"Yeah, I'm calling you back, I was in the head" "You're with that bitch, aren't you?"
"Yea, actually I was. I forgot to tell you I'm breaking up with you, you clingy, narcissistic jackass. She'd say hello, but my cock is in the way." would be the proper response to that. Substitute "jackass" for your choice of word.
Well, I'm not saying they are going about it the wrong way. As someone else posted (but not in response to me) the copyright claim was likely due to a pointy-haired-boss telling a pointy-haired-lawyer to have a solution before the close of business.
I'm just offering a possible reason, besides the ever-popular "yarrr, lets fuck the public" cynicism.
Open Source - the code is freely available for your perusal.
The source being open doesn't have anything to do with your rights (or lack of) to actually use it. Those rights are protected in the various Free Software licenses.
The Microsoft research license is an Open Source license. It is not a free software license. This is the closest thing I can think of, that I know of, to what we are looking at in the article.
Nope. Safedisc just helps prevent copying, it doesn't go out of the way to implement other DRM-like things, prohibit debugger use on the system, detect ISO mounting tools, etc.
I think the problem that they have, is a loss of control over the information.
If something goes wrong, intentional or otherwise, and the schedule that all these people look at through the phone is incorrect... who's gonna get the angry customer call? The train company.
I'm seeding a few torrents to lighten the load on a bud's website, and they are currently tracked by The Pirate Bay (as those trackers have been, you must admit, rather quick and stable)
I'll have to republish the.torrents with new trackers, but the question is... who?
Or, you can just use tinyurl. This gives someone the option to use the preview.tinyurl.com subdomain, which will put you on a landing page and not automatically redirect.
Wrong. People can and do attack random strangers, for no apparent reason.
For all we know, that Verizon tech could have a similar issue going on, though I doubt it. But you can't assume there was a reason, it is possible there really isn't.
What games do you play? I try to stick to the 'standard' layout, since some of the things I play would be a royal pain in the ass to adjust.
I ask, also, since your scheme requires you to use your fingers to crouch and/or jump, limiting your fluidity (ie, strafing while changing stance) - also, you leave no way to lean.
My current favorite game - ARMA2 - has a hellish set of commands. Looking at the list, a given key has up to 5 different uses, depending on context! Hell, the game recognizes combinations AND the difference between hold, tap, and double-tap... but, it's fun as hell, and worth the challenge.
Examples: W-hold - forward W,W-hold - sprint Shift-hold: walk/run (not same as sprint) Shift,Shift (taps): toggle walk/run Right Mouse tap: optics toggle Right Mouse hold: zoom Right Mouse hold (longer): hold breath
Besides, if it was THAT much better, why don't PC Gamers use gamepads? You can even buy a 360 controller for the PC, yet I've never seen a PC Gamer use a gamepad for playing an FPS.
I do! (but only when I need to give the keyboard/mouse a rest due to long term strain related injury)
bconway - this is not a response but a clarification, for those who (like me for so long) didn't really realize what bail is.
This means she doesn't want to pay the 'security deposit' that she will show up in court. Bail gets paid back to you if you do show up, if you skip town, the court keeps it.
You don't even need the cash on hand - bail bonds are basically loans tailored to this situation - which really works out well, since you get the principal back and are only out for the interest.
On the one hand, you can prevent (by exposing) corruption and power abuse, but on the other, YOU CAN GET PEOPLE KILLED.
I would rather have the best of both worlds, but going about it this way, can only really lead to one of those two. I would rather the option that doesn't result in people getting shot, thanks.
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"Yea, actually I was. I forgot to tell you I'm breaking up with you, you clingy, narcissistic jackass. She'd say hello, but my cock is in the way." would be the proper response to that. Substitute "jackass" for your choice of word.
So? Does it really take you that long to piss?
Well, I'm not saying they are going about it the wrong way. As someone else posted (but not in response to me) the copyright claim was likely due to a pointy-haired-boss telling a pointy-haired-lawyer to have a solution before the close of business.
I'm just offering a possible reason, besides the ever-popular "yarrr, lets fuck the public" cynicism.
No, it's not.
Open Source - the code is freely available for your perusal.
The source being open doesn't have anything to do with your rights (or lack of) to actually use it. Those rights are protected in the various Free Software licenses.
The Microsoft research license is an Open Source license. It is not a free software license. This is the closest thing I can think of, that I know of, to what we are looking at in the article.
The, uh... differential manifold part...
I think you are confusing Open Source with Free Software.
Nope. Safedisc just helps prevent copying, it doesn't go out of the way to implement other DRM-like things, prohibit debugger use on the system, detect ISO mounting tools, etc.
But I was wrong on the company. Go figure, SecuROM is spawn of Sony.
To be fair, they're not lasers, they are "blasters."
They are supposedly bolts of hot gas, magnetically projected. Kind of like a railgun that fires a glob of plasma.
This both explains the lack of speed AND the visibility in vacuum.
I think the problem that they have, is a loss of control over the information.
If something goes wrong, intentional or otherwise, and the schedule that all these people look at through the phone is incorrect... who's gonna get the angry customer call? The train company.
Ever stop to think that, MAYBE, just PERHAPS, the escapist behavior is... wait for it... and escape from the 4 screaming children?
Birth control. Learn it, use it, love it.
What is so special about 12 steps? That's a completely arbitrary number.
Here's my 2-step program:
1. Stop feeding the addiction
2. Find a healthy substitute
They keep trying to prevent people from 'ripping' them, but they keep failing. I'ts an arms-race / money-sink that they just won't give up on.
I would be interested to know how much of Macromedia's (now Adobe?) revenue is from SecuROM? Waste of time and money, is what that is.
As shitty as it is, it's kind of good to have a reputation like that.
Why would one take a hostage, if they knew they would just die right along with the hostage?
What about -legal- trackers, for free content?
I'm seeding a few torrents to lighten the load on a bud's website, and they are currently tracked by The Pirate Bay (as those trackers have been, you must admit, rather quick and stable)
I'll have to republish the .torrents with new trackers, but the question is... who?
(if your curious...)
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5005331/Blender_Underground__Blender_Basics_Video_Tutorials_(DVD-DL)
http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4521776/blenderunderground.com_-_Blender_Video_Tutorials_1-5
These are for Blender Underground
Or, you can just use tinyurl. This gives someone the option to use the preview.tinyurl.com subdomain, which will put you on a landing page and not automatically redirect.
Wrong. People can and do attack random strangers, for no apparent reason.
For all we know, that Verizon tech could have a similar issue going on, though I doubt it. But you can't assume there was a reason, it is possible there really isn't.
Yes, but you have to draw a line somewhere. What if I said he fought like a dairy farmer?
Have you fired a gun? Even putting holes in a paper target in a completely non-threatening situation has an emotional effect on me (for the better)
Or, more likely... anything under both high temperature and high pressure, will explode when released.
After all, that's what an explosion is - hot gas escaping the high pressure (from more hot gas being generated but the reaction)
Class D fires are fun... don't you need a retardant designed for the particular metal(s) burning? Even removing oxygen won't stop it, correct?
I'm not saying that. But exposing an undercover officer in the middle of an investigation has a higher probability to get people killed, and faster.
Like I said - if you are stuck between the two, I would rather see a corrupt officer safe than a good one dead.
What games do you play? I try to stick to the 'standard' layout, since some of the things I play would be a royal pain in the ass to adjust.
I ask, also, since your scheme requires you to use your fingers to crouch and/or jump, limiting your fluidity (ie, strafing while changing stance) - also, you leave no way to lean.
My current favorite game - ARMA2 - has a hellish set of commands. Looking at the list, a given key has up to 5 different uses, depending on context! Hell, the game recognizes combinations AND the difference between hold, tap, and double-tap... but, it's fun as hell, and worth the challenge.
Examples:
W-hold - forward
W,W-hold - sprint
Shift-hold: walk/run (not same as sprint)
Shift,Shift (taps): toggle walk/run
Right Mouse tap: optics toggle
Right Mouse hold: zoom
Right Mouse hold (longer): hold breath
I do! (but only when I need to give the keyboard/mouse a rest due to long term strain related injury)
bconway - this is not a response but a clarification, for those who (like me for so long) didn't really realize what bail is.
This means she doesn't want to pay the 'security deposit' that she will show up in court. Bail gets paid back to you if you do show up, if you skip town, the court keeps it.
You don't even need the cash on hand - bail bonds are basically loans tailored to this situation - which really works out well, since you get the principal back and are only out for the interest.
There's a difference.
On the one hand, you can prevent (by exposing) corruption and power abuse, but on the other, YOU CAN GET PEOPLE KILLED .
I would rather have the best of both worlds, but going about it this way, can only really lead to one of those two. I would rather the option that doesn't result in people getting shot, thanks.