Because Americans believe government regulation is bad and markets are good.
You have it half right. If you believe your government is is doing everything right 100% of the time your a fool. This is probably why most Americans think 90% of what Erourophats have to say is total nonsense and ignore it.
Tried to explain D&D to my father in the 70's (started playing just after the first ed. of the monster manual, the first hardback book, was released), he could not get it even if I grabbed him by the collar, drove him to Minnesota (or wherever), and sat him down in front of Gary Gygax and had the creator of the game himself exaplin it to the old man. I also tried to explain how computers worked to no avail. He went to his grave believing the cpu did some kind of table look-up to perform a basic calculation. Ah, the travails of adulthood.
California should just leave the rest of the other 49 fucking bible thumping states to their own demise.
As a Californian I have to say that California seems to be hurdling headlong into demise regardless of what the other 49 are doing.
Oh, and BTW; if I hear one more comment from any of my so-called "liberal" friends that the GOP is the party that promotes busting of the Bill of Rights by the Fed, I'm going to invite them here so I can sock them in the mouth.
Is it possible to set up an alternative RIAA? Trade group monopoly must be broken.
Sure. I think the problem thr RIAA is facing is that they're no longer "needed", if they ever were. Rather than set up a new anachronism I suspect a new marketing paradigm is a better idea, like what many artists are already doing.
My friend bought a house, got married, worked as an IT professional for 8 years under that assumed identity. Again, only got caught beucase of his mother in law. I supposed its possible that the feds have amped up their efforts, but I kind of doubt it.
Had a friend who, for reasons not entirely clear, felt the need to change his identity. I do not know why, he wasn't wanted for anything that I'm aware of, but who knows. Anyway, he obtained the birth cert and ssn of a man who was born about the same time he was, and had been dead for 20 years. Using only the cert and the ssn he was able to create a whole new life for himself. He lived using this identity for 8 years, including got married, and was only caught when his mother in law found out he was 'dead' putting together a family chart. Seems like this is the way to go to throw off the feds, unless you have a nosy mother in law.
They're trying to keep the desktop relevant in the age of the mobile phone, simple. But people are going to move on anyway. They should keep the desktop the same in the face of a lack of a really useful new paradigm (windows and mice are still useful, metro on the desk top, not so much. Windows is their bread and butter but quickly going the way of the buggy whip, and they haven't been able to sell a phone. They're hoping this desktop thing is going to be a one-two punch to get people to see the desk top and the phone as extensions of each other. It won't work, and people are going to keep using (other) phones and engineers who need access to applications are going to bitch, complain, and move on to tools (Linux) that will allow actual work to get done.
Yeah, I barely touched the surface of the differences between the two. I keep in mind a story a friend of mine has related to me on more than one occasion however; a very good friend of mine was an exchange student in the late 70's, through a series of US state dept. intrigues, rather than go to India for two years he ended up going to Japan. During that trip his class was invited to meet a leading Japanese economist of the era at one of the top schools there. If I could remember his name its possible that some here would know it. During the lecture this man, who would only lecture in Japanese and have it translated to the students, stated what I said in the earlier post. If China and Japan were to link with each other economically and militarily, they would be the greatest superpower ever. I tend to believe this for a number of reasons.
Actually, technologically, yes. As one example, Chinese submarine technology is over 20 years behind ours. That's only one example, there are many others. What the Chinese lack technologically though they more than make up in manpower, and they are quickly gaining in the technology front anyway. In any case I seriously doubt they are looking to us to keep the world safe. I don't look to us to keep the world safe.
What's much more interesting to me is the current row between China and Japan. If China and Japan were to ever team up technologically, ecnonomically, and militarily; game over for the world, folks, game over. I guess its a good thing for the world Nanking is still a sore point for China. If those two every do team up though...
That I can violate some law by altering a product I bought always interests me. I suppose if I sharpen one end of my android phone and plunge it into some one's chest I'd be violating a law, much as if I had welded a cow catcher to the front of my car and mowed people down with it. If I add an after market clutch system to it however that seems perfectly fine. There's a whole market for that infact. Rooting MY phone? Some kind of law is broken? What is that??
Unity does, and it will run on top of Wayland as well, to make the transition from X11 to Wayland "transparent" for all of us. Never the less I personally hate it.
likely to run into a whole host of problems that X figured out 20+ years ago.
Too bad the Consortium never implemented an effective solution for most of 'em. I think that's the reason Canonical decided to use Unity. Shame they decided to almost completely re-design the UI. Mad bastards.
It wasn't done for Dotcom's bene. It was done to show their FBI masters that NZ is "on board" with the US to stop the scourge of copyright infringement. The record labels pay US congressmen to victimize their own customers who aren't giving the labels their money, and they pay well.
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Because Americans believe government regulation is bad and markets are good.
You have it half right. If you believe your government is is doing everything right 100% of the time your a fool. This is probably why most Americans think 90% of what Erourophats have to say is total nonsense and ignore it.
If you think you already know the answer before looking... then I have no reason to believe that you know anything of value on the subject.
"Your words, though many, are not worth a penny..."
Do you have any supporting links? I'll be happy to supply many...
Carbons Credits. Biggest legal scam going. And you just reminded me that I need to get my carbon bank up asap.
Still, it's the best plan I've seen so far.
THIS WILL WORK!!!
Whenever man dips his whick in the FUD things always work out for the best! My hope for the future level is at PEAK!
Tried to explain D&D to my father in the 70's (started playing just after the first ed. of the monster manual, the first hardback book, was released), he could not get it even if I grabbed him by the collar, drove him to Minnesota (or wherever), and sat him down in front of Gary Gygax and had the creator of the game himself exaplin it to the old man. I also tried to explain how computers worked to no avail. He went to his grave believing the cpu did some kind of table look-up to perform a basic calculation. Ah, the travails of adulthood.
Hey you, get off of my lawn.
California should just leave the rest of the other 49 fucking bible thumping states to their own demise.
As a Californian I have to say that California seems to be hurdling headlong into demise regardless of what the other 49 are doing.
Oh, and BTW; if I hear one more comment from any of my so-called "liberal" friends that the GOP is the party that promotes busting of the Bill of Rights by the Fed, I'm going to invite them here so I can sock them in the mouth.
Is it possible to set up an alternative RIAA? Trade group monopoly must be broken.
Sure. I think the problem thr RIAA is facing is that they're no longer "needed", if they ever were. Rather than set up a new anachronism I suspect a new marketing paradigm is a better idea, like what many artists are already doing.
Wow... you're right. The GOP must have stolen their playbook from the Democraps.
I'll say it again in case the AC wan't clear enough: A COPYRIGHT IS NOT A PATENT. Two entirely different animals.
How should someone who writes and records an album verify that the songs he wrote don't accidentally infringe a third party's copyright?
If you think that artists get "help" from the RIAA scanning for copyright infringement I have a song I'd like to sell you...
My friend bought a house, got married, worked as an IT professional for 8 years under that assumed identity. Again, only got caught beucase of his mother in law. I supposed its possible that the feds have amped up their efforts, but I kind of doubt it.
Had a friend who, for reasons not entirely clear, felt the need to change his identity. I do not know why, he wasn't wanted for anything that I'm aware of, but who knows. Anyway, he obtained the birth cert and ssn of a man who was born about the same time he was, and had been dead for 20 years. Using only the cert and the ssn he was able to create a whole new life for himself. He lived using this identity for 8 years, including got married, and was only caught when his mother in law found out he was 'dead' putting together a family chart. Seems like this is the way to go to throw off the feds, unless you have a nosy mother in law.
So why shouldn't they do this?
They're trying to keep the desktop relevant in the age of the mobile phone, simple. But people are going to move on anyway. They should keep the desktop the same in the face of a lack of a really useful new paradigm (windows and mice are still useful, metro on the desk top, not so much. Windows is their bread and butter but quickly going the way of the buggy whip, and they haven't been able to sell a phone. They're hoping this desktop thing is going to be a one-two punch to get people to see the desk top and the phone as extensions of each other. It won't work, and people are going to keep using (other) phones and engineers who need access to applications are going to bitch, complain, and move on to tools (Linux) that will allow actual work to get done.
Bob Quinn sneered at criticisms that restricting FaceTime...
I think the company as a whole does that a lot. Especially to its customers.
Yeah, I caught that too. They package it as if they'll just "live" with the redunduncies, but its clearly doublespeak for layoffs.
Yeah, I barely touched the surface of the differences between the two. I keep in mind a story a friend of mine has related to me on more than one occasion however; a very good friend of mine was an exchange student in the late 70's, through a series of US state dept. intrigues, rather than go to India for two years he ended up going to Japan. During that trip his class was invited to meet a leading Japanese economist of the era at one of the top schools there. If I could remember his name its possible that some here would know it. During the lecture this man, who would only lecture in Japanese and have it translated to the students, stated what I said in the earlier post. If China and Japan were to link with each other economically and militarily, they would be the greatest superpower ever. I tend to believe this for a number of reasons.
you're saying China should be Afraid ?
Actually, technologically, yes. As one example, Chinese submarine technology is over 20 years behind ours. That's only one example, there are many others. What the Chinese lack technologically though they more than make up in manpower, and they are quickly gaining in the technology front anyway. In any case I seriously doubt they are looking to us to keep the world safe. I don't look to us to keep the world safe.
What's much more interesting to me is the current row between China and Japan. If China and Japan were to ever team up technologically, ecnonomically, and militarily; game over for the world, folks, game over. I guess its a good thing for the world Nanking is still a sore point for China. If those two every do team up though...
DaimlerChrysler was just walking down the opposite side of the street and accidentally made eye contact with SCO, and they got sued as well.
I can (probably) do it without getting sued now too...
Its a little like the old puzzle "What do you use to hold an acid that can eat anything?" Difficult, but interesting, problem.
...violating applicable laws...
That I can violate some law by altering a product I bought always interests me. I suppose if I sharpen one end of my android phone and plunge it into some one's chest I'd be violating a law, much as if I had welded a cow catcher to the front of my car and mowed people down with it. If I add an after market clutch system to it however that seems perfectly fine. There's a whole market for that infact. Rooting MY phone? Some kind of law is broken? What is that??
We have a spare brain for the man's empty head.
but they can still cause a buttload of trouble in the U.N.
Woah. You mean SERIOUS trouble? Like leaving a flaiming bag of poop kind of serious trouble? Yeah, I don't want to mess with them... /sarcasm
Unity does, and it will run on top of Wayland as well, to make the transition from X11 to Wayland "transparent" for all of us. Never the less I personally hate it.
likely to run into a whole host of problems that X figured out 20+ years ago.
Too bad the Consortium never implemented an effective solution for most of 'em. I think that's the reason Canonical decided to use Unity. Shame they decided to almost completely re-design the UI. Mad bastards.
Why was this done if not to terrorize him?
It wasn't done for Dotcom's bene. It was done to show their FBI masters that NZ is "on board" with the US to stop the scourge of copyright infringement. The record labels pay US congressmen to victimize their own customers who aren't giving the labels their money, and they pay well.