"the copyrights of games are valid even if the games are not found on store shelves, and copying or distributing those games is a copyright infringement".
I'm surely no lawyer, but i'm pretty sure that the copyright is only to reserve the right for enough time to make profits off of the copyrighted noun. once the copyright holder has stopped attempting to make profits on the object, he or she has, in effect, relenquished hold on the 'right to copy.'
also, the copyright is to promote something like scientific development, invention, and innovation. its been a while since ive read the law its self. but once the copyright is stifling creativity and development, or even our simple enjoyment, by preventing others from using (example) these emulators and ROMs, then the copyright is working at cross purposes.
when you stop using your copy right, then it shouldn't still exist. keeping others from using it, and yet not using it your self, i can't think of anything to compare it to other than greediness. if a certain company gives up on selling or servicing a product, then the company does not deserve the right to claim it. if they want to claim it, then they should have a reason for maintaining the copyright (such as selling me my favorite 8-bit nintendo with complete mario brothers game set) .
umm, im too lazy to go see when this patent was applied for/granted, but every summer for several years my brothers and i have gone to my aunts house and used our laser pointers to make dots on the wall and watch them jump around. Making the dot disappear under a couch caused the cats to run quickly and hit their noses on the couch as they chased that funny little dot.
Now next time i see my aunt and her cats do i have to pay royalties for the simple enjoyment that red dots bring?
doesn't anyone else think that the FBI could get a hold of USPS email a WHOLE LOT EASIER than attaching the black box to independent ISPs? Since the USPS and FBI are both government operated, and so is the new 'government email,' i think i'll stick with my slightly more private methods (hotmail, yahoo, etc). *laugh*.
i havent checked my/. in about a week, and i just checked the site and they have posted *gasp* THE TRUTH!! on that truth page, they declare that they made this hoax to draw folks in, and IMHO, THIS WAS ONE HUGE TROLL!
in robocop, that really big robot was built/designed by the bad guy. at the robot's test in the boardroom meeting, the bad guy made the robot shoot the mayor/councilman/i forget what he was.
on my computer, with it's current font, the 'I' and 'l' look nearly identical, the only difference is how many pixels are between each consecutive 'I' and 'l'. (example: IIIIIII and llllllll.)
thank's for clearing it up for me; now i'll not get duped.
So I must say that Apple did the right thing in getting a clue and going for an OS that finally has pre-emptive multitasking, real multiuser support, etc.
When i'm on my iMac, browsing my Slashdot, downloading my genome, and ICQing my pals, my whole system boggs down and i can't do a thing until the web page has completely loaded. Is this 'cause i dont have this "pre-emptive multitasking?"
No matter how many programs are running, what im downloading, or who im chatting with, its annoying that i can't mess with other programs when one of them is busy.
Whether or not food in our society is prepared violently has very little to do with purchasing a violent game.
MAN! Have you ever seen Julia Child take her meat cleaver to that huge cod?! (fish, not body part) "First, I'm going to cut up this big, ugly cod!" *whack!!*
"Until then, they are ours to do with as we please, simply because we are the most powerful creature on the food chain."
yes!
Now, i've seen what the introduction of religion into discussions can yield, and some of it wasn't too nice. (and please no flamebait/troll rating; just speaking my mind + humor). But as i recall, on the very fifth day of the creation of the world, God gave control over all creatures to the Man and Woman He created.
For those thousands of years, (maybe even still, i dont know) animal sacrifices were a requirement every day/week/year/sin/giving thanks/other events. Cattle, sheep, birds, nothing but the best for the Almighty.
animals are ours for the using.
my argument to anyone if you if you aren't religious: We're the top of all the food chains and webs. nearly everything is eaten by humans, even glue, by most human young. if you believe eating animals is a crime because they have to hurt and die for us, then I pity the plants that you kill and eat. what gives you the right to uproot innocent potatoes, pluck out their eyes, and mash them up and drizzle them with succulent brown gravy?!?! murderer! you tear the ears out of cornstalks, douse them with butter and salt, and proceed to chew on them in either a typewriter-style or corkscrew-type motion! (ways of rotating the corncob.) WOE TO YOU THE DAY ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES BECOMES A REALITY!!!
for either set of beliefs, just remember that ranting is a turnOFF. A calm discussion minus the ranting is more likely to be heard.
BTW, im still up for the PETA barbecue in Dodge City!
If the industry decided, based on parent pressure, that this is a good idea, that is acceptable. If the government mandates it by law, it is government censorship, which is a very bad thing.
The reason it is a bad thing is because the government is then responsible for defining "violence", "sexuality", and "offensive".
I agree completely with you on this. It's wrong for the Federal Government to do this, but as I recall, a mayor of a city (within a state) did this, and States have the power to decide what is moral and what is not.
See if you can obtain a very small refrigator-type device and put your computer inside it. If you have the cash, try using lots and lots of dry ice. Fans are a classic solution. Move to Alaska or somewhere of comparable temperature. Encase the machine in a waterjacket. Icepacks may do well.
Here's my proposal: The factories/companies that make these chips could have a separate division for making chips desigined specifically for overclocking.
because of the possiblilities of an exploding computer, these chips could come with a disclaimer, no warranty, no tech support, no this, some of that, etc, maybe a higher price, just so individuals dont have to circumvent the overclocking "lockout" being proposed here. I think this could even make money for processor companies.
"One, we don't want people making profit from Olympic trademarks that does not get returned to the athletes in some way. Two, we don't want consumers duped into purchasing items they think are Olympic-related when they are not." instead of outright suing, i believe that cease and desist letters would be more in order here. I understand that some people (it's possible!) could get confused when they want to purchase goods and services from a company. I present the (non-existant?) company of Olympic Metals. That could pose a problem.
But it is worse than ridiculous that legitimate websites are being shut down in order to preserve their own profits.
i may have just imagined it, but i think i saw in a movie/videogame/dream a world in which cities had domes over them to protect them from the harsh weather of the planet. I know it would be expensive, but as somewhat of a final resort i think cities would do this for protection, to control atmosphere, or to create the ultimate vacation resort. (yes, i think i saw this on The Truman Show)
is this not possible? or is it? i would sure like to live in a city that rains a lot. or ill just move to Seattle and forget my domed wonders.
I thought we had already figured this out? It seems to me that missing socks turn into coathangers. We never actually BUY coathangers, but always have too many...
i mean, wow! 900 near-earth asteroids! all flying around and around, completely oblivious of each other! they may smack into each other, lose velocity, and fall on our heads!
OTOH,imagine a Beowulf Custer of those babies! if we can get them all moving in sync, we'd have a shield for our planet, courtesy of 900 hunks of ice/rock!
... it hasn't been regestered with the DMV or whatever.
It's just a matter of personal preference.
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While some people would like this so they don't have to fill out forms, still others would prefer to fill out the form so they know exactly what they are telling others. I, myself, enjoy my privlige of telling what i want and keeping the rest of it to myself.
This debate can't be solved by arguing opinions and speculation. I don't think it can really be resolved. All that is left is for this system to be implemented and let everyone decide what is best for themselves.
Im sure every one already knows this, but knowledge is a very dangerous weapon. If some illigetimate site gets my email address, they just might (most definately) hand it over to obnoxious spam/p0rn sites.
i have n amount of email accounts, and my yahoo address is just one of them. i do check it, but i prefer that the general public not have access to my main account. Not even businesses.
information IS quite powerful. perhaps i could wallop someone with it...
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I'm surely no lawyer, but i'm pretty sure that the copyright is only to reserve the right for enough time to make profits off of the copyrighted noun. once the copyright holder has stopped attempting to make profits on the object, he or she has, in effect, relenquished hold on the 'right to copy.'
also, the copyright is to promote something like scientific development, invention, and innovation. its been a while since ive read the law its self. but once the copyright is stifling creativity and development, or even our simple enjoyment, by preventing others from using (example) these emulators and ROMs, then the copyright is working at cross purposes.
when you stop using your copy right, then it shouldn't still exist. keeping others from using it, and yet not using it your self, i can't think of anything to compare it to other than greediness. if a certain company gives up on selling or servicing a product, then the company does not deserve the right to claim it. if they want to claim it, then they should have a reason for maintaining the copyright (such as selling me my favorite 8-bit nintendo with complete mario brothers game set) .
just a few pennies i had kicking around.
Now next time i see my aunt and her cats do i have to pay royalties for the simple enjoyment that red dots bring?
doesn't anyone else think that the FBI could get a hold of USPS email a WHOLE LOT EASIER than attaching the black box to independent ISPs? Since the USPS and FBI are both government operated, and so is the new 'government email,' i think i'll stick with my slightly more private methods (hotmail, yahoo, etc). *laugh*.
i havent checked my /. in about a week, and i just checked the site and they have posted *gasp* THE TRUTH!! on that truth page, they declare that they made this hoax to draw folks in, and IMHO, THIS WAS ONE HUGE TROLL!
it twern't no glitch.
thank's for clearing it up for me; now i'll not get duped.
A: (Mr. Valenti) How do you spell it?
Why does Valenti ask this?
A: I'm not sure. I'm just not sure.
Now what I want to know is: why is he suing? how does he know who to sue? Did his laywers tell him to sue? Any thoughts?
When i'm on my iMac, browsing my Slashdot, downloading my genome, and ICQing my pals, my whole system boggs down and i can't do a thing until the web page has completely loaded. Is this 'cause i dont have this "pre-emptive multitasking?"
No matter how many programs are running, what im downloading, or who im chatting with, its annoying that i can't mess with other programs when one of them is busy.
MAN! Have you ever seen Julia Child take her meat cleaver to that huge cod?! (fish, not body part) "First, I'm going to cut up this big, ugly cod!" *whack!!*
www.pbs.org if you wanna check it out!
yes!
Now, i've seen what the introduction of religion into discussions can yield, and some of it wasn't too nice. (and please no flamebait/troll rating; just speaking my mind + humor). But as i recall, on the very fifth day of the creation of the world, God gave control over all creatures to the Man and Woman He created.
For those thousands of years, (maybe even still, i dont know) animal sacrifices were a requirement every day/week/year/sin/giving thanks/other events. Cattle, sheep, birds, nothing but the best for the Almighty.
animals are ours for the using.
my argument to anyone if you if you aren't religious: We're the top of all the food chains and webs. nearly everything is eaten by humans, even glue, by most human young. if you believe eating animals is a crime because they have to hurt and die for us, then I pity the plants that you kill and eat. what gives you the right to uproot innocent potatoes, pluck out their eyes, and mash them up and drizzle them with succulent brown gravy?!?! murderer! you tear the ears out of cornstalks, douse them with butter and salt, and proceed to chew on them in either a typewriter-style or corkscrew-type motion! (ways of rotating the corncob.) WOE TO YOU THE DAY ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES BECOMES A REALITY!!!
for either set of beliefs, just remember that ranting is a turnOFF. A calm discussion minus the ranting is more likely to be heard.
BTW, im still up for the PETA barbecue in Dodge City!
The reason it is a bad thing is because the government is then responsible for defining "violence", "sexuality", and "offensive".
I agree completely with you on this. It's wrong for the Federal Government to do this, but as I recall, a mayor of a city (within a state) did this, and States have the power to decide what is moral and what is not.
because of the possiblilities of an exploding computer, these chips could come with a disclaimer, no warranty, no tech support, no this, some of that, etc, maybe a higher price, just so individuals dont have to circumvent the overclocking "lockout" being proposed here. I think this could even make money for processor companies.
But it is worse than ridiculous that legitimate websites are being shut down in order to preserve their own profits.
is this not possible? or is it? i would sure like to live in a city that rains a lot. or ill just move to Seattle and forget my domed wonders.
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Does anyone know how/where i can download it? My modem connection is way too slow for online viewing.
I never have enough coat hangers!
OTOH,imagine a Beowulf Custer of those babies! if we can get them all moving in sync, we'd have a shield for our planet, courtesy of 900 hunks of ice/rock!
... it hasn't been regestered with the DMV or whatever.
This debate can't be solved by arguing opinions and speculation. I don't think it can really be resolved. All that is left is for this system to be implemented and let everyone decide what is best for themselves.
i have n amount of email accounts, and my yahoo address is just one of them. i do check it, but i prefer that the general public not have access to my main account. Not even businesses.
information IS quite powerful. perhaps i could wallop someone with it...