IIRC, Quake 3 was like that, and I was fine with it. It was "fair enough" and un-obtrusive. It's good enough for games that rely on a set of servers for interaction.
if you had told me in 1999 that a significant portion of my job would be supporting mobile phones, i would have told you that you were crazy.
Funny, I'd have thought it was a natural progression, after spending a little time dealing with creating a Palm application, and seeing Handspring in use.
I'm really against how copyrights, patents, and trademarks are abused. But the original contract terms clearly stated a payment amount per use. Once said contract was up, they should have negotiated a new contract, or stopped using the clothing.
Either pay up front, with transfer of any and all rights, or deal with the consequences. These are the consequences.
How about this, you can't follow more than 50 people unless someone follows you. You can't follow 10000% more people than follow you. That would resolve a lot of the spammy accounts on twitter.
Allow/encourage federal employees to make use of social networks. Charge those that spam and distribute malware with felony charges, throw their asses in prison for 10 years. If an infection of a government system can be shown (even if an assistant's desktop), charge with treason, and shoot the bastard.
The rest will sort itself out... I keep saying that once spammers start showing up with bullets in their head, there will be fewer spammers.
So, if there's a music tax, and I create a little diddy, and release it out there, I'll get a royalty check each month without doing anything else? Sounds like welfare to me.
I'm far from a grammar Nazi, but it really does irritate me when a professional work, that I pay to read has simple spelling and grammatical errors. I think it's far worse today that 20 years ago. Where is the editorial staff in publishing? Isn't it their job to proofread the content they intend to put to print?
I personally agree, that a DVD release with the live movie might be a great idea, and marketing, which is one of the biggest costs in movies could be cut dramatically for simultaneous DVD and Theater release. Hell, have the DVD only available at the theater for 4 weeks. Then you get two sales from those that want it sooner.
Personally, I look at a movie preview and it goes into a few options. 1) I really want to see this on opening weekend. 2) my wife wants to see it. 3) It's got lots of special effects and might be good. If it's one of those three, I see it in the theater. Otherwise, odds are I'll wait for video, if I remember about it when the DVD comes out. Since I don't watch much TV, that doesn't always work so well.
Personally, I've always been more of a dead tree fan over the eBook variety. Simply because it's easy enough to lay in bed and get a few chapters in each night. I don't tend to work through examples while reading (I know some do), so I get more from portability/readability. On the other hand, I've been considering getting a Kindle DX, as the screen size is almost big enough, and the display is decent. There are down sides, and not a fan of DRM'd ereader content either.
If a book is divided into sections/articles etc it would be a decent idea to release a separate section that can stand on its' own as a sample of the work in a larger book... I don't think giving the entire book in electronic format would entice people into buying though.
I think they could just treat the rural numbers with the higher connection fee like international calls... alerting the user upon connection that this call will cost $? to connect, and get a 1 or 2 to connect the call...
Limit sales to *in person* only... limit a single person in line to only four tickets. Then if a scalper wants to operate, they'd have to wait in line... Alternatives could include a double-blind auction for tickets, instead of straight sale... with tickets being made available in blocks... over the course of several days. Anti-cheat methods used in gaming to detect purchase timing etc could be enacted to allow for a better distribution of initial purchase.
I think the problem is that the scalpers tend to purchase huge blocks of tickets in an automated fashion that prevents actual people from being able to buy... Or, they could limit the best seats to purchases made *in person* and limit sales to 2 per customer... making other seating available online. This way fans who want the best seats have a chance, and the rest can go hog wild. There are a lot of options here beyond limiting resale.
I fund if incredibly ironic that Hulu is now offering their own desktop application, after all the hubbub about being available on Boxee. I'd be pretty happy if I could launch Hulu's app from Boxee directly... I'm using a large 1080p TV as my monitor now.
Personally, I feel that copyright should be much closer to the original length, and maybe 30 years maximum. Also, for electronic works (software) once production/support ceases, it should expire much more quickly. Beyond this, copyright should be limited by the original author (a person), not a non-living entity (company), and should only be granted to a handful of people (5 max) for a given work, specifically named.
That's just my take on this. I am also opposed to the concept of software patents, as imho nothing in software for over 20 years now has been unique or original enough to be deserving of a patent. I make my living as a software developer, and this is my stance on things.
Well, most phones support bluetooth, so a bluetooth keyboard may well be able to be used with a phone. I've considered getting one for my laptop, so I don't have to worry about the cable, but battery life is a big consideration there, so I've avoided it. My bluetooth mouse uses about 2x the batteries of my regular RF wireless mice.
I'm using a G1 myself and love it. I have it rooted and use the wireless tethering via bluetooth probably more than anything else on the phone. (Decent 3G coverage is really needed for it though.)
He imho lost these rights when he sold the original work, especially for display in public. You sell the original work, you sell your copyrights, that's my opinion of shit like this.
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IIRC, Quake 3 was like that, and I was fine with it. It was "fair enough" and un-obtrusive. It's good enough for games that rely on a set of servers for interaction.
Re: Re: Re: On Off High Medium Low (as tracker1)
if you had told me in 1999 that a significant portion of my job would be supporting mobile phones, i would have told you that you were crazy.
Funny, I'd have thought it was a natural progression, after spending a little time dealing with creating a Palm application, and seeing Handspring in use.
Siding with the designer here... (as tracker1)
I'm really against how copyrights, patents, and trademarks are abused. But the original contract terms clearly stated a payment amount per use. Once said contract was up, they should have negotiated a new contract, or stopped using the clothing.
Either pay up front, with transfer of any and all rights, or deal with the consequences. These are the consequences.
XYZ Corp is not evil (as tracker1)
You now need to remove all related comments regarding XYZ corp with the inflection that it is evil.
Dear twitter... (as tracker1)
How about this, you can't follow more than 50 people unless someone follows you. You can't follow 10000% more people than follow you. That would resolve a lot of the spammy accounts on twitter.
The answer is simple... (as tracker1)
Allow/encourage federal employees to make use of social networks. Charge those that spam and distribute malware with felony charges, throw their asses in prison for 10 years. If an infection of a government system can be shown (even if an assistant's desktop), charge with treason, and shoot the bastard.
The rest will sort itself out... I keep saying that once spammers start showing up with bullets in their head, there will be fewer spammers.
Re: Violating their own terms of service (as tracker1)
...In general...
Unfortunately, there's that little piece in place.
Hmmm.. (as tracker1)
So, if there's a music tax, and I create a little diddy, and release it out there, I'll get a royalty check each month without doing anything else? Sounds like welfare to me.
I think it depends on a given context... (as tracker1)
I'm far from a grammar Nazi, but it really does irritate me when a professional work, that I pay to read has simple spelling and grammatical errors. I think it's far worse today that 20 years ago. Where is the editorial staff in publishing? Isn't it their job to proofread the content they intend to put to print?
Multiple windows are ignorant. (as tracker1)
I personally agree, that a DVD release with the live movie might be a great idea, and marketing, which is one of the biggest costs in movies could be cut dramatically for simultaneous DVD and Theater release. Hell, have the DVD only available at the theater for 4 weeks. Then you get two sales from those that want it sooner.
Personally, I look at a movie preview and it goes into a few options. 1) I really want to see this on opening weekend. 2) my wife wants to see it. 3) It's got lots of special effects and might be good. If it's one of those three, I see it in the theater. Otherwise, odds are I'll wait for video, if I remember about it when the DVD comes out. Since I don't watch much TV, that doesn't always work so well.
Dead Tree over e-Ink (as tracker1)
Personally, I've always been more of a dead tree fan over the eBook variety. Simply because it's easy enough to lay in bed and get a few chapters in each night. I don't tend to work through examples while reading (I know some do), so I get more from portability/readability. On the other hand, I've been considering getting a Kindle DX, as the screen size is almost big enough, and the display is decent. There are down sides, and not a fan of DRM'd ereader content either.
If a book is divided into sections/articles etc it would be a decent idea to release a separate section that can stand on its' own as a sample of the work in a larger book... I don't think giving the entire book in electronic format would entice people into buying though.
Re: Get rid of free calls ... sort of (as tracker1)
I think they could just treat the rural numbers with the higher connection fee like international calls... alerting the user upon connection that this call will cost $? to connect, and get a 1 or 2 to connect the call...
Better idea... (as tracker1)
Limit sales to *in person* only... limit a single person in line to only four tickets. Then if a scalper wants to operate, they'd have to wait in line... Alternatives could include a double-blind auction for tickets, instead of straight sale... with tickets being made available in blocks... over the course of several days. Anti-cheat methods used in gaming to detect purchase timing etc could be enacted to allow for a better distribution of initial purchase.
I think the problem is that the scalpers tend to purchase huge blocks of tickets in an automated fashion that prevents actual people from being able to buy... Or, they could limit the best seats to purchases made *in person* and limit sales to 2 per customer... making other seating available online. This way fans who want the best seats have a chance, and the rest can go hog wild. There are a lot of options here beyond limiting resale.
Funny thing is Hulu Desktop (as tracker1)
I fund if incredibly ironic that Hulu is now offering their own desktop application, after all the hubbub about being available on Boxee. I'd be pretty happy if I could launch Hulu's app from Boxee directly... I'm using a large 1080p TV as my monitor now.
Sounds like a job for... (as tracker1)
robots.txt ... faster than the legislators... able to block searching content in a single file...
Next... (as tracker1)
A license to send mail and packages...
Word... (as tracker1)
Cool, an international injunction on Microsoft Word for patent infringement could prove interesting.
Re: What a line of crock (as tracker1)
Personally, I feel that copyright should be much closer to the original length, and maybe 30 years maximum. Also, for electronic works (software) once production/support ceases, it should expire much more quickly. Beyond this, copyright should be limited by the original author (a person), not a non-living entity (company), and should only be granted to a handful of people (5 max) for a given work, specifically named.
That's just my take on this. I am also opposed to the concept of software patents, as imho nothing in software for over 20 years now has been unique or original enough to be deserving of a patent. I make my living as a software developer, and this is my stance on things.
Re: touch type on a phone. (as tracker1)
Well, most phones support bluetooth, so a bluetooth keyboard may well be able to be used with a phone. I've considered getting one for my laptop, so I don't have to worry about the cable, but battery life is a big consideration there, so I've avoided it. My bluetooth mouse uses about 2x the batteries of my regular RF wireless mice.
I'm using a G1 myself and love it. I have it rooted and use the wireless tethering via bluetooth probably more than anything else on the phone. (Decent 3G coverage is really needed for it though.)
Re: you don't get it because you don't want to (as tracker1)
He imho lost these rights when he sold the original work, especially for display in public. You sell the original work, you sell your copyrights, that's my opinion of shit like this.