Once Internet access becomes a government service and drives out the competition (see above) everything on the Internet becomes subject to political censoring. No religious content: seperation of church and state. No porn, gotta protect the children. No commercial activity from users its a public utility. No hate groups, no hate speech, only politically correct speech.
Yeah, just like the United States Postal Service. You can't send Porn, religious documents, advertisements, or hateful letters through the mail... oh... wait...
A couple of other things that should be done in addition to your ideas.
1) Only link to the 'Slash Cache' if the site is down. Check every 10 minutes to see if the site is down, and if it is display the handly Slash Cache link. If the site is reachable again, then remove the link. This solves the problem of lost banner revenue, as the site can't get banner revenue if it is dead.
2) I believe there is something in the robots.txt file (or some other config file) that Google searches for that will tell it not to cache pages. Slashdot could look for the same thing, and see if caching is allowed. This should bypass any copyright problems.
Wow, that went down fast. Here is one of them that I managed to glimpse at:
Dear Madam/Sir
Hydrogen Peroxide AS (HPAS) is leading producer of all concentrations of Hydrogen Peroxide at its state of art production facilities in Turkey. Our production capacity is 20 000 Tons per year on a 100% concentration basis.
If you can inform us of your requirements such as packing, quantity and any other commercial preferences we would like to offer you our competitive prices with the higest quality hydrogen peroxide.
If you would like to get further information about our company and products please visit our web site at: www.hydrogenperoxide-tr.com
Please do not hesitate to contact me through my mail : hgulec@comnet.com.tr
Ask HPAS hydrogen peroxide from your chemical importes/supplier
Sincerely yours.
H. GULEC
You, my friend, have made a very wise decision in contacting me, but I assume you must already know that given who I am. Just in case you merely got lucky: The name's Jonathan Land, and I made headlines in newspapers all over the US as the world's largest importer of Hydrogen Peroxide back in the 80's.
I manufactured "Imitation Swede" girls at my club The Swede Den. Back then people with a Swede tooth just loved the velvety-soft feel of Swede. Do you remember the Swedish Bikini Team from the Budweiser ads? Well, they were the Harlem Boys Choir before I got to them. That's an extreme example, but it was a challenge, and I'm proud we were able to pull it off. Our only other African-American male to Swedish female transformation was a member of the Jackson 5. He only went partially through the process and then had a change of heart. I dare not reveal his name because I don't want to take responsibility for the incomplete work.
Anyhoo, we pumped pure Hydrogen Peroxide through the mandatory thrice-daily showers and we used Sharpie markers to make the future Swedes' eyes blue. It was so cute when they stumbled around. Unfortunately the business eventually failed because of the mental capacity of the girls who wanted to become Imitation Swedes in the first place. Most of the girls' idea of a Swedish accent is going "ya, ya, oh yaaaah" over and over. They forgot to capture the forlorn depression and emotional wear from binge drinking in "the dark months". Even though they were never advertised as anything more than "Swedishish", people were still let down by the lack of authenticity. The irony is that these girls came to California because they think they can be actresses.
Fast forward to today: I'm now on a Mission. I founded the Church of Our Mistress of the Perpetual Blonde in Hollywood last year to make girls' dreams come true, or at the very least start them on a downward spiral that will thoroughly shatter their dreams once and for all. We take runaways and young actresses that can't find representation and give them everything they need to "make it" as a star. By "star" I mean Cinemax B-movie queen or stripper. We have a working partnership with Back Alley Bargain Breast Implants. The turnout of girls who lash out at their parents and/or can't get work has been phenomenal lately, and I and my staff can't turn them out as starlets fast enough.
Our blonding process (known as The Baptism) is essentially throwing a girl in a Hydrogen Peroxide-filled bathtub for three days with a snorkel and an i.v. but there's currently a Hydrogen Peroxide shortage in California, and we've already drained all of the local drug stores. We've had a complete drought for a month. Right now we have about 300 girls with inch-long dark roots shivering in a corner of the basement, hiding in fear that they'll be seen and exposed as frauds. I bought them a few cans of yellow spray paint to tide them over, but they keep breaking their nails while trying to braid the hair like that.
So I can really use your service right about now. I'll need A LOT of the stuff. Approximately 500 gallons a month. I don't care how you send it to us. How much would that run me?
Father Figure Jonathan Land
Church of Our Mistress of the Perpetual Blonde
... which just goes to show that this preview is horrible. Playing for a week, and thats enough playtime? I think not.
The races do matter, and have enourmous differences. Undead have pretty easy expansion (without requiring a town hall). Sure, you can rush with all races, but if you get past the rushing stage with a counter-rush, then the strategy comes into play.
If it is purely rushing out quick units, then I definatly should've won some games. In one game, I maxed out the food supply with huntresses. And I got killed by a small human army, thanks to stupid blizzard spells and the like. The focus is on micromanagement more than ever, not rushing.
And by your reasoning, isn't FPS dead as well? Quake 3 is merely an upgrade of Quake 2. Its all about the 1337 D00D who memorizes item placement and map layout, right?
Why would you need the author's permission? Doesn't Google do essentially the same thing without requesting permission at all? Sure, you can modify some server files that makes it so Google doesn't index your site, but it still mirrors the web by default. Same thing with the Internet Wayback Machine.
The bomb analogy doesn't quite work...
Say somebody releases a GPL'd mass e-mailer. They'd only have to release the source to those who use the program (i.e. those who drop the bomb) not those who are e-mailed (the people who you've bombed).
Heh, reminds me of when my computer-illiterate neighbor tried to install an illegitimate copy of a virus scanner on my family computer a few years ago.
I had just associated some various sound effects with windows events... "beam me up scotty" and other sounds from movies and tv shows. Time comes to enter in the CD-Key... and he just types a random string of letters. Hits enter, and the computer says "This disk will self destruct in five seconds." Man, you wouldn't believe how fast he ejected that CD out of the computer:)
According to Moriarity at AICN, the script to Attack of the Clones doesn't suck that bad. But who knows how it will turn out...
Oh, and this FOX trailer also starts at exactly 8:59:17.
If people just buy X-Box games to play with this emulator (without buying an X-Box), then won't Micro$oft get more money? Remember, they lose quite a bit on the hardware, and try to recoup their losses with the software.
Slashdot Mirror
Argh, that text is nearly unreadable (no line spaces and such)... try the Google Partner link to bypass the login.
I prefer my college's 'solution' to file sharing: Please Leech!
Yeah, just like the United States Postal Service. You can't send Porn, religious documents, advertisements, or hateful letters through the mail... oh... wait...
A couple of other things that should be done in addition to your ideas. 1) Only link to the 'Slash Cache' if the site is down. Check every 10 minutes to see if the site is down, and if it is display the handly Slash Cache link. If the site is reachable again, then remove the link. This solves the problem of lost banner revenue, as the site can't get banner revenue if it is dead. 2) I believe there is something in the robots.txt file (or some other config file) that Google searches for that will tell it not to cache pages. Slashdot could look for the same thing, and see if caching is allowed. This should bypass any copyright problems.
There were Doom novels too. 'Nuff said.
The races do matter, and have enourmous differences. Undead have pretty easy expansion (without requiring a town hall). Sure, you can rush with all races, but if you get past the rushing stage with a counter-rush, then the strategy comes into play.
If it is purely rushing out quick units, then I definatly should've won some games. In one game, I maxed out the food supply with huntresses. And I got killed by a small human army, thanks to stupid blizzard spells and the like. The focus is on micromanagement more than ever, not rushing.
And by your reasoning, isn't FPS dead as well? Quake 3 is merely an upgrade of Quake 2. Its all about the 1337 D00D who memorizes item placement and map layout, right?
If you're looking for the news from the site, check out the AC post above.
Why would you need the author's permission? Doesn't Google do essentially the same thing without requesting permission at all? Sure, you can modify some server files that makes it so Google doesn't index your site, but it still mirrors the web by default. Same thing with the Internet Wayback Machine.
The bomb analogy doesn't quite work... Say somebody releases a GPL'd mass e-mailer. They'd only have to release the source to those who use the program (i.e. those who drop the bomb) not those who are e-mailed (the people who you've bombed).
I had just associated some various sound effects with windows events... "beam me up scotty" and other sounds from movies and tv shows. Time comes to enter in the CD-Key... and he just types a random string of letters. Hits enter, and the computer says "This disk will self destruct in five seconds." Man, you wouldn't believe how fast he ejected that CD out of the computer :)
According to Moriarity at AICN, the script to Attack of the Clones doesn't suck that bad. But who knows how it will turn out... Oh, and this FOX trailer also starts at exactly 8:59:17.
Hmm... I wonder if Faceball 2000 predates Catacomb Abyss. It was for the original gameboy even, dang. Faceball 2000 review
If people just buy X-Box games to play with this emulator (without buying an X-Box), then won't Micro$oft get more money? Remember, they lose quite a bit on the hardware, and try to recoup their losses with the software.
The press release is available at Planet GameCube.