game developers are clearly a population of people with many with the expertise to dump games and a vested interest and aversion to piracy
Game developers are not only a vanishingly small group, and they presumably already have the binaries for the games. They wrote them, after all.
As for the rest, I'd agree copyright as it stands is in many cases bullshit, but what I posted I posted because it does nobody any good to obscure the issues by making up ridiculous rationalizations. If you want to argue copyrights, first admit that copyright violations are widespread and common, and then argue that this means the law should change.
Don't try to weasel out with arguments like "but people might be dumping their legal ROM" or "but people just use them for homebrew" or anything else.
That all depends on whether you believe all game developers either never dump their own bought games or are hypocritical pirates. We could also pretend that things like the Wii Virtual Console aren't a big financial hit, when certainly piracy is a significantly cheaper (although a more complex) option.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say here, or what any of the rest of the post has to do with what I said.
The vast majority of people who use flash carts use it for piracy, plain and simple. Trying to deny this is just naÃve. They may also try a homebrew app or two, but they would never have bought the thing if it wasn't for piracy.
Furhtermore, Nintendo has absolutely no obligation to support homebrewers.
But really, that particular argument would carry more weight if there existed any MKV+h.264 files that weren't pirated. I can't recall ever seeing one.
Which is much better, because then it is not focused through the lens. Also they seem to have some kind of automatic shutdown if the beam is broken. A momentary pulse of heat to the cornea isn't going to do any real damage.
First off, that's not Google calling it "pre-beta", it's some random guy with a blog. Google calls it "2.0.156.1". Furthermore, "pre-beta" implies "alpha", which is exactly what this is.
Just read the instructions and imagine your grandma giving it a try:
Your grandma isn't going to be using pre-beta software. It's like that because the features is far from complete yet and is thus not enabled by default. It's not going to be like that in the final version.
Well, that's pretty much exactly what it is. It accurately reflects how much the astronomers care about it. There's hydrogen, and helium, and that other shit up there.
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game developers are clearly a population of people with many with the expertise to dump games and a vested interest and aversion to piracy
Game developers are not only a vanishingly small group, and they presumably already have the binaries for the games. They wrote them, after all.
As for the rest, I'd agree copyright as it stands is in many cases bullshit, but what I posted I posted because it does nobody any good to obscure the issues by making up ridiculous rationalizations. If you want to argue copyrights, first admit that copyright violations are widespread and common, and then argue that this means the law should change.
Don't try to weasel out with arguments like "but people might be dumping their legal ROM" or "but people just use them for homebrew" or anything else.
That all depends on whether you believe all game developers either never dump their own bought games or are hypocritical pirates. We could also pretend that things like the Wii Virtual Console aren't a big financial hit, when certainly piracy is a significantly cheaper (although a more complex) option.
I'm not sure what you are trying to say here, or what any of the rest of the post has to do with what I said.
There's nothing immoral with ROM dumping a game YOU own and playing it on your computer
Are you actually claiming any measurable number of people do this?
The vast majority of people who use flash carts use it for piracy, plain and simple. Trying to deny this is just naÃve. They may also try a homebrew app or two, but they would never have bought the thing if it wasn't for piracy.
Furhtermore, Nintendo has absolutely no obligation to support homebrewers.
And I say this as a homebrew developer myself.
Somehow, I don't really think anybody will be playing DS games on the PSP any time soon. Can you guess why?
As if any kind of "lock out" can stop people in it for the thrill combined with nearly endless freetime
Stopped them pretty well on the PS3.
And?
There are, what, three of those? That nobody's ever seen who didn't do it just because of open source?
None of those use MKV.
Sure, technically it doesn't equal that.
But really, that particular argument would carry more weight if there existed any MKV+h.264 files that weren't pirated. I can't recall ever seeing one.
Write once, horrify anywhere.
Because it's utterly horrid?
http://www.skaczmarek.ps.pl/Miniature.pdf says the cutoff for the eye is 1400 nm.
Which is much better, because then it is not focused through the lens. Also they seem to have some kind of automatic shutdown if the beam is broken. A momentary pulse of heat to the cornea isn't going to do any real damage.
No, it most certainly would not be worse.
So, what are the risks that I'll end up powering my retina
Apparently pretty low. They're using wavelengths that the eye is opaque to.
Google is not calling this "pre-beta", they are calling it "2.0.156.1". Some random guy with a blog is calling it "pre-beta".
They've stated that they are working on a plugin architecture, specifically mentioning ad blocking as one use.
Four months is "long term" to you? Talk about living on internet time.
They have stated from day one that they are working on delivering a Mac version, so it's not like you need to read any tea leaves to find that out.
First off, that's not Google calling it "pre-beta", it's some random guy with a blog. Google calls it "2.0.156.1". Furthermore, "pre-beta" implies "alpha", which is exactly what this is.
Just read the instructions and imagine your grandma giving it a try:
Your grandma isn't going to be using pre-beta software. It's like that because the features is far from complete yet and is thus not enabled by default. It's not going to be like that in the final version.
Years ago, perhaps. That hasn't been true in a long time, however.
Well, that's pretty much exactly what it is. It accurately reflects how much the astronomers care about it. There's hydrogen, and helium, and that other shit up there.
Astronomers call anything heavier than hydrogen and helium "metal".