I don't know too many people who would intentionally design a bad game that's awful to play by designing a crappy interface with inexperienced personnel without using any computers. But maybe it's just me.
or anytime there's nasty weather and the cable service itself goes out?
should we sue Vonage then, too?
remember, back in the day, every time the power went out your landlines still worked -- and they were never disrupted by thunderstorms or heavy snow either.
i mean, forget whether or not Vonage can route to the proper 911 based on your location, thats irrelevant.
if anyone gets Vonage and doesn't have an established backup plan to call Emergency Services when (not if... WHEN) your cable modem goes down, then you've brought the trouble on yourself.
This whole thing is really negligence on the parent's part and they are just damn lucky their kid wasnt critically injured.
the Department of Justice is having trouble finding abuses of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?...
but seriously, the DoJ under Asscroft was the ones who pressed for the passage of the act in the first place. and have been defending the Act ever since.
considering the suit was brought by 17 major Film corporations, the majority being American, including Columbia, Disney, Warner, et. al.
IANAL, but all of falls under International Law, and the French judge's ruling is a setback to to the Motion Picture comapanies who brought the suit.
Its the same if you were to have copied a bunch of French films from a French film distribution company, and they were to try and prosecute you for copyright infringement in a US court.
30-somethings who saw the original episodes (IV,V,VI) in the 70's and 80's
teenagers who saw the prequels.
Use COUNT command and Status Menu output to verify receipt so the question is... whos gonna buy the most overpriced Star Wars Merchandise?
damn right. it the beret-wearing 35 year olds who argue about the minutae of Star Wars Lore at the comic book store every day, and go home to their "apartment" in their parents' basement at night.
and, yeah, the teenagers are a close second.
and with that, hopefully we'll see Padme in some variation of Jabba's lair.
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mastering the ALT-TAB while keeping a consistent facial expression.
ok, this guy's "research" is barely legalistic and not at all economic -- his two professed fields of study.
all he has done, basically, is count words and screens in the EULA, and count additional program installations and registry modifications by the software.
so hardly a stunning bit of engineering research, either.
this is really a piss poor attempt to promote limewire under the pretense of academic research.
Note well, that he admit he has been a "paid consultant" for the company.
He has given an overwhelmingly favorable review of Limewire compared to the others. Under the guise of objectivity, he mentions briefly that Limewire has some adware/nagware, but its "all for upgrading their own product"
he also admits that for limewire, even though there is no nasty EULA, there is a "large" amount of files and folders created during installation. He then dismisses this as no big deal, just some harmless "Java Runtime Environment files needed for the program's operation"
this is where the scam comes in:
it's all these additional JRE files that can be used at a later date to run some serious spyware.
this is a Trojan Horse, people. Its "harmless" stuff now, but just wait till they get a larger distribuition.
and to help them do so, they employ hack grad students like this guy to write "academic research" pieces like this crap.
(1) all P2P is bad, cuz it bundles spyware and hides it wiht evil obscure EULA agreements.
(2) except for LimeWire. they make a happy little P2P client, that only fills your computer up with JRE files. and occasional friendly reminders to buy their full version.
(3) Oh and by the way, thanks to LimeWire for underwriting my academic research.
you get a mobile Windows-enabled cellphone, with a 3GB harddrive.. next thing you know every other message you get is gonna be:
DOWNLOAD BRITNEY SPEARS RINGTONES FOR FREE NOW!!!!!
DOWNLOAD FREE PRON NOW!!!!!
and blah blah blah.
and since its WINDOWS, in no time at all youll be infested with tons of malware, and youll have to fill your 3GB harddrive with AdAware, HijackThis and SpySubtract.
a hard drive running windows embedded our eyeglasses.
Now THAT would be useful way more useful than 10 zillion different ringtones on your cellphone.
think about it -- with a special one-way reflective coating on the lenses, we can just download pr0n all day at work or school, and people will think we're dilligently paying attention to our duties.
i mean we're talking 3 minutes after the story posted.
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heres the quote Forbes pulls from the (representative?) Anti-microsoft website site
What drug am I "on" you must be wondering? I am on the ecstasy that my laptop is mine, the toxin of Open Source. --- Oh yes, Baby! ---Sweet, sweet, sweet like candy after staying with a diabetic, sweet Linux.
When Forbes confronted Microsoft about this, their reply was
...at least in cities like Seattle. Chicago should be about the same.
see, theres already a bazillion free wifi hotspots. get a group to map 'em out (if they havent already), and bingo. you have free wireless almost anywhere you go.
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I do. They're called Ubisoft. try "Shadowbane."
your IP addresses have been forwared.
you weren't trying to misspel Caesar.
come on. admit it.
or anytime there's nasty weather and the cable service itself goes out?
should we sue Vonage then, too?
remember, back in the day, every time the power went out your landlines still worked -- and they were never disrupted by thunderstorms or heavy snow either.
i mean, forget whether or not Vonage can route to the proper 911 based on your location, thats irrelevant.
if anyone gets Vonage and doesn't have an established backup plan to call Emergency Services when (not if... WHEN) your cable modem goes down, then you've brought the trouble on yourself.
This whole thing is really negligence on the parent's part and they are just damn lucky their kid wasnt critically injured.
All these worlds are yours -- except Enchilada. Attempt no landing there.
the Department of Justice is having trouble finding abuses of the USA PATRIOT Act.
...
Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
but seriously, the DoJ under Asscroft was the ones who pressed for the passage of the act in the first place. and have been defending the Act ever since.
Nothing to see here, folks.
considering the suit was brought by 17 major Film corporations, the majority being American, including Columbia, Disney, Warner, et. al.
IANAL, but all of falls under International Law, and the French judge's ruling is a setback to to the Motion Picture comapanies who brought the suit.
Its the same if you were to have copied a bunch of French films from a French film distribution company, and they were to try and prosecute you for copyright infringement in a US court.
your right, except for that part about Africa being a country.
no, wait
"We dont need more Blank Media Laws, we just need to enforce the ones already --"
no, thats not it. how about:
"You can Take my Blank Media when you pry it from my cold, dead...."
hmm. no, not it either. Okay:
"Forced Child Saftety Locks with each sale of Blank Media is an Infringement on my Second Amend--- er... Unconstitut--"
ah, dammit.
I know theres something here, but I just cant put my finger on it.
the core demographic is split in two camps:
30-somethings who saw the original episodes (IV,V,VI) in the 70's and 80's
teenagers who saw the prequels.
Use COUNT command and Status Menu output to verify receipt
so the question is... whos gonna buy the most overpriced Star Wars Merchandise?
damn right. it the beret-wearing 35 year olds who argue about the minutae of Star Wars Lore at the comic book store every day, and go home to their "apartment" in their parents' basement at night.
and, yeah, the teenagers are a close second.
and with that, hopefully we'll see Padme in some variation of Jabba's lair.
mastering the ALT-TAB while keeping a consistent facial expression.
ok, this guy's "research" is barely legalistic and not at all economic -- his two professed fields of study.
all he has done, basically, is count words and screens in the EULA, and count additional program installations and registry modifications by the software.
so hardly a stunning bit of engineering research, either.
this is really a piss poor attempt to promote limewire under the pretense of academic research.
Note well, that he admit he has been a "paid consultant" for the company.
He has given an overwhelmingly favorable review of Limewire compared to the others. Under the guise of objectivity, he mentions briefly that Limewire has some adware/nagware, but its "all for upgrading their own product"
he also admits that for limewire, even though there is no nasty EULA, there is a "large" amount of files and folders created during installation. He then dismisses this as no big deal, just some harmless "Java Runtime Environment files needed for the program's operation"
this is where the scam comes in:
it's all these additional JRE files that can be used at a later date to run some serious spyware.
this is a Trojan Horse, people. Its "harmless" stuff now, but just wait till they get a larger distribuition.
and to help them do so, they employ hack grad students like this guy to write "academic research" pieces like this crap.
lets see, is this about the gist of it?
(1) all P2P is bad, cuz it bundles spyware and hides it wiht evil obscure EULA agreements.
(2) except for LimeWire. they make a happy little P2P client, that only fills your computer up with JRE files. and occasional friendly reminders to buy their full version.
(3) Oh and by the way, thanks to LimeWire for underwriting my academic research.
all i get is page not found.
hows this offtopic?
you get a mobile Windows-enabled cellphone, with a 3GB harddrive.. next thing you know every other message you get is gonna be:
DOWNLOAD BRITNEY SPEARS RINGTONES FOR FREE NOW!!!!!
DOWNLOAD FREE PRON NOW!!!!!
and blah blah blah.
and since its WINDOWS, in no time at all youll be infested with tons of malware, and youll have to fill your 3GB harddrive with AdAware, HijackThis and SpySubtract.
you wont have any room for 1000 new ringtones.
a hard drive running windows embedded our eyeglasses.
Now THAT would be useful way more useful than 10 zillion different ringtones on your cellphone.
think about it -- with a special one-way reflective coating on the lenses, we can just download pr0n all day at work or school, and people will think we're dilligently paying attention to our duties.
yay. thanks.
who sell ID Data to Law Enforcement, including one certain Federal Domestic Intelligence service, codenamed "Matrix"
whats really funny is, i aint makin this up.
and to top it off, they neglected to include Vulcan, Klingon, Romulan, or even Elvish in their multi-lingual Page Not Found notices...
i mean we're talking 3 minutes after the story posted.
(en) Please come back later
(de) Bitte versuchen sie es spaeter nocheinmal
(nl) Gelieve te komen later terug
(no) Vennligst prov igjen senere
(fr) Veuillez revenir plus tard
(es) Vuelto por favor mas adelante
(pt) Voltado por favor mais tarde
(it) Ritornato prego più successivamente
When Forbes confronted Microsoft about this, their reply was
To honor these quixotic champions, we spent hours trawling the Web looking for the very best corporate hate sites.
...at least in cities like Seattle. Chicago should be about the same.
see, theres already a bazillion free wifi hotspots. get a group to map 'em out (if they havent already), and bingo. you have free wireless almost anywhere you go.
http://www.seattlewireless.net/
so, take this to a public library terminal, stick it in, reboot their machine, and VIOLA!
you've just partitioned their hard drive, and now have your own private workstation.
im sure they wont mind.
power to the people.
yeah, but it just partitioned your drive.
sorry. hope you didnt mind.