So, the court has found the program can only be used for something illegal, and the company should not be allowed to sell it - but you are fine with they should be able to give it away to others who can then do illegal things with it.
Bit like they arrest a dope dealer then he should be allowed to give his stash away to someone else.
"I have zero problem with Blizzard banning me/terminating my account/flagging my CD-Key as invalid if I'm caught violating their rules. Should it be *ILLEGAL* to break the rules Blizzard makes up for their virtual world? HELL NO."
Good that didn't happen then. Blizzard went to court and said "This company are breaking these real world laws" and the court said "Yep, you are right they are. And now we'll tell them to stop - or else."
"That's like me making a web forum and telling everyone it's against the rules to post images...then taking to court anyone who writes an HTML book that includes the IMG tag. My rules that I've arbitrarily decided are NOT the law."
Which is of course nothing like it. That's the problem with inventing all kinds of fake comparatives.
Essentially they said "Since the court has found that this program only has criminal uses, could you please write a note which says that it will also be illegal if other people start using it or compile the source"
So you like the layout, if there is one there is bound to be more.
I detest it looks bad (perhaps because i need bigger font that the 2 point ones they want you to use), and i don't think its easy to read that in the least, i want one column, not more - the more are just visual noise to me - might as well be advertising.
"Yeah, thanks for maintaining old biases. I'm sure the Aussies get as much grief, but really let's keep that kind of borderline racist attitude off the table and stick to the intellectual and geeky stuff"
Even if we overlook that "race" is a cultural concept not a scientific one, Australians are hardly a race, but even if - grow the hell up. It's a harmless joke (or rather, attempt at one) - there is enough tightassednes in the world, that's part of the problem more than bad jokes.
Of course it is the Google arrogance ("We won't implement folders in gmail because our system is better than what you want"): We will give you a columns and you will like it because we have decided it is better.
Screw them. No it isn't. Sure if you're a kid with perfect vision and 2 point font size perhaps it is, but i need bigger fonts to read the damn thing (AND the idiots abuse stylesheets to use absolute fonts, as opposed to google who at least got the search engine right) - 3 or even 2 columns does not in anyway make it easier for me to read, the other columns are distractions in the view - with their pictures and stuff they feel more like advertising than search results.
And that name is not cool its crap - most wont know how to pronounce it and forget how to spell it - google at least is pronounceable and easy to spell.
I'm annoyed by this. I feel offended by it's presence *g*
Ok, I feel i have said enough about this - I don't really feel inclined to try and research answers to you 50 "what if's". The court decided, based on prior American law, that in America at least - you don't buy it, you don't own it, you, you pay for a license to use it under certain rules.
This is likely to be case in most western countries since they all agree to the same notion of copyright.
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So, the court has found the program can only be used for something illegal, and the company should not be allowed to sell it - but you are fine with they should be able to give it away to others who can then do illegal things with it.
Bit like they arrest a dope dealer then he should be allowed to give his stash away to someone else.
"I have zero problem with Blizzard banning me/terminating my account/flagging my CD-Key as invalid if I'm caught violating their rules. Should it be *ILLEGAL* to break the rules Blizzard makes up for their virtual world? HELL NO."
Good that didn't happen then. Blizzard went to court and said "This company are breaking these real world laws" and the court said "Yep, you are right they are. And now we'll tell them to stop - or else."
"That's like me making a web forum and telling everyone it's against the rules to post images...then taking to court anyone who writes an HTML book that includes the IMG tag. My rules that I've arbitrarily decided are NOT the law."
Which is of course nothing like it. That's the problem with inventing all kinds of fake comparatives.
Essentially they said "Since the court has found that this program only has criminal uses, could you please write a note which says that it will also be illegal if other people start using it or compile the source"
Which is of course deeply immoral.
Now all i need is a life.
"If I had a website that offered full MS Office functionality and compatibility for $10/month"
I would run like hell!
"Just because it's commonplace does not make it acceptable. "
Just because you are intolerant doesn't make it not acceptable.
"That makes no excuse for bigotry, nor does it allow for discrimination."
It's neither, and close minded people who say its are part of the problem.
Its probably people like you who are the biggest killers on the planet - uptight people who get offended where they shouldn't.
http://www.google.com/search?q=cuil+pronunciation
So you like the layout, if there is one there is bound to be more.
I detest it looks bad (perhaps because i need bigger font that the 2 point ones they want you to use), and i don't think its easy to read that in the least, i want one column, not more - the more are just visual noise to me - might as well be advertising.
"Why the hostility in your post? I get the feeling that you have some kind of personal tie to Google. Maybe you work there?"
Or maybe he is just easily annoyed by idiots? (Like me)
"Yeah, thanks for maintaining old biases. I'm sure the Aussies get as much grief, but really let's keep that kind of borderline racist attitude off the table and stick to the intellectual and geeky stuff"
Even if we overlook that "race" is a cultural concept not a scientific one, Australians are hardly a race, but even if - grow the hell up. It's a harmless joke (or rather, attempt at one) - there is enough tightassednes in the world, that's part of the problem more than bad jokes.
If Taco didn't hate me *g*
You are so right. That is all :)
I think its design sucks badly - and since they love it, no amount of time will change that.
Of course it is the Google arrogance ("We won't implement folders in gmail because our system is better than what you want"): We will give you a columns and you will like it because we have decided it is better.
Screw them. No it isn't. Sure if you're a kid with perfect vision and 2 point font size perhaps it is, but i need bigger fonts to read the damn thing (AND the idiots abuse stylesheets to use absolute fonts, as opposed to google who at least got the search engine right) - 3 or even 2 columns does not in anyway make it easier for me to read, the other columns are distractions in the view - with their pictures and stuff they feel more like advertising than search results.
And that name is not cool its crap - most wont know how to pronounce it and forget how to spell it - google at least is pronounceable and easy to spell.
I'm annoyed by this. I feel offended by it's presence *g*
I was just testing it when it suddenly got even more sluggish and stopped responding... because you just put this on the frontpage and nuked it!
Oh well.. I hated it already, so no big loss i suppose *g*
Just make that your mantra, and you may survive.
Use http://vreel.net/ instead - its divx, better quality anyway.
What's with all this waiting - nobody is getting any younger you know!
Well put! :)
That is all ;)
You most likely couldn't read the book out to strangers (and certainly not for money), the law would probably allow you to read it to your family.
"My point is that none of the judgements on this have been consistent."
Yes, I read you said that. I don't know that this is true. Certainly all of the summary judgments in blizzards favor were based on prior law.
"Declaring that you can't make a copy in ram is the same as making eyes illegal."
That statement is so weird I should consider using it as tag line.
Ok, I feel i have said enough about this - I don't really feel inclined to try and research answers to you 50 "what if's". The court decided, based on prior American law, that in America at least - you don't buy it, you don't own it, you, you pay for a license to use it under certain rules.
This is likely to be case in most western countries since they all agree to the same notion of copyright.
The X-files is not out there - the audience is out of here ;)
(That said, after I saw Gillian Anderson on Leno i'll make sure to see the movie *g*)
"You're assuming that I am Christian, which is not the case, and then using the same inflammatory language towards me."
If I am assuming that its only because you call it "inflammatory langauge" - its a fact, who but people who deny facts would get hysterical about it.