1 is an utterly tripe, stupid argument. You could probably put Linux on a good blender at this point. What the fuck does running Linux have to do with playing video games? It's virtually useless in this sense.
2, if you're worried about this, then just step out of the video game market right now. The only three companies left - and the only ones that will be left for a long time - are Microsoft (who we're aware of), Sony (rootkits, Lik-Sang, etc.), and Nintendo, who aren't AS bad, but had their own history of bullying their developers for exclusivity and intentional chip shortages when they were the top dogs in the 80s and 90s. If you want to play console video games, either way you look at it, you're dealing with the devil.
The #1 complaint I had about Obama - among many - was his poor attendance on votes. After all, how can we define him if he has no history, right?
Can't say that now. You know where Obama stands now, and furthermore, you know what his word is worth now.
Do you want to find that out now? Or do you want to find out AFTER the man's been elected? I'll take the former. Anyone that says otherwise would prefer to be fed the bullshit that they've been fed for the past couple years.
A little bit of perspective is in order. Piracy is a problem, but the RIAA and MPAA are using hydraulics to smash in a ten penny nail. The problem is that they're using that main rallying cry to justify things that go so far beyond the grasp of piracy that they're out of the stratosphere.
What child has gone to jail for copying songs? Not one. No child has even been brought up on criminal charges; yes, they've tried to get them into court mainly because they can be intimidated, but that's a different level than jail.
I don't know about you, but I think this country played the "maybe" game too much the past few elections. That's how we got stuck with the mess we're in now.
The ISO can do whatever it wants now. It won't make a damn bit of difference. It's already been proven how incompetent the governing body is, and how little regard people have for it; whatever the big names (Microsoft) want, they're going to get through sheer force of attrition.
They can rewrite their rules until they have a big rewriting orgy. It doesn't matter; the damage has already been done, and in my eyes, the damage is irreparable.
Could'a, should'a, would'a... I am not about to put every single business with large revenue into a net just because they COULD be getting their profits through ill means.
But these big businesses don't start huge; they have to get big somehow, and dishonesty only gets you so far when you're starting out; they had to be doing something right to get to the point where a few press releases, big sales, predatory hostile takeovers and a legal team that could take Belgium due to sheer force of attrition could be fair substitutes for a good product and competent support.
I agree with you that the average American consumer is a couple of thumbs away from being full-on bovine, and that their stupidity completely defeats the benefits and purpose of laissez-faire economics due to their inability to see past this bullshit to punish the bad and build up the good. But they have to be doing SOMETHING right along the way; it's not a conspiracy.
But the big guys are still around, no? And still profitable! How about that! So people bitch and bitch and bitch, but nothing gets done. That's not a conspiracy, that just means they're doing something right.
Big businesses get big for a reason: they're doing something right, on a grand scale. So instead of focusing on rhetoric, why not focus instead on brushing up on your old economics textbooks?
Yes, but you can also use Google Apps, which means everything goes through Google - your MX records, etc. - but you keep your domain.
I use two different domains for email through Dreamhost. My primary domain has it's email set up through Dreamhost, meaning I use their MX records and my webmail is the default SquirrelMail, and my other domain - one that relies on better interaction with my members - has a Google Apps backdrop. They both serve me well, and it should be noted that I bring both of them in through a client (Thunderbird).
The people below them too stupid to see what's going on, and too placated to care; after all, Mussolini made the trains run on time, right?
And before people stomp on my head, yes, I know the comparisons are awkward at best between Steve and Mussolini, so pick another reason to say I'm a retard, or mod me down as "overrated" and "flamebait".
Zuxxez wants 600 quid for TWO WORLDS!? They should be paying US to play that piece of shit! Not only was that game completely unplayable, it was buggy as shit as well!
They whined that it was improperly compared to Oblivion. If it wasn't for those comparisons, no one would have even cared about their piece of shit game in the first place. So since they care more about punishing the few people that download the game (or not; we don't know what these "forensics" are) a lot more than making a game that doesn't suck, they can fuck off.
While I'm not a fan of Microsoft - I find them repulsive - I question that logic. Consider the enterprise.
Microsoft has been integrated into corporate structures for years upon years. If they just shrivel up and die, then what? What will these companies do? They'll need support from somewhere.
They'll have three options:
1) Keep using the old Microsoft software until it no longer is plausible. This is good, but I hope nothing breaks.
2) Rip Windows out! Up with LINUX!!! This is the Linuxvangelist option, but as usual, poorly conceived due to a need for a completely new infrastructure, vendor support and end-user training.
3) Go with another vendor of proprietary software. Who? IBM? Sun? Apple?
I dislike Microsoft and their business ethics as much as anyone. But the answers aren't as simple as they're made out to be at times.
Personally, I want to know what the fuck gamers are doing to their stuff where they need reinforced steel and a mouse with it's own CPU. Is this shit REALLY necessary?
I'm not asking that rhetorically, I'd seriously like an answer; the whole "Professional Gaming" thing, save my early flirtation with The Wizard when I was 10, passed me by in my old age.
Communism - by it's sheer paper definition - is virtually impossible on a large scale. You still need leaders to make things move. Said leaders want to stay leaders. Boom - no more Communism.
Personally, I subscribe to the line of thinking that every political organization - regardless of the initial system - inevitably becomes an oligarchy. It's not only happened in China, but it's happened in Russia and the United States as well.
While I'm sure this woman has the money to cover this just from control of assets, I don't like the precedent it sets; what if this happens to someone that CAN'T foot the bill?
Losing someone is strike one. Having to pay for the search is strike two. All of that happening AND being in debt for the rest of your life? That's not tolerable, in my opinion... and I have no faith in any government - national or local - to see through the red tape for people that can't necessarily handle the cost.
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1 is an utterly tripe, stupid argument. You could probably put Linux on a good blender at this point. What the fuck does running Linux have to do with playing video games? It's virtually useless in this sense.
2, if you're worried about this, then just step out of the video game market right now. The only three companies left - and the only ones that will be left for a long time - are Microsoft (who we're aware of), Sony (rootkits, Lik-Sang, etc.), and Nintendo, who aren't AS bad, but had their own history of bullying their developers for exclusivity and intentional chip shortages when they were the top dogs in the 80s and 90s. If you want to play console video games, either way you look at it, you're dealing with the devil.
Yes, I am saying just that.
The #1 complaint I had about Obama - among many - was his poor attendance on votes. After all, how can we define him if he has no history, right?
Can't say that now. You know where Obama stands now, and furthermore, you know what his word is worth now.
Do you want to find that out now? Or do you want to find out AFTER the man's been elected? I'll take the former. Anyone that says otherwise would prefer to be fed the bullshit that they've been fed for the past couple years.
You say this as if the Democrats themselves aren't scum. Just two different heads of the same beast.
McCain skipping. At least Obama stood up and was counted, even if his view is completely fucking retarded.
Either way, it doesn't matter because we know exactly where McCain stands on this, and how he would have voted. He'd have voted yea.
A little bit of perspective is in order. Piracy is a problem, but the RIAA and MPAA are using hydraulics to smash in a ten penny nail. The problem is that they're using that main rallying cry to justify things that go so far beyond the grasp of piracy that they're out of the stratosphere.
Give a man a rope, he thinks he's a cowboy.
Hyperbole alert!!!
What child has gone to jail for copying songs? Not one. No child has even been brought up on criminal charges; yes, they've tried to get them into court mainly because they can be intimidated, but that's a different level than jail.
Actually, I think he's down there... screaming up at us. Probably in tremendous pain.
"Roll those motherfuckers up into the rivers and streams, we need that phosphorous for farming! If we're gonna recycle, LET'S GET SERIOUS!"
I don't know about you, but I think this country played the "maybe" game too much the past few elections. That's how we got stuck with the mess we're in now.
Anyone too stupid to alter their settings deserves to get caught.
Can you write? Because every ballot has a write-in slot.
Hell, I might be using mine this year. Fred Thompson is out of the race? Not if I say so!
The ISO can do whatever it wants now. It won't make a damn bit of difference. It's already been proven how incompetent the governing body is, and how little regard people have for it; whatever the big names (Microsoft) want, they're going to get through sheer force of attrition.
They can rewrite their rules until they have a big rewriting orgy. It doesn't matter; the damage has already been done, and in my eyes, the damage is irreparable.
Could'a, should'a, would'a... I am not about to put every single business with large revenue into a net just because they COULD be getting their profits through ill means.
The market works. Let it work.
But these big businesses don't start huge; they have to get big somehow, and dishonesty only gets you so far when you're starting out; they had to be doing something right to get to the point where a few press releases, big sales, predatory hostile takeovers and a legal team that could take Belgium due to sheer force of attrition could be fair substitutes for a good product and competent support.
I agree with you that the average American consumer is a couple of thumbs away from being full-on bovine, and that their stupidity completely defeats the benefits and purpose of laissez-faire economics due to their inability to see past this bullshit to punish the bad and build up the good. But they have to be doing SOMETHING right along the way; it's not a conspiracy.
But the big guys are still around, no? And still profitable! How about that! So people bitch and bitch and bitch, but nothing gets done. That's not a conspiracy, that just means they're doing something right.
Big businesses get big for a reason: they're doing something right, on a grand scale. So instead of focusing on rhetoric, why not focus instead on brushing up on your old economics textbooks?
Yes, but you can also use Google Apps, which means everything goes through Google - your MX records, etc. - but you keep your domain.
I use two different domains for email through Dreamhost. My primary domain has it's email set up through Dreamhost, meaning I use their MX records and my webmail is the default SquirrelMail, and my other domain - one that relies on better interaction with my members - has a Google Apps backdrop. They both serve me well, and it should be noted that I bring both of them in through a client (Thunderbird).
You forget one thing:
The people below them too stupid to see what's going on, and too placated to care; after all, Mussolini made the trains run on time, right?
And before people stomp on my head, yes, I know the comparisons are awkward at best between Steve and Mussolini, so pick another reason to say I'm a retard, or mod me down as "overrated" and "flamebait".
Zuxxez wants 600 quid for TWO WORLDS!? They should be paying US to play that piece of shit! Not only was that game completely unplayable, it was buggy as shit as well!
They whined that it was improperly compared to Oblivion. If it wasn't for those comparisons, no one would have even cared about their piece of shit game in the first place. So since they care more about punishing the few people that download the game (or not; we don't know what these "forensics" are) a lot more than making a game that doesn't suck, they can fuck off.
While I'm not a fan of Microsoft - I find them repulsive - I question that logic. Consider the enterprise.
Microsoft has been integrated into corporate structures for years upon years. If they just shrivel up and die, then what? What will these companies do? They'll need support from somewhere.
They'll have three options:
1) Keep using the old Microsoft software until it no longer is plausible. This is good, but I hope nothing breaks.
2) Rip Windows out! Up with LINUX!!! This is the Linuxvangelist option, but as usual, poorly conceived due to a need for a completely new infrastructure, vendor support and end-user training.
3) Go with another vendor of proprietary software. Who? IBM? Sun? Apple?
I dislike Microsoft and their business ethics as much as anyone. But the answers aren't as simple as they're made out to be at times.
Personally, I want to know what the fuck gamers are doing to their stuff where they need reinforced steel and a mouse with it's own CPU. Is this shit REALLY necessary?
I'm not asking that rhetorically, I'd seriously like an answer; the whole "Professional Gaming" thing, save my early flirtation with The Wizard when I was 10, passed me by in my old age.
Communism - by it's sheer paper definition - is virtually impossible on a large scale. You still need leaders to make things move. Said leaders want to stay leaders. Boom - no more Communism.
Personally, I subscribe to the line of thinking that every political organization - regardless of the initial system - inevitably becomes an oligarchy. It's not only happened in China, but it's happened in Russia and the United States as well.
But censoring against your own citizens is still A-OK.
I haven't been to a civilian doctor in over ten years, and not since I came out of the Service in '03.
OTOH, if they get the same effort as anyone else and nobody else has to pay, then fine - they don't have to pay either. - THAT is what I'm aiming for.
Of course, that might be asking too much in an Oligarchy like America.
While I'm sure this woman has the money to cover this just from control of assets, I don't like the precedent it sets; what if this happens to someone that CAN'T foot the bill?
Losing someone is strike one. Having to pay for the search is strike two. All of that happening AND being in debt for the rest of your life? That's not tolerable, in my opinion... and I have no faith in any government - national or local - to see through the red tape for people that can't necessarily handle the cost.