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| Topic | wow you aren't allowed to talk about a game before the game releases apparently |
| Dikitain 05/02/23 1:10:40 PM #35 | Nichtcrawler-X posted... The distributor/retailer breaks streetdate and now somehow the consumer is on the hook for a "crime" they did not actually commit themselves? The crime is playing the game before it is supposed to be released. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | wow you aren't allowed to talk about a game before the game releases apparently |
| Dikitain 05/02/23 11:52:55 AM #21 | Nichtcrawler-X posted... I can see the case in where something is wrongly acquired, but if the product is sent out early by the distributor and the retailer, how is the consumer at fault for receiving it (too) early? Because The owner of the copyright has the sole ability to decide how, when, and if someone has the right to use their product. But given the difficulty of tracking down the number of consumers who violated the copyright, and levying what would likely be minor charges against them, it almost never happens. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | wow you aren't allowed to talk about a game before the game releases apparently |
| Dikitain 05/02/23 11:44:08 AM #18 | Nichtcrawler-X posted... If anything, it is a contract between a distributor and a retailer.That is not how copyright works at all. The owner of the copyright has the sole ability to decide how, when, and if someone has the right to use their product. If the owner of the copyright doesn't want you distributing a game until a certain date, and you do it anyway, that is a breach of the copyright. Same goes for the consumer, but it rarely is worth the legal trouble to go after them unless in extreme circumstances. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | wow you aren't allowed to talk about a game before the game releases apparently |
| Dikitain 05/02/23 11:26:02 AM #15 | Nichtcrawler-X posted... Street dates are legally enforceable now?Yea, that is basic copyright law. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Fun Fact: President Macron of France married his teacher from High School. |
| Dikitain 05/01/23 1:43:24 PM #6 | KingDavid posted... He started having a relationship with her when he was 15, and married her at 18 after she left her husband. According to Wikipedia, they didn't marry until he was 30 and she was 55. Still weird, but not nearly as bad as you are making it out to be: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Macron#Personal_life --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | Why do people pick shitty degrees in college? |
| Dikitain 04/30/23 8:43:02 AM #29 | Given the ease at which information can be obtained nowadays and the relative laziness of a lot of professors (also the fact that most of them are working on a PHD while trying to "teach" at the same time), I would argue college needs a serious overhaul. For example, any class where you sit in a lecture hall for 3 days a week, and your grade is determined only by 2-3 tests, should probably be online only, with PDF study materials, and cost next to nothing. Most "IT" degrees should also likely be online only given that there is absolutely no reason a tech focused worker should ever have to work in an office. Also would mean students could live at home the first couple of years of college, which would greatly reduce the amount of debt they accumulate since most of the cost is dorms/apartments. Hell, take the savings and give all the students 5G enabled laptops instead, now they don't even need home Internet, or going to their local library. Probably still need traditional college for most SEM (STEM minus the "T") classes, but still. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | R.I.P Jerry Springer - Diid you watch Jerry Springer as a kid? |
| Dikitain 04/27/23 11:03:40 AM #7 | Ogurisama posted... He's the "you're not the father" guy. That's Maury Povich. Springer was the "I'm cheating on you with your brother!" guy. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | R.I.P Jerry Springer - Diid you watch Jerry Springer as a kid? |
| Dikitain 04/27/23 10:59:16 AM #4 | One of the shows I always watched when I was home "sick" from school. Amazing that it lasted until 2018, I stopped watching in the early 2000's. pedro45 posted... Wow. Jerry Springer, not Jerry Seinfeld. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | vpn's don't actually do shit |
| Dikitain 04/27/23 9:47:12 AM #6 | The only time I really use a VPN is for work, basically I need to be on it in order to access work sites. I never considered it "secure" for me, it is just about being secure for the company that I am working for. The only way you are really going to have personal security when browsing the Internet is using an overlay network. However, even several of the servers in that network are owned by the FBI so you are still going to be trackable by the "government" if you are really worried about that. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
| Topic | What's your credit score? |
| Dikitain 04/27/23 9:33:56 AM #11 | 816 on Experian and TransUnion, 815 on Equifax. Probably going to go down quite a bit once I pay off my mortgage in a couple months. --- My bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/152760030 Comics: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/profile/dikitain |
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