This will be great... so much better than being at the whims of our ISPs (which are going the way of AT&T and comcast - changing policies and restricting access because they can).
I do shudder at paying for repairs to 'my' section of fibre optics - I mean, what happens when they get cut because someone is out digging in the yard? It is pretty hard to get other people to pay for their mistakes... especially if they're expensive!
But, I certainly could go for a community network, even if it was partly independant of the internet - it would make p2p much faster, and more difficulty to monitor.
There's still lots of game publishers out there that don't treat me like a criminal. I'll give them my money. EA can keep thier game.
... yes. They can keep their game - not because they treat me like a criminal, but because I'm going to act like one.
I figure that if they assume I'm going to pirate the game... I might as well pirate it - since they assume I'm not paying for it, they shouldn't me in their sales projections.
The only problem that arises... is... what if they assume everyone is going to pirate it? Is it an instant success when it sells anything?
Fuel is only cheap in the USA because the government subsidizes it in the USA. In the end, the consumer still pays for it - in taxes, or some other way (having a recession?)
How about when "some jackass" like me CAN afford a house, but his wife and her job leaves him and his teenaged daughters for another man, and he is left raising and supporting those daughters without her income or help, and loses the house that he no longer can afford on his single salary?
Well, maybe your wife left you because you were a jackass...
Also, the recession in america is probably based on the excessive borrowing that your government does to support the war 'habit' it picked up in 'nam...
Of course I'll call someone enlightened that agrees with me. If I don't agree with myself, I'm just calling myself stupid... and I try very hard to avoid being stupid.
It sounds like he's taking the opposite view of the people in power down-under. I guess he's hoping that people will vote for change, enlightened or not.
The problem with a honeypot... is that the sysadmin can easily sell out the real info for the server and then simply say "Well, the honeypot attracted them"...
I'm not sure you've tried an osx86 project lately. Retail disk + compatible computer = apple install, almost as easy as if it were a genuine product from apple.
If apple goes to court and loses, they start on a slippery slope downward, through legal decisions and software/hardware freedom.
If they go, and then settle out of court, then Open Tech makes a lot of money... and more companies will do the exact same thing, looking for more money.
If they go and win, the apocalypse is around the corner.
If they do nothing, then they're no longer really apple after all...
Well, that is the custom firmware debate for the iPhone, PSP and the upcoming Wii... can hardware manufacturers control their product? What about software creators?
I mean, do we really BUY anything, anymore - or are we just licensing?
That might work. Although, why you would purchase a computer from a company that guarantees that it will work with OSX is beyond me. You're paying them the price markup, when you could just visit the osx86project websites (insanelymac.org, etc) and find out that way...
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This will be great... so much better than being at the whims of our ISPs (which are going the way of AT&T and comcast - changing policies and restricting access because they can).
I do shudder at paying for repairs to 'my' section of fibre optics - I mean, what happens when they get cut because someone is out digging in the yard? It is pretty hard to get other people to pay for their mistakes... especially if they're expensive!
But, I certainly could go for a community network, even if it was partly independant of the internet - it would make p2p much faster, and more difficulty to monitor.
Combine that with the fact that cracking the DRM is illegal
Only in the land of the free (USA). Another reason I'm glad I don't live there.
Why not purchase it ... then pirate it. Everyone wins. EA gets more of your money, and you get a product that works.
Ubisoft is already approaching the sale of their products like this - you pay for a product, you play with a pirated version!
Is there a setting to ONLY download sporn?
There's still lots of game publishers out there that don't treat me like a criminal. I'll give them my money. EA can keep thier game.
... yes. They can keep their game - not because they treat me like a criminal, but because I'm going to act like one.
... I might as well pirate it - since they assume I'm not paying for it, they shouldn't me in their sales projections.
... what if they assume everyone is going to pirate it? Is it an instant success when it sells anything?
I figure that if they assume I'm going to pirate the game
The only problem that arises... is
Fuel is only cheap in the USA because the government subsidizes it in the USA. In the end, the consumer still pays for it - in taxes, or some other way (having a recession?)
How about when "some jackass" like me CAN afford a house, but his wife and her job leaves him and his teenaged daughters for another man, and he is left raising and supporting those daughters without her income or help, and loses the house that he no longer can afford on his single salary?
Well, maybe your wife left you because you were a jackass...
Also, the recession in america is probably based on the excessive borrowing that your government does to support the war 'habit' it picked up in 'nam...
Of course I'll call someone enlightened that agrees with me. If I don't agree with myself, I'm just calling myself stupid... and I try very hard to avoid being stupid.
So yes. Biased. But not unexpected.
It sounds like he's taking the opposite view of the people in power down-under. I guess he's hoping that people will vote for change, enlightened or not.
The problem with a honeypot ... is that the sysadmin can easily sell out the real info for the server and then simply say "Well, the honeypot attracted them" ...
(3) you used the "fixed that for ya" meme, which makes you look like a pompous ass in nine out of ten situations, including this one.
... only to sensitive americans, who believe that the world revolves around them ;)
... So, does it run linux? ;)
Microsoft has always charged less in developing nations with weak or fragile economies like america.
fixed that for ya.
The reason you've got good karma is your excessive karma whoring. You're a troll.
Is it a spray? are the contacts sealed? I'm not sure...
I'm not sure you've tried an osx86 project lately. Retail disk + compatible computer = apple install, almost as easy as if it were a genuine product from apple.
too bad that laws about cars and computers are different. So, although your analogy is okay... it doesn't really apply.
So, microsoft disguised vista as a good operating system... why don't they do that for EVERYONE?
And if I could just buy a Tiger install disk off of e-Bay and hack it easily that way I probably would
How much software on ebay, do you think, is legitimate?
If they go and win, the apocalypse is around the corner.
.. you know, t1000's running around, enslaving humanity. That sort of apocalypse.
If apple goes to court and loses, they start on a slippery slope downward, through legal decisions and software/hardware freedom.
If they go, and then settle out of court, then Open Tech makes a lot of money... and more companies will do the exact same thing, looking for more money.
If they go and win, the apocalypse is around the corner.
If they do nothing, then they're no longer really apple after all...
So, no matter what happens, Apple loses.
Well, that is the custom firmware debate for the iPhone, PSP and the upcoming Wii... can hardware manufacturers control their product? What about software creators?
I mean, do we really BUY anything, anymore - or are we just licensing?
That might work. Although, why you would purchase a computer from a company that guarantees that it will work with OSX is beyond me. You're paying them the price markup, when you could just visit the osx86project websites (insanelymac.org, etc) and find out that way...
good luck with that. While you're at it, why not reinstate prohibition and take the vote away from women?
You've been misinformed...
Trust me, ladies like it bigger, not smaller.