As a developer, the latter would sure help me sleep better at night, knowing my product isn't benefitting some punk-ass Generation Me self-righteous little shit who refuses to pay for anything they can get away with. Between that and preventing casual piracy, DRM is more than worth it.
It's really easy to do. Don't write software, and no one will be able to pirate it.
Granted, you won't like that option as it is incompatible with selling your game to make money, but fortunately that should be alright since you didn't list that as a requirement...
What he is saying is, as a gaming company, you should pay attention to paying gamers like me who will gladly drop a couple hundred dollars a year on entertainment. I have money to give you for great games.. just do that, and sell them to me, and you will have money.
There are more people than just me like this.. SELL TO US
Currently, the game companies do NOT do this. I, and those like me, get a teeny sliver of their attention time and effort, and it shows.
They spend all their time money and effort on people who clearly will never give them a dime.
The parents point is those people wont PAY for games. Your point is those people will PLAY those games.
If you as a game company only have one desire, to not have any pirates play your games, then just don't release software and you will have your wish.
Spending money on pirates to keep them from getting your stuff, just means less money left over to actually make games, which generally translates to crappy and broken games that just dont work.
Well, if they don't like it, they can always try to fight for independence or something.;)
Interesting idea! But naa, I don't think that would ever work out!;}
Thou in all seriousness, looking at the outcome of that a couple hundred years later, and with the foresight of our founders... Perhaps they were more onto something than anyone realizes about constantly overthrowing the government.
We realize US and UK only differ by one letter and a few thousand miles.. but wow It's in the article title, which puts it in your web browsers title! How can you miss that?!
Stop trying to force your poor American values on the rest of the world. The rest of the world does NOT follow your shitty federal state or local laws!
That looks like Slashdot is guilty of the crime here, as that editor misrepresented Wicked Lasers product in a trademark infringing way. Wicked Laser made no such statement.
It's funny because Lucas is even quoted as admitting this fact in the article!
He knows it is gizmodo and the other blogs misrepresenting the product, but he still doesn't want to sue the ones doing the wrong, just another company that never once made such a comparison.
There really isn't any pretty way to end a life but of the available methods that our technology allows I would argue that being shot is the most humane. If the shooters do their job right you will be dead in seconds.
I won't spoil it, but after discovering basically every method of execution employed is or can be extremely agonizing, he finds a way to kill someone and they would be happy it was happening it was happening before nodding off asleep and having natural brain failure afterward.
Tweeting a legal and properly appealed capital conviction is the "all-time low for internet use", but I suppose that using the internet to distribute Jihad snuff films like Daniel Pearl or using the internet to recruit racial and religious hate is just fine.
I dunno, this still has to compete with 4chan and 2girls1cup. My guess is far from the all time low of what is on the internet.
The ECPA does not distinguish between wired and wireless communications.
In that case, I'm going to need your name so I can press charges against you.
All that wireless data being reflected off my body from the sun was not reflected with you as the recipient, so you 'seeing' me is unlawful interception of RF communications.
Hope you have a good lawyer, and don't make the same arguments you did above in court!
In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised.
Really? Not the universal Turing machine pattern, or the pattern that emulates the game of life itself? Those both seem more impressive to me.
If either of those things existed, then yes you would be right, they would rank right up above this pattern.
I haven't seen a turning machine implemented in the game of life, nor have I seen a game of life interpreter written in the game of life. So what's the point of comparing something existing to two non-existent ideas?
(Taking things out of their context purposefully is a game everyone can play!)
The issue is that the bad guys reverse engineer the patches as they come and then they target the unpatched systems immediately.
Naa, those guys are just script kiddies. They are annoying, but anyone on their toes will not actually be bothered by them.
The REAL bad guys have been using holes such as this SINCE DAY ONE as one of many tools to gain access to any XP or newer system. The real bad guys do not share such information with each other, let alone anyone else. There is little to no opportunity for any of us to defend against these people.
Today they have one less tool for unfettered access on the worlds systems, and you think this is a bad thing because some script kiddies will now be using an attack you can defend against?
To the rest of us, this means keeping everyone out. If your biggest concern is the script kiddies however, then I fear for your networks security:(
Pictures showing galaxies that are billions of light-years away make nice posters, but it seems totally pointless to put too much effort into these things, when there's so much we don't know about the stuff inside our own galaxy.
But to learn about the stuff inside our galaxy, and how it came to be, we need to see how it looked in the past. Since you haven't gotten around to making that time machine yet, we can't do it that way;}
Instead we look at light from galaxies that have been traveling in space for an amount of time equal to how far back in time we want to see, and we discover such things as galaxy formation.
This is ONLY possible to do by looking at distant and thus older galaxies. And it does teach us more about our own.
What about all the other work people have to do that has nothing to do with repairing the system.
Many logs need to be checked, system rebuild, system wide password changing. A whole shit storm of activity happens. They don't just send a tech to change the password.
Change the password implies there was one there in the first place. That has been admitted as not true.
No password on user accounts, no password on administrator account.
Anyone who would deploy a windows network where all accounts have no password (including administrator), I just can't believe would actually perform any of the very valid correct things you listed as a response.
But yea, I'm not arguing for Gary here. He shouldn't have been there, no question about that.
I'm not blaming the victim, I'm just questioning the competence of the people who run this network, and are supposidly in charge of keeping the data on them secure, while not knowing any better than not setting a password.
After all we aren't talking about grandma at home getting an email virus here, we are talking about government IT staff in charge with protecting very important data (From their own claim) and have demonstrated they have NO clue what that is or how to do that.
If it was a flaw in software he was exploiting, or actually was 'hacked' at all, maybe that would be different. it's a freaking password!
(a reasonable suspicion, considering he has a very strong personal interest in making himself sound as mentally ill as possible, to avoid extradition).
This worries me as well.
I too suffer from anxiety (social), and depression. My doctors can't do much else but produce the paperwork for the past 20 years that I've been treated. This thread makes me think quite a lot of people really are predisposed at writing off such things as made-up or being faked, or trying to get preferential treatment from others. The last of which is very ironic, since if it was possible to avoid all human contact, I would no doubt never have another panic attack! (I'm sure it would make up for it in depression however)
If I ever get accused of any serious crime, one where I'd get a lengthy federal prison sentence (thus will probably not survive the experience), I just can't imagine how much worse my anxiety would get at that moment.
This pretty much does show that most others are suspicious that I would just be making it all up, since odds are that would be the first time you heard me claim such symptoms... First time hearing anything from me at all for that matter.
But I think its safe to say no one here has spoken with Gary before to know either way, so I can only assume in the same situation as he is people will assume the same of me:/
Ever since I was a teen, Ive had a dreadful fear of being arrested/tried for a crime I didn't commit, and being found guilty anyway
I'm not sure why I typed all that out, it's not you or your fault or anything. It just sucks
Is your constitutional right more important than a hundred lives you endanger?
Yes. Yes it is. And again, YES.
A hundred.. a thousand.. a million. Our constitutional rights are worth more than that, and that is exactly why we as a nation are willing to send that many people off to a potential death to defend them.
From the article you linked: "The GA-X58A-UD9 has seven physical PCIe x16 slots." That's "only" enough for two of these - they take three slots, not just two.
They require 3 back plate slots each yes, but only two PCIe slots per card.
At least this is the design of the standard HD5970 card, and they do not state any differently in the article to assume otherwise.
If Gizmodo pissed in my [Cheerios] - I wouldn't invite them to my party either.
Enough- that's not what happened! His Holy Majesty (blessing be upon Him) left His iBox of Cheerios in Gizmodo's bathroom, and Gizmodo accidentally knocked them into the toilet while taking a Whizmodo. Facts, please!
What on earth are you talking about?
"Pissed in my cheerios" means they upset you, ruined your day, etc
Even stripping the flame off your comments, you are still describing Gizmodo upsetting Steve.
The fact that the BSD license requires you to include attribution kind of makes it incompatible with GPL since that is an 'additional restriction' which GPL forbids.
From the GPL: 4. Conveying Verbatim Copies.
You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that this License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code; keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
* Shes 17.98 years old * Shes provably over 18, but depicting a child * Shes a drawing * Shes a computer generated image/video
Any of those criteria being met makes the media child porn to the law. All parties involved were fully willing adults with no victims.
Not saying any of those are the majority of child porn online, personally I'd guess it's an unfortunately small amount, but whatever the percentages there are some things the law deems child porn that do not in fact have any victims.
Slashdot Mirror
I dunno about you, but I sure wouldn't want to dedicate the equivalent of an entire 3ghz cpu core (Out of 4) just to manage my network card...
Though to be totally honest, I probably would do it for the 'woah' factor, and in truth have done worse things in software ;}
As a developer, the latter would sure help me sleep better at night, knowing my product isn't benefitting some punk-ass Generation Me self-righteous little shit who refuses to pay for anything they can get away with. Between that and preventing casual piracy, DRM is more than worth it.
It's really easy to do. Don't write software, and no one will be able to pirate it.
Granted, you won't like that option as it is incompatible with selling your game to make money, but fortunately that should be alright since you didn't list that as a requirement...
What he is saying is, as a gaming company, you should pay attention to paying gamers like me who will gladly drop a couple hundred dollars a year on entertainment. I have money to give you for great games.. just do that, and sell them to me, and you will have money.
There are more people than just me like this.. SELL TO US
Currently, the game companies do NOT do this. I, and those like me, get a teeny sliver of their attention time and effort, and it shows.
They spend all their time money and effort on people who clearly will never give them a dime.
The parents point is those people wont PAY for games. Your point is those people will PLAY those games.
If you as a game company only have one desire, to not have any pirates play your games, then just don't release software and you will have your wish.
Spending money on pirates to keep them from getting your stuff, just means less money left over to actually make games, which generally translates to crappy and broken games that just dont work.
Well, if they don't like it, they can always try to fight for independence or something. ;)
Interesting idea! But naa, I don't think that would ever work out! ;}
Thou in all seriousness, looking at the outcome of that a couple hundred years later, and with the foresight of our founders... Perhaps they were more onto something than anyone realizes about constantly overthrowing the government.
Copyright infringement is a federal offense
We realize US and UK only differ by one letter and a few thousand miles.. but wow
It's in the article title, which puts it in your web browsers title! How can you miss that?!
Stop trying to force your poor American values on the rest of the world.
The rest of the world does NOT follow your shitty federal state or local laws!
Money isn't the only cost; these sensors have weight, as well, so they add to the price-per-mile.
So take the in dash DVD player out to make weight allowance for that sensor.. you know, the sensor that would save your fucking life :/
If that is honestly a problem in your world, it is a problem of your own choosing and creation.
That looks like Slashdot is guilty of the crime here, as that editor misrepresented Wicked Lasers product in a trademark infringing way. Wicked Laser made no such statement.
It's funny because Lucas is even quoted as admitting this fact in the article!
He knows it is gizmodo and the other blogs misrepresenting the product, but he still doesn't want to sue the ones doing the wrong, just another company that never once made such a comparison.
Lucas is still a dick however.
It's pushing to expect Americans to know there is another side of the world.
Don't be silly, of course we know there is another side to the world. Most Americans just think that too is America.
There really isn't any pretty way to end a life but of the available methods that our technology allows I would argue that being shot is the most humane. If the shooters do their job right you will be dead in seconds.
There was actually a 2008 Horizons documentary on this subject called "How to Kill a Human Being"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228865/
It doesn't seem available on the BBC website, so here ya go (Warning, 50min video.. sorry bout that on a Sunday night folks!)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8068091823725414405#
I won't spoil it, but after discovering basically every method of execution employed is or can be extremely agonizing, he finds a way to kill someone and they would be happy it was happening it was happening before nodding off asleep and having natural brain failure afterward.
Enjoy
Tweeting a legal and properly appealed capital conviction is the "all-time low for internet use", but I suppose that using the internet to distribute Jihad snuff films like Daniel Pearl or using the internet to recruit racial and religious hate is just fine.
I dunno, this still has to compete with 4chan and 2girls1cup.
My guess is far from the all time low of what is on the internet.
I'm amazed we haven't had a fail of epic proportions yet where a storm changes directions and sucks up a bunch of them.
Now that would be some good TV!
In Soviet Russia, storm chases you
The ECPA does not distinguish between wired and wireless communications.
In that case, I'm going to need your name so I can press charges against you.
All that wireless data being reflected off my body from the sun was not reflected with you as the recipient, so you 'seeing' me is unlawful interception of RF communications.
Hope you have a good lawyer, and don't make the same arguments you did above in court!
Sort of like a vending machine that sells other vending machines?
No, it's more like the ATM Machine. The machine that makes ATMs!
You just go to the ATM Machine, put in your ATMM card, and withdraw a shiny new ATM.
As a bonus, from this ATM you can then withdraw money to use in your above vending machine machine, and various vending machines.
In fact, this is arguably the single most impressive and important pattern ever devised.
Really? Not the universal Turing machine pattern, or the pattern that emulates the game of life itself? Those both seem more impressive to me.
If either of those things existed, then yes you would be right, they would rank right up above this pattern.
I haven't seen a turning machine implemented in the game of life, nor have I seen a game of life interpreter written in the game of life. So what's the point of comparing something existing to two non-existent ideas?
(Taking things out of their context purposefully is a game everyone can play!)
The issue is that the bad guys reverse engineer the patches as they come and then they target the unpatched systems immediately.
Naa, those guys are just script kiddies. They are annoying, but anyone on their toes will not actually be bothered by them.
The REAL bad guys have been using holes such as this SINCE DAY ONE as one of many tools to gain access to any XP or newer system.
The real bad guys do not share such information with each other, let alone anyone else. There is little to no opportunity for any of us to defend against these people.
Today they have one less tool for unfettered access on the worlds systems, and you think this is a bad thing because some script kiddies will now be using an attack you can defend against?
To the rest of us, this means keeping everyone out. :(
If your biggest concern is the script kiddies however, then I fear for your networks security
Now how will all of the no-value-added middle men make their livings if this type of philosophy takes hold?
Well my lawn IS getting a little tall...
I don't see a lot of people wanting to buy a tablet only to replace the existing OS.
I might not qualify as 'a lot of people', but I will be damned if I will leave Windows 98 on my Fujitsu stylistic 2300!
20 years ago was a long time, but I am pretty sure my intent was replacing its OS right fast after buying it.
Ubuntu runs on it just fine today. Back then I used slackware and then debian, as ubuntu didn't exist yet.
Pictures showing galaxies that are billions of light-years away make nice posters, but it seems totally pointless to put too much effort into these things, when there's so much we don't know about the stuff inside our own galaxy.
But to learn about the stuff inside our galaxy, and how it came to be, we need to see how it looked in the past. ;}
Since you haven't gotten around to making that time machine yet, we can't do it that way
Instead we look at light from galaxies that have been traveling in space for an amount of time equal to how far back in time we want to see, and we discover such things as galaxy formation.
This is ONLY possible to do by looking at distant and thus older galaxies. And it does teach us more about our own.
What about all the other work people have to do that has nothing to do with repairing the system.
Many logs need to be checked, system rebuild, system wide password changing. A whole shit storm of activity happens. They don't just send a tech to change the password.
Change the password implies there was one there in the first place. That has been admitted as not true.
No password on user accounts, no password on administrator account.
Anyone who would deploy a windows network where all accounts have no password (including administrator), I just can't believe would actually perform any of the very valid correct things you listed as a response.
But yea, I'm not arguing for Gary here. He shouldn't have been there, no question about that.
I'm not blaming the victim, I'm just questioning the competence of the people who run this network, and are supposidly in charge of keeping the data on them secure, while not knowing any better than not setting a password.
After all we aren't talking about grandma at home getting an email virus here, we are talking about government IT staff in charge with protecting very important data (From their own claim) and have demonstrated they have NO clue what that is or how to do that.
If it was a flaw in software he was exploiting, or actually was 'hacked' at all, maybe that would be different. it's a freaking password!
(a reasonable suspicion, considering he has a very strong personal interest in making himself sound as mentally ill as possible, to avoid extradition).
This worries me as well.
I too suffer from anxiety (social), and depression. My doctors can't do much else but produce the paperwork for the past 20 years that I've been treated. This thread makes me think quite a lot of people really are predisposed at writing off such things as made-up or being faked, or trying to get preferential treatment from others.
The last of which is very ironic, since if it was possible to avoid all human contact, I would no doubt never have another panic attack! (I'm sure it would make up for it in depression however)
If I ever get accused of any serious crime, one where I'd get a lengthy federal prison sentence (thus will probably not survive the experience), I just can't imagine how much worse my anxiety would get at that moment.
This pretty much does show that most others are suspicious that I would just be making it all up, since odds are that would be the first time you heard me claim such symptoms... First time hearing anything from me at all for that matter.
But I think its safe to say no one here has spoken with Gary before to know either way, so I can only assume in the same situation as he is people will assume the same of me :/
Ever since I was a teen, Ive had a dreadful fear of being arrested/tried for a crime I didn't commit, and being found guilty anyway
I'm not sure why I typed all that out, it's not you or your fault or anything. It just sucks
Is your constitutional right more important than a hundred lives you endanger?
Yes. Yes it is. And again, YES.
A hundred.. a thousand.. a million. Our constitutional rights are worth more than that, and that is exactly why we as a nation are willing to send that many people off to a potential death to defend them.
From the article you linked: "The GA-X58A-UD9 has seven physical PCIe x16 slots." That's "only" enough for two of these - they take three slots, not just two.
They require 3 back plate slots each yes, but only two PCIe slots per card.
At least this is the design of the standard HD5970 card, and they do not state any differently in the article to assume otherwise.
If Gizmodo pissed in my [Cheerios] - I wouldn't invite them to my party either.
Enough- that's not what happened! His Holy Majesty (blessing be upon Him) left His iBox of Cheerios in Gizmodo's bathroom, and Gizmodo accidentally knocked them into the toilet while taking a Whizmodo. Facts, please!
What on earth are you talking about?
"Pissed in my cheerios" means they upset you, ruined your day, etc
Even stripping the flame off your comments, you are still describing Gizmodo upsetting Steve.
The fact that the BSD license requires you to include attribution kind of makes it incompatible with GPL since that is an 'additional restriction' which GPL forbids.
From the GPL:
4. Conveying Verbatim Copies.
You may convey verbatim copies of the Program's source code as you receive it, in any medium, provided that you conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy an appropriate copyright notice; keep intact all notices stating that this License and any non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code; keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.
Try again.
Indeed
How do you have child porn without a victim?
With our current laws:
* Shes 17.98 years old
* Shes provably over 18, but depicting a child
* Shes a drawing
* Shes a computer generated image/video
Any of those criteria being met makes the media child porn to the law. All parties involved were fully willing adults with no victims.
Not saying any of those are the majority of child porn online, personally I'd guess it's an unfortunately small amount, but whatever the percentages there are some things the law deems child porn that do not in fact have any victims.