Ummm.... but RIAA (and artists) already gets money from music being played on radio through royalties. So they are not actually played for free.
Nobody ever starved from copyright infringement, but many artists have starved from obscurity. P2P downloaders spend more money on music than anybody!
If RIAA didn't exist the same artists would starve from obscurity anyway. Why would they not? You see, I'm not working for RIAA OR eaten their bullshit. But there must be a valid alternative for things to change, and for the artists to make money. That's why we need media like iTunes and like. They are not perfect, sure. But they are on a right way to a better solution for both listeners and for the artists.
Well you are not entirely accurate in your "keep stupid people from voting" argument, since at least 50% of people are stupid. We need worse and less clear instructions here in Finland to achieve the goal:)
They are just looking for a scapegoat. It's pretty daft to think Greenspan did not see the whole thing coming, he's way too experienced.
But the whole huge scale pump'n' dump operation made A LOT of money to the people who sold before the stocks dropped and cashed out. Too bad for the little people, though.
If the publishers would spend more time pushing out innovative games (not the most recent installment of the flavor of the month) and provide a reason to purchase a genuine copy, then maybe they wouldn't need to be in the business of criminalizing their own customers.
That's a great theory, but it didn't work even in the early 90's when there was no internetz. Innovative games got pirated and great game companies like Origin and Looking Glass went under, or got bought by bigger companies.
Yeah maybe, but I was thinking about a dual meaning: "Bitter" could also be thought as "someone who sets bits". Or maybe it means the devs like their beer bitter. Or maybe BTRFS could be translated as "BetterFS"... BTR-60 and BTR-80 are also Russian armoured personal carriers so maybe this means BTRFS is solid enough to be used in heavy Russian military equipment...
The Ring (original Japanese version) is a master example of horror build up towards the end. Throughout the movie atmosphere gets thicker all the time, without really letting the watcher to relax. The sequence where the girl crawls through the TV truly rises some hair in your back.
I think that's what horror games should also aim for: The slow buildup of tension, and not Doom 3 like "enter room, kill baddies, leave room" kind of repetition.
Well, of course Microsoft is not going to "put your interests first"... unless you are a major stock holder. It's a business company, and so is Google btw.
So why can't you FIRST buy the games and THEN download the pirated version without DRM? I mean, you are not breaking law since you have bought the game.
You would not pay for breathing yourself, but you would pay if IMPLEMENTED such a breathing mechanism in a device or sorts... You see, the patent holder could sue or try to extort evolution, or god, but not you.
Yeah, but why would you port games for Linux systems (for example) if there are not a lot of potential buyers? Modern games cost a LOT to develop. Do you REALLY think it's the actual developers that make these decisions? Sheesh:)
Oh to answer you question: Yes, the community can return the favor by using Java. The reason for IBM "giving away" Eclipse was to get programmers to accept Java.
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Ummm.... but RIAA (and artists) already gets money from music being played on radio through royalties. So they are not actually played for free.
Nobody ever starved from copyright infringement, but many artists have starved from obscurity. P2P downloaders spend more money on music than anybody!
If RIAA didn't exist the same artists would starve from obscurity anyway. Why would they not?
You see, I'm not working for RIAA OR eaten their bullshit. But there must be a valid alternative for things to change, and for the artists to make money. That's why we need media like iTunes and like. They are not perfect, sure. But they are on a right way to a better solution for both listeners and for the artists.
True. I have serious doubt we even need hardware RAID anymore with current CPU speeds. A few % overhead does not seem much.
Well you are not entirely accurate in your "keep stupid people from voting" argument, since at least 50% of people are stupid. We need worse and less clear instructions here in Finland to achieve the goal :)
So it could not be that RIAA just wants people to stop pirating their songs? Or download them from a legal source like iTunes?
Enjoy your "+5 Insightful", I'm sure I'm just getting "flamebait".
They are just looking for a scapegoat. It's pretty daft to think Greenspan did not see the whole thing coming, he's way too experienced.
But the whole huge scale pump'n' dump operation made A LOT of money to the people who sold before the stocks dropped and cashed out. Too bad for the little people, though.
If the publishers would spend more time pushing out innovative games (not the most recent installment of the flavor of the month) and provide a reason to purchase a genuine copy, then maybe they wouldn't need to be in the business of criminalizing their own customers.
That's a great theory, but it didn't work even in the early 90's when there was no internetz. Innovative games got pirated and great game companies like Origin and Looking Glass went under, or got bought by bigger companies.
Yeah maybe, but I was thinking about a dual meaning: "Bitter" could also be thought as "someone who sets bits". Or maybe it means the devs like their beer bitter. Or maybe BTRFS could be translated as "BetterFS"... BTR-60 and BTR-80 are also Russian armoured personal carriers so maybe this means BTRFS is solid enough to be used in heavy Russian military equipment...
I read it as "BitterFS" :)
The Ring (original Japanese version) is a master example of horror build up towards the end. Throughout the movie atmosphere gets thicker all the time, without really letting the watcher to relax. The sequence where the girl crawls through the TV truly rises some hair in your back.
I think that's what horror games should also aim for: The slow buildup of tension, and not Doom 3 like "enter room, kill baddies, leave room" kind of repetition.
Oh yeah? What about Highlander 2?
Damn those plasmids.
Well, of course Microsoft is not going to "put your interests first"... unless you are a major stock holder. It's a business company, and so is Google btw.
What do you think GPL is from a user's point of view?
You would get better anonymity if you wrote your own browser.
So why can't you FIRST buy the games and THEN download the pirated version without DRM? I mean, you are not breaking law since you have bought the game.
I have seen the same text in previous threads... It seems to be really a trollish piece of work that circulates.
What is that supposed to mean? They might need thousands of admins more with Free Software? Why would they possible want that?
You would not pay for breathing yourself, but you would pay if IMPLEMENTED such a breathing mechanism in a device or sorts... You see, the patent holder could sue or try to extort evolution, or god, but not you.
So no, it does not make me sad.
I guess the major change is Gentoo users are considered as "hardcore users", like you said.
There was a time when every Linux user had to be pretty hardcore to get and keep their system running...
Yeah, but why would you port games for Linux systems (for example) if there are not a lot of potential buyers? Modern games cost a LOT to develop. Do you REALLY think it's the actual developers that make these decisions? Sheesh :)
Why can't you take the DirectX API and implement it on top of OpenGL for other platforms? How can a published API be OS specific?
Also, I think ATI and Nvidia have had pretty much influence on where DirectX is going...
Oh crap I always forget this is Slashdot, where every comment must show Microsoft as evil.
Well d'oh. Of course it is.
Oh to answer you question: Yes, the community can return the favor by using Java. The reason for IBM "giving away" Eclipse was to get programmers to accept Java.
There's a difference in OFFERING source code for something, and making it ACTUALLY open source. Slashdot mixes these two all the time.
How many open source teams have any insight into how Microsoft actually designs software? Reading Slashdot daily how much MS sucks does not count.