I've been asked to patch a few minor flaws in a game of the unreal series. It uses the unrealscript language which produces bytecode in a similar way to Java. One of the issues is that it's possible to edit any packages downloaded to a client and insert a goto instruction to jump over important bits of code. It isn't possible to preven...
I'm using php 5.2.6. I have a strategy pattern, and the strategies have a static method. In the class that actually implements one of the strategies, it gets the name of the strategy class to instantiate. However, I wanted to call one of the static methods before instantiation, like this: $strNameOfStrategyClass::staticMethod(); but i...
Hey guys / gals, I realize this isn't a target programming question but I don't know where else to ask this question. I have been asked to research "vokens", "big box media" and "leaders" in the implementation of a web strategy for a company. I understand that "vokens" are those highly annoying animated floating ad's that appear over ...
I'm building an application that is multi-lingual, multi-timezoned and n-tier. All dates are stored in the database in UTC and all model objects are populated with UTC times. However UTC times are never displayed (unless the user happens to have their timezone set at UTC). This then means that I need to convert time properties to the co...