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Re: Nikkei Asian Review: Apple to switch Macs from Intel to ARM

narcogen — Mon, 02 Oct 2017 01:16:13 -0000

Even if they migrated every model, developers STILL have to develop and test two versions, since legacy Macs will need support for years to come. I also imagine they would not do this without some support for emulating Intel CPUs.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

narcogen — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 07:25:54 -0000

Good place for it.

Also, at first glance that looks like an empty page. Unlike the links on the news item, the links to "News Overview" and "Frequently Asked Questions - News" are nondescript grey text. They don't even appear to be links until you mouseover them, unlike links in the main news post. I may even have hit that link earlier and just closed the tab because it looked like a placeholder page.

Re: All the News That’s Fit to Plex

narcogen — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:04:01 -0000

Not seeing this show up and there's literally no explanation in this post about what it is or how it works.

Is it a new library section? Do I have to add it? Is it a channel installed by default? Is it available only in clients, or is it in the web client as well? Don't see any new sections, not in the Roku client, not in the web client, not in the iOS client.

Re: Oh Samsung

narcogen — Wed, 08 Feb 2017 19:38:51 -0000

Not just any Samsung factory fire... apparently a Samsung Garbage Fire. Maybe that should be the name of an upcoming model?

Re: George Hotz Unveils $999 Self-Driving Software

narcogen — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 08:01:03 -0000

"will initially support a small group of specific, unidentified vehicles"

That addresses most of your comment. As to whether its vapor or not.. I guess we'll know if it never ships.

Re: Your STAR TREK Fan Films Are Now Legally In The Clear

narcogen — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 08:44:43 -0000

I think I disagree. Non-commercial use of a trademark is non-infringing, and trademarks are far more limited in scope. A fan film can look and feel to all and sundry like a Star Trek film, but they can avoid using trademarks such as the title and other proper names and not fall afoul of trademark infringement while still infringing copyright.

It's also, under current law, much easier to lose a trademark than a copyright. Life of the author plus 75 years is just that-- whether you do anything with the property or not. While a trademark under continuous commercial use can be extended far beyond that limitation, it can also be lost entirely if the mark is not used or not defended. The last requirement is one of the reasons certain property owners are so litigous-- they claim they will lose their rights if they do not defend them, and often this requirement is ascribed to copyright when it only applies to trademark.

Re: Steven Spielberg: “We Were Awesome In The 80s”

narcogen — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 02:01:28 -0000

Who is 'we', Steven?

Re: Your STAR TREK Fan Films Are Now Legally In The Clear

narcogen — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:45:57 -0000

If copyright laws had remained even remotely reasonable in the past century, the clock would already be ticking on Star Trek entering the public domain. If copyright were restricted to registration to individuals, rather than corporate entities, and the life of the author plus 50 years, as it was in the decade shortly after Star Trek's creation, then ST:TOS would be entering the public domain in 2041, 25 years from now.

In 1998 it was extended to 70 years, and no doubt before many works owned by Disney reach that age it will be extended once again, or perhaps even have the limits removed entirely.

Paramount has no obligation to allow competition with a property whose exclusive rights they own so long as they own them. The legal system and the citizenry has no moral obligation to allow that exclusivity to extend into perpetuity.

Re: Your STAR TREK Fan Films Are Now Legally In The Clear

narcogen — Sat, 25 Jun 2016 01:40:45 -0000

"Creators of fan productions must not seek to register their works, nor any elements of the works, under copyright or trademark law."

Under US copyright law, copyright occurs at the time of the work's creation and does not require registration.

Re: Predators Hand Vesey Mess to Sabres

narcogen — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:28:14 -0000

Would the Sabres have been allowed to talk to Vesey's agent prior to this? I'm wondering if they're just making a shrewd bet that it's worth a third-rounder to have a shot at signing him, or if they already know he's amenable. Then again, the Predators also apparently thought he'd be signing, so... who knows?

Re: Fully Loaded: Inside the Shadowy World of America’s 10 Biggest Gunmakers

narcogen — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 22:55:41 -0000

"Lüke allegedly sent German-made guns through Cohen’s office to bypass European restrictions on arms exports to conflict zones in Iraq, Colombia and Kazakhstan, according to the German paper Suddeutsche Zeitung."

...what conflict zone in Kazakhstan?

Re: 5 Teams Who Should Claim Adam Clendening

narcogen — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 02:24:32 -0000

Given that they traded away Dougie Hamilton for nothing but draft picks, how are the Boston Bruins not on this list? You know, those Bruins who just lost to Anaheim?

Re: Destiny Fans Frustrated With Bungie Invalidating Older Content

narcogen — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 21:48:09 -0000

I think you're vastly overstating the role Activision has had in design changes made to Destiny, mostly dating from the last year before release, and any role they might have had in high-level staff departures; I assume you mean Staten and O'Donnell. O'Donnell's original beef was with Activision over their music choices for TV advertising, but it escalated way beyond that and became a conflict between him and Bungie's board and other top managers. I'm not aware of any credible statement to the effect that Staten's departure was due to Activision-- quite the opposite, in fact, that it was a disagreement over the direction of Destiny's story between Staten and other longtime Bungie personnel.

On the other hand... I can't imagine why I'd want to defend Activision because that just sounds ridiculous. It's just that no publishing deal, however onerous, compares to being owned outright, no matter how magnanimous the owner. So far, most of Destiny's wounds seem to be self-inflicted, compared to, say, what Microsoft refusing to give Bungie another year to finish Halo 2 did to that game. YMMV.

Re: Destiny Fans Frustrated With Bungie Invalidating Older Content

narcogen — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 20:49:37 -0000

Bungie were owned by Microsoft. They have a publishing deal with Activision. What they wanted to be was an independent company and own their own IP, which they now do. It wasn't about who is less evil, Microsoft or Activision, but about which state is better-- being a first party developer for a single platform, or being an independent company?

Re: United States falls to Russia in World Junior semifinals, will play Sweden for bronze medal

narcogen — Tue, 05 Jan 2016 03:00:49 -0000

I know it's a US-centric site, but would it have broken the bank to throw in a line at the end that Russia advances to play Finland in the gold medal game, just in case anyone was interested?

Re: Star Wars: JJ Abrams on why he originally turned it down

narcogen — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 23:57:55 -0000

Nobody becomes a myth within 40 years, it's patently ridiculous unless you're talking about a world with no written records or digital technology, where everything is passed on by oral tradition. It's not cool, it's stupid.

Re: Game Review: FALLOUT 4 Puts The Rad In Irradiated

narcogen — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 22:27:20 -0000

That's not what the phrase "public interest" means in this context. http://www.mediahelpingmedi...

Re: Game Review: FALLOUT 4 Puts The Rad In Irradiated

narcogen — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 03:09:00 -0000

I really don't think it is. It is a difference of kind, not degree. One is a matter of life and death, of extreme urgency and definite public interest. And the other one happens in a video game! Just kidding... but that is my point. There's no public interest, let alone life or death, in Kotaku leaking scripts. The difference between that and reporting on a coverup of ongoing crimes (kidnapping, murder, etc) is one of kind, not degree-- IMHO. Not only don't I think these are thematically related, but I doubt Bethesda is even intending them to be.

Re: Game Review: FALLOUT 4 Puts The Rad In Irradiated

narcogen — Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:44:51 -0000

Piper is reporting on how a shadowy group is replacing humans with robots.
Kotaku was passing on leaked videogame scripts to increase ad impressions.
Totally the same thing!

Re: Here’s Your First Look At GHOSTBUSTERS’ New Ride

narcogen — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 23:23:26 -0000

Nice idea. Ugly, ugly car.

Re: Will Bungie Alter It’s 10 Year Destiny Plan?

narcogen — Wed, 27 May 2015 00:53:58 -0000

Destiny's 10 year plan always included two sequels... not sure what this article is talking about. http://rampancy.net/content...

Re: “It’s On Netflix For Free” | Birth.Movies.Death.

narcogen — Thu, 14 May 2015 22:49:43 -0000

"The problem with the growth of the third window via all-you-can-eat models is that it is devaluing the content."

The content is being right-priced. It has been overvalued for a long time.

Re: Venture Capital Post

narcogen — Thu, 14 May 2015 21:54:53 -0000

http://planetdestiny.com/an...

Re: Venture Capital Post

narcogen — Thu, 14 May 2015 21:54:07 -0000

This was debunked months ago. A bungie employee was responding to one question and his answer was misconstrued as applying to the question about the VoG.

Re: Team USA’s Lack of Stars Masks Exciting Squad Underneath

narcogen — Sat, 02 May 2015 06:04:22 -0000

Only if "stars" means only "NHL stars". I don't know how you can consider a team with Vesey, Eichel and Hellebuyck on it to have a "lack of stars" unless you only think about players after they hit the NHL.