The Internet rarely sees radical, clean change and IPv4 is going to limp on for a long, long time.
This. Oh for some mod points, I'd have sent one this way. FWIW, I think we'll see concerted efforts to reclaim unused addresses or blocks. It'll take some serious hurt to governmental and corporate wallets before any meaningful change happens.
Half-life (Score:3)
Half-Life 3, Confirmed.
[Of course this only works if folks mod so that score remains at three...]
As opposed to without copyright law where the works would be destroyed in exactly the same way, except this time conditional on them existing in the first place?
Really now... And I suppose the following:
The Mona Lisa
The Statue of David
Plumbing
The Steam Engine
Vast portions of our art and history had NO Patent or Copyright "protection" to speak of and yet they were done. Your premise is, sadly, an old saw- and very, very much wrong.
Unfortunately most folks nowadays are so shit-scared of someone bigger and more powerful coming along and "stealing" their idea, leaving them (the inventor) in ruins, it might be their only perceived way of protecting themselves and their invention.
2) In GTA3 etc who cares about hitting small stuff like traffic cones?
Or pedestrians, other vehicles, buildings, street furniture, pedestrians....
Why not? If you couldn't work out how to start your car, would it be your fault? It seems to be what you're implying...I think that if the user can't figure out how to use ctrl+alt+del, it's not a problem with the software.
"In order to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe." -- Carl Sagan, Cosmos