It is of course perfectly possible that they have no intention of abusing this in any way, and merely wanted to make sure they didn't end up fighting any stupid law suits from some bright spark who had the idea of filing something similar and going after them with it.
Time will tell how 'evil' this is.
Yep - I've stopped bothering. What's the point of correcting mistakes you see or adding updates when you know they'll just be bounced. And notability being tested by 'has this member of the cabal heard of X' isn't entirely sensible I feel.
Shame, the quality and range of info on there is bound to suffer as a result of this.
As far as I could tell, that HP related link was just some blurb saying "HP would like people to buy their stuff, not IBM's" - what was the relevance of that exactly? It seemed like almost exactly the opposite of the implication in context.
No. But afterwards, if you didn't give the engine any gas during the process, it would be moving slower. As lots of people have tried to point out, this might be desirable (see speed bumps). If the driver is just going to accelerate back to speed however, you have gained nothing.
Oh for god's sake. Perhaps some console gamers just happen to hold down real jobs and have lives away from the crosshair, so we don't want to spend all out time reinstalling Direct X, working out how to bypass SecureRom yet again, and upgrading our graphics card just to relax for an hour in the evening now and then.
Childish antagonism aside, C&C 3 was the last game I will ever buy for PC I suspect. The pain of getting it to work in the first place was just too much, followed by discovering EA had successfully raped the franchise into a shell of its former self anyway. A £150 box under the TV is just so much less hassle, for me. And I will miss really playable RTSs.
Erm, is anyone saying it is or isn't? This isn't a debate about the ethics of software copyright, this is a question about making a sensible decision to safeguard career / legal compliance. So, yeah, I'd say troll/flamebait was fair enough.
If it makes you feel better, as someone who makes a living writing code my personal view is that in both cases there is probably some justification for copyright as an entity, but that most legislation currently comes down too heavily in favour of the 'rights' holder. That applies equally to software and music. I think that's pretty much the prevailing view around here, give or take.
I think the point was that they were forced to provide a policy stating that software should be properly obtained. Which seems kind of redundant anyway. What with the laws and all.
To be fair, XBLA community stuff is pretty close to genuinely indie now (I don't know how carefully MS make sure they have control of the 'community' approvals, but on the surface at least, it's pretty open)
And that doesn't happen in civilised countries, basically, ever (short of storms bringing down lines). What kind of government would survive if it allowed 'brownouts'?
No, reading the Baroque cycle is like strapping yourself to a tree and hoping that at some point a caveman will come along and invent the wheel so that you might get moving. I like SC and Cryptonomicon a lot. Quicksilver disappeared so far up its historical fiction behind you couldn't see the story any more (I gave up on them after that admittedly, maybe the other two improved.)
Having seen a few stories on this today the thing I still don't understand is how the 'true' copyright holders are identified to start with? What stops Joe Blogs uploading Spiderman 3 and claiming he created it and wants a cut of the revenue?
Or is this aimed solely at the 'megacorps' and not actually a wonderful means of sharing the wealth etc... (On the whole I like the pitch, and if they have a good answer to this problem, it generally sounds like a move the right way - assuming content providers take it up).
I'm not naive enough to think he's reading every message personally, but some Slashdot weight in there could mean someone realises this could matter enough to swing a few votes... which is of course all they care about.
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Er... C&C was and still is an amazing game in my opinion, I can't help feeling that you're bashing it just _because_ it had great gfx, sound etc. for its day, rather than because it was lacking anywhere else. And I went back and played it last about a month ago. (Yay DOSBox and WINE for old games:) !)
Erm. What? You mean like an 'electric kettle'?
These are very common in the UK, I personally chose an electric because the pressure from my gas boiler isn't great, and it's nice knowing you have an independant source of hot water available any time.
In the UK at any rate any 'distance selling' requires that the vendor accept a cancellation/return, no quibbles, within 14 days. This is largely to protect people from pressure selling (and themselves), e.g. persuasive cold call telemarketing where you put the phone down and think 'did I _really_ just agree to that?', but certainly applies to online purchases. No 'faultiness' is required. I'm not certain whether this act of law is inherited from the EU or is UK specific.
I have to disagree with part of that - we have plenty of 15 and 18 rated films and games in the UK, (practically any action film or 'realistic' violent game will be given such a rating). These hit the shelves and do just fine, despite real penalties for sales to minors. Maybe the problem in the US would be more certain of your major mega-corps (I'm looking at Walmart) pulling anything with a high rating - am I right in thinking this already happens with the ESRB M rated titles?
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It is of course perfectly possible that they have no intention of abusing this in any way, and merely wanted to make sure they didn't end up fighting any stupid law suits from some bright spark who had the idea of filing something similar and going after them with it.
Time will tell how 'evil' this is.
Yep - I've stopped bothering. What's the point of correcting mistakes you see or adding updates when you know they'll just be bounced. And notability being tested by 'has this member of the cabal heard of X' isn't entirely sensible I feel. Shame, the quality and range of info on there is bound to suffer as a result of this.
Built up, as in you've not been taking any leave, to uh, get more leave?
You mean like http://www.y-windows.org/ ?
As far as I could tell, that HP related link was just some blurb saying "HP would like people to buy their stuff, not IBM's" - what was the relevance of that exactly? It seemed like almost exactly the opposite of the implication in context.
No. But afterwards, if you didn't give the engine any gas during the process, it would be moving slower. As lots of people have tried to point out, this might be desirable (see speed bumps). If the driver is just going to accelerate back to speed however, you have gained nothing.
Oh for god's sake. Perhaps some console gamers just happen to hold down real jobs and have lives away from the crosshair, so we don't want to spend all out time reinstalling Direct X, working out how to bypass SecureRom yet again, and upgrading our graphics card just to relax for an hour in the evening now and then.
Childish antagonism aside, C&C 3 was the last game I will ever buy for PC I suspect. The pain of getting it to work in the first place was just too much, followed by discovering EA had successfully raped the franchise into a shell of its former self anyway. A £150 box under the TV is just so much less hassle, for me. And I will miss really playable RTSs.
(Consider troll fed)
Erm, is anyone saying it is or isn't? This isn't a debate about the ethics of software copyright, this is a question about making a sensible decision to safeguard career / legal compliance. So, yeah, I'd say troll/flamebait was fair enough.
If it makes you feel better, as someone who makes a living writing code my personal view is that in both cases there is probably some justification for copyright as an entity, but that most legislation currently comes down too heavily in favour of the 'rights' holder. That applies equally to software and music. I think that's pretty much the prevailing view around here, give or take.
I think the point was that they were forced to provide a policy stating that software should be properly obtained. Which seems kind of redundant anyway. What with the laws and all.
That may be the accepted definition now, but it's unarguably a shooting game played in the 1st person.
That's ISO 8601:2003 in THIS house you insensitive clod!
To be fair, XBLA community stuff is pretty close to genuinely indie now (I don't know how carefully MS make sure they have control of the 'community' approvals, but on the surface at least, it's pretty open)
And that doesn't happen in civilised countries, basically, ever (short of storms bringing down lines). What kind of government would survive if it allowed 'brownouts'?
No, reading the Baroque cycle is like strapping yourself to a tree and hoping that at some point a caveman will come along and invent the wheel so that you might get moving. I like SC and Cryptonomicon a lot. Quicksilver disappeared so far up its historical fiction behind you couldn't see the story any more (I gave up on them after that admittedly, maybe the other two improved.)
You thought wrong.
Remember the rest of the world is still astounded at the fact you people pay to receive calls!
Having seen a few stories on this today the thing I still don't understand is how the 'true' copyright holders are identified to start with? What stops Joe Blogs uploading Spiderman 3 and claiming he created it and wants a cut of the revenue?
Or is this aimed solely at the 'megacorps' and not actually a wonderful means of sharing the wealth etc... (On the whole I like the pitch, and if they have a good answer to this problem, it generally sounds like a move the right way - assuming content providers take it up).
Genius, so you end up with the handy file size of lossless compression combined with the quality of lossy.
And how many minutes a day do you spend staring at your desktop background?
And assuming this doesn't please you greatly, do what I did this morning...
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http://www.conservatives.com/tile.do?def=david.ca
I'm not naive enough to think he's reading every message personally, but some Slashdot weight in there could mean someone realises this could matter enough to swing a few votes... which is of course all they care about.
Er... C&C was and still is an amazing game in my opinion, I can't help feeling that you're bashing it just _because_ it had great gfx, sound etc. for its day, rather than because it was lacking anywhere else. And I went back and played it last about a month ago. (Yay DOSBox and WINE for old games :) !)
Erm. What? You mean like an 'electric kettle'?
These are very common in the UK, I personally chose an electric because the pressure from my gas boiler isn't great, and it's nice knowing you have an independant source of hot water available any time.
In the UK at any rate any 'distance selling' requires that the vendor accept a cancellation/return, no quibbles, within 14 days. This is largely to protect people from pressure selling (and themselves), e.g. persuasive cold call telemarketing where you put the phone down and think 'did I _really_ just agree to that?', but certainly applies to online purchases. No 'faultiness' is required. I'm not certain whether this act of law is inherited from the EU or is UK specific.
Because of the foulness of HDCP and friends
I have to disagree with part of that - we have plenty of 15 and 18 rated films and games in the UK, (practically any action film or 'realistic' violent game will be given such a rating). These hit the shelves and do just fine, despite real penalties for sales to minors. Maybe the problem in the US would be more certain of your major mega-corps (I'm looking at Walmart) pulling anything with a high rating - am I right in thinking this already happens with the ESRB M rated titles?