Re: A89: hiscore.ini?

To: assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A89: hiscore.ini?
From: parson@mailprime.tidalwave.net
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1998 23:30:23 -0500
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At 11:01 PM 12/27/98 EST, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 12/27/98 7:56:27 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>oh@hem.passagen.se writes:
>
>> At 22:43 1998-12-27 EST, you wrote:

>>  Yes it's a good idea, only that I don't see why It has to be in the
shell..
>>  For the best security, use an own cryptosystem.. Maybe not because you are
>>  better than the coders of doorsos or plusshell to code encryption system,
>>  but because there is less chans that someone is motivated to hack a
>>  cryptosystem that just enables him to change the highscore for one game..
>>  but If it was in the os, most game would use it, and there is a much
>>  greater motivation to hack it.. (But I hope people who have so much skill
>>  so they are able to hack it, has so much brains that they understand how
>>  rediculous it is to change highscores.. but.. people are stupid.. you
never
>>  know)
>>  
>>  //Olle
>
>Really. People are that stupid. I know someone who would do something like
>that... but I shudder at the thought of millions of small files floating
>around my RAM all the time... it would be nice to have it be hidden in one
>place... maybe even be subtle about it?
>

Maybe i'm just missing something...  but what's there to 'hack' in a high
score file?  i'm not overly worried that some program is going to go delete
my tetris high score... then again maybe its just me.

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