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  1. Re:Geico banned keyword on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 1

    Wait, you can't advertise about Jews?

  2. Re:HAHAHAHA on Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone · · Score: 2, Insightful

    also. lawyers aren't there to always win a case. Sometimes you need one just to help get a reduced sentence, or to settle out of court. Not to mention that they also already know what paper work or forms you may need to file to assist with what it is you are trying to do.

  3. Re:HAHAHAHA on Jammie Thomas May Face RIAA Trial Alone · · Score: 1

    So if a football team loses, they shouldn't pay the players or coaches? Does it matter if there are contracts signed before hand that states that payment is made regardless of outcome?

  4. Re:is it infringement? on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 3, Informative
    The associate shows me Gucci because Gucci paid the department store to misdirect anyone looking for Armani to instead be shown Gucci.

    You must be new to the internet. Let me help you out a little. When you use Google, they provide both search results, and ads. The search results are the ones that you normally want to look at after a search. Those are the equivalent to the nice associate giving you the information on how to find Armani. The flier that the associate hands you is the equivalent to a targeted ad. You still get your search result. You are also given an ad.

  5. Re:is it infringement? on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 2, Insightful
    GO IN and look for adverts.

    I must be doing this whole google thing wrong then. When I use google, I do it for the search results. I rarely look a the ads that pop up...

  6. Re:is it infringement? on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 1
    This is similar to cybersquatting on domain names.

    No it isn't, cybersquatting prevents anybody else from using a domain. Setting a key word for ad views does no such thing. The owner of the trade mark can also purchase the advertising on google as well.

  7. Re:is it infringement? on Lawsuit Says Google's Sale of Keywords Is Illegal · · Score: 1
    Let's say that company "A" makes a pill called "Pill A" (I'm being real creative) Company "B" makes a generic version. As the targeted group for Company B are the people buying Pill A, it makes sense that they would place ads in places that people who buy Pill A would see them.

    As this in no way interferes with actual search results, I don't see a problem.

  8. It's simple on NY Court Says Police Can't Track Suspect With GPS · · Score: 1

    The cop tells the judge that they misplaced their GPS unit. To find it, they started tracking it so that they could send an officer to pick it up again. And wouldn't you know it, when they went to get it, they noticed the guy was selling drugs. What a happy coincidence.

  9. Re:Nonsequitor in the summary on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    It's been a while since I played FFX, so I could be wrong there I guess. X2 was pretty active, if you stood there, the enemy would still attack. It was still menu driven, and the encounters were still random taking you to a battle screen like previous games. XII did away with random encounters from what I could see my girlfriend play at the time, you saw the enemies on the map, and when attacking, never left the map, it was basically just a menu driven action game.

  10. Re:Just call it 'Time Switch' on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    Then rewrite it from the ground up so it is nolonger just a rom hack...

  11. Re:Too Late to Pull it on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    Why wait? I never heard of this project until after Squenix sent the letter and then it got slashdotted. Perhaps Squenix didn't hear about it until it reached the 98% mark...

  12. Re:Dear Square/Enix, on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Learn how the new economy works or you will fail.

    I think that they know how it works. Seeing as how they are protecting their copyright, and seeing as to how they have rereleased the games multiple times to some profit. And the company as a whole is hugely successful. Perhaps you should instead forward this letter to the people hacking the rom to advise them to learn how the economy works?

  13. Re:So well-timed. on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    maybe that's how it was back in the day when game companies needed to look for talent, but how many people out there now consider them selves game programmers? How many schools offer courses like that? There's a glut of people out there doing these things. Big developers already have the people they need, and if they need more, they'll put out an ad. if you want to be recruited, you'll have to show lots and lots of real talent, not just hack an old rom.

  14. Re:Are these people stupid? on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    ummm... Didn't snakes on a plane tank?

  15. Re:They're trying to prevent people from pirating on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    Hi, welcome to the real world where what you think is irrelevant.

  16. Re:Nonsequitor in the summary on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    by non-owner, you mean someone who illegally downloaded a copy of the original game? I don't think that actually qualifies you as an owner...

  17. Re:Nonsequitor in the summary on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    Yeah, same here. Never played it, and I've been gaming since the intellivision...

  18. Re:Nonsequitor in the summary on Square Enix Shuts Down Fan-Made Chrono Trigger Sequel · · Score: 1

    FFX and FFX2 were still kinda turn based, using active battle time, which means you still had the menues, but if you waited too long, the enemy still got to take their turns. FFXII looked more like an action RPG with menus instead of a turn based RPG, and FFXIII is supposed to be even worse. They are taking the series away from turn based.

  19. Re:Awesome on The Pirate Bay Seeks Interesting Route To "Pay" Fine · · Score: 1
    Do what thou will shall be the whole of the law, right?

    Sure, if you practice the retarded drug induced satanism that actually has nothing to do with Satan...

    Stupid hippies making all the other real cultists look bad...

  20. Re:Crackfix please on Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates · · Score: 1

    To be fair, if it's one you can purchase online, they give you that option then so you can save. Otherwise, you normally don't get far enough to make saving nesscessary

  21. Re:Crackfix please on Windows 7 RCs Shut Down To Force Updates · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I don't know how many game demos that I've downloaded and played that have time limits on play.

    Generally, I find it frustrating that I can't save and have to stop at the good part, but if the game is good, I then buy it.

  22. Re:But... on Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court · · Score: 1
    bus is better, as probably won't get signal in a subway.

    this is also until someone finds a mysterious electronic box with flashing lights in an empty bus seat...

  23. Re:But... on Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court · · Score: 1

    or, toss it into the back of a truck hauling pigs or some such...

  24. Re:But... on Warrantless GPS Tracking Is Legal, Says WI Court · · Score: 1

    They aren't tracking you, they are only tracking the GPS tracker. It's their GPS tracker, and if they want to track it they can, and if they happen to accidentally bolt it to the frame of your car...

  25. Re:i ignore voice mail on Time For Voice-Mail To Throw In the Towel · · Score: 1
    ok, better argument then.

    People are stupid. They can't figure it out if it isn't spelled out for them, and even if it is, they still have no clue. For instance, with my carrier, if someone calls your voicemail and doesn't get the password right, when you log in next, it will tell you about an unauthorized attempt to access your voicemail, then prompt you to press 1 to repeat, or 2 to continue. People have no clue what to do here. Instead of listening, they suddenly think that they no longer have voicemail and call in to complain. Likewise, a few years ago they implimented a feature where if you delete a message, you are given the option to listen to that message again and undelete it. When this upgrade went into place, along with any major voicemail upgrades, a recording is placed first to let you know of any applicable changes or issues. (you were also given a three minute airtime credit for listining to this recording) and it prompted you to press 1 to repeat it, or 2 to continue. The first thing people did was call into customer service to ask why they couldn't access their voicemail.

    So you have to leave the long winded prompts for people who can barely follow instructions, and then give the more adept users the ability to switch to shorter ones in the menu.