If that's so, then that's an issue Apple should take up with MediaMarkt. It's not relevant to the Samsung/Apple case unless Samsung themselves pushed this.
Don't count on the Australian Government to try to protect Assange. The Prime Minister has already said that the Wikileaks releases are illegal, despite being later unable to clarify what law was broken.
Essentially, if America's Attorney General demanded Assange, then Australia's Goverment would bend over backward to comply.
This is the key. My company also rolled out a new intranet and only supports IE6 (in fact, they've issued warnings around the company that Firefox isn't secure as it doesn't received 'regular security updates'. Oh, the fun).
However, the person they roped in to build the intranet included a few comments in the source code, specifically "Internet Explorer 6 is fucking terrible" "I had to hack this code to even get it to work" and an entire subfolder named "IE6sux".
So that's what MS has to deal with, corporations who figure if it ain't broke then there's no reason to fix it. Problem is, they don't actually realise what 'broke' is.
You do know there's a Games section on Slashdot, right? Apart from that, KZ2 has been one of the flagship games for the PS3 (at least until late 2009/early 2010) so presumably is as relevant as the dozen or so MW2 stories posted on here over the last 6 months.
Well, I and other non-American slashdotters are curious.....when Texas periodically calls to secede from the Union.....why isn't the rest of the country jumping up to help them along their way? ; )
iTunes on Windows is pretty badly coded, I know enough people who've had it either attempt to take over their media or in one extreme case, deleted the DVD-ROM drivers (don't ask, I have no idea how). Therefore as they require the program to access the store, it's 0-2 as far as access to decent mp3 stores goes.
Exactly! Oh, except Amazon won't let me pay for their mp3s because I don't live in America. Plus I run Windows so putting iTunes on it is one of the less clever things I could do.
No, no they didn't. They stated they were supporting an opt-in filter. This was in all their media releases. If they slipped in a mention of it being mandatory prior to the election, it was either (deliberately) under the radar or they think if they repeat it often enough we'll all believe it.
This. Most people at my work wouldn't know what DRM is, but mention copy protection....they get that. They want to make a copy of a DVD for their niece or of their CD for the car....and can't because of DRM. Call it copy protection and they instantly get what you mean.
No, on most gaming blogs I'm hearing a collective "eh" from Xbox/PS3 gamers, who after seeing the enormous amount of 3rd party shovelware available for the Wii have little interest in motion control for their own console.
That is, unless Lucasarts actually releases the lightsaber game everyone has wanted for years...
Well, let me rebut by saying: fuck you. A woman deserves to get raped because of how she dresses and/or acts? Her poor choices may lead to the result. That =/= deserving it.
That is the kind of crap I'd expect to read on 4chan. What next, you'll blame the Holocaust on the Jews for their not leaving Europe when the Nazis came to power? (yes, I'll Godwin if I have to).
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This. Apple is very, very good at evolution. Rarely revolution.
Look into any free trade agreements between the US and Canada. Often (as the bigger of the two), the US inserts clauses where the second country brings copyright laws into line with America's (that's pretty much what happened over in Australia).
And no, this type of clause is generally not reciprocated.
Whilst I think that is cool, at the same time if the best the iPhone can offer is a decade old game...it's probably not going to trouble Sony, MS or Nintendo.
Of course, on the flip side I'd point out the endless Sims add-on packs which choke the top positions of the PC gaming sales charts, despite the fact that there are large communities modding clothing, furniture etc for the game.
I can see what you're saying, but the record labels are in the business of making money, and their product just happens to be music. Over the last century or so they built up a system where they controlled the creation (recording) and sale (distribution) of music, and basically artists had to suck it up or leave.
That's not quite the case any more, and people are beginning to wise up to it. And the way labels have treated artists doesn't make people want to support them.
Bzzt. Police in Britain don't have handguns either. And last time I checked, people could still possess big sticks, bringing them in line with the firepower the cops have.
I believe he was talking about the film studios, not Tolkien's heirs. As for $220 million - I'd say that's the opening bid in a haggle in court...doesn't make sense to start at what you actually want.
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If that's so, then that's an issue Apple should take up with MediaMarkt. It's not relevant to the Samsung/Apple case unless Samsung themselves pushed this.
One was written by revolutionaries, the other by lawyers. Guess which one doesn't have guaranteed rights? :P
Provided we don't mind a cell phone with a 12 hour battery life.
Don't count on the Australian Government to try to protect Assange. The Prime Minister has already said that the Wikileaks releases are illegal, despite being later unable to clarify what law was broken.
Essentially, if America's Attorney General demanded Assange, then Australia's Goverment would bend over backward to comply.
This is the key. My company also rolled out a new intranet and only supports IE6 (in fact, they've issued warnings around the company that Firefox isn't secure as it doesn't received 'regular security updates'. Oh, the fun).
However, the person they roped in to build the intranet included a few comments in the source code, specifically "Internet Explorer 6 is fucking terrible" "I had to hack this code to even get it to work" and an entire subfolder named "IE6sux".
So that's what MS has to deal with, corporations who figure if it ain't broke then there's no reason to fix it. Problem is, they don't actually realise what 'broke' is.
You do know there's a Games section on Slashdot, right? Apart from that, KZ2 has been one of the flagship games for the PS3 (at least until late 2009/early 2010) so presumably is as relevant as the dozen or so MW2 stories posted on here over the last 6 months.
Well, I and other non-American slashdotters are curious.....when Texas periodically calls to secede from the Union.....why isn't the rest of the country jumping up to help them along their way? ; )
iTunes on Windows is pretty badly coded, I know enough people who've had it either attempt to take over their media or in one extreme case, deleted the DVD-ROM drivers (don't ask, I have no idea how). Therefore as they require the program to access the store, it's 0-2 as far as access to decent mp3 stores goes.
Exactly! Oh, except Amazon won't let me pay for their mp3s because I don't live in America. Plus I run Windows so putting iTunes on it is one of the less clever things I could do.
No, no they didn't. They stated they were supporting an opt-in filter. This was in all their media releases. If they slipped in a mention of it being mandatory prior to the election, it was either (deliberately) under the radar or they think if they repeat it often enough we'll all believe it.
Pro-tip - we don't.
This. Most people at my work wouldn't know what DRM is, but mention copy protection....they get that. They want to make a copy of a DVD for their niece or of their CD for the car....and can't because of DRM. Call it copy protection and they instantly get what you mean.
I think you mean Mandy Patinkin, AKA Inigo Montoya. You killed my movie quote. Prepare to die.
No, on most gaming blogs I'm hearing a collective "eh" from Xbox/PS3 gamers, who after seeing the enormous amount of 3rd party shovelware available for the Wii have little interest in motion control for their own console.
That is, unless Lucasarts actually releases the lightsaber game everyone has wanted for years...
It can be used as an NES controller. No analogue sticks, no trigger buttons, little use in most core games, which seems like OP's area of interest.
Give it time. FB will be overtaken by the next big thing, the way Myspace was & all the social networking sites before that.
Just don't expect any of them to give a damn about privacy...at least not after a pile of cash gets invested into them.
I get what you mean, but I wouldn't have thought that drawing inspiration from somewhere requires paying the source.
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If so, I think Europe can sue Disney for most of their older movies, as well as for inspiring Sleeping Beauty's Castle...
Well, let me rebut by saying: fuck you. A woman deserves to get raped because of how she dresses and/or acts? Her poor choices may lead to the result. That =/= deserving it. That is the kind of crap I'd expect to read on 4chan. What next, you'll blame the Holocaust on the Jews for their not leaving Europe when the Nazis came to power? (yes, I'll Godwin if I have to).
This. Apple is very, very good at evolution. Rarely revolution.
Yeah..........unless you're developing weapons, it's often hard for science agencies to get government funding as a guarantee...
Look into any free trade agreements between the US and Canada. Often (as the bigger of the two), the US inserts clauses where the second country brings copyright laws into line with America's (that's pretty much what happened over in Australia).
And no, this type of clause is generally not reciprocated.
Whilst I think that is cool, at the same time if the best the iPhone can offer is a decade old game...it's probably not going to trouble Sony, MS or Nintendo.
Of course, on the flip side I'd point out the endless Sims add-on packs which choke the top positions of the PC gaming sales charts, despite the fact that there are large communities modding clothing, furniture etc for the game.
I can see what you're saying, but the record labels are in the business of making money, and their product just happens to be music. Over the last century or so they built up a system where they controlled the creation (recording) and sale (distribution) of music, and basically artists had to suck it up or leave.
That's not quite the case any more, and people are beginning to wise up to it. And the way labels have treated artists doesn't make people want to support them.
Bzzt. Police in Britain don't have handguns either. And last time I checked, people could still possess big sticks, bringing them in line with the firepower the cops have.
I believe he was talking about the film studios, not Tolkien's heirs. As for $220 million - I'd say that's the opening bid in a haggle in court...doesn't make sense to start at what you actually want.