For what it's worth, I have played my fair share of violent games. I am also a pretty decent shot with a pistol. The two activities are so radically different that one isn't "practice" for the other.
Moving crosshairs on a screen and lining up sights are totally different skills. Maybe if I needed to plan an assault on a building, my man hours of Rainbow Six wouldn't have been wasted.
Now, the military DOES use video game-type displays (with light-emitting guns) to train. Interestingly these are often used to teach soldiers to assess the tactical situation and avoid conflict if possible. When the student makes a mistake, at least no one dies...
I think that it has something to do with a less-developed set of interpersonal skills, (common amongst tech folks) for combined with a bit of intellectual arrogance (also common).
Put down those flamethrowers, I'm a card carrying geek for many years. Taking offense won't change whether I'm right or wrong.
Unless 'here' means the US, in which case I agree, but don't have an explanation:)
Probably even more via radio (for pop artists, anyway), but yeah, any exposure is good. This isn't really a good justification for theft/infringement/etc though (I don't see a lot of difference).
True, Bob might not have bought it. But if he can have it for free, he is almost (again, just my anecdotal evidence) sure NOT to buy it. The artists are being robbed (yeah, I know they get a shitty cut. Such are contracts...)
You're right though... this weird 'shoot first, get facts later' approach is pretty shitty. I don't have a problem nailing pirates. I do have a problem with 'give us money and sign this affadavit' bullshit. Smacks of extortion, y'know?
Ah hell, even economists can't agree on how economics works...
Seriously though: If I work for a month on a piece of code, why shouldn't I have exclusive rights to it if I want?
(this does NOT include something like extending GPL'd code. It only seems fair that I give something back if I'm working on top of someone else's code)
Since you're one of the few folks who responds intelligently to this issue (and used your nick... what a coincidence), I'll respond...
The artist was deprived of the money Bob would have otherwise spent. It does matter how you look at it.
Now, if you think the whole concept of licensing is wrong, well... I can see your point (I disagree with it, but such is the world). If you are just taking it because it is free, all other arguments are kinda weak.
My problem has always been this: In the heyday of file sharing (2000 or so), I worked in a lab and saw the students downloading thousands of mp3s a day, and the whole "well, if I like it I'll buy it" argument was never voiced. A friend is a DJ (mp3J?) that uses all stolen songs on his laptop instead of CDs. He certainly didn't buy any.
When I see that pattern repeated enough times, I have no sympathy for what I (as a 'non-tangible' content creator) see as thieves.
I can handle that folks have differing ways of looking at things. It just gets REALLY old when people (not you) get all self righteous when they are violating strong social mores.
1) The argument 'just think like me and it will all make sense' if worthless, yet most people use it often. Also, they tend to try to add insults.
2) I _know_ what copyright infringement is. See, I WORK for a living (writing software) and I understand economics. The fact that what I create isn't a physical artifact doesn't change my lost business when it is stolen. I feel (and this isn't any kind of personal attack) that a LOT of the slashdot folks have this whole 'money is bad' philosophy, whilst in school or living with mom and dad. Well, the real (competitive) world is different, and I refuse to listen to the economic advice of a 15 year old who's never worked a day.
Now, that said... I think the whole OSS movement is an excellent one, and produces superior code. It also hinges on the right of the developers to give away their code IF THEY WANT TO. Anyone who really believes in the OSS model needs to respect an author's right to NOT have his/her work stolen, if they choose not to share.
Off to see if I've been marked a troll for not following the 'theft is easy and therefore good' line:) Cheers.
As I recall, you can turn that off pretty easily, although it is a stupid default.
A coupla years ago I looked into PHP and decided it was lame (waaaaay too many 'convenience functions', instead of generalized functions that you pass parameters to...). This past spring I decided to give it another shot and learned it for real.
It's still lame. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Perl...
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My favorite one (which makes me swear everytime I see it) is, when uninstalling a program, I see these too dialog boxes:
1) the file yaddayadda.dll is not being used by any other programs and can be safely removed. Remove? (yes/no)
Then when you click 'OK'...
2) Another program may be using that DLL!!! Dear god! Are you sure?!!! (no/no)
That is interesting. I know there are many references and allusions to all things spiritual in the movie. That said, allusions are not enough to make for a decent plot.
Deciding ehether or not the viewer should need a primer/have a strong history background to 'get' the main thrust of the movie is left as an exercise for the reader...:)
I did. I took a couple of weeks thinking about it, and I think I'm right. Now, it IS possible that I just missed it, but obviously I doubt it.
I actually think it might be one of those movies that was killed in the editing room. For example, I recall an actor from Alien 3 (much reviled as a stinker) say "well, we SHOT a good movie... but the studio destroyed it". Maybe that's the case here.
Well, being an american, I tend to reflect that viewpoint. The original poster slammed several countries, trying to be funny. I wasn't attempting to be funny, I was stating facts:
1) much of the world (and many americans) still look on germany with suspicion, despite all the efforts by germany to move away from its past. Hell germany is one of the U.S.'s strong allies. 2) Most of the world (excluding SE asia, with was most affected) doesn't harbor such feelings towards japan. Japan did really nasty things in WW2 (go ask an old chinese or korean fellow). Japan is STILL not allowed to have an offensive army, hence, no military threat. 3) France didn't respond the way many americans wanted it to. So some got mad. It happens, and it transitory. No big deal.
So far as "OK", that is meaningless. I really don't give a fuck if someone 'approves' of my thoughts, I was just bringing up something I found interesting. Deal.
I kinda wonder when Germany will stop getting shit for the wars. We'll probably have to wait for the grandchildren of the combatants to die.
On the other hand, most american folks are OK with Japan these days... odd (nothing against the japanese... it's just that they did lotsa nasty stuff too. I guess it's because they aren't a military threat).
Americans are just tweaked at france cuz it didn't fall in line like Britain did. It'll pass.
I live in california, and while I don't hear my own accent, I find eastern (as in new hampshyah) or southern (or, God forbid, cajun...) accents MUCH more difficult to follow than, say Canadian, British or Aussie/NZ ones
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For what it's worth, I have played my fair share of violent games. I am also a pretty decent shot with a pistol. The two activities are so radically different that one isn't "practice" for the other.
Moving crosshairs on a screen and lining up sights are totally different skills. Maybe if I needed to plan an assault on a building, my man hours of Rainbow Six wouldn't have been wasted.
Now, the military DOES use video game-type displays (with light-emitting guns) to train. Interestingly these are often used to teach soldiers to assess the tactical situation and avoid conflict if possible. When the student makes a mistake, at least no one dies...
Ironically, I don't know WHO I think I'm better than though, eh?
You noticed that too, eh?
:)
I think that it has something to do with a less-developed set of interpersonal skills, (common amongst tech folks) for combined with a bit of intellectual arrogance (also common).
Put down those flamethrowers, I'm a card carrying geek for many years. Taking offense won't change whether I'm right or wrong.
Unless 'here' means the US, in which case I agree, but don't have an explanation
(yup, I'm an american)
Probably even more via radio (for pop artists, anyway), but yeah, any exposure is good. This isn't really a good justification for theft/infringement/etc though (I don't see a lot of difference).
True, Bob might not have bought it. But if he can have it for free, he is almost (again, just my anecdotal evidence) sure NOT to buy it. The artists are being robbed (yeah, I know they get a shitty cut. Such are contracts...)
You're right though... this weird 'shoot first, get facts later' approach is pretty shitty. I don't have a problem nailing pirates. I do have a problem with 'give us money and sign this affadavit' bullshit. Smacks of extortion, y'know?
Ah hell, even economists can't agree on how economics works...
Seriously though: If I work for a month on a piece of code, why shouldn't I have exclusive rights to it if I want?
(this does NOT include something like extending GPL'd code. It only seems fair that I give something back if I'm working on top of someone else's code)
Since you're one of the few folks who responds intelligently to this issue (and used your nick... what a coincidence), I'll respond...
The artist was deprived of the money Bob would have otherwise spent. It does matter how you look at it.
Now, if you think the whole concept of licensing is wrong, well... I can see your point (I disagree with it, but such is the world). If you are just taking it because it is free, all other arguments are kinda weak.
My problem has always been this: In the heyday of file sharing (2000 or so), I worked in a lab and saw the students downloading thousands of mp3s a day, and the whole "well, if I like it I'll buy it" argument was never voiced. A friend is a DJ (mp3J?) that uses all stolen songs on his laptop instead of CDs. He certainly didn't buy any.
When I see that pattern repeated enough times, I have no sympathy for what I (as a 'non-tangible' content creator) see as thieves.
I can handle that folks have differing ways of looking at things. It just gets REALLY old when people (not you) get all self righteous when they are violating strong social mores.
1) The argument 'just think like me and it will all make sense' if worthless, yet most people use it often. Also, they tend to try to add insults.
:) Cheers.
2) I _know_ what copyright infringement is. See, I WORK for a living (writing software) and I understand economics. The fact that what I create isn't a physical artifact doesn't change my lost business when it is stolen. I feel (and this isn't any kind of personal attack) that a LOT of the slashdot folks have this whole 'money is bad' philosophy, whilst in school or living with mom and dad. Well, the real (competitive) world is different, and I refuse to listen to the economic advice of a 15 year old who's never worked a day.
Now, that said... I think the whole OSS movement is an excellent one, and produces superior code. It also hinges on the right of the developers to give away their code IF THEY WANT TO. Anyone who really believes in the OSS model needs to respect an author's right to NOT have his/her work stolen, if they choose not to share.
Off to see if I've been marked a troll for not following the 'theft is easy and therefore good' line
Hmm, that sure is a nice straw man... I never said any of those things AC.
And insults from someone who won't take responsibility for their comments means jack to any reasonable adult.
Um, you misspelled 'theft' at the end there...
As I recall, you can turn that off pretty easily, although it is a stupid default.
A coupla years ago I looked into PHP and decided it was lame (waaaaay too many 'convenience functions', instead of generalized functions that you pass parameters to...). This past spring I decided to give it another shot and learned it for real.
It's still lame. Maybe I'm just spoiled by Perl...
My favorite one (which makes me swear everytime I see it) is, when uninstalling a program, I see these too dialog boxes:
:)
1) the file yaddayadda.dll is not being used by any other programs and can be safely removed. Remove? (yes/no)
Then when you click 'OK'...
2) Another program may be using that DLL!!! Dear god! Are you sure?!!! (no/no)
friggin CYA programmers
True, but it's a reasonable assumption to make, as it's the only one we have evidence for.
You know, your response isn't as good as the one you made about Reloaded...
That is interesting. I know there are many references and allusions to all things spiritual in the movie. That said, allusions are not enough to make for a decent plot.
:)
Deciding ehether or not the viewer should need a primer/have a strong history background to 'get' the main thrust of the movie is left as an exercise for the reader...
(hint: no)
I did. I took a couple of weeks thinking about it, and I think I'm right. Now, it IS possible that I just missed it, but obviously I doubt it.
:)
I actually think it might be one of those movies that was killed in the editing room. For example, I recall an actor from Alien 3 (much reviled as a stinker) say "well, we SHOT a good movie... but the studio destroyed it". Maybe that's the case here.
Oh, sorry. I didn't bite on that shiny hook
My problem with it isn't peace... the 'both sides win' was a pretty ballsy move.
What I didn't like was (to paraphrase a great post I read here) that the last 2 movies used vaguesness to simulate depth, and did it poorly.
I enjoyed the action, but the constant allusions to some deeper meaning, which is rarely delivered, got old quick.
hmm... I meant, a BAD place to live...
Well, being an american, I tend to reflect that viewpoint. The original poster slammed several countries, trying to be funny. I wasn't attempting to be funny, I was stating facts:
1) much of the world (and many americans) still look on germany with suspicion, despite all the efforts by germany to move away from its past. Hell germany is one of the U.S.'s strong allies.
2) Most of the world (excluding SE asia, with was most affected) doesn't harbor such feelings towards japan. Japan did really nasty things in WW2 (go ask an old chinese or korean fellow). Japan is STILL not allowed to have an offensive army, hence, no military threat.
3) France didn't respond the way many americans wanted it to. So some got mad. It happens, and it transitory. No big deal.
So far as "OK", that is meaningless. I really don't give a fuck if someone 'approves' of my thoughts, I was just bringing up something I found interesting. Deal.
Hmm, it's 2 days before thanksgiving and it is sunny and 70 degrees outside... yeah, this is a ad place to live :)
Odds are that it'll be 80 degrees on christmas, and boy, that'll suck...
It's more, ah... nationist (yuck) actually...
I kinda wonder when Germany will stop getting shit for the wars. We'll probably have to wait for the grandchildren of the combatants to die.
On the other hand, most american folks are OK with Japan these days... odd (nothing against the japanese... it's just that they did lotsa nasty stuff too. I guess it's because they aren't a military threat).
Americans are just tweaked at france cuz it didn't fall in line like Britain did. It'll pass.
It's just as hard to read it... damned whitespace...
I'd be intrigued to hear this 'american accent':)
I live in california, and while I don't hear my own accent, I find eastern (as in new hampshyah) or southern (or, God forbid, cajun...) accents MUCH more difficult to follow than, say Canadian, British or Aussie/NZ ones
A friend of mine was really mad because her father told her that Aragorn dies at the end of the book...
:)
He neglected to mention that he dies about 100 years after the war of the ring
Just so long as you're an equal opportunity tyrant... :)