Let's not forget all of the things we read several months ago regarding copyright law. Even Linus has to occasionally be a jerk to protect his copyright. As I remember it, the way the law is written, if you don't aggressively defend your copyright(s) you could lose them. So basically the law forces people to become assholes.
This only applies to trademarks. Copyright is not lost unless you transfer it to someone else, whereas trademarks are lost if you don't defend them. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Right below the paragraph you quoted, there's a link to a further FAQ. I quote:
CD-R, short for Compact Disc-Recordable, is a type of disk that allows you to "write" or record onto the disk only once. When we use the term "CD-R," we are also referring to CD-RW disks, which is short for CD-ReWritable disk, a type of CD that enables you to "write" or record onto the disk multiple times. You can treat these types of disks like a floppy disk or hard disk, by writing data onto the disk once or multiple times.
A CD you can write to only once? Sure sounds like a CD-ROM to me, unless I'm missing something very fundamental.
Well, CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. You can't write to a CD-ROM at all. CD-R stands for Compact Disc - Recordable. You can write to a CD-R one more time than a CD-ROM. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
We do not charge royalties for mp3 streaming or mp3 broadcasting (e.g. Internet Radio) until the end of the year 2000. Beyond this date we anticipate to charge a small annual minimum and a percentage of revenue. However, this model is not yet fully developed because we cannot yet oversee where this new market is going.
Shoutcast and Icecast/Liveice users, be ready -- you're next. Not only do you have to pay the RIAA for the recordings, and BMI/ASCAP/SOCAN for the music, you'll now have to pay these jerks for the software. Kinda rediculous, considering I've never seen an online broadcaster of music using mp3 technology showing more than, say, a couple hundred in the audience...most broadcasters had only 2-10 listeners before RIAA decided to shut them down anyways...
Hmm...so if I set up a Commodore 64 SID {Shout|ice}cast, I have to pay the RIAA for music that they don't even own? Ridiculous...I might just do it to see if they try to come after me. After all, I guess the RIAA owns MP3 now, so they can charge for any use of it *snicker*.
And if $15,000 is what they've got for minimums elsewhere, I'd hate to see what "small" is in this instance...
_______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
And this is different from software on CD how exactly? CD-R is defined to cover both ROM and RW. Anything on a CD is disallowed.
Nowhere do I see a mention of CD-ROM. In fact, here is the eBay policy on CD-R sales:
As a matter of eBay policy, software on CD-R (including CD-RW) may not be listed on eBay, unless the seller is the copyright owner and states this in the item description. This means that, among other things, compilations (e.g., multiple software programs on one disk), "freeware" and "shareware" on CD-R may not be listed on eBay. This policy also means that even lawful software on CD-R is not permitted on eBay. This following situation illustrates how this might arise.
Example: An individual or small software company decides to release its software on CD-R. The software company sells the software on CD-R on eBay to Jack. This is permissible because the software company is the copyright owner of the software. Jack now wants to resell the software on CD-R on eBay. The software on CD-R is "lawful software," but Jack (or anyone other than the software company) is not permitted to list this item on eBay.
Blank CD-R disks are permitted on eBay.
Now you tell me where it says CD or CD-ROM. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because the studios are robbing the artists blind doesn't mean that it's okay for the "fans" to do so as well. (In quotes, because true fans don't rip off their artists.)
Proposal: download an album through Napster, then send $10 directly to the artist. That way, you're not robbing the artist in any way; they're getting 10 times more money this way than by going through the RIAA and it's minions. Plus, what about bootlegs? Many bands authorize their fans to make bootlegs of live performances. I've found many a bootleg on Napster, should this now be illegal too?
I agree that the RIAA needs a kick in the ass. But surely there's got to be some way to do that without hurting the artists as well.
Well, as I said, download an album and pay the artist $10. They get more money, you get the music, and the RIAA is fscked. Problem solved. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Okay, hypothetical situation. Let's say that 5,000 users download a copy of Enter Sandman by Metallica. Let's also say that these users would not have bought the Black album had they not found the song on Napster. Difference in revenue with/without Napster? Absolutely $0. I assume that if you happened to get a clean copy of the song from the radio, with no DJ voiceover, then that cuts into album sales too.
I'm not saying that there are some people who would have bought the CD in the absence of Napster, I'm stating that 99% of people who download any kind of pirated material from the net would not have bought it in the first place. Either way, no money transfers hands.
What I'm waiting for is somebody with a lot of money to approach the copyright holders and pay them $ to distribute music on Napster and make this whole issue moot. I'd do it but I don't have a lot of money, I could barely pay for one song:)
And we're not defending our right to pirate something, we're defending our right to be able to distribute our own material as we like. Just think for a second...if Napster is outlawed, then it could be possible in the future to be disallowed from sharing any files unless there is explicit authorization from somebody, regardless of who actually holds copyright to that material. We all know that the RIAA wants to be the sole distributor of music, right? _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Well, I suppose that phone lines are now illegal since I can transfer copyrighted material across them. Hell, let's outlaw FTP sites too since they can host large amounts of pirated stuff. What's next, owning a computer is illegal because you may do something illegal with it?
I know it's highly redundant, but the more you say it, the greater chance it has of sticking in the minds of the RIAA flunkies. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Using the Win32 version of M16 found at the ftp site on the box at work, and the PNG alpha test site found here, I got these results. Not quite what I had hoped for. I will test both the Win32 and Linux builds on my personal box when I get home today. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Why blow up the moon, when there are plenty of things here on Earth to blow up? We're Earthlings, let's blow up Earth things! We're Earthlings, let's blow up Earth things!
Mr. Show RULES! (and I happened to be watching this ep. from my miniscule collection when this popped up on/. - coincidence? I think not...) _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
GNU: Gcc is Not Unix Well OF COURSE it's not Unix! UNIX is an operating system, gcc is a c compiler. However, gcc IS designed to run on Unix [or whatever derivative of Unix].
Minor niggling point, but it is recursive - GNU is Not Unix. The GNU utilities were meant to be open source equivalents to the commercial Unices available years ago. gcc stands for GNU C Compiler, btw. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Assholes that compare X visually to Commodore 64's should be forever forced to use actual Commodore 64's.
And see some of the brilliant demos available for it by groups like Plush, Oxyron, Crest, Smash Design, etc., etc... _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
The Gameboy didn't have a Z80, it had a 6502. Not even a custom 6502, I am pretty sure.
Are you sure? I was under the impression that the GB has a customized Z80.
In theory, if you could deal with the mismatch in graphics res and color depth, clock speeds, memory reqs, etc., etc., you could design a perfectly functional Gameboy emulator for a 64 out of the box. I even started on such a beast...but didn't get very far.
It would be either impossible or horrible-looking, because the only way to emulate the GB's graphics mode properly is to overlay sprites (to get 4 colors) and that only works for 48 pixels wide. One could use multicolor mode but then the pixels are twice as wide...
Side note: Commodore 128's have Z80s already on the board, if you needed one. I can believe there was a Z80 cart for the 64, but I don't remember ever reading about one.
Yes, there was. It was a CP/M cartridge, I'm sure you could find information on it somewhere. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
First, according to the RIAA you cannot legally make an mp3 of a CD even if you own it. This is because of the Audio Home Recording act which regulates how you make digital copies.
Copyright law says otherwise. As long as you plan to use the MP3 only on devices in your possession, then it is legal (besides, who the hell is going to know if I take one of my CDs and rip/encode to MP3 to keep my CDs stored away but still listen to the music?). Only when distribution enters the picture is it illegal. I guess CD copying to protect my master CDs is illegal now too...
Second, mp3.com lost a big court case in which they did what you just said -- they let you download mp3s of CDs you already own. This was found to be illegal, though I'm not sure on what grounds.
As I said above, this involved distribution, therefore I see it as being illegal. However, if I use one of the 'internet hard drive' services available, and upload MP3's that I own the CD for and that I ripped and encoded to MP3, and that are only for use when I am at another machine, it would be perfectly legal.
Standard disclaimer applys - IANAL and all that good sh*t _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Damnit...what's up Rob? Not flaming you or anything, but I previewed my post and it checked out good, hit the Back button, saw the post with correct formatting and the tags still in the comment box, then hit Submit. When the post came up, it had absolutely no formatting (and yes, I did have HTML Formatted selected. Anyway, without formatting, here is the post the way it should have been (Rob, can you please check this out? This seems to be a serious bug that I have just come across now.)
Honestly this doesn't really bother me, except that I really want HDTV to start being a reality soon.
What are you smoking, rob? I guess that memory I have of watching the US (tennis) Open on HDTV was just a hallucination.
It is a reality, you've got the money; turn off your reality-distortion field and go buy one.
Please moderate down for defiance of the infallible Malda.
Umm, not exactly. Unless you live in one of the top markets in the country, you don't have HDTV. We haven't even begun thinking about the conversion to HDTV yet- I truly see us just upconverting our NTSC broadcast to HD and leaving it at that for a few years. I haven't heard about the other stations in this market (92nd, Tri-Cities TN/VA) so I'm not exactly sure. But here, HDTV is definitely not a reality. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Honestly this doesn't really bother me, except that I really want HDTV to start being a reality soon. What are you smoking, rob? I guess that memory I have of watching the US (tennis) Open on HDTV was just a hallucination. It is a reality, you've got the money; turn off your reality-distortion field and go buy one. Please moderate down for defiance of the infallible Malda. Umm, not exactly. Unless you live in one of the top markets in the country, you don't have HDTV. We haven't even begun thinking about the conversion to HDTV yet- I truly see us just upconverting our NTSC broadcast to HD and leaving it at that for a few years. I haven't heard about the other stations in this market (92nd, Tri-Cities TN/VA) so I'm not exactly sure. But here, HDTV is definitely not a reality. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
& should work (<=<, >=>)It's a bitch, but oh well...Rob? Fix it? Please?:) _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
It is difficult for mainstream America to get their mind around this issue! This weekend I went home to visit the folks, & I was trying to explain the problems with the DCMA, & had a VERY hard time getting my point across.
I agree! Yesterday, I was contacted by my ISP about my CPHack mirror, that they had a court order to remove it. I decided that I would, because the page had served a purpose, 167 visitors with presumably near that amount of downloads. However, I had left home to go to work right before they called, so my mom spoke to them. When I got off work last night, she was worried that I was 'in trouble'. I tried to explain to her that the software was legal, and all she kept saying was "You'll see when you get in trouble!" (this after I had already removed it and put up a small page explaining what happened). I almost yelled at her over it, but I just walked out of the room instead. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
My apologies for not being very specific in my reply to the original story. But IMHO, I really don't think the fuss is about a month's service fees. I really believe that the device was bought with intent to modify. "This" referred to my belief that the device was bought with an intent to modify.
Well, here is a quote from the article above that disproves that:
1. 3/11 I saw the article on Slashdot, and thought it would be a nifty project to run linux on, followed quickly by a thought that
I didn't have time to mod it anyway, followed by another thought: hey, even better - i'll order one for my brother's birthday (which is monday the 27th)
So while he might have initally wanted to mod it, he decided that it would be a better gift for his brother because "I didn't have time to mod it anyway". So once again, he has full right to be angry with Netpliance. He was told specifically that the charges could be placed on his brother's card (he asked them specifically about it) and was subsequently charged for one month's service. $22 may not seem like much, but it's the principle that we are discussing here, not the loss of $22 due to something that 'comes with the unit'. And to think, when I first saw this thing mentioned on ZDTV before it came out, I thought "That'd be perfect for Mom - she doesn't need a full PC just to surf the net." Well, Netpliance has just lost me as a potential customer due to their lies and fraudulent activity. I'll just take an old box that I have here at the house and give it to her.
Is twenty something really worth the fuss?
Like I said before, maybe the $22 is not worth the fuss, but the principle of the issue definitely is. If Netpliance gets away with this incident, then they can do this to every single customer who plans to give it away as a gift.
And why did Netpliance start charging service fees?
Exactly. They shouldn't have, since he specifically asked them about his situation and they said "No problem."
Think before you get angry with Netpliance.
I have, and I'm still angry. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Who said he's trying to rip them off? He specifically asked if there would be any additional charges to his CC other than the $99+tax that he paid for the iOpener. He was told no. Then the ISP charges appeared on his CC bill. You're damn right he should be mad, hell I would be mad if I got charged for something that I was told I wouldn't.
I think it is not right to take advantage of a flaw in the design (the fact that the device could be modified) and try to rip the company off.
Okay, here's proof that you did not read one word of this article. This guy thought about modifying it, but decided not to, then thought 'Hey, this would make a great gift for my brother!'. Therefore, since the device is not going to be his, why should he be charged for the service?
I know that you guys did not sign anything on paper but everyone knew that the reason the product was selling so cheap was because the company expected to make up the difference through the access fee. Think before you get angry with Netappliance.
That's not the issue here, as you would know if you actually read the damn article. The issue is basic fraud, charging someone when you specifically say you won't. Nothing to do with any modifications whatsoever. Get your facts straight before you post, please. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
JonKatz sues Slashdot for AC postings Posted by LocalH on 07:50 AM March 27th, 2000 from the why-the-hell-is-this-happening dept.
Former geek icon-wannabe JonKatz is suing Slashdot for allegedly defaming him through AC postings. When asked for comment, he replied simply, "I'll get those bastards...I'll get them good...". Several ACs were also asked for comment. Their response was one of the following:
"Natalie Portman naked and petrified!"
"First post!"
"Second post!"
"Pour hot grits down my pants!"
"Natalie Portman naked and petrified pouring hot grits down my pants while I'm getting first post!"
(Moderators: mod this down if you really, really feel you must...) _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
I was about to say you can boot up to GUI from a floppy, but there is a 192K (I think) ROM helping out but then I thought that 192K is pretty small too
Actually it's 512K.
It was 256K for the 1.x series of Kickstarts. 2.x raised it to 512K, where it's been since. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
But they do not and cannot have a trademark on [the word "Coke"].
Wrong. They can, and they do.
They have a trademark on the word Coke when referring to carbonated beverages, i.e. I can not produce a new cola drink and call it Coke. I can, however, produce a piece of computer hardware and call it Coke, because it's a different industry. Also, since coke is slang for cocaine, and because it also means something else (don't have the definition on my head, but it's been posted 1000 times under this story), I don't think Coca-Cola has any more rights over the word than anyone else unless the site deals with carbonated beverages and their addiction factor or something. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
I can't thing of any feature of the Amiga (other than multiples "screens" visible at the same time) that is ahead of the current state of the art in either hardware or software. Pseudo 14-bit sound! Must chuck out my Awe64...
Well, how about the size of the OS itself, the fact that you can boot to the GUI completely from floppy (ok, ok, Linux sorta can too - but it still uses X on the HD). What about it's rock-solid stability in later generations (I admit, AmigaOS was extremely buggy up until 2.x).
As far as I'm concerned the C64 was the best at the time but I'm not pining for another
Completely agreed! I still code for the C64, but more for nostalgic reasons than for any technological ones. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Well, I'm going to propose this story in the newsroom today when I go in to work...I will also make it extremely clear than all this utility does is to reveal the list of banned sites. _______ Scott Jones Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT Commodore 64 Democoder
Slashdot Mirror
- Let's not forget all of the things we read several months ago regarding copyright law. Even Linus has to occasionally be a jerk to protect his copyright. As I remember it, the way the law is written, if you don't aggressively defend your copyright(s) you could lose them. So basically the law forces people to become assholes.
This only applies to trademarks. Copyright is not lost unless you transfer it to someone else, whereas trademarks are lost if you don't defend them._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- Now you tell me where it says CD or CD-ROM.
- CD-R, short for Compact Disc-Recordable, is a type of disk that allows you to "write" or record onto the disk only once. When we use the term "CD-R," we are also referring to CD-RW disks, which is short for CD-ReWritable disk, a type of CD that enables you to "write" or record onto the disk multiple times. You can treat these types of disks like a floppy disk or hard disk, by writing data onto the disk once or multiple times.
Well, CD-ROM stands for Compact Disc - Read Only Memory. You can't write to a CD-ROM at all.Right below the paragraph you quoted, there's a link to a further FAQ. I quote:
A CD you can write to only once? Sure sounds like a CD-ROM to me, unless I'm missing something very fundamental.
CD-R stands for Compact Disc - Recordable. You can write to a CD-R one more time than a CD-ROM.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- From the licensing page:
Hmm...so if I set up a Commodore 64 SID {Shout|ice}cast, I have to pay the RIAA for music that they don't even own? Ridiculous...I might just do it to see if they try to come after me. After all, I guess the RIAA owns MP3 now, so they can charge for any use of it *snicker*.We do not charge royalties for mp3 streaming or mp3 broadcasting (e.g. Internet Radio) until the end of the year 2000. Beyond this date we anticipate to charge a small annual minimum and a percentage of revenue. However, this model is not yet fully developed because we cannot yet oversee where this new market is going.
Shoutcast and Icecast/Liveice users, be ready -- you're next. Not only do you have to pay the RIAA for the recordings, and BMI/ASCAP/SOCAN for the music, you'll now have to pay these jerks for the software. Kinda rediculous, considering I've never seen an online broadcaster of music using mp3 technology showing more than, say, a couple hundred in the audience...most broadcasters had only 2-10 listeners before RIAA decided to shut them down anyways...
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Nowhere do I see a mention of CD-ROM. In fact, here is the eBay policy on CD-R sales: - ...and CD-R copies.
And this is different from software on CD how exactly? CD-R is defined to cover both ROM and RW. Anything on a CD is disallowed.- As a matter of eBay policy, software on CD-R (including CD-RW) may not be listed on eBay, unless the seller is the copyright owner and states this in the item description. This means that, among other things, compilations (e.g., multiple software programs on one disk), "freeware" and "shareware" on CD-R may not be listed on eBay. This policy also means that even lawful software on CD-R is not permitted on eBay. This following situation illustrates how this might arise.
Now you tell me where it says CD or CD-ROM.Example: An individual or small software company decides to release its software on CD-R. The software company sells the software on CD-R on eBay to Jack. This is permissible because the software company is the copyright owner of the software. Jack now wants to resell the software on CD-R on eBay. The software on CD-R is "lawful software," but Jack (or anyone other than the software company) is not permitted to list this item on eBay.
Blank CD-R disks are permitted on eBay.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because the studios are robbing the artists blind doesn't mean that it's okay for the "fans" to do so as well. (In quotes, because true fans don't rip off their artists.)
Proposal: download an album through Napster, then send $10 directly to the artist. That way, you're not robbing the artist in any way; they're getting 10 times more money this way than by going through the RIAA and it's minions. Plus, what about bootlegs? Many bands authorize their fans to make bootlegs of live performances. I've found many a bootleg on Napster, should this now be illegal too?- I agree that the RIAA needs a kick in the ass. But surely there's got to be some way to do that without hurting the artists as well.
Well, as I said, download an album and pay the artist $10. They get more money, you get the music, and the RIAA is fscked. Problem solved._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Okay, hypothetical situation. Let's say that 5,000 users download a copy of Enter Sandman by Metallica. Let's also say that these users would not have bought the Black album had they not found the song on Napster. Difference in revenue with/without Napster? Absolutely $0. I assume that if you happened to get a clean copy of the song from the radio, with no DJ voiceover, then that cuts into album sales too.
:)
I'm not saying that there are some people who would have bought the CD in the absence of Napster, I'm stating that 99% of people who download any kind of pirated material from the net would not have bought it in the first place. Either way, no money transfers hands.
What I'm waiting for is somebody with a lot of money to approach the copyright holders and pay them $ to distribute music on Napster and make this whole issue moot. I'd do it but I don't have a lot of money, I could barely pay for one song
And we're not defending our right to pirate something, we're defending our right to be able to distribute our own material as we like. Just think for a second...if Napster is outlawed, then it could be possible in the future to be disallowed from sharing any files unless there is explicit authorization from somebody, regardless of who actually holds copyright to that material. We all know that the RIAA wants to be the sole distributor of music, right?
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Well, I suppose that phone lines are now illegal since I can transfer copyrighted material across them. Hell, let's outlaw FTP sites too since they can host large amounts of pirated stuff. What's next, owning a computer is illegal because you may do something illegal with it?
I know it's highly redundant, but the more you say it, the greater chance it has of sticking in the minds of the RIAA flunkies.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Using the Win32 version of M16 found at the ftp site on the box at work, and the PNG alpha test site found here, I got these results. Not quite what I had hoped for. I will test both the Win32 and Linux builds on my personal box when I get home today.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Why blow up the moon, when there are plenty of things here on Earth to blow up? We're Earthlings, let's blow up Earth things! We're Earthlings, let's blow up Earth things!
/. - coincidence? I think not...)
Mr. Show RULES! (and I happened to be watching this ep. from my miniscule collection when this popped up on
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- GNU: Gcc is Not Unix Well OF COURSE it's not Unix! UNIX is an operating system, gcc is a c compiler. However, gcc IS designed to run on Unix [or whatever derivative of Unix].
Minor niggling point, but it is recursive - GNU is Not Unix. The GNU utilities were meant to be open source equivalents to the commercial Unices available years ago. gcc stands for GNU C Compiler, btw._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- Assholes that compare X visually to Commodore 64's should be forever forced to use actual Commodore 64's.
And see some of the brilliant demos available for it by groups like Plush, Oxyron, Crest, Smash Design, etc., etc..._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- The Gameboy didn't have a Z80, it had a 6502. Not even a custom 6502, I am pretty sure.
Are you sure? I was under the impression that the GB has a customized Z80.- In theory, if you could deal with the mismatch in graphics res and color depth, clock speeds, memory reqs, etc., etc., you could design a perfectly functional Gameboy emulator for a 64 out of the box. I even started on such a beast...but didn't get very far.
It would be either impossible or horrible-looking, because the only way to emulate the GB's graphics mode properly is to overlay sprites (to get 4 colors) and that only works for 48 pixels wide. One could use multicolor mode but then the pixels are twice as wide...- Side note: Commodore 128's have Z80s already on the board, if you needed one. I can believe there was a Z80 cart for the 64, but I don't remember ever reading about one.
Yes, there was. It was a CP/M cartridge, I'm sure you could find information on it somewhere._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- First, according to the RIAA you cannot legally make an mp3 of a CD even if you own it. This is because of the Audio Home Recording act which regulates how you make digital copies.
Copyright law says otherwise. As long as you plan to use the MP3 only on devices in your possession, then it is legal (besides, who the hell is going to know if I take one of my CDs and rip/encode to MP3 to keep my CDs stored away but still listen to the music?). Only when distribution enters the picture is it illegal. I guess CD copying to protect my master CDs is illegal now too...- Second, mp3.com lost a big court case in which they did what you just said -- they let you download mp3s of CDs you already own. This was found to be illegal, though I'm not sure on what grounds.
As I said above, this involved distribution, therefore I see it as being illegal. However, if I use one of the 'internet hard drive' services available, and upload MP3's that I own the CD for and that I ripped and encoded to MP3, and that are only for use when I am at another machine, it would be perfectly legal.Standard disclaimer applys - IANAL and all that good sh*t
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- Honestly this doesn't really bother me, except that I really want HDTV to start being a reality soon.
Umm, not exactly. Unless you live in one of the top markets in the country, you don't have HDTV. We haven't even begun thinking about the conversion to HDTV yet- I truly see us just upconverting our NTSC broadcast to HD and leaving it at that for a few years. I haven't heard about the other stations in this market (92nd, Tri-Cities TN/VA) so I'm not exactly sure. But here, HDTV is definitely not a reality.What are you smoking, rob? I guess that memory I have of watching the US (tennis) Open on HDTV was just a hallucination.
It is a reality, you've got the money; turn off your reality-distortion field and go buy one.
Please moderate down for defiance of the infallible Malda.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Honestly this doesn't really bother me, except that I really want HDTV to start being a reality soon. What are you smoking, rob? I guess that memory I have of watching the US (tennis) Open on HDTV was just a hallucination. It is a reality, you've got the money; turn off your reality-distortion field and go buy one. Please moderate down for defiance of the infallible Malda. Umm, not exactly. Unless you live in one of the top markets in the country, you don't have HDTV. We haven't even begun thinking about the conversion to HDTV yet- I truly see us just upconverting our NTSC broadcast to HD and leaving it at that for a few years. I haven't heard about the other stations in this market (92nd, Tri-Cities TN/VA) so I'm not exactly sure. But here, HDTV is definitely not a reality.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
& should work (<=<, >=>)It's a bitch, but oh well...Rob? Fix it? Please? :)
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
I do from time to time. IDKFAIDDQDIDBEHOLDLIDBEHOLDA bitch!
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- It is difficult for mainstream America to get their mind around this issue! This weekend I went home to visit the folks, & I was trying to explain the problems with the DCMA, & had a VERY hard time getting my point across.
I agree! Yesterday, I was contacted by my ISP about my CPHack mirror, that they had a court order to remove it. I decided that I would, because the page had served a purpose, 167 visitors with presumably near that amount of downloads. However, I had left home to go to work right before they called, so my mom spoke to them. When I got off work last night, she was worried that I was 'in trouble'. I tried to explain to her that the software was legal, and all she kept saying was "You'll see when you get in trouble!" (this after I had already removed it and put up a small page explaining what happened). I almost yelled at her over it, but I just walked out of the room instead._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- My apologies for not being very specific in my reply to the original story. But IMHO, I really don't think the fuss is about a month's service fees. I really believe that the device was bought with intent to modify. "This" referred to my belief that the device was bought with an intent to modify.
Well, here is a quote from the article above that disproves that:- 1. 3/11 I saw the article on Slashdot, and thought it would be a nifty project to run linux on, followed quickly by a thought that
- I didn't have time to mod it anyway, followed by another thought: hey, even better - i'll order one for my brother's birthday (which is monday the 27th)
So while he might have initally wanted to mod it, he decided that it would be a better gift for his brother because "I didn't have time to mod it anyway". So once again, he has full right to be angry with Netpliance. He was told specifically that the charges could be placed on his brother's card (he asked them specifically about it) and was subsequently charged for one month's service. $22 may not seem like much, but it's the principle that we are discussing here, not the loss of $22 due to something that 'comes with the unit'. And to think, when I first saw this thing mentioned on ZDTV before it came out, I thought "That'd be perfect for Mom - she doesn't need a full PC just to surf the net." Well, Netpliance has just lost me as a potential customer due to their lies and fraudulent activity. I'll just take an old box that I have here at the house and give it to her.- Is twenty something really worth the fuss?
Like I said before, maybe the $22 is not worth the fuss, but the principle of the issue definitely is. If Netpliance gets away with this incident, then they can do this to every single customer who plans to give it away as a gift.- And why did Netpliance start charging service fees?
Exactly. They shouldn't have, since he specifically asked them about his situation and they said "No problem."- Think before you get angry with Netpliance.
I have, and I'm still angry._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- Trying to rip off the company isn't right.
Who said he's trying to rip them off? He specifically asked if there would be any additional charges to his CC other than the $99+tax that he paid for the iOpener. He was told no. Then the ISP charges appeared on his CC bill. You're damn right he should be mad, hell I would be mad if I got charged for something that I was told I wouldn't.- I think it is not right to take advantage of a flaw in the design (the fact that the device could be modified) and try to rip the company off.
Okay, here's proof that you did not read one word of this article. This guy thought about modifying it, but decided not to, then thought 'Hey, this would make a great gift for my brother!'. Therefore, since the device is not going to be his, why should he be charged for the service?- I know that you guys did not sign anything on paper but everyone knew that the reason the product was selling so cheap was because the company expected to make up the difference through the access fee. Think before you get angry with Netappliance.
That's not the issue here, as you would know if you actually read the damn article. The issue is basic fraud, charging someone when you specifically say you won't. Nothing to do with any modifications whatsoever. Get your facts straight before you post, please._______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Posted by LocalH on 07:50 AM March 27th, 2000
from the why-the-hell-is-this-happening dept.
Former geek icon-wannabe JonKatz is suing Slashdot for allegedly defaming him through AC postings. When asked for comment, he replied simply, "I'll get those bastards...I'll get them good...". Several ACs were also asked for comment. Their response was one of the following:
- "Natalie Portman naked and petrified!"
- "First post!"
- "Second post!"
- "Pour hot grits down my pants!"
- "Natalie Portman naked and petrified pouring hot grits down my pants while I'm getting first post!"
(Moderators: mod this down if you really, really feel you must...)_______
Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- I was about to say you can boot up to GUI from a floppy, but there is a 192K (I think) ROM helping out but then I thought that 192K is pretty small too
It was 256K for the 1.x series of Kickstarts. 2.x raised it to 512K, where it's been since.Actually it's 512K.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
- But they do not and cannot have a trademark on [the word "Coke"].
They have a trademark on the word Coke when referring to carbonated beverages, i.e. I can not produce a new cola drink and call it Coke. I can, however, produce a piece of computer hardware and call it Coke, because it's a different industry. Also, since coke is slang for cocaine, and because it also means something else (don't have the definition on my head, but it's been posted 1000 times under this story), I don't think Coca-Cola has any more rights over the word than anyone else unless the site deals with carbonated beverages and their addiction factor or something.Wrong. They can, and they do.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
I can't thing of any feature of the Amiga (other than multiples "screens" visible at the same time) that is ahead of the current state of the art in either hardware or software. Pseudo 14-bit sound! Must chuck out my Awe64...
Well, how about the size of the OS itself, the fact that you can boot to the GUI completely from floppy (ok, ok, Linux sorta can too - but it still uses X on the HD). What about it's rock-solid stability in later generations (I admit, AmigaOS was extremely buggy up until 2.x).
As far as I'm concerned the C64 was the best at the time but I'm not pining for another
Completely agreed! I still code for the C64, but more for nostalgic reasons than for any technological ones.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder
Well, I'm going to propose this story in the newsroom today when I go in to work...I will also make it extremely clear than all this utility does is to reveal the list of banned sites.
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Scott Jones
Newscast Director / ABC19 WKPT
Commodore 64 Democoder