Which is precisely why so many people end up pirating software like that. Sadly, it's much quicker and more convenient to just download the first crippled software that does what you want, then find a key to un-cripple it than it is to actually keep looking for a free one. And you know there's no way in hell the average geek (or most other people for that matter) is going to pay $50 for some small program he might never use more than once.
I'm not sure how it's possible for someone to miss the point, but let me restate it.
It's not possible to keep everything looking pristine, beautiful, and "natural" and still provide resources needed by people. Therefore, a balance between conservation and practical use must be found. At one point in time, the land where your house now stands was just as pristine and beautiful as any part of Alaska. And the same is true for pretty much every other land changed by man. Yet we don't see too many people begging for a chance to have their house torn town and their land turned back into a natural habitat. Sure, I like the idea of unspoiled natural areas as much as anyone. But there's a point where some land must be used for practical purposes, and most of the people in opposition are those who don't really care about the land itself (how could they, they've never been there and never will), all they know about it is that it made a pretty picture and they don't want to see that picture spoiled. Or to bring it closer to home, would you hesitate to tear up part of your beautiful lawn to put in something needed for practical purposes, like a septic system or a tool shed? And yes, even a little 10'x10' area of grass can make a beautiful picture and has its own little ecosystem in place.
On a different note, while it's not fun imagining a beautiful area like that in Alaska spoiled by drilling for oil, I'm of the opinion that something like that will cause far less environmental damage than continued deforestation that happens every day to create farmland to grow plants for ethanol.
Despite what the media says, the housing crisis is not a national crisis either. It hasn't hit many area of the U.S. however it has hit California, Nevada, Arizona and Florida the worst which just happens to be where home values were sky high to begin with. It may not be national yet, but it's more widespread than that. It's also hit Ohio, Indiana, and Michigan.
Second, if you're speaking in the larger sense of growing any crop for ethanol, then I don't believe you. The yield from sane crop (like switchgrass) could be enough to power all of America's cars (especially when combined with the aforementioned biodiesel). Then you need to open your eyes and use your common sense, if you have any. Ethanol is far from being ready for viable widespread use, if it ever will be. See, the problem is that ethanol depends on plants. Plants need to be grown on land. Any land used for growing plants for Ethanol cannot at the same time be used for growing food. Even assuming something efficient like sugarcane or switchgrass, and even assuming all the farmland and 'empty' land in the US could be used for this purpose, the US does not have enough land to provide enough ethanol for itself. And of first-world countries, the US has far more farmland and unused land per population than any other developed country. Obviously, this situation is only going to get worse, as more countries get more developed and need more fuel, and as the population goes up and less land is available for agriculture. And this is all assuming we would stop growing food to grow plants for ethanol. Which obviously is not something that can be done.
Long story short, Ethanol is and has always been a terrible idea, and the ridiculous hikes in food prices worldwide are proving this.
I think he was trying to counter my point that I "like Alaska the way it is," and seems to assume that I would not place aesthetic value on an area that's essentially flat and frozen. Except that he has no basis at all to judge my aesthetics. I was specifically trying to LEAVE ASIDE the issue of environmental impact and appeal to simple human selfishness. Problem is, he assumed wrong. I think those photographs are beautiful, and I can't imagine marring those scenes. And you missed the most important part of his counter-point. The point is, the only reason you saw those photos at all is because they're thinking of drilling there. You could live in Alaska all your life and you would almost certainly never go visit that part of the state. The state is HUGE. They can drill all the oil there, and you can still keep seeing thousands of current photos of beautiful, pristine Alaska.
Yeah, gotta agree with you there. To the best of my recollection it was the pirate sets which started them off down the modern trend of specialized (and therefore nearly useless) pieces. Most of my sets as a kid were from the town collection, so while they had a few specialized pieces, they were mostly somewhat basic pieces that could be used to build a whole host of things.
Which is a very good point. And to add to it, if you believe yourself to be one of those individuals who is costing the insurance company less than average and therefore paying for someone else's insurance costs... why are you wasting your money? Take the money you would be spending on health insurance and save it instead, for when you *do* need it. If you are in fact one of those low-risk low-cost healthy individuals, it will cost you less in the long run.
never understood why this was so unpopular. We tax the beejebus out of cigarretes because it is an easy way for politicians to raise taxes without making everyone mad. Eating tons of junk food over the course of your life isnt much better than smoking a pack a day.
I'm not saying I support a tax on junk food, but I cant see how people can support taxing lower income folks who go through a pack a day but not this.
Who exactly is going to decide what qualifies as junk food?
Different body types also have different healthy height/waist ratios. While Japanese are all more or less of the same ethnicity (and therefore more likely to have the same/similar body type, which is relatively thin), you will obviously find US citizens of all ethnic origins and all body types.
Wrong. In all of the first three examples you give, the owner purchased the equipment and set it up in such a manner that it advertises its availability and offers access to anyone. Unless the equipment is defective, the intent of the owner is largely irrelevant. If you purchase and activate new equipment, the onus is on YOU to figure out how it works and set it up to achieve the results you want.
It's not so much that some children are "dumb" persay. It's that some are smart in areas that show up well on tests, while others excel in areas that don't show up on any modern tests.
No, the point is, if you're not connected to a tracker, but their software says you are, you still get harrassed. Yes, that's the point they were trying to make. It's not the point of this particular thread. And your post is off-topic.
However it's quite obvious (from the use of your term "copyrighted torrent") that you have no idea what you're talking about. (Hint: if you mean a torrent in which the files are copyrighted, that would include *EVERYTHING*, including Fedora or Ubuntu ISOs.) Unless you're a lot dumber than I'd think you are, you knew exactly what I meant. And no, I'm not interested in your semantics game.
I would think they could get a warrant to see such logs. After all, it's exactly the kind of proof we're saying they should have before they send take-down notices.
Yes, I knew it was. Notice the careful wording of my post you responded to. Given that the big "shocker" part of the story is the fact that they got a printer implicated, you'd think they'd have the decency to at least give some small explanation. But of course, the just left it in the 'fine print' since the method they used isn't one that even works all the time.
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... and mod GP down. This is not flamebait, but GP is.
You quote the GP sayingdepending on which DE I'm using.
and then ask if he knows that they are DEs and not a kernel...
Not only that, but you use the term "window managers", which is just ironic, as only one of the 3 is a window manager.
Why do people like you get permission to even use a computer?
Which is precisely why so many people end up pirating software like that. Sadly, it's much quicker and more convenient to just download the first crippled software that does what you want, then find a key to un-cripple it than it is to actually keep looking for a free one. And you know there's no way in hell the average geek (or most other people for that matter) is going to pay $50 for some small program he might never use more than once.
I'm not sure how it's possible for someone to miss the point, but let me restate it.
It's not possible to keep everything looking pristine, beautiful, and "natural" and still provide resources needed by people. Therefore, a balance between conservation and practical use must be found. At one point in time, the land where your house now stands was just as pristine and beautiful as any part of Alaska. And the same is true for pretty much every other land changed by man. Yet we don't see too many people begging for a chance to have their house torn town and their land turned back into a natural habitat. Sure, I like the idea of unspoiled natural areas as much as anyone. But there's a point where some land must be used for practical purposes, and most of the people in opposition are those who don't really care about the land itself (how could they, they've never been there and never will), all they know about it is that it made a pretty picture and they don't want to see that picture spoiled. Or to bring it closer to home, would you hesitate to tear up part of your beautiful lawn to put in something needed for practical purposes, like a septic system or a tool shed? And yes, even a little 10'x10' area of grass can make a beautiful picture and has its own little ecosystem in place.
On a different note, while it's not fun imagining a beautiful area like that in Alaska spoiled by drilling for oil, I'm of the opinion that something like that will cause far less environmental damage than continued deforestation that happens every day to create farmland to grow plants for ethanol.
But why did he put the four periods on the end after the exclamation? I wasn't aware that was needed for a series of Nyah!'s.
This is why some posts should be modded to +10.
Long story short, Ethanol is and has always been a terrible idea, and the ridiculous hikes in food prices worldwide are proving this.
Yeah, gotta agree with you there. To the best of my recollection it was the pirate sets which started them off down the modern trend of specialized (and therefore nearly useless) pieces. Most of my sets as a kid were from the town collection, so while they had a few specialized pieces, they were mostly somewhat basic pieces that could be used to build a whole host of things.
Which is a very good point. And to add to it, if you believe yourself to be one of those individuals who is costing the insurance company less than average and therefore paying for someone else's insurance costs... why are you wasting your money? Take the money you would be spending on health insurance and save it instead, for when you *do* need it. If you are in fact one of those low-risk low-cost healthy individuals, it will cost you less in the long run.
I'm not saying I support a tax on junk food, but I cant see how people can support taxing lower income folks who go through a pack a day but not this.
Who exactly is going to decide what qualifies as junk food?I highly doubt you'll get many 5'9" guys weighing 180 pounds to fit comfortably into a 32" waist.
Different body types also have different healthy height/waist ratios. While Japanese are all more or less of the same ethnicity (and therefore more likely to have the same/similar body type, which is relatively thin), you will obviously find US citizens of all ethnic origins and all body types.
Unfortunately we got milk on the camera before we were able to upload the video.
Whoooooooosh!!
Your memory must be pretty short then.
Except that security system also includes a big neon sign or a loud bullhorn advertising it's availability and free access to anyone and everyone.
Wrong. In all of the first three examples you give, the owner purchased the equipment and set it up in such a manner that it advertises its availability and offers access to anyone. Unless the equipment is defective, the intent of the owner is largely irrelevant. If you purchase and activate new equipment, the onus is on YOU to figure out how it works and set it up to achieve the results you want.
It's not so much that some children are "dumb" persay. It's that some are smart in areas that show up well on tests, while others excel in areas that don't show up on any modern tests.
In other words, about 95% of Europeans who play video games.
I would think they could get a warrant to see such logs. After all, it's exactly the kind of proof we're saying they should have before they send take-down notices.
Yes, I knew it was. Notice the careful wording of my post you responded to. Given that the big "shocker" part of the story is the fact that they got a printer implicated, you'd think they'd have the decency to at least give some small explanation. But of course, the just left it in the 'fine print' since the method they used isn't one that even works all the time.
You're probably right. And that could be the one good thing that comes from this.