no, i don't believe mod chips should be made completely illegal. i own one myself. but i hate the viewpoint that something (that majority of users use to do illegal things) is 100% legit just because it has some legal use.
i would feel much better if we acknowledged the fact it is rampantly being used for illegal purposes. (and that some thing is wrong with that...) then discuss ways to compromise on the capability of mod chips so that while legal use may be somewhat crippled, it would greatly reduce the illegal use. call me socialist or whatever but i believe in some compromise of the "right to mod what we own" if it would bring down piracy. and this is not about what's right and what's wrong, or whether or not piracy actually does any harm. it's just my morals and i feel piracy is "wrong" even if it does no harm.
>My hunch says anyone who has small kids and doesn't want them to destroy a $40-$80 CD would be a likely candidate for such a mod chip and backup copies.
then the kid should learn not to abuse the CD or they won't be able to play the game any more.
>So do cars, fishing poles, knives, sticks, baseball bats, electricity, water and millions of other things. Does that mean we start banning everything that we have built our society around?
yes, but those things were made for different purpose.
cars' purpose is transportation. the fact it can be used to kill someon doesn't alter that purpose. guns, on the other hand, have only one purpose and that is to incur violent destruction.
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i guess since this is a joke to begin with, we don't have to imagine a beowulf... we can just say it already exists and powers iTMS!
so now, instead of burning my left palm, i can burn my left thigh! (oohhh, that's kinda close...) :P
see that , after "No"? he said that the two formats you mentioned are in fact the ones being used in the world.
your point about MMDDYY being weird is right, though.
i do see your point though. and the discussion about piracy is, as you had said, another time, another topic.
i would feel much better if we acknowledged the fact it is rampantly being used for illegal purposes. (and that some thing is wrong with that...) then discuss ways to compromise on the capability of mod chips so that while legal use may be somewhat crippled, it would greatly reduce the illegal use. call me socialist or whatever but i believe in some compromise of the "right to mod what we own" if it would bring down piracy. and this is not about what's right and what's wrong, or whether or not piracy actually does any harm. it's just my morals and i feel piracy is "wrong" even if it does no harm.
you followed diligently for 6 years! and didn't give up hope that it may be updated!
i'd say you are gonna have a tough time moving on... good luck. :D
>My hunch says anyone who has small kids and doesn't want them to destroy a $40-$80 CD would be a likely candidate for such a mod chip and backup copies. then the kid should learn not to abuse the CD or they won't be able to play the game any more.
yes, but those things were made for different purpose.
cars' purpose is transportation. the fact it can be used to kill someon doesn't alter that purpose. guns, on the other hand, have only one purpose and that is to incur violent destruction.
i even own a japanese playstation. but it's nice not to have to switch consoles around.
i don't even make a backup of my games. if it breaks, i'll get another one, just like most other things i own which i cannot "clone."
so i call shotgun on that cadillac!
IM managerial instructions even after being ejected from the game?
i guess i'm not alone. nor paranoid. nor the only one surfing for pr0n.
nothing like x86 where hardware is working but the software driving them aren't... :P