Why does it cost money for ISPs to locate IP addresses? That info is directly inside their databases, within easy access, and they certainly have no problem locating me when they send the monthly bill. Tying an IP to a home should be just as easy. .
One reason Blockbuster (and most rental stores) didn't like DVDs is because they'd come back scratched and eventually become unplayable. They preferred the longer life of the VHS tape, and therefore avoided DVDs as long as possible.
I just watched an installer switch-out a dishwasher. They make it trivially easy now. Remove a piece of pipe under your sink. Install the supplied "T" pipe which drains the washer. Done.
>>>I need a little more precision in setting the timer because it cooks so fast and a keypad really helps with that
Change the power setting to 50% and then you don't need as much precision. (Also your food will taste MUCH better.) My microwave has the dial too and I find 2 minutes +/- 5 seconds is not a big deal.
I would agree with you, if not for the numerous other ways Walmart saves money. When I shop there I can get identical food for 50-100 cents cheaper than the other nearby grocery stores. I bought my first Sony Bluray Player for a mere $119. Obtained a new microwave for $30 (I carry it with me to hotels). And they switched from incandescent to fluorescent bulbs in their accent lighting to save money. They also encouraged their customers to adopt the same "green" lifestyle by selling quality Philips CFLs at only $3 each - the cheapest price you can get.
All these examples sustain my original point about Walmart having a "pinch pennies" philosophy. If only more businesses, consumers, and most importantly Congress would adopt the same approach.
>>>the Waltons (all 4 of them), each walk away with billions per year
You've been marked insightful but it's flat wrong. The Waltons earn a lot of money, but its in the millions per year NOT billions. 1/1000th smaller than what you claimed. ----- And of course that fortune could change at any time. Look what happened to the former #1 retailer (Woolworths == bankrupt).
>>>Why would I want to buy a new VCR or CD player when I have a working one? That's the kind of bullshit consumer mentality that Wal-Mart survives on.
More important question: Why would you want to buy a VCR or CD player?
That was my original point: The CD player is obsolete (replaced by DVD and Bluray players). Ditto the VCR. If you spent $500 to buy a quality VCR ten years ago, you basically threw-away your money. Sure the $500 VCR will probably last until 2030, but so what? It's obsolete. The $50 Quasar model would have served you just as well (i.e. it would have lasted until you replaced it with a superior DVR or TV-PC).
>>>I have a VCR that still works (it was bought in 1993 when I was in college).
Not really. The VCR is analog and TV (both broadcast and cable) has moved to digital, so your VCR can't record anything. Ditto a 386 computer basically being worthless. And an analog VHS-C or Video8 camcorder. These things are obsolete..... that was my original point. For SOME things it doesn't matter if they don't last 20+ years, because we consumers typically trash them as new technology comes-along.
For THOSE items, the cheapest possible price is more important than longevity because we know, in advance, they'll be obsoleted in 5-10 years anyway.
>>>Do owners of companies not have rights as individuals
Nobody is stopping Stockholders from speaking. They are saying that BUILDINGS (like gm, ms, etc) should have no mouth. But the stockholders are free to speak all the way, as individuals. .
Next I suppose you'll say because corporations are "people" or "made up of people", they should be able to cast ballots in the November election - one ballot per shareholder. So around 10 million ballots of Microsoft, 5 million for GM, and so on. That's the stupidity of your stance.
>>>Rocks and trees do not pay taxes, nor provide payroll to employees, nor conduct business. Corporations do.
Next I suppose you'll argue that Microsoft and other Corporations should have the right to vote come this November, because they are "people" and these things should have the same rights as human beings. Dumbass.
Oh. And no. I don't care if corporations pay 0% income tax..... the government can other ways to extract money via Sales taxes or Excise taxes.
>>>None because the janitor is not one of those citizens who owns Microsoft. Epic failz in economics right there.
No he's more like an indentured servant (serf, slave) who has his voice suppressed whole Microsoft hires millions of lobbyists to take-over the Congress from the people. (Note I'm basically quoting Thomas Jefferson who said the same thing - corporate power steals-away governance from the People.) .
>>>It's not MS job to speak about the rights of others except for its own.
Microsoft is a THING. It has no rights just as trees, rocks, cars, buildings, and so on do not have no rights.
Saying "humans are part of corporations" makes about as much as sense as saving "humans are part of slave plantations" or "huans are part of prisons". While all three statements are technically true, neither the corporations nor the plantation nor the prison is representing the workers within. On the contrary these THINGS typically work to suppress the humans inside their boundaries.
The workers should be allowed to exercise their rights (voting, free speech, etc) while the corporate plantation has none whatsoever. Things don't have human rights, because things are not human.
The defendants [owe 50 million dollars and include] Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada, the four primary members of CRIA. The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in the lawsuit as "exploit now, pay later if at all." It involves the use of works that are often included in compilation CDs (ie. the top dance tracks of 2009) or live recordings. The record labels create, press, distribute, and sell the CDs, but do not obtain the necessary copyright licences...... Over the years, the size of the pending list has grown dramatically, now containing over 300,000 songs.
Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Sarah McLachlan, Bruce Cockburn, Sloan, or the Watchmen, the artists waiting for payment are far from obscure, as thousands of Canadian and foreign artists have seen their copyrights used without permission and payment..... At $20,000 per infringement, potential liability exceeds $6 billion.
Bastards.
How DARE they accuse us Joe Nobodies of being "pirates" while they aren't even paying their OWN employees, the singers and musicians? Fucking, fucking hypocritical bastards.
the infringer has effectively already admitted owing at least $50 million and the full claim could exceed $6 billion. If the dollars don't shock, the target of the lawsuit undoubtedly will: The defendants in the case are Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada, the four primary members of CRIA.
The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in the lawsuit as "exploit now, pay later if at all." It involves the use of works that are often included in compilation CDs (ie. the top dance tracks of 2009) or live recordings. The record labels create, press, distribute, and sell the CDs, but do not obtain the necessary copyright licences...... Over the years, the size of the pending list has grown dramatically, now containing over 300,000 songs. From Beyonce to Bruce Springsteen, the artists waiting for payment are far from obscure, as thousands of Canadian and foreign artists have seen their copyrights used without permission and payment.
Bastards.
How DARE they accuse us Joe Nobodies of being "pirates" while they aren't even paying their OWN employees, the singers and musicians? Fucking, fucking hypocritical bastards.
He's double dipping. He wants to get paid that extra surcharge on recording media (CD-Rs and MP3s) -and- also lock everything up behind paywalls like US-RIAA does. Typical litigious, back-stabbing, greedy motherfucker.
for $0.00/mo and not even any commercials. I recommend it. In fact most of the HD2s are free and commercial free. (Click Music and Cities for the full list.)
What's Slacker Hardware? I think I may have a patent on that from my school days.
>>>45 per cent of the site's gross revenues in Canada or 7.5-tenths of a cent for every song streamed.
0.0075 times 60 million songs per month == $450,000 (CAN). Or 45% of revenue collected, which is outrageous. No wonder Pandora decided they could no longer continue. I suspect music companies are secretly run by people with IQs below 90. That's why they keep shooting themselves in the foot.
Hey now. Some of us like Nickleback (especially their song Photograph). And if they ever release a Greatest Hits CD, I'll be sure to buy it for $1 on amazon's used market to show my support!
Okay maybe RIAA has a point about fans not being willing to pay.
I'd never realized this was a problem. Sure I've seen Facebook turn my youtube links into facebook.com redirects, but didn't think it was a big deal. It still accesses youtube quickly.
As for for NoScript I've never seen it balk. I have "Temporarily allow to sites by default" and "Allow 2nd level domains (noscript.net)"
>>>Yes, the police should just take thing from people simply based on someones say so.
Why not? They do it for RIAA when they need your ISP's data so they can send a cease-and-desist letter. So if the police can do it for that case, they ought to be able to do it to find a stolen dog.
>>>Germany is more the West propping up the East than reunited. Economically speaking.
We have the same problem in the US, but opposite (the East props-up the west). Just look at the flow of the US Government's money (from the blue states to the rural red states).
You could just (1) move to another state so relatives rarely visit, (2) block your mom/friends from posting on your facebook (or set it up so they're invisible), (3) answer the phone when mom calls but then say, "Oh I can't talk long. I have an interview today." (i.e. lie)
>>>The pushing of democracy in the Cold War, along with a healthy cultural push from film, tv, radio and music helped spur the end of one party rule in Eastern Europe
More like a bankrupt treasury.
I give zero credit to the 24 hour propaganda radio.
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Why does it cost money for ISPs to locate IP addresses? That info is directly inside their databases, within easy access, and they certainly have no problem locating me when they send the monthly bill. Tying an IP to a home should be just as easy.
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One reason Blockbuster (and most rental stores) didn't like DVDs is because they'd come back scratched and eventually become unplayable. They preferred the longer life of the VHS tape, and therefore avoided DVDs as long as possible.
I just watched an installer switch-out a dishwasher. They make it trivially easy now. Remove a piece of pipe under your sink. Install the supplied "T" pipe which drains the washer. Done.
>>>I need a little more precision in setting the timer because it cooks so fast and a keypad really helps with that
Change the power setting to 50% and then you don't need as much precision. (Also your food will taste MUCH better.) My microwave has the dial too and I find 2 minutes +/- 5 seconds is not a big deal.
I would agree with you, if not for the numerous other ways Walmart saves money. When I shop there I can get identical food for 50-100 cents cheaper than the other nearby grocery stores. I bought my first Sony Bluray Player for a mere $119. Obtained a new microwave for $30 (I carry it with me to hotels). And they switched from incandescent to fluorescent bulbs in their accent lighting to save money. They also encouraged their customers to adopt the same "green" lifestyle by selling quality Philips CFLs at only $3 each - the cheapest price you can get.
All these examples sustain my original point about Walmart having a "pinch pennies" philosophy. If only more businesses, consumers, and most importantly Congress would adopt the same approach.
>>>the Waltons (all 4 of them), each walk away with billions per year
You've been marked insightful but it's flat wrong. The Waltons earn a lot of money, but its in the millions per year NOT billions. 1/1000th smaller than what you claimed. ----- And of course that fortune could change at any time. Look what happened to the former #1 retailer (Woolworths == bankrupt).
>>>Why would I want to buy a new VCR or CD player when I have a working one? That's the kind of bullshit consumer mentality that Wal-Mart survives on.
More important question:
Why would you want to buy a VCR or CD player?
That was my original point: The CD player is obsolete (replaced by DVD and Bluray players). Ditto the VCR. If you spent $500 to buy a quality VCR ten years ago, you basically threw-away your money. Sure the $500 VCR will probably last until 2030, but so what? It's obsolete. The $50 Quasar model would have served you just as well (i.e. it would have lasted until you replaced it with a superior DVR or TV-PC).
>>>I have a VCR that still works (it was bought in 1993 when I was in college).
Not really. The VCR is analog and TV (both broadcast and cable) has moved to digital, so your VCR can't record anything. Ditto a 386 computer basically being worthless. And an analog VHS-C or Video8 camcorder. These things are obsolete..... that was my original point. For SOME things it doesn't matter if they don't last 20+ years, because we consumers typically trash them as new technology comes-along.
For THOSE items, the cheapest possible price is more important than longevity because we know, in advance, they'll be obsoleted in 5-10 years anyway.
>>>Do owners of companies not have rights as individuals
Nobody is stopping Stockholders from speaking. They are saying that BUILDINGS (like gm, ms, etc) should have no mouth. But the stockholders are free to speak all the way, as individuals.
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Next I suppose you'll say because corporations are "people" or "made up of people", they should be able to cast ballots in the November election - one ballot per shareholder. So around 10 million ballots of Microsoft, 5 million for GM, and so on. That's the stupidity of your stance.
>>>Rocks and trees do not pay taxes, nor provide payroll to employees, nor conduct business. Corporations do.
Next I suppose you'll argue that Microsoft and other Corporations should have the right to vote come this November, because they are "people" and these things should have the same rights as human beings. Dumbass.
Oh. And no. I don't care if corporations pay 0% income tax..... the government can other ways to extract money via Sales taxes or Excise taxes.
>>>None because the janitor is not one of those citizens who owns Microsoft. Epic failz in economics right there.
No he's more like an indentured servant (serf, slave) who has his voice suppressed whole Microsoft hires millions of lobbyists to take-over the Congress from the people. (Note I'm basically quoting Thomas Jefferson who said the same thing - corporate power steals-away governance from the People.)
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>>>It's not MS job to speak about the rights of others except for its own.
Microsoft is a THING. It has no rights just as trees, rocks, cars, buildings, and so on do not have no rights.
Saying "humans are part of corporations" makes about as much as sense as saving "humans are part of slave plantations" or "huans are part of prisons". While all three statements are technically true, neither the corporations nor the plantation nor the prison is representing the workers within. On the contrary these THINGS typically work to suppress the humans inside their boundaries.
The workers should be allowed to exercise their rights (voting, free speech, etc) while the corporate plantation has none whatsoever. Things don't have human rights, because things are not human.
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The defendants [owe 50 million dollars and include] Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada, the four primary members of CRIA. The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in the lawsuit as "exploit now, pay later if at all." It involves the use of works that are often included in compilation CDs (ie. the top dance tracks of 2009) or live recordings. The record labels create, press, distribute, and sell the CDs, but do not obtain the necessary copyright licences...... Over the years, the size of the pending list has grown dramatically, now containing over 300,000 songs.
Beyonce, Bruce Springsteen, Sarah McLachlan, Bruce Cockburn, Sloan, or the Watchmen, the artists waiting for payment are far from obscure, as thousands of Canadian and foreign artists have seen their copyrights used without permission and payment..... At $20,000 per infringement, potential liability exceeds $6 billion.
Bastards.
How DARE they accuse us Joe Nobodies of being "pirates" while they aren't even paying their OWN employees, the singers and musicians? Fucking, fucking hypocritical bastards.
the infringer has effectively already admitted owing at least $50 million and the full claim could exceed $6 billion. If the dollars don't shock, the target of the lawsuit undoubtedly will: The defendants in the case are Warner Music Canada, Sony BMG Music Canada, EMI Music Canada, and Universal Music Canada, the four primary members of CRIA.
The claims arise from a longstanding practice of the recording industry in Canada, described in the lawsuit as "exploit now, pay later if at all." It involves the use of works that are often included in compilation CDs (ie. the top dance tracks of 2009) or live recordings. The record labels create, press, distribute, and sell the CDs, but do not obtain the necessary copyright licences...... Over the years, the size of the pending list has grown dramatically, now containing over 300,000 songs. From Beyonce to Bruce Springsteen, the artists waiting for payment are far from obscure, as thousands of Canadian and foreign artists have seen their copyrights used without permission and payment.
Bastards.
How DARE they accuse us Joe Nobodies of being "pirates" while they aren't even paying their OWN employees, the singers and musicians? Fucking, fucking hypocritical bastards.
>>>Damn you and your illegal market tastes.
Is there such a thing as legal and free? Something like open source for pop/dance music?
He's not out of touch.
He's double dipping. He wants to get paid that extra surcharge on recording media (CD-Rs and MP3s) -and- also lock everything up behind paywalls like US-RIAA does. Typical litigious, back-stabbing, greedy motherfucker.
I'm happily streaming music from http://player.radio.com/player/RadioPlayer.php?version=1.1.9780&station=13987
for $0.00/mo and not even any commercials. I recommend it. In fact most of the HD2s are free and commercial free. (Click Music and Cities for the full list.)
What's Slacker Hardware? I think I may have a patent on that from my school days.
>>>45 per cent of the site's gross revenues in Canada or 7.5-tenths of a cent for every song streamed.
0.0075 times 60 million songs per month == $450,000 (CAN). Or 45% of revenue collected, which is outrageous. No wonder Pandora decided they could no longer continue. I suspect music companies are secretly run by people with IQs below 90. That's why they keep shooting themselves in the foot.
Hey now. Some of us like Nickleback (especially their song Photograph). And if they ever release a Greatest Hits CD, I'll be sure to buy it for $1 on amazon's used market to show my support!
Okay maybe RIAA has a point about fans not being willing to pay.
I'd never realized this was a problem. Sure I've seen Facebook turn my youtube links into facebook.com redirects, but didn't think it was a big deal. It still accesses youtube quickly.
As for for NoScript I've never seen it balk. I have "Temporarily allow to sites by default" and "Allow 2nd level domains (noscript.net)"
>>>Yes, the police should just take thing from people simply based on someones say so.
Why not? They do it for RIAA when they need your ISP's data so they can send a cease-and-desist letter. So if the police can do it for that case, they ought to be able to do it to find a stolen dog.
>>>Germany is more the West propping up the East than reunited. Economically speaking.
We have the same problem in the US, but opposite (the East props-up the west). Just look at the flow of the US Government's money (from the blue states to the rural red states).
You could just (1) move to another state so relatives rarely visit, (2) block your mom/friends from posting on your facebook (or set it up so they're invisible), (3) answer the phone when mom calls but then say, "Oh I can't talk long. I have an interview today." (i.e. lie)
>>>The pushing of democracy in the Cold War, along with a healthy cultural push from film, tv, radio and music helped spur the end of one party rule in Eastern Europe
More like a bankrupt treasury.
I give zero credit to the 24 hour propaganda radio.