Do you realize that your American / Canadian / European / Australian / Japanese lifestyle requires the yearly burning of oil and generation of toxic waste in sums that dwarf those you just quoted. Unless your seriously thinking of a of a "career" in sustenance farming, I wouldn't sweat it too much.
Now all my ladies will get their hourly Mr. Happy visual status updates even quicker. Just one more more reason to go out and get a get picture phone girls!
He would have bought the CD and quite possibly ripped and shared it with a couple (million?) friends.
There are some solid business reasons for copy-protecting CDs right now. Maybe when all the trailer parks, retirement homes, and projects in America go broadband it'll stop making sense, but at the moment, certainly. Moron.
Actually, I wonder if Norah (even) knows and appreciates how hard her label works at derailing her career?
Im thinking Norah is very appreciative of how hard her label has worked at derailing her career as a lounge, wedding, and bar-mitzvah singer.
Not that I don't sympathize with your plight, but the artists who have made it big certainly have a lot to lose from file sharing. Those that express differing sentiments are either hypocrites or ignorant.
It so much less tiring to pay off legislators to outlaw things that are inconvenient rather than putting together a business model that isn't 30 years out of date. Thanks IFPI.
Especially when your opponents won't fucking vote or even think about getting politically active. I mean, geez, why are we (this generation, esp. the techies) so skiddish about democracy? Would most of you guys rather prefer something like a meritocracy (not gonna happen, even if it did consider how well it worked for China) or rule by message board consensus (yeah, that's a guaranteed utopia if I ever saw one) instead?
Chant no more your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood,
His feats I but little admire
I will sing the Atchievements of General Ludd
Now the Hero of Nottinghamshire
Brave Ludd was to measures of violence unused
Till his sufferings became so severe
That at last to defend his own Interest he rous'd
And for the great work did prepare
Now by force unsubdued, and by threats undismay'd
Death itself can't his ardour repress
The presence of Armies can't make him afraid
Nor impede his career of success
Whilst the news of his conquests is spread far and near
How his Enemies take the alarm
His courage, his fortitude, strikes them with fear
For they dread his Omnipotent Arm!
The guilty may fear, but no vengeance he aims
At [the] honest man's life or Estate
His wrath is entirely confined to wide frames
And to those that old prices abate
These Engines of mischief were sentenced to die
By unanimous vote of the Trade
And Ludd who can all opposition defy
Was the grand Executioner made
And when in the work of destruction employed
He himself to no method confines
By fire and by water he gets them destroyed
For the Elements aid his designs
Whether guarded by Soldiers along the Highway
Or closely secured in the room
He shivers them up both by night and by day
And nothing can soften their doom
He may censure great Ludd's disrespect for the Laws
Who ne'er for a moment reflects
That foul Imposition alone was the cause
Which produced these unhappy effects
Let the haughty no longer the humble oppress
Then shall Ludd sheath his conquering Sword
His grievances instantly meet with redress
Then peace will be quickly restored
Let the wise and the great lend their aid and advice
Nor e'er their assistance withdraw
Till full fashioned work at the old fashioned price
Is established by Custom and Law
Then the Trade when this arduous contest is o'er
Shall raise in full splendour its head
And colting and cutting and squaring no more
Shall deprive honest workmen of bread.
Not that I expect you to actually get the reference. It would appear to me to be deja vu all over again.
Another issue many companies haven't yet realized, is that the majority good engineers in India, have left India. Those remaining for the most part are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
I hate to break it to you, but software development is getting the assembly line treatment just like other industries have in the past. Brainpower and expensively acquired "jack-of-all-trades" knowledge is increasingly not required.
I'm a senior in CS at UAH and I've already disuaded at least three or four people from majoring in Computer Science. "Yeah buddy, all the jobs are headed to India, General Business, Accounting, Management, that's the ticket." Less competition for me in a few years:)
sad/sad/ adj. 1. Bereft of happiness. 2. Human beings (programmers, operators, administrators) so attached to a computer system that their hardware will never encounter any wetware.
Dont you mean: Japanese (Sony), German (BMG), and French (Vivendi) as well as U.S. companies. This is not a case of the US sailing a carrier battle group into Sydney harbor and demanding satisfaction, this is pretty standard stuff. I bet you weren't complaining too hard when the EU sued Microsoft for monopolistic practices. If you don't don't like big multinational corporations that's fine, lots of people including myself share your opinion - just leave your uninformed anti-Americanism out of the discussion.
Wardrive - hell, I'm not going to drive around the block just to get a degraded version of a movie. The intellectual property industry doesn't have to stamp out 100% of the file sharing - just enough to make it more convenient to actually buy it than to download it. That's actually a better solution in my opinion - hard core geeks still get it for free even as its manufacture continues subsidized by the purchases of the less tech savvy.
Great points, all. But let me clarify: I don't want a police state - I just want to give the guard dog a few more links of chain. As the house has been broken into, this is perfectly reasonable. That the kids will have a bit less yard to play in is unavoidable. That they will in some short order have absolutely no yard whatsoever to play in is an unreasonable assumption.
Such "domino theory" logic has reared its ugly head before in American history. It would seem prudent to me to circle the wagons around the truly important rights.
Your right to live doesn't trump my right to privacy however. Rights are equal in thier importance. To lose some is to soon lose all.
You've hit the heart of the matter, I think. I would say that some rights (the right to life, pursuit of happiness) trump other rights (right to privacy, right to bear arms).
I suppose we can agree to disagree, however. I imagine the nation will (as usual) stumble towards a semi-enlightened middle ground. We can hope, anyway.
I agree with you. There can be a trusted balance of civil rights and government intelligence.
NO, NO, NO. A thousand times NO. Cease spewing such vile nonsense. It is apparent that ye are nothing more than a tool of the coming ANTICHRIST.
Indeed, the sky shall fall upon the UNBELIEVER:
REVELATIONS 8:10 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, BURNING as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
TECHNOLOGY is EVIL. It is a tool of the "big brother," SATAN. Listen all and repent, cast away the MARK of the BEAST, even now slouching towards REDMOND to be born.
But this is all beside the point. Who the hell are you to demand that the country turn into a police state so you can feel some false safety in your Upper East Side apartment?
As a voting citizen, I have every right to demand this, just as you have every right to disagree. If I and other likeminded citizens either outnumber or out-organize those with dissenting opinions such as yourself, then we have every right to expect the reforms and changes we desire.
If you don't like the peril associated with your choice of where to live, MOVE.
Do you realize you sound rather like a right-wing bumper sticker? "If you don't love your county, LEAVE IT!"
Do you realize just how much money the government derives from tobacco products? It's a pretty damn good investment in my opinion. It may be evil, but it's pretty far from idiotic or moronic.
Then you probably don't mind having a transmitter strapped to your body at all times?
Not at the moment, no. In a couple of years/decades when folks like Tim McVeigh, the Columbine killers, bin Laden, and the street gang on the corner can hold civilization itself for ransom, maybe.
Think about it: If some lowlife shot your husband, wife, or child wouldn't you suddenly find yourself gung-ho for gun control, irregardless of your present political beliefs.
Of course, you being prepared to give up your privacy sure helped when those Saudis crashed planes into the Pentagon and WTC. Tell me why you think the government snooping on YOU (or any other law abiding citizen) would prevent terrorists from blowing up a city?
Are we having trouble connecting the dots here?
I wasn't prepared to let the government into my private life before 9-11; however, after watching the utter destruction of two enormous and inhabited landmarks outside my window, I'm now more than a little convinced of the neccessity for a more "proactive" governmental response to the threat of terrorism.
Those Saudis and others who commandeered the airliners were seemingly "law abiding" residents while they were in this country. This didn't stop them from launching the attacks that snuffed out the lives of some 2,500 people. Maybe "Big Brother" would have came across something that would have prevented such an audacious assault on my city and nation, maybe not, we'll never know. What I do know is that in the future, I would very much like my tax dollars to be spent first and foremost upon providing basic personal safety.
People who become peons of Big Brother do so because they want big brother to nurture their lazieness... It's almost like selling your soul to the devil in exchange of comfort.
Sounds a lot like the European (particularly Scandinavian) welfare system. In it and similar systems, many folks just wanna suck on the big, fat welfare teat all of their life without realizing that there are drawbacks to having such an increased governmental involvement in their personal lives.
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Do you realize that your American / Canadian / European / Australian / Japanese lifestyle requires the yearly burning of oil and generation of toxic waste in sums that dwarf those you just quoted. Unless your seriously thinking of a of a "career" in sustenance farming, I wouldn't sweat it too much.
It's not like anyone will be able to beat Sharpton anyway.
Now all my ladies will get their hourly Mr. Happy visual status updates even quicker. Just one more more reason to go out and get a get picture phone girls!
He would have bought the CD and quite possibly ripped and shared it with a couple (million?) friends.
There are some solid business reasons for copy-protecting CDs right now. Maybe when all the trailer parks, retirement homes, and projects in America go broadband it'll stop making sense, but at the moment, certainly. Moron.
I mean come on:
Kil'n People
I was expecting an O.J. autobiography and all I got was derivative science-fiction.
Actually, I wonder if Norah (even) knows and appreciates how hard her label works at derailing her career?
Im thinking Norah is very appreciative of how hard her label has worked at derailing her career as a lounge, wedding, and bar-mitzvah singer.
Not that I don't sympathize with your plight, but the artists who have made it big certainly have a lot to lose from file sharing. Those that express differing sentiments are either hypocrites or ignorant.
The first step to not getting your ass beat by the cops is:
DON'T BREAK THE LAW!
It so much less tiring to pay off legislators to outlaw things that are inconvenient rather than putting together a business model that isn't 30 years out of date. Thanks IFPI.
Especially when your opponents won't fucking vote or even think about getting politically active. I mean, geez, why are we (this generation, esp. the techies) so skiddish about democracy? Would most of you guys rather prefer something like a meritocracy (not gonna happen, even if it did consider how well it worked for China) or rule by message board consensus (yeah, that's a guaranteed utopia if I ever saw one) instead?
Chant no more your old rhymes about bold Robin Hood, His feats I but little admire I will sing the Atchievements of General Ludd Now the Hero of Nottinghamshire Brave Ludd was to measures of violence unused Till his sufferings became so severe That at last to defend his own Interest he rous'd And for the great work did prepare Now by force unsubdued, and by threats undismay'd Death itself can't his ardour repress The presence of Armies can't make him afraid Nor impede his career of success Whilst the news of his conquests is spread far and near How his Enemies take the alarm His courage, his fortitude, strikes them with fear For they dread his Omnipotent Arm! The guilty may fear, but no vengeance he aims At [the] honest man's life or Estate His wrath is entirely confined to wide frames And to those that old prices abate These Engines of mischief were sentenced to die By unanimous vote of the Trade And Ludd who can all opposition defy Was the grand Executioner made And when in the work of destruction employed He himself to no method confines By fire and by water he gets them destroyed For the Elements aid his designs Whether guarded by Soldiers along the Highway Or closely secured in the room He shivers them up both by night and by day And nothing can soften their doom He may censure great Ludd's disrespect for the Laws Who ne'er for a moment reflects That foul Imposition alone was the cause Which produced these unhappy effects Let the haughty no longer the humble oppress Then shall Ludd sheath his conquering Sword His grievances instantly meet with redress Then peace will be quickly restored Let the wise and the great lend their aid and advice Nor e'er their assistance withdraw Till full fashioned work at the old fashioned price Is established by Custom and Law Then the Trade when this arduous contest is o'er Shall raise in full splendour its head And colting and cutting and squaring no more Shall deprive honest workmen of bread.
Not that I expect you to actually get the reference. It would appear to me to be deja vu all over again.
Another issue many companies haven't yet realized, is that the majority good engineers in India, have left India. Those remaining for the most part are not the sharpest knives in the drawer.
I hate to break it to you, but software development is getting the assembly line treatment just like other industries have in the past. Brainpower and expensively acquired "jack-of-all-trades" knowledge is increasingly not required.
I'm a senior in CS at UAH and I've already disuaded at least three or four people from majoring in Computer Science. "Yeah buddy, all the jobs are headed to India, General Business, Accounting, Management, that's the ticket." Less competition for me in a few years :)
Furthermore, there are many tricks which, while interesting, would be difficult to apply to real-world applications.
Maybe you should break open the old CS textbook instead. IMO, learning general principles would be a much better use of your time.
sad /sad/ adj. 1. Bereft of happiness. 2. Human beings (programmers, operators, administrators) so attached to a computer system that their hardware will never encounter any wetware.
US Companies!?
Dont you mean: Japanese (Sony), German (BMG), and French (Vivendi) as well as U.S. companies. This is not a case of the US sailing a carrier battle group into Sydney harbor and demanding satisfaction, this is pretty standard stuff. I bet you weren't complaining too hard when the EU sued Microsoft for monopolistic practices. If you don't don't like big multinational corporations that's fine, lots of people including myself share your opinion - just leave your uninformed anti-Americanism out of the discussion.
And yet, I doubt you complained too loudly when the EU sued Microsoft. It's called globalization and it's here to stay.
Wardrive - hell, I'm not going to drive around the block just to get a degraded version of a movie. The intellectual property industry doesn't have to stamp out 100% of the file sharing - just enough to make it more convenient to actually buy it than to download it. That's actually a better solution in my opinion - hard core geeks still get it for free even as its manufacture continues subsidized by the purchases of the less tech savvy.
NES!?
You're not thinking of Excite Bike are you?
Great points, all. But let me clarify: I don't want a police state - I just want to give the guard dog a few more links of chain. As the house has been broken into, this is perfectly reasonable. That the kids will have a bit less yard to play in is unavoidable. That they will in some short order have absolutely no yard whatsoever to play in is an unreasonable assumption.
Such "domino theory" logic has reared its ugly head before in American history. It would seem prudent to me to circle the wagons around the truly important rights.
Your right to live doesn't trump my right to privacy however. Rights are equal in thier importance. To lose some is to soon lose all.
You've hit the heart of the matter, I think. I would say that some rights (the right to life, pursuit of happiness) trump other rights (right to privacy, right to bear arms).
I suppose we can agree to disagree, however. I imagine the nation will (as usual) stumble towards a semi-enlightened middle ground. We can hope, anyway.
I agree with you. There can be a trusted balance of civil rights and government intelligence.
NO, NO, NO. A thousand times NO. Cease spewing such vile nonsense. It is apparent that ye are nothing more than a tool of the coming ANTICHRIST.
Indeed, the sky shall fall upon the UNBELIEVER:
REVELATIONS 8:10 - And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, BURNING as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
TECHNOLOGY is EVIL. It is a tool of the "big brother," SATAN. Listen all and repent, cast away the MARK of the BEAST, even now slouching towards REDMOND to be born.
But this is all beside the point. Who the hell are you to demand that the country turn into a police state so you can feel some false safety in your Upper East Side apartment?
As a voting citizen, I have every right to demand this, just as you have every right to disagree. If I and other likeminded citizens either outnumber or out-organize those with dissenting opinions such as yourself, then we have every right to expect the reforms and changes we desire.
If you don't like the peril associated with your choice of where to live, MOVE.
Do you realize you sound rather like a right-wing bumper sticker? "If you don't love your county, LEAVE IT!"
Do you realize just how much money the government derives from tobacco products? It's a pretty damn good investment in my opinion. It may be evil, but it's pretty far from idiotic or moronic.
Then you probably don't mind having a transmitter strapped to your body at all times?
Not at the moment, no. In a couple of years/decades when folks like Tim McVeigh, the Columbine killers, bin Laden, and the street gang on the corner can hold civilization itself for ransom, maybe.
Think about it: If some lowlife shot your husband, wife, or child wouldn't you suddenly find yourself gung-ho for gun control, irregardless of your present political beliefs.
Of course, you being prepared to give up your privacy sure helped when those Saudis crashed planes into the Pentagon and WTC. Tell me why you think the government snooping on YOU (or any other law abiding citizen) would prevent terrorists from blowing up a city?
Are we having trouble connecting the dots here?
I wasn't prepared to let the government into my private life before 9-11; however, after watching the utter destruction of two enormous and inhabited landmarks outside my window, I'm now more than a little convinced of the neccessity for a more "proactive" governmental response to the threat of terrorism.
Those Saudis and others who commandeered the airliners were seemingly "law abiding" residents while they were in this country. This didn't stop them from launching the attacks that snuffed out the lives of some 2,500 people. Maybe "Big Brother" would have came across something that would have prevented such an audacious assault on my city and nation, maybe not, we'll never know. What I do know is that in the future, I would very much like my tax dollars to be spent first and foremost upon providing basic personal safety.
Ever heard of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
People who become peons of Big Brother do so because they want big brother to nurture their lazieness... It's almost like selling your soul to the devil in exchange of comfort.
Sounds a lot like the European (particularly Scandinavian) welfare system. In it and similar systems, many folks just wanna suck on the big, fat welfare teat all of their life without realizing that there are drawbacks to having such an increased governmental involvement in their personal lives.