Like hell they are. Most are requirements of the planned cookie-cutter community the person moved into.
The funny thing is, I've lived in one of the earliest planned communities in the US, and it wasn't as restrictive as most HOAs and it's not cookie cut either.
I remember something like that, I think it was a validation server issue and WGA was returning bad data for unactivated copies of Windows. It only affected retail users if I remember correctly, so basically those who built their own computers AKA someone who would know about patches and not an average user.
Last time I checked, the protection in OSX is not copy protection, it's a hardware lock in system, but in no way does it prevent copying or access to OSX.
I am fairly sure this will not work, because it uses Flash to detect your native IP address and then effectively denies your connection. BBC iPlayer and, even more on-topic, the CBC copy of the Doctor Who show do not work whatever proxy server you use even if you know for a fact it's hosted in said "legal" country.
Configure your firewall to transparently proxy, Flash won't have any idea what your real IP address is.
You're on Slashdot and your UID is under 100,000... you REALLY should know these things.
If we stick with your circular logic, ME would have been head and shoulders above Win98 and SE.
Not really, if you knew how ME was put together you would understand why there were so many issues. Basically, they grafted parts of Windows 2000 onto Windows 98 while trying to hide what was left of DOS from the end user.
The end result was that it amplified all that was broken in the 16/32 bit Windows code.
You'd save lots of lives. Directly and indirectly.
And cost lots of lives, due to an insanely higher crime rate.
One solution is to treat the addicts (drug or alcohol) and educate the people on the dangers of abuse.
That requires social programs, which are not popular, as it involves less people dressing up in fancy police uniforms with shiny guns dispensing justice as only they know how.
The ability to make money over and over on creations like this is a relatively recent idea. People, in general, are not going to stop writing, painting, or making music because of a lack of copyright.
The only change is the other people who make money off of the artists are not going to get paid. Those people have made a lot of money over many years and will do almost anything to keep that money coming in.
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Like hell they are. Most are requirements of the planned cookie-cutter community the person moved into.
The funny thing is, I've lived in one of the earliest planned communities in the US, and it wasn't as restrictive as most HOAs and it's not cookie cut either.
So, my current job.
In Windows thanks to OLE, my spreadsheet (Excel) has a browser in it. A browser that can run Flash or Java.
My spreadsheet application is nothing but a series of objects in an interlinked multipurpose computer.
Yeah, I understand what you're trying to say, unfortunately it's broken.
What platform?
Any game over $35 that I buy on steam, I put in it's own account. That way if I want to give it away or sell it, I'll just give away the one account.
Nuclear weapons. Is there anything they can't do?
Hydrogen bombs.
Why are you building someone else a computer without being prepared to provide support for it?
If you're going to play OEM, you need to either do it right or not do it at all.
I remember something like that, I think it was a validation server issue and WGA was returning bad data for unactivated copies of Windows. It only affected retail users if I remember correctly, so basically those who built their own computers AKA someone who would know about patches and not an average user.
If the user isn't bright enough to read the patch list, then why are you trusting them to selectively patch the OS?
Set windows update to automatic and be done with it.
I have yet to run into an average user with a properly working computer who has had a problem with something pushed through Windows Update.
Last time I checked, the protection in OSX is not copy protection, it's a hardware lock in system, but in no way does it prevent copying or access to OSX.
nor inform you how to do it.
Oh really? I seriously doubt that Dell, HP, etc... signed into a contract with Apple forbidding them to explain how to install OSX.
They just don't want the hassle of an Apple SLAPP.
Isn't that kind of like studying the nutritional content of Halloween candy?
Glycerol ester of wood rosin, well, it sounds nutritional...
I am fairly sure this will not work, because it uses Flash to detect your native IP address and then effectively denies your connection. BBC iPlayer and, even more on-topic, the CBC copy of the Doctor Who show do not work whatever proxy server you use even if you know for a fact it's hosted in said "legal" country.
Configure your firewall to transparently proxy, Flash won't have any idea what your real IP address is.
You're on Slashdot and your UID is under 100,000... you REALLY should know these things.
If we stick with your circular logic, ME would have been head and shoulders above Win98 and SE.
Not really, if you knew how ME was put together you would understand why there were so many issues. Basically, they grafted parts of Windows 2000 onto Windows 98 while trying to hide what was left of DOS from the end user.
The end result was that it amplified all that was broken in the 16/32 bit Windows code.
I'm not sure I follow your logic, it would be better to violate Microsoft's license instead of the FSF?
Trust me, if you ignored the license Microsoft included with their products they would be "ready to pounce on you" as well.
You'd save lots of lives. Directly and indirectly.
And cost lots of lives, due to an insanely higher crime rate.
One solution is to treat the addicts (drug or alcohol) and educate the people on the dangers of abuse.
That requires social programs, which are not popular, as it involves less people dressing up in fancy police uniforms with shiny guns dispensing justice as only they know how.
No, but they're going to stop distributing it publicly on such a scale and at such cheap prices.
Yes, absolutely. But the argument was "if everyone does what they do, no new content will be produced", which is obviously false.
I'm not arguing against copyright, I believe we need a reasonable copyright system, not some infinite length disaster that we're heading towards.
They don't re-distribute the Amazon.com website, they just render it differently. That's not copyright infringement, there's no copying.
You are 100% correct.
The ability to make money over and over on creations like this is a relatively recent idea. People, in general, are not going to stop writing, painting, or making music because of a lack of copyright.
The only change is the other people who make money off of the artists are not going to get paid. Those people have made a lot of money over many years and will do almost anything to keep that money coming in.
Conspiracy to commit contributory copyright infringement.
So, yeah, it's a death penalty case.
But I bet this "art work" is in direct violation of a number of laws
Can you name any?
Agreed, but so what? Get a copy of KeePass and put it all in there.
It's a small extra step if you want to bypass to the DRM lock-in.
If you think otherwise you don't grasp the DRM in Steam very well.
I think I just did. The solution is to create a new steam account for every game. If you have to chargeback one, you'll still have the others.
Sure, until two people want to play online games. Steam needs family accounts.