You are wrong... Diablo....Starcraft...Warcraft2...Warcraft 3...yes they all use Battle.net which is nothing more than a glorified chat server where players go to meet. Once you start a game all the real work happens between the players computers (besides reporting win/loss stats back to Battle.net). MMORPGs are much more server intensive and expensive to maintain as the game really runs on the servers.
This is typical US imperialist oppression and hegemony. Ya know, bomb some country back into the stone age and then forbid them from using any technology deemed dangerous.
SEE: The Project for the New American Century
lmao... same thing happened to me. They bypassed every component went straight to the incoming feed to my apartment to rule out the wire in my wall and finally tried yet another replacement box which turned out to be the problem. The part that wasn't funny was that this entire fiasco from initial installation until it was fixed took about two weeks !:(
Stories of this nature tend to bring out alarmists, Cassandras, and 'the sky is falling' types as well as rationalists and 'it-couldnt-happen-here' types.
Yes, and then there's the 'know-it-all' types like yourself who pigeon hole everyone and think you're being insightful and somehow superior.
You sound like a 10 year old. Did mommy teach you that trick? Get some opinions of your own you brainwashed clod. (btw.. it's people like you who give Purdue a bad name)
I have not only seen Office Space, I currently own every version of the movie produced in every language and every format. For the record I liked the guys quote from the movie. My comment was reffering to the guy who bashed him for it... mmmkay?
Well if the RIAA wants to play hardball... I propose that we organize local music sharing groups/clubs. Meet with people who like the same music and
trade,lend actually CD's. So it's kinda like letting a friend borrow a CD but on a much larger scale with a bigger group of friends. They can go make a copy if they want and the RIAA stay's the hell out of it. Lets see how much money the RIAA really loses then. This could be really cool. Imagine you could have club dues that go towards purchasing one copy of a CD. That CD then gets passed around the group. Sure this would be very difficult to get off the ground but it would be great to see the RIAA squirm.
Well that's an even worse analogy. In your analogy I'm the one making a copy and distributing it. In my analogy and in a file sharing system you are the one making the choice and doing the "actual copying"...
Shouldn't they be going after the downloaders? After all they are the one's actually making a copy. Whether or not an mp3 should actually be considered to be a copy of a song is another argument that I wont get into. I mean if I take a CD that I own and leave it out on the sidewalk in front of my house and someone comes along and makes a copy of it is that MY fault? (Sure, I'd get fined for littering but that's not the point)
If I put a stack of copied cd's on my front lawn is that public performance? If I turned my cd player up real loud in my house and you happen to hear it is that public performance? If i print out the mp3 in hex and put in on a tshirt and you happen to be real good at reading mp3's in hex is that public performance?
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You are wrong... Diablo....Starcraft...Warcraft2...Warcraft 3...yes they all use Battle.net which is nothing more than a glorified chat server where players go to meet. Once you start a game all the real work happens between the players computers (besides reporting win/loss stats back to Battle.net). MMORPGs are much more server intensive and expensive to maintain as the game really runs on the servers.
This is typical US imperialist oppression and hegemony. Ya know, bomb some country back into the stone age and then forbid them from using any technology deemed dangerous. SEE: The Project for the New American Century
lmao... same thing happened to me. They bypassed every component went straight to the incoming feed to my apartment to rule out the wire in my wall and finally tried yet another replacement box which turned out to be the problem. The part that wasn't funny was that this entire fiasco from initial installation until it was fixed took about two weeks ! :(
Yes, and then there's the 'know-it-all' types like yourself who pigeon hole everyone and think you're being insightful and somehow superior.
May you remember your post the next time you try to talk your way out of a speeding ticket...
I hope that was sarcasm! They already are tracking all of us! Think about it :)
You sound like a 10 year old. Did mommy teach you that trick? Get some opinions of your own you brainwashed clod. (btw.. it's people like you who give Purdue a bad name)
I always believe the FBI. They're my bestest buds...
It's because of shitheads like you that there are websites like his...
That's freakin' beautiful... Make some bumper stickers and i'll buy a hundred....
If they're anything like you they're far from 'innocent'....
Just remember we came here to get away from ignorant dipshit's like you....
I have not only seen Office Space, I currently own every version of the movie produced in every language and every format. For the record I liked the guys quote from the movie. My comment was reffering to the guy who bashed him for it... mmmkay?
Who needs spell checkers when we have tons of anal slashdot posters like you...?
Someone's got some issues... Is it about time to come out of the closet?
Their Australian... They already live in a penal colony. What do they have to lose...
Wouldn't that be more like, How to REALLY F*CK yourself!?
I have seen plenty of C&D letters from the MPAA/RIAA targeting IRC FServes. I think they even have some posted on www.chillingeffects.org
Getting, gotten, gone....
Well if the RIAA wants to play hardball... I propose that we organize local music sharing groups/clubs. Meet with people who like the same music and trade,lend actually CD's. So it's kinda like letting a friend borrow a CD but on a much larger scale with a bigger group of friends. They can go make a copy if they want and the RIAA stay's the hell out of it. Lets see how much money the RIAA really loses then. This could be really cool. Imagine you could have club dues that go towards purchasing one copy of a CD. That CD then gets passed around the group. Sure this would be very difficult to get off the ground but it would be great to see the RIAA squirm.
Damn the RIAA those NAZI BASTARDS!
Well that's an even worse analogy. In your analogy I'm the one making a copy and distributing it. In my analogy and in a file sharing system you are the one making the choice and doing the "actual copying"...
Shouldn't they be going after the downloaders? After all they are the one's actually making a copy. Whether or not an mp3 should actually be considered to be a copy of a song is another argument that I wont get into. I mean if I take a CD that I own and leave it out on the sidewalk in front of my house and someone comes along and makes a copy of it is that MY fault? (Sure, I'd get fined for littering but that's not the point)
Say I copy a CD and leave a copy of it on my front lawn. You walk by and take it. Who has committed the crime?
If I put a stack of copied cd's on my front lawn is that public performance? If I turned my cd player up real loud in my house and you happen to hear it is that public performance? If i print out the mp3 in hex and put in on a tshirt and you happen to be real good at reading mp3's in hex is that public performance?