Why are all these cases aimed at people who merely index content?
Because its easier to show in the court what is going on ' look, the have this web page here that says you can download xyz'. And then present pretty graphics to the judge. Trying to explain packets and p2p clients would be harder and risky.
And if they shut down 99% of the public sites, they have succeeded in their task. They know they cant ever stop the hardcore, but if they can get to the casual down loader, they will be happy.
Apple isn't out to fight people that want to 'tinker', they are just going after a different market now, the 'consumer market'. Its where the real money is to be made, and the side effect are shiny closed boxes that 'just work'.
If you still want to 'tinker', you still can, just you do it elsewhere. Give your kid a FPGA board and some books on basic logic.
Patenting a government process while on government time? I didn't think that was even legal, but if it is, then 'we the people' own the rights to the patent anyway.
If you could tap into non traditional energy sources on board ( like heat, sunlight, cosmic rays, etc ) the car would be for all practical purposes perpetual ( until physical entropy took over and the wheels fell off. ).
And while i agree NOTHING last forever, in this game its all relative. If you can outlast mankind ( like our sun will ), might as well call it perpetual.
Odd, i was never locked in. I used 3rd party apps all the time.
Tho i agree i wasn't able to get past the initial registration without itunes, but actually USING it wasn't a problem. ( there might have been a way, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me )
Not only that, but you are not forced to buy one. We aren't talking a monopoly over basic human needs. Aside from being optional entertainment, there are plenty of other choices.
Never said it was easy, all i meant is that it CAN be done. If you can write the firmware, i don't think getting past the 'prevention' is that big of a deal.
In the old days with non flashed soldered BIOS ROMs, i didn't see complaints then....
I do not necessarily mind paying for music. I do mind being told what type of device I can play my music on. That, my friends, is tyranny. This leads me to another gripe: The iPod and its ilk. We bought the device, therefore we own it and should have the right to modify it to work the way we want it. This is very much like purchasing a car, truck, or motocycle and customizing it. We purchase the vehicle so we own it and can modify it (legally) to ways we see fit. In this day and age, it looks like we purchase the license or right to use something which stifles innovation and puts us even further technologically behind other countries.
Ok, so write your own firmware on the device and do what you want.. No one is stopping you.
Conditions are not the same everywhere. We are talking about a freaking video game.. If we were talking about something important that mattered and every similar career option in the country was locked in, we could discuss appropriate regulations..
But we arent in that situtaion, and again its a VIDEO GAME.
Its the entire American IT structure. Many businesses also don't understand the ramifications and just bid out and take the lowest price attached to the best looking sales rep.
Once they do get burnt, they bring it back in house.
I don't know if its a misunderstanding of what role IT plays in their organization, or if its just the overall mentality of slashing all immediate costs ( I have seen both... )
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Odd, all my apple hardware 'just works'. Sorry to hear it doesnt for you.
And yes, i have apple all the way back to the ][ and if i want to "tinker" ( im an EE ) i can get out a box of parts.
Why are all these cases aimed at people who merely index content?
Because its easier to show in the court what is going on ' look, the have this web page here that says you can download xyz'. And then present pretty graphics to the judge. Trying to explain packets and p2p clients would be harder and risky.
And if they shut down 99% of the public sites, they have succeeded in their task. They know they cant ever stop the hardcore, but if they can get to the casual down loader, they will be happy.
Takes another hit.
Apple isn't out to fight people that want to 'tinker', they are just going after a different market now, the 'consumer market'. Its where the real money is to be made, and the side effect are shiny closed boxes that 'just work'.
If you still want to 'tinker', you still can, just you do it elsewhere. Give your kid a FPGA board and some books on basic logic.
Thru all those dollar bills that were used to buy them off with.
Patenting a government process while on government time? I didn't think that was even legal, but if it is, then 'we the people' own the rights to the patent anyway.
If you could tap into non traditional energy sources on board ( like heat, sunlight, cosmic rays, etc ) the car would be for all practical purposes perpetual ( until physical entropy took over and the wheels fell off. ).
And while i agree NOTHING last forever, in this game its all relative. If you can outlast mankind ( like our sun will ), might as well call it perpetual.
..."hundreds of miles" at speeds over 100MPH without stopping to recharge.'...
I guess you went to a public school.
Which makes its mostly useless for 99% of us, unless you run cables to repeaters everywhere, which sort of defeats the purpose.
And how well would it work outside? Not well i would imagine.
Odd, i was never locked in. I used 3rd party apps all the time.
Tho i agree i wasn't able to get past the initial registration without itunes, but actually USING it wasn't a problem. ( there might have been a way, but it wasn't that big of a deal to me )
Not only that, but you are not forced to buy one. We aren't talking a monopoly over basic human needs. Aside from being optional entertainment, there are plenty of other choices.
Never said it was easy, all i meant is that it CAN be done. If you can write the firmware, i don't think getting past the 'prevention' is that big of a deal.
In the old days with non flashed soldered BIOS ROMs, i didn't see complaints then....
I do not necessarily mind paying for music. I do mind being told what type of device I can play my music on. That, my friends, is tyranny. This leads me to another gripe: The iPod and its ilk. We bought the device, therefore we own it and should have the right to modify it to work the way we want it. This is very much like purchasing a car, truck, or motocycle and customizing it. We purchase the vehicle so we own it and can modify it (legally) to ways we see fit. In this day and age, it looks like we purchase the license or right to use something which stifles innovation and puts us even further technologically behind other countries.
Ok, so write your own firmware on the device and do what you want.. No one is stopping you.
Ya, subtle anti-gun marketing by the media, to subconsciously perpetuate the 'evil nature' of a particular class of guns.
Just strap the watch to the gun :)
But i agree its a ludicrous concept, and just one more step towards world disarmament of private citizens.
Or the most expensive. ~1500 bucks for 2 players..
And you have to be worried about batteries.
Umm no.
1 - its far more expensive
2 - it has no keyboard
3 - did i mention it was expensive?
They get to do as they please.
*snip*
It goes badly
Everyone sues everyone.
The lawyers win big time.
Hmm - sound familiar?
Yep, far to often its how things go. But not always on this scale.
I see you totally missed my point.
That is why i asked, i was hoping it was a real VoIP that we could use, without jailbreaking first.
We do have wifi, and a mic.
It doesn't mean that its the Chinese government...
Unless they choose to, its a free country remember :)
Conditions are not the same everywhere. We are talking about a freaking video game.. If we were talking about something important that mattered and every similar career option in the country was locked in, we could discuss appropriate regulations..
But we arent in that situtaion, and again its a VIDEO GAME.
Its the entire American IT structure. Many businesses also don't understand the ramifications and just bid out and take the lowest price attached to the best looking sales rep.
Once they do get burnt, they bring it back in house.
I don't know if its a misunderstanding of what role IT plays in their organization, or if its just the overall mentality of slashing all immediate costs ( I have seen both... )