it's about control
if they enable a fully open jabber server as the backend for AIM someone will register a name like AOLCustomerService@techsupportteam.net and scam the AOLamers out of their passwords, then use the passwords to send spam to people on that buddy list.
so rather than keep the right to decide which consumers you are interested in, you prefer that everyone succomb to tyrrany from every asshole who wants to raise hell in your business for whatever reason?
so you decide not to buy a game because the politics of the game story line hit a little too close to home?
maybe you should judge it on gameplay and quality of the storyline
yes, i did. and copyright law specifically allows using a copyrighted product in it's intended use, even if that use requires making of further copies, as such you do not need to agree to jack shit in order to run the software.
it's the act of reselling Red Hat Linux that would require you to obtain additional rights, not the act of using it. if you had ever actually read the GPL you would know that
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speed and redlight cameras cause more accidents than they prevent.
last i knew, you can't have AOL in your screen name
broadband modems sometimes crash when they are either defective or damaged by the user, power cycling them can help sometimes
it's about control if they enable a fully open jabber server as the backend for AIM someone will register a name like AOLCustomerService@techsupportteam.net and scam the AOLamers out of their passwords, then use the passwords to send spam to people on that buddy list.
so is alcoholism but if i go to work drunk i would be fired.
you can't be fired for being addicted to porno
you can be fired for looking at porno on the job
CEO's also don't have men with guns to bust into your datacenter if they don't like what you are saying
the US Government wouldn't do things that way, they would instead demand all sorts of controls be placed on wikipedia content "for the children"
i'd rathe corp influence than govt. influence
the MPAA isn't a government body and it's ratings aren't enforced by the government
won't survive court if by some unholy miracle it get passed at all
so rather than keep the right to decide which consumers you are interested in, you prefer that everyone succomb to tyrrany from every asshole who wants to raise hell in your business for whatever reason?
so you decide not to buy a game because the politics of the game story line hit a little too close to home? maybe you should judge it on gameplay and quality of the storyline
you can protest on public property, such as sidewalks or parks.
unless you want YOUR place of business or home being intruded by protesters because they don't like you or your ideas
yes, i did. and copyright law specifically allows using a copyrighted product in it's intended use, even if that use requires making of further copies, as such you do not need to agree to jack shit in order to run the software.
so it's ok to force yourself into someone else's property as long as you aren't a threat to them?
actually a lot of people are still buying the 360, and there are more 360's out there than Wiis and PS3s combined
i oppose the war, but according to the first link in the search link you posted, they blocked the enterance and tried to force their way inside
i don't recall the part of the constitution where it says "the right of the people to storm buildings shall not be infringed."
did you ever read the DMCA?
it is illegal to traffic in a circumvention device. it is not illegal to circumvent DRM without trafficking in a circumvention device.
are you retarded?
it's the act of reselling Red Hat Linux that would require you to obtain additional rights, not the act of using it. if you had ever actually read the GPL you would know that
facts are not required to bash apple
anyone who wants to have their manager's balls in a vice.
yup
tell it to bush and the republicans, we wouldn't be in there if it weren't for them
i'm going to kick your ass for that!
just as soon as I sober up enough to walk
it wouldn't be HARD but it would be obnoxious for the devs, since they are making and testing two games at once