I disagree. Windows has a large portion of it's market share due to it being bundled with so many PC's.
It would be very difficult to show that it's market share came from "illegal" installations-- how are you going to compile data to support that? Unless you're Microsoft, and you know how many bad keys have hit your Windows Update servers/etc. Even then, that number would be rough.
Furthermore, Microsoft's next/future service packs (or possibly Windows Update itself) should check your key against their database to ensure that you do have a valid installation of Windows. It amazes me that they haven't gotten to this point yet.
If it was up to me, I'd generate a "hotfix" for pirated copies that wipes the product key info, and pops up that little key icon in the system tray with a balloon saying "You are using a pirated key. Click here to purchase a valid one.", and linking to Microsoft's store. Perhaps a timer is also in order, giving you 30 days(?) to set things right before networking no longer works, or the system won't go past the login screen. That sort of thing.
Yes, I'm very serious.
Let's say I steal a newer car. The manufacturer of the car discovers a fault in the hood latch; it can randomly let go of your hood-- and that would be a bad thing, especially if it happens while doing 55+ on the freeway. I go to the dealership and demand they fix the fault for free. But wait, the car is stolen! The owner called the dealership and reported it as such. Does the dealership just shrug their shoulders and fix it and send me on my way? I think not. They call the police, or simply deny me the fix.
Actually this is incorrect; they can change their policy at any time-- they just have to notify you of the changes. You can disagree with the changes, but tough luck. Either you stop using their service, or deal with it.
I agree; when I first bought the game, I had a P3-1GHz with 512 megs of RAM (which was pretty good at the time) -- and I believe a GeForce2. The game ran like crap, and lagged horribly. Wasn't nearly as fun as the first one. And if you ever did get it running smoothly, the tiny bugs here and there would damper your fun (setting up an inventory load out, and then receiving something totally different, for example.)
Tribes: Vengence or whatever doesn't spark my interest in the slightest. Adding havok physics to a game does not make it awesome.
Note: some people who have download and got the leaked HL2 code to compile say that this wasn't in fact AI as valve presented it but rather a standard cued effect. They have noted that even if you kill all soldiers which are near that door, it will still crash open for no apparant reason.
Because it was a recorded demo played back at E3. If you watch closely, you can also see the boards break before the crowbar hits them (on that same video.) -- Valve has responded to all those comments, and they basically admitted they have some kinks to work out in their demo recording/playback rountines. Nothing to do with the AI, and the kicking in the door thing was not staged.
Is it just me, or can any retard/joe blow setup a review site nowadays?
Forget writing a complete review... You get free stuff, man!
Don't forget to slap your logo over all the images of said product, include advertisements on the left and right bars of your page (and maybe even the tops and bottoms), and then have a " gives this a x out of 10!" with a shot of your website's logo at the end of the review. Perfect!
How is that different from what they're doing in this Florida town?
Where do I even start? They're not tagging everything with RFIDs; RFIDs aren't even involved! They're not tracking people, they're spotting stolen/APB'd vehicles.
And if that's not enough, how about if they required a RFID sub-skin implant for all US citizens
You're talking new world order type stuff, which this license plate scanning is clearly not. When it gets to the point of "implant a chip or die/be imprisoned", I'm sure there is gonna be an uprising or rebellion of some sort. God forbid we ever get lazy enough with our democracy to allow that sort of thing to happen.
This restriction is simply to make it impractical to make 1000 copies of some new album you downloaded from iTunes with a CD recorder tower.
I'm gonna assume you meant WITHOUT a CD recorder tower. But, what's to stop me from burning a playlist once, then using Nero/etc. to make multiple copies of the CD?
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I disagree. Windows has a large portion of it's market share due to it being bundled with so many PC's.
It would be very difficult to show that it's market share came from "illegal" installations-- how are you going to compile data to support that? Unless you're Microsoft, and you know how many bad keys have hit your Windows Update servers/etc. Even then, that number would be rough.
How about this: No!
Furthermore, Microsoft's next/future service packs (or possibly Windows Update itself) should check your key against their database to ensure that you do have a valid installation of Windows. It amazes me that they haven't gotten to this point yet.
If it was up to me, I'd generate a "hotfix" for pirated copies that wipes the product key info, and pops up that little key icon in the system tray with a balloon saying "You are using a pirated key. Click here to purchase a valid one.", and linking to Microsoft's store. Perhaps a timer is also in order, giving you 30 days(?) to set things right before networking no longer works, or the system won't go past the login screen. That sort of thing.
Yes, I'm very serious.
Let's say I steal a newer car. The manufacturer of the car discovers a fault in the hood latch; it can randomly let go of your hood-- and that would be a bad thing, especially if it happens while doing 55+ on the freeway. I go to the dealership and demand they fix the fault for free. But wait, the car is stolen! The owner called the dealership and reported it as such. Does the dealership just shrug their shoulders and fix it and send me on my way? I think not. They call the police, or simply deny me the fix.
Actually this is incorrect; they can change their policy at any time-- they just have to notify you of the changes. You can disagree with the changes, but tough luck. Either you stop using their service, or deal with it.
This arguement doesn't make much sense; you could just take your iTunes CD, load up Nero/etc. and start copying away.
The other day I was at Fry's, and saw a bin of Rollercoaster Tycoon II Deluxe boxes, on sale for $5 -- needless to say I couldn't pass that up :)
Yay! I'm a troll!
I eat little children and demand a toll for anyone passin' over me bridge!
I agree; when I first bought the game, I had a P3-1GHz with 512 megs of RAM (which was pretty good at the time) -- and I believe a GeForce2. The game ran like crap, and lagged horribly. Wasn't nearly as fun as the first one. And if you ever did get it running smoothly, the tiny bugs here and there would damper your fun (setting up an inventory load out, and then receiving something totally different, for example.)
Tribes: Vengence or whatever doesn't spark my interest in the slightest. Adding havok physics to a game does not make it awesome.
They can win. I was just expecting it to take a bit longer than 3 years for a full game to become free.
Boy! I sure am glad I shelled out $50 for this 3 years ago!
What other games from 3-4 years ago are now free?
GAME OVER, MAN! GAME OVER!!!
Note: some people who have download and got the leaked HL2 code to compile say that this wasn't in fact AI as valve presented it but rather a standard cued effect. They have noted that even if you kill all soldiers which are near that door, it will still crash open for no apparant reason.
Because it was a recorded demo played back at E3. If you watch closely, you can also see the boards break before the crowbar hits them (on that same video.) -- Valve has responded to all those comments, and they basically admitted they have some kinks to work out in their demo recording/playback rountines. Nothing to do with the AI, and the kicking in the door thing was not staged.
Is it just me, or can any retard/joe blow setup a review site nowadays?
Forget writing a complete review... You get free stuff, man!
Don't forget to slap your logo over all the images of said product, include advertisements on the left and right bars of your page (and maybe even the tops and bottoms), and then have a " gives this a x out of 10!" with a shot of your website's logo at the end of the review. Perfect!
Unless you've got a Dell Inspiron, which likes to make a nice high-pitch noise constantly while running. (Maybe the hard drive?)
This has NOTHING to do with DRM. Sheesh. Pull your head out of your arse. Try doing a bit more research before jerking your knees all over.
libopendaap is a library written in C which enables applications to discover, and connect to, iTunes® music shares.
This article has nothing to do with DEDRMS or FairPlay. It has to do with the way software communicates with ITMS and iTunes itself.
libopendaap is a library written in C which enables applications to discover, and connect to, iTunes® music shares.
Thanks for playing, though.
Sounds like a problem with London, and not America.. much less Florida.
How is that different from what they're doing in this Florida town?
Where do I even start? They're not tagging everything with RFIDs; RFIDs aren't even involved! They're not tracking people, they're spotting stolen/APB'd vehicles.
And if that's not enough, how about if they required a RFID sub-skin implant for all US citizens
You're talking new world order type stuff, which this license plate scanning is clearly not. When it gets to the point of "implant a chip or die/be imprisoned", I'm sure there is gonna be an uprising or rebellion of some sort. God forbid we ever get lazy enough with our democracy to allow that sort of thing to happen.
Yes, because that's exactly what this traffic camera does!
Way to go, AC! Rock on wit yo bad self!
STEVE JOBS, IS THAT YOU??
How does this have anything to do with being searched??
If you're driving a car with a stolen license plate, that IS probable cause, and the officer is within his/her right to search your vehicle.
This device/camera is capturing your image and your license plate, all in a very public place of which you can have no assumption of privacy.
How is this NOT something helpful in the fight against crime? How is this an invasion of privacy?
ie, "Courts have ruled that in a public area, you have no expectation of privacy,"
System scans license plate --> finds license plate is for a stolen car --> police notified of location in real time.
How is that a bad thing, again?
I loved playing that game :)
That was total marketing genius.
And when they grab you with those metal claws, you can't break free.. because they're made of metal, and robots are strong.
What's to stop me from ripping an iTunes-burned CD back to AAC or MP3 (with iTunes, even!), and then distributing that over P2P?
This restriction is simply to make it impractical to make 1000 copies of some new album you downloaded from iTunes with a CD recorder tower.
I'm gonna assume you meant WITHOUT a CD recorder tower. But, what's to stop me from burning a playlist once, then using Nero/etc. to make multiple copies of the CD?
Seems pretty stupid to me.