I'm so glad we have yet another excuse to raise animals in torturous, inhospitable conditions of untold amounts of suffering so that we may be able to drive our cars more "cleanly." How disgusting.
And what about the musicians who strive to make an artistic vision and say "Fuck you!" to any aspects of commercialism, such as getting paid for their work?
Exactly. China's removal of rare earth elements from the Earth is causing IMMENSE, ungodly devastation to the surrounding landscape. Huge tracts of fertile, lush land have been turned to hazardous sludge. Hybrid cars use tons of these minerals and the result is unspeakable tragedy for the Earth. Fuck your computers, cars, phones... The price is too high. (I just pawned my desktop computer off this morning!)
Right? You shouldn't feel safe. Not because of the "criminals" but because of the reason why there are so many "criminals." Have a joint on you? You're a criminal. Do you know how many people are in jail because of simple drug-related offenses? Be afraid.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/crime/index.html
Look at that. 25% of federal inmates are in there for drug possession. I bet you a good amount of these people wouldn't rob you at gunpoint. Good luck, America!
I understand that, but my point was that maybe you would actually be able to listen to the radio because there might actually be something worth listening to on there.
There is definitely no shortage of quality but I am talking about the mainstream scene.
It seems a lot of the more intrusive, powerful DRM systems are created for the purpose of at least having the game uncrackable for the first day of release, when many people will want it. This means that many of the people who really want to play it will end up buying it because a crack is unavailable at the time, even if it's for only a day.
If more and more people keep waiting for the crack, the first-day sales that these companies rely on will drop.
And that will certainly be interesting once it reaches a critical point.
Do you really think it is the corrupting power of dollar signs in their eyes that prevents them from taking even a little bit of time away from frantically making as much trash as they can and make some genuine masterpieces? Does it occur to you that this is completely ridiculous?
How is this ridiculous at all? Society continuously beats into our head that money is equal to success, and success is the only thing worth striving for in life. What kind of musician wouldn't want to be famous, rich, and have a huge following of fans? The kinds that are greedy and want all of this badly ARE the ones that rise to the top. They are shoddy musicians next to some of the deep underground ones, and they are so popular BECAUSE of their drive for money.
even though the artists themselves will end up being worse off, not to mention that most people will be deprived of the 'trash' that they actually like?
Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, and Miley Cyrus wont be obscenely rich. Cry me a river. Meanwhile, bands that care more about artistic integrity might find themselves with more fans, or maybe not, either way, I'm sure they don't mind (being one of them myself). And when it all collapses people will just sell their iPods and everything because there is no longer any music out there that they would like, which is incredibly far from the truth.
and the great era of plenty
Quality over quantity. That's all I have to say. Who cares about the sheer amount of it when it is completely bereft of quality?
That would be a good idea if the legal system was infallible. How could you possible get a defense lawyer on your side if you had hard evidence lined up against you?
Funny how I saw this announcement while playing a LAN of Civilization IV with a few other people and talking about if they were going to make another one for the PC.
This is exciting news! As you can tell, Civ is a game I really enjoy as I still play it today. Hopefully they don't mess up the mechanics a lot, or add a lot of DRM.
Here at Colorado School of Mines, most of the computers I've seen run Windows, but there is definitely a thriving Linux culture here. However, many teachers require assignments in.doc format, which is a real letdown.
That's a good point, but granted, for most people, backing up their data and falling a few commands on a CD would be easier than compiling things through command line.
We are an inferior species who have taken advantage of the Earth, hurt it, and not even cared.
However, I don't condone such destructive actions. Eventually we will destroy ourselves, or nature will destroy us, or some terrible event will help us realize how powerless we really are. For now, push towards less energy consumption, less animal cruelty, less deforestation, but stupid things like blowing AM towers is pointless and hurts the pro-Earth cause.
I don't hate Linux (in fact, I run it on all of my machines), but this is why Linux has not become popular on the desktop.
The first reply to the topic says this:
"Um WOW. THeir full of them selves. And if something dose not work with linux you can compile your own code and make it work."
It's this kind of mentality that keeps Linux from becoming more accessible. Imagine that you install Linux for your mom, and she can't get so and so program to work, so you tell her to just go into the source and edit a few things and recompile it.
That's just not going to work.
If the money goes directly to the artist instead of through the middle-man, and the artist pays those fees. Look at startup bands - the bands pay for the studio and the engineers themselves.
I can't imagine this being entirely safe. What if someone points it where it rolls out into the middle of a busy intersection, and somebody slams on their brakes or swerves to avoid it, causing an accident or hitting a pedestrian?
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I'm so glad we have yet another excuse to raise animals in torturous, inhospitable conditions of untold amounts of suffering so that we may be able to drive our cars more "cleanly." How disgusting.
And what about the musicians who strive to make an artistic vision and say "Fuck you!" to any aspects of commercialism, such as getting paid for their work?
Exactly. China's removal of rare earth elements from the Earth is causing IMMENSE, ungodly devastation to the surrounding landscape. Huge tracts of fertile, lush land have been turned to hazardous sludge. Hybrid cars use tons of these minerals and the result is unspeakable tragedy for the Earth. Fuck your computers, cars, phones... The price is too high. (I just pawned my desktop computer off this morning!)
Right? You shouldn't feel safe. Not because of the "criminals" but because of the reason why there are so many "criminals." Have a joint on you? You're a criminal. Do you know how many people are in jail because of simple drug-related offenses? Be afraid. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/factsht/crime/index.html Look at that. 25% of federal inmates are in there for drug possession. I bet you a good amount of these people wouldn't rob you at gunpoint. Good luck, America!
My friend just got an Apple tattoo on his arm. Big and clearly visible. He's only 16. I weep for mankind.
Judging by some posts by Apple fanboys, some iPhone owners probably wouldn't mind sucking OFF their iPhone.
I understand that, but my point was that maybe you would actually be able to listen to the radio because there might actually be something worth listening to on there. There is definitely no shortage of quality but I am talking about the mainstream scene.
I expect him to be grading many papers that are mysteriously smeared with Cheetos residue.
It seems a lot of the more intrusive, powerful DRM systems are created for the purpose of at least having the game uncrackable for the first day of release, when many people will want it. This means that many of the people who really want to play it will end up buying it because a crack is unavailable at the time, even if it's for only a day. If more and more people keep waiting for the crack, the first-day sales that these companies rely on will drop. And that will certainly be interesting once it reaches a critical point.
Do you really think it is the corrupting power of dollar signs in their eyes that prevents them from taking even a little bit of time away from frantically making as much trash as they can and make some genuine masterpieces? Does it occur to you that this is completely ridiculous?
How is this ridiculous at all? Society continuously beats into our head that money is equal to success, and success is the only thing worth striving for in life. What kind of musician wouldn't want to be famous, rich, and have a huge following of fans? The kinds that are greedy and want all of this badly ARE the ones that rise to the top. They are shoddy musicians next to some of the deep underground ones, and they are so popular BECAUSE of their drive for money.
even though the artists themselves will end up being worse off, not to mention that most people will be deprived of the 'trash' that they actually like?
Britney Spears, Snoop Dogg, and Miley Cyrus wont be obscenely rich. Cry me a river. Meanwhile, bands that care more about artistic integrity might find themselves with more fans, or maybe not, either way, I'm sure they don't mind (being one of them myself). And when it all collapses people will just sell their iPods and everything because there is no longer any music out there that they would like, which is incredibly far from the truth.
and the great era of plenty
Quality over quantity. That's all I have to say. Who cares about the sheer amount of it when it is completely bereft of quality?
Maybe if they wouldn't be so negative all the time, they wouldn't want to kill anyone.
Hypocrisy is a popular Swedish melodic death metal band.
That would be a good idea if the legal system was infallible. How could you possible get a defense lawyer on your side if you had hard evidence lined up against you?
Funny how I saw this announcement while playing a LAN of Civilization IV with a few other people and talking about if they were going to make another one for the PC. This is exciting news! As you can tell, Civ is a game I really enjoy as I still play it today. Hopefully they don't mess up the mechanics a lot, or add a lot of DRM.
Forkable... Just like your mother. :)
Here at Colorado School of Mines, most of the computers I've seen run Windows, but there is definitely a thriving Linux culture here. However, many teachers require assignments in .doc format, which is a real letdown.
That's a good point, but granted, for most people, backing up their data and falling a few commands on a CD would be easier than compiling things through command line.
We are an inferior species who have taken advantage of the Earth, hurt it, and not even cared.
However, I don't condone such destructive actions. Eventually we will destroy ourselves, or nature will destroy us, or some terrible event will help us realize how powerless we really are. For now, push towards less energy consumption, less animal cruelty, less deforestation, but stupid things like blowing AM towers is pointless and hurts the pro-Earth cause.
I don't hate Linux (in fact, I run it on all of my machines), but this is why Linux has not become popular on the desktop.
The first reply to the topic says this:
"Um WOW. THeir full of them selves. And if something dose not work with linux you can compile your own code and make it work."
It's this kind of mentality that keeps Linux from becoming more accessible. Imagine that you install Linux for your mom, and she can't get so and so program to work, so you tell her to just go into the source and edit a few things and recompile it. That's just not going to work.
Try the eeebuntu distro.
Who the hell decided to call it the "Scarlet Knight?" It's freakin' yellow!
If the money goes directly to the artist instead of through the middle-man, and the artist pays those fees. Look at startup bands - the bands pay for the studio and the engineers themselves.
I can't imagine this being entirely safe. What if someone points it where it rolls out into the middle of a busy intersection, and somebody slams on their brakes or swerves to avoid it, causing an accident or hitting a pedestrian?
But can it run Vista?
Hopefully they will redesign their analog sticks. All my analog sticks on my GameCube controllers are very jiggly and have huge nullzones.