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[2001-05-25 09:19:00] - i mean, i know transferring illegal files is illegal, but is it the responsibility of ther person transferring the file, or the company who provides the software for that transfer? -dave
[2001-05-25 09:18:00] - and if the file sharing software / company isn't illegal, can people still force you to take precautions against people transferring illegal files? -dave
[2001-05-25 09:17:00] - if napster didn't have those titles on their servers, would they have been doing anything illegal? -dave
[2001-05-25 08:51:00] - and yes, i think it could be possible that napster wouldn't have been sued if they left out that one line. perhaps less people would have tried to out and it would have been less of a threat (although i admit this seems unlikely) - vinnie
[2001-05-25 08:48:00] - tanially better). the music companies would surely be losing less money, but if it's enough money, go ahead and let them sue - vinnie
[2001-05-25 08:47:00] - but i feel there is a difference between a service that says exchange songs from your favorite cds and one that is just a file-sharing service. it's likely there will be more music traffic on the solely music-sharing one (unless the other one is subs
[2001-05-25 08:44:00] - dave: i had forgotten about scour. that is actually a similar case to the upcoming aimster one - vinnie
[2001-05-25 08:42:00] - boooooo
- vinnie[2001-05-25 08:42:00] - "Assignments for returning student who have submitted a change request will be posted around June 8. Due to the increased freshman class size and number of change requests submitted, the May 25 posting that was planned has been delayed." - vinnie
[2001-05-25 08:40:00] - after all, scour exchange was forced to shut down. -dave
[2001-05-25 08:39:00] - i wouldn't be surprised at all to see aimster go down (although i'm only speaking from what you guys have said here since i haven't seen aimster myself) -dave
[2001-05-25 08:39:00] - and would napster still be in trouble if they didn't keep a listing of all the songs on their servers? who knows -dave
[2001-05-25 08:37:00] - because napster does allow people to exchange non-copyrighted music, and that function is still there. only difference is that they can't exchange illegal music anymore -dave
[2001-05-25 08:36:00] - i think they would still be where they are now -dave
[2001-05-25 08:36:00] - how much does it really matter if they say they are for copyrighted music or not? would napster still have lost if they hadn't ever said they were for copyrighted music? -dave
[2001-05-25 08:26:00] - although somehow i doubt that most of the material transferred is not copyrighted. but like pierce said its a good thing in this case that we don't know - vinnie
[2001-05-25 08:25:00] - yeah, the case against aimster is incredibly weak. nowhere on the website do they even mention music, let alone copyrighted music. it's hailed simply as a file-sharing program - vinnie
[2001-05-25 00:40:00] - oh, I wasn't saying you were wrong, miguel, just that no one really knows - boing
[2001-05-25 00:40:00] - and a lot of people make videos for fun and send them out on the net. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:38:00] - ng money off them. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:38:00] - well i'm just going on the assumption that a lot of the videos files on aim and gnutella are freely available anyway, and as for pictures, people usually don't care even if they are copyrighted, since all they care in that case is that no one is maki
[2001-05-25 00:34:00] - aimster's lawyers could easily pick-and-choose people to measure the statistics that would result in the opposite of the RIAA's findings - boing
[2001-05-25 00:33:00] - since it doesn't go through a central server, the RIAA can't make determinations regarding legitimate use without subpoenaing users of it... and that data is very shaky from a legal standpoint - boing
[2001-05-25 00:32:00] - I don't know about the ratio of legitimate to illegitimate use of aimster... and nor does anyone else. that's one of the best things they have going for them... - boing
[2001-05-25 00:31:00] - I, too, hope shawn got out of this okay... if he had any sense he saved some of the money he had at napster's peak, so he should be doing okay - boing
[2001-05-25 00:30:00] - it's a technicality, but an important one - boing
[2001-05-25 00:29:00] - Napster's not designed for the purpose of sharing MP3s, miguel, the design of the program is oriented towards song sharing, in that you can search for a title by an artist - boing
[2001-05-25 00:07:00] - its looks to me that the riaa is on an ego trip right now because it got it's illegal injunction against napster. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:05:00] - they should have tons of problems with the aimster lawsuit, though. since there is just as much of legitimate trading going on as illegitimate. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:03:00] - i kind of feel bad for him. he opened up file-sharing technology to everyone and he got shafted in the process. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:01:00] - he had no idea what he was creating, and he certainly didn't think it was going to be this huge. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:01:00] - i do admit it wasn't bright of napster to say that, but shawn is just as old as we are. - mig
[2001-05-25 00:00:00] - i'm not too happy that issue was never preseneted in court. - mig
[2001-05-24 23:59:00] - even so, napster is a general purpose mp3 file sharing. unless there is something illegal about the mp3 format itself, then the napster lawsuit was also bogus. - mig
[2001-05-24 23:57:00] - I assume that the makers of aimster had better foresight - boing
[2001-05-24 23:55:00] - napster really fucked themselves by saying you could exchange songs from your favorite CDs at the beginning... they implied (and I think they might even have said outright) that it was designed for copyrighted songs - boing
[2001-05-24 23:54:00] - I mean, napster was designed specifically for songs, though the logic of the argument is still flawed because noncopyrighted materials could also be exchanged - boing
[2001-05-24 23:52:00] - that's such bullshit... that's exactly why this is a bogus lawsuit; aimster isn't devoted specifically to copyrightable material, so you can't say its intent is piracy - boing
[2001-05-24 23:51:00] - "Aimster is just like Napster. The big difference between the two is that Aimster also allows you to get movies, software and pictures'' - boing
[2001-05-24 23:07:00] - i can see it right now.... riaa v. ftp protocol - mig
[2001-05-24 22:58:00] - a: Why don't you want to sleep? -paul
[2001-05-24 22:56:00] - and then they'll sue the individual packets! - mig
[2001-05-24 22:52:00] - i don't want to sleep! cry! ~a
[2001-05-24 22:51:00] - soon they are going to sue the makers of ftp clients and web browsers! ~a
[2001-05-24 22:48:00] - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010524/wr/tech_aimster_dc_2.html the bullshit begins again. - mig
[2001-05-24 22:31:00] -
- aaron[2001-05-24 22:29:00] - aaron: Sorry, I would like to go but my family is going on a little trip during the weekend so I will be gone -paul
[2001-05-24 22:25:00] - C'mooooonnnn doesn't anybody want to play DDR with me? It'll be fun! - aaron
[2001-05-24 22:23:00] - a: I said you were going on a weekend? I mentioned organizing a trip for June 9th... -paul
[2001-05-24 22:16:00] - i don't remember if that is the same weekend i am going. paul, what weekend did you say i was going? ~a
[2001-05-24 22:09:00] - FYI I'll probably be making a trip to kings dominion on saturday, probably go on some rides and play \DDR like last week... If anyone wants to go with let me know - aaron
[2001-05-24 20:37:00] - wow. mtv censored weezer. weezer must be a dangerous band now. - mig
[2001-05-24 19:01:00] - so, what do they actually do? - mig
[2001-05-24 19:01:00] - what a creepy site. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:34:00] - http://www.thevaluecompanies.com/contents.shtml
[2001-05-24 17:25:00] - bye bye . - mig
[2001-05-24 17:24:00] - I really gotta go now... talk to you later - boing
[2001-05-24 17:24:00] - thank you for making me think about it from that perspective, mig
- boing[2001-05-24 17:24:00] - and i agree with your brother. i do not agree with unc. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:23:00] - and not just by the competition, he had a right to protect his name, as it refers to him, from being used against him - boing
[2001-05-24 17:23:00] - uncgirls.com is a porn site, unc.edu is the university site. 2 different industries - mig
[2001-05-24 17:22:00] - although in that case it's an abbreviation, and not an acronym, the philosophy is the same... my brother had the right to protect the name he had established in the industry from being used by the competition - boing
[2001-05-24 17:22:00] - that's different thogh, that's in the same industry. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:21:00] - my brother has a trademark on PlanNet (stading for The Planners Network, Inc)as a meetings management firm, and last year another meetings management firm was formed with the name PlanNet - boing
[2001-05-24 17:20:00] - and that's why i have problems with trademarks applying to internet domains. the internet represents every single industry, and as such trademark laws should not apply. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:20:00] - you don't have to worry about that as long as your name wouldn't be confused with theirs by the average person - boing
[2001-05-24 17:19:00] - y should i have to worry about whether theirs another company with the same acronymn, as long as my own name is distinct. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:18:00] - i have a problem with acronymns period. i don't think it's fair to "own" them. Owning your own name is fine, but just because it unc doesn't come up that often doesn mean that it can't come up. If i wanted to come up with a company name, wh
[2001-05-24 17:16:00] - and I believe, though I could be wrong, that duplicate trademarks are allowed if they refer to different things in different industries - boing
[2001-05-24 17:15:00] - before I go I'll just say that while your argument that acronyms that are regular words (aim) shouldn't be trademarked is valid, unc is not something that comes up very often... - boing
[2001-05-24 17:13:00] - very well. we shall continue another day. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:12:00] - considering that they should have never been allowed to have that trademark in the first place, this should not be about trademark at all, just defamation. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:11:00] - I gotta head out... it's been good debating about this, mig
- boing[2001-05-24 17:11:00] - solution: uncgirls.com pays any damages, and stops associating itself with the university. end of story. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:10:00] - and the university has very clearly stated that it's not okay - boing
[2001-05-24 17:10:00] - i don't believe so. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:10:00] - vandals aren't allowed to continue to vandalize things as long as they say they'll pay for it, unless the victim says it's okay - boing
[2001-05-24 17:09:00] - but the continued existence of the web site under that domain name represents continuing damages... so the web site must be stopped from a trademark law perspective - boing
[2001-05-24 17:08:00] - yeah, that's right, the mere existence probably won't affect it... but the site doesn't merely exist, it has content which can then be construed to be connected to the university - boing
[2001-05-24 17:08:00] - to tell you the truth, i have no problem with them suing for damages. i have a problem with them demanding the domain name. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:07:00] - - boing
[2001-05-24 17:07:00] - personally, I would be okay with it as long as they had a disclaimer saying they weren't associated with the university
[2001-05-24 17:06:00] - ah, but miguel, since it's clear that uncgirls.com was picked to refer to the university, people going to it, even if it doesn't mention the university, will still make the connection - boing
[2001-05-24 17:06:00] - and one more thing pierce, while the content can affect the repuation of the university, the mere fact that the site uncgirls.com exists does not. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:05:00] - i hope there aren't any star trek conventions in dc anytime soon. - mig
[2001-05-24 17:03:00] - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010524/od/klingon_dc_1.html how strange . . . - aba
[2001-05-24 17:02:00] - to me, this is an example of why trademarks aren't a good thing. - mig
[2001-05-24 16:57:00] - sorry pierce i still disagree. while they have the rights to have the site remove anything that would connect chapel hill with the sight, they have absolutely *no* right to the domain name. - mig
[2001-05-24 16:50:00] - so this is an exact example of why trademark laws are a good thing... the existence of uncgirls.com as a porn site can directly influence the reputation and success of the university of north carolina - boing
[2001-05-24 16:49:00] - and you can't argue that a parent who found out there was a web site that seemed to be devoted to porn with girls from a certain university, would want their daughter to go there - boing
[2001-05-24 16:47:00] - so since the "unc" in "uncgirls.com" would be interpereted as connected to the university, it's a trademark violation - boing
[2001-05-24 16:46:00] - just like the context for aimster was a program that integrates with instant messaging - boing
[2001-05-24 16:45:00] - just pretending that the letters don't stand for a trademark doesn't make it legal... it's whether the average person would confuse the two based on the context.. and the context in this case is pictures of chapel hill - boing
[2001-05-24 16:44:00] - the pictures of chapel hill make it very clear that the "universal nude college girls" thing is just BS, just like the "Aimee" thing with aimster.com - boing
[2001-05-24 16:38:00] - though this is a very similar argument to the one before, I don't think it's unreasonable for the university of north carolina to want rights to uncgirls.com (or at least for it to be shut down) - boing
[2001-05-24 16:12:00] - the fact that mcdonalds advertised that their french fries were made with pure vegetable oil indicates that they were aiming their product towards people who objected to the lard used before.
- aba[2001-05-24 16:10:00] - i think part of the problem is that employess in individual franchises don't know what happens during processing, so if you asked them if the fries were vegetarian, then they would say yes. - aba
[2001-05-24 16:05:00] - adrian is hot
[2001-05-24 15:56:00] - I think the problem is that some people made an honest mistake (assuming that the french fries were vegetarian) and instead of placing the blame on themselves for assuming incorrectly, they would rather sue and get money -paul
[2001-05-24 15:53:00] - i get thousands of hits a month from google to /fun
~a[2001-05-24 15:52:00] - aaron: hehehe. google indexes my site enough
~a[2001-05-24 15:52:00] - seeing as they are by law required to disclose all the ingredients in their food, and since no one has said that mcdonalds has lied about any of the ingredients in their food, i fail to see what the big deal is. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:51:00] - the thing is the information is there. it's no one else's fault if you didn't look at it. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:49:00] - that is correct. being ignorant doesn't entitle you to get fabolous cash prizes from businesses. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:48:00] - I mostly agree with you, but I can see their point too. How unlikely is it that the french fries wouldn't be vegetarian? On the other hand, I feel it's their responsibility to check these things out so... -paul
[2001-05-24 15:46:00] - http://aporter.dhs.org/fun/bunk/ ... Just want google to index some more /fun stuff... This one is a particularly good directory I think. - aaron
[2001-05-24 15:45:00] - if they had gone up to mcdonalds, and actually asked them, "are you 100% sure that these fries are vegetarian." and then mcdonalds says "yes, they are vegetarian", then that will be a problem, but that's not the case. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:43:00] - yes. i feel bad that they felt they were tricked, but they just went on assumptions they shouldn't have. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:41:00] - You mean the vegetarians and the hindus? -paul
[2001-05-24 15:41:00] - wow. that last sentance redundant. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:38:00] - which will be sad, but it's still pathetic. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:37:00] - That may be true, but I'll bet you money that the porn site loses the rights to the domain name -paul
[2001-05-24 15:36:00] - and i also hope those people don't win the mcdonalds fry case either. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:31:00] - though i guess they are justified in having them remove the chapel hill content, they don't have any right to the domain. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:30:00] - mig: I know, when i hear UNC I personally think of United Naked College girls myself. Never heard of this silly University of North Carolina -paul
[2001-05-24 15:29:00] - esp. considering there are a lot of comapanies that can be shortened to "unc". - mig
[2001-05-24 15:27:00] - ugh. another acronymn trademark. this is so sad. - mig
[2001-05-24 15:21:00] - http://www.salon.com/tech/wire/2001/05/24/mcdonalds/index.html
[2001-05-24 15:19:00] - http://www.salon.com/sex/wire/2001/05/24/university_sues/index.html
[2001-05-24 15:13:00] - However, if I were a republican I would be pretty pissed with his promise to vote along with democrats for all the comittee positions and for majority leader -paul
[2001-05-24 15:11:00] - I'm sure the republicans are pissed, but it's not like he is going to change the way he votes. It's just that he isn't a part of the Republican party anymore -paul
[2001-05-24 14:58:00] - boing: Except he probably is even more popular in vermont now (vermont is fairly liberal) and he has arguably more power in the senate now seeing as he is the only independent -paul
[2001-05-24 14:53:00] - I know I'd be pissed if I voted for the republican candidate (even if I didn't agree with his views) just because he'd be more prone to voting the GOP party line, and then he switched on me - boing
[2001-05-24 14:52:00] - I think vermont should be allowed to have some say as to whether he switches parties or not - boing
[2001-05-24 14:52:00] - but he's really screweing himself, because he's a moderate, and moderates have the most power when the senate is tied - boing
[2001-05-24 14:51:00] - Jefferds is being a dumbass... he was all pissed that he didn't get his way in the tax bill, so he's trying to screw the republicans - boing
[2001-05-24 14:39:00] - aaron: ok, I'll see you at animefest then I guess -paul
[2001-05-24 14:35:00] - a: Ok, hope you can make it -paul
[2001-05-24 14:34:00] - vinnie: I concur, salon is filled with a bunch of liberal, girly-men -paul
[2001-05-24 14:21:00] - vinnie: Yay! Thanks a bunch! -devin
[2001-05-24 14:20:00] - devin: that doesn't help me too much, but i think it means i shouldn't have to go more than ten minutes out of the way to drop you off, which is fine with me - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:20:00] - by dupe i meant dup. big difference
lunch is over! time for work. bye all. paul, if i get out of work before 7, i'll come over. ~a[2001-05-24 14:20:00] - a: i guess i can see that also - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:19:00] - vinnie: Oh, and the fairfax county parkway. -devin
[2001-05-24 14:19:00] - vinnie: I live basically right around where 28, 29, 66, and Braddock all come really close together or meet. -devin
[2001-05-24 14:17:00] - ~a
[2001-05-24 14:17:00] - plus other forms like aparna.dhs.org, don't do dupe checking so people need to know when they are doing it.
[2001-05-24 14:17:00] - it isn't that important. if someone was intending to enter a duplicate, like i can understand someone answering just "yes" to two seperate questions within five posts. ~a
[2001-05-24 14:16:00] - a: i saw it the lock error page, and it works fine - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:16:00] - paul: someone submitted the "girls in e3" salon article to slashdot, and they are bashing the crap out of salon and their "girly-men" authors
- vinnie[2001-05-24 14:14:00] - hehe. nice try. i am not sure but some of you might have seen the new message board lock error page that i just made and wasn't intending to test.
~a[2001-05-24 14:13:00] - a: i don't think you need an error page saying they entered a dupe - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:12:00] - damn, the l and 1 don't look similar enough to fool people
- vinnie[2001-05-24 14:12:00] - coo1, now i can test - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:11:00] - cool, now i can test - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:11:00] - devin: i can probably give you a ride home, because i think you live somewhat close to me (confirm?) - vinnie
[2001-05-24 14:09:00] - vinnie: yay! duplicate checking is done. ~a
[2001-05-24 14:04:00] - test
[2001-05-24 14:03:00] - I would like to go tonight, but I would need a ride--or at least just a ride home. -devin
[2001-05-24 13:03:00] - paul: out of curiousity, who is coming tonight? - vinnie
[2001-05-24 11:57:00] - Ok I don't think I'll go then - aaron
[2001-05-24 11:50:00] - anyone who turns their back on their party mid-term sucks -dave
[2001-05-24 11:49:00] - paul: because he turned his back on the republicans -dave
[2001-05-24 11:39:00] - travis: Yeah, having andrew on your side only makes me not want to see the rest of Shamanic Princess more
-paul[2001-05-24 11:31:00] - paul: me, vinnie, andandrew (course that probably doesn't help the situation
)- travis[2001-05-24 11:27:00] - aaron: If I remember correctly, Shamanic Princess had a few funny moments but I don't think it was suppose to be a comedy -paul
[2001-05-24 11:25:00] - aaron: I didn't think it was very good, personally, but I think Travis and Vinnie want to watch the other two tapes so... -paul
[2001-05-24 11:21:00] - dave: Why? Because he turned his back on the republicans and gave the senate to the democrats? Or because his view on the issues sucks? -paul
[2001-05-24 11:17:00] - - aaron
[2001-05-24 11:17:00] - Maybe I'm not sure. SHamanic princess? What's that? Is it funny?
[2001-05-24 11:15:00] - what the fuck? and they say that violent video games mess up kids. - mig
[2001-05-24 11:08:00] - and i now declare the vt senator a dunce -dave
[2001-05-24 11:07:00] - dang, they took like 5 middle school guys who were on suspension to try to scare them. but the teachers and prison people strip-searched them. -dave
[2001-05-24 09:52:00] - aaron: did you want to come over tonight also? It's not going to last very long (a little over and hour I think) and we're just watching Shamanic Princess but.... -paul
[2001-05-24 09:43:00] - agreed - vinni
[2001-05-24 09:38:00] - vinnie: I guess that' pretty considerable, but it still sucks that Gamecube isn't going to have DVD movie support -paul
[2001-05-24 09:35:00] - a: I'm sorry to hear about your bad day yesterday. What happened? -paul
[2001-05-24 09:32:00] - thq faq i got these stats from say the fees add up to about $30 for a $300 player - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:31:00] - ... and then there are additional fees for encryption technology, compatibility technology, dolby digital decoders, and mpeg (although some of these seem optional) - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:30:00] - vinnie: excellent, can you think of anyone else who would want to come? -paul
[2001-05-24 09:28:00] - ouch... -paul
[2001-05-24 09:28:00] - paul: ok, i'll probably come to your place tonight then - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:27:00] - yeah, i guess you could say there are multiple taxes - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:27:00] - i have a whole hour for lunch. 30 minutes to eat, 30 minutes to program. ~a
[2001-05-24 09:26:00] - ... and a one-time fee of $10,000 for manufacture of DVD products or non-promotional use of the logo - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:25:00] - vinnie: You mean there is more then one "tax" that nintendo would have to pay? That's really weird -paul
[2001-05-24 09:25:00] - a: And everybody needs lunch, it's a very important meal. You shouldn't be working during your lunch break -paul
[2001-05-24 09:24:00] - paul: oh wait, there's more: there's also a Hitachi/Matsushita/Mitsubishi/Time Warner/Toshiba/Victor pool (4% per player or drive, minimum $4; 4% per DVD decoder, minimum $1; 7.5 cents per disc)... - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:24:00] - a: Do you think you will be able to make it to my house tonight for anime at all? -paul
[2001-05-24 09:23:00] - vinnie: 6:00 sharp at my house, eat dinner before coming over if possible -paul
[2001-05-24 09:21:00] - that was supposed to me "ex: paul:"
[2001-05-24 09:21:00] - ok, that sounds cool. what time would this all start? - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:21:00] - yuck ~a
[2001-05-24 09:21:00] - bah. i don't need lunch. i just thought of an idea for something i can work on tonight or weekend. a utility that will let you check the board for any posts that have your name in it or any posts that were addressed to you (ex: paul: ) ~a
[2001-05-24 09:21:00] - paul: sony's dough goes back to sony
- vinnie[2001-05-24 09:20:00] - Um, not really. Aparna took the rest of the tapes home to watch so all we have left to see is Shamanic Princess. We'll still have the first four Trigun tapes if you want to watch some of those though -paul
[2001-05-24 09:20:00] - yeah, true enough. 3.5% of 300 is only $10.5 - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:19:00] - .... That is, regarding Super Duper Smash Bros or whatever the sequel is named - aaron
[2001-05-24 09:18:00] - the "dynamic f-zero track" sounds really interesting. I wonder if it will function like a treadmill? That might be fun. - aaron
[2001-05-24 09:18:00] - vinnie: That sucks, but it doesn't look like too much of a fee, I mean Sony and Microsoft are coughing up the dough -paul
[2001-05-24 09:17:00] - paul: is that all we're going to watch tonight? did you guys do all of trigun yesterday? - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:16:00] - paul: "Any company making DVD products must license essential technology patents from a Philips/Pioneer/Sony pool (3.5% per player, minimum $5; additional $2.50 for Video CD compatibility; 5 cents per disc)" - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:13:00] - a: You shouldn't be working during your lunch adrian. I'm sure it can wait until you get home.... -paul
[2001-05-24 09:12:00] - vinnie: Would you be interested in rewatching Shamanic Princess at my house tonight? -paul
[2001-05-24 09:11:00] - vinnie: i think that is a good suggestion. if i have time durring lunch, i'll implement it. ~a
[2001-05-24 09:10:00] - vinnie: Damn, that sucks. Stupid MPAA -paul
[2001-05-24 09:09:00] - not a one-time fee - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:09:00] - actually, i think if they actually do pay a fee, it would be for every unit sold - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:08:00] - vinnie: you might be right, but wouldn't it just be a one time fee? I can't imagine it being a fee for each unit sold -paul
[2001-05-24 09:07:00] - yes, it is definitely fiction - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:06:00] - if you're looking for a definitive author though (as in to look up at the library) look under twain - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:06:00] - vinnie: Ok, so I would find it under Mark Twain in the library? I assume it would be fiction? -paul
[2001-05-24 09:05:00] - i think getting the license to play dvds costs a bit. i could be wrong though... - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:04:00] - it wasn't until many years later that it was discovered that these two men had in fact assmebled and edited the story, and today many hesitate to call it a true Twain work (although many are still under the impression that twain wrote all of it) - vi
[2001-05-24 09:04:00] - That's true, but I wonder if it would have killed them to add a simple MPEG decoder and used DVDs.... -paul
[2001-05-24 09:03:00] - mark twain had written a few versions of the story (nothing he had intended to publish). after his death, two men combined their favorite elements of the versions he had written, changed the ending, and published under twain's name - vinnie
[2001-05-24 09:01:00] - yeah, no dvds does hurt it, but it will sell for a sweet $200 - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:55:00] - vinnie: Who is the author of that short story? Is it Mark Twain? -paul
[2001-05-24 08:52:00] - And the gamecube won't play DVD movies so I would also have to spend extra to get a DVD drive for my computer
-paul[2001-05-24 08:50:00] - vinnie: Yeah, money is going to be the problem since I also want to get a gba and there are some sweet computer games coming out that I must have also -paul
[2001-05-24 08:49:00] - i may actually look into it if for some reason i find myself with a lot of money in november - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:47:00] - i am really impressed with what i've seen so far also. you buying a gamecube would be incredibly cool - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:45:00] - vinnie: I know I've been touting the xbox as the playstation killer and slamming the gamecube as inferior but I am willing to admit that out of the big three, I am most likely to buy a gamecube right now -paul
[2001-05-24 08:39:00] - five = last five - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:38:00] - a: here's a suggestion. don't allow any entries that are duplicates of the five or so. that will stop that stupid posting twice thing that plagues us - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:36:00] - so who's gonna buy a gamecube, four controllers, and the game?
- vinnie[2001-05-24 08:36:00] - looks like there are at least five new playable characters: peach, zelda, sheik (from Zelda), bowser, and ice climber - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:35:00] - and here's some pics and videos for it: http://cube.ign.com/news/35138.html - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:34:00] - super smash bros melee!!!!!! http://cube.ign.com/news/34823.html - vinnie
[2001-05-24 08:29:00] - dave: Nor am I happy with you, and you also left your playing cards at my house again -paul
[2001-05-24 08:22:00] - aba: I am not very happy
-paul[2001-05-24 07:29:00] - the reason i haven't had a link to the program before is there is a bug in the glut libraries (not in my code) that affects the program's behavior on some computers (but not on most). ~a
[2001-05-24 07:28:00] - aaron: i have to come out with a new version that will work with the new server. i'll try this weekend. ~a
[2001-05-24 01:53:00] - www.mrious.com? - aba
[2001-05-23 23:51:00] - a: aimster.com? I hear it's open...
- boing[2001-05-23 23:42:00] - Where is that message-board-monitoring application? - aaron
[2001-05-23 22:58:00] - and as always, i welcome suggestions (global and specific) for the message board. ~a
[2001-05-23 22:57:00] - it will be for the message board, of course. ~a
[2001-05-23 22:48:00] - i am going to buy a domain name. any suggestions? ~a
[2001-05-23 22:44:00] - vinnie: sorry about the search engine issue. i don't know what caused the problem, but i recompiled part of the index so the search engine works now. ~a
[2001-05-23 17:43:00] - oh, well, i am going to leave soon. i'll take my mom's cell phone with me, so if you don't show up, i'll call you.
- aba[2001-05-23 17:27:00] - http://www.blizzard.com/war3/movies/ new trailer! - mig
[2001-05-23 17:11:00] - a: will i see you at paul's house today? or do you want me to stop by after everything is done? - aba
[2001-05-23 16:49:00] - and screw you, vinnie, for making fun of my monologues
- boing[2001-05-23 16:43:00] - man... I'm probably the only person here who has taken a film class, and I get left out of a long conversation about movies
- boing[2001-05-23 16:06:00] - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010523/od/cow_dc_1.html
[2001-05-23 16:01:00] - http://www.interliant.com/ http://www.hostamerica.com/ terrible company. never ever ever deal with them to do hosting. they are crap! ~a
[2001-05-23 15:54:00] - search engine doesn't work. yuck! i am soooooo busy at work
~a[2001-05-23 15:37:00] - the game was fun until i beat it. then i realized i had to beat it several times before i could play on nightmare. sooo much time just killing things and not advancing very much. - mig
[2001-05-23 15:34:00] - i'll probably stick some screenshots of her up at http://www.snowday.org/diablo2/apostasywolf in a bit - katie
[2001-05-23 15:33:00] - heh... it's fun going into a game as a high level zon and having people ask "let me see your bow!!" because they think it's got to be godly... i show them my trusty 87 damage rune bow, and they get very confused - katie
[2001-05-23 15:27:00] - Good lord, level 81? I think you've been playing too much Diablo 2 then. You've already gotten your fun out of it
-paul[2001-05-23 15:24:00] - i'd like to play a wolfy druid, but i also don't feel like shelling out $30+ for it - katie
[2001-05-23 15:23:00] - i know... just took my second character to lvl81 last night... at that point, all you can do is kill d over and over again - katie
[2001-05-23 15:22:00] - Well, that's what the expansion is suppose to add, more stuff to do. More quests, more character types more items and even more features -paul
[2001-05-23 15:21:00] - who said they wanted more women in d2? - katie
[2001-05-23 15:21:00] - that too. you can only kill dialbo so many times. - mig
[2001-05-23 15:21:00] - er... sorry... wolf is my irc nick - katie
[2001-05-23 15:20:00] - i probably won't buy d2x because i've sort of lost interest in the game. i've probably played close to 30 variations of different characters... i ran out of stuff to do. - wolf
[2001-05-23 15:20:00] - yeah, but lack of women ain't one of them. - mig
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