Well, no it's not. As much as we may like to stretch the analogy stick, we're talking about damage to data, not crippling humans.
It's a big difference, both in reality and in the eyes of the law. Overwrought analogies do nothing to help anyones cause.
It is, however, like exchanging books in libraries for "fake" books that only contain random letters, because some kids are hiding exam-answers encoded in the words.
Presumably because.com domains are not and have never been the exclusive domain of those within the US. It's far from being a reliable method of ensuring that the people downloading are not located in the states - this is the net after all - geography is invisible.
So a warning does the job as well as anything else will. It's not a "statement AGAINST copyright" it's a statement ABOUT copyright. Ie, a fact, not an editorial.
Like, those ones that almost every games company releases? That end up on magazine cover disks every month?
Besides, the "casual player behind dial up" isn't downloading ISOs - they're the ones who buy retail.
And further, just because you haven't tested it doesn't give you some "right" to pirate. If you want to pirate games, go for it. Knock yourself out. Just don't try and justify it with the "I was only trying it out" claptrap.
They called it "Quaoar"? You can't even pronounce it! Here I was hoping they'd have the decencey to name the planet out past Pluto as it should be named.
In exactly the same way that you claim a videogame is, by definition a "degenerate imitation" - so is a textbook.
I'm not claiming that there are any videogames that are textbooks. I am claiming that there should be, could be and one day, most probably one day soon, will be.
I find it hard to believe that no-one in this thread has referenced Henry Jenkins and his games to teach project.
And let me add another but
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"The Habeas system ensures that important mail gets through, she said. For example, anti-spam technology has been known to block bulk e-mail that people want, such as domain name expiration notices from Web address registrars, she added.
Individuals and Internet service providers can license and use the mark for free, while businesses and bulk e-mail companies will pay to use it."
That's right. They plan to sell their mark to bulk emailers so that they can 'legitimately' spam you. Explain again why this is any good to anyone under any circumstances? Oh, that's right - it's not.
This has already been done, in a sense by 253 - an novel and website by Geoff Ryman.
The wonder of Rymans novel is the intertwined stories of normal life that unfold as you read (or browse) - well worth a look for anyone interested in this kind of thing
Small caveat - when you say "by making such an advanced and neat-o engine (if it is all it is hyped to be), ID is improving the quality of ALL FPS games." that's not actually true. ID is improving the GRAPHICAL quality of all FPS games.
Not to mention a bunch of funky card games - some that regularly pop up at our game nights (a geek must!)
* Flux
A game which starts with only one rule - draw one card and play one card each turn. How do you win? That remains to be determined... each card played changes the rules as you go, making for a quite enjoyable run of meta-gaming. Good for game theory geeks.
* Falling
You're all falling toward the ground, and the aim is to be the last to hit. Not much of a goal, but it was all you could think of on the way down... fast paced (real time card game - think snap on PCP) and frentic, and a lot of fun.
* Settlers of Catan
The two player card game version of the board game (which is just fantastic - buy it buy it buy it) - a lot of fun, almost civilisation in cards, and a mean cut throat devil dealing war between the two players....
At least in a sense... I'd call the ability to pop a refresh statement in the guestbook a bug, at least. Easily shored up mind you, and hardly a feature that will bring the system down - but certainly handy for rendering the guestbook useless.
It's not the kind of thing I'd say they had in mind - but hey, it's a nice bit of lateral thinking, at least - and the rules do say 'change something you shouldn't be able to'...
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Well, no it's not. As much as we may like to stretch the analogy stick, we're talking about damage to data, not crippling humans.
It's a big difference, both in reality and in the eyes of the law. Overwrought analogies do nothing to help anyones cause.
It is, however, like exchanging books in libraries for "fake" books that only contain random letters, because some kids are hiding exam-answers encoded in the words.
Presumably because .com domains are not and have never been the exclusive domain of those within the US. It's far from being a reliable method of ensuring that the people downloading are not located in the states - this is the net after all - geography is invisible.
So a warning does the job as well as anything else will. It's not a "statement AGAINST copyright" it's a statement ABOUT copyright. Ie, a fact, not an editorial.
Er, Demos?
Like, those ones that almost every games company releases? That end up on magazine cover disks every month?
Besides, the "casual player behind dial up" isn't downloading ISOs - they're the ones who buy retail.
And further, just because you haven't tested it doesn't give you some "right" to pirate. If you want to pirate games, go for it. Knock yourself out. Just don't try and justify it with the "I was only trying it out" claptrap.
Yes, it was - but Goofey was funnier in context...
To anyone wondering what the heck we're talking about - go check out Schrodingers Cat by Robert Anton Wilson.
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They called it "Quaoar"? You can't even pronounce it! Here I was hoping they'd have the decencey to name the planet out past Pluto as it should be named.
Goofy.
In exactly the same way that you claim a videogame is, by definition a "degenerate imitation" - so is a textbook.
I'm not claiming that there are any videogames that are textbooks. I am claiming that there should be, could be and one day, most probably one day soon, will be.
I find it hard to believe that no-one in this thread has referenced Henry Jenkins and his games to teach project.
"The Habeas system ensures that important mail gets through, she said. For example, anti-spam technology has been known to block bulk e-mail that people want, such as domain name expiration notices from Web address registrars, she added.
Individuals and Internet service providers can license and use the mark for free, while businesses and bulk e-mail companies will pay to use it."
That's right. They plan to sell their mark to bulk emailers so that they can 'legitimately' spam you. Explain again why this is any good to anyone under any circumstances? Oh, that's right - it's not.
This has already been done, in a sense by 253 - an novel and website by Geoff Ryman.
The wonder of Rymans novel is the intertwined stories of normal life that unfold as you read (or browse) - well worth a look for anyone interested in this kind of thing
Small caveat - when you say "by making such an advanced and neat-o engine (if it is all it is hyped to be), ID is improving the quality of ALL FPS games." that's not actually true. ID is improving the GRAPHICAL quality of all FPS games.
Big difference.
Not to mention a bunch of funky card games - some that regularly pop up at our game nights (a geek must!)
* Flux
A game which starts with only one rule - draw one card and play one card each turn. How do you win? That remains to be determined... each card played changes the rules as you go, making for a quite enjoyable run of meta-gaming. Good for game theory geeks.
* Falling
You're all falling toward the ground, and the aim is to be the last to hit. Not much of a goal, but it was all you could think of on the way down... fast paced (real time card game - think snap on PCP) and frentic, and a lot of fun.
* Settlers of Catan
The two player card game version of the board game (which is just fantastic - buy it buy it buy it) - a lot of fun, almost civilisation in cards, and a mean cut throat devil dealing war between the two players....
At least in a sense ... I'd call the ability to pop a refresh statement in the guestbook a bug, at least. Easily shored up mind you, and hardly a feature that will bring the system down - but certainly handy for rendering the guestbook useless.
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It's not the kind of thing I'd say they had in mind - but hey, it's a nice bit of lateral thinking, at least - and the rules do say 'change something you shouldn't be able to'