"A brief entry in the official court docket lays out the order. "MINUTE ORDER requiring Plaintiff to show cause in writing no later than June 21, 2010 why Doe Defendants 2 through 2000 should not be dismissed for misjoinder under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20," wrote the judge in The Steam Experiment case. The same order was repeated in a separate case targeting 4,577 users alleged to have shared the film Far Cry."
Let's take a look at Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20:
(A) they assert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and
(B) any question of law or fact common to all plaintiffs will arise in the action. "
Unless all of these people were a part of some vast conspiracy to download the same movie from the same source en mass, they can't be joined together in a single lawsuit. Explain how my post is wrong, based on the entry in the court docket and Procedure 20.
These ludicrous lawsuits are already in jeopardy, as the judge has ruled they have to prove a valid legal reason to roll up all these John/Jane Does in one lawsuit. Rightfully so. I have no problem with them suing these people, but trying to roll them up into single lawsuits so that their filing costs and complexity remain low is abuse of the justice system.
Why not? It would make you a better shill. And yet you accuse some AC's with pitiful arguments of being shills.
It had nothing to do with "pitiful arguments"...it's a standard list of talking points similar to many others. Nintendo does it, and so does Sony...and all three of the big ones have the same basic list of talking points. Personally, I own most of the major systems to be released in the last 30 years, whether they are from Atari, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft.
Also, for what it's worth, I've had a full-time job since a month after I graduated high school nearly a decade ago. Spent time as a mechanic, and now I'm a mail merge programmer.
Microsoft spammer trying to call out others! Precious!
You're like the idiot who farts in a car and then tries to cover it up by yelling "Who farted!?"
The article is about the 360, so that's what I'm talking about. I own game consoles from many different companies, from Atari to Nintendo to Sega to Sony to Microsoft. Why would I limit what games I could play due to fanboyism? I'm a fan of any machine that plays games...
Thank your faggot ass you're far away in some shithole town or you'd get the shit beaten out of you.
Actually, I live just outside of DC. A shithole, yes...but hardly a town:-)
Speaking from personal experience, my Jasper revision 360 sits in an enclosed space next to my PS3 Slim (inside my entertainment center, behind a glass door that stays closed unless we're changing discs.) I haven't had a single problem with it, and it gets at least 2-4 hours of use a day, either through gaming or Netflix. I've had my Jasper for a little under 9 months at this point, sitting in that enclosed space.::shrug::
You've got it all wrong. Kinect will be compatible with every version of the 360. The difference is, if you don't have a slim version, you need to hook it up via USB for the data and then a seperate power connector to plug into the wall. The "Kinect Socket" on the new revision would provide data and power, negating the need to plug the hardware into the wall.
That being said, I personally don't see myself spending the money on it.
What a bunch of fucking losers! How long have you dipshits been sitting around in forums making that same stupid fucking claim?
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I've been making that "same stupid fucking claim" since the falcons came out, and then the jaspers. No denying previous revisions had serious problems, though.
Let's just recap what you idiots have claimed over the years:
Slow your roll, shill. You don't know me, and I don't think you've been paid to insult people you don't know. Stick to your talking points.
The primary cause of the old RRoD problem was excessive heat. The Falcon revision released a few years ago made great strides in reducing red rings, and the Jasper revision that came out about a year ago all but eliminated the red ring issue.
Considering this new version has better cooling and is based on 45 nm production, it will generate even less heat than the Jaspers. The chances of it having the same problems are practically nonexistent.
If you are lagging out when using a wired connection, that's a problem with your internet connection/router. I'm currently running my 360 through a modified WRT54G that has the DD-WRT firmware on it running as a bridge, and I still get hardly any lag on Live.
Wireless N will make a huge difference for those of us on wireless connections. Folks using wired connections wouldn't notice much difference. If you are still getting lag and are wired using Ethernet, make sure your router is set up properly (ports, etc.)
The Falcon's ran quite stable, and the Jasper units are nearly 100% stable. My own Jasper runs perfectly fine, despite the fact that it is kept in an enclosed space (inside my tv stand with glass doors, next to my PS3 Slim...sometimes with both on at the same time.) The red ring problems were a very huge issue for a long time, but with the Falcon revision they were vastly reduced, and with the Jasper release they are pretty much entirely fixed. This smaller unit is only going to increase the stability even more.
It's awesome that they will have Wireless N built in, and I like the fact that the cooling has been changed around...but apparently the current external hard drives won't be compatible with it, and neither will memory cards.
How are we to transfer saved games and content? USB key and redownload arcade titles?
I never said OTA tv is unimportant, I merely said that we haven't missed having no active TV connection (Cable, Satellite, or otherwise) in our apartment.
Between our laptops and gaming systems, We have "Watch Instantly" available on every screen in the house. That, combined with 6 disc-at-a-time, we go through a lot. We generally have a documentary series, a BBC TV series, and an Anime series going on at once (plus the occasional movie thrown in).
I meant we don't have cable or satellite. We could very easily pick up broadcast, but (purposely) don't have the hardware to do it.
I know there is a lot of good stuff out there, especially on things like History Channel and Science Channel. Still, we haven't had TV in close to three years, and I don't miss it one bit.
We STILL don't have TV service. If it isn't available on Netflix or Hulu, we don't watch it. I highly recommend you folks do the same. Getting rid of TV service was one of the best things we ever did.
That's really pushing it. I see where you are coming from, and::slaps self:: I hadn't thought of that before...but still, that's really pushing it -_-;;
Not to mention Madworld, Dead Space: Extraction, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem, Smash Bros. Brawl, Guilty Gear XX, No More Heroes...there are plenty of awesome games out there for the Wii.
especially the 360 with its DVD drive, already necessitating several multi-disc releases.
Remember back in the day, when people thought "Holy crap! It requires multiple disks! It must be HUGE!"? Final Fantasy VII is the example that immediately comes to mind.
Besides, multiple discs aren't really that big of a deal. I agree, it's nice having everything on one disc, but seriously...is it that hard to change the disc out every 10+ hours?
Natal was an interesting name. Kinect is just...it's just freakin' lame.
I personally find it funny that while the Kinect hardware involves not touching anything, it's name is, by dictionary defintion, about two things touching each other.
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You already responded to a post where I put up a link, but just in case others miss it and are curious, Ars had the story a few days ago.
From the article I linked to:
"A brief entry in the official court docket lays out the order. "MINUTE ORDER requiring Plaintiff to show cause in writing no later than June 21, 2010 why Doe Defendants 2 through 2000 should not be dismissed for misjoinder under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20," wrote the judge in The Steam Experiment case. The same order was repeated in a separate case targeting 4,577 users alleged to have shared the film Far Cry."
Let's take a look at Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20:
"Persons may join in one action as plaintiffs if:
(A) they assert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the alternative with respect to or arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences; and
(B) any question of law or fact common to all plaintiffs will arise in the action. "
Unless all of these people were a part of some vast conspiracy to download the same movie from the same source en mass, they can't be joined together in a single lawsuit. Explain how my post is wrong, based on the entry in the court docket and Procedure 20.
These ludicrous lawsuits are already in jeopardy, as the judge has ruled they have to prove a valid legal reason to roll up all these John/Jane Does in one lawsuit. Rightfully so. I have no problem with them suing these people, but trying to roll them up into single lawsuits so that their filing costs and complexity remain low is abuse of the justice system.
Fiasco? Not at all. It seems to work well enough.
Overpriced? Abso-freakin'-lutely. Natal shouldn't cost over $99, and even that would be pushing it.
Why not? It would make you a better shill. And yet you accuse some AC's with pitiful arguments of being shills.
It had nothing to do with "pitiful arguments"...it's a standard list of talking points similar to many others. Nintendo does it, and so does Sony...and all three of the big ones have the same basic list of talking points. Personally, I own most of the major systems to be released in the last 30 years, whether they are from Atari, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft.
Also, for what it's worth, I've had a full-time job since a month after I graduated high school nearly a decade ago. Spent time as a mechanic, and now I'm a mail merge programmer.
Microsoft spammer trying to call out others! Precious!
You're like the idiot who farts in a car and then tries to cover it up by yelling "Who farted!?"
The article is about the 360, so that's what I'm talking about. I own game consoles from many different companies, from Atari to Nintendo to Sega to Sony to Microsoft. Why would I limit what games I could play due to fanboyism? I'm a fan of any machine that plays games...
Thank your faggot ass you're far away in some shithole town or you'd get the shit beaten out of you.
Actually, I live just outside of DC. A shithole, yes...but hardly a town :-)
I would suspect you of being a shill vs the parent considering your extremely informed post.
That's right, I'm a paid shill posting under my real account, which I use nearly every day on here. ::eyeroll::
Speaking from personal experience, my Jasper revision 360 sits in an enclosed space next to my PS3 Slim (inside my entertainment center, behind a glass door that stays closed unless we're changing discs.) I haven't had a single problem with it, and it gets at least 2-4 hours of use a day, either through gaming or Netflix. I've had my Jasper for a little under 9 months at this point, sitting in that enclosed space. ::shrug::
You've got it all wrong. Kinect will be compatible with every version of the 360. The difference is, if you don't have a slim version, you need to hook it up via USB for the data and then a seperate power connector to plug into the wall. The "Kinect Socket" on the new revision would provide data and power, negating the need to plug the hardware into the wall.
That being said, I personally don't see myself spending the money on it.
What a bunch of fucking losers! How long have you dipshits been sitting around in forums making that same stupid fucking claim?
Well, I can't speak for anyone else, but I've been making that "same stupid fucking claim" since the falcons came out, and then the jaspers. No denying previous revisions had serious problems, though.
Let's just recap what you idiots have claimed over the years:
Slow your roll, shill. You don't know me, and I don't think you've been paid to insult people you don't know. Stick to your talking points.
No wonder the gaming worlds hates you retards.
Which worlds might those be?
That's all fine and well, except the new revision won't be compatible with external hard drives. Sooo...yeah.
The primary cause of the old RRoD problem was excessive heat. The Falcon revision released a few years ago made great strides in reducing red rings, and the Jasper revision that came out about a year ago all but eliminated the red ring issue.
Considering this new version has better cooling and is based on 45 nm production, it will generate even less heat than the Jaspers. The chances of it having the same problems are practically nonexistent.
If you are lagging out when using a wired connection, that's a problem with your internet connection/router. I'm currently running my 360 through a modified WRT54G that has the DD-WRT firmware on it running as a bridge, and I still get hardly any lag on Live.
Wireless N will make a huge difference for those of us on wireless connections. Folks using wired connections wouldn't notice much difference. If you are still getting lag and are wired using Ethernet, make sure your router is set up properly (ports, etc.)
The Falcon's ran quite stable, and the Jasper units are nearly 100% stable. My own Jasper runs perfectly fine, despite the fact that it is kept in an enclosed space (inside my tv stand with glass doors, next to my PS3 Slim...sometimes with both on at the same time.) The red ring problems were a very huge issue for a long time, but with the Falcon revision they were vastly reduced, and with the Jasper release they are pretty much entirely fixed. This smaller unit is only going to increase the stability even more.
I smell a shill.
the biggest announcement had to be the ESPN agreement.
It doesn't include NHL support (at least, they didn't mention it during the keynote.) It's useless -_-;;
It's awesome that they will have Wireless N built in, and I like the fact that the cooling has been changed around...but apparently the current external hard drives won't be compatible with it, and neither will memory cards.
How are we to transfer saved games and content? USB key and redownload arcade titles?
I recognize that, but not having an actual TV service reduces the chances that we will veg out for hours at a time.
then we'll talk about how unimportant OTA TV is.
I never said OTA tv is unimportant, I merely said that we haven't missed having no active TV connection (Cable, Satellite, or otherwise) in our apartment.
Between our laptops and gaming systems, We have "Watch Instantly" available on every screen in the house. That, combined with 6 disc-at-a-time, we go through a lot. We generally have a documentary series, a BBC TV series, and an Anime series going on at once (plus the occasional movie thrown in).
I meant we don't have cable or satellite. We could very easily pick up broadcast, but (purposely) don't have the hardware to do it.
I know there is a lot of good stuff out there, especially on things like History Channel and Science Channel. Still, we haven't had TV in close to three years, and I don't miss it one bit.
We STILL don't have TV service. If it isn't available on Netflix or Hulu, we don't watch it. I highly recommend you folks do the same. Getting rid of TV service was one of the best things we ever did.
That's really pushing it. I see where you are coming from, and ::slaps self:: I hadn't thought of that before...but still, that's really pushing it -_-;;
Not to mention Madworld, Dead Space: Extraction, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Metroid Prime Trilogy, Twilight Princess, Fire Emblem, Smash Bros. Brawl, Guilty Gear XX, No More Heroes...there are plenty of awesome games out there for the Wii.
especially the 360 with its DVD drive, already necessitating several multi-disc releases.
Remember back in the day, when people thought "Holy crap! It requires multiple disks! It must be HUGE!"? Final Fantasy VII is the example that immediately comes to mind.
Besides, multiple discs aren't really that big of a deal. I agree, it's nice having everything on one disc, but seriously...is it that hard to change the disc out every 10+ hours?
Natal was an interesting name. Kinect is just...it's just freakin' lame.
I personally find it funny that while the Kinect hardware involves not touching anything, it's name is, by dictionary defintion, about two things touching each other.