With Starcraft you can spawn a copy onto other computers strictly for multiplayer lan games. In fact, that's how I learned to play it (on the computer at school)
Nothing wrong with that, it's an option in the installer. I haven't played any other Blizzard game since (or even before to be honest) so I guess they must've gotten rid of that feature.
Companies must have a special ass that they always pull these so called "losses due to piracy" from. I mean, they sure as hell don't seem very plausable.
Consumer electronics companies such as Sony and Nokia have stepped into the mix too, installing DRM systems into new hi-fi systems and hand-held devices to ensure copyrighted materials aren't reproduced and transferred from gadget to gadget without consumers paying for it.
What ever happened to a little thing called "fair use"? If I want to make a copy of a cd for use in my car, why shouldn't I be able to? If I want to rip a cd to mp3s to play on my HTPC, why shouldn't I be able to?
Oh, sorry... I forgot that mp3s automatically lead to piracy, as does cd copying. Yeah, I guess that all the times I've scratched up a copy of a cd that I own using it in my car cd changer makes me a pirate.
That companies keep outsourcing things to foreign countries. Of course, it saves them money, but at what cost? As they do that, unemployment in the US will only rise. I guess the prospect of higher profit margins outshines the prospect of giving a hard-working American a job.
Ok, let's say that these things do allow for more investment into other markets. But with the US economy in the shape it is in right now, will these companies want to spend the money on possibly risky ventures into new markets, or just claim the money as profit and make all their execs super rich with fat bonuses.
In this job market, engineers are like running water. There are plenty of people on the job market who will work just for a paycheck (I'm one of them).
Besides, like somebody said higher up on the page, it may be a while before the company sees a profit on the game, so they might not have been able to afford to pay the developers in the meantime.
I was surprised, or maybe just hoping that they'd have a question about the RIAA taking students' money (life savings in most cases) just for running a search engine. I'd love to hear Mr. Lessig's response to something of that nature, and watch the RIAA guy dodge the question (like he did so often) or spout something about how it can be infringing anyways, and not mention how it was a search engine, very very similar in functionality to other search engines, such as Google.
If you have a Nokia phone you can usually find a script (my friend Randy has one) to send the RTTTL or whatever it is commands directly to your phone... I'm sure you can find a script online to do the same thing. I think his script also did other types of phones but I can't remember offhand which ones.
I saw a report on that somewhere on TV once. They said that like only 1 in 1000 inventions actually were patented yet the company still collects (outrageous?) fees on every single application they do for you, regardless of whether or not it is approved.
I think that people are more upset about people who patent things, perhaps obvious things, and have absolutly no intention of doing anything with said patent except for collecting licensing fees when somebody infringes on said patent.
Well, I tried to think up something funny as an example to my argument, but it didn't work out very well... the best I could come up with today was patenting eating cereal with a spoon so that you get milk with every bite (But I don't have milk with my cereal, so ha!)
I think that was the adapter's given name. It was just essentially one of those plug in thingies to replace the modem to allow the Dreamcast to hook into ethernet.
Granted, you can get an adapter for the SP that has a headphone jack on it, but rumor is (I haven't seen the adapter yet) you can't run it offa the power brick at the same time.
It was a joke! I certainly know it was. When I first went to college I actually had money too! But after about... probably 2 months or so, it was all gone. But at least I didn't get sued by the RIAA for a search engine.
I guess it was a case of spending his money on food and beer or paying a bunch of sue-happy idiots... too bad he got the latter and not the former.
Yes, they do have a right to protect their copyrighted materials, but is the use of the DMCA really necessary in this case? I think that, along with the fact the company threw them away first, is the issue here.
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With Starcraft you can spawn a copy onto other computers strictly for multiplayer lan games. In fact, that's how I learned to play it (on the computer at school)
Nothing wrong with that, it's an option in the installer. I haven't played any other Blizzard game since (or even before to be honest) so I guess they must've gotten rid of that feature.
At some point in time, past or future, they all did/will line up in a straight line. How do you think we get eclipses?
It's a joke in reference to the fact that /. editors post dupes pretty regularly. In fact, they even made fun of it on April 1 this year. Lighten up.
Companies must have a special ass that they always pull these so called "losses due to piracy" from. I mean, they sure as hell don't seem very plausable.
You're new here, aren't you.
Consumer electronics companies such as Sony and Nokia have stepped into the mix too, installing DRM systems into new hi-fi systems and hand-held devices to ensure copyrighted materials aren't reproduced and transferred from gadget to gadget without consumers paying for it.
What ever happened to a little thing called "fair use"? If I want to make a copy of a cd for use in my car, why shouldn't I be able to? If I want to rip a cd to mp3s to play on my HTPC, why shouldn't I be able to?
Oh, sorry... I forgot that mp3s automatically lead to piracy, as does cd copying. Yeah, I guess that all the times I've scratched up a copy of a cd that I own using it in my car cd changer makes me a pirate.
That companies keep outsourcing things to foreign countries. Of course, it saves them money, but at what cost? As they do that, unemployment in the US will only rise. I guess the prospect of higher profit margins outshines the prospect of giving a hard-working American a job.
Ok, let's say that these things do allow for more investment into other markets. But with the US economy in the shape it is in right now, will these companies want to spend the money on possibly risky ventures into new markets, or just claim the money as profit and make all their execs super rich with fat bonuses.
Or maybe I'm bitter because I can't find a job.
In this job market, engineers are like running water. There are plenty of people on the job market who will work just for a paycheck (I'm one of them).
Besides, like somebody said higher up on the page, it may be a while before the company sees a profit on the game, so they might not have been able to afford to pay the developers in the meantime.
Just be thankful you have a job.
I was surprised, or maybe just hoping that they'd have a question about the RIAA taking students' money (life savings in most cases) just for running a search engine. I'd love to hear Mr. Lessig's response to something of that nature, and watch the RIAA guy dodge the question (like he did so often) or spout something about how it can be infringing anyways, and not mention how it was a search engine, very very similar in functionality to other search engines, such as Google.
If you have a Nokia phone you can usually find a script (my friend Randy has one) to send the RTTTL or whatever it is commands directly to your phone... I'm sure you can find a script online to do the same thing. I think his script also did other types of phones but I can't remember offhand which ones.
Then you can just do a google for rtttl ringtones (I found this site, which will give the notes in a few formats)
I saw a report on that somewhere on TV once. They said that like only 1 in 1000 inventions actually were patented yet the company still collects (outrageous?) fees on every single application they do for you, regardless of whether or not it is approved.
I think that people are more upset about people who patent things, perhaps obvious things, and have absolutly no intention of doing anything with said patent except for collecting licensing fees when somebody infringes on said patent.
Well, I tried to think up something funny as an example to my argument, but it didn't work out very well... the best I could come up with today was patenting eating cereal with a spoon so that you get milk with every bite (But I don't have milk with my cereal, so ha!)
Pretty funny coming from a guy named Vengeance...
I think that was the adapter's given name. It was just essentially one of those plug in thingies to replace the modem to allow the Dreamcast to hook into ethernet.
Too bad they're so freaking expensive.
It's at #17. So I figured I'd post the obligitory Penny Arcade reference to BMX XXX
Even my friend Jon, who's a pr0n fiend, said he would never think about buying that game.
Granted, you can get an adapter for the SP that has a headphone jack on it, but rumor is (I haven't seen the adapter yet) you can't run it offa the power brick at the same time.
It means he won't have the liberty of waiting to take a job he will enjoy but will have to take the first good paying job available after he graduates
I'm trying both these options right now, and still nothing (recent graduate). I hope that by the time this kid graduates the job market is better
Mr. Burns: "And to think, Smithers... you laughed when I bought TicketMaster. (mocking voice) 'Nobody is going to pay a 100% surcharge!'"
Smithers: "It ensures a healthy mix of the rich and the ignorant, sir."
It was a joke! I certainly know it was. When I first went to college I actually had money too! But after about... probably 2 months or so, it was all gone. But at least I didn't get sued by the RIAA for a search engine.
I guess it was a case of spending his money on food and beer or paying a bunch of sue-happy idiots... too bad he got the latter and not the former.
I was referring to how in C you have to put "0x" in front of a hexidecimal number
Well, considering that in all of the GTA titles, all the racing missions were painfully unbearable
Or maybe you just sucked at racing in the game
Yes, they do have a right to protect their copyrighted materials, but is the use of the DMCA really necessary in this case? I think that, along with the fact the company threw them away first, is the issue here.
Try using the Classic Visualization Component. I installed it on a friend's Winamp 3 using that, and it works fine.