Tulpa

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/earthquake-taiwan-tsunami-warnings/ Hope @OptOut and @fcgamer are okay.

Asshole clouds. I was planning on going to see it, but every place I could go that was reasonably priced was like, "Hyuck, overcast!"

Everyone got their eclipse glasses? If not, there's still a little time. https://nso.edu/for-public/eclipse-map-2024/ Unfortunately, a lot of spots under totality are going to be facing overcast, but for those with clear or partly cloudy skies, it should be a good show.

Yeah, different people will have different answers, but the consensus seems to be around 1998-2002 or so.

Plot twist: Skinny's only seen episodes made after 2010.

I'm pretty good at knowing things about copyright, so... Switzerland and Sweden are both signatories to the Berne Convention, as is the US (and most other countries), so they respect our copyright laws. Julian Assange wasn't doing copyright violations. The handful of countries that aren't Berne signatories are places like Western Sahara and Iraq. Not exactly great places to set up a server. Even Iran signed the Berne Convention.

It was at its peak when Conan was writing for them. I could usually tell when he wrote a bit. I don't think I have seen a new episode all the way through since 2005 at the latest, and maybe even before that. If they do have a funny gag (like Bart and Lisa defending their cardboard fort from the UPS men), it'll end up on YouTube anyway and I'll see it there. Even that is like once every four or five years at best.

Unfortunately they aren't very good at making legal arguments (part of my job has me monitor and sit in on the court cases, virtually.) Internet Archive shoots themselves in the foot a lot. Which is why their arguments are often losers. The other issue is that they just don't have the resources to fight a copyright fight long term, which they need to do but are not able to do so. If you're even using someone else's copyrighted material without permission, you have to be able to survive multiple lawsuits. I would not count on them sticking around long term.

The only thing I can say is that if you're actually there in person it takes on a way different energy. I can see how watching videos of the live audience can seem lame, but that's not the same thing as being in the auditorium and feeling the excitement of being there. But I can respect enjoying the movie on its own merits. There's not much else like it out there.

*nervous eye twitch*

Right, that's the doctrine of first sale, which means that the author doesn't get further compensation when a book is sold used. However, copyright law allows the author and/or publisher to determine when a book goes in and out of print, and no further copies of the book may be made by anyone else whether it's in print or not (unless you want to get sued in federal court) until the book goes into the public domain. Then it can be copied without restriction. I mean, you can disagree with it, but that's what the law is now. edit: Plus, I don't think it would work to require it be in print for authors/publishers to keep their copyright. They'd just resort to things like how comic books do ashcan prints and stay within the letter of the law.

Well, copyright law protects the book whether it's in print or not. So unless Title 17 of the US code changes, it is what it is. Internet Archive's stance is that they want to use the doctrine of first sale as a way of uploading books to the internet. They'll buy one copy, scan it, and then allow one user at a time to view it. And there is merit to that argument. Unfortunately, they've been losing the court cases regarding this.

Jeff Rovin didn't upload it. The staff of Internet Archive did. They scan and upload physical books themselves, not the authors. Some of the listings are more complete than others, hence the discrepancy.

A lot of it is tied up in stuff between Internet Archive and various copyright holders. IA has been sued several times over the content, so some stuff is more restricted than others.

No, his info is out there. He's still writing, fiction and nontiction. Hasn't done anything video game related in awhile, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Rovin This is what he looks like.

What do you mean "his account"? The Internet Archive doesn't have accounts, it's all in one database.

That only mean you get the spot ahead of me.

I laughed, and then realized I just reserved my place in hell.

Be sure you have a nice soft cushion to throw your controller at when you do.

I was thinking of that, too. I bet you could run internal wires from all the traces on the ROM board to the connector, and rig up some kind of switching mechanism to go between NES Open and a different cartridge, but man, I have to think that'd be an enormous pain in the ass.

On the plus side, it's one game vs an entire season, so if you master it, you should wrap it up. Dunno how hard it is to master. I remember the Roger Clemens one being a complete RNG crapshoot whether you hit the ball or not.

On the plus side, no mice or rats.

Sure, but we need to be welcoming to new members. Otherwise the community grows stagnant. I mean, you guys are great and all, but, you know. Plus, maybe he's just got the spark and could turn it into a real passion, but some douchebag killed his spark early on. We don't suddenly develop a passion full blown from day one. Well, maybe you do, but you're a weird exception.

Craziest mod video I've seen in a while. Very entertaining, though.

Wasn't the third Bases Loaded (the Ryne Sandberg one) where you had to complete the perfect game instead of a season mode?