tried to make us believe that an 8-year-old boy can have romantic chemistry with a space-queen.
You know, since I feel asleep watching TPM, I never noticed that. I'm surprised people weren't protesting it as kiddie porn.
You're right about picking the worst child actor in the world. Although, with the lines they gave him, I'm not sure how well Sir Lawrence Olivier would have done.
You don't think the Russians will give him a new passport if he shows up at the consulate? It's not like his passport is going to be issued by the US government, you know.
Exactly right! There is nothing that derails my train of thought like an IM. You're plugging away on something, and suddenly a window pops up. If it's a business thing, I'd rather just have people call me, because most of them seem to get to the point quicker when they can hear the tension in your voice:)
The land and its wheath should be divided as an inheritance to be passed to our children and their children. What we do with our piece of the pie is up to us.
Nice theory. I hate to burst your bubble, but how exactly do you slice the pie up in your world? Oh wait, you get to decide, right?
As long as you don't author a bug that is intentionally malicious, I'm sure a jury would accept the "You get what you pay for" excuse. It would be a lot easier for Linus to defend a suit like that than it would be for Billy.
Actually, you should take Gacy off of that list. He was a pedophile, along with being a murderer. And you might want to consider adding Kissinger to that list as well....
Of course, there is the argument that if you paid for Windows 95, you shouldn't have had to pay for 98 and ME and 2000 before you finally got something that was stable. Especially after the marketing blitz that promised the lucky purchasers of Windows 9X that it would do everything short of cure cancer.
This isn't calling people to account, these letters are like the kid in grade school who says he'll kick you ass in the parking lot after school if you don't give him your lunch money. At the best, they are thinly veiled threats, and at the worst they are nothing more than spam.
To be sure, piracy results in major losses of revenue for the software industry. According to the BSA, $2.94 billion was lost to piracy in North America alone last year, while $11.75 billion was lost to it globally for the same period. But so far this year, those figures have declined.
I remember something from my freshman English professor. She told us to avoid using the phrase "To be sure," in an article, because that meant you might as well say, "I'm full of bullshit, please believe me."
Piracy does not result in a loss of revenue, because many of those people aren't going to buy the product anyways. I know a lot of people who would switch to StarOffice if it wasn't so easy to get Office for nothing. It's the same problem that comes up every time there is an article in the newsmedia about the RIAA or the MPAA. I'm not sure what a better term for it would be, perhaps unrealized potential revenues? It's not a loss though. Check their income statement, no item for "Losses due to piracy."
Forgive me for not trusting the BSA for the stats on that either. That's like getting your lung cancer stats from Philip Morris.
Or make the consequences of shutting them down be so horrible that it's worth having a nation of sex perverts.
The point that most/.ers would argue is that someone somewhere will find almost anything sick. I happen to be disgusted by the way the Taliban treats women in Afghanistan (where I'm sure the average 10 year old is not viewing "sick porn". The nutcases in charge there seem to have no major problem with what they are doing though.
There are people who find sex in any context besides the missionary position in marriage wrong. Likewise, there are people who don't want their children exposed to porn. Well, boo hoo hoo.
I don't give a damn about the children. If you don't want your kids exposed to porn, don't put them on a computer. Better yet, don't teach them to read, because there is stuff in any library that is considered porn by someone. Hell, don't even read the Bible to them, or they might touch on some of the nasty stuff that happens in Genesis.
If you don't want your kids to be on the internet looking for porn, don't use the parent's lack of computer skills as an excuse. They can damn well learn how to use a computer, or maybe they shouldn't have them in the home for the child to use.
One more time....I don't care what other people's children are looking at.
I still don't see how this is going to turn us into a nation of sex perverts. Very hardcore porn is a lot easier to get in Europe, and they seem to be doing ok.
Someone mod this up, because this hits the nail right on the head. Like it or not, games drive the demand for personal computers at home. Why else do you need a computer with a 1.4Ghz processor and 512MB of RAM? To do word processing? That worked fine on a 386 with Wordperfect and DOS.
I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the time people upgrade a system, they do it so that they or their kids can play games. And Linux just doesn't do games the way Windows does.
Easy to say when you aren't living on a farm in a terribly poor country, and are being pressured to grow coca plants by the local "agricultural concerns". Do you think these people are the real problem? Hell, instead of spraying Roundup on them at high concentrations, why don't we just cluster bomb the evil fuckers who corrupt our glorious American society?
I'm not waving a flag around today, I'm ashamed of my country.
This post nicely segues into another pet peeve of mine: NAFTA. Sure, it sounds great, and there are sound economical reasons for it (when it's applied in pure form, and not selectively applied like most every law is today), but just try and send a gift to a friend in Canada. You know, something like a digital camera, something over whatever the limit is set at.
Surprise, surprise, "free trade" only applies to large corporations who deal in lumber or cars, etc. It doesn't apply to the person sending a Christmas present to family in Canada or Mexico. You still pay duty on it. Face it, we're fucked. This is only going to get worse.
Travolta, not Trovalta. Oops, a small mistake, you're forgiven.
Wait, what's this? Hubble? The astronomer? Why would you have to kill him at the end of a violent videogame? I didn't know he invented scientology...oh wait, it was Hubbard.
Dinetics? Dianetics, my friend. Next time do some research. I always knew Bill Gates was a retard, I just never knew he went by "Billy". And who the fuck modded this to 2?
Almost every oil has a higher smoking point than olive oil...don't you ever watch the Food Network? Seriously though, what does the hemp oil taste like? Is it a mild taste, or does it jump out at you? Peanut oil can be great, super high smoke point, but the flavor can be strong.
Hmmm...IANAD, but I think you have your head stuffed up your ass. Would you care to offer some sources for the inflammatory remark? How exactly is AMD's product inferior? Details, my friend, details please.
Exactly right. Ever go skiing or snowboarding? Read the back of the lift ticket...according to that, the lift operator could inject heroin, drink a fifth of vodka, throw the lift into reverse, and break your legs, and you couldn't sue them. Even if the owner of the place was pouring the shots.
It's all bullshit. You can sue them for negligence, even though the back of your life ticket says you can't.
The reason your US dollars disappear is due to conversion costs. Go to Reuters and look up the current cross rates, and then walk into your bank and see if they are the same for you.
You think just because you have gold in your pocket instead of paper, the moneychanger isn't going to take his cut?
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You know, since I feel asleep watching TPM, I never noticed that. I'm surprised people weren't protesting it as kiddie porn.
You're right about picking the worst child actor in the world. Although, with the lines they gave him, I'm not sure how well Sir Lawrence Olivier would have done.
That can be hard to get across with an IM.
Nice theory. I hate to burst your bubble, but how exactly do you slice the pie up in your world? Oh wait, you get to decide, right?
What about Adobe? :)
Why exactly is murdering a child any worse than murdering an adult, or a senior citizen?
This isn't calling people to account, these letters are like the kid in grade school who says he'll kick you ass in the parking lot after school if you don't give him your lunch money. At the best, they are thinly veiled threats, and at the worst they are nothing more than spam.
That post made my day!
I remember something from my freshman English professor. She told us to avoid using the phrase "To be sure," in an article, because that meant you might as well say, "I'm full of bullshit, please believe me."
Piracy does not result in a loss of revenue, because many of those people aren't going to buy the product anyways. I know a lot of people who would switch to StarOffice if it wasn't so easy to get Office for nothing. It's the same problem that comes up every time there is an article in the newsmedia about the RIAA or the MPAA. I'm not sure what a better term for it would be, perhaps unrealized potential revenues? It's not a loss though. Check their income statement, no item for "Losses due to piracy."
Forgive me for not trusting the BSA for the stats on that either. That's like getting your lung cancer stats from Philip Morris.
The point that most /.ers would argue is that someone somewhere will find almost anything sick. I happen to be disgusted by the way the Taliban treats women in Afghanistan (where I'm sure the average 10 year old is not viewing "sick porn". The nutcases in charge there seem to have no major problem with what they are doing though.
There are people who find sex in any context besides the missionary position in marriage wrong. Likewise, there are people who don't want their children exposed to porn. Well, boo hoo hoo.
I don't give a damn about the children. If you don't want your kids exposed to porn, don't put them on a computer. Better yet, don't teach them to read, because there is stuff in any library that is considered porn by someone. Hell, don't even read the Bible to them, or they might touch on some of the nasty stuff that happens in Genesis.
If you don't want your kids to be on the internet looking for porn, don't use the parent's lack of computer skills as an excuse. They can damn well learn how to use a computer, or maybe they shouldn't have them in the home for the child to use.
One more time....I don't care what other people's children are looking at.
I still don't see how this is going to turn us into a nation of sex perverts. Very hardcore porn is a lot easier to get in Europe, and they seem to be doing ok.
I'd be willing to bet that 90% of the time people upgrade a system, they do it so that they or their kids can play games. And Linux just doesn't do games the way Windows does.
I'm not waving a flag around today, I'm ashamed of my country.
This is more like playing the lottery, I think.
Surprise, surprise, "free trade" only applies to large corporations who deal in lumber or cars, etc. It doesn't apply to the person sending a Christmas present to family in Canada or Mexico. You still pay duty on it. Face it, we're fucked. This is only going to get worse.
Sheeesh!
Wait, what's this? Hubble? The astronomer? Why would you have to kill him at the end of a violent videogame? I didn't know he invented scientology...oh wait, it was Hubbard.
Dinetics? Dianetics, my friend. Next time do some research. I always knew Bill Gates was a retard, I just never knew he went by "Billy". And who the fuck modded this to 2?
Exactly right. Ever go skiing or snowboarding? Read the back of the lift ticket...according to that, the lift operator could inject heroin, drink a fifth of vodka, throw the lift into reverse, and break your legs, and you couldn't sue them. Even if the owner of the place was pouring the shots. It's all bullshit. You can sue them for negligence, even though the back of your life ticket says you can't.
You think just because you have gold in your pocket instead of paper, the moneychanger isn't going to take his cut?