If I can't make a game because of a broad dumbass patent for a pre-existing idea... don't you think I would fight it and therefore get it publicized... say... on Slashdot, maybe?
Agreed. The recent trend you mention is most certainly a plague in the Google world. My search results have been contaminated with all sorts of advertisements and E-Bay links posing as potentially worthwhile.
"leading up to a worldwide Dec. 16 daylong marathon, during which ALL THREE FILMS will be shown back-to-back. Exhib guidelines call for a 3 p.m. showing of "Fellowship" followed by a 7 p.m. screening of "Two Towers" and then an 11 p.m. screening of "Return of the King," which will carry over into Dec. 17 -- the day of its global release."
I know broadband usage is on the rise but really... I use a modem. You know... the kind that attaches to a phone line? Everytime I get online with my low bandwidth solution, I don't want my bandwidth eaten up by patches.
Granted, by the time this is incorporated into the OS, phone line users may be in the minority but until then... no thanks.
You don't think that if he exploits this 'loophole', it will get patched immediately by the RIAA? If anything, legislation or rules preventing this 'loophole' will emerge.
One key to using jargon is knowing when to use it. The other is knowing who to use it with. I have a lot of good friends that I have jargon heavy conversations with and all goes well. I have a whole other set of friends that I wouldn't dare speak jargon to. The fact I 'love the jargon of tech' does not insinuate I use it incorrectly.
Agreed. Hopefully, this will only be an issue for a few years. Education is far more practical then a simplification of vocabulary for a particular culture.
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"This particular story was not offered up for pre-release viewing."
Yes, there was. And I DID e-mail the editors.
My A-460 went through a washing maching and dropped off of a two-story bridge ... it still works ... although, the screen is a little dull ;)
Game companies don't just stop production due to a lame pantent that is broad and based on a pre-existing idea. They continue to make the game.
How about this... Can someone name a game that had started to be produced and was stopped due to a broad patent based on a pre-existing idea?
If I can't make a game because of a broad dumbass patent for a pre-existing idea ... don't you think I would fight it and therefore get it publicized ... say ... on Slashdot, maybe?
"This sort of practice is what deters would-be great games from making it into the gaming world."
Actually, I don't think it does. Can someone name a game that hasn't been made due to broad patent that patents something pre-existing?
Agreed. The recent trend you mention is most certainly a plague in the Google world. My search results have been contaminated with all sorts of advertisements and E-Bay links posing as potentially worthwhile.
"The era of the pop-up/under/other sort of spawning window is coming to a well-overdue end."
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Do you mean like the SPAM era has come to an end? Oh, wait
Granted, popup blocking may get better, but this is cyclical
Maybe for you it didn't ...
*swings away*
RTFA.
"leading up to a worldwide Dec. 16 daylong marathon, during which ALL THREE FILMS will be shown back-to-back. Exhib guidelines call for a 3 p.m. showing of "Fellowship" followed by a 7 p.m. screening of "Two Towers" and then an 11 p.m. screening of "Return of the King," which will carry over into Dec. 17 -- the day of its global release."
Check out this Slashdot article.
I know broadband usage is on the rise but really ... I use a modem. You know ... the kind that attaches to a phone line? Everytime I get online with my low bandwidth solution, I don't want my bandwidth eaten up by patches.
... no thanks.
Granted, by the time this is incorporated into the OS, phone line users may be in the minority but until then
err cumulative .....
You mean 'cumlative patch'.
For those who don't know how to 'short a stock', read this.
I read iPhoto2 Fast & Easy and thought it was a pretty good reference. Basic but worthwhile.
Why can't RIAA sell CDs at $10, get more sales, and make a profit?
Because of bureaucratic bloat and lawyers would be my guess.
I just seized into a 'case of the Mondays'.
RIAA go away? Ha. That'll be the day. That'll be the day, when I die.
So ... are you saying you do like the idea? Or you don't?
You don't think that if he exploits this 'loophole', it will get patched immediately by the RIAA? If anything, legislation or rules preventing this 'loophole' will emerge.
What percentage of people who intend to install Linux are going to jump through these hoops?
1%?
I e-mailed the on duty editor (which a subscriber has the chance to do before a story goes live) this message:
/ 07/02/04 50247&mode=thread&tid=158&tid=99"
"The current subscriber story may me be a duplicate.
See:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03
hmmmmm. I realize article points out a different story then the original, but the content is the same.
From the article... "There had been no injuries, McEvoy said, and fewer than 10 complaints had been received."
One key to using jargon is knowing when to use it. The other is knowing who to use it with. I have a lot of good friends that I have jargon heavy conversations with and all goes well. I have a whole other set of friends that I wouldn't dare speak jargon to. The fact I 'love the jargon of tech' does not insinuate I use it incorrectly.
Agreed. Hopefully, this will only be an issue for a few years. Education is far more practical then a simplification of vocabulary for a particular culture.