I wonder, do you consider it a leash when you normally rent a book from the library? I mean, there are well-known rules and such around borrowing them, foremost being that you will return it within so many days.
Or is it only because this is an obvious restriction they invented?
It's not so strange when one considers that the entire western economy is based off of supply and demand. Infinite supply is bad, so they artificially impose restrictions.
Hopefully we will figure out a new economy some day instead of trying to shoehorn the future into the old ways.
Youtube videos aren't stored in a flash format- flash is simply the player that you use to view them on their website, just like how you can use mplayer or Windows Media Player to watch the an AVI on your computer.
When you use the Youtube app on your phone, what its really doing is streaming the actual movie file from their servers, no flash is involved. There are also apps on Android (and the PC, for that matter) that can be used to download the movie file itself from Youtube so it can be watched without buffering and in high quality. These use the same method.
Some companies are worse than others. Perhaps it's my own ignorance, but I can't recall any instances of Levi trying to erode my rights, nor the local market I shop at.
I understand the point you were trying to make, but either I'm too naive or you're too paranoid. While most companies would surely try to erode our rights if they could to further their own business, not too many have the means.
I don't think you're going to have much luck regulating drugs, but even if you did, how would that stop somebody mugging you so he can afford his next carefully regulated (and probably more expensive) dosage of heroin?
You're making it harder than it needs to be. Since this detects any change to the firmware / bootloader / kernel, all you have to do is make a small change to one. Doesn't even have to do anything but change the checksum. Welcome to brickville.
Still, I know what you are saying but this is unethical at best and dangerous at worst.
I'm not sure where read that I said Verizon and AT&T sucked equally, as I'm pretty sure I didn't say that above. What I said is that Verizon is the only carrier where I live that works reliably.
In some other locale, it may be reversed and AT&T is the better carrier. But for two companies with similar subscription numbers, it sure seems Verizon has a better repertoire with users. Which again, is only a matter of opinion basically.
I still think my point still stands. It's irrelevant what carrier has a better system, speeds, etc. What matters is what one works best for you in the places you need it.
That depends on where you live, largely. Where I live, having an AT&T phone is about as useful as a paperweight with an antenna ducttaped to it. It's Verizon or nothing as far as I'm concerned.
Both the companies can pay for as many "studies" as they want to show that so-and-so has the best coverage, dropped call rate, 3G speed, etc. But what really matters is what works for the individual... in which case your post is meaningless, no offense intended.
I thought this was pretty much the case on all cell phones (or at least CDMA ones, never had a GSM one). I would sometimes call my cell from a landline and count the number of rings before it would actually ring in my pocket. It was usually two or three.
This is the funny part. By giving me a very good reason to never update to 4.3, they are making the ability to actually play the games I buy that much harder. And when you do that, piracy starts looking better.
Yes I know there are homebrew methods for updating the shop channel. I tried to use them when Cave Story came out because I would very much like to give Pixel some money for the game. Sadly, I couldn't get any of them to work right. Besides, those won't help much when the new Metroid comes out with a mandatory 4.3 upgrade.
So far, I've been buying the games I play off my hard disk. Nintendo's actions are starting to leave a bad taste in my mouth however.
An interesting thought, but Blizzard wouldn't license the game to a bot. Or more accurately, they would allow the bot to buy the game, and then they would exercise their right to void the license. This is obviously because bots are expressly forbidden in the license.
You know, some people just want to make a game, and really don't give a shit about changing the law or enacting justice.
And some want to just make a game, and really don't give a shit about beating their heads against the wall trying to come up with some clever game mechanic that will likely not be fun to anybody but themselves.
If you're trying to learn how to program / make games, I think clones like this are a great way to get started.
Coming up with a game concept is the easiest step in the creation process
I would seriously love to see your source on this. Perhaps you should consider not everyone is an endless font of creativity and have problems coming up with fun ideas.
Wrong. If I want to make a movie called "Joe Schmoe Punching Nazis" about a dashing adventurer that fights nazis over old artifacts, I don't need to pay the owner of Indiana Jones a dime.
Now, if I stupidly call my movie "Indiana Jones and the Olde Artifact" then yes I am going to get sued, and rightfully so. But that's a trademark issue and has nothing to do with the DMCA as far as I know.
This is horrible advice and underlines everything (ok, maybe not everything) that is wrong with the DMCA. The company is being an unlawful bully and bowing to their pressure is not going to help anything.
You don't even need to go that far (at least on version 2 and above... never used any of the 1.x versions), you just need to go into system settings and check the box saying you want to be able to install non-certified APKs.
If this were available to you in that state, you could consent to the disconnect.
I doubt it. If you had enough cognitive thought to ask to be disconnected, it would likely be argued that you were asking for assisted suicide. Which sadly is not legal.
Today, you would probably have more luck getting disconnected if you just ignored the questions and pretended to be dead.
They cited "legal and technical issues" for not supporting the transfer of UMD games onto the PSP Go; undoubtedly they couldn't find a way to keep pirated games from being copied.
...Yeah right. When the UMD was first released Sony expected people to re-buy their movies on UMD discs. And now people are surprised the hear that Sony expects them to re-buy games?
I'd say the only technical issue they ran into was not being able to find a way to charge for the service of transferring your UMD disc to your Go's flash.
It prevents confusion. You, as a knowledgeable consumer, don't give two shits. But different things are made different ways for different target markets. A consumer who didn't know better might buy a game with a colloquialism appropriate to one locality, which would be grossly misinterpreted in another.
Wait, you think they actually give a shit about changing colloquialisms from one locale to another? We're damn lucky if we get a translation from Japan to English that doesn't involve phrases like "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" and "Heaven's plot to destroy all minds." In other words, we're lucky if we get anything better than a babblefish translate, and you're arguing about them changing whole ideas to suit other nationalities.
Region locking is a trade dress issue, and it *protects* the average consumer. However, you, for personal use, may still import games.
Do you understand what region locking even is? Yeah, sure I can import video games for personal use, but if I can't play them on my region locked console I have a $50 shiny coaster. That sounds like same fine protection to me.
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I wonder, do you consider it a leash when you normally rent a book from the library? I mean, there are well-known rules and such around borrowing them, foremost being that you will return it within so many days.
Or is it only because this is an obvious restriction they invented?
It's not so strange when one considers that the entire western economy is based off of supply and demand. Infinite supply is bad, so they artificially impose restrictions.
Hopefully we will figure out a new economy some day instead of trying to shoehorn the future into the old ways.
I know what you're saying, but seems like a decent compromise. Besides the obvious "give ebooks away for free" what do you think would work better?
Frankly, I'm surprised Sony is working with libraries at all given their previous stances on sharing copyrighted material.
Youtube videos aren't stored in a flash format- flash is simply the player that you use to view them on their website, just like how you can use mplayer or Windows Media Player to watch the an AVI on your computer.
When you use the Youtube app on your phone, what its really doing is streaming the actual movie file from their servers, no flash is involved. There are also apps on Android (and the PC, for that matter) that can be used to download the movie file itself from Youtube so it can be watched without buffering and in high quality. These use the same method.
Some companies are worse than others. Perhaps it's my own ignorance, but I can't recall any instances of Levi trying to erode my rights, nor the local market I shop at.
I understand the point you were trying to make, but either I'm too naive or you're too paranoid. While most companies would surely try to erode our rights if they could to further their own business, not too many have the means.
Just as long as you realize you're supporting a conglomerate that is actively trying to remove all your rights concerning copyright, among others.
To put it more bluntly, you're giving money to a lobbyist group so they can screw you with it.
I don't think you're going to have much luck regulating drugs, but even if you did, how would that stop somebody mugging you so he can afford his next carefully regulated (and probably more expensive) dosage of heroin?
I don't get it. How would a 10' dish help him achieve first posts? And why bother?
You're making it harder than it needs to be. Since this detects any change to the firmware / bootloader / kernel, all you have to do is make a small change to one. Doesn't even have to do anything but change the checksum. Welcome to brickville.
Still, I know what you are saying but this is unethical at best and dangerous at worst.
Just out of curiosity, where do you live? I'm assuming you have clear skies 90% of the time?
In Michigan, where I live, I'm not sure it's as simple as that. :(
I'm not sure where read that I said Verizon and AT&T sucked equally, as I'm pretty sure I didn't say that above. What I said is that Verizon is the only carrier where I live that works reliably.
In some other locale, it may be reversed and AT&T is the better carrier. But for two companies with similar subscription numbers, it sure seems Verizon has a better repertoire with users. Which again, is only a matter of opinion basically.
I still think my point still stands. It's irrelevant what carrier has a better system, speeds, etc. What matters is what one works best for you in the places you need it.
That depends on where you live, largely. Where I live, having an AT&T phone is about as useful as a paperweight with an antenna ducttaped to it. It's Verizon or nothing as far as I'm concerned.
Both the companies can pay for as many "studies" as they want to show that so-and-so has the best coverage, dropped call rate, 3G speed, etc. But what really matters is what works for the individual... in which case your post is meaningless, no offense intended.
No problem. Just give me your Google Voice number.
I thought this was pretty much the case on all cell phones (or at least CDMA ones, never had a GSM one). I would sometimes call my cell from a landline and count the number of rings before it would actually ring in my pocket. It was usually two or three.
This is the funny part. By giving me a very good reason to never update to 4.3, they are making the ability to actually play the games I buy that much harder. And when you do that, piracy starts looking better.
Yes I know there are homebrew methods for updating the shop channel. I tried to use them when Cave Story came out because I would very much like to give Pixel some money for the game. Sadly, I couldn't get any of them to work right. Besides, those won't help much when the new Metroid comes out with a mandatory 4.3 upgrade.
So far, I've been buying the games I play off my hard disk. Nintendo's actions are starting to leave a bad taste in my mouth however.
Didn't they do an episode on that on Mythbusters and found a bullet's energy at terminal velocity wasn't enough to kill?
An interesting thought, but Blizzard wouldn't license the game to a bot. Or more accurately, they would allow the bot to buy the game, and then they would exercise their right to void the license. This is obviously because bots are expressly forbidden in the license.
You know, some people just want to make a game, and really don't give a shit about changing the law or enacting justice.
And some want to just make a game, and really don't give a shit about beating their heads against the wall trying to come up with some clever game mechanic that will likely not be fun to anybody but themselves.
If you're trying to learn how to program / make games, I think clones like this are a great way to get started.
Coming up with a game concept is the easiest step in the creation process
I would seriously love to see your source on this. Perhaps you should consider not everyone is an endless font of creativity and have problems coming up with fun ideas.
Wrong. If I want to make a movie called "Joe Schmoe Punching Nazis" about a dashing adventurer that fights nazis over old artifacts, I don't need to pay the owner of Indiana Jones a dime.
Now, if I stupidly call my movie "Indiana Jones and the Olde Artifact" then yes I am going to get sued, and rightfully so. But that's a trademark issue and has nothing to do with the DMCA as far as I know.
Do you work for The Tetris Company?
This is horrible advice and underlines everything (ok, maybe not everything) that is wrong with the DMCA. The company is being an unlawful bully and bowing to their pressure is not going to help anything.
You don't even need to go that far (at least on version 2 and above... never used any of the 1.x versions), you just need to go into system settings and check the box saying you want to be able to install non-certified APKs.
Which was silly in the first place for a challenge entitled "Stay off the grid."
If this were available to you in that state, you could consent to the disconnect.
I doubt it. If you had enough cognitive thought to ask to be disconnected, it would likely be argued that you were asking for assisted suicide. Which sadly is not legal.
Today, you would probably have more luck getting disconnected if you just ignored the questions and pretended to be dead.
They cited "legal and technical issues" for not supporting the transfer of UMD games onto the PSP Go; undoubtedly they couldn't find a way to keep pirated games from being copied.
...Yeah right. When the UMD was first released Sony expected people to re-buy their movies on UMD discs. And now people are surprised the hear that Sony expects them to re-buy games?
I'd say the only technical issue they ran into was not being able to find a way to charge for the service of transferring your UMD disc to your Go's flash.
It prevents confusion. You, as a knowledgeable consumer, don't give two shits. But different things are made different ways for different target markets. A consumer who didn't know better might buy a game with a colloquialism appropriate to one locality, which would be grossly misinterpreted in another.
Wait, you think they actually give a shit about changing colloquialisms from one locale to another? We're damn lucky if we get a translation from Japan to English that doesn't involve phrases like "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US" and "Heaven's plot to destroy all minds." In other words, we're lucky if we get anything better than a babblefish translate, and you're arguing about them changing whole ideas to suit other nationalities.
Region locking is a trade dress issue, and it *protects* the average consumer. However, you, for personal use, may still import games.
Do you understand what region locking even is? Yeah, sure I can import video games for personal use, but if I can't play them on my region locked console I have a $50 shiny coaster. That sounds like same fine protection to me.