I appreciate the insight. I know of people who have served jailtime for not paying, but I didn't know it was obligate to REFUSING as opposed to inability. Now I know more.
And how much of that are Facebook passing along to the actual victims?
Don't you get a free online photo storage/sharing messaging service that includes a chat messenger and highly functional plugin-like apps/games?
Security is not absolute, and surely they do not take the attacks lightly, but I'm not sure how/why someone should GET money when they've paid nothing into the system (aside from personal information that they willingly released for use/resell).
I hope it won't go very far... But i'm reminded of one more reason to delete my FB account. I got tricked into creating it anyway.. their site actually basically lies to you when you create a band page... it asks who will be responsible for the band page, but it then creates a full on FB account for that person. NO. Time to delete this crap. Myspace got bought by the devil and now facebook treats me like i'm Rodney Dangerfield... no respect.
A replacement dongle from steinberg is about $30, and requires you to prove who you are to get it.
Sorry to hear you may or may not have spent so much replacing licenses you could easily have had placed on a new 'dongle'. Remember, its not the little USB dongle that matters, its the licenses on it.
I was living in northern italy; it was always comical to hear my local pals talking crap about certain people --- pointing them out --- talking loudly in their direction... all because they were southern. lol.
But in a consumer-activism sense, you failed. You still let Dell take your money (albeit discounted) and pay M$ for the OS. M$ still got paid, and while it was indirect, you voted for more M$ with your dollars.
To some people this matters... Maybe not you, which is totally fine.
1) Have competitive markets that are broad enough in competition such that this one-way model can't exist.
OR
2) Regulations that protect consumers (like anti-trust laws, but with judges and leadership without corporate campaign funding)
---- But something about the reality of it all tells me that we'll get the bad version of #2, where we need to regulate against oligopolies, but nothing real is done about it.
The polentini and terroni are seemingly always at odds..
It was explained to me by many venetians (polentini) that because Veneto produces 80% of Italy's GDP, from which taxes are paid to the south (terroni, and includes sicily) and do not return to the region.
Polentini = polenta people = people of gold (snooty-like insult by the south) Terroni = people of earth = dirt people (indigenous/3rd-world insult by the north)
pay a crapload and Linux users pay nothing. Sounds like the tax is already in place. Maybe the money is just going to the wrong people.
The pro-audio version of this goes like this:
Digidesign users pay the most and get the most bugs
Cubase/Logic/Live users pay less, and have far less bugs.
----I bet you can guess which company used every dirty business tactic in the last 20 years to establish as a studio 'norm'.... (if you're bad at guessing its DIGIDESIGN and their always crashing ProTools software)
As private industry becomes the next government, more overtly as time goes on..
A little offtopiic here:
Isn't it weird how intelligent and skeptical people see it as "corporate takeover", and ignorant people believe corporations telling them that its a 'socialist takeover'.
From the looks of the lobbies and actual authors of bills, its hard to believe the latter -- but I suppose you'd believe anything if you don't question it.
If they were smart, and since they have the pleasure of good sun for nearly 365 days a year, they would be the first to build these reactors and then export the product.
JC Venter & Exxon Mobil are ahead of the game right now with fuel secreting algae.... 2010 was the test year, I believe they start rolling out more plants between now and 2012. (source lacking for lack of effort, this is from memory of past slashdot discourse and physorg posts)
There are no electrical engines. MOTORS is the word you want.
Also, battery materials can be readily recycled to form new batteries.
Also, electric motors are actually far more simple to maintain.
Also, you don't drive enough on a day to day basis to warrant the argument you present. And 'with such limited uses' is really a bold exaggeration; an electric car would actually suffice for every single function your current car does except for long range travel.
But don't let the facts get in your way.. You're doing a great job spreading the non-science backed plutocratic memes of popular media 'analysts'.
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I appreciate the insight. I know of people who have served jailtime for not paying, but I didn't know it was obligate to REFUSING as opposed to inability. Now I know more.
If you don't pay your civil debts you can be jailed. This is the likely end of the situation.
And how much of that are Facebook passing along to the actual victims?
Don't you get a free online photo storage/sharing messaging service that includes a chat messenger and highly functional plugin-like apps/games?
Security is not absolute, and surely they do not take the attacks lightly, but I'm not sure how/why someone should GET money when they've paid nothing into the system (aside from personal information that they willingly released for use/resell).
But what does that say about digidesign, whose product is always inferior in stability and function, and is priced even higher?
Digidesign has also gone the way of Microsoft in 'ensuring' their 'standard' throughout professional audio industry despite being trash.
I hope it won't go very far... But i'm reminded of one more reason to delete my FB account. I got tricked into creating it anyway.. their site actually basically lies to you when you create a band page... it asks who will be responsible for the band page, but it then creates a full on FB account for that person. NO. Time to delete this crap. Myspace got bought by the devil and now facebook treats me like i'm Rodney Dangerfield... no respect.
The Italians would disagree.
There are so many attempts (and successes) on politicians there that you'd be mind-blown.
I'm not saying its right, but its another way that I've seen europeans keeping their democracy alive.
A replacement dongle from steinberg is about $30, and requires you to prove who you are to get it.
Sorry to hear you may or may not have spent so much replacing licenses you could easily have had placed on a new 'dongle'. Remember, its not the little USB dongle that matters, its the licenses on it.
You can also transfer the licenses.
lmfao. great story.
I was living in northern italy; it was always comical to hear my local pals talking crap about certain people --- pointing them out --- talking loudly in their direction... all because they were southern. lol.
good times in italy.
Yes, but the post you are responding to is making a not so subtle jab at the **AA's interpretation of the word "steal".
LOL, i see. This wouldn't be the first bleed over of popular slashdot discourse, haha.
It was subtle enough for me to miss it, though.
I"m not kidding.
Thanks for being less vague this time around.
That's not Offtopic, for fuck's sake.
I know. I thought it was more "ontopic/funny" but I guess the army of early-post haters got me first.
Can you please reword or elaborate? I don't quite understand what you mean.
But in a consumer-activism sense, you failed. You still let Dell take your money (albeit discounted) and pay M$ for the OS. M$ still got paid, and while it was indirect, you voted for more M$ with your dollars.
To some people this matters... Maybe not you, which is totally fine.
What is needed is a system where we either:
1) Have competitive markets that are broad enough in competition such that this one-way model can't exist.
OR
2) Regulations that protect consumers (like anti-trust laws, but with judges and leadership without corporate campaign funding)
---- But something about the reality of it all tells me that we'll get the bad version of #2, where we need to regulate against oligopolies, but nothing real is done about it.
The polentini and terroni are seemingly always at odds..
It was explained to me by many venetians (polentini) that because Veneto produces 80% of Italy's GDP, from which taxes are paid to the south (terroni, and includes sicily) and do not return to the region.
Polentini = polenta people = people of gold (snooty-like insult by the south)
Terroni = people of earth = dirt people (indigenous/3rd-world insult by the north)
Lol @ 'support'.
As if ANY of these computers come with 'support' that you don't have to PAY for.
Sure, sometimes they give you a year of support, bundled in to an overpriced sell, which to any intelligent person is you paying for it.
But the reality is you will pay for the support, whether it be with dell, or buying microsoft, or paying canonical to spoonfeed you ubuntu fixes.
now look at the mac os tax
it has to be at the most $1500-$500 on the mac pro.
thats a tax on the trendy. its widespread among most apple products.
pay a crapload and Linux users pay nothing. Sounds like the tax is already in place. Maybe the money is just going to the wrong people.
The pro-audio version of this goes like this:
Digidesign users pay the most and get the most bugs
Cubase/Logic/Live users pay less, and have far less bugs.
----I bet you can guess which company used every dirty business tactic in the last 20 years to establish as a studio 'norm'.... (if you're bad at guessing its DIGIDESIGN and their always crashing ProTools software)
As private industry becomes the next government, more overtly as time goes on..
A little offtopiic here:
Isn't it weird how intelligent and skeptical people see it as "corporate takeover", and ignorant people believe corporations telling them that its a 'socialist takeover'.
From the looks of the lobbies and actual authors of bills, its hard to believe the latter -- but I suppose you'd believe anything if you don't question it.
No, he means the Chinese are notorious for theft and reverse engineering rather than science and innovation.
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I feel your analogy is inappropriate.
If by 'screwdriver', you mean e-mail account, and then you called "AOL" a 'screwdriver license", we might start making a fair analogy...
If they were smart, and since they have the pleasure of good sun for nearly 365 days a year, they would be the first to build these reactors and then export the product.
JC Venter & Exxon Mobil are ahead of the game right now with fuel secreting algae.... 2010 was the test year, I believe they start rolling out more plants between now and 2012. (source lacking for lack of effort, this is from memory of past slashdot discourse and physorg posts)
World crude oil consumption = 86,000,000 Barrels/day = 31,390,000,000 Barrels/year
divided by 800 Barrels / Acre = 39,237,500 Acres
= 157,788 square kilometres
= 1/4 the size of Texas
= 29,274,211 American Football Fields
Its a good thing that over 25% of texas ain't being used then!
Lets set it up in texas!
There are no electrical engines. MOTORS is the word you want.
Also, battery materials can be readily recycled to form new batteries.
Also, electric motors are actually far more simple to maintain.
Also, you don't drive enough on a day to day basis to warrant the argument you present. And 'with such limited uses' is really a bold exaggeration; an electric car would actually suffice for every single function your current car does except for long range travel.
But don't let the facts get in your way.. You're doing a great job spreading the non-science backed plutocratic memes of popular media 'analysts'.
Go read some scientific pubs.