"Extremism is so easy. You've got your position, and that's it. It doesn't take much thought. And when you go far enough to the right, you meet the same idiots coming around from the left."
- Clint Eastwood
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Query FailedZerf
Thursday, May 7, 2009

How is that "not as terrible as it looks"?
glReality
Thursday, May 7, 2009

Hi. Its really not as terrible as it looks

Try:
while (ShowCursor (FALSE) >= 0);
Michael
Thursday, May 7, 2009

you can get Hotspot Shield runnning under x64. see: http://www.how-to-hide-ip.info/2009/03/18/how-to-run-hotspot-shield-on-vista-64-bit/
Humus
Monday, May 4, 2009

They show it late at night here too, but usually too late for me to watch it, and at different times every night just to make it more inconvenient, plus that it's last week's episodes. They put out a statement saying this was by request of licensors, but if they allow it through to Australia despite someone licensing it there that sounds a bit fishy.
In any case, with Hotspot Shield I'm able to watch it anyway. It doesn't seem to work on Vista 64bit though, so I have to use my laptop.
sqrt[-1]
Sunday, May 3, 2009

Well, it seems that The Daily Show is still available for me (Australia)
Perhaps because some stations here show it late at night?
Warshade
Saturday, May 2, 2009

The best analysis of the problem I've read so far, thanks for writing it down. Some aspects that might be worth considering aswell:

"crackers", the people who break copy protection, don't do it for profit. They do it for the challenge. This is a very important thing to realize that crackers are not into booty, in fact they are more like modern Robin Hood. Take from the rich to help the poor. Most people will find this a very noble concept and as long as there copy protections there will be crackers.

Only a minority of companies does demo and trial versions these days. Instead, they hire other companies to render CG teasers for their games, which in no way reflect the quality of the game they're promoting. (Customer feels cheated and has less of a problem cheating the company in return)

Yes this was already mentioned, but cannot stress it enough: Assuming 1000 illegal downloads equals a loss of 1000 sales is just stupid. A good number of people collects software/mp3 like "oldschool" people collect rocks, stamps, coins, perfume bottles, etc.
Another good chunk of the pirates are not of legal age to purchase the product in a shop. This is imho the biggest issue with piracy, because it gives minors an access point to M rated material.
Greg
Friday, May 1, 2009

Java Cool Dude what's your website url today please?
Humus
Friday, May 1, 2009

Plenty of the products advertized are available globally. Broadcasting ads across the globe certainly beats staying nationally. It's extra value for those who buy the ads. I have a hard time believing this is a profitable move.
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