If owned a company that produced a console, and then in turn owned another company that was making a sequel that was SURE to be a megahit, would I say "Hey, lemme put this out on my console exclusively, I'll clean up!"
Well, you know what? I wasn't referring to "unicron: hypothetical owner of a console company". I was referring to "unicron: owner of a single X-Box".
So why is it the X-Box owning unicron doesn't want the games he plays to be available on other platforms? Would that somehow vindicate your choice of console?
Consider this as a logistics issue; how does one get qualified teachers to each of the poorest villages in Laos? You'd have to pay most educated folks a considerable sum to relocate from their comfortable lifestyles. Far easier to have a central communications network were the literate villagers can communicate with teachers across the world. Some teachers might volunteer if it meant teaching via correspondence over email.
Perhaps these literate villagers can themselves become teachers to those around them -- an easier prospect than having to get volunteer or low-pay teachers to a far-off locale.
I'd agree it wouldn't be very effective, but for reasons different from those you state.
Civil disobedience is designed to demonstrate the injustice of a law and the government that upholds the law. Pirating songs and movies does nothing to demonstrate injustice because, despite the fact that 'everyone' does it, it is considered unethical by society. Jailing those who commit such acts it not going to raise awareness of the DMCA. In fact, they wouldn't even have to invoke the DMCA to convict them.
Remember, the fundamental threat of the DMCA is not that it prevents us selling pirated copies of the next Star Wars movie. Those who choose to will always find a means to pirate media. The threat is that it prevents legitimate access to the media we legally purchased.
Issues such as CSS and bypassing watermarks are much better ways to demonstrate the injustice of the DMCA. We just need a Computer Science professor or programmer of stature who is willing to go through the laborous legal proceedings -- the EFF would probably even foot the bill.
This is madness...haven't you people seen The Blob? (I'm talking the 80's special-effects laden version.) Exposing microorganisms to cosmic rays almost resulted in the Earth being consumed by a ravenous gelatinous creature!
The concept of Linux Game Programmer as a paying job is a relatively recent one. One is unlikely to see too many resumes with "8 years experience coding games on Linux" (or, if so, it should be viewed with skepticism).
When sifting through resumes of prospective coders, does Loki lean towards programmers with a strong gaming background or rather those with more Linux programming experience?
I know personally that if people started sending me trivial things encrypted it'd probably hit the bit bucket unread.
Then again, if it was encrypted how would you determine the trivalness of the message without unencrypting and reading it?
Perhaps you have a function T(c) = x, 0 = x = 1, which produces a scalar value of trivialness for a given ciphertext. If so, would this provide a potential attack exist against RSA based on spam and Usenet top 10 lists?
Perhaps what the NSA needs to do is make use of their mass popularity among the geek crowd and develop a distributed approach to cracking down on wrongful thinking.
Just imagine -- you download a screensaver that uses your system's spare cycles to analyze a chunk of suspicious data. If it should prove to be a legitimate thought crime, your system sends out the orders directly to the silent black helicopters. Let's see, we could call it SPOOK@home.
I think it's something we all owe to the NSA -- don't you?
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I never bought anything from him the rest of my life, and instead bought almost EVERY other RPG ever made.
Er, yeah. You really showed him...
...but TV pervays the worst prepared, most informal 'journalism'.
Careful now, that's Slashdot's domain.
If owned a company that produced a console, and then in turn owned another company that was making a sequel that was SURE to be a megahit, would I say "Hey, lemme put this out on my console exclusively, I'll clean up!"
Well, you know what? I wasn't referring to "unicron: hypothetical owner of a console company". I was referring to "unicron: owner of a single X-Box".
So why is it the X-Box owning unicron doesn't want the games he plays to be available on other platforms? Would that somehow vindicate your choice of console?
However, if somehow it can be made so that Half-Life 2 gets released as an X-Box only thing, I would be fucking estatic.
So, let me get this straight. You'd only be able to appreciate the game if it was deliberately denied to other gaming platforms?
Does that make you feel like a big man? Does it?
...it's very cold this time of year.
What?
She did date Yahoo Serious in Young Einstein.
Consider this as a logistics issue; how does one get qualified teachers to each of the poorest villages in Laos? You'd have to pay most educated folks a considerable sum to relocate from their comfortable lifestyles. Far easier to have a central communications network were the literate villagers can communicate with teachers across the world. Some teachers might volunteer if it meant teaching via correspondence over email.
Perhaps these literate villagers can themselves become teachers to those around them -- an easier prospect than having to get volunteer or low-pay teachers to a far-off locale.
Never underestimate the power of infrastructure.
The fact that this was modded +1 Informative has nearly cost me my bladder control and dignity.
On the Jerry Springer Show, life was confirmed at extreme shallows.
CDs can be deadly weapons! Remember Hellraiser III?
Regrettably, yes.
I'd agree it wouldn't be very effective, but for reasons different from those you state.
Civil disobedience is designed to demonstrate the injustice of a law and the government that upholds the law. Pirating songs and movies does nothing to demonstrate injustice because, despite the fact that 'everyone' does it, it is considered unethical by society. Jailing those who commit such acts it not going to raise awareness of the DMCA. In fact, they wouldn't even have to invoke the DMCA to convict them.
Remember, the fundamental threat of the DMCA is not that it prevents us selling pirated copies of the next Star Wars movie. Those who choose to will always find a means to pirate media. The threat is that it prevents legitimate access to the media we legally purchased.
Issues such as CSS and bypassing watermarks are much better ways to demonstrate the injustice of the DMCA. We just need a Computer Science professor or programmer of stature who is willing to go through the laborous legal proceedings -- the EFF would probably even foot the bill.
What the hell? Is /. slowly becoming the online equivalent of 'Good Morning America'?
I strongly suspect that Yggdrasil is dead, but if they came out with a new release tomorrow, it wouldn't surprise me.
You can never be too sure with a distro named after a Cthulu Elder God.
I suppose a human would have to sit at the board, if only so the knight could hop over other pieces...
Microsoft is backing the Boy Scouts of America? Explains the gold plated Swiss Army knives I saw a local troop carrying.
> I guess this is why Microsoft doesn't just pick up and move 30 miles north.
30 miles? To Marysville, Washington? Why the hell are they going to do that?
Oh, by some chance were you refering to a move to Canada? Around 200 miles would get them close to Vancouver, BC.
Geography: It's not just the law, it's a good idea.
This is both first post and not first post until I hit the 'Submit' button.
Just tell your friends that it's a terrarium for dust bunnies. Trust me, they'll be far more impressed than with a clear case.
After reading that archive I feel this sudden urge to play rogue.
This is madness...haven't you people seen The Blob? (I'm talking the 80's special-effects laden version.) Exposing microorganisms to cosmic rays almost resulted in the Earth being consumed by a ravenous gelatinous creature!
The concept of Linux Game Programmer as a paying job is a relatively recent one. One is unlikely to see too many resumes with "8 years experience coding games on Linux" (or, if so, it should be viewed with skepticism).
When sifting through resumes of prospective coders, does Loki lean towards programmers with a strong gaming background or rather those with more Linux programming experience?
Then again, if it was encrypted how would you determine the trivalness of the message without unencrypting and reading it?
Perhaps you have a function T(c) = x, 0 = x = 1, which produces a scalar value of trivialness for a given ciphertext. If so, would this provide a potential attack exist against RSA based on spam and Usenet top 10 lists?
Perhaps what the NSA needs to do is make use of their mass popularity among the geek crowd and develop a distributed approach to cracking down on wrongful thinking.
Just imagine -- you download a screensaver that uses your system's spare cycles to analyze a chunk of suspicious data. If it should prove to be a legitimate thought crime, your system sends out the orders directly to the silent black helicopters. Let's see, we could call it SPOOK@home.
I think it's something we all owe to the NSA -- don't you?