I was speaking only about computer monitors, not LCD TVs. I know LCD TVs can be used as a computer monitor, but that isn't what I was personally referring to. The discussion was specifically about trying to play older 2D games at a fixed resolution. If the Wii only plays Virtual Console games in a lower fixed resolution, that says more about Nintendo and their scaling procedures than it does about LCD monitors.
Please show me where any individual has "a right to exist at all". And the courts aren't "pretending that they have some rights", the courts have established that some rights as individuals also apply to corporations. Hence my statement.
Yes, I did fail to take into account one's own cooking abilities compared to whoever is working as a line cook at Applebees. It is very possible that it may still be a step up with some people. That said I also encourage my friends who aren't great cooks to take some basic cooking classes. A few have really benefited and are no longer afraid to try things out at home now. And one of my friends is now actually enrolled in a professional culinary school after taking a few simple "basics" type cooking classes I suggested.
It's pretty hard to screw up a chicken breast sandwich. You can over/undercook the chicken, but short of that it is going to turn out okay.
So Applebees does have a purpose - keeping all the lowest common denominator non-foodies out of good restaurants I like. Making a simple sandwich and having it taste ok is nothing I would give a restaurant bonus points for, but I would certainly take points away if they can't even do that right. (I also knew a few people who worked at various Applebees when I was in culinary school, and from what I saw and heard about, Applebees will hire ANYONE as a line cook.)
No benefit at all? I bet the shareholders in all those corporations probably have a slightly different view than you do. And legally speaking, a corporation is an individual.
Tickets were $500 last time they played in my town. I would never pay that amount to see any band, no matter who it is. I seriously doubt that the Eagles set the actual ticket price, but when promoters are paying them over a million as a guarantee for each show, the ticket price is set pretty high.
Really? Pystar took a copy of Office and installed it on multiple computers? Shame on them.
Nice strawman. Again your grasp of the law is minimal at best. The Pystar case has nothing to do with what we were talking about. DMCA has to do with circumventing security measures in the software, which Pystar did. Simply installing software without defeating any DRM is simply a civil copyright violation, and not criminal.
The discussion was about a sub-$1000 computer, size was not an issue. If I want a really small system, sure a Mini may be what I am looking for. But I was talking about cheap systems, with price being the primary factor. The Mini is not a "cheap" computer when it costs over $1000 to get as close as I can to the same specs on my $600 PC.
Sorry, but that feature isn't worth the extra $500 I would need to spend to have it. I was commenting on "cheap" computers, and while the Mini may be the cheapest Apple has to offer, it isn't "cheap" to me when it still costs over $1000 to get even close to the specs I have on my $600 PC.
If that is true, what is your choice for a better OS at the time than DOS or CP/M? Yeah, Dr. DOS was neat, but come on.
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Yep, just like everyone else did.
Seriously though, a $600 computer without monitor, keyboard, and mouse is really not much of a bargain. I put together my system with a Core Duo E8400 (3 GHz), 4GB Ram, DVD DL burner, 750GB hard drive, and a Nvidia 9800 GT for less than $600 - and that includes keyboard and mouse. Which is still more CPU, Memory, storage space and a better graphics card than Apple's $800 "bargain" Mini. Configuring a Mini to as close as I could get to my machine - Core Duo @ 2.66 Ghz, 4GB ram, and a 500 GB hard drive would cost me $1049 - and I still need to get a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
The DMCA does not apply if I install the same piece of software multiple times on to different machines. That again, is a simple copyright violation. If you do not circumvent any DRM (or if the software has no DRM) then the DMCA does not apply. If you are a programmer who makes cracks and puts them out, then the DMCA could come after you. But simply installing software when you have no license to do so is not a DMCA violation. For a software developer, you seem to have a pretty vague understanding of copyright law.
I agree with most of what you say, however I was speaking strictly in the legal sense because that is a whole lot more cut and dried than getting into the moral implications. I am an IT professional myself and only use legally purchased software on all of my machines. I do not condone pirating software, but I hate it when people refer to copyright infringement as "theft", or imply that installing a copy of software you didn't purchase is going to land you in jail. It just isn't true.
Sorry, but no. That is called infringing on a copyright, not "stealing". Use the proper legal terms. I really don't care what your personal feelings are on the subject, just what the law says.
Someone physically taking something from you and someone making a digital copy of something is not the exact same thing. If someone steals from you, yes, that is a criminal offense. When someone makes an unauthorized copy of something, that is a civil, and not criminal, offense.
Well, they went with the "quick and easy" solution rather than the "complex and proper" one. With the size of the town, I am guessing their annual municipal IT budget is around $50/year, so the solution they came up with is well within the budget. Besides, they block the one MAC address, and then another "pirate" downloads something from a different machine using the same wifi connection. All the MPAA sees is another violation from the same place after it had already sent out a warning letter. It it has already been established that having an open wifi is NOT a defense in these types of cases.
How is that hypocrisy? Unless you think he jumped to a conclusion about the previous poster jumping to a conclusion (which would be a stretch considering the previous poster admitted to have not read the article). He didn't claim they were wrong, only that they were making assumptions because they hadn't read TFA.
Also depends on the strength of the hash, and how much you smoke. Smoke enough strong hash and even the simplest passwords will vanish from the memory.
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I was speaking only about computer monitors, not LCD TVs. I know LCD TVs can be used as a computer monitor, but that isn't what I was personally referring to. The discussion was specifically about trying to play older 2D games at a fixed resolution. If the Wii only plays Virtual Console games in a lower fixed resolution, that says more about Nintendo and their scaling procedures than it does about LCD monitors.
Please show me where any individual has "a right to exist at all". And the courts aren't "pretending that they have some rights", the courts have established that some rights as individuals also apply to corporations. Hence my statement.
Yes, I did fail to take into account one's own cooking abilities compared to whoever is working as a line cook at Applebees. It is very possible that it may still be a step up with some people. That said I also encourage my friends who aren't great cooks to take some basic cooking classes. A few have really benefited and are no longer afraid to try things out at home now. And one of my friends is now actually enrolled in a professional culinary school after taking a few simple "basics" type cooking classes I suggested.
It's pretty hard to screw up a chicken breast sandwich. You can over/undercook the chicken, but short of that it is going to turn out okay.
So Applebees does have a purpose - keeping all the lowest common denominator non-foodies out of good restaurants I like. Making a simple sandwich and having it taste ok is nothing I would give a restaurant bonus points for, but I would certainly take points away if they can't even do that right. (I also knew a few people who worked at various Applebees when I was in culinary school, and from what I saw and heard about, Applebees will hire ANYONE as a line cook.)
No benefit at all? I bet the shareholders in all those corporations probably have a slightly different view than you do. And legally speaking, a corporation is an individual.
Because 99% of people who use them aren't trying to play 10 year old games on them, so they don't care about that aspect.
Tickets were $500 last time they played in my town. I would never pay that amount to see any band, no matter who it is. I seriously doubt that the Eagles set the actual ticket price, but when promoters are paying them over a million as a guarantee for each show, the ticket price is set pretty high.
Really? Pystar took a copy of Office and installed it on multiple computers? Shame on them.
Nice strawman. Again your grasp of the law is minimal at best. The Pystar case has nothing to do with what we were talking about. DMCA has to do with circumventing security measures in the software, which Pystar did. Simply installing software without defeating any DRM is simply a civil copyright violation, and not criminal.
The discussion was about a sub-$1000 computer, size was not an issue. If I want a really small system, sure a Mini may be what I am looking for. But I was talking about cheap systems, with price being the primary factor. The Mini is not a "cheap" computer when it costs over $1000 to get as close as I can to the same specs on my $600 PC.
Sorry, but that feature isn't worth the extra $500 I would need to spend to have it. I was commenting on "cheap" computers, and while the Mini may be the cheapest Apple has to offer, it isn't "cheap" to me when it still costs over $1000 to get even close to the specs I have on my $600 PC.
If that is true, what is your choice for a better OS at the time than DOS or CP/M? Yeah, Dr. DOS was neat, but come on.
Yep, just like everyone else did.
Seriously though, a $600 computer without monitor, keyboard, and mouse is really not much of a bargain. I put together my system with a Core Duo E8400 (3 GHz), 4GB Ram, DVD DL burner, 750GB hard drive, and a Nvidia 9800 GT for less than $600 - and that includes keyboard and mouse. Which is still more CPU, Memory, storage space and a better graphics card than Apple's $800 "bargain" Mini. Configuring a Mini to as close as I could get to my machine - Core Duo @ 2.66 Ghz, 4GB ram, and a 500 GB hard drive would cost me $1049 - and I still need to get a keyboard, mouse, and monitor.
The DMCA does not apply if I install the same piece of software multiple times on to different machines. That again, is a simple copyright violation. If you do not circumvent any DRM (or if the software has no DRM) then the DMCA does not apply. If you are a programmer who makes cracks and puts them out, then the DMCA could come after you. But simply installing software when you have no license to do so is not a DMCA violation. For a software developer, you seem to have a pretty vague understanding of copyright law.
I agree with most of what you say, however I was speaking strictly in the legal sense because that is a whole lot more cut and dried than getting into the moral implications. I am an IT professional myself and only use legally purchased software on all of my machines. I do not condone pirating software, but I hate it when people refer to copyright infringement as "theft", or imply that installing a copy of software you didn't purchase is going to land you in jail. It just isn't true.
Well, the BSA I'm sure would be interested, but they are not "the police" by any stretch. And they cannot lock you up for a civil offense.
Sorry, but no. That is called infringing on a copyright, not "stealing". Use the proper legal terms. I really don't care what your personal feelings are on the subject, just what the law says.
Someone physically taking something from you and someone making a digital copy of something is not the exact same thing. If someone steals from you, yes, that is a criminal offense. When someone makes an unauthorized copy of something, that is a civil, and not criminal, offense.
Another reason to browse inside a VM
Or run the browser in Sandboxie.
Isn't there a way to lock the keypad, or is she smart enough to figure out how to unlock it as well?
Well, they went with the "quick and easy" solution rather than the "complex and proper" one. With the size of the town, I am guessing their annual municipal IT budget is around $50/year, so the solution they came up with is well within the budget. Besides, they block the one MAC address, and then another "pirate" downloads something from a different machine using the same wifi connection. All the MPAA sees is another violation from the same place after it had already sent out a warning letter. It it has already been established that having an open wifi is NOT a defense in these types of cases.
Jesus, could you imagine if the MPAA/RIAA had rabid fanboys like Apple? Scary.
You forgot to also blame Microsoft for this this somehow.
How is that hypocrisy? Unless you think he jumped to a conclusion about the previous poster jumping to a conclusion (which would be a stretch considering the previous poster admitted to have not read the article). He didn't claim they were wrong, only that they were making assumptions because they hadn't read TFA.
Also depends on the strength of the hash, and how much you smoke. Smoke enough strong hash and even the simplest passwords will vanish from the memory.
I did learn a lot about how to properly drink peyote without puking
I didn't know that was even possible. Please share the secrets.