Every largish city has somewhere that arcade machines get repaired. Where I live there (~350,000 population) there used to be a few but now there is just one dude that runs a repair/distribution company for arcade machines. He does a lot of private trade these days.
If you go along to any repair shop, if it's anything like my local one, there will be a room with a thousands of mainboards for a variety of arcade machines.
As time has passed a lot of games have gone in and out of favour. By removing their mainboards and replacing with a newer mainboard from a more popular game one could save money by keeping the original cabinet. A lot of mainboards were stored in back rooms, cupboards, or just piled up in the corner.
If you feel so guilty that you couldn't build a MAME cabinet without legally owning the roms I would tell you to go and buy the mainboard. You will find they run at no more than $5 each - at least for the games made in the 1980's and early 1990. As you move into the late 1990's you will start coming across games that also require a hard drive for storing game assets (tilesets, audio and video samples etc). It might be a little harder to get all the physical assets to justify to your needs (I think Killer Instinct used a hard drive).
I think the logic needs to be flipped. Make the coal-burners not allowed to use externalities any more. That is - shut them down if they emit *any* pollution. Of course they will cry that it's too expensive for them to implement filters and underground carbon sequestration etc. We could then subsidise them so that it is possible.
Compare apples with apples.
I just retired my IPCop box after 7+ years of faithful service. I had a modem in bridged mode forwarding packets to my IPCop box (P4, 64MB RAM) which was connected to an 8-port switch and wireless access point. Replaced all of that with a single Billion 7800N modem router (gigabit switch, wireless and plenty of yummy options).
While the stability, options and graphing that IPCop provided were nice, it was really nice to remove all the equipment and replace it with one small white box.
Exactly. I have spent the last few hours helping my parents get their newly installed XP Home system patched with all the latest security updates. They had a motherboard failure the other day - they have a legit windows XP licence and just wanted their system to work again without the rigmarole of learning a new system, or forking out for new components.
The company I currently work for implements a software solution akin to the one mentioned in the article (for security purposes).
Another company that I am aware of simply used crazy glue in all the usb ports and headers.
You sir are a fine representation of what is wrong with the USA legal system.
You have been provided with video evidence of your misdemeanor. Take it like a man. Pay the fine. Free up the courts so they have more time to spend on more important things.
Following your logic, $1.92 million at $0.99 per song
...
Maybe she should pay the price of one record per shared mp3? That'd be something like $240. Or ten record, which would come to $2400.
Both you and the parent are using standard song purchase price as the basis for her damages. The problem is that she is not being sued for downloading the 24 songs. She is being sued for distributing 24 songs.
How much does it cost the RIAA to purchase the sole distribution rights to any particular song? I don't know what it is - but if I had to guess I would say it's more the $0.99 per song. 1.92 million dollars split 24 ways is $80,000. If it costs the RIAA only $8,000 to purchase the sole distribution rights for any particular song, on average, then poor Ms Thomas is paying 10 times the "damage".
While I think 1.92 million is indeed a ridiculous sum to pay for downloading 24 songs the fact is that she is not being charged with downloading - it's the uploading that is the problem.
Basic principle of law:
If your apple tree drops apples on my lawn, I'm allowed to eat them.
I am not sure that "basic principle" holds up in Australia.
I am pretty sure the legal thing to do in this circumstance is to return it to your neighbour
Of course, in the USA I guess standard legal practice is to moan and whinge, go on TV about it, then take your neighbour to court for their tree dropping an apple that was just a tad over-ripe, contributing to your dental decay.
Sounds like a great idea to me. Extending your footprint to allow yourself to have access anywhere you go in your own neighborhood isn't illegal, neither is leaving your wireless network unsecured.
If you went out of your way to let all your neighbors know they could use your wifi, that would make you accountable for anything they do on it like pirating, but if you don't say anything and just leave it open, then anything they do isn't being done with your authorization, so you can just claim Plausible deniability because someone was using your service without your permission.
Claiming plausible deniability is good and all.
Assuming the folk that are
- knocking down your door in the early hours of the morning doing a kiddy-porn raid, and
- hauling your handcuffed ass out in front of the waiting press
care about plausible deniability might be a little naive.
When you win your court case due to the plausible deniability factor, but you've lost your job, defaulted on your house, have been bashed/raped in goal whilst waiting for bail (denied - 'wont someone think of the children') I am sure you won't feel it was such a great idea.
Electricity and water, as far as I know, is usually not put on "unlimited" plans. You pay for every gallon and every kWhr consumed. You don't pay by the MB, GB or anything like that. Erm in Australia most plans are still pay by the MB, GB - exactly like that.
In Australia you will be classified as a carrier if you *charge* for provision of the service. If I say "take my bandwidth" to a brazillion strangers that is no issue.
Also, in Australia the majority of ISP's still charge by the gigabyte. (Honestly it makes sense.) The ISP's are not going to get ripped off by me sharing my bandwidth across the neighbourhood. I'll get a massive bill and/or speed-capped.
It took me about 5 seconds to find this: http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/01/88/22578801.jpg
Using the terms "sheep" and "sunset"
Can you find the equivalent picture in a book at your library?
Buy the way, I think libraries are tops. I think that I could very easily have become a librarian. I love everything about the look, feel (and even the smell) of real books.
I doubt walking has gone from being a conscious act to a well-learned act to a natural reflex. Whilst I agree that may be the case for walking in a well co-ordinated fashion I don't think it is true for the basic act of walking itself.
From what I can recall from my neuro-pyschology classes (a very long time ago) walking in quadrupeds is a very 'automated' process. The movement of the rear-left leg triggers an automatic feedback loop in the nervous system to get the front-right leg moving and suppress movement of the rear-right and front-left.
I'd be very surprised if the same thing wasn't happening in humans to a certain extent, ensuring that our legs and arms swing in a basic coordinated pattern that help us ambulate towards beer, food or the opposite sex without having to think much about it.
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Every largish city has somewhere that arcade machines get repaired. Where I live there (~350,000 population) there used to be a few but now there is just one dude that runs a repair/distribution company for arcade machines. He does a lot of private trade these days.
If you go along to any repair shop, if it's anything like my local one, there will be a room with a thousands of mainboards for a variety of arcade machines.
As time has passed a lot of games have gone in and out of favour. By removing their mainboards and replacing with a newer mainboard from a more popular game one could save money by keeping the original cabinet. A lot of mainboards were stored in back rooms, cupboards, or just piled up in the corner.
If you feel so guilty that you couldn't build a MAME cabinet without legally owning the roms I would tell you to go and buy the mainboard. You will find they run at no more than $5 each - at least for the games made in the 1980's and early 1990. As you move into the late 1990's you will start coming across games that also require a hard drive for storing game assets (tilesets, audio and video samples etc). It might be a little harder to get all the physical assets to justify to your needs (I think Killer Instinct used a hard drive).
Cheers,
Jaso
I think the logic needs to be flipped. Make the coal-burners not allowed to use externalities any more. That is - shut them down if they emit *any* pollution. Of course they will cry that it's too expensive for them to implement filters and underground carbon sequestration etc. We could then subsidise them so that it is possible. Compare apples with apples.
I just retired my IPCop box after 7+ years of faithful service. I had a modem in bridged mode forwarding packets to my IPCop box (P4, 64MB RAM) which was connected to an 8-port switch and wireless access point. Replaced all of that with a single Billion 7800N modem router (gigabit switch, wireless and plenty of yummy options). While the stability, options and graphing that IPCop provided were nice, it was really nice to remove all the equipment and replace it with one small white box.
Exactly. I have spent the last few hours helping my parents get their newly installed XP Home system patched with all the latest security updates. They had a motherboard failure the other day - they have a legit windows XP licence and just wanted their system to work again without the rigmarole of learning a new system, or forking out for new components.
this is fantastic. I have listened to this all day today. Wicked lisping as well. I love it.
The company I currently work for implements a software solution akin to the one mentioned in the article (for security purposes). Another company that I am aware of simply used crazy glue in all the usb ports and headers.
You sir are a fine representation of what is wrong with the USA legal system. You have been provided with video evidence of your misdemeanor. Take it like a man. Pay the fine. Free up the courts so they have more time to spend on more important things.
Following your logic, $1.92 million at $0.99 per song
...
Maybe she should pay the price of one record per shared mp3? That'd be something like $240. Or ten record, which would come to $2400.
Both you and the parent are using standard song purchase price as the basis for her damages. The problem is that she is not being sued for downloading the 24 songs. She is being sued for distributing 24 songs.
How much does it cost the RIAA to purchase the sole distribution rights to any particular song? I don't know what it is - but if I had to guess I would say it's more the $0.99 per song. 1.92 million dollars split 24 ways is $80,000. If it costs the RIAA only $8,000 to purchase the sole distribution rights for any particular song, on average, then poor Ms Thomas is paying 10 times the "damage".
While I think 1.92 million is indeed a ridiculous sum to pay for downloading 24 songs the fact is that she is not being charged with downloading - it's the uploading that is the problem.
really - you mean "I couldn't care less".
I am not sure that "basic principle" holds up in Australia.
I am pretty sure the legal thing to do in this circumstance is to return it to your neighbour
Of course, in the USA I guess standard legal practice is to moan and whinge, go on TV about it, then take your neighbour to court for their tree dropping an apple that was just a tad over-ripe, contributing to your dental decay.
Claiming plausible deniability is good and all.
Assuming the folk that are
care about plausible deniability might be a little naive.
When you win your court case due to the plausible deniability factor, but you've lost your job, defaulted on your house, have been bashed/raped in goal whilst waiting for bail (denied - 'wont someone think of the children') I am sure you won't feel it was such a great idea.
In Australia you will be classified as a carrier if you *charge* for provision of the service. If I say "take my bandwidth" to a brazillion strangers that is no issue.
Also, in Australia the majority of ISP's still charge by the gigabyte. (Honestly it makes sense.) The ISP's are not going to get ripped off by me sharing my bandwidth across the neighbourhood. I'll get a massive bill and/or speed-capped.
It took me about 5 seconds to find this: http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/01/88/22578801.jpg Using the terms "sheep" and "sunset" Can you find the equivalent picture in a book at your library? Buy the way, I think libraries are tops. I think that I could very easily have become a librarian. I love everything about the look, feel (and even the smell) of real books.
Here's the url. Don't write anything naughty. http://www.cybertriallawyer.com/acl_users/Examples/GuestBook/addEntry
Seriously, after everything you just said. Explain how the US governments enforcement of "Free Speech Zones" get 'these things out in public'?
I doubt walking has gone from being a conscious act to a well-learned act to a natural reflex. Whilst I agree that may be the case for walking in a well co-ordinated fashion I don't think it is true for the basic act of walking itself. From what I can recall from my neuro-pyschology classes (a very long time ago) walking in quadrupeds is a very 'automated' process. The movement of the rear-left leg triggers an automatic feedback loop in the nervous system to get the front-right leg moving and suppress movement of the rear-right and front-left. I'd be very surprised if the same thing wasn't happening in humans to a certain extent, ensuring that our legs and arms swing in a basic coordinated pattern that help us ambulate towards beer, food or the opposite sex without having to think much about it.