You see, the government is preventing copyright holders from killing pirates. It still all comes to the same thing. All property is an illusion enforced by common agreement, whether you can hold it in your hand or pass the bits along the internet. Your tangible examples are no more meaningful than my illusory ones. It still comes down to common recognition.
Obviously since I was referring to the current situation, I was also implying the condition of the government granted monopoly.
The price when the rules are ignored is zero for everything. If I ignore the government enforced protections against shoplifting, the retail price for goods in a store is also zero. Does that have any bearing on anything?
There's only one tiny little problem. There is no fair way to decide what fair profit is. Our current attempt is the let the market do it, which seems to work pretty well in a lot of cases.
What a lot of the entitlement crowd seems to clamor for I can't really determine. They want to benefit from the output while paying nothing. I'm not sure how that is ever going to workable.
I'll probably get blasted for calling that mindset entitlement oriented, but I honestly can't imagine another description.
Nonprofessionals also can't afford heavy construction equipment to do backyard projects, but that doesn't mean heavy construction equipment is unfairly priced.
It's certainly possible for nonprofessionals to use it, and Adobe does little to stop them, but the product is intended to cater to professionals and is designed and priced as such.
In other words, what I'm trying to say is what I said. You may have interpreted it differently, but you aren't in my head and have no business telling me my thoughts.
It's not the mildly intelligent, it's the dipshits. There is this large contingent of people who believe that it is the responsibility of the successful to spend their money propping up those who struggle to understand the fryer system at McDonald's. Whether or not you agree with that principle, you apparently aren't making enough money to have to worry about, so why bother?
If what the American people truly want is a federal government with no effective limits on its power, then accepting such a broad interpretation of what is structurally a statement of purpose is a good thing. You can use that line to do basically anything you want, so long as you say it is for the good of the people.
I'm fairly certain that wasn't the intention of the framers, because they bothered to write the rest of the Constitution after it, but I'm one of those lunatics who thinks a large, powerful government with no effective limits is dangerous. Once the nanny-staters take over, my type will be educated out in early childhood, so you can safely ignore my ramblings.
I clicked on this story to read the populist uprising by the entitled gaming masses, and you people did not disappoint me in the least. Please, continue explaining to big budget game developers how you, as a community, deserve the fruits of their (incredibly difficult) labor for no fee at all just because you do.
What people tend to do is option 4, ignore the whole thing and use something else. Then we get articles bemoaning that Linux isn't anyone's choice outside of esoteric circles of self-appointed elite who think that somehow their ability to program a computer means they should rule the world.
It used to be amusing, but over the last decade it's just become sad. The only part that still brings a smile to my face is the demands for payment from a group of people who are doing their utmost to completely devalue the skill of programming.
It's not a matter of swallowing pride. The IE related tools are inferior, the browser itself is inferior, and treating it like a first class platform is wrong, because it should be relegated to the trash heap of history. If more developers ignored IE, fewer users would consider it the one and only browser. The answer isn't to coddle, it's to punish.
Thanks, you saved me the trouble of recording my own thoughts. Now that we've institutionalized the idea of maintaining health through the insurance model and essentially codified the existence of value-draining middlemen in the medical system, I can't wait to see the stories of abuse and corruption that come to light over the next decade.
So go ahead and do this. If it's so viable as a business plan, there are billions of dollars out there for you to make, and give away if you don't actually want the money for yourself.
If, on the other hand, you would just like to sit on the sidelines and complain that those who do don't do it in a way that satisfies you, well... you'll have to forgive me for saying "too bad" and dismissing you. If you wait for what's handed to you, you deserve whatever you get.
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Miguel doesn't care, because that "99% of us" turns out to be less than 1% of the real "us."
I'm pretty sure I understand better than you do.
You see, the government is preventing copyright holders from killing pirates. It still all comes to the same thing. All property is an illusion enforced by common agreement, whether you can hold it in your hand or pass the bits along the internet. Your tangible examples are no more meaningful than my illusory ones. It still comes down to common recognition.
Obviously since I was referring to the current situation, I was also implying the condition of the government granted monopoly.
The price when the rules are ignored is zero for everything. If I ignore the government enforced protections against shoplifting, the retail price for goods in a store is also zero. Does that have any bearing on anything?
There's only one tiny little problem. There is no fair way to decide what fair profit is. Our current attempt is the let the market do it, which seems to work pretty well in a lot of cases.
What a lot of the entitlement crowd seems to clamor for I can't really determine. They want to benefit from the output while paying nothing. I'm not sure how that is ever going to workable.
I'll probably get blasted for calling that mindset entitlement oriented, but I honestly can't imagine another description.
The problem lies with profit, man. It's evil to want to be paid. In the new reality, right-thinking people give away everything.
Nonprofessionals also can't afford heavy construction equipment to do backyard projects, but that doesn't mean heavy construction equipment is unfairly priced.
You mean a big box retailer is trying to sell something? Quick, get Obama on the case. This must be stopped!
It's certainly possible for nonprofessionals to use it, and Adobe does little to stop them, but the product is intended to cater to professionals and is designed and priced as such.
In other words, what I'm trying to say is what I said. You may have interpreted it differently, but you aren't in my head and have no business telling me my thoughts.
I normally get the jokes around here even when I don't think they're funny, but I don't know what the hell you mean. Mind explaining?
When that 1% is what enables you to make the other 99%, it's not as big a deal. As others have noted, Photoshop is primarily a professional tool.
See, the people AC was talking about got mod points and tried to hide the truth. Proof!
That would be the local government, which is not in any way totally different from the government, as it is the government.
Here's a frank response for you.
It's not the mildly intelligent, it's the dipshits. There is this large contingent of people who believe that it is the responsibility of the successful to spend their money propping up those who struggle to understand the fryer system at McDonald's. Whether or not you agree with that principle, you apparently aren't making enough money to have to worry about, so why bother?
It is actually "promote the general Welfare."
If what the American people truly want is a federal government with no effective limits on its power, then accepting such a broad interpretation of what is structurally a statement of purpose is a good thing. You can use that line to do basically anything you want, so long as you say it is for the good of the people.
I'm fairly certain that wasn't the intention of the framers, because they bothered to write the rest of the Constitution after it, but I'm one of those lunatics who thinks a large, powerful government with no effective limits is dangerous. Once the nanny-staters take over, my type will be educated out in early childhood, so you can safely ignore my ramblings.
He has the power to stop anyone in their tracks by eating his toe cheese.
I clicked on this story to read the populist uprising by the entitled gaming masses, and you people did not disappoint me in the least. Please, continue explaining to big budget game developers how you, as a community, deserve the fruits of their (incredibly difficult) labor for no fee at all just because you do.
Nothing amuses me more.
What people tend to do is option 4, ignore the whole thing and use something else. Then we get articles bemoaning that Linux isn't anyone's choice outside of esoteric circles of self-appointed elite who think that somehow their ability to program a computer means they should rule the world.
It used to be amusing, but over the last decade it's just become sad. The only part that still brings a smile to my face is the demands for payment from a group of people who are doing their utmost to completely devalue the skill of programming.
It's not a matter of swallowing pride. The IE related tools are inferior, the browser itself is inferior, and treating it like a first class platform is wrong, because it should be relegated to the trash heap of history. If more developers ignored IE, fewer users would consider it the one and only browser. The answer isn't to coddle, it's to punish.
Free still means "no cost" in the English language, despite the best efforts of RMS to have everything his way.
If you have nothing to replace it, then your opinion is useless.
Thanks, you saved me the trouble of recording my own thoughts. Now that we've institutionalized the idea of maintaining health through the insurance model and essentially codified the existence of value-draining middlemen in the medical system, I can't wait to see the stories of abuse and corruption that come to light over the next decade.
This!
Since we're busy criticizing writing style, cut this shit out already.
I had no particular hopes for Obama, and so far, I'm impressed. Expectation management is the key to happiness.
So go ahead and do this. If it's so viable as a business plan, there are billions of dollars out there for you to make, and give away if you don't actually want the money for yourself.
If, on the other hand, you would just like to sit on the sidelines and complain that those who do don't do it in a way that satisfies you, well... you'll have to forgive me for saying "too bad" and dismissing you. If you wait for what's handed to you, you deserve whatever you get.
I have a hard time seeing how an unchallengeable government is desirable, even with a supporting quote from Jefferson.