> People can pirate music for free (we'll stick to just music, since TFA is about the RIAA), but feel guilty about the artist.
I have listened to music for free on the radio all my life and guess what, I've never felt guilty about it. These days I can borrow CDs from my local library if I want to. For free. Guilt free also. Could borrow from friends too, also free and guilt free. People want what they have always had, the abillity to listen to music for free.
The revenue of the music industry is increasing. It's just the revenue from selling music recorded onto plastic discs that is decreasing.
GM food can be harmful or not harmful depending on what genes are changed. It's like saying any food crop has been proved non-harmful.
This is rubbish science. Each GM variety needs to be tested spearately, for health and environmental effects. This is what the GM industry doesn't want to do.
Seeing Oracle and Java all in the same sentence gives me a nervous tick...the same nervous tick that I developed when I read MS was in talks to acquire Adobe.
Seeing Microsoft advising about security gives me that kind of nervousness. Especially when they are pointing the finger at someone else.
Let's see, Java runs on lots of platforms. Has it the same vulnerabilities on them? So we should all uninstall java and depend on Active-X? Which is now secure?
There is a small village in Switzerland named Champagne that has been making wine since the 1600s. It is now suddenly not allowed to call it's wine Champagne any more.
Except that Apple has no monopoly. It has a high market share. That is a different thing entirely. Apple doesn't use that market share to lock people into its products. There are lots of competing products that are good solid competitors in any of its markets. You can use competing products with any of its products.
If you want to look at vendor lock-in you could look at gaming consoles, including Microsoft's offerings. But of course Florian you always defend Microsoft.
So if I go to my library and borrow a book for free, or a DVD or a CD I am stealing? Am I denying revenue to pay for creation and distribution of the content?
I and most people I know have been doing this for a long time with books and guess what - there are still books being written.
No there's nothing wrong with paying for apps that have been lovingly crafted and gone over by apple with a fine-tooth comb.
But it's wrong when they stop everyone downloading free apps or digging into the OS themselves if they want to are are willing to forego the guarantees.
Or you could outsource your pollution, industrial standards and workers wages and conditions to a place like China or India. Oh wait, you did that already.
And it's up to representatives of industries worth trillions of dollars to lobby and create a climate of denial and for the rest of us who don't want anything to change to pretend it's not happening
Of course, that raises the question of why a large island covered with an ice sheet was ever called Greenland to begin with. I suppose they were being sarcastic at the time?
Because when the vikings went there in the 900s it was green, or more precisely grøn. After that there was a small ice age.
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The Microsoft Surface - it's a giant iPod touch - the size of a table. I can see why it wasn't such a hit.
> People can pirate music for free (we'll stick to just music, since TFA is about the RIAA), but feel guilty about the artist.
I have listened to music for free on the radio all my life and guess what, I've never felt guilty about it. These days I can borrow CDs from my local library if I want to. For free. Guilt free also. Could borrow from friends too, also free and guilt free. People want what they have always had, the abillity to listen to music for free.
The revenue of the music industry is increasing. It's just the revenue from selling music recorded onto plastic discs that is decreasing.
My local public library has CDs, DVDs, audio books, ebooks and of course dead tree books and magazines all available to borrow for free.
I often borrow books and read them for free, borrow DVDs and watch them for free.
Libraries have always been pirate havens.
Bing will still work and all the other search engines that support SOPA.
So what monopoly? You will still be able to search.
>demand is supposed to move prices ...
In a free market demand may be related to price. In a monopoly market the monopoly cartels choose whatever prices they want. Simple economics.
GM food can be harmful or not harmful depending on what genes are changed. It's like saying any food crop has been proved non-harmful.
This is rubbish science. Each GM variety needs to be tested spearately, for health and environmental effects. This is what the GM industry doesn't want to do.
Name some of them who have successfully taken Monsanto to court and won.
An digital music file is just a number. So yes, you can copyright numbers.
Not to forget that the Indians invented ZERO.
And the rest is government run and he's the head of the government. What else would they say?
Conflict of interest anyone?
Don't forget Cyber Ninjas.
You definitely can't see them!
Seeing Oracle and Java all in the same sentence gives me a nervous tick...the same nervous tick that I developed when I read MS was in talks to acquire Adobe.
Seeing Microsoft advising about security gives me that kind of nervousness. Especially when they are pointing the finger at someone else.
Let's see, Java runs on lots of platforms. Has it the same vulnerabilities on them? So we should all uninstall java and depend on Active-X? Which is now secure?
Not a repost. They seem to want to escape PR of this http://tinyurl.com/2usjw6p [yhrm.org] has a link to a letter sent back ~April 15 2010.
They could end up being accused of interfering in internal politics of another country by subsidising dissident groups.
No good way out of this really.
There is a small village in Switzerland named Champagne that has been making wine since the 1600s. It is now suddenly not allowed to call it's wine Champagne any more.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7332473.stm
Ridiculous.
That's what the copyright law is really for - to protect publishers and distributors.
Except that Apple has no monopoly. It has a high market share. That is a different thing entirely. Apple doesn't use that market share to lock people into its products. There are lots of competing products that are good solid competitors in any of its markets. You can use competing products with any of its products.
If you want to look at vendor lock-in you could look at gaming consoles, including Microsoft's offerings. But of course Florian you always defend Microsoft.
So if I go to my library and borrow a book for free, or a DVD or a CD I am stealing? Am I denying revenue to pay for creation and distribution of the content?
I and most people I know have been doing this for a long time with books and guess what - there are still books being written.
No there's nothing wrong with paying for apps that have been lovingly crafted and gone over by apple with a fine-tooth comb.
But it's wrong when they stop everyone downloading free apps or digging into the OS themselves if they want to are are willing to forego the guarantees.
Novell made all these bad decisions but still has wads of cash? Must've made some good decisions then.
Or you could outsource your pollution, industrial standards and workers wages and conditions to a place like China or India. Oh wait, you did that already.
Pictures or it didn't happen.
And it's up to representatives of industries worth trillions of dollars to lobby and create a climate of denial and for the rest of us who don't want anything to change to pretend it's not happening
Of course, that raises the question of why a large island covered with an ice sheet was ever called Greenland to begin with. I suppose they were being sarcastic at the time?
Because when the vikings went there in the 900s it was green, or more precisely grøn. After that there was a small ice age.
This is complete rubbish. Carbon has 3 naturally occuring isotopes. There are differences based on the ratio of carbon isotopes.