I'm not taking sides. I am just pointing out that you are implying that he has inferior intelligence because of his opinion. Just another case of the pot calling the kettle black. You are both prejudice, just on different levels. Don't take offence though, in my opinion everyone is prejudice to some extent.
Kudos to him for attaching a name to his opinions.
It's simple. In fact, I came up with it years ago.
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Of course, that is not a valid explanation because it fails to state all that scientific jargon. My explanation was more of faith than scientific theory. In other words: "it makes sense to me this way."
it was main-dealer serviced most of the time, you get ripped off there anyway
Please tell me this statement applies to luxury cars only. I don't have a luxury car, but I do prefer to bring my car to the dealer rather than "Joe's Garage." It costs more, but it's worth it.
Do you think that if microsoft tried to charge $10000 for windows, that more people wouldn't use Linux.
I would guess that people would stick to whatever they have rather than "upgrade." Microsoft's biggest competitor is themselves. They need to be able to convince people that what they are selling is the best there is, and do it again approxiamtely 2-3 years later. If XP was $10000, most people would stick with 2000, or whatever they may have. If they have nothing, they would stick with that, too. People are creatures of habit.
Of course, you may still be right though. More may migrate to linux, but most would probably stick with what they have.
Microsoft could make Billion$$$$ from using your music...
I was going to take this as a compliment but then I realized that they can make billions off of of a piece of junk.
Good point though - it's not the same. But my intention was to compare general copyright infringement to speeding, and their relative consequenses. There was a suggestion that it was not fairly balanced, and I disagreed.
Have you been on a highway recently? Average speeds are in the low 80s.
Depends on where you are. I've noticed going from one certain state to the next on the same highway with the same speed limit that the next has a faster flow of traffic.
Also, would you go 80mph when the posted speed is 25? What if the posted speed is 80?
Fines are usually in the $150 range for speeding (which could possibly kill someone).
Fines for downloading music are $750 to $150k PER OFFENSE. That's just wrong.
If you actually killed someone, a $150 fine would be the least of your worries. If you actually obtain, duplicate, or distribute copyrighted material without the copyrightholder's permission, then you are responsible for damages.
To put it simply: that $750-$150k covers the copyrightholder's losses (lost profits / lost oppurtunities). That $150 pays the Government and/or the officer (being simply a penalty).
If the numbers were switched, I'd say it's wrong. I can see it now: I make a jingle and Microsoft steals it, using it as the opening sound to their new Windows OS. Billy says "My bad, here's $150." Or, imagine if you got pulled over for going 1mph over and had to sell your house to pay the ticket. Or if you had your foot chopped off so you will never speed again. All the while your speeding harmed no one.
In a democracy... If everyone wants to speed them what's the point of setting a speed limit? Isn't that against the will of the people?
What country do you live in? The United States is not a democracy. According to the CIA the US government is described as a "federal republic; strong democratic tradition."
Granted, this might be one of the closest things to a democracy that we may ever see, but it is still not a democracy.
It's a key difference, and your speeding example can support this. I don't want people zipping by my house at 100mph but there are hundreds of millions of people in this country who could care less about my house.
If I hear the artists themselves screaming about losing money then I might care.
Unfortunately, in most cases (especially regarding the RIAA) the artist does not own the copyright and, therefore, cannot press charges (even if they wanted to).
To take it a step further, the artist might even benefit from the free exchange of the music (ie: increasing awareness increases the value of their live performances). However, the copyright holder isn't necisarily conscerned with that, especially if their profit strucure depends mostly on retail sales rather than live performances.
Name a nation that has lingered for any considerable amount of time and I will find you some atrocities they've committed.
Would you then praise that country to be the greatest? This is just challenging the praise, not at all saying that it is a bad place. Like everything, it has it's strengths and weaknesses. Being a superpower doesn't make it the best place in the world.
I'm sorry. I'm an American. I am not familiar with World History. I am curious of how Canada became independent, though. My point is that we (USA) became independent through war. It is because of that war that now I (an "American") can critisize our leader without fear of prosecution.
On a side note, I wish it didn't sound so weird to say "Unitedstatesian"
Only the greatest... U.S. of A. Do you ever stop to think how it got to be that way?
Yeah. Try this:
If it weren't for France and Spain saving our butts in the Revoulionary War, we'd be saying "Long live the Queen" instead of "Bush sucks."
And how we bought the Lousiana Territory from Napoleon - who needed war money.
Or the Manifest Destiny that led to a convenient decrease in native population in America.
Or the cheap labor we bought from Africa.
Or how we sold weapons to countries in WWI.
Or how we nuked innocent civilians in Japan.
Or about the technological advances from the Cold War era.
You see, it's not a pretty past. There was a lot of blood (and some help from the now-hated France) But I still live here. Why? Because I can say "Bush Sucks."
My biggest problem with this bill is that, just like most laws, most people don't understand it even when given a link to it. Yeah, it's eight pages but it is double spaced with big letters and wide margins. Laws are worthless to the public if the public can't understand them.
Should he go to jail... because he can't prove that he created it from a legally owned CD
You do have a police report, don't you? Insurance claim? When something is stolen, make a complete list of everything that was stolen and be sure that list gets to them. This would also help if they ever bust the guy elsewhere and find the exact items in the trunk of his car (especially if your five-year-old got her finger prints on one of those discs when she grabbed it wrong that one time)
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Communism has never been attempted by any human civilization.
A strong religion might be one way to overcome the natural greed that impedes Communism.
How about Pensylvania. The Quakers seem to live as you describe.
I'm not taking sides. I am just pointing out that you are implying that he has inferior intelligence because of his opinion. Just another case of the pot calling the kettle black. You are both prejudice, just on different levels. Don't take offence though, in my opinion everyone is prejudice to some extent.
Kudos to him for attaching a name to his opinions.
It's simple. In fact, I came up with it years ago.
10 Big Bang
20 Universe Expands
30 Growth Slows
40 Universe Contracts
50 Big Crunch
60 GOTO 10
Of course, that is not a valid explanation because it fails to state all that scientific jargon. My explanation was more of faith than scientific theory. In other words: "it makes sense to me this way."
Don't judge a person before you know them, AC.
Can I be your intern?
I guess it's a matter of preference. Some people will pay a little extra to have work done that is backed by a Big Corporation rather than Big Joe.
it was main-dealer serviced most of the time, you get ripped off there anyway
Please tell me this statement applies to luxury cars only. I don't have a luxury car, but I do prefer to bring my car to the dealer rather than "Joe's Garage." It costs more, but it's worth it.
Do you think that if microsoft tried to charge $10000 for windows, that more people wouldn't use Linux.
I would guess that people would stick to whatever they have rather than "upgrade." Microsoft's biggest competitor is themselves. They need to be able to convince people that what they are selling is the best there is, and do it again approxiamtely 2-3 years later. If XP was $10000, most people would stick with 2000, or whatever they may have. If they have nothing, they would stick with that, too. People are creatures of habit.
Of course, you may still be right though. More may migrate to linux, but most would probably stick with what they have.
Microsoft could make Billion$$$$ from using your music ...
I was going to take this as a compliment but then I realized that they can make billions off of of a piece of junk.
Good point though - it's not the same. But my intention was to compare general copyright infringement to speeding, and their relative consequenses. There was a suggestion that it was not fairly balanced, and I disagreed.
Oops. Change "could" to "couldn't."
Have you been on a highway recently? Average speeds are in the low 80s.
Depends on where you are. I've noticed going from one certain state to the next on the same highway with the same speed limit that the next has a faster flow of traffic.
Also, would you go 80mph when the posted speed is 25? What if the posted speed is 80?
Fines are usually in the $150 range for speeding (which could possibly kill someone).
Fines for downloading music are $750 to $150k PER OFFENSE.
That's just wrong.
If you actually killed someone, a $150 fine would be the least of your worries. If you actually obtain, duplicate, or distribute copyrighted material without the copyrightholder's permission, then you are responsible for damages.
To put it simply: that $750-$150k covers the copyrightholder's losses (lost profits / lost oppurtunities). That $150 pays the Government and/or the officer (being simply a penalty).
If the numbers were switched, I'd say it's wrong. I can see it now: I make a jingle and Microsoft steals it, using it as the opening sound to their new Windows OS. Billy says "My bad, here's $150." Or, imagine if you got pulled over for going 1mph over and had to sell your house to pay the ticket. Or if you had your foot chopped off so you will never speed again. All the while your speeding harmed no one.
I'd keep it the way it is.
In a democracy ... If everyone wants to speed them what's the point of setting a speed limit? Isn't that against the will of the people?
What country do you live in? The United States is not a democracy. According to the CIA the US government is described as a "federal republic; strong democratic tradition."
Granted, this might be one of the closest things to a democracy that we may ever see, but it is still not a democracy.
It's a key difference, and your speeding example can support this. I don't want people zipping by my house at 100mph but there are hundreds of millions of people in this country who could care less about my house.
O'Leary said: We feel strongly that everyone should comply with the requirements of all laws.
I think that's the key here.
I can't remember the Ten Commandments, let alone all the laws.
If I hear the artists themselves screaming about losing money then I might care.
Unfortunately, in most cases (especially regarding the RIAA) the artist does not own the copyright and, therefore, cannot press charges (even if they wanted to).
To take it a step further, the artist might even benefit from the free exchange of the music (ie: increasing awareness increases the value of their live performances). However, the copyright holder isn't necisarily conscerned with that, especially if their profit strucure depends mostly on retail sales rather than live performances.
English? He's probably American, making his speak one of 1,001 proper dialects.
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English? He be American, knowhaimsayin. Word up.
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Chill, man. He's cool.
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He was like "huh" an I was like "yeah" like that time when I was like "dude" an like it was like all good an stuff.
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d00d!!!!11!!111
Thank you, it is very helpful.
Okay, scratch the word "innocent" and I should be good.
Does it make it right? No, it doesn't.
Exactly my point.
But you can't say that was the only bad decision that happened during WW2.
I didn't. I didn't even say it was "bad." I'm usually not that B&W.
To sum it up: "Despite it's flaws, I still like to live in the USA."
No, it can't be, it's flawed... 60 Profit! can never be reached!
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Name a nation that has lingered for any considerable amount of time and I will find you some atrocities they've committed.
Would you then praise that country to be the greatest? This is just challenging the praise, not at all saying that it is a bad place. Like everything, it has it's strengths and weaknesses. Being a superpower doesn't make it the best place in the world.
On a side note, I wish it didn't sound so weird to say "Unitedstatesian"
You do realize why the nuclear bombs were dropped, right?
So the ends do justify the means! Thanks for clearing that up.
Only the greatest ... U.S. of A. Do you ever stop to think how it got to be that way?
Yeah. Try this:
You see, it's not a pretty past. There was a lot of blood (and some help from the now-hated France) But I still live here. Why? Because I can say "Bush Sucks."
My biggest problem with this bill is that, just like most laws, most people don't understand it even when given a link to it. Yeah, it's eight pages but it is double spaced with big letters and wide margins. Laws are worthless to the public if the public can't understand them.
Should he go to jail ... because he can't prove that he created it from a legally owned CD
You do have a police report, don't you? Insurance claim? When something is stolen, make a complete list of everything that was stolen and be sure that list gets to them. This would also help if they ever bust the guy elsewhere and find the exact items in the trunk of his car (especially if your five-year-old got her finger prints on one of those discs when she grabbed it wrong that one time)
I'm impressed. For an AC, your spelling is not too bad.