because the government subsidizes college, and has sent all the low-skill jobs (that used to pay well) to Mexico and Asia, and has looked the other way while corporations imported Mexicans for the jobs that couldn't be moved.
You make it sound like the government did the outsourcing. Companies decide to outsource because it's vastly cheaper than local production and their competitors have to outsource as well if they want to be able to compete. The government cannot influence that except by restricting international trade so those goods made in china cannot be imported. I'm sure you know that'd be a horrible idea and should not be used unless it's a real emergency. Even in an emergency (extremely high unemployment rates due to lack of demand for workers) it'd probably be a better idea to change the local economic system to accomodate rather than forcing isolation from the rest of the world.
The rich are held to other standards than the poor, especially when the rich have emissions that greatly outdo all of the developing nations comnbined.
Generally they never try cracking, they ask you for the password. Of course the password is evidence so you're required to produce it if they can show there's something encrypted in there.
When you are subpoenaed to turn over a harddrive and that harddrive is encrypted you're required to hand over the means to decrypt it as well since they are considered part of the evidence. If you can't produce the key but it can be shown that you had it after the subpoena it's assumed that you intentionally hid or destroyed it and will be held against you.
Even in criminal cases destroying evidence is interpreted as meaning the evidence was the worst case for the destroyer. If it was any less he shouldn't have destroyed it.
Paid for their product. You're free to buy someone else's product if you don't like the RIAA. But don't go downloading the RIAA's product illegally. That just let's them know that you want their product badly but there's a "security hole" that needs to be plugged before you start buying so investing into DRM and lawsuits seems like a more profitable option.
And besides, I still think the ewasiest way of geting a terrorist on a plane is to get him employed by the airline. Sure, noone can get into the cockpit and take control from the pilot but what good is that when the pilot is the terrorist?
There's always inaccessable content on a game disk, stuff that was cut out of time or budget constraints, stuff that was removed because it didn't fit or simply got excluded from a later design document, etc. Those parent groups can die in a fire for all I care and I think it was completely wrong for the ESRB to react to that. If the government tries to legislate stuff there shove that "goddamn piece of paper" into their face.
Cost for the console up front and cost for an additional service in the following months are perceived differently by the customer. A 600$ console looks expensive, a 400$ console with 50$ per year if you want online play (not everyone does) doesn't. Rationally there's no difference if you use the 360 for 4 years and pay for online for all of them but humans aren't known for acting rational.
Well, Sony's been mistreating developers on the PS2 and now trying to push a difficult to develop for console for 600$ with all their talk suggesting they have forgotten why people buy a console (what's this talk about media centers and computers?). Only difference is that Sony is using Bluray discs instead of carts.
The game is marked with a label reading, among others, "Strong sexual content". Now I don't know about you but I'd expect that to include that half-implemented sex scene Hot Coffee makes accessable.
Never mind the game NEVER displays that scene unless it's operated out of spec (compromising the game's save data) so those parents could just sit back knowing that their kid won't ever see that scene.
The rumble patent covers gamepads with two motors containing an unbalanced weight each with software-controlled motor strength. How is that too broad? Did you think it said something like "making an input device tremble"? And how is that obvious*? The tech to do it was available since before the Atari, if it was so obvious why wasn't Sony able to cite prior art and why didn't they already build it into the first version of the PS1 gamepad instead of introducing it later when they copied the N64's rumble feature while changing it just enough to avoid Nintendo's rumble patent (which differs in the number of motors (1), the settings for those motors (on/off) and the placement of the unbalanced weight (outside the motor))? Had Sony implemented rumble when they made the PS1 they would have predated that patent.
Sony stole someone else's invention, changed it just enough to avoid their patent and ran into another company that had already patented Sony's changes. No sympathy from me there.
*= Everything seems obvious when you've seen it but apparently it wasn't obvious enough for people to start using it before Nintendo did.
Sony have always played it safe and in fact allowed for far more "creative freedoms".
How so? Lately they've been pressuring publishers on all kinds of issues. Stuff like requiring additional functionality in a game if the game has been released on other platforms earlier. Looking down on 2d games in the US and blocking many attempts to release 2d games (e.g. Metal Slug). Nintendo has learned not to push publishers too much after the N64 desaster and MS has gained a lot of developer support for not pushing people, too.
I think those are really the least significant blunders of theirs. The first and foremost problem they're facing is the price of the PS3 along with arrogant comments like "You'll want to get a second job to afford the PS3!" and "Europe loves waiting.".
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Attacking Afghanistan and Iraq looks like imperialism to me.
because the government subsidizes college, and has sent all the low-skill jobs (that used to pay well) to Mexico and Asia, and has looked the other way while corporations imported Mexicans for the jobs that couldn't be moved.
You make it sound like the government did the outsourcing. Companies decide to outsource because it's vastly cheaper than local production and their competitors have to outsource as well if they want to be able to compete. The government cannot influence that except by restricting international trade so those goods made in china cannot be imported. I'm sure you know that'd be a horrible idea and should not be used unless it's a real emergency. Even in an emergency (extremely high unemployment rates due to lack of demand for workers) it'd probably be a better idea to change the local economic system to accomodate rather than forcing isolation from the rest of the world.
The rich are held to other standards than the poor, especially when the rich have emissions that greatly outdo all of the developing nations comnbined.
Generally they never try cracking, they ask you for the password. Of course the password is evidence so you're required to produce it if they can show there's something encrypted in there.
When you are subpoenaed to turn over a harddrive and that harddrive is encrypted you're required to hand over the means to decrypt it as well since they are considered part of the evidence. If you can't produce the key but it can be shown that you had it after the subpoena it's assumed that you intentionally hid or destroyed it and will be held against you.
He formatted his drive and did a clean install of the OS, hen sent that in. It was shown that the format was after the subpoena and that's it.
Even in criminal cases destroying evidence is interpreted as meaning the evidence was the worst case for the destroyer. If it was any less he shouldn't have destroyed it.
Paid for their product. You're free to buy someone else's product if you don't like the RIAA. But don't go downloading the RIAA's product illegally. That just let's them know that you want their product badly but there's a "security hole" that needs to be plugged before you start buying so investing into DRM and lawsuits seems like a more profitable option.
You show proof that you were hacked.
Whatever the intent of copyright is, it's certainly not letting people download 0day rips of new music.
Iraqi insurgents have anti-tank weapons and aren't particularly effective at anything other than making an area count as insecure.
Proper pretend elections have no term limits.
That's why my PDA is my "mp3" player, just install a different player app and it supports ogg.
And besides, I still think the ewasiest way of geting a terrorist on a plane is to get him employed by the airline. Sure, noone can get into the cockpit and take control from the pilot but what good is that when the pilot is the terrorist?
There's always inaccessable content on a game disk, stuff that was cut out of time or budget constraints, stuff that was removed because it didn't fit or simply got excluded from a later design document, etc. Those parent groups can die in a fire for all I care and I think it was completely wrong for the ESRB to react to that. If the government tries to legislate stuff there shove that "goddamn piece of paper" into their face.
Cost for the console up front and cost for an additional service in the following months are perceived differently by the customer. A 600$ console looks expensive, a 400$ console with 50$ per year if you want online play (not everyone does) doesn't. Rationally there's no difference if you use the 360 for 4 years and pay for online for all of them but humans aren't known for acting rational.
Not many, few have a HDTV and a desire to buy more expensive "DVDs" along with such an expensive player despite the small selection of movies.
Well, Sony's been mistreating developers on the PS2 and now trying to push a difficult to develop for console for 600$ with all their talk suggesting they have forgotten why people buy a console (what's this talk about media centers and computers?). Only difference is that Sony is using Bluray discs instead of carts.
Yes except you can buy a PS2 for roughly 1/4th the price of a PS3 and still play those games and that's only if you don't have one already.
The game is marked with a label reading, among others, "Strong sexual content". Now I don't know about you but I'd expect that to include that half-implemented sex scene Hot Coffee makes accessable.
Never mind the game NEVER displays that scene unless it's operated out of spec (compromising the game's save data) so those parents could just sit back knowing that their kid won't ever see that scene.
The rumble patent covers gamepads with two motors containing an unbalanced weight each with software-controlled motor strength. How is that too broad? Did you think it said something like "making an input device tremble"? And how is that obvious*? The tech to do it was available since before the Atari, if it was so obvious why wasn't Sony able to cite prior art and why didn't they already build it into the first version of the PS1 gamepad instead of introducing it later when they copied the N64's rumble feature while changing it just enough to avoid Nintendo's rumble patent (which differs in the number of motors (1), the settings for those motors (on/off) and the placement of the unbalanced weight (outside the motor))? Had Sony implemented rumble when they made the PS1 they would have predated that patent.
Sony stole someone else's invention, changed it just enough to avoid their patent and ran into another company that had already patented Sony's changes. No sympathy from me there.
*= Everything seems obvious when you've seen it but apparently it wasn't obvious enough for people to start using it before Nintendo did.
It clearly says the first 500k sold in the US so it's the initial shipment plus another 100k
Sony have always played it safe and in fact allowed for far more "creative freedoms".
How so? Lately they've been pressuring publishers on all kinds of issues. Stuff like requiring additional functionality in a game if the game has been released on other platforms earlier. Looking down on 2d games in the US and blocking many attempts to release 2d games (e.g. Metal Slug). Nintendo has learned not to push publishers too much after the N64 desaster and MS has gained a lot of developer support for not pushing people, too.
I think those are really the least significant blunders of theirs. The first and foremost problem they're facing is the price of the PS3 along with arrogant comments like "You'll want to get a second job to afford the PS3!" and "Europe loves waiting.".
So a PC with a Maxtor harddrive is like a quantum computer?