"Doctrine of first sale still applies to other properties that can be purchased and re-sold, despite the fact that authors make no money off sales of used books, nor Ford off sales of used cars and trucks."
It's a little like a bubble sort were the money moves one way and the goods moves the other way.
"For the minimal ammount of effort required on the studio's part, if even one person clicks on an ad..."
Spam works on a similar model and we all can see how well that works. "If only the other guy would..."
"...the studio has turned a profit for their endevor. The movie is already (if it's one that anyone wants to see) paid off by ticket sales and DVD sales."
However you're forgetting the slash "new and improved" business "I don't want you to make any money" model. Everything will be available via a broadband connection and there will no longer be DVDs or movie theaters to recoup costs.
"I can already download movies uncut and commercial free from the Pirate Bay and other torrent sites."
Which is all the more reason to keep it locked in the vault. Yes I'll spare you the lecture but threatening people with their worst nightmares isn't going to get you all what you want.
"So, unless this service gives me full screen movies, uncut and commercial free, despite my not living in the US, chances are I'll not be using it."
Baby steps oh desperate one. They still have to get one working in the US first. Then we can conquer the world with American film culture.
"This information would be held over for 'possible future criminal investigations', but would be gathered without a warrant, probable cause, or without the citizen being suspected of a crime. "
Remember people the "world" isn't "the US". Warrants, probable cause, and presumption of innocence aren't universal.
Shame you're sitting unseen. There are foot controls for the simple stuff he's asking for. Now if he wants to do something more complex then the voice option is the viable one.
"Don't know about "useful", but my younger daughter likes the Magic School Bus games which are from the Windows 3.1 era. They don't run under wine, since they have wierd attitudes towards video hardware (they fail in different ways, some install but screw up on running, others don't install). "
Have you considered what someone suggested further down the page? Running Win 3.1 in Dosbox. It will at least eliminate the dualboot part. You may even be able to stick the whole mess onto a USB pendrive.
"Now, you could replace it all with new equipment (over $100k), or spend a lot of time fooling around with circuit cards, analog-to-digital converters, oscilloscopes, and write some complex software to control it all from a modern pc, or just run windows 3.1."
Right idea but if he's using sat links? Then that tells me that phone lines may not be an option. Now shortwave or some other form of wireless however...
Now for the OP I'd recommend asking himself what exactly needs to go over the link and what can stay local? Power up/down and reboot can stay local. Service start/stop? That depends.
"An EU document on the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty was leaked. The main purpose of the trade agreement is to impose the European enforcement measures for IPR infringements on the US and emerging economies, widen the enforcement measures to include criminal sanctions for patent infringements, and introduce internet content filtering measures."
I'm sorry you all have it backwards. Bad things are suppose to flow into other countries. Not the other way around.
"Steganography is the art of hiding a message in such a way that only the sender and receiver realize it is there. (By contrast, cryptography disguises the content of a message but makes no attempt to hide it.) "
There's a secret message in this post. Can anyone find it?
"Don't whine that you bought an unlimited connection for $30/month and you should get to use it without penalty. I do agree connections should never have been sold as unlimited (indeed this addresses that very point) but you're an idiot if you think current networks to the home in the US can deliver that sort of bandwidth at that sort of cost."
Actually I've been saying a lot are idiots on the grounds they don't understand economics or physics. both need to be understood in order to realize why there isn't going to be an "unlimited" (at least as they define it*) connection at a price they're willing to pay and the population they wish to see (universal broadband). In other words the present setup, or the alternative which is fewer people have higher cost broadband. Company may make less money, but you (generic YOU) may be turned down for getting broadband.
*To the guy who said "unlimited" isn't an ambiguous term. It is if you don't place it in a context.
"Joystiq's Law of the Game column uses the recently released LittleBigPlanet to address the question of intellectual property rights for user-created content within and for games"
Ummm. Hasn't a slashjudge already ruled that content, regardless of source belongs to the public (that includes Sony) as part of their "culture"?
"Perhaps a language which changes so drastically and so quickly should be avoided. Especially when that company is Microsoft, and especially when that stands a major chance of ruining all of your previous hard work."
You know I just had to reply to such a curious complaint. FOSS is not only subject to change, but more so due to it's open nature and "defacto" leadership. And no one complains about all the changes required when some code you're depending on changes, or your existing assumptions don't work as well as you thought.
"What on earth are you harping on about man? I didn't even bring up a 4 letter organisation or the size of the organisation - just the law as it exists and the fact that publishers (without reference to size) choose to support and promote draconian, unreasonable, harsh, oppresive laws that don't address the fact that the content is awful and THAT is why no one buys it."
Amazing how something so AWFUL gets so many downloads on internet sites.
"More hypocrisy. When's the last time you got involved? Let's ignore the fact that the barriers for individuals changing things are so large few ever make change, and those that do must dedicate their life to it....oh and don't consume and the "lost sales" (projected by someone who has lost touch with reality) get blamed on piracy."
Really? Keeping your own money in your pocket is a barrier? Having the will to resist the temptation to consume content is a barrier? Picking alternatives is a barrier? Letting everyone know (including whom you're boycotting) is a barrier? Taking the legal angle might be a barrier, but you haven't even started on the previous ones to get to that point. And as for your "but individual's can't make a difference". Someone needs to tell Stallman and the whole FOSS crew that. Love them or hate them. One can at least respect them for not believing that the individual was powerless against the establishment. Make note as well they didn't have to compromise their ethics to do so. That's a lesson the whole piracy crowd could learn.
"Thanks to wireless window and door sensors and motion detectors, installing and maintaining one's own security system is becoming a do-it-yourself project, with kits available from companies like InGrid and LaserShield. "
"It will be interesting to see how Cogent responds."
"When the internet senses damage it routes around it." Oh wait!
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"Why not just play laser game? Seems like much more fun and "creative.""
Can I have that in a home version?
"I'm all for working out but cardio exercise in general is fucking boring. Coupled with an FPS it probably get more fun if it works decent but I doubt it can beat reality."
The Chinese version however has you shooting peasants as you pedal along.
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"Doctrine of first sale still applies to other properties that can be purchased and re-sold, despite the fact that authors make no money off sales of used books, nor Ford off sales of used cars and trucks."
It's a little like a bubble sort were the money moves one way and the goods moves the other way.
Or has the final seasons already been filmed?
Well they have to pay for those upcoming episodes somehow.
"For the minimal ammount of effort required on the studio's part, if even one person clicks on an ad..."
Spam works on a similar model and we all can see how well that works. "If only the other guy would..."
"...the studio has turned a profit for their endevor. The movie is already (if it's one that anyone wants to see) paid off by ticket sales and DVD sales."
However you're forgetting the slash "new and improved" business "I don't want you to make any money" model. Everything will be available via a broadband connection and there will no longer be DVDs or movie theaters to recoup costs.
"I can already download movies uncut and commercial free from the Pirate Bay and other torrent sites."
Which is all the more reason to keep it locked in the vault. Yes I'll spare you the lecture but threatening people with their worst nightmares isn't going to get you all what you want.
"So, unless this service gives me full screen movies, uncut and commercial free, despite my not living in the US, chances are I'll not be using it."
Baby steps oh desperate one. They still have to get one working in the US first. Then we can conquer the world with American film culture.
I don't see it as a given that "quality := large amounts of bandwith".
"As anyone knows if it is a company asset the user will not take as much care of it as they would something they had to pay for. "
Kind of hard to let roll-over damage get by though. :)
"This information would be held over for 'possible future criminal investigations', but would be gathered without a warrant, probable cause, or without the citizen being suspected of a crime. "
Remember people the "world" isn't "the US". Warrants, probable cause, and presumption of innocence aren't universal.
Shame you're sitting unseen. There are foot controls for the simple stuff he's asking for. Now if he wants to do something more complex then the voice option is the viable one.
2237 posts and counting. A sight rarely seen here and is a testimony to the previous failures and people's hope for the next four years.
"Don't know about "useful", but my younger daughter likes the Magic School Bus games which are from the Windows 3.1 era. They don't run under wine, since they have wierd attitudes towards video hardware (they fail in different ways, some install but screw up on running, others don't install). "
Have you considered what someone suggested further down the page? Running Win 3.1 in Dosbox. It will at least eliminate the dualboot part. You may even be able to stick the whole mess onto a USB pendrive.
"Now, you could replace it all with new equipment (over $100k), or spend a lot of time fooling around with circuit cards, analog-to-digital converters, oscilloscopes, and write some complex software to control it all from a modern pc, or just run windows 3.1."
Oh a challenge. I like it! Details.
Right idea but if he's using sat links? Then that tells me that phone lines may not be an option. Now shortwave or some other form of wireless however...
Now for the OP I'd recommend asking himself what exactly needs to go over the link and what can stay local? Power up/down and reboot can stay local. Service start/stop? That depends.
"An EU document on the Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty was leaked. The main purpose of the trade agreement is to impose the European enforcement measures for IPR infringements on the US and emerging economies, widen the enforcement measures to include criminal sanctions for patent infringements, and introduce internet content filtering measures."
I'm sorry you all have it backwards. Bad things are suppose to flow into other countries. Not the other way around.
"Steganography is the art of hiding a message in such a way that only the sender and receiver realize it is there. (By contrast, cryptography disguises the content of a message but makes no attempt to hide it.) "
There's a secret message in this post. Can anyone find it?
Went fine and no I'm not telling.
Anyway regardless of whom we get in, I'm more concerned for the after.
"Don't whine that you bought an unlimited connection for $30/month and you should get to use it without penalty. I do agree connections should never have been sold as unlimited (indeed this addresses that very point) but you're an idiot if you think current networks to the home in the US can deliver that sort of bandwidth at that sort of cost."
Actually I've been saying a lot are idiots on the grounds they don't understand economics or physics. both need to be understood in order to realize why there isn't going to be an "unlimited" (at least as they define it*) connection at a price they're willing to pay and the population they wish to see (universal broadband). In other words the present setup, or the alternative which is fewer people have higher cost broadband. Company may make less money, but you (generic YOU) may be turned down for getting broadband.
*To the guy who said "unlimited" isn't an ambiguous term. It is if you don't place it in a context.
"Joystiq's Law of the Game column uses the recently released LittleBigPlanet to address the question of intellectual property rights for user-created content within and for games"
Ummm. Hasn't a slashjudge already ruled that content, regardless of source belongs to the public (that includes Sony) as part of their "culture"?
"Perhaps a language which changes so drastically and so quickly should be avoided. Especially when that company is Microsoft, and especially when that stands a major chance of ruining all of your previous hard work."
You know I just had to reply to such a curious complaint. FOSS is not only subject to change, but more so due to it's open nature and "defacto" leadership. And no one complains about all the changes required when some code you're depending on changes, or your existing assumptions don't work as well as you thought.
Actually it's Pooh-gramming. A child-like state all programmers try to enter into.
I know you're joking but in case anyone takes you seriously. That's actually illegal.
"You would think that this would be easier to find."
A stream of data is a stream of data especially in a Unix OS. The rest is simple encoding/decoding and timing.
"What on earth are you harping on about man? I didn't even bring up a 4 letter organisation or the size of the organisation - just the law as it exists and the fact that publishers (without reference to size) choose to support and promote draconian, unreasonable, harsh, oppresive laws that don't address the fact that the content is awful and THAT is why no one buys it."
Amazing how something so AWFUL gets so many downloads on internet sites.
"More hypocrisy. When's the last time you got involved? Let's ignore the fact that the barriers for individuals changing things are so large few ever make change, and those that do must dedicate their life to it....oh and don't consume and the "lost sales" (projected by someone who has lost touch with reality) get blamed on piracy."
Really? Keeping your own money in your pocket is a barrier? Having the will to resist the temptation to consume content is a barrier? Picking alternatives is a barrier? Letting everyone know (including whom you're boycotting) is a barrier? Taking the legal angle might be a barrier, but you haven't even started on the previous ones to get to that point. And as for your "but individual's can't make a difference". Someone needs to tell Stallman and the whole FOSS crew that. Love them or hate them. One can at least respect them for not believing that the individual was powerless against the establishment. Make note as well they didn't have to compromise their ethics to do so. That's a lesson the whole piracy crowd could learn.
"Thanks to wireless window and door sensors and motion detectors, installing and maintaining one's own security system is becoming a do-it-yourself project, with kits available from companies like InGrid and LaserShield. "
Does any of them come with a portal turret?
"It will be interesting to see how Cogent responds."
"When the internet senses damage it routes around it." Oh wait!
"Why not just play laser game? Seems like much more fun and "creative.""
Can I have that in a home version?
"I'm all for working out but cardio exercise in general is fucking boring. Coupled with an FPS it probably get more fun if it works decent but I doubt it can beat reality."
The Chinese version however has you shooting peasants as you pedal along.