And, I always hear how much cheaper allofmp3 is than itunes. Well, if you download high quality files, it isn't really that much cheaper. I think that demonstrates more than anything, that if files could be bought legitimately as high quality files without DRM, that people would do it.
They need to realize that as long as the illegal files are still available, their real choices are to either make money selling what people want, or not make money not selling it. The idea of preventing the actual download is only theoretical.
I usually try it in a bar, which proportionally for one drink is like downloading a one-time play DRMed song for a nickel. That's about my limit of what I would pay for a DRMed copy.
Sounds more like they should take out the bathrooms. They're basically paying 50 full time employees to do nothing but sit on a toilet and squeeze out turds all day.
The fact is this: it's not Jon Stewarts job to ask the hard questions.
Sure it is. He does it every day, just not during the interview segments. That's actually the best thing about his interviews - he generally lets the subject state their case without trying to contradict everything they say. If anything, the interviews (of politicians, particularly) give them a chance to rebut the monologue portions of the show.
Unfortunately, asking hard questions isn't really an option if you want to keep a lineup of prominent guests. Just look at what happened to Colbert with his "Better Know a District" segments. A few congressmen (including several Democrats, btw) were made to look like complete buffoons (remember the guy who was talking about how important it is to post the ten commandments and couldn't remember any of them?), and now no Republican will appear, so he had to start interviewing candidates. That will only last for a month.
Yeah, but 7-11 sells all that shit without the benefit of having all their base expenses pre-paid on entry. They still make money, and don't charge $10 a box for candy.
It's not like they're going from nothing to having thousands of untracked warheads floating around. They come out one at a time, and you can be damn sure if they only have one nuclear weapon, they're going to keep track of it at all times.
Seriously, though. Anarchy isn't the complete lack of any "government", it's just voluntary. More like the idea of the USA before federalism - the states were the primary authority, and one could move freely between states if they didn't like what theirs was doing. And, if you didn't like any of them, you could go west, like the pioneers. It has to do more with local control than the complete lack of it.
I spent six years getting my BS. Most of that was spent drinking alone in my room and being depressed about being unable to socialize. It was a total waste of time. The reason it took six years is because I got too depressed to leave my room, buy liquor, or get food. I ended up storing my piss in jars because I didn't want to have to talk to anyone. The longer I spent there not socializing, the more depressed I got.
If you're not a social person, you might as well get it over as quickly as possible.
College doesn't teach you how to socialize. It's just another, very expensive, place to do it. I didn't know how to socialize when I went to college, and I still don't. If I could have gotten it over with in a year, I would have. I hated every minute of it.
All the people in my dorm annoyed me. I might have talked to the people in my classes, but the opportunity never came up. I absolutely hated having any free time between classes that wasn't long enough for me to walk back to my room. I'd have to end up spending hours every day sitting alone in the cafeteria feeling like a loser.
As far as I'm concerned, undergraduate college didn't teach me anything about socializing that I didn't already know in high school, namely that I sucked at it.
However, I seem to have learned how to socialize in grad school, maybe because i'm actually forced to talk to people.
If you haven't passed quals yet, you haven't been in grad school long enough to realize that living on $22K/year sucks.
Then again, I'm probably happier with my $22K, considering I show up when I feel like it, and I can pretty do whatever the hell I want, as long as I can show up at a meeting every couple weeks and say I did something.
Of course he is only 18, and as soon as he hits some more of the real world, perhaps that will disuade him from throwing away what might be a promising career in the sciences.
Patent lawyers make more money than scientists. Sounds like he already hit the real world.
Why would it matter? If your karma is Excellent, you probably haven't pissed off anyone to make them want to ruin your karma or reputation. If your karma already sucks, what difference does it make?
Then again, why would anyone bother using a strong password on MySpace? I generally use the same weak, easy to remember password on EVERY website. I don't want to remember 10,000 passwords for every site that requires registration. Sure, I use strong, unique passwords for bank accounts and whatnot, but I'm not really concerned about someone stealing my MySpace password and changing my profile.
Speaking of which, how can you have a "genuine copy" of anything? Depending on how you look at it, it's a complete oxymoron, or means nothing, since anything that is copied is a genuine copy. The only thing that wouldn't be a genuine copy is an original, or something that wasn't a copy of it.
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allofmp3 is more convenient.
And, I always hear how much cheaper allofmp3 is than itunes. Well, if you download high quality files, it isn't really that much cheaper. I think that demonstrates more than anything, that if files could be bought legitimately as high quality files without DRM, that people would do it.
They need to realize that as long as the illegal files are still available, their real choices are to either make money selling what people want, or not make money not selling it. The idea of preventing the actual download is only theoretical.
I usually try it in a bar, which proportionally for one drink is like downloading a one-time play DRMed song for a nickel. That's about my limit of what I would pay for a DRMed copy.
Sounds more like they should take out the bathrooms. They're basically paying 50 full time employees to do nothing but sit on a toilet and squeeze out turds all day.
The fact is this: it's not Jon Stewarts job to ask the hard questions.
Sure it is. He does it every day, just not during the interview segments. That's actually the best thing about his interviews - he generally lets the subject state their case without trying to contradict everything they say. If anything, the interviews (of politicians, particularly) give them a chance to rebut the monologue portions of the show.
Unfortunately, asking hard questions isn't really an option if you want to keep a lineup of prominent guests. Just look at what happened to Colbert with his "Better Know a District" segments. A few congressmen (including several Democrats, btw) were made to look like complete buffoons (remember the guy who was talking about how important it is to post the ten commandments and couldn't remember any of them?), and now no Republican will appear, so he had to start interviewing candidates. That will only last for a month.
Yeah, but 7-11 sells all that shit without the benefit of having all their base expenses pre-paid on entry. They still make money, and don't charge $10 a box for candy.
Everyone always says the new guy sucks. It's not a spoiler at all.
Honest? You'd have to be borderline retarded to try to steal shit during a job interview.
I can't see a blackhat even wanting to be an admin. If you already have access, it's boring.
I'll take the high skills applicant that you pissed off by skipping and put him to work against you.
It's not like they're going from nothing to having thousands of untracked warheads floating around. They come out one at a time, and you can be damn sure if they only have one nuclear weapon, they're going to keep track of it at all times.
The most expensive way to generate hydrogen gas?
40 million dollars for the perverted arts.
Honestly, in all seriousness here, I think it has a lot more to do with the fact that Jesus didn't play poker.
Guns.
Seriously, though. Anarchy isn't the complete lack of any "government", it's just voluntary. More like the idea of the USA before federalism - the states were the primary authority, and one could move freely between states if they didn't like what theirs was doing. And, if you didn't like any of them, you could go west, like the pioneers. It has to do more with local control than the complete lack of it.
Anarchy isn't the lack of government, it's the lack of coercive, involuntary authority.
If they're going to keep doing this, I'd rather have a $199 iPod.
I spent six years getting my BS. Most of that was spent drinking alone in my room and being depressed about being unable to socialize. It was a total waste of time. The reason it took six years is because I got too depressed to leave my room, buy liquor, or get food. I ended up storing my piss in jars because I didn't want to have to talk to anyone. The longer I spent there not socializing, the more depressed I got.
If you're not a social person, you might as well get it over as quickly as possible.
College doesn't teach you how to socialize. It's just another, very expensive, place to do it. I didn't know how to socialize when I went to college, and I still don't. If I could have gotten it over with in a year, I would have. I hated every minute of it.
All the people in my dorm annoyed me. I might have talked to the people in my classes, but the opportunity never came up. I absolutely hated having any free time between classes that wasn't long enough for me to walk back to my room. I'd have to end up spending hours every day sitting alone in the cafeteria feeling like a loser.
As far as I'm concerned, undergraduate college didn't teach me anything about socializing that I didn't already know in high school, namely that I sucked at it.
However, I seem to have learned how to socialize in grad school, maybe because i'm actually forced to talk to people.
If you haven't passed quals yet, you haven't been in grad school long enough to realize that living on $22K/year sucks.
Then again, I'm probably happier with my $22K, considering I show up when I feel like it, and I can pretty do whatever the hell I want, as long as I can show up at a meeting every couple weeks and say I did something.
Because no lawyer has ever done anything to advance mankind.
Lawyers don't do anything to advance mankind, the best they can do is keep another lawyer from preventing it.
Of course he is only 18, and as soon as he hits some more of the real world, perhaps that will disuade him from throwing away what might be a promising career in the sciences.
Patent lawyers make more money than scientists. Sounds like he already hit the real world.
Why would it matter? If your karma is Excellent, you probably haven't pissed off anyone to make them want to ruin your karma or reputation. If your karma already sucks, what difference does it make?
Then again, why would anyone bother using a strong password on MySpace? I generally use the same weak, easy to remember password on EVERY website. I don't want to remember 10,000 passwords for every site that requires registration. Sure, I use strong, unique passwords for bank accounts and whatnot, but I'm not really concerned about someone stealing my MySpace password and changing my profile.
By their very nature, corporations are vulnerable to public perception, which drives purchasing and profits.
Yeah, but if there is no way for information about the corporation's behavior to be made public, how is their public perception going to be affected?
Speaking of which, how can you have a "genuine copy" of anything? Depending on how you look at it, it's a complete oxymoron, or means nothing, since anything that is copied is a genuine copy. The only thing that wouldn't be a genuine copy is an original, or something that wasn't a copy of it.