The day that we get ABC/Slashdot I will have to leave. I know I don't have a small number log in; (I registered back in 98, but lost that long ago... darn if I had only kept it) but ABC is the worst network out there.
I don't think I'm missing the point, I'm saying all they need to do is put that there "intent" is to alough back up only in the EULA. If it specificly states that you can't give your password out and thereby let others download your backup, than they can argue in court.
Judge: What was your intent?
Lawyer: As you can see by our EULA, we prohibit people accessing others accounts and others files. It is a violation of our terms of service. We also state that in this violation we are no way liable for any lawsuit that may insue.
I think that would hold up in court, and it would be the end users problem to not share there backup.
I think distribution would come in if you were to give your password and account to someone else. I think all the company would need to do at that point is to put it into the EULA (?) that you can't give your password out or you can be sued for breaking copyright laws. I think the passing of passwords and accounts is more what the copyright issue is about.
as well as ensuring that we'll all be able to play the damned thing
Ah, than all "0.61%" [marketshare.hitslink.com] of the Linux crowd could play, but what about those poor 91.57% of Windows users, or 7.48% of Mac users?
I think this is the same thing as if a paper boy were to take out ads, and or add ads to your paper on delivery. I don't think the newspaper would be very happy with this result. I don't see how this is any diffrent, and I don't think it should be tolarated as such.
I am currently watching Bleach, which I am enjoying. I watch a subtitled version that I hope isn't cut and edited. I wanted to get GitS next. Thing is, I only watch subtitled ones, as I hope that I can find more uncut versions in the subtitles.
YOU tell me there is no such thing as being ADDICTED to WoW...
I don't think he was saying there aren't people addicted. I feel he was just pointing out that there are a lot of people who play socially as someone would play on a pool, bowling, or dart league. As for money wise, I think WoW ends up less expensive than a bowling league. You can easily spend $50 a week on such a league if you drink, buy food at the ally, and pay for your own ball, gloves, or whatever else they buy. I think addiction is when you can't balance out your life so that you take care of all aspects of it. From what I read, he was saying if you don't over do playing, it ends up cheaper, and isn't an addiction. Now, if you play like This guy [news.bbc.co.uk] than yes, that is an addiction, and people with that problem shouldn't play the game. At the very least they need help with there addiction just as anyone with an addiction does.
I have to agree, I realized how social I had become in a MMO when part of a large guild, and I didn't log in for a week due to RL problems. When I logged in on the next Saturday (when everyone is on) I go inundated with "DYAS!!!! Where you been?" and such. I enjoy the social part, from grouping with that level 10 new member in the guild to kill level 8 bears I one shot for pelts, to running the high end instance with a group of 12 or 24 hard core gamers that still wipe because they made it insane. I have a hard time explaining to people what I do playing games like this. They want to know what I do, and I find it tough to show them. Well I log onto Ventrilo, and use my mic to talk to these guys from around so we can take down this really big boss at the end of a 6 hour instance so I can get the last piece of my set armor which took us a month to learn how to get to the guy, much less about 3 months to get the entire group the entire set. I think the best thing to relate it to would be football. I will watch it sometimes, but to me it is entirely social. Yes there are hardcore fans just like in MMO's, but most are there for the social thing. I think the social aspect can be said about anything, bowling league, pool league, and darts come to mind. MMO's have just taken an age old thing, a social gathering, and put a fantasy backdrop online to it. Now that a lot of larger guilds use things like Ventrilo, being able to log onto that and talk to people before you even get into the game adds to the social aspect. I need to now go back to this PVP war, and push the enemy out. I'm in a large 24 man raid and we are wiping the floor.
I wish I had a news article, but I heard on a science show they are working on putting the credit card into the cell phone. Instead of having a card, you have the same type of chip embeding in "wave" credit cards in your phone. Just be carefull in Home Depot; unless you really did want 5 kitchen sinks.
Young wipper snapper, why back in my day we only used binary. Probly cause all our fingers and toe's were blown of in the war, but hell; Your number 100000010011100100100. That is at least 10101 numbers long I recon. *Spit* . . . *Putoon ring*
*Tounge Cluck*
"Hello? Oh yeah, I can meat you at 5. Wait, I have another call comeing in."
*Cluck* *Cluck*
"Hello? Mom, I told you yes I will be there this weekend for the party. Yes, Yes, I'm on the other line right now with Jim. Ok Bye."
*Cluck* *Cluck*
"Hey Jim, sorry bout that, it was my mom. Yeah she wants me to go to granpa's birthday". . . ..
The question presumes that if the content owners pay, the consumers won't have to pay.
This is wrong. If the content owners are forced to pay, then the consumers will have to pay for the bandwidth when they pay for the content.
I agree, try and tax a bussiness. It won't work, the tax gets passed on to the consumer in higher prices.
And that is why I dumped comcrap faster than a hot potato for an ISP that may be slower at times, but for the majorty is faster, AND doesn't get shapped. I get what I pay for. I also tell everyone I know to tell comcrap to go f*** themselves.
I like the idea, but agree with adlll when he said that the goverment doesn't do a good job with the roads. I propose a diffrent idea. A private company is formed to jouse the entire US internet infrastructor. They buy out the existing fibor, and than charge existing ISP's to use said fiber. They than are NOT ABLE to be an ISP themselves. That way they are not a monopoly hording the traffic to themselves (comcast), and ISP's can than compete on a fair fiber playing field. If anyone could buy part of the fibor of this one comapny and start an ISP, I would be you would get a lot of compatition for the best ISP. The problem is you have ISP's and the lines owned by the same company. Whoever owns the lines, can't provide. That would be like the goverment starting a fast food restraunt and puting great roads to it, while letting all the other roads fail. Everyone would eventuly go to the nice roads, and the goverments store. Make ISP's and actual lines seprate.
Someone needs to mod the parent to funny, cause boy did I bust up laughing when I saw that. That will be my favorite map joke now. I knew there was problems, but wow. I hope he got the psych help he needed.
Actually, there is a great reason. I live on a private drive (labeled with sign) that has a street name. I don't want you to know where I live, so I can't prove it, but the reason it has a name is there are two houses on it. I guess you could say that is public if you don't account for the fact that no one but me and the other person should be on that road. It was labeled purely so they wouldn't have to put 55555A and 55555B 55th ST. I don't know the technicality of it all, but in growing up have seen lots of "multi" family driveways labeled private property. Obviously, the families on the drive don't want Joe Smoe driving in there gawking. When a street becomes public in my understanding is when the city or state deals with the state of that road. In other words, if you as a community say, hey city, we will deal with the upkeep, you don't have to spend any money on us, and I bet you can call it a private road. For small (up to 4) family drives, I'm sure this can be the case. I know that the city does nothing for my "road", but if it were public aren't they required to keep it in a good fashion? (as good as any road is that is).
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The day that we get ABC/Slashdot I will have to leave. I know I don't have a small number log in; (I registered back in 98, but lost that long ago... darn if I had only kept it) but ABC is the worst network out there.
Golf. . . All bars I know of have a golf game, and you play: Wait for it: GOLF. And you try and beat your buddy.
I don't think I'm missing the point, I'm saying all they need to do is put that there "intent" is to alough back up only in the EULA. If it specificly states that you can't give your password out and thereby let others download your backup, than they can argue in court.
Judge: What was your intent?
Lawyer: As you can see by our EULA, we prohibit people accessing others accounts and others files. It is a violation of our terms of service. We also state that in this violation we are no way liable for any lawsuit that may insue.
I think that would hold up in court, and it would be the end users problem to not share there backup.
OK, that is much more in line with what I thought. I didn't think you could just give your ITunes password out.
I think distribution would come in if you were to give your password and account to someone else. I think all the company would need to do at that point is to put it into the EULA (?) that you can't give your password out or you can be sued for breaking copyright laws. I think the passing of passwords and accounts is more what the copyright issue is about.
Ask they guy wanted pepsi to give him a jet how that worked out. [www.snopes.com]
Ah, than all "0.61%" [marketshare.hitslink.com] of the Linux crowd could play, but what about those poor 91.57% of Windows users, or 7.48% of Mac users?
And let EA ruin a perfectly good space program the same way the ruined (Insert your favorate game here)?
I feel strangly compeled to play "Beyond the Titanic" [en.wikipedia.org] now.
>Use knife on rope
There is a great spalsh as you fall away from the Titanic.
I think this is the same thing as if a paper boy were to take out ads, and or add ads to your paper on delivery. I don't think the newspaper would be very happy with this result. I don't see how this is any diffrent, and I don't think it should be tolarated as such.
Where does Tomb Raider fall? of course she was programed to be a sex symbol. . . now what was that button combination in that tunnel....
I am currently watching Bleach, which I am enjoying. I watch a subtitled version that I hope isn't cut and edited. I wanted to get GitS next. Thing is, I only watch subtitled ones, as I hope that I can find more uncut versions in the subtitles.
I don't think he was saying there aren't people addicted. I feel he was just pointing out that there are a lot of people who play socially as someone would play on a pool, bowling, or dart league. As for money wise, I think WoW ends up less expensive than a bowling league. You can easily spend $50 a week on such a league if you drink, buy food at the ally, and pay for your own ball, gloves, or whatever else they buy. I think addiction is when you can't balance out your life so that you take care of all aspects of it. From what I read, he was saying if you don't over do playing, it ends up cheaper, and isn't an addiction. Now, if you play like This guy [news.bbc.co.uk] than yes, that is an addiction, and people with that problem shouldn't play the game. At the very least they need help with there addiction just as anyone with an addiction does.
I have to agree, I realized how social I had become in a MMO when part of a large guild, and I didn't log in for a week due to RL problems. When I logged in on the next Saturday (when everyone is on) I go inundated with "DYAS!!!! Where you been?" and such. I enjoy the social part, from grouping with that level 10 new member in the guild to kill level 8 bears I one shot for pelts, to running the high end instance with a group of 12 or 24 hard core gamers that still wipe because they made it insane. I have a hard time explaining to people what I do playing games like this. They want to know what I do, and I find it tough to show them. Well I log onto Ventrilo, and use my mic to talk to these guys from around so we can take down this really big boss at the end of a 6 hour instance so I can get the last piece of my set armor which took us a month to learn how to get to the guy, much less about 3 months to get the entire group the entire set. I think the best thing to relate it to would be football. I will watch it sometimes, but to me it is entirely social. Yes there are hardcore fans just like in MMO's, but most are there for the social thing. I think the social aspect can be said about anything, bowling league, pool league, and darts come to mind. MMO's have just taken an age old thing, a social gathering, and put a fantasy backdrop online to it. Now that a lot of larger guilds use things like Ventrilo, being able to log onto that and talk to people before you even get into the game adds to the social aspect. I need to now go back to this PVP war, and push the enemy out. I'm in a large 24 man raid and we are wiping the floor.
When my car automaticly drives to the lowest bidder and refuses to leave unless I buy. . . Than I have a problem.
I wish I had a news article, but I heard on a science show they are working on putting the credit card into the cell phone. Instead of having a card, you have the same type of chip embeding in "wave" credit cards in your phone. Just be carefull in Home Depot; unless you really did want 5 kitchen sinks.
Young wipper snapper, why back in my day we only used binary. Probly cause all our fingers and toe's were blown of in the war, but hell; Your number 100000010011100100100. That is at least 10101 numbers long I recon. *Spit* . . . *Putoon ring*
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
Old man on the back porch
And that old man is me
I like the implication that if you can augment your reality, you can give the blind reality. Go Georde from star trek.
As a comedian said, bring on the tounge phone.
.
*Tounge Cluck*
"Hello? Oh yeah, I can meat you at 5. Wait, I have another call comeing in."
*Cluck* *Cluck*
"Hello? Mom, I told you yes I will be there this weekend for the party. Yes, Yes, I'm on the other line right now with Jim. Ok Bye."
*Cluck* *Cluck*
"Hey Jim, sorry bout that, it was my mom. Yeah she wants me to go to granpa's birthday". . . .
Isnt the future great?
I agree, try and tax a bussiness. It won't work, the tax gets passed on to the consumer in higher prices.
And that is why I dumped comcrap faster than a hot potato for an ISP that may be slower at times, but for the majorty is faster, AND doesn't get shapped. I get what I pay for. I also tell everyone I know to tell comcrap to go f*** themselves.
I like the idea, but agree with adlll when he said that the goverment doesn't do a good job with the roads. I propose a diffrent idea. A private company is formed to jouse the entire US internet infrastructor. They buy out the existing fibor, and than charge existing ISP's to use said fiber. They than are NOT ABLE to be an ISP themselves. That way they are not a monopoly hording the traffic to themselves (comcast), and ISP's can than compete on a fair fiber playing field. If anyone could buy part of the fibor of this one comapny and start an ISP, I would be you would get a lot of compatition for the best ISP. The problem is you have ISP's and the lines owned by the same company. Whoever owns the lines, can't provide. That would be like the goverment starting a fast food restraunt and puting great roads to it, while letting all the other roads fail. Everyone would eventuly go to the nice roads, and the goverments store. Make ISP's and actual lines seprate.
Someone needs to mod the parent to funny, cause boy did I bust up laughing when I saw that. That will be my favorite map joke now. I knew there was problems, but wow. I hope he got the psych help he needed.
Actually, there is a great reason. I live on a private drive (labeled with sign) that has a street name. I don't want you to know where I live, so I can't prove it, but the reason it has a name is there are two houses on it. I guess you could say that is public if you don't account for the fact that no one but me and the other person should be on that road. It was labeled purely so they wouldn't have to put 55555A and 55555B 55th ST. I don't know the technicality of it all, but in growing up have seen lots of "multi" family driveways labeled private property. Obviously, the families on the drive don't want Joe Smoe driving in there gawking. When a street becomes public in my understanding is when the city or state deals with the state of that road. In other words, if you as a community say, hey city, we will deal with the upkeep, you don't have to spend any money on us, and I bet you can call it a private road. For small (up to 4) family drives, I'm sure this can be the case. I know that the city does nothing for my "road", but if it were public aren't they required to keep it in a good fashion? (as good as any road is that is).