I would like to know of an algorithm that allows for the fair use of a work that does not allow someone to pirate it as well; unless you expect us to hunt down & request clearance every single time we want to make some fair use of a copyrighted work.
Frankly, the schemes are untenable because if I can see or hear it, I can copy it (until all devices that can do so are made unavailable, at least...) and if I can copy it a piece at a time from some algorithm, a bunch of us can copy the whole thing, eventually.
As such, these schemes simply won't work, unless you can violate any of the assumptions made above.
These are, of course, the rarest/most "collectable" games, rather than the best. Despite being the only porno NES game, Bubble Bath Babes is CRAP. It's just another derivative 'line up the colored ___s' game with pr0n in the background. Of the lot, Phantasy Star was one of the few that stood out as actually being a GOOD game.
If you don't mind, I'll go back to playing all the FUN classics now (all the Marios, Zeldas, Guardian Legend & the good RPGs) somewhere that supports our right to fair use (consoleclassix.com)...
That's a lot of trouble to go to for Tetris (if I went to that much trouble, I'd rather play it with the lights of a building or something geekier like that:)
In the mean time, I'll just use an emulator (see sig):]
Well, spamhunters try to raise those costs by getting the spammers ToS'd off their service providers; the problem is that that doesn't cost them *enough* to make up for all the suckers they rip off:/
If more providers would have a 'spam clause' in their ToS that allowed them to collect damages, we might be able to get somewhere...:/
... why don't they just collect the 404s off the requests to their site? No need for spiders; if someone puts up a bad link, they can find out as soon as someone clicks on it. *sheesh*
Well, if all you want is to play the original Metriod, go to consoleclassix.com -- you can play it for free, there:] I just beat it the other day, in fact.
Not until recently--it wasn't so very long ago that windows finally got transparency in windows:] Only MS could get away with selling windows that weren't transparent for as long as they did;]
Before that, I would've thought it impossible. It was really wierd in that I had tested my code and it seemed to work, until I read through there & realized I hadn't implemented that bit just yet...
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I know; I love that game :] Actually, I love many of them and still play them all the time, online [see sig]
That's why I wear an eyepatch while using the computer! What? You thought I was a pirate or something? :]
"There had to be two, because the other would be wiped out in the Great Slashdotting if there were no mirrors..."
> What is the most human response? Anyone? Anyone?
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I'd say 42, or a beowulf cluster of those; save that I'm not quite sure if they constitute "human" responses or not...
I would like to know of an algorithm that allows for the fair use of a work that does not allow someone to pirate it as well; unless you expect us to hunt down & request clearance every single time we want to make some fair use of a copyrighted work.
Frankly, the schemes are untenable because if I can see or hear it, I can copy it (until all devices that can do so are made unavailable, at least...) and if I can copy it a piece at a time from some algorithm, a bunch of us can copy the whole thing, eventually.
As such, these schemes simply won't work, unless you can violate any of the assumptions made above.
These are, of course, the rarest/most "collectable" games, rather than the best. Despite being the only porno NES game, Bubble Bath Babes is CRAP. It's just another derivative 'line up the colored ___s' game with pr0n in the background. Of the lot, Phantasy Star was one of the few that stood out as actually being a GOOD game.
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If you don't mind, I'll go back to playing all the FUN classics now (all the Marios, Zeldas, Guardian Legend & the good RPGs) somewhere that supports our right to fair use (consoleclassix.com)
Where, exactly, will that precident be binding (if anywhere)?
Since it the case was never lost, I don't think it was made by any court whose decision could be a binding precident, but IANAL, so...?
If it's that bad, why not use robots.txt?
I wish I could s/un(employed)/$1/gi too... :/
Heh, I actually still play all my old console games on the computer (see sig) :]
That's a lot of trouble to go to for Tetris (if I went to that much trouble, I'd rather play it with the lights of a building or something geekier like that :)
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In the mean time, I'll just use an emulator (see sig)
Yeah, doesn't the Grinch already have prior art on 'stealing Christmas'? :]
I figured they'd name their first son Beowulf, after the famous, epic hero... ;]
Well, spamhunters try to raise those costs by getting the spammers ToS'd off their service providers; the problem is that that doesn't cost them *enough* to make up for all the suckers they rip off :/
:/
If more providers would have a 'spam clause' in their ToS that allowed them to collect damages, we might be able to get somewhere...
Fear not; someone else will steal the idea & become rich :]
... why don't they just collect the 404s off the requests to their site? No need for spiders; if someone puts up a bad link, they can find out as soon as someone clicks on it. *sheesh*
Taken in that light, your .sig of :]
"Boycott shampoo! Demand REAL poo! [pdrap.org]"
is even more disturbing...
All that can be summed up by saying that the Farscape universe is a lot more slimey :]
"You'd have to be running Windows and use a Sony developed proprietary software to listen to CD's published by Sony starting next year."
Nope, I have no intention of buying that crap, so I won't be listening to those "CDs" at all; much less buying them.
Well, if all you want is to play the original Metriod, go to consoleclassix.com -- you can play it for free, there :] I just beat it the other day, in fact.
Ummm, you're talking to someone who still plays SNES games :] They're quite fun (see sig)
I use my foot instead, while booting the computer... ;]
but like Soviet televisions made of vaccuum tubes for sale at Best Buy, not ready for prime time by anybody but tinkerers
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Uhmm, pretty much all TVs use vacuum tubes, still. At least, all of them with a CRT (cathode ray tube, AKA the 'picture tube')
Not until recently--it wasn't so very long ago that windows finally got transparency in windows :] Only MS could get away with selling windows that weren't transparent for as long as they did ;]
The worst is that I've written such a bug...
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Before that, I would've thought it impossible. It was really wierd in that I had tested my code and it seemed to work, until I read through there & realized I hadn't implemented that bit just yet...
It's quite a freaky feeling