Not really a whole lot different that PACE Anti-Piracy's latest crap.
I use some software that is protected using PACE's Interlok system. Unfortunately, the anti-piracy software is stopping me from legitimately using the software, refusing me the ability to serialize it on my machine.
PACE's response? Send us the encrypted log file! They won't tell me what's in the log file, nor will they allow me to see it before sending it.
Any amount of personal information could be in there, so I refuse to send it to them.
Since when doesn't everything need to be encrypted to keep legitimate users from reading it?
there are very clear precedents stating what is cool and what isn't.
Making a parody is cool. Using the original artwork to create your parody isn't.
Even when making a parody of a song, you must pay royalties on the original and you must obtain permission should you use any portion of the original mechanical.
If you're gonna create a parody site, you simply cannot snag artwork from the original, and you certainly can't use the company's actual logo!
I would doubt that it'll be pre-installed. It is likely that any computer shipping from the 29th and on will come with a Tiger DVD for install. It'll probably be several weeks before you see Tiger pre-installed.
I appreciate the effort, but a test video with no subject to focus attention on doesn't really show off how well any of the four tests are working. All I see are tarred cracks in the pavement jiggling in all four.
Whereas, had they walked with someone down the street, it would have shown off the differences quite well.
I'm having this issue, too. Calculator has effectively become useless to me for the last few system revs. I guess I have to do everything in Excel now. Ugh!
It's already beginning, if not already happening. Lucas announced a couple months ago the establishment of a new division in Singapore, which will do CG animation, commercials & shorts, and game development.
There's a reason a large quantity of LucasArts employees just lost their jobs 2 weeks ago. And there's another wave coming in March.
But it couldn't have anything to do with making lousy Star Wars versions of other company's games.
I sure do. I do sound work for them still, however I call the shots now. I work as many hours as I feel are necessary, I invested in the current tools, and I charge 4 times what they paid me for a salary.
Just because I don't work there full time doesn't mean I would be dumb enough to not take their money still!
Having worked in the games industry for 6 years, I see a bigger issue being presented. Yes, some people read the EA Spouse open letter as a series of complaints, but having been in the industry myself, she is totally valid and 100% correct.
The attrocity of the situation is not that people have to work hard, but that the companies make no regrets and little compensation for scheduling them to work ridiculously long hours.
During my time at LucasArts, it was painfully obvious that the company created schedules that were totally impossible and would require the employees to work more than a reasonable work week.
On top of that, little, if any, comp time was ever provided, and the tools we worked with were so painfully antiquated that even upgrading them to current technologies would have brought the work week into more reasonable lengths.
The real issue is that LucasArts and EA are not the only ones who treat their employees and perma-temps this way. And it is downright disgraceful, evil, and illegal.
Saying that people should simply quit and go elsewhere is not dealing the problem of employee abuses.
Myself, I left LEC and have built my own business, but the past 4 years of that have been extremely difficult, given the economic situation.
I've been doing this for over a year using Apple's QuickTime Streaming server. I originally had the system running under Red Hat (nearly sacrilege here!) and am currently running under OS X Server (which I don't really like all that much).
I've been building a custom front end to the system, which I intend to make an open source project. At the moment, the system isn't DB-run (other than Apple's software), but I do intend to build a full front end.
My printbitch (print server and MRTG grapher) is running on an old Pentium POS system. Nice and small footprint, don't need any slots. It's been running like a dream for 2 years!
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Yeah, but karma would have been if he'd electrocuted himself while plugging in his cable modem.
Kermit did not get sold to CTW; he is now owned by Disney.
There's a reason for that. Both Jim Henson and Richard Hunt are no longer living.
Uh, Disney owns the Muppets now (with the exception of the CTW Muppets). They are already (unfortunately) "sold out".
Not really a whole lot different that PACE Anti-Piracy's latest crap.
I use some software that is protected using PACE's Interlok system. Unfortunately, the anti-piracy software is stopping me from legitimately using the software, refusing me the ability to serialize it on my machine.
PACE's response? Send us the encrypted log file! They won't tell me what's in the log file, nor will they allow me to see it before sending it.
Any amount of personal information could be in there, so I refuse to send it to them.
Since when doesn't everything need to be encrypted to keep legitimate users from reading it?
I saw it last night. There were no speaking lines that I could recall.
Well, he doesn't have a speaking line, thankfully!
there are very clear precedents stating what is cool and what isn't.
Making a parody is cool. Using the original artwork to create your parody isn't.
Even when making a parody of a song, you must pay royalties on the original and you must obtain permission should you use any portion of the original mechanical.
If you're gonna create a parody site, you simply cannot snag artwork from the original, and you certainly can't use the company's actual logo!
I would doubt that it'll be pre-installed. It is likely that any computer shipping from the 29th and on will come with a Tiger DVD for install. It'll probably be several weeks before you see Tiger pre-installed.
I don't exactly get a choice in the matter. I make sound.
I appreciate the effort, but a test video with no subject to focus attention on doesn't really show off how well any of the four tests are working. All I see are tarred cracks in the pavement jiggling in all four.
Whereas, had they walked with someone down the street, it would have shown off the differences quite well.
Yeah, just ask Clue Computing!
hmmm...I use my Macs for making video games. Does that count?
Well put. And the best part is that it allows people to hear things they likely would never have encountered before.
For example, my fiancee has a podcast that highlights local musicians.
They're not exactly getting radio airplay and most are too small to be of interest to iTMS.
Climbing a screen door is considered a positive attribute of the kitten?
A friend got a t-shirt with Darth Tater on it ages ago. His mom bought them and he gave me one. I wish I had a photo to show.
I'm having this issue, too. Calculator has effectively become useless to me for the last few system revs. I guess I have to do everything in Excel now. Ugh!
...and they've gone wrong!
It's already beginning, if not already happening. Lucas announced a couple months ago the establishment of a new division in Singapore, which will do CG animation, commercials & shorts, and game development.
There's a reason a large quantity of LucasArts employees just lost their jobs 2 weeks ago. And there's another wave coming in March.
But it couldn't have anything to do with making lousy Star Wars versions of other company's games.
I sure do. I do sound work for them still, however I call the shots now. I work as many hours as I feel are necessary, I invested in the current tools, and I charge 4 times what they paid me for a salary.
Just because I don't work there full time doesn't mean I would be dumb enough to not take their money still!
Having worked in the games industry for 6 years, I see a bigger issue being presented. Yes, some people read the EA Spouse open letter as a series of complaints, but having been in the industry myself, she is totally valid and 100% correct.
The attrocity of the situation is not that people have to work hard, but that the companies make no regrets and little compensation for scheduling them to work ridiculously long hours.
During my time at LucasArts, it was painfully obvious that the company created schedules that were totally impossible and would require the employees to work more than a reasonable work week.
On top of that, little, if any, comp time was ever provided, and the tools we worked with were so painfully antiquated that even upgrading them to current technologies would have brought the work week into more reasonable lengths.
The real issue is that LucasArts and EA are not the only ones who treat their employees and perma-temps this way. And it is downright disgraceful, evil, and illegal.
Saying that people should simply quit and go elsewhere is not dealing the problem of employee abuses.
Myself, I left LEC and have built my own business, but the past 4 years of that have been extremely difficult, given the economic situation.
I've been doing this for over a year using Apple's QuickTime Streaming server. I originally had the system running under Red Hat (nearly sacrilege here!) and am currently running under OS X Server (which I don't really like all that much).
I've been building a custom front end to the system, which I intend to make an open source project. At the moment, the system isn't DB-run (other than Apple's software), but I do intend to build a full front end.
You can check out the existing system here.
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My printbitch (print server and MRTG grapher) is running on an old Pentium POS system. Nice and small footprint, don't need any slots. It's been running like a dream for 2 years!
Gosh, it sure reminds me of good ol' Frank Burns from M*A*S*H! Take THAT, Ferret Face!