They've invaded my brain via the commercial mass-media during my childhood and adolescence. They are inescapable and pernicious. I'd like to buy the world a Coke.
The damned song I can't get out of my head is "conjuction-junction, what's your function....hookin' up words..."... ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH.
I mostly watched tv on Saturday mornings. Boarding school 'n all that. Still it was really educational as a Canadian finding out how US laws got made. Funnily enough I couldn't see any lobbyists in the cartoons...
Still, Have It Your Way... at Burger King...Have It Your Way... at...McDonalds, we do it all for You?
as long as they reveal how I can expunge that damned jingle from my brain.
It's not a jingle, it's actually a song by a japanese girl band called the "5 6 7 8's", and it existed long before the commercials. You can also hear it in the movie "Kill Bill".
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If the US Constitution supposedly protects the rights of non-citizens then I don't see why our laws don't apply in other countries as well.
Are you serious? Following that logic, why shouldn't another country's laws apply in the US, then? Welcome to Sharia, biatch. I hope you prayed today.
If you travel to another country you are subject to that country's laws while in their territory. The laws of your country do not apply when you are there. So yes, you can drink at 16 or 18 or whatever the local drinking age is, despite the legal age being 21 in the US. Commit a crime in that country (even if it's not a crime in the US) and you go to jail.
When you leave that country, you are no longer subject to their law.
The US is the only country in the world that believes their citizens must obey US law wherever they are - especially that part that deals with income tax. You have to pay your taxes to Uncle Sam wherever you are. Well good for you guys, I say. But leave the rest of us alone.
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I bet they'll do almost anything to keep a customer since they can't add anymore.
In the US, at least. There's a world-wide market for this kind of thing however. US patent law isn't and can't be enforced everywhere (thank God!).
How can you be more fair than Youtube? Does one of the candidates lack an Internet connection? Are some of them ugly? Let all the candidates upload their stupid videos to Youtube...
And pretty soon political candidates will determine that the real secret to political success is not their position on Education, Crime, Taxes and Foreign Policy, but rather how long their farts can stay on fire and how many live goldfish they can swallow...
It's not "levelling the playing field". Quit applying American ideals to other countries. The playing field WAS LEVEL, until YouTube entered the picture. Everyone got their alotted portion of media face-time.
There's a difference. A TV or radio commercial is something that a party/candidate pays for. Depending on the wealth of the party/candidate, they could easily out-advertise their political competition. The listener/viewer has no choice but to listen to or watch these ads, either. The alternative is switching the media off during election time.
But video on YouTube is passive. Technically it doesn't cost anything. You won't get to see it unless you actively look for it and click "play". The only thing that determines its popularity is the number of times it is viewed. Political affiliation and the wealth of the publisher do not affect the ranking of the video.
What happens if someone tapes a political commercial and plays it back for his guests because he likes it? Should it be illegal to record commercials? Ban video recorders?
What if a political candidate has a website that receives many more hits than all the other candidates? Should websites be banned?
How about polls? Should polls be illegal if they favor one party/candidate over another?
Come on, there's a HUGE difference between paid advertising and some video on YouTube. This is just bickering from the rest of the candidates because of jealousy - so they try to manipulate the system to block this kind of stuff from YouTube instead of figuring out how use this new media to their advantage.
Congratulations for the Anti-American post, however. I missed the "Microsoft Sucks" reference, however. Surely this is all Microsoft's fault./sacrasm
YouTube is, basically, the voice of the people. In and of itself, YouTube has no political agenda. It carries video without discrimination. They themselves do not post anything. I think it's interesting to watch how many corporations and governments have "demanded" things, blocked, banned, and legally threatened YouTube. The desire to shut people up when you are criticized or poked fun at is overwhelming. But when will they realize that the internet cannot be silenced? YouTube merely makes sharing such video incredibly easy. However the sentiment (and the sharing) would happen even if it wasn't for this service.
Instead, we end up with an internet full of bots trying to sell viagra, bots trying to block viagra, bots trying to break captchas, bots trying to detect copyright infringement, p2p systems to insure privacy, and so on.
And you wonder why eventually all these bots get fed up and try to wipe out the human race?
Look at the other responses, all of which make perfect sense.
I'm glad you indulge in the fantasy that the world around you makes perfect sense, and that people (and especially corporations) act perfectly rationally.
Imagine the checks they will have to pay out now that people can set up their roof as a money farm for 1/10 the cost!
Sorry for playing the cynic, but cost has nothing to do with it. The memory in your computer is made of sand, and I'm sure a 2GB chip doesn't contain much more sand than a 16KB one. Human greed will kick in surely enough, and you'll be able to save just enough to end up paying exactly what you are paying now, because of "installation" difficulties, and "materials research" and whatever they want to invent to keep the money out of YOUR pocket.
They'll be REALLY pissed when the meter runs backward, while we're still on the grid, and THET have to pay US. I can't wait.
Not at all. If this stuff actually works, who do you think will end up owning it and selling it to you (for a small monthly fee)? The energy companies certainly have the cash to buy this stuff, lock it up, and send us to patent hell for even thinking about cutting them out of the deal.
Come on, give the editors credit for using a word larger than 4 syllables and spelling it correctly. You want it to be used in CONTEXT as well? Sheesh, there's no pleasing some people.
No, the original article is talking about winning a standards war with Microsoft.
Just wait - Microsoft will change the "standard" and use their monopoly position to ram it down everyone's throat. Actually if the music "industry" settles on one "standard" it will just give Microsoft a clear target to aim at. They've done with everything else, why should they change their business practices now?
"hey buy the rights to deploy linux I should say."
From who?
Heck I'll sell them! Just sign here, and the CD is yours... uh sign quickly please. You brought the cash right? I'm allergic to checks, doctor says I can't see one. Hey can I interest you in our special on bridges this month? How about an Eiffel Tower?
about the plants IBM opens there employing like 50,000 people in one plant.
God, can you imagine the payroll? 82 loaves of bread, 20 gallons of milk, and a case of beans. Per month! Sigh, way too expensive.
Seriously outsourcing is a "Good Thing" (on paper) for the host country, since they learn from all you foreigners and start charging more for their services after a surprisingly short time. Unfortunately the quality of product/service is nowhere near the same - as anyone who has purchased a car made in Mexico or Brazil; a motorcycle made in India or Thailand; or anyone who has tried to get a non-scripted technical problem solved in an offshore call center, can tell you.
I suppose eventually the workers that are on payroll learn to do their job properly (after all, people in the third world are not stupid, they just have a whole different set of cultural priorities) - but when you lose one and have to replace him/her, the training starts all over again from zero.
So business benefits because it gets cheap (at first glance) labor, and probably many relaxed environmental controls - and perhaps even a favorable tax break from the local government that's desperate for cash. The country gets its environment trashed because of those lax environmental controls. The workers benefit, but the rest of the population suffers because of the inflationary pressure that comes about from some people suddenly having a lot more money (and everyone else wanting some of it). And the customers who actually buy the product get an inferior product at the same or greater price as before. Hmmm.
No the only good thing about outsourcing is it closes the economic gap a bit between the poor countries and the rich. Don't kid yourself into thinking there's no hidden economic cost, however.
So the band deliberately released a few songs (albeit in an unconventional way), but the album hasn't yet been illegally leaked. How are these two facts remotely related?
Not only that but if the MAFIAA were to be believed, surely the band (and probably the entire music industry) should be out of business by now due to those pesky pirates...
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They probably wouldn't mind, so long as you stuffed them with money.
Oh I think they would, since it's their own money I intend to stuff them with...
They've invaded my brain via the commercial mass-media during my childhood and adolescence. They are inescapable and pernicious. I'd like to buy the world a Coke.
The damned song I can't get out of my head is "conjuction-junction, what's your function....hookin' up words..."... ARRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHH.
I mostly watched tv on Saturday mornings. Boarding school 'n all that. Still it was really educational as a Canadian finding out how US laws got made. Funnily enough I couldn't see any lobbyists in the cartoons...
Still, Have It Your Way... at Burger King...Have It Your Way... at...McDonalds, we do it all for You?
as long as they reveal how I can expunge that damned jingle from my brain.
It's not a jingle, it's actually a song by a japanese girl band called the "5 6 7 8's", and it existed long before the commercials. You can also hear it in the movie "Kill Bill".
If the US Constitution supposedly protects the rights of non-citizens then I don't see why our laws don't apply in other countries as well.
Are you serious? Following that logic, why shouldn't another country's laws apply in the US, then? Welcome to Sharia, biatch. I hope you prayed today.
If you travel to another country you are subject to that country's laws while in their territory. The laws of your country do not apply when you are there. So yes, you can drink at 16 or 18 or whatever the local drinking age is, despite the legal age being 21 in the US. Commit a crime in that country (even if it's not a crime in the US) and you go to jail.
When you leave that country, you are no longer subject to their law.
The US is the only country in the world that believes their citizens must obey US law wherever they are - especially that part that deals with income tax. You have to pay your taxes to Uncle Sam wherever you are. Well good for you guys, I say. But leave the rest of us alone.
I bet they'll do almost anything to keep a customer since they can't add anymore.
In the US, at least. There's a world-wide market for this kind of thing however. US patent law isn't and can't be enforced everywhere (thank God!).
How can you be more fair than Youtube? Does one of the candidates lack an Internet connection? Are some of them ugly? Let all the candidates upload their stupid videos to Youtube...
And pretty soon political candidates will determine that the real secret to political success is not their position on Education, Crime, Taxes and Foreign Policy, but rather how long their farts can stay on fire and how many live goldfish they can swallow...
It's not "levelling the playing field". Quit applying American ideals to other countries. The playing field WAS LEVEL, until YouTube entered the picture. Everyone got their alotted portion of media face-time.
/sacrasm
There's a difference. A TV or radio commercial is something that a party/candidate pays for. Depending on the wealth of the party/candidate, they could easily out-advertise their political competition. The listener/viewer has no choice but to listen to or watch these ads, either. The alternative is switching the media off during election time.
But video on YouTube is passive. Technically it doesn't cost anything. You won't get to see it unless you actively look for it and click "play". The only thing that determines its popularity is the number of times it is viewed. Political affiliation and the wealth of the publisher do not affect the ranking of the video.
What happens if someone tapes a political commercial and plays it back for his guests because he likes it? Should it be illegal to record commercials? Ban video recorders?
What if a political candidate has a website that receives many more hits than all the other candidates? Should websites be banned?
How about polls? Should polls be illegal if they favor one party/candidate over another?
Come on, there's a HUGE difference between paid advertising and some video on YouTube. This is just bickering from the rest of the candidates because of jealousy - so they try to manipulate the system to block this kind of stuff from YouTube instead of figuring out how use this new media to their advantage.
Congratulations for the Anti-American post, however. I missed the "Microsoft Sucks" reference, however. Surely this is all Microsoft's fault.
YouTube is, basically, the voice of the people. In and of itself, YouTube has no political agenda. It carries video without discrimination. They themselves do not post anything. I think it's interesting to watch how many corporations and governments have "demanded" things, blocked, banned, and legally threatened YouTube. The desire to shut people up when you are criticized or poked fun at is overwhelming. But when will they realize that the internet cannot be silenced? YouTube merely makes sharing such video incredibly easy. However the sentiment (and the sharing) would happen even if it wasn't for this service.
Of course, they might start selling porn to each other.
;)
Surely even bots aren't dumb enough to PAY for porn
And how well does this work if people encrypt their files and send the keys separately?
...
Or take a large file and break it into smaller files. Or reverse the file... or
Instead, we end up with an internet full of bots trying to sell viagra, bots trying to block viagra, bots trying to break captchas, bots trying to detect copyright infringement, p2p systems to insure privacy, and so on.
And you wonder why eventually all these bots get fed up and try to wipe out the human race?
Look at the other responses, all of which make perfect sense.
I'm glad you indulge in the fantasy that the world around you makes perfect sense, and that people (and especially corporations) act perfectly rationally.
Imagine the checks they will have to pay out now that people can set up their roof as a money farm for 1/10 the cost!
Sorry for playing the cynic, but cost has nothing to do with it. The memory in your computer is made of sand, and I'm sure a 2GB chip doesn't contain much more sand than a 16KB one. Human greed will kick in surely enough, and you'll be able to save just enough to end up paying exactly what you are paying now, because of "installation" difficulties, and "materials research" and whatever they want to invent to keep the money out of YOUR pocket.
They'll be REALLY pissed when the meter runs backward, while we're still on the grid, and THET have to pay US. I can't wait.
Not at all. If this stuff actually works, who do you think will end up owning it and selling it to you (for a small monthly fee)? The energy companies certainly have the cash to buy this stuff, lock it up, and send us to patent hell for even thinking about cutting them out of the deal.
Photosynthesis isn't a compound; it's a process.
Come on, give the editors credit for using a word larger than 4 syllables and spelling it correctly. You want it to be used in CONTEXT as well? Sheesh, there's no pleasing some people.
No, the original article is talking about winning a standards war with Microsoft.
Just wait - Microsoft will change the "standard" and use their monopoly position to ram it down everyone's throat. Actually if the music "industry" settles on one "standard" it will just give Microsoft a clear target to aim at. They've done with everything else, why should they change their business practices now?
Why would a music store gravitate towards a non-free codec?
Oh the usual reasons: lies, bullshit, hype. In short - "marketing".
I remember cheering Microsoft for toppling their monopoly.
:D
It takes a brave person to admit that. I bet you feel a bit silly NOW though, don't you?
"hey buy the rights to deploy linux I should say."
From who?
Heck I'll sell them! Just sign here, and the CD is yours... uh sign quickly please. You brought the cash right? I'm allergic to checks, doctor says I can't see one. Hey can I interest you in our special on bridges this month? How about an Eiffel Tower?
about the plants IBM opens there employing like 50,000 people in one plant.
God, can you imagine the payroll? 82 loaves of bread, 20 gallons of milk, and a case of beans. Per month! Sigh, way too expensive.
Seriously outsourcing is a "Good Thing" (on paper) for the host country, since they learn from all you foreigners and start charging more for their services after a surprisingly short time. Unfortunately the quality of product/service is nowhere near the same - as anyone who has purchased a car made in Mexico or Brazil; a motorcycle made in India or Thailand; or anyone who has tried to get a non-scripted technical problem solved in an offshore call center, can tell you.
I suppose eventually the workers that are on payroll learn to do their job properly (after all, people in the third world are not stupid, they just have a whole different set of cultural priorities) - but when you lose one and have to replace him/her, the training starts all over again from zero.
So business benefits because it gets cheap (at first glance) labor, and probably many relaxed environmental controls - and perhaps even a favorable tax break from the local government that's desperate for cash. The country gets its environment trashed because of those lax environmental controls. The workers benefit, but the rest of the population suffers because of the inflationary pressure that comes about from some people suddenly having a lot more money (and everyone else wanting some of it). And the customers who actually buy the product get an inferior product at the same or greater price as before. Hmmm.
No the only good thing about outsourcing is it closes the economic gap a bit between the poor countries and the rich. Don't kid yourself into thinking there's no hidden economic cost, however.
Glad to see the juvenile racist crap that we used to see spat at articles like this almost instantly seems to be gone.
"Thank you, come again!"
it seems that IBM has a credible strategy for becoming the next great software company
And it belongs to the chairman of SCO, saying "by stealing other people's code, you bastaaaaaaaards!"
But hey, if it worked for Microsoft... (ducking and running)
Unlike trademarks, copyright does not become suddenly void because you did not prosecute infringements
No but it makes it a lot harder for you to convince the judge that you are owed $150,000 (I'll settle for $3500) for each instance of infringement!
Knowing slashdot here come the goatse posts.
Naw, goatse is so old fashioned. Here... stick THIS in your USB slot!
(NSFW and apologies to anyone who didn't know who tubgirl was! heheheh)
So the band deliberately released a few songs (albeit in an unconventional way), but the album hasn't yet been illegally leaked. How are these two facts remotely related?
Not only that but if the MAFIAA were to be believed, surely the band (and probably the entire music industry) should be out of business by now due to those pesky pirates...