And what, pray tell, "different company" do people who are part of their employer's health plan go to? Or is it their fault for not owning their own business, as any good "libertarian" would say?
You make an excellent point--and I've participated in two the transactions you described. But I don't see the point in adding one more. Also, with respect to a good number of those transactions, banking privacy laws like GLB provide at least nominal protection.
Something about sharing my tax information with the people at Intuit doesn't sit well with me. If they want my data for marketing, the least they could do is make it free. But it'd still be too expensive in terms of privacy for me. I'll electronically file as soon as the feds start taking them directly, or at least through a contractor an officer of which will go to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison if data are sold.
My state (MO) offers free electronic filing directly. This is what the feds should be doing, but they're more worried about protecting their "partners" than providing service to the taxpayer.
If you signed a homeowner's agreement that restricts your rights, well, YOU signed it, not a pig's ear.
If I bought a Sony Minidisc, well, I bought it.
I'll concede your right not to care about DRM, but comparing signing a homeowner's agreement, which is disclosed six ways from Sunday, with the purchase of a Sony device which if anything, goes out of its way to avoid disclosing its DRM payload doesn't ring true.
On the other hand, I don't think it gives me the right to sue anyone. Rather, I think it gives me the responsibility to avoid using that device or format.
Will you still believe that when to avoid that device or format, you have to pay ten or even a hundred times as much money for the same device because all the sheep who didn't understand or care created economies of scale for the DRM device?
If only it were true. The Jobs worshipping Mac faithful won't be dissuaded from their veneration by this any more than religious people of today were by seeing hundreds of thousands of people killed while "God" stood by.
As a fellow language nerd, while "queue" (as in "queue the 'it's all Greek to me" jokes) works, particularly with this audience, I think the word you're looking for is "cue." (See some discussion here)
The GPL is just a hack that hoists copyright with its own petard--the people who made the GPL don't believe in copyright, either. It's just that they used the system to create a license that prevents people from locking up software--and for that license to be invalid, so must be copyright.
So long as they can't file suits in batch (as both the RIAA and MPAA tried and were rebuffed), chances of being sued rank somwhere between being struck by lightning and winning the Powerball. Decentralation is much worse for the *AA than for citizens.
Wouldn't the calls be gated from the PSTN (IP PSTN IP), and come from the network of your VoIP provider? They couldn't very well be blocked if that's the case.
No more will we mere PC users have to endure the disdain and scorn of those ostentatious people running a botique platform and making sure we know it. No more will we have to listen to the bogus car analogies in which PCs are equated to Kia Spectras and Apples to Mercedes.
Now that Apple will have realized that they must provide a product at a realistic price point to survive, and the hoi polloi will have invaded the club, I wonder to what platform all the black turtleneck wearing, conspicuous consuming, design bragging Mac effetes will migrate.
I'll try shoving my head up my arse first, and see what effect that has.
I expect you'll find it changes your view none whatsoever. Thank you for the amusement, though--I always enjoy arrogant reading the rantings of arrogant twits like yourself.
Actually, whether I think that or not is irrelevant, but I have a weakness for descending to the troglodyte-like tendencies of assholes like yourself when insulted. Please fuck off and die in your America-hating hellhole. TIA.
Actually, it's more like those of us in economically developed countries have work to do, and the unemployed masses of the third world, living on U.S. aid, have time to crack.
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Why on earth would I pay for in-program spam and hand over my financial data to a company that has proven it holds contempt for its customers?
And what, pray tell, "different company" do people who are part of their employer's health plan go to? Or is it their fault for not owning their own business, as any good "libertarian" would say?
Dude, you're misspelling "grammar." You might want to lay off the spice beer :).
You make an excellent point--and I've participated in two the transactions you described. But I don't see the point in adding one more. Also, with respect to a good number of those transactions, banking privacy laws like GLB provide at least nominal protection.
My state (MO) offers free electronic filing directly. This is what the feds should be doing, but they're more worried about protecting their "partners" than providing service to the taxpayer.
The mo-fo's at Payables be 'bout to punk yo' Accounts Re-ceevin' ass.
Thirded. They've been fast and I've never had a problem with something I've bought from them. Even got a nice rebate on a WD Raptor not too long ago.
Real Networks would be my guess.
If I bought a Sony Minidisc, well, I bought it.
I'll concede your right not to care about DRM, but comparing signing a homeowner's agreement, which is disclosed six ways from Sunday, with the purchase of a Sony device which if anything, goes out of its way to avoid disclosing its DRM payload doesn't ring true.
And that way, Apple will have somebody else to sue.
Will you still believe that when to avoid that device or format, you have to pay ten or even a hundred times as much money for the same device because all the sheep who didn't understand or care created economies of scale for the DRM device?
If only it were true. The Jobs worshipping Mac faithful won't be dissuaded from their veneration by this any more than religious people of today were by seeing hundreds of thousands of people killed while "God" stood by.
Geez, I mean, prefix ante-. Oops!
Me! But I did recognize the prefix anti, for before. And should have been clued in that dilu- had something to do with water (as in dilute).
As a fellow language nerd, while "queue" (as in "queue the 'it's all Greek to me" jokes) works, particularly with this audience, I think the word you're looking for is "cue." (See some discussion here)
The GPL is just a hack that hoists copyright with its own petard--the people who made the GPL don't believe in copyright, either. It's just that they used the system to create a license that prevents people from locking up software--and for that license to be invalid, so must be copyright.
So long as they can't file suits in batch (as both the RIAA and MPAA tried and were rebuffed), chances of being sued rank somwhere between being struck by lightning and winning the Powerball. Decentralation is much worse for the *AA than for citizens.
. . . they could get someone to take the case pro Bono . . . wait, that doesn't sound right!
Wouldn't the calls be gated from the PSTN (IP PSTN IP), and come from the network of your VoIP provider? They couldn't very well be blocked if that's the case.
Now that Apple will have realized that they must provide a product at a realistic price point to survive, and the hoi polloi will have invaded the club, I wonder to what platform all the black turtleneck wearing, conspicuous consuming, design bragging Mac effetes will migrate.
I expect you'll find it changes your view none whatsoever. Thank you for the amusement, though--I always enjoy arrogant reading the rantings of arrogant twits like yourself.
Thanks :).
Actually, whether I think that or not is irrelevant, but I have a weakness for descending to the troglodyte-like tendencies of assholes like yourself when insulted. Please fuck off and die in your America-hating hellhole. TIA.
Actually, it's more like those of us in economically developed countries have work to do, and the unemployed masses of the third world, living on U.S. aid, have time to crack.