Thursday, November 17, 2005

Rootkit: The Real Story -- 12:27 pm CST, Update by The Master

While the title is a bit inflamatory, the article is a good read: Wired's Bruce Schneier posted a new article discussing the Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit. This is an excellent article covering the Sony XCP root kit, and the security industry's complete lack of response to it. Good stuff.

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

Quake 4 1.04 Patch Released -- 1:46 pm CST, Update by The Master

Raven and id have posted the 1.04 patch for Quake 4 on their FTP site.

• Windows version mirrors: Fileshack, 3D Gamers, FileFront
• Linux: Fileshack, 3D Gamers, FileFront, 3D Downloads.

Changes include the following:

• Copied map files can now be overwritten/deleted without quitting first.
• The console command "com_allowconsole" will stay set after leaving the game.
• Improved Game Browser sorting and filtering: You can sort by up to three criteria, which will be displayed just under the server list, with the more recently clicked criteria sorting first.
• The Game Browser now displays more than 1000 servers.
• Fixed a problem with the refresh time on the Game Browser.
• Added a Game Browser filter for full or empty servers.
• Players can now connect to a server while the Game Browser is refreshing.
• Game Browser sorting will display the correct server information without the need to refresh the list.
• Clicking anywhere on the scrollbar except the button itself will advance a page up or down instead of shifting to that position.
• Non-full server sorting now disregards full servers.
• Game Browser hover window updates when sort order is changed.
• Fixed a Game Browser slowdown issue with high numbers of servers.
• Added Game Browser server list scrolling with the mousewheel, keyboard arrows up/down, and keyboard Page Up/Page Down.
• The Game Browser hover window will only appear when mousing over a highlighted server.
• Sorting by server name will now ignore colored names, brackets, etc.
• The dedicated server window will now be titled with the si_name setting instead of "Quake 4".

Unemployed--But At Least Enix Loves Me -- 9:18 am CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

Yesterday was my last day at work. For the first time in 20 years I'm officially unemployed without any good prospects. Hmmm. I guess it's time to stop shaving and start hanging around the house in sweatpants...but I've been a telecommuter for the last 4 years, so I'm used to that.

However, and I don't believe that this can be purely coincidence, not only is today my first day of unemployment but it's also the day Dragon Quest VIII hits the store shelves. It's the one video game I've been looking forward to this year (though I'll also be spending the rest of my EB credit on the new Wild Arms game, also out today), and as soon as I finish my (expletive deleted) homework I'm off to the store. My former coworkers were kind enough to take up a collection for a parting gift in the form of an EB gift card, so I'm all set: sending the wife and kids off to the in-laws' house tomorrow for some quality DQ time.

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