but if that's what it takes to avoid the SSSCA, I'll take it. I was disappointed by the piece. The writer is a lawyer (or so they claim), but he comes through more like a politician to me. The article itself is full of FUD and name calling, and has little actual facts. Still, I have to wonder... maybe that's what it takes to defend our freedom. I'm against FUD. In an ideal world, I'd like to see informed people pressuring their representatives. But it's not an ideal world, and in real life, if you pit our serene facts against the MPAA and RIAA's FUD, they'll win. So I have to wonder if a little FUD on our side will even the stakes a bit. Maybe not FUD, maybe just a little hysteria, I don't know. But to me, almost anything would be worth it to get that bill killed (and tha DMCA repealed). Heck, independence was won by killing, so I guess freedom has to be worth a little exagerating. Now, flame away....
Why do people warez? Simple. Software is too darn expensive. Now, warezing is far from an easy, pleasant experience. Try and find a specific app/game, and you'll end up surfing plenty of ugly, spammy sites and dling several incomplete or inadequately named files. Try hotline or ftp, and be sent clicking banners to get passwords. So, it's a grievous, unpleasant experience, Why do I do it? Because I'm not shelling $50 for a game that might or might not be good, and I'm certainly not buying Photoshop when I'll use it 10-15 times at the most. Hint: Reduce the price. Right now, you sell one copy of Black and White for $50; offer it at $20 and I guarantee a lot more people will buy it. I mean, I wouldn't hunt down something on the net if I could get it legit, with a nice manual, for $20. I probably will for $40, and I most certainly will for $300. Warezing is not free; you pay in time and agravation. Make the price right, and warezing will go away (or at least diminish a lot)
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for choice. But I have to wonder if it's wise to keep creating new distributions instead of trying to consolidate the ones there are. I have been using Linux at home for over six months. Installed it myself, learned to use it myself; still, you guys might consider me a newbie. So let me tell you, as a newbie, once I decided to take the plunge, choosing distribution was a major headache. Check the Net. A lot of opinions, plenty of "favorite flavors", but not a lot of good advice, like "Mandrake is easy to install, but RedHat is easier to use". Maybe I'm ranting. What I'm trying to say is, it's hard to get someone to try Linux, and when they do and are faced with 10 choices, without a lot of help in making a decision, it is discouraging. So, turning those 10 into 11 hardly seems a great idea to me. Then again, IANALGY (I Am Not A Linux Guru... Yet) ^^
If you have already personally collected that much information about the person then you probably know them well enough not to need a face-recognition software to pull that information up.
I guess you've never fogotten a birthday. Of someone you were talking to. Who happened to be your mother. I could certainly use this kind of technology. Now, if there was some gadget to erase a 60 year old woman's memories....
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but if that's what it takes to avoid the SSSCA, I'll take it.
I was disappointed by the piece. The writer is a lawyer (or so they claim), but he comes through more like a politician to me. The article itself is full of FUD and name calling, and has little actual facts.
Still, I have to wonder... maybe that's what it takes to defend our freedom.
I'm against FUD. In an ideal world, I'd like to see informed people pressuring their representatives. But it's not an ideal world, and in real life, if you pit our serene facts against the MPAA and RIAA's FUD, they'll win. So I have to wonder if a little FUD on our side will even the stakes a bit.
Maybe not FUD, maybe just a little hysteria, I don't know. But to me, almost anything would be worth it to get that bill killed (and tha DMCA repealed). Heck, independence was won by killing, so I guess freedom has to be worth a little exagerating.
Now, flame away....
Why do people warez? Simple. Software is too darn expensive.
Now, warezing is far from an easy, pleasant experience. Try and find a specific app/game, and you'll end up surfing plenty of ugly, spammy sites and dling several incomplete or inadequately named files. Try hotline or ftp, and be sent clicking banners to get passwords.
So, it's a grievous, unpleasant experience, Why do I do it?
Because I'm not shelling $50 for a game that might or might not be good, and I'm certainly not buying Photoshop when I'll use it 10-15 times at the most.
Hint: Reduce the price. Right now, you sell one copy of Black and White for $50; offer it at $20 and I guarantee a lot more people will buy it. I mean, I wouldn't hunt down something on the net if I could get it legit, with a nice manual, for $20. I probably will for $40, and I most certainly will for $300.
Warezing is not free; you pay in time and agravation. Make the price right, and warezing will go away (or at least diminish a lot)
Now, don't get me wrong. I'm all for choice. But I have to wonder if it's wise to keep creating new distributions instead of trying to consolidate the ones there are.
I have been using Linux at home for over six months. Installed it myself, learned to use it myself; still, you guys might consider me a newbie. So let me tell you, as a newbie, once I decided to take the plunge, choosing distribution was a major headache.
Check the Net. A lot of opinions, plenty of "favorite flavors", but not a lot of good advice, like "Mandrake is easy to install, but RedHat is easier to use".
Maybe I'm ranting. What I'm trying to say is, it's hard to get someone to try Linux, and when they do and are faced with 10 choices, without a lot of help in making a decision, it is discouraging. So, turning those 10 into 11 hardly seems a great idea to me.
Then again, IANALGY (I Am Not A Linux Guru... Yet) ^^
What we need is a Beowulf cluster of... oh, wait. Wrong thread.
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If you have already personally collected that much information about the person then you probably know them well enough not to need a face-recognition software to pull that information up.
I guess you've never fogotten a birthday. Of someone you were talking to. Who happened to be your mother.
I could certainly use this kind of technology. Now, if there was some gadget to erase a 60 year old woman's memories....