Why wasn't this treated as a criminal (or even civil property) matter? Aren't the new owners guilty of receiving stolen property? I mean, even if they didn't know it before (assuming they bought the dog from the thief and didn't realize it was stolen), they obviously do now. I've never seen a case where stolen property was found and the cops just let the holders keep it. Maybe fences should start chipping *all* their stolen goods before reselling them ("All these items chipped for your protection. Safe as buying from a reputable store!").
And even if the dog wasn't stolen, it's still the original owner's property, no? Did the UK abolish property rights for pets or something?
Well, most won't view it as dystopian at all. Even most/.er's are perfectly happy with Steam right now for their PC games. Will all those Steam users decry the day when PC games are ONLY available through Steam and similar services? Probably a few. But most will simple view it as a trade-off. Its convenience masks its deeper insidiousness.
And no clock towers for me, thanks. It just makes me sad. I think something very valuable will be lost there, and the vast majority of people won't even appreciate it.
As I pointed out in another post, even with bandwidth limitations, existing physical media formats could easily start requiring internet connections (requiring that media be activated and controlled by a studio media server before being used). That's already happening with PC games. I suspect console games will follow suite next.
That may be true. But how long before that physical movie/game disc you buy requires an internet connection to watch or use (i.e. it has to check in with the studio server for approval)? They're already doing that with physical copies of many PC games.
As I made clear in my first sentence: "all my new media." Yes, I will still own all my *old* books and movies. But there will be a cutoff point at which all *new* books, movies, etc. will not be available in standard physical form.
I never thought I would say it, but I can now quite easily envision a day very soon when all my new media (games, movies, music, TV shows, books, etc.) will belong to studios, software companies, publishers, etc.--with me just renting it. There will be no such thing as buying a used book, or a used videogame. I will never be able to resell any media that I "buy." If the studio decides to have a moritorium on a movie (like Disney so often does), they will just be able to flick a switch at any time and turn my copy of that movie off. Publishers will be able to edit all my books retroactively. When a director decides he doesn't like the ending of his movie, he can change it and force that change on everyone who owns it. If a studio goes bankrupt and takes down their servers, all my movies from them will turn to digital dust. If a judge issues a court order, all copies of a piece of media will evaporate with a single command from a media server somewhere. And when my internet goes down, so does every piece of media I own.
I will own nothing. The media companies will control how I watch or use my media, when I use it, where I use it, and how long I use it, and even *if* I can use it. I will either be completely at their mercy, or forced to resort to law-breaking to enjoy my own media as I wish.
You don't have to block the signal completely. Just make it difficult enough to receive that only 1% of the population has the technical skills, knowledge, or initiative to receive it and you've won. If hackers and techies are the only ones clever enough to bypass the censoring, then we'll just be talking to ourselves (and likely dismissed as a bunch of fringe nutballs by everyone else).
A Saudi Arabia mathematician who insists that Allah will guide his way to victory and a Liberty University physicist who insists that the universe revolves around the earth.
Yeah, why won't Iran just hand over the specific serial numbers for the logic controllers in their nuke plants? Would you like them to give you their military cryptography keys too, why they're at it?
Yeah, but you're forgetting Saudi Arabia in your equation. They most definitely DO NOT want such a conflict. And their oil gives them even more say than the Israelis and their money/lobby. No way does the U.S. want Israel provoking a conflict. And Israel needs the U.S. (who do you think gave them the nukes, guns, and fighter jets to begin with).
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According to the article he did both those things, and the cops and court still let the people keep the dog. Just bizarre (and sad).
Why wasn't this treated as a criminal (or even civil property) matter? Aren't the new owners guilty of receiving stolen property? I mean, even if they didn't know it before (assuming they bought the dog from the thief and didn't realize it was stolen), they obviously do now. I've never seen a case where stolen property was found and the cops just let the holders keep it. Maybe fences should start chipping *all* their stolen goods before reselling them ("All these items chipped for your protection. Safe as buying from a reputable store!").
And even if the dog wasn't stolen, it's still the original owner's property, no? Did the UK abolish property rights for pets or something?
I use mine for impressing hipster girls at bars. Well, that and pretending to like their shitty emo music.
I'm very talanted that way.
Messing with a pretty white cheerleader with Republican parents, in Texas? They got *way* too cocky there. Even Satan's powers have their limits.
Well, most won't view it as dystopian at all. Even most /.er's are perfectly happy with Steam right now for their PC games. Will all those Steam users decry the day when PC games are ONLY available through Steam and similar services? Probably a few. But most will simple view it as a trade-off. Its convenience masks its deeper insidiousness.
And no clock towers for me, thanks. It just makes me sad. I think something very valuable will be lost there, and the vast majority of people won't even appreciate it.
No, it's not just one store. Best Buy recently announced that they're doing this everywhere.
Well, there goes another perfectly good sarcasm meter. They really should put fuses or breakers on these things.
As I pointed out in another post, even with bandwidth limitations, existing physical media formats could easily start requiring internet connections (requiring that media be activated and controlled by a studio media server before being used). That's already happening with PC games. I suspect console games will follow suite next.
That may be true. But how long before that physical movie/game disc you buy requires an internet connection to watch or use (i.e. it has to check in with the studio server for approval)? They're already doing that with physical copies of many PC games.
As I made clear in my first sentence: "all my new media." Yes, I will still own all my *old* books and movies. But there will be a cutoff point at which all *new* books, movies, etc. will not be available in standard physical form.
It has already begun. Do you really think they're going to stop with just PC games?
I never thought I would say it, but I can now quite easily envision a day very soon when all my new media (games, movies, music, TV shows, books, etc.) will belong to studios, software companies, publishers, etc.--with me just renting it. There will be no such thing as buying a used book, or a used videogame. I will never be able to resell any media that I "buy." If the studio decides to have a moritorium on a movie (like Disney so often does), they will just be able to flick a switch at any time and turn my copy of that movie off. Publishers will be able to edit all my books retroactively. When a director decides he doesn't like the ending of his movie, he can change it and force that change on everyone who owns it. If a studio goes bankrupt and takes down their servers, all my movies from them will turn to digital dust. If a judge issues a court order, all copies of a piece of media will evaporate with a single command from a media server somewhere. And when my internet goes down, so does every piece of media I own.
I will own nothing. The media companies will control how I watch or use my media, when I use it, where I use it, and how long I use it, and even *if* I can use it. I will either be completely at their mercy, or forced to resort to law-breaking to enjoy my own media as I wish.
No only will the government there allow you to openly criticize them, but they'll even buy you a free tea as a reward.
No. If that were the case, Ireland's numbers would be much lower.
That wasn't the government, it was the alcohol.
You don't have to block the signal completely. Just make it difficult enough to receive that only 1% of the population has the technical skills, knowledge, or initiative to receive it and you've won. If hackers and techies are the only ones clever enough to bypass the censoring, then we'll just be talking to ourselves (and likely dismissed as a bunch of fringe nutballs by everyone else).
Well, obviously if we let people pirate movies and embarrass or criticize the government then the terrorists win.
A Saudi Arabia mathematician who insists that Allah will guide his way to victory and a Liberty University physicist who insists that the universe revolves around the earth.
I'm just glad at least one school system in the world is apparently rolling in extra cash.
Ten years from now, when Steam no longer works or supports your game, you'll find out that you were just renting it.
Yeah, why won't Iran just hand over the specific serial numbers for the logic controllers in their nuke plants? Would you like them to give you their military cryptography keys too, why they're at it?
Yeah, but you're forgetting Saudi Arabia in your equation. They most definitely DO NOT want such a conflict. And their oil gives them even more say than the Israelis and their money/lobby. No way does the U.S. want Israel provoking a conflict. And Israel needs the U.S. (who do you think gave them the nukes, guns, and fighter jets to begin with).
I'll take an order of your FINEST jellybeans, please.
In the U.S. we call that "Xbox Live Arcade."