I don't give a toss about wether downloading songs for free is morally right or wrong. What I care about is the fact that the RIAA is trying to solve the problem through buying legislation.
There should be a dichotomy of power - corporations have financial power, the people have legislative power through a government that represents them. When the government starts representing the corporation instead of the people, who represents the people?
I say again, I don't care about them legislating against downloading songs, what I care about is that it is a symptom of a disturbing trend.
The problem is that people can easily dismiss rumour. Photos are generally accepted as better "proof". The problem is when someone is photographed unaware, and placed in a context that distorts the picture.
For example, the guys that had pictures placed on a gay website were not, afaik, gay. However, by putting the pictures, which weren't doctored at all, on the site, an assosciation is created which can be damaging.
I'm not too sure about libel laws - the people who posted the pictures never said the guys were homosexual. But anyone who saw the site probably assumed so, and that could be damaging to the people involved.
A while ago there was a big uproar when a few guys from a private school rowing club were photographed and posted on a gay website. None of the guys involved where gay, but they coped a whole lot of crap when people they knew saw the images. This laws probably a reaction to that sort of thing.
I still use the ICQ network, but not the client. I use Miranda, which is a nice little bare bones client with a plugin interface. Theres a plugin for the MS network, but it was a bit buggy last time I checked it out.
Yes, Thirteenth Floor was a pretty good movie. Didn't have the action appeal of the Matrix to make it a real killer though. It dealt with one particular aspect of simulations that the Matrix (the first one at least) skipped over. Can't say more without spoiling though. Have to watch it yourself.
One of my friends worked at a small retail store that re-wrapped their software. AFAIK, they didn't accept returns, but they encouraged their employees to take the games home and play them, the reshrink them, so that their employees would know what they were talking about when asked for help by the customer.
Of course, most employees took the software home, copied it, and never played it again, but hey. It's the thought that counts, right?
Another factor would be the prevelance of cheap, large, removable storage devices, such as CD-Rs. Most new PCs come with CD-R drives, and blanks are dirt cheap.
Now I can store a whole swag of information on a CD instead of on my HD, so I dont need as big a HD, or as many.
Not hard to decode, its just looks like they've deciced to cram the buzzword(or buzz-symbol) for everything they're working on at the moment on to the one product.
I also think Blizzard needs to come up with a new plot device - this is the third time we've seen the good guy in the first campaign turn to evil in the next. To wit:
No. Posting a post just for the sake of having the first post only demonstrates that you have nothing more valuable to do with your time than sit there hitting refresh on your browser over and over again.
The article says that traditional firefighting aircraft must fly "dangerously low". This implies that this airship is going to be designed to drop the water from higher up. Depending how high up, the effect of the updraft would be lessened.
Actually, it's more like a newspaper giving away copies of it's paper one day, then demanding that anyone who received a copy burn it the next day because it's now out of date.
Archiving doesn't hurt anyone financially - it was free when it was archived, it's still free now.
Archiving doesnt't steal anyone's glory - archives usually give the URL the page came from, so you know whose work it is.
Is there a way archiving can actually devalue the original? If there is, there might be a valid reason for complaining about it, but I can't find any.
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Yes, you can probably counter all these tactics, but they would still do their job.
If the labels can force p2p networks into a more complex model, it culls the less technically able users. I think if the p2p music sharing networks evolved into systems requiring md5 hash lookups, trust networks and other countermeasures, Joe Schmoe wouldn't be bothered using them. He wants something he can just hook up to, grab stuff, and leave.
Music piracy has always happened. Its just booming now. They just want to stop the boom, not eradicate it entirely.
I didnt mind that so much - but the earliest release shipped em in a cruddy cardboard folder, and the later one in a nice compact 5-CD case as per FFVIII/PC
Presumably as the game gets further along, they'll support more video cards, but at this stage they want to deal with more important details, not get bogged down supporting beta testers with obscure cards.
I know this was a joke, but a super immune system will do bugger all about regrowing tissue (knife wounds, bulletholes). You're just going to be able to get stabbed and not have to worry about infection.
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I don't give a toss about wether downloading songs for free is morally right or wrong. What I care about is the fact that the RIAA is trying to solve the problem through buying legislation.
There should be a dichotomy of power - corporations have financial power, the people have legislative power through a government that represents them. When the government starts representing the corporation instead of the people, who represents the people?
I say again, I don't care about them legislating against downloading songs, what I care about is that it is a symptom of a disturbing trend.
Yeah, just tell everyone that terrorists are using the road network, so it'll have to be shut down. Problem solved.
The problem is that people can easily dismiss rumour. Photos are generally accepted as better "proof". The problem is when someone is photographed unaware, and placed in a context that distorts the picture.
For example, the guys that had pictures placed on a gay website were not, afaik, gay. However, by putting the pictures, which weren't doctored at all, on the site, an assosciation is created which can be damaging.
I'm not too sure about libel laws - the people who posted the pictures never said the guys were homosexual. But anyone who saw the site probably assumed so, and that could be damaging to the people involved.
A while ago there was a big uproar when a few guys from a private school rowing club were photographed and posted on a gay website. None of the guys involved where gay, but they coped a whole lot of crap when people they knew saw the images. This laws probably a reaction to that sort of thing.
I still use the ICQ network, but not the client. I use Miranda, which is a nice little bare bones client with a plugin interface. Theres a plugin for the MS network, but it was a bit buggy last time I checked it out.
Yes, Thirteenth Floor was a pretty good movie. Didn't have the action appeal of the Matrix to make it a real killer though. It dealt with one particular aspect of simulations that the Matrix (the first one at least) skipped over. Can't say more without spoiling though. Have to watch it yourself.
One of my friends worked at a small retail store that re-wrapped their software. AFAIK, they didn't accept returns, but they encouraged their employees to take the games home and play them, the reshrink them, so that their employees would know what they were talking about when asked for help by the customer.
Of course, most employees took the software home, copied it, and never played it again, but hey. It's the thought that counts, right?
Who buys windows?
You get it on a new PC, or pirate it off your next door neighbour when he buys one.
Another factor would be the prevelance of cheap, large, removable storage devices, such as CD-Rs. Most new PCs come with CD-R drives, and blanks are dirt cheap.
Now I can store a whole swag of information on a CD instead of on my HD, so I dont need as big a HD, or as many.
Not hard to decode, its just looks like they've deciced to cram the buzzword(or buzz-symbol) for everything they're working on at the moment on to the one product.
In don't know about Stallman, but the actual phrase is "love of money is the root of all evil".
Just a point
Yeah, sorry that was pretty stupid. I deserved that.
- Diablo/Diablo 2: The Hero in Diablo 1
- Starcraft: Kerrigan
- Warcraft 3: Arthas
Really need something new from these guys.Well, it also depends somewhat on how well MS succeeds in trying to ruin linux through strategies like Palladium and such.
As general interest in Linux grows, so does its threat to MS' user base, and MS doesnt like threats.
No. Posting a post just for the sake of having the first post only demonstrates that you have nothing more valuable to do with your time than sit there hitting refresh on your browser over and over again.
Congratulations, you have no life.
Uh, water doesn't mean there is or was life, it means there could be life.
AI wasn't really his, Kubrick was in on that.
That's exactly what they're trying to do. The article says the airhsip is trying to create an artificial rainstorm.
The article says that traditional firefighting aircraft must fly "dangerously low". This implies that this airship is going to be designed to drop the water from higher up. Depending how high up, the effect of the updraft would be lessened.
I still can't see a problem.
The content was originally being distributed for free.
It is still being distributed for free, and the author is still being credited.
Actually, it's more like a newspaper giving away copies of it's paper one day, then demanding that anyone who received a copy burn it the next day because it's now out of date.
Archiving doesn't hurt anyone financially - it was free when it was archived, it's still free now.
Archiving doesnt't steal anyone's glory - archives usually give the URL the page came from, so you know whose work it is.
Is there a way archiving can actually devalue the original? If there is, there might be a valid reason for complaining about it, but I can't find any.
Yes, you can probably counter all these tactics, but they would still do their job.
If the labels can force p2p networks into a more complex model, it culls the less technically able users. I think if the p2p music sharing networks evolved into systems requiring md5 hash lookups, trust networks and other countermeasures, Joe Schmoe wouldn't be bothered using them. He wants something he can just hook up to, grab stuff, and leave.
Music piracy has always happened. Its just booming now. They just want to stop the boom, not eradicate it entirely.
Just for the record - BG came on 5 CDs.
I didnt mind that so much - but the earliest release shipped em in a cruddy cardboard folder, and the later one in a nice compact 5-CD case as per FFVIII/PC
Not for a game - for a beta test.
Presumably as the game gets further along, they'll support more video cards, but at this stage they want to deal with more important details, not get bogged down supporting beta testers with obscure cards.
I know this was a joke, but a super immune system will do bugger all about regrowing tissue (knife wounds, bulletholes). You're just going to be able to get stabbed and not have to worry about infection.