However, Parker/Stone and Comedy Central were aware of and in fact tolerated the sharing - AT FIRST. Once the DVD's got popular, they sent out the ol' C&D.
I read an interview in Time (or People, not sure) that asked the creators for their thoughts on the sharing. They thought it was a good way to get the word out and to build a sizable viewership, but they hinted that they weren't going to let their profits be obliterated.
I'm still not entirely sure what to feel about format-shifting. I mean, I do have CC on my cable subscription, and I do watch SP on my telly. But I can archive shows on VHS and convert to DiVX, right? I guess it's the distribution that gets the lawyers buzzing...
GTRacer
- Still, Grok is easier than setting the VCR...
I'm a freak for the Expert Builder/Technic sets but all Lego is good.
I've always wished they'd beef up their Technic cars a bit, maybe with a few steel/titanium/aluminum parts to serve as frame stiffeners and similar metal gear and shaft parts so the drivetrains don't crack when somebody tries putting in a high-torque electric motor...
GTRacer
- My fav gift from my wife was the 8880 Super Car...
Is $300 too much to pay for a fully loaded computer?
Methinks one or both of you is confusing the PS2 with the PSX's successor, the PSone. A New PS2 is still 300 bucks and used they're like $225. The Linux kit is still $200.
The real beauty of this plan is that Sony has ALREADY sold a few million PS2's in North America alone (20 mil worldwide as of a couple months ago). They're still selling like crazy.
For any mon-owner that balks at $500 for a Linux computer/game system/DVD player, there's a hundred or so owners who might consider ponying up 2 C-notes just to play around with something more enlightening than GTA3.
Not that there's anything wrong with GTA3, mind you...
True, but at least the companies you're 1-clicking the resumes to are ASKING for applicants. Maybe not in your field, but they ARE looking. And you're most likely sending to the H.R. contact that set up the company account.
True resume spam goes to companies whether or not they're hiring and to people inside that may or may not have hire & fire capabilities.
That said, I wish Monster could find me a frigging job here...
I've heard similar comments that, during localisation (from Japan to North America), difficulty levels are tweaked upwards because Japanese gamers don't have the patience for frustrating puzzles or levels.
Seems like a broad generalisation, but, there you go. Makes me wonder how many Japanese Vagrant Story players have replayed just to build ultimate weapons and armour...
GTRacer
- I'm not European, I just spell that way...
Are they counting on novices not knowing any better?
And this corporate attitude would be different than AOL or Microsoft's how, exactly? Or put another way, it's a lot like the Apple "Ours are just good enough but look really cool!" technique.
There are many users who will be correctly targeted by this "lowest common denominator" approach. Whether Napster regains its userbase or becomes profitable beyond the dreams of avarice remains to be seen.
Who knows, maybe Napster 2,0 is a test case for the content masters. If it reaches a certain critical mass, perhaps they will intensify their efforts to eliminate uncontrolled P2P citing the availability of a legal and "satisfactory" alternative.
GTRacer
- Package it how you will - content control still blows. But that cat DJ thingy was hella cool!
I bet Dick Stallman is going to ask everybody to speak and write in Esperanto next.
Ummm, is that really such a good idea? I mean, if Rimmer - a computer-generated AI with millions of years on his hands - can't learn Esperanto, what chance do we mere mortals have?
Sorry guys, but I see this one goofed way too often. There's TWO e's in wookiee, not one. And for Double Jeopardy, their homeworkd is spelled Kashyyyk.
I try to keep my pedantic tendencies under control, but sometimes...
GTRacer
- Wouldn't have bitched if any of the previous 10 uses had been correct...
I'm not positive, but I think I remember Googling this one and coming up with a posting on alt.erotica.sex-stories (I think) in which a school-aged Ms. Portman is seduced into the world of nude modeling.
IIRC, the photog was pushing her to do more and dirtier poses and she was "naked and petrified".
I'm not sure about the hot grits...
GTRacer
- Natalie should be micknamed Medusa cos' when guys look at her they get...oh never mind...
Maybe at first...I got a 48SX my second year of college and that thing took a lot of getting used to. But, the more comfortable I got with RPN, the more I could do faster and more naturally.
I was able to upgrade to a 48GX (through the courtesy of Office Depot's Customer Service department) and I never looked back. I used that thing almost every day at school and even some at work after graduation.
I still have it here in my desk some 8+ years later and the thing works great. Now if I could find a 4MB card for less than 400 bucks...
GTRacer
- It's pretty sad when your *calculator* has a pkzip clone...
Do you want Linux on every desktop?
Isn't that a monopoly?
Think about what you wish for...
No, that isn't what *I* wish for. Neither do I want M$ on every desktop. I simply want a software market free of underhanded manipulation. I want to buy a PC with either (or neither) OS without wondering what signed-in-blood contracts MS may have or had with the OEM's
I want a market where the competition truly is on quality, not who can throw the largest bribes around.
I've said before in many posts I happen to like Microsoft's products. Just not their practices.
GTRacer
- Think you're in shape? Try DDR on Catastrophic...
Actually, I don't hate Microsoft products, just their practices and abhorrent licensing shenanigans. In fact, I use WinNT, Outlook, IE 5.5 and the rest of the Office 97 suite alongside Gimp, Apache, Perl, NMap, and WGet.
I am not an OSS zealot although I do dual-boot Mandrake.
I hate AOL because of their incredibly asinine advertising! "Everyone I know is on my Buddy List!" Maybe it's time for more friends! I used AOL 3, 4 and 5 at work and at home and despised the branding tricks and limitations on the Internet experience.
I also loathe the way it seems (my perception - may not reflect reality) they feel their users need a prepackaged community because they're simpletons who don't need a better, deeper Internet experience. Kinda reminds me of various SF dystopias where the general populace is kept just smart enough to be useful but not enough to be critical thinkers and therefore dangerous to the status quo.
If we had tried to co-operate with AOL they would have tried to quash all public disclosure (including sploits). Therefore, we are disclosing now and expect them to run around like deranged monkeys trying to figure things out. Thank you and good day.
Or maybe they just hate AOL like I do and want to make them squirm...
...Sorry - when I first read your post I thought you were talking about Valentine's Day activities...
Well, in the case of my wife, I give her a number of alternatives and she gets the ones she wants to. And like I said, we still buy a couple of surprises for each other.
And let's not forget presentation! We've done "follow the clues" and deceptive packaging. We usually have a lot of fun with the gift-giving process.
GTRacer
- Has a close family even if we ask each other what we want!
In fact i don't remeber seeing any such license on any of the software when i bought it...
When did you start buying software? When's the first time you personally saw a license agreement? You're a/. reader. You seem very concerned about this issue. Therefore, you must, at some point, developed an expectation that some (if not all) software was licensed!
That 'by clicking here' or 'by using the software' doesn't cut it for me to constitute an agreement.
Unfortunately, for the time being, it does. Nobody made you go to CompUSA and pick up a box. Nobody tricked you. You sought out the software.
Music, movies, and books do not come with license agreements. I think if anyone tried that, they would quickly be laughed at and raise public outrage.
Please forgive my scepticism, but where the hell have you been? What do you think RIAA and MPAA are trying to do with all their "copy" controls? They are trying to push consumers to accept pay-for-play in the name of Honesty and the Defeat of Piracy. And their Stock Options...
Don't get me wrong...I think the license agreement should be designed around the concept of ownership. My ideal license agreement would say that the software/music/video/etc. is mine and I can format- and device-shift to my heart's content. But I have no right to distribute beyond limited # of copies in a home setting.
GTRacer
- All this talk about IP and now I have to...
...if you told someone what you were going to get them [or] brought them along...
Funny, that's what my parents did with us since I was about 10. Well, not so much the take us shopping bit, but giving us a target amount and requesting a list which met that target. They'd throw in a few random stocking stuffers for that "personal touch".
19 years later, the system is still in place, and my wife and I have done the same for each other the last 7 years. We still get one or two surprises, but the main gift is definitely wanted. We've even gotten our close family/in-laws into it.
This approach not only cuts returns down, it speeds shopping tremendously!
I know I'm kinda wading into the middle of something here but...
Who said you purchased it? When you lease a car - hell, when you finance a car - is it yours? It's tangible. It's real. It still belongs to somebody else, based on a contract you agreed to.
As evil as it has become, software is distributed in the same manner. You pay for a license and agree to the terms. If you don't, return to store where purchased. Legality of shrink-wrap and click-through licensing notwithstanding, you know damn well how to read.
I can't remember the last EULA I read that didn't say, in effect, this software is licensed, not sold. Now, as much as I hate this idea and wish it was replaced with true ownership, I understand the basic intent.
And for all the other "it's not stealing, merely sharing" types: If you take, use, or consume something you don't have permission to, it's WRONG! You might be able to rationalise that H-card or XP ISO as civil disobedience, but it's still wrong. Period.
GTRacer
- Now is it wrong to format-shift OST's I own to MP3 using Grokster? Hmmm...
People like me? I haven't seen a fifty in ages. I'd wager the average daily balance in my wallet is less than 2 bucks. I have a debit card which I use just about everywhere. My wife usually gets small amounts of cash out to cover incidentals and fast food, but otherwise, it's all electronic here.
Maybe I just don't have enough vices requiring anonymity...and those that do are free...
GTRacer
- C'mon McD's! Put in the debit terminals!
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I read an interview in Time (or People, not sure) that asked the creators for their thoughts on the sharing. They thought it was a good way to get the word out and to build a sizable viewership, but they hinted that they weren't going to let their profits be obliterated.
I'm still not entirely sure what to feel about format-shifting. I mean, I do have CC on my cable subscription, and I do watch SP on my telly. But I can archive shows on VHS and convert to DiVX, right? I guess it's the distribution that gets the lawyers buzzing...
GTRacer
- Still, Grok is easier than setting the VCR...
I've always wished they'd beef up their Technic cars a bit, maybe with a few steel/titanium/aluminum parts to serve as frame stiffeners and similar metal gear and shaft parts so the drivetrains don't crack when somebody tries putting in a high-torque electric motor...
GTRacer
- My fav gift from my wife was the 8880 Super Car...
Playstation II: $90 ?
Linux: $190 ?
From fireboy1919:
Is $300 too much to pay for a fully loaded computer?
Methinks one or both of you is confusing the PS2 with the PSX's successor, the PSone. A New PS2 is still 300 bucks and used they're like $225. The Linux kit is still $200.
The real beauty of this plan is that Sony has ALREADY sold a few million PS2's in North America alone (20 mil worldwide as of a couple months ago). They're still selling like crazy.
For any mon-owner that balks at $500 for a Linux computer/game system/DVD player, there's a hundred or so owners who might consider ponying up 2 C-notes just to play around with something more enlightening than GTA3.
Not that there's anything wrong with GTA3, mind you...
GTRacer
- Where do I send the preorder check?
GTRacer
- z <cr> z <cr> z <cr> Look at tea <cr>
True resume spam goes to companies whether or not they're hiring and to people inside that may or may not have hire & fire capabilities.
That said, I wish Monster could find me a frigging job here...
GTRacer
- I can do lots of things on a computer
Seems like a broad generalisation, but, there you go. Makes me wonder how many Japanese Vagrant Story players have replayed just to build ultimate weapons and armour...
GTRacer
- I'm not European, I just spell that way...
And this corporate attitude would be different than AOL or Microsoft's how, exactly? Or put another way, it's a lot like the Apple "Ours are just good enough but look really cool!" technique.
There are many users who will be correctly targeted by this "lowest common denominator" approach. Whether Napster regains its userbase or becomes profitable beyond the dreams of avarice remains to be seen.
Who knows, maybe Napster 2,0 is a test case for the content masters. If it reaches a certain critical mass, perhaps they will intensify their efforts to eliminate uncontrolled P2P citing the availability of a legal and "satisfactory" alternative.
GTRacer
- Package it how you will - content control still blows. But that cat DJ thingy was hella cool!
OTOH, maybe there were homeworkds available but with names like Kashyyyk nobody could find them to connect to...
GTRacer
- Shoulda known better
Ummm, is that really such a good idea? I mean, if Rimmer - a computer-generated AI with millions of years on his hands - can't learn Esperanto, what chance do we mere mortals have?
GTRacer
- wants a friend like Lister...
I try to keep my pedantic tendencies under control, but sometimes...
GTRacer
- Wouldn't have bitched if any of the previous 10 uses had been correct...
IIRC, the photog was pushing her to do more and dirtier poses and she was "naked and petrified".
I'm not sure about the hot grits...
GTRacer
- Natalie should be micknamed Medusa cos' when guys look at her they get...oh never mind...
Somebody bump this guy!
GTRacer
- punny stuff!
Maybe at first...I got a 48SX my second year of college and that thing took a lot of getting used to. But, the more comfortable I got with RPN, the more I could do faster and more naturally.
I was able to upgrade to a 48GX (through the courtesy of Office Depot's Customer Service department) and I never looked back. I used that thing almost every day at school and even some at work after graduation.
I still have it here in my desk some 8+ years later and the thing works great. Now if I could find a 4MB card for less than 400 bucks...
GTRacer
- It's pretty sad when your *calculator* has a pkzip clone...
Unless you're Sega. In which case you use this nomenclature for your sports titles and wait for the 1337-5p34k3r5 to get ahold of it...
GTRacer
- 2k1 was ok after Y2K, but 2kx is kinda silly...
Isn't that a monopoly?
Think about what you wish for...
No, that isn't what *I* wish for. Neither do I want M$ on every desktop. I simply want a software market free of underhanded manipulation. I want to buy a PC with either (or neither) OS without wondering what signed-in-blood contracts MS may have or had with the OEM's
I want a market where the competition truly is on quality, not who can throw the largest bribes around.
I've said before in many posts I happen to like Microsoft's products. Just not their practices.
GTRacer
- Think you're in shape? Try DDR on Catastrophic...
Are you sure? Have you seen an Xbox controller lately? Do you know anyone with hands that size (that isn't in the porn industry)?
GTRacer
- [dj] Please do not make me sad anymore.
Or perhaps a pile of foetid dingo's kidneys.
GTRacer
- Keepin' it real for DNA...
Can anyone confirm that William Hootkins, the actor who played Porkins is or is not William Hootkins, the narrator on 72% of TLC's documentaries?
I can't get any concrete links from TLC, IMDb or any other source, but so far, I'd say probably.
GTRacer
- "Stay on target!" Which target?!
I am not an OSS zealot although I do dual-boot Mandrake.
I hate AOL because of their incredibly asinine advertising! "Everyone I know is on my Buddy List!" Maybe it's time for more friends! I used AOL 3, 4 and 5 at work and at home and despised the branding tricks and limitations on the Internet experience.
I also loathe the way it seems (my perception - may not reflect reality) they feel their users need a prepackaged community because they're simpletons who don't need a better, deeper Internet experience. Kinda reminds me of various SF dystopias where the general populace is kept just smart enough to be useful but not enough to be critical thinkers and therefore dangerous to the status quo.
GTRacer
- Equal-opportunity company basher!
Or maybe they just hate AOL like I do and want to make them squirm...
GTRacer
- No AOL on my IP-enabled PS2, THX!
Well, in the case of my wife, I give her a number of alternatives and she gets the ones she wants to. And like I said, we still buy a couple of surprises for each other.
And let's not forget presentation! We've done "follow the clues" and deceptive packaging. We usually have a lot of fun with the gift-giving process.
GTRacer
- Has a close family even if we ask each other what we want!
When did you start buying software? When's the first time you personally saw a license agreement? You're a /. reader. You seem very concerned about this issue. Therefore, you must, at some point, developed an expectation that some (if not all) software was licensed!
That 'by clicking here' or 'by using the software' doesn't cut it for me to constitute an agreement.
Unfortunately, for the time being, it does. Nobody made you go to CompUSA and pick up a box. Nobody tricked you. You sought out the software.
Music, movies, and books do not come with license agreements. I think if anyone tried that, they would quickly be laughed at and raise public outrage.
Please forgive my scepticism, but where the hell have you been? What do you think RIAA and MPAA are trying to do with all their "copy" controls? They are trying to push consumers to accept pay-for-play in the name of Honesty and the Defeat of Piracy. And their Stock Options...
Don't get me wrong...I think the license agreement should be designed around the concept of ownership. My ideal license agreement would say that the software/music/video/etc. is mine and I can format- and device-shift to my heart's content. But I have no right to distribute beyond limited # of copies in a home setting.
GTRacer
- All this talk about IP and now I have to...
Funny, that's what my parents did with us since I was about 10. Well, not so much the take us shopping bit, but giving us a target amount and requesting a list which met that target. They'd throw in a few random stocking stuffers for that "personal touch".
19 years later, the system is still in place, and my wife and I have done the same for each other the last 7 years. We still get one or two surprises, but the main gift is definitely wanted. We've even gotten our close family/in-laws into it.
This approach not only cuts returns down, it speeds shopping tremendously!
GTRacer
- Sony still owes me a PS2 Linux kit...
Who said you purchased it? When you lease a car - hell, when you finance a car - is it yours? It's tangible. It's real. It still belongs to somebody else, based on a contract you agreed to.
As evil as it has become, software is distributed in the same manner. You pay for a license and agree to the terms. If you don't, return to store where purchased. Legality of shrink-wrap and click-through licensing notwithstanding, you know damn well how to read.
I can't remember the last EULA I read that didn't say, in effect, this software is licensed, not sold. Now, as much as I hate this idea and wish it was replaced with true ownership, I understand the basic intent.
And for all the other "it's not stealing, merely sharing" types: If you take, use, or consume something you don't have permission to, it's WRONG! You might be able to rationalise that H-card or XP ISO as civil disobedience, but it's still wrong. Period.
GTRacer
- Now is it wrong to format-shift OST's I own to MP3 using Grokster? Hmmm...
Maybe I just don't have enough vices requiring anonymity...and those that do are free...
GTRacer
- C'mon McD's! Put in the debit terminals!