We're talking about ordinary consumers here. If they had the sligtest idea what "crazy" was they wouldn't buy stuff that's "infected with DRM" in the first place.
Whenever you use term "DRM" in a post, please put the words "infected with" before it. Stuff like that catches on you know. The RIAA and MPAA did it with the terms "p2p" and "thief". Why shouldn't we do it too? "Infected with DRM" sounds just as good as "stole material via p2p".
Hello..IT...have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yeah, you do know how a button works, don't you? No, not on clothes. No, there you go, I just heard it come on. No, that's the music you hear when it comes on. No, that's the music you hear when...
The average Trading Standards Officer is expected to have a working knowledge of a huge range of diverse issues from copyright, to advertising standards, to whether a toaster has a compliant plug on it. In practice, they're a downtrodden, government department with all the funding and resource management problems that go with it.
Rather than call into question the competence of the TSO, I'd rather blame copyright law for being unnecessarily complex.
I agree with you but prefer to take a more optimistic view. Things ARE getting better in China.
At the risk of getting modded as a troll, I'm not convinced that democracy would work in a country of over 1.3 billion people. It's a very delicate infrastructure that's holding that entire country together.
The Chinese government feels that their often brutal enforcement of it's policies is preferable to the anarchy that would result from allowing the people to challenge the status quo. It's an awful thing to say but they do have a point. Any sizable civil unrest in China could collapse that very delicate infrastructure and could lead to tens of millions of people starving to death.
As China continues to prosper, hopefully one day a democracy of sorts will be established. The signs are already there. In spite of certain news stories you might hear, the govermnent IS clamping down on local corruption and IS gaining confidence in it's people's abilities to govern themselves locally - maybe even allowing the people to choose their local govenor one day?
The prosperity that comes from trading with the rest of the world is fuelling that confidence. The only thing standing in the way of these changes are the idiots who say "stop trading with China because their government is horrible".
Oh and it's OBVIOUS that they're poking around US millitary systems. The rest of the world is doing it - why not China;-)
I personally prefer CRT to LCD at the moment. However..
In Europe we have recent environmental legislation, which makes the retailer responsible for the disposal/recycling of electronic products for the *entire life* of that product. If your customer buys a TV from you, in 20 years they can make YOU collect and recycle/dispose of it. This has obvious cost implications for the retailer. CRT screens are NOT easy to recycle into anything useful - you can't use the recycled glass for foodstuffs for instance. In an industry where margins of 1 or 2% can make or break a retailer, it's understandable that they'd go for the lighter, more easily recycled/disposed of option - LCD screens.
and a lot of Chinese people regard ANY news source as not entirely trustworthy - even foreign sources. From what I saw, they got almost all their information via gossip or text message.
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We're talking about ordinary consumers here. If they had the sligtest idea what "crazy" was they wouldn't buy stuff that's "infected with DRM" in the first place.
Whenever you use term "DRM" in a post, please put the words "infected with" before it. Stuff like that catches on you know. The RIAA and MPAA did it with the terms "p2p" and "thief". Why shouldn't we do it too? "Infected with DRM" sounds just as good as "stole material via p2p".
Would this be a good time for an IT Crowd Quote?
Hello..IT...have you tried turning it off and on again?
Yeah, you do know how a button works, don't you? No, not on clothes. No, there you go, I just heard it come on. No, that's the music you hear when it comes on. No, that's the music you hear when...
I'm sorry, are you from the past?
The people behind the refreshments counter at my local cinema have at last given up their charade.
They're now required to wear masks and stripy sweaters.
They should have written this article after lunch... AFTER lunch!
will they have blue teeth?
The average Trading Standards Officer is expected to have a working knowledge of a huge range of diverse issues from copyright, to advertising standards, to whether a toaster has a compliant plug on it. In practice, they're a downtrodden, government department with all the funding and resource management problems that go with it.
Rather than call into question the competence of the TSO, I'd rather blame copyright law for being unnecessarily complex.
You don't write for The Register do you?
+1 Inciteful
not
That's unpossible!
I agree with you but prefer to take a more optimistic view. Things ARE getting better in China.
;-)
At the risk of getting modded as a troll, I'm not convinced that democracy would work in a country of over 1.3 billion people. It's a very delicate infrastructure that's holding that entire country together.
The Chinese government feels that their often brutal enforcement of it's policies is preferable to the anarchy that would result from allowing the people to challenge the status quo. It's an awful thing to say but they do have a point. Any sizable civil unrest in China could collapse that very delicate infrastructure and could lead to tens of millions of people starving to death.
As China continues to prosper, hopefully one day a democracy of sorts will be established. The signs are already there. In spite of certain news stories you might hear, the govermnent IS clamping down on local corruption and IS gaining confidence in it's people's abilities to govern themselves locally - maybe even allowing the people to choose their local govenor one day?
The prosperity that comes from trading with the rest of the world is fuelling that confidence. The only thing standing in the way of these changes are the idiots who say "stop trading with China because their government is horrible".
Oh and it's OBVIOUS that they're poking around US millitary systems. The rest of the world is doing it - why not China
If you'd spent any time in China you probably wouldn't say that. Or maybe YOU would.
Never underestimate the awesome power of pale vegetarian lawyers.
In Europe we have recent environmental legislation, which makes the retailer responsible for the disposal/recycling of electronic products for the *entire life* of that product. If your customer buys a TV from you, in 20 years they can make YOU collect and recycle/dispose of it. This has obvious cost implications for the retailer. CRT screens are NOT easy to recycle into anything useful - you can't use the recycled glass for foodstuffs for instance. In an industry where margins of 1 or 2% can make or break a retailer, it's understandable that they'd go for the lighter, more easily recycled/disposed of option - LCD screens.
Maybe this is another nail in the coffin of CRTs?
and a lot of Chinese people regard ANY news source as not entirely trustworthy - even foreign sources. From what I saw, they got almost all their information via gossip or text message.
Could the magnetic fields be seasonal? I'm no expert but might that explain why they seem to appear and disappar periodically?
I heard they were laying off the black staff first! ...followed by the magenta staff, the blue staff and yellow staff
but it's DILITHIUM we need if we're ever going to get off this godforsaken rock!
Well that's what Progess Prevention Officers are supposed to do isn't it?
we must flee!
Clearly they are being cautious with the content they're providing but this could be the start of something beautiful.
Brings a tear to this tired ol' Torrent seeders eye - so it does.