Marty Chinn
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What's with the interrogation?
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
What's with the interrogation?
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
It's necessary for someone to preserve the ROM, but that someone should be an organization that actually has the standing to do preservation in a legal manner, like archive.org or similar. By verifying ROMs and releasing the checksums he's opening the door for someone else to do proper preservation without necessarily having to spend time/money on verification.But it is necessary to have a copy of the ROM for preservation. Simply having the checksum data isn't preservation. It's great for validation but validation is no good if there isn't a preserved copy out there stored somewhere, especially as rarer carts die. If nobody actually dumps that cart properly and stores it in a way that can be retrieved, that game could be lost forever.
But it is necessary to have a copy of the ROM for preservation. Simply having the checksum data isn't preservation. It's great for validation but validation is no good if there isn't a preserved copy out there stored somewhere, especially as rarer carts die. If nobody actually dumps that cart properly and stores it in a way that can be retrieved, that game could be lost forever.
I'm not discounting the other stuff you're doing, but one key thing to preservation is actually preserving the ROM itself. The thing you haven't been clear about in any of the messages I've seen is you still haven't firmly stated you are deleting the ROM after you've obtained the checksum. Are you deleting the ROM or are you preserving it in an archive you have access to even if you aren't publically making those ROMs available?
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
And if you thought about this for five seconds you'd know why.
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
I'm not sure I'd call it "inferior quality" as long as it checks out,
It is not necessary for byuu to maintain a collection of every SNES game ever made, and then get arrested for piracy by distributing those copies.But it is necessary to have a copy of the ROM for preservation. Simply having the checksum data isn't preservation. It's great for validation but validation is no good if there isn't a preserved copy out there stored somewhere, especially as rarer carts die. If nobody actually dumps that cart properly and stores it in a way that can be retrieved, that game could be lost forever.
I've answered straight questions about piracy in the past, and provided visual proof that I'm not a pirate, but I'm sometimes sorry that I have, because that denial puts a burden on others to similarly prove their innocence.I have thought about it. I wanted clarification because it leads into my next question of if you do have the ROM but they aren't made available in some way, that's not exactly game preservation because they are inaccessible. I care that somehow some organization is able to archive these so that they are not lost and while he's taking steps to help validate things, it still needs to be actually preserved. He's also saying he's doing this legally which would have to imply that he's deleting the ROM afterward but he hasn't said what's done with the ROM. It seems like from you and everyone else responding, you guys think he is keeping the ROM illegally.
He's also saying he's doing this legally which would have to imply that he's deleting the ROM afterward
I'm pretty sure what's illegal is the distribution, you can archive a personal backup, no judge would ever hold you against that.
A personal backup refers to backing up the original which you own and are in possession of. He's stated he sells the cartridges when he's done with them, so that's no longer a personal backup at that point.
Because I care about game preservation and he hasn't been clear about what happens to the ROM after he gets the checksum.
I meant in comparison to byuu's new process, which is more accurate than the way SNES ROMs have been made since SNES copying started.
Nintendo uses standard ROMs in their Virtual Console service (likely downloaded from the internet). If Nintendo suddenly starts using new, superior ROMs after byuu's friend rolls out his new tools, then byuu is making SNES preservation better for everyone.
I have not. I don't think I could manage sleeping somewhere else with a bunch of probes hooked up to me. I'd be wide awake the entire night most likely. It already takes me 2-3 hours to fall asleep after laying down in my own bed.
But, it probably is a good idea.
A personal backup refers to backing up the original which you own and are in possession of. He's stated he sells the cartridges when he's done with them, so that's no longer a personal backup at that point.
It's not necessary at all. Nor is it ever necessary to give any games out to anyone.
All I have to do is record the SHA256 sum of the ROM image while the cart is in my possession.
There are no known collisions for the much weaker SHA1 yet. SHA256 is substantially stronger. That means that knowing the SHA256 of an SNES game, NOBODY can make a fake version that has the same checksum right now. So if they have the original game, my database will confirm it for them. If they have one that's been modified, it'll do that too by not having a match in the DB.
I imagine this is a terrible time to ask this, but what data is subject to your hashing?
I used to work for ups. Those of you thinking they're taking better care of your package are nuts. Ups makes most of its money from bulk shippers that do huge volume every night; they don't care at all about individual retail packages. We were directed to just throw those on top of the walls in the truck at the end of the night.
Also, someone mentioned how the shipping label seems to be on thin wrapping paper. I notice this a lot with packages coming from Mexico (usually animal feed) and yeah, that stuff get ripped easily. Nevermind that mail handlers can be rough with packages on top of that.
USPS, not UPS
USPS, not UPS
The USPS makes my job a living hell and I work for the government. They're fucking incompetent at every single level. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest given how often they lose our stuff (roughly 5-10% of everything we mail. Awful).
He is stating that people suggesting UPS over USPS to take better care of the package are wrong, that they do not take better care.
That's his point. He's saying the private carriers are not better or do not handle packages better.
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
I wonder if they were stolen/hidden and then returned when whoever did it started to feel heat.
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/
Huge update, they've been found and recovered! https://byuu.org/emulation/preservation/found-package/