Exactly. For this to actually be fair, you would have to fine someone based on their net worth, not their earnings. Because most people don't "own" their house, they have a mortgage on it, they wouldn't be hit for too much...just the liquid they had plus their equity.
If you had had a PubSub.com SEC Edgar subscription, you would have been one of the first to see this filing.
On the other hand, if you happened to be a developer on EDGAR *grin*, you would have known about this about the same time it happened. We just released an update (version 8.7) last weekend which allows companies to create their accounts online (yeah, yeah, we're behind the times...welcome to the US government). Google ("Google Inc.", as registered with EDGAR) created their CIK (company ID, essentially) around 10:30 yesterday morning, then filed early afternoon. It was pretty fun to watch.
I don't want to get into the definition of morality. I never said anything was immoral in what I was saying. I said it is wrong to take something that belongs to somebody else.
Perhaps I'm missing a finer point here, but isn't that exactly what you're saying, Jack?
All kidding aside, excellent interview. Civil and to the point. Perhaps it will open the eyes of a few people, though, I sincerely doubt it.
1) Everyone...old, young, stupid...knows what AOL is.
2) someone@aol.com is easy to remember, sometimes easier than myname@mydomain.com.
3) If your target audience is a bunch of computer novices, because of #1 and #2 they're much, much more likely to remember your email addy @aol.com than @yourdomain.com. I'll even admit that when looking at a bunch of email addresses from my hockey team, the AOL addresses are easier to remember because I don't have to think about it, I just remember the screen name.
Remember...people who aren't geeks don't see AOL as a Horrible Thing (tm). Many of us here on Slashdot have set up our loved ones with AOL *because* it's so friggin easy to use and it's recognizable.
the market is cornered because the market is cornered
I think Trillian has the right approach, though their product needs some tweaking. Let users use AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc, all at the same time. Great idea, I just happen to not like the feel of Trillian.
--trb
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Heh...had to respond to your post. Dead God did Privateer suck for that reason. I basically had a floppy labeled "Privateer Boot Disk" because of all the memory fixes you had to do...loading sound drivers and such into himem. I don't remember the problems with XWing so much, that game just loaded right up for me.
I will guarantee you that a majority of people, by the age of 21, have had at least one alcoholic drink. That isn't to say that they think the age limit is incorrect or that drinking at that age should be legal, that's saying it's just a normal occurence for people to drink underage.
Most everyone I know now has downloaded, or still does download, music illegally...they just don't care. Neither do I for that matter, but it doesn't mean that I think it should be legal to do, nor does it mean that I don't understand I'm committing a crime.
With your attitude, we'd still be trading slaves, women couldn't vote, etc.
No, because these were laws that the majority of the public thought were a bad idea. Even if most people would like to be able to record movies in theaters (which I doubt is the case), most people DO agree that it should be illegal because of copyright violation. What the punishment is, that's a different story, but we're clearly not talking about taking somebody's personal rights away or segregating a significant part of the population.
While I agree that the punishment is a little harsh, if you want to do something about it, complain to your representatives. But, in the meantime, if you break the law as an act of civil disobediance or whatnot, expect to be handed the current punishment.
Seeing as how FFI and Dragon Warrior pretty much were the start of my console RPG fandom, I would love to see FFI ported to the GBA. I may have to resort to using Flash2Advance or some other cart writer and dropping ROMs onto it, but there's so much more they could do (and make better) with a good port of a great game.
I can't plug this game enough, and I'm dying to try out Arena (once I get sick of Diablo II and Tiger Woods 2004). If anyone out there hasn't tried Morrowind, head to your local Best Buy and get the Game of the Year edition, $30, comes with Tribunal and Bloodmoon. You will play this game for at least 8 months and enjoy every second of it (minus the really slow walking at first).
Saved by the Bell showed us this is a bad idea...inevitably, the tape/CD will end up in the hands of some large guy who then wants to do things to you in uncomfortable places.
Well, there's tough and then there's downright, no fun to play, bad ideas in character balance. The first rule of game making is that anything that makes the game unfun or unplayable shouldn't be added. If there's a long road to an eventual goal that makes that long road well worth it, that's okay. If it's just tough and long because the game is based on strength and leprechauns are just naturally weak (no +15 str Leprechaun Biosuits), that's an issue.
Off the top of my head, because I'm playing it now, look at the necromancer in Diablo 2. He starts off bloody weak and stays that way most of the way through the game. But the ability to summon oodles and oodles of minions as his stats go up, and the ability for those minions to become serious badasses is pretty cool. So you have a long road of watching your back and being careful, with the reward of being able to clear rooms full of baddies easily. Maybe not the best example, but certainly in the ballpark.
I would much rather have someone admit he made a mistake for the right reason than try to cover his ass with a bunch of excuses and putting blame on other people. He was trying to do what was best for his customers by buying the SCO licenses. Only after recent events has his opinion turned. If you asked him "Would you do something, like this, again that could turn out badly in order to protect your customers?", I'm hoping his answer is yes. People make mistakes, I'd much rather see someone fess up to them. THAT inspires confidence in me.
Their business model was an excellent and exceedingly fair one. If you bought a copy of legally, you were able to play on BattleNet. BattleNet gives you the option of a private game, a public game, a password restricted game, a game with imposed limits, etc. You have plenty of options and the few times I've had issues with BattleNet, they have been fixed very quickly. bNet didn't provide substantially different services from BattleNet, except that it circumvented duplicate cd-key checks.
Can't speak for WoW, but I've found that playing a necromancer in D2 opens up more than enough free time in the game for a quickie. You could actually get some *AND* make lunch during some parts of Hell, with enough enemies on the screen.
you may remember them as the company that used the DMCA to kill bnetd and tried to kill freecraft?
Unlike MMORPGs, Blizzard only has the sale of their games to provide revenue. They provide BattleNet free of charge, and it is superb. While bNetd was great and all, it DID make it so people didn't have to buy their game and have a unique cd-key. Having played D2 for a couple of months now (and getting thoroughly addicted to online play on BattleNet), I'm certainly in Blizzard's corner...their games are superb and people should pay what they're worth.
Could the bnet thing been handled better? I dunno, I didn't hear all the inside info, but I seriously doubt that Blizzard wants to release their cd-key algorithm, and since that's the only way I can see them being happy with bnet, I don't see another way they could have handled it.
Now, consider somebody like Elton John. Queer as a three dollar bill.
John Candy|Heavy|dump truck Britney Spears|Lascivious|ten dollar whore George Bush|Stupid|pile of dirt
My point is, this doesn't just happen to gay people. The public latches onto anything that stands out and then rides the person for it. Gay bashing is just the only thing that happens to be politically incorrect in the list above. Once again, gays need to get over themselves.
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Exactly. For this to actually be fair, you would have to fine someone based on their net worth, not their earnings. Because most people don't "own" their house, they have a mortgage on it, they wouldn't be hit for too much...just the liquid they had plus their equity.
--trb
If you had had a PubSub.com SEC Edgar subscription, you would have been one of the first to see this filing.
On the other hand, if you happened to be a developer on EDGAR *grin*, you would have known about this about the same time it happened. We just released an update (version 8.7) last weekend which allows companies to create their accounts online (yeah, yeah, we're behind the times...welcome to the US government). Google ("Google Inc.", as registered with EDGAR) created their CIK (company ID, essentially) around 10:30 yesterday morning, then filed early afternoon. It was pretty fun to watch.
--trb
I don't want to get into the definition of morality. I never said anything was immoral in what I was saying. I said it is wrong to take something that belongs to somebody else.
Perhaps I'm missing a finer point here, but isn't that exactly what you're saying, Jack?
All kidding aside, excellent interview. Civil and to the point. Perhaps it will open the eyes of a few people, though, I sincerely doubt it.
--trb
For a number of reasons...
1) Everyone...old, young, stupid...knows what AOL is.
2) someone@aol.com is easy to remember, sometimes easier than myname@mydomain.com.
3) If your target audience is a bunch of computer novices, because of #1 and #2 they're much, much more likely to remember your email addy @aol.com than @yourdomain.com. I'll even admit that when looking at a bunch of email addresses from my hockey team, the AOL addresses are easier to remember because I don't have to think about it, I just remember the screen name.
Remember...people who aren't geeks don't see AOL as a Horrible Thing (tm). Many of us here on Slashdot have set up our loved ones with AOL *because* it's so friggin easy to use and it's recognizable.
--trb
the market is cornered because the market is cornered
I think Trillian has the right approach, though their product needs some tweaking. Let users use AIM, Yahoo, MSN, etc, all at the same time. Great idea, I just happen to not like the feel of Trillian.
--trb
Heh...had to respond to your post. Dead God did Privateer suck for that reason. I basically had a floppy labeled "Privateer Boot Disk" because of all the memory fixes you had to do...loading sound drivers and such into himem. I don't remember the problems with XWing so much, that game just loaded right up for me.
--trb
I will guarantee you that a majority of people, by the age of 21, have had at least one alcoholic drink. That isn't to say that they think the age limit is incorrect or that drinking at that age should be legal, that's saying it's just a normal occurence for people to drink underage.
Most everyone I know now has downloaded, or still does download, music illegally...they just don't care. Neither do I for that matter, but it doesn't mean that I think it should be legal to do, nor does it mean that I don't understand I'm committing a crime.
--trb
With your attitude, we'd still be trading slaves, women couldn't vote, etc.
No, because these were laws that the majority of the public thought were a bad idea. Even if most people would like to be able to record movies in theaters (which I doubt is the case), most people DO agree that it should be illegal because of copyright violation. What the punishment is, that's a different story, but we're clearly not talking about taking somebody's personal rights away or segregating a significant part of the population.
While I agree that the punishment is a little harsh, if you want to do something about it, complain to your representatives. But, in the meantime, if you break the law as an act of civil disobediance or whatnot, expect to be handed the current punishment.
--trb
Apparently, the Square guys really do read and take to heart Slashdot comments...
--trb
Full screen .zip (.mov) file
Cast Feather on your way down, that should do the trick.
--trb
Seeing as how FFI and Dragon Warrior pretty much were the start of my console RPG fandom, I would love to see FFI ported to the GBA. I may have to resort to using Flash2Advance or some other cart writer and dropping ROMs onto it, but there's so much more they could do (and make better) with a good port of a great game.
--trb
I can't plug this game enough, and I'm dying to try out Arena (once I get sick of Diablo II and Tiger Woods 2004). If anyone out there hasn't tried Morrowind, head to your local Best Buy and get the Game of the Year edition, $30, comes with Tribunal and Bloodmoon. You will play this game for at least 8 months and enjoy every second of it (minus the really slow walking at first).
--trb
Is does The Onion run serious stories today?
--trb
Saved by the Bell showed us this is a bad idea...inevitably, the tape/CD will end up in the hands of some large guy who then wants to do things to you in uncomfortable places.
--trb
Well, there's tough and then there's downright, no fun to play, bad ideas in character balance. The first rule of game making is that anything that makes the game unfun or unplayable shouldn't be added. If there's a long road to an eventual goal that makes that long road well worth it, that's okay. If it's just tough and long because the game is based on strength and leprechauns are just naturally weak (no +15 str Leprechaun Biosuits), that's an issue.
Off the top of my head, because I'm playing it now, look at the necromancer in Diablo 2. He starts off bloody weak and stays that way most of the way through the game. But the ability to summon oodles and oodles of minions as his stats go up, and the ability for those minions to become serious badasses is pretty cool. So you have a long road of watching your back and being careful, with the reward of being able to clear rooms full of baddies easily. Maybe not the best example, but certainly in the ballpark.
--trb
I would much rather have someone admit he made a mistake for the right reason than try to cover his ass with a bunch of excuses and putting blame on other people. He was trying to do what was best for his customers by buying the SCO licenses. Only after recent events has his opinion turned. If you asked him "Would you do something, like this, again that could turn out badly in order to protect your customers?", I'm hoping his answer is yes. People make mistakes, I'd much rather see someone fess up to them. THAT inspires confidence in me.
--trb
AFAIK, drug trafficers get just as stiff, if not worse, penalties as those who are selling. How is this different?
--trb
Nope, that was me...he bought it from me on eBay two years ago.
--trb
...as well as a massive superstructure and 1-ton tube.
Buyer to pay actual shipping costs. Will ship only to North America. Seller prefers Paypal.
--trb
Satan eyes Cthulhu, details at 11...
--trb
Their business model was an excellent and exceedingly fair one. If you bought a copy of legally, you were able to play on BattleNet. BattleNet gives you the option of a private game, a public game, a password restricted game, a game with imposed limits, etc. You have plenty of options and the few times I've had issues with BattleNet, they have been fixed very quickly. bNet didn't provide substantially different services from BattleNet, except that it circumvented duplicate cd-key checks.
--trb
Can't speak for WoW, but I've found that playing a necromancer in D2 opens up more than enough free time in the game for a quickie. You could actually get some *AND* make lunch during some parts of Hell, with enough enemies on the screen.
--trb
you may remember them as the company that used the DMCA to kill bnetd and tried to kill freecraft?
Unlike MMORPGs, Blizzard only has the sale of their games to provide revenue. They provide BattleNet free of charge, and it is superb. While bNetd was great and all, it DID make it so people didn't have to buy their game and have a unique cd-key. Having played D2 for a couple of months now (and getting thoroughly addicted to online play on BattleNet), I'm certainly in Blizzard's corner...their games are superb and people should pay what they're worth.
Could the bnet thing been handled better? I dunno, I didn't hear all the inside info, but I seriously doubt that Blizzard wants to release their cd-key algorithm, and since that's the only way I can see them being happy with bnet, I don't see another way they could have handled it.
--trb
Now, consider somebody like Elton John. Queer as a three dollar bill.
John Candy|Heavy|dump truck
Britney Spears|Lascivious|ten dollar whore
George Bush|Stupid|pile of dirt
My point is, this doesn't just happen to gay people. The public latches onto anything that stands out and then rides the person for it. Gay bashing is just the only thing that happens to be politically incorrect in the list above. Once again, gays need to get over themselves.
--trb