Actually, there is a little known liability with bars and DUI's where you can actually pursue claims against the bar for not cutting you off. I didn't believe it myself when I first heard about it, but I feel the source, a bar owner, was reputable.
Kernel development is an example where problems can occur. There was a dispute not too long about about a GPL wifi driver in the OpenBSD kernel that was originally derived from BSD code. Here's a summary of the events. The irony being because of the BSD/GPL dispute, the driver code is now licensed under neither one.
The GPL problem spelled out in TFA is compatibility with other licenses (IE, none). An example he even uses is OpenBSD's past quarrels with the GPL community. Instead of simply using GPL code, the BSD folks have to rebuild the same things and license them under the BSD license. They could use, the GPL'd code if they were willing to re-license the entire project under BSD (which I'm not sure is allowed under the BSD license). Here's the jist of the article:
Don't use closed source
Don't attempt to write your own
Don't use one that isn't clear in international law
Make sure GPL projects can use your licensed code
Make sure non-GPL projects can use your licensed code
You missed the point. TFA's not trying to persuade you into using proprietary code (one of the headings is even "Bad Idea No. 1: Choose a non-Open-Source Licence"), just using the correct FOSS license for your intentions. FOSS is great and all, but if you blindly pick a license, you can really shoot yourself in the foot later. TFA even says it prefers the MIT X11 license.
When they first did the 3 year warranty thing, it did cover any problems you had (my first 360's gpu failed) They were looser covering what repairs they would do. The attempt at getting the DVD repaired was about a year ago when they said it wasn't covered in the 3 year warranty.
It's the usual 'popular console' thing. Before the 360 and PS3 came out, if you asked people which they would buy, and Xbox 360 or a PS3, you'd get an overwhelming response saying PS3. It's because the PS2 dominated the market similar to how the 360 is winning the Sony/MS war right now. Of course, things will swing and change when the next generation of consoles come out with their new gimmick or bad pricing and change opinions again.
Not true! They will only send you a refurbished Xbox 360 if yours RRoD's (and ONLY RRoD's) within 3 years of purchase, 1 year for all other problems. They changed their repair policy to exclude anything not RRoD from the 3 year warranty. If you think this doesn't affect anything, you should look into the growing number of DVD drive failures that 360's are experiencing.
My last refurbished console I received had a broken DVD drive out of the box, but I have to pay to have it fixed. I'm stuck helping the drive door open and close. I also periodically get disk wobble that scratches the disks and causes games to have "disk read errors" during games with a lot of disk access. Luckily, the ability to rip games to the HD have helped work around the second issue, but it'd be nice to not have to manually pull the drive tray out to change games.
Of course, if they had just put a reinforced metal grate over the exhaust port on the first one, there wouldn't even be a need for a Death Star II. But who would be stupid enough to fly down an exhaust port...
Also, did you see the Ewok movie? I think the world would've rejoiced at their untimely demise.
That's part of the reason I'm not on board with using BMI. In high school, I wasn't very active and weighed in around 175 (sat around on computers most of my time). It was only afterward that I started doing recreational sports, working out, and eating better which pushed me up to 185-190. Ironically, my healthier lifestyle caused me to become "overweight" according to BMI.
The funny thing is that is an image from Vanity Fair having its copyright infringed upon, and the Obama one is within fair use rights (political satire).
1. The test group was 500 people from Seattle/Tacoma, WA. That's a very small set from a very small region if you're trying to make a conclusion about all gamers. (Also, I hear Seattle is a depressing city, but that could just be hearsay).
2. They use BMI to claim if the subjects are overweight. BMI doesn't really work unless you're trying to identify obesity. It's not accurate in the 'overweight' range since it's a simple weight-to-height calculation and ignores muscle mass vs fat mass. Technically speaking, my BMI states that I'm overweight (6'1", 190lbs), but it ignores the fact I'm physically active in sports.
Screw that, the Stones and Purple already have some songs in the games. I quietly await the day that Led Zeppelin realizes that this is, in fact, a good thing, and lets their music be licensed.
There's ranges that let you bring whatever you want to shoot. There are some guidelines for safety reasons on what you can bring (no heavy metals, glass, etc). It's a nice change of pace from shooting paper targets.
"Security through obscurity" is no security at all
Yea, sure, for computers, but how do you propose we mask the identities of undercover personnel without obscurity? The whole idea of going undercover is hiding the fact that you're a cop and pretending to be a criminal.
Not really the same thing, unless the radio comes in its own factory sealed packaged and it's my responsibility to install it. And the refund requires the radio in the original sealed package (as proof it was never installed).
Maybe. If the contract is intentionally written in such a way that no layman can understand it and it's designed to take advantage of you, there is a valid argument against the company (IANAL, but people keep telling me this is true).
And, as one person who replied to you also pointed out, if this was done via an automatic update without you clicking through to agree with a new EULA stating this, they're in trouble.
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AFAIK, the only exclusive deals EA has is with the NFL and NCAA.
When will Linux realize nobody really wants a kitchen sink.
Now a toaster on the other hand...
Well... anything worth doing is worth doing right.
I though "legitimate business" and "front for crime syndicate" were mutually exclusive.
..alcohol retailers...
Actually, there is a little known liability with bars and DUI's where you can actually pursue claims against the bar for not cutting you off. I didn't believe it myself when I first heard about it, but I feel the source, a bar owner, was reputable.
ISO images of free operating systems.
Kernel development is an example where problems can occur. There was a dispute not too long about about a GPL wifi driver in the OpenBSD kernel that was originally derived from BSD code. Here's a summary of the events. The irony being because of the BSD/GPL dispute, the driver code is now licensed under neither one.
You missed the point. TFA's not trying to persuade you into using proprietary code (one of the headings is even "Bad Idea No. 1: Choose a non-Open-Source Licence"), just using the correct FOSS license for your intentions. FOSS is great and all, but if you blindly pick a license, you can really shoot yourself in the foot later. TFA even says it prefers the MIT X11 license.
When they first did the 3 year warranty thing, it did cover any problems you had (my first 360's gpu failed) They were looser covering what repairs they would do. The attempt at getting the DVD repaired was about a year ago when they said it wasn't covered in the 3 year warranty.
I refuse to believe 92.6% of what you just said based your statistics.
It's the usual 'popular console' thing. Before the 360 and PS3 came out, if you asked people which they would buy, and Xbox 360 or a PS3, you'd get an overwhelming response saying PS3. It's because the PS2 dominated the market similar to how the 360 is winning the Sony/MS war right now. Of course, things will swing and change when the next generation of consoles come out with their new gimmick or bad pricing and change opinions again.
Not true! They will only send you a refurbished Xbox 360 if yours RRoD's (and ONLY RRoD's) within 3 years of purchase, 1 year for all other problems. They changed their repair policy to exclude anything not RRoD from the 3 year warranty. If you think this doesn't affect anything, you should look into the growing number of DVD drive failures that 360's are experiencing.
My last refurbished console I received had a broken DVD drive out of the box, but I have to pay to have it fixed. I'm stuck helping the drive door open and close. I also periodically get disk wobble that scratches the disks and causes games to have "disk read errors" during games with a lot of disk access. Luckily, the ability to rip games to the HD have helped work around the second issue, but it'd be nice to not have to manually pull the drive tray out to change games.
Of course, if they had just put a reinforced metal grate over the exhaust port on the first one, there wouldn't even be a need for a Death Star II. But who would be stupid enough to fly down an exhaust port...
Also, did you see the Ewok movie? I think the world would've rejoiced at their untimely demise.
That's part of the reason I'm not on board with using BMI. In high school, I wasn't very active and weighed in around 175 (sat around on computers most of my time). It was only afterward that I started doing recreational sports, working out, and eating better which pushed me up to 185-190. Ironically, my healthier lifestyle caused me to become "overweight" according to BMI.
I wonder what they'd have done if they were there while Bush was in office if he had been similarly parodied?
I do wonder indeed...
The funny thing is that is an image from Vanity Fair having its copyright infringed upon, and the Obama one is within fair use rights (political satire).
You have no constitutional right of free speech on Flickr.
You do if it happened via a DMCA takedown notice when you were clearly within your fair use rights.
Typing? No. Internet message boards? Yes.
There's two major flaws with the study:
1. The test group was 500 people from Seattle/Tacoma, WA. That's a very small set from a very small region if you're trying to make a conclusion about all gamers. (Also, I hear Seattle is a depressing city, but that could just be hearsay).
2. They use BMI to claim if the subjects are overweight. BMI doesn't really work unless you're trying to identify obesity. It's not accurate in the 'overweight' range since it's a simple weight-to-height calculation and ignores muscle mass vs fat mass. Technically speaking, my BMI states that I'm overweight (6'1", 190lbs), but it ignores the fact I'm physically active in sports.
Screw that, the Stones and Purple already have some songs in the games. I quietly await the day that Led Zeppelin realizes that this is, in fact, a good thing, and lets their music be licensed.
It's crazy, I know, but it's just fun. You should try it once before knocking it.
Perhaps xkcd will explain better than me: http://xkcd.com/359/
Also, your description of how to play is somewhat inaccurate.
There's ranges that let you bring whatever you want to shoot. There are some guidelines for safety reasons on what you can bring (no heavy metals, glass, etc). It's a nice change of pace from shooting paper targets.
"Security through obscurity" is no security at all
Yea, sure, for computers, but how do you propose we mask the identities of undercover personnel without obscurity? The whole idea of going undercover is hiding the fact that you're a cop and pretending to be a criminal.
Not really the same thing, unless the radio comes in its own factory sealed packaged and it's my responsibility to install it. And the refund requires the radio in the original sealed package (as proof it was never installed).
Maybe. If the contract is intentionally written in such a way that no layman can understand it and it's designed to take advantage of you, there is a valid argument against the company (IANAL, but people keep telling me this is true).
And, as one person who replied to you also pointed out, if this was done via an automatic update without you clicking through to agree with a new EULA stating this, they're in trouble.