The issue of other companies knocking off (or blatantly copying) games was a problem, but a hard one to solve given that at the time it wasn't clear that software was actually copyrightable at all.
The Nintendo lockdown on the platform was not really good for the market, it was just a way to keep competition down and prices high. Yes, there were some cheesy publishers for 2600, but everyone knew who they were. There were also newcomers like Activision that probably extended the life of the 2600 platform by a year or two. The real death knell for the 2600 was when Atari itself joined the race to the bottom and put out shite like E.T. They cut open the goose that laid the golden eggs and they paid the price. Had they assigned the resources an opportunity like E.T. deserved, they might still exist.
Reframing has been a popular tactic for at least the last decade. If they repeat the false dichotomy often enough, many people forget that there is a third approach to the question.
Well, she did the degree thing, I don't imagine she sent a check for a dollar and got a diploma. It was even applicable to what she wants to do in life. It seems that once she got out there her employer moved the goalposts and that is part of her problem.
You seem to have forgotten that the purpose of the economy is to serve the people, not the other way around. Personally, I'd like to see some of that general welfare promoting. It would probably ultimately benefit you as well, I can't imagine why you are so adamant to speak against your own interests.
My point is that they treat human beings with less care and more disposable than mere machines.
You act as if the want ads are packed with good jobs that pay living wages. They are not. The problem is that a market can only work when either side can freely walk away under unfavorable conditions. That was once true for labor, but starting with the enclosure it has steadily become a non-viable option.
This. If it's done once, the demands will never stop. At least not until the NSA steals a copy of the hacked firmware and distributes it the LEOs everywhere under an NDA.
Look up jury nullification. It is deeply embedded in common law (The U.S. has common law) and has on more than one occasion been used to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
On a more practical level, there is no way to stop it while offering a fair trial. The judge is not entitled to hear the jury's deliberation and may not direct the jury to give a guilty verdict (including by threatening punishment).
Last time I was in voir dire, I was asked to swear to judge only the facts and not the defendant or the law. When I said I couldn't conscionably swear to that, the judge briefly engaged me in a philosophical discussion of where my responsibility for the defendant's fate ended. When I was not persuaded, I was dismissed.
>p>They don't want them to be secure. Secure devices wouldn't phone home and make themselves dependent on the continuing good will of whoever owns the server out there that they have been made to depend on to even provide dumb functionality.
IoT could be a decent thing if it spoke a clean and really open protocol and communicated with a server on the LAN using a properly authenticated protocol.
Yes, unless you don't mind eating at a place with dead people leaning on the grill. We expect businesses to pay the full cost of maintaining their equipment, why do you think they should pay less when that equipment is organic in nature?
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For all it's flaws, Pac-Man was at least playable. It's collision detection was good enough that you didn't seem to lose by coin toss.
The issue of other companies knocking off (or blatantly copying) games was a problem, but a hard one to solve given that at the time it wasn't clear that software was actually copyrightable at all.
The Nintendo lockdown on the platform was not really good for the market, it was just a way to keep competition down and prices high. Yes, there were some cheesy publishers for 2600, but everyone knew who they were. There were also newcomers like Activision that probably extended the life of the 2600 platform by a year or two. The real death knell for the 2600 was when Atari itself joined the race to the bottom and put out shite like E.T. They cut open the goose that laid the golden eggs and they paid the price. Had they assigned the resources an opportunity like E.T. deserved, they might still exist.
Reframing has been a popular tactic for at least the last decade. If they repeat the false dichotomy often enough, many people forget that there is a third approach to the question.
Well, she did the degree thing, I don't imagine she sent a check for a dollar and got a diploma. It was even applicable to what she wants to do in life. It seems that once she got out there her employer moved the goalposts and that is part of her problem.
You seem to have forgotten that the purpose of the economy is to serve the people, not the other way around. Personally, I'd like to see some of that general welfare promoting. It would probably ultimately benefit you as well, I can't imagine why you are so adamant to speak against your own interests.
My point is that they treat human beings with less care and more disposable than mere machines.
You act as if the want ads are packed with good jobs that pay living wages. They are not. The problem is that a market can only work when either side can freely walk away under unfavorable conditions. That was once true for labor, but starting with the enclosure it has steadily become a non-viable option.
Well, bodily putting VW in prison is problematic at best but there's no reason not to put it in a work program.
If my neighbor bulldozed my house and there were no cops to call, I might lob explosives at him.
OTOH, a car can carry a hell of a lot more explosive power than a toy drone.
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That's why they're also to be required to set up charging stations. Problem solved!
You must not be aware of prison work programs. Are you telling me all those prisoners want to make license plates and clean up litter as a hobby?
Right, nobody in their right mind would deprive the equipment of oil, power, and shelter, it costs money when machines die.
Exactly right. If not for everyone else, then for their own freedom they must put this sort of thing beyond their own capability.
This. If it's done once, the demands will never stop. At least not until the NSA steals a copy of the hacked firmware and distributes it the LEOs everywhere under an NDA.
here.
Now we just need assurances that they'll actually obey the Constitution this time.
Look up jury nullification. It is deeply embedded in common law (The U.S. has common law) and has on more than one occasion been used to prevent a miscarriage of justice.
On a more practical level, there is no way to stop it while offering a fair trial. The judge is not entitled to hear the jury's deliberation and may not direct the jury to give a guilty verdict (including by threatening punishment).
Last time I was in voir dire, I was asked to swear to judge only the facts and not the defendant or the law. When I said I couldn't conscionably swear to that, the judge briefly engaged me in a philosophical discussion of where my responsibility for the defendant's fate ended. When I was not persuaded, I was dismissed.
Or, he might have acted well within the law and you disagree with it. He dropped a dime on the people who were (and still are) breaking the law.
$1000 is a lot of money for a meaningless bit of paper.
So what does idIoT give you that the keypad doesn't?
At $500, it would be cheaper to add a wired light switch next to the bed.
IoT could be a decent thing if it spoke a clean and really open protocol and communicated with a server on the LAN using a properly authenticated protocol.
Yeah, what an overly entitled whiner, expecting to eat and be warm.
Since going with a new Hitler doesn't seem that appealing either, perhaps we should go the living wage route...
Should it be a living wage to work as a fry cook?
Yes, unless you don't mind eating at a place with dead people leaning on the grill. We expect businesses to pay the full cost of maintaining their equipment, why do you think they should pay less when that equipment is organic in nature?