Yes, it was one of the strong selling points of the Wii. A good deal of the casual gamer market was sold on the Wii after someone showed them Wii sports. Something a lot of people have missed is that a good chunk of the people that have gone out and bought a Wii weren't going "Oooooh Wii!" they were going "Oooooh Wii Sports!". Even if no other game but Wii Sports had been released for the Wii, it still would have sold a few units even though most people would consider the price too steep for a single game.
Would not be surprised to find out that a McAfee representative payed them to use their software. Still even if that's the case it's good that they're doing something.
I don't know, I haven't watched network TV in almost a year and a half. I used to watch MXC but lately I've just been buying the DVD collections and watching those.
My UID Your UID, so if I'm new, you're newer.:-p You might want to try that again either as non-AC or else include you're actual UID. Not that I particularly care what your UID is, because if you've been on/. for any length of time you must know the "you must be new here" thing is a running joke.
God I love MXC. More for the commentary then anything else of course. Watching the people fall in painful ways is only mildly entertaining, but when Kenny and Vic start commenting on it it's hilarious.
Any joke that needs a 2 line explanation is a bad one. The explanation was part of the joke. Also, your assumption that the mods here can actually spot a joke leads me to believe you must be new here.
So the guy "protected" his son from molestation (even though the risk was pretty damned small), and in return gave his son an absentee father, visits to the penitentiary, almost certain divorce (assuming he was married), and a long span of whispers and looks. He wasn't married. The woman claiming to be his wife according to TFA was according to the guy just his girlfriend. Also according to TFA no one has been able to contact her and it's believed she moved away. I imagine his kid is already in custody of the state, or if he's lucky relatives.
Maybe we should just go that last step and make them wear a big scarlet P, or maybe R on their chests. Is it just me, or does it seem like the media is behind at least 50% of the social problems in America? Between the news channels, the MAFIAA and crooked politicians being themselves it's amazing anything gets done for all the arm waving, knee jerk reactions, and lawsuits.
If they actually form this proposed Federal Information Property Bureau they've been talking about, I'm seriously going to start looking for a new country to live in. It's been bad enough lately that I've been tossing the idea around, I just haven't found anywhere that I like better yet. Mostly I'm looking for someplace with a good tech sector, good privacy rights, and preferably no censorship of any kind. I used to think Canada might be feasible, but more and more they're looking like a clone of the USA. Sometimes I wonder if they're not passing some of this stupid regulation in the USA just to keep ahead of Canada on abusive laws.
So, anyone got any suggestions for places to live? I've thought about someplace like Norway, or maybe Iceland, although at the very least I'm a bit concerned about the language barrier, being a native English speaker and not entirely certain I could handle mastering an entirely new language.
Slightly OT here, but as a follow up to this I think I'll relate a story from back when I was taking a computer repair class in high school. We had this one kid in the class that was known as a trouble maker, he fairly often got in trouble for talking back to the teacher and in general did a shoddy job on any project he was supposed to be working on. So, one day we've got the cases off a couple systems and we're mucking around inside them and the instructor is telling us how to diagnose power supply problems. Anyway, the trouble maker is doing something when he turns around and starts talking with someone. The teacher comments on something or other and he and this guy get into a discussion. Well, the troublemaker is talking and the teacher keeps trying to interrupt him and he keeps talking over the teacher when finally the teacher yells at him to shut up. He looks at the teacher and says "fine, what do you want?" and the teacher tells him his computer is on fire. Sure enough he had managed to short something at some point and the power supply had caught fire. Thankfully he was smart enough to pull the plug rather than try to for instance hit the power switch (if it had shorted to ground you can often get a nasty shock from some power switches). After the fire was put out he got banned from working on the hardware anymore.
My 1 gig thumbdrive (don't remember the brand) has been through the washer at least a dozen times, and the dryer nearly as many (probably 8 times or so). Still works fine. I suspect it's one of those resin blob type circuits, so probably not much the washer could actually do to it, although the dryer conceivably might be able to.
Had a similar experience where a friend of mine knocked a cup of orange juice onto his keyboard. Unfortunately that one never recovered. The pulp/residue from the OJ never washed off properly, and I suspect it damaged one of the ICs when it shorted as well.
...and computers that blow up because someone wanted to know what this curious "115-230V" switch does?
Being in a country that uses 120V I've never seen that that little switch blows anything up, mostly it just prevents the computer from powering up. I imagine if you're in one of the countries that uses 230V on the other hand, switching that to 115V position might have slightly more destructive repercussions. Anyone actually seen this and can attest to the carnage it causes?
Unless it's powered up, or the water causes the battery to short, there's rarely lasting damage caused by water (or any conductive liquid really). So long as you clean up whatever was spilled and make sure it's thoroughly dried before powering it back on it shouldn't have any problems at all. I myself have a bad habit of leaving flash thumbdrives in my shirt pocket, and then forgetting to take them out when I do laundry. I have one thumbdrive thats taken about a dozen trips through my washer and dryer and still works just fine.
For all the abuse, the IBM pc's and laptops, Okidata dot matrixes (matrices?), and HP 5&6 laser printers barely missed a beat. I used to have a Okidata dot matrix printer. Thing was built like a tank (and weight about as much as one). Given a drop test between one of those, and any modern printer, the Okidata would have won hands down. Of course, it also was a dot matrix and only put out something like a a sheet every 7 seconds, so a modern one obviously wins on performance.
I can see how you could interpret it that way as well. Of course I have to wonder in that case why he doesn't just import them into iTunes since he already has the media. I suppose what he's looking for is the ability to let iTunes can the cd then download it's contents from anywhere he logs into iTunes? This is all supposition though, we'll just have to wait for him to elaborate on exactly what he meant in his post. Nice personal attack btw.
I'm still waiting for the ability to re-download already purchased music from itunes. If they added that ability, itunes would be my exclusive source of music.
It's been a while since I've used iTunes, but it was my understanding that it already had that ability, although with a catch. You're limited to downloading something like I think 5 copies (might or might not be over a certain time period), so if you tend to switch systems often you'd probably run out of downloads pretty quickly.
Well, according to TFA the judge ruled incorrectly against one of SCOs issues not because it was right or wrong, but because it merited a trial by jury based on some legal interpretation that's somewhat vague. Of course trolltalk.com (among others) responded with a refutation of what's in TFA basically saying it's legal hogwash (see this post). IANAL so I don't know which is right, TFA, or trolltalk.com, I was just trying to play devils advocate on this one and point out that TFA never said SCO actually had a valid claim, just that strictly speaking the legal process may not have been followed to the letter.
I tell you, I *might* be persuaded to pay that price if it was some sort of continuous license w/unlimited downloads. For example, if I could take a DVD from my current collection, get it so if I lose the file I can always re-download from Apple, and if they release an HD version I get it for free, then that might be worth $4. Otherwise, screw you, I'll rip the DVD myself.
I'm speculating here, but I suspect what he's actually pitching will turn out to be something like packaging a code with the DVD that you can punch into iTunes to essentially "purchase" a copy of the movie on iTunes for no cost. It gets around the whole issue of space shifting because you're technically providing the service of downloading the movie off iTunes in another format, not just flipping an "it's ok to rip this" bit in the DRM. It's still slightly slimy, but somewhat less so than the summary makes it sound like.
The right to a jury trial is not universal. A jury is only needed if there are questions of fact to be decided - juries decide facts, judges decide the application of laws.
In this case, the law was quite clear - without a written transfer of copyright, there were no facts in question for a jury to decide, just the application of the law, which is for a judge.
SCO's theory of an "implied transfer of copyright", without citing a single legal statute, or a judgement or precedent that was not later reversed on appeal, left no legal basis for a jury trial.
Well, TFA seems to disagree with your interpretation, but since IANAL, I can't really refute your point. We'll know for sure of course if this thing ever makes it to appeal and another judge overturns this ruling based on the logic in TFA, or leaves it in place based on the logic you present.
And that is just a flat-out stupid thing for him to say. There was no evidence! SCO invented this absurd "methods and concepts" legal theory out of whole cloth, but that's not evidence. According to TFA the issue had to do with the ambiguity in the contract between SCO and Novell and that the legal process requires viewing of the plaintiff's claims in the light most favorable to the plaintiff. Essentially his argument was that the judge was falsely taking on the role of jury in finding against SCOs contract dispute with Novell, and that it should have proceeded to a jury trial even if SCO was ultimately found to have no case.
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Yes, it was one of the strong selling points of the Wii. A good deal of the casual gamer market was sold on the Wii after someone showed them Wii sports. Something a lot of people have missed is that a good chunk of the people that have gone out and bought a Wii weren't going "Oooooh Wii!" they were going "Oooooh Wii Sports!". Even if no other game but Wii Sports had been released for the Wii, it still would have sold a few units even though most people would consider the price too steep for a single game.
Would not be surprised to find out that a McAfee representative payed them to use their software. Still even if that's the case it's good that they're doing something.
Last I saw The Register was running an article that said Nintendo had already pulled the ads.
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I don't know, I haven't watched network TV in almost a year and a half. I used to watch MXC but lately I've just been buying the DVD collections and watching those.
You are remiss for mentioning that formula without linking to this xkcd comic.
God I love MXC. More for the commentary then anything else of course. Watching the people fall in painful ways is only mildly entertaining, but when Kenny and Vic start commenting on it it's hilarious.
Maybe we should just go that last step and make them wear a big scarlet P, or maybe R on their chests. Is it just me, or does it seem like the media is behind at least 50% of the social problems in America? Between the news channels, the MAFIAA and crooked politicians being themselves it's amazing anything gets done for all the arm waving, knee jerk reactions, and lawsuits.
Not that it negates your point, but in the context of this article I'd like to point out that the victim was not a child molester.
If they actually form this proposed Federal Information Property Bureau they've been talking about, I'm seriously going to start looking for a new country to live in. It's been bad enough lately that I've been tossing the idea around, I just haven't found anywhere that I like better yet. Mostly I'm looking for someplace with a good tech sector, good privacy rights, and preferably no censorship of any kind. I used to think Canada might be feasible, but more and more they're looking like a clone of the USA. Sometimes I wonder if they're not passing some of this stupid regulation in the USA just to keep ahead of Canada on abusive laws.
So, anyone got any suggestions for places to live? I've thought about someplace like Norway, or maybe Iceland, although at the very least I'm a bit concerned about the language barrier, being a native English speaker and not entirely certain I could handle mastering an entirely new language.
Slightly OT here, but as a follow up to this I think I'll relate a story from back when I was taking a computer repair class in high school. We had this one kid in the class that was known as a trouble maker, he fairly often got in trouble for talking back to the teacher and in general did a shoddy job on any project he was supposed to be working on. So, one day we've got the cases off a couple systems and we're mucking around inside them and the instructor is telling us how to diagnose power supply problems. Anyway, the trouble maker is doing something when he turns around and starts talking with someone. The teacher comments on something or other and he and this guy get into a discussion. Well, the troublemaker is talking and the teacher keeps trying to interrupt him and he keeps talking over the teacher when finally the teacher yells at him to shut up. He looks at the teacher and says "fine, what do you want?" and the teacher tells him his computer is on fire. Sure enough he had managed to short something at some point and the power supply had caught fire. Thankfully he was smart enough to pull the plug rather than try to for instance hit the power switch (if it had shorted to ground you can often get a nasty shock from some power switches). After the fire was put out he got banned from working on the hardware anymore.
My 1 gig thumbdrive (don't remember the brand) has been through the washer at least a dozen times, and the dryer nearly as many (probably 8 times or so). Still works fine. I suspect it's one of those resin blob type circuits, so probably not much the washer could actually do to it, although the dryer conceivably might be able to.
Had a similar experience where a friend of mine knocked a cup of orange juice onto his keyboard. Unfortunately that one never recovered. The pulp/residue from the OJ never washed off properly, and I suspect it damaged one of the ICs when it shorted as well.
...and computers that blow up because someone wanted to know what this curious "115-230V" switch does?Being in a country that uses 120V I've never seen that that little switch blows anything up, mostly it just prevents the computer from powering up. I imagine if you're in one of the countries that uses 230V on the other hand, switching that to 115V position might have slightly more destructive repercussions. Anyone actually seen this and can attest to the carnage it causes?
Unless it's powered up, or the water causes the battery to short, there's rarely lasting damage caused by water (or any conductive liquid really). So long as you clean up whatever was spilled and make sure it's thoroughly dried before powering it back on it shouldn't have any problems at all. I myself have a bad habit of leaving flash thumbdrives in my shirt pocket, and then forgetting to take them out when I do laundry. I have one thumbdrive thats taken about a dozen trips through my washer and dryer and still works just fine.
I can see how you could interpret it that way as well. Of course I have to wonder in that case why he doesn't just import them into iTunes since he already has the media. I suppose what he's looking for is the ability to let iTunes can the cd then download it's contents from anywhere he logs into iTunes? This is all supposition though, we'll just have to wait for him to elaborate on exactly what he meant in his post. Nice personal attack btw.
It's been a while since I've used iTunes, but it was my understanding that it already had that ability, although with a catch. You're limited to downloading something like I think 5 copies (might or might not be over a certain time period), so if you tend to switch systems often you'd probably run out of downloads pretty quickly.
Well, according to TFA the judge ruled incorrectly against one of SCOs issues not because it was right or wrong, but because it merited a trial by jury based on some legal interpretation that's somewhat vague. Of course trolltalk.com (among others) responded with a refutation of what's in TFA basically saying it's legal hogwash (see this post). IANAL so I don't know which is right, TFA, or trolltalk.com, I was just trying to play devils advocate on this one and point out that TFA never said SCO actually had a valid claim, just that strictly speaking the legal process may not have been followed to the letter.
I tell you, I *might* be persuaded to pay that price if it was some sort of continuous license w/unlimited downloads. For example, if I could take a DVD from my current collection, get it so if I lose the file I can always re-download from Apple, and if they release an HD version I get it for free, then that might be worth $4. Otherwise, screw you, I'll rip the DVD myself.
I'm speculating here, but I suspect what he's actually pitching will turn out to be something like packaging a code with the DVD that you can punch into iTunes to essentially "purchase" a copy of the movie on iTunes for no cost. It gets around the whole issue of space shifting because you're technically providing the service of downloading the movie off iTunes in another format, not just flipping an "it's ok to rip this" bit in the DRM. It's still slightly slimy, but somewhat less so than the summary makes it sound like.The right to a jury trial is not universal. A jury is only needed if there are questions of fact to be decided - juries decide facts, judges decide the application of laws.
In this case, the law was quite clear - without a written transfer of copyright, there were no facts in question for a jury to decide, just the application of the law, which is for a judge.
SCO's theory of an "implied transfer of copyright", without citing a single legal statute, or a judgement or precedent that was not later reversed on appeal, left no legal basis for a jury trial.
Well, TFA seems to disagree with your interpretation, but since IANAL, I can't really refute your point. We'll know for sure of course if this thing ever makes it to appeal and another judge overturns this ruling based on the logic in TFA, or leaves it in place based on the logic you present.