"What's wrong with playing copied games you've paid for?"
Of course, those aren't the people I'm talking about, and you know it. You know damn well that the software/music industries don't care about people that make backups of what they own; that's why it's not illegal to make backups of stuff you own.
"Not that a democratic governments making money guarantees that *all* the people will get their fair share."
Now I know many people's definition of "fair share" vary, and I'm not going to pretentiously claim what the Founding Fathers would have wanted, but it seems that an increasing number of people believe that simply existing inside our borders entitles them to a share of the country's collective wealth.
There used to be a time when people relied upon hard work, innovation, and ambition to achieve success, rather than expect it to be handed to them. Both corporations and individuals are prone to this new entitlement mentality, and it's the working stiffs that are getting screwed.
"Plus, with other players wanting to enter the market, the Chinese will probably make some money on royalties as well."
The Chinese GOVERNMENT might make money, but I'd bet my left testicle that none of it would find its way to the people. That's not how communism works.
Yet another case of obscurity through moderation. This guy's got it nailed!
From the headline: "Wonder what will happen to modchips for the Xbox, given that it can be argued that running Linux could easily be seen as commercial."
Someone explain that little pearl to me. Either the submitter doesn't know what 'commercial' means, or is simply making a huge stretch to justify X-Box mod chips.
The fact remains that while there will always be a few hobbyists who actually do use these things to run Linux on various devices, MOST people only use them to circumvent copy protection and play copied games. Anybody who argues to the contrary is only fooling him/her-self.
Reminds me of a mathmatical probability...
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"These devices may have started as a joke but trust me, they do work."
...I think it was something about the frequency at which suckers enter the world.
But seriously folks, this reminds me a lot of how pharmaceutical companies fabricate diseases, and then conveniently provide a treatment (never a cure) for said imaginary medical condition.
"Obviously this person is jealous of the great accomplishments we have made in our fight against racism and homophobia. It is sad that someone would try to roll back all that we have done just for his personal gain.
I really wish article submitters would stick with the facts and stop injecting their opinions into the stories they are submitting. Statements such as that only makes one sound like a zealot (granted, though, there are plenty of people who agree with it).
OK, fair enough, they're willing to embrace this technology. That's a good first step.
So when will they be able to afford this technology? How many Iraqi citizens even have computers? I know I'm coming from a position of ignorance, but it seems to me that the Iraqi people have bigger problems at the moment than lacking a quality communications infrastructure.
All they'd have to do is park a police cruiser within range of the same signal, and then watch the potential DUI's pile up.
It's not that much different from what happens here in PA. Cruisers park down by the Delaware border (where the alcohol industry isn't owned by the state and isn't taxed heavily), actually have UC personnel cross the border and watch people leaving licquer stores and head to the state line. When they cross the border into PA, they nail him.
That's our state police. "Ambush and serve" I say. I don't believe any tactic is beneath them.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
Would interstellar aliens be treated the same as illegal aliens? Unless of course they had passports or green cards, the interstellar aliens I mean. And would illegal aliens be jealous of interstellar aliens? And if they (the interstellar aliens) became citizens, they'd no longer still be interstellar OR aliens, right? Would they (illegal aliens) still receive free healthcare and education? Would the interstellar aliens (who became citizens and are no longer interstellar or aliens) have to pay taxes? Wouldn't the until-recently-interstellar-aliens then be upset that illegal aliens don't?
These are some serious questions that need to be addressed before we invite more aliens into the country, I think.
Sounds to me like you could have said "Films by people (artists create, not copy) who don't give a left nut's worth of consideration for intellectual property or trademark laws and should be fined or jailed." and been just as accurate in your description.
Where's the BitTorrent Link?
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Surely somebody's scanned this book into a.pdf and redistributed it to the masses by now!
What's so 'interesting' about their little observation? Their implication that Republicans rigged the Georgia election is based purely on baseless speculation, and is absent of any facts to support their claim. After reading that, I had a hard time taking anything else in the article seriously.
"These guys started something promising, but it looks like development has ceased."
Something shiny outside must have distracted them.
Re: your sig - Howard Dean would turn the United States into another Gray Davis California, only with an additional 240 million people to share the misery with.
'Funny' I don't get either, but Troll?? Since when is asking an honest question trolling? Should I now assume that the moderator who marked this a troll expects us readers to know of every open source project out there?
Oh, and thanks to everyone who responded. I will be taking a look at your suggestions.
I like most of my generation grew up watching the Smurfs. I loved them so much that I tuned
in every Saturday morning to see what crazy hijinks those lovable little blue creatures would
get up to.
It is just now that I have realized what I was really tuning into each and every Saturday
morning was actuallty COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA!! Yes that is correct, Papa Smurf and all
of his little Smurf minions are not the happy little characters Hanna Barbara would have us
believe! The cartoon was really created by the Russian government in order to indoctrinate
the youngest members of western society with communist beliefs and ideals thus destroying
their resistance to the imminent Russian invasion that was to occur when this generation (my
generation) grew up.
To prove my point I submit that 1.) They live in a communal village and are discouraged to
leave the village without the company of their fellow Smurfs. 2.) Every Smurf has his own
specific job and does not deviate from that job. The job even becomes part of their
personality and even their name (Brainy Smurf, Handy Smurf, etc.) 3.) If ever a Smurf decides to strike out on his own he is cast into danger in some way of another, and it is up to the
collective to save him. 4.) Papa Smurf looks an awful lot like Karl Marx plus, he wears all
that red.
And let us not forget Smurfette, the lone female Smurf and the embodiment of community
property.
In the face of such convincing evidence, it is easy to mark the Smurfs as the communists
they are, not to mention the fact that their nemeses Gargamel (and his maladjusted cat
Azrael, a not so subtle attack on ISRAEL) is the personification of capitalism; out
for himself and profit trying to destroy the peaceful commune of Smurfs.
Thankfully our resistance was not destroyed, thanks to the determination of other cartoons
such as G.I. Joe and Richie Rich who's goal it was to instill in the children of the western
world the morals and values of capitalism.
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Of course, those aren't the people I'm talking about, and you know it. You know damn well that the software/music industries don't care about people that make backups of what they own; that's why it's not illegal to make backups of stuff you own.
Stop trying to distort/distract/cloud the issue.
Now I know many people's definition of "fair share" vary, and I'm not going to pretentiously claim what the Founding Fathers would have wanted, but it seems that an increasing number of people believe that simply existing inside our borders entitles them to a share of the country's collective wealth.
There used to be a time when people relied upon hard work, innovation, and ambition to achieve success, rather than expect it to be handed to them. Both corporations and individuals are prone to this new entitlement mentality, and it's the working stiffs that are getting screwed.
For the sake of preserving my karma, I won't take that observation to it's logical conculsion.
The Chinese GOVERNMENT might make money, but I'd bet my left testicle that none of it would find its way to the people. That's not how communism works.
From the headline: "Wonder what will happen to modchips for the Xbox, given that it can be argued that running Linux could easily be seen as commercial."
Someone explain that little pearl to me. Either the submitter doesn't know what 'commercial' means, or is simply making a huge stretch to justify X-Box mod chips.
The fact remains that while there will always be a few hobbyists who actually do use these things to run Linux on various devices, MOST people only use them to circumvent copy protection and play copied games. Anybody who argues to the contrary is only fooling him/her-self.
...I think it was something about the frequency at which suckers enter the world.
But seriously folks, this reminds me a lot of how pharmaceutical companies fabricate diseases, and then conveniently provide a treatment (never a cure) for said imaginary medical condition.
And guess who's going to have to help them? There's more to running a publicly-accessible computer lab than administration.
And no, RTFM is not an adequate response to user questions.
You mean like Jesse Jackson?
I really wish article submitters would stick with the facts and stop injecting their opinions into the stories they are submitting. Statements such as that only makes one sound like a zealot (granted, though, there are plenty of people who agree with it).
So when will they be able to afford this technology? How many Iraqi citizens even have computers? I know I'm coming from a position of ignorance, but it seems to me that the Iraqi people have bigger problems at the moment than lacking a quality communications infrastructure.
It's not that much different from what happens here in PA. Cruisers park down by the Delaware border (where the alcohol industry isn't owned by the state and isn't taxed heavily), actually have UC personnel cross the border and watch people leaving licquer stores and head to the state line. When they cross the border into PA, they nail him.
That's our state police. "Ambush and serve" I say. I don't believe any tactic is beneath them.
Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.
These are some serious questions that need to be addressed before we invite more aliens into the country, I think.
Sounds to me like you could have said "Films by people (artists create, not copy) who don't give a left nut's worth of consideration for intellectual property or trademark laws and should be fined or jailed." and been just as accurate in your description.
Surely somebody's scanned this book into a .pdf and redistributed it to the masses by now!
What's so 'interesting' about their little observation? Their implication that Republicans rigged the Georgia election is based purely on baseless speculation, and is absent of any facts to support their claim. After reading that, I had a hard time taking anything else in the article seriously.
Something shiny outside must have distracted them.
Re: your sig - Howard Dean would turn the United States into another Gray Davis California, only with an additional 240 million people to share the misery with.
This posted on a site where the majority of readers believe the lowest common denominator should be able to recompile their computer's kernel.
No wonder I got so many replies!
I retract my previous statement if that's the case. I stand corrected, sir.
Is this sensationalism or an honest mistake?
"The bill was introduced by Reps. John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.)."
You Democrats in the reading audience better be paying attention to this.
You must be referring to my MCSE...
Oh, and thanks to everyone who responded. I will be taking a look at your suggestions.
It is just now that I have realized what I was really tuning into each and every Saturday morning was actuallty COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA!! Yes that is correct, Papa Smurf and all of his little Smurf minions are not the happy little characters Hanna Barbara would have us believe! The cartoon was really created by the Russian government in order to indoctrinate the youngest members of western society with communist beliefs and ideals thus destroying their resistance to the imminent Russian invasion that was to occur when this generation (my generation) grew up.
To prove my point I submit that 1.) They live in a communal village and are discouraged to leave the village without the company of their fellow Smurfs. 2.) Every Smurf has his own specific job and does not deviate from that job. The job even becomes part of their personality and even their name (Brainy Smurf, Handy Smurf, etc.) 3.) If ever a Smurf decides to strike out on his own he is cast into danger in some way of another, and it is up to the collective to save him. 4.) Papa Smurf looks an awful lot like Karl Marx plus, he wears all that red.
And let us not forget Smurfette, the lone female Smurf and the embodiment of community property.
In the face of such convincing evidence, it is easy to mark the Smurfs as the communists they are, not to mention the fact that their nemeses Gargamel (and his maladjusted cat Azrael, a not so subtle attack on ISRAEL) is the personification of capitalism; out for himself and profit trying to destroy the peaceful commune of Smurfs.
Thankfully our resistance was not destroyed, thanks to the determination of other cartoons such as G.I. Joe and Richie Rich who's goal it was to instill in the children of the western world the morals and values of capitalism.