They already lost with me and I'm sure it is the same with many of their other customers. I started thinking about how many Sony products that I own and by just looking around the room, I can see that I've given them a good chunk of my hard earned cash. Those days are over. I'm done buying their products. If they think this won't hurt their other sectors, they are lying to themselves. Sony is destroying themselves in more ways than one. It's ashame because they used to be a great company.
My problem with your argument is that the speech was not taking place on school grounds. Unless the kids signed something that said they were not allowed to have accounts on these sites, I don't know how the priest can really do anything about it. But, with that said, it is a private school, and they should be allowed to kick anyone out if they feel like it.
I've found that lately, having Ad Block is a necessity because a lot of sites are adding those tv commercial flash ads that really annoy the hell out of me. Some of them are pretty tough to mute too. I don't mind text ads and find that I barely ever look at them anyways.
Why are labels allowed to put this type of technology on albums and then say that they are not violating the consumer's fair use rights? I really don't understand why the fair use doctrine seems to have been thrown out the window lately. What would happen if someone took this to court claiming that their rights have been violated, not only by the DRM, but also by the DMCA?
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I'm not sure if you noticed, but the first sentence was all jacked up when the article was posted. I didn't expect my comment to be modded up. Offtopic was a better mod than redundant.
You completely missed my point. Like I said, for people like you and I, yes this is a non-issue. But the majority of people have no idea that you can do something like this. Those people, when told to return their key, will have no problem doing it, because they are unaware of the risk.
So just because I can't remember which ones ask for it back, that proves that it never happens? I've stayed in close to 50 hotels in the last 3 years. The last thing on my mind is which hotels ask me to return the key.
Over the last 3 years I have traveled a lot as well and I have had several hotels tell me to return the keys. I can't remember which ones they were but I never have returned it. I've never worked at a hotel so I can't prove to you that they do use it again but why else would they ask for the keys back? Either way, you and I are not the problem because we are aware that the cards may have personal info on them. The problem is that most people are not so they will be careless with their keys, leaving them anywhere.
I work in defense and the government sent a warning to their employees about this.
No, he's complaining because a lot of hotels tell their guests to RETURN the card to them when they leave. They usually just throw those cards in a pile next on the counter to be used again. A lot of people are starting to realize this. All it takes is for the counter boy to walk away and bam, I've got my hands on a hundred valid credit card #s with their billing addresses. Cha-ching.
I have a feeling it is even less than a buck. A record label is a bank, not a lottery. Those "bonuses" that you may hear that artists get when they sign are entirely recoupable. All marketing charges, videos, production, recording...basically anything the label does for the artist...it's all recoupable. Most major artists have to sell over a million albums before they make a dime off sales. Artists make all of their money off of touring and merchandise sales. Some get screwed though and have shitty contracts where the label gets a percent of merchandise sales. Being an artist is not easy.
Yea I know...I was just replying to your question of why you should use it. Your statement "...if your app is going to look, feel, and function, like a Windows one, why should I use yours??" implies that they both do the same thing but the only difference is price...
The FBI used OnStar to eavesdrop on the city officials in San Diego who were on trial for taking bribes from local strip clubs. I'm surprised that this didn't get more press.
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Everything in moderation, even moderation.
There is no "trick" to living longer, just use commmon sense.
because if you don't know what a rootkit is, then you shouldn't care about it
If Sony can get away with this...
They already lost with me and I'm sure it is the same with many of their other customers. I started thinking about how many Sony products that I own and by just looking around the room, I can see that I've given them a good chunk of my hard earned cash. Those days are over. I'm done buying their products. If they think this won't hurt their other sectors, they are lying to themselves. Sony is destroying themselves in more ways than one. It's ashame because they used to be a great company.
Less newspapers printed, the less trees are wasted...
My problem with your argument is that the speech was not taking place on school grounds. Unless the kids signed something that said they were not allowed to have accounts on these sites, I don't know how the priest can really do anything about it. But, with that said, it is a private school, and they should be allowed to kick anyone out if they feel like it.
Seeing as it looks very similar to the ipod nano, does the video ipod suffer from the same screen scratching problem?
90% of their traffic...
I've found that lately, having Ad Block is a necessity because a lot of sites are adding those tv commercial flash ads that really annoy the hell out of me. Some of them are pretty tough to mute too. I don't mind text ads and find that I barely ever look at them anyways.
Possibly, but maybe not all on the same network.
Why are labels allowed to put this type of technology on albums and then say that they are not violating the consumer's fair use rights? I really don't understand why the fair use doctrine seems to have been thrown out the window lately. What would happen if someone took this to court claiming that their rights have been violated, not only by the DRM, but also by the DMCA?
I'm not sure if you noticed, but the first sentence was all jacked up when the article was posted. I didn't expect my comment to be modded up. Offtopic was a better mod than redundant.
Ha modded redundant!! Sorry but you can't be redundant if you are the first to point something out!
my brain hurts from reading that first sentence
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You completely missed my point. Like I said, for people like you and I, yes this is a non-issue. But the majority of people have no idea that you can do something like this. Those people, when told to return their key, will have no problem doing it, because they are unaware of the risk.
I'm done with this argument.
So just because I can't remember which ones ask for it back, that proves that it never happens? I've stayed in close to 50 hotels in the last 3 years. The last thing on my mind is which hotels ask me to return the key.
Over the last 3 years I have traveled a lot as well and I have had several hotels tell me to return the keys. I can't remember which ones they were but I never have returned it. I've never worked at a hotel so I can't prove to you that they do use it again but why else would they ask for the keys back? Either way, you and I are not the problem because we are aware that the cards may have personal info on them. The problem is that most people are not so they will be careless with their keys, leaving them anywhere. I work in defense and the government sent a warning to their employees about this.
No, he's complaining because a lot of hotels tell their guests to RETURN the card to them when they leave. They usually just throw those cards in a pile next on the counter to be used again. A lot of people are starting to realize this. All it takes is for the counter boy to walk away and bam, I've got my hands on a hundred valid credit card #s with their billing addresses. Cha-ching.
I have a feeling it is even less than a buck. A record label is a bank, not a lottery. Those "bonuses" that you may hear that artists get when they sign are entirely recoupable. All marketing charges, videos, production, recording...basically anything the label does for the artist...it's all recoupable. Most major artists have to sell over a million albums before they make a dime off sales. Artists make all of their money off of touring and merchandise sales. Some get screwed though and have shitty contracts where the label gets a percent of merchandise sales. Being an artist is not easy.
Yea I know...I was just replying to your question of why you should use it. Your statement "...if your app is going to look, feel, and function, like a Windows one, why should I use yours??" implies that they both do the same thing but the only difference is price...
I mean really, if your app is going to look, feel, and function, like a Windows one, why should I use yours??
Cause it's free?
The FBI used OnStar to eavesdrop on the city officials in San Diego who were on trial for taking bribes from local strip clubs. I'm surprised that this didn't get more press.
I think it looks better in the article with the scratches.