They started collisions yesterday (all 4 teams i believe). I dont think its up to the energy levels of the Tevatron/Fermilab yet but its getting there.
The EULA says you'll get a full refund but doesn't say exactly what that means. It could be the full price the OEM paid for it. Its funny how almost everything else in the EULA is carefully defined.
EULAs in these situations are invalid and unenforceable here in the UK so I wonder how this would affect getting a refund. That is assuming the retailers know the law (most dont).
As mentioned in TFS, some major jurisdictions (including IIRC both the US and the EU) have specific and/or general wording in some of their laws that might exclude these copies.
The UK (and other parts of the EU I believe) also has a law that says you cant impose conditions on use *after* the point of sale.
Couldn't you also get around the EULA by supplying almost any piece of apple branded hardware. A mouse is a form of computer.
So why does the BSA now focus on individuals and filesharing?
Because a headline saying "Company X fined £50,000 for illegal software" does nothing. A headline with an individual getting bankrupted by fines might scare people into paying for software.
The article is just talking about little worthless stickies on cases of computer shit that let dumb people know for sure it will work on windows 7 computers.
That would be the staff at PC World I guess. They used to real the little cards next to the PC but many of the staff cant read. This way, they can be taught what Win7 can do and just have to recognize the little sticker.
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One game that really should have been patched to support multiple cores fully. The rest of the galaxy (out of sector) could have been done really well on extra cores. Or even better, an add-on to support offloading OOS processing to networked machines too.
Software development is a lot like a having a baby. 1 woman, 9 months = 1 baby. You can't add 8 more women to the equation and get a baby in one month. And as projects get larger, the success is dependent on cohesive management, not necessarily additional resources.
In keeping with your baby analogy, you also cant do it alone. Without competent writing, testing and a lot of other people its like trying to give birth all by yourself, your baby will probably be still-born and you end up relying on 'marketing' to con the public into believing it isn'r dead. Spending that much on marketing is like hoping giving the baby a good name makes a difference to how healthy it is.
However, with marketing -- you can send any number of suit-monkeys out to cut deals with drink manufacturers, t-shirt companies, magazines.. etc. All without detracting from the potential quality of your final product.
With enough marketing, you can almost bury bad reviews and lack of plot/gameplay/entertainment under a mountain of bullshit & biased reviews. Its all about risk. Why spend $4 million on development of a risky game that might be a massive hit when you can spend $1 million on the game, $3 million on marketing and be fairly sure that it'll make a million or two profit. If the marketing approach fails, its because of piracy obviously.
If it's in the game, it's likely because one of these marketing people said it needed to be in the game. Thank them for in-game advertising and in-game shops that accept real world money.
They do currently make the best selling current generation real games console and the only serious platform for enthusiast/hardcore/multiplayer gaming.
The PC is still an open standard so there is hope that other OSes might improve things. OpenGL was the standard for a while but they messed that up.
I'd like to see someone make a stripped-down linux distribution just for games & media... no X-windows and all the other crap.
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They started collisions yesterday (all 4 teams i believe). I dont think its up to the energy levels of the Tevatron/Fermilab yet but its getting there.
and you should get the full value for it.
The EULA says you'll get a full refund but doesn't say exactly what that means. It could be the full price the OEM paid for it.
Its funny how almost everything else in the EULA is carefully defined.
EULAs in these situations are invalid and unenforceable here in the UK so I wonder how this would affect getting a refund.
That is assuming the retailers know the law (most dont).
No, they're referring to Symantec's code :)
quark smashing across the LHC
on the LEP collider looking for the higgs
quark smashing across the LHC
only smashing protons cos we cant find bosons
theres ATLAS and the CMS, ALICE and LHCb
looking for dark matter and super symmetry
quark smashing across the LHC
on the LEP collider looking for the higgs
quark smashing across the LHC
only smashing protons cos we cant find bosons
theres gluons on the starboard bow but no signs of dark energy
fundamental forces and its link to weak gravity
quark smashing across the LHC
on the LEP collider looking for the higgs
quark smashing across the LHC
only smashing protons cos we cant find bosons
(sung to Star Trekkin')
Theres an app for that. iQuestrian Sports
I think its more a case of 'we want you to copy things but only if we can control it so we can force you pay us every time you open a media file'
So mars owns the copyright to random noise?
Can you put peroxide in your ear?
Yes, unless its frozen.
Why would a pregnancy test be negative?
Because you're male
Why can't I own a Canadian?
You can until the ACTA comes into effect. From then, you must license your Canadian.
Another Price Increase
As mentioned in TFS, some major jurisdictions (including IIRC both the US and the EU) have specific and/or general wording in some of their laws that might exclude these copies.
The UK (and other parts of the EU I believe) also has a law that says you cant impose conditions on use *after* the point of sale.
Couldn't you also get around the EULA by supplying almost any piece of apple branded hardware. A mouse is a form of computer.
They dont want people to have any excuse to use encryption other than if you've got something to hide.
Besides.. linking terrorists to filesharers is a stretch despite how much easier it would make the UK RIAA's job.
You could have travelled those 800 miles in 4 hours with a VASMIR Ion Drive.
So why does the BSA now focus on individuals and filesharing?
Because a headline saying "Company X fined £50,000 for illegal software" does nothing. A headline with an individual getting bankrupted by fines might scare people into paying for software.
It could also indicate software updates (like Linux)
Bittorrent vis a VPN
Someone working nights
Offsite backup
Theres any number of possible reasons for traffic spikes to a single IP but I'm guessing its more about encrypted Torrents.
The article is just talking about little worthless stickies on cases of computer shit that let dumb people know for sure it will work on windows 7 computers.
That would be the staff at PC World I guess. They used to real the little cards next to the PC but many of the staff cant read. This way, they can be taught what Win7 can do and just have to recognize the little sticker.
One game that really should have been patched to support multiple cores fully.
The rest of the galaxy (out of sector) could have been done really well on extra cores.
Or even better, an add-on to support offloading OOS processing to networked machines too.
It reminds me of the old PCs with a turbo button on the front.
That 10$ a barrel will go up when the oil companies buy up all the technology to bump up the prices and protect their profits!
Fixed that for you.
It would only need to be when its nearing the ground.
The new ATI card also lets you create groups of monitors in any combination you need. 6 monitors could be used as a 3x1, 1x2 and a single.
No, I'd say Skype is only worth about 2 X-Men and a Spiderman.
Software development is a lot like a having a baby. 1 woman, 9 months = 1 baby. You can't add 8 more women to the equation and get a baby in one month. And as projects get larger, the success is dependent on cohesive management, not necessarily additional resources.
In keeping with your baby analogy, you also cant do it alone. Without competent writing, testing and a lot of other people its like trying to give birth all by yourself, your baby will probably be still-born and you end up relying on 'marketing' to con the public into believing it isn'r dead. Spending that much on marketing is like hoping giving the baby a good name makes a difference to how healthy it is.
However, with marketing -- you can send any number of suit-monkeys out to cut deals with drink manufacturers, t-shirt companies, magazines.. etc. All without detracting from the potential quality of your final product.
With enough marketing, you can almost bury bad reviews and lack of plot/gameplay/entertainment under a mountain of bullshit & biased reviews.
Its all about risk. Why spend $4 million on development of a risky game that might be a massive hit when you can spend $1 million on the game, $3 million on marketing and be fairly sure that it'll make a million or two profit. If the marketing approach fails, its because of piracy obviously.
If it's in the game, it's likely because one of these marketing people said it needed to be in the game. Thank them for in-game advertising and in-game shops that accept real world money.
Sad but true.
Or just add Allegedly after everything you say. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Have_I_Got_News_for_You
They do currently make the best selling current generation real games console and the only serious platform for enthusiast/hardcore/multiplayer gaming.
The PC is still an open standard so there is hope that other OSes might improve things. OpenGL was the standard for a while but they messed that up.
I'd like to see someone make a stripped-down linux distribution just for games & media... no X-windows and all the other crap.