Doomers and Quakeworlders thought your GoldenEye and Halo were cute. I guess they still are. It always seemed to me like an excuse to not learn how to network computers, coz all that tech stuff is SO hard and for nerds. I'm confused why this is a news article. Hexen, anyone? Off my lawn. Where did I put my teeth?
The gubmint spends that much every few years. So, we double taxes for a few years, all the damage is undone. Whew...I'm glad this article reduced the concept to a number of dollars. THAT sure helped our comprehension.
It has become the definition of a digital download through common usage. I don't like it, but it is so. The ship has sailed. You can accuse me of not seeing your point, but you know perfectly well that I do. Continuing to assert what you would like the rest of the world to believe will not change things. Educating others about the negative aspects of DRM could possibly change things, but you're certainly not going to accomplish it by pretending that the market hasn't shifted to DRM for video. It has.
Well, then I have to correct you, moving forward...when an commercial media source offers you a "digital download", they mean DRM. If something is DRM-free, it will be advertised boldly as a feature. Apply this algorithm moving forward and you will not be disappointed. Personally, I crossed this bridge back when Valve's promised fix to make Half Life 1, which was then Windows 2000-only, compatible with Windows XP, the "solution" turned out to be a DRM package called "Steam". My ire then was great...so great that I went away and didn't play Half Life on any platform but the PS2 and Dreamcast. I finally got over being mad about it (mostly) about two years ago. Now, I've learned to simply take DRM for granted.
The words "digital download" are as clear as they need to be. You are the one making the availability error. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... DRM-free is not standard. Those days are over. I want those days back too, but throwing Rob Thomas to the Slashdot wolves isn't going to help that. Personally, I think all of you ragers are being played like a fiddle by people who want to see this project fail. We are on the cusp of having real power to greenlight major motion pictures, and the Slashdot community is fuming over DRM like it's the apocalypse. You've been baited into it, I say. I'll take your anti-DRM ire a bit more seriously when I see you guys rallying against Gabe Newell and sticking to your guns, demanding a DRM-free release of the Half-Life series, and not caving in because you want to play a game.
Check your facts. Ultraviolet over Flixster is the only region-free DRM distribution mechanism on the market. You are saying that Veronica Mars backers had reason to expect that they would be the first Hollywood backers in history, ever, to receive DRM-free downloads of their film? I'm just saying it's exactly what I expected. If distribution was intended to be DRM-free, then the whole film project would have taken on an anti-DRM political spin, which everyone would have known about. Your pretense of surprise is hard to believe.
So, you're saying you personally believe that Kickstarter backers of the Veronica Mars movie had reason to expect an unprecedented DRM-free release from Warner Bros?
I mean a store selling the Veronica Mars movie, of course. That's what this is about. The headline quotes the article saying that other stores are offering a download in a context that's clearly designed to imply that while others are getting a DRM-free copy, backers are not. This is not true. This post is so subversive to this very successful Kickstarter project, it smells to me like it comes from the same people who told Rob Thomas "No" to backing his film in the first place. Those people would love to see the project fail, and I'm sure they love any ill will towards the project that they can generate.
The Ultraviolet version is downloadable via the Flixster client, which plays back from your local machine. Backers were never promised a DRM-free download. Personally, I'll take a DRM download with no weird distracting artifacts over a watermarked DRM-free one. That said, DRM is evil and terrible and always sucks. However, it's not true that the Veronica Mars people broke their promises. That's a lie.
The real mystery to me is why any nerd would be willing to embrace fiction built around the idea that we need the beautiful people extend their olive branch to help the poor, retarded geniuses.
Also, your answer needs to be 300 words or less and understandable by Supreme Court justices who have never used email. You can do that for us, right, Jonathan? After all, you're a rock star.
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What was Google planning to wear before it decided on this new metallic look?
Doomers and Quakeworlders thought your GoldenEye and Halo were cute. I guess they still are. It always seemed to me like an excuse to not learn how to network computers, coz all that tech stuff is SO hard and for nerds. I'm confused why this is a news article. Hexen, anyone? Off my lawn. Where did I put my teeth?
One book is all that I need.
CORRECT!!!
The gubmint spends that much every few years. So, we double taxes for a few years, all the damage is undone. Whew...I'm glad this article reduced the concept to a number of dollars. THAT sure helped our comprehension.
This is great news. Gog installers are very easy to use. I've been wanting this for some time.
It has become the definition of a digital download through common usage. I don't like it, but it is so. The ship has sailed. You can accuse me of not seeing your point, but you know perfectly well that I do. Continuing to assert what you would like the rest of the world to believe will not change things. Educating others about the negative aspects of DRM could possibly change things, but you're certainly not going to accomplish it by pretending that the market hasn't shifted to DRM for video. It has.
Well, then I have to correct you, moving forward...when an commercial media source offers you a "digital download", they mean DRM. If something is DRM-free, it will be advertised boldly as a feature. Apply this algorithm moving forward and you will not be disappointed. Personally, I crossed this bridge back when Valve's promised fix to make Half Life 1, which was then Windows 2000-only, compatible with Windows XP, the "solution" turned out to be a DRM package called "Steam". My ire then was great...so great that I went away and didn't play Half Life on any platform but the PS2 and Dreamcast. I finally got over being mad about it (mostly) about two years ago. Now, I've learned to simply take DRM for granted.
The words "digital download" are as clear as they need to be. You are the one making the availability error. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... DRM-free is not standard. Those days are over. I want those days back too, but throwing Rob Thomas to the Slashdot wolves isn't going to help that. Personally, I think all of you ragers are being played like a fiddle by people who want to see this project fail. We are on the cusp of having real power to greenlight major motion pictures, and the Slashdot community is fuming over DRM like it's the apocalypse. You've been baited into it, I say. I'll take your anti-DRM ire a bit more seriously when I see you guys rallying against Gabe Newell and sticking to your guns, demanding a DRM-free release of the Half-Life series, and not caving in because you want to play a game.
Check your facts. Ultraviolet over Flixster is the only region-free DRM distribution mechanism on the market. You are saying that Veronica Mars backers had reason to expect that they would be the first Hollywood backers in history, ever, to receive DRM-free downloads of their film? I'm just saying it's exactly what I expected. If distribution was intended to be DRM-free, then the whole film project would have taken on an anti-DRM political spin, which everyone would have known about. Your pretense of surprise is hard to believe.
Downloaded, not streamed. You have to have a DRM client to unlock the file, but it plays locally.
Here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt00...
Downloaded, not streamed. You have to install a DRM client to do it.
So, you're saying you personally believe that Kickstarter backers of the Veronica Mars movie had reason to expect an unprecedented DRM-free release from Warner Bros?
It's not true. This story is a lie.
I was referring to Slashdotters responsible for promoting this story from the firehose to the front page.
I mean a store selling the Veronica Mars movie, of course. That's what this is about. The headline quotes the article saying that other stores are offering a download in a context that's clearly designed to imply that while others are getting a DRM-free copy, backers are not. This is not true. This post is so subversive to this very successful Kickstarter project, it smells to me like it comes from the same people who told Rob Thomas "No" to backing his film in the first place. Those people would love to see the project fail, and I'm sure they love any ill will towards the project that they can generate.
I was really mad about the Flixster install, but this post has me even more mad. Slashdotters who mod up lies are assholes.
The Ultraviolet version is downloadable via the Flixster client, which plays back from your local machine. Backers were never promised a DRM-free download. Personally, I'll take a DRM download with no weird distracting artifacts over a watermarked DRM-free one. That said, DRM is evil and terrible and always sucks. However, it's not true that the Veronica Mars people broke their promises. That's a lie.
Neat word! I hadn't heard it. Is this the term you mean? http://www.urbandictionary.com...
Parties! Lol. Jock.
LOL...I suspect the problem is more likely to be getting the community to accept any full new sentence. Seriously, it's pizza or nothing, man.
...Just Served Us Nine Pizzas for the first time in YEARS. We were all getting tired of her serving us Nothing.
The real mystery to me is why any nerd would be willing to embrace fiction built around the idea that we need the beautiful people extend their olive branch to help the poor, retarded geniuses.
Also, your answer needs to be 300 words or less and understandable by Supreme Court justices who have never used email. You can do that for us, right, Jonathan? After all, you're a rock star.