when i played EQ there was actually a fairly large demand by some people that they be allowed to advance in level with tradeskills, and that they be made more usefull. A fairly decent amount of people seemed to really want this.
Same with the property ownership type stuff they mention as well.
Just looks like they are adding features that the players want, pretty sound decision i'd say
i'm not trying to imply that rendering early versions of HDTV obsolete is a good thing, just that it struck me as very possible from early on.
i would have certainly purchased one if i saw a stable standard that looked like it was going to remain rock solid. I didn't see that, and thus i haven't purchased one.
If it ever hits the point that it is gaining widespread support, and the competin standards issue is ironed out i will jump right in (of course assuming that the "accepted" standard doesn't end up a copy protected crippled version)
I was just stating that there does appear to be some risk for those who are "early-adopters" in this case, and it very well could happen all on it's own, without any screwy legislation from congress
aren't there allready a ton of competing HDTV standards which have been implemented or proposed? Last i read, that was one of the reasons for its less than widespread use so far.
i wouldn't be at all surprised if many HDTV's and set top boxes are rendered obsolete sometime not too far down the road, even without any sort of legislation.
that's the price you risk paying when you are an early adopter of a technology in which the standards aren't even close to being agreed upon.
Normal radio stations aren't charged per listener, simply because you can't count listeners. I'm not sure about fancy satellite radio and stuff like that, though.
Goldsmith's dream could be short-lived, however. On Feb. 20, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), a body appointed by the U.S. Copyright Office, ruled that under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Internet radio stations must pay the record labels a fee of 0.14 cents per song, per listener. Traditional radio stations would pay 0.07 cents per song, per listener
they do pay fees, just half that of whats being asked of internet radio
i could understand some sort of logical fee arrangement but they are asking internet broadcaster to pay double the rate of terrestrial based radio stations.
i would imagine if they tried to charge these fees of thoose land based stations there would be a huge fit (and many of them out of business shortly)... but since it's the internet the RIAA has to be "tough"
that they would really want it playing there, it cost them a ton of money to put in digital projection equipment, and you would think that they would want to play as many movies as they can which take advantage of it and use that as a selling point...not to mention that clones will probably have a huge draw.
Gamespot has gone to a pay for use service, try the 2nd link to download. And as to downloading the "whole file", its listed at 3.84 MB...even on 56K thats not much of a DL
One man, about 70 years old, would call in about once or twice a week (looking back through the call logs), and he was simply inept at using the computer. This man had been sent a video card, sound card and motherboard. This was a simple case of techs not wanting to deal with this guy and his lack of aptitude.
you mean that if i just pretend to be a true computer illiterate i can get enough free hardware to build additional box's for no cost?
This isn't a time to rest on our laurels. Congress could still pass this thing. A simple majority wins, and Congress has passed many an unpopular act (USA Patriot anyone?) We still have to email and write letters and protest this thing and reach every single person we can.
Not to be a nitpicker, but the USA Patriot Act was far from unpopular, the public swallowed up all the rhetoric of it, and it flew through congress like greased lightning. It's a poor example. The thing passed with like a 7-1 ratio in the house, and there was a grand total of one vote against it in the senate.
I agree that now is not the time to back off on the Hollings bill, on the contrary i believe that now is the time to turn up the heat in every way we can... but frankly thoose of us who value personal freedoms were definitely in the minority in the immediate aftermath of 9-11 when the Patriot Act passed.
i really wish i saw more of a positive angle from this statement, however this line makes me wonder
In a speech last week, Rogan said that "negotiations are presently underway among hardware manufacturers and content owners to develop improved means for protecting online content," and legislators should wait for results before voting on a proposal such as the Hollings bill.
sounds to me basically like he's saying "it's too soon to pass it", lets just warn the hardware people that they better do something soon, before we do pass it.
1 more session of Congress without it being passed is a start, it gives us more time to rally more support, but this certainly doesn't look like the time to back off on applying pressure on the lawmakers
there had been a few rumors of some drugs that improved mental stimulation type things, but that is not the main reason for the testing. The primary reason for it, is that they are hoping to make a push for IOC recognition (the Olympics)
One fan film, Darth Vader: The Rudy Pirany Story, was accepted by the contest after its director, Victor Martin, agreed to edit out scenes in which his protagonist -- an actor with a permanent Darth Vader mask who can't find work after Star Wars -- buys cocaine from Yoda and takes a role in a pornography movie.
Yup, i have a sneaking suspicion that this closely mirrors the Plot of the upcoming Episode 3;)
But i seem to have a problem with watches, and knowing you geeks, im sure one of you can help me answer it;)
Whenever i wear a wristwatch i seem to do something odd to them, they just stop working on me. I can put on any kind of watch, a cheap little 10$ digital job, all the way up to a top of the line Rolex, unfailingly about 4 or 5 hours later it will stop working. If i take the watch off and set it aside someplace for a few hours it will usually start working again.
So my question is, anyone know what causes this, and does any company make a watch that is targetted to people like me? I have never seen one, but would certainly pay a lot if i could find one.
i spent over 10 years of my life living in Vegas...
i must say that most towns wouldnt be well suited to this type of project, there are just too many directions people travel in the typical city. But Las Vegas is very different, there is the "strip", almost all big casinos sit right on this street (Las Vegas Blvd). The traffic on this street is absolutely ridiculous, and it can take quite a while to get from one end of the strip to the other.
This kind of project would probably be far less economical in the average town where traffic heads in many different directions, but Las Vegas is especially well suited for this project. I would guess that over 50% of the traffic in the town heads up and down a very specific corridor and that not only is this feasible in Vegas, it is one of the few places it could be a preffered solution
i really dont see how a case that provides legal precedent which states that the DMCA can not prevent fair-use would be a bad thing. It would certainly help the case of Elcom among others.
Everyone keeps saying that they want fair-use, well these guys are trying to make that a reality even under the DMCA, i could care less if the DMCA can be used to prosecute true for profit piracy schemes. Just dont interfere with fair-use.
you know, that report is slightly unsettling in some ways.
What was expected to be a routine shuttle departure took on an uncharacteristic air late Friday when NASA mission managers scrambled to put together a plan to dodge the inbound chunk of Russian space junk
so the International Space Station was going to possibly be struck by a 20 foot long piece of metal travelling at 25 times the speed of sound, but was moved successfully because the shuttle happened to be up there at the time. They discovered the possible collision 2-3 days before it was going to happen...
Sounds to me that they were very lucky to have had the shuttle up there, if that's all the warning they can give, what will happen when a shuttle is not up in space and a threat is discovered?
1 (arguable assumption): The CD-Key authentication as used to authenticate players of network games on servers owned by Vivendi is a protection mechanism within the definitions bounded by the DMCA
2 (provable fact): The BnetD server system does not utilize any CD-Key authentication.
3 (Conclusion 1:2): The BnetD server system circumvents a protection mechanism as defined by the DMCA
This is simply untrue. As an initial matter, it does not appear that Blizzard's CD-KEYS system controls access or copying within the meaning of 1201. Even assuming that Blizzard's CD-KEY system meets the requirements of the statute, 1201(c)(3) contains an unequivocal "no mandate" provision that ensures that no person is required to design software so that it responds to Blizzard's technological protection measures. It provides:
Nothing in this section shall require that the design of, or design and selection of parts and components for, a consumer electronics, telecommunications, or computing product provide for a response to any particular technological measure, so long as such part or component, or the product in which such part or component is integrated, does not otherwise fall within the prohibitions of subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1).
This provision means that bnetd is not required to design its server software to implement your "key" system or other any other technological measures you might choose to place on Blizzard games.
and unless im mistaken, that would be the reason that Vivendi dropped this part of the lawsuit
people like me might be the cause of that (though i live in california... just people *like* me)
you see my blue recycle can does get the garbage segregated for it, i do my part, i throw all my paper and plastic in there. same for my green yard can, with grass clippings and leaves.
but when it comes to those allmighty beer cans, i haul a van full down the street every couple weeks and get some cash for em, even manage to cover the cost of my whole garbage bill per month off em...
Note: i sure have to spend a WHOLE lot on beer to accomplish this "free garbage service", but it sure is fun;)
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when i played EQ there was actually a fairly large demand by some people that they be allowed to advance in level with tradeskills, and that they be made more usefull. A fairly decent amount of people seemed to really want this.
Same with the property ownership type stuff they mention as well.
Just looks like they are adding features that the players want, pretty sound decision i'd say
i'm not trying to imply that rendering early versions of HDTV obsolete is a good thing, just that it struck me as very possible from early on.
i would have certainly purchased one if i saw a stable standard that looked like it was going to remain rock solid. I didn't see that, and thus i haven't purchased one.
If it ever hits the point that it is gaining widespread support, and the competin standards issue is ironed out i will jump right in (of course assuming that the "accepted" standard doesn't end up a copy protected crippled version)
I was just stating that there does appear to be some risk for those who are "early-adopters" in this case, and it very well could happen all on it's own, without any screwy legislation from congress
aren't there allready a ton of competing HDTV standards which have been implemented or proposed? Last i read, that was one of the reasons for its less than widespread use so far.
i wouldn't be at all surprised if many HDTV's and set top boxes are rendered obsolete sometime not too far down the road, even without any sort of legislation.
that's the price you risk paying when you are an early adopter of a technology in which the standards aren't even close to being agreed upon.
Normal radio stations aren't charged per listener, simply because you can't count listeners. I'm not sure about fancy satellite radio and stuff like that, though.
incorrect. taken from this article (and many others if you Google a bit)
Goldsmith's dream could be short-lived, however. On Feb. 20, the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), a body appointed by the U.S. Copyright Office, ruled that under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Internet radio stations must pay the record labels a fee of 0.14 cents per song, per listener. Traditional radio stations would pay 0.07 cents per song, per listener
they do pay fees, just half that of whats being asked of internet radio
i could understand some sort of logical fee arrangement but they are asking internet broadcaster to pay double the rate of terrestrial based radio stations.
i would imagine if they tried to charge these fees of thoose land based stations there would be a huge fit (and many of them out of business shortly)... but since it's the internet the RIAA has to be "tough"
i just called and asked Miss Cleo if U.S Citizens are gaining a better knowledge of science.
And she told me that "not even tha cards can answer that one", but she did tell me that i would be rich very soon!
it's not fair to compare this to SSSCA or CBDTPA... it's comparable to the DMCA for a reason, they are both copyright protection laws.
the SSSCA and CBDTPA are/were proposed as hardware regulations
that they would really want it playing there, it cost them a ton of money to put in digital projection equipment, and you would think that they would want to play as many movies as they can which take advantage of it and use that as a selling point...not to mention that clones will probably have a huge draw.
would semm pretty foolish not to play it there
Gamespot has gone to a pay for use service, try the 2nd link to download. And as to downloading the "whole file", its listed at 3.84 MB...even on 56K thats not much of a DL
One man, about 70 years old, would call in about once or twice a week (looking back through the call logs), and he was simply inept at using the computer. This man had been sent a video card, sound card and motherboard. This was a simple case of techs not wanting to deal with this guy and his lack of aptitude.
you mean that if i just pretend to be a true computer illiterate i can get enough free hardware to build additional box's for no cost?
woohoo where do i sign up!
This isn't a time to rest on our laurels. Congress could still pass this thing. A simple majority wins, and Congress has passed many an unpopular act (USA Patriot anyone?) We still have to email and write letters and protest this thing and reach every single person we can.
Not to be a nitpicker, but the USA Patriot Act was far from unpopular, the public swallowed up all the rhetoric of it, and it flew through congress like greased lightning. It's a poor example. The thing passed with like a 7-1 ratio in the house, and there was a grand total of one vote against it in the senate.
I agree that now is not the time to back off on the Hollings bill, on the contrary i believe that now is the time to turn up the heat in every way we can... but frankly thoose of us who value personal freedoms were definitely in the minority in the immediate aftermath of 9-11 when the Patriot Act passed.
i really wish i saw more of a positive angle from this statement, however this line makes me wonder
In a speech last week, Rogan said that "negotiations are presently underway among hardware manufacturers and content owners to develop improved means for protecting online content," and legislators should wait for results before voting on a proposal such as the Hollings bill.
sounds to me basically like he's saying "it's too soon to pass it", lets just warn the hardware people that they better do something soon, before we do pass it.
1 more session of Congress without it being passed is a start, it gives us more time to rally more support, but this certainly doesn't look like the time to back off on applying pressure on the lawmakers
The Olympics? WTF... Chess is not a sport...
It was included in the Sydney Olympics of 2000 as an exhibition "trial-sport".
That's the main reason for the drug testing policies, the IOC will never allow it as a full sport until it has a comprehensive drug testing policy.
i wont even try to argue as whether it's a sport or not, but in the eyes of the IOC it seems to meet their qualifactions
there had been a few rumors of some drugs that improved mental stimulation type things, but that is not the main reason for the testing. The primary reason for it, is that they are hoping to make a push for IOC recognition (the Olympics)
One fan film, Darth Vader: The Rudy Pirany Story, was accepted by the contest after its director, Victor Martin, agreed to edit out scenes in which his protagonist -- an actor with a permanent Darth Vader mask who can't find work after Star Wars -- buys cocaine from Yoda and takes a role in a pornography movie.
;)
Yup, i have a sneaking suspicion that this closely mirrors the Plot of the upcoming Episode 3
The game would definitely benefit from either a tutorial
,or maybe this (22 MB zip file)
;)
hmm something like this (241 KB PDF)
lots of info listed right below the click here to download link
the site gets posted on /. so i naturally figure i better download the game and try it before i comment.
/.
and i get 227 KB/s from their server while it's the top story at
impressive, well either that or the game sucks so bad that nobody is even bothering to grab the file
But i seem to have a problem with watches, and knowing you geeks, im sure one of you can help me answer it ;)
Whenever i wear a wristwatch i seem to do something odd to them, they just stop working on me. I can put on any kind of watch, a cheap little 10$ digital job, all the way up to a top of the line Rolex, unfailingly about 4 or 5 hours later it will stop working. If i take the watch off and set it aside someplace for a few hours it will usually start working again.
So my question is, anyone know what causes this, and does any company make a watch that is targetted to people like me? I have never seen one, but would certainly pay a lot if i could find one.
the article answers all theese burning questions about what the EULA's say very well
;)
I know if you go to terms of service, it pretty much says, "You can't sue us for anything." That's pretty much what they say in 8,000 words.
there ya go, next time you cant figure out what it's trying to say, just assume it says the above
i spent over 10 years of my life living in Vegas...
i must say that most towns wouldnt be well suited to this type of project, there are just too many directions people travel in the typical city. But Las Vegas is very different, there is the "strip", almost all big casinos sit right on this street (Las Vegas Blvd). The traffic on this street is absolutely ridiculous, and it can take quite a while to get from one end of the strip to the other.
This kind of project would probably be far less economical in the average town where traffic heads in many different directions, but Las Vegas is especially well suited for this project. I would guess that over 50% of the traffic in the town heads up and down a very specific corridor and that not only is this feasible in Vegas, it is one of the few places it could be a preffered solution
i really dont see how a case that provides legal precedent which states that the DMCA can not prevent fair-use would be a bad thing. It would certainly help the case of Elcom among others.
Everyone keeps saying that they want fair-use, well these guys are trying to make that a reality even under the DMCA, i could care less if the DMCA can be used to prosecute true for profit piracy schemes. Just dont interfere with fair-use.
you know, that report is slightly unsettling in some ways.
What was expected to be a routine shuttle departure took on an uncharacteristic air late Friday when NASA mission managers scrambled to put together a plan to dodge the inbound chunk of Russian space junk
so the International Space Station was going to possibly be struck by a 20 foot long piece of metal travelling at 25 times the speed of sound, but was moved successfully because the shuttle happened to be up there at the time. They discovered the possible collision 2-3 days before it was going to happen...
Sounds to me that they were very lucky to have had the shuttle up there, if that's all the warning they can give, what will happen when a shuttle is not up in space and a threat is discovered?
you allready managed to /. yourself ;)
1 (arguable assumption): The CD-Key authentication as used to authenticate players of network games on servers owned by Vivendi is a protection mechanism within the definitions bounded by the DMCA
2 (provable fact): The BnetD server system does not utilize any CD-Key authentication.
3 (Conclusion 1:2): The BnetD server system circumvents a protection mechanism as defined by the DMCA
according to statutes that the EFF cites...
This is simply untrue. As an initial matter, it does not appear that Blizzard's CD-KEYS system controls access or copying within the meaning of 1201. Even assuming that Blizzard's CD-KEY system meets the requirements of the statute, 1201(c)(3) contains an unequivocal "no mandate" provision that ensures that no person is required to design software so that it responds to Blizzard's technological protection measures. It provides:
Nothing in this section shall require that the design of, or design and selection of parts and components for, a consumer electronics, telecommunications, or computing product provide for a response to any particular technological measure, so long as such part or component, or the product in which such part or component is integrated, does not otherwise fall within the prohibitions of subsection (a)(2) or (b)(1).
This provision means that bnetd is not required to design its server software to implement your "key" system or other any other technological measures you might choose to place on Blizzard games.
and unless im mistaken, that would be the reason that Vivendi dropped this part of the lawsuit
people like me might be the cause of that (though i live in california... just people *like* me)
;)
you see my blue recycle can does get the garbage segregated for it, i do my part, i throw all my paper and plastic in there. same for my green yard can, with grass clippings and leaves.
but when it comes to those allmighty beer cans, i haul a van full down the street every couple weeks and get some cash for em, even manage to cover the cost of my whole garbage bill per month off em...
Note: i sure have to spend a WHOLE lot on beer to accomplish this "free garbage service", but it sure is fun