You really think that the person working at McDonald's with 500 movies on their hard drive has a spare $10,000 to purchase all of those movies on DVD, let alone high-def versions? How about the person with 10,000 songs? That's the same price if you get them "legitimately" though the iTunes store.
You are an absolute moron if you think that. It's not justification, it's simple fact. The thing is, all $20000 of that is counted in piracy "losses" according to the industry, and that money simply does not exist, and never will. There aren't "plenty" of people with the money to purchase those things at the rate that the industry claims it is losing money to piracy. Grow a clue.
They're not against it because it makes sense. They're against it because it's not "leveraging" their collusion against the consumer as profitably as possible.
That's called being prorated, and it's still not fair. That's an extra $95 Verizon is skimming off the top of any early cancellation. The $10/mo should be more like $350/24, or $14.50 or so per month.
I personally like potatoes. They're usually bigger than the exhaust, so they'll fill it up quite completely, and be a bitch to get out. A banana can be smooshed easily by hand to remove it... not so much with a potato.
The next time they tell you that technology isn't important, tell them that they can pay for support at a local shop then, you're through with doing it for free. They'll come around once they feel the pinch.
I've found that my set actually gets a better picture via HDMI. I just dump the sound out on a different output. Never even tried to do sound + video on HDMI.
You filthy pirate. The only reason to watch TV on a computer is to rip off the media industry. Why don't you just pay lots of money to the cable/satellite company for their shitty DVR like everyone else?
Your experiment includes the implicit assumption that the only way for the content producers to get paid is via selling copies of the media (which has no marginal cost to reproduce). Being as that isn't the case (movie theaters, product tie-ins, fan access to stars and writers and so on, etc), your thought experiment really isn't a valid representation of the realities, and isn't useful. "Pirated" content cannot be counted as a lost sale, because people who download media illegally do not magically have the money to purchase them legitimately, or even the desire to do so if the illegal option were removed.
That's too bad about your experiences. I've gotten at least 6 CPU's from AMD (original x2's though to my current Phenom II quad-core), as well only buying ATI graphics cards recently. Haven't had a single problem, even with open-box items. Maybe it was the motherboards you were using? Every problem I've ever had with AMD stuff has always come down to a bad motherboard.
And even then... since when is most desktop performance limited by the CPU any more? I bought a quad-core Phenom II for under $200 a couple months back. I have yet to feel limited by CPU speed. I mean... I have been transcoding my DVD's to insanely high quality H.264 at over 40FPS. If I transcode to an iPod format with handbrake, it'll hit over 300FPS. Why would I need to pay over double for a higher-performing i7, especially since the i7 will require new RAM and a motherboard, whereas the Phenom didn't?
It means exactly that you can say anything that you want. There are sometimes consequences for saying those things, but this should not be one of those times. THAT is the point. The laws against libel are post-facto. You can't be stopped from saying the things, only punished after the fact. That is the essence of free speech.
Ridicule gets you VERY far. You just need to know when to wave that big stick, and use it after trying other methods, and failing. Public humiliation should most certainly be a tool to get someone to do something. If you're ashamed of doing something, you shouldn't be doing it.
To be fair, I would say that most people working in open-source software think that patents on ANY software are bullshit. They simply ignore them. Patents on software are immoral, as is locking up your source code, so both are eschewed by most free software developers. Just because it's illegal doesn't mean it's wrong, and just because it's wrong doesn't mean that it's illegal.
But then where will we get eel-eating gorillas? I mean, snake-eating ones are a doddle, but eel-eating ones? Plus, do the eel-eating gorillas die over the winter?
They've pretty much reached the limit on button number... note how the PS2 and PS3 controllers are barely different, and the 360 controller doesn't have more buttons than the PS2 controller. I can't find actual numbers, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
Evolution doesn't produce perfect. It produces good enough. If it's good enough for our species to survive that a spinal injury cannot be healed, then there is no pressure to select for that trait. It doesn't enable reproduction at a rate higher than other people. If spinal injuries were common in our species, then there would be pressure. But they aren't, and if they happen you're usually dead anyway, so it isn't a trait that's selected for. Any one person or group who might produce this enzyme doesn't have enough of a better chance to reproduce because of it that it would become common.
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You really think that the person working at McDonald's with 500 movies on their hard drive has a spare $10,000 to purchase all of those movies on DVD, let alone high-def versions? How about the person with 10,000 songs? That's the same price if you get them "legitimately" though the iTunes store.
You are an absolute moron if you think that. It's not justification, it's simple fact. The thing is, all $20000 of that is counted in piracy "losses" according to the industry, and that money simply does not exist, and never will. There aren't "plenty" of people with the money to purchase those things at the rate that the industry claims it is losing money to piracy. Grow a clue.
They're not against it because it makes sense. They're against it because it's not "leveraging" their collusion against the consumer as profitably as possible.
That's called being prorated, and it's still not fair. That's an extra $95 Verizon is skimming off the top of any early cancellation. The $10/mo should be more like $350/24, or $14.50 or so per month.
I personally like potatoes. They're usually bigger than the exhaust, so they'll fill it up quite completely, and be a bitch to get out. A banana can be smooshed easily by hand to remove it... not so much with a potato.
The next time they tell you that technology isn't important, tell them that they can pay for support at a local shop then, you're through with doing it for free. They'll come around once they feel the pinch.
Hack? Hell, just buy a little box: http://www.cdrlabs.com/forums/strip-out-hdcp-with-gameswitch-ps3-s201-t23414.html
I've found that my set actually gets a better picture via HDMI. I just dump the sound out on a different output. Never even tried to do sound + video on HDMI.
You filthy pirate. The only reason to watch TV on a computer is to rip off the media industry. Why don't you just pay lots of money to the cable/satellite company for their shitty DVR like everyone else?
Your experiment includes the implicit assumption that the only way for the content producers to get paid is via selling copies of the media (which has no marginal cost to reproduce). Being as that isn't the case (movie theaters, product tie-ins, fan access to stars and writers and so on, etc), your thought experiment really isn't a valid representation of the realities, and isn't useful. "Pirated" content cannot be counted as a lost sale, because people who download media illegally do not magically have the money to purchase them legitimately, or even the desire to do so if the illegal option were removed.
That's too bad about your experiences. I've gotten at least 6 CPU's from AMD (original x2's though to my current Phenom II quad-core), as well only buying ATI graphics cards recently. Haven't had a single problem, even with open-box items. Maybe it was the motherboards you were using? Every problem I've ever had with AMD stuff has always come down to a bad motherboard.
And even then... since when is most desktop performance limited by the CPU any more? I bought a quad-core Phenom II for under $200 a couple months back. I have yet to feel limited by CPU speed. I mean... I have been transcoding my DVD's to insanely high quality H.264 at over 40FPS. If I transcode to an iPod format with handbrake, it'll hit over 300FPS. Why would I need to pay over double for a higher-performing i7, especially since the i7 will require new RAM and a motherboard, whereas the Phenom didn't?
That's called being a sociopath. Good times.
Since it's properly spelled "fragging", I'd say you probably are.
That would be the "novel" part of the test. So, basically, confirming what I said, and adding nothing to the conversation in the process. Go team!
Whoop-de-fuck. How exactly is that novel or non-obvious?
I'd say that marijuana smells strongly... badly would mean that I don't like it ;)
It means exactly that you can say anything that you want. There are sometimes consequences for saying those things, but this should not be one of those times. THAT is the point. The laws against libel are post-facto. You can't be stopped from saying the things, only punished after the fact. That is the essence of free speech.
It's enough to protect you from any legal discovery though, which is all that this is about.
Ridicule gets you VERY far. You just need to know when to wave that big stick, and use it after trying other methods, and failing. Public humiliation should most certainly be a tool to get someone to do something. If you're ashamed of doing something, you shouldn't be doing it.
To be fair, I would say that most people working in open-source software think that patents on ANY software are bullshit. They simply ignore them. Patents on software are immoral, as is locking up your source code, so both are eschewed by most free software developers. Just because it's illegal doesn't mean it's wrong, and just because it's wrong doesn't mean that it's illegal.
But then where will we get eel-eating gorillas? I mean, snake-eating ones are a doddle, but eel-eating ones? Plus, do the eel-eating gorillas die over the winter?
So you're saying you can't be sure where you are, then?
They've pretty much reached the limit on button number... note how the PS2 and PS3 controllers are barely different, and the 360 controller doesn't have more buttons than the PS2 controller. I can't find actual numbers, but I'm pretty sure that's the case.
That's why you go to Harvard or Princeton or Yale. It's not for the education. It's for the contacts.
Pot. Kettle.
Evolution doesn't produce perfect. It produces good enough. If it's good enough for our species to survive that a spinal injury cannot be healed, then there is no pressure to select for that trait. It doesn't enable reproduction at a rate higher than other people. If spinal injuries were common in our species, then there would be pressure. But they aren't, and if they happen you're usually dead anyway, so it isn't a trait that's selected for. Any one person or group who might produce this enzyme doesn't have enough of a better chance to reproduce because of it that it would become common.