Do you really insist that someone constantly tack on "with our current best guess and understanding of the universe" to every comment? That part should be covered by 'this is a science talk' vs 'this is religious dogma'. Just because some people confuse the two doesn't mean everyone who uses the word without a notation is using it wrong.
True, but thats sort of irrelevant. The rich kids get an even greater leg up as teachers start catering their assignments to a 'everyone has access to a laptop' because its more convenient. As always the poor kids get shat on since he can't review the stuff at home like the rich kids can. When the rich kids only had personal laptops the teacher was pretty much forced to keep to the pen and paper ethos, now with a standardized system they've been given the green light to shun it 'for the environment'.
Yes, I'm giving an extreme case. No, that doesn't mean it won't happen.
"but they won't be able to take it home, Hayes said."
But I guess its ok, they can still learn at school, that F grade for not doing their homework due to lack of maciness at home doesn't matter. After all, they're poor they wouldn't have gone to college anyways.
True, there are quite a few instances at lower levels that are fun. But when all your friends are level 60/70/80 some of us would rather hang out with them instead of random pugs. While its true you could ask one of them to power level you they may or may not have the time/interest. Plus its not the same as being an integral part of the team instead of some barnacle.
True, but some people would rather spend $30 and find that out today than spend $15/mo for 6 months to find that out later. Although I do disagree with you. A raid is MUCH more fun than a quest to kill the 8 pigs attacking xyz farm.
Sorry, can't resist. Using Starship Troopers as your example of book to movie adaptations is horrible. They're nothing alike, quite literally. It's more of a 'hey this movie resembles this book too much to avoid being sued, lets license it'. I read the book and hated the movie the first time I watched it. Once I realized they had absolutely nothing to do with each other aside from 'bugs in space' I found the movie to be much more enjoyable. Heinlein was brilliant and I can't wait for the day someone makes *real* movies based on his books. I'd love to watch several movies featuring Lazarus Long, although I think the prudes of the world would have an issue with him.;)
The simple response to your argument is this. Make copyright limited to something like 7 years but give an option to extend it. Even if its infinite. But it has to be renewed every 7 years and has to be produced continually during that time. If Disney is still around in year 2500 and Mickey Mouse is still going strong and worth protecting then let them protect it. But your 2 year olds doodle with crayons and snot don't need automatic copyright protection that lasts until she dies of old age.
Yes, you can throw it in a wood chipper. But if you buy it tomorrow with the latest firmware you can't use Linux on it while your friend who bought his yesterday could. This is what we mean by 'don't own the hardware'. You don't fully control it, killing it with fire or some other form of destruction is always an option regardless of who owns the hardware when you have access to it so mentioning you can do that is redundant.
I would agree with your sentiment if the playstation had two modes or at least two different firmwares. One that allowed Other OS and one that allowed PSN. THEN you could bitch about 'well if you want PSN...' but people don't have a choice, the choice is made for them.... because they don't own the hardware, not really. Get it now?
But that's retarded. They had little reason to do that other than some profoundly misplaced loyalty
The only reason the loyalty was misplaced was because the CEO screwed them. Had he honored their commitment and worked as hard as possible to save the company and then paid them back dues + bonus/stock their loyalty would have been dead on. Unfortunately they worked for a douchebag. I'm the first person to have no loyalty for a large mega corp but small shops require it. We can't function without the employees giving a damn about the company and the company can't function without giving a damn about their employees.
Well if you want to be pedantic about it your right. But the word 'depression' is used. Its a general term that covers a wide range of states, from mild dissatisfaction to walking through a school yard with a semi auto. So I stand by my original post and laugh at the stick poking out your mouth.
My poor self image in no way has anything to do with the internet. Need proof? I was fat before I ever heard of the internet! HAH!... now I did troll libraries and read entire sections of it before I got my computer... So I guess libraries cause depression too!
FFS, some people are just depressed with life, they seek entertainment to help distract them from their own state. Whatever distraction that form takes has nothing to do with the depression. I can think of several reasons why I gained weight at a young age, none of them have to do with TV or my love of reading. Hell every person I know who goes out bar hoping to get laid would be classified as 'depressed' by these researchers most likely and their reasonably fit bastards. A general dissatisfaction with life seems to be one of the hallmarks of humanity and that is a good thing. We wouldn't be where we are if we were all content just living off the land like the other animals.
The truth about the matter is one thing can lead to another, spending a disproportionate amount of time in any activity will mean you will be weaker in other area's of your life. It's a vicious cycle that has to be broken.
Glad I broke that cycle of exercise at least. Thats one thing I can definitely say I did without even breaking a sweat! Ah it was glorious, now shoo, its time for my daily use of the web while watching tv sitting on the couch covered in potato chips and guzzling mt dew.
For some BSD licenses probably not. But by getting a license directly from the creator they guarantee there is 0% chance of being sued by someone with a bug up their ass. It's happened before where someone creates a piece of software only to have a third party sue on their behalf without ever even asking them. So this is just a way for company using the code to have another layer of legal protection. Is it needed? Not in a sane world, but when you find one let the rest of us know.
Yup, I'm just a high school student with no friends and no family. I live in a basement as well... or I could be in my 30's and been doing this for decades and come across a number of other professionals over the years. But hey, you must know me better than I know myself.
I'll bite. It's not that a company is enforcing their IP rights that annoy me. It's the fact that the customer had a multitude of legitimate licenses and then Adobe still goes for the throat. Strong arming your customers into compliance I'm fine with, shiving them in the back is another thing though. If a client makes money off a piece of commercial software then the creator should be paid. We pay almost 20k/mo in licensing so these aren't idle words. But if you fall out of compliance, which is almost impossible NOT to do with the BS EULA's out there the company shouldn't fleece you for all they can get. They should just let you know where you went wrong and help you reach compliance since its their own verbiage in alot of cases that screwed it up to begin with. But this isn't the first story like this I've heard about from Adobe so yes I have a small campaign against them helping direct people towards FOSS alternatives or lower cost 'good enough' applications.
Heck just this morning I directed family away from paying to activate their Office trial that came with their laptop and told them to use OpenOffice instead. Adobe is just one amongst a number of overgrown companies I try not to support.
Pissing off "one customer", when you have millions, and when you can get money from that one customer with little or no blowback? Seems like a winning scenario to me.
Except its stories like this that keep me from using any adobe products and then recommending alternatives for any clients/friends/family when I can. While I alone have only cost them a few tens of thousand dollars in lost revenue I know there are thousands of others doing the same. So while it might be a winning scenario in that one instance it wont be in the long run.
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Do you really insist that someone constantly tack on "with our current best guess and understanding of the universe" to every comment? That part should be covered by 'this is a science talk' vs 'this is religious dogma'. Just because some people confuse the two doesn't mean everyone who uses the word without a notation is using it wrong.
True, but thats sort of irrelevant. The rich kids get an even greater leg up as teachers start catering their assignments to a 'everyone has access to a laptop' because its more convenient. As always the poor kids get shat on since he can't review the stuff at home like the rich kids can. When the rich kids only had personal laptops the teacher was pretty much forced to keep to the pen and paper ethos, now with a standardized system they've been given the green light to shun it 'for the environment'.
Yes, I'm giving an extreme case. No, that doesn't mean it won't happen.
Perhaps the same applies to you?
"but they won't be able to take it home, Hayes said."
But I guess its ok, they can still learn at school, that F grade for not doing their homework due to lack of maciness at home doesn't matter. After all, they're poor they wouldn't have gone to college anyways.
Ugh, your wrong!
IBM PS/1 which I owned.
IBM PS/2 which did exist.
So there yah go.
Hmm, perhaps someday when I have the time to play MMOs again I'll give EVE a chance.
True, there are quite a few instances at lower levels that are fun. But when all your friends are level 60/70/80 some of us would rather hang out with them instead of random pugs. While its true you could ask one of them to power level you they may or may not have the time/interest. Plus its not the same as being an integral part of the team instead of some barnacle.
True, but some people would rather spend $30 and find that out today than spend $15/mo for 6 months to find that out later. Although I do disagree with you. A raid is MUCH more fun than a quest to kill the 8 pigs attacking xyz farm.
Sorry, can't resist. Using Starship Troopers as your example of book to movie adaptations is horrible. They're nothing alike, quite literally. It's more of a 'hey this movie resembles this book too much to avoid being sued, lets license it'. I read the book and hated the movie the first time I watched it. Once I realized they had absolutely nothing to do with each other aside from 'bugs in space' I found the movie to be much more enjoyable. Heinlein was brilliant and I can't wait for the day someone makes *real* movies based on his books. I'd love to watch several movies featuring Lazarus Long, although I think the prudes of the world would have an issue with him. ;)
Yup, although I personally would prefer to be part of that subset.
The simple response to your argument is this. Make copyright limited to something like 7 years but give an option to extend it. Even if its infinite. But it has to be renewed every 7 years and has to be produced continually during that time. If Disney is still around in year 2500 and Mickey Mouse is still going strong and worth protecting then let them protect it. But your 2 year olds doodle with crayons and snot don't need automatic copyright protection that lasts until she dies of old age.
Yes, you can throw it in a wood chipper. But if you buy it tomorrow with the latest firmware you can't use Linux on it while your friend who bought his yesterday could. This is what we mean by 'don't own the hardware'. You don't fully control it, killing it with fire or some other form of destruction is always an option regardless of who owns the hardware when you have access to it so mentioning you can do that is redundant.
...' but people don't have a choice, the choice is made for them .... because they don't own the hardware, not really. Get it now?
I would agree with your sentiment if the playstation had two modes or at least two different firmwares. One that allowed Other OS and one that allowed PSN. THEN you could bitch about 'well if you want PSN
Well he forgot to mention he also took woodshop. Didn't do as well there and left his pinkies on the table.
Wow, echo chambers must drive you mad.
But that's retarded. They had little reason to do that other than some profoundly misplaced loyalty
The only reason the loyalty was misplaced was because the CEO screwed them. Had he honored their commitment and worked as hard as possible to save the company and then paid them back dues + bonus/stock their loyalty would have been dead on. Unfortunately they worked for a douchebag. I'm the first person to have no loyalty for a large mega corp but small shops require it. We can't function without the employees giving a damn about the company and the company can't function without giving a damn about their employees.
Well if you want to be pedantic about it your right. But the word 'depression' is used. Its a general term that covers a wide range of states, from mild dissatisfaction to walking through a school yard with a semi auto. So I stand by my original post and laugh at the stick poking out your mouth.
My poor self image in no way has anything to do with the internet. Need proof? I was fat before I ever heard of the internet! HAH! ... now I did troll libraries and read entire sections of it before I got my computer... So I guess libraries cause depression too!
FFS, some people are just depressed with life, they seek entertainment to help distract them from their own state. Whatever distraction that form takes has nothing to do with the depression. I can think of several reasons why I gained weight at a young age, none of them have to do with TV or my love of reading. Hell every person I know who goes out bar hoping to get laid would be classified as 'depressed' by these researchers most likely and their reasonably fit bastards. A general dissatisfaction with life seems to be one of the hallmarks of humanity and that is a good thing. We wouldn't be where we are if we were all content just living off the land like the other animals.
The truth about the matter is one thing can lead to another, spending a disproportionate amount of time in any activity will mean you will be weaker in other area's of your life. It's a vicious cycle that has to be broken.
Glad I broke that cycle of exercise at least. Thats one thing I can definitely say I did without even breaking a sweat! Ah it was glorious, now shoo, its time for my daily use of the web while watching tv sitting on the couch covered in potato chips and guzzling mt dew.
Tribes 1 mods make everything you said irrelevant. They're might be few exceptions but there are most definitely exceptions.
For some BSD licenses probably not. But by getting a license directly from the creator they guarantee there is 0% chance of being sued by someone with a bug up their ass. It's happened before where someone creates a piece of software only to have a third party sue on their behalf without ever even asking them. So this is just a way for company using the code to have another layer of legal protection. Is it needed? Not in a sane world, but when you find one let the rest of us know.
I grew up with a mom who was "everything or nothing" sort just like you. The world isn't that simple.
Yup, I'm just a high school student with no friends and no family. I live in a basement as well... or I could be in my 30's and been doing this for decades and come across a number of other professionals over the years. But hey, you must know me better than I know myself.
I'll bite. It's not that a company is enforcing their IP rights that annoy me. It's the fact that the customer had a multitude of legitimate licenses and then Adobe still goes for the throat. Strong arming your customers into compliance I'm fine with, shiving them in the back is another thing though. If a client makes money off a piece of commercial software then the creator should be paid. We pay almost 20k/mo in licensing so these aren't idle words. But if you fall out of compliance, which is almost impossible NOT to do with the BS EULA's out there the company shouldn't fleece you for all they can get. They should just let you know where you went wrong and help you reach compliance since its their own verbiage in alot of cases that screwed it up to begin with. But this isn't the first story like this I've heard about from Adobe so yes I have a small campaign against them helping direct people towards FOSS alternatives or lower cost 'good enough' applications.
Heck just this morning I directed family away from paying to activate their Office trial that came with their laptop and told them to use OpenOffice instead. Adobe is just one amongst a number of overgrown companies I try not to support.
Pissing off "one customer", when you have millions, and when you can get money from that one customer with little or no blowback? Seems like a winning scenario to me.
Except its stories like this that keep me from using any adobe products and then recommending alternatives for any clients/friends/family when I can. While I alone have only cost them a few tens of thousand dollars in lost revenue I know there are thousands of others doing the same. So while it might be a winning scenario in that one instance it wont be in the long run.
Robot Pirates > Ninjas ;]
Agreeing with the other responder and you might find this interesting. Looks like those across the pond disagrees with you.