They still don't get it. DRM will still be unnacceptable.
It is MY computer and it should only delete something when I tell it to. No one else. It should not police me. It should not tell me what to do, I should tell it what to do. If I break the law using my computer, then I should be held responsible, but I should NOT be limited if I choose to use the computer in a fashion that some short sited company didn't plan on.
Only ONE has ever been perfect on earth. To say that because one person sins, he cannot point out sin in another is ludicrous. I sin. Sometimes I do it knowingly with regret later, other times I may sin and in the heat of the moment may not even notice. I expect to be told of my sin. I ask for forgiveness from God. That is the way it is supposed to be. If your argument held any truth, then there would be anarchy because no human would be able to point out sin in any other persons actions.
This is always the battle cry of the non-religious.
"You do this wrongly so they should be able to do this wrongly".
Two wrongs don't make a right. Everytime that I do something that the Bible says not to do.. then I am also wrong. Just as wrong as a homosexual. We both should have our inalienable rights, and I would fight for them for both straight and gay. That is however irrelevant. Before the eyes of God, if we have done something that the Bible says not to do then we are WRONG. That is not bigoted or anything else.
I have not said that I am intolerant. I believe a gay person should the right to do anything that I can do.
I do however still believe that being gay is wrong. I have not discriminated against anyone by saying that being gay is wrong. Even a gay person. No one says that someone discriminates if someone says stealing is wrong. The analogy is the same. People falsly believe that tolerance is the same thing as acceptance. You can tolerate and still not accept. I would fight for a gay persons right to do the same things that I do, but I STILL would tell a gay person to their face that what they do is wrong, please change your ways.
It isn't bashing, it isn't homophobia, it isn't bigotry and "coming out" and saying something isn't wrong just because the current political climate (Political Correctness) says we shouldn't say something doesn't make it right. I am not the "Christian Right" and am simply Christian.
Being gay is wrong. It says so in the Bible. Just because "your" views may differ doesn't mean that I am a bigot, homophobe, or anything else. It simply means that I am Christian.
I am Christian and I am also quite often wrong as I would be if I were to steal something. I havn't discriminated by saying something is wrong. I am not uneducated because I have a view different than yours or because I have faith in God.
I also am not posting this to be inflammatory or to provoke. So moderators.. use your mod points wisely. This is simply an alternative view that is shared by most Christians.
Even the music adds to what you are calling "documentary style". Everything about it seems to be trying to express (and doing a very good job of it IMHO) how desperate their plight is.
The music and filming style has a tribal, gritty feel to it which aids in pulling EVERYTHING together.
I work for a company that has an EtherpeekNX license. When they started with the NX line, they now have activation. One time per license. I had to call and threaten a move to open source alternatives with a forced refund due to their policy.
They provide a remote collection agent that can be monitored with the licensed full version. That was not good enough in our instance due to the layout of our network and needing to install our licensed copy, at the work site, fix the problem and then uninstall the software. After much desk pounding they finally gave in and let us have unlimited installs of the same number. But only after threatening a move to open source.
Our take on the issue is, we need to install the product how we see fit. We payed for it. It doesn't matter to us if we aren't using the software how they "envision" it should be used. We were due a refund if they refused to let us use a product we payed for.
Something changed with the coming of the internet age, but not JUST involving the internet. Advertisers got a big head and started believing that they have some God-given right to force you to see their ads. The mindset that you are stealing something if you don't look at the ads has even crept into their evil little heads.
Advertising always was, and should go back to being a gamble on the advertisers part. When an advertiser buys an ad in the local newspaper, there is no guarantee that you will see it or if you do, pay it any attention.
I wouldn't mind seeing an ad or two myself, but they are ALL currently disabled because of this mindset that they have. They don't need to know if I looked at an ad. They don't need to know where I came from when I get to their site. My browser is set to not give any referrer information also.
Marketing people are pure unadulterated evil. If marketers were all banished to Canada, software would get better. Let us geeks decide about features. Don't artificially limit anything.
I purchased the game legally. I could give a flying flip about their copy protection or keys. From the very moment that I get my receipt, copy protection becomes irrelevant and I have no good reason not to do anything I can to bypass it and get it out of my way. It does nothing but hinder my fair use of the product.
Does it piss them off? Most surely. Can they steal from me by disabling a game I paid good money for and then sit there and tell me with a straight face I can't get a refund for a game I can't play? Not without getting a letter from a lawyer.
You forget.. just because its in a EULA doesn't make it "right".
If I get a game... I pay for it legally. I don't care what their friggin' EULA says, I'm going to disable their CD check which involves a hack. If they disable my game that I legally purchased, they are either going to give me a refund or be getting a letter from a lawyer.. plain and simple.
I have lost CD cases with the number many times. I have also purchased software online and given a number in an email.
I bought it... have proof that I bought it but can't use it unless I resort to using cracks. The same problem exists for DRM'd E-books that I have bought. I reinstalled my computer from scratch but can't reactivate my E-Books because Barnes and Noble doesn't do it anymore.
Your description is why politicians are considered so evil. Politics, by definition, is about compromise to get something done.
I myself am so conservative it isn't funny. I refuse to compromise my morals even if I go afoul of the law to do so. It boggles my mind that people are willing to compromise their morals. However... I also see that it must be done by someone or there would nothing but deadlock... ever. I just don't want to be the one doing the compromising and am rather satisfied sitting back and cussing the ones who do.
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Nope.. I love talking politics. Just hate it when someone puts a spin on something to further their agenda (anti-conservatism at its greatest).
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If you look at where most of the support for IP in the form of DRM, media restrictions etc, it is from the liberals with the senator from Disney leading the charge.
I actually tried them for quite a while but I have already been burned. I bought quite a few from Barnes and Noble. They got out of Ebooks, I have since changed PC's and cant re-authorize any of my books now.
Decline in sci-fi and action television. Who likes all those boring dramas and chick flicks anyway. We want action and aliens in action and aliens in action with hot chicks.
Look at it this way. Whether anyone likes it or not, Microsofts strongest point is that it does everything well enough when used by a competent user. Even Microsoft doesn't quite "get it". By making different versions (think Media Center edition) they just dilute the bloodlines. Why would anyone opt for specialization?
Why make a gaming distribution? Wrong path in my opinion. Make all distributions have what it takes. Specialization is exactly what is HURTING linux adoption.
Cell phone chatter is a fact of life. Get over it.
My gripe is that I wish people would realize how big of a rip off it is that phones are locked in to a single service provider. I use the free introductory phones only just because of that. They expect ME to pay for a phone that I REALLY have no choice with? heheh Thats funny. If I pay for a phone, its gonna be MY phone and I'm gonna have REAL choices.
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They still don't get it. DRM will still be unnacceptable.
It is MY computer and it should only delete something when I tell it to. No one else. It should not police me. It should not tell me what to do, I should tell it what to do. If I break the law using my computer, then I should be held responsible, but I should NOT be limited if I choose to use the computer in a fashion that some short sited company didn't plan on.
This is the most flawed of any arguments.
Only ONE has ever been perfect on earth. To say that because one person sins, he cannot point out sin in another is ludicrous. I sin. Sometimes I do it knowingly with regret later, other times I may sin and in the heat of the moment may not even notice. I expect to be told of my sin. I ask for forgiveness from God. That is the way it is supposed to be. If your argument held any truth, then there would be anarchy because no human would be able to point out sin in any other persons actions.
It is faith plain and simple. I say that gay is wrong because it says so in the Bible. It does not say that black or any other skin color is wrong.
This is always the battle cry of the non-religious.
"You do this wrongly so they should be able to do this wrongly".
Two wrongs don't make a right. Everytime that I do something that the Bible says not to do.. then I am also wrong. Just as wrong as a homosexual. We both should have our inalienable rights, and I would fight for them for both straight and gay. That is however irrelevant. Before the eyes of God, if we have done something that the Bible says not to do then we are WRONG. That is not bigoted or anything else.
I have not said that I am intolerant. I believe a gay person should the right to do anything that I can do.
I do however still believe that being gay is wrong. I have not discriminated against anyone by saying that being gay is wrong. Even a gay person. No one says that someone discriminates if someone says stealing is wrong. The analogy is the same. People falsly believe that tolerance is the same thing as acceptance. You can tolerate and still not accept. I would fight for a gay persons right to do the same things that I do, but I STILL would tell a gay person to their face that what they do is wrong, please change your ways.
It isn't bashing, it isn't homophobia, it isn't bigotry and "coming out" and saying something isn't wrong just because the current political climate (Political Correctness) says we shouldn't say something doesn't make it right. I am not the "Christian Right" and am simply Christian.
Being gay is wrong. It says so in the Bible. Just because "your" views may differ doesn't mean that I am a bigot, homophobe, or anything else. It simply means that I am Christian.
I am Christian and I am also quite often wrong as I would be if I were to steal something. I havn't discriminated by saying something is wrong. I am not uneducated because I have a view different than yours or because I have faith in God.
I also am not posting this to be inflammatory or to provoke. So moderators.. use your mod points wisely. This is simply an alternative view that is shared by most Christians.
Ok moderators, here is more practice for you in discerning flamebait from a legitimate opinion.
Its been said before and I'll say it again, first person shooters are best left on the PC. They just aren't "right" on the consoles.
Newsflash
Rap became relevant to someone... somewhere... really
on 3/1/2005.
Rap is like the putrid spoiled milk of music. Poor a nice cup of cold fresh milk, add a drop of the putrid stuff, and the whole cup is ruined.
Hmm.. Alex, I'm not sure.... but I'll try "What is a bleeding heart liberal?"
DING DING DING
I love it and think it all ties together.
Even the music adds to what you are calling "documentary style". Everything about it seems to be trying to express (and doing a very good job of it IMHO) how desperate their plight is.
The music and filming style has a tribal, gritty feel to it which aids in pulling EVERYTHING together.
You mean she actually spoke?
Scratching your HEAD???????? Dude have you seen her?
I work for a company that has an EtherpeekNX license. When they started with the NX line, they now have activation. One time per license. I had to call and threaten a move to open source alternatives with a forced refund due to their policy.
They provide a remote collection agent that can be monitored with the licensed full version. That was not good enough in our instance due to the layout of our network and needing to install our licensed copy, at the work site, fix the problem and then uninstall the software. After much desk pounding they finally gave in and let us have unlimited installs of the same number. But only after threatening a move to open source.
Our take on the issue is, we need to install the product how we see fit. We payed for it. It doesn't matter to us if we aren't using the software how they "envision" it should be used. We were due a refund if they refused to let us use a product we payed for.
OMG... I would retype everything I just posted. But people who think like this aren't worth the time.
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Something changed with the coming of the internet age, but not JUST involving the internet. Advertisers got a big head and started believing that they have some God-given right to force you to see their ads. The mindset that you are stealing something if you don't look at the ads has even crept into their evil little heads.
Advertising always was, and should go back to being a gamble on the advertisers part. When an advertiser buys an ad in the local newspaper, there is no guarantee that you will see it or if you do, pay it any attention.
I wouldn't mind seeing an ad or two myself, but they are ALL currently disabled because of this mindset that they have. They don't need to know if I looked at an ad. They don't need to know where I came from when I get to their site. My browser is set to not give any referrer information also.
Marketing people are pure unadulterated evil. If marketers were all banished to Canada, software would get better. Let us geeks decide about features. Don't artificially limit anything.
Oh well.
You miss the point entirely.
I purchased the game legally. I could give a flying flip about their copy protection or keys. From the very moment that I get my receipt, copy protection becomes irrelevant and I have no good reason not to do anything I can to bypass it and get it out of my way. It does nothing but hinder my fair use of the product.
Does it piss them off? Most surely. Can they steal from me by disabling a game I paid good money for and then sit there and tell me with a straight face I can't get a refund for a game I can't play? Not without getting a letter from a lawyer.
You forget.. just because its in a EULA doesn't make it "right".
If I get a game... I pay for it legally. I don't care what their friggin' EULA says, I'm going to disable their CD check which involves a hack. If they disable my game that I legally purchased, they are either going to give me a refund or be getting a letter from a lawyer.. plain and simple.
I have lost CD cases with the number many times. I have also purchased software online and given a number in an email.
I bought it... have proof that I bought it but can't use it unless I resort to using cracks. The same problem exists for DRM'd E-books that I have bought. I reinstalled my computer from scratch but can't reactivate my E-Books because Barnes and Noble doesn't do it anymore.
Your description is why politicians are considered so evil. Politics, by definition, is about compromise to get something done.
I myself am so conservative it isn't funny. I refuse to compromise my morals even if I go afoul of the law to do so. It boggles my mind that people are willing to compromise their morals. However... I also see that it must be done by someone or there would nothing but deadlock... ever. I just don't want to be the one doing the compromising and am rather satisfied sitting back and cussing the ones who do.
Nope.. I love talking politics. Just hate it when someone puts a spin on something to further their agenda (anti-conservatism at its greatest).
If you look at where most of the support for IP in the form of DRM, media restrictions etc, it is from the liberals with the senator from Disney leading the charge.
Rule #1: Marketing people are evil.
Rule #2: Even though they are necessary, Rule #1 is always true.
I actually tried them for quite a while but I have already been burned. I bought quite a few from Barnes and Noble. They got out of Ebooks, I have since changed PC's and cant re-authorize any of my books now.
I'll never get burned that way again.
Decline in sci-fi and action television. Who likes all those boring dramas and chick flicks anyway. We want action and aliens in action and aliens in action with hot chicks.
Dramas suck.
Look at it this way. Whether anyone likes it or not, Microsofts strongest point is that it does everything well enough when used by a competent user. Even Microsoft doesn't quite "get it". By making different versions (think Media Center edition) they just dilute the bloodlines. Why would anyone opt for specialization?
Why make a gaming distribution? Wrong path in my opinion. Make all distributions have what it takes. Specialization is exactly what is HURTING linux adoption.
Cell phone chatter is a fact of life. Get over it.
My gripe is that I wish people would realize how big of a rip off it is that phones are locked in to a single service provider. I use the free introductory phones only just because of that. They expect ME to pay for a phone that I REALLY have no choice with? heheh Thats funny. If I pay for a phone, its gonna be MY phone and I'm gonna have REAL choices.