Explain to me how even before the advent of new technology which facilitated this so-called "theft", then, why the music and films were still sub-par?
When you "steal" copyrighted music, you're not stealing much from the artists. Real artists don't care if you download their songs on the cheap. (If you think this is untrue, research it yourself. Numerous artists have stated on record that it does not affect them, in fact, they'd rather have the attention that only p2p brings. First coming to mind are Sharon Osbourne, speaking for her husband, and Ian McKaye of Fugazi).
Movies are another situation, but I don't see the point in downloading a bad quality bootleg...
Maybe people are getting sick of five stories about google a day, a constant sucking-up to anything macintosh does, and slashdot being DAYS BEHIND other tech news sources?
Or maybe it's just that slashdot fucking sucks, in general.
This change in design is about three years past-due.
Oh, it most certainly is propaganda. I won't argue that, not for a moment. But PETA's stance, and I feel this way too, is that it's wrong for those atrocities to happen once.
A pig shouldn't be stomped on and have it legs broken so you can eat bacon. Some things are just unacceptable. And you, as a consumer, have little to no say as to what happens in the preparation of your meat.
I myself grew up in the country, and while we didn't have a farm, we did hunt deer on our property. Deer which we then ate.
When it comes to the ethics of it, I have way less of a problem with the man who hunts to feed his family than I do for the fat slob who buys the mass-produced hormone-laden slop in the grocery isle. The "disconnect" of animal and flesh is not present for the hunter; he is responsible for his actions.
Much of the horrific videos (read: "Propaganda" for you meat-eating folk) put out by PETA is largely directed towards the visceral response.
Personally, myself, again being an ovo-lacto-pesco vegetarian, (eating vegan food when prepared at home), I wouldn't have a problem eating this new synthetic meat.
As for everyone who is saying "Ew, gross," well... it's no less disgusting than bloody animal flesh from a tortured animal. They're just being huge pussies.
I'll say this: If the meat is wholly synthetic, and never came from a living animal, I think that most vegetarians would find it difficult to say no to it.
However, haven spoken to my vegan wife about a similar issue just yesterday (cloned meat), if the fake meat originated from the cell of one real animal, it still goes against the basic constructs of veganism.
It's not all about how the animal is treated, it's just that it is animal flesh.
Slashdot Mirror
pentadactyl is my shit
post of the year.
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... i know the answer to that.
why the fuck is this horseshit on
oh, wait
Your moderation of "Troll" speaks volumes of how fucked Slashdot is.
Anyone remember when this site didn't utterly blow donkey balls?
Parent should be modded up, but won't be.
And you (and he) know it, too.
When you "steal" copyrighted music, you're not stealing much from the artists. Real artists don't care if you download their songs on the cheap. (If you think this is untrue, research it yourself. Numerous artists have stated on record that it does not affect them, in fact, they'd rather have the attention that only p2p brings. First coming to mind are Sharon Osbourne, speaking for her husband, and Ian McKaye of Fugazi).
Movies are another situation, but I don't see the point in downloading a bad quality bootleg ...
Or maybe it's just that slashdot fucking sucks, in general.
This change in design is about three years past-due.
A snowman in hell is.
And they suck, so who cares.
URL, please?
A pig shouldn't be stomped on and have it legs broken so you can eat bacon. Some things are just unacceptable. And you, as a consumer, have little to no say as to what happens in the preparation of your meat.
I myself grew up in the country, and while we didn't have a farm, we did hunt deer on our property. Deer which we then ate.
When it comes to the ethics of it, I have way less of a problem with the man who hunts to feed his family than I do for the fat slob who buys the mass-produced hormone-laden slop in the grocery isle. The "disconnect" of animal and flesh is not present for the hunter; he is responsible for his actions.
Good discussion! :)
Much of the horrific videos (read: "Propaganda" for you meat-eating folk) put out by PETA is largely directed towards the visceral response.
Personally, myself, again being an ovo-lacto-pesco vegetarian, (eating vegan food when prepared at home), I wouldn't have a problem eating this new synthetic meat.
As for everyone who is saying "Ew, gross," well ... it's no less disgusting than bloody animal flesh from a tortured animal. They're just being huge pussies.
If the meat is wholly synthetic, and never came from a living animal, I think that most vegetarians would find it difficult to say no to it.
However, haven spoken to my vegan wife about a similar issue just yesterday (cloned meat), if the fake meat originated from the cell of one real animal, it still goes against the basic constructs of veganism.
It's not all about how the animal is treated, it's just that it is animal flesh.
Yes, that's about right.
It was a bigger deal when they first broadcasted from space on TV. So they recorded an audio stream. So fucking what.
slashdot is pure shit now.
n/t
Rating it as funny doesn't help karma, so they use informative.
Can it be found out who registered it? Can they be shut down at all?
Good thing I only pirate pr0n.
Have you considered higher education, sir?
Couple months ago. This site is shit.
Slashdot: Having went so far downhill as to be roiling around the sewer.
Read: It won't be.
I thought Bram was a bright guy? Wtf is he thinking?
SHUT UP. IT ISN'T FUNNY.
That's an idea.
Or use kprinter.
Or I'm sure gnome has a frontend too.
Stop crying about the webgui. Make something better.