I'd rather live in a free and open society, not one where the next step is to consider libraries copyright thieves for providing a copymachine near the books.
Libraries feel the same way, and they're way ahead of you.:) www.accesscopyright.ca
The concern becomes what movement pushes bulk copyright licensing into unmanageable territory. Many content owners don't care for it, the same way they don't care for libraries. (Despite the fact they are extremely likely to have made use of libraries in their formative years, that enabled them to become professional content owners. Capitalism has no taste for irony.)
I think you have some terrific ideas there, and yes I think I get it. As a long time anon coward, I've never even tried to analyse the system. It's just amazing to see the diversity of opinions, both brilliant and troglodyte, that will be generated on every topic imaginable.
So it almost pains me to suggest that the next iteration of the mod system should use the AI Director from Left 4 Dead.;) Any time the story or comment quality drops, it automatically provides positive karma and painkillers for all active readers to balance out.
I suggest we ban all games with guns and nudity... What do you mean by "nothing left to play except Tetris"?
"FYI, they've banned communism too. Oh, you meant Nintendo Gameboy Tetris. Well that's okay I guess. It's only one colour. Just keep St. Basil's Cathedral out of it before the kids try to learn something about Russia and get recruited by the KGB." (tags: slipperyslope satire punditry)
Has Asa not seen EntityCube? http://entitycube.research.microsoft.com/ Microsoft is trying to build a Who's Who of everyone who has their name on the internet. I have two major variants of my real name, and the more common one has three times the relational information (a third of which is actually myself) including a location link with Iraq (a military base shares the name). Worse, putting my name in quotes doesn't reduce NEAR results.
I have to wonder how long until such tools are used to populate No-Fly lists. Name your kids after popular celebrities, folks. They'll thank you later.
I know it's a different company, but what did the CEO of Google say? 'If You Have Something You Don't Want Anyone To Know, Maybe You Shouldn't Be Doing It'. I see Facebook has the same attitude.
Fortunately politicians and celebrities don't, or else the daily news would be pretty boring.
If all our vices were known, society would first degenerate into constant name calling, then eventually stop caring. Every stone we throw would shatter and strike us back.
Which will explain the sudden surge in Verizon's Now Hiring page, no doubt. See? Wholesale invasion of privacy is good for the economy.
After all, recognizing flames, spam, offtopic, etc. can't be automated, otherwise Slashdot's moderation system would only have one option: Like. (Yes I just connected Verizon with the devolution of/. into facebook. Please exercise your anti-corporate rage appropriately.)
I like it. I recommend they replace the locked paragraph text with a screen capture image of the text. So much easier than any clunky coding solution, and it will look the same in everybody's browser!!! Win win..;-)
I seriously doubt anyone handed you an EULA to sign at the checkout when you bought your console, if they did you were a fool to sign it.
The EULA comes when you sign up/in to Xbox Live. Which is the point at which Microsoft truly gives a damn what you do to your console.. when it can impact the service, and other players.
Sushi, and other words, are defined by how people use them. And in the US that means rice and raw fish wrapped in seaweed for 99% of the population. Then english language, unlike C, does not have an ansi standard. It's all fluid.
You flurbing pizzats and your fempy ticrans. Can't even warrup a mekci bommits.
In the Paypal case the paypal lawyers made that same argument ("users signed the end user agreement and license"), which the Federal judge negated by saying citizens can Not sign-away legally-protected rights.
True. And the same applies where moral rights are included in a law. Some EULAs that I do take the time to read will cheerily state that the agreement does not remove your legal rights, even for such strong language as you agree not to sue for various reasons, which certain states don't consider acceptable and choose to enforce consumer rights. The same goes with do not copy this disc/cartridge notices. I've seen everything from: "this notice does not affect your legal rights" to "it is unnecessary to make a backup of this disc". Well thanks for that, good to know there's nothing to worry about in a perfect world.
What people tend to forget though is that laws evolve in both directions. It's still good to have a little shout about what's important to you, from time to time. If the law accepts that you cannot possess software, only a controlled license to use it and the plastic carrier it might come on, at what point does that escalate into not being able to remove the engine cover on your new car? Corporations are looking to protect their interests and manage what consumers are allowed to do themselves. If that wasn't true, "voiding your warranty" wouldn't even be a phrase. They would trust you implicitly.
A whole lot of people jump and point at the bypassing region locks argument, I purchased this game that I can't buy here, from another country, I have a right to play it. This currently has about as much weight as saying you bought your booze from Mexico to drink at home, therefore prohibition doesn't apply. Look at those words again: Bypass. Region lock. If you modify your equipment to do something the publisher **has decided that you cannot do**, you don't have a leg to stand on. Possession being nine tenths of the law... that's a cowboy's proverb folks (coming from the 16th-17th century in fact). If you're going to play imported software within the boundaries a company has set, then you *may* be required to purchase and import that hardware too if you give a damn about the law.
As a consumer you have choice, PS3 games are region free, Nintendo DS carts are region free. It's not some great global conspiracy, it's how a particular company chooses to regulate a particular product that they created. For all its faults, the Xbox 360 is so damn fun and so damn irresistible, that people will fight the system rather than set the controller down and find a "better" product that they love-to-hate less. In that sense, Microsoft has utterly succeeded in forging a lasting brand.
CGI has ruined movies, they are so in your face that you can't enjoy the movie.
I disagree, there are many special effects movies where the opening and closing titles are far better than what's in between. Ghost Rider comes immediately to mind ('cept for Sam o'course), and I recall feeling "amped" when I saw the titles of Batman Forever in the theatre. You might dislike CG on principle, but effects houses don't get a lot of criticism for the work they do, compared with directors and screenwriters. Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, and Transformers are great on mute.
Most people are used to the slight hiss or static that comes with MP3's. In fact, we have lived with it so long, we believe it's normal. It's a form of bias, where most people are used to the sound of MP3's.
Speaking of which, here's a more concise article, on more readable sites, using a much broader sample of opinions than the 7 or so from TFA.
Not really right, no. Xbox does have the number one market share in active online players (excluding the PC "open market"). Especially notable considering the annual fee. Nintendo has the number one share in consoles currently sold. Online support on the Wii is basically neutered by the friend code system. Many games don't even try to do online multiplayer, and no financial information is stored on the system or your "profile" which really isn't a profile in the same sense.
TFA is pretty vanilla on the details and doesn't offer much new information to anyone actually familiar with XBL. DoS attacks are hardly a surprise for Microsoft, and mainly it's social engineering. That's so old news the Major Nelson podcast practically includes a weekly disclaimer now, that giving out your password is always a scam. But a kid looking for $50 of free purchasing points may be willing to take the chance.
Exactly, it will be in their mandate to do so. Museums, Archives, and Record Centers are THE professional institutions at preserving all forms of media. (I should know, I work for a couple.) Assuming they're worth their salt, of course. Art galleries should have at least one curator with ample salt -- helps keep them fresher longer.;)
Think of it this way, if you were a painter, it wouldn't be your responsibility to sell them a vault to keep the paint from fading. And what are they going to do after you're dead? Ask your estate for the money back because they forgot to backup? No. Not your problem. Give them two copies on a gold-layered DVD and they'll be delighted. I've taken donations on floppy disk within the last 10 years.
Or better yet, ask them what their preferred format is. They're the client.
I'm perfectly fine with that, and you're the one inferring meaning where I gave none whatsoever in a factual sentence. Sometimes discussion is meant to encourage reaction, I wasn't trying to express my take on it, only highlight it.
My take, is that I'm trying to suggest that they need to come up with some better, MODERN language that is with the times. Why perpetuate a stigma of insane inventors? If the patent is good, it's good.
I think pretty well everyone would agree that it was antiquated if it said "if the inventor is a woman, the application for patent may be made by a guardian or husband...."
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I think it's a bit more nefarious than that. Allow me to finish that thought for you:
Don't Be Nefarious.....?
Goddammit.
I'd rather live in a free and open society, not one where the next step is to consider libraries copyright thieves for providing a copymachine near the books.
Libraries feel the same way, and they're way ahead of you. :) www.accesscopyright.ca
The concern becomes what movement pushes bulk copyright licensing into unmanageable territory. Many content owners don't care for it, the same way they don't care for libraries. (Despite the fact they are extremely likely to have made use of libraries in their formative years, that enabled them to become professional content owners. Capitalism has no taste for irony.)
I think you have some terrific ideas there, and yes I think I get it. As a long time anon coward, I've never even tried to analyse the system. It's just amazing to see the diversity of opinions, both brilliant and troglodyte, that will be generated on every topic imaginable.
So it almost pains me to suggest that the next iteration of the mod system should use the AI Director from Left 4 Dead. ;)
Any time the story or comment quality drops, it automatically provides positive karma and painkillers for all active readers to balance out.
A kinder, gentler, undeader Slashdot.^TM
I suggest we ban all games with guns and nudity... What do you mean by "nothing left to play except Tetris"?
"FYI, they've banned communism too. Oh, you meant Nintendo Gameboy Tetris. Well that's okay I guess. It's only one colour.
Just keep St. Basil's Cathedral out of it before the kids try to learn something about Russia and get recruited by the KGB."
(tags: slipperyslope satire punditry)
Has Asa not seen EntityCube? http://entitycube.research.microsoft.com/
Microsoft is trying to build a Who's Who of everyone who has their name on the internet. I have two major variants of my real name, and the more common one has three times the relational information (a third of which is actually myself) including a location link with Iraq (a military base shares the name). Worse, putting my name in quotes doesn't reduce NEAR results.
I have to wonder how long until such tools are used to populate No-Fly lists.
Name your kids after popular celebrities, folks. They'll thank you later.
I know it's a different company, but what did the CEO of Google say? 'If You Have Something You Don't Want Anyone To Know, Maybe You Shouldn't Be Doing It'. I see Facebook has the same attitude.
Fortunately politicians and celebrities don't, or else the daily news would be pretty boring.
If all our vices were known, society would first degenerate into constant name calling, then eventually stop caring. Every stone we throw would shatter and strike us back.
Good bit of trivia, that. Dew you think they considered incorporating Lime Mountain? Probably left a bad taste in someone's mouth.
[[Shenkar vocal solo]]
Which will explain the sudden surge in Verizon's Now Hiring page, no doubt. See? Wholesale invasion of privacy is good for the economy.
After all, recognizing flames, spam, offtopic, etc. can't be automated, otherwise Slashdot's moderation system would only have one option: Like. /. into facebook. Please exercise your anti-corporate rage appropriately.)
(Yes I just connected Verizon with the devolution of
In many South American countries I would imagine that internet access will cost more than a friendly bordello.
Kids these days. No sense of the world.
I'm having a hiccup with the semantic distinction between co-re-founder and core-founder.
I like it. I recommend they replace the locked paragraph text with a screen capture image of the text. So much easier than any clunky coding solution, and it will look the same in everybody's browser!!! Win win.. ;-)
I seriously doubt anyone handed you an EULA to sign at the checkout when you bought your console, if they did you were a fool to sign it.
The EULA comes when you sign up/in to Xbox Live. Which is the point at which Microsoft truly gives a damn what you do to your console.. when it can impact the service, and other players.
Sushi, and other words, are defined by how people use them. And in the US that means rice and raw fish wrapped in seaweed for 99% of the population. Then english language, unlike C, does not have an ansi standard. It's all fluid.
You flurbing pizzats and your fempy ticrans. Can't even warrup a mekci bommits.
In the Paypal case the paypal lawyers made that same argument ("users signed the end user agreement and license"), which the Federal judge negated by saying citizens can Not sign-away legally-protected rights.
True. And the same applies where moral rights are included in a law. Some EULAs that I do take the time to read will cheerily state that the agreement does not remove your legal rights, even for such strong language as you agree not to sue for various reasons, which certain states don't consider acceptable and choose to enforce consumer rights. The same goes with do not copy this disc/cartridge notices. I've seen everything from: "this notice does not affect your legal rights" to "it is unnecessary to make a backup of this disc". Well thanks for that, good to know there's nothing to worry about in a perfect world.
What people tend to forget though is that laws evolve in both directions. It's still good to have a little shout about what's important to you, from time to time. If the law accepts that you cannot possess software, only a controlled license to use it and the plastic carrier it might come on, at what point does that escalate into not being able to remove the engine cover on your new car? Corporations are looking to protect their interests and manage what consumers are allowed to do themselves. If that wasn't true, "voiding your warranty" wouldn't even be a phrase. They would trust you implicitly.
A whole lot of people jump and point at the bypassing region locks argument, I purchased this game that I can't buy here, from another country, I have a right to play it. This currently has about as much weight as saying you bought your booze from Mexico to drink at home, therefore prohibition doesn't apply. Look at those words again: Bypass. Region lock. If you modify your equipment to do something the publisher **has decided that you cannot do**, you don't have a leg to stand on. Possession being nine tenths of the law... that's a cowboy's proverb folks (coming from the 16th-17th century in fact). If you're going to play imported software within the boundaries a company has set, then you *may* be required to purchase and import that hardware too if you give a damn about the law.
As a consumer you have choice, PS3 games are region free, Nintendo DS carts are region free. It's not some great global conspiracy, it's how a particular company chooses to regulate a particular product that they created. For all its faults, the Xbox 360 is so damn fun and so damn irresistible, that people will fight the system rather than set the controller down and find a "better" product that they love-to-hate less. In that sense, Microsoft has utterly succeeded in forging a lasting brand.
to make it illegal for a company to screw with my console
In fact, it is you that are screwing with that company's console first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession
It's a long article, but it gives you some background to why this is just a popular proverb, and not real law:
http://www.answers.com/topic/possession-is-nine-points-of-the-law
I heard they are banning all Wii games with the word "Party" in the title.
Will they at least let people play Dance Dance Cultural Revolution?
Sorry, they've just declared Dance Dancing as activity against the State because it involves standing in a Square.
CGI has ruined movies, they are so in your face that you can't enjoy the movie.
I disagree, there are many special effects movies where the opening and closing titles are far better than what's in between. Ghost Rider comes immediately to mind ('cept for Sam o'course), and I recall feeling "amped" when I saw the titles of Batman Forever in the theatre. You might dislike CG on principle, but effects houses don't get a lot of criticism for the work they do, compared with directors and screenwriters. Final Fantasy: Spirits Within, and Transformers are great on mute.
Most people are used to the slight hiss or static that comes with MP3's. In fact, we have lived with it so long, we believe it's normal. It's a form of bias, where most people are used to the sound of MP3's.
Speaking of which, here's a more concise article, on more readable sites, using a much broader sample of opinions than the 7 or so from TFA.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/09/03/11/153205/Young-People-Prefer-Sizzle-Sounds-of-MP3-Format
http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/03/the-sizzling-sound-of-music.html
And how long have mods been posting disclaimers about how crappy TFA is to read? Where does it end?
Yes, every time I see a quote from Rupert Murdoch.
Not really right, no.
Xbox does have the number one market share in active online players (excluding the PC "open market"). Especially notable considering the annual fee.
Nintendo has the number one share in consoles currently sold. Online support on the Wii is basically neutered by the friend code system. Many games don't even try to do online multiplayer, and no financial information is stored on the system or your "profile" which really isn't a profile in the same sense.
TFA is pretty vanilla on the details and doesn't offer much new information to anyone actually familiar with XBL. DoS attacks are hardly a surprise for Microsoft, and mainly it's social engineering. That's so old news the Major Nelson podcast practically includes a weekly disclaimer now, that giving out your password is always a scam. But a kid looking for $50 of free purchasing points may be willing to take the chance.
Personally, I'd be more preoccupied with trying to breathe and not instantly freeze to death.
You wouldn't really instantly freeze, that's a misconception.
So yeah, breathing would be your concern.
Arthur, being an expert I had hoped you'd at least make a passing reference to thumbs or towels... ;-)
I guess that explains your "late"ness.
but may have limited utility for chemists who seem to have discovered (or predicted) all of the elements they need already
Erm... Unnilquadium ought to be enough for anybody??
Exactly, it will be in their mandate to do so. Museums, Archives, and Record Centers are THE professional institutions at preserving all forms of media. (I should know, I work for a couple.) Assuming they're worth their salt, of course. Art galleries should have at least one curator with ample salt -- helps keep them fresher longer. ;)
Think of it this way, if you were a painter, it wouldn't be your responsibility to sell them a vault to keep the paint from fading. And what are they going to do after you're dead? Ask your estate for the money back because they forgot to backup? No. Not your problem.
Give them two copies on a gold-layered DVD and they'll be delighted. I've taken donations on floppy disk within the last 10 years.
Or better yet, ask them what their preferred format is. They're the client.
I'm perfectly fine with that, and you're the one inferring meaning where I gave none whatsoever in a factual sentence. Sometimes discussion is meant to encourage reaction, I wasn't trying to express my take on it, only highlight it.
My take, is that I'm trying to suggest that they need to come up with some better, MODERN language that is with the times. Why perpetuate a stigma of insane inventors? If the patent is good, it's good.
I think pretty well everyone would agree that it was antiquated if it said "if the inventor is a woman, the application for patent may be made by a guardian or husband...."