You say it's a 6 month old story, but even you, some faceless nobody who won't even enter their name .. saw it last week on an unnamed site, as proof that it's 6 months old. Dementia is right.. you'd need it to believe that. The linked-to site and story are reputable and dated yesterday, even for me way over here at GMT+11.
Sorry Yosi but Anti Mike seems to manage to have something stupid to say no matter what the post is. I don't think anyone takes him that seriously, but you can if you like. I hope you don't though :)
I don't think it was demanding it. Google asked for permission to use the whole image as submitted by the competition winner, but were turned down by the copyright holder because in his own words, they didn't offer him enough money. Note that the holder allows any government department that may be assisting Aboriginal people use of the flag with no fee whatsoever.
A pertinent question would be : Has Google paid for other search page graphics ? Was the offer comparable (remember the flag would have been at most 1/2 the logo so a pro-rata offer would be fair)
1. Draw a yellow circle
2. Colour the remainder's top half black, bottom half red 3. ??
4. PROFIT!
It's very sad that someone couldn't profit off an 11 year old girl, and took their picture and went home. When you consider the irony of copyright being a white man invention, and someone who dislikes whites and what they've done using it - it gets even sillier.
Damned US only - be nice to mention that /somewhere/ ! You claim to have time to listen to the radio, but not time to listen to a radio station that's specifically catered to your tastes. How is that possible?
When you're in the wrong country, obviously.. :(
Lonnie, from what I understand of your time-poor situation,you have most likely spent several hundred times the amount of thought, effort, time and keystrokes on this thread, than it would take to get benefit from Pandora. I've never used it but from what I read and hear it's quite good at picking stuff you'll probably like.
If you never listen to music on your PC, that's something you will definitely need to rectify. You can buy a CD full of songs and burn them to a disc in a similar amount of time as it'd take to go to the shop and buy them. As others have said, it's likely the music you will like is not being output near your inputs - so you're never likely to hear anything new you'll like.
I'll be signing up to Pandora shortly.
The wiggles are very cool. They're something of a national treasure in a way. I think the point whichever Wiggle was speaking is trying to make that they don't go for the "Krusty the Clown" merchandising method - they will endorse fruit juices and healthy things.
I think if anything the Wiggles have worked hard and deserve any and all success they can get.
Is that by them not making $ off Google, but Google sending them traffic .. is to realise not doing business properly is costing them money .. and to change (by blocking Google and dying).
There's so many more likely to succeed options before suing - like doing the same thing nationally themselves .. jus' sayin'.
If the music industry is still in the realms of the 80s like it appears to be, it should provide a minder to ensure you don't overstep the 'limited rights' they give you to their product. The laws are confusing, so really you need someone there to tell you what you are and aren't allowed to do. The rules are also silly.
Eg : I spend however much getting all 10 seasons of whatever show at Big W. You can't let a mate borrow them at $1/night, but you can give them to him for a night for nothing (the right to rent a title you've purchased is not one you get in Australia). Go figure..
Tried the inurl: keyword ? eg search for "mystuff inurl:mystuffwebsite.com".
Entering "uk price comparisons inurl:foundem" into the text box gives the site as #1. I don't get the fuss. If the site were "killed", it would not show at all, rather than 39th (at the mo) with just 'uk price comparisons'.
Really I can't see any definitive way we could make a robot know it was (possibly) hurting someone. The main problem is it's both hardware and software. Making both act in unison can be hard enough..
Gawd, there's tons.
You could have a standard personal card of data to plug into stuff (like placing your driver's license on a stereo and hearing your songs).
Have a convenient easily-replaceable cheap way to 'flash' a device by changing part of it's case.
Hand out credit card sized videos of advertising (boo.. boo)
Make funky looking USB sticks with no metal.
The sensor use suggested in the paper is darned cool too.
The only drawback to it I can think of is how do you deal with scuffs ? Have a 5mm outer layer with nothing in it ?
That the terms include personal details, very odd indeed. If the whole thing is so bad it's strange to have several companies already signing up, but of course there's the potential for some bias there for all I know. Is the Guardian owned by one of those agencies ?
They're all relevant questions I guess, but really, the way things were going, a line was bound to get drawn in the sand some time and some where soon. This may even tip Murdoch's hand or make him reconsider .. who knows ? Not I.
Only $60 ? Luxury! I think it's $110 in Australia. Oddly $AU is worth very similar to $US at the moment (per Xe, 1.00 AUD
=0.933400 USD) which should make it $65 over here, even with rounding up.
Even then I bet *we* get the crappy MA15 version since some idiot attorney general over here thinks 15 year olds should be able to play GTA.
Yes, lots of people have paid for it. Great.
How many are actually *playing* it ? I'd suggest a significant portion of their record sales have come from currently *unhappy* customers.
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Lie much, AC ?
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A pertinent question would be : Has Google paid for other search page graphics ? Was the offer comparable (remember the flag would have been at most 1/2 the logo so a pro-rata offer would be fair)
1. Draw a yellow circle
2. Colour the remainder's top half black, bottom half red 3. ??
4. PROFIT!
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This is just silly :(
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Or not ..
You claim to have time to listen to the radio, but not time to listen to a radio station that's specifically catered to your tastes. How is that possible?
When you're in the wrong country, obviously.. :(
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
If you never listen to music on your PC, that's something you will definitely need to rectify. You can buy a CD full of songs and burn them to a disc in a similar amount of time as it'd take to go to the shop and buy them. As others have said, it's likely the music you will like is not being output near your inputs - so you're never likely to hear anything new you'll like.
I'll be signing up to Pandora shortly.
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Go the Wiggles
I think if anything the Wiggles have worked hard and deserve any and all success they can get.
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The obvious conclusion here
There's so many more likely to succeed options before suing - like doing the same thing nationally themselves .. jus' sayin'.
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My thoughts
Eg : I spend however much getting all 10 seasons of whatever show at Big W. You can't let a mate borrow them at $1/night, but you can give them to him for a night for nothing (the right to rent a title you've purchased is not one you get in Australia). Go figure..
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Entering "uk price comparisons inurl:foundem" into the text box gives the site as #1. I don't get the fuss. If the site were "killed", it would not show at all, rather than 39th (at the mo) with just 'uk price comparisons'.
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Really I can't see any definitive way we could make a robot know it was (possibly) hurting someone. The main problem is it's both hardware and software. Making both act in unison can be hard enough..
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Re: DRM!
As for the story, it's definitely news worthy. Any epic fails due to DRM are, really.
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Lots of uses.
You could have a standard personal card of data to plug into stuff (like placing your driver's license on a stereo and hearing your songs).
Have a convenient easily-replaceable cheap way to 'flash' a device by changing part of it's case.
Hand out credit card sized videos of advertising (boo.. boo)
Make funky looking USB sticks with no metal.
The sensor use suggested in the paper is darned cool too.
The only drawback to it I can think of is how do you deal with scuffs ? Have a 5mm outer layer with nothing in it ?
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It is rather odd ..
They're all relevant questions I guess, but really, the way things were going, a line was bound to get drawn in the sand some time and some where soon. This may even tip Murdoch's hand or make him reconsider .. who knows ? Not I.
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Re: Re: Re: iiNet
I had honestly not recalled seeing a story about it. Apologies for the error.
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Re: Activison and Steam Suck!
=0.933400 USD) which should make it $65 over here, even with rounding up.
Even then I bet *we* get the crappy MA15 version since some idiot attorney general over here thinks 15 year olds should be able to play GTA.
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Re: Re: lots of boycott
How many are actually *playing* it ? I'd suggest a significant portion of their record sales have come from currently *unhappy* customers.
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Steam is the whole reason I have not installed HL2 or CS:S on my last 4 PCs.
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I remember buying HL2 and then finding it was 2 days before the downloads finished, after the installs.
Sins of a Solar Empire and the expansions .. installed and playable as soon as the disc stopped spinning.
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