I love it when the cool thing to do is bash popular movies, this dude will probably be the first person in line to say RotK sucks, whether it does or not.
I thought it sucked. Not because it was cool to say so, but, in point of fact, because it sucked.
I recommended to many people that they not pay full price and go see a matinee instead.
But, hey, at least there weren't any Ewoks in it.
The link provided to chillingeffects.org doesn't seem to be bullying. Unless I am missing something (quite possible), the IDSA in this case was asking for games that are copyrighted to be removed.
I am very much in favor of making a strong stand against those who would destroy free speech for the sake of making a buck. But when, as a community, we react by labeling fair requests from copyright holders to remove copyrighted material as bullying, it makes it difficult to rationally argue our case.
Just my two cents.
I traded my.sig for a cig...
Without all this overregulation, Pacific Bell would have been able to implement "Fasttrack" DSL (Now called Project Pronto, it's the DSL on fiber infrastructure project which was supposed to put DSL in every pac bell home by 2002) already and everyone would be able to get DSL. THAT would be the point to start talking about forcing them to resell capacity, not now, and certainly not when you forced the issue in the first place.
So you want the Baby Bells to spend more money and then have their investments taken away by the Federal Government? I don't see how this would solve the problem, as they would just start lobbying over this issue instead. I don't like the Baby Bells (SBC in my neck of the woods) any more than most others on/. but I am not sure what form a reasonable solution would take. If the government were to own it, it would be much like any other government owned utility (slow to respond and inefficient). There is no good answer from where I stand.
I traded my.sig for a cig...
I agree. It is sick that we live in a society where items left unattended might be stolen, sometimes in a matter of minutes.
But..
Do you lock your doors? Your windows? Your car? Because that is what you are advocating. I would love to live in a safe, utopian world where everyone has everything they want. But all attempts by humanity to produce such a society has only ever resulted in nearly everyone having nothing that they want. For historical reference, read the Communist Manifesto and then compare contrast the ideals and the reality of the situation.
Credit cards are protected against fraud. Check cards, however, are not as well protected. In addition, it is a big hassle as the money is usually deducted from your account rather quickly. Just one more reason this company should be alerting its customers to problem.
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I thought it sucked. Not because it was cool to say so, but, in point of fact, because it sucked.
I recommended to many people that they not pay full price and go see a matinee instead.
But, hey, at least there weren't any Ewoks in it.
The link provided to chillingeffects.org doesn't seem to be bullying. Unless I am missing something (quite possible), the IDSA in this case was asking for games that are copyrighted to be removed. I am very much in favor of making a strong stand against those who would destroy free speech for the sake of making a buck. But when, as a community, we react by labeling fair requests from copyright holders to remove copyrighted material as bullying, it makes it difficult to rationally argue our case. Just my two cents. I traded my .sig for a cig...
I agree. It is sick that we live in a society where items left unattended might be stolen, sometimes in a matter of minutes.
.sig. Does that make me lame?
But..
Do you lock your doors? Your windows? Your car? Because that is what you are advocating. I would love to live in a safe, utopian world where everyone has everything they want. But all attempts by humanity to produce such a society has only ever resulted in nearly everyone having nothing that they want. For historical reference, read the Communist Manifesto and then compare contrast the ideals and the reality of the situation.
Have your report on my desk by Monday. (kidding)
I don't have a
Credit cards are protected against fraud. Check cards, however, are not as well protected. In addition, it is a big hassle as the money is usually deducted from your account rather quickly. Just one more reason this company should be alerting its customers to problem.
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Just another paranoid