I can never tell if people are being serious when claiming that p2p itself is illegal. It's sounds too stupid to be serious, but at the same time people are dragging human stupidity to new depths and probably believe such nonsense.
That link only says that creating a link feature between two handheld emulators is incredibly difficult, not that it's impossible. It also didn't mention linking a handheld to an emulator via a PC.
"Nothing is impossible. Not when you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about." - Hubert J. Farnsworth
It most certainly his call- legally, ethically, and morally.
People aren't being deprived of money with filesharing (which is not theft). The only thing being lost is the potential for money, which cannot be assumed to be real money. Musicians, especially RIAA signed ones, get most of their money from concerts, not albums.
First, the Xbox is nothing more than a PC with TV output instead of the usual VGA output and a joystick instead of a keyboard and mouse. Second, simply using the machine is not an agreement for another party to modify the software in any way without your permission.
No, sharing files is not illegal. What's illegal is sharing somebody else's files without permission. The RIAA wants people to believe that the act of filesharing itself is illegal in order to protect its outdated business model, just like how they want people to equate copyright violations with theft.
And it's the parents' responsibility to teach those kids that there is a difference between reality and fiction. Asking where the parents were doesn't concede any point that kids are impressionable, it demonstrates that parents haven't done their job.
Games, TV, and movies aren't the problem. It's the stupid parents who think that someone else, like the TV, will raise their children is the problem. A kid who has been raised properly won't need a parent hanging over them to keep them from getting "ideas".
No, you can still use the software without a EULA. The required copying for using the software falls under this thing called fair use. When you read a book, you're copying the information it contains (even if it is in a rather lossy form) and that isn't a copyright violaiton.
The problem is that most of their constituients are programmed by the media to support the same things as the lobbyists. A phenomenal number of people I try to explain these issues to adopt vacant stares due to utter boredom or think I'm some sort of unscrupulous hacker who wants to destroy everything that's good in the world.
One of the curses of being a geek is that we are aware of the problem, but aren't quite smart enough to figure out how to fix it. Just look at all of the people on Slashdot who decry the MPAA and RIAA's actions, yet still buy their stuff.
Damn it! I knew I should have kept tighter control over my mindless clone army while I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and conquer the planet.
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The entire recording industry could be put away for a few hundred years for that.
He's an extraterrestrial. All of his bizarre behavior is perfectly normal on his home planet.
Why would we want to damage what is presumably a perfectly good building when it's the meatbags inside that we need to go after?
I can never tell if people are being serious when claiming that p2p itself is illegal. It's sounds too stupid to be serious, but at the same time people are dragging human stupidity to new depths and probably believe such nonsense.
I've been stockpiling torches and pitchforks just in case an angry mob was needed. Looks like I might get a chance to use them.
Or we could just wait until 2620, when Uranus will be renamed to end that stupid joke once and for all.
"Nothing is impossible. Not when you can imagine it. That's what being a scientist is all about." - Hubert J. Farnsworth
I would, but he's claiming exclusive rights to straight lines.
People aren't being deprived of money with filesharing (which is not theft). The only thing being lost is the potential for money, which cannot be assumed to be real money. Musicians, especially RIAA signed ones, get most of their money from concerts, not albums.
Hasn't Slashdot already proven that understanding what you're talking about isn't necessary?
I have to second that. Like good parasites, worms leech off the resources of the host, but only enough to not kill it since they would die too.
But they aren't telling the truth. 1 gigabyte == 1024 megabytes, not 1000
Perhaps some sort of death clock.
First, the Xbox is nothing more than a PC with TV output instead of the usual VGA output and a joystick instead of a keyboard and mouse. Second, simply using the machine is not an agreement for another party to modify the software in any way without your permission.
The copy of the software certainly is theirs. If they don't want to patch it, that's their business, not Microsoft's.
It's more fun to experience the blissful silence of people not calling to sell things I don't need or want.
What's supposed to be disgusting about this? The advertising is only present in the download version.
No, sharing files is not illegal. What's illegal is sharing somebody else's files without permission. The RIAA wants people to believe that the act of filesharing itself is illegal in order to protect its outdated business model, just like how they want people to equate copyright violations with theft.
But I want to feed him... to a bear, or perhaps SCO employees at a company picnic.
And it's the parents' responsibility to teach those kids that there is a difference between reality and fiction. Asking where the parents were doesn't concede any point that kids are impressionable, it demonstrates that parents haven't done their job. Games, TV, and movies aren't the problem. It's the stupid parents who think that someone else, like the TV, will raise their children is the problem. A kid who has been raised properly won't need a parent hanging over them to keep them from getting "ideas".
No, you can still use the software without a EULA. The required copying for using the software falls under this thing called fair use. When you read a book, you're copying the information it contains (even if it is in a rather lossy form) and that isn't a copyright violaiton.
I thought Al Gore was a robot.
One of the curses of being a geek is that we are aware of the problem, but aren't quite smart enough to figure out how to fix it. Just look at all of the people on Slashdot who decry the MPAA and RIAA's actions, yet still buy their stuff.
Who wants some soylent burgers?
Damn it! I knew I should have kept tighter control over my mindless clone army while I was waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike and conquer the planet.