Buy the trilogy pack for $20. Now. It's worth every penny and runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux. I didn't care much for the third one, but the first was creepy and the second was even more so. I usually pirate games when I can, but not these. I'm going to preorder their Amnesia game as well. Cross-platform indie developer actually making good games? They get my money.
And that GUI implementation was a big fat dead end for Xerox. Apple was the one who took it and popularized it, like it or not. OP of this thread is an idiot. Love 'em or hate 'em, Apple has had a big influence on the industry and will continue to have an influence. They're not some colossal, driving force, but to say that Apple has hardly made a dent in personal computing is so laughably ignorant that I wonder if OP is required to wear a bike helmet 24/7.
Yeah, because more software means nothing. Better drivers means nothing. Better hardware support means nothing. Enjoy life in your insulated little bubble.
Except that Linux gaining desktop market share = better drivers, better hardware support, more software, etc, etc. Gee, that's awful! Why would you want that? Until then, enjoy not being able to grab an 802.11n card off the shelf and actually use it. Are you really this goddamned shortsighted?
Why do people keep bring up the iPad? That's completely irrelevant to the point. You can still watch Youtube and many other videos online with one, and Apple has an unmatched marketing machine that could sell iDildos to uptight Christian fundies. Apple also has enough market momentum in the mobile space to get developers to use other standards. HTML5 is moving along thanks largely to Apple.
Except that Linux is fighting a massive uphill battle. MS has the advantage and Apple has an unstoppable marketing machine. You're comparing very different things here.
Mod this guy up. A lot of hardcore FOSS advocates want everything to go open source, but they refuse to see things as they are. Right now, there are closed-source codecs, programs, operating systems, etc out there that have the bulk of many different markets. You want Linux to get more desktop market share? You will NOT be able to do it without biting the bullet and supporting some closed standards. End of story.
People like you are the reason that desktop Linux will never really take off. You want mass market? You have to include the things that people want, and with more video going to H.264 online, what are you supposed to tell the consumers? "Sorry, this doesn't jibe with the worldview that we hold and you don't understand or care about. You just want to watch videos online, but we don't want that, so tough luck."
Oni doesn't belong to Bungie. Take Two got it in the MS buyout deal, then rushed it to market and didn't even give us fucking multiplayer, which would've rocked.
Oh for crying out loud, IT IS ONLY A CIVIL OFFENSE TO FILESHARE. That's it. The FBI is not going to give a crap about it. They're going after people committing the CRIMINAL OFFENSE of bootlegging and reselling illegitimate copies of copyrighted material. Big difference.
TThis stuff has been dealt with and managed without adding 35 new positions. So clearly these new positions are intended to deal with a newer agenda rather than an older one.
Or it could be that instances of counterfeit have shot up recently and the existing staff is not able to stay on top of it. I don't know how you can "clearly" draw that conclusion from the evidence.
It's blatantly obvious that you've only read history. You have never studied history. There's a big difference between, "This is bad for you! Ban vices!" and "Shit, these guys are fraudulently selling fake medication under a forged brand name. Now Grandma's heart meds are just sugar pills!" Or perhaps, "FUCK, this military equipment that needs to meet exacting standards has the brand name on it, but the part is a forgery! So that's why our radar system went down!"
If you can't tell the difference then you are well beyond hope. It's the difference between protecting people from themselves and protecting people from FRAUD, even potentially lethal fraud. Even if you're getting down to bootlegged CDs or Photoshop...did those bootleggers do ANYTHING to earn that money aside from running off phony copies? No, they didn't, so why are they entitled to make money from outright fraud? File sharing is generally a non-profit enterprise. Bootlegging is not. Nobody is making money by seeding that album. There's a big difference. Stop your kneejerking for two seconds and actually take a look at the issue.
I doubt it. Weird Al making a parody by basically having his band play the song and making new lyrics is just fine. However, directly using the entirety of the video from "The Downfall" is not going to be seen as fair use. Parody is protected, but that movie is also under copyright, and making a parody where the subtitles are the only original content and everything else is from the copyrighted work is not gonna fly in court.
Doubt it. A hacker's crime essentially requires the use of a computer. They couldn't commit it without one. A sex offender COULD potentially use a computer for nefarious ends, but his/her crime likely goes well beyond a computer. Big difference.
It might be considered highly immature if some kid had died in an unrelated car accident, but when they're the cause of this kid's suicide and damned well KNOW that they're the cause then they're fucking sociopaths and should be treated as such.
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Buy the trilogy pack for $20. Now. It's worth every penny and runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux. I didn't care much for the third one, but the first was creepy and the second was even more so. I usually pirate games when I can, but not these. I'm going to preorder their Amnesia game as well. Cross-platform indie developer actually making good games? They get my money.
And that GUI implementation was a big fat dead end for Xerox. Apple was the one who took it and popularized it, like it or not. OP of this thread is an idiot. Love 'em or hate 'em, Apple has had a big influence on the industry and will continue to have an influence. They're not some colossal, driving force, but to say that Apple has hardly made a dent in personal computing is so laughably ignorant that I wonder if OP is required to wear a bike helmet 24/7.
Yeah, because more software means nothing. Better drivers means nothing. Better hardware support means nothing. Enjoy life in your insulated little bubble.
Except that Linux gaining desktop market share = better drivers, better hardware support, more software, etc, etc. Gee, that's awful! Why would you want that? Until then, enjoy not being able to grab an 802.11n card off the shelf and actually use it. Are you really this goddamned shortsighted?
Why do people keep bring up the iPad? That's completely irrelevant to the point. You can still watch Youtube and many other videos online with one, and Apple has an unmatched marketing machine that could sell iDildos to uptight Christian fundies. Apple also has enough market momentum in the mobile space to get developers to use other standards. HTML5 is moving along thanks largely to Apple.
Except that Linux is fighting a massive uphill battle. MS has the advantage and Apple has an unstoppable marketing machine. You're comparing very different things here.
Yeah, but Apple can easily absorb the cost. They have about $42 billion in the bank right now.
Mod this guy up. A lot of hardcore FOSS advocates want everything to go open source, but they refuse to see things as they are. Right now, there are closed-source codecs, programs, operating systems, etc out there that have the bulk of many different markets. You want Linux to get more desktop market share? You will NOT be able to do it without biting the bullet and supporting some closed standards. End of story.
People like you are the reason that desktop Linux will never really take off. You want mass market? You have to include the things that people want, and with more video going to H.264 online, what are you supposed to tell the consumers? "Sorry, this doesn't jibe with the worldview that we hold and you don't understand or care about. You just want to watch videos online, but we don't want that, so tough luck."
Son of a bitch! I thought they only lost Oni! Well, those asshats are just going to sit on it unless Bungie buys it back, which I doubt.
Godammit.
Bungie lost the nearly-completed Oni to Take Two when MS bought them up. Sorry, but they'd have to buy the rights back if you want Oni 2.
Oni doesn't belong to Bungie. Take Two got it in the MS buyout deal, then rushed it to market and didn't even give us fucking multiplayer, which would've rocked.
Awww yeah. They already open sourced Marathon, so why can't they follow suit with Myth? It's still unrivaled as a tactical RTS!
Go back to 4chan, Mr. Greentext. And Bungie was great in the years before the MS buyout.
Oh man, that could be the best Eagle project EVER!
Oh for crying out loud, IT IS ONLY A CIVIL OFFENSE TO FILESHARE. That's it. The FBI is not going to give a crap about it. They're going after people committing the CRIMINAL OFFENSE of bootlegging and reselling illegitimate copies of copyrighted material. Big difference.
Except that downloading a TV show is a civil offense. Bootlegging the TV show and selling it is a criminal offense. Big difference.
TThis stuff has been dealt with and managed without adding 35 new positions. So clearly these new positions are intended to deal with a newer agenda rather than an older one.
Or it could be that instances of counterfeit have shot up recently and the existing staff is not able to stay on top of it. I don't know how you can "clearly" draw that conclusion from the evidence.
It's blatantly obvious that you've only read history. You have never studied history. There's a big difference between, "This is bad for you! Ban vices!" and "Shit, these guys are fraudulently selling fake medication under a forged brand name. Now Grandma's heart meds are just sugar pills!" Or perhaps, "FUCK, this military equipment that needs to meet exacting standards has the brand name on it, but the part is a forgery! So that's why our radar system went down!"
If you can't tell the difference then you are well beyond hope. It's the difference between protecting people from themselves and protecting people from FRAUD, even potentially lethal fraud. Even if you're getting down to bootlegged CDs or Photoshop...did those bootleggers do ANYTHING to earn that money aside from running off phony copies? No, they didn't, so why are they entitled to make money from outright fraud? File sharing is generally a non-profit enterprise. Bootlegging is not. Nobody is making money by seeding that album. There's a big difference. Stop your kneejerking for two seconds and actually take a look at the issue.
First they came for the Youtube videos, but I didn't speak up because I don't have any Youtube videos...
I doubt it. Weird Al making a parody by basically having his band play the song and making new lyrics is just fine. However, directly using the entirety of the video from "The Downfall" is not going to be seen as fair use. Parody is protected, but that movie is also under copyright, and making a parody where the subtitles are the only original content and everything else is from the copyrighted work is not gonna fly in court.
Wow, I can smell your irrational butthurt from here.
Except that kissing a girl who smokes is like licking an ashtray.
Doubt it. A hacker's crime essentially requires the use of a computer. They couldn't commit it without one. A sex offender COULD potentially use a computer for nefarious ends, but his/her crime likely goes well beyond a computer. Big difference.
It might be considered highly immature if some kid had died in an unrelated car accident, but when they're the cause of this kid's suicide and damned well KNOW that they're the cause then they're fucking sociopaths and should be treated as such.