Sorry, but... what the fuck? In all my years of reading Slashdot, I don't think I've ever read a comment that made less sense. What the hell does last week have to do with anything? Why the lame overused joke?
Exactly. And playing the "I'm going to get modded troll" card certainly gets you a few bonus points.
Now, where did I put that "point out the obvious flaws of Slashdot karma system" card...
...is why games such as Grand Theft Auto IV can run beautifully on 4-5 year old PS3/360 hardware, yet require the most cutting edge hardware to run well on the PC. I had to upgrade my video card just to get it to be playable, and I was running a 3xxx series Radeon HD, while the 360's X1900 based GPU can run it no problem.
Or am I jus
there have been various complains about a "eternal spinning beachball" in the past, no?
Usually this means poor application design. Apple includes a utility called "Spin Control" specifically so application designers can find out what is causing such issues.
From the article: "Federal law says recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30,000 per illegally downloaded song - but a jury may raise that to as much as $150,000 per track if it finds the infringements were willful."
Huh? So it *is* possible to use the "cat walked on my keyboard" defense and win? How can downloading music without adhering to the defined licensing terms not be willful? Ignorance is no defense for breaking the law (no matter if if it is a good or bad law).
It's not about downloading music. It's about sharing music, i.e. making it available for other people to download.
If you are somehow not aware of the fact that the music you downloaded or ripped is being made available to the world, and you can make this case, I suppose that would count as not willful infringement. However, good luck proving it, especially against multi-million dollar MAFIAA lawyers.
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Just don't try playing your movies on it, or you'll be watching the best Star Wars slide show ever made. ;)
VLC doesn't pirate movies, people pirate movies?
Last week called, the want your comment back.
Sorry, but... what the fuck? In all my years of reading Slashdot, I don't think I've ever read a comment that made less sense. What the hell does last week have to do with anything? Why the lame overused joke?
... how did this get modded up?! O_o
I always get a laugh when I ask someone how fast their internet is and they respond: "Unlimited!"
Don't worry, I'm sure if he worked for Apple everyone here would be giving you a high five. ;)
Having learned SQL/databasing and C++ through mangos (among other things) I can vouch for awesome the project is.
Exactly. And playing the "I'm going to get modded troll" card certainly gets you a few bonus points. Now, where did I put that "point out the obvious flaws of Slashdot karma system" card...
...is why games such as Grand Theft Auto IV can run beautifully on 4-5 year old PS3/360 hardware, yet require the most cutting edge hardware to run well on the PC. I had to upgrade my video card just to get it to be playable, and I was running a 3xxx series Radeon HD, while the 360's X1900 based GPU can run it no problem. Or am I jus
there have been various complains about a "eternal spinning beachball" in the past, no?
Usually this means poor application design. Apple includes a utility called "Spin Control" specifically so application designers can find out what is causing such issues.
COBOL the language for the latest hardware. How many smartphones run COBOL?
My smartphone is a UNIVAC you ignorant clod!
...would like his check now.
From the article: "Federal law says recording companies are entitled to $750 to $30,000 per illegally downloaded song - but a jury may raise that to as much as $150,000 per track if it finds the infringements were willful."
Huh? So it *is* possible to use the "cat walked on my keyboard" defense and win? How can downloading music without adhering to the defined licensing terms not be willful? Ignorance is no defense for breaking the law (no matter if if it is a good or bad law).
It's not about downloading music. It's about sharing music, i.e. making it available for other people to download. If you are somehow not aware of the fact that the music you downloaded or ripped is being made available to the world, and you can make this case, I suppose that would count as not willful infringement. However, good luck proving it, especially against multi-million dollar MAFIAA lawyers.
Try 5 minutes on the WoWscape world chat channel. It will make your server's Trade look like a MENSA convention.
I heard you liked bugs, so I put a bug in yo bug so you can crash while you crash.