(I know, don't feed the trolls, but I can't help myself):
Here's an idea: maybe by linking relevant text rather than the website name, spiders can extract meaningful data about the linked page other than the obvious "it's from ThinkGaming". Useful in a different way than what you mentioned. After all, you don't stop using a spoon altogether just because a fork exists, right?
Well, this *is*/., the only site that can get away with serious arguments involving Donald Duck.
To be fair, I probably would have caught it if I had known what the reference was to begin with... and if I hadn't just woken up when I typed that... after working a closing shift....
So yeah, file me under typical/.'er. Mods, feel free to mod me "-1, Idiot".
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It is *not* the same as stealing. Stealing, aka theft or larceny, means that you take somebody else's property with the intent of permanently depriving the owner of that item. Now, tell me how a digital copy deprives the MPAA of their movie.
More importantly, if somebody wasn't going to buy the item anyway and they download it, can that be counted as theft or a lost sale? The MPAA still has exactly as much money and stock as before and they have a means of getting a sale they wouldn't otherwise receive (for the numerous persons who buy things that they download and like).
So, please, do tell me in what way downloading is automatically equal to theft.
Uh... I don't see what the university has to do with where I live...
Perchance I'm the only one who read the eligibility rules, but you don't have to be in university yet. You are also eligible if you have been admitted but not yet enrolled. I'll be a freshman at the end of August, but until then I live in a combination retirement community/hick town. Meh.
Well, considering that this is open to people around the world, I don't think people will be physically signing papers unless they are mailed out. If it's online, there's no problem except an extra field and a check to see if the applicant is under 18 and therefore need the field. If it's mailed, there's no inconvenience in signing at all as the parent would theoretically be right there or easy for the student to get the contract to. Google should experience no problem that way.
Hey, nobody's saying that Godwin defined the winner! The statement is that USENET tradition declares the loser (and thereby the winner) when Godwin is invoked. Two entirely different concepts with the same end result.
And, like I said, if you don't believe Wikipedia, my own experience is all I have to convince you with, so whatever that's worth to you... yeah.
Tell me: how much money am I taking from the RIAA if I download 100 songs that I would never have bought otherwise?
Further, tell me: how much money am I taking from the RIAA if I download 100 songs that I would never have bought otherwise and then decide to by the CDs that all of those songs belong to because I liked the music?
Now, tell me: how much money is being taken from me if I buy a CD hoping the songs on it are good because I have no legal way to listen to them otherwise and then find the songs are crap and I never want to listen to the CD again?
I don't know about you, but it looks like I'm the only possible loser in this case (yes, there is the case of downloading music that I would have otherwise bought, but I don't).
I think the GP was referring to the RIAA snooping, not the university. And I think you're looking for "intra-university" not "inter-university". The former means within, the latter between.
I don't know what USENET experience you have, but in my experience, I am correct.
And, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law: There is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that once such a comparison is made the thread in which the comment was posted is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.
If wikipedia's word is any good to you, there. If not, then I just have to hope that you believe my own experience.
Why must a movie-game stick to the plot of the game? Most of the best game plots don't translate well to a 2-3.5 hour movie (or any length, for that matter). I mean, yeah, it's important to keep a lot of striking details of the overall idea, but to try and recreate the same exact story just wouldn't do much good.
The real problem is that the people in charge are just trying to use the name of the game to sell movie tickets and DVDs (just like licensed games). They don't really care about making a high quality film; that's just a bonus. They know people will come just because it's based on the game.
Nobody in Hollywood knows how to write a decent video game plot and nobody in the gaming industry knows how to write a decent movie plot. The problem is that, in order to make a decent movie based on a game, one has to know what parts have to be from the game and what parts have to be a movie.
I belong to the camp that believes that video game movies aren't inherently bad, and they aren't doomed to be bad just because they lack interactivity. (after all, if a regular movie can succeed without interactivity, why must a game-based movie have interactivity?) People just don't know how to do them correctly yet.
Before I begin, yes I am a Nintendo fanboy (not as bad as some of them you see; I do play the other systems as often as I have the opportunity and I give them all a fair chance, I just firmly believe Nintendo to be the best). And I do agree with you in concept: if you had to buy 18 unique attachments per game, it would be better to just get a special controller. However, this isn't inherently that bad. In fact, it shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as that unless some real stupid companies decide to do stupid things. In reality, while there may be (hypothetically, but unlikely) 25 attachments, they are likely to be used for many games each, not unique per game. This is better, as long as it doesn't get out of hand.
There are plenty of open source licenses available, not just GPL, and they don't all have the same viral requirements. The BSD license is a common example, but there are others, too.
While I agree with most of what you say, there's just one thing I have to point out that makes you look really stupid: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spelt
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(I know, don't feed the trolls, but I can't help myself):
Here's an idea: maybe by linking relevant text rather than the website name, spiders can extract meaningful data about the linked page other than the obvious "it's from ThinkGaming". Useful in a different way than what you mentioned. After all, you don't stop using a spoon altogether just because a fork exists, right?
To be fair, I probably would have caught it if I had known what the reference was to begin with... and if I hadn't just woken up when I typed that... after working a closing shift....
So yeah, file me under typical /.'er. Mods, feel free to mod me "-1, Idiot".
Jack Thompson already tried that one.
No, it wasn't.
More importantly, if somebody wasn't going to buy the item anyway and they download it, can that be counted as theft or a lost sale? The MPAA still has exactly as much money and stock as before and they have a means of getting a sale they wouldn't otherwise receive (for the numerous persons who buy things that they download and like).
So, please, do tell me in what way downloading is automatically equal to theft.
Okay, I'm unsure about the troll status on that, given the AC posting, but that gave me a good laugh. Thanks, I needed that.
Perchance I'm the only one who read the eligibility rules, but you don't have to be in university yet. You are also eligible if you have been admitted but not yet enrolled. I'll be a freshman at the end of August, but until then I live in a combination retirement community/hick town. Meh.
I would if I could, but I don't exactly live in Silicon Valley.
Well, considering that this is open to people around the world, I don't think people will be physically signing papers unless they are mailed out. If it's online, there's no problem except an extra field and a check to see if the applicant is under 18 and therefore need the field. If it's mailed, there's no inconvenience in signing at all as the parent would theoretically be right there or easy for the student to get the contract to. Google should experience no problem that way.
Yeah, that's what I plan on, but it still doesn't help paying for university *this* year.
A minor can still sign a contract so long as a parent or legal guardian also signs.
Why oh why must there be a requirement that you be 18 or older? I was really interested in this but, NO, they have to throw that in...
And, like I said, if you don't believe Wikipedia, my own experience is all I have to convince you with, so whatever that's worth to you... yeah.
Further, tell me: how much money am I taking from the RIAA if I download 100 songs that I would never have bought otherwise and then decide to by the CDs that all of those songs belong to because I liked the music?
Now, tell me: how much money is being taken from me if I buy a CD hoping the songs on it are good because I have no legal way to listen to them otherwise and then find the songs are crap and I never want to listen to the CD again?
I don't know about you, but it looks like I'm the only possible loser in this case (yes, there is the case of downloading music that I would have otherwise bought, but I don't).
I think the GP was referring to the RIAA snooping, not the university. And I think you're looking for "intra-university" not "inter-university". The former means within, the latter between.
And, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law:
There is a tradition in many Usenet newsgroups that once such a comparison is made the thread in which the comment was posted is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.
If wikipedia's word is any good to you, there. If not, then I just have to hope that you believe my own experience.
Unless he was specifically trying to invoke Godwin... in which case he's a sneaky bastard.
Well, for starters that's Nineteen Eight-Four not Brave New World, so no. Though, I do like the reference.
Mommy... why didn't they use Phoenix Down on Aerith?
</little kid voice>
The real problem is that the people in charge are just trying to use the name of the game to sell movie tickets and DVDs (just like licensed games). They don't really care about making a high quality film; that's just a bonus. They know people will come just because it's based on the game.
Nobody in Hollywood knows how to write a decent video game plot and nobody in the gaming industry knows how to write a decent movie plot. The problem is that, in order to make a decent movie based on a game, one has to know what parts have to be from the game and what parts have to be a movie.
I belong to the camp that believes that video game movies aren't inherently bad, and they aren't doomed to be bad just because they lack interactivity. (after all, if a regular movie can succeed without interactivity, why must a game-based movie have interactivity?) People just don't know how to do them correctly yet.
Before I begin, yes I am a Nintendo fanboy (not as bad as some of them you see; I do play the other systems as often as I have the opportunity and I give them all a fair chance, I just firmly believe Nintendo to be the best). And I do agree with you in concept: if you had to buy 18 unique attachments per game, it would be better to just get a special controller. However, this isn't inherently that bad. In fact, it shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as that unless some real stupid companies decide to do stupid things. In reality, while there may be (hypothetically, but unlikely) 25 attachments, they are likely to be used for many games each, not unique per game. This is better, as long as it doesn't get out of hand.
True, but that doesn't necessarily mean the companies have to release open source drivers under GPL.
There are plenty of open source licenses available, not just GPL, and they don't all have the same viral requirements. The BSD license is a common example, but there are others, too.
Uhh.... he didn't... that was the content of his penultimate bullet point...
While I agree with most of what you say, there's just one thing I have to point out that makes you look really stupid:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spelt