And you thought modern EULAs were crazy
Record collector Damon Burke shows this example of an early 20th century EULA, printed on the label of a 78 RPM record. The surprisingly modern sounding bit of legalease on the back demands that, unless you paid more than $1 for the record in your hand -- the equivalent of $21.65 in today's currency -- you have no license to listen.
Obviously this early 20th century relic and its outdated contract are (mostly) harmless these days but, will we find the same level of irony and comedic value in today's EULA agreements 100 years in the future?
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Abscissa said 6:10PM on 6-18-2007
I find the same level of irony and comedic value in today's EULA agreements right now.
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Egan Foote said 6:54PM on 6-18-2007
Craziness!
Egan, out.
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rokobungi said 11:12PM on 6-19-2007
I still say all software that is boxed should require the ENTIRE eula on the front cover in a font no smaller than 1/8" tall and no letters and numbers other than i and 1 no thinner than 1/16" if they can't do that it shouldn't be legal.
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Colin said 6:20AM on 6-20-2007
@rokobungi: Restate in picas for extraplus legit. ;)
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