Why? Here in the states so-called "triple play" (phone/data/tv) packages are popular. You really think it would be to the benefit of society to force those consumers to pay more?
Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's not anticompetitive. I believe that it's shutting out other players in the market by unfairly bundling services at a cutrate discount. This is just my opinion, but I don't think it's too far fetched to see where it could go badly.
because I stopped playing video games. I love the old keyboard and mouse. I love the PS3. I love the Xbox. I don't love how ham-fisted the publishers are getting with DRM and all the rest. If popularizing a game increases the chances it'll be pirated, I won't participate any more.
I don't think you're looking at this the right way. It's not viewed as the government censoring Comcast or ANYONE for that matter. There is no removing the freedom of speech by the FCC anywhere in this. The only perpetrators of that in this particular instance is the content provider.
It's funny how these days people view it as "I gotta be in the corporations camp" or "I gotta support the government" when there's a hidden option: "I support my own views." Google tries to kick China in the balls for freedom of speech? Great! Uncle Sam trying to give the ISPs a slap for being mean to their customers? Great! Now, the converse is not supporting things you don't like. Don't jump on a bandwagon here, unless it's going in the direction that's best for all.
As a US military veteran, I'm going to ask you one question: Who are you to judge? Whether or not we support what we're told we are supposed to do, we still do our job. It's our job to love our country and uphold the constitution. We all say the same oath (with some variances for the Army AND NG) and nowhere in there does it say ANYTHING about liking or agreeing with the the president. Nor should it. We're not there to support and defend him. He'll be gone in 4 or 8 years. What remains, and what we fight for, are what matters. In case you're curious...
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God
So please save me your guilt by association. And You're Welcome
So why even have a debate on the topics? I'm sure you're just being glib, but let's face it. He wasn't doing his job and got caught. It's like the stoner kid at the minimum wage job getting caught sleeping in the stockroom by the owner.. except this time, the owner is the public. In both cases, the employee should have known better.
Yeah, because safety and quality are paramount to Chinese ideals? If you don't know what I mean, search for a couple YouTube Chinese automobile crash test videos.
Turns out, safety is profitable when the people who use your product are concerned about whether or not they'll die. Something tells me that regardless of peoples' ideas about how the FAA handles themselves with the commercial carriers in the US, they're keeping the skies as safe as necessary. When was the last time you had an aircraft tire crash through your windshield? Or the last time you crashed in a plane because someone left a wrench where it didn't belong?
You can thank the FAA. Or stop praising China for NOT having one.
Cosigned. I'd like to see a Pirate Party US movement. It's not like ALL of us enjoy being puppets of those with more money than us. And besides, having a more modern choice would be ideal to my views.
Why would they need to know? It could be a passive opt-in system with no identifying information except the return from the GPS module. And rather than the Death March playing when something's sniffed out, what about it.. Does nothing? I mean, send a message that something has been possibly found, but no other indication. There's no need to get a cattle stampede going.
I was just going to mod you down, but I think you're missing an important portion of this debate. Wouldn't the power companies give Americans conditions to meet before their power was shut off? Come on, I know it seems draconian to just disconnect their service but they were given an opportunity. One they ignored.
So, from where I'm looking, they have 100% success. They said "register with our system or we'll cut you off". And they're doing just that. Whether or not the registration system is broken doesn't give them any reason to ignore it and not expect consequences. Just because you disagree with the speed limit, does that give you any latitude with law enforcement?
Yes. We do. I work as an integration engineer for a helicopter manufacturer and I have to communicate what I'm doing to all interested parties at all times. Who are you to talk down to someone who just needs information in a way they can understand? It's pompous arrogant people like you who think people are too dumb to get the gist of what you're saying that is killing us. Curious and interested parties getting shut down at "trust me" whenever they have a pointed and relevant question serves no purpose except to inflate your own ego.
And besides, there's a vested interest in getting the layman on the same page as the climatologists. Policy can (and probably will) follow public opinion.
My sister is like that... Willing to remove all risk from her life and put control in the hands of other people for the safety of her kids. That's all well and good, but I don't need someone having the ability to remotely disable my automobile regardless of my distance from the person with their finger on the button. Sure, responsibility for my family is is important, but I don't need the specter of a nanny snooping in and judging me because I want to listen to some Middle Eastern music.
Life is risk. When you shed risk, it's usually at a price.
Keep your overreaching generalizations to yourself. Not everyone in America is money hungry or ignorant of the world around us.
These days, only the French think it's a good idea to surrender.
These days, only Asian people are good at math.
These days, only the black people are athletic.
These days, only an American would think monopolistic behavior is good. But we all know it's a lie. None of these instances are accurate. While you demonize us over money, the ones here who care wait for the baby boomers to die so we can unfornicate the money grubbing situation we're being forced into.
And while stereotypes may make life easier for you, I'll burn some karma exercising my (still somewhat) free speech and hopefully change an opinion of this country of mine.
Since I've seen countless people bite, I don't want to be left out. There is nothing genetically advantageous to being susceptible to a virus. That is another "organism" (I quote because it's been debated) overcoming our own natural defenses. If it were genetically advantageous, we wouldn't be making antibodies.
Religion was the cornerstone for people to build an ideal that was greater than any one individual. Banding together to hunt and gather is something that's been happening in the primate world since the beginning of time. Even using tools has happened. The only thing that set us apart is a set of rules used to govern the body as a whole. The first people to wield the power to influence the body as a whole were the "mouthpieces of the gods". This isn't to say it's still necessary in this society. My whole point is: just as it always has been... a divine being exists or doesn't exist on faith. Anyone who disagrees is being disingenuous.
The fact that we have Health Care, Train Infrastructure, and Scientific literacy are _arguably_ the fault of Government INTERVENTION and not the free market.
I'm not claiming that Government INTERVENTION was a perfect solution but I am saying that many of the societal advances in these three examples can be traced DIRECTLY to intervention by the Federal Government.
See how much fun this game is? Polarizing comments and stating "site some sources" doesn't make you any more or less intelligent than anyone.. It just makes you seem myopic at the very least... And willfully negligent of your civic duties to look at the whole picture and not just what's good for someone's wallet or what some talking head on TV tells you to say.
Wouldn't it be more effective to just have a crate of weapons on the weather decks of the boat at the ready in case of impending doom? Use a helicopter to transport it from the ship when it comes close to port. An agreement between major shipping companies for a sort of time share on the weapons caches would help mitigate the cost and possibly drive down insurance costs. It's not like all the waters of the ocean are subject to pirates. The US Navy transports huge crates at sea. Either by cable system with another ship or helicopters.
I think an Xe type company would be highly profitable given the visibility of the problem and the money involved.
And before any devil's advocates decide to chime in, there are some things I'm forgetting such as legalities, but a video monitoring system like our police have in their cars would be able to stand up in court.
Excellent point, but you won't garner any public support as it is now. People want their computers to play games, surf the internet, look at porn, and do their banking. They don't care about installs because they don't do them. People don't realize that things aren't the way they're supposed to be. This is a step in the right direction because it addresses something that everyone can get behind. When the precedent for striking down or curbing DRM has been set, we can hope for someone out there to broaden the scope.
It's funny that you'd hear all this bitching about his appointment rather than trying to do something. Nemyst had it right. Do something about it. I just went to Change.gov under the open for questions section and posted a question. You can moderate questions up or down and even submit questions.
Even though you have to register to vote on the site or submit questions, it's still an avenue to be heard. The guys who are too afraid to be recognized to be heard, bury your head in the sand. Anyone who gives a shit, be heard.
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Why? Here in the states so-called "triple play" (phone/data/tv) packages are popular. You really think it would be to the benefit of society to force those consumers to pay more?
Just because it's popular doesn't mean it's not anticompetitive. I believe that it's shutting out other players in the market by unfairly bundling services at a cutrate discount. This is just my opinion, but I don't think it's too far fetched to see where it could go badly.
because I stopped playing video games. I love the old keyboard and mouse. I love the PS3. I love the Xbox. I don't love how ham-fisted the publishers are getting with DRM and all the rest. If popularizing a game increases the chances it'll be pirated, I won't participate any more.
Should have previewed. The service provider
I don't think you're looking at this the right way. It's not viewed as the government censoring Comcast or ANYONE for that matter. There is no removing the freedom of speech by the FCC anywhere in this. The only perpetrators of that in this particular instance is the content provider.
It's funny how these days people view it as "I gotta be in the corporations camp" or "I gotta support the government" when there's a hidden option: "I support my own views." Google tries to kick China in the balls for freedom of speech? Great! Uncle Sam trying to give the ISPs a slap for being mean to their customers? Great! Now, the converse is not supporting things you don't like. Don't jump on a bandwagon here, unless it's going in the direction that's best for all.
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God
So please save me your guilt by association. And You're Welcome
So why even have a debate on the topics? I'm sure you're just being glib, but let's face it. He wasn't doing his job and got caught. It's like the stoner kid at the minimum wage job getting caught sleeping in the stockroom by the owner.. except this time, the owner is the public. In both cases, the employee should have known better.
I don't know, does the latin cuisine have hallucinogenic properties or the ability to alter someone's perception of reality?
Well, aside from the spicy part. We all know about that.
Yeah, because safety and quality are paramount to Chinese ideals? If you don't know what I mean, search for a couple YouTube Chinese automobile crash test videos.
Turns out, safety is profitable when the people who use your product are concerned about whether or not they'll die. Something tells me that regardless of peoples' ideas about how the FAA handles themselves with the commercial carriers in the US, they're keeping the skies as safe as necessary. When was the last time you had an aircraft tire crash through your windshield? Or the last time you crashed in a plane because someone left a wrench where it didn't belong?
You can thank the FAA. Or stop praising China for NOT having one.
Cosigned. I'd like to see a Pirate Party US movement. It's not like ALL of us enjoy being puppets of those with more money than us. And besides, having a more modern choice would be ideal to my views.
Why would they need to know? It could be a passive opt-in system with no identifying information except the return from the GPS module. And rather than the Death March playing when something's sniffed out, what about it.. Does nothing? I mean, send a message that something has been possibly found, but no other indication. There's no need to get a cattle stampede going.
I was just going to mod you down, but I think you're missing an important portion of this debate. Wouldn't the power companies give Americans conditions to meet before their power was shut off? Come on, I know it seems draconian to just disconnect their service but they were given an opportunity. One they ignored.
So, from where I'm looking, they have 100% success. They said "register with our system or we'll cut you off". And they're doing just that. Whether or not the registration system is broken doesn't give them any reason to ignore it and not expect consequences. Just because you disagree with the speed limit, does that give you any latitude with law enforcement?
Yes. We do. I work as an integration engineer for a helicopter manufacturer and I have to communicate what I'm doing to all interested parties at all times. Who are you to talk down to someone who just needs information in a way they can understand? It's pompous arrogant people like you who think people are too dumb to get the gist of what you're saying that is killing us. Curious and interested parties getting shut down at "trust me" whenever they have a pointed and relevant question serves no purpose except to inflate your own ego.
And besides, there's a vested interest in getting the layman on the same page as the climatologists. Policy can (and probably will) follow public opinion.
Sooo what you're saying is China doesn't stand a chance?
My sister is like that... Willing to remove all risk from her life and put control in the hands of other people for the safety of her kids. That's all well and good, but I don't need someone having the ability to remotely disable my automobile regardless of my distance from the person with their finger on the button. Sure, responsibility for my family is is important, but I don't need the specter of a nanny snooping in and judging me because I want to listen to some Middle Eastern music.
Life is risk. When you shed risk, it's usually at a price.
Keep your overreaching generalizations to yourself. Not everyone in America is money hungry or ignorant of the world around us.
These days, only the French think it's a good idea to surrender.
These days, only Asian people are good at math.
These days, only the black people are athletic.
These days, only an American would think monopolistic behavior is good. But we all know it's a lie. None of these instances are accurate. While you demonize us over money, the ones here who care wait for the baby boomers to die so we can unfornicate the money grubbing situation we're being forced into.
And while stereotypes may make life easier for you, I'll burn some karma exercising my (still somewhat) free speech and hopefully change an opinion of this country of mine.
Since I've seen countless people bite, I don't want to be left out. There is nothing genetically advantageous to being susceptible to a virus. That is another "organism" (I quote because it's been debated) overcoming our own natural defenses. If it were genetically advantageous, we wouldn't be making antibodies.
Religion was the cornerstone for people to build an ideal that was greater than any one individual. Banding together to hunt and gather is something that's been happening in the primate world since the beginning of time. Even using tools has happened. The only thing that set us apart is a set of rules used to govern the body as a whole. The first people to wield the power to influence the body as a whole were the "mouthpieces of the gods". This isn't to say it's still necessary in this society. My whole point is: just as it always has been... a divine being exists or doesn't exist on faith. Anyone who disagrees is being disingenuous.
The fact that we have Health Care, Train Infrastructure, and Scientific literacy are _arguably_ the fault of Government INTERVENTION and not the free market.
I'm not claiming that Government INTERVENTION was a perfect solution but I am saying that many of the societal advances in these three examples can be traced DIRECTLY to intervention by the Federal Government.
See how much fun this game is? Polarizing comments and stating "site some sources" doesn't make you any more or less intelligent than anyone.. It just makes you seem myopic at the very least... And willfully negligent of your civic duties to look at the whole picture and not just what's good for someone's wallet or what some talking head on TV tells you to say.
Where's the -1 WTF? when you need it?
Wouldn't it be more effective to just have a crate of weapons on the weather decks of the boat at the ready in case of impending doom? Use a helicopter to transport it from the ship when it comes close to port. An agreement between major shipping companies for a sort of time share on the weapons caches would help mitigate the cost and possibly drive down insurance costs. It's not like all the waters of the ocean are subject to pirates. The US Navy transports huge crates at sea. Either by cable system with another ship or helicopters. I think an Xe type company would be highly profitable given the visibility of the problem and the money involved. And before any devil's advocates decide to chime in, there are some things I'm forgetting such as legalities, but a video monitoring system like our police have in their cars would be able to stand up in court.
Wasn't there something done like this sometime in the past? Something about a Surgeon General or something... cancer.. low birth weights..
If only I could remember...
Excellent point, but you won't garner any public support as it is now. People want their computers to play games, surf the internet, look at porn, and do their banking. They don't care about installs because they don't do them. People don't realize that things aren't the way they're supposed to be. This is a step in the right direction because it addresses something that everyone can get behind. When the precedent for striking down or curbing DRM has been set, we can hope for someone out there to broaden the scope.
"the Spore case is very clearly one of a handful of trolls on Amazon. Games with DRM in general, however, are a clear case of what you said."
So you mean the trolls did something good?
Ummmm.. how is the parent modded funny? Did I miss the joke?
It seems more to be insightful. However improbable, it's still plausible.
It's funny that you'd hear all this bitching about his appointment rather than trying to do something. Nemyst had it right. Do something about it. I just went to Change.gov under the open for questions section and posted a question. You can moderate questions up or down and even submit questions.
Even though you have to register to vote on the site or submit questions, it's still an avenue to be heard. The guys who are too afraid to be recognized to be heard, bury your head in the sand. Anyone who gives a shit, be heard.
Two words: Individual Augmentee
But crucial rates/MOS don't usually get slated to go IA. Which is good.