"Two and two are four."
"Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder."
(Quote from Orwell's 1984). A little scary how dead on he was.
What if I could buy the CD and get permission at the same time to listen to the CD in digital format (with complete, accurate ID3 tags) anywhere, anytime? That's what I want. In this cross-over period, I can't play MP3s absolutely everywhere. I can take the CD somewhere when that's best, then I can play the MP3 over the internet when that's best. Standardize the system so I can walk over to my friend's house and scan my retina/wave my bluetooth id card/type in my id/password, etc. in his entertainment system, which is a totally different brand, setup, etc. and I can suddenly play anything from my collection.
But of course, to prevent piracy, when I go home and play my music on my system, he won't be able to listen to my music anymore unless he decided to buy some of it himself.
You rock!!! You hit the nail on the head. I could not have said it better myself. You expressed so many thoughts that I have when I hear the typical American reaction to anything political/global in aspect, particularly in relation to 9/11.
Americans need to step into the 21st century and recognize and respect different perspectives and cultures. I'm so tired of everyone in America talking about how "cool" America is and how the U.S. "rocks", and then when the rubber meets the road and they come up to foreign ideas or concepts, suddenly it's "Eww..that's different! That's wrong!" It goes for religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, everything. Equality and openmindedness don't just stop at the door when you reach something unpalatable.
I'm atheist and I love to discuss religion. I've talked to Hindus, Muslims, Christians. I hear about some ideas and traditions that honestly, sound really stupid to me! But I don't suddenly think the person is any less for those traditions. I think they're that much more...they have a rich and unique culture and perspective that I look to learn from, not run away from.
Dude you are so right. I noticed that when I was reading it too. I'm sure if you read enough of it they include examples like:
-Nefarious mp3 sharer John shares a song copyrighted by, let's say...Hillary R. -Hillary R. now cracks John's machine, cuts off his network connectivity and deletes *.mp3 on his machine, cackling madly all the while
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"Two and two are four." "Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder." (Quote from Orwell's 1984). A little scary how dead on he was.
But of course, to prevent piracy, when I go home and play my music on my system, he won't be able to listen to my music anymore unless he decided to buy some of it himself.
What are the benefits of this besides tripping out? Do blind people learn to see art by smelling it? Do deaf people learn concerts as colors?
You rock!!! You hit the nail on the head. I could not have said it better myself. You expressed so many thoughts that I have when I hear the typical American reaction to anything political/global in aspect, particularly in relation to 9/11.
Americans need to step into the 21st century and recognize and respect different perspectives and cultures. I'm so tired of everyone in America talking about how "cool" America is and how the U.S. "rocks", and then when the rubber meets the road and they come up to foreign ideas or concepts, suddenly it's "Eww..that's different! That's wrong!" It goes for religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, everything. Equality and openmindedness don't just stop at the door when you reach something unpalatable.
I'm atheist and I love to discuss religion. I've talked to Hindus, Muslims, Christians. I hear about some ideas and traditions that honestly, sound really stupid to me! But I don't suddenly think the person is any less for those traditions. I think they're that much more...they have a rich and unique culture and perspective that I look to learn from, not run away from.
Dude you are so right. I noticed that when I was reading it too. I'm sure if you read enough of it they include examples like:
-Nefarious mp3 sharer John shares a song copyrighted by, let's say...Hillary R.
-Hillary R. now cracks John's machine, cuts off his network connectivity and deletes *.mp3 on his machine, cackling madly all the while