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Olby

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  1. I believe if LUA is replaced with Bmax many newcomers will choose something else. Bmax is relatively unknown and it is easier to find tutorials for Cpp and LUA. And I also agree with the hankinator. We only have Josh, and unless this is delegated to another developer (which would require a good demand from the customers) I rather see editor improvements, bug fixes and stuff like that. This is usually how good projects are ruined - when developers run after every new/cool thing and then loose their focus.

  2. Recently I wasn't able to run Leadwerks at all. Restarted both my system and Steam numerous times, nada. And then there were issues with updates, it just wouldn't update nor it would allow me to run Leadwerks. Too many issues for the level of popularity and the income their cashing from this venture. I won't be surprised if this is Valve's server room smile.png

     

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  3. Leadwerks already comes with the necessary scripts:

     

    CollisionTrigger.lua -> attach this to your trigger brush

    Noise.lua -> attach this to a pivot - your sound source location on the map

     

    Set Playing to false in Noise script and do a Flowgraph link between Trigger brush's Collision() function and Noise script's Play() function.

  4. I agree, Josh is THE one of the most responsive developers I've seen. Perhaps you should remember posting here as I believe Steam forums are monitored less frequently. This is the right place to ask questions.

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    I did. I removed almost all apps from my phone and just use it for text messages now. I log into Facebook about once a month, and I notice no one ever says anything interesting anymore, just grandmas photos of babies and food. Mobile apps don't really do anything I need, they can only be bad, and I just don't need any other worries in my life. I remember when I got an android phone and my carrier explained to me I was being charged because I received some spam texts and DIDNT reply to them. I don't need that garbage.

     

     

    I don't use any of that ****. If I did I certainly would not be storing credit card numbers and source code on it. I decided to pull out of any cloud stuff years ago. It doesn't do anything I need and can only cause problems.

     

     

    There is a very big difference between an opt-in website and making your whole computer public property. Windows 10 makes you vulnerable to identity theft, data theft, and credit card fraud. Threats come from hackers who now have a wealth of backdrop exploits to discover, and Microsoft employees who are looking to make a little extra cash on the side by selling social security numbers, credit card numbers, etc. they've brought all the problems and insecurity of Google and Facebook and put it on the desktop.

     

    Do you really think there won't be employees at Microsoft who are willing to sell a list of credit card numbers or bank passwords to pick up an easy extra $10,000?

    http://windowsitpro.com/industry/angry-performance-review-microsoft-employee-steals-and-shares-trade-secrets

    http://fortune.com/2015/01/05/morgan-stanley-stolen-client-data/

     

    Fortunately consumers dot not have to accept this. Windows users rejected windows 8 over a comparatively minor offense, bad UI design. The Xbox One lost the console race due largely to privacy concerns. Meanwhile IBM cloud sales have been decimated with steady decline over the last 12 quarters. Don't try to make it out like people have no choice.

     

    You are still online (and most likely using the same credit cards for online purchases) so there is loads of information one could find about you. While I agree that having a such policy covering your whole computer is unnecessary - it is the future. Besides you are from a different generation, there are folk who can not live and work without their clouds, cell phones and the internet. How about internet of things (IoT), driverless cars, or even floor cleaning robots equipped with GPS. The future is inevitable like it or not. Pernaps your next phone or computer will require 24/7 internet access. And don't get me started with Ubuntu or SteamOS. They're not saints and are likely already leaking your data. If you haven't heard about it doesn't mean they don't. You can hide only for so long. Canonical is just another commercial venture.

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    ..it is not about having unbreakable encryption over your data or not..eventually, every protection scheme can be cracked...however, it is big difference when someone take that data and use for whatever purpose, with vs without your permission..what W10 does is basically making you to agree that everything you have/do, will be subject of their interest, regardless what you think about it..it is not about technology but personal decisions of yours, and only true freedom you really have is, to make up your mind over certain things, and if that doesn't matter anymore, so corporation with rather questionable background regarding backdoor activities, asking you to basically agree that, they can use your data, your device any way they see fit, then you are nothing more than a product, just like a computer/W10 you believe, you using..its not about technology people complaining about..its about how it is used...think about it..

     

    The point I'm trying to make is that you will still keep using these products. Nobody stopped using iPhones when people found out they track every move you make and store it in a database. Likewise with any other product. People get really touchy when they find out these things, but as I said earlier we already leak MASSIVE amounts of data. Your name here, your email and phone number there. Use Gmail? Well Google knows everything about you. Use Siri or Cortana? Good luck, all parties involved in voice recognition solutions now have all your voice queries and voice samples. The list goes on and on. Have you ever wondered why technology has become so widespread and is offered literally for free? Don't you understand that your data is used to fund such services. People want the comfort and freedom of modern technology yet are not willing to give up their privacy. This is not how it works.

  7. The funny thing is I've witnessed all these updates since mid nineties. Everytime you get the same script. People find all these things to complain but in the end they all update and just move on. I still remember the initial resistance against Windows XP because it broke DOS based software, crashed too often and most of the drivers didn't work. Same thing over and over again. :) Windows is like your wife's family, like them or not but they're there and you have to tolerate that.

     

    And don't get me started on all that encryption BS. Yes, it's a fatalist view. Its beyond me when people, in the first place, move every little bit of their sensitive information to the cloud, stored god knows where, and then complain when its broken into. Try putting a million dollars in a bullet proof glass box and put it out on the streets in some rough neighbourhood- see how long that will last. Same with data encryption and cloud storage. Get used to it.

  8. @Josh - In that case what are you doing online? If you don't want to be exposed or hacked just plug the cable from your wifi box. There is no internet without hacking and data leaks. I'm pretty sure I can salvage enough information about most of the people by doing some trivial search queries. There is no data protection in this day and age. You worry about Microsoft servers? How about your bank? What if your bank's servers are hacked? There is no protection from that, you see, even government can't protect themselves. My suggestion is either revert back to Windows 3.11 or just stop using modern technology. wink.png

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