"I'm not going to excuse the republican's various problems, but at least the lunatics aren't running the asylum. (See Howard "The Scream" Dean"
Yeah, the scream. He was screaming because he was talking to a cheering crowd in a huge room, not to the TV cameras. Dean's problem wasn't that he was mad. It was that he didn't have "camera training". He didn't realize that his shouting would sould stupid on TV since the cameras didn't catch the enormous crown before him or the sound it was making. He learned his lesson the hard way, but he wasn't mad.
Of course, Dean's Democrat opponents used the scream for all it was worth, taking it out of context, etc. etc. etc. Similar to the tacticts GwB used against Kerry. So both Dems and Reps are assholes who will do anything to win.
""I've bought a ton of music/software/videos/etc/whatever specifically because I got to preview it on p2p first. They're making money off p2p! Those idiots!" These companies spend millions on accountants. They know where their profits losses are coming from."
What profit losses? Everyone knows that CD sales are actually increasing, not decreasing. Source: IFPI.
You are living a lie if you think that the industry is losing money and seeing lower sales volumes. It's the other way around. In fact, this industry's profits are so strong that they profit even in times when the rest of the economy spirals downward.
"But there's a reality to face."
Yes, you need to face reality: The music industry is making loads and loads of money. Filesharing taking away their profits? What a load of horse dropping.
Of course he isn't. The customer isn't right if he's wrong. This saying pisses me off sometimes, because it makes people think that they can will something to be true, even if it's false. Just because I'm a customer doesn't mean that I can smash up the store and say "I didn't do that". I did do that, and me being a customer doesn't change that fact.
"The whole reason the U.S. became a dominant power...why Japan become a dominant power...why Britan became a dominant power is because they adapted rules that made more sense and dropped the ones that didn't."
Right. "The murderer had a glass of water before he killed his victim. Therefore, the water caused the murder." Or "Americans speak American-English, and America is a super power. Therefore, anyone who doesn't speam American-English will not be a super power."
Just because you make an observation about a difference in something doesn't mean that this particular difference is relevant in all contexts.
He's right, though. The guy profits from his work, so by working for stricter copyright laws he is working to increase his own profit. If he gave away his songs for free it would be completely different.
And why doesn't that article link to possible explanations for this?
Could it be because the "bombshell" would be completely defused if they linked to scientific explanations?
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"Nintendo does have new hardware out, but it doesn't have the titles behind it. It's got a few good games, but Sony just plain has a lot of games. One of the Gameboy's selling points was the massive library of games."
Um, all GBA games work with the DS. Are you saying that the PSP has more games than the DS? And are you saying that the PSP games are better than the DS games?
"I'm pointing out the real motives behind the posting of this article--to get the P2P piracy defenders up in arms. "See, THEY'RE the evil ones!""
The real motives? They are the evil ones. This industry is actively lobbying for stricter laws that remove consumer rights, and move us towards fascism rather than democracy.
These industry backed organizations pretend to be on a moral high ground, but the fact is that they engage in illegal and immoral activities.
To me, entrapment, cartels, lobbying to remove individual rights, choking the market, terrorizing people with frivolous lawsuits, etc. are all far more serious than a bunch of kids swapping files.
So yes, they are the evil ones, and the methods they are using to deal with kids swapping files are outrageous.
"It's hypocrisy to complain about GPL violations but then try to paint anti-piracy groups as the bad guys."
No. In other words, the entertainment industry's representatives are pretending to be on a moral high ground, always having their rights violated, and the evil file sharers are giving them a hard time.
The fact is that these people are not on a moral high ground. They do data mining, illegal monitoring of online activity, entrapment, illegal entry, and so on, and still they keep complaining about a bunch of kids swapping files.
Trying to lobby for fascism and using illegal methods to terrorize individuals and trying to scare people into submission is far more serious than file swapping in my book.
The way to deal with file swapping is not to lobby for laws that take away rights from the consumers. The way to deal with it is to adapt to the market, not set up cartels and do massive lobbying to choke the market until it behaves the way the megacorporations want it to.
Another thing I haven't seen anyone bring up yet is this:
If the charge is distributing copyrighted material, how are they going to prove that this was going on?
Possession is not illegal. Sharing between friends is fully legal in Sweded, AFAIK.
So they can't bust you for having things on your computer, and how are they going to prove that you are distributing it? They would have to monitor your connection in real-time, wouldn't they?
If not, then what prevents me from doctoring logs "showing" my annoying neighbor distributing copyrighted material and getting his door kicked in by the industry's henchmen?
Google recently updated their searches. Now you actually get relevant results again for things like "GeForce 6600GT". You used to get "buy now!" links, but now it links to product information and actual reviews/tests.
"ts dom implementation tries to pass itself off as ie compatible so much without ACTUALLY BEING IE COMPATIBLE that it makes it almost impossible to write for without putting in special checks to make sure its not opera."
Competent web developers would check for standards compliant browsers first, so that Opera gets standards compliant code.
Just because Opera implements something after Firefox doesn't mean that it always follows others. Most of the features Firefox brags about were pioneered by Opera! Google search field, popup blocker, etc.
I really don't understand what XMLHttpRequest has to do with Opera "venting frustration" at all. What are they venting frustration at?
"Opera is an increasingly marginalized player in the browser market. The only thing Opera can expect to get out of this is a little PR that only delays the inevitable for them (non-player)."
Sorry to break it to you, but Opera has been around for ten years, and has more users and more money than ever before. It's really gaining a strong foothold in the mobile market, where nothing is even close to touching it. Minimo might give it some competition, but Opera has years of experience with mobile browsers, so it's not going to be easy.
"I'm glad they made that "foolish" decision, because without XMLHTTPRequest you have no such thing as responsive web apps, no gmail, no google maps, etc."
Sure you would. Just use the standards compliant variant, DOM3 Load and Save, which Opera 8 supports.
"We should all realize this is typical Opera behavior: Make broad claims against Microsoft in order to attract attention to itself. Works well in politics and now in browser wars..."
Are broad claims about Microsoft a bad thing even when they are absolutely correct? Microsoft has, time and time again, promised, and then failed to deliver.
If you are a Microsoft fan, you probably don't know this, but Microsoft does the same thing all the time. It's called marketing. Only Microsoft does it with FUD and lies. Opera does it with well founded criticism of the dominant browser, which fails to deliver on its promises.
If you are a Mozilla fan, you probably don't know this either, but Mozilla, too, does marketing, and even lies about its competitors (see comment about Opera's portability).
Don't pretend that Opera is any worse than anyone else, or that Opera's comments are without merit. Don't pretend that "this is typical Opera behavior", when the fact is that it is typical behavior from just about everyone.
Basically, just stop being a mindless zealot, bashing Opera for nothing.
Um, that "detailed analysis" is about one specific issue, and cannot be used to generalize. Also, the person who wrote it is known to be delusional and make up things as he goes along. He could have done the analysis for that specific issue, but he turned into something he can use in his own crusade against Opera.
"This clearly demonstrates that the "browser war" is really a one(IE)-on-one(Firefox) battle with Opera and others simply choosing which side to mimic."
This comment clearly shows that you are biased, and that you use anything, even just a single example of something, to make Mozilla look as good as possible.
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Of course, Dean's Democrat opponents used the scream for all it was worth, taking it out of context, etc. etc. etc. Similar to the tacticts GwB used against Kerry. So both Dems and Reps are assholes who will do anything to win.
You are living a lie if you think that the industry is losing money and seeing lower sales volumes. It's the other way around. In fact, this industry's profits are so strong that they profit even in times when the rest of the economy spirals downward.
Yes, you need to face reality: The music industry is making loads and loads of money. Filesharing taking away their profits? What a load of horse dropping.The website penismightier... I think it's supposed to be PenIsMightier, but I always read it the other way for some reason...
Just because you make an observation about a difference in something doesn't mean that this particular difference is relevant in all contexts.
He probably doesn't make much, but he just blames it on P2P instead of realizing that he's a useless cunt who lacks talent. Much like you, then :)
He's right, though. The guy profits from his work, so by working for stricter copyright laws he is working to increase his own profit. If he gave away his songs for free it would be completely different.
Could it be because the "bombshell" would be completely defused if they linked to scientific explanations?
Nintendo could make a living creating games, you know. Like Sega. Remember Sega?
These industry backed organizations pretend to be on a moral high ground, but the fact is that they engage in illegal and immoral activities.
To me, entrapment, cartels, lobbying to remove individual rights, choking the market, terrorizing people with frivolous lawsuits, etc. are all far more serious than a bunch of kids swapping files.
So yes, they are the evil ones, and the methods they are using to deal with kids swapping files are outrageous.
This is a load of crap, and you know it.The fact is that these people are not on a moral high ground. They do data mining, illegal monitoring of online activity, entrapment, illegal entry, and so on, and still they keep complaining about a bunch of kids swapping files.
Trying to lobby for fascism and using illegal methods to terrorize individuals and trying to scare people into submission is far more serious than file swapping in my book.
The way to deal with file swapping is not to lobby for laws that take away rights from the consumers. The way to deal with it is to adapt to the market, not set up cartels and do massive lobbying to choke the market until it behaves the way the megacorporations want it to.
If the charge is distributing copyrighted material, how are they going to prove that this was going on?
Possession is not illegal. Sharing between friends is fully legal in Sweded, AFAIK.
So they can't bust you for having things on your computer, and how are they going to prove that you are distributing it? They would have to monitor your connection in real-time, wouldn't they?
If not, then what prevents me from doctoring logs "showing" my annoying neighbor distributing copyrighted material and getting his door kicked in by the industry's henchmen?
Actually, I still disagree with you. Screenplay poorly written? Pure opinion.
Google recently updated their searches. Now you actually get relevant results again for things like "GeForce 6600GT". You used to get "buy now!" links, but now it links to product information and actual reviews/tests.
Just because Opera implements something after Firefox doesn't mean that it always follows others. Most of the features Firefox brags about were pioneered by Opera! Google search field, popup blocker, etc.
I really don't understand what XMLHttpRequest has to do with Opera "venting frustration" at all. What are they venting frustration at?
Please explain.
Or you could just use the standards compliant way to do XMLHttpRequest, namely DOM3 Load and Save.
If you are a Microsoft fan, you probably don't know this, but Microsoft does the same thing all the time. It's called marketing. Only Microsoft does it with FUD and lies. Opera does it with well founded criticism of the dominant browser, which fails to deliver on its promises.
If you are a Mozilla fan, you probably don't know this either, but Mozilla, too, does marketing, and even lies about its competitors (see comment about Opera's portability).
Don't pretend that Opera is any worse than anyone else, or that Opera's comments are without merit. Don't pretend that "this is typical Opera behavior", when the fact is that it is typical behavior from just about everyone.
Basically, just stop being a mindless zealot, bashing Opera for nothing.