Didn't they recently change patent law so that prior art is basically meaningless now? It's no longer "first to invent," now it's "first to file." So it really doesn't matter if Bitcoin did it first. JP Morgan is first to file (assuming the folks behind Bitcoin never bothered to file for a patent).
It was actually a pretty important selling point of the C128. Keep in mind that I (and many others) had a collection of *hundreds* of C64 games before we bought the 128 (thank you, early DRM crackers). I probably wouldn't have bought one if all it could play was C128 software (what little there was of it).
I'm fairly certain that what they're referring to is emulators that would play the games from ps4 and xboxone
Good lord, that's an even taller order. I think they may have just recently developed emulators for the Xbox1 and PS2 (and I'm not even sure how well those work).
Those systems are locked down so tight, they won't allow ANY outside software to be installed, much less software specifically designed to allow for unauthorized games to be played (and mostly pirated ones at that). So, good luck with that. You will have to AT LEAST jailbreak them first.
Fuck off. I don't argue with true believers and I don't argue with brick walls. Both exercises are equally pointless. I can no more provide you with evidence of god's non-existence than I can provide you with evidence of the non-existence of unicorns. So if you want to believe in either, be my guest, sparky.
People are frightened by what they can't control, can't predict, and don't understand. That's why people invented gods to help explain unpredictable weather and other disasters. It works that way with people too. People want other people to be predictable, controllable, and understandable.
Agreed. If they're not interested in reading out text messages, phone calls, etc. then WHY ARE THEY ARCHIVING THEM? Either he's lying, or the NSA is guilty of a huge waste of funds for something they don't need.
In case you didn't get the memo, Ron Paul and Rand Paul sold out to big business years ago. They're just corporatists now, same as all the other politicians.
The problem with Tesla is that so much of his work has been mythologized that a lot of people have come to sort of dismiss it out of hand. It seems like every biographical portrayal of him in popular culture has to make him off as some sort of mystical magician, nutcase, or miracle worker. I remember an "In Search Of" episode when I was a kid that claimed he had built Stonehenge, developed a teleporter, and communicated with aliens. And don't get me started on his portrayal in The Prestige.
I was well into my adulthood before I realized that he was an actual engineer who built real stuff, and not just some conspiracy theorist's concoction. As a kid, he went into the same category to me as Uri Geller and the aliens who built the pyramids.
I think it's the wave of the future. And the way Tesla has been catching fire lately, it's pretty obvious that people out there are burning to own electric cars.
Laws were invented to prevent harm, not categories of behaviour.
Where the hell did you get that from? If that were the case, you could defend yourself with a "I likely won't do it again" defense and have your case dismissed. "Oh forget JUSTICE FOR THE CRIME YOU COMMITTED. We just wanted to make sure you weren't going to harm again, son. Case dismissed!"
I was thinking the same thing. Everyone loves electric cars so much that they naturally defend any fellow hippie driving one, when he's stealing electricity from the man (because, hey, electricity should be free, man--you know, like the air and shit). But I wonder how many of you would be so cool if a neighbor bought one and started running an extension cord over to one of your outside outlets to charge it every night? Something tells me that they would take a most uncool attitude then, no matter how much the neighbor assured them that "It's just a few cents--chill out, dude."
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Didn't they recently change patent law so that prior art is basically meaningless now? It's no longer "first to invent," now it's "first to file." So it really doesn't matter if Bitcoin did it first. JP Morgan is first to file (assuming the folks behind Bitcoin never bothered to file for a patent).
you trade in your soul.
What IT worker had one to begin with?
Fuckin' aye!
It was actually a pretty important selling point of the C128. Keep in mind that I (and many others) had a collection of *hundreds* of C64 games before we bought the 128 (thank you, early DRM crackers). I probably wouldn't have bought one if all it could play was C128 software (what little there was of it).
I'm fairly certain that what they're referring to is emulators that would play the games from ps4 and xboxone
Good lord, that's an even taller order. I think they may have just recently developed emulators for the Xbox1 and PS2 (and I'm not even sure how well those work).
Those systems are locked down so tight, they won't allow ANY outside software to be installed, much less software specifically designed to allow for unauthorized games to be played (and mostly pirated ones at that). So, good luck with that. You will have to AT LEAST jailbreak them first.
Fuck off. I don't argue with true believers and I don't argue with brick walls. Both exercises are equally pointless. I can no more provide you with evidence of god's non-existence than I can provide you with evidence of the non-existence of unicorns. So if you want to believe in either, be my guest, sparky.
People are frightened by what they can't control, can't predict, and don't understand. That's why people invented gods to help explain unpredictable weather and other disasters. It works that way with people too. People want other people to be predictable, controllable, and understandable.
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
And the real genius does BOTH.
Just Google "Ron Paul Rand Paul sellout" and you'll get all the cake you can eat.
You do know how to use Google, I presume? Best not to make too many assumptions with you TEA party types.
Agreed. If they're not interested in reading out text messages, phone calls, etc. then WHY ARE THEY ARCHIVING THEM? Either he's lying, or the NSA is guilty of a huge waste of funds for something they don't need.
"I promise to fight hard against all those programs which I helped create!", says politician. Film at eleven.
In case you didn't get the memo, Ron Paul and Rand Paul sold out to big business years ago. They're just corporatists now, same as all the other politicians.
Good, we need more hispanic superheroes. When I was a kid, all we had was El Dorado, and he was pretty lame.
Of course, they were thieves, so they would probably end up being supervillians.
The problem with Tesla is that so much of his work has been mythologized that a lot of people have come to sort of dismiss it out of hand. It seems like every biographical portrayal of him in popular culture has to make him off as some sort of mystical magician, nutcase, or miracle worker. I remember an "In Search Of" episode when I was a kid that claimed he had built Stonehenge, developed a teleporter, and communicated with aliens. And don't get me started on his portrayal in The Prestige.
I was well into my adulthood before I realized that he was an actual engineer who built real stuff, and not just some conspiracy theorist's concoction. As a kid, he went into the same category to me as Uri Geller and the aliens who built the pyramids.
I think it's the wave of the future. And the way Tesla has been catching fire lately, it's pretty obvious that people out there are burning to own electric cars.
building on our long-standing program that provides government customers with an appropriate ability to review our source code
Well, of course, we wouldn't expect you to allow anyone in with an inappropriate ability to review your source code.
Of course you're free to move, citizen. You just need to present the proper papers, which you're not eligible for.
Laws were invented to prevent harm, not categories of behaviour.
Where the hell did you get that from? If that were the case, you could defend yourself with a "I likely won't do it again" defense and have your case dismissed. "Oh forget JUSTICE FOR THE CRIME YOU COMMITTED. We just wanted to make sure you weren't going to harm again, son. Case dismissed!"
A better analogy might be if I hooked a hose up to said water fountain and ran it over to my house in lieu of paying for water service.
I was thinking the same thing. Everyone loves electric cars so much that they naturally defend any fellow hippie driving one, when he's stealing electricity from the man (because, hey, electricity should be free, man--you know, like the air and shit). But I wonder how many of you would be so cool if a neighbor bought one and started running an extension cord over to one of your outside outlets to charge it every night? Something tells me that they would take a most uncool attitude then, no matter how much the neighbor assured them that "It's just a few cents--chill out, dude."
Now they just need some games. My suggestion is that they convince whatever studio did "Portal 2" to port that over to Linux, for example.
When they send the next man there.
We can't even *begin* to build synergy in a dynamically focused, best-practices-oriented creative collaborative environment!!
Keep your crappy little tablet games. For real games, I want a beefy PC, thank you very much!