I did this myself, and it's specifically the reason why I grabbed a 5.5 gen iPod rather than the newer (and easier to find) 6th gen "Classic" variety. I can play my collection in Ogg Vorbis and update it with rsync. I love their hardware, but they won't let me do what I want with it.
Actually, the problem is that even though the game is "installed" to the HD, it's not really installed. It's just a disc image copied to the HD and mounted so the game thinks it's accessing the disc, same as before. This way, no games have to change their code to work this way. The downside is the case of Halo 3 (and some other games) where they used the HD already. Now it's using the HD as a "disc" and for caching, which wouldn't be necessary if they knew they were running entirely from the disc. There's no easy fix to make it work in both cases.
Yeah because Dion and his hacks decided to clam up and not vote on any bills because Harper turned every one into a confidence vote. He could give the RIAA lessons in loopholes.
It also helped that we have a minority government who wouldn't want to piss off too many people and ended up making copyright law into an issue in several ridings. As a Canadian, I'm genuinely proud of how we derailed that piece of crap. One of the heads of the CRIA, the Canadian arm of the RIAA (they don't actually represent any Canadian labels anymore) was actually ranting in an interview about how Facebook derailed their precious copyright law, which made my day, let me tell you. Our minority government however has already announced their intention to move in the same direction with future copyright bills, so we'll see how long our victory lasts...
And what happens when they decide to limit the car's speed limit to all drivers? To extend your rationalization, there's no situation where anybody should need to go XXX MPH/KPH, right? Slippery slopes my friend, slippery slopes...
That is incorrect. As far as I can tell, he will not do a parody if he does not get permission. There are some acts/songs that he does in concert only, because the original artist only gave him that permission.
Yes, the most recent example of this was the parody "You're Pitiful" of the song "You're Beautiful". The artist gave him permission, but the suits at the label dicked him around on it, initially saying yes but then saying no at the last minute.
Plus, if he seeks permission (he used to sometimes) it'd be easier to get when something's no longer hot. Very new, and they won't want it made fun of. Older, and the parody can bring the original back up the chart.
That's an interesting point, but he isn't going to run out of available material to parody any time soon. And as far as I'm aware, he always asks permission from the artist before doing a parody of their song, even though legally he doesn't have to. I've always respected that about his work.
Certainly, my good man. Americans are fat and stupid, the French are snooty and rude, the Irish are drunk and lazy, the British have bad teeth and funny accents, and the Germans...well, let's just say their women are into some crazy shit!
A friend of my dad's told me the different between NA and Europe once. He said North Americans live to work, while Europeans work to live. I've found it to be quite true, myself not withstanding.
And yet, for all its hipness, at least the "I'm a Mac" ads gave you reasons why you should purchase a Mac over a PC, especially to their target audience, Joe Public who knows next to nothing about computers. I see plenty of ads that make me laugh, but I don't want to go buy their product because they didn't give me any good reason to. This ad wasn't informative at all. I see that as a key difference.
What annoys me the most about cases such as this is the fact that they get little to no coverage in my nations media. No mention in any newspaper at all. Then again it's no big surprise since the "newspapers" are looking more like tabloids every day.
The simple fact of the matter is Joe Public can't be bothered to follow a document format war. They want to know what the weather will be like tomorrow and who's getting voted off the island tonight, and that's pretty much it.
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I did this myself, and it's specifically the reason why I grabbed a 5.5 gen iPod rather than the newer (and easier to find) 6th gen "Classic" variety. I can play my collection in Ogg Vorbis and update it with rsync. I love their hardware, but they won't let me do what I want with it.
Actually, the problem is that even though the game is "installed" to the HD, it's not really installed. It's just a disc image copied to the HD and mounted so the game thinks it's accessing the disc, same as before. This way, no games have to change their code to work this way. The downside is the case of Halo 3 (and some other games) where they used the HD already. Now it's using the HD as a "disc" and for caching, which wouldn't be necessary if they knew they were running entirely from the disc. There's no easy fix to make it work in both cases.
Why not? They can afford to spend that much every minute on Iraq.
That's what http://www.rockbox.org/ is for, provided you don't have a newer iPod with BS firmware encryption.
Seems like a perfectly natural response to me. If you had a cake, wouldn't you want to eat it too?
Yeah because Dion and his hacks decided to clam up and not vote on any bills because Harper turned every one into a confidence vote. He could give the RIAA lessons in loopholes.
China intentionally hides the news that poisoned milk is in their distribution system to avoid any sad faces during the Olympics (R)(tm).
Thousands of children are intentionally allowed to get sick and some die while their cute little Olympic (R)(tm) mascots dance around all happy happy.
Now they hilariously submit that identity checks are justified "for the sake of children."
More lies from the big pick-a-colour government lie machine.
There, fixed that for you.
It also helped that we have a minority government who wouldn't want to piss off too many people and ended up making copyright law into an issue in several ridings. As a Canadian, I'm genuinely proud of how we derailed that piece of crap. One of the heads of the CRIA, the Canadian arm of the RIAA (they don't actually represent any Canadian labels anymore) was actually ranting in an interview about how Facebook derailed their precious copyright law, which made my day, let me tell you. Our minority government however has already announced their intention to move in the same direction with future copyright bills, so we'll see how long our victory lasts...
And that would be why you don't work for the RIAA.
And what happens when they decide to limit the car's speed limit to all drivers? To extend your rationalization, there's no situation where anybody should need to go XXX MPH/KPH, right? Slippery slopes my friend, slippery slopes...
Doesn't that just go to show that both parties are essentially the same wolf in sheeps clothing?
That is incorrect. As far as I can tell, he will not do a parody if he does not get permission. There are some acts/songs that he does in concert only, because the original artist only gave him that permission.
Yes, the most recent example of this was the parody "You're Pitiful" of the song "You're Beautiful". The artist gave him permission, but the suits at the label dicked him around on it, initially saying yes but then saying no at the last minute.
See if you can blow something up. Kids love that stuff.
Not just kids either! The success of Mythbusters is evidence to that effect.
Plus, if he seeks permission (he used to sometimes) it'd be easier to get when something's no longer hot. Very new, and they won't want it made fun of. Older, and the parody can bring the original back up the chart.
That's an interesting point, but he isn't going to run out of available material to parody any time soon. And as far as I'm aware, he always asks permission from the artist before doing a parody of their song, even though legally he doesn't have to. I've always respected that about his work.
Awwwwwww, but I wanted to watch the New Holy Roman Empire(TM) spiral down the drain in amusing fashion!
You mean aside from recklessly ignoring court orders and abuse of his position as a lawyer? Perhaps you should read up on his activities.
But doesn't that mean that the only distribution they can effectively prove is to MediaSentry? What damages can be awarded based solely on that?
Certainly, my good man. Americans are fat and stupid, the French are snooty and rude, the Irish are drunk and lazy, the British have bad teeth and funny accents, and the Germans...well, let's just say their women are into some crazy shit!
A friend of my dad's told me the different between NA and Europe once. He said North Americans live to work, while Europeans work to live. I've found it to be quite true, myself not withstanding.
But nothing you can carry on a laptop can't just be transmitted past customs over the internet.
That's exactly what the "terrorists" will start doing/are already doing.
And yet, for all its hipness, at least the "I'm a Mac" ads gave you reasons why you should purchase a Mac over a PC, especially to their target audience, Joe Public who knows next to nothing about computers. I see plenty of ads that make me laugh, but I don't want to go buy their product because they didn't give me any good reason to. This ad wasn't informative at all. I see that as a key difference.
Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
What annoys me the most about cases such as this is the fact that they get little to no coverage in my nations media. No mention in any newspaper at all. Then again it's no big surprise since the "newspapers" are looking more like tabloids every day.
The simple fact of the matter is Joe Public can't be bothered to follow a document format war. They want to know what the weather will be like tomorrow and who's getting voted off the island tonight, and that's pretty much it.
Kernel development is hard! Film at 11.
Arg, I accidentally modded you offtopic.