Comment Re:without the knowledge of the site visitor (Score 0) 273
Changing ISP isn't really an option, every ISP in the country does it (for certain sites, and slashdot is one of them). However, I do route around it by using VPN.
Comment Re:without the knowledge of the site visitor (Score 1) 273
Using alternative DNS servers doesn't really help as it's not tied to that. The company that provides this man-in-the-middle attack tool for ISP's is Blue Coat Systems, based in California, United States.
Comment Re:without the knowledge of the site visitor (Score 5, Interesting) 273
Of course this is in no way limited to hotels, even ISP's have been shown to do this. Using Client-Server encryption like SSL should easily bypass that.
And that is easily bypassed by the ISP. For example when I try to login to slashdot and it changes from http to https, my ISP serves me their self-signed cert instead of Slashdot's real one. This way they are capable to intercept secure communications too.
Comment Re:Towns (Score 0) 206
Where did I say it was innovative? It's more like it combines all my favorite games together. What I understand the authors don't like the comparison to other games so making that comment while being "connected" to them would be stupid, but nevertheless it's still a great game. There is another similar, and multiplayer game called Haven and Heart, but sadly it is quite buggy. If they would improve the interface etc it would be great.
Comment Re:Towns (Score 0) 206
I said there's scripting support in many games. AND THEN there's also assembly and debugging.
Comment Re:Towns (Score 0) 206
There's tons of games with scripting support. Hell, if you are a programmer (like you would have to be for this), you can do this for practically any game. Get ollydbg, debug some and patch any existing game to run commands automatically. It's much more interesting too.
Comment Towns (Score -1, Flamebait) 206
Seriously Slashdot, who the hell cares? There are many better indie games in development.
For example, take a look at Towns, which is somewhat a mix between Dwarf Fortress (but with graphics and nicer to use), Settlers and Nethack.
For example, take a look at Towns, which is somewhat a mix between Dwarf Fortress (but with graphics and nicer to use), Settlers and Nethack.
Towns brings a fresh new take on the citybuilding/management genre by introducing many RPG features.
Drawing inspiration from games such as Diablo, Dungeon Keeper and Dwarf Fortress, the game has you managing a settlement on top of an active dungeon. Instead of playing the hero who delves deep into the dungeon, how about playing the town that houses and caters to the hero's needs?
Both the RPG and strategic aspects will be fleshed out over a series of sprawling dungeons.
Craft unique weapons, obtain randomized loot and build a settlement capable of holding back the forces that come up from the depths!
I was just introduced to this game the other day and by far it has been a blast. I always wanted to play Dwarf Fortress too, but the interface is so crappy that I just couldn't. Towns, however, combines everything I want with a nice interface. And yes, while this sounds somewhat shilling, it's because I think the game and concept is actually really great and want to see this game become something great. It's currently in alpha (but available) and the gameplay is already fun.
If Slashdot is going to report about indie games development, at least report something new and interesting and not something that doesn't even have any pictures, videos or anything to test. Sigh.
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