The thing that makes the Matrix better than 90% of movies is that two weeks after you've seen the movie, you're still discussing things with your buddies. That doesn't happen very often in Hollywood... in fact, it's rare now for me to remember anything about a movie even a couple days after I've seen it. (Of course, that might say more about my memory than anything...)
Now I'm not saying that the Matrix were excellent movies, or that they're at the level of, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey or Citizen Kane, but compared to most popular films they were a work of genius. How many people were talking about Independence Day a week after they'd seen it? Or Hellboy? Or even Titanic?
Yes, I'm sure you're a awesome supergenius who's read everything in the Classics section of Barnes and Noble as you sit in your parlour with your robe and pipe. But for us in the real world, what the Matrix did is a pretty good accomplishment.
BTW, The average Slashdotter has been a warez kid for as long as I've been reading this site. Even considering that copyright law might be a good thing will get you a -1 Flamebait around here.
Yeah. Fortunately, I haven't had any legal troubles yet in my life... and I don't have a lot of experience with the Washington legal system, either, other than hearing a lawyer using it as a point-of-reference on why the French-style legal tradition sucks.
You should definately put your story on that website you linked. Even if you just copy and paste the version you just typed here on Slashdot... it would improve the site a lot to know that it's actually from a person with experience with injustice.
I live in Washington, but I have a step-sister who just broke off an abusive relationship who lived in Louisiana and we're finding that the laws governing such things vary a LOT between different states... our lawyer here in Washington told us that most Southern states use the French court system while most other states use the English system, and the two systems are quite different.
You're in denial. Pretty much all of copyright law can be summed up like this:
If you produce a work, you have exclusive right to decide who else gets to use that work.
It's really that simple. If the person who produced the game doesn't give you permission to play it, you can't play it legally. Period. It doesn't matter whether the game is on sale or not. Hell, if that person wanted, they could lock up all the existing copies in a vault and never let ANYBODY play it, and he's still entirely within his rights.
So, you see, your argument means exactly squat.
If you want to change the laws, well, lobby to change the laws. But pretending that they don't exist isn't going to get you very far towards your goal of being able to (legally) play Robotron 2084 for free.
But the vast vast majority of people who hack Xboxes or PSPs do so so they can play pirated games. It's kind of like the P2P argument... sure P2P has valid uses, but 95% or more of its use is for pirated material. Therefore, is it ethical to outlaw P2P? Well, people have different opinions. But modding game machines is pretty much the same problem. Even these people running Nintendo or Genesis emulators on their PSP are more likely than not using pirated ROMs.
I agree you should be able to hack into things you own. I don't agree that you should be able to rent or download games, them permanently install them onto the device (or burn a DVD of them) like the vast majority of people with hacked Xboxes are doing. So the situation isn't as simple as you make it seem.
The reason Sony puts in protection is to prevent piracy, not people wanting to run their own demo apps.
(Oh, and yes, the vast majority of emulated games that people are installing on their PSPs are pirated, too.)
Microsoft only cared about Xbox exploits to prevent cheating on Xbox Live... to be frank, I don't think they really cared about game piracy. (At least, no more than Nintendo or Sony does.) But Live has a reputation to retain, and so far they've done an excellent job keeping cheaters out.
Maybe you should look up what a web cookie *is* before making ridiculous claims, like that they "phone home" on startup. How could a cookie possibly:
1) Be accessed at startup/login? 2) Be accessed by anything other than the website that set the cookie in the first place? 3) Contain any sort of script or code that can actually run?
If you really "mean what you fucking said" then you're an idiot. Sorry, but it's true.
I don't buy it either. I've been using Safari, Apple's new browser, since it came out and NEVER have I seen a "you must use IE to use this site." And it definately has less marketshare than both IE and Firefox.
Of course, I do sometimes see sites that "require" IE for things (mostly local news stations requiring it for their media players) which is doubly stupid because (for all practical purposes) there's no IE available for Macintosh anymore. These sites usually work anyway, as long as you have RealPlayer and Microsoft Media Player installed on the Mac.
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Wow, I think your post has exposed me to an entirely new level of elitist prick-ism. I love throwing in that you use Gentoo for no reason whatsoever... that just makes the post perfect.
Oh, and calling the general public "lusers" isn't likely to spur positive action to resolve the issue.
No, my ASSUMPTION is that every time somebody points of a problem with Linux, a Linux fan comes out of the woodwork and declares "well, Windows has the same problem!" (as if that were at all relevant.) You've proved that assumption correct nicely.
Since you've now read it twice and STILL don't get it, I suppose there's no point in trying to explain it to you a third time.
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Don't be an elitist prick.
The thing that makes the Matrix better than 90% of movies is that two weeks after you've seen the movie, you're still discussing things with your buddies. That doesn't happen very often in Hollywood... in fact, it's rare now for me to remember anything about a movie even a couple days after I've seen it. (Of course, that might say more about my memory than anything...)
Now I'm not saying that the Matrix were excellent movies, or that they're at the level of, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey or Citizen Kane, but compared to most popular films they were a work of genius. How many people were talking about Independence Day a week after they'd seen it? Or Hellboy? Or even Titanic?
Yes, I'm sure you're a awesome supergenius who's read everything in the Classics section of Barnes and Noble as you sit in your parlour with your robe and pipe. But for us in the real world, what the Matrix did is a pretty good accomplishment.
It's not a protest, it's a "we want things for free." To be a protest that I'd respect, people would have to actually give up something.
BTW, The average Slashdotter has been a warez kid for as long as I've been reading this site. Even considering that copyright law might be a good thing will get you a -1 Flamebait around here.
The trial was in Louisiana, idiot.
Yeah. Fortunately, I haven't had any legal troubles yet in my life... and I don't have a lot of experience with the Washington legal system, either, other than hearing a lawyer using it as a point-of-reference on why the French-style legal tradition sucks.
You should definately put your story on that website you linked. Even if you just copy and paste the version you just typed here on Slashdot... it would improve the site a lot to know that it's actually from a person with experience with injustice.
I'm curious... what state are you in?
I live in Washington, but I have a step-sister who just broke off an abusive relationship who lived in Louisiana and we're finding that the laws governing such things vary a LOT between different states... our lawyer here in Washington told us that most Southern states use the French court system while most other states use the English system, and the two systems are quite different.
Dude. Electric doors. On both sides! THEY OPEN AUTOMATICALLY WITH THE PUSH OF A BUTTON!
You don't think that's cool?
So you don't want to pirate PSP games, you just want to pirate movies, NES games, SNES games, and arcade games? What an upstanding citizen you are.
You're in denial. Pretty much all of copyright law can be summed up like this:
If you produce a work, you have exclusive right to decide who else gets to use that work.
It's really that simple. If the person who produced the game doesn't give you permission to play it, you can't play it legally. Period. It doesn't matter whether the game is on sale or not. Hell, if that person wanted, they could lock up all the existing copies in a vault and never let ANYBODY play it, and he's still entirely within his rights.
So, you see, your argument means exactly squat.
If you want to change the laws, well, lobby to change the laws. But pretending that they don't exist isn't going to get you very far towards your goal of being able to (legally) play Robotron 2084 for free.
But the vast vast majority of people who hack Xboxes or PSPs do so so they can play pirated games. It's kind of like the P2P argument... sure P2P has valid uses, but 95% or more of its use is for pirated material. Therefore, is it ethical to outlaw P2P? Well, people have different opinions. But modding game machines is pretty much the same problem. Even these people running Nintendo or Genesis emulators on their PSP are more likely than not using pirated ROMs.
I agree you should be able to hack into things you own. I don't agree that you should be able to rent or download games, them permanently install them onto the device (or burn a DVD of them) like the vast majority of people with hacked Xboxes are doing. So the situation isn't as simple as you make it seem.
The reason Sony puts in protection is to prevent piracy, not people wanting to run their own demo apps.
(Oh, and yes, the vast majority of emulated games that people are installing on their PSPs are pirated, too.)
Microsoft only cared about Xbox exploits to prevent cheating on Xbox Live... to be frank, I don't think they really cared about game piracy. (At least, no more than Nintendo or Sony does.) But Live has a reputation to retain, and so far they've done an excellent job keeping cheaters out.
I think minivans are pretty cool, especially the ones with the electric doors on both sides.
Maybe you should look up what a web cookie *is* before making ridiculous claims, like that they "phone home" on startup. How could a cookie possibly:
1) Be accessed at startup/login?
2) Be accessed by anything other than the website that set the cookie in the first place?
3) Contain any sort of script or code that can actually run?
If you really "mean what you fucking said" then you're an idiot. Sorry, but it's true.
So you like targetted ads, but you *don't* like Doubleclick collecting information on what you're interested in?
Can't have it both ways.
Better content my ass. There's tons better content now that writers on the web are actually being PAID then there was before, by far.
No... how long was the Mac version of ICQ beta? At least three years. They've got Google beat still.
In what way is the war "illegal?" Or does "illegal" mean "I don't like it" now?
I don't buy it either. I've been using Safari, Apple's new browser, since it came out and NEVER have I seen a "you must use IE to use this site." And it definately has less marketshare than both IE and Firefox.
Of course, I do sometimes see sites that "require" IE for things (mostly local news stations requiring it for their media players) which is doubly stupid because (for all practical purposes) there's no IE available for Macintosh anymore. These sites usually work anyway, as long as you have RealPlayer and Microsoft Media Player installed on the Mac.
How interesting!
You better get some clean tinfoil for your hat, buddy.
Fucking Slashdot can't figure out that not everything in is a link.
(Crow breaks through hull of Satellite of Love, air begins rushing out into space)
Crow: "Whoa, I didn't expect this. Could somebody hand me my notes?"
(Wind blows Crow's notes onto his face, sticking it there)
Crow: "Oh, look, there it is. Breach hull, all die... even had it underlined!"
Haha, funny ass show/movie.
Crow: "Whoa, I didn't expect this. Could somebody hand me my notes?"
Crow: "Oh, look, there it is. Breach hull, all die... even had it underlined!"
Haha, funny ass show/movie.
Wow, I think your post has exposed me to an entirely new level of elitist prick-ism. I love throwing in that you use Gentoo for no reason whatsoever... that just makes the post perfect.
Oh, and calling the general public "lusers" isn't likely to spur positive action to resolve the issue.
No, my ASSUMPTION is that every time somebody points of a problem with Linux, a Linux fan comes out of the woodwork and declares "well, Windows has the same problem!" (as if that were at all relevant.) You've proved that assumption correct nicely.
Since you've now read it twice and STILL don't get it, I suppose there's no point in trying to explain it to you a third time.