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Acquilae posted:It's like CRobbers finished watching Ender's Game, snorted a line and made the developers push the entire schedule to put sataball as priority #1, then did another line before passing out/burying his head into a mountain of coke on his desk and forgot about sataball when he woke up. And then he kicked back to read "Ready, Player One" which totally copied his playing video games inside a video game idea. Ortwin must have talked him out of suing Spielberg for making a movie out of it though.
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Samizdata posted:SO stolen! Because, stealing catchphrases? THAT'S MONEY! I would like to subscribe to your newsletter "Monetizing Catchphrases: Tricks the Experts Don't Want You to Know"
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Sappo569 posted:You really think ben doesn't have his own special washroom ? With grab bars and a series of block and tackle ? Electric winch connected to a Clapper (tm)
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The best way to settle the speculation is to let the aggrieved party assert their rights. I'm not a lawyer, but it seems like 123rf.com might want to pursue legal action against a company that is stealing their assets. Even if CIG panics and buys the license for the images identified now, they have already made money from them by including them in product that is only available to paying customers (subscribers/avocados). 123rf would likely be entitled to search CIGs assets to determine what else they have misappropriated in order to calculate total true-up cost and penalties as part of any out of court settlement. If it goes to court and CIG claims poverty, that would force financials into the light.
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Beet Wagon posted:This is like the second or third time they've been emailed about CIG stealing their poo poo. I hope they take them to the loving cleaners lmao If they don't take action, maybe an email from a paying customer asking (rhetorically) why they should continue to pay when there are other companies that repeatedly steal without apparent consequence would nudge them.
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Beet Wagon posted:I actually did this. And skipped the engagement ring because we're both adults and we don't have time for that poo poo. I just thought it would be funny to put it on a big dumb diamond ring for the screenshot. Comic sans though
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biglads posted:stimpire.txt Thank you for grounding us in reality. I just called my parents and read them this, after I reminded them that I love them.
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peter gabriel posted:Will CIG run out of money before the general public runs out of fucks to give? If you reflect a moment, you will find gently caress-giving to be a rather specialized market, with the 'general public' not having fucks to give to anything. So it is really a matter of whales finding someplace else to give their fucks. And I think we are approaching singularity.
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Speaking as a layman with access to Ctrl+F The cast iron terms of service contain no references to identification or photograph (or variants). If they aren't worried about identity theft in taking the money, they shouldn't have standing to claim concerns on identity theft in refunding the money. Golli fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Feb 17, 2017 |
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TrustmeImLegit posted:"hundreds of thousands of people maybe in one instance," - Erin Roberts maybe
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Colostomy Bag posted:I hope he had the pleasure of stepping on a Lego piece in the middle of the night while trying to do something simple like taking a wizz. Sleeping in Crocs avoids that issue
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Hav posted:I think the novels jumped the shark extremely quickly, so I'm hoping the TV series damps the 'magic' down a bit. The Expanse is good. I haven't read the books, but am a Physics major. TVIV thread is here for future arguments though. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3808233
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Looks like the casting director is running a little behind on his auditions--- 
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When they close the forums, it will impact their cash flow, in part due to refunds, in part due to lowered sales. This will lead to two things: 1) Blaming turbulent for being incompetent Illfonics foisting a subpar product onto trusting CIG. 2) Creating a new subscription that will enable access to the forum features that users are demanding be implemented on Spectrum (e.g., sub-forums). For only $15/month you can post on Spectrum as if you were on the old forums. What a bargain. For an extra ten/month we will let you beta-test new Spectrum features before the plebs.
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Since when has lack of something prevented them from taking money for (the promise of) it?
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SelenicMartian posted:
That's no wind, commando. You have just captured the first hard evidence of 'ghost wandering internet time' in history.
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XK posted:I think one of the necessary improvements for home VR use, of they want it to be anywhere near mainstream, will involve some kind of visual overlay of your environment so you can see that you aren't about to tackle your bookcase. Microsoft Hololens is supposedly working on that capability.
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First day with Oculus Rift, I almost broke my hand swinging around to shoot some defective robots. Flippin' hurt. My daughter faceplanted trying to lean on a desk to see the back side of a bomb that needed defusing.... So yeah, count me in the group that think it is a ubiquitous problem, that no one talks about because it is purely a FirstWorldProblem.
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Since Amazon and CIG are partnered, someone should ask why CIG is doing the exact opposite of Amazon Prime for their merch sales. Can any space lawyers opine on whether this rises to the level of an FTC complaint? Sort of like even payday loans have usury laws they have to abide by?
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Since these are tangible goods and they are charging to facilitate the shipment of the goods, and the Button says "Order and Pay" (not Submit Pledge), they would be hard-pressed to stay on the right side of the provisions of the Mail Order Act. Which in says that they have to deliver in the promised timeframe. If they can't estimate a timeframe, they have to clearly explain why they can't estimate when this item they are selling will ship. If no timeframe is stated, a 30-default is assumed. If they miss (or believe they will), they have to proactively give the consumer the choice to accept the new timeframe. A non-response from the customer is interpreted as non-acceptance. Which triggers an automatic, expeditious refund of funds remitted in the form it was remitted. Just something to remember when the first wave of sweatshop crap comes drifting in 6 weeks from now, drop-shipped from Guangzhou via China Post with declared value of $1. This would be a good test case - submit a complaint to the FTC to settle the Pledge or Purchase debate once and for all once they screw up.
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I wonder if they are collecting CA and TX sales tax for these physical items sold in jurisdictions that they have a physical nexus?
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Is this thread no longer about the Fyre Festival?
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Colostomy Bag posted:Roberts saw the Fyre Fest story, tweets @JaRule "Hold my beer." He's probably more ticked that the plans for CitizenCon were stolen. Clearly, Fyre needed Toast - they didn't even make sure their employees were NDA'd. http://nymag.com/thecut/2017/04/fyre-festival-exumas-bahamas-disaster.html
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Cue two pages of conference room design arguments.
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Loiosh posted:Would certainly be appreciated Lean in close. Don't want to say it too loudly. OK. One word. "Rivets"
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I've been going through the design / success posts of various consultants out here to see what equipment shows up and then pricing it out to get an idea of what would be possible at our budget. Something to do after my evening runs.
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[/quote] Is this saying that CIG never actually trademarked Star Citizen as a game? If so, Derek you know what you must do. [/quote] Alas, no - Star Citizen has registered trademarks for the above, plus: - Entertainment services, namely, ongoing multimedia programs about a computer game featuring a fictional universe, accessible by web-based applications, mobile phone applications, and computer networks. FIRST USE: 20121200. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20121200 -Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of newsletters, journals, magazines and guidebooks in the field of combat, strategy and role playing games provided on-line from databases for the Internet. FIRST USE: 20121200. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20121200 -Toys, namely, toy mobiles, toy vehicles, toy spaceships, promotional game cards. FIRST USE: 20150800. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20150800 -Computer games software; video game software. FIRST USE: 20130800. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20130800 -Entertainment provided via the Internet, namely, providing online massively multi-player video games; on-line entertainment services in the nature of online computer game tournaments; providing on-line information in the field of computer gaming entertainment. FIRST USE: 20130800. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 20130800 Similar registrations exist for Squadron 42. http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield
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Boxturret posted:They're cables that don't kill you with poisonous gasses if there's a fire. and required by the fire marshall for in-wall cabling. But it is marginally more expensive, so story checks out.
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Many years ago there was an Emperor so exceedingly fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on being well dressed. He cared nothing about reviewing his soldiers, going to the theatre, or going for a ride in his carriage, except to show off his new clothes. He had a coat for every hour of the day, and instead of saying, as one might, about any other ruler, "The King's in council," here they always said. "The Emperor's in his dressing room." In the great city where he lived, life was always gay. Every day many strangers came to town, and among them one day came two swindlers. They let it be known they were weavers, and they said they could weave the most magnificent fabrics imaginable. Not only were their colors and patterns uncommonly fine, but clothes made of this cloth had a wonderful way of becoming invisible to anyone who was unfit for his office, or who was unusually stupid. "Those would be just the clothes for me," thought the Emperor. "If I wore them I would be able to discover which men in my empire are unfit for their posts. And I could tell the wise men from the fools. Yes, I certainly must get some of the stuff woven for me right away." He paid the two swindlers a large sum of money to start work at once. They set up two looms and pretended to weave, though there was nothing on the looms. All the finest silk and the purest old thread which they demanded went into their traveling bags, while they worked the empty looms far into the night. "I'd like to know how those weavers are getting on with the cloth," the Emperor thought, but he felt slightly uncomfortable when he remembered that those who were unfit for their position would not be able to see the fabric. It couldn't have been that he doubted himself, yet he thought he'd rather send someone else to see how things were going. The whole town knew about the cloth's peculiar power, and all were impatient to find out how stupid their neighbors were. "I'll send my honest old minister to the weavers," the Emperor decided. "He'll be the best one to tell me how the material looks, for he's a sensible man and no one does his duty better." So the honest old minister went to the room where the two swindlers sat working away at their empty looms. "Heaven help me," he thought as his eyes flew wide open, "I can't see anything at all". But he did not say so. Both the swindlers begged him to be so kind as to come near to approve the excellent pattern, the beautiful colors. They pointed to the empty looms, and the poor old minister stared as hard as he dared. He couldn't see anything, because there was nothing to see. "Heaven have mercy," he thought. "Can it be that I'm a fool? I'd have never guessed it, and not a soul must know. Am I unfit to be the minister? It would never do to let on that I can't see the cloth." "Don't hesitate to tell us what you think of it," said one of the weavers. "Oh, it's beautiful -it's enchanting." The old minister peered through his spectacles. "Such a pattern, what colors!" I'll be sure to tell the Emperor how delighted I am with it." "We're pleased to hear that," the swindlers said. They proceeded to name all the colors and to explain the intricate pattern. The old minister paid the closest attention, so that he could tell it all to the Emperor. And so he did. The swindlers at once asked for more money, more silk and gold thread, to get on with the weaving. But it all went into their pockets. Not a thread went into the looms, though they worked at their weaving as hard as ever. The Emperor presently sent another trustworthy official to see how the work progressed and how soon it would be ready. The same thing happened to him that had happened to the minister. He looked and he looked, but as there was nothing to see in the looms he couldn't see anything. "Isn't it a beautiful piece of goods?" the swindlers asked him, as they displayed and described their imaginary pattern. "I know I'm not stupid," the man thought, "so it must be that I'm unworthy of my good office. That's strange. I mustn't let anyone find it out, though." So he praised the material he did not see. He declared he was delighted with the beautiful colors and the exquisite pattern. To the Emperor he said, "It held me spellbound." All the town was talking of this splendid cloth, and the Emperor wanted to see it for himself while it was still in the looms. Attended by a band of chosen men, among whom were his two old trusted officials-the ones who had been to the weavers-he set out to see the two swindlers. He found them weaving with might and main, but without a thread in their looms. "Magnificent," said the two officials already duped. "Just look, Your Majesty, what colors! What a design!" They pointed to the empty looms, each supposing that the others could see the stuff. "What's this?" thought the Emperor. "I can't see anything. This is terrible! Am I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people! - Oh! It's very pretty," he said. "It has my highest approval." And he nodded approbation at the empty loom. Nothing could make him say that he couldn't see anything. His whole retinue stared and stared. One saw no more than another, but they all joined the Emperor in exclaiming, "Oh! It's very pretty," and they advised him to wear clothes made of this wonderful cloth especially for the great procession he was soon to lead. "Magnificent! Excellent! Unsurpassed!" were bandied from mouth to mouth, and everyone did his best to seem well pleased. The Emperor gave each of the swindlers a cross to wear in his buttonhole, and the title of "Sir Weaver." Before the procession the swindlers sat up all night and burned more than six candles, to show how busy they were finishing the Emperor's new clothes. They pretended to take the cloth off the loom. They made cuts in the air with huge scissors. And at last they said, "Now the Emperor's new clothes are ready for him." Then the Emperor himself came with his noblest noblemen, and the swindlers each raised an arm as if they were holding something. They said, "These are the trousers, here's the coat, and this is the mantle," naming each garment. "All of them are as light as a spider web. One would almost think he had nothing on, but that's what makes them so fine." "Exactly," all the noblemen agreed, though they could see nothing, for there was nothing to see. "If Your Imperial Majesty will condescend to take your clothes off," said the swindlers, "we will help you on with your new ones here in front of the long mirror." The Emperor undressed, and the swindlers pretended to put his new clothes on him, one garment after another. They took him around the waist and seemed to be fastening something - that was his train-as the Emperor turned round and round before the looking glass. "How well Your Majesty's new clothes look. Aren't they becoming!" He heard on all sides, "That pattern, so perfect! Those colors, so suitable! It is a magnificent outfit." Then the minister of public processions announced: "Your Majesty's canopy is waiting outside." "Well, I'm supposed to be ready," the Emperor said, and turned again for one last look in the mirror. "It is a remarkable fit, isn't it?" He seemed to regard his costume with the greatest interest. The noblemen who were to carry his train stooped low and reached for the floor as if they were picking up his mantle. Then they pretended to lift and hold it high. They didn't dare admit they had nothing to hold. So off went the Emperor in procession under his splendid canopy. Everyone in the streets and the windows said, "Oh, how fine are the Emperor's new clothes! Don't they fit him to perfection? And see his long train!" Nobody would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him either unfit for his position, or a fool. No costume the Emperor had worn before was ever such a complete success. "But he hasn't got anything on," a little child said. "Did you ever hear such innocent prattle?" said its father. And one person whispered to another what the child had said, "He hasn't anything on. A child says he hasn't anything on." "But he hasn't got anything on!" the whole town cried out at last. The Emperor shivered, for he suspected they were right. But he thought, "This procession has got to go on." So he walked more proudly than ever, as his noblemen held high the train that wasn't there at all.
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tooterfish posted:Can I buy two at once? Shopping cart with expanded capacity (>1 item) is the May concept ship sale. After May it will be available to subscribers only at a slight premium to the sale price.
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Reddit desperately needs OSC and Derek to be one and the same. They think that they have come up with a successfully strategy of discrediting Derek. They see his argument as an Appeal to Authority. Since his excommunication stemmed from conclusions he reached based upon his experiences as a game developer and understanding of technology and game techniques, they feel that if they can Discredit the Authority somehow usually through ad hominem attacks unrelated to the actual facts of Star Citizen project status. OSC, by strictly focusing on the issues and researching the facts, leaves them no such obvious approach to avoiding the obvious. Derek Smart was Right. As an aside: The meet me in SBUX approach won't work. If Cymelion showed up to Starbux and met not-Derek, Internet rules say that he is allowed to lie and any verification procedure would be more complex than time-sharing the manger in Bethlehem.
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I fully expect to see the Star Citizen story featured as S5 of Fargo. The return of VM Varga Ortwin HycoCam posted:I gotta call BS on the ship rentals. I think they will get the ship-rental/money-laundering system working great. People buy rental tokens by the bucket load. Every purchase is counted as revenue. Rental tokens are paid out to ship owners at some percentage. None of this is 1099-'ed or tracked as expenses. Profit goes up, CIG gets to keep some actual cash.
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An in-game rental system has just as much of chance of becoming a reality as the ship breeching mechanic.
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Just reading the feed, it looks to me like an avid woodworker (been making his own furniture) who made it for himself, then lent it to CIG to display in return for being named an "MVP" (whatever that is), and probably expects to get it back.
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I bet the $5 CCU tax is a way to try and re-categorize existing technical debt to a $5.5million asset, perhaps as collateral for a loan. And lol at any institution that would fall for it.
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Ubik_Lives posted:Yeah, I'm not a lawyer either, but I think the interesting bit (that others have pointed out) is that it's not a matter of if this is theft or not, but what the value of stolen jpegs are. A stolen NPR tote bag isn't worth what your donation point was; it's worth a tote bag. A stolen account to a closed MMO is worth nothing, despite what you've paid over the years towards it. You could argue that most of the expensive jpegs have no value to them, because stealing them doesn't deprive the owner of anything. However that probably won't hold up in court thanks to the grey market giving a quantifiable value to jpegs, making any restitution calculation pretty easy. The difference here is that instead of letting you take the tote bag home, an MMO insists that you leave the tote bag in a locker on their premises, and they promise to let you use it whenever you want. Because they have failed to properly secure the premises, they have a duty to restore the property that you are now deprived of use. In the case of both a tote bag or a jpeg, these are of nominal intrinsic value and thus should be quickly and easily replaced. If the items are not quickly and easily replaced, then the claim that the items are of nominal intrinsic value is less plausible, and opens up an alternative interpretation. That the money you pay an MMO is locker rental, and if the company is at fault (by using cheap locks, etc) they could be responsible to return the rent paid on the locker and/or the value of its contents. -not a lawyer-
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For anyone that watched Fargo S3. Ortwin = VM Varga Croberts = Emmit
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It was a $10k loan so Ben's WingCommander stash wouldn't get repossessed by the recyclers.
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