Parent may be FB, but he's right. TV can do tons of stuff locally that newspaper can't, if only because the lag time between an event and the coverage is so much shorter.
Additionally, with tech advances like some of the ones mentioned in TFA, it only becomes easier to do, as well as cheaper and more profitable with targeted advertising.
News is the Entertainment Industry. We aren't here to inform, we aren't here to tell some cosmic truth. We are here for ratings. The higher the ratings, the more we can charge for advertising which goes to your pay.
To review: news shows are, yes, shows. They do not make money by providing us useful information. They make money by providing us... to the advertisers.
Well, if you don't care whether you get what you pay for
But I do. And I have gotten my money's worth. It might be different than your calculus, but it doesn't make it less valid.
I suppose that's sort of your choice
With such wishy-washy language, how can I help but be impressed with your generosity?
Except that it creates an environment
Bzzzt, wrong. At best, I'm supporting it. This environment was created a long time ago, when the western democracies started trending towards caring more for corporations than people. I can safely say I probably hate that trend more than you, but I'm also aware how little power I (and we, the people) have remaining. Consequently, I fight my battles judiciously, and they certainly don't include the kind of bombastic hyperbole you and your siblings have come up with in this thread.
One more time: You're absolutely correct, but you're also a moron. If you learn nothing else from this, learn that.
No, secure rom doesn't bother most of us because we've already accepted we have to pirate our software in order to get a decent value out of it.
Bullshit. You're just cheap. You don't have to pirate the games, just crack 'em, you asshole.
In case you haven't noticed, steam is regularly on the front pages of slashdot
And in case you haven't noticed, I'm enjoying the shit out of my Steam games. They're so worth every penny, they could disappear tomorrow, and I'd buy 'em again.
What was your point again, apart from being a hypocritical cheater? 'Cuz mine is: I, and millions of others, are getting value for money and laughing at all you prissy little queens.
I guess, in all our years here, I haven't come across your radar before. Now I have.
the GP was trying to make valid points?
The GP was one giant [citation needed]. Let's not rewrite history.
In case you don't know
Whoopdeefuckingdoo. The difference here between you and me on this isn't that you're better informed and care more about your rights than I do, it's that you still have illusions. I guarantee you that the current Steam model is probably about as good as DRMed games are going to get for a long, long time, so all this bitching, all this worry, all these tenuous 'what if' scenarios are just noise.
Stop being a geek, and wake the fuck up: the world will never march to your little idiosyncratic beat, no matter how right you are.
I want to shit on people when I hear them bragging about their kindles.
See what I mean? Who the fuck has time to care about fucking Kindle users, let alone the stupid, degrading stuff they want to do to them?
Before accusing others of of "wild rantings", why don't you do a little research first?
Call me crazy, but since I wasn't making any claims, just asking GP to clarify his, I didn't think I had been placed in the rhetorical position to have to do that.
I don't consider the second thing a very big benefit from Steam to be honest; rather I view it more as Valve having my balls because their games are just so good that the problems I have with Steam are overridden.
Oy gevalt, I can see why it's so vexing. Must keep you up at nights.
You'll be clear, but the person you're selling to might not want to give you as much money because of the risk of you losing it.
Well, that's kinda how it works for the sale of any used item: It's less desirable than a shiny new version, so you pay less.
And besides, who wants to sell their entire game library?
Well, yeah, but I was responding to a poster making absolute statements, unlike you. You could still sell off your entire library, get a new steam account, and only buy the one or two games you wanted.
Even explicitly contacting customer service didn't help me give away one of two separate Portal licenses I have.
Try harder, and be sweeter. You'd be amazed what you can achieve with a little social engineering. Also, why two? Did you forget?
it's a very real problem.
Imminent hyperbole alert! No, it's not. It's an annoyance or a quirk at best, when everything else is taken into context.
How is we can take your games back at any time for no reason good DRM?
One's man 'no good reason' is another man's good reason. Provide some cases so we can judge on the merits, not your wild rantings.
How is asking permission to play with your legally purchased toys good DRM?
Fuck, I don't even know what this means. Start Steam-->Start Steam game != 'asking permission'.
What happens if Steam goes offline?
You get to play your games. Seriously, the servers were offline yesterday, and I was quite busily shooting people in the face.
What happens if there's simply a screw up and you loose access?
Like, what, forgetting your logon details? That would just make YOU stupid.
You have no legal recourse due to the contract you signed.
Spouted like someone who's never had to sit through contract law classes. Leave the hard work up to the adults, mmkay?
You have no first sale rights without Steams approval.
Whoa! Something approaching a useful point. Yes, that's technically correct, but I could theoretically 'give' or 'sell' my Steam account to someone else, without any hassle from Steam, so I'm not sure how histrionic we need to be.
Steam is the worst possible DRM.
Spoken like somebody who does fuck all gaming these days. Ever hear of Securom? You know, the DRM that keeps getting front page articles here on Slashdot? Yeah, I think that'd win a poll of 'Worst DRM' by a landslide.
I am the master of the clit! Remember this fucking face. Whenever you see clit, you'll see this fucking face. I make that shit work. It does whatever the fuck I tell it to. No one rules the clit like me. Not this little fuck, none of you little fucks out there. I AM THE CLIT COMMANDER! Remember that, commander of all clits! When it comes down to business, this is what I do. I pinch it like this. OOH you little fuck. Then I rub my nose with it.
Quick aside: Why does FF's spellchecker not like the word clit? That's some sexist shit right there.
Who the fuck said I disagreed with your original statement.
No one did. Now do you understand why you fail at reading comprehension?
My problem with you fuck wad is you think you should be taken at your word with out any supporting evidence.
Fuckwad is one word, not two.
I completely understood your original post and agreed, but I still think your a flame bate just from your attitude.
Well, knock me over with a feather! Maybe if you had spent a little more time on your original comment, instead of these hasty, poorly-formed sentences, we wouldn't be sitting here making fun of you.
Why, because won't provide a link or proof of your statement and you expect to be taken at your word?
No, because both of you fail at reading comprehension and basic debating skills, LOL. Try again, see if you can go for a more nuanced and less lazy response this time.
But another one of the things I do "different" is that I hire people based on brains, not skills or experience. Not that the latter two aren't important, but that having brains will get you skills and experience, but skills and experience don't get you brains.
I also pay more than everybody else. The point: Compliance is easy. Trust is hard. Guess which one I've decided to concentrate my energies and money on?
Some interesting points there. Shame that advocating breaking up successful companies in order to maximize employee contentment (and, perhaps, productivity and other 'useful' things) would make an MBA have a heart attack.
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Frakking
Sadly, TV has no such redeeming prosaic use.
Sure it does. I hurl more obscenities at my TV than all my other appliances (and computer hardware!) combined.
Parent may be FB, but he's right. TV can do tons of stuff locally that newspaper can't, if only because the lag time between an event and the coverage is so much shorter.
Additionally, with tech advances like some of the ones mentioned in TFA, it only becomes easier to do, as well as cheaper and more profitable with targeted advertising.
and nothing of value was lost...
I'd love to share your sentiment, but since we're talking about a nuclear power, this is another troubling development.
News is the Entertainment Industry. We aren't here to inform, we aren't here to tell some cosmic truth. We are here for ratings. The higher the ratings, the more we can charge for advertising which goes to your pay.
Old news:
Well, if you don't care whether you get what you pay for
But I do. And I have gotten my money's worth. It might be different than your calculus, but it doesn't make it less valid.
I suppose that's sort of your choice
With such wishy-washy language, how can I help but be impressed with your generosity?
Except that it creates an environment
Bzzzt, wrong. At best, I'm supporting it. This environment was created a long time ago, when the western democracies started trending towards caring more for corporations than people. I can safely say I probably hate that trend more than you, but I'm also aware how little power I (and we, the people) have remaining. Consequently, I fight my battles judiciously, and they certainly don't include the kind of bombastic hyperbole you and your siblings have come up with in this thread.
One more time: You're absolutely correct, but you're also a moron. If you learn nothing else from this, learn that.
Well, I can only hope that your ignorant attitude will bite you in the ass one day so you'll know better.
Yes, it will be a sad day for all of us when i can't play some of my video games.
But we'll just have to wait and see how it all plays out I guess.
One of the points I've been making all along. Glad you caught up.
So just because it is less important than freedom and survival I should not fight it with tooth and nail if it is wrong?
Well, you're the one categorizing it as 'less important' yet you still want to 'fight tooth and nail', so yeah, some perspective would help you out.
You'd prefer to be in control of your games, wouldn't you?
And I'd also like a pony and a million dollars. But unlike you geeks, I live in the real world.
Holy fuck, how do you get to twist what little I think of a GAME COMPANY into what I think about everything else?
Take you delusional butt-hurt somewhere else.
No, secure rom doesn't bother most of us because we've already accepted we have to pirate our software in order to get a decent value out of it.
Bullshit. You're just cheap. You don't have to pirate the games, just crack 'em, you asshole.
In case you haven't noticed, steam is regularly on the front pages of slashdot
And in case you haven't noticed, I'm enjoying the shit out of my Steam games. They're so worth every penny, they could disappear tomorrow, and I'd buy 'em again.
What was your point again, apart from being a hypocritical cheater? 'Cuz mine is: I, and millions of others, are getting value for money and laughing at all you prissy little queens.
Yes, I know this, GP even mentions as well in his post. But unless you're retarded, it's not exactly an uber-hack.
Why were you a sarcastic asshole
I guess, in all our years here, I haven't come across your radar before. Now I have.
the GP was trying to make valid points?
The GP was one giant [citation needed]. Let's not rewrite history.
In case you don't know
Whoopdeefuckingdoo. The difference here between you and me on this isn't that you're better informed and care more about your rights than I do, it's that you still have illusions. I guarantee you that the current Steam model is probably about as good as DRMed games are going to get for a long, long time, so all this bitching, all this worry, all these tenuous 'what if' scenarios are just noise.
Stop being a geek, and wake the fuck up: the world will never march to your little idiosyncratic beat, no matter how right you are.
I want to shit on people when I hear them bragging about their kindles.
See what I mean? Who the fuck has time to care about fucking Kindle users, let alone the stupid, degrading stuff they want to do to them?
When Steam goes bankrupt
Good God, what intense fantasies you pudgy fucks in your basement can concoct! It's like a goddamned paranoid episode of 24 in here!
Before accusing others of of "wild rantings", why don't you do a little research first?
Call me crazy, but since I wasn't making any claims, just asking GP to clarify his, I didn't think I had been placed in the rhetorical position to have to do that.
I don't consider the second thing a very big benefit from Steam to be honest; rather I view it more as Valve having my balls because their games are just so good that the problems I have with Steam are overridden.
Oy gevalt, I can see why it's so vexing. Must keep you up at nights.
You'll be clear, but the person you're selling to might not want to give you as much money because of the risk of you losing it.
Well, that's kinda how it works for the sale of any used item: It's less desirable than a shiny new version, so you pay less.
And besides, who wants to sell their entire game library?
Well, yeah, but I was responding to a poster making absolute statements, unlike you. You could still sell off your entire library, get a new steam account, and only buy the one or two games you wanted.
Even explicitly contacting customer service didn't help me give away one of two separate Portal licenses I have.
Try harder, and be sweeter. You'd be amazed what you can achieve with a little social engineering. Also, why two? Did you forget?
it's a very real problem.
Imminent hyperbole alert! No, it's not. It's an annoyance or a quirk at best, when everything else is taken into context.
Ooh! Ooh! Pick me, teach, I know these ones!
How is we can take your games back at any time for no reason good DRM?
One's man 'no good reason' is another man's good reason. Provide some cases so we can judge on the merits, not your wild rantings.
How is asking permission to play with your legally purchased toys good DRM?
Fuck, I don't even know what this means. Start Steam-->Start Steam game != 'asking permission'.
What happens if Steam goes offline?
You get to play your games. Seriously, the servers were offline yesterday, and I was quite busily shooting people in the face.
What happens if there's simply a screw up and you loose access?
Like, what, forgetting your logon details? That would just make YOU stupid.
You have no legal recourse due to the contract you signed.
Spouted like someone who's never had to sit through contract law classes. Leave the hard work up to the adults, mmkay?
You have no first sale rights without Steams approval.
Whoa! Something approaching a useful point. Yes, that's technically correct, but I could theoretically 'give' or 'sell' my Steam account to someone else, without any hassle from Steam, so I'm not sure how histrionic we need to be.
Steam is the worst possible DRM.
Spoken like somebody who does fuck all gaming these days. Ever hear of Securom? You know, the DRM that keeps getting front page articles here on Slashdot? Yeah, I think that'd win a poll of 'Worst DRM' by a landslide.
I am the master of the clit! Remember this fucking face. Whenever you see clit, you'll see this fucking face. I make that shit work. It does whatever the fuck I tell it to. No one rules the clit like me. Not this little fuck, none of you little fucks out there. I AM THE CLIT COMMANDER! Remember that, commander of all clits! When it comes down to business, this is what I do. I pinch it like this. OOH you little fuck. Then I rub my nose with it.
Quick aside: Why does FF's spellchecker not like the word clit? That's some sexist shit right there.
But at least we know you're easy to troll now. Thanks!
Ding! Now serving number 42!
Show me where that slang/cuss word is spelled specifically that way.
YHBT. YHL. HAND.
Who the fuck said I disagreed with your original statement.
No one did. Now do you understand why you fail at reading comprehension?
My problem with you fuck wad is you think you should be taken at your word with out any supporting evidence.
Fuckwad is one word, not two.
I completely understood your original post and agreed, but I still think your a flame bate just from your attitude.
Well, knock me over with a feather! Maybe if you had spent a little more time on your original comment, instead of these hasty, poorly-formed sentences, we wouldn't be sitting here making fun of you.
Why, because won't provide a link or proof of your statement and you expect to be taken at your word?
No, because both of you fail at reading comprehension and basic debating skills, LOL. Try again, see if you can go for a more nuanced and less lazy response this time.
In that case, they deserve their flamebait mod.
Actually, I am, since we're a law practice.
But another one of the things I do "different" is that I hire people based on brains, not skills or experience. Not that the latter two aren't important, but that having brains will get you skills and experience, but skills and experience don't get you brains.
I also pay more than everybody else. The point: Compliance is easy. Trust is hard. Guess which one I've decided to concentrate my energies and money on?
Some interesting points there. Shame that advocating breaking up successful companies in order to maximize employee contentment (and, perhaps, productivity and other 'useful' things) would make an MBA have a heart attack.