1. 'Piracy' is a term that is used to describe, in fewer words, the illegal redistribution of copyrighted material. It is SYNONYMOUS with copyright infringement. This is why being a pedantic assclown is never a good idea. Eventually you're going to run across a word that has two meanings, and your puny human brain will implode trying to parse it.
No, it's not the copying that publishers care about. You could make 5,000 copies of everything you own and keep them in your basement for all they care. It's DISTRIBUTION that they care about.
The term pirate has a very specific meaning when it comes to software. It refers to someone that unlawfully copies a work then redistributes it, usually breaking some kind of copyright protection in the process. I'm sick of stupid pedantic fucks whingeing on about this. Words can have more than one meaning, if you haven't noticed.
I've been trying to explain this to people for years. When handled properly, patents are in the best interest of everyone. Leonardo had to have other ways of protecting his work, namely his weird code.
Go into a bookstore. Books are separated and clearly labeled as to target audience and genre. Most book stores have separate sections for children and young adult books. Stores that carry videogames don't have anything like this.
Improved ratings on videogames is something that EVERY gamer should promote and welcome. If it keeps morons from jumping up the ass of videogames every time some dipshit kid shoots his friend, it's something that should be supported. So you're 13 and can't buy GTA 3 on your own. Guess what? You shouldn't be able to, any more than you can get into an R rated movie.
Personally, I'd let my 13 year old play GTA, but whiny jackasses need all the deterrance from bitching we can throw at them.
Nothing. This is Slashdot. This is the home of people that say GNU/Linux and complain that software isn't 'free enough' because you have to copy a paragraph of text. They'd sooner build their own half-working implementation than use something that might in some way possibly maybe invade their precious privacy and expose their hardcore goat pr0n fetish to the world.
I'm probably not going to use Gmail simply because I don't need it. I've used the same email address for years now, so switching would be a massive PITA.
GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE YOU FUCKING PARANOID BASTARD. How do you know that USPS employees don't read your shit? Or that the phone company employees aren't reading your shit? Or that ANY OTHER WEBMAIL SERVICE isn't reading your shit? Or that someone isn't tapping into the mail server you set up and is reading mail off of that? The answer is YOU DON'T. Which is why you just have to GIVE THE FUCK UP and go with it. At some point you have to step outside and realize that people simply don't give a fuck about you. Seriously, unless you're planning a coup or something then people reading your email is the last fucking thing that needs to be on your mind.
It's a fucking email account. If we were talking about minority of Chinese people organizing a coup then I might be on your side, but it's AN EMAIL ACCOUNT. Just don't use it.
In any case, it doesn't fucking matter. Only the goddamned geek-ass bastards that call/. home would even give two shits about such a stupid fucking analogy.
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Yeah, like that American Revolution shit. "JUST DO SOMETHING!" and all the fuckers did was throw tea into the water. Pfffft... what a load of garbage.
1. 'Piracy' is a term that is used to describe, in fewer words, the illegal redistribution of copyrighted material. It is SYNONYMOUS with copyright infringement. This is why being a pedantic assclown is never a good idea. Eventually you're going to run across a word that has two meanings, and your puny human brain will implode trying to parse it.
No, it's not the copying that publishers care about. You could make 5,000 copies of everything you own and keep them in your basement for all they care. It's DISTRIBUTION that they care about.
The term pirate has a very specific meaning when it comes to software. It refers to someone that unlawfully copies a work then redistributes it, usually breaking some kind of copyright protection in the process. I'm sick of stupid pedantic fucks whingeing on about this. Words can have more than one meaning, if you haven't noticed.
It's okay. When you grow up and enter the real world you'll realize that a utopian society doesn't exist. I just hope they break it to you gently.
That's three separate sentences highlighting three separate points. STFU.
Yes, which is the reason for the fork. One part of the team concentrates of voice and video, the other concentrates on the other stuff.
I've been trying to explain this to people for years. When handled properly, patents are in the best interest of everyone. Leonardo had to have other ways of protecting his work, namely his weird code.
Go into a bookstore. Books are separated and clearly labeled as to target audience and genre. Most book stores have separate sections for children and young adult books. Stores that carry videogames don't have anything like this.
Improved ratings on videogames is something that EVERY gamer should promote and welcome. If it keeps morons from jumping up the ass of videogames every time some dipshit kid shoots his friend, it's something that should be supported. So you're 13 and can't buy GTA 3 on your own. Guess what? You shouldn't be able to, any more than you can get into an R rated movie.
Personally, I'd let my 13 year old play GTA, but whiny jackasses need all the deterrance from bitching we can throw at them.
What moron modded this bullshit insightful?
Kiddie porn rings are busted everyday, but it's not Slashdot worthy because it doesn't in some way involve software that costs money.
Nazi groups have a right to say what they want, and you have a right to not read it.
This shit is about as insightful as suddenly realizing that the sky is blue on your 30th birthday.
The Eighth Amendment pertains to sentences handed down by judges, not ass-poundings from a big black guy named Ben.
Slight correction to the grandparent. Average time served is 65 MONTHS. A little over five years.h tm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/ncvrw/1996/m-rape.
"Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a water-soluble, waxy solid that is used extensively in the cosmetic and toiletry industry."
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http://www.google.com/search?q=Polyethylene%20Gly
That's from the first link.
Nothing. This is Slashdot. This is the home of people that say GNU/Linux and complain that software isn't 'free enough' because you have to copy a paragraph of text. They'd sooner build their own half-working implementation than use something that might in some way possibly maybe invade their precious privacy and expose their hardcore goat pr0n fetish to the world.
I'm probably not going to use Gmail simply because I don't need it. I've used the same email address for years now, so switching would be a massive PITA.
GO THE FUCK OUTSIDE YOU FUCKING PARANOID BASTARD. How do you know that USPS employees don't read your shit? Or that the phone company employees aren't reading your shit? Or that ANY OTHER WEBMAIL SERVICE isn't reading your shit? Or that someone isn't tapping into the mail server you set up and is reading mail off of that? The answer is YOU DON'T. Which is why you just have to GIVE THE FUCK UP and go with it. At some point you have to step outside and realize that people simply don't give a fuck about you. Seriously, unless you're planning a coup or something then people reading your email is the last fucking thing that needs to be on your mind.
It's a fucking email account. If we were talking about minority of Chinese people organizing a coup then I might be on your side, but it's AN EMAIL ACCOUNT. Just don't use it.
In any case, it doesn't fucking matter. Only the goddamned geek-ass bastards that call /. home would even give two shits about such a stupid fucking analogy.
Yes, and everyone would have gone "What the fuck are those?" Everyone and their grandma knows what MP3 and JPEG are.
No, that's so far over the pedantic border it would take weeks to journey back over it on horseback.
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But then, that would make sense and be easy and wouldn't give you a chance to bitch about nothing.
Under that definition, Communist China is community-run. Want to be less pedantic?
You pay to use Linwhatever's installation programs. If you want, you can download the programs elsewhere.
Bullshit. A sports car is defined by looks and performance. Transmission means fuckall.
Have you tried it, or are you assuming it won't? I had no problem finding information on D the other day when I was reading up on it.