i believe the market needs to be highly regulated to prevent bubbles and pops and to prevent manipulation of smaller players by entrenched powers
having said that, i also understand that the market is the engine that drives innovation. the market needs to be controlled... but there needs to be a market
so when i see
"Yes. Another example of the free market working its wonders."
i see only an idiot who bites the hand that feeds it
dear genius: what is your alternative to making your favorite website run?
all of the slashdot smug in this thread proudly trumpeting their ad blocking methods need to shut up, frankly, because with more widespread use of ad blocking, more websites go under. and yes, dear elitist snob, this includes some sites you like, not just myspace
so what's the solution? more seamless ad delivery, less intrusive ads, faster ads. yes, yes, and yes. but never, ever is a valid answer no ads or less ads
oh, you don't like ads? wow, you're a unique snowflake aren't you? who the fuck does?
the ads are too intrusive to your poor delicate sensibilities about proper screen real estate usage?
ok, that's fine
then pay for your content, moron. because that's the alternative. or is it that you don't understand the fucking obvious?
please, dear slashdot effete: you go ahead and continue block ads, be my guest
just show a little fucking DISCRETION and shut up about it, if you know what is fucking good for you
but media distributors have been imposing a tax on our cultural exchange between artist and consumer for a long time. before they were a necessary evil, now they are unnecessary
so the point is not that you should be despondent over the loss of certain freedoms, but you should celebrate at the vast extension of freedom of expression, of cultural exchange, that the internet creates. of course the dinosaur will fight that, and in its death throes take out many innocents with the flinging of its tail
but make no mistake: the dinosaur may be powerful, but it IS dying, most certainly
your random grandmother or soccer mom will lose their internet access for what leachers on their insecured wifi do or what their children's friends do
and all the while the real action will move further underground, further encrypted, steganographed, obfuscated, made sparse, and otherwise evolved to be more and more resistant to any sort of inspection, interception or even tracking
thank you, governments of the "free" west, for breeding the ultimate untraceable file sharing network due to your overzealous protection of your corporate executive friends in dead media industries. fucking blind fools
it does you no good, assholes, to be the losers in the game of technological progress, and not even know it
to point out that their INTENT is malicious and requires vocal opposition
but i am merely pointing out that regardless of their intent, they can have no real world effect
the intent of an ant might be to eat you, but who cares: its just an ant
governments do plenty of vile things in this world. however, in this specific arena, they are paper tigers: all bark and no bite. it is in fact a chance to laugh at their absurdity and make fun of their ineffectualness. of all the evils they could be fighting: corporate nepotism, for example, they instead decide to focus their energies on cutting off a common citizen's internet access for the horrid crime of downloading a movie. a download that does not represent lost business, a download that represents the future of media distribution: media free, ancillary revenue streams the only source of profits for the artist, NO DISTRIBUTOR NEEDED
these are clueless old fools distressed at the death of a cash cow who think that the pre-internet media distribution model deserves defending, or could even be propped up. the future of distribution companies is hype and promotion for pop media, a business perhaps 1/100th or 1/1,000th of their previious market capitalization. oh well, who fucking cares, good riddance dinosaurs
whoever opens a credit card in your name enjoys many more months of detection-free shopping on your dime, since you are out of the habit of monitoring your credit
credit cards are useful when used responsibly. its not valid to cede that entire space of your financial life because of criminals
even if the cost to you is $0 financially, the cost to you is high in terms of hassle and headaches in dealing with bank bureaucracy over an extended period of time. you have to cut off the fake credit cards. additionally, now your real transactions are under the spotlight of greater scrutiny by the banks, which could result in denials or delays
just take a simple truncation of your real birthday
if your real birthday is sep 26, 1975, use sep 20, 1975. or if it is may 17, 1987, use may 10, 1987
the same goes for your name. unless absolutely necessary, never use your middle name. and if you have to use it, try to use only your middle initial. and if you can get away with it, use only your first name initial too. if you are fred willard, try to be f willard as much as possible. if you are jay leno, you are now j leno (heh, perhaps a bad example for alliterative reasons)
2. keep all online family pictures private, behind a password
it always amazes me to find online profiles with birthdays and family member's photos: there's your mother's maiden name and your birthday on full display or a few clicks away, handy for opening new credit cards in your name
mainly because the winner of this contest is the one who panders to the consumer's desires most effectively. of course there are million negative effects on consumers from this competition. as if there is no such thing as negative effects from near monopoly on OS or search?
the negatives from monopoly are worse than the negatives of competition. and the positives from competition are better than the positives of monopoly
"Just another corp' making money from fear, while providing no real protection"
when you stop thinking, and depend upon stereotypes of behavior to describe the world around you, you defeat your own ideology by making yourself look brainless. fact #1: prop fouling is a valid tactic that works, and you say as much in your own comment. fact #2: there are real threats in this world, such as pirates off somalia
are pirates off somalia baseless fearmongering by big media to scare clueless fools... or real entities? then what the hell is "Just another corp' making money from fear" suppose to mean? pffft
206 "With a Hook" July 17, 2009 Surrounded by the Japanese whaling fleet, the Sea Shepherds ready themselves for their biggest day of battle to date on the campaign. Helicopter pilot Chris flies up and confirms the crew's fears - all of the whaling vessels are equipped with LRADs. Additionally the Nisshin Maru has covered itself in netting, making the deployment of the butyric acid nearly impossible. The Gemini tries to deploy a prop-fouler, but after several attempts, the harpoon ship manages to take fouling line out of the water. The LRAD device is seen, but not turned on.
as long as the panic button dials the parent's cellphone/ sends a text to the parent/ sends an email to the parent
not to some intrusive government bureaucracy with an agenda having dubious additional goals beyond just good parenting, not tailored to the specifics of each different parent-child relationship, and costing tax dollars
otherwise, its basically just a good business idea for someone to invest in and flesh out
i look forward to unintentionally humorous late night tv commercials for the internet panic button
"the government is involved in a modern economy... therefore if anything goes wrong with a market, we can creatively invent convoluted lines of cause and effect back to the government being the source of the problem somehow"
all we have to is completely remove the government from the marketplace and everything will be roses and wine, right? but of course, even THEN, if something DOES go wrong (and it will), people like you will still say its the government's fault... because the government touched the market at some point in the past, and you see, that magical taint has ruined the magical invulnerability of the self-correcting natively egalitarian always rational marketplace
fucking bullshit...or, alternatively, maybe an unregulated marketplace naturally bubbles and pops out of nothing more than simple human psychology, and entrenched interests take advantage of natual imperfections in the market to dominate and manipulate smaller players and latecomers
with someone who has seriously embraces an absurd premise: that markets left to their own devices are stable and egalitarian
markets left to their own devices bubble and pop, and are manipulated and dominated by entrenched insiders
to not understand this is equivalent to someone refusing to accept that that the sun rises and sets or that the tides go up and down. how can you have a rational discussion with someone who refuses to see and accept obvious factual aspects of the reality they live in?
i say we need a vibrant market, but it should be regulated. wow, how radical
in response you regurgitate the usual moronic, hysterical reaction: "why do you want communist central planning!"
what?!
here's an amazing new concept for you: how about you react to what someone actually says, rather than projecting your panty twisted fears on to what they are saying... and then reacting to that stupid insanity as if that is what i am actually representing to you
Slashdot Mirror
all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.
unless facing gozer the gozerian ;-)
I forgot to tell you. Don't cross the streams... It would be bad...
i believe the market needs to be highly regulated to prevent bubbles and pops and to prevent manipulation of smaller players by entrenched powers
having said that, i also understand that the market is the engine that drives innovation. the market needs to be controlled... but there needs to be a market
so when i see
"Yes. Another example of the free market working its wonders."
i see only an idiot who bites the hand that feeds it
dear genius: what is your alternative to making your favorite website run?
all of the slashdot smug in this thread proudly trumpeting their ad blocking methods need to shut up, frankly, because with more widespread use of ad blocking, more websites go under. and yes, dear elitist snob, this includes some sites you like, not just myspace
so what's the solution? more seamless ad delivery, less intrusive ads, faster ads. yes, yes, and yes. but never, ever is a valid answer no ads or less ads
oh, you don't like ads? wow, you're a unique snowflake aren't you? who the fuck does?
the ads are too intrusive to your poor delicate sensibilities about proper screen real estate usage?
ok, that's fine
then pay for your content, moron. because that's the alternative. or is it that you don't understand the fucking obvious?
please, dear slashdot effete: you go ahead and continue block ads, be my guest
just show a little fucking DISCRETION and shut up about it, if you know what is fucking good for you
sheesh
but media distributors have been imposing a tax on our cultural exchange between artist and consumer for a long time. before they were a necessary evil, now they are unnecessary
so the point is not that you should be despondent over the loss of certain freedoms, but you should celebrate at the vast extension of freedom of expression, of cultural exchange, that the internet creates. of course the dinosaur will fight that, and in its death throes take out many innocents with the flinging of its tail
but make no mistake: the dinosaur may be powerful, but it IS dying, most certainly
too bad it doesn't know it has been made extinct
your random grandmother or soccer mom will lose their internet access for what leachers on their insecured wifi do or what their children's friends do
and all the while the real action will move further underground, further encrypted, steganographed, obfuscated, made sparse, and otherwise evolved to be more and more resistant to any sort of inspection, interception or even tracking
thank you, governments of the "free" west, for breeding the ultimate untraceable file sharing network due to your overzealous protection of your corporate executive friends in dead media industries. fucking blind fools
it does you no good, assholes, to be the losers in the game of technological progress, and not even know it
one should know when they are defeated
to point out that their INTENT is malicious and requires vocal opposition
but i am merely pointing out that regardless of their intent, they can have no real world effect
the intent of an ant might be to eat you, but who cares: its just an ant
governments do plenty of vile things in this world. however, in this specific arena, they are paper tigers: all bark and no bite. it is in fact a chance to laugh at their absurdity and make fun of their ineffectualness. of all the evils they could be fighting: corporate nepotism, for example, they instead decide to focus their energies on cutting off a common citizen's internet access for the horrid crime of downloading a movie. a download that does not represent lost business, a download that represents the future of media distribution: media free, ancillary revenue streams the only source of profits for the artist, NO DISTRIBUTOR NEEDED
these are clueless old fools distressed at the death of a cash cow who think that the pre-internet media distribution model deserves defending, or could even be propped up. the future of distribution companies is hype and promotion for pop media, a business perhaps 1/100th or 1/1,000th of their previious market capitalization. oh well, who fucking cares, good riddance dinosaurs
versus
millions of teenagers who are
1. technologically astute
2. media hungry
3. POOR
let them pass any goddamn law they want. who fucking cares?
its nothing more than damage to route around, like the internet was designed to do
whoever opens a credit card in your name enjoys many more months of detection-free shopping on your dime, since you are out of the habit of monitoring your credit
credit cards are useful when used responsibly. its not valid to cede that entire space of your financial life because of criminals
in perpetual denial of the true fount of all civilization and culture in the british isles: the isle of man
http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/learn_more/003484indiv.html
shame on you alabama, michigan, and missouri: the only states where this consumer initiated credit lock is not the law
even if the cost to you is $0 financially, the cost to you is high in terms of hassle and headaches in dealing with bank bureaucracy over an extended period of time. you have to cut off the fake credit cards. additionally, now your real transactions are under the spotlight of greater scrutiny by the banks, which could result in denials or delays
just take a simple truncation of your real birthday
if your real birthday is sep 26, 1975, use sep 20, 1975. or if it is may 17, 1987, use may 10, 1987
the same goes for your name. unless absolutely necessary, never use your middle name. and if you have to use it, try to use only your middle initial. and if you can get away with it, use only your first name initial too. if you are fred willard, try to be f willard as much as possible. if you are jay leno, you are now j leno (heh, perhaps a bad example for alliterative reasons)
2. keep all online family pictures private, behind a password
it always amazes me to find online profiles with birthdays and family member's photos: there's your mother's maiden name and your birthday on full display or a few clicks away, handy for opening new credit cards in your name
mainly because the winner of this contest is the one who panders to the consumer's desires most effectively. of course there are million negative effects on consumers from this competition. as if there is no such thing as negative effects from near monopoly on OS or search?
the negatives from monopoly are worse than the negatives of competition. and the positives from competition are better than the positives of monopoly
"Just another corp' making money from fear, while providing no real protection"
when you stop thinking, and depend upon stereotypes of behavior to describe the world around you, you defeat your own ideology by making yourself look brainless. fact #1: prop fouling is a valid tactic that works, and you say as much in your own comment. fact #2: there are real threats in this world, such as pirates off somalia
are pirates off somalia baseless fearmongering by big media to scare clueless fools... or real entities? then what the hell is "Just another corp' making money from fear" suppose to mean? pffft
i've seen "tree huggers" foul propellers with line
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_Wars
i guess i need more RPG instead of so much TNA
as long as the panic button dials the parent's cellphone/ sends a text to the parent/ sends an email to the parent
not to some intrusive government bureaucracy with an agenda having dubious additional goals beyond just good parenting, not tailored to the specifics of each different parent-child relationship, and costing tax dollars
otherwise, its basically just a good business idea for someone to invest in and flesh out
i look forward to unintentionally humorous late night tv commercials for the internet panic button
"mom! i've fallen into porn and i can't get up!"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_fallen_and_I_can't_get_up!
no supplemental reading material from libertarian crackpots about the virginal holiness of the unregulated market?
working at a salmon fish farm
duh
"the government is involved in a modern economy... therefore if anything goes wrong with a market, we can creatively invent convoluted lines of cause and effect back to the government being the source of the problem somehow"
all we have to is completely remove the government from the marketplace and everything will be roses and wine, right? but of course, even THEN, if something DOES go wrong (and it will), people like you will still say its the government's fault... because the government touched the market at some point in the past, and you see, that magical taint has ruined the magical invulnerability of the self-correcting natively egalitarian always rational marketplace
fucking bullshit ...or, alternatively, maybe an unregulated marketplace naturally bubbles and pops out of nothing more than simple human psychology, and entrenched interests take advantage of natual imperfections in the market to dominate and manipulate smaller players and latecomers
NAAAAAAAAAAAH. that's impossible!
pfffffffft
with someone who has seriously embraces an absurd premise: that markets left to their own devices are stable and egalitarian
markets left to their own devices bubble and pop, and are manipulated and dominated by entrenched insiders
to not understand this is equivalent to someone refusing to accept that that the sun rises and sets or that the tides go up and down. how can you have a rational discussion with someone who refuses to see and accept obvious factual aspects of the reality they live in?
to me about their literature after knocking on my door
i choose not to join your ridiculous religion
a market without regulation bubbles and pops, and is dominated and manipulated by insiders
and you are apparently their willing fool
you believe the market left alone takes care of itself, and the government makes it unstable
this is the opposite of reality: a free market is inherently unstable. government involvement stabilizes it
i'm sorry i don't have any books by crackpots to cite to prop up the fucking obvious truth for you
not like you would accept it
i say we need a vibrant market, but it should be regulated. wow, how radical
in response you regurgitate the usual moronic, hysterical reaction: "why do you want communist central planning!"
what?!
here's an amazing new concept for you: how about you react to what someone actually says, rather than projecting your panty twisted fears on to what they are saying... and then reacting to that stupid insanity as if that is what i am actually representing to you
in your head, fear triumphs over reason