... it seems one has to be either unusually intelligent and well educated, or not an American, to realise the vast majority of the US's presidents have sucked, and the bureaucracy also sucks, and in fact the entire government of the USA is one big pile of systematic suck...
which is pretty much inevitable for any empire, really. (the fact that the USA exists is one of the bits of evidence that even the British Empire, which was probably the most successful in history, had this problem... admitedly it didn't really get going as a huge empire until after that, but the issues after all require a lot more research and explaining)
they're still doing it wrong.
the question should not be 'how much money am i getting from this' it should be 'is this action going to lead to a gain on any level that justifies it's costs on all levels?'. that's not just a cash question. if a company already makes a profit, making a Bigger profit by screwing over the world and people around you will usually have a 'no' answer to this question, btw.
all too often the answer in these music/IP related situations is 'no', but they do it anyway.
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and, when combined with the 'no refunds on software' laws in place in some countries, is arguably not only unenforceable, but legally invalid in the first place.
(and if it's not, some legislates, lobbyists, and lawyers need shooting in the nuts repeatedly.)
tell ya what: customers will stop ripping off companies when the companies start trading in an honest, fair way that does not involve gouging, fixing, monopolies, fraud, extreme over reaction, and miscellaneous arse-fuckery with property laws and freedom of speech.
actually, PS1 emulation is still present... kind of.
i stick my old ps1 FF7 discs in there, it runs the game quite happily... with added bonus anti-piracy warnings (that you don't see on the PS1)
i stick FF8 in there and it just shows the playstation logo from back in the PS1 days then fails, though.
no idea what's up with that, really.
i think Railroad tycoon 2 might work, but i don't really remember, it's been a while since i tried that.
apparently it has something to do with the PS2 using an incompatible GPU or some such (so it needed extra hardware to do that) while the PS1 just used it's CPU for everything (which the PS3 is entirely capable of emulating). the early model ps3s had the extra hardware in them to run ps2 stuff.
ya know, there are places where 'social engineering' has enough negative spin all by itself.
(actually, in NZ politics it'll probably get you further than 'hacking')
cheaters online, properly solved by PSN bans, either of the actual cheaters or just of modden conslose in general: smart.
stripping features? not smart.
having a set up that can actually be hacked in this way? not smart at ALL.
those hacking the network should not be celebrated, true. one could even legitimately make a case for taking action against them. on the other hand, feature stripping.
in the case of this particular article there is no right side, and the article itself doesn't take one.
... i begin to suspect we might all be better off if this feature's articles didn't actually have a comments thread. there's not much new of use that can be said in response to it, after all (and what can be can probably go in the (linked!) thread the comment in question is in), leading to trolling, mocking of trolls, and little else.
'course, i can also see the arguments for why this wouldn't be best... but even if we measure it in terms of trolling quality, these comment threads are sad :(
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which is pretty much inevitable for any empire, really. (the fact that the USA exists is one of the bits of evidence that even the British Empire, which was probably the most successful in history, had this problem... admitedly it didn't really get going as a huge empire until after that, but the issues after all require a lot more research and explaining)
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win.
the second one i'm failing at due to overload from reading too many different things at once. heh.
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the question should not be 'how much money am i getting from this' it should be 'is this action going to lead to a gain on any level that justifies it's costs on all levels?'. that's not just a cash question. if a company already makes a profit, making a Bigger profit by screwing over the world and people around you will usually have a 'no' answer to this question, btw.
all too often the answer in these music/IP related situations is 'no', but they do it anyway.
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(and if it's not, some legislates, lobbyists, and lawyers need shooting in the nuts repeatedly.)
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Re: STOP this Crap people
good job :D
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i stick my old ps1 FF7 discs in there, it runs the game quite happily... with added bonus anti-piracy warnings (that you don't see on the PS1)
i stick FF8 in there and it just shows the playstation logo from back in the PS1 days then fails, though.
no idea what's up with that, really.
i think Railroad tycoon 2 might work, but i don't really remember, it's been a while since i tried that.
apparently it has something to do with the PS2 using an incompatible GPU or some such (so it needed extra hardware to do that) while the PS1 just used it's CPU for everything (which the PS3 is entirely capable of emulating). the early model ps3s had the extra hardware in them to run ps2 stuff.
or at least, such is how it was explained to me.
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(actually, in NZ politics it'll probably get you further than 'hacking')
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stripping features? not smart.
having a set up that can actually be hacked in this way? not smart at ALL.
those hacking the network should not be celebrated, true. one could even legitimately make a case for taking action against them. on the other hand, feature stripping.
in the case of this particular article there is no right side, and the article itself doesn't take one.
i suggest finding a nice bridge to hide under.
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'course, i can also see the arguments for why this wouldn't be best... but even if we measure it in terms of trolling quality, these comment threads are sad :(
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Re: uh, wrong....
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