You won't run into problems generally with secuROM until you start having extra hardware. Two optical drives? SecuROM has disabled one almost every time. If you have a single optical drive in your system, and it happens to be SCSI, expect SecuROM to absolutely fuck it up. running Daemon tools? It's just having to keep one step ahead to stop SecuROM from disablign it, and Process Explorer recently had to be patched to avoid SecuROM preventing it's running.
If you are a power user, you will have major problems soon enough.
I see you haven't played anything based on the quake 3 engine. All sorts of nice bugs in the engine allowing you to move faster than normal at certain framerates, etc. Yes, framerate greater than what the monitor displays can matter.
Go find yourself an old TI 99/4A and an old Coax-input TV. I started on that when I was four and it stood up to just about anything I could do to it. It lasted me from 1986 until the heyday of the P-166 w/MMX. Cartridge-based games, and you can start teaching the kid programing (I learned how to program the TI to draw a sprite using the included TI-BASIC manual at the age of 6.)
Without it I'd probably have never gotten as interested in computers.
No, it shouldn't be thrown out. Every beta version of Vista had Aero. Anyone that tried the beta therefore has every right to believe this would be a part of EVERY Vista install. Features in the beta are not present in Home Basic, such as some security features and a shiny GUI. This is bait and switch in every way.
All these game makers getting the crap sued out of them? What's with all the class-actions? I know the quality of product has gone down, but I didn't know it was getting this bad.
2. Toyota, by insisting that a site remove ALL IMAGES that contain a Toyota/Scion/Lexus in the photograph, regardless of the owner of the copywritten work, is violating my copyright by asserting that they have control over my work. They do not, and as such this is a violation of Copyright. It gets deeper because this is a DIGITAL photograph, which makes it into the realm of DMCA.
3. Toyota can take me to court, in an attempt to enforce their "trademark" that is contained within my photograph. I will turn it into a DMCA counter-suit. They may not assert ANY control over my work because:
1. This photograph was taken on private property, of private property (the car) 2. The moment my father purchased that vehicle the First Sale Doctrine comes into effect - my father owns that car and can take and post pictures of HIS CAR anywhere he pleases, as it is his vehicle, his photographs (In this case his vehicle my photographs.) 3. Toyota did not make anyone sign anything when they purchased that car that says "You may not post pictures of this vehicle on a website after purchase" because it's a 100% unenforcable clause in the contract, contrary to First Sale.
As for #1 - Toyota's trying to illegally take control of my work by attempting to confuse trademark with copyright to muddy the issue. Knowing that they now wish control over my photograph, I gave them a legal option to rightfully obtain my work, and listed the current sale price of said work and all rights that come with said work. There is nothing illegal or shady about that, not in any court of law here in the USA.
Whomever modded you up is dead wrong. I just talked to a pal of mine in the AUS, and if you paid for something at the advertised price - there can be NO RETRACTION. The sale was made, the card or bank account is charged, or cash taken. End of deal. Deliver or face a violation of contract. The ACCC will handle this nonsense if enough people complain.
Umm, no. Dell is overpriced just like everyone else.
Almost every one of their systems listed online (even customizable ones) at exact specs I can build myself for 50% of the price they advertise.
Also, my HP Laptop, compared to a Dell laptop with the exact same specs, has one neat feature and costs $300 less than the equivalent Dell - I have the option of upgrading my graphics card if I choose to.
Dell only had that going in their old 9800 Inspiron series, when they had a full-sized AGP slot in the laptop.
This is *NOT* new. We were using this in Iraq years ago. The newest "ball" incarnation of weaponry is a rocket-ball used for smashing up stuff inside bunkers and nuclear silos.
1. I own the work - this is not extortion. I can choose to sell that picture as I please. Learn what extortion is before you spout off the word which you obviously do not understand.
2. THEY ARE USURPING MY CONTROL OVER MY COPYRIGHT BY TTEMPTING TO FORCE THE REMOVAL OF *MY* IMAGE FROM A SITE I ALLOWED TO HOST MY IMAGE. The same thing is happening to everyone else on the site - learn your fucking DMCA law. Toyota's AVOIDING a DMCA on puirpose - the best choice is to drag it into that realm and put Toyota out of business.
3. They have the option of taking me to court in an attempt to enforce whatever "Trademark" they wish. I'll counter-sue and turn it into a DMCA lawsuit, since as noted above, TOYOTA IS ATTEMPTING TO USURP CONTROL OVER MY COPYRIGHTED IMAGE.
How about you take some photography lessons and learn how copyright applies. Every professional photographer I've talked to says "Umm, Toyota has NO LEGAL RIGHT to do that."
My lawyer specifically told me what to say in my letter. I'll trust his advice over your apparent bullshit.
I can't wait for despotic assholes who have nothing better to do than cut people down appear.
Oh, shit, Master of Transhuman is already here, I'm too late.
He who whores for karma by cutting others down deserves a slap upside the face with a replica of a horse cock.
Hey, you wanna cut people down? I don't know shit about Novell, I'll just cut you down because you're the easiest target, with your unfettered diarrhea of the mouth.
You just proved you know precisely JACK SHIT about Communism.
Did you know there's quite a few Communism-based societies in the UNITED STATES, yes?
I suggest you look up the Radical Faeries and look at what WORKING COMMUNISM is all about - no race, religious, gender, skin color, NONE of those barriers exist. Christians and Pagans and Satanists and many, MANY other religions cooperating in harmony for a common goal. People of all creeds, beliefs, orientations, all do their job and know they have to do it.
Having spent many weeks at one of their "Sanctuaries" just east of Nashville, I can tell you right NOW that not only are you full of shit but ungodly ignorant. These people are some of the most kind and intelligent people I've met - far above your already-shown intelligence - which is ZERO.
Now go back to Digg, asshole. Real men are talking.
No, the most retarded fucking thing in the world is what dropped out of Sarah Palin.
Sorry, I had to go there to break the tension.
How many companies do you boycott that you don't do a fucking thing for? I notice you're quick to jump on someone else but REAL SLOW to judge yourself.
Bet 10:1 odds your comment history would be VERY TELLING.
I contacted Toyota through their website (after a forced registration.) I'm assuming it will all go to the same legal department, but if not, I guess I should fire one off to Scion. Here's hoping they don't make me register again.
I gave them three options in my mail concerning how this can play out:
1. They can purchase my work so that they may hold TRUE claim over ownership, for the fee of $250,000 USD.
2. I can organize a class-action lawsuit of every Scion/Toyota/Lexus owner on that site and burn their 23bn market value to hell with a massive DMCA complaint.
3. They can take me to court and I will turn this into a DMCA violation lawsuit.
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I taught laptop repair for a major company with a mere GED in my possession.
Having done it since I was a kid and having had working references helps out.
It's mostly about the network of people you establish.
You won't run into problems generally with secuROM until you start having extra hardware. Two optical drives? SecuROM has disabled one almost every time. If you have a single optical drive in your system, and it happens to be SCSI, expect SecuROM to absolutely fuck it up. running Daemon tools? It's just having to keep one step ahead to stop SecuROM from disablign it, and Process Explorer recently had to be patched to avoid SecuROM preventing it's running.
If you are a power user, you will have major problems soon enough.
I see you haven't played anything based on the quake 3 engine. All sorts of nice bugs in the engine allowing you to move faster than normal at certain framerates, etc. Yes, framerate greater than what the monitor displays can matter.
You mean you haven't been playing the Jenna Jameson games with the Novint Falcon VR controller????
Go find yourself an old TI 99/4A and an old Coax-input TV. I started on that when I was four and it stood up to just about anything I could do to it. It lasted me from 1986 until the heyday of the P-166 w/MMX. Cartridge-based games, and you can start teaching the kid programing (I learned how to program the TI to draw a sprite using the included TI-BASIC manual at the age of 6.)
Without it I'd probably have never gotten as interested in computers.
That close in I'd just use a knee to the nuts.
Oh, wait, politicians don't have those, I forgot. They reproduce asexually.
No, it shouldn't be thrown out. Every beta version of Vista had Aero. Anyone that tried the beta therefore has every right to believe this would be a part of EVERY Vista install. Features in the beta are not present in Home Basic, such as some security features and a shiny GUI. This is bait and switch in every way.
"Microsoft argues the plaintiffs have not demonstrated that the lowest-priced version of Windows Vista was not the 'real' Vista, "
I sure as hell can. The beta versions of Vista had more features than Vista Home Basic.
I still have copies of the betas that can be compared to Vista Home Basic.
AKA Iridium Flare. I see them all the time out here in the desert where there's a nice lack of light.
All these game makers getting the crap sued out of them? What's with all the class-actions? I know the quality of product has gone down, but I didn't know it was getting this bad.
I'm 26 and remember TI-BASIC on the TI-99/4A.
So no, you're not that old.
AC should learn a thing about media - headlines make people pay attention - same principle being used in a headline is being used in a topic post.
Nothing wrong with it at all, AC. Quit griping because someone's getting more attention than you.
QUICK NOTE TO SLASHDOTTERS:
Do not feed the troll. If you can't look at the name and immediately recognize 4chan retardism, you should probably NOT be on slashdot.
I'm glad I left that corrupt shithole of a state last year!
Okay, I'll tone down the asshole bit.
2. Toyota, by insisting that a site remove ALL IMAGES that contain a Toyota/Scion/Lexus in the photograph, regardless of the owner of the copywritten work, is violating my copyright by asserting that they have control over my work. They do not, and as such this is a violation of Copyright. It gets deeper because this is a DIGITAL photograph, which makes it into the realm of DMCA.
3. Toyota can take me to court, in an attempt to enforce their "trademark" that is contained within my photograph. I will turn it into a DMCA counter-suit. They may not assert ANY control over my work because:
1. This photograph was taken on private property, of private property (the car)
2. The moment my father purchased that vehicle the First Sale Doctrine comes into effect - my father owns that car and can take and post pictures of HIS CAR anywhere he pleases, as it is his vehicle, his photographs (In this case his vehicle my photographs.)
3. Toyota did not make anyone sign anything when they purchased that car that says "You may not post pictures of this vehicle on a website after purchase" because it's a 100% unenforcable clause in the contract, contrary to First Sale.
As for #1 - Toyota's trying to illegally take control of my work by attempting to confuse trademark with copyright to muddy the issue. Knowing that they now wish control over my photograph, I gave them a legal option to rightfully obtain my work, and listed the current sale price of said work and all rights that come with said work. There is nothing illegal or shady about that, not in any court of law here in the USA.
Umm, how about you learn Latin and try saying that nonsense again? Flayer is correct.
These kinds of threads are bound to happen, I just roll with them and get some laughs.
Whomever modded you up is dead wrong. I just talked to a pal of mine in the AUS, and if you paid for something at the advertised price - there can be NO RETRACTION. The sale was made, the card or bank account is charged, or cash taken. End of deal. Deliver or face a violation of contract. The ACCC will handle this nonsense if enough people complain.
Umm, no. Dell is overpriced just like everyone else.
Almost every one of their systems listed online (even customizable ones) at exact specs I can build myself for 50% of the price they advertise.
Also, my HP Laptop, compared to a Dell laptop with the exact same specs, has one neat feature and costs $300 less than the equivalent Dell - I have the option of upgrading my graphics card if I choose to.
Dell only had that going in their old 9800 Inspiron series, when they had a full-sized AGP slot in the laptop.
*sighs*
People with their 7 digit UIDs.
This is *NOT* new. We were using this in Iraq years ago. The newest "ball" incarnation of weaponry is a rocket-ball used for smashing up stuff inside bunkers and nuclear silos.
1. I own the work - this is not extortion. I can choose to sell that picture as I please. Learn what extortion is before you spout off the word which you obviously do not understand.
2. THEY ARE USURPING MY CONTROL OVER MY COPYRIGHT BY TTEMPTING TO FORCE THE REMOVAL OF *MY* IMAGE FROM A SITE I ALLOWED TO HOST MY IMAGE. The same thing is happening to everyone else on the site - learn your fucking DMCA law. Toyota's AVOIDING a DMCA on puirpose - the best choice is to drag it into that realm and put Toyota out of business.
3. They have the option of taking me to court in an attempt to enforce whatever "Trademark" they wish. I'll counter-sue and turn it into a DMCA lawsuit, since as noted above, TOYOTA IS ATTEMPTING TO USURP CONTROL OVER MY COPYRIGHTED IMAGE.
How about you take some photography lessons and learn how copyright applies. Every professional photographer I've talked to says "Umm, Toyota has NO LEGAL RIGHT to do that."
My lawyer specifically told me what to say in my letter. I'll trust his advice over your apparent bullshit.
I can't wait for despotic assholes who have nothing better to do than cut people down appear.
Oh, shit, Master of Transhuman is already here, I'm too late.
He who whores for karma by cutting others down deserves a slap upside the face with a replica of a horse cock.
Hey, you wanna cut people down? I don't know shit about Novell, I'll just cut you down because you're the easiest target, with your unfettered diarrhea of the mouth.
You just proved you know precisely JACK SHIT about Communism.
Did you know there's quite a few Communism-based societies in the UNITED STATES, yes?
I suggest you look up the Radical Faeries and look at what WORKING COMMUNISM is all about - no race, religious, gender, skin color, NONE of those barriers exist. Christians and Pagans and Satanists and many, MANY other religions cooperating in harmony for a common goal. People of all creeds, beliefs, orientations, all do their job and know they have to do it.
Having spent many weeks at one of their "Sanctuaries" just east of Nashville, I can tell you right NOW that not only are you full of shit but ungodly ignorant. These people are some of the most kind and intelligent people I've met - far above your already-shown intelligence - which is ZERO.
Now go back to Digg, asshole. Real men are talking.
No, the most retarded fucking thing in the world is what dropped out of Sarah Palin.
Sorry, I had to go there to break the tension.
How many companies do you boycott that you don't do a fucking thing for? I notice you're quick to jump on someone else but REAL SLOW to judge yourself.
Bet 10:1 odds your comment history would be VERY TELLING.
I contacted Toyota through their website (after a forced registration.) I'm assuming it will all go to the same legal department, but if not, I guess I should fire one off to Scion. Here's hoping they don't make me register again.
I gave them three options in my mail concerning how this can play out:
1. They can purchase my work so that they may hold TRUE claim over ownership, for the fee of $250,000 USD.
2. I can organize a class-action lawsuit of every Scion/Toyota/Lexus owner on that site and burn their 23bn market value to hell with a massive DMCA complaint.
3. They can take me to court and I will turn this into a DMCA violation lawsuit.
Wonder which option they'll pick.