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Doc Brown Gallente Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:45:00 - [1] Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? There are actually two exploits and they seem (IMHO) to be designed to work together and be easy to hid. Why? to get this exploit to work you needed to have a starbase setup in a specific & broken way. If you managed to find the "secret" setup for starbase you would be rewarded with more materials than should be possible from a single day of reactions. So the two exploits are: -- "Secret" setup where a starbase can make items from nothing -- Get more products than should be allowed I can see one of these two things happening in a broken system, but not both happening. This type of setup would not normally every be checked in the process of normal QA. However, it should have been found by a simple audit asking what starbases are producing above their max possible under the expected design. I wonder what else in Eve is doing producing more than the system expects. Doc _________________________________________________ 6 T2 BPO's + 6 Months = ?????? (But I doubt it's good)
CrayC Gallente CrayC Inc.	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:47:00 - [2] Originally by: Doc Brown Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? Yes
Jalif Scorpion's Sting Blades of Serenity	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:48:00 - [3] Originally by: Doc Brown I wonder what else in Eve is doing producing more than the system expects. Threads ... useless ones...
Akita T Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:48:00 - [4] Originally by: Doc Brown Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? No, you're not the only idiot. There were other idiots thinking the same thing. _ Create a character \|\| Fit a ship \|\| Get some ISK
Winterblink Body Count Inc.	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:50:00 - [5] Originally by: Akita T Originally by: Doc Brown Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? No, you're not the only idiot. There were other idiots thinking the same thing. warp drive active \| nature vraie
CrayC Gallente CrayC Inc.	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:51:00 - [6] Originally by: Akita T Originally by: Doc Brown Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? No, you're not the only idiot. There were other idiots thinking the same thing. Hey, be nice. He asked if he was the only PERSON thinking that, to which the answer is yes
Karille Gallente Sharks With Frickin' Laser Beams	Posted - 2008.12.15 15:59:00 - [7] Jumping on the "Hate the OP" bandwagon. No, I don't believe you're the only one. But you're certainly the only one cool enough to make your own thread about it. So far. Vote for Karille next CSM cycle. Forum players need a voice too.
ApaKaka Lone Starr Corporation	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:17:00 - [8] I think this is where we start throwing shoes at the OP.
ShardowRhino Caldari Legion 0f The Damned	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:22:00 - [9] Dude, is your main's name Bodark??? I didn't have to see your corp to think of that fool but I know hes in or has been associated with you guys from the Dysa area. The last time I saw him he was using 3 accounts with a maurader, hic and command ship to take on my 7mil isk, t1 fitted thorax. For 3 systems he was screaming insane nonsense about me pirating him before. I think he was having flashbacks. So is it you bodark?
Lara Dantreb New Horizons	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:24:00 - [10] Originally by: ApaKaka I think this is where we start throwing shoes at the OP. Size 10 only

ShardowRhino Caldari Legion 0f The Damned	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:29:00 - [11] Originally by: Lara Dantreb Originally by: ApaKaka I think this is where we start throwing shoes at the OP. Size 10 only WHAT?! thats an outrage! all I have are 12s! clearly this game is designed for those with petite de la feet! 12 wides must protest!!!!
Akita T Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:46:00 - [12] Originally by: ShardowRhino Originally by: Lara Dantreb Originally by: ApaKaka I think this is where we start throwing shoes at the OP. Size 10 only WHAT?! thats an outrage! all I have are 12s! clearly this game is designed for those with petite de la feet! 12 wides must protest!!!! How much is that in centimeters anyway ? I always get confused by the whole "shoe size" debacle. So... umm... what size is a 28 cm long sole _ Create a character \|\| Fit a ship \|\| Get some ISK
small chimp	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:50:00 - [13] Hey op, wheres your tinfoil hat?
ApaKaka Lone Starr Corporation	Posted - 2008.12.15 16:58:00 - [14] Originally by: Akita T How much is that in centimeters anyway ? I always get confused by the whole "shoe size" debacle. So... umm... what size is a 28 cm long sole I think that would be called a 'foot-long'.
Spurty Caldari Technologic Dance	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:01:00 - [15] There's other Easter Eggs out there as well you know! Like the one where you auto pilot yourself into rancer and walk away from your computer for a couple of hours. You'll magically reappear in your medical clone minus the medical insurance. Try it, it really works! 0.0 lacks anarchy, higher percentage of blues out there than in EMPIRE!
Omber Zombie	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:02:00 - [16] h doc, long time no see ---------------------- My Blog
Scagga Laebetrovo Ammatar Free Corps	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:08:00 - [17] Originally by: ApaKaka I think this is where we start throwing shoes at the OP. Oh my..oh my! This comment had me laughing loud enough to disturb about 50 dissertations being written at the Uni computer room.
De Guantanamo	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:20:00 - [18] Originally by: Doc Brown Ok, am I the only person who thinks the starbase exploit was put in on purpose? There are actually two exploits and they seem (IMHO) to be designed to work together and be easy to hid. Why? to get this exploit to work you needed to have a starbase setup in a specific & broken way. If you managed to find the "secret" setup for starbase you would be rewarded with more materials than should be possible from a single day of reactions. So the two exploits are: -- "Secret" setup where a starbase can make items from nothing -- Get more products than should be allowed I can see one of these two things happening in a broken system, but not both happening. This type of setup would not normally every be checked in the process of normal QA. However, it should have been found by a simple audit asking what starbases are producing above their max possible under the expected design. I wonder what else in Eve is doing producing more than the system expects. Doc Did your BoB overlords give you permission to post this?
Donkee Punch	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:22:00 - [19] Dude. the amount of damage done to Eve from this "ahem" Easter Egg is still not known, but it was significant. I doubt very VERY much that CCP would have let something like that happen intentionally. An Easter Egg is usually something "neat, visual, usefull" that does not affect the ENTIRE PLAYERBASE... We underadand... everyone occasionally has a giant brain f.a.r.t.....
Lady Katrana Wild Jokers	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:57:00 - [20] most easter eggs don't get you perma-banned the only tin-foil on this that i am willing to entertain is that ccp knew of this earlier than they let on but just held off doing anything til achelmey could be moved along. best not to dwell on this stuff though, i hear thinking causes cancer in lab animals.

Dianeces The Illuminati. Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:58:00 - [21] I, too, am gay.
Lady Katrana Wild Jokers	Posted - 2008.12.15 18:59:00 - [22] Originally by: Dianeces I, too, am gay. you are so brave, good for you.
An Anarchyyt Gallente Battlestars GoonSwarm	Posted - 2008.12.15 19:10:00 - [23] People don't know who doc brown is? Originally by: CCP Wrangler Second, a gentile is a non jewish person
Dianeces The Illuminati. Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2008.12.15 19:11:00 - [24] Originally by: An Anarchyyt People don't know who doc brown is? Isn't he that crazy old dude from Back to the Future?
Doc Brown Gallente Tyrell Corp INTERDICTION	Posted - 2008.12.15 20:10:00 - [25] Edited by: Doc Brown on 15/12/2008 20:11:45 Edited by: Doc Brown on 15/12/2008 20:11:37 Edited by: Doc Brown on 15/12/2008 20:11:22 Originally by: Dianeces Originally by: An Anarchyyt People don't know who doc brown is? Isn't he that crazy old dude from Back to the Future? Yup, I am a crazy old due. I know I called it an "easter egg", the other name this could be called is a "Backdoor". Either way my point is that this was put in by a dev. Seriously, do you think that it's an accident that a specially setup in a broken manner can yeild more resources than a working one should do in one day? And if it is an honest coding error, well what does that say about the rest of the system? And no, I am not somebody's alt. And no, I didn't ask anybody to share my opinion and if you disagree with it then fine, just be constructive in your disagreement. btw, anybody see an old silver delorian laying around? I forgot where I parked it. _________________________________________________ 6 T2 BPO's + 6 Months = ?????? (But I doubt it's good)
Vaal Erit Science and Trade Institute	Posted - 2008.12.15 20:43:00 - [26] Maybe, I'm not paranoid enough, but from this thread I gather that the Easter Bunny has a POS network that goes through people's backdoor? Do I have that right? ****, I gotta hide. -- http://desusig.crumplecorn.com/sigs.html
Seth Ruin Minmatar Ominous Corp Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2008.12.15 20:50:00 - [27] Originally by: Doc Brown Either way my point is that this was put in by a dev.[/u] Seriously, do you think that it's an accident that a specially setup in a broken manner can yeild more resources than a working one should do in one day? Divide by zero, overflow, improper casting... hell any number of things could cause this exact same problem. Debugging software requires, by definition, a set of "very specific" conditions. That is, unless you think things like lockups were intentionally put in by programmers to annoy you
Krystal Demishy	Posted - 2008.12.15 21:04:00 - [28] Is there an explanation of how it used to work? I'm just curious and afaik an exploit can be explained after it has been fixed.
Gnulpie Minmatar Miner Tech	Posted - 2008.12.15 21:23:00 - [29] Originally by: Doc Brown Either way my point is that this was put in by a dev. Of course it was put in by a dev. Who else is writing the code?! The question you mean is: was that exploit put in on purpose or was it an accidently bug? But how do you want to prove that? Is there any way to prove malicious intentions? I don't think you can prove that if the coder was not too blunt and obvious. He could always make it look like a bug. But if there is no way to prove things, it is futile to talk about it, sadly.
Dianeces The Illuminati. Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2008.12.15 21:27:00 - [30] Originally by: Doc Brown Seriously, do you think that it's an accident that a specially setup in a broken manner can yeild more resources than a working one should do in one day? a.) Any POS was capable of doing it, but certain configurations were more efficient. b.) They weren't physically making more Ferrogel/whatever than was possible, they were doing it without inputting the starter materials. You should probably learn about the exploit in question before making these types of threads, just sayin'.



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