The world would become a better place when parents realize that they can't protect their children, but what they can do is do their job (parenting) by training their children to make good decisions instead of just sheltering children from the experience they will gain.
A good, simple, example of my point is that when I was little my mother would tell me to look both ways before crossing the street so I would be able to get across the street but also be aware of its dangers and how to deal with them, but under today's mentality we would have to ban street-crossing "for the sake of the children."
On a side note though... The attitude of the game industry has gotten to be ridiculous, like the recording industry, but unfortunately the deep pockets that run these companies are so blinded by greed that they fail to realize that all this DRM is creating bad-faith with the community and creating more pirates then it prevents. From my personal viewpoint, there seems to have been a particularly large piracy surge since the introduction of Spore.
Don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against video game DRM because SecuROM was just fine when all it did was protect a CD from being copied but the latest generation is inefficient and has the characteristics of malware and is known to infect computers in even the demo versions. All I have to say to that is WTF?
I've been just watching the political discussions from the sidelines, sort of keeping my mouth shut, but the thing that really gets me is that when it comes to politicans people think in black and white, or in other words; republican vs. democrats.
Its as if the country is completely unaware of third party candidates, such as Ralph Nader, and nobody really cares about what they think.
IMHO America is really a two-party duopoly and the little man has no chance to get his ideas out, let alone making office.
Sure, its a bit off-topic but I'm hoping this thread might get people talking about independents and what they've expressed about the issues; such as this one (the war).
You are missing the point completely...
The Second Amendment is not under question here, but rather it is the Fourth Amendment that is under question:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Effectively then the Fourth Amendment does not exist within 100 miles of the border.
Once one part of the constitution has been compromised, especially without public opposition, then surely the rest of the constitution is to follow.
They must mean best current mods.
Otherwise this list would probably be very different and would include the original Counter-Strike and Team Fortress mods, amongst others.
One suggestion I have, with all other ideas exhausted, is to try using a private investigator.
P.I.'s can dig up a lot of dirt that you could use to file formal charges, but unfortunately it could be costly.
I feel the same.
Valve's form of DRM (Steam) is non-invasive; in the sense that it does not install rootkits or use some other form of retarded DRM tactics.
I totally agree with you about Valve being able to terminate subcriptions, it feels very big-brother when a developer can lock you out of your hard-earned investment and you cannot even appeal it.
Funny thing is that Apple computers are PCs, featuring the same [Intel] hardware as your typical "Windows PC".
The only difference, as far as I know, is that Apple computers contain a DRM chip on the motherboard and the issue at hand is that Psystar reproduces a compatible-DRM chip enabling Mac OSX to be installed.
With that in mind I'm surprised that this isn't look at as a DMCA issue.
I was thinking something along the lines of that.
Basically if worse came to worse you could tunnel pre-encrypted data over the air so if your WPA fails then the hacker mob has a whole different beast to deal with.
Ingame ads, while you're playing, seem to enrage gamers anyway, likw when Valve added ingame billboards to Counter-Strike.
Although I wouldn't expect much from MMO gamers since they'll usually grind on anything.
I fear what this could mean for other operating systems because Apple has a reputation for being rather zealous about their software patents; as Microsoft might remember.
I don't know if anybody else remembers Apple's patent frenzy on people who used a 'Recycle Bin', let alone an entire GUI.
On a side note; in KDE you can simulate a dock by sizing your taskbar to 50% and putting nothing but icons in it and then enabling the KDE menu on the top, it'll look just like a Mac desktop.
Last I knew DVD Decrypter is illegal [under the DMCA] but in order for it to be continued to be distributed the developer that maintained it gave it to a guy in the UK.
I agree with that, and please mod that as insightful.
Too often parents fall back on technology, or the government, to do their jobs for them instead of teaching their kids; also known as "parenting."
Security.
Vista provides a vast amount of more, Unix-like, security that XP does not have built-in.
Now I can run standalone programs without worrying
about them installing malware or messing with my system files
behind my back, on the other hand if it asks me for
administrator privileges then I know something is up.
Unfortunately though most people just turn this feature off (UAC) without realizing just how much of a protection it is and then they bitch about how Windows is insecure.
I still don't think Window's built-in security features are as good
as that of Linux/Unix/BSD but it is still a huge improvement over XP and earlier.
Honestly though I don't think people are in as much of a rush to upgrade because the jump from Windows XP to Vista isn't as huge as the one from 9x/ME to XP.
Thank you, you just provided a real life example of my point.
Anyhow the point of this thread is that Apple tells developers that they can't develop; an email app, a web browser, a music store and so forth because it competes with Apple's products and furthermore they can't talk about it and then
the developers are left thinking "WTF?" but the general public goes out and starts screaming "HEIL JOBS! SEIG HEIL! HEIL JOBS!" despite that.
Meanwhile Microsoft bundles Internet Explorer with Windows and that somehow makes Bill Gates and his company so evil to the point they should all burn in hell.
I'm not debating that Microsoft is any less evil than Apple or vice versa but I'm pointing out that there is really a double-standard going on here.
You must not forget that Apple is also a corporate giant that uses corporate tactics; just like Microsoft.
Did they take into account Grand Theft Auto?
A lifetime of playing GTA should actually make your insurance go up in price, well, at least if you were to ask Jack Thompson anyway.
Apple always manages to piss me off because, in my opinion anyway, they are worse then Microsoft when it comes to this type of thing, furthermore I don't understand how Apple can make one mistake after another and still have an angelic godly image that would otherwise instantly give Microsoft an assload of bad P.R.
This list seems incomplete, it makes no mention of Java, not even in the honorable mentions!
No, not JavaScript, but the Java Virtual Machine.
I remember all kinds of websites back in the day using Java applets and there was that whole fight between Microsoft and Sun Systems.
I think Java is a significant part of internet history, but others might differ on that.
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The world would become a better place when parents realize that they can't protect their children, but what they can do is do their job (parenting) by training their children to make good decisions instead of just sheltering children from the experience they will gain.
A good, simple, example of my point is that when I was little my mother would tell me to look both ways before crossing the street so I would be able to get across the street but also be aware of its dangers and how to deal with them, but under today's mentality we would have to ban street-crossing "for the sake of the children."
On a side note though... The attitude of the game industry has gotten to be ridiculous, like the recording industry, but unfortunately the deep pockets that run these companies are so blinded by greed that they fail to realize that all this DRM is creating bad-faith with the community and creating more pirates then it prevents. From my personal viewpoint, there seems to have been a particularly large piracy surge since the introduction of Spore.
Don't get me wrong though, I have nothing against video game DRM because SecuROM was just fine when all it did was protect a CD from being copied but the latest generation is inefficient and has the characteristics of malware and is known to infect computers in even the demo versions. All I have to say to that is WTF?
My two cents..
I've been just watching the political discussions from the sidelines, sort of keeping my mouth shut, but the thing that really gets me is that when it comes to politicans people think in black and white, or in other words; republican vs. democrats.
Its as if the country is completely unaware of third party candidates, such as Ralph Nader, and nobody really cares about what they think.
IMHO America is really a two-party duopoly and the little man has no chance to get his ideas out, let alone making office.
Sure, its a bit off-topic but I'm hoping this thread might get people talking about independents and what they've expressed about the issues; such as this one (the war).
I think people would be much more interested in the EFF's viewpoint on the whole DMCA anniversary.
You are missing the point completely...
The Second Amendment is not under question here, but rather it is the Fourth Amendment that is under question:
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
Effectively then the Fourth Amendment does not exist within 100 miles of the border.
Once one part of the constitution has been compromised, especially without public opposition, then surely the rest of the constitution is to follow.
That is if one European country were to implement it, now if say the European Union were to implement it then it might have a fighting chance.
I was thinking about moving to the UK but then they turned fascist overnight - literally, or so according to several other Slashdot articles.
R.I.P. Zero-Punctuation
Everybody donate to buy Yahtzee a plane ticket out of Australia before he gets censored.
They must mean best current mods.
Otherwise this list would probably be very different and would include the original Counter-Strike and Team Fortress mods, amongst others.
One suggestion I have, with all other ideas exhausted, is to try using a private investigator.
P.I.'s can dig up a lot of dirt that you could use to file formal charges, but unfortunately it could be costly.
I feel the same.
Valve's form of DRM (Steam) is non-invasive; in the sense that it does not install rootkits or use some other form of retarded DRM tactics.
I totally agree with you about Valve being able to terminate subcriptions, it feels very big-brother when a developer can lock you out of your hard-earned investment and you cannot even appeal it.
Videotaping all that isn't a bad idea, kind of like the hudcams on police cars that have brought a lot of corrupt, or abusive, officers into light.
Funny thing is that Apple computers are PCs, featuring the same [Intel] hardware as your typical "Windows PC".
The only difference, as far as I know, is that Apple computers contain a DRM chip on the motherboard and the issue at hand is that Psystar reproduces a compatible-DRM chip enabling Mac OSX to be installed.
With that in mind I'm surprised that this isn't look at as a DMCA issue.
I was thinking something along the lines of that. Basically if worse came to worse you could tunnel pre-encrypted data over the air so if your WPA fails then the hacker mob has a whole different beast to deal with.
Ingame ads, while you're playing, seem to enrage gamers anyway, likw when Valve added ingame billboards to Counter-Strike.
Although I wouldn't expect much from MMO gamers since they'll usually grind on anything.
I fear what this could mean for other operating systems because Apple has a reputation for being rather zealous about their software patents; as Microsoft might remember.
I don't know if anybody else remembers Apple's patent frenzy on people who used a 'Recycle Bin', let alone an entire GUI.
On a side note; in KDE you can simulate a dock by sizing your taskbar to 50% and putting nothing but icons in it and then enabling the KDE menu on the top, it'll look just like a Mac desktop.
Last I knew DVD Decrypter is illegal [under the DMCA] but in order for it to be continued to be distributed the developer that maintained it gave it to a guy in the UK.
I agree with that, and please mod that as insightful.
Too often parents fall back on technology, or the government, to do their jobs for them instead of teaching their kids; also known as "parenting."
That is only known to happen on DeLorean vehicles.
At the time of this post, no other vehicle lineup is known to feature Flux Capacitors.
Pfft! Only Chuck Norris can handle this by roundhouse kicking it, and scoring a home run in the process.
Security.
Vista provides a vast amount of more, Unix-like, security that XP does not have built-in.
Now I can run standalone programs without worrying about them installing malware or messing with my system files behind my back, on the other hand if it asks me for administrator privileges then I know something is up.
Unfortunately though most people just turn this feature off (UAC) without realizing just how much of a protection it is and then they bitch about how Windows is insecure.
I still don't think Window's built-in security features are as good as that of Linux/Unix/BSD but it is still a huge improvement over XP and earlier.
Honestly though I don't think people are in as much of a rush to upgrade because the jump from Windows XP to Vista isn't as huge as the one from 9x/ME to XP.
Thank you, you just provided a real life example of my point.
Anyhow the point of this thread is that Apple tells developers that they can't develop; an email app, a web browser, a music store and so forth because it competes with Apple's products and furthermore they can't talk about it and then the developers are left thinking "WTF?" but the general public goes out and starts screaming "HEIL JOBS! SEIG HEIL! HEIL JOBS!" despite that.
Meanwhile Microsoft bundles Internet Explorer with Windows and that somehow makes Bill Gates and his company so evil to the point they should all burn in hell.
I'm not debating that Microsoft is any less evil than Apple or vice versa but I'm pointing out that there is really a double-standard going on here.
You must not forget that Apple is also a corporate giant that uses corporate tactics; just like Microsoft.
Did they take into account Grand Theft Auto?
A lifetime of playing GTA should actually make your insurance go up in price, well, at least if you were to ask Jack Thompson anyway.
Oh god, that is exactly what I was thinking!
Apple always manages to piss me off because, in my opinion anyway, they are worse then Microsoft when it comes to this type of thing, furthermore I don't understand how Apple can make one mistake after another and still have an angelic godly image that would otherwise instantly give Microsoft an assload of bad P.R.
I just don't understand people...
This is one of the very reasons I started using OpenDNS, beside the fact it can filter out other garbage.
http://www.opendns.com/
This list seems incomplete, it makes no mention of Java, not even in the honorable mentions! No, not JavaScript, but the Java Virtual Machine. I remember all kinds of websites back in the day using Java applets and there was that whole fight between Microsoft and Sun Systems. I think Java is a significant part of internet history, but others might differ on that.