Well, some of the employees will either destroy their phones or try to ebay them and, failing that, give them away to those other 1000 people. I predict 70-75k users total.
Maybe the Windows brand has negative value to you, but unfortunately most people aren't computer experts and will go for Windows because that's all they know.
The government already took over the internet when they game one or two big companies local monopolies and exclusive permission to lay wires everywhere. I'd rather have a competitive market with many providers but this is what we're stuck with and government control is the first step to getting one. Don't you think the large ISPs, which also often have a phone business, would themselves want to censor this kind of stuff?
His post was a very rational and cogent argument and in this discussion it was even taking the pro-Apple side. There is nothing wrong with hating Apple, Microsoft, the US government or any other organization, and the fact that you disregarded the rest of his post because he dared express his opinion shows that you're either too lazy to read the post and prefer focusing on whatever single words stand out or you yourself are an intolerant pro-Apple fanatic.
There is no such thing as a lost battle unless one side is fully exterminated. We may have lost centuries ago, but it's always possible to get the battle started up again and win it. Just look at the browser market - IE convincingly "won" in the early 2000s, going up to a 90%+ market share, but we started up the battle again and now we're winning.
It's not about "making money is evil". It's about giving people the right to freely share works while still leaving room for the content creators to make money. Things like paper books, CD/DVD sales, movie theater tickets and merchandising are inherently commercial activities, and you can't possibly participate in them without being commercial (and don't forget live concerts, you can't digitally infringe those). Sure, the big name studios/artists will see their profits go down by half an order of magnitude, but they'll still have enough to make a living, and piracy actually helps the more obscure artists by getting them recognition.
Due to Slashdot's lack of a "law" section, all legal stories get thrown into YRO. Unless they relate specifically to Apple, Microsoft, or some other category, where else could they go?
the genre of games is largely just 'brain hacks that exploit human psychology in order to make money,' which continue to work even when the users are openly told what's going on."
The "Pirate" movement has distanced itself from the "I want free stuff" mentality. Their platform involves freedom, privacy and individual rights, and many "pirates" that have actually thought about the issues do support their artists. The Pirate movement is using the word "pirate" specifically in an attempt to reclaim the word, which is currently used as a propaganda term by the copyright lobby in an attempt to link downloading to stealing ships, and associate it with freedom, privacy and all that other good stuff. It's all a war of words.
Just yesterday I saw a copy of the full criminal code, in all its fine print 700 page glory. I don't know how anyone can possibly say with a straight face that "ignorance is not an excuse".
It's not free, nothing is. People still have to spend time creating and customizing their accounts. In their minds, this constitutes and investment just like any other, and they feel betrayed when the terms of the investment suddenly change.
For airplanes, the chance of a plain old normal bullet hitting the target is near zero, so you'll need a missile. Now pick: a missile that costs $5000 - $50000 or electricity that costs, let's see... 32 kilowatts / 10% efficiency (some of these numbers are guesses, but it's probably within an order of magnitude) * 20 seconds * $1 per kilowatt hour = $1.78.
Or you can write down some strings on a piece of paper and develop and algorithm that you can use in your head to convert the strings into the final passwords. It's basically two factor authentication.
1) Check the "disable advertising" box on the main page 2) Adblock (I heard the Chrome one got a lot better very recently) 3) Privoxy 4) Lynx, wget, etc. 5) Go outside for a change
I think they are quite left-wing on many social issues (in favor of civil liberties, etc), and a bit right wing on economy (as in strongly free market oriented).
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Well, some of the employees will either destroy their phones or try to ebay them and, failing that, give them away to those other 1000 people. I predict 70-75k users total.
Maybe the Windows brand has negative value to you, but unfortunately most people aren't computer experts and will go for Windows because that's all they know.
The government already took over the internet when they game one or two big companies local monopolies and exclusive permission to lay wires everywhere. I'd rather have a competitive market with many providers but this is what we're stuck with and government control is the first step to getting one. Don't you think the large ISPs, which also often have a phone business, would themselves want to censor this kind of stuff?
His post was a very rational and cogent argument and in this discussion it was even taking the pro-Apple side. There is nothing wrong with hating Apple, Microsoft, the US government or any other organization, and the fact that you disregarded the rest of his post because he dared express his opinion shows that you're either too lazy to read the post and prefer focusing on whatever single words stand out or you yourself are an intolerant pro-Apple fanatic.
I sometimes wonder if theres an IQ test politicians have to take and anyone who makes it into 3 digits can't become one.
George Bush has an IQ of 125.
Given that the average IQ is (by definition) 100, that should say something about the people who vote these politicians in.
There is no such thing as a lost battle unless one side is fully exterminated. We may have lost centuries ago, but it's always possible to get the battle started up again and win it. Just look at the browser market - IE convincingly "won" in the early 2000s, going up to a 90%+ market share, but we started up the battle again and now we're winning.
It's not about "making money is evil". It's about giving people the right to freely share works while still leaving room for the content creators to make money. Things like paper books, CD/DVD sales, movie theater tickets and merchandising are inherently commercial activities, and you can't possibly participate in them without being commercial (and don't forget live concerts, you can't digitally infringe those). Sure, the big name studios/artists will see their profits go down by half an order of magnitude, but they'll still have enough to make a living, and piracy actually helps the more obscure artists by getting them recognition.
...has said its last "Moo". Dead as a... cow.
So it'll still have a cult following.
Why, yes I did use my Progressive Iowa Network number on an Adobe Type Manager machine to buy that Rocket Propelled Grenade game.
Due to Slashdot's lack of a "law" section, all legal stories get thrown into YRO. Unless they relate specifically to Apple, Microsoft, or some other category, where else could they go?
If I posted your credit card info on a website, should the site get taken down?
Did you just seriously advocate taking down an entire site just because one person posted one other person's credit card data on it?
Also, I think that sort of thing is covered under the "privacy" section of the platform.
the genre of games is largely just 'brain hacks that exploit human psychology in order to make money,' which continue to work even when the users are openly told what's going on."
That sums up Progress Quest exactly. And it has over 430k players.
The "Pirate" movement has distanced itself from the "I want free stuff" mentality. Their platform involves freedom, privacy and individual rights, and many "pirates" that have actually thought about the issues do support their artists. The Pirate movement is using the word "pirate" specifically in an attempt to reclaim the word, which is currently used as a propaganda term by the copyright lobby in an attempt to link downloading to stealing ships, and associate it with freedom, privacy and all that other good stuff. It's all a war of words.
Just yesterday I saw a copy of the full criminal code, in all its fine print 700 page glory. I don't know how anyone can possibly say with a straight face that "ignorance is not an excuse".
Whoever loses, we win.
I imagine the specialized goggles needed for this would be more expensive than just getting a second monitor.
So, essentially, a driverless taxi?
Is this some kind of Farmville mod? Cause that might make that game actually interesting.
It's not free, nothing is. People still have to spend time creating and customizing their accounts. In their minds, this constitutes and investment just like any other, and they feel betrayed when the terms of the investment suddenly change.
For airplanes, the chance of a plain old normal bullet hitting the target is near zero, so you'll need a missile. Now pick: a missile that costs $5000 - $50000 or electricity that costs, let's see... 32 kilowatts / 10% efficiency (some of these numbers are guesses, but it's probably within an order of magnitude) * 20 seconds * $1 per kilowatt hour = $1.78.
Or you can write down some strings on a piece of paper and develop and algorithm that you can use in your head to convert the strings into the final passwords. It's basically two factor authentication.
You could try any of the following:
1) Check the "disable advertising" box on the main page
2) Adblock (I heard the Chrome one got a lot better very recently)
3) Privoxy
4) Lynx, wget, etc.
5) Go outside for a change
I think they are quite left-wing on many social issues (in favor of civil liberties, etc), and a bit right wing on economy (as in strongly free market oriented).
I think the term for that is "libertarian".
They both want government to be replaced by corporations and want them AS BIG AS POSSIBLE
As a real libertarian, I'd rather have everyone as small as possible.
Yeah, with that requirement I don't see this "map" thing catching on.