Thank God we have Slashdot sticking up for our right to keep images of children taking it in the ass on our computers and servers. Truly a noble cause.
Because parents are often (criminally/financially) liable for the crimes/damages committed by their children. The government is not liable for the actions of its citizens.
Your analogy is flawed. If you're going to compare the Kazaa issue to gun control, the proper statement would be "Kazaa doesn't steal music, people do."
"*Good* parenting doesn't mean spying on your kids, following them around, searching their belongings, and taking all their privacy."
Funny you mention the very thing that would have prevented the Columbine tragedy.
You seem to imply that children will develop into morally and socially responsible adults if left to their own devices. Columbine proved that to be incorrect.
Very true, but the only people who really seem to be taking special notice of (and exception to) this is Slashdot.
Is it legal? Yes. Is it dishonest? I don't know. Is it underhanded? Definately. Will complaining about it change it? Absolutely not.
If this sort of thing was made illegal, what would politicians do come election time?:)
"This new averaged, filtered, genericized "news" is exactly the kind of crap suited to a society that spawned "Judge Judy" and "A Current Affair". Sure, it's a nice piece of technical wizardry, but all things clever are not useful or worthwhile."
You use the words "judge Judy" and "technical wizardry" in the same post? Way to prove your own point, sir.
"Isn't this the same industry that is complaining that piracy is putting them out of business?"
I thought it was the RIAA that was always bitching about this.
Anyway, I can't see how piracy is putting so much as a scratch in the profits of the MPAA since only those with alot of bandwidth (and patience) are actually pirating movies.
The problem with radical environmentalists is that they often have a financial agenda. These groups don't protest, bully, and lobby the government for the sake of reform that most likely wouldn't affect their lives.
The fact is that there is alot of money to be harvested from government programs. Money that we really have no way of knowing is being spent on actual environmental improvement, let alone spent wisely. When the government proposes less environmental programs (subsidies), that means less money for these interest groups.
Don't be fooled, most of these groups aren't about positive environmental change. They are about lining their own pockets by wresting government subsidies away from corporations into their own coffers.
Hello, my name is TrollBridge.... and I am a Troll. I would like to reform my ways, and to this end, I would like to add to this discussion.
CD keys will not do anything to reduce piracy, especially on the single-player version of the game. Be it keygens or just people posting keys on the web, it is easy to get around the copy protection, and there is no way for Blizzard to know that a pirated version of the single-player campaigns are being played.
Since for now the BNet servers are free, they're not preserving any revenue by dropping the hammer on Bnetd.
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If Gore were president, you'd probably be sucking on Osama Bin-Laden's ass right now.
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...wait, does that include me? At least I troll from work :)
Thank God we have Slashdot sticking up for our right to keep images of children taking it in the ass on our computers and servers. Truly a noble cause.
I had to claim this FP...
Ok, someone's modding my posts down because of my name, despite them being thoughtful and on-topic. Gimme a friggin break!
Imagine what the pr0n industry could do with such technology!
Because parents are often (criminally/financially) liable for the crimes/damages committed by their children. The government is not liable for the actions of its citizens.
Your analogy is flawed. If you're going to compare the Kazaa issue to gun control, the proper statement would be "Kazaa doesn't steal music, people do."
Funny you mention the very thing that would have prevented the Columbine tragedy.
You seem to imply that children will develop into morally and socially responsible adults if left to their own devices. Columbine proved that to be incorrect.
Is it legal? Yes. Is it dishonest? I don't know. Is it underhanded? Definately. Will complaining about it change it? Absolutely not. If this sort of thing was made illegal, what would politicians do come election time? :)
You use the words "judge Judy" and "technical wizardry" in the same post? Way to prove your own point, sir.
If anyone can point out to me a dead project (like BeOS (and I know it wasn't open-sourced)) that was ever successfully revived, I would love to know.
Not intended to be a troll, just an off-color observation, I guess.
I thought it was the RIAA that was always bitching about this.
Anyway, I can't see how piracy is putting so much as a scratch in the profits of the MPAA since only those with alot of bandwidth (and patience) are actually pirating movies.
Does this still make me offtopic? I sure hope not.
The problem with radical environmentalists is that they often have a financial agenda. These groups don't protest, bully, and lobby the government for the sake of reform that most likely wouldn't affect their lives.
The fact is that there is alot of money to be harvested from government programs. Money that we really have no way of knowing is being spent on actual environmental improvement, let alone spent wisely. When the government proposes less environmental programs (subsidies), that means less money for these interest groups.
Don't be fooled, most of these groups aren't about positive environmental change. They are about lining their own pockets by wresting government subsidies away from corporations into their own coffers.
CD keys will not do anything to reduce piracy, especially on the single-player version of the game. Be it keygens or just people posting keys on the web, it is easy to get around the copy protection, and there is no way for Blizzard to know that a pirated version of the single-player campaigns are being played.
Since for now the BNet servers are free, they're not preserving any revenue by dropping the hammer on Bnetd.
OK, I know it's not, but I'm the first to claim it!
It's not quite the same, but here's the modern version of the erector set. :)
You rat-bastard AC Fr0st P1ster!
Mod this asshole down! This is nothing more than a cleverly-disguised page-lengthening post!!
If this was supposed to be a page-lenghtening post, you have failed miserably, sir. Keep trying though!
How the hell is this +5 Informative!? Any monkey with half a nut can post a link. It's not like he wrote it himself. Mod this fucker Overrated!
Fuck off, amateur!
Of course I guess Slashdot never did consider itself a reputable news source.