Really? Why? Did not Leonardo da Vinci conceive complex things such as the tank, helicopter and if memory serves the calculator. These things had no practical use for him, or anyone else for about 400 years. Would you say it was all a waste of time?
And robotics is cool, fine, maybe not everyone thinks so, I do. Its partly while im building one. WHY was it undertaken? No good reason in the grand scheme of things, but it amuses me and furthers my understanding of the subject, and things i learn here might have, shock horror, real world uses. In fact, i think you'd struggle to explain how it doesn't.
If we didn't bother to try new things without an immediate and definite gain for society we'd likely still be sat around in caves wearing animal skins.
Generally the modchip itself is not illegal (Well, me being in UK), but often to play copied games they use a modified version of the original bios/software/whatever which is the illegal part. As far as xbox modchips go I saw a general trend for them to be sold with the cromwell bios, which contained no proprietary code, and allowed various linux distributions to be used, but would not allow for the running of copied games (or even genuine if memory serves correctly). They also came with a simple way to reflash the chip and often instructions on how to obtain these other bioses from various sources.
Why? Surely if its open source anyone can take it, compile it, and use it on whatever they want. How much propriety software lets you do that? By limiting open source software to only play nice with other open source software (OS, whatever), you become a little bit like Microsoft.
In the UK currently with demon, £17.99 for 50GB peak hours, Unlimited off peak, off peak is set as 11PM to 9AM. Downside is 12 month contract when you first sign up and customer services is based in the part of india were people take it as a challenge to speak with an accent so thick you could drown in it.
I believe they worked to some extent to in testing, though I don't think they were ever deployed. Though from it they learned they you could train them to tap when they see a certain colour, so they were (and maybe still are) used to find people in orange jackets lost at see or similar.
Hmmmm, if I recall correctly I believe M$ has given out windows to poor countries before for "free" just to lock them in.
I mean, really you can't expect someone who manufactures a product to be able to do it for free.
I consider the Ubuntu installation free, and a product. And in any case people DO die because they can't afford drugs because there price is held high by the drug companies who either kill off competition, or patent them so no one else can make them. Sounds exactly like Microsoft to me.
As a friend of mine often says "Copying from a fellow student is plagiarism and cheating, copying from several people, be it fellow students to renown academics, is merely research."
I always wondered how they were affected by british consumer law (If memory serves you can't change a contract after the point of sale, in the UK), especially with games such as WOW were you buy an expansion seperate to the subscription fees with a possible EULA changing as well, and how the EULA would stand legally.
Then we can get away with producing a slipshod product that leaks personal private data left right and central.
At the moment that seems our (UK) governments favourite game. Looks like they are getting bored and are looking for new and exciting ways to play the game.
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And robotics is cool, fine, maybe not everyone thinks so, I do. Its partly while im building one. WHY was it undertaken? No good reason in the grand scheme of things, but it amuses me and furthers my understanding of the subject, and things i learn here might have, shock horror, real world uses. In fact, i think you'd struggle to explain how it doesn't.
If we didn't bother to try new things without an immediate and definite gain for society we'd likely still be sat around in caves wearing animal skins.
Isn't this one of the first signs of the apocalypse?
And it'll still be cracked
Since Spore is a single-player game
and mass effect too...
Generally the modchip itself is not illegal (Well, me being in UK), but often to play copied games they use a modified version of the original bios/software/whatever which is the illegal part. As far as xbox modchips go I saw a general trend for them to be sold with the cromwell bios, which contained no proprietary code, and allowed various linux distributions to be used, but would not allow for the running of copied games (or even genuine if memory serves correctly). They also came with a simple way to reflash the chip and often instructions on how to obtain these other bioses from various sources.
There is however an amass of energy out there going to waste.
Why? Surely if its open source anyone can take it, compile it, and use it on whatever they want. How much propriety software lets you do that? By limiting open source software to only play nice with other open source software (OS, whatever), you become a little bit like Microsoft.
In the UK currently with demon, £17.99 for 50GB peak hours, Unlimited off peak, off peak is set as 11PM to 9AM. Downside is 12 month contract when you first sign up and customer services is based in the part of india were people take it as a challenge to speak with an accent so thick you could drown in it.
*drool*
That many people bother to read more than the summary!?!
...will they 1|\|cr3A53 7H3 51Z3 0F 7H3R3 /\/\3/\/\83r?
I believe they worked to some extent to in testing, though I don't think they were ever deployed. Though from it they learned they you could train them to tap when they see a certain colour, so they were (and maybe still are) used to find people in orange jackets lost at see or similar.
I hope more incidents like this happen, maybe it will piss off the rest of the UK population enough so that they might just take notice.
The mental pictures, they burn, argh, damn you sir!
Damned hippies!
Average Joe just goes to a shop and pays the microsoft tax as he buys his computer normally.
...horse racing?
I mean, really you can't expect someone who manufactures a product to be able to do it for free.
I consider the Ubuntu installation free, and a product. And in any case people DO die because they can't afford drugs because there price is held high by the drug companies who either kill off competition, or patent them so no one else can make them. Sounds exactly like Microsoft to me.
Yes, and as such those who can't afford the drugs may die. Perfect system huh?
Yes, I do wish they would take 1984 as a warning and not a manual.
As a friend of mine often says "Copying from a fellow student is plagiarism and cheating, copying from several people, be it fellow students to renown academics, is merely research."
Maybe they are as they generally have no evidence anyway...
I always wondered how they were affected by british consumer law (If memory serves you can't change a contract after the point of sale, in the UK), especially with games such as WOW were you buy an expansion seperate to the subscription fees with a possible EULA changing as well, and how the EULA would stand legally.
My very basic understanding is that due to density and risk of scar tissue you could cause even more damage.
At the moment that seems our (UK) governments favourite game. Looks like they are getting bored and are looking for new and exciting ways to play the game.
Wow, all thats missing is an attempt to sell me P3|\|15 3|\||_4R6/\/\3|\|7 pills and to notify me I'd won the Nigerian Lottery...