That's a society-based measure, stemming from the fact that sex is perceived as much more than it actually is. People's feelings are hurt by this because they're educated that way. They're being taught "it's a bad thing" because in the past (aka "before safe contraception and abortion") it actually was a bad thing: it had serious consequences. In today's civilized society those consequences are gone, and all that's left is the perception.
If this is now stupid simple to do, so that anyone who can download the tools can create a convincing face swap video, why would this be limited to porn? Someone wanting to ruin someone's reputation could easily swap them into any video. Even if the original is surfaced later to prove the fake, at the speed with which these things spread on 'social' media, the damage will have been done.
For a while, maybe. But after a certain period, people would just start ignoring all the shit. I remember when photoshopping a chicken head onto a seal's body was amazing, today people wouldn't even look at it for a second.
Not in my country, it wouldn't. 16 and above is a misdemeanor if there's consent. You'd get away with a warning if it ever gets there, e.g. if her mom complains.
Maybe it would finally knock sex off its high pedestal and trivialize it enough to become just ordinary entertainment, like watching a movie or having supper at a restaurant. At the same time, it would hopefully unlink sex and deep feelings, because currently if someone's banging his wife's best friend it's a huge scandal, even though they're simply doing it for fun.
It's the same thing IF the party making the proposal is already dominating the market. A small player can't offer this kind of deal simply because they can't produce the volume of goods required by the other contract party (e.g., Apple). A big player isn't allowed to offer this kind of deal because they would shun competition through size alone. If regulatory bodies allow this, it would guarantee monopolies remain monopolies forever.
...or all the money changed pockets. Whichever comes first. I personally would rather see them broke than in jail for a couple years then back out, just as rich as they went in.
In 007, Die another Day, every car used in the film had to be a Ford or a Ford subsidiary because Ford paid them.
Ford isn't a dominant player in the market, also the contract was for ONE movie only. If Ford would have owned 80% of the car market and signed a contract that said "all 007 movies from now to Kingdom Come would only feature Ford cars" - that would have been ruled illegal.
Or when Coke or Pepsi make an agreement with a restaurant chain to be their only provider.
Coke and a restaurant chain of 10 locations could have this agreement. Coke and McDonald's couldn't. We're talking about two dominant players agreeing to stop competition.
a) - that's illegal. I think "colluding" is the term? b) see a) - because if both major players decide similarly and obviously against customer's freedom, it's illegal. c) there are multi-year ongoing contracts with board makers prohibiting this specifically. Also buying 2 or more and having them not work if they're separated is a retarded idea. What happens if one fails? Also, 30-day delay? Are you fucking kidding me? If I want one for each of my PCs, what then?
Look, another fella who has no idea what he's talking about. Why not document yourself before unloading a truck full of wrong conclusions based on incorrect assumptions?
I only wish that were the case. Bought a brand new Aorus GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce on January 13th. The card failed on January 18th while I was recording a World of Tanks replay for posting to Youtube (that's light load for those who don't know). I have sent it for replacement on January 19th, waiting for the store to decide what to do.
I very much hope they will give me another one because given the current scarcity, the price was good and the card worked great... until it failed of course.
It's no secret: Vertcoin is a relatively old and stable coin with active development and good infrastructure, so I hope it'll survive the big 2018 coin culling, and Unitus because it was added in merged mining here (https://vertcoin.easymine.online/) and I just thought "I'd like 1000 of those please" and my CPU was idling a lot:)
It's a good time to buy cheap altcoins. Take 1000 bucks; buy 10 top-falling altcoins from top 200, spend 100 dollars worth on each. Wait until market recovers, sell them for a profit. In the meantime I'll keep mining Vertcoin and Unitus, 1.5 VTC and 22-25 UIS per day.
I don't know... In the past (up until WW2, I guess), many creative types of work and technological advancements were brought to fruition by people who did not need to work, otherwise said they had the means to live comfortably without having to work. Still, they have produced very useful things, both in art and science. Not saying this can repeat nowadays, but you can't dismiss it either.
I am using a very simple setup but mind you, it's under Windows. Create a Vertcoin wallet on Yobit.net then follow the instructions for One Click miner located here: https://vertcoin.easymine.onli... That's pretty much it. now, don't expect a lot to come using a GTX 1060, I own a GTX 1080 and plan on adding one more similar card or better (1080 Ti) to my PC (which is fully watercooled). With a single GTX 1080 I reach around 50 MH/s mining Vertcoin, which translates to around 0.5 VTC per day, all while my GPU stays at around 48 degrees Celsius.
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That's a society-based measure, stemming from the fact that sex is perceived as much more than it actually is.
People's feelings are hurt by this because they're educated that way. They're being taught "it's a bad thing" because in the past (aka "before safe contraception and abortion") it actually was a bad thing: it had serious consequences. In today's civilized society those consequences are gone, and all that's left is the perception.
If this is now stupid simple to do, so that anyone who can download the tools can create a convincing face swap video, why would this be limited to porn? Someone wanting to ruin someone's reputation could easily swap them into any video. Even if the original is surfaced later to prove the fake, at the speed with which these things spread on 'social' media, the damage will have been done.
For a while, maybe. But after a certain period, people would just start ignoring all the shit.
I remember when photoshopping a chicken head onto a seal's body was amazing, today people wouldn't even look at it for a second.
Not in my country, it wouldn't.
16 and above is a misdemeanor if there's consent. You'd get away with a warning if it ever gets there, e.g. if her mom complains.
Maybe it would finally knock sex off its high pedestal and trivialize it enough to become just ordinary entertainment, like watching a movie or having supper at a restaurant. At the same time, it would hopefully unlink sex and deep feelings, because currently if someone's banging his wife's best friend it's a huge scandal, even though they're simply doing it for fun.
Places like https://myactivity.google.com/ are worth a look.
It saved my day today, so despite all the creepy implications of a list of all websites I accessed, I like it.
Maybe you should ask Nokia and research In Motion how they are.
It's the same thing IF the party making the proposal is already dominating the market.
A small player can't offer this kind of deal simply because they can't produce the volume of goods required by the other contract party (e.g., Apple). A big player isn't allowed to offer this kind of deal because they would shun competition through size alone. If regulatory bodies allow this, it would guarantee monopolies remain monopolies forever.
...or all the money changed pockets. Whichever comes first.
I personally would rather see them broke than in jail for a couple years then back out, just as rich as they went in.
In 007, Die another Day, every car used in the film had to be a Ford or a Ford subsidiary because Ford paid them.
Ford isn't a dominant player in the market, also the contract was for ONE movie only.
If Ford would have owned 80% of the car market and signed a contract that said "all 007 movies from now to Kingdom Come would only feature Ford cars" - that would have been ruled illegal.
Or when Coke or Pepsi make an agreement with a restaurant chain to be their only provider.
Coke and a restaurant chain of 10 locations could have this agreement. Coke and McDonald's couldn't.
We're talking about two dominant players agreeing to stop competition.
You should've just mentioned it's dead.
I haven't even thought of that, but yes, good point.
a) - that's illegal. I think "colluding" is the term?
b) see a) - because if both major players decide similarly and obviously against customer's freedom, it's illegal.
c) there are multi-year ongoing contracts with board makers prohibiting this specifically. Also buying 2 or more and having them not work if they're separated is a retarded idea. What happens if one fails? Also, 30-day delay? Are you fucking kidding me? If I want one for each of my PCs, what then?
Jesus, the crap that some minds excrete...
Look, another fella who has no idea what he's talking about.
Why not document yourself before unloading a truck full of wrong conclusions based on incorrect assumptions?
I only wish that were the case.
Bought a brand new Aorus GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce on January 13th. The card failed on January 18th while I was recording a World of Tanks replay for posting to Youtube (that's light load for those who don't know). I have sent it for replacement on January 19th, waiting for the store to decide what to do.
I very much hope they will give me another one because given the current scarcity, the price was good and the card worked great... until it failed of course.
Ask all the banks which received bailouts.
Ask Equifax.
"Ethical hackers"...
But with ransomware, the cost lands directly in the lap of the people failing to secure their systems and failing to run backups.
...and then the cost is externalized to customers (aka "onto the innocent").
It's no secret: Vertcoin is a relatively old and stable coin with active development and good infrastructure, so I hope it'll survive the big 2018 coin culling, and Unitus because it was added in merged mining here (https://vertcoin.easymine.online/) and I just thought "I'd like 1000 of those please" and my CPU was idling a lot :)
Yes, that too. I usually don't touch anything less than 2 years old, and which doesn't have a proper mining infrastructure.
Before anyone makes
Somebody quieted this guy...
Why, what?
It's a good time to buy cheap altcoins.
Take 1000 bucks; buy 10 top-falling altcoins from top 200, spend 100 dollars worth on each. Wait until market recovers, sell them for a profit.
In the meantime I'll keep mining Vertcoin and Unitus, 1.5 VTC and 22-25 UIS per day.
Maybe... until you focus on Top 100 billboard year after year and realize songs in top 100 are worse and worse as you get closer to today.
Why do you think I had that example. I have several started projects which sit in shelves or computer files because I lack the time to continue them.
I don't know...
In the past (up until WW2, I guess), many creative types of work and technological advancements were brought to fruition by people who did not need to work, otherwise said they had the means to live comfortably without having to work. Still, they have produced very useful things, both in art and science.
Not saying this can repeat nowadays, but you can't dismiss it either.
I am using a very simple setup but mind you, it's under Windows.
Create a Vertcoin wallet on Yobit.net then follow the instructions for One Click miner located here: https://vertcoin.easymine.onli...
That's pretty much it. now, don't expect a lot to come using a GTX 1060, I own a GTX 1080 and plan on adding one more similar card or better (1080 Ti) to my PC (which is fully watercooled). With a single GTX 1080 I reach around 50 MH/s mining Vertcoin, which translates to around 0.5 VTC per day, all while my GPU stays at around 48 degrees Celsius.