Working against the existence of dissident and anti-government groups usually leads to subversive and resistance groups in short order. Bite them in the ass indeed.
It doesn't have to hold up in a court of law if no one challenges it. How many teenagers do you think have enough saved to bankroll a lawsuit on Blizzard?
I'm pretty sure most clients force sharing of the download directory (emule). So either you have to move them out immediately after downloading or think of something clever. And they auto-share incomplete stuff.
This isn't an indictment of profs at all," said Howlett.
If the whole IP system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
The constitution does not give rights. They are inalienable. By default you have the right to do anything.
It says first what the government can do (Articles), what they cannot (Bill of Rights), then says the states can choose to restrict rights as they see fit (Penal Codes). Anything else remains a right.
My own personal observation. I went to the store one day with $300 in cash. Saw the PSP for $250 and thought I could get one game with it.
There wasn't a single one on the shelves (and PSP had the largest allotment of space) that interested me and I hadn't already played on the PS2. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather a PS2 version for the big screen, but there wasn't even a game left I was interested in.
DS, on the other hand, had a new castlevania, mario, final fantasy, and remakes of several others (final fantasy, resident evil, zelda) that had bonus content I wanted to try. It was a no-brainer.
As far as I can tell, the best way out if you're a loser is to not have children. Phase yourself out if you're a loser, teams are going to be stacked against your kids.
I've always wondered why no one ever tried this in the numerous examples of slavery in history. I mean, it's not like the plantation owner was holding a gun to your head demanding heirs. At what point did it occur that the kid was going to end up enthralled just like you for the rest of his life?
If corporations can outsource labor, why can't I outsource purchase?
Software developers put stipulations on resellers that they can't sell to certain countries.
Video games and DVDs are region coded to make foreign-purchases difficult to use
Buying medicine out of the country can get me sent to prison
They have their cake, and eat it too. Then kick us in the balls for good measure.
That's the clincher. About a week, simply because I don't do it that often (once every 3-4 years) that I don't have a list
Classic-ize windows display settings
Give the system an enema (remove all the windows default crap, any ads or OEM-given crap)
Install the necessities (ad-aware, avg, firefox, powertools, other windows registry hax)
Install a few benchmark things and test (diablo 2, doom, zsnes, media player classic + fddshow)
Dump data from old backup. (Over my last 3 installs this was via diskettes, then CDrs, then DVDrs).
Then over the next week I'll just install new stuff as needed. Winamp, AIM, mud client -- I save all these executables but by the time you do a reinstall they're outdated anyway.
Never heard of such restrictions on pawn shops before, but unless there is a serial number on the item itself (handgun), that sounds like a joke. I'll do the same thing I do for online forms. John Smith. 123 Silly Lane.
They don't have any tolerance when it comes to freedom and security and might invade and kill any other group to protect it against any danger (direct or indirect or mythical).
Don't give those clowns in office any ideas. The last thing we need is reports that some turrist named Leviathan is an enemy of freedom, has ties to Al Qaeda, and must be stopped at all costs - culminating in large-scale bombing of the Persian Gulf.
WINE causes alot of bugs in the user including garbled command input, general lag/delay and a 5 point hit to decision-making. I'd steer clear of it when playing online games, otherwise you might find out one morning you just donated all your possessions to the "Microwave Pirates" guild in a confused stupor.
You would have to prove the gold/item trading companies were complicit in any of that. It hasn't worked for online auctions, search engines or ISPs, I don't see why it would work here. They say "we are a medium - it's not our job to investigate every sale for crime. You're the police, you do it."
Blizzard: You illegally resold our property
Company: How? You owned it the whole time, it was on your server. At what point was the item out of your hands? When was it "sold?"
Maybe if Blizzard came down on more of these gold-selling, account-selling, and item-selling service providers, this kind of nonsense wouldn't even be an issue.
I wasn't aware of these fantastic new police powers granted to Deputy Blizzard.
And even if they could, on what grounds could you charge any of those places with a crime?
I believe this is the case in the US too. I don't really know.
Only for citizen-on-citizen altercations. If you are attacked by a policeman, you are charged with resisting arrest, as your face resisted the nightstick.
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Working against the existence of dissident and anti-government groups usually leads to subversive and resistance groups in short order. Bite them in the ass indeed.
Maybe the kids can get off lightly if they report the parents themselves. I've heard this worked well in the past.
Brought to you by King Canute. Make things happen by simply commanding them to be so!
(yes, I'm well aware that interpretation of the story is incorrect).
It doesn't have to hold up in a court of law if no one challenges it. How many teenagers do you think have enough saved to bankroll a lawsuit on Blizzard?
I'm pretty sure most clients force sharing of the download directory (emule). So either you have to move them out immediately after downloading or think of something clever. And they auto-share incomplete stuff.
This isn't an indictment of profs at all," said Howlett.
If the whole IP system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America. Gentlemen!
The constitution does not give rights. They are inalienable. By default you have the right to do anything.
It says first what the government can do (Articles), what they cannot (Bill of Rights), then says the states can choose to restrict rights as they see fit (Penal Codes). Anything else remains a right.
My own personal observation. I went to the store one day with $300 in cash. Saw the PSP for $250 and thought I could get one game with it.
There wasn't a single one on the shelves (and PSP had the largest allotment of space) that interested me and I hadn't already played on the PS2. Don't get me wrong, I'd rather a PS2 version for the big screen, but there wasn't even a game left I was interested in.
DS, on the other hand, had a new castlevania, mario, final fantasy, and remakes of several others (final fantasy, resident evil, zelda) that had bonus content I wanted to try. It was a no-brainer.
Black Handheld needs games badly.
Black Handheld, your life force is running out.
Black Handheld is about to die.
The modern story of Sony could be summed up in: "Someone shot the food!"
As far as I can tell, the best way out if you're a loser is to not have children. Phase yourself out if you're a loser, teams are going to be stacked against your kids.
I've always wondered why no one ever tried this in the numerous examples of slavery in history. I mean, it's not like the plantation owner was holding a gun to your head demanding heirs. At what point did it occur that the kid was going to end up enthralled just like you for the rest of his life?
If corporations can outsource labor, why can't I outsource purchase?
Software developers put stipulations on resellers that they can't sell to certain countries.
Video games and DVDs are region coded to make foreign-purchases difficult to use
Buying medicine out of the country can get me sent to prison
They have their cake, and eat it too. Then kick us in the balls for good measure.
That's the clincher. About a week, simply because I don't do it that often (once every 3-4 years) that I don't have a list
Classic-ize windows display settings
Give the system an enema (remove all the windows default crap, any ads or OEM-given crap)
Install the necessities (ad-aware, avg, firefox, powertools, other windows registry hax)
Install a few benchmark things and test (diablo 2, doom, zsnes, media player classic + fddshow)
Dump data from old backup. (Over my last 3 installs this was via diskettes, then CDrs, then DVDrs). Then over the next week I'll just install new stuff as needed. Winamp, AIM, mud client -- I save all these executables but by the time you do a reinstall they're outdated anyway.
And Hermione is his sister?
Heh heh... I like where this is going...
If yes, then why is getting it as a drop not considered taxable income?
The correllary would be pretty interesting, suing for access to the drop tables if your loot percentage does not match posted approximations.
Never heard of such restrictions on pawn shops before, but unless there is a serial number on the item itself (handgun), that sounds like a joke. I'll do the same thing I do for online forms. John Smith. 123 Silly Lane.
They don't have any tolerance when it comes to freedom and security and might invade and kill any other group to protect it against any danger (direct or indirect or mythical).
Don't give those clowns in office any ideas. The last thing we need is reports that some turrist named Leviathan is an enemy of freedom, has ties to Al Qaeda, and must be stopped at all costs - culminating in large-scale bombing of the Persian Gulf.
WINE causes alot of bugs in the user including garbled command input, general lag/delay and a 5 point hit to decision-making. I'd steer clear of it when playing online games, otherwise you might find out one morning you just donated all your possessions to the "Microwave Pirates" guild in a confused stupor.
Try a stunt like that and you'll be lucky if the police gets you before the enraged mob does.
Any people that would beat or kill you for insulting someone are not enlightened, cultural superiors. They simple zealous lunatics.
The real test would be their reaction to some Danish cartoons.
You would have to prove the gold/item trading companies were complicit in any of that. It hasn't worked for online auctions, search engines or ISPs, I don't see why it would work here. They say "we are a medium - it's not our job to investigate every sale for crime. You're the police, you do it."
Wut.
Blizzard: You illegally resold our property
Company: How? You owned it the whole time, it was on your server. At what point was the item out of your hands? When was it "sold?"
Maybe if Blizzard came down on more of these gold-selling, account-selling, and item-selling service providers, this kind of nonsense wouldn't even be an issue.
I wasn't aware of these fantastic new police powers granted to Deputy Blizzard.
And even if they could, on what grounds could you charge any of those places with a crime?
I believe this is the case in the US too. I don't really know.
Only for citizen-on-citizen altercations. If you are attacked by a policeman, you are charged with resisting arrest, as your face resisted the nightstick.
Secondly the law needs to changed whereby persistant offenders get actual prison sentances, long ones
I thought you were all out of room across the pond for that.
The truncheons across the head will tell them in a firm voice, "Stop yelling and go away".
Fixed.
You know a report is going to breeze across some higher-up's desk, he'll see Bin Laden Dollars and demand to "get those fuckers now"