The Gamer Test: How much of a gamer are you? Score one point for everything you can answer “yes†to. Technicalities count. (Warning: spoilers exist below!) Miscellany. 1.I’ve played a game. 2.I’ve played a game continuously for more than an hour. 3.More than 4 hours. 4.More than 12 hours. 5.More than 24 hours. 6….and it… Continue reading The Gamer Test
Month: May 2007
Google's NDA: not evil, eh?
ValleyWag: This NDA never existed. Google's NDA: Forbids the interviewee from disclosing that they interviewed or signed the NDA, and anything about the offer. It even forbids mentioning Google anywhere ever again! Forbids any kind of reverse engineering, etc. of Google technology. No exception for reverse engineering for the purposes of interoperability, expressly allowed under… Continue reading Google's NDA: not evil, eh?
About that HD-DVD AACS key…
In a stroke of genius, the guy(s) over at http://linuxnotes.blogspot.com/ posted the key on a webpage with (almost all of) the key in its web address. Why didn't they include the 56-88-c0 on the end? I don't know. But what this means is that the takedown notice sent to Google, a matter of public record… Continue reading About that HD-DVD AACS key…
Microsoft bought me dinner last night
I think I bent the Microsoftie’s ear a bit about eBooks, DRM and open source. But in fairness, I was provoked by a colleague… Yes, I ordered the most expensive thing on the menu.