Every time a Christian, Muslim or Jew speaks of anything to do with their religion, they must use the phrase "ancient tribal myth" in the same sentence.
That's his problem, not mine, isn't it? I mean, they decided to use the "good name" of sony in both companies, and now they get the bad part of name recognition as well. It would be silly of them to expect only the positive effects of name recognition to work.
Let me give you an example that appears to be more "popular" these days:
is it ever OK to torture? What if you knew it could stop that nuclear bomb from going off?
Answer: it is never OK to torture, and it should always be illegal. If an intelligence officer is absolutely sure his subject has knowledge that would stop that bomb, he can choose to break the law and stop that bomb that way. If he's succesful, he's free to use that as a defence during his lawsuit, and maybe even get a less-than-maximum punishment. If that intelligence officer is a Good Person, he would be happy to take that punishment, but he would never in advance claim for the right to torture because he might some day be in that position.
Thus, there is no grey area. The fact that torture is illegal does not mean it cannot be used, it only means whoever uses it will be prosecuted. If you create a legal grey area where torture is legal and/or not prosecuted, that grey area will sooner or later be abused.
Just curious... where do you get your DVD's? How about your CD's?
Nowhere. I stopped buying them. That's because I didn't sleep through economics. Remember "supply and demand"? There's no demand anymore, at least not from me. I am, as you say, "working around" the problem, I've found other things to entertain me.
he just had to download a second media player. Problem solved.
Short term: yes. Long term: on the contrary, he just made the problem worse.
I also find it amusing that you chastise the entertainment industry for wanting to control people while at the very same time you are trying to control the submitter. I suppose it's OK if you do it, though, right? Would it be better if he pirated everything, too?
You won't hear me calling foul if he decides to ignore me. I'm perfectly happy if he says "fuck you, I'll continue buying because that's what I like to do."
In other words: if he doesn't share my priorities, I won't care - that's fine with me.
I won't any sleep over it - I'll disagree with it, but that's all there is to it.
That is the difference between me and the industry.
Just a sale? No more? I've been refusing to buy anything that has been near a Sony label for years now because of the shit they're trying to pull. If you're just going to buy the next piece of crap that comes along, they'll never change.
If you think the US is going about this the wrong way, post a better way.
Why? It's not our country. Telling another country how to behave if you don't like it is another US habit the world could do without, so excuse us for not making the same mistake.
Ford looked up from where he was sitting in a corner humming to himself. He always found the actual travelling-through-space part of space travel rather trying.
"Yeah?" he said.
"If you're a researcher on this book thing and you were on Earth, you must have been gathering material on advertising."
"Well, I was able to extend the original entry a bit, yes."
"Let me see what it says in this edition then, I've got to see it."
"Yeah OK." He passed it over again.
Arthur grabbed hold of it and tried to stop his hands shaking. He pressed the entry for the relevant page. The screen flashed and swirled and resolved into a page of print. Arthur stared at it.
"It doesn't have an entry!" he burst out.
Ford looked over his shoulder.
"Yes it does," he said, "down there, see at the bottom of the screen, just under Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6."
Arthur followed Ford's finger, and saw where it was pointing. For a moment it still didn't register, then his mind nearly blew up.
"What? Annoying? Is that all it's got to say? Annoying! One word!"
Ford shrugged.
"Well, there are a hundred billion stars in the Galaxy, and only a limited amount of space in the book's microprocessors," he said, "and no one knew much about advertising of course."
"Well for God's sake I hope you managed to rectify that a bit."
"Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement."
"And what does it say now?" asked Arthur.
"Increasingly annoying," admitted Ford with a slightly embarrassed cough.
I hope you gave the guy a compliment. I always remark how I appreciate their concern for security when somebody does something similar. It's unfortunate good behaviour needs to be rewarded, but that's life...
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"So, I stopped work. Then I saw Alien vs Predator and it was actually pretty good. (laughs) I think of the 5 [sic] Alien films, I'd rate it turd."
There. Fixed it for you.
having your church/synagogue/mosque celebrate the birthday of a human being not associated in any way with God is idolatry.
So I guess for your next birthday party you won't be inviting people from your church?
As a result, pirated content (with the protection removed and recoded in h.264) will run at a higher resolution on your PC than content you bought.
Anybody want to guess the effect of that on sales?
Ah, and *now* there's moderation on my comment. It looks more mixed than expected, though:
:-)
40% Funny
30% Overrated
20% Insightful
Perhaps I can instigate a mod-war as well
Last time I looked, my comment wasn't modded at all.
(you do have a point, however. Slashdot is indeed like that)
It's not the word "theory" you're looking for.
Every time a Christian, Muslim or Jew speaks of anything to do with their religion, they must use the phrase "ancient tribal myth" in the same sentence.
Ah. Good point actually. By now I'm so "done" with everyting Sony that I glossed over the distinction you made.
That's his problem, not mine, isn't it? I mean, they decided to use the "good name" of sony in both companies, and now they get the bad part of name recognition as well. It would be silly of them to expect only the positive effects of name recognition to work.
Why not just check the odometer?
because in congested area's they'll want to vary the "tax" based on the time of day you're driving somewhere.
... on your laptop will be installed by the battery pack.
Let me give you an example that appears to be more "popular" these days:
is it ever OK to torture? What if you knew it could stop that nuclear bomb from going off?
Answer: it is never OK to torture, and it should always be illegal. If an intelligence officer is absolutely sure his subject has knowledge that would stop that bomb, he can choose to break the law and stop that bomb that way. If he's succesful, he's free to use that as a defence during his lawsuit, and maybe even get a less-than-maximum punishment. If that intelligence officer is a Good Person, he would be happy to take that punishment, but he would never in advance claim for the right to torture because he might some day be in that position.
Thus, there is no grey area. The fact that torture is illegal does not mean it cannot be used, it only means whoever uses it will be prosecuted. If you create a legal grey area where torture is legal and/or not prosecuted, that grey area will sooner or later be abused.
Just curious... where do you get your DVD's? How about your CD's?
Nowhere. I stopped buying them. That's because I didn't sleep through economics. Remember "supply and demand"? There's no demand anymore, at least not from me. I am, as you say, "working around" the problem, I've found other things to entertain me.
he just had to download a second media player. Problem solved.
Short term: yes. Long term: on the contrary, he just made the problem worse.
I also find it amusing that you chastise the entertainment industry for wanting to control people while at the very same time you are trying to control the submitter. I suppose it's OK if you do it, though, right? Would it be better if he pirated everything, too?
You won't hear me calling foul if he decides to ignore me. I'm perfectly happy if he says "fuck you, I'll continue buying because that's what I like to do."
In other words: if he doesn't share my priorities, I won't care - that's fine with me.
I won't any sleep over it - I'll disagree with it, but that's all there is to it.
That is the difference between me and the industry.
Marat, I'm sorry this comment is not going to help you much, I'll just address the slashdot crowd..
When is "enough" going to be "enough"? Despite DVD logo's and all that, there's a load of problems playing this crap since they want to control you.
The only thing left to do is to stop buying any DVD or CD until the industry grows up.
And let them know. Loudly.
Nobody at Sony would be stupid enough to implement this on the PS3.
You must be new here.
Just a sale? No more? I've been refusing to buy anything that has been near a Sony label for years now because of the shit they're trying to pull. If you're just going to buy the next piece of crap that comes along, they'll never change.
And you can try it out on your current PC - the download is a live-cd!
If you think the US is going about this the wrong way, post a better way.
Why? It's not our country. Telling another country how to behave if you don't like it is another US habit the world could do without, so excuse us for not making the same mistake.
Trusted Computing in the kernel is like a rifle on the mantelpiece: if it's present in act one, it'll go off by act three.
I would say that it ranks 3rd of all the movies that have come out in the last twelve months.
That bad? Wow. I guess I'll skip it...
"Ford!"
Ford looked up from where he was sitting in a corner humming to himself. He always found the actual travelling-through-space part of space travel rather trying.
"Yeah?" he said.
"If you're a researcher on this book thing and you were on Earth, you must have been gathering material on advertising."
"Well, I was able to extend the original entry a bit, yes."
"Let me see what it says in this edition then, I've got to see it."
"Yeah OK." He passed it over again.
Arthur grabbed hold of it and tried to stop his hands shaking. He pressed the entry for the relevant page. The screen flashed and swirled and resolved into a page of print. Arthur stared at it.
"It doesn't have an entry!" he burst out.
Ford looked over his shoulder.
"Yes it does," he said, "down there, see at the bottom of the screen, just under Eccentrica Gallumbits, the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon 6."
Arthur followed Ford's finger, and saw where it was pointing. For a moment it still didn't register, then his mind nearly blew up.
"What? Annoying? Is that all it's got to say? Annoying! One word!"
Ford shrugged.
"Well, there are a hundred billion stars in the Galaxy, and only a limited amount of space in the book's microprocessors," he said, "and no one knew much about advertising of course."
"Well for God's sake I hope you managed to rectify that a bit."
"Oh yes, well I managed to transmit a new entry off to the editor. He had to trim it a bit, but it's still an improvement."
"And what does it say now?" asked Arthur.
"Increasingly annoying," admitted Ford with a slightly embarrassed cough.
Like this one
And if we did, would there be any way to protect the planet?"
No.
Gee, I wish all "Ask Slashdot" postings were this easy..
I hope you gave the guy a compliment. I always remark how I appreciate their concern for security when somebody does something similar. It's unfortunate good behaviour needs to be rewarded, but that's life...
So do I, here.
Most people don't recognize it as the FreeBSD daemon anyway and just think it's a cute tattoo...