Why do people get so carried away? Why do you think this is supposed to be such a kick ass mod? I've always thought rocket arena was a very booring version of quake...
Tell me when we get there because I don't ever see it happening. The world we live in is one where breaching copyright is becoming easier, and no doubt will continue to get easier, but it is still illegal. For now... i suspect one day it will get the way of dodo
Something like Download Accelerator, it opens four streams and fetches different parts of the file: lets say a file of 40000 bytes Stream 1, takes from 1 to 10000 Stream 2, takes from 10001 to 20000 Stream 3, takes from 20001 to 30000 Stream 4, takes from 30001 to 40000 At the same time... this is much faster, but would his site consider that 1 download, or 4?
. In most other countries, you cannot trademark and/or patent something that has already been released into the public domain.
I don't believe that without further proof, sound more like jingoism to me - if someone effectively steals something and discloses it, it has not been RELEASED - and only some banana republic would rule otherwise.
Of course since the guys at slashdot probably have stocks in netscape they didn't care to run it as a major story. Gibson Research has tested them with packet sniffers: RealNetworks RealDownload, Netscape/AOL Smart Download, and NetZip Download Demon utilities all report back to their respective owners, reporting the URL of what you are downloading, a unique ID tagging your machine, and your IP number - the IP number is sent along in the package so proxies etc won't help.
And incidently we invented it, they are licensing the idea:) Anyway place everybody on a warm remote island...naturally all the women would run around in very little;-) (Hey we are not as uptight as the americans, sensuality is ok, violence is bad, not the othe way around:)
(he says, loosing the ability to moderate this thread) If MS uses "features" that aren't standard and people don't like them, don't use them. If everyone decides to use them then they become the new standard.
You sir, would probably loose a battle of wits with a stuffed iguana - "if people don't like them, don't use them" arrrrrgh! That is so imbecilic! There is a small group of people who design web pages (compared to those who read them), THEY may like these "features" and use them, FORCING me to use some damn browser that i don't want to use! And don't tell me this is progress much of it are things we could live with out, and generally Microsoft following what has been revealed to be their plan; to make the Internet proprietary MS software
I expect Diablo 2 shall be joining the ranks of dubiously deadly games fairly soon; what was a over hyper rumour in Diablo 1, a handy cheat code in Starcraft, is udder reality in Diablo 2: There IS a cow level. Once the orange menace from the nether regions have been dispatched (That's Diablo folks!), the intrepid murder can perform a simple ritual and open a gateway to pastoral level filled with... cows... (cleverly enough, Blizzard calls this "The Secret Cow Level") Freed from any legal restrictions the cowkiller to be can then KILL, MURDER, DESTROY those hansome heifers in all manner of sick ways (while they go "MOOO" with some regret), from swords, knifes, bows and arrows, sticks and bones, fire and ice, sick and twisted spells, or simply by pounding them with your fists! Think about the damage this may do to a fragile mind!
Of course they walk on their hind legs, outnumber you about 500 to 1 and all wield halberds... but that's not really the point!
What is really happening is parents rights are being taken away. Parents are loosing their right to decide what is appropriate for their own children.
Parent's don't have any rights, they have duties. The problem is, that there really aren't any rules, regulation and schooling for being a parent. Its one of the most difficult jobs on the planet, but you don't get an education - any idiot can be a parent, and most idiots are. So a government above a certain level of maturity will try to protect the young, against things they see as harmfull - of course they may be wrong or misguided, they are only humans after all - and we are a flawed lot.
Personally, I think that every child ought to be required to behead a chicken with his own hands to graduate high school. The fact that many nonvegetarians would find such a suggestion abhorrant says a lot about how screwed up and in denial this society is. Rubbish - its messy and bloody, and currently its a waste of time to learn and do, as long as others do it. Society works because all do different things. Some a chickenslayers, hurrah for them. Some eat chickens, hurrah for them. Now lets move on.
If I drew a dog peeing on a bicycle and said that it represented the downfall of common culture due to the plague of injustice within our state court systems, people would say I'm nuts.
Some would - some would not. You are generalizing...
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Why do people get so carried away? Why do you think this is supposed to be such a kick ass mod? I've always thought rocket arena was a very booring version of quake...
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This to the idiot who moderated me down
It was a funny, and as far as i know an accurate observation.
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Tell me when we get there because I don't ever see it happening. The world we live in is one where breaching copyright is becoming easier, and no doubt will continue to get easier, but it is still illegal.
For now... i suspect one day it will get the way of dodo
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Something like Download Accelerator, it opens four streams and fetches different parts of the file: lets say a file of 40000 bytes Stream 1, takes from 1 to 10000 Stream 2, takes from 10001 to 20000 Stream 3, takes from 20001 to 30000 Stream 4, takes from 30001 to 40000 At the same time... this is much faster, but would his site consider that 1 download, or 4?
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Strong words! Can you prove that?
DeCSS is my right - i want to rip all DVD movies!
Really? You must have a large harddrive! I hardly have room for my mail on mine :)
The people at deja are a bunch of fascists!
Hm...can you prove that?
Flame away and moderate away.
-Swerdloff (dot com)
Hm...Swerdloff ... isn't that a russian vodka brand?
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BTW, I have a mirror for this pic and the 17" CRT, which is beautiful and I wish is real, but I fear isn't bulbous enough to be legit.
You mean you HAD a mirror, right?
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. In most other countries, you cannot trademark and/or patent something that has already been released into the public domain.
I don't believe that without further proof, sound more like jingoism to me - if someone effectively steals something and discloses it, it has not been RELEASED - and only some banana republic would rule otherwise.
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I thought it had come, that was why slashdot ignored the fact that it has been proven Netscapes downloader loggs what you are doing?? Oh well :)
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Of course since the guys at slashdot probably have stocks in netscape they didn't care to run it as a major story. Gibson Research has tested them with packet sniffers:
RealNetworks RealDownload, Netscape/AOL Smart Download, and NetZip Download Demon utilities all report back to their respective owners, reporting the URL of what you are downloading, a unique ID tagging your machine, and your IP number - the IP number is sent along in the package so proxies etc won't help.
Have a look
http://grc.com/downloaders.htm
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And incidently we invented it, they are licensing the idea :) Anyway place everybody on a warm remote island...naturally all the women would run around in very little ;-) :)
(Hey we are not as uptight as the americans, sensuality is ok, violence is bad, not the othe way around
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(he says, loosing the ability to moderate this thread)
If MS uses "features" that aren't standard and people don't like them, don't use them. If everyone decides to use them then they become the new standard.
You sir, would probably loose a battle of wits with a stuffed iguana - "if people don't like them, don't use them" arrrrrgh! That is so imbecilic!
There is a small group of people who design web pages (compared to those who read them), THEY may like these "features" and use them, FORCING me to use some damn browser that i don't want to use! And don't tell me this is progress much of it are things we could live with out, and generally Microsoft following what has been revealed to be their plan; to make the Internet proprietary MS software
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I expect Diablo 2 shall be joining the ranks of dubiously deadly games fairly soon; what was a over hyper rumour in Diablo 1, a handy cheat code in Starcraft, is udder reality in Diablo 2: There IS a cow level.
... but that's not really the point!
Once the orange menace from the nether regions have been dispatched (That's Diablo folks!), the intrepid murder can perform a simple ritual and open a gateway to pastoral level filled with... cows... (cleverly enough, Blizzard calls this "The Secret Cow Level")
Freed from any legal restrictions the cowkiller to be can then KILL, MURDER, DESTROY those hansome heifers in all manner of sick ways (while they go "MOOO" with some regret), from swords, knifes, bows and arrows, sticks and bones, fire and ice, sick and twisted spells, or simply by pounding them with your fists!
Think about the damage this may do to a fragile mind!
Of course they walk on their hind legs, outnumber you about 500 to 1 and all wield halberds
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What is really happening is parents rights are being taken away. Parents are loosing their right to decide what is appropriate for their own children.
Parent's don't have any rights, they have duties. The problem is, that there really aren't any rules, regulation and schooling for being a parent. Its one of the most difficult jobs on the planet, but you don't get an education - any idiot can be a parent, and most idiots are. So a government above a certain level of maturity will try to protect the young, against things they see as harmfull - of course they may be wrong or misguided, they are only humans after all - and we are a flawed lot.
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Personally, I think that every child ought to be required to behead a chicken with his own hands to graduate high school. The fact that many nonvegetarians would find such a suggestion abhorrant says a lot about how screwed up and in denial this society is.
Rubbish - its messy and bloody, and currently its a waste of time to learn and do, as long as others do it. Society works because all do different things. Some a chickenslayers, hurrah for them. Some eat chickens, hurrah for them. Now lets move on.
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If I drew a dog peeing on a bicycle and said that it represented the downfall of common culture due to the plague of injustice within our state court systems, people would say I'm nuts.
Some would - some would not. You are generalizing...
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The moral of the story? Just use user@host for your fake email. Or better yet, the slicker root@localhost for an evil loopback effect.
Doesn't work - most site/programs check for a country code at the end. root@localhost.hi ?
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Or at least have faith that Slashdot will post a way to circumvent it :)
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"It's possible to do everything right,
to make no mistakes, and still Loose.
That's not Fair - that's just life"
Captain Picard, Star Trek: The Next Generation (trying to teach Data a bit about the realities of humanity)
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Seems an accurate enough translation
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So i guess, if someone asks, it would be the place to quote Worf from DS9's Trials and Tribbelations:
"It's a LONG story and we don't talk to outsiders about it"
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