Is there some consumer confusion that your "superhero" is not a DC or Marvel brand of superhero? To say nothing of the fact if don't activly protect your mark you lose it.
What does that even mean? It's not like non-marvel superheroes are knockoffs, somehow defective. "Excuse me, but this Lavaman character caught on fire, Could I have a refund?"
It might not be that easy, since OTHER PEOPLE (a friend) could post that about him without posting it under some other handle.
How often do they use your full name? The only people I hang out with regularly who I bother with even knowing their last names are coworkers and girlfriends. With everyone else, it's Dale or Kaleena or Jeff or whatever.
Centurion: What's this, then? "ROMANES EUNT DOMUS"? "People called Romanes they go the house"? Brian: It, it says "Romans go home". Centurion: No it doesn't. What's Latin for "Roman"? Brian: (hesitates) Centurion: Come on, come on! Brian: (uncertain) "ROMANUS". Centurion: Goes like? Brian: "-ANNUS"? Centurion: Vocative plural of "-ANNUS" is? Brian: "-ANI". Centurion: (takes paintbrush from Brian and paints over) "RO-MA-NI". "EUNT"? What is "EUNT"? Brian: "Go". Centurion: Conjugate the verb "to go"! Brian: "IRE". "EO", "IS", "IT", "IMUS", "ITIS", "EUNT". Centurion: So "EUNT" is...? Brian: Third person plural present indicative, "they go". Centurion: But "Romans, go home!" is an order, so you must use the...? (lifts Brian by his hairs) Brian: The... imperative. Centurion: Which is? Brian: Ahm, oh, oh, "I", "I"! Centurion: How many romans? (pulls harder) Brian: Plural, plural! "ITE". Centurion: (strikes over "EUNT" and paints "ITE" to the wall) (satisfied) "I-TE". "DOMUS"? Nominative? "Go home", this is motion towards, isn't it, boy? Brian: (very anxious) Dative? Centurion: (draws his sword and holds it to Brian's throat) Brian: Ahh! No, ablative, ablative, sir. No, the, accusative, accusative, ah, DOMUM, sir. Centurion: Except that "DOMUS" takes the...? Brian:... the locative, sir! Centurion: Which is? Brian: "DOMUM". Centurion: (satisfied) "DOMUM" (strikes out "DOMUS" and writes "DOMUM") "-MUM". Understand? Brian: Yes sir. Centurion: Now write it down a hundred times. Brian: Yes sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar, sir. Centurion: (salutes) Hail Caesar. If it's not done by sunrise, I'll cut your balls off. Brian: (very relieved) Oh thank you sir, thank you sir, hail Caesar and everything, sir! The scene cuts to a very tired Brian finishing off one last iteration of ROMANI ITE DOMUM. The camera zooms out to show the castle covered entirely in ROMANI ITE DOMUM Brian: Finished! Roman Soldier: Right. Now don't do it again. (Wanders off)
When someone infringes on your copyright, the damage is the money that they didn't pay for the commercial license. (IANAL, this is not legal advice.)
I like that. Of course, even without the proprietary option, I could argue that I suffered damages because the source code was GPLd specifically to avoid this situation and that I would have demanded a license fee (possibly per copy) of anyone who wanted to use it in a commercial product.
None, at the moment, but that's not stopping them from looking into the possiility.
I asked about congress, not the FCC, specifically to head this off. I expect that congress will find it difficult to explain how they can tell HBO or Comcast what they can show to people that pay them for it, using private networks. The only reason that the FCC got away with regulating public airwaves is the fact that everybody has access by default. Not so with cable.
we citiznes just need to keep our eye on the ball and stop getting upset when a boobie accidentally flashes on the screen.
Outside of the PTC, nobody cares about Janet Jackson's broken down boobs. I think the solution is to relegate the PTC to its rightful place - a meaningless backwater that nobody listens to, just Pat Robertson.
yeah the CPU and VGA cooler each putting out around 20 dbs of noise;) and then claiming it's some 'special foam' that's making it virtually silent? 20 Dbs isn't that silent either, i usually run my TV set at 20 DBs.
20 + 20 = 22 or so. The special foam absorbs some of this noise, which reduces the noise, possibly to 12db.
hrm. ~20 dbs or 2 dbs not to mention that one can build a full mineral oil bath rig that uses the same zalman cooler sans fan, for a 0 dbs 'full immersion liquid cooled' rig.
How many people are willing to hassle with a fully submersible oil-cooled PC?
If we can only get the most memorable quote in the world right once we hear it, even if we're the person who spoke those words, then why should we trust any quote that hasn't been recorded for the preservation of history?
You mean like 'One small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind'? We shouldn't trust anything completely, because reality and truth are fluid things.
end-users can get in, edit, and monkey with your stuff!
They can do that anyway. What's your problem with users messing with your stuff, anyway?
In our C# work, we did have XML files that we compiled-in as resources.
Sounds like something an intern came up with.
We commonly write package tools to accumulate all our assets into big data files (and simulate a filesystem therein), but too many little bits of initialization data for myriad game classes might become a maintenance nightmare, in my opinion. Then to generate the package becomes yet another part of the build!
So load the main file, then load whatever you're tweaking as an override. Simple.
P.S. - Even for something like scripting that we hand off to the Designers to "tweak" gameplay... our best approach has always been to have 'em use a "script lib" of game-level functions, which they actually compile in C++! Thus we already have the benefit of a well-established debugger, etc...
Beause something like Python doesn't have a debugger, right?
If a car game only features GM automobiles as a part of their product placement contract, it might not work out to be as immersive an enviornment as compared to if they populated the game entirely with made-up autos (or those patterned after a variety of different makes of car).
That's suck in something like GTA - you jack a car and it breaks down 3 blocks later.
So if you want to put a (albeit small) dent in the productivity of the Evil Credit Card Sharks, send back those handy self addressed envelopes stuffed with their own junk mail. Be sure to fold, spindle, and mutilate the envelope, too.:)
Nah, just send back the application (blank) with a thin layer of jelly.
ext time you get a call, request this information and if they can't or won't provide it, tell them that if they call you again it's off to the FCC and your state's attorney general.
Um, ok, what's the FCC got to do with debt collection? Anyway, MCI can hire debt collectors, but they have to provide you with proof of the debt before you're obligated to do anything. Also, pull your credit report and dispute the debt there.
I think that the overall idea of the three laws is a good idea, though. If you make a robot with a "general purpose intelligence," you're going to have to hard-wire some sort of ethics into it so as to make sure it acts in the best interests of its end-user.
I think the point is that, if you make a robot with intelligence, it no longer has an end user. It exists in its own right.
Third, who cares? Unless you are trying to get in some university liberal arts curriculum, whether games fall under "art" or "entertainment" is purely academic.
Until some legislator decides that, since games aren't art, they can be banned.
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Is there some consumer confusion that your "superhero" is not a DC or Marvel brand of superhero? To say nothing of the fact if don't activly protect your mark you lose it.
What does that even mean? It's not like non-marvel superheroes are knockoffs, somehow defective. "Excuse me, but this Lavaman character caught on fire, Could I have a refund?"
It might not be that easy, since OTHER PEOPLE (a friend) could post that about him without posting it under some other handle.
How often do they use your full name? The only people I hang out with regularly who I bother with even knowing their last names are coworkers and girlfriends. With everyone else, it's Dale or Kaleena or Jeff or whatever.
On the other hand, if you bury 40 bucks worth of gold, silver or copper, etc. you'll find that it has gone up (a lot) in value.
Maybe the Copper, but Gold hasn't really gone up that much over the past 40 years or so.
If you want to know what advanced strong metallic muscles can really do, consider piloting a 50 foot weapon-clad BattleMaster!
Count me out. Big bots make big targets. Better to be the guy you don't even see until your head comes off.
and Texas is suing Alaska for unfairly depriving it of bragging rights by downgrading its rank among states listed by area, without reason or warning.
Texas had better watch themselves, or else Alaska will split into two states, pushing Texas to #3.
as a general rule of thumb, electronic bits are more reliable than mechanical bits.
Does your general rule include high radiation environments? Mars has an atmosphere, but not much of one.
Linky!
Once your secrets get to a certain level of desirability, the strength of your crypto is never the weakest link.
At that point, revolution becomes nearly a duty - who wants to live with a government that will torture its own people?
Could that be any more vague? Are we going to see amazon.xxx?
More to the point, who thinks backdoorsluts.com has anything for little johnny?
TFA: Yet this should not be seen as evidence that the market value of sex is zero and hence there is no damage in cases of rape.
Most people don't charge when they beat you bloody, and yet assault is still illegal.
Bad analogies, it seems, are not exclusive to /.
Yeah, but we deal in bulk here.
When someone infringes on your copyright, the damage is the money that they didn't pay for the commercial license. (IANAL, this is not legal advice.)
I like that. Of course, even without the proprietary option, I could argue that I suffered damages because the source code was GPLd specifically to avoid this situation and that I would have demanded a license fee (possibly per copy) of anyone who wanted to use it in a commercial product.
None, at the moment, but that's not stopping them from looking into the possiility.
I asked about congress, not the FCC, specifically to head this off. I expect that congress will find it difficult to explain how they can tell HBO or Comcast what they can show to people that pay them for it, using private networks. The only reason that the FCC got away with regulating public airwaves is the fact that everybody has access by default. Not so with cable.
we citiznes just need to keep our eye on the ball and stop getting upset when a boobie accidentally flashes on the screen.
Outside of the PTC, nobody cares about Janet Jackson's broken down boobs. I think the solution is to relegate the PTC to its rightful place - a meaningless backwater that nobody listens to, just Pat Robertson.
Ah. Nothing like waking up to take your morning medication which may now include a 300,000+ SCOVILLE SCALE PILL FROM HELL.
Kid stuff. Life begins at 1 million Scoville.
What's the big deal? Those little green peppers from the local thai place burn a little on the way out, but that only takes about a minute.
You forgot to add the all important part--"at the moment."
Do tell, what right does congress have to regulate Cable?
yeah the CPU and VGA cooler each putting out around 20 dbs of noise ;) and then claiming it's some 'special foam' that's making it virtually silent? 20 Dbs isn't that silent either, i usually run my TV set at 20 DBs.
20 + 20 = 22 or so. The special foam absorbs some of this noise, which reduces the noise, possibly to 12db.
hrm. ~20 dbs or 2 dbs not to mention that one can build a full mineral oil bath rig that uses the same zalman cooler sans fan, for a 0 dbs 'full immersion liquid cooled' rig.
How many people are willing to hassle with a fully submersible oil-cooled PC?
If we can only get the most memorable quote in the world right once we hear it, even if we're the person who spoke those words, then why should we trust any quote that hasn't been recorded for the preservation of history?
You mean like 'One small step for Man, one giant leap for mankind'? We shouldn't trust anything completely, because reality and truth are fluid things.
I'm pretty sure Republicans aren't in favor of open borders.
Sure they are - somebody's got to mow their lawns.
end-users can get in, edit, and monkey with your stuff!
They can do that anyway. What's your problem with users messing with your stuff, anyway?
In our C# work, we did have XML files that we compiled-in as resources.
Sounds like something an intern came up with.
We commonly write package tools to accumulate all our assets into big data files (and simulate a filesystem therein), but too many little bits of initialization data for myriad game classes might become a maintenance nightmare, in my opinion. Then to generate the package becomes yet another part of the build!
So load the main file, then load whatever you're tweaking as an override. Simple.
P.S. - Even for something like scripting that we hand off to the Designers to "tweak" gameplay... our best approach has always been to have 'em use a "script lib" of game-level functions, which they actually compile in C++! Thus we already have the benefit of a well-established debugger, etc...
Beause something like Python doesn't have a debugger, right?
If a car game only features GM automobiles as a part of their product placement contract, it might not work out to be as immersive an enviornment as compared to if they populated the game entirely with made-up autos (or those patterned after a variety of different makes of car).
That's suck in something like GTA - you jack a car and it breaks down 3 blocks later.
So if you want to put a (albeit small) dent in the productivity of the Evil Credit Card Sharks, send back those handy self addressed envelopes stuffed with their own junk mail. Be sure to fold, spindle, and mutilate the envelope, too. :)
Nah, just send back the application (blank) with a thin layer of jelly.
ext time you get a call, request this information and if they can't or won't provide it, tell them that if they call you again it's off to the FCC and your state's attorney general.
Um, ok, what's the FCC got to do with debt collection? Anyway, MCI can hire debt collectors, but they have to provide you with proof of the debt before you're obligated to do anything. Also, pull your credit report and dispute the debt there.
I think that the overall idea of the three laws is a good idea, though. If you make a robot with a "general purpose intelligence," you're going to have to hard-wire some sort of ethics into it so as to make sure it acts in the best interests of its end-user.
I think the point is that, if you make a robot with intelligence, it no longer has an end user. It exists in its own right.
I'm stating that it happens too often - it's harder to fight a bully when he has the endorsement of the school your kid attends.
Third, who cares? Unless you are trying to get in some university liberal arts curriculum, whether games fall under "art" or "entertainment" is purely academic.
Until some legislator decides that, since games aren't art, they can be banned.