Last time I got called to the phone by clueless, desparate family. You know, the kind who listen to telemarketers because that's how hollow their life is.
So, I played nice and listened.
It was an ubiquitously large telephone company trying to get me to switch long distance carriers, and touting their great low rates.
"OK, let's cut to the end. I'm getting five cents per minute right now -- can you beat that?"
"Yes, sir, we can offer you 200 minutes per month for only $12.95."
1.3 seconds of math later....
"Ah, see that's more than 5 cents a minute, thank you. CLICK"
I actually haven't gotten once of those since then. I have a working theory that once there's definitive proof that you're not stupid, they give up on you.
Since any mail going to a nonexistant address gets forwarded to me anyway, I now create a new address for sites that want my addy. Why? Because I know the easy way which sites sell my stuff. If you're AABBCCDD.com and I get a bunch of crap for AABBCCDD@my domain, I make it my personal mission to f*ck you in every conceivable way.
Ummm, no. When a network show gets strip syndicated, just what do you think is the "required" number of commercials?
In the other direction (slightly off-topic, but an interesting comparison), GSN, during their overnight schedule, stretches the programs out to 40 minutes instead of time compressing (though they do compress during the day, sometimes very poorly (as in across one segment instead of one program).
Re:Do we boycott the MPAA every other week or what
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Er... no, you only go see the movies that are worth your time, or at least wait til they hit the dollar theatre. In the last months, I've only seen a limited number of first-run movies: Shrek, Final Fantasy (which I know kinda sucked, but I still wanted to support the cause an view it for its aesthetics), Crouching Tiger (my second viewing), Monsters Inc. (I didn't pay, so I can't argue), and LOTR.
Point to that waste of bandwidth is, I paid for movies that were truly worth it or that I had to see, and I just found something else to do with the rest of my time (as another thread points out, sacrificing one movie pretty much pays for one month of a MMO game). Don't boycott, just be judicious in what you see, and be willing to defend yourself when others try to convince you. Were my friend so strong, I wouldn't have convinced him to see Scary Movie. I still don't think he's fully forgiven me for that night...
While I'm not electronically sensitive in the general, I am aurally sensitive to certain things. Cathode Ray Tubes are the most common problem, along with some older kitchen appliances and air conditioners. In this office systems class (education major) I'm in right now, there's about two dozen older 15" monitors and I have a HUGE HUGE ringing in my ears.
So... let me get this straight. You took an afternoon every business week to stop working and kill each other instead. If I'm the employer, I start the PK'ing myself when the firm runs out of money.
But as your parent post noted, there's convenience and selection. Super Walmart's 2 miles down the road, and it has as big a grocery stock as anyplace else, with the chance to pick up other things while we're there. So, they get our money. But there's an Albertson's about to open down the block from us, so maybe that changes things if they're more convenient.
Ummm... no not likely to overturn, if you read the decision at all. This was 8-0 with one dissent (in a court where anything stronger than 5-4 is a holy shit moment), and four of the justices from then are still on the bench.
Things you never want to hear in a porn movie:
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Hmmm, not such a bad idea in a way. Only, let's not do it to him but to the good college. Perhaps we should all fire up our favorite site-raping software and visit the school repeatedly. I mean, if they insist it's possible to rack up those charges per second, we should be happy to oblige.
since many copyrights are held by corporations, and corporations don't die, when does that expire?
I would assume they don't. If copyrights are IP, then just like any other property, they can either become property of a new corporation upon merger/acquisition, or, upon dissolution of the corporation, it goes to whoever buys it.
Has it ever occured to them, that we wouldn't rip shows for our overseas friends if they, you know, broadcast the shows without waiting months or years?
I mean, Jim Carrey's cut alone has to be worth more than what the thing brought in. Really though, how much suspense and paranoid can you get from an old movie theatre?
Can a company explicity give its consent to have its content accessed in an way that the DMCA is naughty?
Let's say, in wild micropayment-type BS theory, that Bill Gates tossed me a copy of XP and told me to make a copy for myself, cause the board said it was cool, am I at that point violating the law?
If not, then when Microsoft in its Licensing Agreement, gives us the right, does that violate the Agreement. When a company gives you the right to make a copy, what liability remains?
ONE decent memorable character. ONE good storyline that wasn't licensed from a book. (Notice where the REALLY good movies come from?) ONE skillful use of setting, or non-canned music, or silence, or symbolism, or metaphor.
In the land of Hollywood, where the shadows lie...
I'm having vivid flashbacks of the copy protection of years past: They would give you a page number in the game's manual, and show you a list of symbols. You had to find the right symbol in the book to play the game.
Folks, I thought they stopped doing this sort of thing years ago. Just goes to show how everything is cyclical. I hope that no patent comes of this though. Talk about prior art...
If an album comes out by a band we particularly like, we'll buy the album, but for the most part, we pirate our music.... We don't, by and large, pirate software; sometimes we share, and if it's good enough, we'll buy it (that's how I came around to Baldur's Gate and Quake III). Music is one thing; software is a different story altogether.
BJ (double meaning intended) is a free game where you compete against no other humans, and they let anyone wander in for that. But Ash is a pay game. So to play that, they get your info. Which now means in propogates a lot farther than you intended.
Not if access and authority to use any of these services is delegated to only one person. Now, instead everyone can log into everything, and your cute little "we trust MS" plan for assessing responsibility has been run over like a Douglas Adams philosopher at a zebra crossing.
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I usually hang up as well.
Last time I got called to the phone by clueless, desparate family. You know, the kind who listen to telemarketers because that's how hollow their life is.
So, I played nice and listened.
It was an ubiquitously large telephone company trying to get me to switch long distance carriers, and touting their great low rates.
"OK, let's cut to the end. I'm getting five cents per minute right now -- can you beat that?"
"Yes, sir, we can offer you 200 minutes per month for only $12.95."
1.3 seconds of math later....
"Ah, see that's more than 5 cents a minute, thank you. CLICK"
I actually haven't gotten once of those since then. I have a working theory that once there's definitive proof that you're not stupid, they give up on you.
Since any mail going to a nonexistant address gets forwarded to me anyway, I now create a new address for sites that want my addy. Why? Because I know the easy way which sites sell my stuff. If you're AABBCCDD.com and I get a bunch of crap for AABBCCDD@my domain, I make it my personal mission to f*ck you in every conceivable way.
Hey, 3seas: We're the public. Did you say something? If so, feel free to share.
Ummm, no. When a network show gets strip syndicated, just what do you think is the "required" number of commercials? In the other direction (slightly off-topic, but an interesting comparison), GSN, during their overnight schedule, stretches the programs out to 40 minutes instead of time compressing (though they do compress during the day, sometimes very poorly (as in across one segment instead of one program).
Point to that waste of bandwidth is, I paid for movies that were truly worth it or that I had to see, and I just found something else to do with the rest of my time (as another thread points out, sacrificing one movie pretty much pays for one month of a MMO game). Don't boycott, just be judicious in what you see, and be willing to defend yourself when others try to convince you. Were my friend so strong, I wouldn't have convinced him to see Scary Movie. I still don't think he's fully forgiven me for that night...
While I'm not electronically sensitive in the general, I am aurally sensitive to certain things. Cathode Ray Tubes are the most common problem, along with some older kitchen appliances and air conditioners. In this office systems class (education major) I'm in right now, there's about two dozen older 15" monitors and I have a HUGE HUGE ringing in my ears.
So... let me get this straight. You took an afternoon every business week to stop working and kill each other instead. If I'm the employer, I start the PK'ing myself when the firm runs out of money.
6 Payment and fees
6.1 Certain features of the KaZaA Media Desktop may require payment in the future including a prepaid fee ("Prepaid Fee").
The Prepaid Fee, and all taxes and other fees related thereto will be paid by you in advance.
Guess someone in the RIAA managed to make a new acquisition, as per the leaked memo.
Okay, new game. Who wants to make acronyms for KAZAA that indicate how f*cked they are?
But as your parent post noted, there's convenience and selection. Super Walmart's 2 miles down the road, and it has as big a grocery stock as anyplace else, with the chance to pick up other things while we're there. So, they get our money. But there's an Albertson's about to open down the block from us, so maybe that changes things if they're more convenient.
Ummm... no not likely to overturn, if you read the decision at all. This was 8-0 with one dissent (in a court where anything stronger than 5-4 is a holy shit moment), and four of the justices from then are still on the bench.
"Luke, I am your father."
Hmmm, not such a bad idea in a way. Only, let's not do it to him but to the good college. Perhaps we should all fire up our favorite site-raping software and visit the school repeatedly. I mean, if they insist it's possible to rack up those charges per second, we should be happy to oblige.
I dunno... when I go to fuckedcompany.com it tends to be about exactly what the domain name says it is...
since many copyrights are held by corporations, and corporations don't die, when does that expire? I would assume they don't. If copyrights are IP, then just like any other property, they can either become property of a new corporation upon merger/acquisition, or, upon dissolution of the corporation, it goes to whoever buys it.
Has it ever occured to them, that we wouldn't rip shows for our overseas friends if they, you know, broadcast the shows without waiting months or years?
Does this mean I won't be getting the $20 CowboyNeal promised to send to my PayPal account?
I mean, Jim Carrey's cut alone has to be worth more than what the thing brought in. Really though, how much suspense and paranoid can you get from an old movie theatre?
Can a company explicity give its consent to have its content accessed in an way that the DMCA is naughty?
Let's say, in wild micropayment-type BS theory, that Bill Gates tossed me a copy of XP and told me to make a copy for myself, cause the board said it was cool, am I at that point violating the law?
If not, then when Microsoft in its Licensing Agreement, gives us the right, does that violate the Agreement. When a company gives you the right to make a copy, what liability remains?
ONE decent memorable character. ONE good storyline that wasn't licensed from a book. (Notice where the REALLY good movies come from?) ONE skillful use of setting, or non-canned music, or silence, or symbolism, or metaphor.
In the land of Hollywood, where the shadows lie...
I'm having vivid flashbacks of the copy protection of years past: They would give you a page number in the game's manual, and show you a list of symbols. You had to find the right symbol in the book to play the game.
Folks, I thought they stopped doing this sort of thing years ago. Just goes to show how everything is cyclical. I hope that no patent comes of this though. Talk about prior art...
If an album comes out by a band we particularly like, we'll buy the album, but for the most part, we pirate our music.... We don't, by and large, pirate software; sometimes we share, and if it's good enough, we'll buy it (that's how I came around to Baldur's Gate and Quake III). Music is one thing; software is a different story altogether.
Do I need to reply?
Bad analogy. Try this: "Hey, dude, I've got this magic car replicator, and I'll make a copy my car for you if you'll make a copy of your car for me."
BJ (double meaning intended) is a free game where you compete against no other humans, and they let anyone wander in for that. But Ash is a pay game. So to play that, they get your info. Which now means in propogates a lot farther than you intended.
Not if access and authority to use any of these services is delegated to only one person. Now, instead everyone can log into everything, and your cute little "we trust MS" plan for assessing responsibility has been run over like a Douglas Adams philosopher at a zebra crossing.
But are you buying this hotel room, or licensing its use, with restrictions on sub-letting?