Exactly. It'll be interesting to see how they defend their very name in the context of legitimate versus illegitimate content.
I mean, come on, they're called Pirate Bay. Rather than cleaning up their content, they've instead elected to move their operation a couple times in efforts to find countries with weaker IP laws.
In what universe can this organization be thoughtfully compared to the likes of Google or eBay without stretching the limits of reason?
What I'd love an economist-person to explain is to what degree the following graphs should terrify my children, and their children, and their children's children.
These graphs show the Monetary Base over time, which is to say the amount of real money (US dollars) that exists. Take special note of the last year or so, into which was born the concept of 700bn bailouts and 900bn stimulus packages.
Seems to me you don't have to convince the third-world countries themselves, but rather the organizations that are working to provide them "free" laptops.
And we're all waiting for the first court case where the claim will be used that the legally downloaded music from an illegal site became legal once it was put on such a taxed disk.
The tax on blank media is intended to cover copyright entitlements for legally purchased materials copied onto alternate media. More info here:
T2FA states: The files that the numbers were located in are marked with a warning saying the release of its contents is "prohibited by federal law".
How enforceable is this? Might he actually be liable for releasing the information to news agencies? Is it any different than accidentally being copied on an e-mail stating that it's a crime to release the contents of the e-mail if you're not the intended recipient?
According to Gong, when Srizbi bots were unable to connect with the command-and-control servers hosted by McColo, they tried to connect with new servers via domains that were generated on the fly by an internal algorithm. FireEye reverse-engineered Srizbi, rooted out that algorithm and used it to predict, then preemptively register, several hundred of the possible routing domains.
"We have registered a couple hundred domains," Gong said, "but we made the decision that we cannot afford to spend so much money to keep registering so many [domain] names."
Once FireEye stopped preempting Srizbi's makers, the latter swooped in and registered the five domains in the next cycle.
I would have donated to this cause, as I imagine would have many others. It's a shame that we're finding out about it just now.
If you take anything away from this thread, it should be that consumer boycotts seem to work.
DIVX was the reason a bunch of my friends and I stopped shopping at Circuit City. When DIVX died, I had already altered my shopping habits and never had any reason to go back.
Evidently I've missed a lot of excitement and a slew of additional reasons folks have stopped shopping there.
In a nutshell, this is an attempt to combat the "welfare epic" problem where a few weeks spent losing battlegrounds "earns" you a full set of high-end gear. Anyone who's spent any time trying to actually enjoy the PvP aspect of WoW will tell you how much they hate the "AFK'ers" and "let them win" whiners who have figured out that honor and tokens come faster by losing games than by attempting to win them, and to hell with everyone else.
I want to scream every time I see someone in (low-end) green gear and several pieces of (high-end) epic PvP gear queueing for battlegrounds. In what universe does it make sense to ruin everyone else's enjoyment of PvP because you're too damn lazy to run the dungeons and/or grind the reputation to get decent enough gear to be useful in a battleground?
Forcing people to do arenas in order to purchase PvP gear means that purchases must be spread out (only so many arena points can be earned each week, versus battleground honor points which have no weekly limit). Plus, if you suck at arenas then you get fewer points. People who want to gear quickly will be forced to seek it from other aspects of the game.
just because you stick your apple colored nose up in the air doesnt mean it will be ported
I use a Mac because I like it better than Windows or Linux. It's a personal preference, and I'm blessed with a job where I get a choice in the matter.
If they want my business, they'll port it to Mac. If not, I'll continue to send my $15/month to Blizzard. It doesn't always have to be about snobs.
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But... 10 is better than five. I just don't see how you don't Get It.
I've heard that next month they're releasing one that goes to 11.
My biggest complaint about the iPhone is that you have to crack it to do certain things, like copy over ringtones.
I've used iToner for over a year now and it continues to work flawlessly.
Exactly. It'll be interesting to see how they defend their very name in the context of legitimate versus illegitimate content.
I mean, come on, they're called Pirate Bay. Rather than cleaning up their content, they've instead elected to move their operation a couple times in efforts to find countries with weaker IP laws.
In what universe can this organization be thoughtfully compared to the likes of Google or eBay without stretching the limits of reason?
What I'd love an economist-person to explain is to what degree the following graphs should terrify my children, and their children, and their children's children.
These graphs show the Monetary Base over time, which is to say the amount of real money (US dollars) that exists. Take special note of the last year or so, into which was born the concept of 700bn bailouts and 900bn stimulus packages.
Monetary Base
Seems to me you don't have to convince the third-world countries themselves, but rather the organizations that are working to provide them "free" laptops.
...what that "quick hand-gesture" might be?
... and whether Apple now has a patent on it.
And we're all waiting for the first court case where the claim will be used that the legally downloaded music from an illegal site became legal once it was put on such a taxed disk.
The tax on blank media is intended to cover copyright entitlements for legally purchased materials copied onto alternate media. More info here:
Questions on Fairness (Private Copying Levy)
T2FA states: The files that the numbers were located in are marked with a warning saying the release of its contents is "prohibited by federal law".
How enforceable is this? Might he actually be liable for releasing the information to news agencies? Is it any different than accidentally being copied on an e-mail stating that it's a crime to release the contents of the e-mail if you're not the intended recipient?
Are any of those disclaimers enforceable anyway?
According to Gong, when Srizbi bots were unable to connect with the command-and-control servers hosted by McColo, they tried to connect with new servers via domains that were generated on the fly by an internal algorithm. FireEye reverse-engineered Srizbi, rooted out that algorithm and used it to predict, then preemptively register, several hundred of the possible routing domains.
"We have registered a couple hundred domains," Gong said, "but we made the decision that we cannot afford to spend so much money to keep registering so many [domain] names."
Once FireEye stopped preempting Srizbi's makers, the latter swooped in and registered the five domains in the next cycle.
I would have donated to this cause, as I imagine would have many others. It's a shame that we're finding out about it just now.
If you take anything away from this thread, it should be that consumer boycotts seem to work.
DIVX was the reason a bunch of my friends and I stopped shopping at Circuit City. When DIVX died, I had already altered my shopping habits and never had any reason to go back.
Evidently I've missed a lot of excitement and a slew of additional reasons folks have stopped shopping there.
We voted with the almighty buck.
new customers have low, volatile expected lifetime values
I guess dating is more dangerous now than it used to be.
There is an interesting blue post explaining the new arena point costs associated with all PvP gear:
PvP Itemization, Battlegrounds, Blue posts
In a nutshell, this is an attempt to combat the "welfare epic" problem where a few weeks spent losing battlegrounds "earns" you a full set of high-end gear. Anyone who's spent any time trying to actually enjoy the PvP aspect of WoW will tell you how much they hate the "AFK'ers" and "let them win" whiners who have figured out that honor and tokens come faster by losing games than by attempting to win them, and to hell with everyone else.
I want to scream every time I see someone in (low-end) green gear and several pieces of (high-end) epic PvP gear queueing for battlegrounds. In what universe does it make sense to ruin everyone else's enjoyment of PvP because you're too damn lazy to run the dungeons and/or grind the reputation to get decent enough gear to be useful in a battleground?
Forcing people to do arenas in order to purchase PvP gear means that purchases must be spread out (only so many arena points can be earned each week, versus battleground honor points which have no weekly limit). Plus, if you suck at arenas then you get fewer points. People who want to gear quickly will be forced to seek it from other aspects of the game.
Wonder how long it will take until we progress from cowbot to Lobot.
[If] i had a real robot ( no i dont mean biped humanoid ) that would be able to play for me using a mouse, screen and a keyboard ..
This is what children are for.
"Suzy, it's your night to do the dishes. Johnny, gather and take out the trash. Joey, we need four primal fires."
just because you stick your apple colored nose up in the air doesnt mean it will be ported
I use a Mac because I like it better than Windows or Linux. It's a personal preference, and I'm blessed with a job where I get a choice in the matter. If they want my business, they'll port it to Mac. If not, I'll continue to send my $15/month to Blizzard. It doesn't always have to be about snobs.