yes, that's exactly why people pirate--because they don't want the content producers to make any money.
Do you even listen to what you say? People just don't want bullshit. If you charge them a reasonable, appropriately low price, they will buy the stuff because it's easier and better quality.
I'm noticing your sentiment becoming (only slightly) more popular recently. You seem to think anybody is owed anything. Fuck that. They gotta earn it, just like we do, and I ain't buying random software installed on my machine to keep me from skipping their fucking commercials.
I think a lot of people today are going through what I went through 13 years ago--when I first got on the net. I was pretty obsessed, too. But then it passed and I realized stuff like what you said, that it's nice to not do the net, too.
I respectfully disagree. In this case, it's plenty close enough. Why? Most Joe Blows don't use but a tiny fraction of the functionality of MS Office. Heck, I don't, and I'm a geek.
When I tell folks to save the money they were about to spend on the latest MS Office 'cause there's a free office suite, they are always delighted, and find it to be just fine. The word processor processes, the spreadsheet spreads sheets, the presentation tool presents. It's all good.
The real barrier is in corporate environments where they actually use some of the deeper functionality. But I think for once it will be a back-asswards adoption pattern, as people who just want to type up a memo download OOO onto a machine so they don't have to go through the license rigamorole. That sort of thing.
I rather like your new name. And I also agree that this is a bit of pointless hot air. How dare the largest contributor and originator of the software dominate the decision making process of their fork of the software?
The internet is essentially currently ruled by the might-as-right school. Thus, the necessity of "vigilante" groups like CastleCops, and their own destruction at the hands of gangsters in control of botnets.
Until national governments get serious about bad actors in their countries (China and Russia, I'm looking at you), we won't have real justice on the net.
And then, once we do, we'll need to make sure our national governments keep it reasonable.
The law? Were you thinking about that when you posted? Did you think of your Imaginary Property rights every time you posted?
If so, I bet they were pretty boring posts. On the other hand, I seriously doubt you did, and I think only a crazy man would say you should have been.
And yet here you say we should all be paranoid about this sort of thing whenever we post somewhere. How boring a life you must live if this is what you're worried about.
You know, what you say makes a lot of sense, but I can't help feeling it's more complicated than a paper vote. And I can't help feeling like complicated is bad, here.
asinine. You're acting like we have a choice about running Windows or not. I don't. I have to for my job. My office has to because our customers expect us to turn out Windows softare.
That's why it's called a monopoly. And that's why this is abusive.
dude...are you seriously suggesting this is somehow a patent-worthy idea? Like Google only in a program?
Are you out of your mind? Not only is it not in the least innovative, it's a super-dumb idea. Nobody will ever want this because they are used to getting their OS ad free.
Sure, but why on earth would anyone take them up on it? I really believe we're starting to see the time when Windows is starting its long decline. People know there are better choices, now.
1. Fine, I won't use a cell phone or electricity--because all my options have onerous TOS. 2. Fine, I'll not use any online service unless I go to lengths to make it pointless to do so. 3. Fine, I'll take preventative measures to ensure a smooth rollover to one of the other exploitative options. 4. Fine, I'll discuss the TOS of the above, decline to accept them, and buy nothing that I need to live in the modern world. 5. Fine, I'll blame myself that many essential products and services are only offered at extotionate prices and exploitative terms as my only options.
These companies will never behave themselves without government intervention. This is where your market forces break.
Either that, or you live somewhere where you have decent choices. Where the fuck would that be? 'cause it ain't no place in the U S of A.
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yes, that's exactly why people pirate--because they don't want the content producers to make any money.
Do you even listen to what you say? People just don't want bullshit. If you charge them a reasonable, appropriately low price, they will buy the stuff because it's easier and better quality.
I'm noticing your sentiment becoming (only slightly) more popular recently. You seem to think anybody is owed anything. Fuck that. They gotta earn it, just like we do, and I ain't buying random software installed on my machine to keep me from skipping their fucking commercials.
I think a lot of people today are going through what I went through 13 years ago--when I first got on the net. I was pretty obsessed, too. But then it passed and I realized stuff like what you said, that it's nice to not do the net, too.
I respectfully disagree. In this case, it's plenty close enough. Why? Most Joe Blows don't use but a tiny fraction of the functionality of MS Office. Heck, I don't, and I'm a geek.
When I tell folks to save the money they were about to spend on the latest MS Office 'cause there's a free office suite, they are always delighted, and find it to be just fine. The word processor processes, the spreadsheet spreads sheets, the presentation tool presents. It's all good.
The real barrier is in corporate environments where they actually use some of the deeper functionality. But I think for once it will be a back-asswards adoption pattern, as people who just want to type up a memo download OOO onto a machine so they don't have to go through the license rigamorole. That sort of thing.
They will if it's a free fucking car!
I rather like your new name. And I also agree that this is a bit of pointless hot air. How dare the largest contributor and originator of the software dominate the decision making process of their fork of the software?
Kinda makes you wonder why we can't have a candidate who _doesn't_ want to screw America. You'd think one of them would want to not do that.
galaxies == cockroaches? My, what an illuminating view of life you have!
I've thought for some time that /. is in cahoots with some bloggers to split revenue when their site gets a lot of hits after appearing here.
I wish they would offer it to me!
Seriously, people, he's a nobody. Ignore him and he WILL go away.
The internet is essentially currently ruled by the might-as-right school. Thus, the necessity of "vigilante" groups like CastleCops, and their own destruction at the hands of gangsters in control of botnets.
Until national governments get serious about bad actors in their countries (China and Russia, I'm looking at you), we won't have real justice on the net.
And then, once we do, we'll need to make sure our national governments keep it reasonable.
Gah. Maybe anarchy is better.
The law? Were you thinking about that when you posted? Did you think of your Imaginary Property rights every time you posted?
If so, I bet they were pretty boring posts. On the other hand, I seriously doubt you did, and I think only a crazy man would say you should have been.
And yet here you say we should all be paranoid about this sort of thing whenever we post somewhere. How boring a life you must live if this is what you're worried about.
Kinda like a post on Slashdot, eh?
Get over it...it's a usenet post...bah! Your hurt feelings are acceptable to me.
That's a great point about the lack of proven fraud so far in electronic elections.
You know, what you say makes a lot of sense, but I can't help feeling it's more complicated than a paper vote. And I can't help feeling like complicated is bad, here.
Ya pansy.
Sell AAPL now. Their recent moves appear to focus on undoing all that they've done.
So much for a brilliant CEO.
No dude, NOBODY in New Orleans ever thinks the phrase "it's just another hurricane". People there live in petrified fear of hurricanes.
The people that didn't go felt like they had no other choice, for one reason or another.
Or they were too stupid to leave. There is that.
This is probably true, but that doesn't make it a valid contract. Me and you can't make a contract that I get to kill you, for example.
asinine. You're acting like we have a choice about running Windows or not. I don't. I have to for my job. My office has to because our customers expect us to turn out Windows softare.
That's why it's called a monopoly. And that's why this is abusive.
dude...are you seriously suggesting this is somehow a patent-worthy idea? Like Google only in a program?
Are you out of your mind? Not only is it not in the least innovative, it's a super-dumb idea. Nobody will ever want this because they are used to getting their OS ad free.
The scary thing is I think that one day we may look back on MS's era of dominance with nostalgia.
Sure, they're rich, evil, and stupid. But Google is rich, evil (you heard it here first), but not stupid at all.
Which scares you more?
Sure, but why on earth would anyone take them up on it? I really believe we're starting to see the time when Windows is starting its long decline. People know there are better choices, now.
I can see why they felt the need to rush of and patent this. What an extraordinary invention.
all I know if that if it's something one of the baby bells wants (which Verizon is one, despite its name), I don't like it.
Not one bit!
Ok, fine:
1. Fine, I won't use a cell phone or electricity--because all my options have onerous TOS.
2. Fine, I'll not use any online service unless I go to lengths to make it pointless to do so.
3. Fine, I'll take preventative measures to ensure a smooth rollover to one of the other exploitative options.
4. Fine, I'll discuss the TOS of the above, decline to accept them, and buy nothing that I need to live in the modern world.
5. Fine, I'll blame myself that many essential products and services are only offered at extotionate prices and exploitative terms as my only options.
These companies will never behave themselves without government intervention. This is where your market forces break.
Either that, or you live somewhere where you have decent choices. Where the fuck would that be? 'cause it ain't no place in the U S of A.