Judge Jackson may have been so personally pissed at MS he did something legally questionable, but now MS is showing their stripes to an "impartial" judge. I don't think Judge CKK is going to be the pushover they hoped. Welcome to the new millenium - it's gonna be a long one.
In other news, a giant ball of flaming gas rose from the Atlantic Ocean this morning. It is steadily making it's way across the sky, and is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean sometime this evening.
The people who write spyware are people doing a job. For all you know, it's the best work they can get. Fuck you for judging them off hand.
Now, the people that hand them the design specs, that's different.
What line needs to be more clear? Are you worried that you might be mingling with spyware authors at parties? It sounds like you just want a nice little button that says "I don't write spyware!"
"I would imagine members could fetch a better salary, especially if there was some competency requirement, as doctors have the Medical Board exams. "
I would imagine that if I didn't eat so much fast food my shit would smell like roses. It's fun to imagine, isn't it?
Companies that want programmers who write spyware would hire "non-certified" programmers. Your little idealist union sure would be fun, but it doesn't quite fit in the real world.
Harlan Ellison sued AOL (among others) for having the temerity to permit users to upload copies of his copyrighted works across their networks on the Usenet
Come on man, get with it! Suing over usenet piracy is so 90's. It's all about suing p2p now!
Next thing you know, he'll start railing off on the evils of DOOM.
Hey, they're just starting out. We can look at all the errors of every computer manufacturer in their first models. The Altair 8088 and Apple 1 were both kits, requiring a great deal of know-how (especially then) and allowed for a large deal of Human error (This was in the days of shag carpetting). Microtel is going to have a large amount of future successes for freeing us from the evil tyrant of Microsoft! Thank you, Microtel for having the balls to stand up!
I personally believe the judge was fair and informed. This can be seen by his A. Wrong use of 2 of the titles "Mortal Combat" and "Resident of Evil Creek" B. Only looked at 4 titles. The judge didn't play the games. He was shown video clips ( More likely to be the gory ones such as a MK Fatality ) and of the games he did see all 4 were basically the Gory ones in the industry. He didn't see Final Fantasy. He didn't see Metal of Honor. He didn't see any of the other more robust and story/plot/idealistic driven games.
This is similar to judging all movies value as Free Speech based on
Nightmare on Elm St. Halloween Friday the 13th Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Anybody can see how ridiculous a judgement based on such a small set of evidence is. However, I do believe that the Gaming industry should have done a better job. Why didn't he see anything else?!? Why did he only see the "plots"
removes your right to judge. I mean seriously. If you aren't an expert or at least very knowledgeable about literature you really don't have a right to say which books are better than others. I'm not saying that you don't have the right to an opinion and a right to voice that opinion. What I'm saying is that if you aren't knowledgeable about something, then your judgement isn't valid. This is why we are having such trouble with laws regarding software, video games, etc. The lawyers, judges, and other people with the power to make decisions aren't knowledgeable enough to make well informed decisions. I mean you got a guy who play 4 very violent games with an extreme lack of plot and then decided games weren't art. Try getting a judge who's played games since he was 2. Someone who knows. When people who were alive before computers retire and the next generation comes into power I'm sure we wont have these stupid problems anymore, because people with power to decide will be more knowledgeable. I would also like to see if this judge would make the same decision after playing through Final Fantasy 6 or Chrono Trigger. The smart thing to do is not always the right thing to do. If you do the right thing, you are damn smart. -Me
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I dig the denoser.
Really.
noses suck.
The why the quotation marks?
One or the other.
Setchopantsonfiya.
I think you need a laptop.
cunt.
It's been 17 seconds since I hit "reply".
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"It works quite well, and even has a gui now."
That's so sad. So very sad.
Buy a Mac, man.
Laptops. I watch DVDs on planes, trains, and aeroplanes.
I do it on an iBook, but that's not the point.
tard
Everyone needs to get the chance to make their stupid fucking jokes and "insightful" comments.
/.. Old stories or "hey, look, microsoft isn't playing fair" pieces.
Looks like a slow day for
there's a funny smell coming from my pants.
really.
Judge Jackson may have been so personally pissed at MS he did something legally questionable, but now MS is showing their stripes to an "impartial" judge. I don't think Judge CKK is going to be the pushover they hoped.
Welcome to the new millenium - it's gonna be a long one.
why the fuck are you posting monospace?
you are indeed naive.
So, is the overrated thing just to keep trolls down, even when we're not trolling?
Really, how can something that's at 0 be overrated?
In other news, a giant ball of flaming gas rose from the Atlantic Ocean this morning. It is steadily making it's way across the sky, and is expected to land in the Pacific Ocean sometime this evening.
Are you and the honerable RecipeTroll one and the same? Or are you trying to horn in on the RecipeTroll's racket?
Inquiring trolls want to know.
The people who write spyware are people doing a job. For all you know, it's the best work they can get. Fuck you for judging them off hand.
Now, the people that hand them the design specs, that's different.
What line needs to be more clear? Are you worried that you might be mingling with spyware authors at parties? It sounds like you just want a nice little button that says "I don't write spyware!"
Print one up and move on.
"I would imagine members could fetch a better salary, especially if there was some competency requirement, as doctors have the Medical Board exams. "
I would imagine that if I didn't eat so much fast food my shit would smell like roses. It's fun to imagine, isn't it?
Companies that want programmers who write spyware would hire "non-certified" programmers. Your little idealist union sure would be fun, but it doesn't quite fit in the real world.
Look, businesses hire programmers to make money. You can cling to your stupid fucking ideals all you want, but ideals don't pay the rent.
Code this spyware or go on welfare? Tough call....
Come on man, get with it! Suing over usenet piracy is so 90's. It's all about suing p2p now!
Next thing you know, he'll start railing off on the evils of DOOM.
-Denor
Hey, they're just starting out. We can look at all the errors of every computer manufacturer in their first models. The Altair 8088 and Apple 1 were both kits, requiring a great deal of know-how (especially then) and allowed for a large deal of Human error (This was in the days of shag carpetting). Microtel is going to have a large amount of future successes for freeing us from the evil tyrant of Microsoft! Thank you, Microtel for having the balls to stand up!
would you like some hot gravy and meat?
You haven't been reading slashdot long, have you?
Of course they're obligatory. Assmunch replies like yours are also obligatory.
Sounds great. I'm veg, but I can't imagine it would hurt to substitute veggie broth for the chicken broth.
Thanks a lot, man!
Have you ever slept with Betty Crocker? What's she like?
Offtopic. That wasn't a troll, since he wasn't looking to get a response.
Also, suck my smelly asshole.
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter.
does this mean I have to give up my copy of Super Salad Tosser 2: Goatse's Revenge?
I personally believe the judge was fair and informed. This can be seen by his
A. Wrong use of 2 of the titles
"Mortal Combat" and "Resident of Evil Creek"
B. Only looked at 4 titles.
The judge didn't play the games. He was shown video clips ( More likely to be the gory ones such as a MK Fatality ) and of the games he did see all 4 were basically the Gory ones in the industry. He didn't see Final Fantasy. He didn't see Metal of Honor. He didn't see any of the other more robust and story/plot/idealistic driven games.
This is similar to judging all movies value as Free Speech based on
Nightmare on Elm St.
Halloween
Friday the 13th
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Anybody can see how ridiculous a judgement based on such a small set of evidence is. However, I do believe that the Gaming industry should have done a better job. Why didn't he see anything else?!? Why did he only see the "plots"
removes your right to judge. I mean seriously. If you aren't an expert or at least very knowledgeable about literature you really don't have a right to say which books are better than others. I'm not saying that you don't have the right to an opinion and a right to voice that opinion. What I'm saying is that if you aren't knowledgeable about something, then your judgement isn't valid.
This is why we are having such trouble with laws regarding software, video games, etc. The lawyers, judges, and other people with the power to make decisions aren't knowledgeable enough to make well informed decisions. I mean you got a guy who play 4 very violent games with an extreme lack of plot and then decided games weren't art. Try getting a judge who's played games since he was 2. Someone who knows. When people who were alive before computers retire and the next generation comes into power I'm sure we wont have these stupid problems anymore, because people with power to decide will be more knowledgeable.
I would also like to see if this judge would make the same decision after playing through Final Fantasy 6 or Chrono Trigger.
The smart thing to do is not always the right thing to do. If you do the right thing, you are damn smart. -Me