That's because the only place Slashdot groupthink (or party line or whatever you want to call it) actually exists is in the minds of people who talk endlessly about it.
They are ticked because they're afraid that their crimes and other bad behaviour are about to be exposed as well. Wikileaks is not at war with the United States of America, it's exposing the elite of your country for the scumbags they are and that is why some of them are calling for Julian Assange's murder.
It's an insult to Wikileaks more like. As if the fat lazy assholes that pass for journalists these days have anything in common with the courage of people who've put their liberty, if not their lives, on the line.
Not a very accurate parable given that the rich guy actually pays something rather than the real story where he pays nothing by using a complex web of accounting tricks.
The United States wouldn't exist without the murderous terrorism of men like George Washington and his followers. Change can be effected without violence but sometimes it ends up happening anyway.
Well said that man. Way too many arrogant wankers in the OS community. PEBKAC would more appropriately apply to the dick you've so comprehensively put down.
The western world's financial sector runs on ancient clunky COBOL batch systems that have accumulated a horrendous amount of cruft and as a result are very hard to update. Fuck ups are common although they're rarely as bad as this.
I'm not sure I understand where you're coming from. Are you saying that there will be a lot more content to choose from. In that I agree with you, but I still don't see how you can stop the mass copying of that content. Reasonably priced or free - how many will choose reasonably priced if there's no need to pay at all?
Ah but who defines reasonably priced? And if you feel it's unreasonably priced then should you be able to just have it anyway? Agreed the current system is a mess but destroying the livelihoods of everyone involved isn't the answer either. Creation costs money, and a lot less creating will be done if it's not financially viable.
It's a nice idea in theory but how does the government decide what gets funded? Worthwhile programmes like universal health care are controversial enough; imagine how unpopular billion dollar funding for our current copyright beneficiaries would be. The current system doesn't work - anyone can see that. However there doesn't seem to be a viable replacement either.
So instead you want government deciding what we should watch, listen to and play? I can't see that working too well either. I'm not defending the MAFIAA but I'm at a loss to see how the creation process, which does cost a lot of money, gets paid for in the world of those who think it should all cost nothing.
None of this stuff just appears from nowhere. It requires musicians, producers, directors, actors, artists, developers and lots of other technical and administrative people to get it made in the first place. Should they all work for free just to keep cheapskates like you happy?
Journalistic standards won't go up, the scare stories about immigrants and terrorists will be autogenerated. I mean they're already pretty much cut and pasted from last week's shock horror exclusives as it is.
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That's because the only place Slashdot groupthink (or party line or whatever you want to call it) actually exists is in the minds of people who talk endlessly about it.
They are ticked because they're afraid that their crimes and other bad behaviour are about to be exposed as well. Wikileaks is not at war with the United States of America, it's exposing the elite of your country for the scumbags they are and that is why some of them are calling for Julian Assange's murder.
The US has been involved in an awful lot of wars in the last 100 years. Looks like that international diplomacy isn't working too well.
It's an insult to Wikileaks more like. As if the fat lazy assholes that pass for journalists these days have anything in common with the courage of people who've put their liberty, if not their lives, on the line.
I'll try that at work but if it breaks any of my intranet applications I'm coming after you with a sharpened Vista DVD.
Arrrr!, walk the plank and shiver me timbers?
Fuck off retard.
Not a very accurate parable given that the rich guy actually pays something rather than the real story where he pays nothing by using a complex web of accounting tricks.
I wish people would learn what unique actually means.
The United States wouldn't exist without the murderous terrorism of men like George Washington and his followers. Change can be effected without violence but sometimes it ends up happening anyway.
Microsoft trying to be cool is like dad trying to dance.
Well said that man. Way too many arrogant wankers in the OS community. PEBKAC would more appropriately apply to the dick you've so comprehensively put down.
The western world's financial sector runs on ancient clunky COBOL batch systems that have accumulated a horrendous amount of cruft and as a result are very hard to update. Fuck ups are common although they're rarely as bad as this.
Eked* lose*
I'm not sure I understand where you're coming from. Are you saying that there will be a lot more content to choose from. In that I agree with you, but I still don't see how you can stop the mass copying of that content. Reasonably priced or free - how many will choose reasonably priced if there's no need to pay at all?
So charge no tax at all! The infrastructure and public services will just magically appear!
Ah but who defines reasonably priced? And if you feel it's unreasonably priced then should you be able to just have it anyway?
Agreed the current system is a mess but destroying the livelihoods of everyone involved isn't the answer either.
Creation costs money, and a lot less creating will be done if it's not financially viable.
It's a nice idea in theory but how does the government decide what gets funded? Worthwhile programmes like universal health care are controversial enough; imagine how unpopular billion dollar funding for our current copyright beneficiaries would be. The current system doesn't work - anyone can see that. However there doesn't seem to be a viable replacement either.
What happens to the content once it's outside that paywall? Do you think people won't copy it?
So instead you want government deciding what we should watch, listen to and play? I can't see that working too well either. I'm not defending the MAFIAA but I'm at a loss to see how the creation process, which does cost a lot of money, gets paid for in the world of those who think it should all cost nothing.
None of this stuff just appears from nowhere. It requires musicians, producers, directors, actors, artists, developers and lots of other technical and administrative people to get it made in the first place. Should they all work for free just to keep cheapskates like you happy?
Especially since Perfect Storm was an awful film.
No I'm not you dumbass. I have no time for badly translated fairy stories.
Journalistic standards won't go up, the scare stories about immigrants and terrorists will be autogenerated. I mean they're already pretty much cut and pasted from last week's shock horror exclusives as it is.
In the UK the tabloids have been auto-generating content for at least 20 years.