No, copyright is there with or without licensing. Copyright means that nobody can use it (for certain definitions of "use") without your permission. Licensing is giving that permission, usually with certain conditions attached. The two concepts are related in that there would be far less need for licensing without copyright, but nonetheless are very distinct.
NoDaddy.com also used to carry criticism of GoDaddy, but then GoDaddy made NoDaddy's web admin an offer he couldn't refuse, and suddenly there was no where to post criticism of either. Does anyone know of a new site to post criticism of ICANN besides slashdot?
Why don't you create one? What you're describing sounds like a profitable business model.
Assuming that getting "an offer you can't refuse" is a good thing.
I get the impression that this war against used games is actually against Gamestop specifically. We don't have Gamestop in my country so I can't speak from experience or any kind of authority, but everything I've heard and read about them strongly suggests that their business model is based upon not simply selling used games, but doing everything they can to actively obstruct new game sales in order to further the used game market. Most used markets don't have a single player with as much influence, and don't act with such hostility toward the industry who's work supports them.
It's worth considering that purchasing habits don't scale linearly. Someone who was willing to spend $150 on 5 games might not be willing to spend $150 on only 3 of those.
Your problems with Slackware appear to stem from your use of the wrong mock-religion meme in your signature. Eris, in particular, is known to cause trouble. Try changing your signature to The Subgenius must have Slack and the package management should improve.
$399? The iPad2 is priced at $1055.28 for the cheap non-3G one over here! *sits in a corner and grumbles about rich countries getting the lowest prices*
Really? *goes to check the changelogs* And Magic_quotes was removed too! This is excellent news - disabling-by-default and deprecating did little to protect us from almost half the shared-host admins in the world switching those options back on.
It's easy - just do what ISPs do in many other parts of the world. You have a monthly subscription fee and a monthly cap. The better plan you're on the bigger the cap and better value-for-money you get, but the more money you pay overall.
If your cap isn't enough for the current month you can top up at a rate that's better than the price-per-gig that you pay for the cap on your plan but not quite as good as the more-expensive plans. That way you are encouraged to upgrade your subscription if you go over your limit regularly.
When you hit your cap you are either cut off or throttled heavily depending on your ISP's policy, but you can top up manually or use an optional auto-topup with configurable thresholds. The customer should never be charged for anything involuntarily or be punished for overage.
Indeed. In fact, I could have sworn that Firefox 2.0 used more memory than any other version. In my experience 3.0 was a significant improvement and 10 is using less resources than 3.6 did for me.
Maybe it's not the kind of answer you were expecting, but FreeBSD is great example for teaching how operating systems work. It's not very different from Linux but is very simple and clean despite doing little to hide its inner workings.
Are the frozen herring red by any chance? I've been looking for one forever but can never quite seem to find it.
Wild geese are known to hunt herrings of that colour. What you should do is look for a wild goose and follow it to see where it goes. That will surely be the best fishing spot for you.
$261 starting wage? Is that for unskilled labour? No wonder they're lining up - that's excellent pay (until you consider hours and working conditions, of course)
That's true for the most part. DRM is a major function of Steam and the vast majority of games there are dependant on Steam allowing you to play them, but there are exceptions. Obviously games that run through some sort of VM (such as ScummVM, DOSBox, Snes9x, possibly Flash, etc) can be run independently of the Steam service, but there are also a handful of native games that don't bother asking for Valve's permission to play. Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy, Dungeons of Dredmor. The post to which you are replying also gives VVVVVV and Witcher 2 as examples. Those are all games that Valve cannot take away from you (well, I suppose they could in theory push an update that turns the client or some of your games into a backdoor and then go into your computer and delete stuff, if we really want to go into paranoia territory, but then your backups of those particular games will still work even on computers without the Steam client).
Steam has DRM and, while it seems to cause no problems for many people, it has been more intrusive for me than any other anti-piracy system that I have ever encountered (running a game usually forces the client to start first, client takes long to load and much longer to log in, trying to start a game bring us a "Preparing to launch" message that lasts anywhere from 90 seconds to 10 minutes before the game even begins to load, games are often "unavailable" for unspecified reasons, offline mode often demands a connection to the internet, automatic updates are appalling in every way possible, there's a risk of having games revoked, there's a risk of losing your entire account). However, despite all that, Drinking Bleach is absolutely correct in that Steam gamed don't necessarily have DRM.
No, but you're not far off. Go to their FAQ and scroll down to Where does the name “Double Fine” come from? - apparently Tim thought that the "double fine zone" sign would make great free advertising.
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Why? Does it say 'News for WoWtards' at the top?
DotA is for Warcraft 3, not WoW. So this would fall under "News for W3rds".
No, copyright is there with or without licensing. Copyright means that nobody can use it (for certain definitions of "use") without your permission. Licensing is giving that permission, usually with certain conditions attached. The two concepts are related in that there would be far less need for licensing without copyright, but nonetheless are very distinct.
NoDaddy.com also used to carry criticism of GoDaddy, but then GoDaddy made NoDaddy's web admin an offer he couldn't refuse, and suddenly there was no where to post criticism of either. Does anyone know of a new site to post criticism of ICANN besides slashdot?
Why don't you create one? What you're describing sounds like a profitable business model.
Assuming that getting "an offer you can't refuse" is a good thing.
COCS for UNIX.
It figures.
I know - it's appalling. As a KDE application they should put a K somewhere in the abbreviation.
That was an interesting read. Thank you.
For the benefit of those of us unaware of any controversy, what kind of emotional response could be triggered by mentioning high-fructose corn syrup?
...unless their authoring tools output html5, of course. Which is what TheRaven64 was getting at.
I get the impression that this war against used games is actually against Gamestop specifically. We don't have Gamestop in my country so I can't speak from experience or any kind of authority, but everything I've heard and read about them strongly suggests that their business model is based upon not simply selling used games, but doing everything they can to actively obstruct new game sales in order to further the used game market. Most used markets don't have a single player with as much influence, and don't act with such hostility toward the industry who's work supports them.
It's worth considering that purchasing habits don't scale linearly. Someone who was willing to spend $150 on 5 games might not be willing to spend $150 on only 3 of those.
How do you say a safeword while wearing a ballgag?
Your problems with Slackware appear to stem from your use of the wrong mock-religion meme in your signature. Eris, in particular, is known to cause trouble. Try changing your signature to The Subgenius must have Slack and the package management should improve.
$399? The iPad2 is priced at $1055.28 for the cheap non-3G one over here! *sits in a corner and grumbles about rich countries getting the lowest prices*
Really? *goes to check the changelogs* And Magic_quotes was removed too! This is excellent news - disabling-by-default and deprecating did little to protect us from almost half the shared-host admins in the world switching those options back on.
It's an X server, not a webserver. What it does is allow apps designed for X to run on your phone. It doesn't even need to touch the network.
It's easy - just do what ISPs do in many other parts of the world. You have a monthly subscription fee and a monthly cap. The better plan you're on the bigger the cap and better value-for-money you get, but the more money you pay overall.
If your cap isn't enough for the current month you can top up at a rate that's better than the price-per-gig that you pay for the cap on your plan but not quite as good as the more-expensive plans. That way you are encouraged to upgrade your subscription if you go over your limit regularly.
When you hit your cap you are either cut off or throttled heavily depending on your ISP's policy, but you can top up manually or use an optional auto-topup with configurable thresholds. The customer should never be charged for anything involuntarily or be punished for overage.
Indeed. In fact, I could have sworn that Firefox 2.0 used more memory than any other version. In my experience 3.0 was a significant improvement and 10 is using less resources than 3.6 did for me.
Maybe it's not the kind of answer you were expecting, but FreeBSD is great example for teaching how operating systems work. It's not very different from Linux but is very simple and clean despite doing little to hide its inner workings.
But which are they: bads or disservices?
Postscript is an Apple conspiracy, designed to wear out electrons by sending too many of them through the printer cable.
I think you meant Adobe.
Adobe is an Apple conspiracy! Just look at the first and last letters. Do you think that is merely a coincidence?
Are the frozen herring red by any chance? I've been looking for one forever but can never quite seem to find it.
Wild geese are known to hunt herrings of that colour. What you should do is look for a wild goose and follow it to see where it goes. That will surely be the best fishing spot for you.
$261 starting wage? Is that for unskilled labour? No wonder they're lining up - that's excellent pay (until you consider hours and working conditions, of course)
I am shocked it took this many posts to find the link to the parrot sketch. What is up with Slashdot today?
It's resting.
That's true for the most part. DRM is a major function of Steam and the vast majority of games there are dependant on Steam allowing you to play them, but there are exceptions. Obviously games that run through some sort of VM (such as ScummVM, DOSBox, Snes9x, possibly Flash, etc) can be run independently of the Steam service, but there are also a handful of native games that don't bother asking for Valve's permission to play. Binding of Isaac, Super Meat Boy, Dungeons of Dredmor. The post to which you are replying also gives VVVVVV and Witcher 2 as examples. Those are all games that Valve cannot take away from you (well, I suppose they could in theory push an update that turns the client or some of your games into a backdoor and then go into your computer and delete stuff, if we really want to go into paranoia territory, but then your backups of those particular games will still work even on computers without the Steam client).
Steam has DRM and, while it seems to cause no problems for many people, it has been more intrusive for me than any other anti-piracy system that I have ever encountered (running a game usually forces the client to start first, client takes long to load and much longer to log in, trying to start a game bring us a "Preparing to launch" message that lasts anywhere from 90 seconds to 10 minutes before the game even begins to load, games are often "unavailable" for unspecified reasons, offline mode often demands a connection to the internet, automatic updates are appalling in every way possible, there's a risk of having games revoked, there's a risk of losing your entire account). However, despite all that, Drinking Bleach is absolutely correct in that Steam gamed don't necessarily have DRM.
No, but you're not far off. Go to their FAQ and scroll down to Where does the name “Double Fine” come from? - apparently Tim thought that the "double fine zone" sign would make great free advertising.
Steve Jobs is LSD!
That statement makes more sense than I'm comfortable admitting.