I want a recorder and not only can you not get one that's region free, but the recorders that can record Japan's digital broadcasting require DVDs with CPRM (formerly known as DRM) in order to record.
This is why I stopped buying DVDs. I used to be a huge collector. some 200+. Then I went from the US to Japan (region 1 to region 2 (why is Japan region 2?! They use NTCS!!!)) Why waste my money on stuff I can't use? I'd never pirated a movie before then and if I could get region free stuff, I'd stop renting and ripping.
And my point is this: the major content businesses of the world and the most talented creators of that content -- music, newspapers, movies and books -- have all been seriously harmed by the Internet.
It's right there. There's the proof. Which is first on his list? The *IAAs, not the creators. Then to solidify Moryath's point, he goes on and lists newspapers. Newspapers are not being hurt by piracy. Newspapers lost the battle in the 90's when they couldn't get their act together, just like how the *IAAs are suffering now because of clowns like this CEO.
The creators can do just fine without the businesses. Are you telling me you actually think XKCD or Penny Arcade could exist without the internet? Or that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah becomes an international success without it (I can go to a karaoke place in BFE Japan and sing their songs and I can count the number of westerners on one hand there)? Or that the Simpsons are parodying OK Go - Here It Goes Again without the internet? Does Serenity get made without the internet? Creators will be perfectly ok with the internet, the monkeys on their back, however, are up shit creek without a canoe.
Copyright is a temporary ceding of our right to our culture to be an incentive to encourage people to produce. The businesses, afraid of losing their free money, panicked and extended it to outrageous lengths and the people rightly revolted. The problem with intellectual property is that it's also our culture. It's who were are, it's how we talk to each other. But with the stranglehold that these leaches have on it, we're losing it.
And I can't beat you with that, I'll fall back on, "the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
Hello from Japan! See Japan has this thing called "culture". The US also has the same thing, but wait for it! They're different! Japan is a country, it has people, and it has games, there for it's a horse!
Actually, the example in the summary was of a radio. A radiator is a much better example. The radio thing is equivalent of point to the speakers and saying "My hard drive is broken"
Except that, if you read the proposal, you'll notice this section:
Adblock Plus will then check the browsing history to see whether the user frequents this site (this could be specified for example as âoevisited the site on three days of the last weekâ) and then display a notification
So you'd only get annoyed once on the sites you revisit.
AKA yet something else tracking my surfing habits? WEEEE! Call me paranoid, but I'll not upgrade or wait for a fork
Frankly I do not believe they need internet access outside of what is required to finish a class assignment. I figure most of this comes down from haters who look for any chance to embarrass or otherwise annoy religious oriented Americans who send their kids to public school.
Let's play make-believe. I was once married to a female and had kid(s). My wife and I get a divorce and I win custody of my kid(s). Post-divorce, I realize that one of the reasons for my poor marriage was the fact that I'm gay.
Now I live with my life partner (not husband because those poor tread-upon religious oriented Americans say we can't be married) and my kid(s). We have a wonderful, healthy relationships (parent-child, etc). One of my kids decides to write a paper on child development in gay households, goes to school to research and ACCESS DENIED!
So now, my child can't do the report and who's being hated on, me or the poor religious oriented American (why do LGBT and religion have to be exclusive?)?
I can see this happening here with google and most likely your isp will pay a fee , this will be hidden in your isp bill, and the money will be payed to the copyright owners.
Sweet! When can I start expecting royalty checks for this post?
You can't compare Japan to the US. You don't even need id to get on a domestic flight in Japan, where in America you can't get on a plane without getting a rectal exam. I'm sure they'd make changing trains on this system one hell of a pain in the ass to protect against them terrorists.
Until you use something that someone else demonizes for being "bad". Then, even if you are willing to pay for it, you are given a hard time... or worse.
Guns, SUVs, cigarettes, fatty foods... soon PC's that are "more powerful than you need" (carbon footprint and all that...)
And yet those are all huge industries. Good thing people are hypocrites.
I hope you got modded "interesting" for your on topic bits, because your off topic drug bit was some of the worst drivel I've ever read. As a former pothead and someone who has studied 1920's America and alcohol, I respectfully as that you please educate yourself and not just live off of Nancy Regan propaganda.
The collateral damage of crime surrounding narcotics is so much worse than the actual damage that the narcotics cause. Even your "way too dangerous" drug, the most dangerous thing about it is the production of it. I agree meth ravages a person and isn't something someone should be taking, but instead of throwing them in a pound-them-in-the-ass federal prison, we should be giving them counseling.
Look at tobacco and alcohol, two things that are legal, and please realize that everything you wrote is completely nonsensical. Your entire argument reads like a pro-prohibitionists argument during the 1920's. Absolutely nothing is solved by making narcotics illegal and thousands of problems are created.
By keeping Marijuana illegal we make teens think they're living on the edge when they toke a joint.
This sentence is the most ignorant of all. It sums up your complete incomprehension of the motivation of teenagers with your lack of the ability to see the major problems that prohibition causes. Just like this bill will do nothing to deter criminals in Mexico and only put more innocent people in harms way as the incentive to mug someone for their cellphone has just increased tenfold.
I think/. is missing the point. They are claiming that using a ski mask implies sophistication. There's truth to that, as sophistication is a neutral term in a neutral environment. But 25% more of 0 time spent in jail is still 0. Don't do illegal sh** with your ski mask and you'll be fine. If you do illegal sh** with your ski mask, don't get caught, and you'll also be fine. But if you're using a ski mask to prevent detection of your illegal activity by hiding your face, that is rationally a sign of sophistication and justifiably warrants increased jail-time.
Where are the bills claiming this? Where are the ski mask bills? Everyone knows there's no other reason for ski masks but armed robbery!
If their tests are any indication, no, they don't. Leading up to this, pretty much any news program here in Japan went over the history of North Korea's tests. Outside of two they fell into the water just off the coast of N. Korea and this most recent one, they've all been spectacular disasters.
Actually, that's not true, until now, the best they'd ever done was to launch some missiles into the Japan Sea (more like sputtered into). Which was why Japan was so concerned that this missile would fall on Japan. With this rocket, they wouldn't be able to hit Australia (according to the news reports I've watched), but they could get all the way to the northern part of the Philippines.
So, while the US is safe, the most part of Asia has to worry.
Personally, I think he's dead. About 4 or 5 months ago, there was a thing in the Japanese news about how Kim Jung Il hasn't been seen and missed all these big celebrations that he's never missed before. The North Koreans denied it and say he's alive, but I'll keep my tinfoil hat on, put my fingers in my ears and say "He's dead, Jim!"
Well, for the past two to three weeks, I've heard nothing but "this is a missile". Maybe it's because I'm in Japan and watching Japanese news. The biggest concern that Japan had (or atleast presented to the public) is that the North Koreans suck at making rockets and there was a big chance that it would fall and hit the northern part of Japan.
There were threats back and forth "If it comes near us we'll shoot it down" "Shoot it down and next time we'll aim FOR you" "We'll shoot it down no matter what" "We're readying bombers to bomb you if you do"
To the person wanting coverage, what they've been saying on the news is that they're looking for where it fell so they can pull it up and make sure it was a communications satellite.
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I want a recorder and not only can you not get one that's region free, but the recorders that can record Japan's digital broadcasting require DVDs with CPRM (formerly known as DRM) in order to record.
This is why I stopped buying DVDs. I used to be a huge collector. some 200+. Then I went from the US to Japan (region 1 to region 2 (why is Japan region 2?! They use NTCS!!!)) Why waste my money on stuff I can't use? I'd never pirated a movie before then and if I could get region free stuff, I'd stop renting and ripping.
And my point is this: the major content businesses of the world and the most talented creators of that content -- music, newspapers, movies and books -- have all been seriously harmed by the Internet.
It's right there. There's the proof. Which is first on his list? The *IAAs, not the creators. Then to solidify Moryath's point, he goes on and lists newspapers. Newspapers are not being hurt by piracy. Newspapers lost the battle in the 90's when they couldn't get their act together, just like how the *IAAs are suffering now because of clowns like this CEO.
The creators can do just fine without the businesses. Are you telling me you actually think XKCD or Penny Arcade could exist without the internet? Or that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah becomes an international success without it (I can go to a karaoke place in BFE Japan and sing their songs and I can count the number of westerners on one hand there)? Or that the Simpsons are parodying OK Go - Here It Goes Again without the internet? Does Serenity get made without the internet? Creators will be perfectly ok with the internet, the monkeys on their back, however, are up shit creek without a canoe.
Copyright is a temporary ceding of our right to our culture to be an incentive to encourage people to produce. The businesses, afraid of losing their free money, panicked and extended it to outrageous lengths and the people rightly revolted. The problem with intellectual property is that it's also our culture. It's who were are, it's how we talk to each other. But with the stranglehold that these leaches have on it, we're losing it.
And I can't beat you with that, I'll fall back on, "the more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."
Hello from Japan! See Japan has this thing called "culture". The US also has the same thing, but wait for it! They're different! Japan is a country, it has people, and it has games, there for it's a horse!
There we are. I was looking for this post. Thank you
Actually, the example in the summary was of a radio. A radiator is a much better example. The radio thing is equivalent of point to the speakers and saying "My hard drive is broken"
Why isn't this modded interesting?
Except that, if you read the proposal, you'll notice this section:
Adblock Plus will then check the browsing history to see whether the user frequents this site (this could be specified for example as âoevisited the site on three days of the last weekâ) and then display a notification
So you'd only get annoyed once on the sites you revisit.
AKA yet something else tracking my surfing habits? WEEEE! Call me paranoid, but I'll not upgrade or wait for a fork
Where the hell is +6 Insightful when you need it?
Frankly I do not believe they need internet access outside of what is required to finish a class assignment. I figure most of this comes down from haters who look for any chance to embarrass or otherwise annoy religious oriented Americans who send their kids to public school.
Let's play make-believe. I was once married to a female and had kid(s). My wife and I get a divorce and I win custody of my kid(s). Post-divorce, I realize that one of the reasons for my poor marriage was the fact that I'm gay.
Now I live with my life partner (not husband because those poor tread-upon religious oriented Americans say we can't be married) and my kid(s). We have a wonderful, healthy relationships (parent-child, etc). One of my kids decides to write a paper on child development in gay households, goes to school to research and ACCESS DENIED!
So now, my child can't do the report and who's being hated on, me or the poor religious oriented American (why do LGBT and religion have to be exclusive?)?
I can see this happening here with google and most likely your isp will pay a fee , this will be hidden in your isp bill, and the money will be payed to the copyright owners .
Sweet! When can I start expecting royalty checks for this post?
You can't compare Japan to the US. You don't even need id to get on a domestic flight in Japan, where in America you can't get on a plane without getting a rectal exam. I'm sure they'd make changing trains on this system one hell of a pain in the ass to protect against them terrorists.
Until you use something that someone else demonizes for being "bad". Then, even if you are willing to pay for it, you are given a hard time... or worse. Guns, SUVs, cigarettes, fatty foods... soon PC's that are "more powerful than you need" (carbon footprint and all that...)
And yet those are all huge industries. Good thing people are hypocrites.
He was actually talking about legalizing it in the US, where most of the drug lords' money is made.
The collateral damage of crime surrounding narcotics is so much worse than the actual damage that the narcotics cause. Even your "way too dangerous" drug, the most dangerous thing about it is the production of it. I agree meth ravages a person and isn't something someone should be taking, but instead of throwing them in a pound-them-in-the-ass federal prison, we should be giving them counseling.
Look at tobacco and alcohol, two things that are legal, and please realize that everything you wrote is completely nonsensical. Your entire argument reads like a pro-prohibitionists argument during the 1920's. Absolutely nothing is solved by making narcotics illegal and thousands of problems are created.
By keeping Marijuana illegal we make teens think they're living on the edge when they toke a joint.
This sentence is the most ignorant of all. It sums up your complete incomprehension of the motivation of teenagers with your lack of the ability to see the major problems that prohibition causes. Just like this bill will do nothing to deter criminals in Mexico and only put more innocent people in harms way as the incentive to mug someone for their cellphone has just increased tenfold.
I think /. is missing the point. They are claiming that using a ski mask implies sophistication. There's truth to that, as sophistication is a neutral term in a neutral environment. But 25% more of 0 time spent in jail is still 0. Don't do illegal sh** with your ski mask and you'll be fine. If you do illegal sh** with your ski mask, don't get caught, and you'll also be fine. But if you're using a ski mask to prevent detection of your illegal activity by hiding your face, that is rationally a sign of sophistication and justifiably warrants increased jail-time.
Where are the bills claiming this? Where are the ski mask bills? Everyone knows there's no other reason for ski masks but armed robbery!
If their tests are any indication, no, they don't. Leading up to this, pretty much any news program here in Japan went over the history of North Korea's tests. Outside of two they fell into the water just off the coast of N. Korea and this most recent one, they've all been spectacular disasters.
Um, you're geography sucks. Korea is a peninsula.
Actually, that's not true, until now, the best they'd ever done was to launch some missiles into the Japan Sea (more like sputtered into). Which was why Japan was so concerned that this missile would fall on Japan. With this rocket, they wouldn't be able to hit Australia (according to the news reports I've watched), but they could get all the way to the northern part of the Philippines.
So, while the US is safe, the most part of Asia has to worry.
Personally, I think he's dead. About 4 or 5 months ago, there was a thing in the Japanese news about how Kim Jung Il hasn't been seen and missed all these big celebrations that he's never missed before.
The North Koreans denied it and say he's alive, but I'll keep my tinfoil hat on, put my fingers in my ears and say "He's dead, Jim!"
Well, for the past two to three weeks, I've heard nothing but "this is a missile". Maybe it's because I'm in Japan and watching Japanese news. The biggest concern that Japan had (or atleast presented to the public) is that the North Koreans suck at making rockets and there was a big chance that it would fall and hit the northern part of Japan.
There were threats back and forth "If it comes near us we'll shoot it down"
"Shoot it down and next time we'll aim FOR you"
"We'll shoot it down no matter what"
"We're readying bombers to bomb you if you do"
To the person wanting coverage, what they've been saying on the news is that they're looking for where it fell so they can pull it up and make sure it was a communications satellite.
Well, you know the saying, "The grass is greener on the other side"? If the other side is dead dying brown shit, what are you eating then?
Seriously, there's no more need to read on. 1 day does not meaningful statistics make.
like following a simple rhythm.
Dear god! Like I don't fail captchas enough without adding in my rhythm-less whiteness to the equation!
We taught a lion to eat tofu!