I understand that this may not be a good business strategy, but Yahoo! should just tell France to go (censored) themselves. The judge even went so far as to ORDER Yahoo! to cough up some cash.
It's pretty hard for them to control all the auctions that go on on their site... and even though they may be able to, who says they should?
C'mon, France, I understand that this is reminiscent of a horrible time, but give it up already. The sale of this stuff is harmless... just a bunch of items for collectors.
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Oh come on, it hasn't even been released anywhere but Japan yet. Give it a little time before you start saying who wins.
Plus, Sony has SquareSoft on their side. I know people who would cut off limbs to get the newest SquareSoft games...
Then there's the people (like me) who have nothing better to spend their money on and buy all the systems that have games that interest them.
Another couple strong points of the PS2 is backwards compatibility (yes, I know about BleemCast!, but it's a lot less compatible...)... and those old PSXs aren't going to last forever, has a better controller (I know that's debatable, but the dual shock 2 is COOL), and can play DVDs. I (and other people I know) are holding off on buying a DVD player because we know we can get a game system and DVD player in one.
Anyways, after all that... we'll have to wait and see. The PS2, in my eyes, looks like a serious contender... the price may be a bit steem, though. Time will tell, I suppose.
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Think about it. Chuck D says, "MP3s are good!" Slashdot says, "Hey, Chuck D like's MP3s! Lets go out and buy his CDs so that we can show everyone that a band that supports MP3s makes lots of money!"
Chuck D gets rich, and says, "haha! Gotcha, suckers!"
Okay, I admit that this is pretty unrealistic, but hey;)
-- Dr. Eldarion, wearing his "I want my MP3" shirt -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
It's not a generic service that is used for anything the customer desires.
Hmm... what if they modified it to be more than just a music exchange program? What if they kept all the stuff that they had now, but added the ability to transfer any type of file? I imagine that it would make it MUCH harder to 'squash' because it would open up many many more legit uses for the program.
any thoughts on this?
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Unfortunately, advertising on the Internet doesn't work!
... and advertising on the radio does? Most people just change the station.
or what about TV? Only lately have the commercials started to get interesting... before these, the commercials were an excuse to get up and get food... or go to the bathroom or whatever.
The ad companies don't realize that clickthroughs DON'T MATTER. The purpose of advertising is to get your name known, or convince people to buy something you provide... but not expect them to do it right away!
If you were watching TV and a commercial came on, and it pretty much gave 1 sentence and the name of the company, and told you to change to channel 294 for more information, NO ONE WOULD DO IT. The ad people are nuts for expecting people to do the equivalent of that on their comps.
errr... sorry for the rant.
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Look, individuals can vote, corporations can't. It's time we make that very clear to the politicians who have forgotten.
No, but individuals inside the corporation can vote... and you can be sure that a lot of these corporations have 'brainwashed' their employees into believing "this man is good for our company! he'll make our stock go up! vote for him!"
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
TO stay somewhat on topic, I don't really see why it upset Sony so much. They sell the console at a loss (initially anyway) and make the majority of the revenue from the licensing of games.
Well... They do have a lot of old PSXs sitting around, I'm sure. So they probably want to get rid of them. Also, this doesn't make the PSX2's ability to play PSX CDs seem quite as spectacular anymore.
Also, IMO, it's a control sort of thing...
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
What if the dialectizer were a program that you ran on your computer that translated the pages?
It would be perfectly okay, right? Now what's the difference between that and running the program off of someone elses computer to be sent back to you?
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Yeah, the little guy feels threatened because he has no money to fight with.
This is why I think something like this should happen...
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Re:They can't sue 1000's of people can they...?
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No, see, it's not really the Americans on here that put up with it. We know about it, hate it, and a good portion of us fight it.
It's the rest of the population that has no friggin' clue what's going on because they're so caught up in their boring routine lives to notice that the country they live in is being controlled by money-grubbing corporations and corrupt politicians.
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
I think a way that would work out well is that if the plaintiff loses the case, they would have to pay for all the defendant's legal fees, along with compensation for all the time they could have spent doing better things.
This could put a bit of a dent in all those big companies' pockets... suddenly the little people (who would have never had a chance before) get nice big expensive lawyers, win the case like they should, and the bill gets paid by the company.
-- Dr. Eldarion -- It's not what it is, it's something else.
Slashdot Mirror
I understand that this may not be a good business strategy, but Yahoo! should just tell France to go (censored) themselves. The judge even went so far as to ORDER Yahoo! to cough up some cash.
It's pretty hard for them to control all the auctions that go on on their site... and even though they may be able to, who says they should?
C'mon, France, I understand that this is reminiscent of a horrible time, but give it up already. The sale of this stuff is harmless... just a bunch of items for collectors.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Err... Sony is one Huge Ass Corporation. One possible screw up is *NOT* going to put them out of business.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Dreamcast beat PS2 (Dolphin: wait and see).
Oh come on, it hasn't even been released anywhere but Japan yet. Give it a little time before you start saying who wins.
Plus, Sony has SquareSoft on their side. I know people who would cut off limbs to get the newest SquareSoft games...
Then there's the people (like me) who have nothing better to spend their money on and buy all the systems that have games that interest them.
Another couple strong points of the PS2 is backwards compatibility (yes, I know about BleemCast!, but it's a lot less compatible...)... and those old PSXs aren't going to last forever, has a better controller (I know that's debatable, but the dual shock 2 is COOL), and can play DVDs. I (and other people I know) are holding off on buying a DVD player because we know we can get a game system and DVD player in one.
Anyways, after all that... we'll have to wait and see. The PS2, in my eyes, looks like a serious contender... the price may be a bit steem, though. Time will tell, I suppose.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
try here
;)
http://www.afiliate.com/miscelanea/juegos/
it's in spanish, but it works
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
If I want to go find a tape of some obscure 80's artist, I'm usually SOL.
This is one of the great things about Napster... usually SOMEONE has it...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Think about it. Chuck D says, "MP3s are good!" Slashdot says, "Hey, Chuck D like's MP3s! Lets go out and buy his CDs so that we can show everyone that a band that supports MP3s makes lots of money!"
;)
Chuck D gets rich, and says, "haha! Gotcha, suckers!"
Okay, I admit that this is pretty unrealistic, but hey
-- Dr. Eldarion, wearing his "I want my MP3" shirt --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
It's not a generic service that is used for anything the customer desires.
Hmm... what if they modified it to be more than just a music exchange program? What if they kept all the stuff that they had now, but added the ability to transfer any type of file? I imagine that it would make it MUCH harder to 'squash' because it would open up many many more legit uses for the program.
any thoughts on this?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Unfortunately, advertising on the Internet doesn't work!
... and advertising on the radio does? Most people just change the station.
or what about TV? Only lately have the commercials started to get interesting... before these, the commercials were an excuse to get up and get food... or go to the bathroom or whatever.
The ad companies don't realize that clickthroughs DON'T MATTER. The purpose of advertising is to get your name known, or convince people to buy something you provide... but not expect them to do it right away!
If you were watching TV and a commercial came on, and it pretty much gave 1 sentence and the name of the company, and told you to change to channel 294 for more information, NO ONE WOULD DO IT. The ad people are nuts for expecting people to do the equivalent of that on their comps.
errr... sorry for the rant.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Look, individuals can vote, corporations can't. It's time we make that very clear to the politicians who have forgotten.
No, but individuals inside the corporation can vote... and you can be sure that a lot of these corporations have 'brainwashed' their employees into believing "this man is good for our company! he'll make our stock go up! vote for him!"
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Consider a car with a flywheel in it.
;)
Err, cars already do have flywheels in 'em
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Or, if we use your idea, We attack Io
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
I can see the future news releases now...
Today Intel, in response to the strategic alliance of AMD and Ford, is planning to team up with Chevrolet.
Intel's plans for the future include a chip named the Intel Camaro, which is going to be a direct competitor to the AMD Mustang.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
People think they bought a Ford Mustang when they really bought a Dodge Neon.
;)
Aw, you should have said they thought they bought a Ford Thunderbird... keep it along the same lines as the article
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
At that point AMD Mustang will be out
What is this? Is that the real name of the chip? It sounds like AMD has some special relationship with Ford...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
The thing is, Big Bad Corporation doesn't pay their lawyer per job. I believe they're on salary, so they make the same no matter what they do.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
What's stopping the government from saying,
"Damnit, Microsoft. You screwed up big time. Here's your punishment and it's *FINAL*. No debating this."
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
H.R. 31137: Script kiddie bounty hunters wanted.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
TO stay somewhat on topic, I don't really see why it upset Sony so much. They sell the console at a loss (initially anyway) and make the majority of the revenue from the licensing of games.
Well... They do have a lot of old PSXs sitting around, I'm sure. So they probably want to get rid of them. Also, this doesn't make the PSX2's ability to play PSX CDs seem quite as spectacular anymore.
Also, IMO, it's a control sort of thing...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
This is just a guess, but wouldn't the dialectizer be more legal than a translator?
I know that fair use protects parody... but I'm not sure how it deals with translation.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
That brings up the question...
What if the dialectizer were a program that you ran on your computer that translated the pages?
It would be perfectly okay, right? Now what's the difference between that and running the program off of someone elses computer to be sent back to you?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Yeah, the little guy feels threatened because he has no money to fight with.
This is why I think something like this should happen...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
No, see, it's not really the Americans on here that put up with it. We know about it, hate it, and a good portion of us fight it.
It's the rest of the population that has no friggin' clue what's going on because they're so caught up in their boring routine lives to notice that the country they live in is being controlled by money-grubbing corporations and corrupt politicians.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
This message is for the Bank Of America... the people who told the Dialectizer that they couldn't translate their page.
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-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
I think a way that would work out well is that if the plaintiff loses the case, they would have to pay for all the defendant's legal fees, along with compensation for all the time they could have spent doing better things.
This could put a bit of a dent in all those big companies' pockets... suddenly the little people (who would have never had a chance before) get nice big expensive lawyers, win the case like they should, and the bill gets paid by the company.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.
Just a thought, but wouldn't stuff like that be considered a parody, and thus fair use?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
It's not what it is, it's something else.