Re: LF: Hiscore page?
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Re: LF: Hiscore page?
So you don't hack the polaroid, you hack the scanned image file...
On Sat, 31 May 1997, John Shaft wrote:
> Why don't you just have people take a REAL picture (eg: Polaroid). Those
> are very difficult to hack. Then you could just scan it and email the
> file.
>
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> On Thu, 29 May 1997, Shawn Walker wrote:
>
> > Hack the image...hack the binary... what's the diff?
> >
> > Suppose that the binary were, say, hack-resistant, by CRC, checksum, or
> > some such. Given the likely simple format of the binary, it should still
> > be rather easy to hack the file...
> >
> > I think that the highscore idea is great... I just don't think it is
> > workable, without a great hassle (or a lot of honesty...)
> >
> > --Shawn Walker (swalker@earthling.net)
> >
> > On Thu, 29 May 1997, Jake Robb wrote:
> >
> > > BG McCollum wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >I also think that you must take a screenshot with FCamera or something and
> > > > >send it to me so I know people won't cheat!
> > > >
> > > > Who's to say that a little photoshop touchup won't happen?
> > >
> > > Who needs photoshop? I can hack a bitmap image with DiskEdit!
> > >
> > > I think that participants should attach a copy of the game itself to an
> > > email. If the person hosting the contest loads the games onto their
> > > calc, the highscore list will show up. This, of course, requires a game
> > > with highscore support.
> > >
> > > Just out of curiosity, what's everyone's best scores on FInvaders and
> > > Tetris (Jimmy's version)?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jake Robb Email:jake@netrus.net
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > > < "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice >
> > > < doggy' until you can find a rock." >
> > > < -Unknown >
> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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