You know kiddie, one of these days you will got out of school, get a job, look at your first paycheck and notice 40% of it is going to the government, and you'll suddenly become enlightened as well.
Besides whats wrong with being old and white? Typical racist bullshit..
You go down there to protest... you volunteer with some activst type to get arrensted, and you are bitching about getting arrested? Am I missing something?
Why do these people bother? I see people like this and all I think is how misguided they are, shake my head, and move on...
No for the same reason productivity increases seen with computers never seem to pan out. Since recording time has gotten cheaper, everyone uses more recording time.
Since when should you have to justify the price you want for something. You price it.. people either say "X is worth $Y" and buy it, or people say "X is not worth $Y" and don't buy it.
Next thing you will be complaining that some companies have too high of profit margins.
Blank CDs are what, 30 or 40 cents if you buy them on a spindle?
What kind of logic is that?
Man, a Lamborghini Diablo SV Couple costs $250,000. Wow, that's expensive. There can't be more than a couple hundred dollars of materials on one of those things... bring out the lawyers!
Look, if you want a story, that's fine, but you have to take into account the fact that the medium to a large extent controls what you can do with it.
You probably can't explain how to solve a quadratic equation in haiku. Photography is probably not the best medium for an in depth examination of philosophy. And a computer game consisting of running around shooting things is not a great medium for story telling of any depth.
Someone may prove that last statement incorrect at some point, but your complaint seems like someone who says "Hey, why aren't there any good records about post modern archetecture?"
Why would Tivo care anyway? Tivo makes their money on the subscriptions service and selling placement on their entertainment guide. As long as people don't expect tech support from Tivo for their modified boxes, Tivo probably would even encourage this sort of thing..
Now Phillips and Sony may not care for this too much...
I think Oliver Wendel Holmes stated it best when he said, in his defense of the death penalty, that since life is the most preceious thing, the taking of a life demands the ultimate punishment. Who cares if it deters crime or not.
Actually using napster has made me buy a lot more music that I ever bought berfore, just by bringing an interest to the fore, but while the back catalog remains un-available, while record companies operate outside the law, while CD prices are kept high, I will remain a "Pirate"
Ah, nothing I love more than the Napster has cuased me to buy MORE CDs lie. I mean, that must be why there were huge lines outside of every record store in the country a few weeks ago when everyone thought Napster was going to be shut down and people went through on their mad orgy of downloading... right?
Some people doesn't seem to get it, the point is that with the death penalty you don't have any way back. If the state kills an innocent by death penalty (which they do), the state too commits _real_ murder. It's not worth sacrificing one innocent to make sure 100 criminals are dead, when you might as well put them in lifetime prison.
If you want to make an omelette, sometimes you have to break a few eggs.
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You know kiddie, one of these days you will got out of school, get a job, look at your first paycheck and notice 40% of it is going to the government, and you'll suddenly become enlightened as well.
Besides whats wrong with being old and white? Typical racist bullshit..
You say that like that's a bad thing...
Is 26 young?
You go down there to protest... you volunteer with some activst type to get arrensted, and you are bitching about getting arrested? Am I missing something?
Why do these people bother? I see people like this and all I think is how misguided they are, shake my head, and move on...
Agreed. However, I find people who say "Something costs too much so I'm going to steal it" to be on somewhat shaky ethical grounds.
No for the same reason productivity increases seen with computers never seem to pan out. Since recording time has gotten cheaper, everyone uses more recording time.
This just cannot be justified
Since when should you have to justify the price you want for something. You price it.. people either say "X is worth $Y" and buy it, or people say "X is not worth $Y" and don't buy it.
Next thing you will be complaining that some companies have too high of profit margins.
Blank CDs are what, 30 or 40 cents if you buy them on a spindle?
What kind of logic is that?
Man, a Lamborghini Diablo SV Couple costs $250,000. Wow, that's expensive. There can't be more than a couple hundred dollars of materials on one of those things... bring out the lawyers!
We?
How about some of us more fanantical ones.
Me, I'll use any tool that works. Your choice of software isn't a political statement.
Oracle is going to keep reinventing the "Network Computer" until people decide to actually start buying them, aren't they?
Bush is not Gore, ergo, he gets my vote.
Enough people to ensure that id makes a profit, if nothing else.
Look, if you want a story, that's fine, but you have to take into account the fact that the medium to a large extent controls what you can do with it.
You probably can't explain how to solve a quadratic equation in haiku. Photography is probably not the best medium for an in depth examination of philosophy. And a computer game consisting of running around shooting things is not a great medium for story telling of any depth.
Someone may prove that last statement incorrect at some point, but your complaint seems like someone who says "Hey, why aren't there any good records about post modern archetecture?"
Yeah, they knight lots of people who aren't very good actors...
If you want a story, learn how to read.
Please do.
Of course, whiners like you never actually get up and move, they just bitch and moan.
Are the views Bush supports really his own?
Yes.
Can anyone truly feel right voting for a leader that was brought up in a wealthy environment lacking all discipline and responsibility?
Yes.
Is he a leader and universal role model or a self-indulgent, spoiled playboy riding on the coattails of his father?
Leader and universal role model.
Oh, were these rhetorical questions?
Doubtful, since Tivo doesn't actually sell the boxes...
Why would Tivo care anyway? Tivo makes their money on the subscriptions service and selling placement on their entertainment guide. As long as people don't expect tech support from Tivo for their modified boxes, Tivo probably would even encourage this sort of thing..
Now Phillips and Sony may not care for this too much...
Good, if we are going to start getting rid of laws, lets cancel that stupid antitrust thing while we are at it.
And doesn't it seem at all contradictory that the laws say that killing is wrong, unless you are with the government?
No, why should it? There are lots of things that the government can do that others can't. Collect taxes, for example.. or declare war.
I think Oliver Wendel Holmes stated it best when he said, in his defense of the death penalty, that since life is the most preceious thing, the taking of a life demands the ultimate punishment. Who cares if it deters crime or not.
Yeah, there are what, hundreds of thousands of people executed wrongly every year, just in the US, right?
The odds of it happening to you are so slim its not even worth thinking about...
Actually using napster has made me buy a lot more music that I ever bought berfore, just by bringing an interest to the fore, but while the back catalog remains un-available, while record companies operate outside the law, while CD prices are kept high, I will remain a "Pirate"
Ah, nothing I love more than the Napster has cuased me to buy MORE CDs lie. I mean, that must be why there were huge lines outside of every record store in the country a few weeks ago when everyone thought Napster was going to be shut down and people went through on their mad orgy of downloading... right?
Some people doesn't seem to get it, the point is that with the death penalty you don't have any way back. If the state kills an innocent by death penalty (which they do), the state too commits _real_ murder. It's not worth sacrificing one innocent to make sure 100 criminals are dead, when you might as well put them in lifetime prison.
If you want to make an omelette, sometimes you have to break a few eggs.
People can be trading sound effect, comedy routines, or political speeches. What is so illegal?
Comedy routines, political speeches and sound effects can all be copyrighted. (Thankfully)