Yes, they just fought so hard to have a monopoly handed to them.
Of course the DRM was only ever removed from their music. It still remains in ALL OF THEIR OTHER PRODUCTS. The only reason that the DRM in music got dropped is because the labels realized they had created a monster. The entire industry moved to mp3 when Apple managed to score it's "victory".
So then, your entertainment systems don't do bluetooth, which is another tech that fanboys like to crow about. That's very interesting. Just how OLD are these cars and their entertainment systems anyways?
The problem with that is that the music industry no longer has a monopoly on mobile devices. The next generation of Internet kiddies is much less interested in music and distracted by other things.
The entire industry might find itself in the dustbin of history.
That reminds me of the great fun we all had with the original bits of "Internet technology" back in the day before it was well debugged and automated. Some of these kids probably haven't ever had to deal with a misbehaiving network device or manually configuring one.
> Food gene manipulations can help cure widespread malnutrition but who cares about that?
This is just a fantasy that you lot trot out once you can no longer run from reality.
There is no need for franken-foods to solve this problem of yours. There are plenty of "legacy" foods that will fit the bill. You're just trying to find a problem to fit your solution. You're trying to apply the most complicated approach possible when something remarkably simpler will do.
The truth is that we grow far more food than we need and waste most of it.
Of course "actual scientists" don't give a damn about the broader implications of what they are doing. They have this scientific hubris that everyone should just accept their work based a sort of blind trust. Their attitude and those of their followers are no different than any other religion.
> I'm not sure how you can say patents are bad then demand to use the work patents have provided for.
I rather view it as being able to use my own personal property without interference. That's the problem with this stuff. Corporate toadies are more than happy to strip rights from individuals and give them to corporations.
> what do you think farmers did before these crops?
They grew something besides high fructose corn syrup for ConAgra.
The thing about most GMOs is that they are done for very uninteresting plants that go into foods that you really shouldn't be eating anyways. GMO crops for the most part are part of a dubious monoculture both in terms of actual biology and in terms of the consumer food supply.
If you generally avoid "food like substances" in shiny plastic wrappers, you're probably already avoiding the vast majority of GMOs.
For the most part, there's nothing remotely noble about GMO products.
The reaction to them should be apathy rather than fear. They should get a big fat MEH.
Yes... such a "false narrative" of nature actually doing what it's designed to do. You smug morons whine about "science" than then ignore it when it suits you.
It's no worse than the bar for treatments generally. A promising new drug for my condition was recently withdrawn from trials because it was killing people. You either do things with rigor or you might as well be peddling Rhino horns.
This is not unlike the inclination to act with a total lack of discipline in IT.
Plus, we are talking about technology here. That means we are talking about engineering rather than science. People who love to feel smug about "being more scientific" love to muddle this stuff.
I'm fascinated by all of these cable operators that seem to be leaving money on the table. Everywhere I've lived since the late 90s has had respectable cable modem service or something even better.
You can't really judge consumer speeds by business speeds. Some ISPs are really braindead when it comes to this. They will refuse to offer businesses the same services that are available to consumers next door.
Unless you can read the original, you have no real reason to trust it. You're still going through the same sort of highly fallible human filter with their own bias to bring to the table.
The idea that a translation of a 2000 year old book can be "owned" is a little obscene. Either the translation process is formalized enough and predictable enough, or the result is made up garbage.
Although that reminds me of how some rogue fan translations are better than the official versions.
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Apple didn't do anything. The industry decided to undermine the monopoly they handed Apple on a silver platter.
Meanwhile, ALL of Apple's other content is still quite DRM infested.
It's like you are all trapped in 2003 and music is all that there is.
Yes, they just fought so hard to have a monopoly handed to them.
Of course the DRM was only ever removed from their music. It still remains in ALL OF THEIR OTHER PRODUCTS. The only reason that the DRM in music got dropped is because the labels realized they had created a monster. The entire industry moved to mp3 when Apple managed to score it's "victory".
Fanboys are funny.
So then, your entertainment systems don't do bluetooth, which is another tech that fanboys like to crow about. That's very interesting. Just how OLD are these cars and their entertainment systems anyways?
Seriously, it's not 2003 any more.
The problem with that is that the music industry no longer has a monopoly on mobile devices. The next generation of Internet kiddies is much less interested in music and distracted by other things.
The entire industry might find itself in the dustbin of history.
Old farts have been around long enough to know that they shiny shiny on the surface is really the least of your problems.
That reminds me of the great fun we all had with the original bits of "Internet technology" back in the day before it was well debugged and automated. Some of these kids probably haven't ever had to deal with a misbehaiving network device or manually configuring one.
> Food gene manipulations can help cure widespread malnutrition but who cares about that?
This is just a fantasy that you lot trot out once you can no longer run from reality.
There is no need for franken-foods to solve this problem of yours. There are plenty of "legacy" foods that will fit the bill. You're just trying to find a problem to fit your solution. You're trying to apply the most complicated approach possible when something remarkably simpler will do.
The truth is that we grow far more food than we need and waste most of it.
Of course "actual scientists" don't give a damn about the broader implications of what they are doing. They have this scientific hubris that everyone should just accept their work based a sort of blind trust. Their attitude and those of their followers are no different than any other religion.
> I'm not sure how you can say patents are bad then demand to use the work patents have provided for.
I rather view it as being able to use my own personal property without interference. That's the problem with this stuff. Corporate toadies are more than happy to strip rights from individuals and give them to corporations.
> what do you think farmers did before these crops?
They grew something besides high fructose corn syrup for ConAgra.
The thing about most GMOs is that they are done for very uninteresting plants that go into foods that you really shouldn't be eating anyways. GMO crops for the most part are part of a dubious monoculture both in terms of actual biology and in terms of the consumer food supply.
If you generally avoid "food like substances" in shiny plastic wrappers, you're probably already avoiding the vast majority of GMOs.
For the most part, there's nothing remotely noble about GMO products.
The reaction to them should be apathy rather than fear. They should get a big fat MEH.
Yes... such a "false narrative" of nature actually doing what it's designed to do. You smug morons whine about "science" than then ignore it when it suits you.
It's no worse than the bar for treatments generally. A promising new drug for my condition was recently withdrawn from trials because it was killing people. You either do things with rigor or you might as well be peddling Rhino horns.
This is not unlike the inclination to act with a total lack of discipline in IT.
People generally have no awareness of this until AFTERWARDS.
Even then, dealing with a (relatively) well understood low level cellular mechanism is by no means a sure thing.
Plus, we are talking about technology here. That means we are talking about engineering rather than science. People who love to feel smug about "being more scientific" love to muddle this stuff.
There's always going to be some outlier that says "no mine is great" or "no mine actually sucks".
Plus, all journalism is agenda driven these days.
My TW service is 100/10. I can get faster than that if I want to pay more.
I'm fascinated by all of these cable operators that seem to be leaving money on the table. Everywhere I've lived since the late 90s has had respectable cable modem service or something even better.
You can't really judge consumer speeds by business speeds. Some ISPs are really braindead when it comes to this. They will refuse to offer businesses the same services that are available to consumers next door.
It actually sounds rather Trumpish.
Of course people will make excuses for them because they are a socialist utopia.
An Internet company in PA? That is news.
Unless you can read the original, you have no real reason to trust it. You're still going through the same sort of highly fallible human filter with their own bias to bring to the table.
The idea that a translation of a 2000 year old book can be "owned" is a little obscene. Either the translation process is formalized enough and predictable enough, or the result is made up garbage.
Although that reminds me of how some rogue fan translations are better than the official versions.
This is Republicans we're talking about and possibly even Tea Baggers. Not only is that sort of thing plausible, it is also highly likely.
So then... the PA GOP doesn't swear loyalty to that talking head that's against any kind of tax increase what so ever. (Norquist)
As I financial conservative, I find that terribly moronic (the Norquist BS).
Critics fail to understand a film. More news at 11.
Not surprised really. A lot of them lose their mind if they just see a blue naked guy.
That's "initial setup".
Give it a big O of O(c).