Most people do. There's a huge gulf between returning to Constitutional copyright periods and abolishing it entirely. You're free not to, but it has a pretty strong case and a critical analysis is well outside the scope of a Slashdot comment.
I just like watching shitbags get worked up when I mislabel their sociopathy as some other type of sociopathy that they consider more wrong. You know, because being a rapist would be okay as long as I don't accidentally call you a child rapist.
Oh I'm fully aware that there's a difference. The thing is, we're talking about computer games. Declaring that you deserve to play a computer game and fuck the people who made it is a pretty shitty thing. I have more sympathy for a drug addict who steals to support their habit than I would for that guy. I think that the reasons you do something wrong are important. "Just because:I want it" is a pretty sociopathic thing to say.
Have you ever heard the expression "two wrongs don't make a right"? It's consumer entertainment. It's not food or shelter. You can afford to take the principled stand of simply not consuming it.
Usually it's because of agreements with different publishers in different regions. Publishers are used to fixed release days. Tuesday in the US, Monday in the UK and France and Friday in Germany for example. Digital has changed all this, with publishers releasing whenever they want. The problem is that physical releases are still on those fixed days. So if a game isn't coming out until Friday in Germany, but it's out on Tuesday in the US people are going to just buy it digitally. This makes the local publisher, who takes a cut of the sales from the region, angry. Releases are region restricted to prevent that.
I''m sorry I hurt your feelings by mislabeling your shitty act as a different shitty act. Luckily I'm not a law expert and I have people like you to make sure we know exactly how to label their shitty behavior.
Yeah, when people don't act the way I want them to act I feel justified in stealing from them too. You know another way to "bypass their control"? Ignore their fucking games. Apparently they still control you enough to make you desire their products so badly.
The computerized equivalent of plumbers and bricklayers.
Plumbing and masonry are skilled trades. An apprenticeship in either of those trades is a few years, easily the equivalent of a college degree. And that's just to get a journeyman ticket. So, yeah. Programmers are about in line with that.
Huh. It had a very specific meaning (I know grasping meaning is not your forte, sorry), and I found it funny. Since your opinion is of no value or concern that's really all that matters. Tell me again what a waste this conversation is while you prolong it.
Your expertise and obsession with asshole quantification is duly noted. Is this an avocation of yours? if I get to a high enough rank to I get to join your asshole club? Because, to paraphrase Groucho Marx, I wouldn't join any club that would have you as a member.
I don't give a shit if you apologize, I never asked you to. I'm just enjoying watching your stubborn arrogance on display. The lengths you're going to make it very clear how right you think you are rather than just giving up and moving on are hilarious. The insecurity that you're feeling right now knowing that someone just won't accept you're right must be crippling for you. I'm sure the internet keeps you very busy what with all these people who dare contradict you. But keep telling me how wrong I am, because apparently my opinion is really fucking important to you despite your protests.
Aww, I'm sorry your feelings are hurt. Don't say stupid shit you can't defend on the internet and people won't call you out on it. Claiming someone "doesn't understand" your point after they've pointed out very specific and damning flaws with it is a sure sign you're trapped in cognitive dissonance that won't accept any changes to your worldview. You made that obvious early on. You're free to have a different opinion but you're not free to claim an alternate version of reality.
But hey, you can walk away any time. or you can keep replying and acting indignant. Your choice, i don't really give a shit. You can't really take the high road after you act like an arrogant, insufferable prick and someone calls you out on it.
Sources for what you fucking braindead shitstain? Nothing I'm insulting you about requires fucking sources. I'm insulting you because you think the bar to something being racist is fucking killing people...and even then it's a maybe. Apparently in your world if people aren't being fucking murdered, then racism isn't a problem.
If you can't comprehend that you couldn't possibly comprehend a higher concept, like trolling. If you actually think you're being trolled, telling me that I'm a bad troll while responding over and over again with insults just means you've been sucked in hook, line and sinker. So whether or not I was trolling you is irrelevant, you responded as if were trolled successfully. Man, do you suck at everything?
I'm just some guy who called you out for saying some incredibly dumb shit. I'm not here to educate you, although I don't think someone who says "If Japan starts killing foreigners in their country then ya, maybe they might have a racist problem" is really educable anyway. That's about bottom of the barrel are far as stupid and ignorant shit.
Maybe you should read it first then. While entertainment is the most popular topic, yes, most people view a variety of topics and two thirds view local news.
Including you, apparently. If you had bothered to read the links you would have seen this was a good thing. The report shows that very few people get their news only from Facebook and that seeing news incidentally leads to more engagement from the people who are least likely to seek out news. The fact that people are sharing and discussing news on Facebook leads to an overall higher consumption of news.
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Most people do. There's a huge gulf between returning to Constitutional copyright periods and abolishing it entirely. You're free not to, but it has a pretty strong case and a critical analysis is well outside the scope of a Slashdot comment.
I just like watching shitbags get worked up when I mislabel their sociopathy as some other type of sociopathy that they consider more wrong. You know, because being a rapist would be okay as long as I don't accidentally call you a child rapist.
Oh I'm fully aware that there's a difference. The thing is, we're talking about computer games. Declaring that you deserve to play a computer game and fuck the people who made it is a pretty shitty thing. I have more sympathy for a drug addict who steals to support their habit than I would for that guy. I think that the reasons you do something wrong are important. "Just because :I want it" is a pretty sociopathic thing to say.
They didn't pull out of Steam over any sort of philosophical disagreement, they did it because they wanted all of the pie.
Have you ever heard the expression "two wrongs don't make a right"? It's consumer entertainment. It's not food or shelter. You can afford to take the principled stand of simply not consuming it.
Yes, you're very original. Now can you use your thinking and critical evaluation skills to the point out the problem with doing that?
Usually it's because of agreements with different publishers in different regions. Publishers are used to fixed release days. Tuesday in the US, Monday in the UK and France and Friday in Germany for example. Digital has changed all this, with publishers releasing whenever they want. The problem is that physical releases are still on those fixed days. So if a game isn't coming out until Friday in Germany, but it's out on Tuesday in the US people are going to just buy it digitally. This makes the local publisher, who takes a cut of the sales from the region, angry. Releases are region restricted to prevent that.
I''m sorry I hurt your feelings by mislabeling your shitty act as a different shitty act. Luckily I'm not a law expert and I have people like you to make sure we know exactly how to label their shitty behavior.
EA very publicly pulled out of Steam in 2011, this isn't exactly breaking news.
Yeah, when people don't act the way I want them to act I feel justified in stealing from them too. You know another way to "bypass their control"? Ignore their fucking games. Apparently they still control you enough to make you desire their products so badly.
The computerized equivalent of plumbers and bricklayers.
Plumbing and masonry are skilled trades. An apprenticeship in either of those trades is a few years, easily the equivalent of a college degree. And that's just to get a journeyman ticket. So, yeah. Programmers are about in line with that.
Huh. It had a very specific meaning (I know grasping meaning is not your forte, sorry), and I found it funny. Since your opinion is of no value or concern that's really all that matters. Tell me again what a waste this conversation is while you prolong it.
Your expertise and obsession with asshole quantification is duly noted. Is this an avocation of yours? if I get to a high enough rank to I get to join your asshole club? Because, to paraphrase Groucho Marx, I wouldn't join any club that would have you as a member.
I don't give a shit if you apologize, I never asked you to. I'm just enjoying watching your stubborn arrogance on display. The lengths you're going to make it very clear how right you think you are rather than just giving up and moving on are hilarious. The insecurity that you're feeling right now knowing that someone just won't accept you're right must be crippling for you. I'm sure the internet keeps you very busy what with all these people who dare contradict you. But keep telling me how wrong I am, because apparently my opinion is really fucking important to you despite your protests.
Your sig, on a response to someone asking why you posted as AC, is hilarious.
Aww, I'm sorry your feelings are hurt. Don't say stupid shit you can't defend on the internet and people won't call you out on it. Claiming someone "doesn't understand" your point after they've pointed out very specific and damning flaws with it is a sure sign you're trapped in cognitive dissonance that won't accept any changes to your worldview. You made that obvious early on. You're free to have a different opinion but you're not free to claim an alternate version of reality.
But hey, you can walk away any time. or you can keep replying and acting indignant. Your choice, i don't really give a shit. You can't really take the high road after you act like an arrogant, insufferable prick and someone calls you out on it.
You need your news spoon fed to you or you won't see it? That's your defense? Yeah you've lost any right to complain about anyone else.
Sources for what you fucking braindead shitstain? Nothing I'm insulting you about requires fucking sources. I'm insulting you because you think the bar to something being racist is fucking killing people...and even then it's a maybe. Apparently in your world if people aren't being fucking murdered, then racism isn't a problem.
If you can't comprehend that you couldn't possibly comprehend a higher concept, like trolling. If you actually think you're being trolled, telling me that I'm a bad troll while responding over and over again with insults just means you've been sucked in hook, line and sinker. So whether or not I was trolling you is irrelevant, you responded as if were trolled successfully. Man, do you suck at everything?
Not least because the survey question was "have you EVER seen news on Facebook".
There was not "a" survey question. The survey results/analysis are ten pages. I'm thinking you read the first page and thought that was it.
Tell me a source of information on Facebook that's impartial
Tell me a source of information that's impartial.
I'm just some guy who called you out for saying some incredibly dumb shit. I'm not here to educate you, although I don't think someone who says "If Japan starts killing foreigners in their country then ya, maybe they might have a racist problem" is really educable anyway. That's about bottom of the barrel are far as stupid and ignorant shit.
For example: Not one word about the anti-NSA protests in US media. Still.
Your news gathering skills are....poor to say the least.
USA Today: Anti-NSA rally attracts thousands to march in Washington http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/26/nsa-dc-rally/3241417/
Huffington Post: NSA 'Stop Watching Us' Protest Draws Thousands In Washington http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/26/nsa-stop-watching-us_n_4166640.html
US News and Word Report: Edward Snowden Endorses D.C. Protest Against NSA in Rare Public Statement http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/24/edward-snowden-endorses-dc-protest-against-nsa-in-rare-public-statement
Christian Science Monitor: NSA Washington: March against surveillance and a call from Edward Snowden http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2013/1026/NSA-Washington-March-against-surveillance-and-a-call-from-Edward-Snowden-photos
CNN: Anti-NSA rally targets Washington http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/26/anti-nsa-rally-targets-washington/
Fox News: Hundreds rally in DC to protest NSA http://video.foxnews.com/v/2772548586001/hundreds-rally-in-dc-to-protest-nsa/
NBC News: Hundreds march at anti-NSA rally in DC http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/53383405
CBS News: Protesters March For Investigation Into Mass NSA Spying http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/10/26/protesters-march-for-investigation-into-mass-nsa-spying/
ABC News: NSA Spying Threatens to Hamper US Foreign Policy http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/nsa-spying-threatens-hamper-us-foreign-policy-20689770
Washington Post: Techies concerned over NSA surveillance will march in D.C., proclaiming ‘Stop Watching Us’ http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/techies-concerned-over-nsa-surveillance-will-march-in-dc-proclaiming-stop-watching-us/2013/10/25/5bedb546-3da7-11e3-b7ba-503fb5822c3e_story.html
This is where I get tired of pasting, but I assure you the list goes on and on.
Maybe you should read it first then. While entertainment is the most popular topic, yes, most people view a variety of topics and two thirds view local news.
Hypocrite types rant about ignorance that demonstrates he didn't read what he's criticizing. Film at 11.
Including you, apparently. If you had bothered to read the links you would have seen this was a good thing. The report shows that very few people get their news only from Facebook and that seeing news incidentally leads to more engagement from the people who are least likely to seek out news. The fact that people are sharing and discussing news on Facebook leads to an overall higher consumption of news.
That doesn't speak well of you then. Which one are you?