the fact is they purposly make you buy packs of points in vales that make it virtualy impossible to spend all of them on an item.
They sell a 400-point bundle for $5 and an 800-point bundle for $10. Most arcade games are 400 or 800 or 1200 points. That's hardly "virtually impossible" to spend on one item.
Why bother banning them? Our Slashcode maintainers could easily hunt down the redirected destination and display that instead. Surely you think they are capable of this feat without breaking all links, right?
If you're going to go this far, it seems it would be much more logical to have it tied to one of those 2d (or 3d) barcode systems via email than a text message. Maybe it's just a ploy to get cell phone numbers for marketing.
This is like the bridges built in the '60s that were supposed to last over a hundred years, but need to be replaced now. By the time they have to be replaced, the companies manufacturing them will simply no longer exist to sue and will have moved on to Carbon Fiber (the next 100+ year technology that won't last nearly 100 years).
Seems like most Americans that receive text messages, particularly those that would use the social features of a socially-networked vending machine, have unlimited text messaging plans at this point. The marginal cost of the free drink is zero. Plus, what makes you think a text message would be required?
You seem to have missed the last sentence of the summary: "How does one get a company infamous for its shoddy customer service and comfortable, state-wide cable monopolies to act on an issue like this?"
I saw this story first on Yahoo! News and, surprisingly, the comments seemed to understand this. The highly-rated comments all said this is insane, that it's not the guy's fault for not securing his wireless network, it's the police being crazy. I was somewhat proud of my fellow countrymen for seeing through the attempted spin.
The horrible thing, to me, is that they're trying to use it to push securing your home internet. Breaking home wireless encryption isn't that hard, and it would have made it far more difficult for him to prove his own innocence. It's a bit of a double-edged sword.
They do understand it. It's done deliberately; that consequence is intentional. It lowers the real-world value of the money we owe to people which is specified in USD.
I would be more concerned about the time when they start going the other direction. It seems like every "defensive" patent becomes offensive eventually.
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Saturated fat from animals has trans-fat, too, just not nearly as much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat#Presence_in_food "Baking shortenings, in general, contain 30% trans fats compared to their total fats, whereas animal fats from ruminants such as butter contain up to 4%."
I'd be more likely to deputize to people who you find are more reliable (basically, trusted moderators chosen from your randomly-selected pool after reviewing their decisions). Your system assumes that most people will be reasonable. I think that is an inherently flawed assumption, including for the very situations listed above. You can't trust that only a minority will think you should remove something that is against the mainstream view.
In short, copyright infringement is illegal and wrong no matter how you try to justify it.
You're half right, at least. I would argue that the baby-dancing-to-music videos are not wrong, despite being (arguably) copyright infringement. I would also argue that ripping my DVDs, which I've legally purchased, to my computer is not wrong. Illegal and immoral do not go hand-in-hand.
They should definitely allow you to browse your instant queue, though, at a minimum. They could lay it out the same way as the Kinect Hub, which has reasonable navigation and selection ability.
I wouldn't be surprised if he weren't doing anything wrong. The ESPN3 app for Kinect doesn't let you go through the On-Demand listings of different sports, only the 8 games they suggest. They really should have added Kinect emulation of a controller to the normal apps, instead of creating new Kinect-only versions.
I, of course, intend to try this out as soon as I get home from work.
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It's a sustainable energy project, not that anyone would have guessed that based on the summary.
That isn't because our food's amazing, it's just that the UK is the very bottom of the ladder.
Despite his history, it's still hilarious (and incredibly ironic, considering which side the lies are on for those issues).
The Kingdom Hearts games for PS2 are pretty good.
the fact is they purposly make you buy packs of points in vales that make it virtualy impossible to spend all of them on an item.
They sell a 400-point bundle for $5 and an 800-point bundle for $10. Most arcade games are 400 or 800 or 1200 points. That's hardly "virtually impossible" to spend on one item.
Exactly what I said on a different site yesterday. This avoids the levels of indirection completely.
I think it's just that these people survive to adulthood to do stupid things now, instead of drowning the the mill pond.
Why bother banning them? Our Slashcode maintainers could easily hunt down the redirected destination and display that instead. Surely you think they are capable of this feat without breaking all links, right?
Robots don't respond well to the placebo effect.
My mistake.
If you're going to go this far, it seems it would be much more logical to have it tied to one of those 2d (or 3d) barcode systems via email than a text message. Maybe it's just a ploy to get cell phone numbers for marketing.
This is like the bridges built in the '60s that were supposed to last over a hundred years, but need to be replaced now. By the time they have to be replaced, the companies manufacturing them will simply no longer exist to sue and will have moved on to Carbon Fiber (the next 100+ year technology that won't last nearly 100 years).
Seems like most Americans that receive text messages, particularly those that would use the social features of a socially-networked vending machine, have unlimited text messaging plans at this point. The marginal cost of the free drink is zero. Plus, what makes you think a text message would be required?
You seem to have missed the last sentence of the summary: "How does one get a company infamous for its shoddy customer service and comfortable, state-wide cable monopolies to act on an issue like this?"
It has to really suck if you rented it, though.
It's mostly Cadillacs with their terrible LED tail lights. The effect is most noticeable (and distracting) when it's in your peripheral vision.
I saw this story first on Yahoo! News and, surprisingly, the comments seemed to understand this. The highly-rated comments all said this is insane, that it's not the guy's fault for not securing his wireless network, it's the police being crazy. I was somewhat proud of my fellow countrymen for seeing through the attempted spin.
The horrible thing, to me, is that they're trying to use it to push securing your home internet. Breaking home wireless encryption isn't that hard, and it would have made it far more difficult for him to prove his own innocence. It's a bit of a double-edged sword.
They do understand it. It's done deliberately; that consequence is intentional. It lowers the real-world value of the money we owe to people which is specified in USD.
I would be more concerned about the time when they start going the other direction. It seems like every "defensive" patent becomes offensive eventually.
Saturated fat from animals has trans-fat, too, just not nearly as much.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat#Presence_in_food
"Baking shortenings, in general, contain 30% trans fats compared to their total fats, whereas animal fats from ruminants such as butter contain up to 4%."
I'd be more likely to deputize to people who you find are more reliable (basically, trusted moderators chosen from your randomly-selected pool after reviewing their decisions). Your system assumes that most people will be reasonable. I think that is an inherently flawed assumption, including for the very situations listed above. You can't trust that only a minority will think you should remove something that is against the mainstream view.
In short, copyright infringement is illegal and wrong no matter how you try to justify it.
You're half right, at least. I would argue that the baby-dancing-to-music videos are not wrong, despite being (arguably) copyright infringement. I would also argue that ripping my DVDs, which I've legally purchased, to my computer is not wrong. Illegal and immoral do not go hand-in-hand.
What makes you think they want to be taken seriously?
They should definitely allow you to browse your instant queue, though, at a minimum. They could lay it out the same way as the Kinect Hub, which has reasonable navigation and selection ability.
I wouldn't be surprised if he weren't doing anything wrong. The ESPN3 app for Kinect doesn't let you go through the On-Demand listings of different sports, only the 8 games they suggest. They really should have added Kinect emulation of a controller to the normal apps, instead of creating new Kinect-only versions.
I, of course, intend to try this out as soon as I get home from work.
I thought they figured out it was due to the sudden pressure drop exploding their lungs? Did I hear incorrectly?