You don't understand because you don't follow legal precedents in copyright law.
Pystar are trying to make that claim that the Mac OS X bootloader detects their hardware and refuses to run on it. That's illegal - so says the Supreme Court - as it denies competition. That is, you and I are required to buy a computer from Apple and only from Apple if we want it to run Mac OS X. What's more, the Lexmark case has declared that code written to enforce monopoly control is void of copyright. Pystar would really love to have Mac OS X stripped of copyright.. that would make their business model a whole lot more profitable.
You know those ads where they show the iPhone going at impossible speeds and then say "this is going to change everything"? Well, "normal" people are shocked at those ads because they've never seen a package manager. The idea of being able to search a huge list of apps and install with one click is new to them. And, of course, the fact that you have to pay for these apps isn't shown in the ad.
Because, for some ungodly reason, everyone still uses keyboards that put the cursor keys on the same side as the mouse. Surfing the web is all about the freakin' mouse.. so making a web game that requires you to take your hand off the mouse is a bit silly.
A pneumatic tube system, on the other hand, is only possible for a civilization that has at least stem engine technology. Such systems were unlikely to scale beyond local service in any case. It's an interesting concept, but not nearly as potentially revolutionary as semaphore might have been.
You must be thinking of pneumatic tubes as some sort of "web van" stupidity... but it's not. Once you take humans out of the delivery process you start to get economies of scale. It really is a game changer. If this whole "tube" thing just can't get you excited, instead consider an army of UAVs delivering packages. Or consider desktop 3d printers in widespread use.
Oh dear. Ya know, there still are plenty of good MUDs out there. It's never too late.
A lot were just hack and slash, yes, and plenty fun regardless, but there were plenty that had interesting puzzles and could be played by non-tanking characters.
After reading Designing Virtual Worlds I happened to log onto his MUD2 server and look around. Ahh.. memories. And so many missing features! The MUD descendants truly were fertile lands of innovation. Anyway, after about 10 minutes of wandering around in MUD2 I got sufficiently bored and tried to kill something. Bartle kindly informed me that I was a guest and guests should act more polite than that. If I wanted to create an account I could do some killing, but only in the appropriate area, etc, etc. All very British and proper. Of course, the next command I just had to try was 'rape'. Bartle hates that command, so the result was predictably hilarious. I was immediately disconnected and my IP address was banned. Beautiful.
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That said, if you register your copyright, you'll get significant advantages.
You don't understand because you don't follow legal precedents in copyright law.
Pystar are trying to make that claim that the Mac OS X bootloader detects their hardware and refuses to run on it. That's illegal - so says the Supreme Court - as it denies competition. That is, you and I are required to buy a computer from Apple and only from Apple if we want it to run Mac OS X. What's more, the Lexmark case has declared that code written to enforce monopoly control is void of copyright. Pystar would really love to have Mac OS X stripped of copyright.. that would make their business model a whole lot more profitable.
Yeah, damn them for wanting to compete in some kind of open market. Apple has a right to a monopoly!
I disagree.
You know those ads where they show the iPhone going at impossible speeds and then say "this is going to change everything"? Well, "normal" people are shocked at those ads because they've never seen a package manager. The idea of being able to search a huge list of apps and install with one click is new to them. And, of course, the fact that you have to pay for these apps isn't shown in the ad.
http://www.quantumg.net/you-cant-own-property-man.ogg
Censorship has nothing to do with law.
The Nazis were book burners, that's the freakin' point. If you don't understand something, don't assume you're smarter than everyone else. You're not.
1200/75 or 300/300, thank you very much.
I'm so glad the C64 I had when I was 11 came with restrictions, otherwise I might have learned something.. oh wait.
don't be a nazi.
objc is a heretic cult and will be quashed.
I like your version.
Because, for some ungodly reason, everyone still uses keyboards that put the cursor keys on the same side as the mouse. Surfing the web is all about the freakin' mouse.. so making a web game that requires you to take your hand off the mouse is a bit silly.
That's a feature.
The keys are A-D to move, S to rotate, hold X to drop.
This is 100% pure javascript baby.
QuantumG
Think yourself fucking lucky that I even implemented the arrow keys. I sure as hell don't remember doing it.
javascript is more like scheme with a C syntax (the one and only syntax, all hail!)
http://www.quantumg.net/tetris.php
Enjoy.
A pneumatic tube system, on the other hand, is only possible for a civilization that has at least stem engine technology. Such systems were unlikely to scale beyond local service in any case. It's an interesting concept, but not nearly as potentially revolutionary as semaphore might have been.
You must be thinking of pneumatic tubes as some sort of "web van" stupidity... but it's not. Once you take humans out of the delivery process you start to get economies of scale. It really is a game changer. If this whole "tube" thing just can't get you excited, instead consider an army of UAVs delivering packages. Or consider desktop 3d printers in widespread use.
Sounds like every economic theory I've ever read too.
When you let physicists define what 'scientific' means, you end up with unreachable standards.
Oh dear. Ya know, there still are plenty of good MUDs out there. It's never too late.
A lot were just hack and slash, yes, and plenty fun regardless, but there were plenty that had interesting puzzles and could be played by non-tanking characters.
After reading Designing Virtual Worlds I happened to log onto his MUD2 server and look around. Ahh.. memories. And so many missing features! The MUD descendants truly were fertile lands of innovation. Anyway, after about 10 minutes of wandering around in MUD2 I got sufficiently bored and tried to kill something. Bartle kindly informed me that I was a guest and guests should act more polite than that. If I wanted to create an account I could do some killing, but only in the appropriate area, etc, etc. All very British and proper. Of course, the next command I just had to try was 'rape'. Bartle hates that command, so the result was predictably hilarious. I was immediately disconnected and my IP address was banned. Beautiful.
Someone has to be slower to load than the acrobat reader plugin.
You mean a metal hydride powered car..
Your entire proof that Buffet has any interest in this venture is a story on Slashdot. That makes you the idiot.
Heh, you're the reason why there's a financial crisis.
Vaporware. Woo Hoo Hoo.