Maybe that FOAF could attack ESPN.com, too. I tried registering there for a fantasy football league at work and used myaddress+espn@gmail.com. The damned system took the + out, making the address invalid!
Neither are suitable candidates for the office, just like neither Windows (old and stogy) nor Mac OS X (youthful and slick) are suitable operating systems for my computer. All are under the control of someone who has something to hide.
It's not the hardware manufacturers' job to police for pirated software. Most of them--Apple being the notable exception--couldn't care less about the software running their hardware. The drivers and whatnot are a means to an end, a necessary bother in order to actually make their hardware usable.
In some cases, they don't even have to do anything to get their hardware working in certain operating systems--the users do it for them!
To say that hardware manufacturers love piracy is a misstatement. Hollenshead's point is moot. Hardware folks just want to sell hardware, just like ISPs just want to sell bandwidth: they don't care what you do with it once you purchase it because they don't need to.
I'm curious as to why no one has created an extension which cures this. Sure, only the folks who need it will use it, but if there's this much hullabaloo about it, why doesn't someone do something about it?
If this will be your first LAN party, go smaller. Get a feel for the check-in dynamics and such. Then grow.
If you've got a few smaller ones under your belt, and you want to go big, read on.
First, indemnify, indemnify, indemnify. Require all attendees to sign a waiver which says they will not hold you accountable for any equipment harm or theft or any personal harm or theft. Ensure that each person knows that they are responsible for their own equipment and actions, and can leave at any time.
Second, if you're asking for money, clarify the refund procedure. I suggest establishing a no-refund policy, then bending that policy on a case-by-case basis.
Third, hold the LAN in a secure, very public location. I recommend a church or community center for a 60-man LAN, then a firehall once you break 100.
Fourth, establish clearly defined, binding rules which outline attendees' expected behavior. I recommend taking a look at the rules contained in the Pittco information sheet, published by the Pittsburgh LAN Coalition (disclaimer: I wrote it and am an organizer of its Iron Storm events).
Fifth, tell every attendee that security is their responsibility when they sign up and when they arrive. Advise them to bring as little equipment as they can. They should consider locks (barrels, the more numbers the better) for their case and they should put their name on everything. They should also backup their data before coming to the LAN.
Sixth, if someone comes to you and says they think that something has been stolen, ask them to ask the people around them if they've seen it. Some people immediately think that something has been stolen when perhaps it is underneath something or fell onto the floor. If a lot of people have left the party and/or it's near the end of the party, tell the person to post a lost and found request on your forums (you do have forums, right?) and to remind you so that you can send something in a mass email (you have all of the addresses of your attendees, right?).
Seventh, remember that most people who come to LANs aren't going to want to steal anything because they're going to be busy guarding their own equipment. Do not allow spectators. If you must, require that they be escorted, or that they check-in with you every so often. Also, use wristbands to keep track of who checked-in. If someone doesn't have a wristband or a staff T-shirt (consider that after an event or two), you have every right to tell them to leave. Call the cops if you have to. Just do not use force—you are not certified or licensed to do such things in public places and you will open yourself to legal trouble.
Eighth, post this question at forums for MillionManLAN, EverLAN, Lake Effect LAN, Pittco, Noreaster, and some of the other larger, non-corporate-sponsored LANs. They'll give you good advice, and you'll even draw some people to your event!
Check out the legal histories of AMD v. Intel and VIA/Cyrix v. Intel. These essentially show that there are agreements and settlements all over the place, but few-to-no actual court decisions.
It essentially seems that NVIDIA would need to have a patent on something which Intel has produced in order to induce some kind of Mexican standoff, just like the others have.
I think this is relevant. However, I would think the contacts thing would be in his contract or employee rules. However, his old company shouldn't be able to bar him from contacting these people from his new company, even if he was keeping his list of contacts on a slip of paper in his office.
However, this news is coming out of the UK, so things are probably different over there.
I'm still very skeptical of on-screen keyboards. The iPhone keyboard is alright, but it's not quite as easy to use as most would like it. The OpenMoko's keyboard is terrible, and can only really be used with a stylus.
How's the keyboard on the HTC models?
I'm getting a new phone in October, and I've not yet decided between the iPhone, OpenMoko, HTC, or whatever is the successor to the Nokia E70 that Maddox so enjoys (Google "maddox iphone").
Why the hell do we need federal legislation to stop people talking on cell phones on planes? Why? There is absolutely NO reason for any federal legislator to be spending any time even THINKING about such farcical laws.
State legislators could go crazy with it, but it barely affects them.
Airlines need to take a stand here and tell the federal government that they can govern themselves.
I don't like to speak of slippery slopes, but what's next? Congress declaring that no one can use laptops on a plane? that no one can use iPods on a plane? that no one can have CD players on a plane? that no one can have books on a plane (it might incite a riot!)?
Total and utter crap. Call your senators/reps, folks.
A better sponsorship would be to quit developing IIS and focus all of its development staff on Apache for Windows, and Apache in general. Apache already dominates, make it better.
I should add that I do pay for City of Heroes/Villains at the moment, but I've not played much lately. However, school is done, and now I'll have a lot more time.
I have a Foxconn C51XEM2AA nForce 590 board that works fine with Linux. However, this board lacks a 12V power sensor, so I stopped using it for my main workstation. I'm interested now in seeing if Linux spews any errors on it...
Oh, wait, they reverse engineered the protocol, made a ton of implementations of the server, and the game is still played. There was even a new official client version in 2007, according to the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online
I'd love to play Galaxies or Matrix Online, but I'd never pay for them, just like I never paid for UO, yet played it religiously for three years.
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Maybe that FOAF could attack ESPN.com, too. I tried registering there for a fantasy football league at work and used myaddress+espn@gmail.com. The damned system took the + out, making the address invalid!
Federal power grid = feds have the power to give a non-compliant region "power failure."
Keep it to the states, folks. Read your tenth amendment and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Neither are suitable candidates for the office, just like neither Windows (old and stogy) nor Mac OS X (youthful and slick) are suitable operating systems for my computer. All are under the control of someone who has something to hide.
$6 extra for a $50-$60 game? Forget that. I'll wait a day or two and enjoy a lunch out.
It's not the hardware manufacturers' job to police for pirated software. Most of them--Apple being the notable exception--couldn't care less about the software running their hardware. The drivers and whatnot are a means to an end, a necessary bother in order to actually make their hardware usable.
In some cases, they don't even have to do anything to get their hardware working in certain operating systems--the users do it for them!
To say that hardware manufacturers love piracy is a misstatement. Hollenshead's point is moot. Hardware folks just want to sell hardware, just like ISPs just want to sell bandwidth: they don't care what you do with it once you purchase it because they don't need to.
I'm curious as to why no one has created an extension which cures this. Sure, only the folks who need it will use it, but if there's this much hullabaloo about it, why doesn't someone do something about it?
I would, but I lack the know-how.
If this will be your first LAN party, go smaller. Get a feel for the check-in dynamics and such. Then grow.
If you've got a few smaller ones under your belt, and you want to go big, read on.
First, indemnify, indemnify, indemnify. Require all attendees to sign a waiver which says they will not hold you accountable for any equipment harm or theft or any personal harm or theft. Ensure that each person knows that they are responsible for their own equipment and actions, and can leave at any time.
Second, if you're asking for money, clarify the refund procedure. I suggest establishing a no-refund policy, then bending that policy on a case-by-case basis.
Third, hold the LAN in a secure, very public location. I recommend a church or community center for a 60-man LAN, then a firehall once you break 100.
Fourth, establish clearly defined, binding rules which outline attendees' expected behavior. I recommend taking a look at the rules contained in the Pittco information sheet, published by the Pittsburgh LAN Coalition (disclaimer: I wrote it and am an organizer of its Iron Storm events).
Fifth, tell every attendee that security is their responsibility when they sign up and when they arrive. Advise them to bring as little equipment as they can. They should consider locks (barrels, the more numbers the better) for their case and they should put their name on everything. They should also backup their data before coming to the LAN.
Sixth, if someone comes to you and says they think that something has been stolen, ask them to ask the people around them if they've seen it. Some people immediately think that something has been stolen when perhaps it is underneath something or fell onto the floor. If a lot of people have left the party and/or it's near the end of the party, tell the person to post a lost and found request on your forums (you do have forums, right?) and to remind you so that you can send something in a mass email (you have all of the addresses of your attendees, right?).
Seventh, remember that most people who come to LANs aren't going to want to steal anything because they're going to be busy guarding their own equipment. Do not allow spectators. If you must, require that they be escorted, or that they check-in with you every so often. Also, use wristbands to keep track of who checked-in. If someone doesn't have a wristband or a staff T-shirt (consider that after an event or two), you have every right to tell them to leave. Call the cops if you have to. Just do not use force—you are not certified or licensed to do such things in public places and you will open yourself to legal trouble.
Eighth, post this question at forums for MillionManLAN, EverLAN, Lake Effect LAN, Pittco, Noreaster, and some of the other larger, non-corporate-sponsored LANs. They'll give you good advice, and you'll even draw some people to your event!
Check out the legal histories of AMD v. Intel and VIA/Cyrix v. Intel. These essentially show that there are agreements and settlements all over the place, but few-to-no actual court decisions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Technologies#Legal_issues
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix#Legal_troubles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD#Litigation_with_Intel
It essentially seems that NVIDIA would need to have a patent on something which Intel has produced in order to induce some kind of Mexican standoff, just like the others have.
So Skynet has a man-made neocortex? Sweet.
Fox will let it out, believe you me. They'll just want a percentage of the royalties.
Just don't look into it when you're jacked in...
Poor Da5id.
I think this is relevant. However, I would think the contacts thing would be in his contract or employee rules. However, his old company shouldn't be able to bar him from contacting these people from his new company, even if he was keeping his list of contacts on a slip of paper in his office.
However, this news is coming out of the UK, so things are probably different over there.
I realize that it's an actual keyboard, not an on-screen one, but still...
I'm still very skeptical of on-screen keyboards. The iPhone keyboard is alright, but it's not quite as easy to use as most would like it. The OpenMoko's keyboard is terrible, and can only really be used with a stylus.
How's the keyboard on the HTC models?
I'm getting a new phone in October, and I've not yet decided between the iPhone, OpenMoko, HTC, or whatever is the successor to the Nokia E70 that Maddox so enjoys (Google "maddox iphone").
Someone please actually make this into a YouTube commercial. It may be one of the most hilarious things ever if done.
Please mod++ parent. Plus, Nvidia wouldn't exit on top.
Just do it. Just release it.
www.piratebay.org
Well, PC Mark 2005 is no longer good for testing processors against processors of another maker, i.e. only good for intra-AMD, etc.
www.truecrypt.com
Go, and encrypt ye storage, yon throngs.
Why the hell do we need federal legislation to stop people talking on cell phones on planes? Why? There is absolutely NO reason for any federal legislator to be spending any time even THINKING about such farcical laws.
State legislators could go crazy with it, but it barely affects them.
Airlines need to take a stand here and tell the federal government that they can govern themselves.
I don't like to speak of slippery slopes, but what's next? Congress declaring that no one can use laptops on a plane? that no one can use iPods on a plane? that no one can have CD players on a plane? that no one can have books on a plane (it might incite a riot!)?
Total and utter crap. Call your senators/reps, folks.
A better sponsorship would be to quit developing IIS and focus all of its development staff on Apache for Windows, and Apache in general. Apache already dominates, make it better.
I should add that I do pay for City of Heroes/Villains at the moment, but I've not played much lately. However, school is done, and now I'll have a lot more time.
I have a Foxconn C51XEM2AA nForce 590 board that works fine with Linux. However, this board lacks a 12V power sensor, so I stopped using it for my main workstation. I'm interested now in seeing if Linux spews any errors on it...
Let 'em, I say. There are other sites which are better suited for such things, such as YouTube or Revver.
Hell, folks could even make money on Revver!
Didn't they do this with UO?
Oh, wait, they reverse engineered the protocol, made a ton of implementations of the server, and the game is still played. There was even a new official client version in 2007, according to the Wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Online
I'd love to play Galaxies or Matrix Online, but I'd never pay for them, just like I never paid for UO, yet played it religiously for three years.