11 years ago
It's because the distinction isn't meaningful for day to day use. People use and compare languages and their standard libraries as a whole.

I do think people recognize the fact that these two are different things (e.g. when comparing C to a language with a richer standard library it's one of the points that are often specifically and separately mentioned.), but it's just not very useful to separate them explicitely in a comparison of languages from a user's point of view (as opposed to a language designer's point of view).

Comment · 11 years ago
techdevman: Your account is shadow banned. Looking at your history I think it was for your first article submission. It seems in error. No contact info in your profile so I wrote this reply.
Comment · 11 years ago
What is your opinion on Threefish then? Is there something fundamentally wrong with bigger keys/blocks, or is it just that known big key/block schemes are not useful?
Comment · 11 years ago
Comment · 11 years ago
All but Marco Rubio have wildcard certificates without an apparent use for them. It looks like whoever built their websites was keen on using all the budget they were alloted.
Comment · 11 years ago
I'm not sure why the proposal would not cover MMO games. If a game studio abandons an MMO game it is completely destroyed for the players, an exemption would be very useful in that case. Perhaps the EFF is trying to avoid too much resistance from big companies that make a lot of money on MMO games, which is understandable but unfortunate.

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