Is 12% really that measly? I agree it's low (unless the artist is a britney spears/in sync clone, in which case it's too high), but what percent does an artist get from CD's? What percent is standard for authors? My mom is an author, and gets about 25 cents from a 5.99 paperback...
Seems like online music is giving artists a bigger cut compared to more traditional methods.
Because people who overclock their CPUs do not, generally, demand that I do too.
So, is this a problem with religious people, or people in general? Do (democrats|republicans|insert political group here) not try to persuade you? Do (pro-life|pro-choice) groups not pressure you to believe as they do?
Yes, in U.S. and European history, and still today in other parts of the world, not conforming to a set of religious beliefs means death and torture. However, in western history, and still today in other parts of the world, not conforming to a set of social practices, political ideology, or belief that the current people in power are somehow superior means death and torture.
Are god/divinity/"higher power(s)" usually tied to these things? Of course. That's a big fucking ace up your sleeve, but saying tool Y is used for X, therefore X is the only valid use of Y will get a very nasty response here if Y==P2P software, decryption, copying of media, DeCSS and so forth. (It may even mean death and torture;))
No, it's not just you, but you'll need to generalize your sig. Unconscious decisions aren't just ideal for platform vendors, but for every business. Why do corporations spend so much money on worthless advertisements that don't even tell me what their product does? The rationale is: if you see enough McDonalds ads, when you're hungry, you'll think about McDonalds first. Or, from a more technological perspective, when I need a computer part, I go to Fry's. Where else would I go to buy case fans and RAM? I haven't even checked. We are manipulated into making unconscious decisions every day.
Where do you go for clothes? Gap/Old Navy.
What kind of shoes do you want? Nike.
What do you want to drink? Coke. Etc.
VERY FEW people think of these things. The question is, now that we've started to...where do we go from here? Even those of us who are aware of this continue to drink our Victory Gin.
If this shit goes into a database it just becomes another dot on a graph
1) Run for national office, or start your own company, or do something high profile that makes enemies.
2) Said enemies bribe your past ISP's or websites you registered with for your IP.
3) Said enemies bribe Microsoft (or whoever else read your cookies, really) with legislation/corporate deals for information collected from those IP's. Just for a week or a month to see your overall habits.
4) Oops, you accidentally clicked on a tubgirl link, a goatse.cx link (man, cutting back on coffee sucks), and visited rotten.com. You are now a psychopathic homosexual fecalfeliac.
Granted, probably no one will ever care about you or me enough to do the above, but the information is still there. How long before we see politicians' web activity dissected by the media? Although, they'll have to learn to use their computers first.
it will keep people from posting what they really feel if they have to deal with the consequences."
Exactly. You have to deal with the consequences. People in today's society (well, at least the U.S. for you foreign devils out there;)) want to do what they want in a consequence-free environment.
I don't think that is necessarily the case. There are still consequences in US law for libel, slander, incitement of violence, etc. It is just this one consequence I (and probably most of the slashdotters) disagree with: being legally obligated to publish a response. If I want to share my experiences with SBC DSL tech support, it would be an extremely negative view, and I would definitely feel rights of free speech were being violated if I was forced to host some marketing/damage control FUD on my site.
Imagine all the blogs and parody sites that rip on (in a non libelous way) corporations or public figures. They certainly have the resources to answer on their own goddamn web page if I can afford to do it on mine. You can bet that soon, every high traffic site that says something bad about company X will have their official marketing letter FUD on there. It would be like hosting an advertisement from them.
This is due entirely to my organization, the Bull Sh!t Abhorrers, who dedicate themselves to stamping out rampant statistical misuse.
Please send money.
How effective is one person with a gun, really? Yes we need guns to defend against the tendency of people in power to acquire more (and more and more), but unless we can communicate with each other and educate ourselves we can never resist on a large enough scale.
Unfortunately, I think they need the publisher's permission. That would at least kill the still-in-print books.
Also, publishers are reluctant to do that, since they figure some won't buy the book if they know it'll be free a year or two later.
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Is 12% really that measly? I agree it's low (unless the artist is a britney spears/in sync clone, in which case it's too high), but what percent does an artist get from CD's? What percent is standard for authors? My mom is an author, and gets about 25 cents from a 5.99 paperback... Seems like online music is giving artists a bigger cut compared to more traditional methods.
Yes, in U.S. and European history, and still today in other parts of the world, not conforming to a set of religious beliefs means death and torture. However, in western history, and still today in other parts of the world, not conforming to a set of social practices, political ideology, or belief that the current people in power are somehow superior means death and torture.
Are god/divinity/"higher power(s)" usually tied to these things? Of course. That's a big fucking ace up your sleeve, but saying tool Y is used for X, therefore X is the only valid use of Y will get a very nasty response here if Y==P2P software, decryption, copying of media, DeCSS and so forth. (It may even mean death and torture
No, it's not just you, but you'll need to generalize your sig. Unconscious decisions aren't just ideal for platform vendors, but for every business. Why do corporations spend so much money on worthless advertisements that don't even tell me what their product does? The rationale is: if you see enough McDonalds ads, when you're hungry, you'll think about McDonalds first. Or, from a more technological perspective, when I need a computer part, I go to Fry's. Where else would I go to buy case fans and RAM? I haven't even checked. We are manipulated into making unconscious decisions every day.
Where do you go for clothes? Gap/Old Navy.
What kind of shoes do you want? Nike.
What do you want to drink? Coke. Etc.
VERY FEW people think of these things. The question is, now that we've started to...where do we go from here? Even those of us who are aware of this continue to drink our Victory Gin.
2) Said enemies bribe your past ISP's or websites you registered with for your IP.
3) Said enemies bribe Microsoft (or whoever else read your cookies, really) with legislation/corporate deals for information collected from those IP's. Just for a week or a month to see your overall habits.
4) Oops, you accidentally clicked on a tubgirl link, a goatse.cx link (man, cutting back on coffee sucks), and visited rotten.com. You are now a psychopathic homosexual fecalfeliac.
Granted, probably no one will ever care about you or me enough to do the above, but the information is still there. How long before we see politicians' web activity dissected by the media? Although, they'll have to learn to use their computers first.
Imagine all the blogs and parody sites that rip on (in a non libelous way) corporations or public figures. They certainly have the resources to answer on their own goddamn web page if I can afford to do it on mine. You can bet that soon, every high traffic site that says something bad about company X will have their official marketing letter FUD on there. It would be like hosting an advertisement from them.
I don't know about you, but it would piss me off.
This is due entirely to my organization, the Bull Sh!t Abhorrers, who dedicate themselves to stamping out rampant statistical misuse. Please send money.
Nail on the head.
How effective is one person with a gun, really? Yes we need guns to defend against the tendency of people in power to acquire more (and more and more), but unless we can communicate with each other and educate ourselves we can never resist on a large enough scale.
Unfortunately, I think they need the publisher's permission. That would at least kill the still-in-print books. Also, publishers are reluctant to do that, since they figure some won't buy the book if they know it'll be free a year or two later.