I even said in the original post you responded to that's doing what you described is certainly acceptable... I'll just quote myself: "People should be able to mod their consoles and have copies of the games they've legally purchased... it'd be like a media PC storing DVDs on the hard drive for easier playback."
Doing that does not violate copyright; disabling the DRM that prevents you from doing that is not a copyright violation.
What you've described isn't copyright infringement, it's defeating technical measures that prevent copying - it violates the DMCA, but the DMCA isn't really copyright law - it's restrictions about defeating technical measures designed to prevent copyright infringement, but not all use of defeating those technical measures is copyright infringement... that's why the DMCA is so terrible.
No, I would argue that the extensions and so forth are very anti-consumer, but really now, we're talking about x-box games, not 75+ year old recordings.
I was wondering that myself... how is SQL injection a fault of the browser? I mean... I suppose a plugin could try SQL injections when submitting forms, but I don't see how that could be any worse on any other browser, AND it doesn't compromise the browser or the client's system.
Yeah... I don't think eldavojohn was advocating stealing... quite the opposite.
I've long argued, especially when it comes to games and entertainment related media, there's absolutely NO justification in copyright infringement EVER.
On the other hand, the DMCA sucks ass. People should be able to mod their consoles and have copies of the games they've legally purchased... it'd be like a media PC storing DVDs on the hard drive for easier playback. Unless you can distinguish between those who steal and those who just want to make life easier for themselves, it's hard to call them criminals.
No, he was just conflating series 2 with 2 tuner; they are different things - you can get a series 2 with dual tuners, but you can get a series 2 with a single tuner, also.
But the point was that with a dual tuner, you could run two security cams, and it's an interesting idea.
Ahhh... you can't blame "life." What I mean is that, I can go back 20 years before I got married and point to a single decision I made that, had I made it differently, I would not have met my wife. So was I lucky (yes, I'm happily married)? I mean, you can play this game for everything... I was lucky I made it home today without being hit by some moron.
But what's amazing to me is how intelligent, hard working, innovative and driven people seem to manufacture "luck."
Anyway, back to what I was saying... I don't really think that having expertise in a single area is all it takes, you're right about that because you might be the best computer programmer anywhere, but if you can't run a business, you can't capitalize on it. Everyone knows Woz did the work and Jobs capitalized on it. But as long as you can find an employer (or a "friend") who can help you capitalize on it, then expertise in a single area CAN make you rich, even if you're not self employed.
"The Millionaire Next Door" is a good start, as is this WSJ article (which is more up to date than that book).
Then there's this interesting find, which states that "Thomas J. Stanley, former professor of marketing at Georgia State University, surveyed more than 1,000 people who earn $1,000,000 a year or more" and discovered that (number 5): "Most are first-generation millionaires who became wealthy as business owners or executives; most did not inherit their wealth."
Now, to be fair, I'm not going to argue it doesn't help to have inherited money... if someone inherits $500k, they can honestly say they did not become a millionaire through inheritance, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier to get there. Still, as "The Millionaire Next Door" pointed out, the way most people became millionaires (not uber millionaires like Gates), was simply through hard work and rabidly saving money.
It's a simple fact (at least in the United States) that MOST millionaires are NOT millionaires through inheritance.
What it takes to become rich is not some sort of global all-around, jack-of-all-trades smartness; it's expertise in a single area.
So it seems quite logical that these wealthy people who have focuses so much on one particular thing are not particularly knowledgeable about other things.
Different partitions for different types of data... the system was on one partition. When it failed, I reinstalled the system on that partition. All my user data was intact; no restoring required.
The other response you got (from Lorenzo) is how I plan on doing things in the future, but I didn't have a large spare partition this time.
Ahhh... my computer is extremely important, but if you partition well it's not an issue... it only took 30 minutes to go back to 9.04 without losing any personal data (although, it's true I had to install a lot of apps I had previously installed).
That's right... after my first Tivo, which I bought not to skip commercials, but to avoid video taping shows that I couldn't watch live, I can't go back to watching commercials...
But I do. While I'm fast forwarding, if something catches my attention, I stop and watch. If Tampax is unhappy I'm not watching their commercials, they really shouldn't be, but I do know what movies are coming out that I want to see.
Isn't that enough?
My new DVR has the 30 second skip function. You get to know the different shows... some shows you press it seven times (you can press it multiple times fast and just sit and watch it skip); sometimes 8... sometimes 10. 5 minutes of commercials? You must be joking if you're really wondering why people want to skip them.
Yeah... there are literally thousands of new laws passed every year that accomplish nothing, just passed so the lawmaker can look like he's doing something.
You misunderstood me. I didn't say they created these completely new laws simply for publicity; what I said was there are existing laws against distracted driving that can be applied to anything, and they should simply have a media campaign to stress that fact, and encourage the police to look for it, instead of passing new laws.
The only reason they pass new laws that coincide with existing ones is so they can say "look, I did something to protect the little children!"
Is drinking water OK? I do that all the time. There's essentially no difference. Maybe if you're using an open mug, then it'd be pretty stupid, but most people have cups with closed tops or the special mugs they make just for drivers.
Politicians create additional laws so they can take credit for them. Yes, most places already have these laws, but it's better for the politicians to create new ones instead of reminding people about the existing ones or encouraging better enforcement, which wouldn't get them much publicity.
It's not funny mods... it's absolutely true. The more they tighten their grip, the more sales will slip through their fingers.
If I have a pirated, unencrypted, region free DVD:
I can play it anywhere I want, any time I want. I can back it up. It cost me a lot less. It's easier to rip to use for other playback devices.
Are they listening? If I could do all those things, it would encourage me to buy more DVDs, just like cassette tapes spawned record sales, just like video tape spawned a whole new revenue stream for the studios. Tremendous successes despite the idiotic studio execs.
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No, it's not, you described defeating DRM.
I even said in the original post you responded to that's doing what you described is certainly acceptable... I'll just quote myself: "People should be able to mod their consoles and have copies of the games they've legally purchased... it'd be like a media PC storing DVDs on the hard drive for easier playback."
Doing that does not violate copyright; disabling the DRM that prevents you from doing that is not a copyright violation.
What you've described isn't copyright infringement, it's defeating technical measures that prevent copying - it violates the DMCA, but the DMCA isn't really copyright law - it's restrictions about defeating technical measures designed to prevent copyright infringement, but not all use of defeating those technical measures is copyright infringement... that's why the DMCA is so terrible.
No, I would argue that the extensions and so forth are very anti-consumer, but really now, we're talking about x-box games, not 75+ year old recordings.
I was wondering that myself... how is SQL injection a fault of the browser? I mean... I suppose a plugin could try SQL injections when submitting forms, but I don't see how that could be any worse on any other browser, AND it doesn't compromise the browser or the client's system.
Yeah... I don't think eldavojohn was advocating stealing... quite the opposite.
I've long argued, especially when it comes to games and entertainment related media, there's absolutely NO justification in copyright infringement EVER.
On the other hand, the DMCA sucks ass. People should be able to mod their consoles and have copies of the games they've legally purchased... it'd be like a media PC storing DVDs on the hard drive for easier playback. Unless you can distinguish between those who steal and those who just want to make life easier for themselves, it's hard to call them criminals.
No, he was just conflating series 2 with 2 tuner; they are different things - you can get a series 2 with dual tuners, but you can get a series 2 with a single tuner, also.
But the point was that with a dual tuner, you could run two security cams, and it's an interesting idea.
What you are saying is that there are people who DON'T have to pay into social security. Where do I opt out?
Yes... and then that gets back to pre-existing conditions.
You don't get in a car accident and THEN buy insurance expecting them to cover it. You're supposed to have insurance BEFORE something happens.
All this (requiring insurers to cover pre-existing conditions) does is encourage people to wait.
They exempt themselves from Social Security, too, since they have such a sweet pension plan paid for by.... US!
Four legs good, too legs better.
Yeah, because I want all the junk left over from the last install... and I'd certainly never want to try a different file system or anything.
Ahhh... you can't blame "life." What I mean is that, I can go back 20 years before I got married and point to a single decision I made that, had I made it differently, I would not have met my wife. So was I lucky (yes, I'm happily married)? I mean, you can play this game for everything... I was lucky I made it home today without being hit by some moron.
But what's amazing to me is how intelligent, hard working, innovative and driven people seem to manufacture "luck."
Anyway, back to what I was saying... I don't really think that having expertise in a single area is all it takes, you're right about that because you might be the best computer programmer anywhere, but if you can't run a business, you can't capitalize on it. Everyone knows Woz did the work and Jobs capitalized on it. But as long as you can find an employer (or a "friend") who can help you capitalize on it, then expertise in a single area CAN make you rich, even if you're not self employed.
"The Millionaire Next Door" is a good start, as is this WSJ article (which is more up to date than that book).
Then there's this interesting find, which states that "Thomas J. Stanley, former professor of marketing at Georgia State University, surveyed more than 1,000 people who earn $1,000,000 a year or more" and discovered that (number 5): "Most are first-generation millionaires who became wealthy as business owners or executives; most did not inherit their wealth."
That list is not representative of your typical millionaire, though. I didn't just pull some random fact out of my nether regions.
WSJ Article
Now, to be fair, I'm not going to argue it doesn't help to have inherited money... if someone inherits $500k, they can honestly say they did not become a millionaire through inheritance, but it makes it a hell of a lot easier to get there. Still, as "The Millionaire Next Door" pointed out, the way most people became millionaires (not uber millionaires like Gates), was simply through hard work and rabidly saving money.
You're looking at uber-millionaires (and billionaires), not your average "every day" millionaires.
The vast majority of those with over a million dollars did not inherit it.
Experience is nothing if not processed intelligently.
Smarter people learn more from their experience, IMO.
It's a simple fact (at least in the United States) that MOST millionaires are NOT millionaires through inheritance.
What it takes to become rich is not some sort of global all-around, jack-of-all-trades smartness; it's expertise in a single area.
So it seems quite logical that these wealthy people who have focuses so much on one particular thing are not particularly knowledgeable about other things.
Different partitions for different types of data... the system was on one partition. When it failed, I reinstalled the system on that partition. All my user data was intact; no restoring required.
The other response you got (from Lorenzo) is how I plan on doing things in the future, but I didn't have a large spare partition this time.
Ahhh... my computer is extremely important, but if you partition well it's not an issue... it only took 30 minutes to go back to 9.04 without losing any personal data (although, it's true I had to install a lot of apps I had previously installed).
But I was ready for it.
Up to 9.10, I've been happy with Ubuntu since 8.04... 8.04 is what made finally switch to Linux for the desktop, and I haven't looked back.
I can't even tell you my experience with 9.10 because it's not 9.10 that is my problem, it's grub2.
But, having partitioned things well, it only took me 30 minutes to get back to 9.04. So now I'll wait and see.
That's right... after my first Tivo, which I bought not to skip commercials, but to avoid video taping shows that I couldn't watch live, I can't go back to watching commercials...
But I do. While I'm fast forwarding, if something catches my attention, I stop and watch. If Tampax is unhappy I'm not watching their commercials, they really shouldn't be, but I do know what movies are coming out that I want to see.
Isn't that enough?
My new DVR has the 30 second skip function. You get to know the different shows... some shows you press it seven times (you can press it multiple times fast and just sit and watch it skip); sometimes 8... sometimes 10. 5 minutes of commercials? You must be joking if you're really wondering why people want to skip them.
Yeah... there are literally thousands of new laws passed every year that accomplish nothing, just passed so the lawmaker can look like he's doing something.
You misunderstood me. I didn't say they created these completely new laws simply for publicity; what I said was there are existing laws against distracted driving that can be applied to anything, and they should simply have a media campaign to stress that fact, and encourage the police to look for it, instead of passing new laws.
The only reason they pass new laws that coincide with existing ones is so they can say "look, I did something to protect the little children!"
Is drinking water OK? I do that all the time. There's essentially no difference. Maybe if you're using an open mug, then it'd be pretty stupid, but most people have cups with closed tops or the special mugs they make just for drivers.
Politicians create additional laws so they can take credit for them. Yes, most places already have these laws, but it's better for the politicians to create new ones instead of reminding people about the existing ones or encouraging better enforcement, which wouldn't get them much publicity.
Funny boy, huh?
It's not funny mods... it's absolutely true. The more they tighten their grip, the more sales will slip through their fingers.
If I have a pirated, unencrypted, region free DVD:
I can play it anywhere I want, any time I want. I can back it up. It cost me a lot less. It's easier to rip to use for other playback devices.
Are they listening? If I could do all those things, it would encourage me to buy more DVDs, just like cassette tapes spawned record sales, just like video tape spawned a whole new revenue stream for the studios. Tremendous successes despite the idiotic studio execs.