I'm impressed by someone who points out his own "mistake?".
I thought of pointing out that Ottawa was superfluous and technically not a province. But I also thought that your point might have been that the Canadian government(in Ottawa) is not perfect either. A point with which I could only agree.
I think that holding government (and corporate while we're at it) officials everywhere personally responsible for their actions would improve the quality of government (and life in general).
"And then charged with criminal penalties, then slammed in prison with the people they were charged with busting."
I agree except that if any of those people were busted using NSLs, they should be released immediately due to the "illegal" means used in busting them. Oh, and by the way, any civil action against the government and officials involved should basically be a guaranteed win.
I know it sounds like a crazy idea but I think that making the government and its officials hold some responsibility for their actions would do wonders for improving the quality of government.
Given that we all know that Anonymous Coward is a spineless wimp, I expect it would take him two to three times as long as a normal person to charge the laptop manually.
Seriously, this sounds like such a great project, I just hope that they do a good job of implementation and make it work.
If I should happen to see a BMG or Bertelsmann laptop, you can bet that I'll be laughing as I turn away and say "No!"
Otherwise, since Bertelsmann is not a household name like Sony, from Widipedia: Bertelsmann consists of six corporate divisions:[2]
* RTL Group, Europe's biggest broadcaster
* Gruner + Jahr (a magazine publisher, the biggest in Europe)[3]
* Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), which mainly consists of 50 percent interest in Sony BMG[citation needed]
* Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher (popular literature)
* Direct Group, the world's largest book and music club group
* Arvato AG, an international media and communications service provider
I don't live in Europe and I don't subscribe to or purchase any paper magazines. I don't buy many CDs these days. DVDs are usually bought only on special sales, clearances etc. I haven't bought anything from Random House recently. I don't subscribe to any book or music club. Not sure what Arvato really does.
It seems that I'm already boycotting Bertelsmann quite effectively by general lack of need or interest of their products. Besides which, I really don't see anything on that list which could ever equate to a laptop purchase.
I recently decided to buy a laptop. I decided almost immediately that I wasn't even going to look at anything from Sony. Given their CD rootkit trick, and most especially their arrogant reaction to the discovery thereof, I thought "No!". I would prefer to avoid doing business with a company which has displayed such disregard and disrespect for their customers - especially for an expensive purchase like a laptop.
In light of the news about Sony providing such a valuable and reasonable service - charging me to remove all the crap that they put on there in the first place - I'm thinking maybe I need to give them a second chance.
Yeah right.
Sure I read that they are going to STOP charging for the service. But for everyone who has already paid... Fuck you Sony!
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I'm impressed by someone who points out his own "mistake?".
I thought of pointing out that Ottawa was superfluous and technically not a province. But I also thought that your point might have been that the Canadian government(in Ottawa) is not perfect either. A point with which I could only agree.
I think that holding government (and corporate while we're at it) officials everywhere personally responsible for their actions would improve the quality of government (and life in general).
"And then charged with criminal penalties, then slammed in prison with the people they were charged with busting."
I agree except that if any of those people were busted using NSLs, they should be released immediately due to the "illegal" means used in busting them.
Oh, and by the way, any civil action against the government and officials involved should basically be a guaranteed win.
I know it sounds like a crazy idea but I think that making the government and its officials hold some responsibility for their actions would do wonders for improving the quality of government.
Given that we all know that Anonymous Coward is a spineless wimp, I expect it would take him two to three times as long as a normal person to charge the laptop manually.
Seriously, this sounds like such a great project, I just hope that they do a good job of implementation and make it work.
If I should happen to see a BMG or Bertelsmann laptop, you can bet that I'll be laughing as I turn away and say "No!"
Otherwise, since Bertelsmann is not a household name like Sony, from Widipedia:
Bertelsmann consists of six corporate divisions:[2]
* RTL Group, Europe's biggest broadcaster
* Gruner + Jahr (a magazine publisher, the biggest in Europe)[3]
* Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG), which mainly consists of 50 percent interest in Sony BMG[citation needed]
* Random House, the world's largest trade book publisher (popular literature)
* Direct Group, the world's largest book and music club group
* Arvato AG, an international media and communications service provider
I don't live in Europe and I don't subscribe to or purchase any paper magazines. I don't buy many CDs these days. DVDs are usually bought only on special sales, clearances etc. I haven't bought anything from Random House recently. I don't subscribe to any book or music club. Not sure what Arvato really does.
It seems that I'm already boycotting Bertelsmann quite effectively by general lack of need or interest of their products.
Besides which, I really don't see anything on that list which could ever equate to a laptop purchase.
I recently decided to buy a laptop. I decided almost immediately that I wasn't even going to look at anything from Sony. Given their CD rootkit trick, and most especially their arrogant reaction to the discovery thereof, I thought "No!". I would prefer to avoid doing business with a company which has displayed such disregard and disrespect for their customers - especially for an expensive purchase like a laptop.
In light of the news about Sony providing such a valuable and reasonable service - charging me to remove all the crap that they put on there in the first place - I'm thinking maybe I need to give them a second chance.
Yeah right.
Sure I read that they are going to STOP charging for the service. But for everyone who has already paid...
Fuck you Sony!