I have a few questions about the EULA which pose some interesting situations.
1) If I'm under 18 and I install a game and push "I accept" but then violate the EULA, can they do anything? Since I'm a minor, the "contract" is null and void, and in theroy I can do whatever I want.
2) If I don't accept the EULA, does that mean that I can attempt to reverse engineer the software? I'm not to sure about copyright laws, but I didn't agree to the "no-reverse engineering" bit in the EULA.
3) What if (again) I don't accept the EULA, but manage to copy all the files off the CD and onto my computer, making the directory structure in tact and all files in place? In theroy I can do whatever I want (including play and/or possibly modify the files) as I did not agree to the EULA.
I've been wondering about these questions, but I've never been able to find the answers. Maby someone can answer these questions.
Some teachers still do that today. It's great when half the class needs their hand held just to figure out how to do plot something. However, they seem to be poorly designed, as it alwasy smells like something is burning whenver the screen is in use.
Not necessarly. The antena which increases the signal output from the bluetooth adapter also can pick up weaker signals, making it possible for them to connect to the phone a mile away. If the phone was modded also, then the range would be even further.
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I have two invites if anyone wants them. It my contribution to the/. community.
Also, the patch panel for the netwrking is way too neat. In the true engineer-style, it should be at leaste somewhat messy. Also, that's way too few hook-ups. How can you plug in the interent-enabled fridge into such a small patch panel? Or what about the auto-heat toilet seat cover? Where is it going to plug in? I think that the wiring needs just a little more "geekness".
ILoveBees.com is a site that was "linked" to in a Halo 2 trailer shown in movie theaters. At the end of the trailer, the xbox site changed to the ilovebees.com site. It's just a gimmic (a good one, though) to get people excited about Halo 2.
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I think lots of people have doubted what Google can produce, but so far (to my knowledge), Google has succeeded with everything. Last yearm who would have believed you if you said that Google would offer e-mail? Not many people.
For the browser, all of Google's tools will be integrated. Think about this: spell checking when you post, the ability to click on "blog this (already available on Google's tool bar), interrelated Gmail, possibly image searching on your computer and on the internet simultaneously.
If the Google browser is good, free, and has no or only Google text ads, and has lots of features, I'll switch. If Google can make my life easier, I'm all for it.
Anoter interesting thing about the auction: There is no S&H price shown. Who want to buy something for 150k+ and have to pay another boatload just for shipping it? Anyone else think that something is just slightly wrong with this auction? (unless it truly is legit, in which case the seller needs to learn to put a little more info in the auction!)
Heck, he could just email the data to himself at home!
Or, if you have a high-speed internet connection at home, FTP it to your house. Easy, and you don't have to have a huge e-mail account.
And let's be serious, how many employees really have access to valuable and confidential information?!
Most of the people that have the valuable info value their high-paying job and corp bonuses. I doubt that they want to give away the information that keeps them well-paid!
Fortunatly, some people (including me) will be running an older OS, as I want to be able to listen to music on my computer with out having to comply with every RIAA standard/requirement. If it gets to the point where I have to provide proof-of-purchase in order to listen to a CD, and I can only use RIAA-aporved software to rip my CDs, then it's gone way too far.
My teacher was telling me a story about how powerful the radar transmitters were. When his battle ship was docked, they wanted to test the "fire radar (I guess to find fires?)" so they tried to track some endangered species (some kind of bird). The radar transmitting power was so powerful that it casued the bird to explode. Needless to say, the townsfolk weren't to happy. However, if you ever get your WiFi power that high, you have one serious amp on it (and the FCC out to get you!)
How can someone but a tax on using Wi-Fi? That would be like putting a tax on the cordless phones, or remote car locks. Stupid, and a cheep way to get some money for the government!
This is probally taking it to the extreme, but "everything digital" would be like mice, keybraods, printers, etc. So are they saying that my mouse is going to be DRM? Does this mean that I will only be able to use it when there is a blue moon and it's snowing in South America? Most consumers are not too fond of DRM. It's something to make the RIAA feel better about their over-priced CDs. When the RIAA goes after the A/D unit in sound cards, it's pretty sad!
For some copy portection schemes, it can't even have the "Compact Disc" logo on it becasue it dosen't follow the format.
They have deliberately violated the CD Audio specifications by not starting the data at the specified location, and storing data where it isn't supposed to be stored. Because such CDs do not follow the specifications co-created by Sony and Philips, Philips, like Apple, says such copy protected CDs are not Audio CDs, and will not allow their cases to display the Compact Disc logo.
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I have a few questions about the EULA which pose some interesting situations. 1) If I'm under 18 and I install a game and push "I accept" but then violate the EULA, can they do anything? Since I'm a minor, the "contract" is null and void, and in theroy I can do whatever I want. 2) If I don't accept the EULA, does that mean that I can attempt to reverse engineer the software? I'm not to sure about copyright laws, but I didn't agree to the "no-reverse engineering" bit in the EULA. 3) What if (again) I don't accept the EULA, but manage to copy all the files off the CD and onto my computer, making the directory structure in tact and all files in place? In theroy I can do whatever I want (including play and/or possibly modify the files) as I did not agree to the EULA. I've been wondering about these questions, but I've never been able to find the answers. Maby someone can answer these questions.
Some teachers still do that today. It's great when half the class needs their hand held just to figure out how to do plot something. However, they seem to be poorly designed, as it alwasy smells like something is burning whenver the screen is in use.
Not necessarly. The antena which increases the signal output from the bluetooth adapter also can pick up weaker signals, making it possible for them to connect to the phone a mile away. If the phone was modded also, then the range would be even further.
I have two invites if anyone wants them. It my contribution to the /. community.
Also, the patch panel for the netwrking is way too neat. In the true engineer-style, it should be at leaste somewhat messy. Also, that's way too few hook-ups. How can you plug in the interent-enabled fridge into such a small patch panel? Or what about the auto-heat toilet seat cover? Where is it going to plug in? I think that the wiring needs just a little more "geekness".
ILoveBees.com is a site that was "linked" to in a Halo 2 trailer shown in movie theaters. At the end of the trailer, the xbox site changed to the ilovebees.com site. It's just a gimmic (a good one, though) to get people excited about Halo 2.
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I think lots of people have doubted what Google can produce, but so far (to my knowledge), Google has succeeded with everything. Last yearm who would have believed you if you said that Google would offer e-mail? Not many people.
For the browser, all of Google's tools will be integrated. Think about this: spell checking when you post, the ability to click on "blog this (already available on Google's tool bar), interrelated Gmail, possibly image searching on your computer and on the internet simultaneously.
If the Google browser is good, free, and has no or only Google text ads, and has lots of features, I'll switch. If Google can make my life easier, I'm all for it.
Anoter interesting thing about the auction: There is no S&H price shown. Who want to buy something for 150k+ and have to pay another boatload just for shipping it? Anyone else think that something is just slightly wrong with this auction? (unless it truly is legit, in which case the seller needs to learn to put a little more info in the auction!)
Heck, he could just email the data to himself at home! Or, if you have a high-speed internet connection at home, FTP it to your house. Easy, and you don't have to have a huge e-mail account.
And let's be serious, how many employees really have access to valuable and confidential information?! Most of the people that have the valuable info value their high-paying job and corp bonuses. I doubt that they want to give away the information that keeps them well-paid!
Fortunatly, some people (including me) will be running an older OS, as I want to be able to listen to music on my computer with out having to comply with every RIAA standard/requirement. If it gets to the point where I have to provide proof-of-purchase in order to listen to a CD, and I can only use RIAA-aporved software to rip my CDs, then it's gone way too far.
My teacher was telling me a story about how powerful the radar transmitters were. When his battle ship was docked, they wanted to test the "fire radar (I guess to find fires?)" so they tried to track some endangered species (some kind of bird). The radar transmitting power was so powerful that it casued the bird to explode. Needless to say, the townsfolk weren't to happy.
However, if you ever get your WiFi power that high, you have one serious amp on it (and the FCC out to get you!)
Thanks for that funny post. I couldn't stop laughing until I realised that, one day, I may have a wifey like that!
How can someone but a tax on using Wi-Fi? That would be like putting a tax on the cordless phones, or remote car locks. Stupid, and a cheep way to get some money for the government!
This is probally taking it to the extreme, but "everything digital" would be like mice, keybraods, printers, etc. So are they saying that my mouse is going to be DRM? Does this mean that I will only be able to use it when there is a blue moon and it's snowing in South America? Most consumers are not too fond of DRM. It's something to make the RIAA feel better about their over-priced CDs. When the RIAA goes after the A/D unit in sound cards, it's pretty sad!
Good ideas! I'll have to try some of those those one day...