Yes it does apply. Most movies have an official site. Music is available streaming from radio stations and places like Pandora. Various networks stream shows.
I'm sure MPAA, RIAA, ESA, BSA and friends will have something to say aboutthis. Some of their software then gets hit pretty hard (demos aren't copyrighted, snag the code!; MP3s of songs; clips of movies; movie promotional materials on a website...)
Windows Programmer, not Windows user. Not a Windows machine at home, several Mac and Linux boxes.
Users are idiots. There are Windows viruses that are encrypted zip files. The user has to save it, open the zip, type in the password, then run the executable. THESE STILL SPREAD.
How is it a big leap from those to a "patch from Apple" that tells you to save the file and chmod it? Or download this codec to get porn or any other number of social engineering attacks?
Baloney. The machine still needs to be tied down. Idiots still run anything sent to them, and nothing inherent in Linux/BSD/OS X prevents a program started by the user changing ~/.bashrc or various files under ~/Library so it comes up next login and sending out mail.
6 million by March for the Wii? Isn't that a little low? I thought that there were 4 million by year end. So another 2 million by March seems an underestimation.
Firefox on the other hand, on OS X, NEVER crashes. It's a most well behaved application.
For you. It's my most problematic. Grabs 100% of the processor for no reason at random times and needs to be force-killed, leaks memory at times, still has connections open when no windows open and it's running in the dock.
I think it's stupid and laugh everytime I see it. From the GPL: Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
The entire point of video game consoles is NOT to avoid updating them. The entire point of video game consoles is to have a video game device on your TV or in your entertainment center.
You missed a big part: That is as easy to use as the TV it is attached to. Having to worry about upgrades negates that.
More my concern is that console developers will get the "ship then patch" mentality that pervades the PC realm. It already looks to be happening (King Kong too dark on SD, unreadable Dead Rising fonts on SD, Oblivion problems)
So you're saying I need to wire my house because of the crap Sony et. al want to pull? Wireless doesn't work very well downstairs, not at all near the consoles.
There's still plenty of PS2/GC/XBox games I need to play, I don't need to go to the next gen for a long time.
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And Sony has promised to support the PS2 for a while, and games like God of War 2 aren't coming out until April or later.
PS3 is far from all there is, especially with the shortages.
flamebait? Mod Kutargi, not me.
After all, you'll buy it if there weren't any games.
Yes it does apply. Most movies have an official site. Music is available streaming from radio stations and places like Pandora. Various networks stream shows.
I'm sure MPAA, RIAA, ESA, BSA and friends will have something to say aboutthis. Some of their software then gets hit pretty hard (demos aren't copyrighted, snag the code!; MP3s of songs; clips of movies; movie promotional materials on a website...)
Why does it even have to be close to do the checking?
Think about it - it's easy to verify when your write in isn't there. How do you check when it's just a checkbox?
Copyright law is sufficient to run the software, therefore there is no quid pro quo for the EULA.
You mean damage like what he quotes right in his sample?
In 5 years unless some miracle happens you will indeed be using Vista to play your games or you'll not be playing games any longer.
Is that so?
I gave up on PC games before the XP switch, and others will do the same because of the Vista switch. PCs aren't the only game in town.
Windows Programmer, not Windows user. Not a Windows machine at home, several Mac and Linux boxes.
Users are idiots. There are Windows viruses that are encrypted zip files. The user has to save it, open the zip, type in the password, then run the executable. THESE STILL SPREAD.
How is it a big leap from those to a "patch from Apple" that tells you to save the file and chmod it? Or download this codec to get porn or any other number of social engineering attacks?
Baloney. The machine still needs to be tied down. Idiots still run anything sent to them, and nothing inherent in Linux/BSD/OS X prevents a program started by the user changing ~/.bashrc or various files under ~/Library so it comes up next login and sending out mail.
So, how does the factorization stop compromised clients like these bot nets? Computing power is free to them.
6 million by March for the Wii? Isn't that a little low? I thought that there were 4 million by year end. So another 2 million by March seems an underestimation.
No, that MS *says* is more forgiving.
I'll believe that when I see it in production.
Firefox on the other hand, on OS X, NEVER crashes. It's a most well behaved application.
For you. It's my most problematic. Grabs 100% of the processor for no reason at random times and needs to be force-killed, leaks memory at times, still has connections open when no windows open and it's running in the dock.
You know, that's a good idea
So, the "Strong Sexual Content" warning on the back doesn't cover it?
Maybe it wasn't specifically disclosed to ESRB, but that descriptor alone sure seems enough.
Lesse, trademarked superheros in a superhero game vs. parody of a public figure
Yeah, it's the same thing and Thompson will win </sarcasm>
I think it's stupid and laugh everytime I see it. From the GPL:
Activities other than copying, distribution and modification are not covered by this License; they are outside its scope. The act of running the Program is not restricted, and the output from the Program is covered only if its contents constitute a work based on the Program (independent of having been made by running the Program). Whether that is true depends on what the Program does.
Good record, right. Like the DS Lite cracks. That killed my preorder right there.
The entire point of video game consoles is NOT to avoid updating them. The entire point of video game consoles is to have a video game device on your TV or in your entertainment center.
You missed a big part: That is as easy to use as the TV it is attached to. Having to worry about upgrades negates that.
Charges for incremental updates, like Windows 5.0 to Windows 5.1?
The cost for that upgrade is about the same as a 5 pack of 10.3-10.4
More my concern is that console developers will get the "ship then patch" mentality that pervades the PC realm. It already looks to be happening (King Kong too dark on SD, unreadable Dead Rising fonts on SD, Oblivion problems)
So you're saying I need to wire my house because of the crap Sony et. al want to pull? Wireless doesn't work very well downstairs, not at all near the consoles.
There's still plenty of PS2/GC/XBox games I need to play, I don't need to go to the next gen for a long time.
Nope, that's why I went to consoles.
And I don't want any of my consoles hooked to the net, period. If it needs updates, I likely won't purchase it.