'dear reader' and 'beseech' have every appearance, to me, of attempting to frame the relationship between the writer and the reader.
As far as my tone, sure, it's hard to respond to snottiness without being a little bit snotty. As far as my expectations, I don't expect that they will care much at all about what I think.
As far as rejecting internet rambles based on tone, it is a simple time saving measure, there is plenty of other content that may or may not be a more interesting use of time, I will start trying to treat it all fairly when I figure I have read most of it.
I can think of a lot of things that are more obvious than that (for instance, I'm pretty okay with making it illegal to have a standing tire fire; far more than I am okay with the government controlling vegetation (especially indigenous vegetation, I have a soft spot for the diversity of life)).
Of course it did. Without any regulation, their activities wouldn't have been possible (no mega corporations), and they wouldn't have had the veneer of legitimacy.
The solution isn't necessarily less or more regulation though, it is better regulation.
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'dear reader' and 'beseech' have every appearance, to me, of attempting to frame the relationship between the writer and the reader.
As far as my tone, sure, it's hard to respond to snottiness without being a little bit snotty. As far as my expectations, I don't expect that they will care much at all about what I think.
As far as rejecting internet rambles based on tone, it is a simple time saving measure, there is plenty of other content that may or may not be a more interesting use of time, I will start trying to treat it all fairly when I figure I have read most of it.
I might have read your comment more closely if it wasn't written in an obviously preachy tone.
As it is, you missed me. Sorry.
Simple: Gaining consent within the existing legal framework.
Actually, DRM enables e-book libraries. There are quite a few libraries actively loaning out e-books.
There is nothing in copyright law preventing you from giving them full resolution originals with a liberal usage license.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter_parent
Internet Trolls!
Now go check a dictionary.
The only content you added beyond that provided by Engadget and Gizmodo was your ads.
It's a karaoke bar called "That's a Hell of a Song".
I will go immolate myself now.
There's really no good reason to lick your computer.
Too expensive.
No, the problem is people that give them money because they just can't resist shiny.
They don't have to choose between user complaints and making changes to the private apis (used by the apps).
(Which perhaps isn't the most convincing reason, but it isn't all that crazy)
I was making an observation, not a judgment.
She should just accidentally back over Billy.
In which case the standard will be impotent (because it will be completely divorced from practice).
And then over here in actuality (rather than the conversation), there is Youtube. And Netflix. And Hulu. And so on.
Yeah, they taught me that one in grade school, might+additional wrong=right.
I can think of a lot of things that are more obvious than that (for instance, I'm pretty okay with making it illegal to have a standing tire fire; far more than I am okay with the government controlling vegetation (especially indigenous vegetation, I have a soft spot for the diversity of life)).
Of course it did. Without any regulation, their activities wouldn't have been possible (no mega corporations), and they wouldn't have had the veneer of legitimacy.
The solution isn't necessarily less or more regulation though, it is better regulation.
Yeah, physically violating prisoners of the state sounds like a great thing to do on a Saturday afternoon.
Arrogance is pretty common among the set of criminals that get caught.
(As is stupidity, but it can be difficult to tell the two apart)
I think a lot of them would be even more bitter.
Windows has installed with an inbound firewall turned on since XP service pack 2.