What does Blu-Ray have to do with home cinema? Discs? From a shop? With a special player? In 2010? You gotta be kiddin me!
I have a projector with a VGA D-SUB connector, and a 5.1 sound system (optical/coax/analog), and I will continue to play everything fine ’till the end of all time.
Why? Because: BitTorrent — The choice of the real home cinema friend.:)
Wanna make money off of me? Well, let me pay for actual work (the service of making the movie). Not for imaginary property.
Man, sometimes I feel like living in a different reality than some people...
Because digital data reproduction does not cost money. And you can not take it away too. The 35 cents are a lie too! You can not sell the digital data itself.
You can sell the service which results in digital data, though. But when you created it, and passed it over to someone, he now can do what it what he wants. Just as when you tell someone your name. Gone and out of control.
Their business model is based on faulty logic resulting in using bitspace objects as if they were meatspace ones. Those are two realms with radically different laws/rules (of physics).
So not only the damages that can be awarded are ZERO, but the media companies are engaged in active fraud of selling physically not existing things.
Will I be able to sink a war ship with a attack of a phalanx unit?
Will the poles still be two long 1-field strips?
Will it be even more dumbed down than the previous version?
Can I still hack the nations to be the most non-politically-correct caricatures of fringe groups, ever conceived?
Can I change the dialog options for starting a war to “1. Yes”, and “2. Yes*”?
Can I still hack my settler units so they can walk half the globe in one round, over water, throw nukes, and transport up to 16 other units inside, including fully loaded aircraft carriers?
The problem here is not the crazy guys (in this case at the IOC).
The problem is us as a population, buying into their bullshit, despite it only hurting us, and only being for their advantage.
There are different ways to deal with bullshit: 1. Blindly believe it, because the other one is so dominant, and you are so weak. The choice of the coward. But the default choice of about 70% of the population for 70% of all events. 2. Accepting it as a valid view, but engaging in an argumentation to refute it, because you have a own sense of reality, but are not secure in it. A lost case, since the other side is not employing logic, but delusion. You will be dragged down into their game, play there rules, and inevitably lose. The choice of an additional 25% of the population / for 25% of all events. 3. Ignoring or laughing at it, because you have a secure sense or reality, and know that it is bullshit. This is done by only maybe 5% of the population / 5 % of the time. Tops. Because that only is the case for those who are either leaders (not necessarily with followers)... or delusional cowards... or both.;)
Seems that the amount of people who understand the rules of bitspace, as opposed to meatspace, and who are also leaders, is way too small to change anything.:/
And from my experience, that is because we geeks are not very secure around “normal” people. We are not the cool guys in school. But there really is no reason for this. It’s only a self-fulfilling prophecy. Social conditioning.
I say, let’s change that. Today. From now on. If anyone of you has children: Also teach them to be leaders. To be secure in their reality. And in the process: Teach it to yourselves.:)
Think of the children! We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth! Think of the children! We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth! Think of the children! We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth! *pling* Invention of the concept of doublethink *pling*
On the plus side: This is a clear sign of what is inappropriate or acceptable behavior... for a school administration! ^^
[I hope it’s only the start of other parents demanding their rights too (to not have their children indoctrinated into being slaves who blindly accept everything as if it were $deity-given).]
Reminds me of punching someone in the eye with your fist, and then suing him for attacking your fist with his eye.
“Hey child, I was watching you play with yourself yesterday, and I have to call you in my room later, to... uuum... punish... you for that inappropriate behavior in your home!”
But you know: This is only a fucked up world,...if you let them define that as normal reality. It’s still your choice. Do you play along with the madness. Or do you don’t accept that world to be your world, no matter what?
But... but... I thought people would love it that way?
Child porn on the net? Block the site. Let the rapist continue doing what he does. Headache because of eating fast food? Take a pain killer. And continue eating fast food. A tornado wrecks the house? Build a new one. And wait for the next hurricane. The boyfriend turns out to be an asshole? Whine about it to your friends. And go fuck the next guy who is an asshole, but sooo cute. A political party lied to and fucks up the nation? Vote for “the other” party. And vote for this one again next time, when the other one turns out to be just as bad. Rinse and repeat.
Isn’t that how most “people” “solve” their problems? “Cattle” might be a better term. Then again, at least a donkey never does an error more than twice.:/
Well, shouldn’t be that hard to accuse half the school administration of employing in the production of child porn videos. (Most of them boys jacking off to porn.;)
Of course you could. It would be something different if you just did it to him like that.
But if someone says something outrageous, you make a official bet. With official, signed consequences. And there you go. Ask someone from the UK if you need tips. I heard they make bets on everything.:)
I think a full-scale ballet outfit with tutu is a better punishment though. Including dancing the swan lake dance.;)
but benchmarks actually show that in many instances, when it comes to regular UI graphics operations, OpenGL/hardware accelerated interfaces don't necessarily perform better than Evas' own software engine and in several cases are actually worse
Which might well be, because EFL is so universal, that the conversion of commands and data eats away all the resources, because it’s so different. And what do you mean with “own software engine”? Complete software rendering, pixel by pixel? In that case I would check if your OpenGL engine not also actually is a software renderer.;))
SecuROM 3.0: “Error: SecuROM has detected that you have SENSES, and hence can employ in copyright infringement by copying it into your brain.” *brrrrzzzzz* *user gets eyes gouged out by a nasty drill* (3 seconds later:) “Please prepare to have your eyes gouged out.”
I’m not against filtering the media. As long as we only filter everything that is not deliberate disinformation and fearmongering. And as long as we include politicians and advertisements of all kinds as “media“.
Because then, there would not be anything left for them to send anyway.;)
Yes, but he only signed after the government answered to his request for more information.
Not relevant to the problem. Fact is still: He signed something, whose only known effect is the protection (trough concealment) of child abuse, and which is unconstitutional. Making him de-facto punishable for treason (usually at least 10 years jail) and aiding of child abuse (also not a small thing). And he is fully aware of this.
In this answer, the government assured that they will order the "Bundeskriminalamt" (something like the FBI) to not produce any lists of addresses to be blocked.
Yeah because the BKA is oh such a trustworthy source when it comes to “assuring” something. This is more a guarantee that they will produce those lists, but want to keep the fact secret. Oh wait... They already have a list, and it leaked already too.
So what does Köhler want? Go to PMITA prison over some stupid politic circus? Not such a wise move.
Shhh... Just all act like Twitter is dying anyway, and hope the rumor will catch enough fire to get messages on Twitter going on. Until they either die in a massive flamewar, or enough arguments come up so that most Twitterers will enter our reality and start to hate Twitter. (Which also means its dead.)
It’s the information wars. You are an Internet veteran. Act like one.:)
Twitter will die, because even the tiniest flaws will become huge unfathomable mountains of madness, if you give them time to grow. Let’s throw out some seeds. ^^
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What does Blu-Ray have to do with home cinema?
Discs? From a shop? With a special player? In 2010? You gotta be kiddin me!
I have a projector with a VGA D-SUB connector, and a 5.1 sound system (optical/coax/analog), and I will continue to play everything fine ’till the end of all time.
Why? Because: :)
BitTorrent — The choice of the real home cinema friend.
Wanna make money off of me? Well, let me pay for actual work (the service of making the movie). Not for imaginary property.
Man, sometimes I feel like living in a different reality than some people...
WTF? Media industry shills? On MY Slashdot? And WITH mod points? Modding MY comment?
Aaahhrrrgghh..... *faints*.
All is lost! :(
So? Then the existing case law, the text of the law, and the interpretation by the judges is wrong!
You know: Argumentum ad populum. Just because a lot of people are saying it, doesn’t mean it is right.
...any netbook with an ARM chip has hardware video acceleration, and can play HD video in fullscreen without problems.
Oh, you were talking about an Atom mini-laptop? That’s no a real netbook with that platform power profile, now is it? ;)
Because digital data reproduction does not cost money. And you can not take it away too.
The 35 cents are a lie too! You can not sell the digital data itself.
You can sell the service which results in digital data, though. But when you created it, and passed it over to someone, he now can do what it what he wants. Just as when you tell someone your name. Gone and out of control.
Their business model is based on faulty logic resulting in using bitspace objects as if they were meatspace ones. Those are two realms with radically different laws/rules (of physics).
So not only the damages that can be awarded are ZERO, but the media companies are engaged in active fraud of selling physically not existing things.
Should have read the site. (Information -> Features -> [scroll to the end]) Their marketing blurb states:
MODABILITY
With unprecedented modding tools, players will have unlimited options for modding Civ V any way they like.
So I think they are at least very aware of it.
Aaah. Civilization 1 and 2 were the best! :D
I did it in 2 seconds. Had 6 surfaces with color pre-applied, and just touched each of them with a side of the cube. ;)
Has anyone of that second group found a sex partner yet. Woman, man, penguin, sea urchin, alien, Lovecraftian trans-dimensional being... anything? ;)
Think 99.9999% of the world population don’t give a flying fuck about it too. :P
The problem here is not the crazy guys (in this case at the IOC).
The problem is us as a population, buying into their bullshit, despite it only hurting us, and only being for their advantage.
There are different ways to deal with bullshit: ;)
1. Blindly believe it, because the other one is so dominant, and you are so weak. The choice of the coward. But the default choice of about 70% of the population for 70% of all events.
2. Accepting it as a valid view, but engaging in an argumentation to refute it, because you have a own sense of reality, but are not secure in it. A lost case, since the other side is not employing logic, but delusion. You will be dragged down into their game, play there rules, and inevitably lose. The choice of an additional 25% of the population / for 25% of all events.
3. Ignoring or laughing at it, because you have a secure sense or reality, and know that it is bullshit. This is done by only maybe 5% of the population / 5 % of the time. Tops. Because that only is the case for those who are either leaders (not necessarily with followers)... or delusional cowards... or both.
Seems that the amount of people who understand the rules of bitspace, as opposed to meatspace, and who are also leaders, is way too small to change anything. :/
And from my experience, that is because we geeks are not very secure around “normal” people. We are not the cool guys in school. But there really is no reason for this. It’s only a self-fulfilling prophecy. Social conditioning.
I say, let’s change that. Today. From now on. :)
If anyone of you has children: Also teach them to be leaders. To be secure in their reality. And in the process: Teach it to yourselves.
They are at war with children. Obviously.
Think of the children!
We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth!
Think of the children!
We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth!
Think of the children!
We’re a war with the uncontrollable youth!
*pling* Invention of the concept of doublethink *pling*
On the plus side: This is a clear sign of what is inappropriate or acceptable behavior... for a school administration! ^^
[I hope it’s only the start of other parents demanding their rights too (to not have their children indoctrinated into being slaves who blindly accept everything as if it were $deity-given).]
Reminds me of punching someone in the eye with your fist, and then suing him for attacking your fist with his eye.
“Hey child, I was watching you play with yourself yesterday, and I have to call you in my room later, to... uuum... punish... you for that inappropriate behavior in your home!”
But you know: This is only a fucked up world, ...if you let them define that as normal reality.
It’s still your choice. Do you play along with the madness. Or do you don’t accept that world to be your world, no matter what?
But... but... I thought people would love it that way?
Child porn on the net? Block the site. Let the rapist continue doing what he does.
Headache because of eating fast food? Take a pain killer. And continue eating fast food.
A tornado wrecks the house? Build a new one. And wait for the next hurricane.
The boyfriend turns out to be an asshole? Whine about it to your friends. And go fuck the next guy who is an asshole, but sooo cute.
A political party lied to and fucks up the nation? Vote for “the other” party. And vote for this one again next time, when the other one turns out to be just as bad.
Rinse and repeat.
Isn’t that how most “people” “solve” their problems? :/
“Cattle” might be a better term. Then again, at least a donkey never does an error more than twice.
Well, shouldn’t be that hard to accuse half the school administration of employing in the production of child porn videos. (Most of them boys jacking off to porn. ;)
Of course you could. It would be something different if you just did it to him like that.
But if someone says something outrageous, you make a official bet. With official, signed consequences. And there you go. :)
Ask someone from the UK if you need tips. I heard they make bets on everything.
I think a full-scale ballet outfit with tutu is a better punishment though. Including dancing the swan lake dance. ;)
I could lock down any system and make 100% cracker proof - i'd unplug their server.
Behold my AXE! :D
Did you cry with happiness because of the ability to write more than 140 characters, or why the large wall of tl;dr text? ;)
Well, then peel it! ^^
but benchmarks actually show that in many instances, when it comes to regular UI graphics operations, OpenGL/hardware accelerated interfaces don't necessarily perform better than Evas' own software engine and in several cases are actually worse
Which might well be, because EFL is so universal, that the conversion of commands and data eats away all the resources, because it’s so different. ;))
And what do you mean with “own software engine”? Complete software rendering, pixel by pixel? In that case I would check if your OpenGL engine not also actually is a software renderer.
SecuROM 3.0: “Error: SecuROM has detected that you have SENSES, and hence can employ in copyright infringement by copying it into your brain.”
*brrrrzzzzz* *user gets eyes gouged out by a nasty drill*
(3 seconds later:) “Please prepare to have your eyes gouged out.”
I’m not against filtering the media. As long as we only filter everything that is not deliberate disinformation and fearmongering. And as long as we include politicians and advertisements of all kinds as “media“.
Because then, there would not be anything left for them to send anyway. ;)
Yes, but he only signed after the government answered to his request for more information.
Not relevant to the problem. Fact is still: He signed something, whose only known effect is the protection (trough concealment) of child abuse, and which is unconstitutional. Making him de-facto punishable for treason (usually at least 10 years jail) and aiding of child abuse (also not a small thing). And he is fully aware of this.
In this answer, the government assured that they will order the "Bundeskriminalamt" (something like the FBI) to not produce any lists of addresses to be blocked.
Yeah because the BKA is oh such a trustworthy source when it comes to “assuring” something. This is more a guarantee that they will produce those lists, but want to keep the fact secret.
Oh wait... They already have a list, and it leaked already too.
So what does Köhler want? Go to PMITA prison over some stupid politic circus? Not such a wise move.
Shhh... Just all act like Twitter is dying anyway, and hope the rumor will catch enough fire to get messages on Twitter going on. Until they either die in a massive flamewar, or enough arguments come up so that most Twitterers will enter our reality and start to hate Twitter. (Which also means its dead.)
It’s the information wars. You are an Internet veteran. Act like one. :)
Twitter will die, because even the tiniest flaws will become huge unfathomable mountains of madness, if you give them time to grow. Let’s throw out some seeds. ^^