The city is 100 percent capable of torturing someone while maintaining its sunny image.
Realize that the sun rarely shines in San Francisco.
Unless you are very young, why would you want to actually pay to spend any time in a fog-and-mildew drenched, pee-smelling environment?
If you are not yet trapped here, just go.
I disagree.
Friends of mine recently acquired music from other friends for free.
Said friends then took their family to see d-bag Paul McCartney live in concert.
The concert seats, the crappy t-shirts, stadium refreshments-->$900.
You know that musicians make a lot more off concerts than records, right?
And poor rag Paul's still crying over how file sharing has ripped him off.
Which is why you'd have to pay me, handsomely, to bother ripping any of that bloke's crap. And yeah, he's way over 64 now.
Tax prepaid cell phones since they are only used by criminals.
Pre-emptively tax Visa gift cards, too.
Put a prepaid levy on calling cards since only criminals use them.
And put a huge tax on ISPs that tolerate Tor, because those people obviously are hiding something.
It's 2010, and we don't have to hide anything from those who hate us for our freedom.
If you're a creative type, in the beginning, you'll create and be thankful that enough people like what you've done to actually download it.
If you're successful, you can then charge.
Unfortunately, creativity usually starts taking a dump around then.
1) Information shared doesn't consist solely of embarrassing public drama;
2) Most divorce lawyers have no idea what/. is or is saying;
3) Ability to post as AC;
4) Ability to post Torified
Should a person have to cut off their iPhone 4G data plan or their trips to the baths in Hungary, that's cutting off lifestyle.
Should a person have to turn off his electricity or water, or have it turned off involuntarily, or get booted out from one's place and have nowhere to go--that goes beyond mere lifestyle change to...something else.
For example:
Let's say you continue enjoying your present success that you have worked very hard for, for maybe 8-10 years.
Then here comes the 27 yo from or in Turkey or Algeria or wherever. He is faster and smarter than you, and needs the health insurance you just lost a lot less than you, too. He and others like him are hired and you and yours are out with the changing of the guard. You've saved money, but not enough to realistically retire 20 years early. So then, there you are competing with everyone else for whom said shit job was part of Plan B.
Yeah, you'd have to live with it as you'd have no choice. But I bet you wouldn't just say oh well, he's better than I am half a world away, and this is the way it should be.
Not for long.
Even if you think it's true now or would then.
It's just not human nature.
Good for the RIAA.
It should be made loud and clear to each student that any RIAA-backed song can put not only them in jeopardy but their parents and their schools if RIAA sees fit.
Why would you want to download these songs, or buy them, or even listen to them? It's not worth worrying that your life will be ruined over a free download of whoever the 2010 Beyonce is. It's not worth paying anything to strengthen RIAA's inappropriate ability to do this. It's just not worth listening anymore to any RIAA song, even the cool old ones you heard on AM radio. Ten years after Napster, RIAA has made it actually more pleasurable to listen to Enzyte infomercials or cats yowling.
RIAA has poisoned its playlist, finally. Hopefully, college students will see that there's nothing worth either downloading free or for a price.
"I...was tasked to make it happen. In one week. I did."
It used to seem that every other person in a restaurant in Silicon Valley was saying what you just said. Then their jobs largely got outsourced. Ten years later, we're not all making eight times what you make in Romania. We don't all have health insurance.
Outsourcing has made the $3,000 desktop much cheaper but even less affordable to people doing worse than they were 10 or 15 years ago. It doesn't matter if it's $300 if you're not working. As far as the "paid for the same knowledge/skills" argument: Like someone said further up, one day someone in India or Africa or wherever you don't see a threat now will be as smart as you, younger than you and willing to do your job for a tenth your present salary with no benefits. Will you be arguing that lower price trumps all then?
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The city is 100 percent capable of torturing someone while maintaining its sunny image.
Realize that the sun rarely shines in San Francisco.
Unless you are very young, why would you want to actually pay to spend any time in a fog-and-mildew drenched, pee-smelling environment?
If you are not yet trapped here, just go.
I guess the latest Knoppix build won't outdo Windows 7, then.
He's doing the same kind of spying at Apple, but he drives a Prius, and hates South Park, and loves to talk about how he hates hateful comments.
I disagree. Friends of mine recently acquired music from other friends for free. Said friends then took their family to see d-bag Paul McCartney live in concert. The concert seats, the crappy t-shirts, stadium refreshments-->$900. You know that musicians make a lot more off concerts than records, right? And poor rag Paul's still crying over how file sharing has ripped him off. Which is why you'd have to pay me, handsomely, to bother ripping any of that bloke's crap. And yeah, he's way over 64 now.
If Milo's not real enough for porn, he's just not real.
Tax prepaid cell phones since they are only used by criminals. Pre-emptively tax Visa gift cards, too. Put a prepaid levy on calling cards since only criminals use them. And put a huge tax on ISPs that tolerate Tor, because those people obviously are hiding something. It's 2010, and we don't have to hide anything from those who hate us for our freedom.
If you're a creative type, in the beginning, you'll create and be thankful that enough people like what you've done to actually download it. If you're successful, you can then charge. Unfortunately, creativity usually starts taking a dump around then.
1) Information shared doesn't consist solely of embarrassing public drama; 2) Most divorce lawyers have no idea what /. is or is saying;
3) Ability to post as AC;
4) Ability to post Torified
Should a person have to cut off their iPhone 4G data plan or their trips to the baths in Hungary, that's cutting off lifestyle. Should a person have to turn off his electricity or water, or have it turned off involuntarily, or get booted out from one's place and have nowhere to go--that goes beyond mere lifestyle change to...something else. For example: Let's say you continue enjoying your present success that you have worked very hard for, for maybe 8-10 years. Then here comes the 27 yo from or in Turkey or Algeria or wherever. He is faster and smarter than you, and needs the health insurance you just lost a lot less than you, too. He and others like him are hired and you and yours are out with the changing of the guard. You've saved money, but not enough to realistically retire 20 years early. So then, there you are competing with everyone else for whom said shit job was part of Plan B. Yeah, you'd have to live with it as you'd have no choice. But I bet you wouldn't just say oh well, he's better than I am half a world away, and this is the way it should be. Not for long. Even if you think it's true now or would then. It's just not human nature.
Good for the RIAA. It should be made loud and clear to each student that any RIAA-backed song can put not only them in jeopardy but their parents and their schools if RIAA sees fit. Why would you want to download these songs, or buy them, or even listen to them? It's not worth worrying that your life will be ruined over a free download of whoever the 2010 Beyonce is. It's not worth paying anything to strengthen RIAA's inappropriate ability to do this. It's just not worth listening anymore to any RIAA song, even the cool old ones you heard on AM radio. Ten years after Napster, RIAA has made it actually more pleasurable to listen to Enzyte infomercials or cats yowling. RIAA has poisoned its playlist, finally. Hopefully, college students will see that there's nothing worth either downloading free or for a price.
"I...was tasked to make it happen. In one week. I did." It used to seem that every other person in a restaurant in Silicon Valley was saying what you just said. Then their jobs largely got outsourced. Ten years later, we're not all making eight times what you make in Romania. We don't all have health insurance. Outsourcing has made the $3,000 desktop much cheaper but even less affordable to people doing worse than they were 10 or 15 years ago. It doesn't matter if it's $300 if you're not working. As far as the "paid for the same knowledge/skills" argument: Like someone said further up, one day someone in India or Africa or wherever you don't see a threat now will be as smart as you, younger than you and willing to do your job for a tenth your present salary with no benefits. Will you be arguing that lower price trumps all then?