Not everyone has been under the knife, but everyone has to deal with the economy. Whether they're thoughts are accurate or way off base, they're irrevocably tied to the system which triggers a strong emotional response, and thus an opinion.
I used to work in an optical, so I know a bit about the comp glasses.
Usually sell them with anti-glare, but that's mostly for CRT flicker, or for offices with fluorescent lights (sounds like that's not an issue for you).
The biggest thing with them is that they are for people who wear bifocals/progressive lenses. Computer glasses are an intermediate perscription, as the distance Rx is usually not good for a monitor so close, and tilting your head back all day to look through your reading portion can give you neck strain pretty quick.
Personally, I think this is a road that should be travelled down a bit.
The sterile burning method allows the fair use for you to make backups, and even to make a copy for your friend to try out. What it doesn't allow is for your friend to give a copy to his friend, etc.
However, this particular implementation of the method is lacking in some ways. I don't think you should be limited in the number of copies you can make from the original. As far as compatibility goes, I hope they are truly compatible. Lastly, I don't like how they use Windows Meda files.
I think this is a good first step into an interesting copyright protection method.
That and the fact that it says that Nihilistic has a contract to take up another game. Rather than give Blizz a half done job that is all over, they're gonna wrap up what they have and hand it back in a nice little package. Blizz can then use this as a platform to complete the game.
Which would be worse? Having Blizz take the game back, polish it up and release it, or having Nihilistic trying to BS their way through it while concurrently working on another game that they are contractually obligated to start work on?
But that ruins the entire purpose of a corporation. The point of a corporation is to protect the owners' personal assests from being seized in the case that the business cannot pay its liabilities. If the people were not safe, then they might as well stay with a proprietership.
However, I do see what you're going for, and perhaps when a company was "imprisoned", all the shareholders would be locked in. I think that having thousands of angry shareholders of a company, whose shares will probably decline rapidly after the freeze, would probably scare the boots of Ballmer and Gates.
The problem with corporations, is that they carry more rights of "real" persons than responsibilities. I say instead of fines, give them jail time. But how do you confine an abstract entity you ask?
Simple, you freeze them in the spot. No money or supplies go in, no money or products go out. The company is effectively frozen in time, unable to do business.
Now, most of you are probably looking at this going, "But if that happened to MS, the world would screech to a halt!" But isn't that the point others were trying to make? That having a single supplier situation is a Bad Thing. If this happened to a more diverse market, such as auto suppliers for a car rental company, the company could switch to another supplier (I'm making the assumption that if the law were like this, corps would have a sufficient backup plan to put into place).
When the company "returned" to business, they could try and pick up their contracts again, or realize that because of their behavior, their market has dwindled. I think this would work better than a static fine (as evidenced in this case) as well as a percentage fine, since charging a small company $1000 for an infraction can also be seen as a slap on the wrist. (Now, I know that a small company and monopoly tend to be mutually exclusive, but I mean other infractions that corporate entities can commit as well.)
This all seems to be panning out, with the major manufacturers on board. So we have extended life on current silicon chip fabrication? My question is that whether or not this is a good thing in regards to innovation (not to knock the innovation contained in this technique).
What I mean is developing new materials to create processors, or reinventing current methods to save space and power, rather than finding new ways for the status quo to stick around longer. The September 2003 edition of Wired Magazine had a cover story about creating flawless synthetic diamonds, and the possible uses for them as processor components. It turns out that a diamond semiconducter has been developed.
It has met with major disapproval from both the diamond cartels (ie DeBeers, as synthetic diamonds have the potential to damage their business) as well as semiconducter manufacturers (since they have so much invested in silicon).
It's possible that both could work together, as the diamond semiconducters are in their relative infancy, and this could provide an interim solution. Or, the big manufacturers could try and drag Moore's Law on as long as possible with silicon.
Plus the fact that the less they have to store, the less their storage costs are. I'm sure MS will suck up a few new companies to offset this loss.
Really, when it comes down to it, this was their practise machine. I'm honestly wondering what will happen to my precious N5 when the next gen is out, and MS has (perhaps) caught on to the way this market works. At least there is no chance of them buying either of their compeition:).
Ah yes, video games, yet another species in the Scapegoat Petting Zoo. See it together with late night TV and R rated movies! Sponsered by GOLPUPWMIS (Governments and Organizations Looking to Please Unresponsible Parents With Meaningless, Incorrect Studies)
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Unfortunately, all comments I make are made on my personal bias. ie, I don't like Mortal Kombat, and I never have. Perhaps I should say: I want a large selection of excellent games, but then, I would have my cake and eat it too, and that's not allowed.
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Is "Turret's Syndrome" the one where you're always shooting your mouth off?
Not everyone has been under the knife, but everyone has to deal with the economy. Whether they're thoughts are accurate or way off base, they're irrevocably tied to the system which triggers a strong emotional response, and thus an opinion.
Unless 5 million dollars are transferred to the following numbered account in 7 days, I will capsize 5 tankers in the Ellingson fleet.
I'm pretty convinced that GOOG411 was just a large scale voice recognition training program for Google Voice Actions on Android.
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
No matter how many bullets you take, if you hide for 5+ secs without damage, your life will refill to full... at any time.
This is the same health mechanic as Halo {2}, and no one's complaining it about it there.
I browse at +5, so sorry if this has been said.
I used to work in an optical, so I know a bit about the comp glasses.
Usually sell them with anti-glare, but that's mostly for CRT flicker, or for offices with fluorescent lights (sounds like that's not an issue for you).
The biggest thing with them is that they are for people who wear bifocals/progressive lenses. Computer glasses are an intermediate perscription, as the distance Rx is usually not good for a monitor so close, and tilting your head back all day to look through your reading portion can give you neck strain pretty quick.
People actually set their VCR clocks? I've always found the blinking 12:00 a reliable and constant presence in an otherwise busy and changing world.
Personally, I think this is a road that should be travelled down a bit.
The sterile burning method allows the fair use for you to make backups, and even to make a copy for your friend to try out. What it doesn't allow is for your friend to give a copy to his friend, etc.
However, this particular implementation of the method is lacking in some ways. I don't think you should be limited in the number of copies you can make from the original. As far as compatibility goes, I hope they are truly compatible. Lastly, I don't like how they use Windows Meda files.
I think this is a good first step into an interesting copyright protection method.
Snake, you can reach me at 149.86
It would also be funnier if the joke hadn't already been made in the original post (look at the dept.)
I've had that feeling a lot more the older I get.
Damn my little brother and his Pokemon, damn them all to hell.
Which would be worse? Having Blizz take the game back, polish it up and release it, or having Nihilistic trying to BS their way through it while concurrently working on another game that they are contractually obligated to start work on?
The other obligatory PA reference.
However, I do see what you're going for, and perhaps when a company was "imprisoned", all the shareholders would be locked in. I think that having thousands of angry shareholders of a company, whose shares will probably decline rapidly after the freeze, would probably scare the boots of Ballmer and Gates.
Turns out the company owns stock in a number of hard drive manufacturers...
Simple, you freeze them in the spot. No money or supplies go in, no money or products go out. The company is effectively frozen in time, unable to do business.
Now, most of you are probably looking at this going, "But if that happened to MS, the world would screech to a halt!" But isn't that the point others were trying to make? That having a single supplier situation is a Bad Thing. If this happened to a more diverse market, such as auto suppliers for a car rental company, the company could switch to another supplier (I'm making the assumption that if the law were like this, corps would have a sufficient backup plan to put into place).
When the company "returned" to business, they could try and pick up their contracts again, or realize that because of their behavior, their market has dwindled. I think this would work better than a static fine (as evidenced in this case) as well as a percentage fine, since charging a small company $1000 for an infraction can also be seen as a slap on the wrist. (Now, I know that a small company and monopoly tend to be mutually exclusive, but I mean other infractions that corporate entities can commit as well.)
What I mean is developing new materials to create processors, or reinventing current methods to save space and power, rather than finding new ways for the status quo to stick around longer. The September 2003 edition of Wired Magazine had a cover story about creating flawless synthetic diamonds, and the possible uses for them as processor components. It turns out that a diamond semiconducter has been developed.
It has met with major disapproval from both the diamond cartels (ie DeBeers, as synthetic diamonds have the potential to damage their business) as well as semiconducter manufacturers (since they have so much invested in silicon).
It's possible that both could work together, as the diamond semiconducters are in their relative infancy, and this could provide an interim solution. Or, the big manufacturers could try and drag Moore's Law on as long as possible with silicon.
I guess PayPal really is rocket science...
Plus the fact that the less they have to store, the less their storage costs are. I'm sure MS will suck up a few new companies to offset this loss. Really, when it comes down to it, this was their practise machine. I'm honestly wondering what will happen to my precious N5 when the next gen is out, and MS has (perhaps) caught on to the way this market works. At least there is no chance of them buying either of their compeition :).
Keanu "Look At Me Act" Reeves to The "Look I Know Latin" Architect: "The problem is choice."
Ah yes, video games, yet another species in the Scapegoat Petting Zoo. See it together with late night TV and R rated movies! Sponsered by GOLPUPWMIS (Governments and Organizations Looking to Please Unresponsible Parents With Meaningless, Incorrect Studies) Baaaaaaaaaa.
Unfortunately, all comments I make are made on my personal bias. ie, I don't like Mortal Kombat, and I never have. Perhaps I should say: I want a large selection of excellent games, but then, I would have my cake and eat it too, and that's not allowed.