It is really crazy how blatant and out of control big contents and their lawyers have become in our society. I'm all for summary execution of those people. As a consumer, I'm dismayed that self proclaimed artists and authors expects works that took years of effort and money should benefit them in perpetuality, while everyone else has to work and produce daily. It's time these lazy bums get off their fat ass and do some hard work instead of leeching off the society.
and the less money they take in, the more they'll blame "the low life scum sucking free loading pirates." I often wonder if it has ever occur to them that maybe (most of) their product suck donkey balls?
Peter Jackson films are for-profit ventures. Despite of what we may have heard about Hollywood Accounting, profitability always takes priority in such ventures. US Government... not so much.
Oh, and considering Lucas helmed two of the most successful movie franchises of the late 20th century, while founding companies that set the standard for cinima sound (THX) and special effects (ILM),Yet I ask again. Mr. Lucas, what HAVE YOU DONE LATELY (besides recycling SW and cashing in on endless mediocre SW spinoffs) ?
the NSA 'may', under 'certain circumstances' have the authority to track U.S. citizens by intercepting location data from cell phones, but it's 'very complicated.'
all the people that bought into g tablet have effectively been abandoned by viewsonic.
viewsonic could not resist the temptation of adding their "special touches" to otherwise generally serviceable 2.2 that rendered the unit utterly unusable (slow, crashes often) and compelled people to either return the unit or root the unit and overwrite the stock rom.
moral of the story - don't buy stuff you expect fw updates from 2 bit companies like viewsonic, because you won't get any.
Consumers don't want to be suckered into buying a lemon. MAFIAA much rather that they do.
This should be evident when film industry sued to suppress negative film reviews on opening weekend, knowing that the suit will never hold water. They just wanted the negative reviews off line long enough to sucker a few more people into paying 12 bucks a head to waste a few hours of their lives in a theater.
That's like saying AT&T are responsible for every kidnapping that involved the ransom threat being delivered by telephone.
The distinction is that AT&T has army of lobbyists and lawyers to ensure they're not "held accountable," but the IRC server "owners" don't. Whether or not they should be is beside the point.
The patent trolls are holding all the cards right now. Hint - people holding all the cards isn't going to ask for a new hand. You think they're going to stop because you demanded so? I like to get some of that whatever the hell you've been smoking.
considering everything is just magnetic ink these days, can someone please explain why is it that paypal transfers still takes a week+ to show up in bank account?
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more likely their lawyer(s) trying to justify their employment.
I settle for ass-pounding in prison.
and they're still stalling 3.0 source release.
next thing you know, some aliens will conclude that there were once a shriving civilization on Jupiter, but vanished abruptly...
and the less money they take in, the more they'll blame "the low life scum sucking free loading pirates." I often wonder if it has ever occur to them that maybe (most of) their product suck donkey balls?
no assurance the said hacker won't sell the information extracted during this "lawful" exercise "authorized" by F-book.
I hope that extra 15% certainty didn't cost millions in research grants; as a blind guess has 50% chance of being right.
Peter Jackson films are for-profit ventures. Despite of what we may have heard about Hollywood Accounting, profitability always takes priority in such ventures. US Government... not so much.
Remember this gem? What's there to prevent Lucas Art from seeking one for "Willful Infringement" just to ruin the guy?
There, fixed it fer ya.
"When we REALLY REALLY want to."
I was once told that HR considers engineering MS = BS + 4 years of work experience and nothing more.
I mean, when you started mentioning black hole and Mt Olympus on Mars, I keep expecting that somehow the evil overlord Xenu had a hand in the matter.
all the people that bought into g tablet have effectively been abandoned by viewsonic.
viewsonic could not resist the temptation of adding their "special touches" to otherwise generally serviceable 2.2 that rendered the unit utterly unusable (slow, crashes often) and compelled people to either return the unit or root the unit and overwrite the stock rom.
moral of the story - don't buy stuff you expect fw updates from 2 bit companies like viewsonic, because you won't get any.
Their motto isn't "BE EVIL." It's "AM EVIL."
They are after all, above the law.
Just drop all pretense and laser burn bar code onto everyone's forehead already.We're nothing but numbers to them anyhow.
Consumers don't want to be suckered into buying a lemon. MAFIAA much rather that they do.
This should be evident when film industry sued to suppress negative film reviews on opening weekend, knowing that the suit will never hold water. They just wanted the negative reviews off line long enough to sucker a few more people into paying 12 bucks a head to waste a few hours of their lives in a theater.
The distinction is that AT&T has army of lobbyists and lawyers to ensure they're not "held accountable," but the IRC server "owners" don't. Whether or not they should be is beside the point.
The patent trolls are holding all the cards right now. Hint - people holding all the cards isn't going to ask for a new hand. You think they're going to stop because you demanded so? I like to get some of that whatever the hell you've been smoking.
is that it never ends. it's 1/2% now, it will soon become 1%, then 2%, then 5%... and so on.
obvious misnomer; more accurately be "U-Pay Passport." You don't pay, you don't play.
considering everything is just magnetic ink these days, can someone please explain why is it that paypal transfers still takes a week+ to show up in bank account?