How does downloading the pics support the person who created them unless you paid money for the pics?
I have no studies to back it up, but I would assume the poster means that it increases the volume of pictures taken. In a way, it creates a market for the pictures and encourages the pedophile to take more pictures of more kids. I'm not saying the person wouldn't do it on their own, but you must realize that when people like your work, it certainly encourages you and creates sort of a demand for you..
The information isnt whats evil, its the person who created it thats evil.
This is biologically false. Infecting someone else does not make one better, not even by a little bit. By contracting a disease, a person acquires (copies) the disease. The copying performed by pathogens and of copyrighted mp3s are analogous: both consist primarily of information, and my ownership is not in any way diminished by your acquisition. One would never say you had stolen a disease.
I don't know how *you* transfer diseases over there were you live, but over her we usually do it in a way where part of the disease has to leave the body. This is accomplished by blood transfer, intercourse, coughing, sneezing, etc, etc,.. While it doesn't actually seem to do any good, a lot of our bodily reactions when we get sick are actually mechanisms for getting rid of the sickness..
Correct, you won't get better by giving away a disease, but that's only because you can't get rid of enough of it and stay alive at the same time.
The pathogens you get from the person sitting next to you, were infecting that person a few seconds ago.. They did infact LEAVE that person's body before entering yours, they were not produced on the fly when the person coughed on you.
There are great benefits to logging some things, but logging mp3 file transfers and such seems to not be useful.. For a few extra cycles why not set up a sorting system.. An automatic system that can save things that might be suspicious, and throw out the rest? Seems like a decent compromise to me.. Few extra bucks spent on some processing power maybe.. You might lose a little useful log information.. Storage savings could surely be increased though, logs could be saved for a longer amount of time, you could save money on potential legal battles, and useful information would be easier accessed.. Sure, I know people are going to complain that it's a little more intrusive than just logging and letting it sit..but on the other hand, if it's sorted automatically, more legal things that you might want to keep private would be deleted forever as opposed to.. RIAA thinking you're sharing mp3s.. Doesn't find proof of that, but instead tell everyone you're a communist since you downloaded a text file including that word..
You are either attempting a lame joke, or you lack other countries to compare yourself with than Mexico or Afghanistan. Or else, maybe you are just blinded by sheep-like "patriotism".
Yes, we lack other countries to compare ourselves with. Only because you can't find one as big, diverse, and prosperous as USA to make an equal comparison. Sure if I had few million I might one day pack up my bags and live a care-free lifestyle on some little pacific island, but that's not going to happen..
I live fairly well here in America, I have a little money, a nice car, nice house to live in with lots of land, I've never been attacked or assaulted in any way..which I attribute to good police in my area, I've never found it hard to get a job but I've never been scared of a little hard work either, good insurance, our hospitals are great, there's technology everywhere to play with and work on, many luxuries other countries don't have, and while some people are trying to cut back on it.. for the most part we have plenty of freedom as long as we aren't trying to hurt other people.. I enjoy America, I enjoy traveling america, the weather, the diverse landscapes.. The diverse people and cultures.. Our themeparks, shops, malls, monuments, food, attractions, history, opportunities, and I could probably go on and on if I had more time..
It's also not blind 'sheep-like patriotism', it's just that America has certain things to offer that the average american wouldn't give up for anything..
I feel sorry for you since you can't seem to enjoy life without putting us down. I mean seriously.. Why do you think we have protestors and demonstrations? You probably wouldn't consider someone holding up an anti-bush sign while standing in front of the white house to be blinded by sheep-like patriotism would you? No.. They're doing it because they love America and want to stand up and protect what they love.
I'm probably going to get modded down again, and I honestly don't care what people think of Bush.. 99.95% (random) of all politicians are lying, cheating, stealing.. corrupt.. bastards.. Still have to respond though;)
And don't worry about Dubya - when he fails to get re-elected, not only will our tax dollars be paying him a pension forever, but he'll probably get some cushy consulting job with Haliburton making millions/yr.
I am not worried about George Bush, but the way the original poster wrote his/her/it's comment made me think they were trying to say I should feel sorry for Bill Clinton. I do not feel sorry for him, and I honestly believe than in a few years it will be much easier for Clinton than Bush to go out on the street and find lots of...supporters. His wife is probably not going to divorce him, so adding to his popularity.. He'll also have some [minor] political influence for many years to come.. Probably about the same influence as Bush will have, just he won't have to spend any money.. Of course I personally might rather spend a few million if I had it than try to charm Hillary Clinton. I think you get my point though don't you? I won't feel sorry for Bush, but Clinton surely isn't feeling any pain touring the world or whatever it is he does..
One big difference is, Clinton's lies didn't get a bunch of American soldiers killed, not to mention uncounted Iraqi soldiers and civilians.
That's up for debate in my opinion.. Afghanistan, Sudan, and Baghdad were all attacked by Clinton.. American casualties were low/none.. However, the administration itself acknowledged that the attacks would kill thousands of Iraqi civilians! Bill Clinton himself used WMDs as a reason for bombing the hell out of Iraq. I remember him saying something to the effect that he felt Saddam would use them since he has in the past. I guess Clinton's word is good enough for you to kill thousands of civilians, eh? Do a Google search, countries all around the world were opposing us at the time, much like now, but we went anyway.
This is not even mentioning covert actions, Bosnia, or Somolia.. Remember Somolia? Where Clinton said we basically have no business being there.. but instead of just pulling out our Rangers and Special Forces units.. He let them die without support? If the Clinton Administration's policy was to not get involved, we should not have been trying to kidnap anybody.. Though perhaps this could be read more as incompetance than lying, I believe it to be both.. I really wish the movie would have shown the political parts as well as the battles, but lately hollywood seems to not care.
We could go on and on about the Clintons' failures that resulted in this and that, both Bush presidents, Reagan, Carter, etc.. I know this isn't a political board though and I don't feel like getting modded down over and over, so I'm not replying to this anymore.. I'm not a Bush fan any more than I am a Clinton one, and you can read my opinions on him above. I just felt that it was something worth saying..
Um, no. They're broadcasting one movie at a time. You're not receiving all channels at once. That makes a huge difference in your argument.
Eh? I have 4 tvs with cable in my house, they all get great reception while on different channels all at the same time.. It all comes through one line and then splits off to 4 boxes.. So while maybe not dozens, 4 is still a lot..
When I invite a group of people over and share my TV I still have possession of my TV.
Assume you mean the reception, that's okay because you 'pay' for it by watching ads.. Everyone who's watching the tv with you is paying by watching the ads as well.
When I share music via radio, I still own my radio
See above about television.
When I share music via the computer, I still own the CD and computer.
Correct.. You however only paid to listen yourself. You can't give a stripper $50 for a lapdance and tell her to give one to all your friends too. For a more G rated analogy.. If your friend knows this plumber that did a good job fixing his sink, and you find out he has no other jobs lined up on Tuesday.. Do you expect him to work for free because your friend already paid for his services? No.. Do you expect him to work for free on Tuesday even though you aren't keeping him from making money elsewhere? No..
I would be happy and the first person to sign up for an ad-based p2p service or even a subscription based service where the artists get most of the money.. So don't think I'm arguing with you about that.. I just don't like your analogies;)
When you play a DVD on your TV and you and your 100 friends watch it, hows it any different than sending that DVD to your 100 friends via the net?
I wouldn't invite 100 of my friends over to watch a DVD, I'd tell them to buy their own damn movie;P
If musicians don't need RIAA, etc, and P2P is here to take the place of the record labels.. Then.. Why on earth do musicians still sign with columbia, interscope, universal, etc? Maybe because they DO need them?..
Also.. Boycotting is fine and great.. I encourage people who hate the record companies (like me) to not buy cds or anything else from them.. However.. Like I've said before, when you boycot something.. You don't keep using that product! There are thousands of artists out there distributing their music for free. RIAA can't get you for that.
This is just like MS vs OSS.. The way to get open source moving is not to steal MS products is it? No.. The way to show MS and company is to use Linux (note: just example of open source operating system, don't want to get flamed for not listing them all..) and also to support open source games and applications. Everyone seems to understand that.. So why not apply it to music?
And if you ask the musicians, the ones who actually make the music, they make music so groups of people can enjoy it together, this is why they give concerts etc etc. Musicians dont mind people listening to their music, its the CEO at the record company who minds. Musicians do not care how many people listen to their music as long as they get paid, Musicians could get paid based on how popular their music is, on P2P. Say we allow streamed commercials to pay for P2P, Musicians dont care what you do with their music after you pay them, its the CEOs and RIAA who want to control what you do with music.
haha Right.. That's why they charge me $20-50+ a ticket to go listen to them in concert right? Come on man, don't believe that bs some of the artists are feeding you. Look at how many artists now own their own labels because they got tired of the living under someone else's rule.. Then MAYBE 10% of those people actually distribute their music for free.. I don't know what news you've been getting, but all the time I hear about how bands are against file sharing.
You dont seem to care if the RIAA removes all your rights.
I do have problems with **AA and any other company that really does want to take away my rights, but it's bs to say I want my rights taken away just because I believe distributing mp3s when the publisher doesn't want you to is wrong.
Artists should stop continuing to resign with these companies if they really want the people to enjoy their music for free.
I personally think the artists and producers really are doing their part lately, a lot of the bands I like always seem to release at least a couple mp3s on their sites for free these days.. Kindof like how magazine publishers have their magazines out where you can flip through them..
My car is my own. No your car is owned by your car company, you are paying for the right to drive in it.
The car company made the car specifically so that other people can ride with you. They actually want you to do it, this makes it a bad analogy for your purposes.
60 million people agree with me, so who is everyone else?
So if 60 million people jump off a.. oh nevermind..
This is absolute bs.. I mean, when I hand over $200 or whatever systems cost these days.. I am not agreeing to anything, I don't sign anything, I don't make a verbal agreement, and hell I don't even shake the guy's hand at the electronics store. Legally, they may be in the right, but morally.. No way.. Next thing you know, I won't be allowed to change the spark plugs in my own car..
To me.. When you buy it.. You should be able to do anything you want with it as long as you aren't hurting yourself or other people (I have no idea how you would.. but just saying..)
hmmm.. I didn't realize Slashdot had a *mission*.. Sure some parts of/. are biased towards the opensource community, but we get stories on all sorts of closed source games.. The fact is a lot of people don't think Angband is all that great, and can you really blame them? It looks like games we played 10 years ago.. I mean, you wouldn't expect/. to post every time a MUD is updated just cause it's a lot like an open source version of Diablo would you?;p
They may not be EXACTLY the same thing, since you're not actually removing a product from distribution, but..... I'll never understand why you people say that you don't have to play by the rules if you don't have money.. Sure, someone can still buy the magazine so you aren't stealing it off the shelf, but the price tag is there for a reason.. Saying you wouldn't buy it anyway is just an excuse to be lazy.. If it's not worth a few bucks, not even an hour of work at mcdonalds, why in the hell are people standing there copying the things? I mean come on.. We have radios for music if you don't have the cash to buy cds, and you're allowed to browse magazines if you just want to catch an article in one of those.. If you wanna live in a socialism or whatever.. Then make that point known.. However, the countries where most music, magazines, movies, etc are being produced (and at least the ones most people seem to enjoy) are capitalist countries. Everyone works to get ahead.. Most of us play by the rules, we give money so other people can have it.. This system works great because of people playing by the rules..
If you like the product, just...pay for it.. You wanna make a stand and buy free music instead that's one thing.. It's totally different though if you're going to benefit from other people's work without paying for it..
Yeah okay jackass, that's right.. Make me be the one that has to move because of harrassment.. That's like a cop telling someone they should move because their neighbor parks their cars in your lawn.
It should be my right to block it, however they don't think so. I have a few email addresses, one for personal, one for forums and chat services, and one other for when I sign up for anything.. My personal one that no one should know of gets about 5 a day, forums another 50-100, and ungodly amounts sent to my sign up list that I only pay attention to when I'm actually signing up and need a password. Not only is that per day, but that's after a block list containing over 5000 servers and users, blocked anything that contains my own name or username as the sender, blocked all *viagra* and anything involving porn... Why must I spend so much time and bandwidth downloading their crap? They cost my isp and I money by sending all this crap, I mean seriously.. It's not much, but what if every day everything you got in snail mail that was spam was receiver pays shipping? Think about that.. You can bet that if it was receiver pays shipping you'd get really pissed after a while wouldn't you? Also.. The federal government has decided that it is NOT their right to bug me on the phone if I don't want them to, so why should it be their right to bug me online if I don't want them to? Consider yourself lucky you don't get emails through your spam assassin.. People like myself still get plenty, and even what's being blocked is still using bandwidth and clogging up servers.. Wasting my time making sure the blocking mechanisms are working properly.. I mean sure, I could agree with you if they'd actually use real email addresses and listen when I tell them I don't want their bs..
Actually.. I was thinking perhaps they know they have the money and manpower to put together more filters and blocklists up on MSN 8.. So they their customers don't have to worry about the extra spam.. So, what I mean is.. Down the road a bit when everyone else from AOL and home isps will be complaining about more spam every day, MSN people will be telling them they don't get much.. It may not bring in many/. people, but the people like my relatives and some of my rl friends.. probably..
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Actually.. I'm not sure how overtime could be a safety control in that situation lol More pay != more alert.. I think doctors should just give up some of their pay to hire more people;)
Just depends on the are you live and work.. For the early part of my life (up until now actually) I've lived in an extremely rural community and worked jobs where people with a family would be extremely lucky to have any new electronics at all.. I don't think many people on slashdot understand that there are still many parts of America where technology doesn't mean much more than a remote control and a digital clock..
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How does downloading the pics support the person who created them unless you paid money for the pics?
I have no studies to back it up, but I would assume the poster means that it increases the volume of pictures taken. In a way, it creates a market for the pictures and encourages the pedophile to take more pictures of more kids. I'm not saying the person wouldn't do it on their own, but you must realize that when people like your work, it certainly encourages you and creates sort of a demand for you..
The information isnt whats evil, its the person who created it thats evil.
Parable of the fig tree..
This is biologically false. Infecting someone else does not make one better, not even by a little bit. By contracting a disease, a person acquires (copies) the disease. The copying performed by pathogens and of copyrighted mp3s are analogous: both consist primarily of information, and my ownership is not in any way diminished by your acquisition. One would never say you had stolen a disease.
I don't know how *you* transfer diseases over there were you live, but over her we usually do it in a way where part of the disease has to leave the body. This is accomplished by blood transfer, intercourse, coughing, sneezing, etc, etc,.. While it doesn't actually seem to do any good, a lot of our bodily reactions when we get sick are actually mechanisms for getting rid of the sickness..
Correct, you won't get better by giving away a disease, but that's only because you can't get rid of enough of it and stay alive at the same time.
The pathogens you get from the person sitting next to you, were infecting that person a few seconds ago.. They did infact LEAVE that person's body before entering yours, they were not produced on the fly when the person coughed on you.
There are great benefits to logging some things, but logging mp3 file transfers and such seems to not be useful.. For a few extra cycles why not set up a sorting system.. An automatic system that can save things that might be suspicious, and throw out the rest? Seems like a decent compromise to me.. Few extra bucks spent on some processing power maybe.. You might lose a little useful log information.. Storage savings could surely be increased though, logs could be saved for a longer amount of time, you could save money on potential legal battles, and useful information would be easier accessed.. Sure, I know people are going to complain that it's a little more intrusive than just logging and letting it sit..but on the other hand, if it's sorted automatically, more legal things that you might want to keep private would be deleted forever as opposed to.. RIAA thinking you're sharing mp3s.. Doesn't find proof of that, but instead tell everyone you're a communist since you downloaded a text file including that word..
You are either attempting a lame joke, or you lack other countries to compare yourself with than Mexico or Afghanistan. Or else, maybe you are just blinded by sheep-like "patriotism".
Yes, we lack other countries to compare ourselves with. Only because you can't find one as big, diverse, and prosperous as USA to make an equal comparison. Sure if I had few million I might one day pack up my bags and live a care-free lifestyle on some little pacific island, but that's not going to happen..
I live fairly well here in America, I have a little money, a nice car, nice house to live in with lots of land, I've never been attacked or assaulted in any way..which I attribute to good police in my area, I've never found it hard to get a job but I've never been scared of a little hard work either, good insurance, our hospitals are great, there's technology everywhere to play with and work on, many luxuries other countries don't have, and while some people are trying to cut back on it.. for the most part we have plenty of freedom as long as we aren't trying to hurt other people.. I enjoy America, I enjoy traveling america, the weather, the diverse landscapes.. The diverse people and cultures.. Our themeparks, shops, malls, monuments, food, attractions, history, opportunities, and I could probably go on and on if I had more time..
It's also not blind 'sheep-like patriotism', it's just that America has certain things to offer that the average american wouldn't give up for anything..
I feel sorry for you since you can't seem to enjoy life without putting us down. I mean seriously.. Why do you think we have protestors and demonstrations? You probably wouldn't consider someone holding up an anti-bush sign while standing in front of the white house to be blinded by sheep-like patriotism would you? No.. They're doing it because they love America and want to stand up and protect what they love.
I'm probably going to get modded down again, and I honestly don't care what people think of Bush.. 99.95% (random) of all politicians are lying, cheating, stealing.. corrupt.. bastards.. Still have to respond though ;)
And don't worry about Dubya - when he fails to get re-elected, not only will our tax dollars be paying him a pension forever, but he'll probably get some cushy consulting job with Haliburton making millions/yr.
I am not worried about George Bush, but the way the original poster wrote his/her/it's comment made me think they were trying to say I should feel sorry for Bill Clinton. I do not feel sorry for him, and I honestly believe than in a few years it will be much easier for Clinton than Bush to go out on the street and find lots of...supporters. His wife is probably not going to divorce him, so adding to his popularity.. He'll also have some [minor] political influence for many years to come.. Probably about the same influence as Bush will have, just he won't have to spend any money.. Of course I personally might rather spend a few million if I had it than try to charm Hillary Clinton. I think you get my point though don't you? I won't feel sorry for Bush, but Clinton surely isn't feeling any pain touring the world or whatever it is he does..
One big difference is, Clinton's lies didn't get a bunch of American soldiers killed, not to mention uncounted Iraqi soldiers and civilians.
That's up for debate in my opinion.. Afghanistan, Sudan, and Baghdad were all attacked by Clinton.. American casualties were low/none.. However, the administration itself acknowledged that the attacks would kill thousands of Iraqi civilians! Bill Clinton himself used WMDs as a reason for bombing the hell out of Iraq. I remember him saying something to the effect that he felt Saddam would use them since he has in the past. I guess Clinton's word is good enough for you to kill thousands of civilians, eh? Do a Google search, countries all around the world were opposing us at the time, much like now, but we went anyway.
This is not even mentioning covert actions, Bosnia, or Somolia.. Remember Somolia? Where Clinton said we basically have no business being there.. but instead of just pulling out our Rangers and Special Forces units.. He let them die without support? If the Clinton Administration's policy was to not get involved, we should not have been trying to kidnap anybody.. Though perhaps this could be read more as incompetance than lying, I believe it to be both.. I really wish the movie would have shown the political parts as well as the battles, but lately hollywood seems to not care.
We could go on and on about the Clintons' failures that resulted in this and that, both Bush presidents, Reagan, Carter, etc.. I know this isn't a political board though and I don't feel like getting modded down over and over, so I'm not replying to this anymore.. I'm not a Bush fan any more than I am a Clinton one, and you can read my opinions on him above. I just felt that it was something worth saying..
Um, no. They're broadcasting one movie at a time. You're not receiving all channels at once. That makes a huge difference in your argument.
Eh? I have 4 tvs with cable in my house, they all get great reception while on different channels all at the same time.. It all comes through one line and then splits off to 4 boxes.. So while maybe not dozens, 4 is still a lot..
Clinton got a BJ and Bush lies to Congress and the American people.. who gets treated worse?
;P Clinton got a blowjob, got re-elected, and has made millions of dollars since leaving office.
Clinton lied to Congress and the American people as well..
To answer your question though.. I would say Bush.
When I invite a group of people over and share my TV I still have possession of my TV.
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Assume you mean the reception, that's okay because you 'pay' for it by watching ads.. Everyone who's watching the tv with you is paying by watching the ads as well.
When I share music via radio, I still own my radio
See above about television.
When I share music via the computer, I still own the CD and computer.
Correct.. You however only paid to listen yourself. You can't give a stripper $50 for a lapdance and tell her to give one to all your friends too. For a more G rated analogy.. If your friend knows this plumber that did a good job fixing his sink, and you find out he has no other jobs lined up on Tuesday.. Do you expect him to work for free because your friend already paid for his services? No.. Do you expect him to work for free on Tuesday even though you aren't keeping him from making money elsewhere? No..
I would be happy and the first person to sign up for an ad-based p2p service or even a subscription based service where the artists get most of the money.. So don't think I'm arguing with you about that.. I just don't like your analogies
When you play a DVD on your TV and you and your 100 friends watch it, hows it any different than sending that DVD to your 100 friends via the net?
I wouldn't invite 100 of my friends over to watch a DVD, I'd tell them to buy their own damn movie
If musicians don't need RIAA, etc, and P2P is here to take the place of the record labels.. Then.. Why on earth do musicians still sign with columbia, interscope, universal, etc? Maybe because they DO need them?..
Also.. Boycotting is fine and great.. I encourage people who hate the record companies (like me) to not buy cds or anything else from them.. However.. Like I've said before, when you boycot something.. You don't keep using that product! There are thousands of artists out there distributing their music for free. RIAA can't get you for that.
This is just like MS vs OSS.. The way to get open source moving is not to steal MS products is it? No.. The way to show MS and company is to use Linux (note: just example of open source operating system, don't want to get flamed for not listing them all..) and also to support open source games and applications. Everyone seems to understand that.. So why not apply it to music?
And if you ask the musicians, the ones who actually make the music, they make music so groups of people can enjoy it together, this is why they give concerts etc etc. Musicians dont mind people listening to their music, its the CEO at the record company who minds. Musicians do not care how many people listen to their music as long as they get paid, Musicians could get paid based on how popular their music is, on P2P. Say we allow streamed commercials to pay for P2P, Musicians dont care what you do with their music after you pay them, its the CEOs and RIAA who want to control what you do with music.
haha Right.. That's why they charge me $20-50+ a ticket to go listen to them in concert right? Come on man, don't believe that bs some of the artists are feeding you. Look at how many artists now own their own labels because they got tired of the living under someone else's rule.. Then MAYBE 10% of those people actually distribute their music for free.. I don't know what news you've been getting, but all the time I hear about how bands are against file sharing.
You dont seem to care if the RIAA removes all your rights.
I do have problems with **AA and any other company that really does want to take away my rights, but it's bs to say I want my rights taken away just because I believe distributing mp3s when the publisher doesn't want you to is wrong.
Artists should stop continuing to resign with these companies if they really want the people to enjoy their music for free.
I personally think the artists and producers really are doing their part lately, a lot of the bands I like always seem to release at least a couple mp3s on their sites for free these days.. Kindof like how magazine publishers have their magazines out where you can flip through them..
Not only do you use TV and Radio with their permission.. You pay for it by watching and listening to ads.
My car is my own. No your car is owned by your car company, you are paying for the right to drive in it.
The car company made the car specifically so that other people can ride with you. They actually want you to do it, this makes it a bad analogy for your purposes.
60 million people agree with me, so who is everyone else?
So if 60 million people jump off a.. oh nevermind..
Do you always write about the actions of laws like you're a sportscaster?
This is absolute bs.. I mean, when I hand over $200 or whatever systems cost these days.. I am not agreeing to anything, I don't sign anything, I don't make a verbal agreement, and hell I don't even shake the guy's hand at the electronics store. Legally, they may be in the right, but morally.. No way.. Next thing you know, I won't be allowed to change the spark plugs in my own car..
To me.. When you buy it.. You should be able to do anything you want with it as long as you aren't hurting yourself or other people (I have no idea how you would.. but just saying..)
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hmmm.. I didn't realize Slashdot had a *mission*.. Sure some parts of /. are biased towards the opensource community, but we get stories on all sorts of closed source games.. The fact is a lot of people don't think Angband is all that great, and can you really blame them? It looks like games we played 10 years ago.. I mean, you wouldn't expect /. to post every time a MUD is updated just cause it's a lot like an open source version of Diablo would you? ;p
Oh yeah.. Nice pointy nose ya got there..
Excuse me, I got a little carried away with me post. I should have said "those people" instead of "you people". Thanks for pointing out my error.
They may not be EXACTLY the same thing, since you're not actually removing a product from distribution, but..... I'll never understand why you people say that you don't have to play by the rules if you don't have money.. Sure, someone can still buy the magazine so you aren't stealing it off the shelf, but the price tag is there for a reason.. Saying you wouldn't buy it anyway is just an excuse to be lazy.. If it's not worth a few bucks, not even an hour of work at mcdonalds, why in the hell are people standing there copying the things? I mean come on.. We have radios for music if you don't have the cash to buy cds, and you're allowed to browse magazines if you just want to catch an article in one of those.. If you wanna live in a socialism or whatever.. Then make that point known.. However, the countries where most music, magazines, movies, etc are being produced (and at least the ones most people seem to enjoy) are capitalist countries. Everyone works to get ahead.. Most of us play by the rules, we give money so other people can have it.. This system works great because of people playing by the rules..
If you like the product, just...pay for it.. You wanna make a stand and buy free music instead that's one thing.. It's totally different though if you're going to benefit from other people's work without paying for it..
'your lawn' was supposed to be written as 'their lawn'
Yeah okay jackass, that's right.. Make me be the one that has to move because of harrassment.. That's like a cop telling someone they should move because their neighbor parks their cars in your lawn.
True believers and fanatics are totally different things man.. Either think before you post, or if you did... Don't be an ass.
It should be my right to block it, however they don't think so. I have a few email addresses, one for personal, one for forums and chat services, and one other for when I sign up for anything.. My personal one that no one should know of gets about 5 a day, forums another 50-100, and ungodly amounts sent to my sign up list that I only pay attention to when I'm actually signing up and need a password. Not only is that per day, but that's after a block list containing over 5000 servers and users, blocked anything that contains my own name or username as the sender, blocked all *viagra* and anything involving porn... Why must I spend so much time and bandwidth downloading their crap? They cost my isp and I money by sending all this crap, I mean seriously.. It's not much, but what if every day everything you got in snail mail that was spam was receiver pays shipping? Think about that.. You can bet that if it was receiver pays shipping you'd get really pissed after a while wouldn't you? Also.. The federal government has decided that it is NOT their right to bug me on the phone if I don't want them to, so why should it be their right to bug me online if I don't want them to? Consider yourself lucky you don't get emails through your spam assassin.. People like myself still get plenty, and even what's being blocked is still using bandwidth and clogging up servers.. Wasting my time making sure the blocking mechanisms are working properly.. I mean sure, I could agree with you if they'd actually use real email addresses and listen when I tell them I don't want their bs..
Actually.. I was thinking perhaps they know they have the money and manpower to put together more filters and blocklists up on MSN 8.. So they their customers don't have to worry about the extra spam.. So, what I mean is.. Down the road a bit when everyone else from AOL and home isps will be complaining about more spam every day, MSN people will be telling them they don't get much.. It may not bring in many /. people, but the people like my relatives and some of my rl friends.. probably..
Actually.. I'm not sure how overtime could be a safety control in that situation lol More pay != more alert.. I think doctors should just give up some of their pay to hire more people ;)
Just depends on the are you live and work.. For the early part of my life (up until now actually) I've lived in an extremely rural community and worked jobs where people with a family would be extremely lucky to have any new electronics at all.. I don't think many people on slashdot understand that there are still many parts of America where technology doesn't mean much more than a remote control and a digital clock..