If you let anybody use your trademark
without permission
They could have easily worked out a license deal, they didn't have to stop the dentist convention. They just didn't want to be associated with the kind of physical pain the words "Worldcon Dental Edition" summons.
The US Military doesn't exactly have a great record against guerilla tactics.
Moreover, it's a given that if some issue were to become so divisive that civil war broke out, a sizable chunk of the armed forces would jump sides, sabotaging or stealing what equipment they could. And let's not count out foreign aid, there are plenty of neighbors to the south with long memories who would love nothing more than to see the US establishment brought down. Things would not be so one-sided as they appear at a first glance.
Toss in the fact that it's transmitting unlicensed signals in the middle of the aviation frequency band and I think we've got a new group of people to label as "ter'rists"
They use old operating systems because they work and there's years of data showing that they work. I, for one, DO NOT welcome our money's new touchscreen windows xp embedded flash animated overlords.
The most important thing I learned about nero express, and learned fast, is to never, ever use it's built in filebrowser for anything, becasue if you accidentally drag a folder onto itself, it will ACTUALLY TRY TO COMPLY, leaving you with whatever content was there buried at the bottom of 200+ recursive subfolders
Hehehe... The last game I DMed, all the players were assorted value resistors and the cave trolls were 20k DRAM chips. Bulk desoldering old motherboards is fun and profitable.
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Motherfucker, this is how we roll!
Exactly, he bought the patent, very different from copyright or trademark. That said, these guys absolutely had it coming.
Moreover, it's a given that if some issue were to become so divisive that civil war broke out, a sizable chunk of the armed forces would jump sides, sabotaging or stealing what equipment they could. And let's not count out foreign aid, there are plenty of neighbors to the south with long memories who would love nothing more than to see the US establishment brought down. Things would not be so one-sided as they appear at a first glance.
I'm actually starting to be glad I live in the state that started the civil war.
... God rest his soul.
Not to mention that you'd most likely be home- or privately schooled anyway to ward off the slutty alcoholic devil children that breed in PS 203.
Well, when you posted that I turned into a newt, but it got better.
Toss in the fact that it's transmitting unlicensed signals in the middle of the aviation frequency band and I think we've got a new group of people to label as "ter'rists"
Metroid Prime roundly proved that it's possible to do a 3D adventure platformer and do it RIGHT.
It's probably that ghey european notation and they really mean 2.700 blocks. Still, that's a lot of significant digits.
Dear god, that's the most insightful thing I've ever read on Slashdot.
Sigh. Can't we all just compromise on Deism?
You've got a pretty cheap ass for a gamer.
Becasue the idiots are the ones making all the noise and getting all the attention. Blame TV news.
So... someone's kidnapping children at gunpoint and making them take $20/ticket trips to the local Kidteractive Learnatorium?
+1, "Ice Burn"
Xenu will be displeased. FEAR THE WRATH!
$15 hardware modem?? Links plz!!
You don't?
They use old operating systems because they work and there's years of data showing that they work. I, for one, DO NOT welcome our money's new touchscreen windows xp embedded flash animated overlords.
Because package management is for sissies.
Amateurs. I haven't seen any pirated gamecube discs yet after what, 4 years?
The most important thing I learned about nero express, and learned fast, is to never, ever use it's built in filebrowser for anything, becasue if you accidentally drag a folder onto itself, it will ACTUALLY TRY TO COMPLY, leaving you with whatever content was there buried at the bottom of 200+ recursive subfolders
Hehehe... The last game I DMed, all the players were assorted value resistors and the cave trolls were 20k DRAM chips. Bulk desoldering old motherboards is fun and profitable.