The thing is, if people wait until the copyrights on old arcade game ROMs expire, many of those games will be lost forever... It's the same with many movies from the first half of the 20th century - they are rotting away in vaults.
I paid $30 at a used shop. Which I thought of as a fine deal. Check out your used dvd stores people, all the ones in my area have at least one copy of the Godfather box set for cheap.
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Yep, it certainly is.
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Anyone notice that this is an homage to Blade Runner?
Uh, yes, about 6 years ago when the song was new.
I think about half of White Zombie/Rob Zombie songs are based on movies.
So coffee temperature should be regulated by the govermnemt?
The government didn't regulate anything. McDonalds lost a civil lawsuit.
You might also like dumping large amounts of salt on your backyard, but if that salt ruins my lawn, I can sue you. This doesn't mean the government is regulating anything. It simply means I can sue you if I feel you are fucking up my yard.
Huh? No, they have many types of mail they can deliver.
Exactly what other company can you go to if you want to mail your letter F-ing nowhere!
No, you can use Fed Ex, UPS, or any private courier. However, you will pay much, much more. I know, I've had letters fed-exed before.
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Add extra areas...such as chat rooms, stupidly fun group games, better private options other than just journals....that give Slashdot more of a hangout feel rather than a newsy feel.
The site's name is : Slashdot, News For Nerds. Stuff that Matters.
NOT : Slashdot, A Kewl Hangout Spot - now with Tic Tac Toe!
You should place your bid at the most you can possibly tollerate - one penny more should be too much. Surely you must have some limit? If we were negotiating the sale of a car and I said how about one cent more you'd probably not argue over it, but if I kept saying that until the price had raised by $5000 you'd probably back out.
The problem is that if I say my maximum price is $5000, it's worth another "one more cent" to not have to go through the whole process again.
Honestly, I'd rather pay a bit more than they expect to get from an auction to not have to deal with the inconvienence. But that annoys me, because if this becomes a standard for other permits, I'll be paying more to get the same thing, with the alternative being sacrificing time and stress to deal with myriad auctions.
The thing you are not getting is that that is overly inconvienent and complex. I just want to be able to just BUY something. I don't want to have to wait to find out if I got it or not, I don't want to think I got it only to lose it at the last second, then have to start over. That's a pain in the ass.
You state that "you should just bid what you are willing to pay", and that's true, but sniping works by adding a small sum to what someone bid at the last second, which is very annoying. I mean, if I put in $100 and the other guy snipes it for $100.05, I wouldn't have cared about the extra $0.05, but I do care that now I have to start the process again.
Then there are the times when I _know_ people bid up auctions when they have no intention of buying. I had a friend who would find all the auctions bid on by people who outbid him on something, and bid them up. He did it SOLELY so they would have to pay more of their money, as a "punishment" for outbidding him on something he wanted. If he became high bidder, he'd cancel his bid or just not pay for the auction. But he was good at figuring out what people's high bids were (especially since he would focus on the same people who were shopping for the same things as he would) and usually he managed to get away with it.
That is really annoying, and I have no faith in eBay's ability to keep either random people or sellers from artificially bidding up prices.
I also don't want to not know how much my budget is, which is why I don't do auctions in general. I'd rather just BUY something and know how much it's going to cost me than have to wait around to know how much I'm spending.
All in all, I just think an eBay auction is a pain-in-the-ass way to sell something like this. The buy it now option you mention would be fine - I'd do _that_. I think there are many people who just wouldn't want to deal with auctions in general. This must be true, since eBay is pushing fixed price and buy it now listings really heavily lately.
I really don't care that the tax payers paid for it. Taxes pay for lots of things we can't use. I can't go setup an office in the state capitol or other state building for free because my taxes paid for it. I can't take a fire engine out for a joy ride either.
That's a moronic arguement.
A. "the tax payers" includes you, unless you are unemployed.
B. You wouldn't want to take a fire truck for a joyride, since it would hamper their ability to do their job. which brings me to my next point:
C. You ARE using the fire department. Every day that they prevent the fires in your city from burning out of control, destroying businesses, hurting the economy, hurting tourism, you are using their services.
I applaud this move. I think it is a great idea. I think they should charge for the entire road.
Uh, they do. They are called TAXES. I don't know about you, but the government already takes about 50% of my paycheck, after social security and state taxes. Why do you want to pay MORE?
Why are you opposed to bidding for items but not paying a fixed rate for them? The fixed price would be about the same as what you'd pay on Ebay if it were set correctly.
Because if I want to buy it, I want to just buy it. If I have to bid on it, I have to keep checking back to make sure I have the winning bid, and I have to worry about getting sniped - the same reasons I, and most people I know, only do "Buy it Now" auctions on eBay.
I actually don't care if I'd have to pay MORE than I would with an auction - it's stupid to make someone use an eBay auction to buy something like a civic permit, and I hope it doesn't start to become the norm.
You aren't letting people pay to break the rules - you're changing the rules to something that makes sense.
Having to bid for one of these "limited edition, rare" licenses on eBay makes sense? I don't think so. A set price would make sense. Removing the HOV lanes would make sense. Setting up some sort of toll would make sense. Having an auction for an artificially limited permit does NOT make sense. Having to lose your chance at a permit because someone is using a pirece of eBay 'sniping' software does not make sense.
If the HOV system doesn't work, ditch it.
This is no different from what an amusement park would do.
The difference being that my tax money is not spent to build and maintain an amusement park (at least not to my knowledge).
Again, what does this have to do with auctioning a limited number of excemptions?
Sure, limit HOV lanes to certain times, make them normal lanes, or build a toll road or special permit lane that has a fixed, public price. But don't make people who are ALREADY paying taxes to use the roads bid on a limited number of special permits. That's excessively complicated as well as chiseling.
I don't want to have to compulsively check an auction to see if I get to use a public road, or have my bid 'sniped' at the last moment - that's moronic. Set a rate, charge that to whoever wants to use it. That's fair.
It's not like it isn't already being done every single day. OJ bought his way out of jail. Bill Gates bought his way out of having his company split up.
I don't see much of a connection between the justice system and the ability to hire better lawyers than state auctioning of priviledges.
So let a few people drive in the HOV lane. what's the big deal? Jealous?
My commute is about 15 minutes, so this wouldn't impact me, especially since I reverse-commute.
What WOULD impact me if they started taking this further, for example, auctioning off on-street parking permits, drivers licenses, etc. I like the fact if I want such things, I can just buy them for a set price, instead of having to futz around with an auction.
I also could see this turning into the disaster that cabaret and liquor licences are in many cities. There are only a limited number available, so in the end, you virtually can't buy one no matter how much money you have. With liquor licences, you could at least buy a bar or nightclub that already has a licence, but I doubt that would be the case with these special permits.
Ideally, something like this would be at a set price and they wouldn't limit the number of people who could buy them. Of course, that would destroy the whole point of the HOV lane, but perhaps the concept is flawed.
it's still letting certain people pay to break the rules.
You mean just like our speeding ticket system? If a MS exec making $200K+/year get's caught speeding the $180 ticket was more than worth the experience for him. However, if a UW college student get's the same ticket, it's going to cost him $300+ to pay it off because it'll go on a high-interest credit card.
How is that an example of "letting certain people pay to break the rules"? It is an example of how people with more money can more easily pay a fine than people with less money, but what does that have to do with what we are talking about?
So, unless you advocate a progressive tax and progressive fine system (as I do), than you can't complain about the government ebaying the HOV lanes.
No, I still can. I think public goods should be made available at a fixed, public price. I don't think you should have to bid on the right to have a driver's license, nor should you have to bid on the right to drive in a certain lane. There should be a set fee, if any.
Ideally, our taxes should be used efficiently so that we don't have to pay extra to use any roads - but that's probably a pipe dream.
Unless you're suggesting that my SUV will get better mileage in the HOV lane;)
Uh, no, he's suggesting that if you are carpooling, your SUV will burn less fuel than the combination of itself and the cars of those carpooling with you, who otherwise would be driving to work in their own cars.
Possibly because the roads are public property, intended for use by everyone - not a consumer good.
Do you think you should be able to pay extra to have the police or fire department respond to your calls faster than they do to someone who cannot pay extra? Please also explain why or why not.
Now obviously, this isn't the same as preferred law enforcement priviledges, but it's still letting certain people pay to break the rules.
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Well, one follows copyright, one doesn't.
One says I respect the creator, one doesn't.
If the creator has not released their product into the public domain, it's disrespectful to them to trade the ROM images.
The thing is, if people wait until the copyrights on old arcade game ROMs expire, many of those games will be lost forever... It's the same with many movies from the first half of the 20th century - they are rotting away in vaults.
But is there really much of a difference between buying a used cart than just downloading the ROM?
You mean besides the fact that one is illegal and the other is not?
Or... You could just buy the forth one seperately later.
Not everything is a conspiracy.
I paid $30 at a used shop. Which I thought of as a fine deal. Check out your used dvd stores people, all the ones in my area have at least one copy of the Godfather box set for cheap.
Yep, it certainly is.
Anyone notice that this is an homage to Blade Runner?
Uh, yes, about 6 years ago when the song was new.
I think about half of White Zombie/Rob Zombie songs are based on movies.
I really don't care about junk snail mail, myself.
You can just drop in the trash can, which I keep right by the door for just such a purpose.
So coffee temperature should be regulated by the govermnemt?
The government didn't regulate anything. McDonalds lost a civil lawsuit.
You might also like dumping large amounts of salt on your backyard, but if that salt ruins my lawn, I can sue you. This doesn't mean the government is regulating anything. It simply means I can sue you if I feel you are fucking up my yard.
OK, keep the junk mail, force people to pay more to mail me stuff.
Weren't you complaining one comment above about the rate increases?
US postal service can only deliver 1st class mail
Huh? No, they have many types of mail they can deliver.
Exactly what other company can you go to if you want to mail your letter
F-ing nowhere!
No, you can use Fed Ex, UPS, or any private courier. However, you will pay much, much more. I know, I've had letters fed-exed before.
Add extra areas...such as chat rooms, stupidly fun group games, better private options other than just journals....that give Slashdot more of a hangout feel rather than a newsy feel.
The site's name is : Slashdot, News For Nerds. Stuff that Matters.
NOT : Slashdot, A Kewl Hangout Spot - now with Tic Tac Toe!
You should place your bid at the most you can possibly tollerate - one penny more should be too much. Surely you must have some limit? If we were negotiating the sale of a car and I said how about one cent more you'd probably not argue over it, but if I kept saying that until the price had raised by $5000 you'd probably back out.
The problem is that if I say my maximum price is $5000, it's worth another "one more cent" to not have to go through the whole process again.
Honestly, I'd rather pay a bit more than they expect to get from an auction to not have to deal with the inconvienence. But that annoys me, because if this becomes a standard for other permits, I'll be paying more to get the same thing, with the alternative being sacrificing time and stress to deal with myriad auctions.
The thing you are not getting is that that is overly inconvienent and complex. I just want to be able to just BUY something. I don't want to have to wait to find out if I got it or not, I don't want to think I got it only to lose it at the last second, then have to start over. That's a pain in the ass.
You state that "you should just bid what you are willing to pay", and that's true, but sniping works by adding a small sum to what someone bid at the last second, which is very annoying. I mean, if I put in $100 and the other guy snipes it for $100.05, I wouldn't have cared about the extra $0.05, but I do care that now I have to start the process again.
Then there are the times when I _know_ people bid up auctions when they have no intention of buying. I had a friend who would find all the auctions bid on by people who outbid him on something, and bid them up. He did it SOLELY so they would have to pay more of their money, as a "punishment" for outbidding him on something he wanted. If he became high bidder, he'd cancel his bid or just not pay for the auction. But he was good at figuring out what people's high bids were (especially since he would focus on the same people who were shopping for the same things as he would) and usually he managed to get away with it.
That is really annoying, and I have no faith in eBay's ability to keep either random people or sellers from artificially bidding up prices.
I also don't want to not know how much my budget is, which is why I don't do auctions in general. I'd rather just BUY something and know how much it's going to cost me than have to wait around to know how much I'm spending.
All in all, I just think an eBay auction is a pain-in-the-ass way to sell something like this. The buy it now option you mention would be fine - I'd do _that_. I think there are many people who just wouldn't want to deal with auctions in general. This must be true, since eBay is pushing fixed price and buy it now listings really heavily lately.
I really don't care that the tax payers paid for it. Taxes pay for lots of things we can't use. I can't go setup an office in the state capitol or other state building for free because my taxes paid for it. I can't take a fire engine out for a joy ride either.
That's a moronic arguement.
A. "the tax payers" includes you, unless you are unemployed.
B. You wouldn't want to take a fire truck for a joyride, since it would hamper their ability to do their job. which brings me to my next point:
C. You ARE using the fire department. Every day that they prevent the fires in your city from burning out of control, destroying businesses, hurting the economy, hurting tourism, you are using their services.
I applaud this move. I think it is a great idea. I think they should charge for the entire road.
Uh, they do. They are called TAXES. I don't know about you, but the government already takes about 50% of my paycheck, after social security and state taxes. Why do you want to pay MORE?
Why are you opposed to bidding for items but not paying a fixed rate for them? The fixed price would be about the same as what you'd pay on Ebay if it were set correctly.
Because if I want to buy it, I want to just buy it. If I have to bid on it, I have to keep checking back to make sure I have the winning bid, and I have to worry about getting sniped - the same reasons I, and most people I know, only do "Buy it Now" auctions on eBay.
I actually don't care if I'd have to pay MORE than I would with an auction - it's stupid to make someone use an eBay auction to buy something like a civic permit, and I hope it doesn't start to become the norm.
You aren't letting people pay to break the rules - you're changing the rules to something that makes sense.
Having to bid for one of these "limited edition, rare" licenses on eBay makes sense? I don't think so. A set price would make sense. Removing the HOV lanes would make sense. Setting up some sort of toll would make sense. Having an auction for an artificially limited permit does NOT make sense. Having to lose your chance at a permit because someone is using a pirece of eBay 'sniping' software does not make sense.
If the HOV system doesn't work, ditch it.
This is no different from what an amusement park would do.
The difference being that my tax money is not spent to build and maintain an amusement park (at least not to my knowledge).
Again, what does this have to do with auctioning a limited number of excemptions?
Sure, limit HOV lanes to certain times, make them normal lanes, or build a toll road or special permit lane that has a fixed, public price. But don't make people who are ALREADY paying taxes to use the roads bid on a limited number of special permits. That's excessively complicated as well as chiseling.
I don't want to have to compulsively check an auction to see if I get to use a public road, or have my bid 'sniped' at the last moment - that's moronic. Set a rate, charge that to whoever wants to use it. That's fair.
It's not like it isn't already being done every single day. OJ bought his way out of jail. Bill Gates bought his way out of having his company split up.
I don't see much of a connection between the justice system and the ability to hire better lawyers than state auctioning of priviledges.
So let a few people drive in the HOV lane. what's the big deal? Jealous?
My commute is about 15 minutes, so this wouldn't impact me, especially since I reverse-commute.
What WOULD impact me if they started taking this further, for example, auctioning off on-street parking permits, drivers licenses, etc. I like the fact if I want such things, I can just buy them for a set price, instead of having to futz around with an auction.
I also could see this turning into the disaster that cabaret and liquor licences are in many cities. There are only a limited number available, so in the end, you virtually can't buy one no matter how much money you have. With liquor licences, you could at least buy a bar or nightclub that already has a licence, but I doubt that would be the case with these special permits.
Ideally, something like this would be at a set price and they wouldn't limit the number of people who could buy them. Of course, that would destroy the whole point of the HOV lane, but perhaps the concept is flawed.
it's still letting certain people pay to break the rules.
You mean just like our speeding ticket system? If a MS exec making $200K+/year get's caught speeding the $180 ticket was more than worth the experience for him. However, if a UW college student get's the same ticket, it's going to cost him $300+ to pay it off because it'll go on a high-interest credit card.
How is that an example of "letting certain people pay to break the rules"? It is an example of how people with more money can more easily pay a fine than people with less money, but what does that have to do with what we are talking about?
So, unless you advocate a progressive tax and progressive fine system (as I do), than you can't complain about the government ebaying the HOV lanes.
No, I still can. I think public goods should be made available at a fixed, public price. I don't think you should have to bid on the right to have a driver's license, nor should you have to bid on the right to drive in a certain lane. There should be a set fee, if any.
Ideally, our taxes should be used efficiently so that we don't have to pay extra to use any roads - but that's probably a pipe dream.
They don't have any toll-ways where I live - that I know of, anyway.
However, a toll-way is not the same at all. It is open to all who wish to use it, at a fixed cost.
That is A LOT different then offering a limited number of waivers to a law for auction.
Unless you're suggesting that my SUV will get better mileage in the HOV lane ;)
Uh, no, he's suggesting that if you are carpooling, your SUV will burn less fuel than the combination of itself and the cars of those carpooling with you, who otherwise would be driving to work in their own cars.
Which makes sense.
Possibly because the roads are public property, intended for use by everyone - not a consumer good.
Do you think you should be able to pay extra to have the police or fire department respond to your calls faster than they do to someone who cannot pay extra? Please also explain why or why not.
Now obviously, this isn't the same as preferred law enforcement priviledges, but it's still letting certain people pay to break the rules.
That first game looks really cool, thanks for pointing it out to me. I might pick it up.
It might have something to do with the fact that all the games I saw on that site are like $30+, while you can buy Monopoly for $6.