From what I've heard Comcast is
going to charge a whopping $39.95 per month for its service. That doesn't sound like too much of a deal to
me compared to Vonage's $24.99 a month deal.
I'm just kidding. I'd move to Canada in a second if I could. Unfortunately Canada doesn't want yet another American attorney up there to muck everything up.
Think of all the piracy here in the US where we have a cultural history which respects IP. You can download music, software, movies, etc, all for free. In cities it's quite common to be able to buy pirated movies and music. In other words, there is a LOT of piracy.
For decades under Communist rule IP was regarded as being owned by the people. In other words, there is no cultural background which required a respect of IP. In China there are no real music stores. Nearly all music sold is pirated. Artists make money from performing on TV and doing advertisements for other products. In fact I recently read an article where no one in China publishes a top 100 sales list for music because it'd be impossible to determine.
Putting Chinese in jail for violating IP simply will not work to change a 100 year old tide. All it would do is piss off a LOT of people and I doubt that the Chinese government would be willing to do that.
There were two comments following my original post. The first one commented on a typing error. I responded to that. The second one was hilariously funny. I had nothing to add to that one. If I could have modded it funny" I would have.
No, it's a typing error. I make them all the time. I'm dyslexic and my body has trouble putting into action what my mind is thinking. For example, in my last post I typed "surgical scares" instead of "surgical scars." When I say the word "answer" I usually pronounce the "w", it's simply the way my mind works.
Your pointing it out doesn't change anything. It doesn't affect my argument in anyway. And, despite what you think, it doesn't make you appear any more intelligent as it actually makes you appear small and petty.
If you have something to say against what I wrote, that's I'd appreciate it. But if you merely want to peripherally attack me and make yourself look petty in the process, that's your business.
First, if the industry puts more and more porn onto one disc they'll risk losing sales if they charge more for that one disc. If someone is ordering porn on sees a $50 disc and a $25 dollar disc, I'm guessing they'll go with the $25 disc, regardless of how much porn is on the former.
Second, the vast majority of porn actresses are NOT that good looking. Sure they look somewhat OK on DVD, but once you put them on HD you'll start noticing the grotesque flaws, e.g., surgical scares.
WMA's ability to load web content is NOT merely flaw. It's a flawed feature.
Think like Microsoft for a second. All it wants to do is dominate without any concern for security. It's trying to get the content industry to use its WMA format. Some lackey speaks up at a meeting:
"I have a great idea. Let's add a feature to WMA so that it'll open up web content. So if EMI wants to distribute an WMA song it'll open an option to buy the whole CD."
Of course all the brainless other lackeys at Microsoft agree that it's a great idea and implements it, completely oblivious to any security concerns.
My question is whether Microsoft will be smart enough to disable this feature in future releases.
Well, I certainly don't think 3d Realms should produce the new version of the classic game. I'd outsource it to a third party so it'd actually get done.
Oh I agree that Duke3d was great. Probably the most fun FPS ever. If I owned Realms I'd re-release the original game using a more modern engine, e.g., the Q3 engine.
Practically everyone who owned/played the original would buy it. And it would whet our appetite for the new game.
From what I've been told it's NOT electronica! In fact, I'll call it "electronica" to piss them off. I'll also call in and ask for Moby every so often, just to piss 'em off.
I'm certainly not a fan of that "music." If it doesn't have a real instrument in it somewhere, I don't want to hear it.
How long does it really take to make a 3d game when you're using someone elses engine?! First, it was supposed to use the Quake 2 engine. Then it switched over to the Unreal engine. It must have switched again because the Unreal engine is ancient by any standard.
My guess is that the owners of 3D Realms have enough money where they just don't give a rat's ass.
Does anyone here actually work for 3D Realms?! What's going on over there?!
Nope, they're a bunch of barely employed lackeys who simply love electronic music. They worked at other stations so they (sort of) knew what they were doing.
Pirate stations are all over the place. Try to find an article about the FCC shutting one down that had nothing to do with interference to another broadcaster. If a station is not interfering the FCC doesn't care.
I don't have any experience with that, but you're probably right. The FCC seems overly concerned with alleged offensive content. That whole religious right thing and all.
Than when the topic is P2P everyone either says it's "fair use" or even if it is illegal, you're chances of getting caught are so small it's never going to stop it anyway.
But when the topic is FM transmitter, suddenly everyone comes out of the wood work and posts about the illegality of the situation.
Let's set the record straight. The FCC will shut down your station, if and only if, a broadcaster complains. And because anyone smart enough to set up their own FM transmitter is smart enough to choose a frequency not already occupied by a local station, the FCC will never shut them down. Never.
I know a group of people who run a pirate station which transmits over 20 miles and have run it since the early 90s. At one time the FCC got a complaint from a local station, the FCC investigated, found it didn't really interfere, and so it did nothing.
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Obviously they wanted only good movies in their top fifty.
I'm guessing the only people who will sign up for Comcast's VOIP service will be ex-AOL users who are used to paying WAY too much.
From what I've heard Comcast is going to charge a whopping $39.95 per month for its service. That doesn't sound like too much of a deal to me compared to Vonage's $24.99 a month deal.
He was covered in tattoos. The best one was across his forehead which simply stated, "Yes they hurt"
I'm just kidding. I'd move to Canada in a second if I could. Unfortunately Canada doesn't want yet another American attorney up there to muck everything up.
How dare you criticize a country which brought us Triumph, Bob and Doug McKenzie, and Celine Dion. Ooops... never mind.
Think of all the piracy here in the US where we have a cultural history which respects IP. You can download music, software, movies, etc, all for free. In cities it's quite common to be able to buy pirated movies and music. In other words, there is a LOT of piracy.
For decades under Communist rule IP was regarded as being owned by the people. In other words, there is no cultural background which required a respect of IP. In China there are no real music stores. Nearly all music sold is pirated. Artists make money from performing on TV and doing advertisements for other products. In fact I recently read an article where no one in China publishes a top 100 sales list for music because it'd be impossible to determine.
Putting Chinese in jail for violating IP simply will not work to change a 100 year old tide. All it would do is piss off a LOT of people and I doubt that the Chinese government would be willing to do that.
There were two comments following my original post. The first one commented on a typing error. I responded to that. The second one was hilariously funny. I had nothing to add to that one. If I could have modded it funny" I would have.
No, it's a typing error. I make them all the time. I'm dyslexic and my body has trouble putting into action what my mind is thinking. For example, in my last post I typed "surgical scares" instead of "surgical scars." When I say the word "answer" I usually pronounce the "w", it's simply the way my mind works.
Your pointing it out doesn't change anything. It doesn't affect my argument in anyway. And, despite what you think, it doesn't make you appear any more intelligent as it actually makes you appear small and petty.
If you have something to say against what I wrote, that's I'd appreciate it. But if you merely want to peripherally attack me and make yourself look petty in the process, that's your business.
Instead of arguing against my post, you point out a typing error. Great job! You should feel good about yourself.
First, the things we build can barely last a few decades without being destroyed by something as simple as weather.
Second, we're so short sited that we cannot see the value protecting our own history.
"surgical SCARES"... now that's a Freudian slip!
First, if the industry puts more and more porn onto one disc they'll risk losing sales if they charge more for that one disc. If someone is ordering porn on sees a $50 disc and a $25 dollar disc, I'm guessing they'll go with the $25 disc, regardless of how much porn is on the former.
Second, the vast majority of porn actresses are NOT that good looking. Sure they look somewhat OK on DVD, but once you put them on HD you'll start noticing the grotesque flaws, e.g., surgical scares.
Sucks AND are utterly overpriced!
WMA's ability to load web content is NOT merely flaw. It's a flawed feature.
Think like Microsoft for a second. All it wants to do is dominate without any concern for security. It's trying to get the content industry to use its WMA format. Some lackey speaks up at a meeting:
"I have a great idea. Let's add a feature to WMA so that it'll open up web content. So if EMI wants to distribute an WMA song it'll open an option to buy the whole CD."
Of course all the brainless other lackeys at Microsoft agree that it's a great idea and implements it, completely oblivious to any security concerns.
My question is whether Microsoft will be smart enough to disable this feature in future releases.
Oh come on. You're exaggerating. I'm sure they'll only burn the bodies AFTER they've killed them in a humane manner.
Are you kidding? Maxwell Smart had his shoe phone back in 1965!
Intel should follow Valve's lead at getting users to accept a draconian DRM system: Combine it with a really cool game.
Well, I certainly don't think 3d Realms should produce the new version of the classic game. I'd outsource it to a third party so it'd actually get done.
Oh I agree that Duke3d was great. Probably the most fun FPS ever. If I owned Realms I'd re-release the original game using a more modern engine, e.g., the Q3 engine.
Practically everyone who owned/played the original would buy it. And it would whet our appetite for the new game.
From what I've been told it's NOT electronica! In fact, I'll call it "electronica" to piss them off. I'll also call in and ask for Moby every so often, just to piss 'em off.
I'm certainly not a fan of that "music." If it doesn't have a real instrument in it somewhere, I don't want to hear it.
How long does it really take to make a 3d game when you're using someone elses engine?! First, it was supposed to use the Quake 2 engine. Then it switched over to the Unreal engine. It must have switched again because the Unreal engine is ancient by any standard.
My guess is that the owners of 3D Realms have enough money where they just don't give a rat's ass.
Does anyone here actually work for 3D Realms?! What's going on over there?!
Nope, they're a bunch of barely employed lackeys who simply love electronic music. They worked at other stations so they (sort of) knew what they were doing.
Pirate stations are all over the place. Try to find an article about the FCC shutting one down that had nothing to do with interference to another broadcaster. If a station is not interfering the FCC doesn't care.
I don't have any experience with that, but you're probably right. The FCC seems overly concerned with alleged offensive content. That whole religious right thing and all.
Than when the topic is P2P everyone either says it's "fair use" or even if it is illegal, you're chances of getting caught are so small it's never going to stop it anyway.
But when the topic is FM transmitter, suddenly everyone comes out of the wood work and posts about the illegality of the situation.
Let's set the record straight. The FCC will shut down your station, if and only if, a broadcaster complains. And because anyone smart enough to set up their own FM transmitter is smart enough to choose a frequency not already occupied by a local station, the FCC will never shut them down. Never.
I know a group of people who run a pirate station which transmits over 20 miles and have run it since the early 90s. At one time the FCC got a complaint from a local station, the FCC investigated, found it didn't really interfere, and so it did nothing.