I want Microsoft's lawyers. I could get charged with being a bank robber, then make a deal where I agree to only rob a small bit from banks, and then I'd demand compensation for loss of earnings.
Using bandwidth costs them money. They're cutting off the unprofitable customers. Simple as that. The only issue here is why they claim a verylimitted service is unlimited.
A guitar game isn't exactly the most advanced sophisticated piece of engineering imaginable. You score points if you press the buttopn at the right time. That's about it.
It's quite clear, looking at the games they were working on, everyone would agree that a rhythm game would be something like Guitar Hero or a dancung game. Something with vague tangential similarities wouldn't.
Courts are allowed to use a little common sense when interpreting contracts.
I think the OP's point was that none of those are better. But if the amount of money that had been spent on developing the 4 stroke had been spent on electrical, we may have something considerably better.
As fopr a turbine, I've always been fond of the concept of turbo-electric. No idea if that could ever have comparable efficiency to internal combustion engine, but it has a certain elegance.
Perhaps, but Apple benefits from the market segmentation as well as the Music labels. I suspect that both sides were happy with the clause, and wanted to be able to plausibly blame the other party.
We can detect aircraft using radar, and converting that information to visual input. I can do exactly the same with the stock market with a device called a computer. I can detect heat using a heat sensitive camera. I can use a metal detector to sense underground metals and convert the information to sound.
Apple know full well that if a contract clause is unlawful, they are under no obligation to abide by it. And it seems pretty clear that any clause the music publishers put in about market segmentation within Europe is unlawful. Their legal guys should have spotted this years back.
Surprised about the lack of Visicalc. Perhaps the Apple ][ Visicalc combo would have been a better #2. Nobody ever wanted the Apple 2. They wanted the software. People would go into computer stores and ask for "A visicalc".
Firstly, this was just a web poll. There were only 10 options. Serenity was always going to be in the Top 10.
Only 300 people responded. It was pushed heavily on several browncoat Forums. This is just SFX magazine trying to get some column inches (and why not? They are a business after all).
I mean, there wasn't any sci-fi in Star Wars either. Fantasy based in the future, sure. But sci-fi?
Future? I thought it all happened a long time ago:)
But anyway, many people see a difference between Sci-Fi and science fiction. Where Sci-Fi is aliens, robots, ray guns and spaceships, and science fiction is more speculative. For Sci-Fi, Star Wars scores on all four points.
Of course, if they actually knew anything about safety, they'd realise that what you really want is better brakes. The Star ratings only indicate how safe a car is in a crash. Not how likely it is you'll crash in the first place.
Well, that can't be hard. A speech along the lines of "I may be a scheming weasel, a thief and a compulsive liar, but I'm still still more reputable than the last guy" would probably do the job.
they "didn't pwotect you fwom the evwils of dwink wah wah wah" while you're at it.
They do. Alcohol is controlled and regulated by the government. There are rules in place to reduce the harm done and sanctions can be imposed on manufacturers, outlets and importers who break these rules.
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Not inherently a bad thing. All depends on whether you feel that others cashing in on your established band is a good thing or not...
I'm not usually a fan of the analogy fixing that goes on here, but that's a pretty good comparison.
get rid of the crown. It's long over due. Join the post-medieval world.
How will this help? It's not as though the Queen has any real power.
GET A CONSTITUTION.
We have one. How do you think we decide who the government is?
TAKE DOWN THE CAMERAS.
Uhm. Okay. How do you propose we get popular support for this?
I want Microsoft's lawyers. I could get charged with being a bank robber, then make a deal where I agree to only rob a small bit from banks, and then I'd demand compensation for loss of earnings.
And fair play to them, I say. It's not like Sony are a small player easily cowed by Microsoft's market dominance.
It's all about bandwidth usage.
Using bandwidth costs them money. They're cutting off the unprofitable customers. Simple as that. The only issue here is why they claim a verylimitted service is unlimited.
A guitar game isn't exactly the most advanced sophisticated piece of engineering imaginable. You score points if you press the buttopn at the right time. That's about it.
It's quite clear, looking at the games they were working on, everyone would agree that a rhythm game would be something like Guitar Hero or a dancung game. Something with vague tangential similarities wouldn't.
Courts are allowed to use a little common sense when interpreting contracts.
I think the OP's point was that none of those are better. But if the amount of money that had been spent on developing the 4 stroke had been spent on electrical, we may have something considerably better.
As fopr a turbine, I've always been fond of the concept of turbo-electric. No idea if that could ever have comparable efficiency to internal combustion engine, but it has a certain elegance.
Perhaps, but Apple benefits from the market segmentation as well as the Music labels. I suspect that both sides were happy with the clause, and wanted to be able to plausibly blame the other party.
We can detect aircraft using radar, and converting that information to visual input. I can do exactly the same with the stock market with a device called a computer. I can detect heat using a heat sensitive camera. I can use a metal detector to sense underground metals and convert the information to sound.
Then even if found guilty, the penalty will be small, and there's a decent legal defence of double jeapordy to prevent a second punishment in the US.
Apple know full well that if a contract clause is unlawful, they are under no obligation to abide by it. And it seems pretty clear that any clause the music publishers put in about market segmentation within Europe is unlawful. Their legal guys should have spotted this years back.
Surprised about the lack of Visicalc. Perhaps the Apple ][ Visicalc combo would have been a better #2. Nobody ever wanted the Apple 2. They wanted the software. People would go into computer stores and ask for "A visicalc".
Firstly, this was just a web poll. There were only 10 options. Serenity was always going to be in the Top 10.
Only 300 people responded. It was pushed heavily on several browncoat Forums. This is just SFX magazine trying to get some column inches (and why not? They are a business after all).
Yeah. Forums posts like this certainly didn't hurt the placement.
I mean, there wasn't any sci-fi in Star Wars either. Fantasy based in the future, sure. But sci-fi?
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Future? I thought it all happened a long time ago
But anyway, many people see a difference between Sci-Fi and science fiction. Where Sci-Fi is aliens, robots, ray guns and spaceships, and science fiction is more speculative. For Sci-Fi, Star Wars scores on all four points.
Of course, if they actually knew anything about safety, they'd realise that what you really want is better brakes. The Star ratings only indicate how safe a car is in a crash. Not how likely it is you'll crash in the first place.
Well, that can't be hard. A speech along the lines of "I may be a scheming weasel, a thief and a compulsive liar, but I'm still still more reputable than the last guy" would probably do the job.
If one person buys the DVD and distributes it to the world does anyone really believe that movies will keep getting made.
Of course they will. They just won't be sold on DVD.
But do you think it's likely that that will happen?
A couple of other brands will plat AACs, and you can get players for handheld devices.
It will be interesting to see just how many AACs start appearing on the filesharing networks.
It was more of a hypothetical question. I'm not sure I agree with the other poster but don't really have the time for an extended debate.
What if the people command their government to protect them?
they "didn't pwotect you fwom the evwils of dwink wah wah wah" while you're at it.
They do. Alcohol is controlled and regulated by the government. There are rules in place to reduce the harm done and sanctions can be imposed on manufacturers, outlets and importers who break these rules.
Yeah. Me too. But the way I see it, it's actually funny, so there's no way this could be an April fool.