Plastics can be drived from using soybeans. We don't need to be drilling in the ground to make plastics. There is also Soy-diesel. There are alternate sources of these items. The industry just needs to be converted from the fosil-fuel based sources. That, and there needs to be more access to the recycling of the current resources that are availible to us that which we simply throw away.
As for the Fruits and Vegtables... It wouldn't hurt us if we ate more of them; Although coverting all they way to them is just plain silly. You do need protien, although not anywere near the ammount most Americans consume. I say if you like soy, eat soy. If you like a certain type of meat, eat that. But it needs to be in moderation; That is the key.
Being un-American and American. Interesting concepts but are usually used in the wrong manner by people who just want to get their way. If god guided America he would be a Ferengi God, not a benevolent god. America contradicts itself so much. If they just followed the original amendments word for word. I mean they put the 1rst Amendment first because it is the MOST important.
Being un-American would be working against what this county is all about. I would never be thrown into our patriotism bull crap. Being un-American is being willing to give up liberties without a fight to insure the Majority's safety. THAT my friends is being un-American. Ever since we started this nation of ours we have had problems with contradicting ourselves. First with the slaves. They are only ½ a person. They don't get any of our rights. Majority rules is not how America was designed. It was designed to be Majority rule without infringement on Minority rights. And we have gone and done it over and over and over throughout our brief history. Home Land Security is un-American. Carnivore is un-American. WE ARE MOVING TWORDS THE WRONG DIRECTION PEOPLE! WE THE PEOPLE are letting the evil corrupt this government since day 1. Perhaps the founding fathers were right. We should leave the ruling of the government up to the intelligent. Obviously since we allowed the President to be elected by the people rather than the senate we have had disaster over and over again. We have a couple of good men. So did Rome's Emperors. Unfortunately we have had lots of Neros lately in all parts of the government. Men are not perfect, but we let the large group of people chose a dumb choice. Lets see... ballot... George Bush or Al Gore. Might as well read Jim Bob Joe as a candidate. The last 10 years have been a mess. It was no surprise to me that at 2002 we began a recession. I have been saying that we would enter a recession since 1993. I predicted it sooner though. And it was not caused by 9-11. It's like saying the Stock Market Crash caused the Great Depression. Things like this happen after large burst of growth. It is a natural occurrence of our economy caused by large amounts of greed. A miss management of money or total and complete greed, the kind of greed that you would sacrifice all your employees pay just to get another 5 Million this year. Our country has been misguided. I am not a politician. I would consider it an honor to be in the Senate. I would not like to take this course because not a lot of people actually listen and I'm not even 35. We let the scum of the earth rule our country. Why is this? We don't want the job. Let the people who want power have it. Somehow I think Douglass Adams was right about putting the Emperor of the Universe as a man who did not want the job. The good people don't want power. They want to make a difference. We as/.ers should make our own party. Why not? Less corrupt. An occasional troll or two. I have seen less of them lately. We could turn this country around. It's not 1984 yet. There still is time.
Remember: Minority rule restricted by Minority rights.
In my opinion, some companies do have a tendency to rip off their customers. Not that it makes it right to steal from them. I do "steal" programs. I do "steal" music. I do "steal" anime! Now that I got that out of my system I will goon making my points.
Most IRC piracy distributors are damn hard to track. They will not be able to stop it easily.
To stop the P2P you must stop the source on the IRC chartrooms, which is not
likely.
To make people less willing to steal they got to play lets make a
deal with the smarter of us that know we would be getting ripped off.
Charging $1000+ for a peace of software is unreasonable. Some peoples computers
alone cost that much! I go see movies. The Anime I watch would cost me $80 per
copy of 3 episodes. That is just ridiculous. And under no circumstance I would
pay $500 just to have the right to control XP! The simple fact that I can't get
a pre-made comp with my choice of operating system is pathetic. It's hard enough
to get a decent AMD run computer. The licensing has gotten out of hand. People
are fed up and turn to shadier sources. These companies need to realize they
serve us, not their banking account. By serving us they get more money. Then
they will get my money when they start pricing thing reassemble. You think that
without all the pay for packaging and shipping the digital way would be more
popular... but NO, there is an analog gap so we can't use it! It's too easy to
copy! Well get used to it. That's what digital is. If you can't trust people who
can you trust. Trust you loyal costumers. To earn the trust of loyal costumers
you must be reasonable and fit their needs... NOT YOURS. This is the principle
of marketing. This is the purpose of capitalism. It was never to get rich. It
was to promote Science and Art. All this new capitalism is just hindering
it. But this capitals is formed of greed. Every one wants to get rich quick and
don't give a **** about their costumers. This is showing now with all the big
companies collapsing. They were serving only themselves. But this is not why I
steal. I'm a cheap bastard. But I understand how things SHOULD work. I pay for
things. I bought My War craft 3. I bought Half-life. I bought my
Jedi Knight II. I bought Quake II after I got a pirated copy and thought they disserved
the $30. What I did not buy is my apps. Most of my software on this computer is
a copy off of the other. I'm not paying for something unless I really need and
want too. I do buy CD's. I also steal all the songs I like off the
CD's. I also will not pay for 1 song off a $15 cd. Sell singles if you got too.
But if you going to make it so it's available online.. MAKE IT SO I CAN COPY IT
AND PLAY AS I DAMN WELL WANT! THIS is what consumers want. They want to be able
to make their own mix. Also I have found so many new artists that I never even
heard of which I love so very much on P2P and went out to buy their CD's, only
to find that was the only good song they made. =( Figures. Anyhow. Back on subject.
If you think P2p is any different than taking a tape and copying it back like
they did it in the 70's your wrong. Also, why the hell don't they sell MP3 CD's.
What would it be too expensive? You can fit 600x the songs on their! I would pay
for it if it was a collection I liked! They could charge me $60 for 100 songs. I
would not care. I would give them their money due for it. The companies are
greedy. Exactly how much money does the Artist get? A smidgen of it. They
themselves are being used! This is why the companies are afraid of Digital
transfer... they can be skiped! But where would the bands record and modify the
sound without the company? Why on thier computer! What a scary thought!
I'll do anything to get off this god forsaken planet. If I'm going I'm not comming back! And I'll blow up any ship that will try to take bueatiful mars away from the/.ers! It's ours. We deserve it. GET US AWAY FROM ALL THE IDOITS IN CONGRESS!!! Set up our own network using linux. Brand new start. Wonderfull. By the way shouldn't we teraform it first. Or a least increase the oxogen levels. Just a thought.
Yes I am trying to be funny. --- NEWB
M$ desided my last name contained an illegal or reserved name. My Last name was "Gladson" like my real last name was. So I changed it to "Destroyer of MS" instead. Obviously they had no problem with that. Go figure.
Dumb ass M$ Passport.
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Nonsense. The Earth is going to be destroyed on December 24, 2012. The Mayans Say so!
Plastics can be drived from using soybeans. We don't need to be drilling in the ground to make plastics. There is also Soy-diesel. There are alternate sources of these items. The industry just needs to be converted from the fosil-fuel based sources. That, and there needs to be more access to the recycling of the current resources that are availible to us that which we simply throw away. As for the Fruits and Vegtables... It wouldn't hurt us if we ate more of them; Although coverting all they way to them is just plain silly. You do need protien, although not anywere near the ammount most Americans consume. I say if you like soy, eat soy. If you like a certain type of meat, eat that. But it needs to be in moderation; That is the key.
Being un-American and American. Interesting concepts but are usually used in the wrong manner by people who just want to get their way. If god guided America he would be a Ferengi God, not a benevolent god. America contradicts itself so much. If they just followed the original amendments word for word. I mean they put the 1rst Amendment first because it is the MOST important.
/.ers should make our own party. Why not? Less corrupt. An occasional troll or two. I have seen less of them lately. We could turn this country around. It's not 1984 yet. There still is time.
Being un-American would be working against what this county is all about. I would never be thrown into our patriotism bull crap. Being un-American is being willing to give up liberties without a fight to insure the Majority's safety. THAT my friends is being un-American. Ever since we started this nation of ours we have had problems with contradicting ourselves. First with the slaves. They are only ½ a person. They don't get any of our rights. Majority rules is not how America was designed. It was designed to be Majority rule without infringement on Minority rights. And we have gone and done it over and over and over throughout our brief history. Home Land Security is un-American. Carnivore is un-American. WE ARE MOVING TWORDS THE WRONG DIRECTION PEOPLE! WE THE PEOPLE are letting the evil corrupt this government since day 1. Perhaps the founding fathers were right. We should leave the ruling of the government up to the intelligent. Obviously since we allowed the President to be elected by the people rather than the senate we have had disaster over and over again. We have a couple of good men. So did Rome's Emperors. Unfortunately we have had lots of Neros lately in all parts of the government. Men are not perfect, but we let the large group of people chose a dumb choice. Lets see... ballot... George Bush or Al Gore. Might as well read Jim Bob Joe as a candidate. The last 10 years have been a mess. It was no surprise to me that at 2002 we began a recession. I have been saying that we would enter a recession since 1993. I predicted it sooner though. And it was not caused by 9-11. It's like saying the Stock Market Crash caused the Great Depression. Things like this happen after large burst of growth. It is a natural occurrence of our economy caused by large amounts of greed. A miss management of money or total and complete greed, the kind of greed that you would sacrifice all your employees pay just to get another 5 Million this year. Our country has been misguided. I am not a politician. I would consider it an honor to be in the Senate. I would not like to take this course because not a lot of people actually listen and I'm not even 35. We let the scum of the earth rule our country. Why is this? We don't want the job. Let the people who want power have it. Somehow I think Douglass Adams was right about putting the Emperor of the Universe as a man who did not want the job. The good people don't want power. They want to make a difference. We as
Remember: Minority rule restricted by Minority rights.
I seemed to have ranted on that message.
In my opinion, some companies do have a tendency to rip off their customers. Not that it makes it right to steal from them. I do "steal" programs. I do "steal" music. I do "steal" anime! Now that I got that out of my system I will goon making my points.
Most IRC piracy distributors are damn hard to track. They will not be able to stop it easily. To stop the P2P you must stop the source on the IRC chartrooms, which is not likely.
To make people less willing to steal they got to play lets make a deal with the smarter of us that know we would be getting ripped off. Charging $1000+ for a peace of software is unreasonable. Some peoples computers alone cost that much! I go see movies. The Anime I watch would cost me $80 per copy of 3 episodes. That is just ridiculous. And under no circumstance I would pay $500 just to have the right to control XP! The simple fact that I can't get a pre-made comp with my choice of operating system is pathetic. It's hard enough to get a decent AMD run computer. The licensing has gotten out of hand. People are fed up and turn to shadier sources. These companies need to realize they serve us, not their banking account. By serving us they get more money. Then they will get my money when they start pricing thing reassemble. You think that without all the pay for packaging and shipping the digital way would be more popular... but NO, there is an analog gap so we can't use it! It's too easy to copy! Well get used to it. That's what digital is. If you can't trust people who can you trust. Trust you loyal costumers. To earn the trust of loyal costumers you must be reasonable and fit their needs... NOT YOURS. This is the principle of marketing. This is the purpose of capitalism. It was never to get rich. It was to promote Science and Art. All this new capitalism is just hindering it. But this capitals is formed of greed. Every one wants to get rich quick and don't give a **** about their costumers. This is showing now with all the big companies collapsing. They were serving only themselves. But this is not why I steal. I'm a cheap bastard. But I understand how things SHOULD work. I pay for things. I bought My War craft 3. I bought Half-life. I bought my Jedi Knight II. I bought Quake II after I got a pirated copy and thought they disserved the $30. What I did not buy is my apps. Most of my software on this computer is a copy off of the other. I'm not paying for something unless I really need and want too. I do buy CD's. I also steal all the songs I like off the CD's. I also will not pay for 1 song off a $15 cd. Sell singles if you got too. But if you going to make it so it's available online.. MAKE IT SO I CAN COPY IT AND PLAY AS I DAMN WELL WANT! THIS is what consumers want. They want to be able to make their own mix. Also I have found so many new artists that I never even heard of which I love so very much on P2P and went out to buy their CD's, only to find that was the only good song they made. =( Figures. Anyhow. Back on subject. If you think P2p is any different than taking a tape and copying it back like they did it in the 70's your wrong. Also, why the hell don't they sell MP3 CD's. What would it be too expensive? You can fit 600x the songs on their! I would pay for it if it was a collection I liked! They could charge me $60 for 100 songs. I would not care. I would give them their money due for it. The companies are greedy. Exactly how much money does the Artist get? A smidgen of it. They themselves are being used! This is why the companies are afraid of Digital transfer... they can be skiped! But where would the bands record and modify the sound without the company? Why on thier computer! What a scary thought!
Live long free midis!
I love big brother....
WELCOME TO 1984 PPL!
I'll do anything to get off this god forsaken planet. If I'm going I'm not comming back! And I'll blow up any ship that will try to take bueatiful mars away from the /.ers! It's ours. We deserve it. GET US AWAY FROM ALL THE IDOITS IN CONGRESS!!! Set up our own network using linux. Brand new start. Wonderfull. By the way shouldn't we teraform it first. Or a least increase the oxogen levels. Just a thought.
Yes I am trying to be funny. --- NEWB
M$ desided my last name contained an illegal or reserved name. My Last name was "Gladson" like my real last name was. So I changed it to "Destroyer of MS" instead. Obviously they had no problem with that. Go figure. Dumb ass M$ Passport.