Your completely right. What defines what "the press" is and what they're responsibilities are. Is Fox News "the press" even though a Florida judge ruled they are not beholden to tell the truth since they are a form of entertainment? News organizations have proven time and time again that they will act irresponsibly to scoop a story whether it be true or not to the point of destroying lives, they should be held accountable for their mistakes. But there is definately a down side to this, who is going to protect the little guy trying to out his/her boss who is breaking the law? What protections do you and the people helping you have if you need to expose an organized crime boss who has the law bought and paid for and wants your name so they can kill your family? Imagine if Woodward and Bernstein were forced to expose their source would Watergate ever have occured? It is important that we as average citizens are able to expose corruption in our society no matter at what level of society that corruption occurs. We could possibly institute some sort of code of ethics that a news organization would have to agree to follow (with extremely harsh penalties for breaking said code) in order for them to recieve protection. But the press should not be able to hide behind "freedom of the press" when they do not act resposibly and hurt people.
Never underestimate MS's understanding of the bribe, they will bribe the music companies to let them sell cheaper music with a promise to institute tiered pricing once they reach a certain marketshare. They will bribe their customers by giving them cheap music at first then changing the pricing model once the customers are "hooked" (the first one is free paradigm). They will bribe the hardware manufacturers to exclusively build parts for them. And I guarantee that after installing the first SP of 2007, iTunes will start behaving "badly".
They intentionally introduce bugs so that they can fix them in the next release? If someone else got a hold of their code they could easily put out a "better" windows that MS? There are so many holes and backdoors in their code people would realize that security is nothing more than rhetoric to MS? Their codebase is a complete pile of crap and only works by the grace of god?
Then people always talk about how they can drop the phone, or stop the conversation if a situation that requires their complete attention arises. Ever think that situation may not have risen if you hadn't been on the phone in the first place?
This one always gets me. So on top of having to determine, analyse and react to an emergency situation, they have to terminate the call they are on? I dont know about anyone else but most emergency situations I have been in, time has been a critical factor. So not only do you have the added time to the determination and analysis phase you also are adding time to to the reaction phase to terminate the call. The people that use this argument are living in a fantasy world, of course anyone who thinks they are a good driver while doing anything but driving are living in a fantasy world.
Futhermore no one forced Apple to adopt support for DRM
Your wrong, the RIAA told Apple that they must support DRM or they couldnt sell their music. Since Apple cannot legally promote and distribute their own bands (through agreements with Apple Music Inc) their choices became support DRM or give up on iTunes. The decision to allow conversion to non-DRM'd formats (the RIAA is still pissed about this) was made for their customers while still pacifying the RIAA so they could implement iTunes in a timely manner. I can play the DRM'd music I download off of iTunes on my iPod (the real reason iTunes exists), and I can rip my own cds to my iPod using Apples DRM format, what exactly is Apples economic gain by allowing users to convert files to non DRM'd formats? Yet it still costs them real money to support this feature.
I never said that the catholic church isnt a religion based on christian ideals. I just stated that the catholic church is not the only representative of those ideals. If I would have said Catholisism != Christianity your point would be valid but what I said is Christianity != Catholisism implying that Catholisism is not the only christian religion like so many catholics think. Jesus said believe in me and you will be saved, not believe in me, become catholic and you will be saved.
Who cares if its illegal, can you afford 10 years of lawyers while their lawyers keep this case mired in the judicial system? Lets face it we live in an anarchy already, its not whos right or wrong anymore but who can afford the most lawyers the longest. If you want to do something about it shoot a lawyer.
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I have to agree with you about the double standard. I cant remember where I heard this but it seems the media (and Americans in general) encourages irresponsible behavior and discourages responsible behavior. Two gay people try to legally wed and they are bashed, but it is ok for them to live in "sin". A woman tries to get an abortion in a clean, safe manner she is bashed, but its ok to go to a dirty back alley doctor. Show a naked breast in a scene with two people who love each other and get bashed, but leaving a blood soaked trail of terrorists is ok. Try to take the fight to the people that actually attacked us, get labeled unpatriotic, but starting a war with someone because they are easy to beat is ok. Try and give 50,000 people jobs and get sued by your stock holders, put 50,000 people out of work by outsourcing and give yourself a nice fat bonus. Americans priorities are so screwed up it almost boggles the mind.
We also cannot forget that many politicians see their own personal security to be equivalent to National Security. Even though I think journalists have been acting very irresponsibly lately (though it has more to do with laziness and not verifing sources), it can be very difficult to tell whether a story will violate national security or is just some senator trying to cover up his/her indescretions. With an administration that uses the media to further their own political agenda (outing field CIA agents for political reasons), we cannot put the entire blame on the media.
carve up the media player market between themselves.
In your dreams. Given creatives history they will keep making players only a few people want to buy and eventually either get out of the media player market or go out of business. Methinks creative has contracted gorillaitis.
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Posting to slashdot obviously, doh!
Your completely right. What defines what "the press" is and what they're responsibilities are. Is Fox News "the press" even though a Florida judge ruled they are not beholden to tell the truth since they are a form of entertainment? News organizations have proven time and time again that they will act irresponsibly to scoop a story whether it be true or not to the point of destroying lives, they should be held accountable for their mistakes. But there is definately a down side to this, who is going to protect the little guy trying to out his/her boss who is breaking the law? What protections do you and the people helping you have if you need to expose an organized crime boss who has the law bought and paid for and wants your name so they can kill your family? Imagine if Woodward and Bernstein were forced to expose their source would Watergate ever have occured? It is important that we as average citizens are able to expose corruption in our society no matter at what level of society that corruption occurs. We could possibly institute some sort of code of ethics that a news organization would have to agree to follow (with extremely harsh penalties for breaking said code) in order for them to recieve protection. But the press should not be able to hide behind "freedom of the press" when they do not act resposibly and hurt people.
Ahh, but the smartest teacher I ever had said:
"A good student learns in spite of his teacher"
You spelled sell to wrong, in todays political environment it would be spelled buy.
Never underestimate MS's understanding of the bribe, they will bribe the music companies to let them sell cheaper music with a promise to institute tiered pricing once they reach a certain marketshare. They will bribe their customers by giving them cheap music at first then changing the pricing model once the customers are "hooked" (the first one is free paradigm). They will bribe the hardware manufacturers to exclusively build parts for them. And I guarantee that after installing the first SP of 2007, iTunes will start behaving "badly".
like the 3rd or 4th iPod killer MS is releasing? Unless they are planning a strategic nuclear missle strike on Cupertino I will remain cynical.
You tell me - what else could M$ be hiding?
They intentionally introduce bugs so that they can fix them in the next release? If someone else got a hold of their code they could easily put out a "better" windows that MS? There are so many holes and backdoors in their code people would realize that security is nothing more than rhetoric to MS? Their codebase is a complete pile of crap and only works by the grace of god?
Then people always talk about how they can drop the phone, or stop the conversation if a situation that requires their complete attention arises. Ever think that situation may not have risen if you hadn't been on the phone in the first place?
This one always gets me. So on top of having to determine, analyse and react to an emergency situation, they have to terminate the call they are on? I dont know about anyone else but most emergency situations I have been in, time has been a critical factor. So not only do you have the added time to the determination and analysis phase you also are adding time to to the reaction phase to terminate the call. The people that use this argument are living in a fantasy world, of course anyone who thinks they are a good driver while doing anything but driving are living in a fantasy world.
I wonder what the board room meetings of SCO are like with the lawyers that have undoubtedly drained SCO's coffers of every red cent...
Probably pretty happy since they have all drained SCO's coffers into their personal bank accounts.
Futhermore no one forced Apple to adopt support for DRM
Your wrong, the RIAA told Apple that they must support DRM or they couldnt sell their music. Since Apple cannot legally promote and distribute their own bands (through agreements with Apple Music Inc) their choices became support DRM or give up on iTunes. The decision to allow conversion to non-DRM'd formats (the RIAA is still pissed about this) was made for their customers while still pacifying the RIAA so they could implement iTunes in a timely manner. I can play the DRM'd music I download off of iTunes on my iPod (the real reason iTunes exists), and I can rip my own cds to my iPod using Apples DRM format, what exactly is Apples economic gain by allowing users to convert files to non DRM'd formats? Yet it still costs them real money to support this feature.
it is cowardice.
No, it is fear.
As JFK said, "The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself".
With an administration that is actively trying to instill as much fear into the public as possible, these words ring more true than ever before.
Damn the guy is like a legal pedophile.
I never said that the catholic church isnt a religion based on christian ideals. I just stated that the catholic church is not the only representative of those ideals. If I would have said Catholisism != Christianity your point would be valid but what I said is Christianity != Catholisism implying that Catholisism is not the only christian religion like so many catholics think. Jesus said believe in me and you will be saved, not believe in me, become catholic and you will be saved.
The OP was not making a statement about the christian faith but was making a statement about the catholic religion. Christianity != Catholisism.
Hahaha, thanks for the laugh.
Who cares if its illegal, can you afford 10 years of lawyers while their lawyers keep this case mired in the judicial system? Lets face it we live in an anarchy already, its not whos right or wrong anymore but who can afford the most lawyers the longest. If you want to do something about it shoot a lawyer.
yes, and your point is?
at least China doesnt even try to give the pretense that it practices free speech.
"It is better to be an honest meat eater than a lying vegetarian" -- old buddhist proverb
"Nobody shoots anybody in the face unless you're a hitman or a videogamer."
So then what does that make this person?
I have to agree with you about the double standard. I cant remember where I heard this but it seems the media (and Americans in general) encourages irresponsible behavior and discourages responsible behavior. Two gay people try to legally wed and they are bashed, but it is ok for them to live in "sin". A woman tries to get an abortion in a clean, safe manner she is bashed, but its ok to go to a dirty back alley doctor. Show a naked breast in a scene with two people who love each other and get bashed, but leaving a blood soaked trail of terrorists is ok. Try to take the fight to the people that actually attacked us, get labeled unpatriotic, but starting a war with someone because they are easy to beat is ok. Try and give 50,000 people jobs and get sued by your stock holders, put 50,000 people out of work by outsourcing and give yourself a nice fat bonus. Americans priorities are so screwed up it almost boggles the mind.
I can and will only vote for candidates who are both pro life and pro second amendment.
Would'nt this like be a definition of hypocrisy?
I wonder what the fallen in the September 11th terrorist outrages would make of this.
It doesnt matter what they say, they are dead. What matters is what we (the living) do to honor their memory.
We also cannot forget that many politicians see their own personal security to be equivalent to National Security. Even though I think journalists have been acting very irresponsibly lately (though it has more to do with laziness and not verifing sources), it can be very difficult to tell whether a story will violate national security or is just some senator trying to cover up his/her indescretions. With an administration that uses the media to further their own political agenda (outing field CIA agents for political reasons), we cannot put the entire blame on the media.
carve up the media player market between themselves.
In your dreams. Given creatives history they will keep making players only a few people want to buy and eventually either get out of the media player market or go out of business. Methinks creative has contracted gorillaitis.
Im feeling chilly.
MS/Sony:
Run by MBAs/Laywers/Marketers.
Nintendo:
Run by game designers/coders/players.
nuff said.