Agree completely, except at the end. Free Speech isn't the issue here, it's the disdain that the populace has for any public figure who would say something as ignorant as what he said.
Living in Michigan, I can tell you I was shocked to read this. We're currently facing a multi-hundred million budget deficeit (400+ iirc), and this actually stayed in? They're closing schools all over the state, our single-business tax has expired, so they're trying to get another gas tax added on (costing 3cents/gal. for 3 years for a total of an additional 9/gal), and Granholm has been trying to get an "entertainment" tax in place, meaning taxes on movies, video games, etc. etc. Our "sin" tax seemingly goes up yearly, meaning when I moved back up here from TN. I went from paying under $3/pack of smokes to over $5. Granted, that's not as high as some metropolitan areas, but the cost of living is no where NEAR those places, therefore neither are the wages.
Frankly, I'm saddened by it. We used to have some of the best roads in the nation, and now I can't drive to work without wondering when my suspension is going to fail. It's not even a matter of avoiding the potholes, you actually have to avoid entire roads. Now you're telling me every little bastard in school is going to get an ipod? What about my nephew, who attends a private charter school? We pay property taxes, even though he doesn't attend public schools, and now you're going to tell me I have to foot the bill for this?
I only wish Granholm hadn't been the lesser of two evils this prior election. On the bright side, however, she's done a great job turning the strengths of our states into our weaknesses, while also driving businesses (Lifesavers, Johnson Controls, numerous others) out of the area. What's next?
It's not that ironic, the porn industry tends to be a missionary when it comes to new technology. Remember how everyone was saying sony was going to take it doggystyle because there was a blurb about the porn industry shifting to HD-DVD? As of yet, I don't see a dirty sanchez appearing on the Sony name, at least not from that "war".
You can't expect the *IAA to do a reverse cowgirl on their stand either, to do so would be to open themselves up to ridicule across the media band, not just in sixty-nine articles on/. It's really too bad, because it seems like their trying to play a rusty trombone, but they're felching it up. The profits they could receive from the menage-a-trois of dvds/online distribution/set-top sales(vod) would provide a real shocker if they could do so in a non-intrusive manner. I'd much rather be dry-humped then have to use the provided glory hole and hope there's not a pitbull on the other side.
Sure porn piracy runs rampant, has for decades. But, umm, how much do they sell in a year? If you want to try fellatio on my conscious, it's not going to happen. I'll never pay for porn.
Simply put, re-read the first part of my statement. If we hit Terror Alert: Death Metal, and enough money makes it into the right pockets, there's no telling what laws could be put into effect. Removing rights/privacy from the people is good for many groups, government and commercial; though there will always be ways of obtaining media for free, I'm sure both groups would much prefer it was taken out of the hands of the masses, and relegated back to the old days of IRC servers and ftp's that make you sign up for spam. The more hoops, the better.
Because of their arrogance the music industry wil now have 0 revenue where before it could get something.
Indeed, and that's when the record companies show congress all the red ink and demand that laws be put into place to protect the future of the "arts". Likely, the politicians will grudgingly agree, as they accept the overstuffed envelope and free subscription to whatever *IAA music service is "new" at the time (meaning years behind anything innovative).
It's a fine example of a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
Look folks, do exercise some healthy skepticism when a conflict of interest is _that_ blatant. When people's paychecks depend on the King (or CEO, or whatever) liking what they write, there's rarely even a need to put an explicit "thou shalt present me as the Messiah" clause in their contract. Either they figure it out on their own (like this guy seems to), or natural selection takes care of it.
In Soviet Russia, Putin takes care of you!
"[...]but with its development this technology will probably help in discovering many criminal mysteries."
If the detectives in your town need a fingerprint just to discover a mystery is afoot, move. Call me when science is able to figure out a way to SOLVE crimes using fingerprints, then I'll be impressed.
Are you kidding? This place would be ideal for me.
I'm just not so sure they'd approve my 40% personal work thesis "The Google altered-effects". Basically, 10% of my time would be spent smokin' blunts in the gaming area. Another 10% at the masseuse, broken up by a sporadic 15% allotment of time for the snack bars and mini-kitchens. That leaves me a whole 5% to Google strange terms like "hyperbolic colonoscopy" and "nude ascii games" to see what the results would be. Purely for strict marketing purposes only, of course.
I thought it was every time I bought a bag of illicit drugs the terrorists won. Which, I guess really can't be true, because the score atm would be something like 818592-0.
It's like getting arrested for participating in a charity blackjack game for transient hookers. Sure you're giving them money, but you aren't asking them to do anything illegal.
I work for the devil, and must say I look forward to logging onto a new system to request time off, or look up truck sizes, etc. Currently, they use a unix based program that's 15+ years old.
Notice what I said there, btw. Without getting into details, most of the back-end systems don't have windows installed now, anyways, so I'm not sure what's the big deal. They're just migrating from unix to linux.
Who wants to make a difference? Just think of all the young, budding pornsite operators out there that will franticly fill hundreds of servers, solely for our hedonistic viewing pleasures. I, for one, welcome our...oh nevermind. I'm going to go look at some smut.
Right? We threaten trade sanctions if they don't bow to the RIAA, they respond with doubling natural gas exports to most of Europe. Who do you think should back down first?
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Agree completely, except at the end. Free Speech isn't the issue here, it's the disdain that the populace has for any public figure who would say something as ignorant as what he said.
"Dum dum dum dum dum"
Living in Michigan, I can tell you I was shocked to read this. We're currently facing a multi-hundred million budget deficeit (400+ iirc), and this actually stayed in? They're closing schools all over the state, our single-business tax has expired, so they're trying to get another gas tax added on (costing 3cents/gal. for 3 years for a total of an additional 9/gal), and Granholm has been trying to get an "entertainment" tax in place, meaning taxes on movies, video games, etc. etc. Our "sin" tax seemingly goes up yearly, meaning when I moved back up here from TN. I went from paying under $3/pack of smokes to over $5. Granted, that's not as high as some metropolitan areas, but the cost of living is no where NEAR those places, therefore neither are the wages.
Frankly, I'm saddened by it. We used to have some of the best roads in the nation, and now I can't drive to work without wondering when my suspension is going to fail. It's not even a matter of avoiding the potholes, you actually have to avoid entire roads. Now you're telling me every little bastard in school is going to get an ipod? What about my nephew, who attends a private charter school? We pay property taxes, even though he doesn't attend public schools, and now you're going to tell me I have to foot the bill for this?
I only wish Granholm hadn't been the lesser of two evils this prior election. On the bright side, however, she's done a great job turning the strengths of our states into our weaknesses, while also driving businesses (Lifesavers, Johnson Controls, numerous others) out of the area. What's next?
It's not that ironic, the porn industry tends to be a missionary when it comes to new technology. Remember how everyone was saying sony was going to take it doggystyle because there was a blurb about the porn industry shifting to HD-DVD? As of yet, I don't see a dirty sanchez appearing on the Sony name, at least not from that "war".
/. It's really too bad, because it seems like their trying to play a rusty trombone, but they're felching it up. The profits they could receive from the menage-a-trois of dvds/online distribution/set-top sales(vod) would provide a real shocker if they could do so in a non-intrusive manner. I'd much rather be dry-humped then have to use the provided glory hole and hope there's not a pitbull on the other side.
You can't expect the *IAA to do a reverse cowgirl on their stand either, to do so would be to open themselves up to ridicule across the media band, not just in sixty-nine articles on
Sure porn piracy runs rampant, has for decades. But, umm, how much do they sell in a year? If you want to try fellatio on my conscious, it's not going to happen. I'll never pay for porn.
Can we now officially replace the overworked car analogy with ones from D&D?
I for one welcome our new sword-wielding, spell-slinging, trap removing IT overlords.
No, but I read it as a single orgasm that lasted for 100 million years without sex. Can I burn some karma and come back as one of those?
Simply put, re-read the first part of my statement. If we hit Terror Alert: Death Metal, and enough money makes it into the right pockets, there's no telling what laws could be put into effect. Removing rights/privacy from the people is good for many groups, government and commercial; though there will always be ways of obtaining media for free, I'm sure both groups would much prefer it was taken out of the hands of the masses, and relegated back to the old days of IRC servers and ftp's that make you sign up for spam. The more hoops, the better.
Because of their arrogance the music industry wil now have 0 revenue where before it could get something.
Indeed, and that's when the record companies show congress all the red ink and demand that laws be put into place to protect the future of the "arts". Likely, the politicians will grudgingly agree, as they accept the overstuffed envelope and free subscription to whatever *IAA music service is "new" at the time (meaning years behind anything innovative).
It's a fine example of a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
Look folks, do exercise some healthy skepticism when a conflict of interest is _that_ blatant. When people's paychecks depend on the King (or CEO, or whatever) liking what they write, there's rarely even a need to put an explicit "thou shalt present me as the Messiah" clause in their contract. Either they figure it out on their own (like this guy seems to), or natural selection takes care of it. In Soviet Russia, Putin takes care of you!
"[...]but with its development this technology will probably help in discovering many criminal mysteries."
If the detectives in your town need a fingerprint just to discover a mystery is afoot, move. Call me when science is able to figure out a way to SOLVE crimes using fingerprints, then I'll be impressed.
Apparently, about 6 minutes.
I guess aiding and abetting law breakers just isn't enough to get the typical US citizen's ire up....
Not really, we do it every paycheck when we pay taxes..
Are you kidding? This place would be ideal for me.
I'm just not so sure they'd approve my 40% personal work thesis "The Google altered-effects". Basically, 10% of my time would be spent smokin' blunts in the gaming area. Another 10% at the masseuse, broken up by a sporadic 15% allotment of time for the snack bars and mini-kitchens. That leaves me a whole 5% to Google strange terms like "hyperbolic colonoscopy" and "nude ascii games" to see what the results would be. Purely for strict marketing purposes only, of course.
Next time, don't leave the laptop in the Meth Lab.
I thought it was every time I bought a bag of illicit drugs the terrorists won. Which, I guess really can't be true, because the score atm would be something like 818592-0.
It's like getting arrested for participating in a charity blackjack game for transient hookers. Sure you're giving them money, but you aren't asking them to do anything illegal.
Bah, you really shouldn't let a work of fiction scare you like that!
I work for the devil, and must say I look forward to logging onto a new system to request time off, or look up truck sizes, etc. Currently, they use a unix based program that's 15+ years old. Notice what I said there, btw. Without getting into details, most of the back-end systems don't have windows installed now, anyways, so I'm not sure what's the big deal. They're just migrating from unix to linux.
Seven minutes 'till the next episode of Metalocalypse starts? Rock On!!
Deathclok! Deathclok!
Have no fear, we'll just round up all the 14year olds who've beaten Rayman Ravin' Rabbids and send them off to N. Korea with a Wii remote.
So, wait, they've recreated a 6/1 creature with Trample, that takes one red mana to cast, and is placed in the graveyard after this turn is completed?
Just don't tell me when they create a Lord of the Pit, the U.S. has a hard enough time preserving marshland's as it is.
More info from your link:
18 minutes of uncompressed UHDV footage consumes 3.5 terabytes of data and 1 minute of footage consumes 194 gigabytes.
I hope I'm not expected to maintain a torrent share ratio when they start releasing those. Can someone recode xvid please? ktnxbye.
Who wants to make a difference? Just think of all the young, budding pornsite operators out there that will franticly fill hundreds of servers, solely for our hedonistic viewing pleasures. I, for one, welcome our...oh nevermind. I'm going to go look at some smut.
Right? We threaten trade sanctions if they don't bow to the RIAA, they respond with doubling natural gas exports to most of Europe. Who do you think should back down first?
I, for one, welcome back our old analog overlords.