Not to mention that the article blatantly exaggerates how much power we the people actually have in the first place.
The ohio election hack pretty much proves that we have no voice unless it is approved by the elite. It proves that the powers that be aren't afraid to lie, cheat, steal their way into office.
In order for the american public to change anything they have to unite against it. That implies that a) they care (apathy) b) they haven't already given up hope (learned helplessness) c) they aren't already busy scrambling to survive.
a is entirely our own fault. b, not so much because who wants to get beat up for zero payoff?. c is blatant manipulation of circumstances to make it too expensive to resist. Keep everyone too poor to both protest and feed their families at the same time./
With a DM the only thing you pay for is for pizza and soda. You don't have to pay a DM to play in his game, so there's no expectation of being reasonable.
Once you start coughing up cold hard cash, it's a different ballgame.
Because linux users are such a small share of the market that anyone bitching, rightly or otherwise, about getting unfairly banned is liable to get booed into silence by the normal gaming crowd that thinks linux users are nothing but hackers to be snubbed at every opportunity.
The whole OtherOS debacle surrounding the PS3 is proof of that. It wasn't just gamers not giving a crap, they were HAPPY that Sony decided to screw them over. They think linux users are just pathetic pirate dweebs that *deserve* to get ass-raped.
Given this, it's very difficult for Blizzard and the like to get bad PR from backstabbing linux users. Therefore, they will be happy to do it if it helps them.
They may SAY you won't get banned for running Wine, but since their bans are final, unappealable, and will not under any circumstances be lifted or explained, you are pretty much forced to trust them, and since it's impossible to distinguish cheaters from compatibility victims, Blizzard can snake-talk their way into saying they support linux, ban you anyway, and nobody would be the wiser.
And since they reserve the right to ban anyone at any time for any or indeed no reason, you have no recourse if they screw up and ban you by mistake. Hell, you could get banned for wearing purple hair IRL, or suing one of Blizzard's corporate buddies.
Sadly I think this may well be true in the future if hacking your own PC is treated by Microsoft the same way that modchipping your PS is treated by Sony
You can return defective underpants with a receipt and if you haven't worn them. Just bring them back to the store, show them the shoddy stitching, and get your money back. Then they get to bitch out the vendor that sold them the underwear.
Building materials may not be returnable but if they are defective you can get an allowance from the supply company. In extreme cases there may even be lawsuits for fraud.
Movies are an inherently subjective experience and therefore unless the media itself is defective it's hard to argue for a return.
Food can be defective just like anything else, and you can probably still get a refund if you bring it back and have it tossed in the trash.
You are correct that software is not unusual, however software can in fact be returned in many cases.
All the US has to do is kidnap assange and give the UK a big fat middle finger.
Don't underestimate the gumption of an arrogant sovereign that delights in stomping over other people's rules. If Sweden got ahold of assange he'd be in the us in the blink of an eye andt here'd be jack shit the UK could actually do about it once it happened.
Sovereign nations do as they fucking please, treaty or no.
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I'd rather give one candidate a negative vote than merely give the other candidate a positive one.
The problem is that we have to deal with BOTH issues.
The electorate is stupid AND votes are stolen.
Not to mention that the article blatantly exaggerates how much power we the people actually have in the first place.
The ohio election hack pretty much proves that we have no voice unless it is approved by the elite. It proves that the powers that be aren't afraid to lie, cheat, steal their way into office.
In order for the american public to change anything they have to unite against it. That implies that
a) they care (apathy)
b) they haven't already given up hope (learned helplessness)
c) they aren't already busy scrambling to survive.
a is entirely our own fault. b, not so much because who wants to get beat up for zero payoff?. c is blatant manipulation of circumstances to make it too expensive to resist. Keep everyone too poor to both protest and feed their families at the same time./
A direct competitor that is already using patent extortion to force android handset makers to pay royalties.
And that is most likely exactly what the PHBs want.
Wikileaks was doing just fine keeping the *real* secrets hidden until a rogue media outlet spilled everything.
With a DM the only thing you pay for is for pizza and soda. You don't have to pay a DM to play in his game, so there's no expectation of being reasonable.
Once you start coughing up cold hard cash, it's a different ballgame.
Because linux users are such a small share of the market that anyone bitching, rightly or otherwise, about getting unfairly banned is liable to get booed into silence by the normal gaming crowd that thinks linux users are nothing but hackers to be snubbed at every opportunity.
The whole OtherOS debacle surrounding the PS3 is proof of that. It wasn't just gamers not giving a crap, they were HAPPY that Sony decided to screw them over. They think linux users are just pathetic pirate dweebs that *deserve* to get ass-raped.
Given this, it's very difficult for Blizzard and the like to get bad PR from backstabbing linux users. Therefore, they will be happy to do it if it helps them.
They may SAY you won't get banned for running Wine, but since their bans are final, unappealable, and will not under any circumstances be lifted or explained, you are pretty much forced to trust them, and since it's impossible to distinguish cheaters from compatibility victims, Blizzard can snake-talk their way into saying they support linux, ban you anyway, and nobody would be the wiser.
And since they reserve the right to ban anyone at any time for any or indeed no reason, you have no recourse if they screw up and ban you by mistake. Hell, you could get banned for wearing purple hair IRL, or suing one of Blizzard's corporate buddies.
No but it does apply to the government that also enforces the DMCA.
The difference in theory is that not 100 percent of gun use is armed robbery.
Sadly I think this may well be true in the future if hacking your own PC is treated by Microsoft the same way that modchipping your PS is treated by Sony
Sell it as sea salt.
Too often return policies become a power struggle between greedy retailers and unscrupulous customers.
Right up until the point where he accepts outside contributions without a copyright assignment.
This is also a GPL violation.
You can return defective underpants with a receipt and if you haven't worn them. Just bring them back to the store, show them the shoddy stitching, and get your money back. Then they get to bitch out the vendor that sold them the underwear.
Building materials may not be returnable but if they are defective you can get an allowance from the supply company. In extreme cases there may even be lawsuits for fraud.
Movies are an inherently subjective experience and therefore unless the media itself is defective it's hard to argue for a return.
Food can be defective just like anything else, and you can probably still get a refund if you bring it back and have it tossed in the trash.
You are correct that software is not unusual, however software can in fact be returned in many cases.
If you don't own a computer, you don't need the binary anyway.
And with commercial software you don't get JACK if you don't pay up.
So this method isn't really worse than the status quo.
Unless you catch a peer red handed uploading infringing material to you, you either need a subpoena or a spyware virus on the peer to prove anything.
And without probable cause, you shouldn't get either one.
And that's protected by double jeopardy.
Except that you can't revoke consent after the fact and retroactively make it rape.
If a legislature did that it would be called an ex post facto law.
Treaty shmeaty. Once the US has their hands on him they will happily tell sweden to go fuck themselves.
A silly peace of paper isn't going to stop the feds from doing what they want.
Our bill of rights hasn't stopped them either.
All that stuff about the UK is just legal paper.
All the US has to do is kidnap assange and give the UK a big fat middle finger.
Don't underestimate the gumption of an arrogant sovereign that delights in stomping over other people's rules. If Sweden got ahold of assange he'd be in the us in the blink of an eye andt here'd be jack shit the UK could actually do about it once it happened.
Sovereign nations do as they fucking please, treaty or no.
Seems you missed something called the 16th amendment.