Back in more civilised times, about a hundred years ago, when Britain ruled the world, this sort of behavior would have merited a visit by the Royal Navy, and a few swift hangings.
If the Royal Navy had had ships capable of sailing to Uzbekistan, they'd still rule the world.
Ahh, point. I live in a city where going off-grid isn't really an option. In rural areas, the electric company is less of a natural monopoly.
That said, I think your situation is an example of political gouging--without a monopoly, the electric company could still satisfy nearly all on-the-grid demand more efficiently than multiple providers, but they'd make lower profits, so they captured the regulatorial apparatus.
A law against bundling OSes with computers would indeed affect Apple. The EU may institute something more specifically Microsoft-targeted, or mean to, but as written Apple would also have to unbundle.
I doubt there'd be a market for it. Much of the mac tax goes to the hardware, so I doubt unbundled macs would be much cheaper, and the OS is (to me at least) a big part of the value. I'd rather have OS X on a Dell than Windows on a Mac.
You can if it's a natural monopoly (i.e, if economies of scale or coordination bandwagoning are such that a single provider can satisfy all the demand more efficiently than a combination of providers). Look at the electric company (assuming it's not forced by government intervention to let competitors use its power lines).
You can be generally patriotic and disagree with some of your country's policies enough to circumvent them. It's not all-or-nothing. Given a severe enough threat, or perceived threat, to China, lots of Chinese who dislike their government in some ways would still rally behind it (I'm not going to comment on the correctness of any of these, but that's what happened to the Bush administration post-9/11, and it's what Ahmedinajad and the Iranian government is counting on the current crisis to create). It's not like it's only radical democracy advocates who are circumventing these, anyhow.
It piques your interest. Someone who does that (especially if they're on a computer with pirated Windows) is more likely to become interested in hacking than someone who just turns on their factory-standard computer, clicks on IE, and goes wherever they want.
Through being interested in torrents, I've learned all kinds of stuff about how computers work, and in the end was convinced to install Linux. I wouldn't say going to a torrent client website and downloading it taught me frack-all about computers, but the one led to the other.
What Pixelite and the other AC said. I just want this one song, which isn't available on Itunes. In a pinch I'd buy a CD of the album it was originally on (i.e, I value this song at around $10), but that's not even available used anywhere. No way I'm buying 100 other songs at a cost of $150 just to get this one.
Lots of commenters here have said "I live in China, and all you need is a proxy to get around this."
What if the CCP has purposely built their firewall to be circumventable with just a little hacking? A few years of this and much of the population has an interest and a little skill in computer tricks, increasing the pool of computer talent in the country for both peaceful development and recruitment for nasty hacker armies? They could be engaging in social engineering to get a leg up in computer warfare.
In WWII, one huge advantage the USA had was that every kid had grown up tinkering with old cars, so every tank crew had an amateur mechanic, without having to specifically assign and train them. This could produce a similar effect for the Chinese.
Which is interesting, as it was invented by Jeremy Bentham as part of a prison reform scheme. (I may be wrong about him having originated the term, but he did use it as such).
Just for one example of how nonmainstream tastes don't work this way, go find a way to legitimately buy Hank Snow's version of "Casey Jones."
If you can get it any cheaper than as part of a 13-CD $150 collection, send me the link and I'll put my money where my mouth is. I've been looking for a copy for months (it is available for piracy though).
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As the end of TFA explains, this is a way to ensure that anything written about the chip will either be favorable or devoid of detail. It's an attempt to manipulate the reviews, which is dirty pool and bad for consumers. Even if they have the right to, it's nasty behavior.
The GP wasn't talking about -making- the movie. He was saying that, as a viewer, the appropriate response to movies that suck is not to see them, not to (as TFA does) throw a fit and demand some sort of political action in response.
Organizations now exist that do the same for bicycles. It's the same idea--health care workers can reach more people more efficiently (plus, they're a bonus for anyone doing any sort of job that involves moving stuff).
The Jews actually have been persecuted as severely as the Muslims think they are being. Not to say the reflexive cries of antisemitism that emerge periodically are always, or even usually, correct, but criticism of Jewish beliefs has more regularly lead to slander of same, which has more regularly led to murder. No one's alleging that the Muslims eat Christian babies every friday.
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But do you talk at the theater?
I'd like to see you try and take up our debts. You'd just go down with us and we'd both end up being owned by China.
Back in more civilised times, about a hundred years ago, when Britain ruled the world, this sort of behavior would have merited a visit by the Royal Navy, and a few swift hangings. If the Royal Navy had had ships capable of sailing to Uzbekistan, they'd still rule the world.
Not all of them are small, apparently.
Breech of contract? Did Audodesk hire Roy Pearson as their lawyer or something?
Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.
That said, I think your situation is an example of political gouging--without a monopoly, the electric company could still satisfy nearly all on-the-grid demand more efficiently than multiple providers, but they'd make lower profits, so they captured the regulatorial apparatus.
A law against bundling OSes with computers would indeed affect Apple. The EU may institute something more specifically Microsoft-targeted, or mean to, but as written Apple would also have to unbundle.
I doubt there'd be a market for it. Much of the mac tax goes to the hardware, so I doubt unbundled macs would be much cheaper, and the OS is (to me at least) a big part of the value. I'd rather have OS X on a Dell than Windows on a Mac.
You can if it's a natural monopoly (i.e, if economies of scale or coordination bandwagoning are such that a single provider can satisfy all the demand more efficiently than a combination of providers). Look at the electric company (assuming it's not forced by government intervention to let competitors use its power lines).
This will also affect another major computer maker who likes to bundle its OS with computers it sells.
Because it's the job of every forum operator to investigate the truth of every claim posted on their forum.
You can be generally patriotic and disagree with some of your country's policies enough to circumvent them. It's not all-or-nothing. Given a severe enough threat, or perceived threat, to China, lots of Chinese who dislike their government in some ways would still rally behind it (I'm not going to comment on the correctness of any of these, but that's what happened to the Bush administration post-9/11, and it's what Ahmedinajad and the Iranian government is counting on the current crisis to create). It's not like it's only radical democracy advocates who are circumventing these, anyhow.
Through being interested in torrents, I've learned all kinds of stuff about how computers work, and in the end was convinced to install Linux. I wouldn't say going to a torrent client website and downloading it taught me frack-all about computers, but the one led to the other.
What Pixelite and the other AC said. I just want this one song, which isn't available on Itunes. In a pinch I'd buy a CD of the album it was originally on (i.e, I value this song at around $10), but that's not even available used anywhere. No way I'm buying 100 other songs at a cost of $150 just to get this one.
What if the CCP has purposely built their firewall to be circumventable with just a little hacking? A few years of this and much of the population has an interest and a little skill in computer tricks, increasing the pool of computer talent in the country for both peaceful development and recruitment for nasty hacker armies? They could be engaging in social engineering to get a leg up in computer warfare.
In WWII, one huge advantage the USA had was that every kid had grown up tinkering with old cars, so every tank crew had an amateur mechanic, without having to specifically assign and train them. This could produce a similar effect for the Chinese.
Which is interesting, as it was invented by Jeremy Bentham as part of a prison reform scheme. (I may be wrong about him having originated the term, but he did use it as such).
If you can get it any cheaper than as part of a 13-CD $150 collection, send me the link and I'll put my money where my mouth is. I've been looking for a copy for months (it is available for piracy though).
As the end of TFA explains, this is a way to ensure that anything written about the chip will either be favorable or devoid of detail. It's an attempt to manipulate the reviews, which is dirty pool and bad for consumers. Even if they have the right to, it's nasty behavior.
The GP wasn't talking about -making- the movie. He was saying that, as a viewer, the appropriate response to movies that suck is not to see them, not to (as TFA does) throw a fit and demand some sort of political action in response.
Ahh forget it, no point in arguing with deliberate flamebait.
It would be defeated by a Grendel's Mother Cluster.
Organizations now exist that do the same for bicycles. It's the same idea--health care workers can reach more people more efficiently (plus, they're a bonus for anyone doing any sort of job that involves moving stuff).
At least he didn't take a wide stance and reach under the stall door.
The Jews actually have been persecuted as severely as the Muslims think they are being. Not to say the reflexive cries of antisemitism that emerge periodically are always, or even usually, correct, but criticism of Jewish beliefs has more regularly lead to slander of same, which has more regularly led to murder. No one's alleging that the Muslims eat Christian babies every friday.