Geeks: You shouldn't go after the P2P software makers, go after users who violate copywrite. A tool is just a tool.
RIAA: Ok, we'll go after users. Verizson, tell us who this guy is.
Geeks: You can't go after the users, they have a right to being anonymous.
Bottom line is you can't have it both ways. The law (good or bad) is being broken. Who should the copywrite holders go after? The tools or the abusers.
Geeks have a long and rich heritage they should be proud of. The Geek is and always will be an important part of the circus sideshow. Without them biting the heads off live chickens, the red neck circus patron will have no one to compare themselves favorably to before the beer kicks in.
So what do I do if I dont want the AOL crap? Is there a GUI uninstaller (is it a package format) or must I purge it from the command line? Its all well and good to give an easy installer, however that's no good if I must then uninstall stuff to get the base I want.
thats a grey area that is still unde debate in many courts. In several cases however it has been deamed to be "ok" (and I use that term loosly) as no child was harmed.
No since it dosn't. You see to make kiddie porn some kid has to be involved. If in order to make Quake the devlopers had to video people getting their heads blown off you would have a closer analogy.
Last I checked Ultra Edit could not convert XLS files into HTML tables (to pick a function at random). People are using my product, it has many features that are not found in text editors. You'r post dosn't sound like flamebait, just like you've not looked at what people use and what my application offers.
indeed. the dumb ass patriot act makes it illigal. Why is the school to blame for wanting to follow the law? Once can argue that the law is injsut but that in no way makes the school wrong for wanting to follow it.
your URL is wrong
So people have not in the past registered due to my mis typing a URL on slashdot today? I give my users credit for a lot of things, but being able to tell the future is no one of them
the web site doesn't even describe the product
Ok, this is true to a point. However I assume that people who go to the page for the most oart have an idea as to what the program is and can fill in the blanks from the information listed.
its listed as a beta product the support page is pretty much empty
The support page is being taken down.
techniques is pretty much empty
I never got around to finishing this, its not pretty much empty, it dosn't exist.
the License page is blank
the license is being updated in an attept to address the miss use of the current version.
Bottom line is that people are using the product without paying for it. This means I need to drop the project or re address the licensing issues and add in some time or feature limitations rather then realying on people registering it becuase its the right thing to do.
Sounds about right. However there are other factors involved. I refuse to release cripple-ware (software that has features missing until you register it). This leads most of my software to be pirated (note that due to the license, using the shareware after 30 days constitutes piracy). I have close to a half million downloads from various sources for my last program, Net Weasel (http://www.klassy.com/NetWeasl/) and I cant justify finishing the web page for it because I have gotten 0 registrations. I know for a fact that a good selection of the downloaders are using the program but I've not seen one cent from them. If I where to add feature or time limitations to my release odds are I would see return on my investment. However that would require compromising my ideals. Ah well.
I've worked on projects that had close to 100% piracy rates. That is to say that almost everyone who used it was stealing it. This in no way helped me, in fact it drive the company under.
When you design a game with a lower resolution in mind you can make it with higher numbers of polygons. Show me a PC game with real time 3D that runs in 320x200. As for StarFox. The game dosn't look that great other then the pre rendered animation sequences.
All that wireless networking hardware you just got is obsolete. Step right up to buy the "new pariah thing" or be rendered a pariah by your friends for not having the coolest crap on the block.
Hell, I still use Wavelan for my wireless gunk and I see no need to upgrade.
When a DVD is released most if not all of the production cost has all ready been made back. The only new production expense is the added features. Compare this to a CD that has to earn enough to pay for production AND distrabution in one go.
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RIAA: Ok, we'll go after users. Verizson, tell us who this guy is.
Geeks: You can't go after the users, they have a right to being anonymous.
Bottom line is you can't have it both ways. The law (good or bad) is being broken. Who should the copywrite holders go after? The tools or the abusers.
Geeks have a long and rich heritage they should be proud of. The Geek is and always will be an important part of the circus sideshow. Without them biting the heads off live chickens, the red neck circus patron will have no one to compare themselves favorably to before the beer kicks in.
So all "computer imapaired relatives" need AOL? Thats painting with a rather large brush dont you think?
So what do I do if I dont want the AOL crap? Is there a GUI uninstaller (is it a package format) or must I purge it from the command line? Its all well and good to give an easy installer, however that's no good if I must then uninstall stuff to get the base I want.
Can any one recomend a good distro for a scorpio?
So you spend the time and money to back up game DVDs? Sorry, I dont buy it. Its not cost effective to do that.
Val Kilmer had to use the modem to contact the mothership before the bugs ate him.
Some how I dont think anyone is really going to be impressed by a bunch of nerds holding a virtual "sit in" on a P2P network.
thats a grey area that is still unde debate in many courts. In several cases however it has been deamed to be "ok" (and I use that term loosly) as no child was harmed.
No since it dosn't. You see to make kiddie porn some kid has to be involved. If in order to make Quake the devlopers had to video people getting their heads blown off you would have a closer analogy.
PS: Front page is evil.
indeed. the dumb ass patriot act makes it illigal. Why is the school to blame for wanting to follow the law? Once can argue that the law is injsut but that in no way makes the school wrong for wanting to follow it.
What's the problem with this? Its a school computer, they get to say whats OK.
your URL is wrong
So people have not in the past registered due to my mis typing a URL on slashdot today? I give my users credit for a lot of things, but being able to tell the future is no one of them
the web site doesn't even describe the product
Ok, this is true to a point. However I assume that people who go to the page for the most oart have an idea as to what the program is and can fill in the blanks from the information listed.
its listed as a beta product
the support page is pretty much empty
The support page is being taken down.
techniques is pretty much empty
I never got around to finishing this, its not pretty much empty, it dosn't exist.
the License page is blank
the license is being updated in an attept to address the miss use of the current version.
Bottom line is that people are using the product without paying for it. This means I need to drop the project or re address the licensing issues and add in some time or feature limitations rather then realying on people registering it becuase its the right thing to do.
Sounds about right. However there are other factors involved. I refuse to release cripple-ware (software that has features missing until you register it). This leads most of my software to be pirated (note that due to the license, using the shareware after 30 days constitutes piracy). I have close to a half million downloads from various sources for my last program, Net Weasel (http://www.klassy.com/NetWeasl/) and I cant justify finishing the web page for it because I have gotten 0 registrations. I know for a fact that a good selection of the downloaders are using the program but I've not seen one cent from them. If I where to add feature or time limitations to my release odds are I would see return on my investment. However that would require compromising my ideals. Ah well.
I've worked on projects that had close to 100% piracy rates. That is to say that almost everyone who used it was stealing it. This in no way helped me, in fact it drive the company under.
When you design a game with a lower resolution in mind you can make it with higher numbers of polygons. Show me a PC game with real time 3D that runs in 320x200. As for StarFox. The game dosn't look that great other then the pre rendered animation sequences.
"most console games look much better than PC games "
That the console is running in ~320x200 has nothing to do with it right?
Quoth the Simpsons.
Krusty : "KKK? Thats not good."
Tried playing Quake by snail mail. Took forever before the letter saying I'd been fraged 10^5 times for just standing there to arive.
Hell, I still use Wavelan for my wireless gunk and I see no need to upgrade.
When a DVD is released most if not all of the production cost has all ready been made back. The only new production expense is the added features. Compare this to a CD that has to earn enough to pay for production AND distrabution in one go.
To record the commentary track for a two hour movie takes two hours. How long do you think it takes to record a CD?
cue the a-team theme song.
Oh, wait a sec'. Sy-M-bian. Never mind.