Pfft, give me a break. Society commands you to own music and a computer? Does it also command you to drive an imported car and have a trophy wife or girlfriend? Quite the demanding - yet tasteful - society, no?
I hope your not really trying to defend anything with arguments like those. If you truly believe in a hardcore leftist lifestyle, either live your life accordingly (even somewhat) or you are simply all talk.
What an insightful, thought provoking response you've penned as you sit in front of your computer, in your house or apartment, perhaps with some music playing in the back ground, sipping a beverage. I wish I could frame your article, because it's laughable left-wing idealism like yours coming from a group of happily self-professed materialistic nerds that defines Slashdot users as being the most hypocritical collective on the web today. Nicely done.
I live in Antartica, so should I also join your merry band of alarmists by writing yet another Slashdot-fuelled letter to a governmental representative, thus giving him yet another coaster to use under his complimentary morning coffee (which, of course, you payed for)?
Really, is there any situation where you don't get your own way and it's not a violation of your rights? Isn't that a black helicopter hovering above your house? Head for the cellar!
1) It was a stupid question because illegal descramblers, oddly indicative by their name, are illegal. Cable companies, whether right or wrong in your mind, generate revenue by charging for their service. If they were no longer able to charge for said service, the industry falls apart and you wind up with nothing. Is it really such a foreign idea to you that not everything is free?
2) The answer is "no".
3) Come on - now you're playing naive. It's no secret that the vast, vast majority of Slashdot readers are those who don't like paying for things (especially services) and tend to whine and bitch when faced with doing so. Despite the prevailing viewpoint around here, asking for and expecting payment for some things does not breach any of your rights, and if you feel that it does, I encourage you to remove the cable wires running to your house.
4) You have a right to your opinion and so do I. I feel that your post was blatantly pandering to the readership described in my response number 3, and I felt the need to bust your chops as a result. Considering the positive moderation of your post, there are apparently several who agree with you for one reason or another.
5) I never claimed to have a better question.
This is a remarkably stupid question and one that has been answered very, very clearly on numerous occasions. Naturally, since it's phrased in a whiney "gimme, gimme" way, it's being moderated up to the moon so that it may be posed to the interviewee and thus, make the Slashdot crew look - once again - like a bunch of spoiled children who simply refuse to pay for anything and are hiding behind stances of freedom they don't even understand or truly believe in.
Although it's unfortunate that this crying simp is the example you moderators wish to purvey of an average Slashdot reader, I'll give you credit for at least being consistent.
No sweat... where will you be on March 6th? Be precise.
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I'd buy one, wouldn't you?
Haaayeellll no.
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I don't know what the hell this "bike" your talking about is, but if someone could invent a personal transportation device, perhaps one powered by leg muscles, that didn't require any nasty, polluting fuel combustion and could be parked in an extremely small space, they'd be rich I tells ya! Rich as astronauts!
They could call it the Personal Pollution Free Circular Thrust Motion Mobile.
Asswipe has got to be the worst insult of all time. Seriously, it's just brutal. There should be a new Godwinn's Law type thing in which the first person to use the term "asswipe" instantly loses the insult contest and is set about with a brick for being so stupid.
Yes, manditory copy protection is an ugly idea, but here's a workable alternative to pounding your fists: forget TV. If you really want to hurt the industry and manufacturers, just don't replace your tired old analogue once it no longer works.
Maybe this is the kick in the ass necessary to unglue our eyes from the idiot box and rediscover the world around us. Of course, it will never happen and you will continue to vainly repeat each other's outrage in a useless forum like this, but this truly is an opportunity to get past one of the key catalysts in the dumbening of society.
Sir, you have raised excellent points and brought forth questions I too would love to have answered by the group of "wave the flag at all costs" Americans that make up such a large percentage of the total users around Slashdot. Sadly, since you have found one of the countless number of glaring holes in the armor of patriotism in the US, you will likely be greeted by nothing but flames and other nonsensical ramblings (the non moderation of your very insightful post is an excellent example).
An honest answer from this group to the question you posed is unlikely at best, but I wish to congratulate you on capturing the true hypocrisy of many (not all) Americans.
If that one of the radioactive barges doesn't tell the story all by itself, I don't know what does. Accidents, even colossal ones like Chernobyl, are bound happen where stupid humans are involved, but when mishaps are coupled with our neverending desire to sweep bad history under the rug, it just doubles the tragedy.
The recent French ruling which disallowed Nazi material from being viewed by French citizens is another great example. It's funny how those abandoned barges are a gigantic and continuing risk, but we've never seen them (I haven't, at least) on TV or in the newspaper. Heaven forbid the talking heads tell the whole story and possibly save lives instead of applying bandages to the bloodied Russian image.
I'm ashamed to admit my surprise at the neglect after the fact being shown in the case of Chernobyl.
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I hope your not really trying to defend anything with arguments like those. If you truly believe in a hardcore leftist lifestyle, either live your life accordingly (even somewhat) or you are simply all talk.
What an insightful, thought provoking response you've penned as you sit in front of your computer, in your house or apartment, perhaps with some music playing in the back ground, sipping a beverage. I wish I could frame your article, because it's laughable left-wing idealism like yours coming from a group of happily self-professed materialistic nerds that defines Slashdot users as being the most hypocritical collective on the web today. Nicely done.
Is one of them an effort to teach employees how to split impossibly long paragraphs into more manageable pieces?
Just wondering...
Really, is there any situation where you don't get your own way and it's not a violation of your rights? Isn't that a black helicopter hovering above your house? Head for the cellar!
1) It was a stupid question because illegal descramblers, oddly indicative by their name, are illegal. Cable companies, whether right or wrong in your mind, generate revenue by charging for their service. If they were no longer able to charge for said service, the industry falls apart and you wind up with nothing. Is it really such a foreign idea to you that not everything is free?
2) The answer is "no".
3) Come on - now you're playing naive. It's no secret that the vast, vast majority of Slashdot readers are those who don't like paying for things (especially services) and tend to whine and bitch when faced with doing so. Despite the prevailing viewpoint around here, asking for and expecting payment for some things does not breach any of your rights, and if you feel that it does, I encourage you to remove the cable wires running to your house.
4) You have a right to your opinion and so do I. I feel that your post was blatantly pandering to the readership described in my response number 3, and I felt the need to bust your chops as a result. Considering the positive moderation of your post, there are apparently several who agree with you for one reason or another.
5) I never claimed to have a better question.
Although it's unfortunate that this crying simp is the example you moderators wish to purvey of an average Slashdot reader, I'll give you credit for at least being consistent.
It depends... just how "melty" are you?
No sweat... where will you be on March 6th? Be precise.
Haaayeellll no.
They could call it the Personal Pollution Free Circular Thrust Motion Mobile.
Asswipe has got to be the worst insult of all time. Seriously, it's just brutal. There should be a new Godwinn's Law type thing in which the first person to use the term "asswipe" instantly loses the insult contest and is set about with a brick for being so stupid.
That wouldn't make any sense.
Maybe this is the kick in the ass necessary to unglue our eyes from the idiot box and rediscover the world around us. Of course, it will never happen and you will continue to vainly repeat each other's outrage in a useless forum like this, but this truly is an opportunity to get past one of the key catalysts in the dumbening of society.
An honest answer from this group to the question you posed is unlikely at best, but I wish to congratulate you on capturing the true hypocrisy of many (not all) Americans.
Or, maybe he's clever enough to notice the 40,000 pageviews in the last hour.
Yours was a very funny post. Bravo!
You know, that is more ironic than I intended.
Too quiet... during my last trip to Edmonton, I damn near got run over by an electric bus that snuck up on me.
The recent French ruling which disallowed Nazi material from being viewed by French citizens is another great example. It's funny how those abandoned barges are a gigantic and continuing risk, but we've never seen them (I haven't, at least) on TV or in the newspaper. Heaven forbid the talking heads tell the whole story and possibly save lives instead of applying bandages to the bloodied Russian image.
I'm ashamed to admit my surprise at the neglect after the fact being shown in the case of Chernobyl.
No, my friend, thank you for allowing me to entertain and for your kind words.
Why, thank you. Since you're not a known troll that I've ever seen, it's even higher praise - I've reached one of the normal Slashdot readers!