I have a Chess cartridge for the Atari 8-bit computers that kicks my arse. Heck, my N-Gage can beat me at chess -- then it can ring all my friends and brag.
Don't most chess programs include some measure of non-determinism in their move choice, precisely so this isn't possible?
No doubt the good ones do, but I remember the chinese chess version of Battle Chess for the PC had a six move checkmate that you could do any time you wanted at any difficulty level.
I RTFA and it appeared to be that an ISP and specific employees are being sued because one customer put up links to some files that might breach copyright. Can't say I agree with the music industry on this one.
Some of these latest lawsuits aren't as cut and dried as you make out. Imagine being sued for posting MP3s of music you made and own the copyright to, or because you linked to a shop where they sell iPods -- this is what the current situation is approaching.
Of course, it might be safer to simply have no music whatsoever in your house.
It doesn't apply. The law has simply turned into a game of poker. If you have the most money you can simply raise more than anyone can afford, causing them to fold regardless of how good their hand is. It's stomach turning. A big company could decide to sue me today and it would basically ruin my entire life regardless of the merits of the case. The legal system is so broken that Big Business is judge, jury and executioner.
A little over ten years ago Brazil officially had "a strict policy regulated the internal market, protecting the local IT industry by imposing many restrictions on importing goods from abroad similar to those produced domestically." This was very good for local technology firms. It also resulted in a huge number of pirate video games within Brazil, all perfectly legal there. It was encouraged to remove these restrictions and sign on to the popular view of copyrights and software of the time. If I were running a "small" country, I'd be having a good look at the health of Brazil's computing industry then compared to now.
Copyright has been a fun experiment, but perhaps it's time to declare it a failure and move on.
I've not seen any retailers drop prices or offer bundles here -- possibly because we're GSM friendly so getting connected it painless. One EB's said it was selling well and another had run out of two of the games I wanted when I bought six last night -- five of which I shoe-horned onto my 64MB MMC along with all my other data.
I think perhaps it is only the US where the N-Gage has failed so completely.
Not everyone has the luxury of not using Windows. Some of us need to use apps that only run under Windows. This is, of course, the problem that Microsoft abuses.
It's a shame more traditional cell animation is giving way to this paperdoll-style flash crap. They should just do a radio play and distribute it as Ogg Vorbis files.
MS really does need to offer a "lite" version of the OS. If it had one tenth of the extra crap (built-in CD burning anyone?) I'd be more likely to buy it even if it was only half price. I don't need Windows to include: Web Browser, Email client, News Reader, IM Client, Zip Folders, Web Server, FTP Server, Java RTE, Movie Player or Remote Desktop Server -- I'm perfectly capable of choosing and installing such applications.
Someone tell me this isn't criminalizing intent to commit an act that's tried in civil courts. "Well, you see, I heard that Fred was thinking of breaking our contract, so I want him thrown in jail."
Makes me never want to see, rent, buy or even touch another movie ever. "I'd like tickets for two to see Terminator XII and I'd like you to sign this contract to say that you won't sue me or my friend for quoting scenes from the movie on the way out of the cinema."
But I already know what will happen. You will continue to believe as you do. You probably skimmed what I wrote and picked out things to get pissy about. Then you will write a tirade, as if standing up for your fellow herd members. Ah yes, here it comes...
Oh, my, you can predict that I will respond to your crap, you must be right.
A business model that relies on me doing a particular thing with your product after I've purchased it is stupid. Thinking up new things to do with existing stuff is call innovation you mindless consumer! Not disrespect. If you're selling a product at a loss because you expect to make back that loss from a service, only people work out that they can use your product without the service, you should have thought of that. Jeez, certainly by now you should have thought of that. CueCat anyone?
A sucessful business is not a right. The government is under no obligation to prop up every half-arsed business plan just because it generates jobs. I'm sorry if you lost your job working for some snake-oil salesman, but you should have been able to look at the business model and worked out immediately that it would fail -- or at least gone in with your eyes open knowing it was risky.
I make two regular payments to a subscription service. My ISP and my mobile phone. I contribute to the payment of a land line, water, power and council rates. While some might add stuff like Everquest to the list, most people buy a product once and enjoy it however they see fit. Why would a company nobody's ever heard of think that they can change this?
If you give away Everquest CDs at a loss that's your choice and I think they make a good frizbee then that's my choice.
Just wait until the world wakes up and sees how overpaid and useless IT workers really are. How they sit on their asses each day, doing a mere hour of work and then bitching about things beyond their control on Slashdot for the remainder of their time.
Oh cry me a river. If your business model is so fragile or relies on people behaving in a way people don't behave then you should apply for unemployment benefit now.
I feel no compulsion to prop up stupid business models and no guilt when I break them to do something I want to do, within the bounds of the law.
Personally I use Mozilla because it's a better browser than Internet Explorer. At work we use Apache because we wouldn't touch IIS with a ten-foot barge poll. (I will actually veto any software purchase that requires IIS.)
That's not to say that I won't use a closed-source product if it's better. I use Eudora because it's better than Outlook and Nero because it's better than the crap built into XP.
In a short press statement the Blizzard hacking group said they thought the N-Gage was a great games system, but having to swap out your MP3 ringtones with your data MMC just to play a single game was stupid, so they fixed it. Multiple games can now be loaded onto the same card that the rest of your data lives on. Gamers that were balking at the restrictions are now conidering the puchase of one or more games and manufacturers of the larger MMC cards greated the news warmly.
Now that I can have the commerical games with me without having to worry about losing a small expensive MMC card, I'll be buying all the games except Tony Hawk's the weekend after next. Nokia can try and work that one out.
Don't know how it plays. The game was released at least six months before I got a working ST again and I'd sort of forgotten all about it until the/. article reminded me. Not that I have space to setup the ST either...
Various governments and courts have stepped in time and time again and saved IP-oriented businesses from themselves; Piano rolls, TV, VCRs. Each time the estabilshed industry was deathly afraid of a new technology and tried to ignore or squash it. Each time they were stopped. Each time the new technology lead to more opportunities and a stronger industry.
This time though it appears that the industry is too strong and has enough congress critters in its pocket to strangle the new technology. Hopefully this will lead to a collapse of the existing industry and a whole new one will have the chance to replace it. I know I'm not intending to buy an HDTV, or anything that supports the braodcast flag. I'll just get stuff repaired and buy secondhand things for as long as the foolishness prevails.
Chu Chu Rocket is also available for the Atari ST. I just picked up the GBA version and it really struggles because there are only two main buttons, not four.
Gauntlet Legends is pretty good on the DC. Soul Caliber took away a lot of my life too. I never really got into Craxy Taxi 2, but I still play the first on one occasion. I thought the GBA "port" sucked, but it's actually not bad once you get the timing down. The Stella (Atari 2600) port is nice. I won second place in a high score compo with that.
Additionally, Nokia already licence their "Series 30", "Series 60", "Series 90" specifications, so I don't think you can immediately assume that their purchase of Symbian would be the end of the world.
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I have a Chess cartridge for the Atari 8-bit computers that kicks my arse. Heck, my N-Gage can beat me at chess -- then it can ring all my friends and brag.
I RTFA and it appeared to be that an ISP and specific employees are being sued because one customer put up links to some files that might breach copyright. Can't say I agree with the music industry on this one.
Of course, it might be safer to simply have no music whatsoever in your house.
It doesn't apply. The law has simply turned into a game of poker. If you have the most money you can simply raise more than anyone can afford, causing them to fold regardless of how good their hand is. It's stomach turning. A big company could decide to sue me today and it would basically ruin my entire life regardless of the merits of the case. The legal system is so broken that Big Business is judge, jury and executioner.
Copyright has been a fun experiment, but perhaps it's time to declare it a failure and move on.
I think perhaps it is only the US where the N-Gage has failed so completely.
I paraphase, but only because I saw this ad about five years ago.
Not everyone has the luxury of not using Windows. Some of us need to use apps that only run under Windows. This is, of course, the problem that Microsoft abuses.
Occasionally we dig out one of our Monopoly boards for a game, but currently we're playing the card game "Fluxx". It's very enjoyable.
It's a shame more traditional cell animation is giving way to this paperdoll-style flash crap. They should just do a radio play and distribute it as Ogg Vorbis files.
MS really does need to offer a "lite" version of the OS. If it had one tenth of the extra crap (built-in CD burning anyone?) I'd be more likely to buy it even if it was only half price. I don't need Windows to include: Web Browser, Email client, News Reader, IM Client, Zip Folders, Web Server, FTP Server, Java RTE, Movie Player or Remote Desktop Server -- I'm perfectly capable of choosing and installing such applications.
Makes me never want to see, rent, buy or even touch another movie ever. "I'd like tickets for two to see Terminator XII and I'd like you to sign this contract to say that you won't sue me or my friend for quoting scenes from the movie on the way out of the cinema."
I'm not talking to you either, I'm just making sure your idiocy doesn't infect anyone else.
A business model that relies on me doing a particular thing with your product after I've purchased it is stupid. Thinking up new things to do with existing stuff is call innovation you mindless consumer! Not disrespect. If you're selling a product at a loss because you expect to make back that loss from a service, only people work out that they can use your product without the service, you should have thought of that. Jeez, certainly by now you should have thought of that. CueCat anyone?
A sucessful business is not a right. The government is under no obligation to prop up every half-arsed business plan just because it generates jobs. I'm sorry if you lost your job working for some snake-oil salesman, but you should have been able to look at the business model and worked out immediately that it would fail -- or at least gone in with your eyes open knowing it was risky.
I make two regular payments to a subscription service. My ISP and my mobile phone. I contribute to the payment of a land line, water, power and council rates. While some might add stuff like Everquest to the list, most people buy a product once and enjoy it however they see fit. Why would a company nobody's ever heard of think that they can change this?
If you give away Everquest CDs at a loss that's your choice and I think they make a good frizbee then that's my choice.
Let me guess, your VCR flashes 12:00.I feel no compulsion to prop up stupid business models and no guilt when I break them to do something I want to do, within the bounds of the law.
That's not to say that I won't use a closed-source product if it's better. I use Eudora because it's better than Outlook and Nero because it's better than the crap built into XP.
Don't know how it plays. The game was released at least six months before I got a working ST again and I'd sort of forgotten all about it until the /. article reminded me. Not that I have space to setup the ST either...
Various governments and courts have stepped in time and time again and saved IP-oriented businesses from themselves; Piano rolls, TV, VCRs. Each time the estabilshed industry was deathly afraid of a new technology and tried to ignore or squash it. Each time they were stopped. Each time the new technology lead to more opportunities and a stronger industry.
This time though it appears that the industry is too strong and has enough congress critters in its pocket to strangle the new technology. Hopefully this will lead to a collapse of the existing industry and a whole new one will have the chance to replace it. I know I'm not intending to buy an HDTV, or anything that supports the braodcast flag. I'll just get stuff repaired and buy secondhand things for as long as the foolishness prevails.
Chu Chu Rocket is also available for the Atari ST . I just picked up the GBA version and it really struggles because there are only two main buttons, not four.
Gauntlet Legends is pretty good on the DC. Soul Caliber took away a lot of my life too. I never really got into Craxy Taxi 2, but I still play the first on one occasion. I thought the GBA "port" sucked, but it's actually not bad once you get the timing down. The Stella (Atari 2600) port is nice. I won second place in a high score compo with that.
...only a lot less flexible. And look, there's a little expiry date.
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Additionally, Nokia already licence their "Series 30", "Series 60", "Series 90" specifications, so I don't think you can immediately assume that their purchase of Symbian would be the end of the world.
Wanting to do this is god's way of telling you to move on to a new game.