I honestly don't know what reviews I read, as it was a few months ago now. May have been from players - but I was definately left with a do not buy impression.
I was a huge fan of the original Deux Ex, so I was looking forward to Invisible Wars. As far as I could tell Inivisible Wars was panned in reviews.
Given the reviews I've read for Invisible Wars (and please someone correct me if this is in fact a good follow-up to Deux Ex - I just don't buy that many games, and won't pay good money if for inferior product) what gives anyone hope that Thief 3 will be any good?
There is some logic in the US going easy on Microsoft. They aren't nearly as impartial. Microsoft contribute greatly to the US economy, providing jobs, and significant cash/balace of trade inflows.
The EU is impartial, as they doen't receive similar benefits. The end result will be closer to what the US result should have been, but wasn't, unless Massachusetts prevails.
Given the failed discussions that Disney had with Comcast, and the subsequent hostile takeover offer, dropping Pixar through being unable to reach agreement, may make a lot of sense.
If the big bad cable company trying to take you over wants content, killing value by dropping an agreement with a major content provider (Pixar) might just be the way to go.
Anyone else think Eisner would do that to fend off Comcast and keep the keys to the Kingdom to himself?
It appears to my uneducated eye that this is a very slight modification which shouldn't make any difference to mandrake beyond the typical publication of copyright notices.
If Mandrake takes it seriously enough to revert to 4.3 I must be wrong? Anyone have an explanation?
Actually, I never give out my SIN for credit purposes, although they invariably ask for it, and it didn't stop me from either acquiring a house, or having a credit history.
Actually the Copyright Act provides an exemption for copying, except where it is done for purposes of distribution,/i>.
It may well be that leaving a p2p share open is not "distribution". IANAL, but IMHO distribution requires an active role on the part of the person distributing. Leaving a shared drive open, does not seem to meet the real world meaning of distribution.
There is also the question as to whether leaving a shared drive open is for the "purposes" of distribution. Both tests need to be met.
The CRIA may very well lose this case if they attack a subscriber with the resources to take this to court - or better yet, a lawyer!
As for the stupid comments from Quebecor/Videotron, I can only hope that Videotron loses all of their subscribers - I'm boycotting the Toronto Sun, and for those who want to join a boycott, here is a list of their subsidiaries, that includes newspapers such as the London Free Press, Ottawa Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Calgary Sun and the Edmonton Sun. Lets see how they feel about a drop in newspaper subscription revenues (and as a result, advertising revenues)!,/p>
I'm a CFO with a small leasing company, and as I also wear the designated IT helper hat from time to time when our contract specialist isn't on site.
I just spent the better part of the afternoon, wasting my time, and a salesperson's time as we first ran Adaware and then Sybot S&D, rebooting again and again, to try to deal with a piece of misfunctioning software
I spend more critical hours of a day dealing with stupid MS software problems! I truly, truly hate this. Its one thing to run MS at home where I can play with tweaking, patching, reparing MS so that I can play the occassional game, but this is work.
I'm waiting for a linux desktop system that will allow us to communicate with our customers (ie. MS Word, Xcel) and run Act! and T-value 5. Unfortuantely I can't afford to spend time experimenting or becoming a guinea pig, either.
The TCO on these MS systems are killing... and I can't wait till it ends!
A friend recently introduced me to Gunbound, a cartoonish game, where you can pick a mobile cannon with different features, add features, play on a team, chat away, and blast away until someone is finally blown up or falls through a hole you've created. Only downside is the lack of instructions - kinda learn as you go
I seem to find a lot of women playing too - which always makes things a little nicer, IMHO;(
Every time the US sneezes they pass their germs on to the rest of the world. Not that the US doesn't have its moments in the sun, but in Canada we see this happening far too often - US passes Law X so we must do the same.
The root cause is twofold: US pressure either directly or through unelected world organisations, and the knee jerk reaction of our own politicians.
The US which I personally view as one of the least democratic democracys, is effectively sabotaging democracy in the rest of the world, when it uses its influence to cause laws to be passed in other countries. This is a dangerous game in the long term. Undue influence on the policy in other democratic countries erodes democracy worldwide, and whatever George Bush may think, makes the world a little less safe in the longer term.
I sometimes wish I could boycott politicians like I do the RIAA:)
Who in hell made you God and gave you the right to decide what constitutes an honest job or enterprise? Where does this "corruption of minds" crap come from? Don't you think that perhaps it was humankind tht invented it? I'm sure you'd be the first to go along with prohibition too?
As for "double standards" what do you say about a music industry association that says downloading is illegal when it clearly isn't?
Come to Canada, where the CRIA (the RIAA equivalent) has the gall to suggest downloading is illegal. The CRIA perpetuates a myth that downloading music is illegal - its not!
Section 80 of the Copyright Act specifically gives Canadians the right to download and copy music. Even the Copyright Board of Canada stated that downloading is legal
/Rant on. The CRIA (and presumably the RIAA) are lying skunks, trying to mislead the public. Personally, while there are many CDs I would LOVE to purchase, I won't. They can go to hell.
Its interesting that MIPI waited until just after the MGM v Grokster case to request and search.
Probably my tinfoil hat, but I wonder if a failure to find anything would have been detrimental to the Appeals Court case? The RIAA attorney tried to push the point that Grokster were complicit in "trafficking in pirated goods", which the judge duly scolded them for, as abusive.
Do you really think that it makes sense to provide a harsher penalty for people who have registered under fake credentials?
I might agree if the registration under fake credentials was done solely for the purpose of committing crime - maybe.
Don't the courts already take into account how heineous your actions were, presumably including hte use of false identification, in committing the crime? What does the stacking of penalty after penalty really accomplish?
Unfortunately I can see this leading to innocent individuals paying a price, where they had some infringing copyright on their website. If you believe SCO, even IBM has infringed copyright - so it can happen to the best of us (well maybe not in the SCO/IBM example;)
However, "distribution" (whatever that may ultimately constitute - for instance is it distribution to have songs on your hard drive and not actively send them?) is an infringement under the Copyright Act. Distribution is far less clear.
I-beads
are great little MP3 players. 256 Mb, rechargeable off the USB port, keychain, with that built in microphone you want.
I found mine at www.mp3playerstore.com but you can look around. There seem to be more places selling it outside North America.
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I honestly don't know what reviews I read, as it was a few months ago now. May have been from players - but I was definately left with a do not buy impression.
I was a huge fan of the original Deux Ex, so I was looking forward to Invisible Wars. As far as I could tell Inivisible Wars was panned in reviews.
Given the reviews I've read for Invisible Wars (and please someone correct me if this is in fact a good follow-up to Deux Ex - I just don't buy that many games, and won't pay good money if for inferior product) what gives anyone hope that Thief 3 will be any good?
No, its not. Altogether now kiddies - its "copyright infringement"
"What a stupid name."
This will cause articles to be written that will be picked up in the general press.
Voila! Free publicity, until they change the name to "Lindash" for those markets where it matters.
This looks like Lindows, while losing in court, have found a silver lining. You have to respect that!
There is some logic in the US going easy on Microsoft. They aren't nearly as impartial. Microsoft contribute greatly to the US economy, providing jobs, and significant cash/balace of trade inflows.
The EU is impartial, as they doen't receive similar benefits. The end result will be closer to what the US result should have been, but wasn't, unless Massachusetts prevails.
Given the failed discussions that Disney had with Comcast, and the subsequent hostile takeover offer, dropping Pixar through being unable to reach agreement, may make a lot of sense.
If the big bad cable company trying to take you over wants content, killing value by dropping an agreement with a major content provider (Pixar) might just be the way to go.
Anyone else think Eisner would do that to fend off Comcast and keep the keys to the Kingdom to himself?
It appears to my uneducated eye that this is a very slight modification which shouldn't make any difference to mandrake beyond the typical publication of copyright notices.
If Mandrake takes it seriously enough to revert to 4.3 I must be wrong? Anyone have an explanation?
Please note, I said "by not purchasing", so if you get a free copy at McD or getting it second hand at Timmy's, by all means go for it!
As for the sunshine girls, I personally prefer to spend my time with the real thing! Happy Valentines Day! ;)
Actually, I never give out my SIN for credit purposes, although they invariably ask for it, and it didn't stop me from either acquiring a house, or having a credit history.
"If you break the law, don't get pissed if you get caught."
Great now tell me, exactly what is the law?
Perhaps when the courts define "for the purpose of distribution" I won't get quite as pissed.
Speaking as an anglo-saxon, I'd unfortunately have to agree with your assessment of that comment
Quebecor also sells newspapers - and prints them. Lots of them. All of the Sun chain.
Boycott the Sun in your in your neighbourhood too!
*cough*
In my view (IANAL) the people they are planning to attack aren't sharing files for the purpose of distribution.
In the meantime join the boycott of Quebecor by not purchasing the Sun papers in your neighbourhood.
Actually the Copyright Act provides an exemption for copying, except where it is done for purposes of distribution,/i>.
It may well be that leaving a p2p share open is not "distribution". IANAL, but IMHO distribution requires an active role on the part of the person distributing. Leaving a shared drive open, does not seem to meet the real world meaning of distribution.
There is also the question as to whether leaving a shared drive open is for the "purposes" of distribution. Both tests need to be met.
The CRIA may very well lose this case if they attack a subscriber with the resources to take this to court - or better yet, a lawyer!
As for the stupid comments from Quebecor/Videotron, I can only hope that Videotron loses all of their subscribers - I'm boycotting the Toronto Sun, and for those who want to join a boycott, here is a list of their subsidiaries, that includes newspapers such as the London Free Press, Ottawa Sun, Winnipeg Sun, Calgary Sun and the Edmonton Sun. Lets see how they feel about a drop in newspaper subscription revenues (and as a result, advertising revenues)!,/p>
I'm a CFO with a small leasing company, and as I also wear the designated IT helper hat from time to time when our contract specialist isn't on site.
I just spent the better part of the afternoon, wasting my time, and a salesperson's time as we first ran Adaware and then Sybot S&D, rebooting again and again, to try to deal with a piece of misfunctioning software
I spend more critical hours of a day dealing with stupid MS software problems! I truly, truly hate this. Its one thing to run MS at home where I can play with tweaking, patching, reparing MS so that I can play the occassional game, but this is work.
I'm waiting for a linux desktop system that will allow us to communicate with our customers (ie. MS Word, Xcel) and run Act! and T-value 5. Unfortuantely I can't afford to spend time experimenting or becoming a guinea pig, either.
The TCO on these MS systems are killing ... and I can't wait till it ends!
A friend recently introduced me to Gunbound, a cartoonish game, where you can pick a mobile cannon with different features, add features, play on a team, chat away, and blast away until someone is finally blown up or falls through a hole you've created. Only downside is the lack of instructions - kinda learn as you go
I seem to find a lot of women playing too - which always makes things a little nicer, IMHO ;(
Every time the US sneezes they pass their germs on to the rest of the world. Not that the US doesn't have its moments in the sun, but in Canada we see this happening far too often - US passes Law X so we must do the same.
The root cause is twofold: US pressure either directly or through unelected world organisations, and the knee jerk reaction of our own politicians.
The US which I personally view as one of the least democratic democracys, is effectively sabotaging democracy in the rest of the world, when it uses its influence to cause laws to be passed in other countries. This is a dangerous game in the long term. Undue influence on the policy in other democratic countries erodes democracy worldwide, and whatever George Bush may think, makes the world a little less safe in the longer term.
I sometimes wish I could boycott politicians like I do the RIAA :)
I can't resist feeding an ignorant troll
Who in hell made you God and gave you the right to decide what constitutes an honest job or enterprise? Where does this "corruption of minds" crap come from? Don't you think that perhaps it was humankind tht invented it? I'm sure you'd be the first to go along with prohibition too?
As for "double standards" what do you say about a music industry association that says downloading is illegal when it clearly isn't?
Come to Canada, where the CRIA (the RIAA equivalent) has the gall to suggest downloading is illegal. The CRIA perpetuates a myth that downloading music is illegal - its not!
Section 80 of the Copyright Act specifically gives Canadians the right to download and copy music. Even the Copyright Board of Canada stated that downloading is legal
Its interesting that MIPI waited until just after the MGM v Grokster case to request and search.
Probably my tinfoil hat, but I wonder if a failure to find anything would have been detrimental to the Appeals Court case? The RIAA attorney tried to push the point that Grokster were complicit in "trafficking in pirated goods", which the judge duly scolded them for, as abusive.
The timing just seems a little funny?
Do you really think that it makes sense to provide a harsher penalty for people who have registered under fake credentials?
I might agree if the registration under fake credentials was done solely for the purpose of committing crime - maybe.
Don't the courts already take into account how heineous your actions were, presumably including hte use of false identification, in committing the crime? What does the stacking of penalty after penalty really accomplish?
Unfortunately I can see this leading to innocent individuals paying a price, where they had some infringing copyright on their website. If you believe SCO, even IBM has infringed copyright - so it can happen to the best of us (well maybe not in the SCO/IBM exampleHowever, "distribution" (whatever that may ultimately constitute - for instance is it distribution to have songs on your hard drive and not actively send them?) is an infringement under the Copyright Act. Distribution is far less clear.
I-beads are great little MP3 players. 256 Mb, rechargeable off the USB port, keychain, with that built in microphone you want. I found mine at www.mp3playerstore.com but you can look around. There seem to be more places selling it outside North America.