I don't see much use for this in the PC market, but it would be wonderful for game consoles, by allowing a disc to save characters and savegames, in addition to the Game itself.
Well, buy Microsoft, short Enron. You just started using Linux, but you'll be glad you did. The Internet is already starting to get big, but trust me, it will get bigger. Also, here's a copy of the SAT exam with answers for when you are a senior. Memorize. Oh, when that girl keeps hanging around you at the dance, for the love of god, dance with her. She obviously wants to. And when that other chick gives your friend her phone number to give to you, call her. Work harder in school. Don't worry, everything turns out reasonably OK.
Maybe they could apply this to parking those huge SUVs that always seem to park near me... it seem that those soccer moms choose the optimum position for their bratty kids to bash their doors into my car.
it's pretty ironic how all of you think that breaking a contract with a software provider (piracy) is OK, but you would all scream bloody murder if Microsoft broke a GPL. I am not a supporter of Microsoft. I am a Libertarian. I use Linux.
FIRST is a wonderful thing. I am currently a high school Junior, and am active in my school's robotics club. Our club is new, and we have competed in TCEA and BEST for the first time this year. Unfortuinantly, my school's robotics club isn't doing FIRST this year, because of the massive time needed to participate in it. My school is very competitive, so most robotics members cannot afford the grade drop FIRST would produce right before college apps. We will participate in Houston's FIRST next year, when our members will mostly be seniors, and have already applied to colleges.
Copyright exists for a reason. If software and such was not protected by law, then there would be no incentive to make new software, as it could be copied immediatly. It's the same with patents. If I spend much $$$ and time makeing a super medicine or something, I want to be reimbursed for it. Yes, copyright on CD's and recordings is a recent idea, but so is electricity and computers. As for you CS students, they only had the right to do this if they paid for the software or the license allowed them to - which I doubt. It seems more likely that they were still using it illegally, regardless of what the university did.
So you say that it is alright TO VIOLATE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER?
You do when you pirate. BTW, selling good software/music/etc. is more like selling diamonds in the sahara, not selling sand in the sahara.
Except the fact that you ripped off their time and money spent inventing components for the car and designing it. You steal when you break the agreement. If software just popped out of thin air, copying would be fine. But someone has to dedicate time to making it, and they should be paid back for this time if they want to be paid.
Warez Puppies are not Socialist Champions. They are not Capitalist Champions. They are Criminals.
I "can't afford" a car. Do you have one? I "won't use all of it's features", and the way you parked it "locked me in to using it". I am a student, and I would "like to try it out". Now tell me where you parked.
Piracy is really stealing.
Even with morals, it is stealing.
When you buy a CD, or a tape or whatever, your do NOT buy the stuff on it. You buy the right to certain use of it. This use includes playing/listening to it privately (not charging others to use it), and making a single copy FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Giving free or for pay copies to others IS NOT LEGAL.
Using a pirated version FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME IS NOT LEGAL
Having multiple instances of it active at once IS NOT LEGAL
When you pirate, you just violate a contract between you and the record label, software publishes, etc. If you feel that big companies are bad, email me and we can discuss this (arecibe@hotmail.com)
Accepting prated stuff is Stealing, not sharing. You use something which you are not allowed to use.
If you still think that it's "Sharing", send me your real address, so that I can "Share" your house, car, wife, computer, etc.
Back in the Seventies, my Dad did research at the Texas A&M University Nuclear Reactor. As such, he had access to a lot of warning signs and stickers with the universal nuclear radiation symbol and CAUTION: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL on them. Whenever he need to send anything fragile by UPS, he would put one of these stickers on it. Needless to say, anything in one of these boxes was not abused by UPS.
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I don't see much use for this in the PC market, but it would be wonderful for game consoles, by allowing a disc to save characters and savegames, in addition to the Game itself.
Well, buy Microsoft, short Enron. You just started using Linux, but you'll be glad you did. The Internet is already starting to get big, but trust me, it will get bigger. Also, here's a copy of the SAT exam with answers for when you are a senior. Memorize. Oh, when that girl keeps hanging around you at the dance, for the love of god, dance with her. She obviously wants to. And when that other chick gives your friend her phone number to give to you, call her. Work harder in school. Don't worry, everything turns out reasonably OK.
Maybe they could apply this to parking those huge SUVs that always seem to park near me... it seem that those soccer moms choose the optimum position for their bratty kids to bash their doors into my car.
amazing how all of you shit your pants with excitment when microsoft violates copyright, but most of you pirate software all the time.
it's pretty ironic how all of you think that breaking a contract with a software provider (piracy) is OK, but you would all scream bloody murder if Microsoft broke a GPL. I am not a supporter of Microsoft. I am a Libertarian. I use Linux.
FIRST is a wonderful thing. I am currently a high school Junior, and am active in my school's robotics club. Our club is new, and we have competed in TCEA and BEST for the first time this year. Unfortuinantly, my school's robotics club isn't doing FIRST this year, because of the massive time needed to participate in it. My school is very competitive, so most robotics members cannot afford the grade drop FIRST would produce right before college apps. We will participate in Houston's FIRST next year, when our members will mostly be seniors, and have already applied to colleges.
Copyright exists for a reason. If software and such was not protected by law, then there would be no incentive to make new software, as it could be copied immediatly. It's the same with patents. If I spend much $$$ and time makeing a super medicine or something, I want to be reimbursed for it. Yes, copyright on CD's and recordings is a recent idea, but so is electricity and computers. As for you CS students, they only had the right to do this if they paid for the software or the license allowed them to - which I doubt. It seems more likely that they were still using it illegally, regardless of what the university did.
So you say that it is alright TO VIOLATE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER?
You do when you pirate. BTW, selling good software/music/etc. is more like selling diamonds in the sahara, not selling sand in the sahara.
Except the fact that you ripped off their time and money spent inventing components for the car and designing it. You steal when you break the agreement. If software just popped out of thin air, copying would be fine. But someone has to dedicate time to making it, and they should be paid back for this time if they want to be paid.
Warez Puppies are not Socialist Champions. They are not Capitalist Champions. They are Criminals.
Just because your girlfriend is a moron doesn't make ripping off credit cards A-OK
I "can't afford" a car. Do you have one? I "won't use all of it's features", and the way you parked it "locked me in to using it". I am a student, and I would "like to try it out". Now tell me where you parked.
Piracy is really stealing.
Even with morals, it is stealing.
When you buy a CD, or a tape or whatever, your do NOT buy the stuff on it. You buy the right to certain use of it. This use includes playing/listening to it privately (not charging others to use it), and making a single copy FOR ARCHIVAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Giving free or for pay copies to others IS NOT LEGAL.
Using a pirated version FOR ANY AMOUNT OF TIME IS NOT LEGAL
Having multiple instances of it active at once IS NOT LEGAL
When you pirate, you just violate a contract between you and the record label, software publishes, etc. If you feel that big companies are bad, email me and we can discuss this (arecibe@hotmail.com)
Accepting prated stuff is Stealing, not sharing. You use something which you are not allowed to use.
If you still think that it's "Sharing", send me your real address, so that I can "Share" your house, car, wife, computer, etc.
arecibe@hotmail.com
http://www.theonion.com/onion3628/fun_toy_banned.h tml
It's SOO true. We should just let the stupid people die.
It really ticks me off when little kids ruin the internet for the rest of us. Do the world a favor, and give out infected copies of B.O. over IRC
Is there any way to kill them in IE? They are very annoying, and have no obvious ways to kill them other than time.
I find it very sad that we still have to fight over copyright law. Bootlegging is like shoplifting. Accept it.
An artificial black hole would make one great doomsday device, or useful tool. Perhaps with enough Heavy water...
more crappy video drivers. Run in console mode!!!!!!!
This was before a lot of rules took effect, and it was government run thing, so I was doable then.
Back in the Seventies, my Dad did research at the Texas A&M University Nuclear Reactor. As such, he had access to a lot of warning signs and stickers with the universal nuclear radiation symbol and CAUTION: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL on them. Whenever he need to send anything fragile by UPS, he would put one of these stickers on it. Needless to say, anything in one of these boxes was not abused by UPS.
Seems pretty useless to me...
Like that Nintendo thing
the cia should have better thing to do