If 99.8% of the customers don't have an issue with the DRM (presumably they are not restricted in what they are doing), why have it implemented in the first place?
You do understand that you have just stated that all people who have a problem with DRM are pirating software, right?
Oh, and the answer to your question is "Because 99.8% of customers don't have a problem with it so why not?"
Yes, give them more ammo that you are an irrational, online cabal by posting bad reviews not of the game you have not purchased due to DRM, but of the DRM that caused you to not purchase the game.
A) They would have to care enough about your statement to bother to say they don't care. B) Your pool is biased. Because you are using slashdot as your pool, you will not get the same response as if you used the general population.
Therefore, you post is foolish and misleading. You would make a good politician.
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And a casual glance at the whole 4 billion year climate record shows that the last million years or so have been extraordinarily stable and, for humans, mild.
One problem though is that they still produce audible sound, and because the speakers are on the outside of your ears, they aren't as "personal" as earbuds are (a person next to you can easily hear what you hear.)
Yeah. Um, I don't know about you, but I can often hear what people are listening to when they are using ear buds. Yesterday, I was in the grocery store and I knew someone was coming down the isle because I could hear the music.
In order for them to be death threats, they actually have to be a threat as in "I am going to kill him!". If someone tried to kill Obama, and the person's motivation could be traced back to the shouting of "kill him" during the speeches, then there could be an investigation of inciting, but even that is iffy.
After all, should they investigate all the people who said similar things directed at Bush during rallies, or even here on slashdot?
Committing murder is a straight forward and simple crime. Do you suggest that it not be punished harshly because it is simple?
Also, if one "walked round someones house looking through their stuff because they left the door open", in this particular case, the door was not left open. It was left closed and poorly locked.
If one compares Kernell's actions to an actual physical act in the real world, he would be guilty of breaking and entering (he used force to enter and force can be as slight as pushing open a door), probably burglary (because it is an illegal search, trespassing, harassment), probably theft because he copied her emails (the real world equivalent would be taking or copying someone physical mail).
In fact, I don't think all perjurers should be prosecuted -- Clinton and Kilpatrick were lying to cover up extra-marital affairs, after all.
That is when you blew it. All perjurers should be prosecuted. That Clinton and Kilpatrick were covering up extra-marital affairs is irrelevant.
The two biggest problems with the laws today is that there are too many of them and that people wish to pick and choose which laws to enforce when. Either one enforces the law or one doesn't. Either the law applies to everyone, equally, or the law should apply to no one.
While you are correct about #2, #1 is demonstrably false.
As far as the GPP goes, the reason cell phones were banned on airplanes was concern about possible interference with avionics and instrumentation. The ban goes back to when cell phones were first popularized.
But the law does focus on empowering parents to take control of new media technologies to deal with undesired content, rather than handing the job over to the government.
The laws is about providing parents with more tools to do their job.
Now check your tinfoil hat, you seem to have a leak.
Pay close attention. Linux will not be ready for the desktop until those "dumbshit" "meatsacks" find it as easy or easier to use than Windowsd
The real problem is assholes like you think that because you love to tinker with computers, everyone else should be willing to do so as well. The fact is that most people don't want to spend ANY re-learning to use their computer. And, they sure as hell don't want to have to use the command line.
It is not that "printer icon doesn't look quite like the one I'm used to". It is that "Text to Columns" is completely missing. It is that Joe Homeuser wants certain features that aren't available, one of which is to go to the store, go to the software isle, to the financial software section, compare some boxes, and then buy "Quicken".
What you fail miserably to realize is that they don't need to learn how to work a new thing. You want them to do so, but they neither want nor need to do so.
Your snide, arrogant, dismissive remarks shows your distain for anyone who doesn't have your interests and skills.
The new and innovative part is where the Bulgarians make it work right by re-writing it in Java.
Of course, if the Bulgarians fail and end up with a slow, buggy program, they have reinvented the wheel. If they succeed, it makes the original project members look foolish.
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You do understand that you have just stated that all people who have a problem with DRM are pirating software, right?
Oh, and the answer to your question is "Because 99.8% of customers don't have a problem with it so why not?"
Yes, give them more ammo that you are an irrational, online cabal by posting bad reviews not of the game you have not purchased due to DRM, but of the DRM that caused you to not purchase the game.
Yes, that will help your cause.
A) They would have to care enough about your statement to bother to say they don't care.
B) Your pool is biased. Because you are using slashdot as your pool, you will not get the same response as if you used the general population.
Therefore, you post is foolish and misleading. You would make a good politician.
And a casual glance at the whole 4 billion year climate record shows that the last million years or so have been extraordinarily stable and, for humans, mild.
Yeah. Um, I don't know about you, but I can often hear what people are listening to when they are using ear buds. Yesterday, I was in the grocery store and I knew someone was coming down the isle because I could hear the music.
Does bone conduction cause the same problem? If not, Vibe Body Sound Headphones may be an answer.
Let me guess, you would believe it if it were on MoveOn.org, right?
Whether it is perjury or not is a matter for the jury to decide.
Those are not death threats.
In order for them to be death threats, they actually have to be a threat as in "I am going to kill him!". If someone tried to kill Obama, and the person's motivation could be traced back to the shouting of "kill him" during the speeches, then there could be an investigation of inciting, but even that is iffy.
After all, should they investigate all the people who said similar things directed at Bush during rallies, or even here on slashdot?
Unfortunately, the media has had and continues to have, a liberal/Democrat bent.
Does that mean one should not get jail just because one was "smarter" than you when one breaks into your house, or your bank account, or your car?
Guess? No.
Use? Yes.
When one get's over 100 spam emails to the 1 non-spam email, one quickly understands why people hate spam.
Here is a little suggestion: Put your email out so you get a lot of spam and see how much you like it.
Oh, and as he reset her password, thus denying her ready access, he would be guilty of trespassing, and possibly criminal trespassing.
Committing murder is a straight forward and simple crime. Do you suggest that it not be punished harshly because it is simple?
Also, if one "walked round someones house looking through their stuff because they left the door open", in this particular case, the door was not left open. It was left closed and poorly locked.
If one compares Kernell's actions to an actual physical act in the real world, he would be guilty of breaking and entering (he used force to enter and force can be as slight as pushing open a door), probably burglary (because it is an illegal search, trespassing, harassment), probably theft because he copied her emails (the real world equivalent would be taking or copying someone physical mail).
Um, no. I work in tech and I hope they throw the book at him. I may not vote for McCain/Palin, but it won't be because of this.
I wonder if you would feel the same way if someone hacked into your accounts and spread your private emails far and wide.
You had me right up until
That is when you blew it. All perjurers should be prosecuted. That Clinton and Kilpatrick were covering up extra-marital affairs is irrelevant.
The two biggest problems with the laws today is that there are too many of them and that people wish to pick and choose which laws to enforce when. Either one enforces the law or one doesn't. Either the law applies to everyone, equally, or the law should apply to no one.
The semi-colon can be used as a separator in complex lists where items contain commas, so the proper use would be:
While you are correct about #2, #1 is demonstrably false.
As far as the GPP goes, the reason cell phones were banned on airplanes was concern about possible interference with avionics and instrumentation. The ban goes back to when cell phones were first popularized.
Someone has been watching re-runs of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Apparently you need to RTFA:
The laws is about providing parents with more tools to do their job.
Now check your tinfoil hat, you seem to have a leak.
Oh, look, the fanboi speaks.
Pay close attention. Linux will not be ready for the desktop until those "dumbshit" "meatsacks" find it as easy or easier to use than Windowsd
The real problem is assholes like you think that because you love to tinker with computers, everyone else should be willing to do so as well. The fact is that most people don't want to spend ANY re-learning to use their computer. And, they sure as hell don't want to have to use the command line.
It is not that "printer icon doesn't look quite like the one I'm used to". It is that "Text to Columns" is completely missing. It is that Joe Homeuser wants certain features that aren't available, one of which is to go to the store, go to the software isle, to the financial software section, compare some boxes, and then buy "Quicken".
What you fail miserably to realize is that they don't need to learn how to work a new thing. You want them to do so, but they neither want nor need to do so.
Your snide, arrogant, dismissive remarks shows your distain for anyone who doesn't have your interests and skills.
Ok, someone explain to me how stating the obvious truth, a truth that has been told to me by FLOSS advocates such as the FSF, is trolling.
There is literally nothing to see here.
A software project being open source does not automatically mean that software is free, either as beer or as speech.
Either you people have forgotten that, or you are just changing the meanings of your words.
The new and innovative part is where the Bulgarians make it work right by re-writing it in Java.
Of course, if the Bulgarians fail and end up with a slow, buggy program, they have reinvented the wheel. If they succeed, it makes the original project members look foolish.