(note: IANAL, and the following comment only goes if such things are illegal. if not; just refuse because violating TOS is asking to be kicked out, which will reflect back on your customer service. anyhew:)
Why are most people focused on the CYA part, and not even remotely thinking of simply refusing to do it?
Note that I am not against covering your own behind here, you can do that even when you refuse, in case things escalate.
But the fact of the matter is that in the end, you are willfully taking part in illegal ventures, and if you can't be prosecuted for that just because your boss told you to, the law needs to be fixed. If he can fire you for refusing such an assignment, the law needs to be fixed too.
yes, DRM is not copyright enforcement, DRM is copyright evasion (the producing party circumvents the copyright law in order to be more restrictive than the law entitles him to)
actually, 0.x1, where x is an infinite number of zeroes, is exactly the same as 0.
OTOH, people will never play an infinite number of poker hands, and within hands, especially in tournaments (less so in cash games), randomness has a tendency to get pretty high at times, thereby bringing the average back up again.
OTOH, chess does not exactly have zero randomness. There are times when different moves could have the same 'value' and the one the player chooses could be well interpreted as random. Choosing an opening would be a good example; you shouldn't open with every possible move, but you shouldn't alway pick the same one either.
Which is actually why I like the notion of del Toro directing it. He has enough style of his own to make the chance big enough that he will not simply copy the Lord of the Rings.
If I understood correctly, both the Hobbit movie and its sequel will be based on the book; they've split up the story in two parts. My guess would be one part 'There', and one 'and back again';)
By the way, i've kind of always liked the Hobbit better as a book than the LOTR trilogy.
Unless the specification is ambiguous or incomplete, resulting in incompatible implementations. In that case, Microsofts version will most probably win, even though the others are more compliant (what do you mean my version is bad, mine is the one by the writers of the specification!).
I wonder what all those comments from the ISO committees were about...
1. It is much nicer to play a game from your couch than it is at a desk 2. Consoles are cheaper (partly because of video cards) 3. You know it'll work. While some recent consoles have had hardware problems, at least you don't need to screw around with drivers for two hours before even being able to start the game, after which it still crashes every five minutes (I'm looking at you, Witcher)
another thing that made my hit my head on the ceiling in eternal darkness was the first time when i lost more sanity and the game made the sound of someone pounding on the door. You just gotta love playing these games with full sound in the middle of the night:)
unfortunately, most of the horror games just have the problem of thinking 'monster == scary so more monsters == more scary' which is very untrue.
javascript has nothing to do with either sun or java, except for the first four letters of its name.
And indeed, while a lot of websites and maybe intranet applications are built in java, to call its value 'near infinite' is such an overstatement it's plain lying.
There are a lot of technologies and even some programming languages that would completely break the Internet as we know it should they be completely gone one of a sudden. Java is most certainly not one of them.
I stopped playing long ago, and didn't do much pvp, nor have i used the interface plugin system, but i was wondering:
wouldn't it be possible to make a plugin that uses this information to provide tips or maybe on-the-fly configurations etc to maximize your effectiveness in pvp? I can't see a problem with this site if it isn't possible, but if it can be automated it could very well throw the game balance completely to the side that uses something like that.
I know 'the other side can use it too' (if it's public) but even if that wasn't a lame excuse, it could very well change the style of playing pvp completely (for better or for worse, but still).
another is to only let the, er, elite, play elite, for instance by gathering points playing as a grunt. There are problems you could think of with a system like that, but it could level out the playing field (the grunts that are 'too good' get promoted, which they will gladly accept if playing elite is, er, elite enough).
I think this is something that confuses people like Theo too.
Why do they refuse to publish the exact specs? Their competitors can (and will) reverse-engineer them. Any federal guideline should (and could) be enforced in the hardware itself.
Somewhere in recent history (probably somewhere right before the "unix wars") something went wrong; it was somehow seen to be a good thing not to disclose how your stuff is actually built, even though you get no advantage from that. Even though you get a disadvantage from that.
My guess would be that lawyers are telling them it's better not to release specs. Unfortunately the people who care are too few to actually make enough of a difference to tell them otherwise.
i think it's geared towards users of that Other os, who want to use something safer, but not go through the trouble of installing another operating system. Or it's for those that use linux and want to use a read-only medium for something like this.
In that light, to surf with *any* OS you need to have supported hardware:)
btw i don't think many internet cafe's will let you pop in your own operating system
Of course, when asked by a policeman or customs official, IF there is cause to ask you. I have absolutely no right to ask you to show your id just to respond to this message for instance.
The day that you will be detained when you refuse to show your passport while buying a certain newspaper for instance will be a very grim day...
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(note: IANAL, and the following comment only goes if such things are illegal. if not; just refuse because violating TOS is asking to be kicked out, which will reflect back on your customer service. anyhew:)
Why are most people focused on the CYA part, and not even remotely thinking of simply refusing to do it?
Note that I am not against covering your own behind here, you can do that even when you refuse, in case things escalate.
But the fact of the matter is that in the end, you are willfully taking part in illegal ventures, and if you can't be prosecuted for that just because your boss told you to, the law needs to be fixed. If he can fire you for refusing such an assignment, the law needs to be fixed too.
yes, DRM is not copyright enforcement, DRM is copyright evasion (the producing party circumvents the copyright law in order to be more restrictive than the law entitles him to)
while you're making a wish list, please incorporate
6 - it has to find a way to automatically work with different versions of software it is dependent on.
Otherwise 2, 3, and maybe even 4 are kind of useless.
you know, i actually read 'rights owners' in the original line as the users. Where did their rights go?
actually, 0.x1, where x is an infinite number of zeroes, is exactly the same as 0.
OTOH, people will never play an infinite number of poker hands, and within hands, especially in tournaments (less so in cash games), randomness has a tendency to get pretty high at times, thereby bringing the average back up again.
OTOH, chess does not exactly have zero randomness. There are times when different moves could have the same 'value' and the one the player chooses could be well interpreted as random. Choosing an opening would be a good example; you shouldn't open with every possible move, but you shouldn't alway pick the same one either.
hehe, i always laugh when i visit america and see those stupid warnings on every single car mirror.
And there's of course the old joke that warning signs need warning signs to warn people not to trip over the warning sign.
Which is actually why I like the notion of del Toro directing it. He has enough style of his own to make the chance big enough that he will not simply copy the Lord of the Rings.
;)
If I understood correctly, both the Hobbit movie and its sequel will be based on the book; they've split up the story in two parts. My guess would be one part 'There', and one 'and back again'
By the way, i've kind of always liked the Hobbit better as a book than the LOTR trilogy.
Unless the specification is ambiguous or incomplete, resulting in incompatible implementations. In that case, Microsofts version will most probably win, even though the others are more compliant (what do you mean my version is bad, mine is the one by the writers of the specification!).
I wonder what all those comments from the ISO committees were about...
1. It is much nicer to play a game from your couch than it is at a desk
2. Consoles are cheaper (partly because of video cards)
3. You know it'll work. While some recent consoles have had hardware problems, at least you don't need to screw around with drivers for two hours before even being able to start the game, after which it still crashes every five minutes (I'm looking at you, Witcher)
Thinking about the Bovine Intervention spell still makes me smile
another thing that made my hit my head on the ceiling in eternal darkness was the first time when i lost more sanity and the game made the sound of someone pounding on the door. You just gotta love playing these games with full sound in the middle of the night :)
unfortunately, most of the horror games just have the problem of thinking 'monster == scary so more monsters == more scary' which is very untrue.
even with a littl'un around they aren't very likely to attack you. makes it very easy to get nice pictures for your research stats :)
you are correct, what i meant was 'if every application written in that language was removed'.
javascript has nothing to do with either sun or java, except for the first four letters of its name.
And indeed, while a lot of websites and maybe intranet applications are built in java, to call its value 'near infinite' is such an overstatement it's plain lying.
There are a lot of technologies and even some programming languages that would completely break the Internet as we know it should they be completely gone one of a sudden. Java is most certainly not one of them.
I stopped playing long ago, and didn't do much pvp, nor have i used the interface plugin system, but i was wondering:
wouldn't it be possible to make a plugin that uses this information to provide tips or maybe on-the-fly configurations etc to maximize your effectiveness in pvp? I can't see a problem with this site if it isn't possible, but if it can be automated it could very well throw the game balance completely to the side that uses something like that.
I know 'the other side can use it too' (if it's public) but even if that wasn't a lame excuse, it could very well change the style of playing pvp completely (for better or for worse, but still).
another is to only let the, er, elite, play elite, for instance by gathering points playing as a grunt. There are problems you could think of with a system like that, but it could level out the playing field (the grunts that are 'too good' get promoted, which they will gladly accept if playing elite is, er, elite enough).
i love the one for the magnavox odyssey 2
I think this is something that confuses people like Theo too.
Why do they refuse to publish the exact specs? Their competitors can (and will) reverse-engineer them. Any federal guideline should (and could) be enforced in the hardware itself.
Somewhere in recent history (probably somewhere right before the "unix wars") something went wrong; it was somehow seen to be a good thing not to disclose how your stuff is actually built, even though you get no advantage from that. Even though you get a disadvantage from that.
My guess would be that lawyers are telling them it's better not to release specs. Unfortunately the people who care are too few to actually make enough of a difference to tell them otherwise.
just friggin deploy ipv6
or, to put it in Pratchett's words:
He doesn't administer a reign of terror, just the occasional light shower.
...it will not be about Id Software, because game creation will not appeal to the general public.
Also, the characters Carmack and Romero will not feature in this movie.
Instead, it will be a light romantic comedy about two guys that fall in love with the same girl.
i think it's geared towards users of that Other os, who want to use something safer, but not go through the trouble of installing another operating system. Or it's for those that use linux and want to use a read-only medium for something like this.
:)
In that light, to surf with *any* OS you need to have supported hardware
btw i don't think many internet cafe's will let you pop in your own operating system
great pun, though
That game contained a few of the most hilarious moments i have encountered in games. (of course my other favourites are the MI, SQ and QfG series)
Of course, when asked by a policeman or customs official, IF there is cause to ask you. I have absolutely no right to ask you to show your id just to respond to this message for instance.
The day that you will be detained when you refuse to show your passport while buying a certain newspaper for instance will be a very grim day...