It would seem that the solution to pirate radio is very simple. Look at why they are circumventing the regulations in the first place: expenses and rules.
People are circumventing the regulations because they want to be rebellious, no other reason. If they really were concerned about broadcasting to people they'd look into Internet radio or podcasts. However that's not rebellious enough, they want to put a receiver in their garage and shout 'fuck' into a microphone all day.
Your own limbs have grown and developed based on how you use them and look after them: bone density, nerve wirings etc. A limb grown in the lab won't have developed the same so won't be suitable.
You know, Brazil is energy-independent. They followed through on what Carter promised but was voted out before he could deliver on, and the program was plagued by various problems for decades on end... but as of a few years ago, it works.
In Brazil, over a third of the population live in slums with no electricity, running water, education or law enforcement. If this is what happens when you're energy independent then maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be.
And what exactly is wrong with making money when people are happy to pay it for a service they enjoy? If you play 750 hours a year that works out at 20 cents per hour's play, hardly a rip-off.
Also your sums are completely wrong. Not all their players are playing $150 a year, only the Americans. The Chinese play in internet cafes and don't have permanent subscriptions.
Time spent doing something doesn't equal addictiveness. How many people neglect their family and their jobs staying up all night every night watching TV, compared to how many people do the same playing Everquest.
The difference is that all the inbred kids in their sticker-covered, neon-lighted flying cars can't fly over my garden spitting on me and dropping fag ends in the pond.
Perhaps you've not heard of marketshare and mindshare, but in modern business they are more important than profitability. Consider Amazon.com, who didn't make a profit for the first 5 years of their existence. Hugely successful, but losing money every day. The reason they were successful is that everyone knows they will eventually make all that lost money back, plus more. The same with Google, Yahoo, YouTube, and the list goes on.
Perhaps you weren't around during the dot com era. For every Amazon, there were a hundred similar companies which went bust. This gives Microsoft a hundred to one chance of actually turning their marketshare into profitability. Marketshare that doesn't convert to profitability is worthless.
Considering that the appeal of Microsoft's and Sony's consoles is how powerful (and expensive to make) they are, and how they sell consoles at a loss, and have to market heavily just to get anyone to buy them, I don't see how they'll ever make money.
As for mindshare, Nintendo's expertly-constructed hype has completely wiped out Microsoft's 'mindshare' in one fell swoop. Who cares how many Xboxes were sold, now all anyone talks about is the wii.
Nintendo were making games when Bill Gates was merely a bespectacled sperm in Bill Gates II's ball-sack. They have never lost money, they have always been profitable, they'll be making games and making money doing it when the Xbox 360 and PS3 are only seen in antique shops.
Might I remind you that the founding politicians of America were violating many English laws and guilty of leading revolts against the British Crown
What does that have to do with a Swedish politics exactly? Not everyone thinks that the American revolution was a noble cause, especially considering the result.
This whole issue is a farce, I can't think of any serious person who thinks that piracy should be legal. Their whole manifesto is completely unworkable and ridiculous, and just reeks of attention seeking.
Politics is enough of a circus already, we don't need clown parties.
When most people are playing rehashed sequels or sitting playing cookie-cutter MMORPGs 12 hours a day, drooling at the screen grinding on monsters over and over again like zombies, I don't think this is can be considered a golden age.
The wii and ds may provide a mini-renaissance, but that's about it.
That's practically the definition of a sociopath. A person who does not think or feel the same genuine emotions the rest of society does, but you firmly believe everyone else's brain is wired up the way yours is.
Genuine emotions? It's a game. Whining about sociopathy because you lose unfairily in a meaningless computer game is completely pathetic.
I think that motorists should have the same courtesey to cyclists as cyclists have for pedestrians and the rules of the road. I.e. none.
When cyclists stop knocking down pedestrians, going through red lights, holding up traffic, and patronising everyone about how much better they are because they cycle (even though they all have arms thinner than my sister's) then I might think about not pushing them into the bushes.
A bicycle journey takes 5-6 times longer than the equivalent car journey, so the risk of cycling is three times higher than in a car.
And that's just fatalities, there are also far more non-fatal accidents involving bicycles, plus a higher rate of theft, assault, vandalism etc.
There are ZERO health benefits from sitting on your ass driving a car. There many health benefits from aerobic exercise, like riding a bike.
Sorry but cycling is the least effective form of exercise in the world. Cycling is an aerobic exercise like a bonsai is a tree. It qualifies, but only just. You probably get more exercise in five minutes running for the bus than an hour cycling. In fact I cycled to work for two years and didn't lose an ounce of weight, and got out of breath after a few seconds sprinting. Ironically I didn't start losing weight until I got a car and joined a gym.
And you only have to look at the saggy, puny bodies of even the best Tour de France riders to see that cycling isn't going to keep you in shape.
I want a door I can close. I want table/desk/shelf space to spread out manuals, etc., where I can leave a few printouts, whatever I need to do. A so-called "computer desk" in a cube is the worst possible arrangement for coding
And are you willing to go unpaid for several years and the money instead spent on building brick walls and putting doors in?
Cube farms aren't installed because they think it's the most effective way to work, it's because they don't have the space or money for individual offices for every single person.
Remember the alternative to cubes is the partitions being removed and having an open-plan office in the same room. Is that what you want?
In Japan, the price is Y25,000 ($213) so they'd have to match at least $213, (it's more important that the foreign markets are priced higher, see above), so probably $225, but that's just a bizarre round number, so toss in Wii Sports and ratchet it to $250. Simple.
How does that explain selling them for $330 in Britain? I know I won't be buying one because of that. Thanks for trying to rip us off Nintendo.
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People are circumventing the regulations because they want to be rebellious, no other reason. If they really were concerned about broadcasting to people they'd look into Internet radio or podcasts. However that's not rebellious enough, they want to put a receiver in their garage and shout 'fuck' into a microphone all day.
Physical property is an artificiality, implemented and enforced by a government agency. Maybe I should just come and take your car?
Your own limbs have grown and developed based on how you use them and look after them: bone density, nerve wirings etc. A limb grown in the lab won't have developed the same so won't be suitable.
I'm sorry are you retarded?
In Brazil, over a third of the population live in slums with no electricity, running water, education or law enforcement. If this is what happens when you're energy independent then maybe it's not all it's cracked up to be.
And what exactly is wrong with making money when people are happy to pay it for a service they enjoy? If you play 750 hours a year that works out at 20 cents per hour's play, hardly a rip-off.
Also your sums are completely wrong. Not all their players are playing $150 a year, only the Americans. The Chinese play in internet cafes and don't have permanent subscriptions.
You've also neglected the bandwidth costs.
Time spent doing something doesn't equal addictiveness. How many people neglect their family and their jobs staying up all night every night watching TV, compared to how many people do the same playing Everquest.
The difference is that all the inbred kids in their sticker-covered, neon-lighted flying cars can't fly over my garden spitting on me and dropping fag ends in the pond.
His grammar was fine, it's his punctuation he needs to check.
Perhaps you weren't around during the dot com era. For every Amazon, there were a hundred similar companies which went bust. This gives Microsoft a hundred to one chance of actually turning their marketshare into profitability. Marketshare that doesn't convert to profitability is worthless.
Considering that the appeal of Microsoft's and Sony's consoles is how powerful (and expensive to make) they are, and how they sell consoles at a loss, and have to market heavily just to get anyone to buy them, I don't see how they'll ever make money.
As for mindshare, Nintendo's expertly-constructed hype has completely wiped out Microsoft's 'mindshare' in one fell swoop. Who cares how many Xboxes were sold, now all anyone talks about is the wii.
Nintendo were making games when Bill Gates was merely a bespectacled sperm in Bill Gates II's ball-sack. They have never lost money, they have always been profitable, they'll be making games and making money doing it when the Xbox 360 and PS3 are only seen in antique shops.
Maybe they just play against other clubs?
Yes. The only other solution to this is to reclaim land from the sea.
With a rising retired population, a strained pension system, and shortages of housing and employment, do we really need people living longer?
This island's already cramped, we don't need people living another 20 years.
What does that have to do with a Swedish politics exactly? Not everyone thinks that the American revolution was a noble cause, especially considering the result.
This whole issue is a farce, I can't think of any serious person who thinks that piracy should be legal. Their whole manifesto is completely unworkable and ridiculous, and just reeks of attention seeking.
Politics is enough of a circus already, we don't need clown parties.
When most people are playing rehashed sequels or sitting playing cookie-cutter MMORPGs 12 hours a day, drooling at the screen grinding on monsters over and over again like zombies, I don't think this is can be considered a golden age.
The wii and ds may provide a mini-renaissance, but that's about it.
Genuine emotions? It's a game. Whining about sociopathy because you lose unfairily in a meaningless computer game is completely pathetic.
It's not the most popular, it's the cheapest. I'm sure those millions of peasants cycling through monsoons in China wish they had a car.
I think that motorists should have the same courtesey to cyclists as cyclists have for pedestrians and the rules of the road. I.e. none.
When cyclists stop knocking down pedestrians, going through red lights, holding up traffic, and patronising everyone about how much better they are because they cycle (even though they all have arms thinner than my sister's) then I might think about not pushing them into the bushes.
And that's just fatalities, there are also far more non-fatal accidents involving bicycles, plus a higher rate of theft, assault, vandalism etc.
Sorry but cycling is the least effective form of exercise in the world. Cycling is an aerobic exercise like a bonsai is a tree. It qualifies, but only just. You probably get more exercise in five minutes running for the bus than an hour cycling. In fact I cycled to work for two years and didn't lose an ounce of weight, and got out of breath after a few seconds sprinting. Ironically I didn't start losing weight until I got a car and joined a gym.
And you only have to look at the saggy, puny bodies of even the best Tour de France riders to see that cycling isn't going to keep you in shape.
Odd how similar jokes about Steve Irwin were modded to +5.
And are you willing to go unpaid for several years and the money instead spent on building brick walls and putting doors in?
Cube farms aren't installed because they think it's the most effective way to work, it's because they don't have the space or money for individual offices for every single person.
Remember the alternative to cubes is the partitions being removed and having an open-plan office in the same room. Is that what you want?
With the wii already a third more expensive in Britain, no doubt the games will have a similar markup.
How does that explain selling them for $330 in Britain? I know I won't be buying one because of that. Thanks for trying to rip us off Nintendo.
So you're upset that HDTV shows you something approaching real life, when you watch TV to get a filtered, edited version of real life?
I'm not interested in searching, I like a list of folders in a menu that I can navigate. But to Google I suppose when all you have is a hammer...