Hey, knock yourself out. While the tag line may say "Anonymous Coward," I suspect the system still remembers who actually posted it, even if you have to trace it back to an IP address (granted, that's not the most accurate way of doing things--especially with the PPP effect--but I'm just saying that some sort of imprinting is going on).
However, if you've read the OSDN terms of service, owning the copyright on your post may be moot. You've already granted them the irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to do anything they want with your material, and this is standard with any corporate-owned message board/community.
Regarding the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, aka the "Steamboat Willie Preservation Act" and Lawrence Lessig, the lawyer who argued the case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, there's a great article in this month's Wired magazine that gives a little bit of depth and insight on what the timely extension of copyright law means to the artistic world.
The big problem, as Lessig sees it, is that continual extensions of copyright prevent anything new from entering the public domain. This is most ironic, notes Lessig, since Disney dredged the public domain for its most lucrative properties... Because of the Bono Act, Lessig asserts, "no one can do to Disney as Disney did to the Brothers Grimm."
Why is it that many people think that just because a film doesn't have a plot means it is pointless?
In fact, I'd have to say that in the case of Koyaanisqatsi (haven't seen the second one), anything more complicated would dilute the impact of the message: that with all the modernization and mechanization humans have brought on this world, perhaps we've lost sight of the basic relationship between Man and the Earth.
OK, at least that's the message I got out of it (completely sober, btw); your mileage may vary. But don't you think that had there been a plot to the film, it would rather limit this kind of personal meaning?
Don't certain Windows licenses preclude other DOS or Windows versions from being installed on the same PC in their EULA?
I think that only applies to OEM'd OS's. And we all know this guy used the full retail versions of all that software.
I don't think that emulators should really count for this experiment (since it is an exercise in boot loader utility), but if they did, think of running all 37 OS's simultaneously...
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Hey, knock yourself out. While the tag line may say "Anonymous Coward," I suspect the system still remembers who actually posted it, even if you have to trace it back to an IP address (granted, that's not the most accurate way of doing things--especially with the PPP effect--but I'm just saying that some sort of imprinting is going on).
However, if you've read the OSDN terms of service, owning the copyright on your post may be moot. You've already granted them the irrevocable and fully sublicensable right to do anything they want with your material, and this is standard with any corporate-owned message board/community.
Regarding the 1998 Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, aka the "Steamboat Willie Preservation Act" and Lawrence Lessig, the lawyer who argued the case before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, there's a great article in this month's Wired magazine that gives a little bit of depth and insight on what the timely extension of copyright law means to the artistic world.
The big problem, as Lessig sees it, is that continual extensions of copyright prevent anything new from entering the public domain. This is most ironic, notes Lessig, since Disney dredged the public domain for its most lucrative properties... Because of the Bono Act, Lessig asserts, "no one can do to Disney as Disney did to the Brothers Grimm."
There's a slightly more technical writeup of the API dilemma in John Siracusa's Ars Technica review of Jaguar.
Here's the beginning of the article.
Didn't your mother ever tell you not to download books while the car was in motion?
Hey, any Easter egg where you don't have to use the verbal trigger "Go go Gadget Car!" is an improvement in the technology.
Why is it that many people think that just because a film doesn't have a plot means it is pointless?
In fact, I'd have to say that in the case of Koyaanisqatsi (haven't seen the second one), anything more complicated would dilute the impact of the message: that with all the modernization and mechanization humans have brought on this world, perhaps we've lost sight of the basic relationship between Man and the Earth.
OK, at least that's the message I got out of it (completely sober, btw); your mileage may vary. But don't you think that had there been a plot to the film, it would rather limit this kind of personal meaning?
Don't certain Windows licenses preclude other DOS or Windows versions from being installed on the same PC in their EULA?
I think that only applies to OEM'd OS's. And we all know this guy used the full retail versions of all that software.
I don't think that emulators should really count for this experiment (since it is an exercise in boot loader utility), but if they did, think of running all 37 OS's simultaneously...