Now imagine if this superfan camping out for 139 days is under 13....
Yea I remember when Star Wars I came out and people were camping for days....three hours before movie time I went online (movietickets.com) and purchased five tickets for me and my friends on opening night. Got to the theatre. Two lines - those who had tickets and those who were buying tickets. Those who were buying tickets would then have to go to the other line. Ahhh - the Internet----waiting in line for a ticket is lame and is only excuseable if you went to the theatre on pure impulse.
I thought people won the Noble prize for some great achievement. I didn't realize that websites, and software could win the prize? Or should I have read the article instead of paying attention to the blurb line?
Yea I just had to have this bad boy. You guys will be able to enjoy this system when I run my counterstrike server. In the mean-time, rest assured that I will have fun using this system to play uber 1337 games of Solitaire.
that way people will link into them and pump up the Times' search-engine juice.
You meant to say "pump up the Times' bandwidth costs" right?
But you had it right with regards to advertisements - which according to the Times (I had a tour there two years ago) most of their revenue is ad generated not subscriber generated.
But the next question to ask - would you adblock those ads saying how "evil it is to post those ads on my screen. Things should be free, and this advertising is pushing stuff on my computer. Why are they not paying me for my bandwidth." I seem to recall a few posters like this within the past week.
Libraries at Universities generally pay for those articles, the university gets this money from tuition, alumni, the gov't. So you are essentially paying for this serive anyhow (if you are getting a scholarship then that is paying for it).
But you are attending a university - most people are not currently attending a university - so this service would be more valuable to them.
As for your comments about most libraries having microfilm/fiche going back to the 1890's - well I would need numbers to believe that. While many university libraries go a ways back - local free libraries tend to not keep that kind of archive on hand.
With the exception of connecting (and this has always been the case for people not associated with an organization paying for them) the Internet is still free. The only time I whip out my CC is when I am buying some consumer good/service - but then again, I would do that anyhow without the Internet.
I agree. 2.95 is a bit steep. Even their paper print (which costs them the most amount to produce) are not 2.95/issue. Maybe 10 cents/issue. Or $20/year for unlimitted access for consumer/non-profit level (businesses should pay more as they will use the service more and probably for profit)
I'm not old enough to run for federal or state elected office.
There are no offices that you can run for at the age of 18? If there are no federal/state offices, then run for local. You gotta start at the bottom, not the top. So I guess this falls under excuse
In fact, I do plan to participate in many of the local Libertarian Party's events, but if it's not local government, how can the average citizen do that?
Plan to? Thats quaint. Do it. And what is this "if its not local government, how can the average citizen do that?" - write letters, go meet with your congressman, senator. Last I heard they had business hours so people can meet with them (or at least their assistants). Go at it.
Would you choose a college based on what banks are nearby?
Nope I didnt. Never crossed my mind. And there wasn't even a bank on my campus. The nearest bank was a 5 mile walk (if you had a car then you could use that). But I did have an ATM machine, and while I did pay fee's, I preferred to keep a bank account where my mom had her account so she could give me money on occasion. But I guess Terre Haute now has a bank since it is 2005.
Surprisingly enough, yes it is your choice. You can vote. If you do not think that is enough - run for office, lobby someone, picket. Just complaining won't do anything. It is like complaining about being fat...do you think that will make someone get skinny? No get off your ass and make things happen.
or the only bank with branches in town chooses to require all of its citizens/customers to use a particular proprietary product?
Luckily for most of us there is usually more then a choice of one bank. In the OS market you have many more choices then one. You have Windows (and all its flavors), you have Mac OS, Unix, Linux, Open BSD, and a whole slew of others.
SO whats your real complaint? It can't be about choice cause we got plenty of those.
I don't know anyone who is a compulsive online shopper. I am sure they are out there, but most people are more hesistant. First of all with the vast wealth of knowledge everyone wants to be informed. So before I go buy that DvD player I want to rank it against other DvD players, etc. I want to find the place that will give me the best price, warranty, shipping options, etc. I want to know that my transactions are secure. I want to make sure I want it because returning it will be an insane hassle.
Just by thinking on some of these things BEFORE purchasing a product negates the "compulsive shopper" tag from a person. Usually, when I shop for something online - unless it is a replacement part for something I already own then it takes me weeks to d ecide to buy. I just ordered some bedsheets - took me two weeks to pick out what I wanted, the price and from whom. Took me almost a month to figure out the new bed that I bought - again: brand, style, vender, etc.
In your situation there should be no argument for municipal broadband. If the highspeed providers are not willing to provide it, then the gov't should easily step in - whats the problem in your area? Yes I realize you are shutgunning modems (you said that in an earlier post).
Rates vary from area to area - but I seem to recall having $15 for unlim local calling in a rural area that I lived (comcast refused to install cable television lines because there was not enough people living in this area). And there are many providers who give $10/month service. Some providers allow you to have multiple accounts dialed in at the same time (i.e. for families that have kids at college). But assuming you do not have access to this - then 20 for inet access and 30 for phone is 50.
So try to think before you get angry. There are people out there that $50 a month isn't the important factor. It's that there is no broadband period.
See this statement, you fail to see what the gov't is insterested in. The gov't doesn't care about the person who thinks $50 isn't an important factor...the gov't cares about the person who thinks $25/month *IS* a factor. That is why I got angry.
Thanks for your completely assinine/troll statement. Just because you live in some very rural area does not justify a response for other people in other areas. To you $50 may be cheap, but a family living paycheck to paycheck - this is not cheap and is a large barrier for these families to get highspeed.
And what is this cost of each phone line costing 40? Even when I did use dialup (and I did a couple of years ago because broadband was not installed in that area) it only costs 20/phone line for unlimited local calling. So two lines were 40
then they should lower their rates. When the price of comcast highspeed is roughly $50/month - that is HIGH cost. Make it 25/month and the gov't will let it go - especially since that is what most municipalities are thinking of charging around. Now if the gov't can do it at 25 - and we know how bad gov't is at managing money - then the broadbad providers should have little to no problems doing this.
It varies from state to state, but most states have the law that as long as she is not under the age of 14 - if the adult (person over 18) can reasonably prove that he felt the under age person was over 18 then the adult can be found not guilty. So if the adult sleeps with a minor that was met at a bar, who had an ID saying the minor was over 18, the adult is fine.
Reasonable proof: Legitimate looking ID (i.e. looks just like a drivers license).
Adult met the minor at a bar (especially once that only allows 25+)
Adult met the person in an 18+ dating service that pre-screens.
I think this is a bit extreme. The offenders went to jail, paid fines, and probably have to register themselves with such laws as Meghans law. But you know what, a tracking device (unwanted) is a violation of privacy and every FREE citizen deserves a right to privacy.
Now if they want to implement this to people on probation, I would have no problem with this as people on probation must remain within a certain locale. Sex offenders are not under the same requirement. Also, I believe (barring the company itself) a former sex offender CAN legally work say at a school, daycare, etc...but usually they cant get these jobs as parents would have a fit (rightfully so).
If your website includes a clear TOS stating that ads must be left in place in order to access the site, then I'll have to decide if that's worth it to me. But by "clear TOS" I mean an up-front statement, not something buried deep in legalese.
Buried in legalese? What should get the number 1 spot? The stuff about adverts, the stuff about copying the site, the stuff about hacking the site? So they have ten pages of legalese, as long as the link is easy to follow (i.e. at the bottom of the page, where many websites place a lot of links, like the contact us, home page, legal, etc.)
While bypassing adverts may be an ethical dilemma in some cases - where the place is free with the exception of the adverts - imho is not a dilemma. They, in all honesty, gotta pay to have that site. Or would you prefer to have to pay? Also, since they have it in their TOS it should remove any shroud of "ethical dilemma", or should they make the Home Page be the TOS?
When you receive a mail advertisement - you chuck it in the trash...by chucking it in the trash you do not gain any of its benefits (maybe there was a great credit card offer, etc). By using ad-blockers you are getting the benefits without paying the price. With cable tv - at the very least you are paying for your TV, with this exception - how much would TV cost you if they didnt put tv commercials? This is not something new, this has been going on for years and years. TV via airwaves is more free then cable tv, but you still had commercials. Its the price for cheap/free service - you gotta pay up somehow.
Will the on demand streaming be a flat fee that I can watch as many movies a month as my heart desires? While the 24 hour pause is nice, it is not that great. I have had movies where i got them, and started to watch them and didn't finish until a week later (life happens). Also, what if i want to rent it to take to my friends - or go on a plane trip (yes i have a laptop, and i like to take my netflix movies with me). I cannot do that with stream - unless comcast is going to provide me with a way to copy the stream to dvd so i can keep a version for myself.
I really like the service from Netflix. They are also the first to do it and they do it well. I have the three at any given time plan and my cycle time is 5-6 days (assuming two day delivery to me, two day delivery to them, one day viewing, and one day delay on their part)
Even when they were a couple of bucks higher then blockbuster - i stayed loyal because they were the innovaters and still offered me great service.
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So would the sequal to that reality be "Revenge of the RIAA" or "Return of the Napster"?
Now imagine if this superfan camping out for 139 days is under 13....
Yea I remember when Star Wars I came out and people were camping for days....three hours before movie time I went online (movietickets.com) and purchased five tickets for me and my friends on opening night. Got to the theatre. Two lines - those who had tickets and those who were buying tickets. Those who were buying tickets would then have to go to the other line. Ahhh - the Internet----waiting in line for a ticket is lame and is only excuseable if you went to the theatre on pure impulse.
as in really old news, as in last year old news. I wish i had the /. link.
I thought people won the Noble prize for some great achievement. I didn't realize that websites, and software could win the prize? Or should I have read the article instead of paying attention to the blurb line?
Yea I just had to have this bad boy. You guys will be able to enjoy this system when I run my counterstrike server. In the mean-time, rest assured that I will have fun using this system to play uber 1337 games of Solitaire.
that way people will link into them and pump up the Times' search-engine juice.
You meant to say "pump up the Times' bandwidth costs" right?
But you had it right with regards to advertisements - which according to the Times (I had a tour there two years ago) most of their revenue is ad generated not subscriber generated.
But the next question to ask - would you adblock those ads saying how "evil it is to post those ads on my screen. Things should be free, and this advertising is pushing stuff on my computer. Why are they not paying me for my bandwidth." I seem to recall a few posters like this within the past week.
Libraries at Universities generally pay for those articles, the university gets this money from tuition, alumni, the gov't. So you are essentially paying for this serive anyhow (if you are getting a scholarship then that is paying for it).
But you are attending a university - most people are not currently attending a university - so this service would be more valuable to them.
As for your comments about most libraries having microfilm/fiche going back to the 1890's - well I would need numbers to believe that. While many university libraries go a ways back - local free libraries tend to not keep that kind of archive on hand.
With the exception of connecting (and this has always been the case for people not associated with an organization paying for them) the Internet is still free. The only time I whip out my CC is when I am buying some consumer good/service - but then again, I would do that anyhow without the Internet.
The Internet is still very much free.
I agree. 2.95 is a bit steep. Even their paper print (which costs them the most amount to produce) are not 2.95/issue. Maybe 10 cents/issue. Or $20/year for unlimitted access for consumer/non-profit level (businesses should pay more as they will use the service more and probably for profit)
I'm not old enough to run for federal or state elected office.
There are no offices that you can run for at the age of 18? If there are no federal/state offices, then run for local. You gotta start at the bottom, not the top. So I guess this falls under excuse
In fact, I do plan to participate in many of the local Libertarian Party's events, but if it's not local government, how can the average citizen do that?
Plan to? Thats quaint. Do it. And what is this "if its not local government, how can the average citizen do that?" - write letters, go meet with your congressman, senator. Last I heard they had business hours so people can meet with them (or at least their assistants). Go at it.
Would you choose a college based on what banks are nearby?
Nope I didnt. Never crossed my mind. And there wasn't even a bank on my campus. The nearest bank was a 5 mile walk (if you had a car then you could use that). But I did have an ATM machine, and while I did pay fee's, I preferred to keep a bank account where my mom had her account so she could give me money on occasion. But I guess Terre Haute now has a bank since it is 2005.
Is it my choice if a government
Surprisingly enough, yes it is your choice. You can vote. If you do not think that is enough - run for office, lobby someone, picket. Just complaining won't do anything. It is like complaining about being fat...do you think that will make someone get skinny? No get off your ass and make things happen.
or the only bank with branches in town chooses to require all of its citizens/customers to use a particular proprietary product?
Luckily for most of us there is usually more then a choice of one bank. In the OS market you have many more choices then one. You have Windows (and all its flavors), you have Mac OS, Unix, Linux, Open BSD, and a whole slew of others.
SO whats your real complaint? It can't be about choice cause we got plenty of those.
I don't know anyone who is a compulsive online shopper. I am sure they are out there, but most people are more hesistant. First of all with the vast wealth of knowledge everyone wants to be informed. So before I go buy that DvD player I want to rank it against other DvD players, etc. I want to find the place that will give me the best price, warranty, shipping options, etc. I want to know that my transactions are secure. I want to make sure I want it because returning it will be an insane hassle.
Just by thinking on some of these things BEFORE purchasing a product negates the "compulsive shopper" tag from a person. Usually, when I shop for something online - unless it is a replacement part for something I already own then it takes me weeks to d ecide to buy. I just ordered some bedsheets - took me two weeks to pick out what I wanted, the price and from whom. Took me almost a month to figure out the new bed that I bought - again: brand, style, vender, etc.
In your situation there should be no argument for municipal broadband. If the highspeed providers are not willing to provide it, then the gov't should easily step in - whats the problem in your area? Yes I realize you are shutgunning modems (you said that in an earlier post).
Rates vary from area to area - but I seem to recall having $15 for unlim local calling in a rural area that I lived (comcast refused to install cable television lines because there was not enough people living in this area). And there are many providers who give $10/month service. Some providers allow you to have multiple accounts dialed in at the same time (i.e. for families that have kids at college). But assuming you do not have access to this - then 20 for inet access and 30 for phone is 50.
So try to think before you get angry. There are people out there that $50 a month isn't the important factor. It's that there is no broadband period.
See this statement, you fail to see what the gov't is insterested in. The gov't doesn't care about the person who thinks $50 isn't an important factor...the gov't cares about the person who thinks $25/month *IS* a factor. That is why I got angry.
Thanks for your completely assinine/troll statement. Just because you live in some very rural area does not justify a response for other people in other areas. To you $50 may be cheap, but a family living paycheck to paycheck - this is not cheap and is a large barrier for these families to get highspeed.
And what is this cost of each phone line costing 40? Even when I did use dialup (and I did a couple of years ago because broadband was not installed in that area) it only costs 20/phone line for unlimited local calling. So two lines were 40
Yes i know, i was lumping them all in as one. I am sure other people understood this. Is there another point to your message other then nitpicking?
then they should lower their rates. When the price of comcast highspeed is roughly $50/month - that is HIGH cost. Make it 25/month and the gov't will let it go - especially since that is what most municipalities are thinking of charging around. Now if the gov't can do it at 25 - and we know how bad gov't is at managing money - then the broadbad providers should have little to no problems doing this.
But they are greedy and they will lobby.
It varies from state to state, but most states have the law that as long as she is not under the age of 14 - if the adult (person over 18) can reasonably prove that he felt the under age person was over 18 then the adult can be found not guilty. So if the adult sleeps with a minor that was met at a bar, who had an ID saying the minor was over 18, the adult is fine.
Reasonable proof: Legitimate looking ID (i.e. looks just like a drivers license).
Adult met the minor at a bar (especially once that only allows 25+)
Adult met the person in an 18+ dating service that pre-screens.
Mod parent up someone?
For that matter, mod GP up too
I think this is a bit extreme. The offenders went to jail, paid fines, and probably have to register themselves with such laws as Meghans law. But you know what, a tracking device (unwanted) is a violation of privacy and every FREE citizen deserves a right to privacy.
Now if they want to implement this to people on probation, I would have no problem with this as people on probation must remain within a certain locale. Sex offenders are not under the same requirement. Also, I believe (barring the company itself) a former sex offender CAN legally work say at a school, daycare, etc...but usually they cant get these jobs as parents would have a fit (rightfully so).
Is the GPL the law of the land?
If your website includes a clear TOS stating that ads must be left in place in order to access the site, then I'll have to decide if that's worth it to me. But by "clear TOS" I mean an up-front statement, not something buried deep in legalese.
Buried in legalese? What should get the number 1 spot? The stuff about adverts, the stuff about copying the site, the stuff about hacking the site? So they have ten pages of legalese, as long as the link is easy to follow (i.e. at the bottom of the page, where many websites place a lot of links, like the contact us, home page, legal, etc.)
While bypassing adverts may be an ethical dilemma in some cases - where the place is free with the exception of the adverts - imho is not a dilemma. They, in all honesty, gotta pay to have that site. Or would you prefer to have to pay? Also, since they have it in their TOS it should remove any shroud of "ethical dilemma", or should they make the Home Page be the TOS?
When you receive a mail advertisement - you chuck it in the trash...by chucking it in the trash you do not gain any of its benefits (maybe there was a great credit card offer, etc). By using ad-blockers you are getting the benefits without paying the price. With cable tv - at the very least you are paying for your TV, with this exception - how much would TV cost you if they didnt put tv commercials? This is not something new, this has been going on for years and years. TV via airwaves is more free then cable tv, but you still had commercials. Its the price for cheap/free service - you gotta pay up somehow.
Will the on demand streaming be a flat fee that I can watch as many movies a month as my heart desires? While the 24 hour pause is nice, it is not that great. I have had movies where i got them, and started to watch them and didn't finish until a week later (life happens). Also, what if i want to rent it to take to my friends - or go on a plane trip (yes i have a laptop, and i like to take my netflix movies with me). I cannot do that with stream - unless comcast is going to provide me with a way to copy the stream to dvd so i can keep a version for myself.
I really like the service from Netflix. They are also the first to do it and they do it well. I have the three at any given time plan and my cycle time is 5-6 days (assuming two day delivery to me, two day delivery to them, one day viewing, and one day delay on their part)
Even when they were a couple of bucks higher then blockbuster - i stayed loyal because they were the innovaters and still offered me great service.