You're kidding, right? About claiming that piracy didn't exist a few years ago?
You think people were't sharing music a few years ago? Recording songs from radio broadcasts? Ripping music from CDs? I would guess you are probably about 13 years old. This kind of thing has been going on at leastsince I was a small child, and that was over 20 years ago in the age of magnetic tape and "push-play-and-record". The fact is in this day and age, the RIAA has successfully demonized the sharing of music without their say-so. If by doing that, more people are taking steps to avoid them, I'd probably buy that. And I'd buy that the act of music sharing being labeled "piracy" is a recent phenomenon. But to say that music sharing was nonexistant "a few years ago" is incorrect.
Not to mention they offer MP3 downloads on their Web site. How long will it be till RIAA sues them for putting copyrighted content in a shared folder??
Only "authority" over facts. His recommendation to change your dictionary could have just as easily been construed as a helpful push in the direction of the facts. When one is right (as in, correct), they tend to want other people to be right, too.
You just described trying to buy alcohol in Arkansas. It's laughable to make it nearly impossible to legally purchase a product that is legal to own, legal to transport and legal to consume.
Not to mention the sacrifice of Americans who will divest their Google stock now because they want nothing more to do with the company's profits. Will be interesting to see Google's valuation over the next few days as news of the sellout propogates.
I for one am glad I do not own any Google stock, nor do I wish to in the future at this point, I don't care how big and mighty their cute little colors become.
Growth in and of itself is without value. But growth for the sake of greed/ever-increasing profit almost always becomes (begets?) evil.
If I were a Yahoo shareholder, I'd be concerned by this statement given, because it effectively is a signal to the #3 search engine that says, "hey, we're ready for you guys to pass us. We're not gonna fight too hard to stay here.. knock yourself out."
Here's another idea.. instead of USB drives, give each employee one of these to move their software to and from work. They're USB.. a little bit bigger than your standard jump drive, but smaller than most external HDs.
I'm surprised no one's made a Sandy Berger joke yet.. not even the closet conservatives.
My civil rights are being taken away!!!! My.. my right to.. er.. PRIVACY! My.. um, (no?) my right to not.. have any personal information about me.. uh.. don't I have a civil right to keep my phone records private or something? Bush lied.. NSA.. spying.. erk! (spastic twitch)
That's a good point, but there's a difference between having a conversation and publishing something for a general audience. Calling him a name to his face might get him a reprimand, certainly, but once it's been said, it's gone, and only the teacher and whatever witnesses will have any real knowledge of the event. Putting something on a blog is publication, which is another thing altogether.
That said, I agree with my esteemed fellow slashdotters that this is not at all a case of free speech being taken away. This is an example of why it's always prudent to be careful in what you choose to say because in this country, speaking your mind may not be against the law, but that doesn't guarantee you won't be otherwise held accountable for your words.
You left out that, according to Geist, the settlement only binds Sony to the aforementioned restrictions until 2008. Why the hell should it be sunsetted at all? After 2008, our computers are open season again? Is that cause they expect the market to have completely forgotten this fiasco by then, like we all forgot the iMac one they pulled just three short years ago?
I have to wonder how much my net multiplayer games would be improved if I had a juicier DSL connection.
What kind of moron would argue that it "probably won't help anybody" if bandwidth continued to increase? I guess services like FedEx and transcontinental passenger flights wouldn't really be of any use to anyone either.
There is no disconnect of reason. It is simpler (see Occam's Razor) to believe that the universe was always around than it is to believe that a noncorporeal, intelligent and mysteriously benevolent entity was always around and was a necessary instigator of the universe.
Why are some people incapable of believing that the universe could be infinite in both "directions" of time--that is, capable of always having existed--and then turn around and in the same breath be capable of believing that a noncorporeal, intelligent and benevolent entity could?
Not saying you are such a person. Just that this obvious disconnect of reason baffles me.
By removing the term "design" from the discussion, you've rendered the discussion meaningless. If you see the universe as a big creation of "art".. then that creation needs no intelligent design. If it doesn't need intelligent design, then you've capitulated that it therefore evolved according to its own "rules".
If I ever meet the guy, I hope I remember to ask him why men have nipples.
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Dude, you're like, being so immature.
You're kidding, right? About claiming that piracy didn't exist a few years ago?
You think people were't sharing music a few years ago? Recording songs from radio broadcasts? Ripping music from CDs? I would guess you are probably about 13 years old. This kind of thing has been going on at leastsince I was a small child, and that was over 20 years ago in the age of magnetic tape and "push-play-and-record". The fact is in this day and age, the RIAA has successfully demonized the sharing of music without their say-so. If by doing that, more people are taking steps to avoid them, I'd probably buy that. And I'd buy that the act of music sharing being labeled "piracy" is a recent phenomenon. But to say that music sharing was nonexistant "a few years ago" is incorrect.
And .. Lacuna Coil rocks.
Not to mention they offer MP3 downloads on their Web site. How long will it be till RIAA sues them for putting copyrighted content in a shared folder??
Only "authority" over facts. His recommendation to change your dictionary could have just as easily been construed as a helpful push in the direction of the facts. When one is right (as in, correct), they tend to want other people to be right, too.
You just described trying to buy alcohol in Arkansas. It's laughable to make it nearly impossible to legally purchase a product that is legal to own, legal to transport and legal to consume.
You'd be surprised how many shareholders actually have scruples. But I guess the proof will be in Google's value over the next few days.
Not to mention the sacrifice of Americans who will divest their Google stock now because they want nothing more to do with the company's profits. Will be interesting to see Google's valuation over the next few days as news of the sellout propogates.
I for one am glad I do not own any Google stock, nor do I wish to in the future at this point, I don't care how big and mighty their cute little colors become.
When someone eventually makes a movie about this whole fiasco, I want a copy.
.. which happens at the point you realize that [enough] money CAN buy pretty much anything in the world.
Growth in and of itself is without value. But growth for the sake of greed/ever-increasing profit almost always becomes (begets?) evil.
If I were a Yahoo shareholder, I'd be concerned by this statement given, because it effectively is a signal to the #3 search engine that says, "hey, we're ready for you guys to pass us. We're not gonna fight too hard to stay here.. knock yourself out."
Here's another idea .. instead of USB drives, give each employee one of these to move their software to and from work. They're USB .. a little bit bigger than your standard jump drive, but smaller than most external HDs.
I'm surprised no one's made a Sandy Berger joke yet .. not even the closet conservatives.
Back about ten years ago .. hmmm .. that would have been a Democrat White House I do believe.
If a Democrat does it, though, it's not wrong.
(Obligatory) That's amazing. I've got the same combination on my luggage.
My civil rights are being taken away!!!! My .. my right to .. er .. PRIVACY! My .. um, (no?) my right to not .. have any personal information about me .. uh .. don't I have a civil right to keep my phone records private or something? Bush lied .. NSA .. spying .. erk! (spastic twitch)
That's a good point, but there's a difference between having a conversation and publishing something for a general audience. Calling him a name to his face might get him a reprimand, certainly, but once it's been said, it's gone, and only the teacher and whatever witnesses will have any real knowledge of the event. Putting something on a blog is publication, which is another thing altogether.
That said, I agree with my esteemed fellow slashdotters that this is not at all a case of free speech being taken away. This is an example of why it's always prudent to be careful in what you choose to say because in this country, speaking your mind may not be against the law, but that doesn't guarantee you won't be otherwise held accountable for your words.
Apple, having long given up on the "big business" share of the market, caters to individual users quite well.
Wow. Damn insightful if you ask me. Too bad I already spent my mod points today.
You left out that, according to Geist, the settlement only binds Sony to the aforementioned restrictions until 2008. Why the hell should it be sunsetted at all? After 2008, our computers are open season again? Is that cause they expect the market to have completely forgotten this fiasco by then, like we all forgot the iMac one they pulled just three short years ago?
Never mind the news .. people have a need for news. They put up with ads because they need the news.
Give me a good freakin movie, and I'll be happy to pay for it. As long as there are no ads.
I have to wonder how much my net multiplayer games would be improved if I had a juicier DSL connection.
What kind of moron would argue that it "probably won't help anybody" if bandwidth continued to increase? I guess services like FedEx and transcontinental passenger flights wouldn't really be of any use to anyone either.
There is no disconnect of reason. It is simpler (see Occam's Razor) to believe that the universe was always around than it is to believe that a noncorporeal, intelligent and mysteriously benevolent entity was always around and was a necessary instigator of the universe.
Ramen!
Why are some people incapable of believing that the universe could be infinite in both "directions" of time--that is, capable of always having existed--and then turn around and in the same breath be capable of believing that a noncorporeal, intelligent and benevolent entity could?
Not saying you are such a person. Just that this obvious disconnect of reason baffles me.
By removing the term "design" from the discussion, you've rendered the discussion meaningless. If you see the universe as a big creation of "art" .. then that creation needs no intelligent design. If it doesn't need intelligent design, then you've capitulated that it therefore evolved according to its own "rules".
If I ever meet the guy, I hope I remember to ask him why men have nipples.
One of the most impressive Slashdot posts I've seen in a long time. Skoal!