Of course, if you really just have to support the artist directly, go get out of the house and see them perform live and buy their cd from them personally. Don't just complain, be proactive.
That would be great, except the bands I like have never toured this country, one plays in clubs in Berlin. Unfortunately, they're RIAA signed, so I can't even order the CD across the ocean without knowing my money is supporting a cartel. That makes it rather hard to do anything that feels right. I can't just go see a similar local band, no one remotely close sings in German accompanied by bagpipes.
Rationalizing theft? If this happens, people will be forced to pay their ISPs to pay the RIAA for music they may or may not download. You're paying for the "crime" anyway, you might as well get to commit it. It's not rationalizing, it's getting your money's worth for your ISP bill.
Well, there IS a difference between "in a public place" and "in a movie theater." The former should be covered by normal noise ordinances, the latter by theater policy. I agree that ringing phones of ANY sort in a theater should get you kicked out without refund, but the grandparent complaining about ringtones in any public place is ridiculous.
Actually, that makes it amusingly weak for a smart thief, even without the universal opener. Thief sits back and sniffs code from OEM opener. After person leaves home, resend that same code, guaranteeing the opener and receiver are at different stages on the sequence. Sniff again when the person gets home and has to use two consecutive codes to get the door open. Now you have the codes you need for access. Sure, it's a bit of trouble, but it could be worth it for some car thieves.
Judges are SUPPOSED to decide on the validity of laws, that's the entire point of the the system. Congress can pass whatever laws it chooses, but the courts can overrule them on enforcement. Learn the functionality of government.
There is a point here, however, that you miss. "Exploitation" is not always evil, but that is its connotation here. The factory jobs in 3rd world countries are the best jobs available there. In these countries, it does not take 20000$ at a minimum to feed and clothe a family. Thus, "exploiting" low prices is not "exploiting" the workers in the sense in which it is meant.
Further, let's say Nike, Adidas, etc. decided to start paying third world workers the salary you'd like them to. Wanna guess what would happen to that economy? I'll give you a hint: your econ textbook IS correct on this point.
Problem is, I don't need black leather dress shoes, I need running shoes. The most comfortable thing for my feet, short of going barefoot, is a pair of Nike Shox, size 12. Nothing else even comes close, and when you're a 200lb distance runner, these things matter. I know Nike's markup on these is enormous, and if a company made a similar shoe in the US, it could be priced the same, just at less profit, but still profitably, or even a little pricier and I'd take it for conscience. However, I need to run to stay close to in shape, and most running shoes give me shinsplints, and I hate wearing dress shoes. Hence the issue.
However, the activist can legally lie as long as it is not slander or libel.
Or, importantly, as long as the activist is not lying about matters relevant to a commercial transaction: "Oh yeah, I've changed the oil in the car every 2000 miles, it'll last forever," when in fact he rarely changes the oil. THAT is the matter at question, and people are just as restricted in that regard.
Actually, if you look at the law, you're wrong. The car manufacturers tried to make it illegal to use 3rd party replacement parts, but the courts struck it down. You can buy a Ford and use generic replacement parts and tell Ford to suck balls and they can't stop you. Don't know where you got your crazy idea, but once you buy a product, it is YOURS, not the manufacturer's.
The virtual desktop in powertoys is a JOKE. The one in BeOS was almost perfect. I want something that will let me have multiple desktops, different backgrounds and resolutions, with apps that stay anchored in their desktop.
Be almost had that, the only issue was apps would sometimes seem to get stuck in the wrong desktop. In powertoys, the desktops all have the same background and resolution, and they're SLOW, taking many times as long to switch as Be did on inferior hardware. I had high hopes for it, but uninstalled it in five minutes in disgust.
Um, the hell. Back in the '50s abstinence was the way to go, and look at the pregnancy rates. Teenagers have always had sex and WILL always have sex, especially considering the effect diet has had on puberty ages. Claiming teenagers will by and large abstain is pining for a conservative Utopia.
No, you two REALLY haven't. What you've done is list a lot of jobs that are theoretically possible without a networked computer, but practically impossible, for various reasons. No convict is going to get to be a successful lawyer. Art and music are fields that take much raw talent, which he would have shown by now. Same for "athlete," which is not really an accessible profession in his case. You both also repeatedly ignore the fact that he was banned from electronic communication as well, cutting out any job that requires a phone, which is basically all. Try again.
For one thing, "Mitnick would have been better off raping somebody" callously ignores that rape also produces a rape victim.
That IS, actually, the point. Rape is much worse than what Mitnick did, and yet the sentence is the same or lighter. He wasn't callously ignoring the victim.
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Bull-fucking-shit. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that these rights are for citizens only; they have been upheld as applying to all humans. In fact, that's one of the few things that still leaves us above most other nations. Claiming to be able to ignore someone's rights due to their not being a citizen IS the sort of thing that makes Bush and many of his supporters awful. The rights in this country are HUMAN rights, not citizen rights.
Um, you remember wrong. Elrond worked the magic with the river. All Gandalf did was add the image of horses at the crest. If you're going to sit there and complain about accuracy, make DAMN sure you've got it right.
You contradict yourself here. You say that the demos are impractical because there is more than one object on screen at once in the game, which is true. However, then you claim that an old card can do the same demo. If the old card COULD do the new demo at useful speed, the new card would be able to do multiple objects of that complexity, making the demo useful. Or are you saying the new card isn't any more powerful?
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So get a dualhead graphics card, that makes it easier with less driver and IRQ issues anyway...
That would be great, except the bands I like have never toured this country, one plays in clubs in Berlin. Unfortunately, they're RIAA signed, so I can't even order the CD across the ocean without knowing my money is supporting a cartel. That makes it rather hard to do anything that feels right. I can't just go see a similar local band, no one remotely close sings in German accompanied by bagpipes.
Rationalizing theft? If this happens, people will be forced to pay their ISPs to pay the RIAA for music they may or may not download. You're paying for the "crime" anyway, you might as well get to commit it. It's not rationalizing, it's getting your money's worth for your ISP bill.
Well, there IS a difference between "in a public place" and "in a movie theater." The former should be covered by normal noise ordinances, the latter by theater policy. I agree that ringing phones of ANY sort in a theater should get you kicked out without refund, but the grandparent complaining about ringtones in any public place is ridiculous.
Actually, that makes it amusingly weak for a smart thief, even without the universal opener. Thief sits back and sniffs code from OEM opener. After person leaves home, resend that same code, guaranteeing the opener and receiver are at different stages on the sequence. Sniff again when the person gets home and has to use two consecutive codes to get the door open. Now you have the codes you need for access. Sure, it's a bit of trouble, but it could be worth it for some car thieves.
Look up the White Zombie car.
Judges are SUPPOSED to decide on the validity of laws, that's the entire point of the the system. Congress can pass whatever laws it chooses, but the courts can overrule them on enforcement. Learn the functionality of government.
There's also exploit as in "Doom 3 will fully exploit the GFFX featureset," which is not dirty and underhanded.
You certainly did lump him in...
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Damn, now I'm never going to look at Megaherz the same way...
Further, let's say Nike, Adidas, etc. decided to start paying third world workers the salary you'd like them to. Wanna guess what would happen to that economy? I'll give you a hint: your econ textbook IS correct on this point.
Problem is, I don't need black leather dress shoes, I need running shoes. The most comfortable thing for my feet, short of going barefoot, is a pair of Nike Shox, size 12. Nothing else even comes close, and when you're a 200lb distance runner, these things matter. I know Nike's markup on these is enormous, and if a company made a similar shoe in the US, it could be priced the same, just at less profit, but still profitably, or even a little pricier and I'd take it for conscience. However, I need to run to stay close to in shape, and most running shoes give me shinsplints, and I hate wearing dress shoes. Hence the issue.
Or, importantly, as long as the activist is not lying about matters relevant to a commercial transaction: "Oh yeah, I've changed the oil in the car every 2000 miles, it'll last forever," when in fact he rarely changes the oil. THAT is the matter at question, and people are just as restricted in that regard.
Actually, if you look at the law, you're wrong. The car manufacturers tried to make it illegal to use 3rd party replacement parts, but the courts struck it down. You can buy a Ford and use generic replacement parts and tell Ford to suck balls and they can't stop you. Don't know where you got your crazy idea, but once you buy a product, it is YOURS, not the manufacturer's.
Be almost had that, the only issue was apps would sometimes seem to get stuck in the wrong desktop. In powertoys, the desktops all have the same background and resolution, and they're SLOW, taking many times as long to switch as Be did on inferior hardware. I had high hopes for it, but uninstalled it in five minutes in disgust.
Um, the hell. Back in the '50s abstinence was the way to go, and look at the pregnancy rates. Teenagers have always had sex and WILL always have sex, especially considering the effect diet has had on puberty ages. Claiming teenagers will by and large abstain is pining for a conservative Utopia.
Good points on all, I've long felt rape carried much too light a penalty for its results.
No, you two REALLY haven't. What you've done is list a lot of jobs that are theoretically possible without a networked computer, but practically impossible, for various reasons. No convict is going to get to be a successful lawyer. Art and music are fields that take much raw talent, which he would have shown by now. Same for "athlete," which is not really an accessible profession in his case. You both also repeatedly ignore the fact that he was banned from electronic communication as well, cutting out any job that requires a phone, which is basically all. Try again.
That IS, actually, the point. Rape is much worse than what Mitnick did, and yet the sentence is the same or lighter. He wasn't callously ignoring the victim.
Bull-fucking-shit. Nowhere in the Constitution does it say that these rights are for citizens only; they have been upheld as applying to all humans. In fact, that's one of the few things that still leaves us above most other nations. Claiming to be able to ignore someone's rights due to their not being a citizen IS the sort of thing that makes Bush and many of his supporters awful. The rights in this country are HUMAN rights, not citizen rights.
He didn't say etree distributed the music, he said it facilitated the distribution, which is accurate.
Can add NFS6 to that list:
PC: 39.99
PS2: 49.99
Um, you remember wrong. Elrond worked the magic with the river. All Gandalf did was add the image of horses at the crest. If you're going to sit there and complain about accuracy, make DAMN sure you've got it right.
Sure, but how is that percentage relevant? It doesn't make you safer.
You contradict yourself here. You say that the demos are impractical because there is more than one object on screen at once in the game, which is true. However, then you claim that an old card can do the same demo. If the old card COULD do the new demo at useful speed, the new card would be able to do multiple objects of that complexity, making the demo useful. Or are you saying the new card isn't any more powerful?