Lineo settled to avoid setting a precedent upholding the GPL which would likely later damage SCO's case (in case copying was going on, but in the other direction.)
Because the cost in terms of time and money to create all of those combined likely does not compare to the cost associated with creating Half-Life 2.
I can guarantee you if Half-Life were freely distributed, the money they would make back on donations would come up far short of the costs, much less make Valve a profit (which is the inevitable intention of the whole venture.)
There will always be individuals who would not pay to see a particular movie in a theatre, this is something that cannot be changed (and should not show up on any studio's bottom line). These are the same people who would rather pirate them to just be up on the popular culture of the day.
Yes yes we know these people exist. That does not mean that the MPAA should give up in nailing these fuckers to the wall.
I hardly disagree with what they're doing. At least they're not spewing out lawsuits to hundreds of people seemingly indiscriminately. They know the hole is in their supply chain and they're gonna try and cut it out.
Well reading your later post, you obviously have no intention of paying for it so you can't bitch.
Your statement about them being converted from low quality analog sources is wrong. The show was made in the late 90s, and ADV used a digital source.
I've not heard any complaints about the video. If there were such bad sources, I would have heard much bitching already. On the site in my sig, they bitch if there's pixelation in a few frames of the video. If quality were as bad as you're claiming, then there would have been hell raised.
when the NHK R & D center held its open house. They also had a very small OLED display on hand, but it wasn't nearly as impressive as this display.
And it is awesome. I didn't experience any nausea, but the scale and clarity of the image did throw me a bit, as it is VERY realistic. Beats the pants off 35mm film. Other than sheer size, IMAX has nothing on it.
They had the camera set up in the previous room, live on an object. Walking into the next room was like seeing the same object, except larger. The video was of the surrounding city and Shibuya. Watching the people cross the intersection was incredible, blew even IMAX away.
It is crystal clear. No flaws in the video, no flicker, no exposure flaws at all on the video. Only downside is the massive computer system in the back that has to be used to control it. I imagine that this too will shrink over time.
It's how the GBA -> GCN link works. GBAs can boot off of the data port, and this lets you have companion programs included on game discs (which is how FF: CC works.)
It's also how multiplayer, single cart games work. Only limiting factor is that the entire program has to be held in ram.
This is how, incidentally, all the new flashrom carts from HK work. No cart-writer needed, just a USB -> GBA cable. Boots a writer program, stick the cart in, and you're done.
Neither the GBA -> GCN adaptor nor this cover the L & R buttons.
Anything that did that would be badly designed, and between the GBA -> GCN adapter and the light sensor for "Bokura no Taiyo" there's been plenty of work done on this sort of addon.
Unlike other TLDs, namely several country codes,.com and.net have a number of resellers.
TLDs with a monopoly really can't be told what to do, because there's no one competing with them in the first place.
With VeriSign doing this on.com and.net, they're unfairly leveraging their position to the exclusion of other registrars. They are in effect conveying the message that they run the web.
Of course he could also buy said anime on DVD if it's available (that's why I like Animesuki myself, they have a very strict policy on listing only stuff that is NOT LICENSED.)
None of the major anime publishers in the US are members of the MPAA, and none are members of the RIAA, so one can buy (like I do) and enjoy without guilt.
And hey, it's the only way to fairly compensate the creators of their works, since you can't exactly see them live or anything.
They're going after P2P because it's far wider reaching than Usenet, people who make CDs for friends, and yes even bootlegs.
On Kazaa one person can reach many millions. Usenet isn't nearly as user friendly and bootlegs, well, when was the last time you saw a bootleg in a store that most people you know trafficked regularly (IE Wal-Mart?)
They deserve control over works the RIAA member companies own. You have no right to take that.
Certainly non-signed artists can do what they please, but you have no right to drag others along a path they may not want to venture down.
And there's nothing that P2P that screams to me "valid distribution model." Every time I look on most any P2P service it's warezed music, movies, software, games and porn.
A smart artist would put mp3s on their own website, where advertising is exclusive.
Namely, what we have here is people acting like libraries. They are not libraries though. With a library, they loan out the book and no longer have it. Recieving a song from a sharer results in an unauthorized copy being created.
Move your "library" analogy one step back down the foodchain:
Library = Store where you bought the CD Sharer = Unauthorized copier You = Recieved that copy
A library isn't in trouble as much as said store doesn't get in trouble. Both the person making the unauthorized copies and the person offering to send you copies do get in trouble.
Which is a total non-event because to use it you have to install mingw and cygwin (I despise cygwin cause it's such a hack) and hope to hell it compiles.
Think I'll stick with Winamp & PowerDVD for the time being.
Primarily because the anime companies are not pushing the DMCA.
The companies themselves have stated that they _do not_ want to sue any fansubbers, and that they wanted the fans to pressure them to stop doing fansubs of stuff like Gundam SEED.
The industry is for the most part built by fans, run by fans, and sold to fans. This is contrary to the music industry and movie industry where the majority of people in it are there solely to leech off the millions made on the big sellers.
I thought it was to allow for an educated public that would be sufficiently intelligent to govern itself. Despite libraries, stupidity reigns supreme.
Why will man not share his information?
To hold power over other men.
You try to sound wise but you're not. If you don't share information, it provides no power. In an age of book piracy, authors will see little incentive to write, and publishers will see little incentive to support authors that wish to do so.
Copyright has its purpose and lack of respect for it is as damaging and a hindrance as not having copyright. This goes both ways (for the copyright holder and the public), both of which aren't.
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It's a settlement, not a win.
Lineo settled to avoid setting a precedent upholding the GPL which would likely later damage SCO's case (in case copying was going on, but in the other direction.)
Because the cost in terms of time and money to create all of those combined likely does not compare to the cost associated with creating Half-Life 2.
I can guarantee you if Half-Life were freely distributed, the money they would make back on donations would come up far short of the costs, much less make Valve a profit (which is the inevitable intention of the whole venture.)
There will always be individuals who would not pay to see a particular movie in a theatre, this is something that cannot be changed (and should not show up on any studio's bottom line). These are the same people who would rather pirate them to just be up on the popular culture of the day.
Yes yes we know these people exist. That does not mean that the MPAA should give up in nailing these fuckers to the wall.
I hardly disagree with what they're doing. At least they're not spewing out lawsuits to hundreds of people seemingly indiscriminately. They know the hole is in their supply chain and they're gonna try and cut it out.
Well reading your later post, you obviously have no intention of paying for it so you can't bitch.
Your statement about them being converted from low quality analog sources is wrong. The show was made in the late 90s, and ADV used a digital source.
I've not heard any complaints about the video. If there were such bad sources, I would have heard much bitching already. On the site in my sig, they bitch if there's pixelation in a few frames of the video. If quality were as bad as you're claiming, then there would have been hell raised.
when the NHK R & D center held its open house. They also had a very small OLED display on hand, but it wasn't nearly as impressive as this display.
And it is awesome. I didn't experience any nausea, but the scale and clarity of the image did throw me a bit, as it is VERY realistic. Beats the pants off 35mm film. Other than sheer size, IMAX has nothing on it.
They had the camera set up in the previous room, live on an object. Walking into the next room was like seeing the same object, except larger. The video was of the surrounding city and Shibuya. Watching the people cross the intersection was incredible, blew even IMAX away.
It is crystal clear. No flaws in the video, no flicker, no exposure flaws at all on the video. Only downside is the massive computer system in the back that has to be used to control it. I imagine that this too will shrink over time.
To think, a pretzel could've made all the difference in the world...
Go HERE and join the currently flying torrent.
Those pointy things are the clip hinges.
You squeeze those in to hook and unhook the adapter. Same as on the GBA -> GCN connector.
The L & R will remain fingertip buttons, as they always have been on the SP.
That's totally possible.
It's how the GBA -> GCN link works. GBAs can boot off of the data port, and this lets you have companion programs included on game discs (which is how FF: CC works.)
It's also how multiplayer, single cart games work. Only limiting factor is that the entire program has to be held in ram.
This is how, incidentally, all the new flashrom carts from HK work. No cart-writer needed, just a USB -> GBA cable. Boots a writer program, stick the cart in, and you're done.
Neither the GBA -> GCN adaptor nor this cover the L & R buttons.
Anything that did that would be badly designed, and between the GBA -> GCN adapter and the light sensor for "Bokura no Taiyo" there's been plenty of work done on this sort of addon.
When taping Friends is outlawed, only outlaws will tape Friends.
As they should be!
Unlike other TLDs, namely several country codes, .com and .net have a number of resellers.
.com and .net, they're unfairly leveraging their position to the exclusion of other registrars. They are in effect conveying the message that they run the web.
TLDs with a monopoly really can't be told what to do, because there's no one competing with them in the first place.
With VeriSign doing this on
*
.com or .net addresses go to whatever is defined for *
Any unregistered
This is a problem becuase no sites report as being nonexistent, and because it makes it look like VeriSign owns the web.
Not when said NVRAM devices still cost several times more per MB than a hard drive does.
Apple can cram 40GB into this device for far less than it'd cost for an NVRAM device of the same capacity.
Of course he could also buy said anime on DVD if it's available (that's why I like Animesuki myself, they have a very strict policy on listing only stuff that is NOT LICENSED.)
None of the major anime publishers in the US are members of the MPAA, and none are members of the RIAA, so one can buy (like I do) and enjoy without guilt.
And hey, it's the only way to fairly compensate the creators of their works, since you can't exactly see them live or anything.
They're going after P2P because it's far wider reaching than Usenet, people who make CDs for friends, and yes even bootlegs.
On Kazaa one person can reach many millions. Usenet isn't nearly as user friendly and bootlegs, well, when was the last time you saw a bootleg in a store that most people you know trafficked regularly (IE Wal-Mart?)
They deserve control over works the RIAA member companies own. You have no right to take that.
Certainly non-signed artists can do what they please, but you have no right to drag others along a path they may not want to venture down.
And there's nothing that P2P that screams to me "valid distribution model." Every time I look on most any P2P service it's warezed music, movies, software, games and porn.
A smart artist would put mp3s on their own website, where advertising is exclusive.
There's a difference here. A big one.
Namely, what we have here is people acting like libraries. They are not libraries though. With a library, they loan out the book and no longer have it. Recieving a song from a sharer results in an unauthorized copy being created.
Move your "library" analogy one step back down the foodchain:
Library = Store where you bought the CD
Sharer = Unauthorized copier
You = Recieved that copy
A library isn't in trouble as much as said store doesn't get in trouble. Both the person making the unauthorized copies and the person offering to send you copies do get in trouble.
My sympathy is minimal.
Nope. While you don't have to compile Mingw or Cygwin, you do have to compile mplayer.
You forget they're the group that vehemently disavows any binary distribution.
So to use mplayer on windows you have to maintain Mingw, Cygwin, and possibly GTK+ as well.
Thus there's zero incentive to use it.
Which is a total non-event because to use it you have to install mingw and cygwin (I despise cygwin cause it's such a hack) and hope to hell it compiles.
Think I'll stick with Winamp & PowerDVD for the time being.
Yeah let's NEVER update the technologies we use.
133MHz PCI is good for everyone, forever!
8MHz ISA is the most anyone needs!
Any of that NEW stuff is just a thinly veiled attempt to STEAL OUR RIGHTS AWAY FROM US AND MAKE US SLAVES.
*cough*
Primarily because the anime companies are not pushing the DMCA.
The companies themselves have stated that they _do not_ want to sue any fansubbers, and that they wanted the fans to pressure them to stop doing fansubs of stuff like Gundam SEED.
The industry is for the most part built by fans, run by fans, and sold to fans. This is contrary to the music industry and movie industry where the majority of people in it are there solely to leech off the millions made on the big sellers.
Why did man make libraries?
To store all his information.
I thought it was to allow for an educated public that would be sufficiently intelligent to govern itself. Despite libraries, stupidity reigns supreme.
Why will man not share his information?
To hold power over other men.
You try to sound wise but you're not. If you don't share information, it provides no power. In an age of book piracy, authors will see little incentive to write, and publishers will see little incentive to support authors that wish to do so.
Copyright has its purpose and lack of respect for it is as damaging and a hindrance as not having copyright. This goes both ways (for the copyright holder and the public), both of which aren't.
So will this be installed with a "Wise Old Man" Genuine People Personality in the Captain's quarters of future naval ships?
Will we see giant submarines in the future that go into space and...
Err, sorry. Got sidetracked.
This is cool. In a 1996 sorta way.
This is, undoubtedly, a UI-design chosen by a propellerhead as opposed to someone designing a UI for the masses.
Obviously if a number of people on slashdot can't figure it out, then maybe it should not be the sole method of getting something done.
Now if I do the same swap (and I'm in Japan now so a C760 is REALLY tempting), how can I keep the Japanese support?