Witty soap. It's hard to read it hearing some of the idioms we now use daily as if it was for the first time. A lot of phrases in his work are Shakespeare originals, but sound very cliche because that's what they've become since. Even the concept of a "Wild goose chase" is his own.
One of the things I learned in my college year - which quite annoyed me - is that art is more than just aesthetics and enjoyment. Art is something that is created and evokes a reaction. Few can say that the 3 newer Star Wars didn't evoke a huge reaction, particularly to a character like Jar Jar.
Although I want art to just be pretty stuff, and enjoyable stuff, apparently that's just not how it is.
I do believe a content creator - even doing work for hire - deserves to have their work protected and to have a fair price paid. But I consider not making something available and having no plans to make it available as not wanting to be paid. And I don't think that copyright should be used for burying old works.
I have a 900MHz P3 that's running great. It happens to be running Asterisk with 512MB of RAM, but it's from the era. I have a few other good motherboards that could run Win98 but I have no reason to. Most of my older Windows games will run on XP or will run on DOSBox in Windows 3.1 (which *can* run inside of DOSBox). And Wine works on some others.
OK - but for those who would dedicate old hardware or set up emulation - e.g. DOSBox - you can just throw in a disclaimer and move on. In fact, GOG does sell DOS games already bundled with DOSBox.
Just look at RealMyst. Great game, but didn't sell well. Physical copies now go for $40+, but GOG offers it for $5.99. There's no reason to ever take a game off the market. Especially since a lot of piracy and copyright infringement of older games is from people who would love to pay.
It's really not that hard to avoid - even with Flash, Acrobat, and Java installed. Unless you're on the shady parts of the net, you're unlikely to get a virus. It's true that major ad networks have been infiltrated with virus-containing ads a few times, but the odds of hitting it were still low. It's not like they had a lot of advertising dollars to spend. I install antivirus on every computer I touch except my own. And a few times I have gotten malware. I knew right when it happened, and knew exactly why - I do go to shady places on the net once in a while. If I unplug my ethernet cord and clean up the infection, I'm part of no problem.
All of them - they just aren't all targeted. A lot of browser exploit malware runs in user mode. You don't have to have root to join a botnet, you only need that to hide the malware.
But is that a problem with Windows or a problem with the motherboard or devices themselves? One would think S3 sleep is S3 sleep, regardless of the OS. Although it's possible that it's the drivers, it's more likely not if it applies to unrelated devices equally.
Depends - maybe they were replacing a charcoal grey, Dell Dimension 2400. People are cheap. This is the time for the people with 8 year old computers to find a bargain on a computer that's as fast as a 6 year old computer.
Well, the actual camming job would be an original work. Perhaps not distinct enough from the original to grant it copyright protection, but it would be an illegal derivative work. But theoretically, the wobbling of the camera is a creative expression.
And prohibiting people from using other countries' domains unless you do business or have some formal relationship to the location? I can live with that. I'm tired of seeing Columbia, Tonga, Cocos Islands, and Greenland capitalizing on their TLD. It's a bit silly.
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Witty soap. It's hard to read it hearing some of the idioms we now use daily as if it was for the first time. A lot of phrases in his work are Shakespeare originals, but sound very cliche because that's what they've become since. Even the concept of a "Wild goose chase" is his own.
Art isn't just "hello clouds, hello sky".
No, there's also happy little trees.
One of the things I learned in my college year - which quite annoyed me - is that art is more than just aesthetics and enjoyment. Art is something that is created and evokes a reaction. Few can say that the 3 newer Star Wars didn't evoke a huge reaction, particularly to a character like Jar Jar.
Although I want art to just be pretty stuff, and enjoyable stuff, apparently that's just not how it is.
Not so unreasonable to copy and paste, though:
18,446,744,073,709,551,610
And also the color most associated with Azure.
20% more at Best Buy? For the lower end stuff it's more like 100% more or 150%.
I do believe a content creator - even doing work for hire - deserves to have their work protected and to have a fair price paid. But I consider not making something available and having no plans to make it available as not wanting to be paid. And I don't think that copyright should be used for burying old works.
I have a 900MHz P3 that's running great. It happens to be running Asterisk with 512MB of RAM, but it's from the era. I have a few other good motherboards that could run Win98 but I have no reason to. Most of my older Windows games will run on XP or will run on DOSBox in Windows 3.1 (which *can* run inside of DOSBox). And Wine works on some others.
OK - but for those who would dedicate old hardware or set up emulation - e.g. DOSBox - you can just throw in a disclaimer and move on. In fact, GOG does sell DOS games already bundled with DOSBox.
Well - at the very least - there's no excuse to complain about piracy if you're not making a legal option available.
Just look at RealMyst. Great game, but didn't sell well. Physical copies now go for $40+, but GOG offers it for $5.99. There's no reason to ever take a game off the market. Especially since a lot of piracy and copyright infringement of older games is from people who would love to pay.
It's really not that hard to avoid - even with Flash, Acrobat, and Java installed. Unless you're on the shady parts of the net, you're unlikely to get a virus. It's true that major ad networks have been infiltrated with virus-containing ads a few times, but the odds of hitting it were still low. It's not like they had a lot of advertising dollars to spend. I install antivirus on every computer I touch except my own. And a few times I have gotten malware. I knew right when it happened, and knew exactly why - I do go to shady places on the net once in a while. If I unplug my ethernet cord and clean up the infection, I'm part of no problem.
All of them - they just aren't all targeted. A lot of browser exploit malware runs in user mode. You don't have to have root to join a botnet, you only need that to hide the malware.
But is that a problem with Windows or a problem with the motherboard or devices themselves? One would think S3 sleep is S3 sleep, regardless of the OS. Although it's possible that it's the drivers, it's more likely not if it applies to unrelated devices equally.
That just means that Adobe makes really bad Linux ports of Flash. Nothing to do with Windows or Linux.
Depends - maybe they were replacing a charcoal grey, Dell Dimension 2400. People are cheap. This is the time for the people with 8 year old computers to find a bargain on a computer that's as fast as a 6 year old computer.
unless the motherboard manufacturers are offering the board too. Then you get your choice of a full range of motherboards. Win-win.
Although a clever title if they publish rumors in the semiconductor world.
Well, the actual camming job would be an original work. Perhaps not distinct enough from the original to grant it copyright protection, but it would be an illegal derivative work. But theoretically, the wobbling of the camera is a creative expression.
Google uses goo.gl as their own preferred url shortener, and t.co is Twitter's preferred url shortener. Both use these regularly.
Anybody using any of those TLDs becomes a site I won't visit since I just assume they're shady.
You mean like Goo.gl (Google)? T.co (Twitter)?
They use .gov.uk
And prohibiting people from using other countries' domains unless you do business or have some formal relationship to the location? I can live with that. I'm tired of seeing Columbia, Tonga, Cocos Islands, and Greenland capitalizing on their TLD. It's a bit silly.
They'll send Jim Caviezel to follow you around if you decide not to buy anything.
Sounds like an episode of a bad sitcom.