No shit sherlock. My (and everyone else's point) is that the current pricing structure puts most consumers out of the market. Go take an economics 101 course and see how the supply and demand curves work given what people are willing to pay.
But that demand isn't willing to pay the price that it's offered at, because it's too high of a portion of disposable income for limited value. Hence, piracy. People don't see the value for their money with "legitimately" buying media, so they pirate.
Huh. I'm from Greeley, and I've never heard of those NOCO Hours. Seems like a bunch of nuts to me.
"Our DESTINY is to promote economic empowerment, sustainability, and community connection by nuturing local complementary economic intiatives in NOrthern COlorado."
If you're using a business DSL line, you should complain loudly. If it's a home user line, well... you get what you pay for. Running a serious business on the Internet requires redundant connections.
But the key will open it without anyone knowing that it was done, which is the whole trick to rigging something. You don't want anyone to know it's been tampered with.
Umm... bullshit. Go work in a real business and tell me there aren't bullies, sadistic backstabbing co-workers, power-drunk bosses, etc. They need to handle it themselves, otherwise their whole life will be them being a victim.
There are still bullies in the "real world", in workplaces, playing power games, talking behind backs, etc. And they don't get sent to prison. Haven't you ever heard of horrible, demanding, denigrating CEO's and such? They're bullies too. The best defense against a bully is to learn how to deal with them, not to hope they get whisked away.
And did you ever act like you knew everything? That other people were "stupid" compared to you, and did you ever treat them as such, even unknowingly? Do you think that the people who DIDN'T excel at academics would just take this in stride?
It goes both ways. You can only be as hurt as you allow yourself to be. Realize that other people can be as threatened by you as you are by them, and it becomes a lot clearer.
omg think of the children! Seriously. I know bullying can be bad, but kids need to learn how to stand up for themselves. We're approaching a nanny-state, where no one is able to do anything for themselves.
I used to get made fun of. Everyone did, pretty much. You don't react, and they'll stop. People want to assert their power over you by bullying, verbal, physical or whatever. You don't let them affect you, and you've won. We need to teach people how to handle their own problems. And not immediately suspend and punish everyone involved when people get into a tussle, because some people just deserve a punch in the face.
Do you think they'd have paid for the games otherwise, though? That's the rub, where it's hard to tell. I have friends who are "collectors", who have gigabytes upon gigabytes of movies, music and software that they never use. They just have it. There's NO way they'd ever have paid for it, and they aren't using it... so who's harmed?
Yes. But that rusted-out trans am and the oil it's dropped has all of a sudden impacted the value of your house should you ever want to sell. Some HOA's can be overbearing, some can be reasonable. Depends on who you ask, though, as well as your definition of reasonable. I know I wouldn't want to buy a house next to some asshole with a rusted car in his front yard and 15 brats running around causing problems.
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I'll bet Belchfire will be much less willing to keep making players, too. Way to alienate even your cohorts, MPAA!
Holy balls are you really that obtuse?
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No shit sherlock. My (and everyone else's point) is that the current pricing structure puts most consumers out of the market. Go take an economics 101 course and see how the supply and demand curves work given what people are willing to pay.
But that demand isn't willing to pay the price that it's offered at, because it's too high of a portion of disposable income for limited value. Hence, piracy. People don't see the value for their money with "legitimately" buying media, so they pirate.
dreamhost? They aren't a registrar, but they're a great host
So the national motto is "Have bandwidth, will waste it"?
Mine's "kookaburra". I promise. Where's that chocolate bar?
If you're using a business DSL line, you should complain loudly. If it's a home user line, well... you get what you pay for. Running a serious business on the Internet requires redundant connections.
But the key will open it without anyone knowing that it was done, which is the whole trick to rigging something. You don't want anyone to know it's been tampered with.
Umm... bullshit. Go work in a real business and tell me there aren't bullies, sadistic backstabbing co-workers, power-drunk bosses, etc. They need to handle it themselves, otherwise their whole life will be them being a victim.
On behalf of slashdot, I'd like to thank you for being a good parent. There need to be more people like you.
You've never had a real job, have you?
There are still bullies in the "real world", in workplaces, playing power games, talking behind backs, etc. And they don't get sent to prison. Haven't you ever heard of horrible, demanding, denigrating CEO's and such? They're bullies too. The best defense against a bully is to learn how to deal with them, not to hope they get whisked away.
And did you ever act like you knew everything? That other people were "stupid" compared to you, and did you ever treat them as such, even unknowingly? Do you think that the people who DIDN'T excel at academics would just take this in stride?
It goes both ways. You can only be as hurt as you allow yourself to be. Realize that other people can be as threatened by you as you are by them, and it becomes a lot clearer.
omg think of the children! Seriously. I know bullying can be bad, but kids need to learn how to stand up for themselves. We're approaching a nanny-state, where no one is able to do anything for themselves.
I used to get made fun of. Everyone did, pretty much. You don't react, and they'll stop. People want to assert their power over you by bullying, verbal, physical or whatever. You don't let them affect you, and you've won. We need to teach people how to handle their own problems. And not immediately suspend and punish everyone involved when people get into a tussle, because some people just deserve a punch in the face.
But what if they gripped it by the husk? Could two of them carry one?
Where's the Linux version of that Word viewer? Or the Mac version?
I try to think of it more like a series of tubes, getting clogged...
Do you think they'd have paid for the games otherwise, though? That's the rub, where it's hard to tell. I have friends who are "collectors", who have gigabytes upon gigabytes of movies, music and software that they never use. They just have it. There's NO way they'd ever have paid for it, and they aren't using it... so who's harmed?
If they did open the closet, did it stop existing? Or did they just find out it was really dead all along?
www.laptopvideo2go.com or www.omegadrivers.net
They still make mice for people who wear mittens while computing, though. They just aren't hockey-puck shaped.
Yes. But that rusted-out trans am and the oil it's dropped has all of a sudden impacted the value of your house should you ever want to sell. Some HOA's can be overbearing, some can be reasonable. Depends on who you ask, though, as well as your definition of reasonable. I know I wouldn't want to buy a house next to some asshole with a rusted car in his front yard and 15 brats running around causing problems.