The 95% who don't bittorrent/download content illegally are being forced to subsidize those who do. It's very ingenious of the MAFIAA to setup this antagonistic "blame your neighbors" situation.
ISPs are already trying to double-bill both Users and Website Providers (like Google) for transferring data, but pro-net neutrality supports oppose the idea.
>>>Maybe the "common" public will start to see how the entertainment industry is corrupt, awful, and generally falling behind the times with no mass adoption of the "new methods" to make money.
More likely the UK republic will respond the same way the Canadian public responded when a ~10% surcharge was added to cassettes, CD-Rs, and DVD-Rs. Nothing. The public will convince themselves it is reasonable to pay this extra tax, in order to support authors/musicians/creators.
If this was enacted in the US, my yearly internet bill will jump from $180 to $225. Sucks. And just gives me justification to steal ~$50 worth of content.
Microsoft demonstrated the philosophy when they announced the shop would relocate to India if Obama followed-through on his rhetoric to tax ALL corporate profits. Notice how Obama stopped talking about that plan shortly afterwards. Nobody wants to see microsoft move out of the US, so the threat worked. (And it's not just MS; it's true of all megacorps.)
>>>Those of us who actually do create things are more worried about turning potential customers into real customers than suing people.
Then why do you join organizations like RIAA, MPAA, Authors Guild, SAG, and/or others that support suing people? Quit them and rally your other authors/creators to do the same.
Corporations should have zero rights. The people INSIDE the corp has all the various right due a human being, but a corporation should have no more rights than a rock or tree or cow.
In other news, the UK Parliament passed a law requiring car owners to have a flag bearer walk in front of cars. The Minister of Roads claimed it was to protect the safety of pedestrians, but critics say the law is to protect the locomotive industry.
This new 25% Law is equally preposterous/bullshit .
>>>whether some seen event is "in the past" is irrelevant -- it's not like you could have seen it any sooner anyway.
Completely disagree. (1) It's not irrelevant to realize a supernova blew-up in 11 AD and we're only seeing it now. And (2) yes if we ever invented a way to travel that far, like a warp drive or wormhole, we'd be able to see this supernova in its present state (an expanding gas cloud two thousand years old).
>>>Perhaps they should do a Mac OS vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison.
Heck I'll do it myself. Ubuntu 10.0 and Mac OS 10.6 usability - 7 - 7 (tie) entertainment and bundled aps 8 - 6 (Mac scores same as WIN7) performance and mobility - 9 - 9 (tie) drivers and compatibility - 7 - 7 (tie) business - 7 - 6 (mac not as good as ubuntu)
>>>>>the games won't work on Unbuntu without trying to use Wine >> >>Since when do SWF games such as FarmVille and Tetris Friends not work on Ubuntu?
I think he was talking about store-bought games like Final Fantasy 200 and Call of Duty - Theater of Death. They won't run on Linux, so the typical Bob Smith user will choose Windows instead.
Perhaps they should do a Mac OS vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison. I suspect instead of Ubuntu losing, it would end as a tie. The Mac OS has a lot of the same annoyances that Ubuntu has, like not being able to run windows-centric games/software, or find equivalents thereof. ----- Which reminds me: I still haven't found a program that let's me play videos at 2x speed on my Mac. I've tried VLC but it makes everyone sound like chipmunks.
On Windows I use 2xAV which speeds-up the video but keeps the voices in a normal tone. Windows, due to it ubiquity (90% of desktops), has a lot of software that simply isn't available on other OSes. i.e. Windows has more flexibility in what you can run.
>>>Well, if the voting "didn't work out", then vote for different people and so on.
Who? If I don't vote for Republicans (as I did in 2000), then that leaves Libertarians which is a wasted vote (L's never win) or Democrats who are even bigger bastards than the R's. You are naive if you believe you can exact change through the polling booth, because it is controlled by a Duopoly. Like choosing between getting screwed by Comcast or Verizon for your internet. Same difference.
Or as summarized by that one Simpsons episode - it makes no difference if you vote for Kang or Koloth - both are plotting to take-away individual freedom.
>>>So you don't even believe in the "yell 'fire' in a crowded theater" (incorrectly) exception?
As someone responded to that case (back in the 1910s), "Yelling fire in a theater is not the purview of the government, because it is a private building. If the owner allows his visitors to yell fire, they most certainly can." [Example: Rocky Horror Picture Show showings.] And: "Furthermore this argument by the Court is not justification to arrest anti-war protesters for sedition. They are standing outside of the European war zone and warning people of the danger of going there. It is equivalent to standing OUTSIDE a burning theater, and warning people not to enter. Both are protected speech."
See? It helps if you understand the CONTEXT of the case, and not just one single out-of-context (and 100 year old) sentence.
Okay well maybe I bought it in 2001, not 2000, by which point the price would have dropped to $350 (sale price). Does it really matter? I'm not an anal-retentive bastard who memorizes trivial BS, like you apparently are. Go get a life nerd.
>>>price should drop (as that's what market influence does)
Only to a certain point. Eventually even if the item costs nothing to manufacture, you still have to pay ~$20 minimum to cover transportation and labor costs to move said item from factory to customer. Of course ISPs don't have transport, but they do have routine maintenance.
Yeah not really. It was possible but it was a hack requiring Assembly knowledge by the user. Plus it didn't work at all in C64 mode (where 99.9% of programs ran). In all the time I owned a 128 I don't remember autobooting anything. It was always "GO64" followed by the standard LOAD"*",8,1
You mean Motorola vs. Intel (68000/PPC v. 80x86). Yeah I remember that fight and participated myself, but it is more-or-less summarized by the Mac vs. PC bullet point.
In television the pro-"we need more government" bias exists on every channel except FOX. The pro-government bias in on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC.
>>>The Conservatives have talk radio and Fox News. The Liberals have the rest. Reminds me of this graphic [showing Christians dominate]
Since most people get their news from TV, whoever dominates the TV news is what truly matters. Rush Limbaugh gets about 1/2 a million ears per day, while ABC/CBS/NBC get about 20 million ears per day. And what is their bias? Clearly pro-"we need more government".
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+1 insightful.
The 95% who don't bittorrent/download content illegally are being forced to subsidize those who do. It's very ingenious of the MAFIAA to setup this antagonistic "blame your neighbors" situation.
ISPs are already trying to double-bill both Users and Website Providers (like Google) for transferring data, but pro-net neutrality supports oppose the idea.
>>>Maybe the "common" public will start to see how the entertainment industry is corrupt, awful, and generally falling behind the times with no mass adoption of the "new methods" to make money.
More likely the UK republic will respond the same way the Canadian public responded when a ~10% surcharge was added to cassettes, CD-Rs, and DVD-Rs. Nothing. The public will convince themselves it is reasonable to pay this extra tax, in order to support authors/musicians/creators.
If this was enacted in the US, my yearly internet bill will jump from $180 to $225.
Sucks.
And just gives me justification to steal ~$50 worth of content.
Good point.
Microsoft demonstrated the philosophy when they announced the shop would relocate to India if Obama followed-through on his rhetoric to tax ALL corporate profits. Notice how Obama stopped talking about that plan shortly afterwards. Nobody wants to see microsoft move out of the US, so the threat worked. (And it's not just MS; it's true of all megacorps.)
>>>Those of us who actually do create things are more worried about turning potential customers into real customers than suing people.
Then why do you join organizations like RIAA, MPAA, Authors Guild, SAG, and/or others that support suing people? Quit them and rally your other authors/creators to do the same.
Corporations should have zero rights. The people INSIDE the corp has all the various right due a human being, but a corporation should have no more rights than a rock or tree or cow.
In other news, the UK Parliament passed a law requiring car owners to have a flag bearer walk in front of cars. The Minister of Roads claimed it was to protect the safety of pedestrians, but critics say the law is to protect the locomotive industry.
This new 25% Law is equally preposterous/bullshit
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- ahhhh the Apple fanbots are out on patrol. Can't even do an Ubuntu v. Mac OS comparison without them attacking you.
The US DOJ and EU Court will soon be knocking on Microsoft's door. Users are supposed to be able to choose their browser, and never need to use IE.
>>>whether some seen event is "in the past" is irrelevant -- it's not like you could have seen it any sooner anyway.
Completely disagree. (1) It's not irrelevant to realize a supernova blew-up in 11 AD and we're only seeing it now. And (2) yes if we ever invented a way to travel that far, like a warp drive or wormhole, we'd be able to see this supernova in its present state (an expanding gas cloud two thousand years old).
>>>Perhaps they should do a Mac OS vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison.
Heck I'll do it myself. Ubuntu 10.0 and Mac OS 10.6
usability - 7 - 7 (tie)
entertainment and bundled aps 8 - 6 (Mac scores same as WIN7)
performance and mobility - 9 - 9 (tie)
drivers and compatibility - 7 - 7 (tie)
business - 7 - 6 (mac not as good as ubuntu)
TOTAL 38 Ubuntu 35 Mac
>>>>>the games won't work on Unbuntu without trying to use Wine
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>>Since when do SWF games such as FarmVille and Tetris Friends not work on Ubuntu?
I think he was talking about store-bought games like Final Fantasy 200 and Call of Duty - Theater of Death. They won't run on Linux, so the typical Bob Smith user will choose Windows instead.
Perhaps they should do a Mac OS vs. Ubuntu Linux comparison. I suspect instead of Ubuntu losing, it would end as a tie. The Mac OS has a lot of the same annoyances that Ubuntu has, like not being able to run windows-centric games/software, or find equivalents thereof. ----- Which reminds me: I still haven't found a program that let's me play videos at 2x speed on my Mac. I've tried VLC but it makes everyone sound like chipmunks.
On Windows I use 2xAV which speeds-up the video but keeps the voices in a normal tone. Windows, due to it ubiquity (90% of desktops), has a lot of software that simply isn't available on other OSes. i.e. Windows has more flexibility in what you can run.
CENSORSHIP. It's a joke. Perhaps distasteful but no worse than Conan O'Brien's masturbating bear.
It's humor Mr. Comicon security guard with a dildo shoved up his ass. What an anal-retentive bastard.
>>>Well, if the voting "didn't work out", then vote for different people and so on.
Who? If I don't vote for Republicans (as I did in 2000), then that leaves Libertarians which is a wasted vote (L's never win) or Democrats who are even bigger bastards than the R's. You are naive if you believe you can exact change through the polling booth, because it is controlled by a Duopoly. Like choosing between getting screwed by Comcast or Verizon for your internet. Same difference.
Or as summarized by that one Simpsons episode - it makes no difference if you vote for Kang or Koloth - both are plotting to take-away individual freedom.
>>>Do you really think someone in the White House specifically directed this
Yes. It was a whitehouse.gov email, so it would have been handled by White House staff in the various offices that exist inside that building.
>>>So you don't even believe in the "yell 'fire' in a crowded theater" (incorrectly) exception?
As someone responded to that case (back in the 1910s), "Yelling fire in a theater is not the purview of the government, because it is a private building. If the owner allows his visitors to yell fire, they most certainly can." [Example: Rocky Horror Picture Show showings.] And: "Furthermore this argument by the Court is not justification to arrest anti-war protesters for sedition. They are standing outside of the European war zone and warning people of the danger of going there. It is equivalent to standing OUTSIDE a burning theater, and warning people not to enter. Both are protected speech."
See? It helps if you understand the CONTEXT of the case, and not just one single out-of-context (and 100 year old) sentence.
Okay well maybe I bought it in 2001, not 2000, by which point the price would have dropped to $350 (sale price). Does it really matter? I'm not an anal-retentive bastard who memorizes trivial BS, like you apparently are. Go get a life nerd.
>>>price should drop (as that's what market influence does)
Only to a certain point. Eventually even if the item costs nothing to manufacture, you still have to pay ~$20 minimum to cover transportation and labor costs to move said item from factory to customer. Of course ISPs don't have transport, but they do have routine maintenance.
>>>I'm paying $75 for a DSL line at 444kps
That's an old number. Usually it's multiples of 128, 256, 512.
>>>Remember programming those TI calculators to play moon lander?
No because they cost more (~$300) than buying a Commodore computer (which is where my hard-saved allowance went)
Yeah not really. It was possible but it was a hack requiring Assembly knowledge by the user. Plus it didn't work at all in C64 mode (where 99.9% of programs ran). In all the time I owned a 128 I don't remember autobooting anything. It was always "GO64" followed by the standard LOAD"*",8,1
>>>holy sixers vs the evil eighters
You mean Motorola vs. Intel (68000/PPC v. 80x86). Yeah I remember that fight and participated myself, but it is more-or-less summarized by the Mac vs. PC bullet point.
In television the pro-"we need more government" bias exists on every channel except FOX. The pro-government bias in on ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and MSNBC.
>>>The Conservatives have talk radio and Fox News. The Liberals have the rest. Reminds me of this graphic [showing Christians dominate]
Since most people get their news from TV, whoever dominates the TV news is what truly matters. Rush Limbaugh gets about 1/2 a million ears per day, while ABC/CBS/NBC get about 20 million ears per day. And what is their bias? Clearly pro-"we need more government".