"It's about access to PSN, and that linking access to PSN to disabling Other OS is legal."
So the completely incompetent fuckwit judge ignores the anti-tying provisions in Magnuson-Moss warranty act. Brilliant. Someone should slap that old and senile fuck upside the head.
The words directly on the box (what made me purchase it) were "OtherOS Install"
It was written directly on the first-gen boxes.
I keep saying this. I would have never bought one if it were not directly advertised on the box. My condition for purchasing one was a written guarantee (advertisement) that I could install another OS, on the box itself.
"The only thing Sony removed was access to the PSN"
That is absolutely wrong as well. Multiple games REFUSE to work online OR offline with outdated firmware. They have removed the ability for you to play the game as YOU expect to.
Also: "The purpose of all trade licensing is to raise barriers to entry to protect the incompetent from competitors."
I beat your unfounded and ill-educated claim (note my informative moderation) with simple fucking reality. You think the licensing to be a medical doctor is some arbitrary thing?
"but most people don't suffer from your inabilities"
That sure sounds angry to me, considering I appear to have way more ability than you, from survival of absolutely devastating injuries to kicking every other major horticultural company's ass at their own games, to kicking EA's ass over their DRM.
What was your ability again? To sit there and do nothing? Gotcha.:D
Can't someone sue everyone involved in a patent war, over damages caused to the economic systems in our country, which affect every American living here?
I bet if the citizens of the USA filed a class action against every one of these companies, this shit would stop immediately.
"What employees are you referring to that would only need a license if they were offering their services directly to the general public?"
Well, here in California, if you're going to serve food to ANYBODY AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN YOUR HOME, you need a food handler's license.
But someone with a 2+ million UID wouldn't know much about real life, anyways, so I wouldn't expect you to know how to do the relevant research to avoid asking such dumb questions.
I'd go about it by saying "You believe in something that hasn't been proven in over 10,000 years? Your beliefs say we're only 6,000 years old despite written history before that? You just lost your right to vote in this country. Feel free to vote when you're in touch with reality."
"The purpose of all trade licensing is to raise barriers to entry to protect the incompetent from competitors"
And this is where you just fell flat on your face. We require food handling licenses in California because people are fucking incompetent and don't know the first fucking thing about cross-contamination of food products.
"My computer was not built in 2011, but is still good enough for me and I can upgrade the CPUs to 1.4x faster than the current ones if some game does not run because of the CPUs."
Umm, hi, socket changes would like to have a word with you.
"Until stories of people chugging along on 5 or 7 year old SSDs are commonplace, the technology simply won't have the track record to justify such claims."
Umm, I've been running SLC SSD drives for a very long time in my research facilities, almost the amount of time you dictate.
"Hopefully this will become a case study for how diversification of supply chain can be immensely profitable"
That is why I have manufacturers from Germany to China to USA.
No case study needed - anyone with brains knew this (hell, anybody that watched the Reboot episode with 'Admiral' Dot Matrix kicking Captain Capacitor's ass should have learned this lesson - diversification.)
"And it's only in 2006 people actually bothered to find out that sitting up straight is bad for your back: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6187080.stm [bbc.co.uk]"
Actually, we knew that back in the earlier 90s. The curvature of the spine explicitly makes straight-up sitting a bad thing.
Clean raw meats are just fine. I have eaten most market meats absolutely raw with zero ill-effect, from fish to beef to pork to chicken (hell I've even eaten ostrich raw.)
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"It's about access to PSN, and that linking access to PSN to disabling Other OS is legal."
So the completely incompetent fuckwit judge ignores the anti-tying provisions in Magnuson-Moss warranty act. Brilliant. Someone should slap that old and senile fuck upside the head.
The words directly on the box (what made me purchase it) were "OtherOS Install"
It was written directly on the first-gen boxes.
I keep saying this. I would have never bought one if it were not directly advertised on the box. My condition for purchasing one was a written guarantee (advertisement) that I could install another OS, on the box itself.
"The only thing Sony removed was access to the PSN"
That is absolutely wrong as well. Multiple games REFUSE to work online OR offline with outdated firmware. They have removed the ability for you to play the game as YOU expect to.
"Sony didn't advertise the OtherOS feature after they removed it,"
Yes, they did.
In fact, the exact words in their latest ad campaign were "It only does everything."
Which is a bald-faced lie because the newer ones CAN NOT do what the older ones can do (OtherOS, Backwards Compatibility.)
Also: "The purpose of all trade licensing is to raise barriers to entry to protect the incompetent from competitors."
I beat your unfounded and ill-educated claim (note my informative moderation) with simple fucking reality. You think the licensing to be a medical doctor is some arbitrary thing?
"but most people don't suffer from your inabilities"
That sure sounds angry to me, considering I appear to have way more ability than you, from survival of absolutely devastating injuries to kicking every other major horticultural company's ass at their own games, to kicking EA's ass over their DRM.
What was your ability again? To sit there and do nothing? Gotcha. :D
I know you're not getting mad because your totally nonsensical point I picked out got ripped apart with basic logic. Right?
I don't look for respect. That you care about such things shows a level of mental weakness.
You don't possess the gonadal fortitude to do it. It would involve obtaining (possibly) a felony record in the process (if you get caught, that is.)
This is America, anyone can sue for anything.
Can't someone sue everyone involved in a patent war, over damages caused to the economic systems in our country, which affect every American living here?
I bet if the citizens of the USA filed a class action against every one of these companies, this shit would stop immediately.
"What employees are you referring to that would only need a license if they were offering their services directly to the general public?"
Well, here in California, if you're going to serve food to ANYBODY AT A LOCATION OTHER THAN YOUR HOME, you need a food handler's license.
But someone with a 2+ million UID wouldn't know much about real life, anyways, so I wouldn't expect you to know how to do the relevant research to avoid asking such dumb questions.
I'd go about it by saying "You believe in something that hasn't been proven in over 10,000 years? Your beliefs say we're only 6,000 years old despite written history before that? You just lost your right to vote in this country. Feel free to vote when you're in touch with reality."
"The purpose of all trade licensing is to raise barriers to entry to protect the incompetent from competitors"
And this is where you just fell flat on your face. We require food handling licenses in California because people are fucking incompetent and don't know the first fucking thing about cross-contamination of food products.
"You mean I can practice law without having to be admitted to the bar?"
Um, yes. Defending yourself in court, duh. Are you that obtuse and stupid?
Oh, the low UID just means you're suffering from Alzheimers.
"Simply put, if you do not tax income, you tax nothing."
Spoken like a true idiot that has never had to work a retail job in their life.
Murphy's Law isn't a law and should be re-written as such.
I haven't blown up the planet and that's the worst thing that could go wrong at any time.
"My computer was not built in 2011, but is still good enough for me and I can upgrade the CPUs to 1.4x faster than the current ones if some game does not run because of the CPUs."
Umm, hi, socket changes would like to have a word with you.
"Until stories of people chugging along on 5 or 7 year old SSDs are commonplace, the technology simply won't have the track record to justify such claims."
Umm, I've been running SLC SSD drives for a very long time in my research facilities, almost the amount of time you dictate.
Ever hear of Compact Flash?
"Hopefully this will become a case study for how diversification of supply chain can be immensely profitable"
That is why I have manufacturers from Germany to China to USA.
No case study needed - anyone with brains knew this (hell, anybody that watched the Reboot episode with 'Admiral' Dot Matrix kicking Captain Capacitor's ass should have learned this lesson - diversification.)
"I'd like her to have a functional OS and Linux doesn't cut the mustard friend."
Apparently you haven't used Ubuntu in a while (ignoring PulseAudio bullshit.)
"And it's only in 2006 people actually bothered to find out that sitting up straight is bad for your back: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/6187080.stm [bbc.co.uk]"
Actually, we knew that back in the earlier 90s. The curvature of the spine explicitly makes straight-up sitting a bad thing.
That's why we had chairs that reclined slightly.
You don't use pricewatch to get the better deals that newegg and tigerdirect can't offer?
No wonder your prices are so high.
Seagate 2TB for $50.
Enjoy your overpriced stuff.
Hah, China? They're already overstuffed with optoelectronics, there's no room for HDD manufacturing.
Go get yourself a passport and go see for yourself. Shenzhen especially - it's as if the only industry available is food or optoelectronics.
Jesus uses RAID 2, like real gods do (like me.)
Not really.
Clean raw meats are just fine. I have eaten most market meats absolutely raw with zero ill-effect, from fish to beef to pork to chicken (hell I've even eaten ostrich raw.)