Is there any legal validity to this argument? That since I am paying a piracy tax on blank cdrs I should be legally entitled to copy software onto those cds? If it wasn't then would it be a failure to deliver a service and therefore the taxes should be returned. Has anyone looked into the legality of all this, and if so what is the solution?
Exposure is a great thing. I can remember the veyr first computer I used. It was a blue and white 286 laptop which could run the alf spelling game. It was great. The next computer I had was in 1992 when my dad bought us a 486. At first I was quite annoyed and boycotted using it because when we were getting it we had a choice of either getting the computer or going on a trip to disney land. I of course wanted to go to disney land but my brother got his way and we got the computer. I never really became interested until I cut open my foot with a large extendable exacto knife, which required 50 stitches and 3 internal layers of stitching to fix. As a result of this, at school I could no longer go and play outside and spent my lunch hours working on an old amiga with D-Paint and talking animator creating stories and so forth. From there I became interested in hour such things were accomplished and learnt how to program in Q-Basic. I didn't really accomplish much in it but playing with the internal speaker was fun. I can't really remember what happened after than except that I further became interested in computer graphics but then 1.5 years ago I decided to make a 3d renderer so that sucked up a lot of time as I was learning c++ and coding such a major project. I am still working on it, as it was a huge undertaking. Right now it is 7k lines of code.
Nevertheless exposure to computers at an early age created interest in me, so that now I have a going to university next year to study computer science.
Just my life story.
I was rushed on the first post. Expanding on what I said, patents should only last several years before they are voided so that the person holding the patent has enough time to market it. In addition things should only be patentable if they are within reason.
What I believe should be patentable are Algorithms and Scientific Ideas, not patterns such as those making up the genome and so forth. Those belong to their owners therefore falling under the arena of copyrighting. IMHO.
Who wouldn't build their own database website. Imagine slogging through hundreds of pages of fixed html. Does anyone know of sites like these other than personal pages put up by newbies? All of my sites are at least dynamic using php.
I have waiuted for this day finally it has been released open source. I remember the first time I played the demo of a 3D Gamer Magazine demo cd many years ago. The game totally blew me away. Truly the game was an original.
One its own my computer would be fine but with the rest of my family using it no way. My mom has a condition that I would call "fickle fingers" where she randomly clicks everywhere out of control until the computer dies.
Looking at those pics the kid seems to be going quite fast yet has little restraint. This would need to be resurrected on a larger coaster. He does get going quite fast as in the video but the bumper stops him. What I want to see is the video when that bumper finally breaks and he goes flying off the end into a tree.
There has always been one problem for me with laser weapons is that once you cut through your target you then start to cut through what was behind it and so forth for then next hundred kilometers which seems to be a bit of a problem. Though they would be useful for executions cause instead of lining up the people against a wall you line them up in series and take them out in one go.
No because I would never by any of these products to begin with. On TV I simply watch what ever is on at the time then move to my computer for commercials thus eliminating the need for a PVR. I would also never by an mp3 player as the cards are far too expensive when I can by an mp3/cdrw player than can store over a hundred songs on a single disk. IMHO.
Its a great idea for a joke but the image just looks too fake. They at least could have made a picture with George Foreman in it with that big smirk.
But the specs are the best part. Cooking a patty in 1:45 that is damn quick but it can't compare to McDonald's grill offs where people can grill a patty in less than 20 seconds.
But really the grill can't be beat. Imagine the possibilities of remote grilling over the internet how good can you get? All you need is Fujitsu's Linux Powered Robot to load up the grill.
I know that storing the information for single header isn't much but when your computer has 50k or more files on it. This can really add up especially on a system where excessive numbers of small files are used.
Can't we all live in anonymity? Isn't this a bit excess, to start stamping all files with a location string? The headers for files are already too large anyways why should we bloat them with another piece of only special use info. Its really quite pointless as most of the time when a file is moved all such header info is lost. Therefore all the files on a computer will have the same location eventhough they my have been downloaded.
Ha ha, I am an artist not a grease-monkey.
Who really is an engineer? As defined by dictionary.com an engineer is one who is involved in the field of engineering which is defined as "The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems." Therefore a programmer is most definently and engineer because programming is the process of solving problems and then writing the solution into code, not simply writing coding as implied by the title of code-monkey. Just MHO/2C.
I have waited for this day. Now I must by one drive it around downtown and terrorize people as they stare at the car with no one in it. Just wait until the cop tries to pull over the car.
But who needs a really car. I have a gas RC car and it goes 45mph and if I were to get a gearbox it could go 55 mph and this thing is only 1/10th scale. It has a metal chassis with oil shocks and is four wheel drive with 3 differentials. It weights 5kg and if you were to hit someone at 45mph you could do a lot of damage. It can go on any terrain and the performance offroad is unreal.
The military is gonna start buying these things and then using them as land based drones, by loading them up with a load of weaponry.
I second the motion but then again making CD copy-protected is useless since the anti-copying schemes really are ineffective. Just look at the example of macrovision, applications for ripping DVDs can already remove macrovision effortlessly.
Just my 2 cents.
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Is there any legal validity to this argument? That since I am paying a piracy tax on blank cdrs I should be legally entitled to copy software onto those cds? If it wasn't then would it be a failure to deliver a service and therefore the taxes should be returned. Has anyone looked into the legality of all this, and if so what is the solution?
Exposure is a great thing. I can remember the veyr first computer I used. It was a blue and white 286 laptop which could run the alf spelling game. It was great. The next computer I had was in 1992 when my dad bought us a 486. At first I was quite annoyed and boycotted using it because when we were getting it we had a choice of either getting the computer or going on a trip to disney land. I of course wanted to go to disney land but my brother got his way and we got the computer. I never really became interested until I cut open my foot with a large extendable exacto knife, which required 50 stitches and 3 internal layers of stitching to fix. As a result of this, at school I could no longer go and play outside and spent my lunch hours working on an old amiga with D-Paint and talking animator creating stories and so forth. From there I became interested in hour such things were accomplished and learnt how to program in Q-Basic. I didn't really accomplish much in it but playing with the internal speaker was fun. I can't really remember what happened after than except that I further became interested in computer graphics but then 1.5 years ago I decided to make a 3d renderer so that sucked up a lot of time as I was learning c++ and coding such a major project. I am still working on it, as it was a huge undertaking. Right now it is 7k lines of code. Nevertheless exposure to computers at an early age created interest in me, so that now I have a going to university next year to study computer science. Just my life story.
Sounds pretty cool. Does the object ever reach a maximum velocity or does it just keep on going? Where is the energy coming from?
How many perpetual motion machines have they allowed in? Maybe they should hire someone with half a brain finally...
Is there a pda that supports engrish?
I was rushed on the first post. Expanding on what I said, patents should only last several years before they are voided so that the person holding the patent has enough time to market it. In addition things should only be patentable if they are within reason.
What I believe should be patentable are Algorithms and Scientific Ideas, not patterns such as those making up the genome and so forth. Those belong to their owners therefore falling under the arena of copyrighting. IMHO.
Who wouldn't build their own database website. Imagine slogging through hundreds of pages of fixed html. Does anyone know of sites like these other than personal pages put up by newbies? All of my sites are at least dynamic using php.
I have waiuted for this day finally it has been released open source. I remember the first time I played the demo of a 3D Gamer Magazine demo cd many years ago. The game totally blew me away. Truly the game was an original.
One its own my computer would be fine but with the rest of my family using it no way. My mom has a condition that I would call "fickle fingers" where she randomly clicks everywhere out of control until the computer dies.
ha ha ha. What more can anyone say?
Looking at those pics the kid seems to be going quite fast yet has little restraint. This would need to be resurrected on a larger coaster. He does get going quite fast as in the video but the bumper stops him. What I want to see is the video when that bumper finally breaks and he goes flying off the end into a tree.
There has always been one problem for me with laser weapons is that once you cut through your target you then start to cut through what was behind it and so forth for then next hundred kilometers which seems to be a bit of a problem. Though they would be useful for executions cause instead of lining up the people against a wall you line them up in series and take them out in one go.
No because I would never by any of these products to begin with. On TV I simply watch what ever is on at the time then move to my computer for commercials thus eliminating the need for a PVR. I would also never by an mp3 player as the cards are far too expensive when I can by an mp3/cdrw player than can store over a hundred songs on a single disk. IMHO.
I am sorry but the search engine that cannot be surpassed is slashdot's.
Its a great idea for a joke but the image just looks too fake. They at least could have made a picture with George Foreman in it with that big smirk. But the specs are the best part. Cooking a patty in 1:45 that is damn quick but it can't compare to McDonald's grill offs where people can grill a patty in less than 20 seconds. But really the grill can't be beat. Imagine the possibilities of remote grilling over the internet how good can you get? All you need is Fujitsu's Linux Powered Robot to load up the grill.
I know that storing the information for single header isn't much but when your computer has 50k or more files on it. This can really add up especially on a system where excessive numbers of small files are used.
Can't we all live in anonymity? Isn't this a bit excess, to start stamping all files with a location string? The headers for files are already too large anyways why should we bloat them with another piece of only special use info. Its really quite pointless as most of the time when a file is moved all such header info is lost. Therefore all the files on a computer will have the same location eventhough they my have been downloaded.
I did come back to my code after over 6 six months without looking at it for even a sec and remembered what every line did, as I previously said.
Ha ha, I am an artist not a grease-monkey. Who really is an engineer? As defined by dictionary.com an engineer is one who is involved in the field of engineering which is defined as "The application of scientific and mathematical principles to practical ends such as the design, manufacture, and operation of efficient and economical structures, machines, processes, and systems." Therefore a programmer is most definently and engineer because programming is the process of solving problems and then writing the solution into code, not simply writing coding as implied by the title of code-monkey. Just MHO/2C.
Ok, so there are infinite twin prime numbers but what about secondary numbers? Have we just given up on them?
The AI would commit suicide or, if the first option wasn't available, it would go insane.
I have waited for this day. Now I must by one drive it around downtown and terrorize people as they stare at the car with no one in it. Just wait until the cop tries to pull over the car. But who needs a really car. I have a gas RC car and it goes 45mph and if I were to get a gearbox it could go 55 mph and this thing is only 1/10th scale. It has a metal chassis with oil shocks and is four wheel drive with 3 differentials. It weights 5kg and if you were to hit someone at 45mph you could do a lot of damage. It can go on any terrain and the performance offroad is unreal. The military is gonna start buying these things and then using them as land based drones, by loading them up with a load of weaponry.
I second the motion but then again making CD copy-protected is useless since the anti-copying schemes really are ineffective. Just look at the example of macrovision, applications for ripping DVDs can already remove macrovision effortlessly. Just my 2 cents.
Yes, but it is still in perpetual motion which has nothing to do with getting more energy out than you put in, a major misconception of the term.