Many years ago I was arrested (erroneously, but no matter) and while awaiting my turn in court I got to see the previous night's arrests being arraigned. There had been a prostitution raid, and a number of women were brought into court. One by one they would approach the bench, plead guilty, get fined $500 and be released. One woman, indignantly denying being a hooker, said she was only on her way to the corner store for groceries when she was arrested. When she pleaded not guilty the judge set bail at $1500 and remanded her to custody. Her response: "Wait a minute! If I'm guilty I pay $500 and go home? If I'm innocent I pay $1500 or go to jail? I plead guilty!" The public defender tried in vain to dissuade her, but to no avail. The judge accepted her guilty plea and she went home.
1. eBay.com - a big Flea Market 2. wikipedia.com - Brittanica on the bathroom wall 3. napster.com - for about three minutes 4. youtube.com - eh 5. blogger.com - they wanted to acknowledge blogging, this is their surrogate 6. friendsreunited.com (School reunion site)- never heard of it. probably helpful for stalking that girl who spit on you in 10th grade. 7. drudgereport.com (News site)- not really a News Site. A link aggregator with an agenda. 8. myspace.com - for about three MORE minutes 9. amazon.com - changed shopping, anyway. 10. slashdot.org - WHO? 11. salon.com (Online magazine and media company)- changed the world? How about "provides a home for whining elitists"? 12. craigslist.org - supermarket community bulletin board with more eyes 13. google.com - changed the Internet maybe. The WORLD? nah 14. yahoo.com - see #13 15. easyjet.com (Budget airline)- see #6
If this is how the Internet has changed the world, please have it changed back promptly.
"Do you really believe there's any rational people out there who WANT war?"
Sure. Depends on what premise you start with. Given the right premise one can rationally conclude that war is indeed Good.
Now, in this case, to stay on topic, these guys are delusional. If the military wants to use this software, and I have no idea if they do, they will. A silly little license agreement will not stop them. In fact, there is probably an extant, yet secret, executive order giving the military the right to seize for its own use anything it wants.
If it means something that requires a level of cultural understanding, then games like Civ, Sim City and the like would qualify in my book. Sure, you can play them as games, or you can immerse yourself in the worlds and try to develop them.
If it means something that is pretentious and incomprehensible then Ico would fit the bill.
If it means something that everyone pretends to like but no one actually does, then Final Fantasy comes to mind.
"Most people who pirate PC games also pirate console games"
I find this hard to believe. It's an order of magnitude more difficult to install a mod chip, hook up your console to a PC, flash the BIOS and copy ROMS images than it is to google for a serial number crack for a PC game.
I would venture that PC game copyright violation (I don't like "piracy") occurs 100 times more often than console game copyright violation; especially if we're only looking at current generation games.
The article we are discussing is based on ONE photograph of ONE cheesily printed DVD Copy flyer. This could be nothing more than a prank; it could be one store or department manager trying to increase sales; it could be the real thing (but I doubt it).
Has anyone checked with Circuit City to see if the speculation is grounded in reality?
Floor trading is a pretty extreme job. Most floor traders work their way up from entry level runner positions. One way to avoid that is to buy or lease a seat, the AMEX is pretty cheap these days. Of course, you'll need clients for that.
I like your idea of moving the tech group for a trading group, that would get you in contact with some of the action, and you could get a better idea if it's what you want.
"what part of "no law" did the legislatures not understand?"
what part of "Congress shall make no law...." did YOU miss?
AND - how does requiring a reporter to obey the same laws and judicial orders that I have to obey abridge the freedom of the press. No one in this case is asking for prior restraint on publication or prosecution for publication; apparently a crime is being investigated (and I do believe that tipping off the subject of an investigation, allowing them to destroy evidence, is a crime).
I am no fan of government, but I am also no fan of knee-jerk responses to complex issues. A reporter for the NY Times is not above the law.
"This list's order and content is copyright to Next Generation and must not be reproduced or copied without the permission of the publisher."
OK, content I can go along with. But trying to claim copyright on the rankings themselves? That's kind of like the NFL claiming copyright on the standings and prohibiting newspapers from publishing them without a license fee.
Come on kids. You're writing about VIDEO GAMES. Not exactly "War and Peace". Be happy that Slashdot picked up your link, is sending all kinds of people to visit, and get off the IP bandwagon.
"Gonzo Journalism" was the logical, and final, step in the evolution of print reporting. HST, and some others, attempted to expose their readers the immediacy of events. "F&L on the Campaign Trail '72" is the most remarkable work on American politics I've ever read. Thompson was able to avoid the filtering process of PR men and editors, and brought to life the actual process of selecting a candidate.
Now, with even CNN and the NY Times offering reporters' blogs up for perusal, Gonzo has lost its reason for existence, at least in theory. If HST was hitting the scene today he'd be "The Daily Gonz", or an editor at "SlashGonz".
The next evolutionary step in journalism is the one we don't see coming.
once again I must respectfully disagree. the Civil War was fought for many reasons, but elimination of the right of states to choose the president wasn't one of them. now, the Civil War did go a long way toward creating our current system of a powerful federal government overstepping its constitutional authority, but that isn't the reason the war was fought.
the war was fought to preserve the union, and "union" was understood, even then, to be the equal partnership of the several states in a federal system. if you don't like the idea of the "United States", that's fine; work to change us to something else. But don't rewrite or misinterpret history.
I respectfully disagree. The whole of idea of the United States is that government would neither be concentrated in one person, nor would it devolve into the mob rule of unfettered democracy. While the current state of affairs has devolved itself into a bit of a mess, to resort to strictly popular vote to select a president is not, I believe, the answer.
This isn't an abstract line in the sand, it is the principle on which this country was founded. Take that away and we might as well resport to the solution I referenced previously, do away with the fiction of "states" and make the US one big country with one government.
The whole point of the "United States" is that we are a federation of 50 states. That means that we have intentionally crafted a system in which each state gets a certain minimum representation, both in Congress and in selecting a president. Proposals such as this would change the rules under which smaller states joined the union; their voices would cease to be heard.
If this is really the way we want to go, then we should eliminate state government, replace it with regional governors to attend to regional issues, and stop pretending that states matter.
"the Company will launch its online merchant store on Tuesday, August 15 to support the marketing and sales of the Phantom® Lapboard"
So, they announced that they are going to have a website that supports the marketing of the Lapboard. Nothing here actually tells us that they will sell the Lapboard on 8/15, just that they will show us their website.
The whole press release reads like an ad for Touchwood, and certainly has the requisite number of buzzwords, but if you can buy a Lapboard from www.phantom.net on August 15, 2006 I will be very surprised.
considering that this will be resolved by companies paying money to the NY AG, and not a criminal prosecution, my point is that this is grandstanding, and not law enforcement.
Two - Trust your feelings, Luke. If you're already "making more" than you need, and you can't get motivated to make more, then don't. Go out and have some fun.
I remember way back when, thinking that when the technology arrived to make games look "real" it would be pretty cool. WRONG. When games look "real" and are modeling real physics, they are limited in what they can do. All we get in the way of innovation is new environments for running around shooting stuff.
Sprite based 2D games could violate physical laws and we didn't care. Better yet, games didn't have to exist in an analog of the known universe at all.
We got what we asked for, and damn it, it's boring.
Posted that using Safari actually (and yes, I use my right mouse button in OS X). Disabling, or even modifying, a critical operation like a rightclick context menu, is just stupid. What's next, AJAX code to use my spacebar as a backspace key?
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but I have no idea what you just said.
Many years ago I was arrested (erroneously, but no matter) and while awaiting my turn in court I got to see the previous night's arrests being arraigned. There had been a prostitution raid, and a number of women were brought into court. One by one they would approach the bench, plead guilty, get fined $500 and be released. One woman, indignantly denying being a hooker, said she was only on her way to the corner store for groceries when she was arrested. When she pleaded not guilty the judge set bail at $1500 and remanded her to custody. Her response: "Wait a minute! If I'm guilty I pay $500 and go home? If I'm innocent I pay $1500 or go to jail? I plead guilty!" The public defender tried in vain to dissuade her, but to no avail. The judge accepted her guilty plea and she went home.
The moral: I don't know.
1. eBay.com - a big Flea Market
2. wikipedia.com - Brittanica on the bathroom wall
3. napster.com - for about three minutes
4. youtube.com - eh
5. blogger.com - they wanted to acknowledge blogging, this is their surrogate
6. friendsreunited.com (School reunion site)- never heard of it. probably helpful for stalking that girl who spit on you in 10th grade.
7. drudgereport.com (News site)- not really a News Site. A link aggregator with an agenda.
8. myspace.com - for about three MORE minutes
9. amazon.com - changed shopping, anyway.
10. slashdot.org - WHO?
11. salon.com (Online magazine and media company)- changed the world? How about "provides a home for whining elitists"?
12. craigslist.org - supermarket community bulletin board with more eyes
13. google.com - changed the Internet maybe. The WORLD? nah
14. yahoo.com - see #13
15. easyjet.com (Budget airline)- see #6
If this is how the Internet has changed the world, please have it changed back promptly.
"Do you really believe there's any rational people out there who WANT war?"
Sure. Depends on what premise you start with. Given the right premise one can rationally conclude that war is indeed Good.
Now, in this case, to stay on topic, these guys are delusional. If the military wants to use this software, and I have no idea if they do, they will. A silly little license agreement will not stop them. In fact, there is probably an extant, yet secret, executive order giving the military the right to seize for its own use anything it wants.
If it means something that requires a level of cultural understanding, then games like Civ, Sim City and the like would qualify in my book. Sure, you can play them as games, or you can immerse yourself in the worlds and try to develop them.
If it means something that is pretentious and incomprehensible then Ico would fit the bill.
If it means something that everyone pretends to like but no one actually does, then Final Fantasy comes to mind.
"Most people who pirate PC games also pirate console games"
I find this hard to believe. It's an order of magnitude more difficult to install a mod chip, hook up your console to a PC, flash the BIOS and copy ROMS images than it is to google for a serial number crack for a PC game.
I would venture that PC game copyright violation (I don't like "piracy") occurs 100 times more often than console game copyright violation; especially if we're only looking at current generation games.
blackberries have an option to turn off the radio. which i hate because i will hit it without knowing and wonder why i get no calls.
"HAHA! Dumbass. Just because you see a picture from a single CC doesn't mean that it only comes from that CC. My CC does it too."
Maybe this IS your CC. No way of telling from the picture.
Not to mention that it's posted on a site devoted to slamming retailers.
The article we are discussing is based on ONE photograph of ONE cheesily printed DVD Copy flyer. This could be nothing more than a prank; it could be one store or department manager trying to increase sales; it could be the real thing (but I doubt it).
Has anyone checked with Circuit City to see if the speculation is grounded in reality?
I thought not.
Floor trading is a pretty extreme job. Most floor traders work their way up from entry level runner positions. One way to avoid that is to buy or lease a seat, the AMEX is pretty cheap these days. Of course, you'll need clients for that.
I like your idea of moving the tech group for a trading group, that would get you in contact with some of the action, and you could get a better idea if it's what you want.
It's exciting, but stressful.
"what part of "no law" did the legislatures not understand?"
what part of "Congress shall make no law...." did YOU miss?
AND - how does requiring a reporter to obey the same laws and judicial orders that I have to obey abridge the freedom of the press. No one in this case is asking for prior restraint on publication or prosecution for publication; apparently a crime is being investigated (and I do believe that tipping off the subject of an investigation, allowing them to destroy evidence, is a crime).
I am no fan of government, but I am also no fan of knee-jerk responses to complex issues. A reporter for the NY Times is not above the law.
"This list's order and content is copyright to Next Generation and must not be reproduced or copied without the permission of the publisher."
OK, content I can go along with. But trying to claim copyright on the rankings themselves? That's kind of like the NFL claiming copyright on the standings and prohibiting newspapers from publishing them without a license fee.
Come on kids. You're writing about VIDEO GAMES. Not exactly "War and Peace". Be happy that Slashdot picked up your link, is sending all kinds of people to visit, and get off the IP bandwagon.
wow, an informative answer. Thanks.
So here's a new one: why compare a single layer BR with a dual layer HD? Can't BR go to 50? Do the initial players not support dual layer disks?
"Gonzo Journalism" was the logical, and final, step in the evolution of print reporting. HST, and some others, attempted to expose their readers the immediacy of events. "F&L on the Campaign Trail '72" is the most remarkable work on American politics I've ever read. Thompson was able to avoid the filtering process of PR men and editors, and brought to life the actual process of selecting a candidate.
Now, with even CNN and the NY Times offering reporters' blogs up for perusal, Gonzo has lost its reason for existence, at least in theory. If HST was hitting the scene today he'd be "The Daily Gonz", or an editor at "SlashGonz".
The next evolutionary step in journalism is the one we don't see coming.
once again I must respectfully disagree. the Civil War was fought for many reasons, but elimination of the right of states to choose the president wasn't one of them. now, the Civil War did go a long way toward creating our current system of a powerful federal government overstepping its constitutional authority, but that isn't the reason the war was fought.
the war was fought to preserve the union, and "union" was understood, even then, to be the equal partnership of the several states in a federal system. if you don't like the idea of the "United States", that's fine; work to change us to something else. But don't rewrite or misinterpret history.
I respectfully disagree. The whole of idea of the United States is that government would neither be concentrated in one person, nor would it devolve into the mob rule of unfettered democracy. While the current state of affairs has devolved itself into a bit of a mess, to resort to strictly popular vote to select a president is not, I believe, the answer.
This isn't an abstract line in the sand, it is the principle on which this country was founded. Take that away and we might as well resport to the solution I referenced previously, do away with the fiction of "states" and make the US one big country with one government.
The whole point of the "United States" is that we are a federation of 50 states. That means that we have intentionally crafted a system in which each state gets a certain minimum representation, both in Congress and in selecting a president. Proposals such as this would change the rules under which smaller states joined the union; their voices would cease to be heard.
If this is really the way we want to go, then we should eliminate state government, replace it with regional governors to attend to regional issues, and stop pretending that states matter.
"the Company will launch its online merchant store on Tuesday, August 15 to support the marketing and sales of the Phantom® Lapboard"
So, they announced that they are going to have a website that supports the marketing of the Lapboard. Nothing here actually tells us that they will sell the Lapboard on 8/15, just that they will show us their website.
The whole press release reads like an ad for Touchwood, and certainly has the requisite number of buzzwords, but if you can buy a Lapboard from www.phantom.net on August 15, 2006 I will be very surprised.
considering that this will be resolved by companies paying money to the NY AG, and not a criminal prosecution, my point is that this is grandstanding, and not law enforcement.
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One - Provigil.
Two - Trust your feelings, Luke. If you're already "making more" than you need, and you can't get motivated to make more, then don't. Go out and have some fun.
There are worse crimes being committed than toying with the price of computer parts.
1993 - 4 MB SIMM $160
2003 - 256 MB DIMM $160
Spitzer should go after real criminals, and stop using threats and publicity to extort big settlements.
I remember way back when, thinking that when the technology arrived to make games look "real" it would be pretty cool. WRONG. When games look "real" and are modeling real physics, they are limited in what they can do. All we get in the way of innovation is new environments for running around shooting stuff.
Sprite based 2D games could violate physical laws and we didn't care. Better yet, games didn't have to exist in an analog of the known universe at all.
We got what we asked for, and damn it, it's boring.
Posted that using Safari actually (and yes, I use my right mouse button in OS X). Disabling, or even modifying, a critical operation like a rightclick context menu, is just stupid. What's next, AJAX code to use my spacebar as a backspace key?
I want my right mouse button to do what it always does, not what YOU want it to do.