"How can we outlaw P2P? A lot of people use it for legitimately trading legal content."
"Exactly. We make legally trading content illegal, then we'll catch those copyright infringers."
"But if you outlaw legal file-sharing you set a dangerous precendent and risk a horrific backlash from the populous."
"Look, you want this kickback or not?"
Considering it uses p2p for patches. Millions of gamers in wizard robes, facepaint, wearing viking helmets on horseback storming the Capital in 3...2...
So this leaves a great number of PowerPC hardware owners with a bunch of very nice bookends? Yes, because, as we all know, when 10.6 is released, everything else just suddenly stops working. Completely.
It may (rumors, remember) leave PowerPCs unsupported. But that is an inevtiability, anyway.
Verizon locks down everything, Alltel is freedom. This is bad for Alltell customers in that respect! Yes, Verizon locks down quite a bit. I have to use BitPim just to do some file transfers.
However, having a $22 Billion debt is not good for Alltel customers, either. They may have "America's largest network" but they don't exactly have America's largest customer base, (The article I read this morning had them at about 15% and 20% of the Verizon and AT&T customer base, respectively) and in order to continue providing to its customers, the company needs some relief.
Is this a good thing? Maybe. I'd like to think the two networks will operate under a large umbrella and Verizon and Alltel might remain as independent as possible, just provide a more complete network coverage.
Is this a bad thing? Maybe. Alltel customers may be turned off if sudden phone lockdowns come out of this.
Really? They're just trying to win back some fans that have long since written them off for their hatred of their fans. Then they'd better make sure none of the material from St. Anger makes it into the game.
Yeah, I just found the info on wikipedia. Slashdot would not let me reply to my own post for whatever reason. Apparently, I do not deserve a second chance.:)
Sure, but if/. pretends to be a news site, then the article summary should provide at least a one-sentence introduction to the person it is about, and/or a Wikipedia or a Google search link, like you just provided.
Oh, and thanks for the link:-) If you even glance at the Wikipedia article you'd notice that summing up Jack Thompson in one, non-derogatory sentence, is nigh impossible, at least to mostly anyone who's ever played a video game for enjoyment.
I like to refer to him as the Fredric Wertham of Video Games.
I suppose next you'll try to convince everyone that Al Gore did in fact NOT invent the Internet. Or that "Hackers" did not provide a realistic portrayal of computer use and operations. (Cancer! Brain! Brain cancer!)
My friend Mark said that he saw a ninja totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window. In the Ninja's defense, the kid was playing "pirate".
I invite you to explain to me exactly what a "hardcore" gamer is. In addition, please explain why I - being a person in possession of a Wii and a DS, who plays approximately an hour on the former and half an hour on the latter each and every day - is not within your arbitrary definition of "hardcore".
That's exactly the problem, and why "hardcore" is in quotes in my post.
The "hardcore" audience itself is poorly defined. I have basically every Ninteo System ever made, a few of Segas, a Playstion and PS2, and an Xbox 360. But I've never spent more than five hours a week playing videogames. Am I "hardcore" because of the amount of systems I have? Or does it come down to game time?
And if it comes down to game time, then there's the stigma of the Wii and that it's for "fanboys and little kids". So, even I spent one hundred hours a week mastering every game on the Wii, there's a chance I will still be mocked and not considered "hardcore" because I'm playing on a "child's system".
Nintendo intended the Wii to target the "casual gamer" demographic, which implies we have at least two demographics, the other being hardcore. One can infer that "casual" is someone who will play a few minutes here or there, when they feel like it. However, that still leaves the "hardcore" demographic horribly ill-defined.
So, in short, I've never found two people who agree 100% on what a "hardcore" gamer is. I was using the comment to relate to the implied branding of the Wii as a fanboy or children's system.
We're really all tired of the plumber's crack.
Try something new. This is for fanboys and little kids. It's pretty obvious that the Wii is not a machine for "hardcore" gamers. Why is there still such surprise over this face?
1. Buy cheaper disposable movie.
2. Open it.
3. Wait until hour 47:50 to watch movie.
4. ?????? (As in, your reaction...not a mystery step).
5. Sue for new DVD player and "emotional distress".
6. Profit!
Page 1: "Install Leopard."
Pages 2-250: "This page left intentionally blank." Thank you for enforcing the stereotype that all Mac users believe they are completely invulnerable because of a perference in computing.
As it is, there is a great false sense of security that comes with owning a Mac. It's like Anti-FUD. Most of it comes from a believe that the OS is "just safe", when that's not the case, especially now that programs like Darwine can run your Windows executables right out of the box. The lack of general malware can most likely be attributed to the Mac OS X file structure and the lack of a significant market share.
Anyone who owns any computer should pay attention on how to keep themselves and their systems safe.
It is a shame because I like the Ribbon. FOSS should have come up with this years ago instead of just copying Microsoft. Okay, I'm going to throw away the mod points I already used in this thread. And I don't mean this to be flamebait.
You admit that you like the Ribbon, but you wish FOSS developed it first so they didn't have to copy Microsoft? Why?
Sites, this one specifically, will be ripe with comments begging Microsoft to actually innovate rather than follow the trends of companies that do.
If you enjoy the UI, why does it matter who adopted it first?
If Microsoft had adapted the UI from OpenOffice there would be plenty of people criticizng Microsoft for not innovating their own programs, and copying from others.
Now that the situation is reversed, it somehow becomes a problem. Why? Because if the FOSS community had developed the UI first it would be better? More efficient? Cooler?
The FOSS community does a lot of good and introduces many new and innovative ideas, but they won't create all of them.
I don't think a good idea is worth any less just because it comes from an organization that you don't openly support.
If that's not exactly what you were implying, I apologize. I just found the comment to be a bit odd.
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"How can we outlaw P2P? A lot of people use it for legitimately trading legal content."
"Exactly. We make legally trading content illegal, then we'll catch those copyright infringers."
"But if you outlaw legal file-sharing you set a dangerous precendent and risk a horrific backlash from the populous."
"Look, you want this kickback or not?"
I saw the inside. It's empty, sans a single Mac Mini plugged in by the corner.
I'm hoping the window washers don't cause a short on the damn thing.
That will work great for my new eBay listing...
African Elephant - tusks removed - contains 0% Ivory!
It may (rumors, remember) leave PowerPCs unsupported. But that is an inevtiability, anyway.
My guess? The Verizon kid will obviously distract Chad, while "The Network" just swarms him from behind and burns down his store.
Network Guy: "Say it!"
Chad: *whimper*
Network Guy: "Say it! [bleep]ing say it!"
Chad: *sniff* "Can--- can you hear me--- now?"
Network Guy: "[bleep] yeah."
However, having a $22 Billion debt is not good for Alltel customers, either. They may have "America's largest network" but they don't exactly have America's largest customer base, (The article I read this morning had them at about 15% and 20% of the Verizon and AT&T customer base, respectively) and in order to continue providing to its customers, the company needs some relief.
Is this a good thing? Maybe. I'd like to think the two networks will operate under a large umbrella and Verizon and Alltel might remain as independent as possible, just provide a more complete network coverage.
Is this a bad thing? Maybe. Alltel customers may be turned off if sudden phone lockdowns come out of this.
Guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Yeah, I just found the info on wikipedia. Slashdot would not let me reply to my own post for whatever reason. Apparently, I do not deserve a second chance. :)
I remember the Pets.com sock-puppet.
Then I remember a commercial for "Bar None" credit, where an astoundingly similar sock-puppet declares "because everyone deserves a second chance".
I have no idea if that was intentional or not, but it still makes me laugh to this day.
I invite you to explain to me exactly what a "hardcore" gamer is. In addition, please explain why I - being a person in possession of a Wii and a DS, who plays approximately an hour on the former and half an hour on the latter each and every day - is not within your arbitrary definition of "hardcore".
That's exactly the problem, and why "hardcore" is in quotes in my post.The "hardcore" audience itself is poorly defined. I have basically every Ninteo System ever made, a few of Segas, a Playstion and PS2, and an Xbox 360. But I've never spent more than five hours a week playing videogames. Am I "hardcore" because of the amount of systems I have? Or does it come down to game time?
And if it comes down to game time, then there's the stigma of the Wii and that it's for "fanboys and little kids". So, even I spent one hundred hours a week mastering every game on the Wii, there's a chance I will still be mocked and not considered "hardcore" because I'm playing on a "child's system".
Nintendo intended the Wii to target the "casual gamer" demographic, which implies we have at least two demographics, the other being hardcore. One can infer that "casual" is someone who will play a few minutes here or there, when they feel like it. However, that still leaves the "hardcore" demographic horribly ill-defined.
So, in short, I've never found two people who agree 100% on what a "hardcore" gamer is. I was using the comment to relate to the implied branding of the Wii as a fanboy or children's system.
1. Buy cheaper disposable movie.
2. Open it.
3. Wait until hour 47:50 to watch movie.
4. ?????? (As in, your reaction...not a mystery step).
5. Sue for new DVD player and "emotional distress".
6. Profit!
As it is, there is a great false sense of security that comes with owning a Mac. It's like Anti-FUD. Most of it comes from a believe that the OS is "just safe", when that's not the case, especially now that programs like Darwine can run your Windows executables right out of the box. The lack of general malware can most likely be attributed to the Mac OS X file structure and the lack of a significant market share.
Anyone who owns any computer should pay attention on how to keep themselves and their systems safe.
Mac Realist since 2001
You admit that you like the Ribbon, but you wish FOSS developed it first so they didn't have to copy Microsoft? Why?
Sites, this one specifically, will be ripe with comments begging Microsoft to actually innovate rather than follow the trends of companies that do.
If you enjoy the UI, why does it matter who adopted it first?
If Microsoft had adapted the UI from OpenOffice there would be plenty of people criticizng Microsoft for not innovating their own programs, and copying from others.
Now that the situation is reversed, it somehow becomes a problem. Why? Because if the FOSS community had developed the UI first it would be better? More efficient? Cooler?
The FOSS community does a lot of good and introduces many new and innovative ideas, but they won't create all of them.
I don't think a good idea is worth any less just because it comes from an organization that you don't openly support.
If that's not exactly what you were implying, I apologize. I just found the comment to be a bit odd.