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the Red Commander wrote: 2. Is he really THAT good that people are nostalgic about him?

You have no idea...

Hell Ya, it will be ready when it is ready... :) Good to see some of the old folks are still active! P2501 is ready at least it runs stable (for me) since 2003. Still missing is a quite bunch of stuff - a decent menu, server announcement, better models and textures (remember - P2501 did use Milkshap...

Nothing beats Soviet Revolutionary songs by the Red Army Choir, I can tell' ya!

Those puny manual devices are for wimps. True masters play by MindControl[tm].

I just told Oma about this thread...

Should work - 32 bit apps will run without (much) troubles as long as they stick to the rules. Also Panther is not pure 64 bit - it includes support for 64 bit if your hardware (G5) allows. This support will come even in 10.2 (Jaguar) with 10.2.7.

Using real cryptographic hashes like SHA160 or MD5 would be even better, remember the XBox fiasko MS faced when then found out the hard way that TEA (Tiny Encryption Algorithm) isn't very suited for hashes.

Ok, maybe bzflag password aren't THAT sensitive but anyway...

Don't get mad, get even - usually it is pretty easy to kill those GMs, except of course I get my hands on one. *evil grin*

You must understand the difference between implemenation and idea. A patent will protect an idea, e.g. Imagine someone patented the formula 'plus' - if anyone uses 'plus' the patent holder can sue his pants off. E.g. by typing in this calculator "2" "+" "2" "=". If fact NOONE can use the arithmetic ...

Sorry to post something not BZFlag related - at least not directly - to this forum. Very soon now (8. May) the European Union Parliament will decide if software patents become valid in the EU. In fact this would mean (if the current resolution goes through unchanged) that even publishing free or Ope...