right so you have the right to steal other peoples work I see. Where do you live? Id like your furniture please.
People WORk to create digital content. It doesn't come from the pixel fairy. When are thieves like you going to realise that you are fucking up someones livelihood when you freely distribute copyrighted material?
In a perfect world people would think about arguments like this and continue to download a copy of the latest DRM hobbled hollywood dvd or unplayable music CD. But they don't People copy (steal) EVERYTHING they can get their hands on, including the hard work of shareware developers. This seriously hurts my income, and nobody should be suprised when people like me support the RIAA or MPAA when they do this stuff. Im no fan of their business practices, but nobody else is sticking up for the rights of content producers, so for now, I wish them every success.
nonsense. You are saying everyone downloading copyrighted games software etc wouldnt have bought it? Thats bullshit. Believe it if you want to avoid feeling guilty, but that doesnt stop the fact that you have fuck all entitlement to someone elses hard work, however easy the latest technology makes it for you to steal.
"If you call it piracy and stealing, you are a tool of the MPAA and RIAA viral marketing campaign."
No you are wrong. It means I am someone who creates digital content for a living and don't expect thieving little scumbags to rip off my lifes work for nothing. Believe it or not, people who create digital content(in my case games) also have bills to pay. A bunch of arrogant geeks with a dictionary don't help me pay my bills. Paying customers do. If you don't want to pay for digital content, you have ZERO right to take it. This isn't food or shelter. nobody NEEDS the latest hollywood movies on their laptop. To take something non essential without paying the price is theft, and the thieves need locking up.
Sorry but I LIKED the TV series versions of arthur ford and zaphod. Mark wing Davey? IS zaphod as far as I am concerned. Doing HHGTTG without a two headed beeblebrox is just... WRONG!
A valid question . As far as I can see the only enemy the USa has is OBL and his gang, and there arent anywhere near as many of them as the media likes to imagine. The iraqi insurgents are fighting for the US to get the fck out of their country. In fact OBl was fighting to get the US out of saudi. His man beef is with the saudis, not the USA. As for saddam being an enemy... yeah right, he was gonna throw stones at the US? because he sure didnt have WMDs. All thsi talk about mysterious 'enemies' is SO similar to the 'red menace' or the 'alien invaders' crap of the sixties. It seems the US govt loves its citizens to stay scared.
oh how generous of you. nice rationale for stealing peoples hard work. what do you do for a living?, I need some of your hard work and I dont intend to pay for it.
all well and good but does anyone have this guys home address? I have a number of issues I want to take up with him, maybe involving a can of petrol and some matches.
Business models based on information are dead? bullshit I write computer games for a living. I guess according to your high and mighty views I should work for free or go work as a bricklayer? Half lfie 2 is just information, I guess you think all of valves employees shouldnt be paid? what do you do for a living that makes you so special in comparison with us guys working on 'outdated' business models? this is pseudo intellectual bullshit that arrogant people spout to justfy theft to themselves.
Why remake old stuff? itll only ruin it. War of the worlds in new york? do me a favour...
try these:
Consider Phlebas (Iain M Banks) Snowcrash (Stephenson) That Greg Bear book wher the earth is destroyed... whats its name...
This was probably to do with getting the 'money men' to understand the film. Those orange phone adverts arent really funny adverts, they are documentaries. If you dont believe me, read the classic book "tales from development hell"
I love to see a source for those figures (not a nuclear funded one please). There are several european countries already getting way more than 5% from non nuclear renewables, so I seriously doubt that statistic.
A month or two ago smile.co.uk swapepd their system from using a popup to using the current browser window. Thbey have won numerous awards for security (not to mention customer service) in the UK. They told customers this change was to ensure greater security. Looks like they are one step ahead of such vulnerabilities again, unlike citibank or many others. just another reason to switch to http://www.smile.co.uk/ I dont work there, just a very happy customer.
well said. When motor cars were invented, im sur elots of people who got rich running stables and shoeing horses thought they should keep on doing what they are doing and ignore the new means of transportation, maybe its a 'fad.' This is the same attitude many oil companies have now. They know their oil stocks are running low, here in the UK there have been huge scandals as oil companies admit to lying about their reserves to prevent share prices plummeting. Some of the sensible companies are becoming big investors in alternative tech such as Solar (like Shell), but others (like exxon) still have their heads firmly in the sand, thinking the best policy is to be a huge doner to the republican party so it can lobby for more oil wars. The oil doesnt last forever, and the pollution from burning the stuff is screwing the whole planet, perosnally as an investor and a citizen, I'd much rather my country be investing big time in non polluting and RENEWABLE energy sources than the oil-centered policies of the US. In 30 years time, the US will be importing most of the tech required for a renewable energy infastructure. Thats great news for european science and european jobs, pretty poor news for the then unemployed texan oilmen.
none of which is in any vague way a justification for the current US policy on the environment which is apparentl "Fuck everyone else, we have tanks, lets grab all the oiL". Not exactly forward thinking is it? heres a brainwave, rather than bitching about how china might be a problem in the future, how about you 'oh-so-clever' americans lead the world as an example of how a developed nation can have sensible energy policies? Or would that ruin GW Bush's oil portfolio?
seriously. I don't 'subscribe' to slashdot. and to be homnest the ads here aren't too bad. but the main reason I don't is the cost. i don't even KNOW the cost, but im guessing its at least $10 a year? To be honest if I could pay $1 a year to make slashdot ad free I'd do it, but we still don't have micropayment services that are ubiquitous. And it would also have to be a roaming service so it block s at home and work. Im not sure what the eocnomics of this all are, but if the subscription cost is VERY low, there are maybe 3 or 4 sites I'd happily pay to be ad free (bluesnews is another).
I'm pretty certain google use some 'clever shit' to prevent automated scripted clicking on adwords. But nothing can defend against 500 geeks whose homepage is a google keyword search who clikc 5 adwords each morning with their coffee. Thats the beauty of the system. You can costs spammers a dollar every day. whenever spam beats my filters, its a mental jog for me to 'check out' the products of a few bulk mailers...
All good stuff. But this kinda enforces my point. If people want to promote linux, thats cool, but they should brag about the stuff that linux does better than windows (like you have done). The fact that there is a graphical installer is just a lame point to labour. the biggest selling points to me as a windows user for a new OS would be:
Faster Boot Time Less subsceptibility to trojans/viruses/adware etc Less bloat generally.
As for stability, my windows XP systems never seem to crash. And while most games only run windows, Im loathe to have a different OS just for non game stuff. I wish we did have a viable competing OS, but for joe user like me, the lack of games support is actually the biggest deal.
Does this make sense? Ive seen it suggested somewhere:
One of the problems with spam is all the companies selling software that 'sends ten million emails a day'. Given that this is hardly likely to be for legitimate use (does your company have 10 million subscribers?) heres a way to hurt their pockets.
Go to google Search for bulk email software Click once on every google ad on the RHS. Repeat each day.
Every click costs the spam (sorry *direct marketing*) company maybe $0.05. If everyone on slashdot did it, these companies would be hit bigtime. Their ad budgets would be used up, and their conversion rate would be zero.
Its not going to rid us of spam, but it IS one way to fuck up the assholes that make this stuff so easy.
I've never run linux to be honest. It just seems like hard work. And apparently someone is now bragging that this version has a graphical installer? whoopee. About 15 years too late too impress anyone. Headlines like this only remind me why (for all its sins) I run windows. This isn't flamebatit, its a non-linux geeks viewpoint. There IS a difference.
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WTF are you on? you replying to a different post or something? whats anti capitalist about the prior post? jeez.
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right so you have the right to steal other peoples work I see.
Where do you live? Id like your furniture please.
People WORk to create digital content. It doesn't come from the pixel fairy. When are thieves like you going to realise that you are fucking up someones livelihood when you freely distribute copyrighted material?
well said.
you are comparing an organisation trying to prevent theft of madonna albums with nazi germany.
I suggest you get some perspective dude.
In a perfect world people would think about arguments like this and continue to download a copy of the latest DRM hobbled hollywood dvd or unplayable music CD.
But they don't
People copy (steal) EVERYTHING they can get their hands on, including the hard work of shareware developers. This seriously hurts my income, and nobody should be suprised when people like me support the RIAA or MPAA when they do this stuff.
Im no fan of their business practices, but nobody else is sticking up for the rights of content producers, so for now, I wish them every success.
nonsense.
You are saying everyone downloading copyrighted games software etc wouldnt have bought it?
Thats bullshit. Believe it if you want to avoid feeling guilty, but that doesnt stop the fact that you have fuck all entitlement to someone elses hard work, however easy the latest technology makes it for you to steal.
"If you call it piracy and stealing, you are a tool of the MPAA and RIAA viral marketing campaign."
No you are wrong. It means I am someone who creates digital content for a living and don't expect thieving little scumbags to rip off my lifes work for nothing. Believe it or not, people who create digital content(in my case games) also have bills to pay. A bunch of arrogant geeks with a dictionary don't help me pay my bills. Paying customers do.
If you don't want to pay for digital content, you have ZERO right to take it.
This isn't food or shelter. nobody NEEDS the latest hollywood movies on their laptop. To take something non essential without paying the price is theft, and the thieves need locking up.
Sorry but I LIKED the TV series versions of arthur ford and zaphod. Mark wing Davey? IS zaphod as far as I am concerned. Doing HHGTTG without a two headed beeblebrox is just... WRONG!
A valid question . As far as I can see the only enemy the USa has is OBL and his gang, and there arent anywhere near as many of them as the media likes to imagine.
The iraqi insurgents are fighting for the US to get the fck out of their country. In fact OBl was fighting to get the US out of saudi. His man beef is with the saudis, not the USA.
As for saddam being an enemy... yeah right, he was gonna throw stones at the US? because he sure didnt have WMDs.
All thsi talk about mysterious 'enemies' is SO similar to the 'red menace' or the 'alien invaders' crap of the sixties. It seems the US govt loves its citizens to stay scared.
oh how generous of you. nice rationale for stealing peoples hard work. what do you do for a living?, I need some of your hard work and I dont intend to pay for it.
all well and good but does anyone have this guys home address? I have a number of issues I want to take up with him, maybe involving a can of petrol and some matches.
Business models based on information are dead?
bullshit
I write computer games for a living. I guess according to your high and mighty views I should work for free or go work as a bricklayer?
Half lfie 2 is just information, I guess you think all of valves employees shouldnt be paid?
what do you do for a living that makes you so special in comparison with us guys working on 'outdated' business models?
this is pseudo intellectual bullshit that arrogant people spout to justfy theft to themselves.
Why remake old stuff? itll only ruin it. War of the worlds in new york? do me a favour...
try these:
Consider Phlebas (Iain M Banks)
Snowcrash (Stephenson)
That Greg Bear book wher the earth is destroyed... whats its name...
This was probably to do with getting the 'money men' to understand the film. Those orange phone adverts arent really funny adverts, they are documentaries. If you dont believe me, read the classic book "tales from development hell"
I love to see a source for those figures (not a nuclear funded one please). There are several european countries already getting way more than 5% from non nuclear renewables, so I seriously doubt that statistic.
A month or two ago smile.co.uk swapepd their system from using a popup to using the current browser window. Thbey have won numerous awards for security (not to mention customer service) in the UK. They told customers this change was to ensure greater security. Looks like they are one step ahead of such vulnerabilities again, unlike citibank or many others.
just another reason to switch to http://www.smile.co.uk/
I dont work there, just a very happy customer.
cool. can we store the waste in you (and your grandchildrens) back garden then? Shouldnt take more than ten thousand years.
what the hell is wrong with tidal,wave,wind and solar?
and heres a newsflash...
Energy efficiency.
well said.
When motor cars were invented, im sur elots of people who got rich running stables and shoeing horses thought they should keep on doing what they are doing and ignore the new means of transportation, maybe its a 'fad.'
This is the same attitude many oil companies have now. They know their oil stocks are running low, here in the UK there have been huge scandals as oil companies admit to lying about their reserves to prevent share prices plummeting.
Some of the sensible companies are becoming big investors in alternative tech such as Solar (like Shell), but others (like exxon) still have their heads firmly in the sand, thinking the best policy is to be a huge doner to the republican party so it can lobby for more oil wars.
The oil doesnt last forever, and the pollution from burning the stuff is screwing the whole planet, perosnally as an investor and a citizen, I'd much rather my country be investing big time in non polluting and RENEWABLE energy sources than the oil-centered policies of the US.
In 30 years time, the US will be importing most of the tech required for a renewable energy infastructure. Thats great news for european science and european jobs, pretty poor news for the then unemployed texan oilmen.
none of which is in any vague way a justification for the current US policy on the environment which is apparentl "Fuck everyone else, we have tanks, lets grab all the oiL". Not exactly forward thinking is it?
heres a brainwave, rather than bitching about how china might be a problem in the future, how about you 'oh-so-clever' americans lead the world as an example of how a developed nation can have sensible energy policies?
Or would that ruin GW Bush's oil portfolio?
bah!
their forum is down? and its linked on slashdot?
how strange....
ooh and first post!
seriously. I don't 'subscribe' to slashdot. and to be homnest the ads here aren't too bad. but the main reason I don't is the cost. i don't even KNOW the cost, but im guessing its at least $10 a year?
To be honest if I could pay $1 a year to make slashdot ad free I'd do it, but we still don't have micropayment services that are ubiquitous. And it would also have to be a roaming service so it block s at home and work.
Im not sure what the eocnomics of this all are, but if the subscription cost is VERY low, there are maybe 3 or 4 sites I'd happily pay to be ad free (bluesnews is another).
I'm pretty certain google use some 'clever shit' to prevent automated scripted clicking on adwords. But nothing can defend against 500 geeks whose homepage is a google keyword search who clikc 5 adwords each morning with their coffee.
Thats the beauty of the system. You can costs spammers a dollar every day.
whenever spam beats my filters, its a mental jog for me to 'check out' the products of a few bulk mailers...
All good stuff. But this kinda enforces my point. If people want to promote linux, thats cool, but they should brag about the stuff that linux does better than windows (like you have done). The fact that there is a graphical installer is just a lame point to labour. the biggest selling points to me as a windows user for a new OS would be:
Faster Boot Time
Less subsceptibility to trojans/viruses/adware etc
Less bloat generally.
As for stability, my windows XP systems never seem to crash. And while most games only run windows, Im loathe to have a different OS just for non game stuff.
I wish we did have a viable competing OS, but for joe user like me, the lack of games support is actually the biggest deal.
Does this make sense? Ive seen it suggested somewhere:
One of the problems with spam is all the companies selling software that 'sends ten million emails a day'. Given that this is hardly likely to be for legitimate use (does your company have 10 million subscribers?) heres a way to hurt their pockets.
Go to google
Search for bulk email software
Click once on every google ad on the RHS.
Repeat each day.
Every click costs the spam (sorry *direct marketing*) company maybe $0.05. If everyone on slashdot did it, these companies would be hit bigtime. Their ad budgets would be used up, and their conversion rate would be zero.
Its not going to rid us of spam, but it IS one way to fuck up the assholes that make this stuff so easy.
I've never run linux to be honest. It just seems like hard work. And apparently someone is now bragging that this version has a graphical installer?
whoopee. About 15 years too late too impress anyone.
Headlines like this only remind me why (for all its sins) I run windows.
This isn't flamebatit, its a non-linux geeks viewpoint. There IS a difference.
WTF are you on? you replying to a different post or something?
whats anti capitalist about the prior post?
jeez.