That fact alone makes the "new" Atari like the old one in the most important way possible. Except this one has sustainable ideas on how to structure it's business.
Maybe Belgian society is different and while I've been contrarian on IP rights here, this is unfuckingacceptable. Period. If they took that 15â cost, and then donated it back, maybe. If its due to some EU IP thing.
Otherwise SABAM should come out in public dressed up like a Tin tin villain.
Because "they" aren't working together. The cableco doesn't give a shit about what you're watching and the content providers don't give a shit where their feed is hitting your eyes.
The control over my work or anyone else's work isn't a monopoly in the sense of the *loaded* word. That being, that it's all government mandated and sponsored therefore not real and all that other libertarian warrrgarbl.
Get real. While there was an above AC who made very good points that those who are of less means just pirate anyway because they have no other means to acquire and I agree that it should be done. Pragmatically I support piracy.
However, in the art world, and other places where we're not talking about the dissemination of mass media this shit can get really sticky really quick. Stop pretending that copyright has only to do with what you can torrent and what you can't. While in mass media, no one's worrying about how Willem Dafoe's going to eat and make a living. No one's worrying about who's going to stand up for the little guy when a very large corporation plagiarizes them. They've got a team of lawyers to worry about it.
However, for an indie film maker, an unknown artist, a guy with a guitar and a drum machine application in his crappy 1 bedroom, buying the dvd, the album or a print of the work might be crucial for their survival.
Fun story. Friend of mine at a fashion show took an amazing photo of Tim Gunn. Bravo wanted to license that photo and use it as part of their promotional package for some show he was on. They lowballed her. She said no. They plagiarized the hell out of the photo and wound up with a worse shot than what she had. She had no legal resources. She could've licensed it out for that price, but this would drop the price floor on her work severely.
Awesome cameras cost money. Food costs money. Rent costs money. Medical bills cost money. Artists aren't magical beings who subsist off of whimsy and substantialiality.
Until that reality changes, copyright is a necessary evil. I think that it shouldn't nearly as long as it is, and shouldn't be this driving force that completely wrecks the internet, but, do we need copyright of some form? Yeah. and it is a right.
Thomas Jefferson wasn't our only founding father. Thomas Jefferson was quite wrong about a few things. A wise, and able man, sure. A God? Not by a long shot.
I was speaking from a strictly legalistic standpoint.
No one's entitled to art by anyone else. If you don't feel like sharing you don't have to share.
Pragmatically you're right, of course, but, should we in general feel entitled to art? Until we can live in a world where people can eat, live and not require money to get by on a day to day basis, this is a major problem.
I think it's important to keep the distinction between piracy and theft clear, because theft is just an absurdly loaded word when in this context, but, let's not get crazy here. It's a goddamned dick move.
How many times in the last six months to the last two years have we read about the downfall of Apple? Or Google? Or Microsoft?
How many times have pundits been wrong on so many other topics like politics or economics? Hell the weatherman can't even figure out the weather that far in advance(I suspect though, that technology may change this).
Because most users don't need a Intel or AMD something-or-another x86 machine.
The real success story here isn't tablets, it's ARM.
The way that Apple has set the yard stick for the form factor too, having a detachable keyboard and touch as input and a giant honking battery, you have a ridiculously flexible work device. it won't replace the 6 or 8 monitor monsters that IT pros, day traders, and other geeks need, but it will make life easier for nearly everyone else.
and strictly speaking, Windows NT4 wasn't bad either. It was just bland. Relatively stable, and didn't have the cluster*#($ that was the 9x/ME codebase to worry about.
the money generated by fines isn't what you think it is.
Arrests and citations make the department's numbers look good so they can secure rounds of funding when the next go around happens. None of this has to do with what the actual income is from the citation. I'd be willing to bet once the paperwork for a fine got circled around, it costs the department money.
I think the problem with Metro, is that I don't think that regular users think like Microsoft thinks they think.
nearly 30 years of GUI development and most everyone I know still uses full screen apps and a ridiculously cluttered desktop.
Don't get me wrong, I think on paper metro sounds amazing, especially with how apps interact with each other. Also on paper, iOS sounds completely fucking ridiculous, with just page after page of apps and no interaction.
However, what I find myself realizing is that metro isn't how people want to interact with computers. It doesn't offer any advantages over Windows Explorer. It's too high minded and over thought out.
It's going to bomb.
Badly.
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Technically? Sure.
But the creative side? Making sure that the UI flows correctly and maintains cohesion with the smaller screens?
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Bushnell is and was a whore.
That fact alone makes the "new" Atari like the old one in the most important way possible. Except this one has sustainable ideas on how to structure it's business.
I don't care what the context is.
Maybe Belgian society is different and while I've been contrarian on IP rights here, this is unfuckingacceptable. Period. If they took that 15â cost, and then donated it back, maybe. If its due to some EU IP thing.
Otherwise SABAM should come out in public dressed up like a Tin tin villain.
Because "they" aren't working together. The cableco doesn't give a shit about what you're watching and the content providers don't give a shit where their feed is hitting your eyes.
Facts aren't up to a vote.
If we let people vote on what was real, there was a period of time where we might have voted to say that 9/11 was an inside job.
Naturalistic fallacy.
In an all natural situation a lion would have eaten me or I would've died of illness we can now prevent.
However, here in the civilized world, I have the right to whatever content I produce.
flaw in your analogy.
A tool belt will let me run around screaming, "I'M BATMAN!" while punching people in the face.
Actually the right to vote is revokable.
The control over my work or anyone else's work isn't a monopoly in the sense of the *loaded* word. That being, that it's all government mandated and sponsored therefore not real and all that other libertarian warrrgarbl.
Get real. While there was an above AC who made very good points that those who are of less means just pirate anyway because they have no other means to acquire and I agree that it should be done. Pragmatically I support piracy.
However, in the art world, and other places where we're not talking about the dissemination of mass media this shit can get really sticky really quick. Stop pretending that copyright has only to do with what you can torrent and what you can't. While in mass media, no one's worrying about how Willem Dafoe's going to eat and make a living. No one's worrying about who's going to stand up for the little guy when a very large corporation plagiarizes them. They've got a team of lawyers to worry about it.
However, for an indie film maker, an unknown artist, a guy with a guitar and a drum machine application in his crappy 1 bedroom, buying the dvd, the album or a print of the work might be crucial for their survival.
Fun story. Friend of mine at a fashion show took an amazing photo of Tim Gunn. Bravo wanted to license that photo and use it as part of their promotional package for some show he was on. They lowballed her. She said no. They plagiarized the hell out of the photo and wound up with a worse shot than what she had. She had no legal resources. She could've licensed it out for that price, but this would drop the price floor on her work severely.
Awesome cameras cost money. Food costs money. Rent costs money. Medical bills cost money. Artists aren't magical beings who subsist off of whimsy and substantialiality.
Until that reality changes, copyright is a necessary evil. I think that it shouldn't nearly as long as it is, and shouldn't be this driving force that completely wrecks the internet, but, do we need copyright of some form? Yeah. and it is a right.
Sure, but that's not law.
Thomas Jefferson wasn't our only founding father. Thomas Jefferson was quite wrong about a few things. A wise, and able man, sure. A God? Not by a long shot.
I was speaking from a strictly legalistic standpoint.
No one's entitled to art by anyone else. If you don't feel like sharing you don't have to share.
Pragmatically you're right, of course, but, should we in general feel entitled to art? Until we can live in a world where people can eat, live and not require money to get by on a day to day basis, this is a major problem.
it is a right. Copy -right-.
I disagree with the premise that copying is stealing but it really is a, "It's not a tragedy of the commons, it's a tragedy of you're a dick." situation.
I think it's important to keep the distinction between piracy and theft clear, because theft is just an absurdly loaded word when in this context, but, let's not get crazy here. It's a goddamned dick move.
Not true. I cited Wikipedia as an example of culture in flux. Also I used Wikipedia a lot to find sources.
Never cited Wikipedia itself out of context with itself.
So we can end this thread properly and to the logical conclusion...
Throck grunt grunt click click derng smargen.
Hence relative. Windows Server is a much different animal though.
Although I can't seem to find any sources on the floppy drive BSOD. Any hints?
This is beyond true.
How many times in the last six months to the last two years have we read about the downfall of Apple? Or Google? Or Microsoft?
How many times have pundits been wrong on so many other topics like politics or economics? Hell the weatherman can't even figure out the weather that far in advance(I suspect though, that technology may change this).
Because most users don't need a Intel or AMD something-or-another x86 machine.
The real success story here isn't tablets, it's ARM.
The way that Apple has set the yard stick for the form factor too, having a detachable keyboard and touch as input and a giant honking battery, you have a ridiculously flexible work device. it won't replace the 6 or 8 monitor monsters that IT pros, day traders, and other geeks need, but it will make life easier for nearly everyone else.
and strictly speaking, Windows NT4 wasn't bad either. It was just bland. Relatively stable, and didn't have the cluster*#($ that was the 9x/ME codebase to worry about.
Vista's really the only outlier.
The disk images were being sent to Kaleidescape's server's, not your local jukebox.
That's the problem.
tau day is better in this regard. It's easier to get a Tan() in June than march.
Not true
Steve shit into a box, put a dock connector on it and even hardcore apple zealots said fuck no. It was off the market in like six months.
Can we be done with this meme? Sheesh.
the money generated by fines isn't what you think it is.
Arrests and citations make the department's numbers look good so they can secure rounds of funding when the next go around happens. None of this has to do with what the actual income is from the citation. I'd be willing to bet once the paperwork for a fine got circled around, it costs the department money.
Look up Comstat and the NYPD tapes.
"If I asked my customers what they wanted, they would've said a faster horse." - Henry Ford.
Not that there isn't advantages to customer and user testing, but, I don't think Metro's the way to go.
I'm just a braying farm animal on /., so, I could be wrong. :)
I've had a small epiphany.
I think the problem with Metro, is that I don't think that regular users think like Microsoft thinks they think.
nearly 30 years of GUI development and most everyone I know still uses full screen apps and a ridiculously cluttered desktop.
Don't get me wrong, I think on paper metro sounds amazing, especially with how apps interact with each other. Also on paper, iOS sounds completely fucking ridiculous, with just page after page of apps and no interaction.
However, what I find myself realizing is that metro isn't how people want to interact with computers. It doesn't offer any advantages over Windows Explorer. It's too high minded and over thought out.
It's going to bomb.
Badly.
Technically? Sure.
But the creative side? Making sure that the UI flows correctly and maintains cohesion with the smaller screens?
That's a non-trivial task.
I want to see how this compares to cold cathodes. :)
Watch the announcement video.
Android apps don't flow nicely on large screens. It looks like when you browse to a site meant for a phone on a tablet.
granted you could just have multiple views and flow layouts based on screen resolution, size, DPI, etc. But that sounds like a giant pain in the ass.