Let me be the first on the list of the "come and get me, you Persian bastards.":) I love the First Amendment... I really do.:)
Mohammed sucked camel dick for money. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a child-molesting cross-dresser who likes it in the pooper from goats. Oh, and Islam is for fucking retards. Literally. Religion has become the punchline for too many jokes. Because too many fucking idiots think they can tell someone else what to do....
Goddamnit. Fuck Allah in the ass with a big rubber dick. And Mohammed can lick my sack.
But seriously folks. This is the problem right here (you hit the nail on the head)... we get this crap SO out of whack because WE, THE PEOPLE are not being listened to anymore. Nothing changes until every last one of those cocksucking asspiles in Washington are GONE. Nothing changes until the Republicans and Democrats are dissolved and new parties formed with a $1 donation limit of people only (to nix corporations, gotta have a social security number), no ads on TV, newspaper, etc. If you want to get fucking elected... BEAT FEET. Do it like they had to do before mass media. If you don't like doing that, then you don't get to represent us. It should be a CHORE to be politicians, so that only those dedicated to the greater good (and the actual DEFENSE of the Constitution).
Until then, they've won. And all we can do is argue about it online wishing someone would fucking dissolve this shithole government we have now and go back to the CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED separation of powers... States Rights. Oh yeah, that got fucked in the ass by Lincoln, and they have done it ever since.
You're half right. Microsoft is notorious for the very thing you claim they don't do. They are in bed with the MPAA/RIAA, and a copy of Windows phones home more times than a kid at his first day of summer camp. Google isn't a white knight because they're a corporation in it for the profit. All corporations are evil. They do not care about us, nor do they care who they exploit to get more money.
The quote "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" reminds me of the position people take regarding privacy and over-reaching government snooping that violates the 4th Amendment. "If you're not doing anything illegal, you should have nothing to hide." And like that statement... It's not about what you do, it's about the power I have over my own life. I shouldn't be at the mercy of tracking software and invasive snooping simply because I'm online. It'd be like every time you went to Wal Mart someone who worked for them or one of the products in the store would follow you around, recording everything you did. What the "do not track" option does is as simple as saying "let me shop in peace." You will know what I buy when I check out or when I make a transaction. Seeing what I pick up and put back on the shelf is really of no concern. Stop selling it to marketeers and attempting to put me in a box that says "likes pie and Febreeze. Let's market Febreeze tasting pie to him!"
Indeed... what amazes me is how many people still fall for the old tricks. I guess there really isn't any antivirus that protects against stupid.
I'd be willing to bet OpenBSD is pretty tough... though, it still suffers from the weakest link (the user.) Here's to hoping the average OpenBSD user isn't as stupid as the average Mac/Windows/Ubuntu user.:)
In that anecdote, yes. But in FAR too many cases, the vehicle is impounded and the driver sits and waits for a warrant so they can do it ANYWAY, even without your consent. Happens lots of times in many more places than you or even I realize. Remember, if they want what you got... they are going to fuck the 4th amendment... in the ass with a big, rubber dick. Don't kid yourself and think the power these asspiles wield is NOT a greater threat to liberty than 10,000 Osama Bin Ladens.... (yeah, I went there.... because I care more about the Bill of Rights than a bunch of bureaucratic assholes with ball fetishes and secret desires to fuck little children with their finger while "patting them down." Because we all know Judy is in the 3rd grade. SHE COULD BE A TERRAHRIST!)
I have a simple solution to "trusting those muppets"... Just use prepaid PSN cards. Available everywhere Sony crap is sold. Then you're only on the hook for crank calls should your data ever be compromised again.:)
Their "overreaction" is the same for any company. Why is Sony treated differently? Remember, they are a conglomerate. Their games division is not affiliated with their music/movie division, and their electronics division isn't affiliated either (beyond interoperability between consoles and TVs.) Which is why you can see products one division makes diametrically opposed to other divisions' stated goals. Sometimes they converge (minidisc, at least the consumer edition), but most of the time they're separate.
This sort of thing happens in large companies. To seemingly justify the Anonymous response as "Sony's fault" ignores the other companies doing the exact same things to gamers and users. Selective activism is nothing more than fanboyism taken to its logical absurdity. You can't have a position and attempt to influence others to take it if you don't apply it evenly. (and I am referring to Anonymous and those who think Sony's more evil than Microsoft or Apple.) Hating one company's actions while buying "ooh shiny!" from another company doing the same exact thing is nothing more than old fashioned hypocrisy.
Their settlement out of court had little to do with anything regarding their reaction. We don't know the real reasoning. (And never will, unless we go into Geohot's head or Sony's hive mind.)
Not to pick nits... but remember the BMI is not the best way of measuring obesity (the sole measure, I would say.) Because BMI becomes irrelevant with muscular builds and so forth. That is not to say we have quite a few fat people.:) More than other comparably sized countries? Dunno... I'd have to google it.
But for the OP who wants to "get out while the gettin's good".... The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.:)
NP. It's a gimmicky online fee for "exclusive beta access", some free premium themes, and discounts on PSN games... It's good for those who need it, but not necessary for PSN enjoyment (PS+ doesn't make regular access seem like Live Silver, I mean.)
Either way, I hope so. Most of the patent trolls that have filed in East Texas have been of the troll variety. I would have to google more than the anecdotal evidence of overturned rulings and such. It's a task I'll take on in the near future.:)
No matter what the outcome, THIS is why I loathe software patents. (and anyone else who's not batshit insane or stupid.)
I'm certain this will get quashed in appeal when a real court hears it.:) (East Texas is really just Western Arkansas, only with more teeth, but the same amount of sister-love......)
What would really suck is the Proclaimers song "500 miles".... "I would walk 800 kilometers...." See? There it went so shit before the trademark "dotta-laht-daaah":)
The "service without a service" has nothing to do with the game. They want to treat you as the buyer like a licensee but they don't want to have the overhead that goes with that. (replacing media, guaranteeing a level of effectiveness in connections etc.) They want you to _think_ you have a license, when in reality, you bought a hunk of plastic you can sell onward and they can do nothing about it. This "charging for multiplayer" is their way of doing an end-round of the First Sale Doctrine... and thus cutting out the Gamestops and Amazons of the world... Plain and simple, they don't like used. And they want to destroy it with a hugely crushing blow.... how? Without expensive litigation (and proving the "service license" model) they are going to withhold part of the functionality of a game unless you but it new from a store. (Which gives them a cut of sales...)
It's really a fitting analogy, but if only the big game companies (Sony/Microsoft included) weren't so damn pissy about used games in general, this wouldn't be a bother. I cannot stand their tantrums about used sales "killing the industry". As if used car sales kill the automotive industry... or used books/CDs kill their respective markets. It just doesn't happen that way, and their "service without the service" mentality is what is going to cause them to nickel and dime the player until he or she simply tosses the console in the closet and goes back to minesweeper.:)
The First Sale Doctrine really chaps their asses. This is their way of "play ball with me and I promise I won't shove the bat up your ass."
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High Fructose Corn Syrup is worse than sugar... and it's a negative cost item.. in other words, the government PAYS you to grow corn. Which is why sugared sodas are corn syrup sodas. (Among other things...)
That's why I drink Diet Rite. If I am going to die from some poison, it might as well not make me fat in the process.:)
That'd never work...:) these government sanctioned and sponsored monopolies (cable/phone) can't be bothered with competition. They'd rather have their cake and eat it too.
But what you say is true. Power lines and phone lines (and cable lines) were all laid with huge subsidies and eminent domain actions by the government. In effect, WE own most of the infrastructure (as taxpayers), and as such, should not be allowing a corporation that got a handout to build the infrastructure in the first place free reign to shove the telephone pole up our asses.
Very true. It is up to us, who know, to spread the word. It's not easy... I'm guilty of complacency as well. But you are correct in that the voter only knows about third parties via the ballot... and by that time, he/she had made up his/her mind.
The problem with the current "two" party system is that it isn't. Sure they contend their ideologies are vastly different, but only on things that "scare" the average unwashed. (Abortion, Defense, gay marriage etc.) In reality they are a one-party corporatist system that is intent on growing the federal government and allowing our corporate masters to rule every facet of our lives with the promise of HD American Idol and Jersey Shore reruns.
Perot almost had it done back in the early 90's, but he was as kooky as the other front-runners. I am reminded of the Simpsons episode where Kang and Kodos took Clinton and Dole's personas and ran for "president". The funniest bit was, when Kodos said to the voter thinking of voting 3rd party... "sure, throw your vote away!"
My favorite quote from that was Homer's "don't blame me I voted for Kodos." Seems more fitting now than it ever has been.:)
The difference between our ballot boxes is that we COULD control the government with the ballot box, but we CHOOSE not to. The Chinese can't. They want to, but they can't. We are squandering an opportunity that people in China have died trying to get, yet we still send the same gimpy ass-sucking motherfuckers to Washington year in and year out and wonder why the fuck nothing changes. I mean, we have no one to blame but ourselves...
But your first comment would be wiped clean if we would only STOP listening to the "ooh shiny" bullshit and started voting for a REAL third party... Instead, we follow the herd into the slaughterhouse and are surprised when the hammer to the head hurts.
Now some of them are systemic to the US, but most of them are not unique. They are facets of a flawed, human endeavor. Even with those (the "strict on cyberspace" is a bit of a stretch... it's not law yet... it just passed committee), I choose the US over China in terms of a "good place to live" any day of the week. I'm sure people love to live in China, but if we compare the balance sheets... I rather like the US side better.
China's unemployment rate (or rather underemployment rate) would make our numbers sparkle in comparison...:) (Just off the top of my head...)
It's an example. Not more important... just an example. If you'd like to contribute some other stories like this... feel free. Or, you could get that stick that's wedged in your butt removed.:)
The one thing you miss without a numpad is the ease of moving about in Nethack.:)
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Oh man, Racing Destruction set! Remember making a moon track and turning down the gravity? With insane jumps you could leave the screen for what seemed like forever before you landed. What a great game!
The Pool of Radiance pissed me off to no end... "Thanks for winning. Now go back into the sewers and kill more stuff." What a lame ending screen... the lamest that I can remember... but the game itself was great fun. I loved Wasteland... and Legacy of the Ancients...
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I'm glad to see we have some Muslims who frequent slashdot. :) But is it wise to give them mod points?
Let me be the first on the list of the "come and get me, you Persian bastards." :) I love the First Amendment... I really do. :)
Mohammed sucked camel dick for money. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a child-molesting cross-dresser who likes it in the pooper from goats. Oh, and Islam is for fucking retards. Literally. Religion has become the punchline for too many jokes. Because too many fucking idiots think they can tell someone else what to do....
Goddamnit. Fuck Allah in the ass with a big rubber dick. And Mohammed can lick my sack.
But seriously folks. This is the problem right here (you hit the nail on the head)... we get this crap SO out of whack because WE, THE PEOPLE are not being listened to anymore. Nothing changes until every last one of those cocksucking asspiles in Washington are GONE. Nothing changes until the Republicans and Democrats are dissolved and new parties formed with a $1 donation limit of people only (to nix corporations, gotta have a social security number), no ads on TV, newspaper, etc. If you want to get fucking elected... BEAT FEET. Do it like they had to do before mass media. If you don't like doing that, then you don't get to represent us. It should be a CHORE to be politicians, so that only those dedicated to the greater good (and the actual DEFENSE of the Constitution).
Until then, they've won. And all we can do is argue about it online wishing someone would fucking dissolve this shithole government we have now and go back to the CONSTITUTIONALLY MANDATED separation of powers... States Rights. Oh yeah, that got fucked in the ass by Lincoln, and they have done it ever since.
You're half right. Microsoft is notorious for the very thing you claim they don't do. They are in bed with the MPAA/RIAA, and a copy of Windows phones home more times than a kid at his first day of summer camp. Google isn't a white knight because they're a corporation in it for the profit. All corporations are evil. They do not care about us, nor do they care who they exploit to get more money.
The quote "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place" reminds me of the position people take regarding privacy and over-reaching government snooping that violates the 4th Amendment. "If you're not doing anything illegal, you should have nothing to hide." And like that statement... It's not about what you do, it's about the power I have over my own life. I shouldn't be at the mercy of tracking software and invasive snooping simply because I'm online. It'd be like every time you went to Wal Mart someone who worked for them or one of the products in the store would follow you around, recording everything you did. What the "do not track" option does is as simple as saying "let me shop in peace." You will know what I buy when I check out or when I make a transaction. Seeing what I pick up and put back on the shelf is really of no concern. Stop selling it to marketeers and attempting to put me in a box that says "likes pie and Febreeze. Let's market Febreeze tasting pie to him!"
Indeed... what amazes me is how many people still fall for the old tricks. I guess there really isn't any antivirus that protects against stupid.
I'd be willing to bet OpenBSD is pretty tough... though, it still suffers from the weakest link (the user.) Here's to hoping the average OpenBSD user isn't as stupid as the average Mac/Windows/Ubuntu user. :)
In that anecdote, yes. But in FAR too many cases, the vehicle is impounded and the driver sits and waits for a warrant so they can do it ANYWAY, even without your consent. Happens lots of times in many more places than you or even I realize. Remember, if they want what you got... they are going to fuck the 4th amendment... in the ass with a big, rubber dick. Don't kid yourself and think the power these asspiles wield is NOT a greater threat to liberty than 10,000 Osama Bin Ladens.... (yeah, I went there.... because I care more about the Bill of Rights than a bunch of bureaucratic assholes with ball fetishes and secret desires to fuck little children with their finger while "patting them down." Because we all know Judy is in the 3rd grade. SHE COULD BE A TERRAHRIST!)
Fuck the government.
I have a simple solution to "trusting those muppets"... Just use prepaid PSN cards. Available everywhere Sony crap is sold. Then you're only on the hook for crank calls should your data ever be compromised again. :)
Steve Ballmer, is that you? Stop it or we'll take away your netbook again!
Their "overreaction" is the same for any company. Why is Sony treated differently? Remember, they are a conglomerate. Their games division is not affiliated with their music/movie division, and their electronics division isn't affiliated either (beyond interoperability between consoles and TVs.) Which is why you can see products one division makes diametrically opposed to other divisions' stated goals. Sometimes they converge (minidisc, at least the consumer edition), but most of the time they're separate.
This sort of thing happens in large companies. To seemingly justify the Anonymous response as "Sony's fault" ignores the other companies doing the exact same things to gamers and users. Selective activism is nothing more than fanboyism taken to its logical absurdity. You can't have a position and attempt to influence others to take it if you don't apply it evenly. (and I am referring to Anonymous and those who think Sony's more evil than Microsoft or Apple.) Hating one company's actions while buying "ooh shiny!" from another company doing the same exact thing is nothing more than old fashioned hypocrisy.
Their settlement out of court had little to do with anything regarding their reaction. We don't know the real reasoning. (And never will, unless we go into Geohot's head or Sony's hive mind.)
Not to pick nits... but remember the BMI is not the best way of measuring obesity (the sole measure, I would say.) Because BMI becomes irrelevant with muscular builds and so forth. That is not to say we have quite a few fat people. :) More than other comparably sized countries? Dunno... I'd have to google it.
But for the OP who wants to "get out while the gettin's good".... The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. :)
NP. It's a gimmicky online fee for "exclusive beta access", some free premium themes, and discounts on PSN games... It's good for those who need it, but not necessary for PSN enjoyment (PS+ doesn't make regular access seem like Live Silver, I mean.)
I suspect they're speaking about the Plus subscribers... who do pay.
Either way, I hope so. Most of the patent trolls that have filed in East Texas have been of the troll variety. I would have to google more than the anecdotal evidence of overturned rulings and such. It's a task I'll take on in the near future. :)
No matter what the outcome, THIS is why I loathe software patents. (and anyone else who's not batshit insane or stupid.)
I'm certain this will get quashed in appeal when a real court hears it. :) (East Texas is really just Western Arkansas, only with more teeth, but the same amount of sister-love......)
What would really suck is the Proclaimers song "500 miles".... "I would walk 800 kilometers...." See? There it went so shit before the trademark "dotta-laht-daaah" :)
Man, I need to sleep. :)
Good teacher. He really seems to care... about what I have no idea....
The "service without a service" has nothing to do with the game. They want to treat you as the buyer like a licensee but they don't want to have the overhead that goes with that. (replacing media, guaranteeing a level of effectiveness in connections etc.) They want you to _think_ you have a license, when in reality, you bought a hunk of plastic you can sell onward and they can do nothing about it. This "charging for multiplayer" is their way of doing an end-round of the First Sale Doctrine... and thus cutting out the Gamestops and Amazons of the world... Plain and simple, they don't like used. And they want to destroy it with a hugely crushing blow.... how? Without expensive litigation (and proving the "service license" model) they are going to withhold part of the functionality of a game unless you but it new from a store. (Which gives them a cut of sales...)
It's really a fitting analogy, but if only the big game companies (Sony/Microsoft included) weren't so damn pissy about used games in general, this wouldn't be a bother. I cannot stand their tantrums about used sales "killing the industry". As if used car sales kill the automotive industry... or used books/CDs kill their respective markets. It just doesn't happen that way, and their "service without the service" mentality is what is going to cause them to nickel and dime the player until he or she simply tosses the console in the closet and goes back to minesweeper. :)
The First Sale Doctrine really chaps their asses. This is their way of "play ball with me and I promise I won't shove the bat up your ass."
High Fructose Corn Syrup is worse than sugar... and it's a negative cost item.. in other words, the government PAYS you to grow corn. Which is why sugared sodas are corn syrup sodas. (Among other things...)
That's why I drink Diet Rite. If I am going to die from some poison, it might as well not make me fat in the process. :)
That'd never work... :) these government sanctioned and sponsored monopolies (cable/phone) can't be bothered with competition. They'd rather have their cake and eat it too.
But what you say is true. Power lines and phone lines (and cable lines) were all laid with huge subsidies and eminent domain actions by the government. In effect, WE own most of the infrastructure (as taxpayers), and as such, should not be allowing a corporation that got a handout to build the infrastructure in the first place free reign to shove the telephone pole up our asses.
Very true. It is up to us, who know, to spread the word. It's not easy... I'm guilty of complacency as well. But you are correct in that the voter only knows about third parties via the ballot... and by that time, he/she had made up his/her mind.
The problem with the current "two" party system is that it isn't. Sure they contend their ideologies are vastly different, but only on things that "scare" the average unwashed. (Abortion, Defense, gay marriage etc.) In reality they are a one-party corporatist system that is intent on growing the federal government and allowing our corporate masters to rule every facet of our lives with the promise of HD American Idol and Jersey Shore reruns.
Perot almost had it done back in the early 90's, but he was as kooky as the other front-runners. I am reminded of the Simpsons episode where Kang and Kodos took Clinton and Dole's personas and ran for "president". The funniest bit was, when Kodos said to the voter thinking of voting 3rd party... "sure, throw your vote away!"
My favorite quote from that was Homer's "don't blame me I voted for Kodos." Seems more fitting now than it ever has been. :)
The difference between our ballot boxes is that we COULD control the government with the ballot box, but we CHOOSE not to. The Chinese can't. They want to, but they can't. We are squandering an opportunity that people in China have died trying to get, yet we still send the same gimpy ass-sucking motherfuckers to Washington year in and year out and wonder why the fuck nothing changes. I mean, we have no one to blame but ourselves...
But your first comment would be wiped clean if we would only STOP listening to the "ooh shiny" bullshit and started voting for a REAL third party... Instead, we follow the herd into the slaughterhouse and are surprised when the hammer to the head hurts.
Now some of them are systemic to the US, but most of them are not unique. They are facets of a flawed, human endeavor. Even with those (the "strict on cyberspace" is a bit of a stretch... it's not law yet... it just passed committee), I choose the US over China in terms of a "good place to live" any day of the week. I'm sure people love to live in China, but if we compare the balance sheets... I rather like the US side better.
China's unemployment rate (or rather underemployment rate) would make our numbers sparkle in comparison... :) (Just off the top of my head...)
It's an example. Not more important... just an example. If you'd like to contribute some other stories like this... feel free. Or, you could get that stick that's wedged in your butt removed. :)
The one thing you miss without a numpad is the ease of moving about in Nethack. :)
Oh man, Racing Destruction set! Remember making a moon track and turning down the gravity? With insane jumps you could leave the screen for what seemed like forever before you landed. What a great game!
The Pool of Radiance pissed me off to no end... "Thanks for winning. Now go back into the sewers and kill more stuff." What a lame ending screen... the lamest that I can remember... but the game itself was great fun. I loved Wasteland... and Legacy of the Ancients...