And every one of the things you cited requires a physical storefront and equipment other than a big honking server and a network connection to keep going. Thus, MMO should cost less than those.
Of course, the ultimate arbiter of how much MMO play is worth is how much can be extracted from suckers^W customers willing to buy a boxed game then pay a monthly rental fee on top of that to enjoy it.
Whatever the outcome, make sure to check here to see how your representatives will have voted, decide whether that represents you, then donate and vote accordingly.
Having your shopping cart looked over is the same as being falsely detained? That's a new one.
What shopping cart? The man was physically accosted after paying for his purchases. There was no "shopping cart" involved.
If there are, then why are they doing it? Besides, even if they use other means, people like you will whine just as much.
I assume this is just bait, but I'll bite anyway. They're doing it because they believe it has deterrent value, and because they can because too many people are sheep. I don't care if they have parabolic mirrors, security guards, surveillance cameras, or any of the myriad means available that don't involve false arrest or search of my packages or person without my consent..
IF things get worse, it might make sense to fight over them. As of right now, you are more than welcome to avoid stores whose policies you do not agree with.
And how, pray tell, am I to "avoid stores whose policies you do not agree with?" It's not as if those policies are posted or agreed to by the customer in advance (wholesale clubs excepted). As I've pointed out in this very thread, stores would not risk offending people with money (who tend to not want to put up with this sort of thing) until after they've paid.
Anyway, this conversation is at an impasse, and there's no point in us continuing. Anyway, don't you worry--things probably won't get worse--but it's because there will be "people like me" who give a damn and push back. While "people like you" who don't cherish the rights they were fortunate enough to be born into make me sad, I'll continue doing my part. Peace, out.
That will result in a raising of the bar, but continued availability of software. During the Dark Ages of copy protection, the 1980s, there arose a meritocracy of crackers who defeated the most convoluted schemes of the day on programs from Lotus 1-2-3 to dBase III to M.U.L.E.
It looks like that unless we want to set a thread depth record, we should agree to disagree. Legality aside, Apple isn't likely to come after anyone for using Hymn/Playfair for making personal use of tracks they paid for. While Apple knows its DRM is easily circumvented, I suppose they have to put on a show for the recording industry. Until they take it over.
The philisophy and the legality are in agreement, so the dichotomy between them does not exist. Any judge that deems the act of converting a song an individual purchased to a non-DRM format for his/her personal use not to be a fair use under existing copyright law is in error. Further, requiring waiver of that right as a condition of sale could be an unsconscionable contract provision, particularly in the case of a contract of adhesion like the iTMS user agreement.
Much as you might wish that "fair use" were a Constitutional right, there is simply no basis for that in law.
The fallacy you're engaging here is that if it isn't codified in the Constitution, it's not a right. And yes, I believe that for a judge to rule against the doctrine of Fair Use, that s/he is either philisophically in error, bought, or both.
. . . even if it does pass, is that vendors are going to be very careful when describng a product to only include non-infringing uses in its marketing material. It would be instructional to go look at the old ads for the GoVideo dual deck VCR. They talked about its lawful purposes, while revealing enough that someone with two brain cells would think "Whoa! I could use this to copiez teh movies!"
Learn something every day. Surely there's some safeguard that prevents the scenario you describe of people lifting research from journals and patenting it? Does a patent application not require the applicant to represent him/her/corporate self as an inventor?
Not that it should be patentable, but that's not what the patent is about. What it describes is a means of guessing which 9 digits are the Federal Reserve RTN by seeing which are the first 9 consecutive digits to pass the check digit test.
A means of doing the same thing without infringing on this patent (which should never have been granted) would be to check to see which 9 digits are in a list of all known RTNs. In case Amazon was going to patent that to, mark the time of this post as prior art.
It's good to see that commercial-scale compiling is now available to the dedicated hobbyist. This and other applcations of distributed computing have the potential to not only put to some useful purpose the generation or two of old machines from previous upgrades, but to inspire the creation of other distributed applications for them.
I'm not sure what you mean. The purpose of the program is to enable people to make fair use of tracks they've purchased. It's of no use without the purchased tracks. And despite the fact that the program is widely available, despite Apple's jackbooted efforts to the contrary, there doesn't seem to be a flood of inferior 128kbit rips of iTMS songs floating around the P2P networks.
Maybe this will inhibit entities violating the basic tenets of the Internet by refusing to serve based on location. And if it doesn't, at least I'll have the consolation that it's costing them. (reposted due to unfair moderation)
Don't want your third world country cut off electronically from the rest of the world? Cut off your spammers. Better yet, use your nic.$TLD site to serve videos of them being hanged. Otherwise, continue enjoying the cash coming in from the spammers and realize that you'll be pariahs in the Internet community.
Maybe this will inhibit entities violating the basic tenets of the Internet by refusing to serve based on location. And if it doesn't, at least I'll have the consolation that it's costing them.
Got me there--I had only heard the word before. Usually, it's just the opposite in that I would read the word and never heard it spoken and thus would mispronounce it. Thanks for the correction!
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On a per-user basis? You have got to be kidding me Only one person at a time can play a DDR machine.
Of course, the ultimate arbiter of how much MMO play is worth is how much can be extracted from suckers^W customers willing to buy a boxed game then pay a monthly rental fee on top of that to enjoy it.
Whatever the outcome, make sure to check here to see how your representatives will have voted, decide whether that represents you, then donate and vote accordingly.
What shopping cart? The man was physically accosted after paying for his purchases. There was no "shopping cart" involved.
If there are, then why are they doing it? Besides, even if they use other means, people like you will whine just as much.
I assume this is just bait, but I'll bite anyway. They're doing it because they believe it has deterrent value, and because they can because too many people are sheep. I don't care if they have parabolic mirrors, security guards, surveillance cameras, or any of the myriad means available that don't involve false arrest or search of my packages or person without my consent..
IF things get worse, it might make sense to fight over them. As of right now, you are more than welcome to avoid stores whose policies you do not agree with.
And how, pray tell, am I to "avoid stores whose policies you do not agree with?" It's not as if those policies are posted or agreed to by the customer in advance (wholesale clubs excepted). As I've pointed out in this very thread, stores would not risk offending people with money (who tend to not want to put up with this sort of thing) until after they've paid.
Anyway, this conversation is at an impasse, and there's no point in us continuing. Anyway, don't you worry--things probably won't get worse--but it's because there will be "people like me" who give a damn and push back. While "people like you" who don't cherish the rights they were fortunate enough to be born into make me sad, I'll continue doing my part. Peace, out.
They get it from corporations who sell software, who make their money selling it to us. IOW, they get their power from us.
There is nothing new under the Sun.
It looks like that unless we want to set a thread depth record, we should agree to disagree. Legality aside, Apple isn't likely to come after anyone for using Hymn/Playfair for making personal use of tracks they paid for. While Apple knows its DRM is easily circumvented, I suppose they have to put on a show for the recording industry. Until they take it over.
The philisophy and the legality are in agreement, so the dichotomy between them does not exist. Any judge that deems the act of converting a song an individual purchased to a non-DRM format for his/her personal use not to be a fair use under existing copyright law is in error. Further, requiring waiver of that right as a condition of sale could be an unsconscionable contract provision, particularly in the case of a contract of adhesion like the iTMS user agreement.
The fallacy you're engaging here is that if it isn't codified in the Constitution, it's not a right. And yes, I believe that for a judge to rule against the doctrine of Fair Use, that s/he is either philisophically in error, bought, or both.
. . . even if it does pass, is that vendors are going to be very careful when describng a product to only include non-infringing uses in its marketing material. It would be instructional to go look at the old ads for the GoVideo dual deck VCR. They talked about its lawful purposes, while revealing enough that someone with two brain cells would think "Whoa! I could use this to copiez teh movies!"
Learn something every day. Surely there's some safeguard that prevents the scenario you describe of people lifting research from journals and patenting it? Does a patent application not require the applicant to represent him/her/corporate self as an inventor?
A means of doing the same thing without infringing on this patent (which should never have been granted) would be to check to see which 9 digits are in a list of all known RTNs. In case Amazon was going to patent that to, mark the time of this post as prior art.
It's good to see that commercial-scale compiling is now available to the dedicated hobbyist. This and other applcations of distributed computing have the potential to not only put to some useful purpose the generation or two of old machines from previous upgrades, but to inspire the creation of other distributed applications for them.
I'm not sure what you mean. The purpose of the program is to enable people to make fair use of tracks they've purchased. It's of no use without the purchased tracks. And despite the fact that the program is widely available, despite Apple's jackbooted efforts to the contrary, there doesn't seem to be a flood of inferior 128kbit rips of iTMS songs floating around the P2P networks.
. . . with the Open Source community. Just ask these guys.
Maybe this will inhibit entities violating the basic tenets of the Internet by refusing to serve based on location. And if it doesn't, at least I'll have the consolation that it's costing them. (reposted due to unfair moderation)
I'm sure the favors Disney would have lost from those opposed to the release of this film are worth far more than the net Disney would have received.
Or you could do what people who find themselves in such a neighboorhood usually do--move, and leave the problems to the minorites.
Don't want your third world country cut off electronically from the rest of the world? Cut off your spammers. Better yet, use your nic.$TLD site to serve videos of them being hanged. Otherwise, continue enjoying the cash coming in from the spammers and realize that you'll be pariahs in the Internet community.
Maybe this will inhibit entities violating the basic tenets of the Internet by refusing to serve based on location. And if it doesn't, at least I'll have the consolation that it's costing them.
Time service.
Hear, hear. And a big raspberry to whoever modded that legitimate comment a troll.
Damn, that simoniker is pretty quick with the editor downmods. Guess Taco's got some competition there!
Thanks.
Got me there--I had only heard the word before. Usually, it's just the opposite in that I would read the word and never heard it spoken and thus would mispronounce it. Thanks for the correction!