I disagree with it as well, LingNo, but talking about going to court as a PR move is equally insane. If you have a point of law you're concerned about, that's fine. If you want to take people to court as a form of general protest or a PR move, you're no better than the RIAA. You're ignorant yourself if you think otherwise.
And no, I don't work for a publisher. I'm a nursing student in college.
Lawsuits are the best option, no individual likes going to court and it gets this information out to the public who might know anything about software piracy.
It legitimizes the whole thing as well, instead of making it look like a bunch of Corporations that are bitching because they can't make a few more million anymore it shows REAL pissed off developers that can't feed their family with verbal gratitude.
Hopefully with enough lawsuits they'll be a law outlawing this practice. I'm really sick of how users are allowed to get away with anything they want because it's their computer. There needs to be more ethics on the internet as a whole.
What you don't seem to understand is two basic mechanisms of Slashdot, so let me give you a refresher:
1. It takes one guy to mod you a troll and it takes either a careful meta moderation or another guy with mod points to think what you say has value in order to change that. Considering what you've said so far, I figure you adding something interesting to a conversation to be a rare event.
2. It only takes a few people to tag an article, which is why we often get tags that make no sense.
I'd like to also point out that most people see censorship as censorship, no matter what entity commits it.
By looking over what you've said, I've concluded that you're either an idiot or a troll. I think calling you a troll is being over optimistic, however.
And then there are plenty with no idea on how the system does or should work. That is the real problem, the nut jobs marginalize themselves if everyone is educated.
While I hate DRM, there is a valid line of logic that the harder you make something to share, the less people will share. If someone could just lend a friend a disc for a few hours and they could have a full copy of a game, infringement might be even more widespread. Even still, I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
Most places have a curfew in the code for minors that is selectively enforced(if the kid looks like hes up to trouble). We have one in Frederick MD and most people don't know about it.
While I agree with that, a government elected by a process I'm not a part of is invalid in my eyes. I'd imagine that the amount of people voting more than once would be a very tiny minority compared to the amount of valid voters with flawed paperwork. This is due to the driving around involved, and the logistics of moving around large amounts of people and keeping it secret.
Its all a balancing game really, I just wish more people saw both sides. A poser below mentioned staining of fingers, which might be the best idea.
Nah, the package was delivered to another middle schooler's house. The other middle schooler however didn't have the balls to face the feds and cracked.
Trick is though, the summary kind of makes us decide to click the link. One sentence of the applications would've been enough. Still, it didn't really bother me, as I already knew what a Golomb ruler was.
He didn't make up the arbitrary constraint, the entire discussion was around miles per gallon. You came in and acted like you were talking about something revolutionary, but it had the same effect as some guy with a jester hat jumping in and yelling "Gotcha!"
There is a major problem with calling it a cancer, and that is in context. You can't call open source a cancer and proprietary software healthy cells. This is due to proprietary software's inability to grow and intermingle. Maybe if you call proprietary software a tumor, GPL could be just a more aggressive cancer that turns everything into wonderful goodness, while BSD is a healthy cell.
While the virus idea works better, the whole premise is just silly, pejorative, and flawed. Highlighting Balmer's stupidity in saying it works just fine in showing Microsoft has a screwball for a CEO.
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I agree with you. I just don't like how LingNoi put it. Sounds like the bullshit the content holders try to pull.
I disagree with it as well, LingNo, but talking about going to court as a PR move is equally insane. If you have a point of law you're concerned about, that's fine. If you want to take people to court as a form of general protest or a PR move, you're no better than the RIAA. You're ignorant yourself if you think otherwise.
And no, I don't work for a publisher. I'm a nursing student in college.
Of course they can, just ask the RIAA!
Lawsuits are the best option, no individual likes going to court and it gets this information out to the public who might know anything about software piracy.
It legitimizes the whole thing as well, instead of making it look like a bunch of Corporations that are bitching because they can't make a few more million anymore it shows REAL pissed off developers that can't feed their family with verbal gratitude.
Hopefully with enough lawsuits they'll be a law outlawing this practice. I'm really sick of how users are allowed to get away with anything they want because it's their computer. There needs to be more ethics on the internet as a whole.
Frivolous lawsuits are bad, mmmkay?
Exactly what he was getting at.
What you don't seem to understand is two basic mechanisms of Slashdot, so let me give you a refresher:
1. It takes one guy to mod you a troll and it takes either a careful meta moderation or another guy with mod points to think what you say has value in order to change that. Considering what you've said so far, I figure you adding something interesting to a conversation to be a rare event.
2. It only takes a few people to tag an article, which is why we often get tags that make no sense.
I'd like to also point out that most people see censorship as censorship, no matter what entity commits it.
By looking over what you've said, I've concluded that you're either an idiot or a troll. I think calling you a troll is being over optimistic, however.
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Actually, they get to push both of their pandering agendas through on the subject of compromise without doing anything substantial.
And in the meantime, we get to listen to the right talking their wild and unrestrained rhetoric.
While that is true in a pragmatic sense, a president is still a great leader and certain symbolic actions can have a great effect on Americans.
It is also proven that a President can at least steer education down a bad path, such as No Child Left Behind.
And then there are plenty with no idea on how the system does or should work. That is the real problem, the nut jobs marginalize themselves if everyone is educated.
While I hate DRM, there is a valid line of logic that the harder you make something to share, the less people will share. If someone could just lend a friend a disc for a few hours and they could have a full copy of a game, infringement might be even more widespread. Even still, I'm just playing the devil's advocate.
Most places have a curfew in the code for minors that is selectively enforced(if the kid looks like hes up to trouble). We have one in Frederick MD and most people don't know about it.
Might I also add that the machine must dispense hookers and jet
While I agree with that, a government elected by a process I'm not a part of is invalid in my eyes. I'd imagine that the amount of people voting more than once would be a very tiny minority compared to the amount of valid voters with flawed paperwork. This is due to the driving around involved, and the logistics of moving around large amounts of people and keeping it secret.
Its all a balancing game really, I just wish more people saw both sides. A poser below mentioned staining of fingers, which might be the best idea.
Nah, the package was delivered to another middle schooler's house. The other middle schooler however didn't have the balls to face the feds and cracked.
Yeah, I had a friend get caught for credit card fraud in middle school. The days of AOL were full of script kiddies. This stuff is old news.
If you want to see insignificance, go take a look at those screwball homeopaths.
Trick is though, the summary kind of makes us decide to click the link. One sentence of the applications would've been enough. Still, it didn't really bother me, as I already knew what a Golomb ruler was.
Are you so much of a Karma whore that you just copy and paste your posts as close to the top as you can, multiple times? Keerist!
For the most part, we just post on Slashdot.
He didn't make up the arbitrary constraint, the entire discussion was around miles per gallon. You came in and acted like you were talking about something revolutionary, but it had the same effect as some guy with a jester hat jumping in and yelling "Gotcha!"
But hey, I like you regardless, you smell nice.
There is a major problem with calling it a cancer, and that is in context. You can't call open source a cancer and proprietary software healthy cells. This is due to proprietary software's inability to grow and intermingle. Maybe if you call proprietary software a tumor, GPL could be just a more aggressive cancer that turns everything into wonderful goodness, while BSD is a healthy cell.
While the virus idea works better, the whole premise is just silly, pejorative, and flawed. Highlighting Balmer's stupidity in saying it works just fine in showing Microsoft has a screwball for a CEO.
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"Hey, I got an idea, if we get caught lets make sure something happens that gives us an even longer prison sentence!"