No, but they can make you want something by lying to you. In the end, if you purchase the product, does it matter whether they tricked you into buying it or "made" you?
Do we blame companies for catering to our desire for possessions?
No, but I do blame companies that spend millions of dollars a year to sow artificial desires in the shared mindspace of society, via ubiquitous advertisements. And yes, this is offtopic. So, to bring it full circle:
If the MPAA adjusted their prices to reflect more accurately the value the market assigned to their movies, there would be less interest in downloading them and burning them to DVD (which is a time consuming process). It worked for the music industry.
It is possible that the grandparent meant "The Ocarina of Time" by "the original Zelda." In this case, lagging and stuttering might be possible, because N64 emulation is still not as well-done as, say, NES emulation.
In any event, Ocarina of Time is not the original Zelda, and if you (yes, you, grandparent poster), did not know this, then you should educate yourself, because the best Zeldas are 2d.
Fair use provisions in United States copyright law entitle purchasers of copyrighted works to make and distribute copies of said works to friends and family, in a not for profit fashion. It's nobody's business but my own how many friends I have, or if they use BitTorrent, Usenet, or cassette tape.
I also live in Florida, and I have an anecdote which illustrates why hurricane codes, which seem to be a good idea, are not:
My grandfather wanted to enclose his garage and turn it into a new room on his house. The county says no new construction unless it meets the hurricane code. This adds months of delay, for dealing with bureaucracy, and a lot of cash, for better materials, to the cost of construction; my granddad is still waiting for approval.
The house my grandfather lives in was built in the fifties. This means that he'll end up waiting an extra six months and spending a hefty chunk of cash to add a "hurricane proof" room to a house the rest of which fails to meet the code.
I see the hurricane codes as a means to ensure that people below a certain income bracket are made to feel unwelcome in Florida. Eventually, this state will only be hospitable to retired yankees and amusement park owners. Oh wait...
What you say is true, but Congress doesn't simply pass laws saying "None of Disney's stuff will ever pass into the public domain." (Which would be bad enough...) Instead, to avoid blatantly showing who they are serving with these copyright extensions, they extend the copyright on everything published since Steamboat Willy (which is the first appearance of Mickey Mouse, if you didn't know.) The result: an impoverished "myth spring", and a gradual depletion of "free ideas" that are available.
You see, once upon a time, the idea of "intellectual property" and "copyright", would've been laughed at. I mean, when I tell you a story, I still have the story, right? Languages and numbers only become more useful with each new person who learns them. However, all knowledge is power, and many people preferred to keep that power to themselves. A fine example is the Masons, who prospered for for many years due to secret stoneworking techniques and still have a reputation for secrecy to this day.
As a way to encourage the sharing of ideas and works of art, the idea of copyright was conceived.
The purpose of copyright is to encourage artists to share their works with the public by allowing them exclusive publishing rights for a limited time, after which those works would enter the public domain.
Would Disney have been able to create Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, etc, if the inspirations for those works had not been in the public domain? Of course not, and Disney's success is one of the best arguments for the necessity of allowing works of art to pass into the public domain. Yet Mickey Mouse (and literally thousands of other works of art, published since 1928, the first appearance of Steamboat Willy) has not passed into the public domain, as would be proper. Instead, every time that mouse comes close to becoming public property, Disney lobbyists donate money to purchase another copyright extension, and more and more works that should belong to society as a whole are dragged along with Steamboat Willy.)
The public has been denied the compensation it deserves for allowing Disney the copyright in the first place, and it seems that will continue to be the case, until a sufficient number of people wake up to what we are losing in exchange for Disney's success.
1) Find a classic story with expired copyrights. 2) Whitewash it until it can't offend anyone. 3) Use its mass media engine to make it ubiquitous, similar to how Microsoft sole Windows 98. 4) Copyright their neutered version of the public domain work, and pay the government to keep it copyrighted in perpetuity.
It's reminiscent of how many humans take all their nourishment from their environment, yet take every measure, from coffins to embalming, to prevent giving back to it when they die.
Perhaps it's because of the broken link in the submission, but it looks like the new Zelda game ditches the cel shaded look and delivers what we were promised in the original GC zelda: realism. See here
Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, and many other arcade games are playable (and played) online with Kaillera, I don't see why SSB:M would be an exception. And if it is reduced to button mashing, then it would attract the legions of Tekken fans.;)
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No, but they can make you want something by lying to you. In the end, if you purchase the product, does it matter whether they tricked you into buying it or "made" you?
Oh, I left my tag open. How mortifying.
Do we blame companies for catering to our desire for possessions?
No, but I do blame companies that spend millions of dollars a year to sow artificial desires in the shared mindspace of society, via ubiquitous advertisements. And yes, this is offtopic. So, to bring it full circle:
If the MPAA adjusted their prices to reflect more accurately the value the market assigned to their movies, there would be less interest in downloading them and burning them to DVD (which is a time consuming process). It worked for the music industry.
Firefox and quake2 aside, what does it need to run? Mwahaha...
She seems to have misplaced the constitution mere hours before it became relevant.
It is possible that the grandparent meant "The Ocarina of Time" by "the original Zelda." In this case, lagging and stuttering might be possible, because N64 emulation is still not as well-done as, say, NES emulation.
In any event, Ocarina of Time is not the original Zelda, and if you (yes, you, grandparent poster), did not know this, then you should educate yourself, because the best Zeldas are 2d.
I can't affort to attend that school, but I do have a BFG in rocket jumping, f00.
-you. I apologize for the typo, which has sullied the otherwise pristine nature of /.
How about a MMORPG where you the monsters are also actual people, instead of having AI enemies (which will always encourage spawn camping)?
All machines on the 'net are peers, aren't they?
That was once the case, but sadly, 'tis no longer.
Fair use provisions in United States copyright law entitle purchasers of copyrighted works to make and distribute copies of said works to friends and family, in a not for profit fashion. It's nobody's business but my own how many friends I have, or if they use BitTorrent, Usenet, or cassette tape.
N is the tetris of platformers; anyone who disagrees lacks the skills of the ninja.
China is ungood?
try google news, and remove the (possibly misspelled) middle name:
Clicky link. I am already getting more info on this than I can stand, as it happened in the county where I live.
So "God" is shorthand for "We don't know, yet." these days?
I also live in Florida, and I have an anecdote which illustrates why hurricane codes, which seem to be a good idea, are not:
My grandfather wanted to enclose his garage and turn it into a new room on his house. The county says no new construction unless it meets the hurricane code. This adds months of delay, for dealing with bureaucracy, and a lot of cash, for better materials, to the cost of construction; my granddad is still waiting for approval.
The house my grandfather lives in was built in the fifties. This means that he'll end up waiting an extra six months and spending a hefty chunk of cash to add a "hurricane proof" room to a house the rest of which fails to meet the code.
I see the hurricane codes as a means to ensure that people below a certain income bracket are made to feel unwelcome in Florida. Eventually, this state will only be hospitable to retired yankees and amusement park owners. Oh wait...
the word is actually cowardice.
just so you know.
... or use a silencer. Duct tape a bottle over the end of the gun for a homebrew, one shot solution.
oh, you best believe the SNES had 16 bit sound. don't you ever let me catch you makin' that mistake again, son.
What you say is true, but Congress doesn't simply pass laws saying "None of Disney's stuff will ever pass into the public domain." (Which would be bad enough...) Instead, to avoid blatantly showing who they are serving with these copyright extensions, they extend the copyright on everything published since Steamboat Willy (which is the first appearance of Mickey Mouse, if you didn't know.) The result: an impoverished "myth spring", and a gradual depletion of "free ideas" that are available.
You see, once upon a time, the idea of "intellectual property" and "copyright", would've been laughed at. I mean, when I tell you a story, I still have the story, right? Languages and numbers only become more useful with each new person who learns them. However, all knowledge is power, and many people preferred to keep that power to themselves. A fine example is the Masons, who prospered for for many years due to secret stoneworking techniques and still have a reputation for secrecy to this day.
As a way to encourage the sharing of ideas and works of art, the idea of copyright was conceived.
The purpose of copyright is to encourage artists to share their works with the public by allowing them exclusive publishing rights for a limited time, after which those works would enter the public domain.
Would Disney have been able to create Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, etc, if the inspirations for those works had not been in the public domain? Of course not, and Disney's success is one of the best arguments for the necessity of allowing works of art to pass into the public domain. Yet Mickey Mouse (and literally thousands of other works of art, published since 1928, the first appearance of Steamboat Willy) has not passed into the public domain, as would be proper. Instead, every time that mouse comes close to becoming public property, Disney lobbyists donate money to purchase another copyright extension, and more and more works that should belong to society as a whole are dragged along with Steamboat Willy.)
The public has been denied the compensation it deserves for allowing Disney the copyright in the first place, and it seems that will continue to be the case, until a sufficient number of people wake up to what we are losing in exchange for Disney's success.
should've been sold Windows 98
Actually, how disney makes money is:
1) Find a classic story with expired copyrights.
2) Whitewash it until it can't offend anyone.
3) Use its mass media engine to make it ubiquitous, similar to how Microsoft sole Windows 98.
4) Copyright their neutered version of the public domain work, and pay the government to keep it copyrighted in perpetuity.
It's reminiscent of how many humans take all their nourishment from their environment, yet take every measure, from coffins to embalming, to prevent giving back to it when they die.
Perhaps it's because of the broken link in the submission, but it looks like the new Zelda game ditches the cel shaded look and delivers what we were promised in the original GC zelda: realism. See here
Street Fighter II, Mortal Kombat, and many other arcade games are playable (and played) online with Kaillera, I don't see why SSB:M would be an exception. And if it is reduced to button mashing, then it would attract the legions of Tekken fans. ;)
the first thing i'd fabricate would be another fabricator.