When a movie/music files/whatever posted to Usenet, there is only one distributor/publisher of the questionable content. When someone downloads questionable content via BitTorrent, they are simultaneously taking on the role of downloader and distributor/publisher. If the *AA wants to go after those distributing/illegitimiately publishing their content, they'll find a lot more potential targets for litigation. Even if they went after individual Usenet servers who carry the groups and posts containing copyrighted material, the pool of BitTorrent users is simply larger.
Also, these days, I'd wager that there are more simply people downloading via BitTorrent than binaries newsgroups, given the lower learning curve and generally faster download speeds.
Oh, I know... My point was that if this does well, perhaps this style of interactive (albeit usually pretty linear) adventure game may see a revival. But yes, your point about LA ever making another non-Star Wars game is well taken.
This is great news. It's good to see that people are still making games like this. After the death (hiatus, I still hope) of series such as King's Quest, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and the like, I had pretty much given up on PC games...
Is it fraud when someone swipes my social security number, pretends to be me and applies for loans and/or credit cards?
In both cases, you're purporting to be someone else, with no indication that you are not that person. In one case, the aim is to acquire some "free" money at the expense of an innocent person. In the other, the aim is to flat out defame the character of another (or more benignly, but just as damaging, to score some cheap laughs at the expense of another).
That said, I'm not an overly sensitive person (and appreciate satire), and hell, as a kid I may have been tempted to do something along those lines. I'd at least be honest about what I was doing, and not make this some grand, blown-out-of-proportion constitutional issue. This was clearly a case of kids fucking around on the internet, and not satire/protest/commentary/what-have-you.
What I really misread, however, was that the HD-DVD itself would cost $200 (as opposed to the HD-DVD unit). But that can be attributed to sloppy wording.
Nope - the last name "Jackson", appearing alone, still makes me think "Michael". There go my hopes of a Bubbles the Chimp power-up and zapping the baddies to "Smooth Criminal". Ah well.
Oh, I actually tape as well (and collect quite a fair bit, too). So perhaps I mis-spoke. "Mics in jacket" would have been more appropriate. Or "tape recorder w/built-in microphone"... but neither of those flowed as well. Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers:)
...that, or a clip from the crappiest tape-recorder-in-the-jacket King Crimson bootleg you can find. Because Robert Fripp just loves that kind of thing...
I'm glad people already modded this informative (I guess that's a no-brainer), as I just used my last mod point prior to reading this. I just wanted to say "thanks", as a lot of the sites that claim to offer this info. tend to require enrollment in some program that I have no interest in... and I never actually think of looking this stuff up, at least not when I am near a computer...
To those who haven't checked out this site: no matter the outcome, it's ~10 minutes very well spent. Check it out.
Some sites have started to adopt a similar approach, albeit not to such an extent. Bank of America, for example, asks for your login on their front page, which then forwards you to a separate page, displaying a user-selected icon (chosen from maybe 20 choices, if memory serves), and then asking for your password.
Still, it's not perfect as your account number/login is typically your ATM/debit card number...
"...take a look at the soil around any large city with a big underground homosexual population - Des Moines, Iowa, perfect example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it. You can't grow anything on it. The gov't says that it's due to poor farming, but I know it's the queers..."
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When a movie/music files/whatever posted to Usenet, there is only one distributor/publisher of the questionable content. When someone downloads questionable content via BitTorrent, they are simultaneously taking on the role of downloader and distributor/publisher. If the *AA wants to go after those distributing/illegitimiately publishing their content, they'll find a lot more potential targets for litigation. Even if they went after individual Usenet servers who carry the groups and posts containing copyrighted material, the pool of BitTorrent users is simply larger.
Also, these days, I'd wager that there are more simply people downloading via BitTorrent than binaries newsgroups, given the lower learning curve and generally faster download speeds.
A man drove seventy miles to assault his victim with a pick-axe handle after they exchanged insults in a Yahoo! chat room.
Subject says it all...
Oh, I know... My point was that if this does well, perhaps this style of interactive (albeit usually pretty linear) adventure game may see a revival. But yes, your point about LA ever making another non-Star Wars game is well taken.
This is great news. It's good to see that people are still making games like this. After the death (hiatus, I still hope) of series such as King's Quest, Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island and the like, I had pretty much given up on PC games...
Now for another Grim Fandango game...
I'd be more concerned about the company he keeps. This just reeks of the Hamburglar...
Is it fraud when someone swipes my social security number, pretends to be me and applies for loans and/or credit cards?
In both cases, you're purporting to be someone else, with no indication that you are not that person. In one case, the aim is to acquire some "free" money at the expense of an innocent person. In the other, the aim is to flat out defame the character of another (or more benignly, but just as damaging, to score some cheap laughs at the expense of another).
That said, I'm not an overly sensitive person (and appreciate satire), and hell, as a kid I may have been tempted to do something along those lines. I'd at least be honest about what I was doing, and not make this some grand, blown-out-of-proportion constitutional issue. This was clearly a case of kids fucking around on the internet, and not satire/protest/commentary/what-have-you.
...and some would say that it's 18% full...
...must hand over a copy of the soon to be released game to the court within 24 hours.
Well, it beats driving to Best Buy, and is a heck of a lot faster than Amazon...
Plenty of plants smell, especially those of the flowering variety. Amazing what you find when you go outside every once in a while.
I kid, I kid...
What I really misread, however, was that the HD-DVD itself would cost $200 (as opposed to the HD-DVD unit). But that can be attributed to sloppy wording.
Nope - the last name "Jackson", appearing alone, still makes me think "Michael". There go my hopes of a Bubbles the Chimp power-up and zapping the baddies to "Smooth Criminal". Ah well.
This high grade tool guarantees the most fast and safe way to play your 7inches!"
Sorry, but Internet pornography already beat you to the punch.
brown coats as compared to red coats
Shouldn't that read "brown coats as compared to the Continental Army"?
Other than that, I completely agree with you...
Oh, I actually tape as well (and collect quite a fair bit, too). So perhaps I mis-spoke. "Mics in jacket" would have been more appropriate. Or "tape recorder w/built-in microphone"... but neither of those flowed as well. Didn't mean to ruffle any feathers :)
...that, or a clip from the crappiest tape-recorder-in-the-jacket King Crimson bootleg you can find. Because Robert Fripp just loves that kind of thing...
They're not large - they're just big-boned.
Because there's no gnu-linux.slashdot.org?
*ducks*
I hope history doesn't repeat itself, use the KISS principle.
You mean Mozilla action figures, lunchboxes, pinball machines, condoms and caskets, right?
I'm glad people already modded this informative (I guess that's a no-brainer), as I just used my last mod point prior to reading this. I just wanted to say "thanks", as a lot of the sites that claim to offer this info. tend to require enrollment in some program that I have no interest in... and I never actually think of looking this stuff up, at least not when I am near a computer...
To those who haven't checked out this site: no matter the outcome, it's ~10 minutes very well spent. Check it out.
Perhaps this will be adapted to the chainsaw next - it's hard to see where you're swinging when you're wearing a hockey mask...
I'm partial to 15222649, myself:
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...and I'd imagine that a lot more than her fingers would be numb.
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...and made one insomniac EQ-camper very very happy.
Some sites have started to adopt a similar approach, albeit not to such an extent. Bank of America, for example, asks for your login on their front page, which then forwards you to a separate page, displaying a user-selected icon (chosen from maybe 20 choices, if memory serves), and then asking for your password. Still, it's not perfect as your account number/login is typically your ATM/debit card number...
"...take a look at the soil around any large city with a big underground homosexual population - Des Moines, Iowa, perfect example. Look at the soil around Des Moines, Stuart. You can't build on it. You can't grow anything on it. The gov't says that it's due to poor farming, but I know it's the queers..."
....or something like that.