DRM might eventually get easy to get around for the "average joe" on computers (some kind of popular deDRMizer software), but I'm not sure that the average joe's mp3 player/DVD player/whatever will be as easy to crack.
Sure it will:
Go out with Average Joe's DVD player on some free dates in Hawaii.
Tell Average Joe's DVD player that you like it a lot and have strong feelings for it.
Choose a much more attractive DVD player instead to betray the trust you gained from Average Joe's DVD player.
Tell the other DVD player you once dated Fabio and end up alone with no DVD player at all.
does anyone else just *WISH* they would add back what they had in GTA, the original, where if you got killed or arrested it told you how many laws you broke, misdemeanors, felonies, murders, cops killed, etc...?
There is something similiar to what you're talking about in GTA3, it's a running statistics page that tracks your actions back to when the game first started. It's accessible somewhere in the pause menu.
What kind of crap is that? Everyone knows that in the real world when you plow your car into the water, you should just sit in it until it sinks to the bottom of the ocean. You'll just wake up in front of the hospital in a few hours.
I think we'd be lucky if it was the GTA engine with minimal improvements in a new locale:) we'd be guaranteed a great game.
I think GTA3 had some of the best game ingredients in terms of playability, but it was made for a game console. So, when it was ported to PC, it's graphics engine was notably dated. The same was true with GTA3: Vice City.
I always hope that a new game will introduce more substance and playability, and better graphics and sound.
Using the old engine "with minimal improvements" definitely doesn't guarantee a "great game." Game developers don't need another excuse to coast on the success of a prior game. Always wish for more innovation.
In the year 2000... we will all fly in little vehicles that don't require fuel and can skip over rush hour traffic. Except rush hour traffic will be up in the air, and we'll have to drive in a car to avoid it... Unless, there's still people who drive below the flyers... or, or...
[head explodes]
Let's start the discussion by raising the concern that if the majority of users aren't tech savvy and society is dominated by technology, doesn't this sound like a new dark age?.... How long until the masses catch up and stop being screwed?
What I've noticed while working software support is that an increasingly large number of users are much more willing to admit to me something like this, "Hold on... lemme tell ya somethin'... I... am... computer illiterate!"
I struggle with the fact that when people are required by their occupation to make moderate to full blown use of their computer, they still do their best avoid everything about a PC. We have had a paperless office now for about 2 years, and you would think that would have weeded most of the dissenters out of the company. Yet, they continue to whine on about how the system is #$@% and they're "Gonna throw this thing right out the window!"
Parodies have been legally covered under copywright law. Any form of satire, written or otherwise, is understood to be legal, whether or not it was approved by the target of the satire.
Basically, it's a form of freedom of speech. Weird Al isn't legally bound to obtain permission or pay royalties for the songs he parodies (the polka compilations are a different story), but he does get permission from them, anyway. Which was why it was so strange when Eminem allowed him to parody Lose Yourself, but blocked any video or single after hearing the final mix. Most artists would seem to allow all or nothing.
Say John writes some Apache licensed code, and Jim writes some GPL covered code. Then Joe comes along, takes Jim's code, writes an Apache module that includes Jim's code (after all, the Apache license says it's ok). Joe's module becomes popular and gets included in the big distributions.
Wait... what happened to John?
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So, irrespective of the technical competence, or otherwise of Google, it is going to be around and the leader
This isn't necessarily true, as Yahoo! had a great-working engine and very good brand recognition. Although the syllables in "yahoo" do not lend themselves very well to verb usage or even expletives, the name is very much still alive. There are reasons why a brand gets to the top position in the first place, but there needs to be lots more reasons why someone sticks with that brand.
I hope Google stays fresh and at the top of the game, because it seems like the competition doesn't really care about the users at all. We can all agree that MS doesn't deserve a top spot for anything else. I don't think Yahoo! is in a position to take anything as far as search goes, but it might just be in my head. If Google needs to step their game up, certainly Yahoo! is long overdue. Their site seems to me woefully busy and somehow retains the look that nobody has messed with the design since 1998.
All the other search engines either advertise too much to be useful (see: Ask Jeeves) or seem to withhold relevant information (see: About.com).
The only real reason anyone should get a tablet PC is if they already own and use a full-on desktop PC. That way, you can use the desktop for normal use, and grab the tablet for reading/. in bed or pr0n in the bathroom.
Of course, that will all depend on the cost of manufacture and the time it takes to be accepted into the mainstream, but, hey, does anyone else see a DVD killer here?
No, its acceptance only depends on whether or not Sony has anything to do with its market introduction.
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DRM might eventually get easy to get around for the "average joe" on computers (some kind of popular deDRMizer software), but I'm not sure that the average joe's mp3 player/DVD player/whatever will be as easy to crack.
Sure it will:
What were we talking about?
What's REALLY scary is those WP 5.1 cultists who won't go away. Truely frightening.
5.1?!? You ain't a true blue WP user unless you're still running 1.0 off of 51/4 floppies.
does anyone else just *WISH* they would add back what they had in GTA, the original, where if you got killed or arrested it told you how many laws you broke, misdemeanors, felonies, murders, cops killed, etc...?
There is something similiar to what you're talking about in GTA3, it's a running statistics page that tracks your actions back to when the game first started. It's accessible somewhere in the pause menu.
What kind of crap is that? Everyone knows that in the real world when you plow your car into the water, you should just sit in it until it sinks to the bottom of the ocean. You'll just wake up in front of the hospital in a few hours.
But first things first... Wiggle your big toe.
I think we'd be lucky if it was the GTA engine with minimal improvements in a new locale :) we'd be guaranteed a great game.
I think GTA3 had some of the best game ingredients in terms of playability, but it was made for a game console. So, when it was ported to PC, it's graphics engine was notably dated. The same was true with GTA3: Vice City.
I always hope that a new game will introduce more substance and playability, and better graphics and sound.
Using the old engine "with minimal improvements" definitely doesn't guarantee a "great game." Game developers don't need another excuse to coast on the success of a prior game. Always wish for more innovation.
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Your name sounds familiar... Did you ever stop at a service center on the Ohio Turnpike?
Will EV1 get their money back plus interest when SCO is shown to have made fraudulent claims? Or am I just wrong about that?
In the year 2000... we will all fly in little vehicles that don't require fuel and can skip over rush hour traffic. Except rush hour traffic will be up in the air, and we'll have to drive in a car to avoid it... Unless, there's still people who drive below the flyers... or, or...
[head explodes]
Let's start the discussion by raising the concern that if the majority of users aren't tech savvy and society is dominated by technology, doesn't this sound like a new dark age? .... How long until the masses catch up and stop being screwed?
What I've noticed while working software support is that an increasingly large number of users are much more willing to admit to me something like this, "Hold on... lemme tell ya somethin'... I... am... computer illiterate!"
I struggle with the fact that when people are required by their occupation to make moderate to full blown use of their computer, they still do their best avoid everything about a PC. We have had a paperless office now for about 2 years, and you would think that would have weeded most of the dissenters out of the company. Yet, they continue to whine on about how the system is #$@% and they're "Gonna throw this thing right out the window!"
This is exactly why I want to see first hand any startup company that I am interested in investing in. Field trips aren't just for grade schoolers.
I found this out the hard way 8 months ago, when I invested in that fly-by-night Colonial Museum.
The biggest shame? They're selling the Soul Edge cabinet!
Please someone snatch that up!
Do they pay him every time they make fun of him?
Parodies have been legally covered under copywright law. Any form of satire, written or otherwise, is understood to be legal, whether or not it was approved by the target of the satire.Basically, it's a form of freedom of speech. Weird Al isn't legally bound to obtain permission or pay royalties for the songs he parodies (the polka compilations are a different story), but he does get permission from them, anyway. Which was why it was so strange when Eminem allowed him to parody Lose Yourself, but blocked any video or single after hearing the final mix. Most artists would seem to allow all or nothing.
Say John writes some Apache licensed code, and Jim writes some GPL covered code. Then Joe comes along, takes Jim's code, writes an Apache module that includes Jim's code (after all, the Apache license says it's ok). Joe's module becomes popular and gets included in the big distributions.
Wait... what happened to John?
So, irrespective of the technical competence, or otherwise of Google, it is going to be around and the leader
This isn't necessarily true, as Yahoo! had a great-working engine and very good brand recognition. Although the syllables in "yahoo" do not lend themselves very well to verb usage or even expletives, the name is very much still alive. There are reasons why a brand gets to the top position in the first place, but there needs to be lots more reasons why someone sticks with that brand.
I hope Google stays fresh and at the top of the game, because it seems like the competition doesn't really care about the users at all. We can all agree that MS doesn't deserve a top spot for anything else. I don't think Yahoo! is in a position to take anything as far as search goes, but it might just be in my head. If Google needs to step their game up, certainly Yahoo! is long overdue. Their site seems to me woefully busy and somehow retains the look that nobody has messed with the design since 1998.
All the other search engines either advertise too much to be useful (see: Ask Jeeves) or seem to withhold relevant information (see: About.com).
The only real reason anyone should get a tablet PC is if they already own and use a full-on desktop PC. That way, you can use the desktop for normal use, and grab the tablet for reading /. in bed or pr0n in the bathroom.
Of course, that will all depend on the cost of manufacture and the time it takes to be accepted into the mainstream, but, hey, does anyone else see a DVD killer here?
No, its acceptance only depends on whether or not Sony has anything to do with its market introduction.