And i assume a virtual cpu license is cheaper then a hard cpu license, since performace is less.
So now you get a dual core cpu ( soon you wont have a choice ), and you get screwed by Microsoft.
What is next, back to per cycle charges?
Or how about just change to a national 'per brain' charge? Once a person is born, they just start charging you since eventually you will use a computer of some sort.
Its all a f-ing scam. Should they be able to make a profit? Sure. But should they be allowed to screw you? No.
Damned things are annoying, and so are the people that dont have the courtsey to not check their messages while things are going on around them, such as a meeting, or direct discussion.
They are almost as rude as the damned cell phone users that cant get off the damned phone long enough to even check out at the grocery store.
Actually, a pocket wireless jammer sounds better and better every day.
Where have you been? Its past time to worry about that.
I wonder how long IBM will do this.. ant hold out forever. First law suit against them 'you could have detected that billy was prone to coming in and shooting up the office, but you didnt take proper steps to determine this'...
In my area, posession of 'tools' at home does not constitute a crime.
Driving around with them with out a license would take some explaining, but depending on the situation that wouldnt be automatically a crime either. ( much as the transport of a firearm to the range, unloaded in your trunk, without holding a carry license is legal )
However, getting caught doing something wrong with them in your possession gets you extra time in jail.
While they cant remove existing work, they can kill any future development. AND they can absorb the developers into the corporation and cut off any short term outside projects with a 'non compete' agreement.
No.... cant have change.. noo...
All kidding aside, i was used to the old format and knew where stuff was, but this seems to address that issue for new comers..
Well i never trusted the rest of the world much either.
The part about eliminating the rest of the world was the sarcasm part i believe, not that th rest of the world matters any, just that its destruction was a joke.
I could be wrong too, i didnt make the post and dont know the guy.
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And i assume a virtual cpu license is cheaper then a hard cpu license, since performace is less.
So now you get a dual core cpu ( soon you wont have a choice ), and you get screwed by Microsoft.
What is next, back to per cycle charges?
Or how about just change to a national 'per brain' charge? Once a person is born, they just start charging you since eventually you will use a computer of some sort.
Its all a f-ing scam. Should they be able to make a profit? Sure. But should they be allowed to screw you? No.
He had wireless power distribution 100 years ago.
Damned things are annoying, and so are the people that dont have the courtsey to not check their messages while things are going on around them, such as a meeting, or direct discussion.
They are almost as rude as the damned cell phone users that cant get off the damned phone long enough to even check out at the grocery store.
Actually, a pocket wireless jammer sounds better and better every day.
Where have you been? Its past time to worry about that.
I wonder how long IBM will do this.. ant hold out forever. First law suit against them 'you could have detected that billy was prone to coming in and shooting up the office, but you didnt take proper steps to determine this'...
In my area, posession of 'tools' at home does not constitute a crime.
Driving around with them with out a license would take some explaining, but depending on the situation that wouldnt be automatically a crime either. ( much as the transport of a firearm to the range, unloaded in your trunk, without holding a carry license is legal )
However, getting caught doing something wrong with them in your possession gets you extra time in jail.
Now of course in your area YMMV.....
"No one cares if you have a million burned copies of the latest single."
Ah, but they DO care. They want you to pay for each copy you have. One for your car, one for your ipod, another for your house.. etc etc.
In their twisted world, thats revenue that you have stolen from them.
( actually their dream would be pay per listen, but that is a different discussion )
Since you arent really bypassing anything, i dont believe the DMCA will apply.
However, your idea about burglary tools wont be far off..
Cant have that pesky evidence that you faked it all laying around.
The dream of the RIAA/MPAA.. So they can restrict what you can hear.
Not saying microsoft is the least bit innocent, but this is one of those cases that no matter what they do they are screwed.
A - Do nothing and get blamed for being insecure.
B - Do something, and get accused of illegal practices.
Heh, i remember when that term was first coined, and then promptly printed and posted on the office bulletin board.
Considering 'linux' isn't a Finnish product that creates direct revenue via exporting, that wont count.
Nokia? sure.. boycott those bastards.
That Google isnt cool anymore? They are acting like any other mega-corporation.
Or does it take something else to de-cool them?
Yes, its my choice. And they should choose to support me and not use that crap.
Yet another thing i wont be viewing.
F-em
While they cant remove existing work, they can kill any future development. AND they can absorb the developers into the corporation and cut off any short term outside projects with a 'non compete' agreement.
No.... cant have change.. noo... All kidding aside, i was used to the old format and knew where stuff was, but this seems to address that issue for new comers..
Is this real or some cruel joke? Its rare to hear a ruling on rights that makes sence these days. Tuis is one of those occasions..
Give that judge a twinkee!
I guess ill be sued next, i was dreaming of music last night.
Im evil. I didnt pay my fee for the 're-enactment'.
These people really need to be stopped.
Pissing off your customers seems to work for the RIAA, so why not.
If its been broadcasted over the wire/air, then they should just shut their face.
Whats next, a 'timeout' for shows recorded on your PVR so you cant watch your show a month later? ( yes, that part was sarcasm )
I'm not sure id call it a loophole, as the very intent of the GPL is to allow others to do that.
Good thing they didnt use the BSD license, they would really be bitching..
Hey, thats the price of being 'open', live by the sword, die by it.
Well i never trusted the rest of the world much either.
The part about eliminating the rest of the world was the sarcasm part i believe, not that th rest of the world matters any, just that its destruction was a joke.
I could be wrong too, i didnt make the post and dont know the guy.
Sure, why not, they are just a financial drain anyway.
See, i can be sarcastic too.
Forget 'force', remember its our ( the US ) funding that keeps the UN functioning.
We should have pulled out of this idiotic thing a long time ago, and perhaps this will be the final straw. Once can hope.
Isn't, at its core, copyright infringement really about infringing on the contract you entered with the company who produced the content?
if so, the 14 y ear old cant be held liable. She's unable to legally enter into a contract at that age in the first place.