spookspoon the truth is xbox is better than playstation ,one reason?they dont hack xbox shop
lol that is the reason I asked who had a playstation 3. earl, is it true what they say? that a bunch of hackers (I beleive you might be involved :D ) completely destroyed the sony's internet?
do you really think that if i could i would hack the playstation store with other 9 guys on a mac store at heb?
no, I meant earl. since he is older and smarter. well, I wouldnt discard that possibility.
Well, that and I have two degrees in computer science. ;)
Seriously though, it isn't that they 'destroyed' Sony's network. Though Sony hasn't been amazingly forthcoming with details, it's more likely that they simply noticed the hackers gaining access where they shouldn't have and stealing info.
It's actually a far worse problem because it can take longer to catch, and, in this case, meant far more drastic consequences for the users.
That's why it's been down so long. If it had just been a simple attack, they probably could've had it patched up and working within a day or two. But, in this case, it required a serious overhaul. They've been seriously negligent with how they've handled data, and it could end up being nasty for the users.
That's why I mentioned reusing passwords. It's pretty common to use the same password for more than one website/service. The problem is that if a 'bad guy' figures out your password for one site, they now have your password for others.
Normally, it shouldn't be a big deal. If a company isn't entirely incompetent/mentally-defective, they'll 'hash' your password, append salt, and then re-hash it before storing it into their database. That way, if someone gets your records (whether through unauthorized access to the system as in this case, or because of a 'misplaced' hard drive), it's so difficult to get the original password that it isn't really worth their effort.
But, in this case, they decided they didn't care.
Actually, on that note, here's a bit of advice: If you ever forget a password for a website, and use the 'forgotten password' link, if they actually email you your password, immediately change your password on all other sites where you've reused it, because that site's making the same mistake.
Three reasons:
No.3 Is so true!
Earl, you are a fountain of knowledge and your advice is much appreciated. I may use your brain later as I await my PS3 to get back online.... Keep fingers crossed that no one has got my bank details! :/
that's why i prefer xbox :D,and earl you're like a mr.miyagi of knowledge i mean you are like a sensei like japanese would say P.S i'm half japanese
I, myself, am very loyal to NINTENDO. I have the
nintendo gameboy
nintendo DS
nintendo Wii
nintendo 64
and HAD the nintendo gamecube (I have the Wii, so it doesnt matter)
I wish I could at least play the first adventure retro games made. like mario bros and super mario bros, megaman, kirby, stuff like that. (I have legend of zelda collectors edition, and great1's sonic collection so that scratches those games :D )
(totally aside from what I just said) does anybody know why steve posts more than jay? I just thought steve had a tighter schedule than jay.
(again aside from everything I said) Hey earl, arent you planning on sponsering someone else? :D
Hadn't given it much thought. :)
As for schedules, well, I don't know much about Steve's personal life, but Jay has a (relatively) new kid. That's a full-time job as it is. :D
As for games systems, I'm kinda past the point of 'loyalty'. I'm paying them money to entertain me; it doesn't matter as much to me who does it.
Of course, I've gone through more systems than most of you whippersnappers. :D
(C64, NES, SNES, PlayStation, Gamecube, PS2, PS3, Wii, 360, Gameboy Color, GBA, DS/Lite, 3DS, not to mention PCs ranging from the 33Mhz 486 all the way up to today's multi-cored behemoths)
And sooner or later, I'm going to get me a nice Android device and start trying to make games of my own for it!
cool,when you finish one let us know abut it and i'm sure i would pay for one
earl, you ever heard about the horrible game (not sure if its for NES or for SNES) called "cheetamen"?
Well, I hadn't before now. :)
(Just watched the Angry Nintendo Nerd's video on it)
I do, however, own a copy of Time Commando for the original PlayStation. It was... ... bad.
Bad.
Baaad.
Bad.
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bad.
(I didn't care for it at all)
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THEY'RE ALL GONE!!!!!! :D
I feel very ashamed that I laughed at that.
(Well, not 'laughed', so much as... chuckled? snickered? snorted?)
Hey if you like funny stuff
watch this episode of Leo and Satan
PS: If you do not know them get into the series it
is really funny
lol might I also suggest watching the series called "baman piderman"? (yes I wrote that correctly)
Funny video i watch
mondo mini shorts something there cool
Hey spookspoon the pumpkin is sleeping
R U KIDDING!!!! I'VE BEEN WATCHING IT LIVE ALL WEEK!!!!
I'm impressed with the Wii U but the PSVita looks poor. Still unsure about the 3DS (I admit that it does look pretty good and most likely will buy one). As for games, BATTLEFIELD 3 = Godlike - SKYRIM = Dragon-godlike - and UNCHARTED 3 = BLUEBERRY SCENTED AWESOMENESS!!!!!!!!!!!!
You know, as much as I love my 3DS, I still have a very hard time recommending it to people (at the moment).
The thing is neat! Buuut... Nintendo's been just terrible for supporting it.
I mean, the launch lineup was mediocre at best (I love Samurai Warriors, but that's hard to justify an entire system for!), and they haven't done much since.
And now that the eShop is (finally) up... what do they have?
One 3D classic (ExciteBike? woo?), one... ad for pokemon, and they've expanded it to *four* virtual console titles! Except... they didn't allow for the remapping of controls, so now when you're playing something like Mario, it's A to jump and B to run/shoot. (That's how it was on the gameboy, but the gameboy had a different button placement. The modern equivalent would have been B for jump and Y for shoot)
I'll probably get Zelda DX (even though I already have the Gameboy Color version), but I can't imagine getting anything that requires more frantic timing if I'm forced to use defective controls.
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Edit: As for the Wii U, it looks a lot like a tiny 360 to me, and I fear that's what it may end up being, screwy controllers aside. I mean, 3 processing cores? Like the 360? Finally HD graphics? Barely better than the 360? I don't think they can win a second time on the "the gameplay matters, not graphics" platform when the Wii's seen so much shovelware.
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