I suggest everyone reading this with a debit card transfer all of their money to my account. I do not have a debit card so it will be free from this sort of attack.
Around 30 years ago, I would buy my music on big black discs called "records". This music had the limitation of only being able to be played on compatible hardware called "record players" - the evil content providers were obvious in their attempts to screw me over with this.
I knew that if I wanted to play my music, I would need to run my one copy through my "record player". This was common sense and obvious, I would accept this limitation and purchase the media anyway.
If my records were became badly scratched or worn out, the equivalent of an mp3 being deleted - I would not say that I was entitled to new copies of the now unlistenable tracks because I had already paid for them. I knew that they would need replacing.
If my record needle or turntable broke. I knew that I would need to replace these also. I did not hound the record company for a cassette version of the album so that I could listen to the music on my alternative hardware.
At the time, none of this was called unfair. We were aware of the limitations of our purchases and accepted it.
Times have changed - the delivery method has changed. The problem I see is that what was once obvious (records go on record players) no longer is to Joe Public and Joe public now wants more - rightly or wrongly so.
I do not know the answer, but I do think that the argument of "I already paid for it" is never going to be seen as a justifiable excuse for "piracy". If we pay for content aware of its limitations physical or otherwise - We should not cry fowl when we do not agree with them. We should however not let our dollars support what our ideals do not.
went out drank too much and took a taxi home. I left my rover and intended to pick it up the next day. One day turned into three days before I finally went after and got it. But this guy wins.
Now I live in New Zealand. We are a small country with a small population. There are shows/PPVs etc that TV networks pay and FTA have no interest in ever picking up the rights to or broadcasting.
If I am unable to watch something I want to watch and am willing to pay for - but obviously not willing to relocate for, what is the harm in my downloading a show or special etc that I would otherwise have no access to?
Maybe this is the doomsday machine! This error could be the only thing stopping our existance from ending. If we shut it down in late 2011, and send a year fixing bugs then re-start it in late 2012 - OMG the Mayans were right!
I used to buy my Amiga Magazines religiously each month for the Game demos.
I specifically remember a race car game demo I had. It gave you one circuit. That was good enough for me and my friends and allowed for quick races.
Next I had a soccer game demo where the 1st goal won. Again. this was perfect for us as we were quickly able to challenge the winner. I see what Sony is trying to do. For a handful of games, the Demos are enough. .
The problem I see with this is "How do you keep it on the Cartridge?"
Which is not different to trying to keep it on a floppy, a HDD a CD, a DVD or other.
Once placed on the cart, it is nothing more than computer code that can be copied to any other medium. Even if the cart itself was a specific dongle, it would be no different to when games required a CD to work. "Virtual drives".
Now I have not been into a games store to look at this product nor do I think I will. But does it spell out on the packaging anywhere the conditions of playing this game. Is it clear enough? I think they need to introduce warnings like those on Cigarette packets. Clear and bold.
"Warning Contains DRM" Playing this game requires perpetual connection to our servers eating up your monthly data allowance and may lead to cancer.
A few Years ago, I bought a large screen TV - Rear projection. At the time, I was not worried about HD as there was no HD content available for broadcast and the BluRay HDDVD battle (I can hardly call it a war) had not begun.
It did have 1080i which I later found out was a HD spec. Cool I thought. I am ready for when this starts happening.
Then a few months later, I hear very little about 1080i and lots about this 1080p stuff. Then start to hear I hear HDMI input. This monster box has coxial, Svideo, component and composite.
So in theory, I have a nice large screen television that is HD capable, but no way of utilising this function.
Thank you Panasonic.
Just last year I bought myself a bigger, Plasma screen - This time 1080p with many HDMI inputs and I have been enjoying HD -
However, Damned if I am going to buy - yet another - high end Television (there is no way I am going smaller) in the next few years only to be obsoleted so quickly.
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I thought they did. My last install of ubuntu I am sure excluded it.
OKay - so its a Tablet PC. But still used as a tablet. (I do all my ebook reading on it)
I use a Gigabyte Touchnote T1028 http://gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3190#kf and the first thing I did when I got it is replace the OS with Ububtu (netbook remix).Works great
If only amiga was able to make their OS more wide-spread and accepted... Sigh.
But doesn't this break the three laws?
Colour...
Yank!
Hulk Smash
I suggest everyone reading this with a debit card transfer all of their money to my account. I do not have a debit card so it will be free from this sort of attack.
Ev-ly wons a little bit lasist
Around 30 years ago, I would buy my music on big black discs called "records". This music had the limitation of only being able to be played on compatible hardware called "record players" - the evil content providers were obvious in their attempts to screw me over with this.
I knew that if I wanted to play my music, I would need to run my one copy through my "record player". This was common sense and obvious, I would accept this limitation and purchase the media anyway.
If my records were became badly scratched or worn out, the equivalent of an mp3 being deleted - I would not say that I was entitled to new copies of the now unlistenable tracks because I had already paid for them. I knew that they would need replacing.
If my record needle or turntable broke. I knew that I would need to replace these also. I did not hound the record company for a cassette version of the album so that I could listen to the music on my alternative hardware.
At the time, none of this was called unfair. We were aware of the limitations of our purchases and accepted it.
Times have changed - the delivery method has changed. The problem I see is that what was once obvious (records go on record players) no longer is to Joe Public and Joe public now wants more - rightly or wrongly so.
I do not know the answer, but I do think that the argument of "I already paid for it" is never going to be seen as a justifiable excuse for "piracy". If we pay for content aware of its limitations physical or otherwise - We should not cry fowl when we do not agree with them. We should however not let our dollars support what our ideals do not.
I would love to be able to say/do that. ..
went out drank too much and took a taxi home. I left my rover and intended to pick it up the next day. One day turned into three days before I finally went after and got it. But this guy wins.
Now I live in New Zealand. We are a small country with a small population. There are shows/PPVs etc that TV networks pay and FTA have no interest in ever picking up the rights to or broadcasting. If I am unable to watch something I want to watch and am willing to pay for - but obviously not willing to relocate for, what is the harm in my downloading a show or special etc that I would otherwise have no access to?
and we only just got plumbing installed you insensitive clod!
My Phone always sits on my desk not moving much at all.
Maybe this is the doomsday machine! This error could be the only thing stopping our existance from ending. If we shut it down in late 2011, and send a year fixing bugs then re-start it in late 2012 - OMG the Mayans were right!
I used to buy my Amiga Magazines religiously each month for the Game demos.
I specifically remember a race car game demo I had. It gave you one circuit. That was good enough for me and my friends and allowed for quick races.
Next I had a soccer game demo where the 1st goal won. Again. this was perfect for us as we were quickly able to challenge the winner. I see what Sony is trying to do. For a handful of games, the Demos are enough. .
The problem I see with this is "How do you keep it on the Cartridge?"
Which is not different to trying to keep it on a floppy, a HDD a CD, a DVD or other.
Once placed on the cart, it is nothing more than computer code that can be copied to any other medium. Even if the cart itself was a specific dongle, it would be no different to when games required a CD to work. "Virtual drives".
Good thinking though.
Now I have not been into a games store to look at this product nor do I think I will. But does it spell out on the packaging anywhere the conditions of playing this game. Is it clear enough? I think they need to introduce warnings like those on Cigarette packets. Clear and bold.
"Warning Contains DRM" Playing this game requires perpetual connection to our servers eating up your monthly data allowance and may lead to cancer.
But there are many companies/technologies that have been around or been developed in my lifetime that I am wary/suspicious of.
Google, MicroSoft, Apple, DRM, I should own, Social Networking.
Maybe my life would be different if I was not a /. lurker.
Is that weight at the time of purchase or weight at the time of boarding..
A few Years ago, I bought a large screen TV - Rear projection. At the time, I was not worried about HD as there was no HD content available for broadcast and the BluRay HDDVD battle (I can hardly call it a war) had not begun. It did have 1080i which I later found out was a HD spec. Cool I thought. I am ready for when this starts happening. Then a few months later, I hear very little about 1080i and lots about this 1080p stuff. Then start to hear I hear HDMI input. This monster box has coxial, Svideo, component and composite. So in theory, I have a nice large screen television that is HD capable, but no way of utilising this function. Thank you Panasonic. Just last year I bought myself a bigger, Plasma screen - This time 1080p with many HDMI inputs and I have been enjoying HD - However, Damned if I am going to buy - yet another - high end Television (there is no way I am going smaller) in the next few years only to be obsoleted so quickly.
I use OO and never send anything other than PDFs which it handles quite well
One day I will have an original idea! (maybe)
I was not specifically talking about her situation and her losing income. This is slashdot goddammit! I barely read the synopsis and def didn't RTFA.
What I wrote was fantasy - not necessarilly practical but if feasable, I would love to be able live by such a system.