I kind of always secretly wish a bullshit artist would pull this kind of crap on me every once in a while, so I can metaphorically tear him a new one.
Perhaps I have "don't bullshit me" stamped on my forehead in invisible ink. The upsale drones at electronics and appliance stores stay away from me. I can only figure they determine this on appearance alone. I either look like a software engineer on a work day (golf shirt with either blue jeans or khakis) or a poor college student (old tshirt and shorts). My theory is I fall into one of 2 categories: not gullible enough / too poor to bother. Either is fine with me.
Reminds me of back in the day when we had to wear shirts and ties to work. I would get bag-checked at the Comp-USA every time I walked in there wearing normal clothes, and they would never look at me twice when wearing the tie.
Moral of the story: Wear a tshirt and shorts if you want to be left alone. Wear a tie if you want to steal something.
Amazon is fighting the good fight, but it is a losing battle. With states hurting for tax dollars, online retailers are being targeted as a source of income for the states.
The days of tax free internet orders is coming to an end.
I do have sympathy for online retailers, if there was a simple tax rate for each state, it would not be so bad, but each county, each city, certain merchandise all have different tax rates. What a accounting nightmare to keep up with. Every time you turn around another city council is passing another tax on something, having to keep up with would be next to impossible.
So the companies will move overseas. There is only so much money to go around, and the companies are going to do everything they can to hold on to it.
Simple. With shorter term patents, companies would need to constantly patent random bizarre stuff all the time. This would equal more revenue for the Patent Office.
As to whether this would increase innovation, I still think companies are of the mindset that lititgation is more cost effective than innovation.
Gosh! For a few seconds I got a dyslexia attack and thought that the Church of the LDS was now falling in line with the tele-evangelists.
Furthermore, it didn't seem so surprising to me that "patients suffering from the agony of cluster headaches will take anything to dull the pain," even turn to religion. Only the next sentence clued me in.
Sounds like you took a bit too much LDS back in the 60's at Berkley.
Except all the people who would have paid the full $60 that will now not bother buying the game at all.
Also, what happened to making games with enough quality to actually play a second time?
I have bought several games from GOG that I had bought originally a decade ago. It was easier to fork over $10 instead of installing from the original media.
A software could identify files which were downloaded. But it can never detect legally whether you have the right to listen to that file. Unless of course oly drmd files are considered to be legally ok.
I was confused about this as well. From the post it makes it sound that if you buy a CD, then download the track for it, that track is somehow now "illegal". THIS IS NOT THE CASE, and FUCK YOU to the RIAA for making people think it is.
Or at least blowing up sidewalks to get to the gold. Taking a pickaxe to the ashpalt right in the middle of traffic. There's much more efficient ways at mining than what he's doing.
One man's more efficient way of mining is another's more fun way of mining.
Now you need to give the editors some credit here. If they were financially invested in pumping Bitcoins up, this article certainly would not help.
I mean people wouldn't imagine this is good publicity for Bitcoin, would they? Unless someone would go under the logic of, "Wow, people have so much of these things, I should get in on this game." I would like to think the reasoning here is. "Wow, digital property on a computer is so easy to steal."
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Power cycle the beast
The person sitting in the chair?
I kind of always secretly wish a bullshit artist would pull this kind of crap on me every once in a while, so I can metaphorically tear him a new one.
Perhaps I have "don't bullshit me" stamped on my forehead in invisible ink. The upsale drones at electronics and appliance stores stay away from me. I can only figure they determine this on appearance alone. I either look like a software engineer on a work day (golf shirt with either blue jeans or khakis) or a poor college student (old tshirt and shorts). My theory is I fall into one of 2 categories: not gullible enough / too poor to bother. Either is fine with me.
Reminds me of back in the day when we had to wear shirts and ties to work. I would get bag-checked at the Comp-USA every time I walked in there wearing normal clothes, and they would never look at me twice when wearing the tie.
Moral of the story: Wear a tshirt and shorts if you want to be left alone. Wear a tie if you want to steal something.
Thanks AC. Why the fuck couldn't TFS had just said this? Your summary makes more sense than TFS, TFA, or the Bitcoin BS post.
Couldn't you just replace TSA with Federal Government in that story?
Couldn't you all vote to replace the Federal Government if you all really disliked it so much?
You don't vote for bureaucrats. And its their job to entrench themselves so deeply they cannot be removed.
Yes, that's a much better car analogy... I was having a tough time thinking of one, sadly.
Yeah, I need a car analogy on making car analogies.
They are not supposed to be fun, they are supposed to make money.
Amazon is fighting the good fight, but it is a losing battle.
With states hurting for tax dollars, online retailers are being targeted as a source of income for the states.
The days of tax free internet orders is coming to an end.
I do have sympathy for online retailers, if there was a simple tax rate for each state, it would not be so bad, but each county, each city, certain merchandise all have different tax rates. What a accounting nightmare to keep up with. Every time you turn around another city council is passing another tax on something, having to keep up with would be next to impossible.
So the companies will move overseas. There is only so much money to go around, and the companies are going to do everything they can to hold on to it.
How would this help the Patent Office?
Simple. With shorter term patents, companies would need to constantly patent random bizarre stuff all the time. This would equal more revenue for the Patent Office.
As to whether this would increase innovation, I still think companies are of the mindset that lititgation is more cost effective than innovation.
I don't understand. All it needs to do is take a picture of the taps so I can see if there is any good beer on.
I would have a pretty doppler signature.
Nothing personal, but I really doubt that.
Yeah, doppler isn't a adjective.
Gosh! For a few seconds I got a dyslexia attack and thought that the Church of the LDS was now falling in line with the tele-evangelists.
Furthermore, it didn't seem so surprising to me that "patients suffering from the agony of cluster headaches will take anything to dull the pain," even turn to religion. Only the next sentence clued me in.
Sounds like you took a bit too much LDS back in the 60's at Berkley.
What do they care? they already have your money!
Actually no they don't, and they wont be getting any of it either.
Except all the people who would have paid the full $60 that will now not bother buying the game at all.
Also, what happened to making games with enough quality to actually play a second time?
I have bought several games from GOG that I had bought originally a decade ago. It was easier to fork over $10 instead of installing from the original media.
I don't always buy games, but when I do, I buy from publishers that are not idiots.
FTFY
Do you see a flaw in this thinking?
Yeah, at peopleofwalmart.com.
THIS IS NOT THE CASE
Oh, so you are a lawyer? No? Just some 13 year old having nerd rage? Nevermind then.
I have no idea was the law is. I mostly just hate the RIAA for perverting it.
It is a civil case, so I don't think the statue applies here.
"Fine, it's a sculpture of limitations."
Goddamit. Well played sir.
It is a civil case, so I don't think the statue applies here.
A software could identify files which were downloaded. But it can never detect legally whether you have the right to listen to that file. Unless of course oly drmd files are considered to be legally ok.
I was confused about this as well. From the post it makes it sound that if you buy a CD, then download the track for it, that track is somehow now "illegal". THIS IS NOT THE CASE, and FUCK YOU to the RIAA for making people think it is.
Or at least blowing up sidewalks to get to the gold. Taking a pickaxe to the ashpalt right in the middle of traffic. There's much more efficient ways at mining than what he's doing.
One man's more efficient way of mining is another's more fun way of mining.
holy shit, who knew that web rings still existed in the 21st century!
Throwback to the 80's computer. Throwback to the 90's webpage.
Replace "cows" with "corporations".
Sounds like a great idea. Should make working at a slaughterhouse more appealing.
Keep hyping that ponzi scheme.
Now you need to give the editors some credit here. If they were financially invested in pumping Bitcoins up, this article certainly would not help.
I mean people wouldn't imagine this is good publicity for Bitcoin, would they? Unless someone would go under the logic of, "Wow, people have so much of these things, I should get in on this game." I would like to think the reasoning here is. "Wow, digital property on a computer is so easy to steal."
Maybe I give people too much credit...
It often turns out programmers are not as good at the assembly as they might think.
Make it possible for programmers to write programs in assembly, and you will find that programmers can not write in assembly.
A prof of mine used to say that "writing a program in assembly is like writing a novel in math."
Anything longer than a haiku and you''ll want to blow your brains out.
The derivative
of the sine function equals
the cosine function