Not posting anonymously because I don't give a shit.
It is completely OK to have fantasies that transgress what "society" considers "normal." But if your idea of an erotic fantasy involves raping a 12 year old, than "society" will label you a sick fuck and put you in jail. Hopefully there, you can be raped by someone bigger and uglier than you too. I say this because you really are a sick fuck
In other words, it's completely OK as long as you are OK with it. Why should you care if someone is wanking off to some cartoon rape fantasy? If they aren't acting on it IRL, then what is the danger?
Even from an evolutionary perspective, there is nothing advantageous about raping a woman that is not menstruating.
Since you bring it up... humans are one of those creatures that have hidden menstrual cycles. So from an evolutionary perspective, it actually is advantageous since you don't know whether or not she is menstruating.
You're right that it's not a crime to have something stolen. But by not taking the simple precaution of closing the door, you are in essence a party to the crime. The insurer has a right to not be swindled, and as a result, the person who left the door open is "at fault" as far as getting reimbursement goes.
Not saying this has anything to do with file-sharing, though I'm sure a lawyer could get creative with the idea...
One other thing though, I originally hadn't read your entire post and was only commenting on the door analogy, but this part confuses me:
Stop persecuting people who share files [...] persecute those that download them. [...] folks who share files out are similar to those using entrapment [...] isn't a case thrown out if someone uses entrapment
I too am not a lawyer, so lets just say for the sake of argument that you are right in what you are saying. Are you suggesting both that the downloaders should be the ones prosecuted and that they are un-prosecutable, or am I missing something?
Haven't some webcomic artists done it like this? Put up a link to pre-order their next compilation book, and once the pre-order count hits a certain threshold, the book goes into production? I don't have a webcomic that I've seen this on recently, but I'm sure I've seen it in the past.
Except it's less like a house door, and more like this thing guarding your door, shooting at everyone who has a legitimate reason to enter your home, while doing absolutely nothing for the pirates tunneling in from underneath.
There's this road in Germany that has no speed restrictions. Perhaps you've heard of it. It is actually a lot safer than US roads, because the cops there are real strict about actual dangerous driving.
An interesting point. But how much of that money is actually going back to the individual channels? I would suspect next to none. After all, the money needed to maintain/manage all the equipment/people to transmit those thousands of channels and millions of shows you never watch needs to come from somewhere.
As an a la carte offering of TV programs, Hulu could potentially include the cost of the show in ones bill, and the consumer would still end up paying less than a typical cable bill for all the shows they are interested in. It'd be interesting to see some actual numbers behind this, but I wouldn't even know where to start.
It's a difficult line to walk, I won't deny it. But I would argue that by disallowing abortion, the government is dictating what is and is not human. I mean, where is the line drawn? No more Morning After pills? No more spermicide, condoms, The Pill? I've heard about cultures in I think Africa that consider it an affront to God if a woman has a period, considering it something akin to an abortion. Naturally, what needs to happen is that the government step out from trying to fulfill the role of parent and let the parents raise their children as they see fit, right?
Of course, this then leads us back to the times when, if the head of the household didn't like the child, he had the option to chuck the child off a cliff. And abusive parents do exist, which children should be protected from.
So what is the answer? That I do not know, but ultimately I usually find myself being reminded of this quote from House, M.D.:
Patient: "It's murder. I'm against it. You for it?"
House: "Not as a general rule."
Patient: "Just for unborn children?"
House: "Yes. The problem with exceptions to rules is the line-drawing. It might make sense for us to kill the ass that did this to you. I mean, where do we draw the line? Which asses do we get to kill and which asses get to keep on being asses. The nice thing about the abortion debate is that we can quibble over trimesters but ultimately, there's a nice clean line: birth. Morally there isn't a lot of difference. Practically, huge."
I think GP was referring to "free as in speech" (anyone can get an education regardless of income), not "free as in beer". Although the confusion is understandable as we are talking about reducing tuition to zero.
I'm confused. You claim $4-$8 per disc, I come back with a link shooting that down, so you respond saying that my link is overpriced and there is even cheaper disc media out there?
I'm sure we both agree that from a usability standpoint, solidstate is better than disc, but I'm not really sure where you're trying to take this conversation.
What bugs me about the idea is that I can see these shows for FREE by using my antenna
Except you're not seeing them for free, unless your antenna connects to a DVR that automatically strips out the commercials. And if you simply leave the room or fastforward, it's still costing you "time".
Now if the paid version of Hulu ends up still having ads...
SoM (Seiken Densetsu 2) actually WAS the sequel to FFA
That was kinda the point:P
CC/SoM are both supposed to be in the same world as CT/FFA, and both share some story links with their respective predecessor, but that's about it that links the two. SoM is not the sequel to FFA in the same manner that, say, Half-life 2 is to Half-life, but on the level that SoM is considered a sequel, so too can CC be considered a sequel.
As fans, we don't mind SoM being called the sequel to FFA because SoM was actually a good game, unlike CC:P
And don't get me started on FFXI. I love the game, feel that it does deserve the FF name, but I really feel they should have left it out of the overall numbered series.
Currently there can be no widespread campaigns to stigmatize driving stoned
You've obviously never seen those "just tell your parents your kid sister drowned because you were getting high, they'll understand" commercials. Granted, it didn't target driving specifically, but those series of commercials could be said to imply a loss of awareness about ones surroundings.
Chrono Cross is about as much of a sequel to Chrono Trigger, as Secret of Mana was to Final Fantasy Adventure.
Sure, technically they share a story so in that regard the one is a sequel to the other, but it's not the kind of sequel fans of the original would have expected. And anyone who says otherwise only says so because, unlike CC, SoM was actually good:P
Try standing perfectly still for hours on end, not flexing your legs even one bit. Sure, circulation will still happen (it's not like the circulatory system is one single loop, it's more like a beltway with various on/off ramps to do your thing in the city, then get back on the beltway in a totally different location), but blood will pool in your legs and it can cause issues by stretching out your veins and you'll start to feel light-headed and might even pass out.
As a results, veins are basically one-way valves. By flexing your muscles, you constrict your veins, forcing the blood within to go in the only direction they allow (back towards the heart).
Ah, right, I forgot about that little loophole. "As long as we don't say why we're kicking you out, we can kick you out for whatever reason we desire." Thanks for reminding me of it.
Homelessness isn't always bad, doesn't always mean a filthy hobo wearing urine-soaked clothes living in a box under the freeway (although... in this situation at least one part of that seems to be true). Lewis and Clark were "homeless" for many years.
That said, it is sickening how people do look down on those living in a gutter, using newspaper for a blanket. To quote a song...
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.
But then Quo would be using Apple's trademark in violation of the law, right? I guess if Quo sold Apple-compatible hardware, and asked the customer at time of purchase to apply an Apple sticker to the computer, they could claim to be a repair shop when they do the initial install (just for legalities).
If the dollar is so insignificant then the game developer shouldn't have a problem refunding it either.
That's a poor way of looking at it. While it may only be one dollar to the customer, for the developer it may be ten dollars (if ten customers all ask for refunds).
The fact they're even bothering to ask for a refund of 99 cents says something about what they thought of the product.
Yes, but what that something is neither you nor I truly know, all we can do is guess. Maybe the game really was crap. Or maybe it was good, but felt too short. Just because a refund was asked for, that doesn't mean the game sucked.
Imagine it like this. Now I don't know about you, but for 99 cents I'd probably expect something along the lines of a single newspaper crossword puzzle in terms of length of play and re-playability (which is to say, no re-playability). Once you're done with it, you toss it out, as there's no reason to keep it around anymore. You complete it and move on. You don't go out and ask for a refund because you can't replay it. In such a situation, there is nothing to "improve" as it was intended to be thrown out after completion. Why should a game be held to a higher standard just because it is delivered as 1's and 0's?
No one said these were officially sanctioned by SOE private servers:P WoW also has "private servers", or so I hear. I wouldn't know, FFXI is my drug of choice.
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It is completely OK to have fantasies that transgress what "society" considers "normal." But if your idea of an erotic fantasy involves raping a 12 year old, than "society" will label you a sick fuck and put you in jail. Hopefully there, you can be raped by someone bigger and uglier than you too. I say this because you really are a sick fuck
In other words, it's completely OK as long as you are OK with it. Why should you care if someone is wanking off to some cartoon rape fantasy? If they aren't acting on it IRL, then what is the danger?
Even from an evolutionary perspective, there is nothing advantageous about raping a woman that is not menstruating.
Since you bring it up... humans are one of those creatures that have hidden menstrual cycles. So from an evolutionary perspective, it actually is advantageous since you don't know whether or not she is menstruating.
You're right that it's not a crime to have something stolen. But by not taking the simple precaution of closing the door, you are in essence a party to the crime. The insurer has a right to not be swindled, and as a result, the person who left the door open is "at fault" as far as getting reimbursement goes.
Not saying this has anything to do with file-sharing, though I'm sure a lawyer could get creative with the idea...
One other thing though, I originally hadn't read your entire post and was only commenting on the door analogy, but this part confuses me:
Stop persecuting people who share files [...] persecute those that download them. [...] folks who share files out are similar to those using entrapment [...] isn't a case thrown out if someone uses entrapment
I too am not a lawyer, so lets just say for the sake of argument that you are right in what you are saying. Are you suggesting both that the downloaders should be the ones prosecuted and that they are un-prosecutable, or am I missing something?
You prosecute the person who steals from your open garage, not the home owner who leaves the garage door open.
Unless you're the insurer of the person who left the door open...
Haven't some webcomic artists done it like this? Put up a link to pre-order their next compilation book, and once the pre-order count hits a certain threshold, the book goes into production? I don't have a webcomic that I've seen this on recently, but I'm sure I've seen it in the past.
Except it's less like a house door, and more like this thing guarding your door, shooting at everyone who has a legitimate reason to enter your home, while doing absolutely nothing for the pirates tunneling in from underneath.
But that wouldn't even get past the compile stage and into the machine.
There's this road in Germany that has no speed restrictions. Perhaps you've heard of it. It is actually a lot safer than US roads, because the cops there are real strict about actual dangerous driving.
An interesting point. But how much of that money is actually going back to the individual channels? I would suspect next to none. After all, the money needed to maintain/manage all the equipment/people to transmit those thousands of channels and millions of shows you never watch needs to come from somewhere.
As an a la carte offering of TV programs, Hulu could potentially include the cost of the show in ones bill, and the consumer would still end up paying less than a typical cable bill for all the shows they are interested in. It'd be interesting to see some actual numbers behind this, but I wouldn't even know where to start.
Of course, this then leads us back to the times when, if the head of the household didn't like the child, he had the option to chuck the child off a cliff. And abusive parents do exist, which children should be protected from.
So what is the answer? That I do not know, but ultimately I usually find myself being reminded of this quote from House, M.D.:
Patient: "It's murder. I'm against it. You for it?"
House: "Not as a general rule."
Patient: "Just for unborn children?"
House: "Yes. The problem with exceptions to rules is the line-drawing. It might make sense for us to kill the ass that did this to you. I mean, where do we draw the line? Which asses do we get to kill and which asses get to keep on being asses. The nice thing about the abortion debate is that we can quibble over trimesters but ultimately, there's a nice clean line: birth. Morally there isn't a lot of difference. Practically, huge."
I think GP was referring to "free as in speech" (anyone can get an education regardless of income), not "free as in beer". Although the confusion is understandable as we are talking about reducing tuition to zero.
I'm confused. You claim $4-$8 per disc, I come back with a link shooting that down, so you respond saying that my link is overpriced and there is even cheaper disc media out there?
I'm sure we both agree that from a usability standpoint, solidstate is better than disc, but I'm not really sure where you're trying to take this conversation.
What bugs me about the idea is that I can see these shows for FREE by using my antenna
Except you're not seeing them for free, unless your antenna connects to a DVR that automatically strips out the commercials. And if you simply leave the room or fastforward, it's still costing you "time".
Now if the paid version of Hulu ends up still having ads...
Newegg seems to disagree with your price of $4-$8 for a single disc.
I'm not saying solid state isn't better, only that there's a very good financial reason why companies are still using discs.
Ah, gotcha, I completely forgot about the "drink responsibly, drive responsibly" campaign.
SoM (Seiken Densetsu 2) actually WAS the sequel to FFA
That was kinda the point :P
:P
CC/SoM are both supposed to be in the same world as CT/FFA, and both share some story links with their respective predecessor, but that's about it that links the two. SoM is not the sequel to FFA in the same manner that, say, Half-life 2 is to Half-life, but on the level that SoM is considered a sequel, so too can CC be considered a sequel.
As fans, we don't mind SoM being called the sequel to FFA because SoM was actually a good game, unlike CC
And don't get me started on FFXI. I love the game, feel that it does deserve the FF name, but I really feel they should have left it out of the overall numbered series.
Maybe they mixed up their 36 hour Cialis with the instant stuff?
Currently there can be no widespread campaigns to stigmatize driving stoned
You've obviously never seen those "just tell your parents your kid sister drowned because you were getting high, they'll understand" commercials. Granted, it didn't target driving specifically, but those series of commercials could be said to imply a loss of awareness about ones surroundings.
$15 for an 8GB SDHC
$9 for micro 4GB SDHC
VS how many cents for a DVD?
Chrono Cross is about as much of a sequel to Chrono Trigger, as Secret of Mana was to Final Fantasy Adventure.
:P
Sure, technically they share a story so in that regard the one is a sequel to the other, but it's not the kind of sequel fans of the original would have expected. And anyone who says otherwise only says so because, unlike CC, SoM was actually good
Try standing perfectly still for hours on end, not flexing your legs even one bit. Sure, circulation will still happen (it's not like the circulatory system is one single loop, it's more like a beltway with various on/off ramps to do your thing in the city, then get back on the beltway in a totally different location), but blood will pool in your legs and it can cause issues by stretching out your veins and you'll start to feel light-headed and might even pass out.
As a results, veins are basically one-way valves. By flexing your muscles, you constrict your veins, forcing the blood within to go in the only direction they allow (back towards the heart).
Ah, right, I forgot about that little loophole. "As long as we don't say why we're kicking you out, we can kick you out for whatever reason we desire." Thanks for reminding me of it.
bland acceptance of homelessness
Homelessness isn't always bad, doesn't always mean a filthy hobo wearing urine-soaked clothes living in a box under the freeway (although... in this situation at least one part of that seems to be true). Lewis and Clark were "homeless" for many years.
That said, it is sickening how people do look down on those living in a gutter, using newspaper for a blanket. To quote a song...
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol. And then I thought, that's what I'm going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they're just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit? Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He's homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don't you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I'm guessing his resume isn't all up to date.
I'm predicting some problems during the interview process.
I'm pretty sure even McDonalds has a "underwear goes inside the pants" policy.
Not that they enforce it really strictly, but technically I'm sure it is on the books.
But then Quo would be using Apple's trademark in violation of the law, right? I guess if Quo sold Apple-compatible hardware, and asked the customer at time of purchase to apply an Apple sticker to the computer, they could claim to be a repair shop when they do the initial install (just for legalities).
If the dollar is so insignificant then the game developer shouldn't have a problem refunding it either.
That's a poor way of looking at it. While it may only be one dollar to the customer, for the developer it may be ten dollars (if ten customers all ask for refunds).
The fact they're even bothering to ask for a refund of 99 cents says something about what they thought of the product.
Yes, but what that something is neither you nor I truly know, all we can do is guess. Maybe the game really was crap. Or maybe it was good, but felt too short. Just because a refund was asked for, that doesn't mean the game sucked.
Imagine it like this. Now I don't know about you, but for 99 cents I'd probably expect something along the lines of a single newspaper crossword puzzle in terms of length of play and re-playability (which is to say, no re-playability). Once you're done with it, you toss it out, as there's no reason to keep it around anymore. You complete it and move on. You don't go out and ask for a refund because you can't replay it. In such a situation, there is nothing to "improve" as it was intended to be thrown out after completion. Why should a game be held to a higher standard just because it is delivered as 1's and 0's?
No one said these were officially sanctioned by SOE private servers :P WoW also has "private servers", or so I hear. I wouldn't know, FFXI is my drug of choice.