I read Retro Gamer. It's from England so it's kind of spendy, but I did see an ad for Video Game Collector. It's an American mag of the same ilk, so it ought to be cheaper.
Retro Gamer gets all the interviews of the old-timey developers from UK and the rest of Europe. I'm an old time ST user, so most of the games I used to play originate from that part of the world.
TV Detector Vans detect the radiation given off by the tube. They can't tell what channel the viewer is watching except by the image they receive from that tube radiation. The British TV authorities have admitted that they can't detect if someone is watching TV using a TV tuner card on their PC. I think you'd be pretty secure listening to a numbers broadcast as long as you kept the volume down. Speakers don't give off anywhere near the EM radiation as CRTs.
Moron. Online gambling is illegal in the U.S. per the Federal Government. Illegal online gaming competes directly with the legal casinos in Washington State. Pull your head out of your ass and read how the local casinos in Washington, where this law is going in to effect, are the major supporters of said law. God I hate Slashdot Lawyers.
Don't bother responding. You're going to be wrong, kid. That's what happens when you write first and don't bother to read.
The mere fact that they try and sell PCs tells you that this is amateur hour. Send them to Dell if they want hardware. You might be able to beat a large manufacturers prices, but support for that crap is an expensive timesink for your techs.
I get so tired of children complaining that they say something then have to pay the piper. Freedom of Speech doesn't guarantee that you don't have any responsibility for your own actions. If you need any proof, I suggest you look into the libel/slander laws of this country.
I've heard people shouting about how this-behavior-is-a-slippery-slope, and that-behavior-will-start-a-snowballing-chain-react ion, and you know what? It's all BS, just like this.
But when it doesn't happen (and it won't) you can claim a victory for bringing it to the public consciousness. But you and people of your ilk aren't the impetus. You'r not even the catalyst. Eventually, the powers that be will do something that most people don't like, and that's where the boundaries will be drawn. There'll be a backlash and a happy medium will be struck. All without anyone wearing hazmat suits like idiots.
You still haven't shown any examples of how the average person feels infringed. This is still just a minor-league, tinfoil-hat-crew issue. Believe it or not, the public is quite willing and able to speak for itself, thanks.
1. Government should not be involved in encouraging and helping DRM.
They should only be involved in prosecuting offenders. Also, get rid of that McGruff the Crime Dog crap. The government has no business encouraging the use of doorlocks or rape whistles. The government isn't in the business of preventing crime.
2. One could make the argument that company in a monopolistic position such as microsoft shouldn't be activly pushing DRM
Yes, an argument could be made that Microsoft should refrain from adding value to their products by adding features that their users might want because I don't like those features.
That the first thing you need to do is educate consumers as to why they should care.
Has it ever occurred to you that the mass of people don't really give a crap if they can't pirate music? Most people are content to listen to music that they purchased for their own use. Most people don't mind paying for books. The tinfoil hat crew has to come out of the woodwork and warn us that our rights are going to hell in a handbasket if we maintain the status quo, that is, we continue to pay for content. Well, it hasn't happened yet.
Unfortunately Joe Average Consumer doesn't have the foggiest idea about Copyright in general, much less the new mechanims being put in place to "protect" it.
And why should they care? DRM isn't keeping them from enjoying the content they've paid for. It isn't an issue for "Joe Public". If DRM is ever a problem, you can bet that the average American will stand up for their rights, but as such, no infringement has taken place. Get over your self-importance.
How would Bush feel if someone tried to prosectue an American for saying that Iran's leadership was being foolish and that they are wrong - that's illegal in Iran - where's the extradition to Iran - you can't have it both ways
Your understanding of International Law is woefully inadequate/misinformed. The US has extradition treaties with countries they determine are lawful, like the UK. The US does not consider Iran a country that would respect American Law, and therefore have not agreed to an extradition treaty with them. Yes, in fact you canhave it both ways.
If you'd checked, you'd know that in fact Iran has in the past issued warrants calling for the arrest of foreign citizens. Those warrants carry no weight outside of Iran and the countries (if any) that have extradition treaties with it.
This almost reminds me of a story I heard years back about how an American car company put out a car under the American name in South America that name sound like "junk", "broken" or something like that in spanish.
That would be the Chevy Nova. "No va" means "No Go" in spanish.
Not entirely a correct correlation, but "Wii" is a stupid name. How the heck do you ponounce it?
In short, Ebert isn't the target audience. Those of us who've played through all the games and are eagerly hoping for a new one are.
Oh, so all 50,000 of you can go see the movie and it'll be a phenomenal failure. I hate movies that suck to someone who "doesn't get it" or who "hasn't read the book" or "hasn't played the game". We have a word for those kind of movies: crap.
The film is a different media. If the film can't stand on its own 2 feet, than as a film it's a horrible failure.
In other news: If a frog had wings it wouldn't bump it wouldn't bump its ass when it hopped. Film at 11.
Yeah there are a million things that could make any given game better. The physics of Oblivion hasn't made the game unplayable, or even unpleasant for me.
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I read Retro Gamer. It's from England so it's kind of spendy, but I did see an ad for Video Game Collector. It's an American mag of the same ilk, so it ought to be cheaper.
Retro Gamer gets all the interviews of the old-timey developers from UK and the rest of Europe. I'm an old time ST user, so most of the games I used to play originate from that part of the world.
My Dell Axim X51v came with Bubble Breaker & Solitaire!
TV Detector Vans detect the radiation given off by the tube. They can't tell what channel the viewer is watching except by the image they receive from that tube radiation. The British TV authorities have admitted that they can't detect if someone is watching TV using a TV tuner card on their PC. I think you'd be pretty secure listening to a numbers broadcast as long as you kept the volume down. Speakers don't give off anywhere near the EM radiation as CRTs.
Steve Jobs.
'nuff said.
Moron. Online gambling is illegal in the U.S. per the Federal Government. Illegal online gaming competes directly with the legal casinos in Washington State. Pull your head out of your ass and read how the local casinos in Washington, where this law is going in to effect, are the major supporters of said law. God I hate Slashdot Lawyers.
Don't bother responding. You're going to be wrong, kid. That's what happens when you write first and don't bother to read.
Moron. Casinos are legal in Washington. Try again:
Brought to you by the Casino Industry, and the big bucks it brings in locally.
The mere fact that they try and sell PCs tells you that this is amateur hour. Send them to Dell if they want hardware. You might be able to beat a large manufacturers prices, but support for that crap is an expensive timesink for your techs.
I assumed that the first chicken would have originated as an egg of a creature that was very similar, but not quite a chicken.
Apparently, the eggheads agree.
I get so tired of children complaining that they say something then have to pay the piper. Freedom of Speech doesn't guarantee that you don't have any responsibility for your own actions. If you need any proof, I suggest you look into the libel/slander laws of this country.
I've heard people shouting about how this-behavior-is-a-slippery-slope, and that-behavior-will-start-a-snowballing-chain-react ion, and you know what? It's all BS, just like this.
But when it doesn't happen (and it won't) you can claim a victory for bringing it to the public consciousness. But you and people of your ilk aren't the impetus. You'r not even the catalyst. Eventually, the powers that be will do something that most people don't like, and that's where the boundaries will be drawn. There'll be a backlash and a happy medium will be struck. All without anyone wearing hazmat suits like idiots.
You still haven't shown any examples of how the average person feels infringed. This is still just a minor-league, tinfoil-hat-crew issue. Believe it or not, the public is quite willing and able to speak for itself, thanks.
1. Government should not be involved in encouraging and helping DRM.
They should only be involved in prosecuting offenders. Also, get rid of that McGruff the Crime Dog crap. The government has no business encouraging the use of doorlocks or rape whistles. The government isn't in the business of preventing crime.
2. One could make the argument that company in a monopolistic position such as microsoft shouldn't be activly pushing DRM
Yes, an argument could be made that Microsoft should refrain from adding value to their products by adding features that their users might want because I don't like those features.
Well said.
That the first thing you need to do is educate consumers as to why they should care.
Has it ever occurred to you that the mass of people don't really give a crap if they can't pirate music? Most people are content to listen to music that they purchased for their own use. Most people don't mind paying for books. The tinfoil hat crew has to come out of the woodwork and warn us that our rights are going to hell in a handbasket if we maintain the status quo, that is, we continue to pay for content. Well, it hasn't happened yet.
Unfortunately Joe Average Consumer doesn't have the foggiest idea about Copyright in general, much less the new mechanims being put in place to "protect" it.
And why should they care? DRM isn't keeping them from enjoying the content they've paid for. It isn't an issue for "Joe Public". If DRM is ever a problem, you can bet that the average American will stand up for their rights, but as such, no infringement has taken place. Get over your self-importance.
And yours appears woefully naive. International law means "The US gets what it wants, everyone else can go pound sand".
Not saying I consider it right, just callin' it as I see it.
So the US has never extradited anyone? Now who's naive? Just callin' stupidity and overgeneralization as I see it.
How would Bush feel if someone tried to prosectue an American for saying that Iran's leadership was being foolish and that they are wrong - that's illegal in Iran - where's the extradition to Iran - you can't have it both ways
Your understanding of International Law is woefully inadequate/misinformed. The US has extradition treaties with countries they determine are lawful, like the UK. The US does not consider Iran a country that would respect American Law, and therefore have not agreed to an extradition treaty with them. Yes, in fact you can have it both ways.
If you'd checked, you'd know that in fact Iran has in the past issued warrants calling for the arrest of foreign citizens. Those warrants carry no weight outside of Iran and the countries (if any) that have extradition treaties with it.
Microkernels are also shipping from QNX and, uh and, oh I'm sure there are a few more.
:)
Don't forget the one that that pinhead Steve Jobs is flogging
I guess ALL PC games should just be rated "M" because of this?
Not unless they're distributed with the naked characters. RTFA.
It's a game. Just like monopoly is a game.
You don't declare your Monopoly winnings? Call the IRS!
This almost reminds me of a story I heard years back about how an American car company put out a car under the American name in South America that name sound like "junk", "broken" or something like that in spanish.
That would be the Chevy Nova. "No va" means "No Go" in spanish.
Not entirely a correct correlation, but "Wii" is a stupid name. How the heck do you ponounce it?
...leaving many pro-gamers wondering how to make their lifestyle pay.
Yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, yip, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, get a job.
I think a lot of independent film-makers would be happy to get that kind of audience.
Yeah, particularly independent film makers like SONY PICTURES .
In short, Ebert isn't the target audience. Those of us who've played through all the games and are eagerly hoping for a new one are.
Oh, so all 50,000 of you can go see the movie and it'll be a phenomenal failure. I hate movies that suck to someone who "doesn't get it" or who "hasn't read the book" or "hasn't played the game". We have a word for those kind of movies: crap.
The film is a different media. If the film can't stand on its own 2 feet, than as a film it's a horrible failure.
In other news: If a frog had wings it wouldn't bump it wouldn't bump its ass when it hopped. Film at 11.
Yeah there are a million things that could make any given game better. The physics of Oblivion hasn't made the game unplayable, or even unpleasant for me.
More potshots from the peanut gallery.
In other news: Monkeys could fly out of my butt. Film at 11.
Kaboom == FUD.
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