You agreed to the contract though! So you really dont have a leg to stand on-- and if this was a case of "shrink wrap contract" that "I didnt have a chance to read:( " then you should have returned it-- unlike software, 99% of stores have NO issue supplying refunds for consoles. It really sounds like youre bitter because the world doesnt revolve around you and MS didnt build the features you want into the device you purchased. Why dont you just build your own damn powerpc setup and tinker with it instead of demanding MS spend dev time and resources catering to you?
They did not add that because it doesnt make them money, it would be used by a minority of users, and they are a business. Im sure if you have a car it is yours as well, and it probably cannot switch between linux and whatever it normally runs; are you going to bitch at the manufacturer and demand that ability?
In other words, you want the government to mandate how the end product looks and acts? Thats a funny picture of capitalism you have there, and a rosy view of what the XBox would end up looking like if it were designed by the government.
It seems like you have an issue with the fact that not all products are designed to do everything. Get over it.
Or maybe it hit them that all these researchers were getting really powerful computing devices at a massive discount and at Sony's loss. They dont make money on the console, you know, its the games that make them their money back.
All I'm asking for is a menu option: "Boot other OS"
In other words, all youre asking for is that they change the product to suit you. The product you bought does not have that option, nor was it advertised as such, and i think it is unreasonable to demand that they call in their developers to modify the product for your preferences.
Some day you will understand that in the real world, you cant just go buy an iphone, then jailbreak it, then apply an update and brick your phone, and expect to be reimbursed for it. When you take a product out of spec, it is at your own risk. You are right that it is your product, and you are free to use it however you want. If you want to smash it with a hammer, you can! It simply will not work afterwards. Likewise, if you mod a Wii, and want to apply an update, you can! It just may not work afterwards.
I also do not think they are prosecuting people for using mods-- if you want to create your own modchip and use it, im sure they wouldnt really care (though you might brick the wii). The issue is that many of these devices are being sold for the express purpose of piracy (and I would not be suprised if thats how they were advertised), and it is the vendors of these chips that are being sued. There is always the issue of "right to back-ups", but thats really not relevant in this case, and I think most people understand that whenever it is brought up, it is with a wink and a nod; it is understood that 80% of people buying these devices have no intention of backing up their product, but rather leeching off of the industry by pirating games (which is what it is, no matter how you justify it).
People who don't want to pay simply aren't going to, even if that means they just don't play the game at all. But people who do play, even if they pirated, may generate sales for the company through word of mouth.
Seems like youre ignoring whether or not the act is right or wrong, and simply focusing on the net effects for society. I was under the impression that the basic purpose of a justice system was to punish actions that are wrong-- that is, to mete out justice.
I dont mean to support the judgement one way or the other, but it seems like every time one of these conversations on piracy comes up, everyone wants to justify it by claiming that the net effect is good for society. I would reply that true or not, that is irrelevant; if a person is not entitled to a product, and they get ahold of it, it seems perfectly valid for the justice system to punish them (within reason).
No, because 100mbit internet lines tend to be much much less than that-- I think we were quoted $1200/mo by one company, and worst case $5000 or so from another.
having a 10/100 nic does not mean the router can route 100mbit traffic. Try plugging your generic 100mbit router up to a real 100mbit connection, and see how much throughput you get.
Ok, everyone complains about nuclear waste storage. But has anyone considered how convenient it is that we actually have the OPTION of storing it-- that it comes prepackaged in nice containers, rather than being spewed into the atmosphere where its a heck of a lot more difficult to get at (as with coal)?
Plus, unlike coal emissions, we can actually USE the waste material and reduce it by reusing it in reactors-- if it is radioactive, that means it is emitting radiation, which can either be used in additional reactors, or worst case in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (not very efficient, but its an option). With smog and CO2 emissions, we can do....what again? Bury it so that it can leak back into the atmosphere after a while?
Seems to me, if youre going to have a fuel source that has a waste product, the BEST thing you can ask for is that it deliver it in a prepackaged, stable, reusable form rather than as a useless aerosol.
Satellite can be really intermittent and unreliable, aside from its awful latency. And latency isnt just a problem for gamers; try using skype, or vonage, or youtube, or remote desktop over satellite, see how fun it is.
Im guessing that the point hes making is that at least you dont have to deal with licensing bullshit with Mac. Nothing is quite so nice as purchasing $10k worth of licensing only to have to spend an hour and a half on the phone with MS trying to get the damn server OS to activate properly.
I was coerced into agreeing to the others in order to get updates that I was told I already had the right to
Do you actually know what coercion is? Or are you just a big fan of hyperbole? This isnt how contracts work, you dont get to agree to 5 different contracts and then choose which one you want to comply with, but feel free to continue justifying it to yourself.
If millions of people dont seem to care, and you arent being affected by said EULA (since you arent accepting it), then why have you made it your job to care for them?
We all get it, MS's EULAs suck, I dont know about everyone else, but I got over the outrage a long time ago. When I use windows, I comply with the EULA, and if my customers have an issue, i just put the activation phone call on speaker so they can hear for themselves what I have to go through. Its not my problem, if activation doesnt work for a client they know whose fault it is, and if it doesnt work for me, I repartition my drive to some form of linux until I get over it.
If youre on some crusade to get MS to make their EULA into some form of the GPL, then I'm sorry, youre wasting your time. Most people just dont care about this and youre not going to change that on your own. If youre a tech, your job is to comply with whatever licensing you buy into, no matter what "Im changing the world with my piracy" bullshit you may want to buy into.
Not to minimize the suckage of this (and having dealt with MS activation way more than I like, i do sympathize), but could it have been that the copy she purchased wasnt legit?
I was unaware that there was an equivalent (in terms of features and ease of use) to Process Explorer or FileMon on linux. Mind sharing what they are?
Keep in mind that there may be multiple sources for all that info on linux (running strings on binary etc) but the beauty of ProcExp is that it has tons of useful information at a glance-- what services are spawned under a given process, what threads are in use (and their CPU usage), the commandline used to start an image, strings within both the binary and the memory space, and any IO info you could desire... all at your fingertips.
Actually, the stupid lawsuits that follow helping people are countered by laws requiring you to render assistance. You can't be sued for obeying the law
Says who? You can be sued for just about anything.
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Give me some duct tape and ill disable it for you.
Although I think with blizzard the issue may also have been the fact that some of the code was probably copyrighted by Blizzard....
You agreed to the contract though! So you really dont have a leg to stand on-- and if this was a case of "shrink wrap contract" that "I didnt have a chance to read :( " then you should have returned it-- unlike software, 99% of stores have NO issue supplying refunds for consoles. It really sounds like youre bitter because the world doesnt revolve around you and MS didnt build the features you want into the device you purchased. Why dont you just build your own damn powerpc setup and tinker with it instead of demanding MS spend dev time and resources catering to you?
If people stop paying for the xbox, then im fairly certain MS will not continue to churn out the same thing that has been failing.
They did not add that because it doesnt make them money, it would be used by a minority of users, and they are a business. Im sure if you have a car it is yours as well, and it probably cannot switch between linux and whatever it normally runs; are you going to bitch at the manufacturer and demand that ability?
In other words, you want the government to mandate how the end product looks and acts? Thats a funny picture of capitalism you have there, and a rosy view of what the XBox would end up looking like if it were designed by the government.
It seems like you have an issue with the fact that not all products are designed to do everything. Get over it.
You bought the wrong product; the device youre looking for is called a "PC", and it is advertised with this ability.
Or maybe it hit them that all these researchers were getting really powerful computing devices at a massive discount and at Sony's loss. They dont make money on the console, you know, its the games that make them their money back.
All I'm asking for is a menu option: "Boot other OS"
In other words, all youre asking for is that they change the product to suit you. The product you bought does not have that option, nor was it advertised as such, and i think it is unreasonable to demand that they call in their developers to modify the product for your preferences.
Some day you will understand that in the real world, you cant just go buy an iphone, then jailbreak it, then apply an update and brick your phone, and expect to be reimbursed for it. When you take a product out of spec, it is at your own risk. You are right that it is your product, and you are free to use it however you want. If you want to smash it with a hammer, you can! It simply will not work afterwards. Likewise, if you mod a Wii, and want to apply an update, you can! It just may not work afterwards.
I also do not think they are prosecuting people for using mods-- if you want to create your own modchip and use it, im sure they wouldnt really care (though you might brick the wii). The issue is that many of these devices are being sold for the express purpose of piracy (and I would not be suprised if thats how they were advertised), and it is the vendors of these chips that are being sued. There is always the issue of "right to back-ups", but thats really not relevant in this case, and I think most people understand that whenever it is brought up, it is with a wink and a nod; it is understood that 80% of people buying these devices have no intention of backing up their product, but rather leeching off of the industry by pirating games (which is what it is, no matter how you justify it).
People who don't want to pay simply aren't going to, even if that means they just don't play the game at all. But people who do play, even if they pirated, may generate sales for the company through word of mouth.
Seems like youre ignoring whether or not the act is right or wrong, and simply focusing on the net effects for society. I was under the impression that the basic purpose of a justice system was to punish actions that are wrong-- that is, to mete out justice.
I dont mean to support the judgement one way or the other, but it seems like every time one of these conversations on piracy comes up, everyone wants to justify it by claiming that the net effect is good for society. I would reply that true or not, that is irrelevant; if a person is not entitled to a product, and they get ahold of it, it seems perfectly valid for the justice system to punish them (within reason).
No, because 100mbit internet lines tend to be much much less than that-- I think we were quoted $1200/mo by one company, and worst case $5000 or so from another.
having a 10/100 nic does not mean the router can route 100mbit traffic. Try plugging your generic 100mbit router up to a real 100mbit connection, and see how much throughput you get.
Why on earth would you ever consider a P4 over an Athalon?
Ok, everyone complains about nuclear waste storage. But has anyone considered how convenient it is that we actually have the OPTION of storing it-- that it comes prepackaged in nice containers, rather than being spewed into the atmosphere where its a heck of a lot more difficult to get at (as with coal)?
Plus, unlike coal emissions, we can actually USE the waste material and reduce it by reusing it in reactors-- if it is radioactive, that means it is emitting radiation, which can either be used in additional reactors, or worst case in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (not very efficient, but its an option). With smog and CO2 emissions, we can do....what again? Bury it so that it can leak back into the atmosphere after a while?
Seems to me, if youre going to have a fuel source that has a waste product, the BEST thing you can ask for is that it deliver it in a prepackaged, stable, reusable form rather than as a useless aerosol.
Satellite can be really intermittent and unreliable, aside from its awful latency. And latency isnt just a problem for gamers; try using skype, or vonage, or youtube, or remote desktop over satellite, see how fun it is.
Im guessing that the point hes making is that at least you dont have to deal with licensing bullshit with Mac. Nothing is quite so nice as purchasing $10k worth of licensing only to have to spend an hour and a half on the phone with MS trying to get the damn server OS to activate properly.
I was coerced into agreeing to the others in order to get updates that I was told I already had the right to
Do you actually know what coercion is? Or are you just a big fan of hyperbole? This isnt how contracts work, you dont get to agree to 5 different contracts and then choose which one you want to comply with, but feel free to continue justifying it to yourself.
reg keys are not scripts nor executables, i dont think you can just stick a .reg into startup and have it import.
Just make a batch script that uses the reg command to import said key, this is what scripts are for.
If millions of people dont seem to care, and you arent being affected by said EULA (since you arent accepting it), then why have you made it your job to care for them?
We all get it, MS's EULAs suck, I dont know about everyone else, but I got over the outrage a long time ago. When I use windows, I comply with the EULA, and if my customers have an issue, i just put the activation phone call on speaker so they can hear for themselves what I have to go through. Its not my problem, if activation doesnt work for a client they know whose fault it is, and if it doesnt work for me, I repartition my drive to some form of linux until I get over it.
If youre on some crusade to get MS to make their EULA into some form of the GPL, then I'm sorry, youre wasting your time. Most people just dont care about this and youre not going to change that on your own. If youre a tech, your job is to comply with whatever licensing you buy into, no matter what "Im changing the world with my piracy" bullshit you may want to buy into.
Not to minimize the suckage of this (and having dealt with MS activation way more than I like, i do sympathize), but could it have been that the copy she purchased wasnt legit?
I was unaware that there was an equivalent (in terms of features and ease of use) to Process Explorer or FileMon on linux. Mind sharing what they are?
Keep in mind that there may be multiple sources for all that info on linux (running strings on binary etc) but the beauty of ProcExp is that it has tons of useful information at a glance-- what services are spawned under a given process, what threads are in use (and their CPU usage), the commandline used to start an image, strings within both the binary and the memory space, and any IO info you could desire... all at your fingertips.
Isnt treason supposed to come with the death penalty?
Because having people not report crimes is a SUREFIRE way to improve that situation.
Actually, the stupid lawsuits that follow helping people are countered by laws requiring you to render assistance. You can't be sued for obeying the law
Says who? You can be sued for just about anything.
So youre a fan of sitting on internet explorer 7 for the next 10 years? Or firefox 2.0? Thats called stagnation.