PearPC can be used for more than just running MacOS X, you can run PPC Linux on it and various PPC BSD's, aswell as Darwin.
I don't think Apples EULA statement about running it only on apple hardware is legal anyways, it sounds like illegal tieing, but what the hell do I know? IANAL.
They lobbied for the tax, they can't have it both ways. They can't have a tax on media and also expect me to buy from them-double dipping is immoral. As far as I see it, they brought this on themselves.
If they would have left blank media alone they would have a moral leg to stand on, however they don't at this point.
My analogy is over-simplistic and therefore flawed. The web is more like a radio station than a telephone call.
Radio stations are not required to observe laws in any country that *might possibly* receive the broadcast, they observe local laws.
As per your scenarios, would I object? Of course I would but that isn't the topic at hand. Would I be able to sue foreign nationals? Possibly, but unless they have some local assets it would be fruitless. I would have to sue them in their jurisdiction.
Anything posted on the net is basically said everywhere.
No, it is said where it originated from, it can be *transmitted* everywhere. I am from Canada, if I call you while you're in the US and say something my words are still being said in Canada while you hear them in the US. This is different from me flying to your location in the US and saying the same words.
If they were concerned about not breaking Canadian laws, they should have blocked Canada from accessing their web site.
I only agree with you on one case. The article in question only seems to be accessable if you pay the post to see it and they admit in TFA that they do have Ontario residents who pay to see their articles. In this case I agree with you. It's rediculously easy to not allow members of a certain country to access subscription based services, don't take their currency! If you want to take their currency you must respect their laws.
On the other hand, if the article were publicly accessable without subscription then no, your view on how the internet should work is rediculous. Almost everything posted to the internet violates some law somewhere on the planet be it Chinas, Irans, North Koreas, etc. In this case the internet would be devoid of any information whatsoever! If governments don't want citizens accessing certain sites it's their responsibility to block them, not yours. Just because a website may be internationally visible doesn't mean other people are compelled to view it.
access to said software desired to be protected is being provided without causing a said operation being performed and said identity information being specific to said rightful user(s).
Translated means: Access to the software is granted without having an electronic commerce operation performed and the identity information stored in the processing apparatus being user specific.
Sounds like they tried to patent generic smart cards to me, something similar to a pay-as-you-go cell phone card you buy at a convenience store except for software, however what the hell do I know? IANAL.
The DNS Service in WinXP and 2000 Pro are simply caching services, you can disable them and have DNS still work. I do at home here because I have a DNS caching server on the gateway machine so I don't need another cache, it does speed things up in the proper configuration.
IGE hasn't specifically done anything in violation of the TOS.
Real money transfers for in game items is prohibited by almost every single MMORPG TOS, that's the case for FFXI, who just banned 800 in game currency sellers and notorious monster monopolizers, (yay!) and WoW, whose position is they own all in game items which makes IGE in violation. I'm not sure how I feel about Blizzards position but I'd allow Blizzard to be benevolent dictators over the alternative I suppose, they do have a lot of Street Cred(tm) with me.
Now, as for how IGE gets around that is this: They don't actually own any accounts, nor directly employ anyone who sells currency. As I mentioned, they are simply a sell point; a place for people who do farm items/currency to advertise their wares and sell them to turn a buck. The best way to think of them is as a really really big eBay store.
This isn't true, they must have accounts. You cannot pair buyers and sellers up 1:1 immediately and IGE seems to have no problem in buying or selling immediately. For this they need in game accounts as mules to store the items. They could hire people to do this in which case they still own the accounts because it's an employee or contractor doing it on their behalf. I have talked to their support (as pranks, I'd never sell to these asses), they will quote you a price on so many units of game currency, they will buy it immediately and therefore they must have accounts.
After reading the Wikipedia entry, I was right about geographic north.
"There are in fact 770 km of ocean between the pole and Canada's northernmost point"
Land yes, however from the wikipedia article:
The boundaries of Canada extend all the way to the Geographic North Pole. There is no land at this location, which is usually covered by sea ice. There are in fact 770 km of ocean between the pole and Canada's northernmost point. Nevertheless, the North Pole of the Earth may be said to be located in Canada.
I'm the last to support MS in any way shape or form, but seeing as this is nothing but a rebranded version of Giant Anti-Spyware, and Giant Anti-Spyware was shown to have the best batting average of removing spyware why are we jumping on the bandwagon to bash it so soon without allowing it to get out of "beta" (which it really isn't, as Giant Anti-Spyware wasn't beta).
Burning Circle and Garrison battles: stupidly tough, involving something like 2k worth of consumables. Usually done to earn money to purchase overpriced equipment to continue leveling.
They're simple if you go into it with proper equiptment and supplies, plan ahead. I have beat many garrisons and BCNMs.
Expeditionary Forces: instead of leveling yourself up, you try to level up your country's influence in a given area. Otherwise this is exactly the same as leveling.
And you get treasure for doing it!
Ballista: Instead of offering true PvP, Square created this pointless minigame. It's boring and stupid.
True PVP would be better but Ballista can be pretty fun.
Even better, if an American group does claim it, there are glitches in the claiming system that frequently allow another group to claim the monster while they're fighting it for very brief moments
Never seen this happen.
And as for elementals - the most common crystal type you need are Fire crystals. For some "we hate players" reason, Square decided to make these crystal fairly rare.
Frequently available in the Altepa Desert or the Kazham jungles. Nothing really hard about getting them. Ice elementals are almost always available in Beaucedine Glacier, Dark elementals in Xarcabard.
Earth and Water are the most common crystals - so they aren't used in most crafting recipes, of course.
I use tons of earth crystals for Woodworking (arrows, furnishings) and water for cooking (juices cause I'm a mage).
The fact that it's the "most populous" MMORPG scares me. Seriously, try playing EQ2 or WoW, and be prepared to be surprised at how much better they are compared to FFXI.
I believe I have already stated I've played WoW and I liked it however it has no staying power.
(And don't you dare unsubscribe for a couple of months, since then you'll need to purchase the entire game - uncluding expansions - again.)
Wrong, PlayOnline account is good forever and is free, it's the content IDs which are not, only your character data is lost.
In other words, you've already wasted 50 days on it and don't want to admit it was all just a giant waste of time.
I will admit that readily, right here and now: It was a giant waste of time. Newsflash: That's what games are, that's what entertainment does, it wastes time, but it's FUN and that's why I play it.
Trust me, I'm not saying it's crap coming from a vacuum, I played the game for a while and had absolutely no fun with it after the first 20 levels or so. People kept on telling me "oh, it gets fun after ($YOUR_LEVEL + 10)."
Leveling is a means to an end, you will never really have much fun leveling. The fun comes out of the quests, missions and side events: Burning Circle battles, Garrison battles, Expeditionary Forces, Ballista Conflict, High Notorious Monster fights, etc. You level so you can take part in more of these.
If you want some other reasons it sucks, let's go with crafting. You can't solo mobs that give XP past level 15 or so. Crafting requires crystals. You can only get these off monsters that give XP. So crafting and leveling forcibly go hand in hand. That's BS.
This is also untrue. You can get crystals off of elementals of any level even if they are too weak. Or you could simply just buy them.
There's more - but suffice it to say that not only is Square a lousy company, FFXI is a crappy game.
While I agree it's not for everyone you cannot call the most populous MMORPG a crappy game, the world disagrees with you.
It's also my understanding that FFXI wasn't that popular in Japan anyway. It's been out there for something like three years, I thought I read somewhere that most Japanese players had already gotten sick of it. Most of the current FFXI players are probably new European players who only two months ago were given access to it, and who currently are locked out of World of Warcraft because Blizzard hates foreigners or something.
You are completely out of touch with reality and should quit posting authoritatively on things you absolutely know nothing about.
Currently most players are Japanese, the second largest group is North Americans, and the third is Europeans.
FFXI is not "crap" nor do most people play it and like it simply because it's Japanese. Hell, I think half of the Japanese population on the servers are incredibly rude, about a third wont even acknowledge a non JP player exists. The game however is fun and I play it almost exclusively with english speaking NAs. Every once in awhile I'll see a JP or two in a party I got invited to, or get an invite into a totally JP party, but this is often the exception.
Yes there are the fanbois, no they aren't the majority. The game is fun to play which is why I play it. That being said I also played the WoW beta and while WoW is fun also, I don't see it having the staying power FFXI does.
I and about 5 of my close friends play FFXI across PC and PS/2, it rocks man. Nothing compares with a 5 hour marathon leveling run with your closest buddies, or hopping on and doing a really crazy quest.
Level 52 Summoner, 34 Black Mage, 32 Dragoon, 30 Red Mage.
It is however in your best interest. If you write them in support of packagers who want to freely distribute the firmware then that allows you the ability to install a Free OS (Linux, OpenBSD, etc) and have your wifi work "out of the box" instead of having to download the firmware from intels website by some other means separately.
I'm not. The definition of open source, as stated by the Open Source Initiative (opensource.org) are:
1. Free Redistribution 2. The program must include source code 3. The license must allow modifications and derived works 4. The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code 5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups 6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor 7. The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed 8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product 9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software 10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
As you can see, it takes quite a bit to comply with open source.
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Echoed, Thank You anonymous hardware company.
I kindof wish you would include what company you work for so that I could perhaps see if I need any of your hardware.
Except the fact that nobody has to because anybody can just take it and close up the source without getting a separate license.
PearPC can be used for more than just running MacOS X, you can run PPC Linux on it and various PPC BSD's, aswell as Darwin.
I don't think Apples EULA statement about running it only on apple hardware is legal anyways, it sounds like illegal tieing, but what the hell do I know? IANAL.
Yeah, he made a horrible comment against the australian race, for shame!
They lobbied for the tax, they can't have it both ways. They can't have a tax on media and also expect me to buy from them-double dipping is immoral. As far as I see it, they brought this on themselves.
If they would have left blank media alone they would have a moral leg to stand on, however they don't at this point.
My analogy is over-simplistic and therefore flawed. The web is more like a radio station than a telephone call.
Radio stations are not required to observe laws in any country that *might possibly* receive the broadcast, they observe local laws.
As per your scenarios, would I object? Of course I would but that isn't the topic at hand. Would I be able to sue foreign nationals? Possibly, but unless they have some local assets it would be fruitless. I would have to sue them in their jurisdiction.
Anything posted on the net is basically said everywhere.
No, it is said where it originated from, it can be *transmitted* everywhere. I am from Canada, if I call you while you're in the US and say something my words are still being said in Canada while you hear them in the US. This is different from me flying to your location in the US and saying the same words.
If they were concerned about not breaking Canadian laws, they should have blocked Canada from accessing their web site.
I only agree with you on one case. The article in question only seems to be accessable if you pay the post to see it and they admit in TFA that they do have Ontario residents who pay to see their articles. In this case I agree with you. It's rediculously easy to not allow members of a certain country to access subscription based services, don't take their currency! If you want to take their currency you must respect their laws.
On the other hand, if the article were publicly accessable without subscription then no, your view on how the internet should work is rediculous. Almost everything posted to the internet violates some law somewhere on the planet be it Chinas, Irans, North Koreas, etc. In this case the internet would be devoid of any information whatsoever! If governments don't want citizens accessing certain sites it's their responsibility to block them, not yours. Just because a website may be internationally visible doesn't mean other people are compelled to view it.
The last line:
access to said software desired to be protected is being provided without causing a said operation being performed and said identity information being specific to said rightful user(s).
Translated means: Access to the software is granted without having an electronic commerce operation performed and the identity information stored in the processing apparatus being user specific.
Sounds like they tried to patent generic smart cards to me, something similar to a pay-as-you-go cell phone card you buy at a convenience store except for software, however what the hell do I know? IANAL.
The weight formerly known as kilogram.
You can sue anybody for anything, the question is, would you win the suit?
Actually no, they're not.
The DNS Service in WinXP and 2000 Pro are simply caching services, you can disable them and have DNS still work. I do at home here because I have a DNS caching server on the gateway machine so I don't need another cache, it does speed things up in the proper configuration.
IGE hasn't specifically done anything in violation of the TOS.
Real money transfers for in game items is prohibited by almost every single MMORPG TOS, that's the case for FFXI, who just banned 800 in game currency sellers and notorious monster monopolizers, (yay!) and WoW, whose position is they own all in game items which makes IGE in violation. I'm not sure how I feel about Blizzards position but I'd allow Blizzard to be benevolent dictators over the alternative I suppose, they do have a lot of Street Cred(tm) with me.
Now, as for how IGE gets around that is this: They don't actually own any accounts, nor directly employ anyone who sells currency. As I mentioned, they are simply a sell point; a place for people who do farm items/currency to advertise their wares and sell them to turn a buck. The best way to think of them is as a really really big eBay store.
This isn't true, they must have accounts. You cannot pair buyers and sellers up 1:1 immediately and IGE seems to have no problem in buying or selling immediately. For this they need in game accounts as mules to store the items. They could hire people to do this in which case they still own the accounts because it's an employee or contractor doing it on their behalf. I have talked to their support (as pranks, I'd never sell to these asses), they will quote you a price on so many units of game currency, they will buy it immediately and therefore they must have accounts.
After reading the Wikipedia entry, I was right about geographic north.
"There are in fact 770 km of ocean between the pole and Canada's northernmost point"
Land yes, however from the wikipedia article:
The boundaries of Canada extend all the way to the Geographic North Pole. There is no land at this location, which is usually covered by sea ice. There are in fact 770 km of ocean between the pole and Canada's northernmost point. Nevertheless, the North Pole of the Earth may be said to be located in Canada.
Read the whole thing next time...
-- icebalm
The ipod nor the music/movie store are the razors, they are *both* the blades. The razor is itunes *the software*.
I'm the last to support MS in any way shape or form, but seeing as this is nothing but a rebranded version of Giant Anti-Spyware, and Giant Anti-Spyware was shown to have the best batting average of removing spyware why are we jumping on the bandwagon to bash it so soon without allowing it to get out of "beta" (which it really isn't, as Giant Anti-Spyware wasn't beta).
No, I haven't.
How are they going to prevent me from importing a printer together with the cartridges?
Can't, but then you can't buy and use locally sold cartridges, because your printer is region coded for another region and will reject them.
Burning Circle and Garrison battles: stupidly tough, involving something like 2k worth of consumables. Usually done to earn money to purchase overpriced equipment to continue leveling.
They're simple if you go into it with proper equiptment and supplies, plan ahead. I have beat many garrisons and BCNMs.
Expeditionary Forces: instead of leveling yourself up, you try to level up your country's influence in a given area. Otherwise this is exactly the same as leveling.
And you get treasure for doing it!
Ballista: Instead of offering true PvP, Square created this pointless minigame. It's boring and stupid.
True PVP would be better but Ballista can be pretty fun.
Even better, if an American group does claim it, there are glitches in the claiming system that frequently allow another group to claim the monster while they're fighting it for very brief moments
Never seen this happen.
And as for elementals - the most common crystal type you need are Fire crystals. For some "we hate players" reason, Square decided to make these crystal fairly rare.
Frequently available in the Altepa Desert or the Kazham jungles. Nothing really hard about getting them. Ice elementals are almost always available in Beaucedine Glacier, Dark elementals in Xarcabard.
Earth and Water are the most common crystals - so they aren't used in most crafting recipes, of course.
I use tons of earth crystals for Woodworking (arrows, furnishings) and water for cooking (juices cause I'm a mage).
The fact that it's the "most populous" MMORPG scares me. Seriously, try playing EQ2 or WoW, and be prepared to be surprised at how much better they are compared to FFXI.
I believe I have already stated I've played WoW and I liked it however it has no staying power.
(And don't you dare unsubscribe for a couple of months, since then you'll need to purchase the entire game - uncluding expansions - again.)
Wrong, PlayOnline account is good forever and is free, it's the content IDs which are not, only your character data is lost.
In other words, you've already wasted 50 days on it and don't want to admit it was all just a giant waste of time.
I will admit that readily, right here and now: It was a giant waste of time. Newsflash: That's what games are, that's what entertainment does, it wastes time, but it's FUN and that's why I play it.
Trust me, I'm not saying it's crap coming from a vacuum, I played the game for a while and had absolutely no fun with it after the first 20 levels or so. People kept on telling me "oh, it gets fun after ($YOUR_LEVEL + 10)."
Leveling is a means to an end, you will never really have much fun leveling. The fun comes out of the quests, missions and side events: Burning Circle battles, Garrison battles, Expeditionary Forces, Ballista Conflict, High Notorious Monster fights, etc. You level so you can take part in more of these.
If you want some other reasons it sucks, let's go with crafting. You can't solo mobs that give XP past level 15 or so. Crafting requires crystals. You can only get these off monsters that give XP. So crafting and leveling forcibly go hand in hand. That's BS.
This is also untrue. You can get crystals off of elementals of any level even if they are too weak. Or you could simply just buy them.
There's more - but suffice it to say that not only is Square a lousy company, FFXI is a crappy game.
While I agree it's not for everyone you cannot call the most populous MMORPG a crappy game, the world disagrees with you.
It's also my understanding that FFXI wasn't that popular in Japan anyway. It's been out there for something like three years, I thought I read somewhere that most Japanese players had already gotten sick of it. Most of the current FFXI players are probably new European players who only two months ago were given access to it, and who currently are locked out of World of Warcraft because Blizzard hates foreigners or something.
You are completely out of touch with reality and should quit posting authoritatively on things you absolutely know nothing about.
Currently most players are Japanese, the second largest group is North Americans, and the third is Europeans.
FFXI is not "crap" nor do most people play it and like it simply because it's Japanese. Hell, I think half of the Japanese population on the servers are incredibly rude, about a third wont even acknowledge a non JP player exists. The game however is fun and I play it almost exclusively with english speaking NAs. Every once in awhile I'll see a JP or two in a party I got invited to, or get an invite into a totally JP party, but this is often the exception.
Yes there are the fanbois, no they aren't the majority. The game is fun to play which is why I play it. That being said I also played the WoW beta and while WoW is fun also, I don't see it having the staying power FFXI does.
Awful? Are you kidding? What's so horrible about it?
I and about 5 of my close friends play FFXI across PC and PS/2, it rocks man. Nothing compares with a 5 hour marathon leveling run with your closest buddies, or hopping on and doing a really crazy quest.
Level 52 Summoner, 34 Black Mage, 32 Dragoon, 30 Red Mage.
It is however in your best interest. If you write them in support of packagers who want to freely distribute the firmware then that allows you the ability to install a Free OS (Linux, OpenBSD, etc) and have your wifi work "out of the box" instead of having to download the firmware from intels website by some other means separately.
I don't know what you're talking about, Newfoundland isn't even shown on the map.
I'm not. The definition of open source, as stated by the Open Source Initiative (opensource.org) are:
1. Free Redistribution
2. The program must include source code
3. The license must allow modifications and derived works
4. The license must explicitly permit distribution of software built from modified source code
5. No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups
6. No Discrimination Against Fields of Endeavor
7. The rights attached to the program must apply to all to whom the program is redistributed
8. License Must Not Be Specific to a Product
9. License Must Not Restrict Other Software
10. License Must Be Technology-Neutral
As you can see, it takes quite a bit to comply with open source.