Ironically we received an infringement notice last night from our !iiNet ISP. We are still trying to establish what if any concrete penalties might apply beyond a TOS transgresion and the ISP having the right to refuse our business.
While I support the outcome from this court case, realistically the ISP are in someway complicit in the downloading of copyrighted materials - what else do they think we are doing with those 60+Gb data plans they offer?
If I bought one, I would probably find it's primary use would be a internet appliance in the living room for looking up tv.com or imdb.com while watching a movie (where do I know that actor from?), or for browsing web forums or checking email while my husband is wandering around the house somewhere and the DVD is on pause. We currently use a cast-off iBook for that task.
If I want to do serious computing I would go sit down at my computer in the study and focus on what ever I was planning on working on.
The ironically-named 2-litre (70.4 imp fl oz; 67.6 U.S. fl oz) "Darwin Stubby" is available in Australia's Northern Territory. The Darwin Stubby was first introduced in April 1958 with an 80-imperial-fluid-ounce (2,270 ml; 76.9 U.S. fl oz) capacity.[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Stubby
It wouldn't have taken much to make better hardware than what Apple was churning out in those days. The performa range was known among Apple ttechs as being problem machines with numerous extended warranty service issues raised against them - don't even get me started on the PB190/5300 family.
One of the problems with te D&D movie is most of the plot was in the outtakes because they ran out of money to do the special effects for those scenes. You can see the roughcut footage in on the DVD extras. It makes a lot more sense with those scenes even if they are not rendered.
Sadly it would probably take longer than that timeframe to get the planning and grant requests processed let alone build anything that would have any (fraudulently) identifiable impact.
Bizzare, I worked for an Apple Specialty Reseller during the Quadra years. We built Apple workstations for Digital Imaging and routinely installed 3rd party hard drives and optical drives in Quadras. SCSI was a bit of a black art at the best of times, certain devices/brands would prefer set device IDs, but hard drives were the easiest to get working.
Presumably the harm it is doing is the cost of the OS is subsidised through the price for hardware sales. In seeking to install Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware you are avoiding pay the full cost of the product and denying them revenue. They are a commercial business run to produce a profit. They are not a charity obliged to provide discounted (or free) software to any one who thinks they deserve it.
If I want to install an application on my Mac, it pops up a window asking for an adminstrator password before it will permit the install. Isn't that essentially the same thing?
Odd. I carry more weight that I really want to or is perhaps good for me. I definately feel extremes of heat or cold before many of my contemporaries. I am usually very warm to the touch - my husband complains I am too warm sometimes. Conversely he has a genetic disorder, a symptom of which is a copper deficiency in the blood which makes it difficult for him to regulate his body temperature.
I've always assumed the problem is I am excessively efficient in how I digest food - I've had digestive issues all my life, have always been cuddly despite having months at a time where I have issues keeping food down for any length of time. I have just assumed the exothermic reaction is one way my body excretes excess energy.
I would hardly equate Starfall (instant cast, mobile player centred AOE, only available via talents) with Starfire (3 second cast targeted nuke, core spell). The only things they have in common is they both have 'star' in their names and are both arcane school spells.
EDIT: retyped to correct typo and browser crash posting
I would hardly equate Starfall (instant cast, mobile player centred AOE) with Starfall (3 seconds cast, targetted nuke). The only things they have in common is they both have 'star' in the name, and they are both arcane spells.
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As a long time GM for a number of RPG settings and rules systems, I'm perfectly happy for the players to conspire against me. It's entirely up to me whether the world behaves the way they anticipate in response to their actions. And ultimately nothing happens until they bring it to the table (or play arena, whatever it may be).
One of the most fun sessions I ever had as a player was the result of myself being bore at work and writing up a stack of cue-cards in advance and turning them over in turn to dictate my actions to the GM in response to how the session went. I had no advance knowledge of what the GM had planned for the session, only what I knew from previous sessions as a player and my own innate observational knowledge of how I thought the other players were likely to react to my actions.
They have many options at their disposal, but since they're sleazy, they'd rather sue.
Just so we're clear here, what method are you suggesting they should use? They are a business, not a charity. They are not obliged to subsidise other businesses through their R&D. And Microsoft's DRM is considered an anaethema around here. So - what do you propose other than holding your breath until you turn blue or calling them names?
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Ironically we received an infringement notice last night from our !iiNet ISP. We are still trying to establish what if any concrete penalties might apply beyond a TOS transgresion and the ISP having the right to refuse our business.
While I support the outcome from this court case, realistically the ISP are in someway complicit in the downloading of copyrighted materials - what else do they think we are doing with those 60+Gb data plans they offer?
What a pity he doesn't listen about the ratings on games.
I wonder if that whole listening to the electorate might catch on, maybe he could share this learning experience with Senator Conroy.
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If I bought one, I would probably find it's primary use would be a internet appliance in the living room for looking up tv.com or imdb.com while watching a movie (where do I know that actor from?), or for browsing web forums or checking email while my husband is wandering around the house somewhere and the DVD is on pause. We currently use a cast-off iBook for that task.
If I want to do serious computing I would go sit down at my computer in the study and focus on what ever I was planning on working on.
I can't believe people are willing to pay BLIZZARD because BLIZZARD can't keep their account information secure.
In the vast majority of cases the security breach is happening at the client workstation - not Blizzard's servers.
When Blizzard provide a locked down workstation with packet checking of all downloads you can hold them responsible for client security.
Can I have your stuff?
It's not the cans you have to worry about...
The ironically-named 2-litre (70.4 imp fl oz; 67.6 U.S. fl oz) "Darwin Stubby" is available in Australia's Northern Territory. The Darwin Stubby was first introduced in April 1958 with an 80-imperial-fluid-ounce (2,270 ml; 76.9 U.S. fl oz) capacity.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_bottle#Stubby
I see your "Twilight Saga" and raise you the "Penthouse Letters" page, now that's Mary Sue fantasy writing.
"No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." --Eleanor Roosevelt
It wouldn't have taken much to make better hardware than what Apple was churning out in those days. The performa range was known among Apple ttechs as being problem machines with numerous extended warranty service issues raised against them - don't even get me started on the PB190/5300 family.
Today's hardware is a totally different story.
One of the problems with te D&D movie is most of the plot was in the outtakes because they ran out of money to do the special effects for those scenes. You can see the roughcut footage in on the DVD extras. It makes a lot more sense with those scenes even if they are not rendered.
Sadly it would probably take longer than that timeframe to get the planning and grant requests processed let alone build anything that would have any (fraudulently) identifiable impact.
Bizzare, I worked for an Apple Specialty Reseller during the Quadra years. We built Apple workstations for Digital Imaging and routinely installed 3rd party hard drives and optical drives in Quadras. SCSI was a bit of a black art at the best of times, certain devices/brands would prefer set device IDs, but hard drives were the easiest to get working.
Presumably the harm it is doing is the cost of the OS is subsidised through the price for hardware sales. In seeking to install Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware you are avoiding pay the full cost of the product and denying them revenue. They are a commercial business run to produce a profit. They are not a charity obliged to provide discounted (or free) software to any one who thinks they deserve it.
If I want to install an application on my Mac, it pops up a window asking for an adminstrator password before it will permit the install. Isn't that essentially the same thing?
Odd. I carry more weight that I really want to or is perhaps good for me. I definately feel extremes of heat or cold before many of my contemporaries. I am usually very warm to the touch - my husband complains I am too warm sometimes. Conversely he has a genetic disorder, a symptom of which is a copper deficiency in the blood which makes it difficult for him to regulate his body temperature.
I've always assumed the problem is I am excessively efficient in how I digest food - I've had digestive issues all my life, have always been cuddly despite having months at a time where I have issues keeping food down for any length of time. I have just assumed the exothermic reaction is one way my body excretes excess energy.
I always know when school is out and the new crop of checkout chicks have started when I have to explain that it's a lime and not an unripe lemon.
We could definately use more boom though, the hybrid tax was also over-compensated for in WotLK, though it's better than it was.
I would hardly equate Starfall (instant cast, mobile player centred AOE, only available via talents) with Starfire (3 second cast targeted nuke, core spell). The only things they have in common is they both have 'star' in their names and are both arcane school spells.
EDIT: retyped to correct typo and browser crash posting
I would hardly equate Starfall (instant cast, mobile player centred AOE) with Starfall (3 seconds cast, targetted nuke). The only things they have in common is they both have 'star' in the name, and they are both arcane spells.
As a long time GM for a number of RPG settings and rules systems, I'm perfectly happy for the players to conspire against me. It's entirely up to me whether the world behaves the way they anticipate in response to their actions. And ultimately nothing happens until they bring it to the table (or play arena, whatever it may be).
One of the most fun sessions I ever had as a player was the result of myself being bore at work and writing up a stack of cue-cards in advance and turning them over in turn to dictate my actions to the GM in response to how the session went. I had no advance knowledge of what the GM had planned for the session, only what I knew from previous sessions as a player and my own innate observational knowledge of how I thought the other players were likely to react to my actions.
They have many options at their disposal, but since they're sleazy, they'd rather sue.
Just so we're clear here, what method are you suggesting they should use? They are a business, not a charity. They are not obliged to subsidise other businesses through their R&D. And Microsoft's DRM is considered an anaethema around here. So - what do you propose other than holding your breath until you turn blue or calling them names?
Sounds like somthing from Snow Crash meets Jennifer Government.
And would the resulting document be considered a derivative work?
I bet one of these are cheaper and probaly do a better job for kids. OK, so its static images, but the concept isn't new.