Am I the only one who's getting an image of unmasked villains railing against meddling kids?
Nice to see that Chris Dodd really wanted to make the most out of the run down fun house by scaring all potential business off. Now if only he'd have used that ingenuity to craft a better business model...
As a combat vet and a fan of violent video games, I'm a bit offended that he would consider MW2 as a training simulator. Having done both, I can say that MW2 is incredibly unrealistic, and that goes doubly for the multi-player.
Perhaps Breivik should have just downloaded and played the video game that the US government had created explicitly to be a combat training simulator? America's Army is still free, right?
I want to introduce legislation that mandates laws be introduced with numbers based on a logical schema so that bad legislation (looking at you, US PATRIOT Act) can't be introduced in a manner that works against detractors in campaign ads.
I wonder, if I call it the "I Love America Act" if anyone would vote against it?
I actually did run into an issue with linking and permission before. I was working on a project that was attempting to leverage data from the BBB. Doing my due diligence, I perused the BBB's ToU and the first item on the list regards hyperlinking.
There's a short list of organizations that link to the BBB without prior written approval, everyone else must get it and then can only do using terms permitted by the BBB.
Compared to them, Gannon seems down right permissive.
In fact, they've already lost at least $360. Because that's how much I spent on an Xbox 360 and a game instead of a PS3 and a game following the recent spat of Sony news.
It's not potential piracy that hurts sales, it's reaction to potential piracy that hurts sales.
The major reason why the new policies still won't catch the underwear bomber? He was flying into the US, not from within. These procedures don't exist overseas.
Indeed. Where is the outrage? Police officers are sworn to uphold the law, not flaunt their disrespect of it.
Those songwriters spent countless hours carefully crafting those song titles and to have an officer of the law callously weave those song titles into a coded mixed CD is beyond reprehensible.
I can only hope that the legal system is able to hold the entire police department fully responsible. How else are those song writers expected to put food on their tables?
This area of research should rather interesting to watch in terms of future business potential. It would be interesting to see the beverage and hospitality industry really get behind this, while the taxi (and to a lesser extent, insurance) industries argue against autonomous vehicles.
Imagine the potential drop in drunk driving accidents.
I think there needs to be a website that showcases every instance the Streisand Effect. It would certainly serve as a warning that people could be pointed to prior to pursuing legal action.
"Yes, Mr. Broadway Actor, you could sue. Or, you could just let that thing slide. Only one of these actions will allow the rumor die. The other will permanently tie your name with "has crabs" in the minds of people and the Google hivememory."
Scooby Doo Much?
Am I the only one who's getting an image of unmasked villains railing against meddling kids?
Nice to see that Chris Dodd really wanted to make the most out of the run down fun house by scaring all potential business off. Now if only he'd have used that ingenuity to craft a better business model...
Re: I'm Amazed they didn't go after other games.
+1
Re: Re:
Probably should have tagged that with a sarc mark, but I really can't afford the licensing fee.
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As a combat vet and a fan of violent video games, I'm a bit offended that he would consider MW2 as a training simulator. Having done both, I can say that MW2 is incredibly unrealistic, and that goes doubly for the multi-player.
Perhaps Breivik should have just downloaded and played the video game that the US government had created explicitly to be a combat training simulator? America's Army is still free, right?
enough with names
I want to introduce legislation that mandates laws be introduced with numbers based on a logical schema so that bad legislation (looking at you, US PATRIOT Act) can't be introduced in a manner that works against detractors in campaign ads.
I wonder, if I call it the "I Love America Act" if anyone would vote against it?
Re:
This.
Permission Culture
I actually did run into an issue with linking and permission before. I was working on a project that was attempting to leverage data from the BBB. Doing my due diligence, I perused the BBB's ToU and the first item on the list regards hyperlinking.
http://www.bbb.org/us/terms-of-use/
There's a short list of organizations that link to the BBB without prior written approval, everyone else must get it and then can only do using terms permitted by the BBB.
Compared to them, Gannon seems down right permissive.
LiveJournal
Just think, with his LJ down for an hour, nobody was able to read his really bad poetry!
Re: Re: Re: But they're losing money!
Yup, didn't have time to write that out this morning, but that was my basic logic.
But they're losing money!
In fact, they've already lost at least $360. Because that's how much I spent on an Xbox 360 and a game instead of a PS3 and a game following the recent spat of Sony news.
It's not potential piracy that hurts sales, it's reaction to potential piracy that hurts sales.
Surprised?
With few exceptions, sequels rarely live up to original. Did you really think TPP was going to be the Empire to ACTA's Star Wars?
Re: All this would not even be neccessary if...
The major reason why the new policies still won't catch the underwear bomber? He was flying into the US, not from within. These procedures don't exist overseas.
Re: Re: amazing
This.
Re: Re: IAmSpartacus
I'd be interested to see if Spartacus got a sales bump out of this.
Re: Re: Relatedly
I know, right?
IAmSpartacus
Of course, the absurdity of the entire situation has been picked up by Twitter and spurred a globally trending hashtag #IAmSparticus
http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23iamspartacus
Re: Missing the point... not about the guy shot!
Indeed. Where is the outrage? Police officers are sworn to uphold the law, not flaunt their disrespect of it.
Those songwriters spent countless hours carefully crafting those song titles and to have an officer of the law callously weave those song titles into a coded mixed CD is beyond reprehensible.
I can only hope that the legal system is able to hold the entire police department fully responsible. How else are those song writers expected to put food on their tables?
Who Stands to Benefit
This area of research should rather interesting to watch in terms of future business potential. It would be interesting to see the beverage and hospitality industry really get behind this, while the taxi (and to a lesser extent, insurance) industries argue against autonomous vehicles.
Imagine the potential drop in drunk driving accidents.
Re: Re: Supply and demand isn't straight-forward.
"Driving a taxi ... really?"
Win.
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I think there needs to be a website that showcases every instance the Streisand Effect. It would certainly serve as a warning that people could be pointed to prior to pursuing legal action.
"Yes, Mr. Broadway Actor, you could sue. Or, you could just let that thing slide. Only one of these actions will allow the rumor die. The other will permanently tie your name with "has crabs" in the minds of people and the Google hivememory."