The judge ruled that those logical concerns were not the actual reason for the fees, but instead that they existed to discourage moving to the competition. This is against California law and thus the contract was ruled invalid.
Ah, the good old sense of consumer entitlement. So if I own the only lake-side property in town, and the folks in the town want a lake-side restaurant, I'm obliged to operate one for them? Nonsense.
The only special obligation placed on a monopoly is that it not abuse the free market with the power that being a monopoly gives it. Not being in the business you want them to be in isn't an abuse.
This is nitpicking but if you own lake side land and the town wants a lake side restaurant couldn't they zone the property for a business?
I'm sorry, but by the logic you stated there is no non-arbitrary line between abortion and using a condom. Define what gives a non-viable fetus the full right to life that a person has and a sperm or egg does not have.
Steps to becoming "Anonymous" on 7chan:
1)www.7chan.org
Steps to create a thread on a raid by your colleagues:
1) type in title
2) type message explaining where you are raiding
3) colleagues respond saying it is a great idea
not exactly a high barrier of entry.
Maybe this is how Anon rolls on 7chan, but the Anon of 4chan simply does not work like this. Perhaps someone encouraged them, but usually such an idea would be met with accusations of using/b/ as a personal army. The raids I have seen always target pornographic webcams, racist radio shows, or rival internet groups such as Gaia. Anon may laugh at harm that happens on others, but they aren't actually malicious when it comes to their own actions. It is more their style to troll a dyslexia forum with garbled paragraphs. I suppose this could be the doing of a minority of truly evil people who take advantage of the anonymity, but this just seems too convenient of timing. I believe the Co$ is to blame for this.
I for one like private companies owning the lines as it is one more barrier to improper spying by the government. Well, in theory anyway. We should be seeing whether this is true or not next presidency.
Wait, are you suggesting that the only use, or even the main use, of portable storage is for using it with a laptop when you are not near a power outlet? Personally, I thought they were mainly used for backup or carrying large amounts of data with you when you are traveling. DVDs work fairly well for when you are on a plane.
I completely agree here. Random does not mean that knowledge of a map becomes less important, only that you have to gain that knowledge over the course of the game instead of over a year. It seems to me that the skill to quickly analyze your environment is far more interesting than the skill to memorize a single map. This is from someone who hasn't played CS in about a year yet I could probably still do De_Dust2 blindfolded.
Personally I find it a bit insane that a new system is being devised without enough time to evaluate the negative aspects of the current system. I feel that this will only lead to bland changes of simply making systems more powerful.
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The judge ruled that those logical concerns were not the actual reason for the fees, but instead that they existed to discourage moving to the competition. This is against California law and thus the contract was ruled invalid.
Umm... you seem to be implying that all signed contracts are invalid. You are taking this ruling as way more far reaching than it actually is.
Ah, the good old sense of consumer entitlement. So if I own the only lake-side property in town, and the folks in the town want a lake-side restaurant, I'm obliged to operate one for them? Nonsense.
The only special obligation placed on a monopoly is that it not abuse the free market with the power that being a monopoly gives it. Not being in the business you want them to be in isn't an abuse.
This is nitpicking but if you own lake side land and the town wants a lake side restaurant couldn't they zone the property for a business?
They might not, but if the legal challenges are held back until they could be useful it is possible that they could be forced to rethink it.
Many people are saying that this is a bandwidth issue not a copyright one. I don't really see how this has relevance to Common Carrier protections.
My god, a first post that is on topic and actually humorous? What's next, a first post that RTFA?
I'm just amazed that anyone can say that and not realize how Big Brother-ish they sound.
And there is an issue with this?
Mod points are not supposed to be used as "I agree".
Ah, so use emotional reasoning? I'm sorry, I believe that is known as a logical fallacy. Define why before you make such a claim as absolute fact.
I'm sorry, but by the logic you stated there is no non-arbitrary line between abortion and using a condom. Define what gives a non-viable fetus the full right to life that a person has and a sperm or egg does not have.
Steps to becoming "Anonymous" on 7chan: 1)www.7chan.org Steps to create a thread on a raid by your colleagues: 1) type in title 2) type message explaining where you are raiding 3) colleagues respond saying it is a great idea not exactly a high barrier of entry.
Maybe this is how Anon rolls on 7chan, but the Anon of 4chan simply does not work like this. Perhaps someone encouraged them, but usually such an idea would be met with accusations of using /b/ as a personal army. The raids I have seen always target pornographic webcams, racist radio shows, or rival internet groups such as Gaia. Anon may laugh at harm that happens on others, but they aren't actually malicious when it comes to their own actions. It is more their style to troll a dyslexia forum with garbled paragraphs. I suppose this could be the doing of a minority of truly evil people who take advantage of the anonymity, but this just seems too convenient of timing. I believe the Co$ is to blame for this.
I for one like private companies owning the lines as it is one more barrier to improper spying by the government. Well, in theory anyway. We should be seeing whether this is true or not next presidency.
You know, it is rather distracting when you capitalize every word. Is there a reason you did?
If only those who don't play games could get this, we wouldn't have to discuss the issue so much to counter their ignorance.
How the flipping hell was he a threat? Its not like Comedy Central isn't a part of "the Evil Corporations".
Wait, are you suggesting that the only use, or even the main use, of portable storage is for using it with a laptop when you are not near a power outlet? Personally, I thought they were mainly used for backup or carrying large amounts of data with you when you are traveling. DVDs work fairly well for when you are on a plane.
I don't have anything thoughtful to add about this, so I think I'll just do the cool thing and mock the title of the article. heh. it said puke.
The beta registration requires you to submit information from DxDiag.
... but Blizzard kept getting told to build more pylons.
I completely agree here. Random does not mean that knowledge of a map becomes less important, only that you have to gain that knowledge over the course of the game instead of over a year. It seems to me that the skill to quickly analyze your environment is far more interesting than the skill to memorize a single map. This is from someone who hasn't played CS in about a year yet I could probably still do De_Dust2 blindfolded.
Personally I find it a bit insane that a new system is being devised without enough time to evaluate the negative aspects of the current system. I feel that this will only lead to bland changes of simply making systems more powerful.