Notice that Japanese force the disabled "fit in" to the society (exoskeleton to make the disabled "normal,") while the U.S. seem to contort the society for the benefit of the disabled. (Being sued for lacking "equal access" wheel chair ramp, for lacking "disabled friendly" toilet, etc.)
> The intelligent thing may have been for the software to stop working. However, you can get cracks for that. I'm sure software publishers are getting tired of all the cracks.
Except that would deprive the companies the opportunity to pursue you for "loss revenue" (or generate additional revenue, depending on how you look at it.)
It is generally believed that working for Fry's is asking to be insulted, daily. Not by the customers (although there are certainly some) but by the employer; Yes, Fr'ied pays their employees minimum wage, treat them like subhumans and presumed criminal (the door gestapo were there not so much as to make sure that you have paid for everything in the bag, but to make sure one of their clerks doesn't give you an unauthorized deep discount because you might know him/her.)
Now, what self-respecting geek would want to work in such a hostile environment making minimum wage?
Why is it that "they" are always trying to collect more information when it is evident that the problem isn't insufficient information, but INABILITY to process collected information?
I suspect if the publishers get to have their ways, for every CD we purchase will come attached with a draconian EULA not unlike those of computer software EULA today.
"By opening this CD, you agreed... (insert your least favorite draconian EULA here.)"
This of course brings back memory that every copy of Copy II Plus (Apple II, yes Apple made computers before Macintosh) were ALSO pirated.
Funny thing was that Copy II Plus (pre-5.0 days) would copy a lot of things, EXCEPT ITSELF. That of course didn't stop anyone from copying it with other copy programs (Lock Smith, EDD... Disk Muncher anyone?) Eventually Central Point software wised up and dropped on media copy protection altogether; only took them five revisions to realise it's a rat race that will never end.
Beneath Apple DOS summed up on media protection nicely with an illustration of the software pirates and software publisher chasing each other on a marry go around.
> The question then becomes *why* we should have to pay a service fee and do manual filtering to avoid being harassed in our own homes.
The same reason our ISP now has to filter out e-mail, the same reason filter software companies are "viable" businesses (and will probably sue to block any laws to outlaw spams...;)
Seriously though, I though a fair number of telemarketeers outsource their boiler room operations to prisons and countries like India, so I am at a loss as to just what sort of job loss the telemarketing association is referring to.
I think Dilbert had one (rumored to be based on a true story) where the company decided to offer a bounty for every bug fixed. As usual, Wally decided to "write himself a minivan." I can already see bugs been inserted proactively by employees to boost their stock option value...
Actually recent fansub I downloaded had warning in Japanese text scrolling across the screen about "episodes posted to internet..." Base on that I would say that they are acutely aware of network distribution...
General rules applies...
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You have of course, ASS-U-ME'd the decision makers in question know what a MBR is...
"You don't want to use that DRM thing sir." "But it will protect our rights." "Don't you know it writes to user's MBR?" "Of course I do. What's an MBR?"
This merely enforce the notion that most citizens of "totalitarian" states knew for some time; rights is what the government lets its citizens have when it is "convenient," and the United States isn't any different.
Wrong analogy, because when an engine is modified, one cannot exchange it for another after it blows up. But there are plenty of people that will try to exchange the said video card for another one after they fscked it up...
The thirty something group might remember that physical media protection failed once before. In the 80's many software companies "invested" heavily on physical media protection (spiral tracking anyone?) and ultimately the only thing they achieved was pissing off customers that just want to install software onto harddisk. By early 90's on-media protection had all but disappeared.
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Notice that Japanese force the disabled "fit in" to the society (exoskeleton to make the disabled "normal,") while the U.S. seem to contort the society for the benefit of the disabled. (Being sued for lacking "equal access" wheel chair ramp, for lacking "disabled friendly" toilet, etc.)
> The intelligent thing may have been for the software to stop working. However, you can get cracks for that. I'm sure software publishers are getting tired of all the cracks.
Except that would deprive the companies the opportunity to pursue you for "loss revenue" (or generate additional revenue, depending on how you look at it.)
It is generally believed that working for Fry's is asking to be insulted, daily. Not by the customers (although there are certainly some) but by the employer; Yes, Fr'ied pays their employees minimum wage, treat them like subhumans and presumed criminal (the door gestapo were there not so much as to make sure that you have paid for everything in the bag, but to make sure one of their clerks doesn't give you an unauthorized deep discount because you might know him/her.)
Now, what self-respecting geek would want to work in such a hostile environment making minimum wage?
Why is it that "they" are always trying to collect more information when it is evident that the problem isn't insufficient information, but INABILITY to process collected information?
Evidently somebody watched Speed once too many times.
I suspect if the publishers get to have their ways, for every CD we purchase will come attached with a draconian EULA not unlike those of computer software EULA today.
"By opening this CD, you agreed... (insert your least favorite draconian EULA here.)"
This of course brings back memory that every copy of Copy II Plus (Apple II, yes Apple made computers before Macintosh) were ALSO pirated.
Funny thing was that Copy II Plus (pre-5.0 days) would copy a lot of things, EXCEPT ITSELF. That of course didn't stop anyone from copying it with other copy programs (Lock Smith, EDD... Disk Muncher anyone?) Eventually Central Point software wised up and dropped on media copy protection altogether; only took them five revisions to realise it's a rat race that will never end.
Beneath Apple DOS summed up on media protection nicely with an illustration of the software pirates and software publisher chasing each other on a marry go around.
> The question then becomes *why* we should have to pay a service fee and do manual filtering to avoid being harassed in our own homes.
;)
The same reason our ISP now has to filter out e-mail, the same reason filter software companies are "viable" businesses (and will probably sue to block any laws to outlaw spams...
Seriously though, I though a fair number of telemarketeers outsource their boiler room operations to prisons and countries like India, so I am at a loss as to just what sort of job loss the telemarketing association is referring to.
I think Dilbert had one (rumored to be based on a true story) where the company decided to offer a bounty for every bug fixed. As usual, Wally decided to "write himself a minivan." I can already see bugs been inserted proactively by employees to boost their stock option value...
Err, he has a girl friend?
What I fear is that the project would be funded through other black box line items...
"You don't really believe they paid thousands of dollars for a toilet seat do you?"
Actually recent fansub I downloaded had warning in Japanese text scrolling across the screen about "episodes posted to internet..." Base on that I would say that they are acutely aware of network distribution...
Rule 1. Spammer lies.
Rule 2. See Rule 1.
You have of course, ASS-U-ME'd the decision makers in question know what a MBR is...
"You don't want to use that DRM thing sir."
"But it will protect our rights."
"Don't you know it writes to user's MBR?"
"Of course I do. What's an MBR?"
By continuously producing trash, we are forced to part with our hard earn dollars for TNG on DVD, just to get better trek fix...
This merely enforce the notion that most citizens of "totalitarian" states knew for some time; rights is what the government lets its citizens have when it is "convenient," and the United States isn't any different.
Wrong analogy, because when an engine is modified, one cannot exchange it for another after it blows up. But there are plenty of people that will try to exchange the said video card for another one after they fscked it up...
True, in China, not in Taiwan.
To state the obvious... Every now and then the large corporation slips and tells their customers what they REALLY think of them...
The thirty something group might remember that physical media protection failed once before. In the 80's many software companies "invested" heavily on physical media protection (spiral tracking anyone?) and ultimately the only thing they achieved was pissing off customers that just want to install software onto harddisk. By early 90's on-media protection had all but disappeared.
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The float point computations that produced the said result were done on intel Pentium...
So how is this ANY DIFFERENT from the last "consent decree?" Remember what M$ did with that one...