The problem is, when you can't explain why in terms that matter to them, they'll tune you once again. They don't care. You can't make them care. You need a better lever than technical mumbo-jumbo.
The opposite is also true, you know - using the mod system to say "I agree" is just as abusive and just as rampant. Your parent post is off-topic in this discussion, it just takes advantage of Slashdot's well known bias against Bush (and currently sits at +5 for it).
Don't be hypocritical just because you happen to agree with something.
It warms my heart to know that there are people out there watching out for my right to free entertainment. If it weren't for them, the people who invested in, assisted with, created, and distributed my entertainment would be getting their greedy little mitts on my money. Now I don't have to worry about that happening, and I can have the massive entertainment collection I deserve.
The problem with open source people and free software advocates is that they think this is a battle of words. They come up with 'clever' misnames like "treacherous computing" or "digital restrictions management" and then clap each other on the back and beam at how smart they feel. Then they get nowhere with their cause, and they wonder why the rest of the world doesn't just bow before their clever sloganmaking.
This isn't a troll or a flame. It's the plain truth. It's a little ugly, sure, but that's not my fault. I just observed it.
Exactly. Free entertainment is our moral right. Let our just brothers and sisters who wish to distribute other people's protected works for their own personal gain triumph! In a free society, everyone should have the right to take whatever they wish from others so that they can be as happy as clams. Clams with giant DVD collections they didn't need to pay for.
None of the "jokes" on Slashdot are funny anymore. Hell, most of them weren't in the first place. Don't get your panties in a wad just because one conflicts with your personal politics.
"Troll" generally either means "I disagree" or "I don't like you." Don't take it personally, it's just under-socialized nerds getting drunk on a tiny amount of power.
Four minutes from story to the first boring, unrelated Bush joke. Slashdot is slipping, I expect this useless "comedy" in the first minute. What's wrong with you guys? You losing taste for being not funny? Or maybe it takes you longer to think of a new way to say the same damn thing for the millionth time?
Interesting post. Modded insightful, yet self-contradictory. Your first two paragraphs outline several impacts the system would have on criminals, while your third paragraphs denies there could be any. I like it. Very slashdot.
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Awesome insinuation. Any evidence?
And I missed the word 'not' in there somewhere.
Ah, so it's possible at avoid buying Windows? My Macs disagree with you wholeheartedly.
The court rulings don't mean there aren't any choices, you know. Being dogmatic about it doesn't help any causes. It just makes you look dogmatic.
The problem is, when you can't explain why in terms that matter to them, they'll tune you once again. They don't care. You can't make them care. You need a better lever than technical mumbo-jumbo.
The opposite is also true, you know - using the mod system to say "I agree" is just as abusive and just as rampant. Your parent post is off-topic in this discussion, it just takes advantage of Slashdot's well known bias against Bush (and currently sits at +5 for it).
Don't be hypocritical just because you happen to agree with something.
I suppose in some twisted Gentoo fanboy logic, railing against Red Hat somehow mitigates Gentoo's issues. I just don't get how.
It's not about getting stuff for free, it's about giving it away to other people for free. Jeez, get it right.
It warms my heart to know that there are people out there watching out for my right to free entertainment. If it weren't for them, the people who invested in, assisted with, created, and distributed my entertainment would be getting their greedy little mitts on my money. Now I don't have to worry about that happening, and I can have the massive entertainment collection I deserve.
The problem with open source people and free software advocates is that they think this is a battle of words. They come up with 'clever' misnames like "treacherous computing" or "digital restrictions management" and then clap each other on the back and beam at how smart they feel. Then they get nowhere with their cause, and they wonder why the rest of the world doesn't just bow before their clever sloganmaking.
This isn't a troll or a flame. It's the plain truth. It's a little ugly, sure, but that's not my fault. I just observed it.
Guess some j-pop fans caught mod points today. I feel your pain about Japanese music, though. "Insanely great " might be stretching things.
That depends, have you stopped doing something so unequivocally wrong, or are you persisting in your illegal ways?
Exactly. Free entertainment is our moral right. Let our just brothers and sisters who wish to distribute other people's protected works for their own personal gain triumph! In a free society, everyone should have the right to take whatever they wish from others so that they can be as happy as clams. Clams with giant DVD collections they didn't need to pay for.
Well, I agree, but I'm probably alone in that around here if I had to guess.
Welcome to the economy. Work a shitty job, enjoy fewer perks. It's not fair, but you can change it with determination.
Flamebait? I'm pretty sure that was a joke. I could be wrong, of course, but typically my humor detector works fairly well.
I feel bad for you guys. You're a minority, and you'll never get what you want.
I don't feel too bad, though, since I don't agree with you at all.
And if you don't want to get shot, you shouldn't walk down the street. That's just as ridiculous.
None of the "jokes" on Slashdot are funny anymore. Hell, most of them weren't in the first place. Don't get your panties in a wad just because one conflicts with your personal politics.
Only the PS3 is currently sold at a loss, most likely.
"Troll" generally either means "I disagree" or "I don't like you." Don't take it personally, it's just under-socialized nerds getting drunk on a tiny amount of power.
Your damning evidence requires a little backup. Care to provide anything stronger than your assertions?
From various studies conducted over the last 50 years. The fact that you married an exception doesn't disprove anything.
(Add your own "slashdot, not married, never saw a girl" joke here.)
Four minutes from story to the first boring, unrelated Bush joke. Slashdot is slipping, I expect this useless "comedy" in the first minute. What's wrong with you guys? You losing taste for being not funny? Or maybe it takes you longer to think of a new way to say the same damn thing for the millionth time?
I prefer real world examples, possibly because I don't feel a need to flog my brain in front of everyone to keep from feeling inadequate.
Interesting post. Modded insightful, yet self-contradictory. Your first two paragraphs outline several impacts the system would have on criminals, while your third paragraphs denies there could be any. I like it. Very slashdot.