Even the video game makes a "copy" in the local memory of the console, That's why we're talking about copyright in the first place. It's a stupid, tenuous argument, but the crux is, when I buy a book, it's a physical (already made) copy; whereas to use software, I am "creating" a new "copy" in the memory of the device I'm trying to run the code on.
Oh, see that's where it gets worse. The commentary makes it clear that Lucas contends Anakin does appear as he did when he died... on Mustafar in Episode III. Not on the second Death Star after saving Luke and claiming Luke had saved him as well.
I don't mind Greedo shooting first; I'll suspend my disbelief for Midi-chlorians; I'll accept Jar-Jar Binks is part of Star Wars; but I will not accept Hayden Christiansen in Episode IV.
I actually LIKE Greedo shooting first in Episode IV. It's more consistent with Han's character through the rest of the classic trilogy.
What I have never forgiven Lucas for is editing Sebastian Shaw out of the final scene of Return of the Jedi. Having Hayden Christiansen show up destroys the ENTIRE arc of Anakin not being completely destroyed. I really think this is a far, far more serious change than Han/Greedo shooting first. But I guess it's just me.
No-one outside the USA thinks of the Republicans and the Democrats as anything but "right wing", often to the right of the most right-leaning mainstream parties in European countries.
The fact that Americans think otherwise says more about the homogeneity of beliefs in free-thinking[tm] America than it does about anything else.
Even lumping Canada in with the USA and Israel and Russia into Europe, there are still 4.5 whole continents with populations, and one continent-wide research station that are neither European nor American. And there are some pretty repressive regimes in Africa and Asia that are to the right of mainstream American politics. I think someone's horizons need broadening...
Actually, Hans Blix (the chief UN weapons Inspector at the time) said several times in 2002 that Saddam was not cooperating with UN Resolutions which called for military enforcement. He also somehow thought the sanctions were working; when he himself kept stating they were failing. It is not W.'s fault Saddam was more concerned about Iran knowing he didn't have WMDs than convincing the USA he didn't have any. And England and France saw the same Intel the US did, and came to the same conclusions. Only Germany had real reservations about the intelligence.
The real lesson of March 2003 is that the UN is a joke that outlived its usefulness. Either Saddam defies the UN with impunity; or the USA defies the UN to enforce the UN;s own policies. Either way, there's nothing the UN can do.
And hey look, Iran is doing the same damn thing right now!
There are a tremendous number of people who have grown up in an age where it is so easy to copy information, and where it is so easy to self-publish so you *think* you're creative, and the idea that it's not FRAUD to benefit from someone else's hard work just because their work is easily copyable in a computer...it boggles my mind.
FTFY.
It's. Not. Stealing. There was no physical product that was removed from merchantability. There is, however, now an unauthorized copy floating around. Unless it was a fair-use, backup, or alternate-format copy; in which case it was authorized.
Now, if only the record companies and the movie studios paid those hard working creative types, I could actually feel for whatever the legitimate losses actually are. But as long as they insist on spending far more time and effort antagonizing their customers by completely ignoring any concept of consumer rights and grossly mis-characterizing the nature of the acts they are addressing there's no hope of resolving the underlying issues satisfactorily to society,
The analogy here is that your phone company decides to cut your voice line and instead use Skype through your DSL; but still charges you for the "voice line."
If it is truly a separate service, then yes, the company has to pay it's delivery costs somehow. But with text messages on cell phones, the delivery cost is effectively zero for that text message if it's going over the "voice" channel. And in either case, I should NEVER be charged for an INCOMING message unless I have EXPRESSLY agreed to receive that specific message, ala collect calling.
And Super Mario Land 2, And Wario Land,... And Doki Doki Panic, and Yoshi's Island,...
And remember, Mario started in Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr (wherein Mario is, for a rarity, the villian),
Well.... TFA does go off the deep end about wanting to connect landline and cell charges.
But, as far as cell data charges, those ARE double or triple billed already. TEXT = DATA. Period. And until the Telcos admit that, I refuse to text on my phone. And only grudgingly accept the handful I get from family/friends a year; which they are billed for sending and I am billed for receiving, Adding the insult of charging extra for tethering, but not allowing for the higher usage that will entail is also double-dipping.
Any data that goes through my cell phone should be treated the same, regardless of it being an SMS or destined for my laptop,
Maybe metered is the solution. Maybe the buffet is the solution. What AT&T is launching this week is just stupid.
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Even the video game makes a "copy" in the local memory of the console, That's why we're talking about copyright in the first place. It's a stupid, tenuous argument, but the crux is, when I buy a book, it's a physical (already made) copy; whereas to use software, I am "creating" a new "copy" in the memory of the device I'm trying to run the code on.
Oh, see that's where it gets worse. The commentary makes it clear that Lucas contends Anakin does appear as he did when he died ... on Mustafar in Episode III. Not on the second Death Star after saving Luke and claiming Luke had saved him as well.
I don't mind Greedo shooting first; I'll suspend my disbelief for Midi-chlorians; I'll accept Jar-Jar Binks is part of Star Wars; but I will not accept Hayden Christiansen in Episode IV.
I actually LIKE Greedo shooting first in Episode IV. It's more consistent with Han's character through the rest of the classic trilogy.
What I have never forgiven Lucas for is editing Sebastian Shaw out of the final scene of Return of the Jedi. Having Hayden Christiansen show up destroys the ENTIRE arc of Anakin not being completely destroyed. I really think this is a far, far more serious change than Han/Greedo shooting first. But I guess it's just me.
No-one outside the USA thinks of the Republicans and the Democrats as anything but "right wing", often to the right of the most right-leaning mainstream parties in European countries.
The fact that Americans think otherwise says more about the homogeneity of beliefs in free-thinking[tm] America than it does about anything else.
Even lumping Canada in with the USA and Israel and Russia into Europe, there are still 4.5 whole continents with populations, and one continent-wide research station that are neither European nor American. And there are some pretty repressive regimes in Africa and Asia that are to the right of mainstream American politics. I think someone's horizons need broadening...
Actually, Hans Blix (the chief UN weapons Inspector at the time) said several times in 2002 that Saddam was not cooperating with UN Resolutions which called for military enforcement. He also somehow thought the sanctions were working; when he himself kept stating they were failing. It is not W.'s fault Saddam was more concerned about Iran knowing he didn't have WMDs than convincing the USA he didn't have any. And England and France saw the same Intel the US did, and came to the same conclusions. Only Germany had real reservations about the intelligence.
The real lesson of March 2003 is that the UN is a joke that outlived its usefulness. Either Saddam defies the UN with impunity; or the USA defies the UN to enforce the UN;s own policies. Either way, there's nothing the UN can do.
And hey look, Iran is doing the same damn thing right now!
There are a tremendous number of people who have grown up in an age where it is so easy to copy information, and where it is so easy to self-publish so you *think* you're creative, and the idea that it's not FRAUD to benefit from someone else's hard work just because their work is easily copyable in a computer...it boggles my mind.
FTFY. It's. Not. Stealing. There was no physical product that was removed from merchantability. There is, however, now an unauthorized copy floating around. Unless it was a fair-use, backup, or alternate-format copy; in which case it was authorized. Now, if only the record companies and the movie studios paid those hard working creative types, I could actually feel for whatever the legitimate losses actually are. But as long as they insist on spending far more time and effort antagonizing their customers by completely ignoring any concept of consumer rights and grossly mis-characterizing the nature of the acts they are addressing there's no hope of resolving the underlying issues satisfactorily to society,
The analogy here is that your phone company decides to cut your voice line and instead use Skype through your DSL; but still charges you for the "voice line." If it is truly a separate service, then yes, the company has to pay it's delivery costs somehow. But with text messages on cell phones, the delivery cost is effectively zero for that text message if it's going over the "voice" channel. And in either case, I should NEVER be charged for an INCOMING message unless I have EXPRESSLY agreed to receive that specific message, ala collect calling.
And Super Mario Land 2, And Wario Land, ... And Doki Doki Panic, and Yoshi's Island, ...
And remember, Mario started in Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr (wherein Mario is, for a rarity, the villian),
Well .... TFA does go off the deep end about wanting to connect landline and cell charges.
But, as far as cell data charges, those ARE double or triple billed already. TEXT = DATA. Period. And until the Telcos admit that, I refuse to text on my phone. And only grudgingly accept the handful I get from family/friends a year; which they are billed for sending and I am billed for receiving, Adding the insult of charging extra for tethering, but not allowing for the higher usage that will entail is also double-dipping.
Any data that goes through my cell phone should be treated the same, regardless of it being an SMS or destined for my laptop,
Maybe metered is the solution. Maybe the buffet is the solution. What AT&T is launching this week is just stupid.
Thanks, Atari.