not to mention they come up with these SCAAAAAAAAAAARY numbers for lost revenue; and you just have to wonder what the *real* impact would be.
The overlap between "sure i'll download it because it's free" and "i really want this program, i'd totally pay for it if i had no other option!" is NOT even close to 100%. It's more like.000000000000000000001%
Or maybe they juke the numbers to use as leverage when trying to ruin poor schmoes life. Probably using a shitty legal threat that the average person has absolutely no ability to fight. Because someone pressing bootleg DVD's for commercial sale is *exactly* the same as a guy torrenting simpsons episodes to watch on his plex server. right? yep, totally equivalent, therefore that settlement in the many thousands of dollars range is absolutely fair.
But if they did have the temerity to fight it; some dickhead judge with 0 understanding of the technical issues would virtually automatically side with the IP holder.
it really depends on what you drink, if you go for a latte (breve), making it at home is a much different beast than simple drip coffee. those espresso machines are NOT cheap, and despite what you're reading in this thread, a 80 dollar mr. coffee espresso maker simply cannot produce enough pressure to properly steam milk (at least in comparison to a professional grade machine at a coffee house can do)
I'd be willing to wager that a lifetime of sedentary behavior leads to more health risks than hard labor. the average office drone at 45 is a walking corpse.
same reason MS bailed out Apple, and if push came to shove, intel would bail out AMD. Competition on life support is still competition in the eyes of the law
In elden times, we had this thing called "shame" and it was used to subtly coerce people to act in socially acceptable ways. This was accomplished without layers of legislation and oppresive law enforcement. Society was better off, people tended to act 'better'.
In comes social media, and suddenly everyone's a beautiful unique butterfly -- being shunned and/or shamed by society is now almost a mark of individualistic pride, and there we have it.
Having your community consider you to be a giant bag of dicks does wonders for culling shitty behavior, without having to codify it directly into law.
(regardless; not sure if you're trolling or serious; but if you do not see anything wrong with A) an airline disregarding a potential bomb threat or B) inconveniencing 300 odd people just to wave around your free-speech dick -- then something is probably defective upstairs.)
Seriously? That's *EXACTLY* what this'll be used for -- just give it some time..
the NSA and FBI feel entitled to decrypt everything to you know, keep us safe.
They'll probably issue a gag order to the research teams to prevent them from going public with their findings, and a press release like this one will be the last we ever hear about the technology.
You realize that in a market with hugely, bigly asymmetrical power, letting 'the market' decide is just another way of saying "let the megacorps run roughshod over their customers" right?
Because that is precisely what will happen. Comcast knows that for a large number of their customers they have no viable alternative. And they *WILL* act accordingly. The same is true for every other ISP. There's a bit of competition with the cellular service providers; but if they all take a page from the "being an evil dickbag company" handbook -- competition won't matter in the least.
there are only two things that keep companies honest: 1. regulators with actual testicles and teeth 2. competition.
Comcast has never had one of those, and is on the precipice of doing away with the other.
And there are even more soccer-mom types who don't feel comfortable unless everyone is surveilled, because if you don't have anything to hide, why worry, right?
the problem here is you'd need a huge grassroots-type movement to get AMD or Intel to back-down on this. But sadly the truth is that the vast absolute majority of people:
Do not care Don't understand enough about the hardware to have a valid opinion
OR worst of all actively support this kind of capability to you know; keep their kids safe from terrorists and/or the child-predators that some app has clearly shown to be infesting their neighborhood.
We live in a society that has completely run out of real threats, and so we've started to hyperfocus on statistically anomalies (partially thanks to a sensationalist media and 24 hour news cycle) to invent new ones.
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There's also tulips and land in Florida. that's the direction Bitcoin will be headed.
I don't think you can count on Chekov being in the movie period.....
why not cut the middle man and just allow the big five to simply buy the people? I mean that's their end game anyways.
But good sir, are you honestly implying that diversity isn't the panacea we've been led to believe? Diversity!
that's a good point... I can say anecdotally since the TPB started having periods of being knocked offline, my piracy has gone to roughly 0.
Just like my spending on media/entertainment from Hollywood.
not to mention they come up with these SCAAAAAAAAAAARY numbers for lost revenue; and you just have to wonder what the *real* impact would be.
The overlap between "sure i'll download it because it's free" and "i really want this program, i'd totally pay for it if i had no other option!" is NOT even close to 100%. It's more like .000000000000000000001%
Or maybe they juke the numbers to use as leverage when trying to ruin poor schmoes life. Probably using a shitty legal threat that the average person has absolutely no ability to fight. Because someone pressing bootleg DVD's for commercial sale is *exactly* the same as a guy torrenting simpsons episodes to watch on his plex server. right? yep, totally equivalent, therefore that settlement in the many thousands of dollars range is absolutely fair.
But if they did have the temerity to fight it; some dickhead judge with 0 understanding of the technical issues would virtually automatically side with the IP holder.
do you also rage against cupholders? Or sun visors with mirrors for make up? Radios?
pedantic little shit.
espresso machines typically have a wand for steaming milk.
it really depends on what you drink, if you go for a latte (breve), making it at home is a much different beast than simple drip coffee. those espresso machines are NOT cheap, and despite what you're reading in this thread, a 80 dollar mr. coffee espresso maker simply cannot produce enough pressure to properly steam milk (at least in comparison to a professional grade machine at a coffee house can do)
I'd be willing to wager that a lifetime of sedentary behavior leads to more health risks than hard labor. the average office drone at 45 is a walking corpse.
That's essentially been the status quo since the Eisenhower administration =/
it's okay, give it a few decades and you'll be under sharia law my european friend.
same reason MS bailed out Apple, and if push came to shove, intel would bail out AMD. Competition on life support is still competition in the eyes of the law
not to mention, this borg sci-fi schoolyard fantasy is just going devalue human life, and that has never, ever had negative consequences.
I think you're missing the point, in a way.
In elden times, we had this thing called "shame" and it was used to subtly coerce people to act in socially acceptable ways. This was accomplished without layers of legislation and oppresive law enforcement. Society was better off, people tended to act 'better'.
In comes social media, and suddenly everyone's a beautiful unique butterfly -- being shunned and/or shamed by society is now almost a mark of individualistic pride, and there we have it.
Having your community consider you to be a giant bag of dicks does wonders for culling shitty behavior, without having to codify it directly into law.
(regardless; not sure if you're trolling or serious; but if you do not see anything wrong with A) an airline disregarding a potential bomb threat or B) inconveniencing 300 odd people just to wave around your free-speech dick -- then something is probably defective upstairs.)
That sounds like something out of Pirates of the Caribbean.
Only a totally basic shitlord would think that in 2016+1 it is still okay to deny a trans-yeti ursine entity the right to self determination.
Seriously? That's *EXACTLY* what this'll be used for -- just give it some time..
the NSA and FBI feel entitled to decrypt everything to you know, keep us safe.
They'll probably issue a gag order to the research teams to prevent them from going public with their findings, and a press release like this one will be the last we ever hear about the technology.
You realize that in a market with hugely, bigly asymmetrical power, letting 'the market' decide is just another way of saying "let the megacorps run roughshod over their customers" right?
Because that is precisely what will happen. Comcast knows that for a large number of their customers they have no viable alternative. And they *WILL* act accordingly. The same is true for every other ISP. There's a bit of competition with the cellular service providers; but if they all take a page from the "being an evil dickbag company" handbook -- competition won't matter in the least.
there are only two things that keep companies honest:
1. regulators with actual testicles and teeth
2. competition.
Comcast has never had one of those, and is on the precipice of doing away with the other.
I sincerely hope they don't foist this trash on users without nagging them incessantly to use it, and leave it optional.
(maybe have an option in settings letting you choose between "retarded cluster-fuck-mode" and "leave things well enough alone-mode"
free market..
telecom industry..
Thanks, needed a pick-me-up on this shitty Monday afternoon.
you don't need to be liberal to protest this kind of idiocy.
And there are even more soccer-mom types who don't feel comfortable unless everyone is surveilled, because if you don't have anything to hide, why worry, right?
the problem here is you'd need a huge grassroots-type movement to get AMD or Intel to back-down on this. But sadly the truth is that the vast absolute majority of people:
Do not care
Don't understand enough about the hardware to have a valid opinion
OR worst of all actively support this kind of capability to you know; keep their kids safe from terrorists and/or the child-predators that some app has clearly shown to be infesting their neighborhood.
We live in a society that has completely run out of real threats, and so we've started to hyperfocus on statistically anomalies (partially thanks to a sensationalist media and 24 hour news cycle) to invent new ones.
Call it the Nancy Grace syndrome.
i think at this rate paying out of pocket for getting a digit reattached is cheaper than replacing the phone.
Is that a tacit argument for bringing back il duce?