The use of mod chips to boot legit games from other regions, and self-made software is a joke compared to the number of people who get mods to play copies.
Each thing you mention has significant uses greater in number than illegal. The mod chips, however, do not.
I wish there was a mod that you could get that would only bypass region detection and allow booting of homemade software. But they're aren't. They're all made to boot "backups" so people don't have to actually buy the games.
And I'm sure your daughter likely doesn't use the computer much beyond basic internet activities and maybe word processing.
For the rest of us who demand a bit more from our systems, both MacOS X and Windows have things a bit more ironed out than Linux.
Sure it installs easy, but if you look past the very high leve, simplistic usage, you immediately see this huge cliff built by the propellerheads.
There seems to be no middle ground in using linux, you're either a propellerhead or a basic user whose movements are locked down tightly. Anyone in the middle has to fight with icons being in a billion places, no standard configuration for menus in the various desktop manager applications (or worse, KDE and it's seemingly randomly depopulating program menu (which is so easy to do via. unrelated functions it's a goddamn joke.) that drives me nuts.)
If Apple manages to get an iTMS Japan up and running, I wouldn't be able to get anything from it. That alone would kill any reason I have of ever using the iTMS.
To play through Final Fantasy 7 at least twice, Metal Gear Solid before playing MGS2, and pretty much any worthwhile PS1 game that came out and I never played cause I never actually owned a PS1.
Don't need to either. It's also handy to keep older games from hitting the shitter simply cause the console it came out on is dead (like dreamcast and saturn games which are increasingly hard to find consoles for.)
It'll be awesome if the PS3 has backwards compatibility with both previous systems. Keeps the legacy of the systems alive and the games played.
the RIAA wouldn't have succeeded with screwing everyone to the tune of $10-12 profit (or more) on every CD they paid a whopping $1.25 to manufacture and package.
Because as every slashbot knows, there's no more cost to the production of any given music cd than the cost to press it.
Surveillance networks will be abused for criminal purposes of tracking someone against their will with no warrant, and turning the "lack of a reasonable expectation of privacy" in the streets to "zero privacy, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" so in public remember you have the right to remain silent (and invisible, if the cops don't like you.)
And the P2P networks, where a large number of people have singlemindedly reniced on the "agreement" that was established in copyright. So now it's been broken on both sides and the only people getting screwed are the creators in the middle. The industry screams in greed, The people screem in greed. Neither side is right, and both are in violation.
Both could have some legit use, but you know they won't recieve it. I personally find both patently offensive as a result.
That companies aren't catering to a group of people more or less dependent on others violating the copyrights of other people isn't a big suprise to me.
It won't happen primarily because a large percentage of series these days are funded in part or in full by foreign licensors.
Geneon USA has been putting up the funding for many series with their names in the credits. ADV Films is reputed to be partially funding the creation of several series, and entirely funding the creation of some others.
Many Japanese companies would be hesitant to sell their product online for so little, primarily because it reaks of low quality which isn't something they like to present when selling things to the public (R2 releases of many anime dvds are expensive but are often VERY nice.
That and having to spend $3 on stuff you burn to shit CDs and can't play on TV without sitting as TMPGenc re-encodes to (low quality) VCD sucks, when you can pay $20 (plus or minus) for 3-5 episodes on pressed DVD.
And while Hoshi no Koe was done by one guy, he did license it to both a Japanese company (which helped him put a professional dub track to it) and by ADV Films. You'll also notice it took him about 2-3 years or so to produce about 30-45 minutes of animation. While his effort cannot be put down in any way, it is definitely not the future for all things.
I'd be happy if it converted various non-alphabetic characters (like Japanese) to the proper Unicode encodings, and could display said unicode in the media library.
Handling my iPod is about the only thing winamp doesn't do with my music collection (well that and rip, which is done by EAC and LAME.)
This plugin is nice, unless you speak/read/understand non-european languages.
- Actually use IE - Actually authorize anything and everything to be "always trusted"
Then you get what you ask for. Besides, that "Always trust content from XXXXXXX" is a checkbox you must select in addition to hitting OK. It's an extra step you have to take.
I'm sure a thousand newbs on linux getting "please input your root password" would do so just as quickly.
In my office we deal with several hundred machines running XP Pro with SP1 and as many patches as exist, and not once have we had this problem of "spontaneous registry corruption" that Linux users always seem to encounter when they run XP for some reason.
After the kickass showing by Capcom with Viewtiful Joe, I can't wait to see what kind of madness they bring forward in VJ2.
Viewtiful Joe, Tales of Symphonia, and a few other games are enough to justify the purchase of a Gamecube. And now with VJ2 coming out, there's not reason not to get one.
And Nintendo finished their thing where they introduced the DS.
It's got both bluetooth local play for up to 16 players but also supports WiFi for internet play. Two slots for DS carts and GB/GBA carts, touch screen, 3D support (with Super Mario 64 and a 3D Metroid game on the way for it.)
To be honest, watching the demonstrations of it give me high hopes for the DS.
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The use of mod chips to boot legit games from other regions, and self-made software is a joke compared to the number of people who get mods to play copies.
Each thing you mention has significant uses greater in number than illegal. The mod chips, however, do not.
I wish there was a mod that you could get that would only bypass region detection and allow booting of homemade software. But they're aren't. They're all made to boot "backups" so people don't have to actually buy the games.
Yeah. Right.
So instead we should be restricting freedoms, making it damn near impossible to get a pilot's license.
Never mind that it's terribly easy and more effective to get a truck and load it up with explosives than fly a small plane anywhere.
I/O DATA out of Japan makes a firewire TV tuner that is both PC and MAC compatible, for about 23000yen or so (maybe more?)
Only problem is that they don't sell it outside of Japan, and it's frigging impossible to get anyone to import electronics like computer components.
is another worm that I'll never see on my Windows box!
And I'm sure your daughter likely doesn't use the computer much beyond basic internet activities and maybe word processing.
For the rest of us who demand a bit more from our systems, both MacOS X and Windows have things a bit more ironed out than Linux.
Sure it installs easy, but if you look past the very high leve, simplistic usage, you immediately see this huge cliff built by the propellerheads.
There seems to be no middle ground in using linux, you're either a propellerhead or a basic user whose movements are locked down tightly. Anyone in the middle has to fight with icons being in a billion places, no standard configuration for menus in the various desktop manager applications (or worse, KDE and it's seemingly randomly depopulating program menu (which is so easy to do via. unrelated functions it's a goddamn joke.) that drives me nuts.)
Yeah, where you can pay for it and still not give the creators money!
It's like piracy that costs you money!
Which really kind of sucks.
If Apple manages to get an iTMS Japan up and running, I wouldn't be able to get anything from it. That alone would kill any reason I have of ever using the iTMS.
And now you wonder why they want a broadcast flag.
To play through Final Fantasy 7 at least twice, Metal Gear Solid before playing MGS2, and pretty much any worthwhile PS1 game that came out and I never played cause I never actually owned a PS1.
Don't need to either. It's also handy to keep older games from hitting the shitter simply cause the console it came out on is dead (like dreamcast and saturn games which are increasingly hard to find consoles for.)
It'll be awesome if the PS3 has backwards compatibility with both previous systems. Keeps the legacy of the systems alive and the games played.
the RIAA wouldn't have succeeded with screwing everyone to the tune of $10-12 profit (or more) on every CD they paid a whopping $1.25 to manufacture and package.
Because as every slashbot knows, there's no more cost to the production of any given music cd than the cost to press it.
Thankfully, this time the outer surface isn't coated in ROCKET FUEL with a nice HYDROGEN supply beneath.
- Can I get one made of lead
- How long until someone names their Zepplin, "Led."
No shit.
Both can, have, are, and will be abused.
Surveillance networks will be abused for criminal purposes of tracking someone against their will with no warrant, and turning the "lack of a reasonable expectation of privacy" in the streets to "zero privacy, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law" so in public remember you have the right to remain silent (and invisible, if the cops don't like you.)
And the P2P networks, where a large number of people have singlemindedly reniced on the "agreement" that was established in copyright. So now it's been broken on both sides and the only people getting screwed are the creators in the middle. The industry screams in greed, The people screem in greed. Neither side is right, and both are in violation.
Both could have some legit use, but you know they won't recieve it. I personally find both patently offensive as a result.
Haro! Haro!
:)
So NASA is proposing we have Haro bouncing around our space craft.
What's next, Mobile Suits?
If so, sign me up!
I don't know about him, but I had to reinstall because my hard drive failed (bet you're gonna say linux can survie that, huh? :P)
Anyway, I haven't had a crash once. Been running now since March. Before that, a full year with no problems.
Well sure, for the warez crowd.
That companies aren't catering to a group of people more or less dependent on others violating the copyrights of other people isn't a big suprise to me.
It won't happen primarily because a large percentage of series these days are funded in part or in full by foreign licensors.
Geneon USA has been putting up the funding for many series with their names in the credits. ADV Films is reputed to be partially funding the creation of several series, and entirely funding the creation of some others.
Many Japanese companies would be hesitant to sell their product online for so little, primarily because it reaks of low quality which isn't something they like to present when selling things to the public (R2 releases of many anime dvds are expensive but are often VERY nice.
That and having to spend $3 on stuff you burn to shit CDs and can't play on TV without sitting as TMPGenc re-encodes to (low quality) VCD sucks, when you can pay $20 (plus or minus) for 3-5 episodes on pressed DVD.
And while Hoshi no Koe was done by one guy, he did license it to both a Japanese company (which helped him put a professional dub track to it) and by ADV Films. You'll also notice it took him about 2-3 years or so to produce about 30-45 minutes of animation. While his effort cannot be put down in any way, it is definitely not the future for all things.
The Japanese dvds do not have english subtitles.
The only ones that do are bootleg copies that aren't authorized by the Japanese sold without paying the creators royalties.
Ogg uses unicode tags and those display fine (except in the media library.)
So what's the difference between the reader in the playlist and main player, and the media library?
Really it's quite sad, it'd be nice if winamp were... fixed.
I'd be happy if it converted various non-alphabetic characters (like Japanese) to the proper Unicode encodings, and could display said unicode in the media library.
Handling my iPod is about the only thing winamp doesn't do with my music collection (well that and rip, which is done by EAC and LAME.)
This plugin is nice, unless you speak/read/understand non-european languages.
Silly slashbot!
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>and then people having it for free!
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They can't compete with free!
Copyright isn't a fair exchange if the people who granted them the copyright are going to renige on said agreement en-masse!
Hey, they alert you and give you the option.
If you're so foolish as to:
- Actually use IE
- Actually authorize anything and everything to be "always trusted"
Then you get what you ask for. Besides, that "Always trust content from XXXXXXX" is a checkbox you must select in addition to hitting OK. It's an extra step you have to take.
I'm sure a thousand newbs on linux getting "please input your root password" would do so just as quickly.
Sounds like a hardware issue.
In my office we deal with several hundred machines running XP Pro with SP1 and as many patches as exist, and not once have we had this problem of "spontaneous registry corruption" that Linux users always seem to encounter when they run XP for some reason.
After the kickass showing by Capcom with Viewtiful Joe, I can't wait to see what kind of madness they bring forward in VJ2.
Viewtiful Joe, Tales of Symphonia, and a few other games are enough to justify the purchase of a Gamecube. And now with VJ2 coming out, there's not reason not to get one.
And Nintendo finished their thing where they introduced the DS.
It's got both bluetooth local play for up to 16 players but also supports WiFi for internet play. Two slots for DS carts and GB/GBA carts, touch screen, 3D support (with Super Mario 64 and a 3D Metroid game on the way for it.)
To be honest, watching the demonstrations of it give me high hopes for the DS.