So what you're saying is ways to improve business, the assembly line pioneered by Henry Ford for automobiles should be patentable?
While it was an amazing idea, and helped bring automobiles into the grasp of the average man, doesn't mean it should be exclusive to that company. A company discovers a new model that works, what should prohibit another company from taking up that model instead of going under? Bookstore than failing can't sell their books online because Amazon patented the 'innovation' of selling books online? Sorry, I thought capitalism was supposed to spur innovation not suffocate it.
Wow. That is all I have to simply say. After searching that phrase in Google is popped up this site:
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
As the top link, and just going through the articles contained there, and looking at his actually references, I was amazed. I'm not vegan, or an animal rights activist, etc., (though I do want more ethical treatment of animals, but won't change my life so much if it doesn't happen) but I really thought PeTA wasn't as hypocritical as this.
I think it's because they'd be laughed out of the court in the UK, but yet it could actually be a serious case here. It has gotten to the point of being utterly ridiculous.
My PC has no chance of running Oblivion, except for into oblivion.
I was going to be one of the people intending to buy a 360 for the soul purpose of buying this beautiful game, but now with the release pushed back, I think I just save some dough a build a new system.
Bye bye 360, what other games did you have again? No Halo? No Oblivion? Sorry.
To the Americans who are posting comments like "wow. I never thought that would happen" I ask one question. What have you done to protect your rights, that the FBI are trampling? Posting sarcastic comments isn't doing anything to protect your rights.
A large majority of us have, by voting, expressing our disgust with current administration, and so forth. The majority also would probably not risk criminal life in America of any sort, a lot people are still, for lack of a better word, still 'content' with their lives. Yeah, I hate Bush, economy has had brighter days, and on some days I'm almost ashamed to be an American because of my embarrassment of the administration.
Did you vote? For the fraction of you that did, what else have you done? Because you can't just protect your rights by once every 4 years (it is 4 in America, right?) ticking a box and not doing anything else until the next 4 years. I think it was Thomas Jefferson that said once the people stop fighting for their rights, the government will take them away.
Yeah, I voted, I've voted for the Mayors, Senators, Representatives, Presidents, etc. that I've wanted in Office, though obviously not all came out how I wanted, so a lot of us really do try to change what is happening to our country. Though also, for the most part _unfortunately_ being locked into only two possible candidates (Republican and Democrat) who will win, that is part of our election process that should be reevaluated just for the overall greater good.
So people posting here obviously do care. But what have you done to protect them? I'm betting the majority of you haven't done a damn thing (except vote). Well this is what happens when you do nothing but vote. You've got no-one to blame but yourselves.
The general/. crowd is probably leaning more to the left, even those that are conservative (though the current Administration is far from the original Republican philosophy, less central Government, more State power) still care about the country. We have, it is in our everyday lives, you sit down in your break room with a cup of joe and news paper, what is there to talk about? Or while havin' a smoke? Some people go to protests, I hear of one every week, I live in Salt Lake, when the President came here within the last few weeks, the Salt Lake Mayor, Rocky Anderson (he's a Democrat, Salt Lake City is mostly Democrat, while the rest of the state is most Republican) was required to greet him, but right after he met the President, he proceeded to a rally protesting what Bush is doing. So don't shove blame in our face, because we're well aware of what is going on.
Well, guess who could have accepted it now? Not President Clinton, that's for sure He can take a cheap shot, because Bush is the one in office, not Clinton, though people seem to take cheap shots on him too;)
Not necessarily as you don't upload your entire copy to one other person (at least not in most cases with popular torrents)
Seeing as you are just uploads 'chunks' to other users, you can deny that you actually ever 'gave' another user the full episode, though you may have a positive rating (sharing more than you downloaded) doesn't mean you actually shared the whole episode to one person.
But what do I know?
-Brandon
(the majority of pot users are non-famous random joes, and it seems to have a very small, temporary impact on their ability to judge the world in a reasonable matter).
And guess what, most people in the world are non-famous random Joes. Let me ask you this, have more people been able to come up with brilliant ideas on alcohol than on pot? Probably.
How 'bout people beating the shit out of each other drunk? High?
-Brandon Full disclosure - Yes, I do smoke pot, and drink
Or maybe there isn't a simple answer to a not so simple question.
You may not have noticed, but New Orleans is a major US seaport, it is along of the Mississippi River, so we should just completely abandon a good harbor? Sorry, that's not the way this country works, and I think we all know that. Oh, while we're at it, why don't we just leave the entire East Coast? Hell, those yuppies in California are just risking their lives everyday, should just place them all in the catergory of 'dumb'.
There is a reason why people build along the coast, despite it being dangerous, and if you think that a post on Slashdot refutes thousands of years of human civilization building alongside bodies of water, I don't know what to tell ya'. Yeah, there are risks of course, and this is a horrible disaster, but what are we to do? We can't abandon it, now can we? Be rational.
I guess you could possibly say I was that 'stereotypical' looking jock/prep guy in highschool (just graduated, 3.6 GPA, so not a 'dumb' jock either). Yeah, I've done an assortment of drugs, not really to my regret either, started out small, escalated, and I still do them at parties on the weekends, though nothing really 'hard'. By hard, I mean essentially using a needle to do it, but used to snort 80s of OxyContin among other things.
However - I'm also what you would call a 'nerd' to an extent, I've worked in computer businesses for two years (two seperate businesses for a year each - both went out of business and I was with each from start to finish). I took state three times in wrestling, twice in collegiate and once in Greco-Roman, but I'm not a violent person at all, I party a lot but I don't get into fights, I don't rape women or anything like that, I adhor violence honestly.
So essentially, I'm a jock that plays MMORPGs (Lineage II, EverQuest, fyi), wears Abercrombie, uses Linux, used to do coke a lot, has never taken advantage of a woman, and yet still bound to these petty stereotypes? Sorry, but grow up and get your head out of your ass, the world needs stereotypes about as much as they need racism.
Not to flame But more people buy, are interested in, want to know about, or are involved with Apple than AFI by far.
Considering the scope of Apple compared to AFI, grandparent was dead on, Google would be the winner in that search - More people want to know about Apple than AFI.
Ha, I know what you're talking about exactly! When I was looking for a new phone (I'm in Salt Lake City, Utah) there is a provider in our area called Cricket
They basically offer unlimited everything for 'bout $45 and some change from taxes. And its all under no contract at all. I have unlimited local, unlimited long distances, and unlimited text and pix (which I use to send free ringtones to myself:)).
Oh, they might be in your area too, because they are a subsidiary of Leap Wireless. Thats my two cents.
No offense intended, as I do the same exact thing, downloading Battlestar Galactica obviously as it is one of the best series I have watched in a long while.
But it is still 'copyright infringement' as you are not watching the ads that are showed during Battlestar Galactica. I know that sounds dumb, but Sci-Fi makes most of their revenue from that, but I personally will continue to download the episodes simply because I don't care:P
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So what you're saying is ways to improve business, the assembly line pioneered by Henry Ford for automobiles should be patentable?
While it was an amazing idea, and helped bring automobiles into the grasp of the average man, doesn't mean it should be exclusive to that company. A company discovers a new model that works, what should prohibit another company from taking up that model instead of going under? Bookstore than failing can't sell their books online because Amazon patented the 'innovation' of selling books online? Sorry, I thought capitalism was supposed to spur innovation not suffocate it.
-Brandon
Some of us already do ;)
-Brandon
Sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!
Sorry, couldn't help myself
-Brandon
Wow.
That is all I have to simply say. After searching that phrase in Google is popped up this site:
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
As the top link, and just going through the articles contained there, and looking at his actually references, I was amazed. I'm not vegan, or an animal rights activist, etc., (though I do want more ethical treatment of animals, but won't change my life so much if it doesn't happen) but I really thought PeTA wasn't as hypocritical as this.
-Brandon
Or even a job at all.
A felony that is theft looks very poorly on anyone, and companies will not hire these people a large amount of the time.
I know some people will say they have, but ya' know what, most won't.
-Brandon
And who said competition in an industry wasn't good? :)
I'm all for it, haha, organs growing somewhere or being printed out somewhere else
-Brandon
Read your own words.
They are filing suit in the US
I think it's because they'd be laughed out of the court in the UK, but yet it could actually be a serious case here. It has gotten to the point of being utterly ridiculous.
-Brandon
Do you lock your car? Do you lock your house?
Yes, but the difference with DRM is, I don't lock myself out of my car or house.
-Brandon
Completely agree.
My PC has no chance of running Oblivion, except for into oblivion.
I was going to be one of the people intending to buy a 360 for the soul purpose of buying this beautiful game, but now with the release pushed back, I think I just save some dough a build a new system.
Bye bye 360, what other games did you have again? No Halo? No Oblivion? Sorry.
-Brandon
No, freedom of belief and worship is a human priviledge.
Humans have only one right, that is to die.
-Brandon
And probably costs more too . . .
-Brandon
To the Americans who are posting comments like "wow. I never thought that would happen" I ask one question. What have you done to protect your rights, that the FBI are trampling? Posting sarcastic comments isn't doing anything to protect your rights.
/. crowd is probably leaning more to the left, even those that are conservative (though the current Administration is far from the original Republican philosophy, less central Government, more State power) still care about the country. We have, it is in our everyday lives, you sit down in your break room with a cup of joe and news paper, what is there to talk about? Or while havin' a smoke? Some people go to protests, I hear of one every week, I live in Salt Lake, when the President came here within the last few weeks, the Salt Lake Mayor, Rocky Anderson (he's a Democrat, Salt Lake City is mostly Democrat, while the rest of the state is most Republican) was required to greet him, but right after he met the President, he proceeded to a rally protesting what Bush is doing. So don't shove blame in our face, because we're well aware of what is going on.
A large majority of us have, by voting, expressing our disgust with current administration, and so forth. The majority also would probably not risk criminal life in America of any sort, a lot people are still, for lack of a better word, still 'content' with their lives. Yeah, I hate Bush, economy has had brighter days, and on some days I'm almost ashamed to be an American because of my embarrassment of the administration.
Did you vote? For the fraction of you that did, what else have you done? Because you can't just protect your rights by once every 4 years (it is 4 in America, right?) ticking a box and not doing anything else until the next 4 years. I think it was Thomas Jefferson that said once the people stop fighting for their rights, the government will take them away.
Yeah, I voted, I've voted for the Mayors, Senators, Representatives, Presidents, etc. that I've wanted in Office, though obviously not all came out how I wanted, so a lot of us really do try to change what is happening to our country. Though also, for the most part _unfortunately_ being locked into only two possible candidates (Republican and Democrat) who will win, that is part of our election process that should be reevaluated just for the overall greater good.
So people posting here obviously do care. But what have you done to protect them? I'm betting the majority of you haven't done a damn thing (except vote). Well this is what happens when you do nothing but vote. You've got no-one to blame but yourselves.
The general
-Brandon
Well, guess who could have accepted it now? ;)
Not President Clinton, that's for sure
He can take a cheap shot, because Bush is the one in office, not Clinton, though people seem to take cheap shots on him too
-Brandon
Not necessarily as you don't upload your entire copy to one other person (at least not in most cases with popular torrents) Seeing as you are just uploads 'chunks' to other users, you can deny that you actually ever 'gave' another user the full episode, though you may have a positive rating (sharing more than you downloaded) doesn't mean you actually shared the whole episode to one person. But what do I know? -Brandon
Agreed - And I'll take the karma hit.
He has some pent up feelings about the past he needs to talk to someone about - Like Thomas, ha.
-Brandon
PS Yes, people do grow up and grew things
(the majority of pot users are non-famous random joes, and it seems to have a very small, temporary impact on their ability to judge the world in a reasonable matter).
And guess what, most people in the world are non-famous random Joes. Let me ask you this, have more people been able to come up with brilliant ideas on alcohol than on pot? Probably.
How 'bout people beating the shit out of each other drunk? High?
-Brandon
Full disclosure - Yes, I do smoke pot, and drink
Or maybe there isn't a simple answer to a not so simple question.
You may not have noticed, but New Orleans is a major US seaport, it is along of the Mississippi River, so we should just completely abandon a good harbor? Sorry, that's not the way this country works, and I think we all know that. Oh, while we're at it, why don't we just leave the entire East Coast? Hell, those yuppies in California are just risking their lives everyday, should just place them all in the catergory of 'dumb'.
There is a reason why people build along the coast, despite it being dangerous, and if you think that a post on Slashdot refutes thousands of years of human civilization building alongside bodies of water, I don't know what to tell ya'. Yeah, there are risks of course, and this is a horrible disaster, but what are we to do? We can't abandon it, now can we? Be rational.
-Brandon
Er, abhor, sorry.
-Brandon
I'll add some fuel to the flames.
I guess you could possibly say I was that 'stereotypical' looking jock/prep guy in highschool (just graduated, 3.6 GPA, so not a 'dumb' jock either). Yeah, I've done an assortment of drugs, not really to my regret either, started out small, escalated, and I still do them at parties on the weekends, though nothing really 'hard'. By hard, I mean essentially using a needle to do it, but used to snort 80s of OxyContin among other things.
However - I'm also what you would call a 'nerd' to an extent, I've worked in computer businesses for two years (two seperate businesses for a year each - both went out of business and I was with each from start to finish). I took state three times in wrestling, twice in collegiate and once in Greco-Roman, but I'm not a violent person at all, I party a lot but I don't get into fights, I don't rape women or anything like that, I adhor violence honestly.
So essentially, I'm a jock that plays MMORPGs (Lineage II, EverQuest, fyi), wears Abercrombie, uses Linux, used to do coke a lot, has never taken advantage of a woman, and yet still bound to these petty stereotypes? Sorry, but grow up and get your head out of your ass, the world needs stereotypes about as much as they need racism.
-Brandon
Not to flame
But more people buy, are interested in, want to know about, or are involved with Apple than AFI by far.
Considering the scope of Apple compared to AFI, grandparent was dead on, Google would be the winner in that search - More people want to know about Apple than AFI.
-Brandon
not everything requires further innovation, like toilet paper.
:)
In case you haven't noticed before, but some Asian countries have innovated in that area. They spray your butt with water
-Brandon
Ha, I know what you're talking about exactly! When I was looking for a new phone (I'm in Salt Lake City, Utah) there is a provider in our area called Cricket
:)).
They basically offer unlimited everything for 'bout $45 and some change from taxes. And its all under no contract at all. I have unlimited local, unlimited long distances, and unlimited text and pix (which I use to send free ringtones to myself
Oh, they might be in your area too, because they are a subsidiary of Leap Wireless.
Thats my two cents.
-Brandom
Next they'll report that Bush won a second term in office
:P
NO!! Think of the children!
-Brandon
No offense intended, as I do the same exact thing, downloading Battlestar Galactica obviously as it is one of the best series I have watched in a long while.
:P
But it is still 'copyright infringement' as you are not watching the ads that are showed during Battlestar Galactica. I know that sounds dumb, but Sci-Fi makes most of their revenue from that, but I personally will continue to download the episodes simply because I don't care
-Brandon
You must be new here.
/. it isn't 'theft', its 'copyright infringement'.
Here on
-Brandon