If he's already had problems like this, why the hell is he allowing them to make more movies?
If it was me, I'd say "You've already voided the contract with the first violation, I'm gonna take my rights and sell them to somebody else. Idiots."
These guys sound like three year olds, stealing candy a week before Christmas. You'd figure they'd be able to see the big picture and realize that they risk huge future returns by so blatently stealing. Hell, give him 1%, 2% and he'd probably wouldn't have noticed. Jesus, be professional about it.
"..most pirated film - most pirated DVD - best selling DVD."
Hollywood wraps their tiny little dinosaur brains around that correlation? God save the internet from the onslaught of "viral marketing" spam that would unleash!
Surely the issues from 1985 and earlier should be public domain? We just need a set of copies and a bunch of people to scan them in!
On a different note, this applies to the topic as a whole. "Creative Computing" inherited that whole DIY attitude from the hippy days and things like the "Whole Earth Catalog". That whole, go ahead, give it a try, figure out how to do things yourself schtick. The whole early PC industry was hobbiest driven. Hell, that hippy Woz was giving away schematics to build your own Apple! (Of course, back in those halcyon days, all electronic devices came with a manual and a schematic so an electronics tech could repair them.)
Things certainly have changed. There's sure a lot more money floating around now, and a lot of people who don't "get it". But we still have open source and lots of wackos hacking up electronic stuff on the web, so it's not a total loss.
But contrary to the::Cue::Cat, those barcode strips would have been a great alternative to entering all those hex codes by hand. Too bad the readers sold for $100, exactly $97.19 more than most of their readers had to spend.
Just like musical "aritsts", under "pay for hire" laws, are machines that turn cocaine into profits for business people.
If the business people want to copy protect what they paid for, more power to them!
Errr, of course, consumers could chose not to buy the music if it's not provided in a format that will play on the CD player in their Mitshubishi Eclipse.[*]
([*}Did I hit the right tone with the Eclipse crack? From the TV, that's the kind of car that they seem to be selling to kids who are "clueless consumers" and "like music" these days.)
Anyhow, the whole concept of "files" is so 1960's. We all know from reading "Mondo 2000" that everthing these days is cyberspace VR and teledildonics. Remember how ticked off everybody was when the President was replaced by a hologram?
I think the moderator read "users who need a stable, secure Unix with good development tools" + "Linux notebooks will be available for the rest" = flamebait.
A totally acceptable interpertation of the post.
How dare you ignore the sacred societal covenant of the older generation giving out free candy to the youngsters. If you're too old to dress up and go door to door begging for free candy, you should have the decency to stay at home and give out candy to those dewy-eyed tykes.
And don't neglect to "correct" any teenagers that are "too cool" to dress up in a lame costume, but aren't too cool to beg for free candy. You owe it to society.
You notice that the crapulence that was the PCjr came out soon after the mighty IBM (who incidentally, had been fighting off the Fed's anti-trust suits for decades...) allied theirselves with a upstart company named MicroSoft. Coincidence?
"the only company in the world to consistantly produce excellent hardware and software"?
This is the same company that continued to foist off the Gameboy with its puke yellow screen on the gullible public while all their competitiers were selling color handheld systems. And they used their market clout to kill off the better alternatives.
Sheeit... I'll work for half that, and I'll sign a agreement to not touch anything! It's a win-win situation, the company gets a bargain on an executive guarenteed not to fuck up anything, and I get a big ol' pile of cash to swim around in!
If there are any boards interested in this deal, please contact me!
"What do you mean that all my software assets now have to be listed as $0?!!"
Great,
First we had the dotcom meltdown,
Then Enron & Arthur Anderson get the funny accounting award,
Now Microsoft's gonna make this a triple-dipper recession!
Slashdot Mirror
Is that what all those "switch" adds are about?!!
Does Jerry Falwell know?
BR Pity, those chix were kind of hot n' trashy.
If he's already had problems like this, why the hell is he allowing them to make more movies?
If it was me, I'd say "You've already voided the contract with the first violation, I'm gonna take my rights and sell them to somebody else. Idiots."
These guys sound like three year olds, stealing candy a week before Christmas. You'd figure they'd be able to see the big picture and realize that they risk huge future returns by so blatently stealing. Hell, give him 1%, 2% and he'd probably wouldn't have noticed. Jesus, be professional about it.
"..most pirated film - most pirated DVD - best selling DVD."
Hollywood wraps their tiny little dinosaur brains around that correlation? God save the internet from the onslaught of "viral marketing" spam that would unleash!
Surely the issues from 1985 and earlier should be public domain ? We just need a set of copies and a bunch of people to scan them in!
On a different note, this applies to the topic as a whole. "Creative Computing" inherited that whole DIY attitude from the hippy days and things like the "Whole Earth Catalog". That whole, go ahead, give it a try, figure out how to do things yourself schtick. The whole early PC industry was hobbiest driven. Hell, that hippy Woz was giving away schematics to build your own Apple! (Of course, back in those halcyon days, all electronic devices came with a manual and a schematic so an electronics tech could repair them.)
Things certainly have changed. There's sure a lot more money floating around now, and a lot of people who don't "get it". But we still have open source and lots of wackos hacking up electronic stuff on the web, so it's not a total loss.
I'm sure they're hiding secret hexcode listings in there somewhere. I just can't find them in that hip yellow on orange layout they use.
::Cue::Cat they provided!
Maybe I need to scan them in with the free
That was the ::Cue::Cat of the 80's!
::Cue::Cat, those barcode strips would have been a great alternative to entering all those hex codes by hand. Too bad the readers sold for $100, exactly $97.19 more than most of their readers had to spend.
But contrary to the
Just like musical "aritsts", under "pay for hire" laws, are machines that turn cocaine into profits for business people.
If the business people want to copy protect what they paid for, more power to them!
Errr, of course, consumers could chose not to buy the music if it's not provided in a format that will play on the CD player in their Mitshubishi Eclipse.[*]
([*}Did I hit the right tone with the Eclipse crack? From the TV, that's the kind of car that they seem to be selling to kids who are "clueless consumers" and "like music" these days.)
I believe it's "in Unix , everything is a file".
Anyhow, the whole concept of "files" is so 1960's. We all know from reading "Mondo 2000" that everthing these days is cyberspace VR and teledildonics. Remember how ticked off everybody was when the President was replaced by a hologram?
Correction : The parent post's subject should correctly be stated above. Tells the whole story.
I have just reported you to TIPS.
Please sit quitely with your hands folded until the investigatory agents arrive from the Secret Service.
Right here!
You're welcome!
The ultimate troll!
(Moderators : Check the link fer crissakes...)
"Damn lawyer-speak."
That's the curse that man has had to bear since God punsished us for the temerity to build a tower to Heaven.
"I'll burn the place down, that'll show them...
I think the moderator read "users who need a stable, secure Unix with good development tools" + " Linux notebooks will be available for the rest" = flamebait. A totally acceptable interpertation of the post.
You sir, would make Santa Claus vomit with rage.
How dare you ignore the sacred societal covenant of the older generation giving out free candy to the youngsters. If you're too old to dress up and go door to door begging for free candy, you should have the decency to stay at home and give out candy to those dewy-eyed tykes.
And don't neglect to "correct" any teenagers that are "too cool" to dress up in a lame costume, but aren't too cool to beg for free candy. You owe it to society.
You notice that the crapulence that was the PCjr came out soon after the mighty IBM (who incidentally, had been fighting off the Fed's anti-trust suits for decades...) allied theirselves with a upstart company named MicroSoft. Coincidence?
Tell it to the Marines, mate.
"the only company in the world to consistantly produce excellent hardware and software"?
This is the same company that continued to foist off the Gameboy with its puke yellow screen on the gullible public while all their competitiers were selling color handheld systems. And they used their market clout to kill off the better alternatives.
(Score: -1, Troll)?
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Maybe flamebait or redundant
The music industry repeatedly is investigated for price fixing and other unfair, illegal and immoral business practices.
Give me 76,000 monkeys and I could rule the sevegram!
Sheeit... I'll work for half that, and I'll sign a agreement to not touch anything!
It's a win-win situation, the company gets a bargain on an executive guarenteed not to fuck up anything, and I get a big ol' pile of cash to swim around in!
If there are any boards interested in this deal, please contact me!
"What do you mean that all my software assets now have to be listed as $0?!!"
Great,
First we had the dotcom meltdown,
Then Enron & Arthur Anderson get the funny accounting award,
Now Microsoft's gonna make this a triple-dipper recession!
Whee! Better than a rollercoaster!
If you're shaking your hand at 1000hz, you better be using lotion, or you'll chafe something awful!