Deck Slashdot with duplicate stories
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They should fire the uber monkeys
Fa la la la la la la la la
CowboyNeal is going senile
Fa la la, La la la, La la la goatse.cx is quite vile
Fa la la la la la laaa laaaaaa laaaaaaaaaa!
Everyone has a secret...
What's yours? Maybe it's a weird trivial fetish other people would find peculiar, even perverted. Look behind the closed doors of the boardrooms and bedrooms and observe all the libidinous shameful acts your doctor, neighbor, and boss may be hiding. It's the age of the high-speed Internet and a compamy called Talon has created some of the most sophisticated Cybersex software the world has ever see. Just pop on the 3-D glasses, log in, and immerse yourself in decadence. Have anonymous sex with anyone in the world, and if you don't like the way you look, change it. Choose a model off the Talon website and mask yourself. Be anyone you want to be, but be careful. There's something nasty out there, a disease that's spreading like wildfire. It stalks its host like a predator and kills so quickly that some are still smiling when they go down. How many more will die before the cause is discovered, turning what was once a naughty pleasurable pastime into a Deadly Perversion? Everyone has a secret...and those of you who say you don't probably have the most of all.
I can understand why people would support their favorite artists despite who they are signed with...I know I do, and I wish there was another way to get their work and still pay them for it.
Aside from that:
The larger a company or organization is, the harder it is to affect them through a boycott. Even if all of slashdot boycotted every MPAA/RIAA company (which means giving up movies, music, cable TV, in some cases internet access), the result would amount to a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the population. And of course as the rest of the population either does not understand, chooses to ignore, or is simply naieve (sp?) about the issues at hand, it is impossible to generate enough boycotters to make a difference.
Most people don't know what DRM is or why it makes a difference if you can or can't play a CD in your computer, what region coding and encryption means concerning DVDs... Although we try as we can to educate the general public, most will turn a deaf ear when the info gets technical and simply forget how the whole ball of wax is about their rights as a consumer. Not to stray off topic, but the same thing goes for political issues and government, and alot of other important things in life...maybe people just don't seem to care or are afraid to go against what is considered popular (read: shoved down their throats) because they don't want to be the ones to rock the boat. Whatever the reasons, if more people don't speak their minds and educate themselves about what is happening right under their noses they will be in for a rude awakening one day.
Like most of us, I think this is great - especially what the judge was quoted as saying. With that in mind, I wonder how this case might have went if ElcomSoft decided to continue selling the software instead of pulling it off their site when Adobe complained. Would a judge/jury think that ElcomSoft had intended to violate the law just because they continued to sell their product?
Also since the case is over and they are not guilty, can't ElcomSoft put their product back on the market without any legal problems?
Although this isn't anything close to the Supreme Court making a ruling concerning the DMCA's constitutionality, you can bet that this case will be constantly referred to in future DMCA trials.
Miyamoto is doing what he does best. You don't change what you are good at, especially if you hold a strong position in a specific niche of a market or industry. If Nintendo came out with their own gory or sexy video game, I really think it would flop. Just goes to show that you don't need sex and violence to make a great product that will be loved by millions.
Or maybe if say Wesley was abducted by the Romulans and they either took all the crap he knows about the Federation and starships and all and used that against the Federation, or maybe instead of Picard's clone, the Romulans make an EVIL WESLEY CLONE!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
"For some reason advertisers never come up with new, smaller advertising formats"
Ad and marketing companies/consultants make more money by designing larger advertisements for their clients (the company that is advertised). Also, if someone is selling advertising space, that person can charge more for the extra space the larger advertisement takes up. From that perspective, it makes no business sense to design something new that will generate less profit for you than your current product. That is why ads will only get bigger. The only exception to this is making a smaller ad that utilizes advertising real estate that could not be previously used (i.e. the scroll ads you see at the bottom of TV programs nowadays.)
Slashdot Mirror
"All your bases are belong to us!"
1) Steal someone else's idea
2) Integrate it into their own product
3) Make sure it breaks all the time
4) ??????
5) PROFIT!!!!!
Damn...and I thought it was a book about this Starcraft.
Deck Slashdot with duplicate stories
fa la la la la la la la la
They should fire the uber monkeys
Fa la la la la la la la la
CowboyNeal is going senile
Fa la la, La la la, La la la
goatse.cx is quite vile
Fa la la la la la laaa laaaaaa laaaaaaaaaa!
Everyone has a secret... What's yours? Maybe it's a weird trivial fetish other people would find peculiar, even perverted. Look behind the closed doors of the boardrooms and bedrooms and observe all the libidinous shameful acts your doctor, neighbor, and boss may be hiding. It's the age of the high-speed Internet and a compamy called Talon has created some of the most sophisticated Cybersex software the world has ever see. Just pop on the 3-D glasses, log in, and immerse yourself in decadence. Have anonymous sex with anyone in the world, and if you don't like the way you look, change it. Choose a model off the Talon website and mask yourself. Be anyone you want to be, but be careful. There's something nasty out there, a disease that's spreading like wildfire. It stalks its host like a predator and kills so quickly that some are still smiling when they go down. How many more will die before the cause is discovered, turning what was once a naughty pleasurable pastime into a Deadly Perversion? Everyone has a secret...and those of you who say you don't probably have the most of all.
Gandalf comes back!!!!! OMG
See corrected subject above...damnit now I'll use that preview button! :p
What does it think it is...V'ger?
I can understand why people would support their favorite artists despite who they are signed with...I know I do, and I wish there was another way to get their work and still pay them for it.
Aside from that:
The larger a company or organization is, the harder it is to affect them through a boycott. Even if all of slashdot boycotted every MPAA/RIAA company (which means giving up movies, music, cable TV, in some cases internet access), the result would amount to a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the population. And of course as the rest of the population either does not understand, chooses to ignore, or is simply naieve (sp?) about the issues at hand, it is impossible to generate enough boycotters to make a difference.
Most people don't know what DRM is or why it makes a difference if you can or can't play a CD in your computer, what region coding and encryption means concerning DVDs... Although we try as we can to educate the general public, most will turn a deaf ear when the info gets technical and simply forget how the whole ball of wax is about their rights as a consumer. Not to stray off topic, but the same thing goes for political issues and government, and alot of other important things in life...maybe people just don't seem to care or are afraid to go against what is considered popular (read: shoved down their throats) because they don't want to be the ones to rock the boat. Whatever the reasons, if more people don't speak their minds and educate themselves about what is happening right under their noses they will be in for a rude awakening one day.
Like most of us, I think this is great - especially what the judge was quoted as saying. With that in mind, I wonder how this case might have went if ElcomSoft decided to continue selling the software instead of pulling it off their site when Adobe complained. Would a judge/jury think that ElcomSoft had intended to violate the law just because they continued to sell their product?
Also since the case is over and they are not guilty, can't ElcomSoft put their product back on the market without any legal problems?
Although this isn't anything close to the Supreme Court making a ruling concerning the DMCA's constitutionality, you can bet that this case will be constantly referred to in future DMCA trials.
Miyamoto is doing what he does best. You don't change what you are good at, especially if you hold a strong position in a specific niche of a market or industry. If Nintendo came out with their own gory or sexy video game, I really think it would flop. Just goes to show that you don't need sex and violence to make a great product that will be loved by millions.
if they didn't cut all of Wil Wheaton's scenes...
*duck*
Or maybe if say Wesley was abducted by the Romulans and they either took all the crap he knows about the Federation and starships and all and used that against the Federation, or maybe instead of Picard's clone, the Romulans make an EVIL WESLEY CLONE!!!! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA....
no it's an anti-logging log!
"For some reason advertisers never come up with new, smaller advertising formats"
Ad and marketing companies/consultants make more money by designing larger advertisements for their clients (the company that is advertised). Also, if someone is selling advertising space, that person can charge more for the extra space the larger advertisement takes up. From that perspective, it makes no business sense to design something new that will generate less profit for you than your current product. That is why ads will only get bigger. The only exception to this is making a smaller ad that utilizes advertising real estate that could not be previously used (i.e. the scroll ads you see at the bottom of TV programs nowadays.)
They will soon understand what "slashdot virkning" is...
Domo arigato, Will Smith Roboto
they don't serve that cursed mineral water at the movie theatres on opening night!!!
1) Listen to what customers want 2) Create a product around their customers' desires 3) ????? 4) PROFIT!!!!!