Hacker - are people too!
Note: I have nothing against e-zine "SPECTROFON" and I must say
that he was the only publication to Spectrum in our country,
which was worth paying attention to. And praise them for it,
and respect. But with all due respect to the editors of the
magazine, I fundamentally disagree with their point of view on
this issue, which is hard, has consistently advocated by them.
And according to this reading ...
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All have some accustomed to the constant "attack" e
magazine "SPECTROFON" on Hacker. The absence of a coherent
argument of their claims and, more importantly, most
good-natured Hacker, allowed them to ignore such statements.
Except addition, there was no alternative publication (it is
suspected that letters in support of Hacker simply ignored by
the editors, it is difficult believe that such letters was not
at all). But here came the 14 th issue of the magazine, where
it came to the absurd, and patience snapped. I can not say that
the publication of this the article was the main reason a
newspaper, but I can not claim and the fact that such a
prospect did not support me its decision ... But let's start
from the beginning. The first issue was really cheer me up
statement:
"By downloading the game, the user faced with such a gentle but
very intrusive question for: "INFINITE LIFE ?"... Yielded
temptation, you plunge into this game and an hour and sometimes
faster, pass it to the end and more to her will never come
back. "
Well, dear user, poroytes in their own diskettes. Y
Everyone will find a lot of "shooter" with "INFINIT-s" and only
a few without them (and then only by the fact that Hacker hands
before they not reached). Normally, when a normal person faced
with the game , Converted from the gaming machine, type
"kill-them-all", and on its passage you are offered three
attempts, the result is known in advance ... Just in time for
such games then more and not come back! Indeed, in the same
slot machines, you are invited to choose a certain number of
CREDITS, leaving a certain amount of chips, and sometimes add
them during the game. In addition, the game type of "DIZZY" and
eternal life "in an hour, sometimes faster," not could still
pass or anyone. In the same issue "SPECTROFON" "foreseen" and
counter-arguments from opponents (single letter no single
opponent nobody saw)
"Typically, two of them: you do not want eternal life - choose
normal and the second argument - people with low response rate
sometimes very difficult to beat the game, almost impossible.
Regarding the first argument, we are generally already said
that should not tempt people by offering a descent lightweight
version of the game
The second argument does not convince us, too: people with
normal reaction sometimes can not get any delicious shooter or
successfully complete the road race, but it's not a reason in
order to cripple the program. "
And rises before the eyes of the unfortunate image of a player:
tousled hair, bulging eyes, trembling hands, he tries to reach
the keys "N", a view confined to key "Y", and he spends in this
state most of his life, and not sleeping at night, and wasted
the family nervous cries in his sleep, "I do not want u in
forever live, I do not want-at !!!", but this time some Hacker
sitting at the machine and with a satisfied grin, "Oh I'll make
you the" eternal heavenly "life!" break another "begalku" ...
Gentlemen editors e-zine "SPECTROFON": if you
and pulls to press the wrong key, you'd like, maybe it's worth
think about changing their business??
With regard to "disprove" the second argument ... "People can
not, but this is not the reason. "It seems to me that" it "is
just an excuse. If too, and players with a normal reaction "can
not", then this game will on its own without the "CHEAT MODE"
ugly.
There were many other equally "interesting" observations and
recommendations "Hacker, but all this petty compared to the
14th number Journal:
Sim OLEG (Volgograd), shared his thoughts about
rastranzhirovaniya Hacker disk space by connecting to a game
downloaders "INTRODUCTIONS" (actually translates as
"Introduction"), with greetings, names Hacker, publisher of
this version, etc. And "expensive edition of" his strong
support. And so what we've got the "disk space": Each regular
issue of the journal "SPECTROFON", since the 7 th, takes up
almost an entire disk, because of the persistent reluctance of
editors prodelyvat "menial jobs Hacker" - compress his
creation. As a result, we have 14 disks filled magazine instead
of 4-5. That same story with the "Star Heritage" ...
Now about the "Introduction", but rather on HAKKERSKIH RIGHTS
(who translated into English - ozolochu). To get started: Who
is Hacker? 1. Programmer capable of writing a program without
first development of detailed specifications and promptly make
corrections to running programs that do not have documentation.
2. User of a computer network, discovers illegal ways to gain
access to protected data.
ENGLISH-RUSSIAN DICTIONARY OF
COMPUTERS AND
PROGRAMMING
Yes, on the second definition about any right to say no
necessary. It sounds menacing, even though only means removal
protection (and do not have to fart about the shot
MICROPROTECTORa, protection should steepen), in particular with
tape loaders to adapting programs to disk.
Now let's talk about the definition of number one. Dear Oleg, if
have you got a tape copy of the game (there are people, too,
Hacker involved with the delivery of new games from abroad, for
example, the firm "OUTLAND"), adapt it to work with the drive,
restored after the "hackers" (there are such people), removed "
glitches, missed by the authors themselves (happens quite
often), maybe even turned the game on the Russian language, was
it "and from" and wrote HELP , Organized the 128th mode (if no
brand), and finally, spent a lot of time and nerves, and then
decided to free or for a pittance to give it raspostranitelyam,
and so, if you tried to do all this work, I would have looked
much sectors, you will not regret would "INTRODUCTION", which
is comparable to quality of work done by you, and how many
kilobytes of text you would have spent on their regards to
everyone who helped you and those who are for it time made no
less remarkable things, as well as the thoughts that crowded
your head (no offense). With regard to the inscriptions
provoked from Oleg Sim such nostalgia "CRACKED BY BILL
GILBERT", "DISKED BY ANDY CHERNIKOV" and similar , Then surely
these people were doing at the time that only merited a single
line: BILL GILBERT it broke the game (I have not seen a game
that went through his hands and not requiring restoration) and
ANDY CHERNIKOV only diskoval games, not by resuscitating them
(because these programs have already visited a BG) and not
paying attention to the absence of several levels.
Hacker has the property Copyright, did a good job. If you
gentlemen users "of such a service is not necessary, try to
arrange an alternative if you can think of better. Experience
"SPECTROFON" is not convincing: the majority of programs
included in the application require serious repairs, but not
"format the drive on 40 tracks, with one side" ... Marasmus
what.
Surprised me too "valuable thoughts" editorial on whether
proliferation at the software market different versions of the
same game. Excuse me, but even beer Zhigulevskoe " (Or, if you
like - a yogurt, anything), released in g.Klinske very
different from the same "Zhiguli" brewed in Moscow , Even
though both are inferior to "Baltic Sea" (that's someone Hacker
not needed). Savvy to what I have it?
With such an attitude to the magazine Hacker is not surprising
that they more than a year can not get the storeroom or a
version of its "ELITE".
Still a fan of "SPECTROFON",
Hacker and Editor in Chief
computer paper "ON-LINE"
Dmitry Grigoryev (OLDMAN)
09/08/1995 Tel: 496-8508
