So you wouldn't mind if I creatively scratched my name into your car door with a set of keys then?
Not if I could just revert it by clicking a few buttons. I agree that the larger portion of vandalism on Wikipedia is retarded (e.g. inserting "YOU GUYS SUCK DICKS" into an article at random) but I've seen and contributed some pretty hilarious stuff, I'll be honest.
The reason it doesn't bother me is because it really doesn't effect anything. I've never vandalized anything that didn't get reverted in the next few minutes. The biggest problem Wikipedia faces is incompetence of the people who are trying to help it, not the competence of people who are trying to hurt it.
Obviously the more popular articles are well regulated, but some of the more nichey items are just pathetic, quality wise. There's too many people making articles that just don't know how to write without sounding like idiots. And too many stubborn jerks who refuse to fix misinformation just because they feel they're being attacked.
Not that I don't completely support Wikipedia, but it has bigger issues than vandalism.
"But here's another thought. Most artists only make around $2 profit (I've read that somewhere, sorry I can't source it) per album." Try $0 per album, until the record company is "reembursed" for the cost of production. And then around a few cents after that.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that neither you nor anyone you immediately know was planning on going before the supreme court any time soon, and as sad as it is when any one person dies, it really doesn't affect you. And you know it, so quit acting like you care.
Fuddruckers not only stole his work and claimed it as their own,
They're a burger website, you fucking tool. They've got better things to do than impress people with flash games by "claiming it as their own."
Whether or not you think it's wrong is a different story. I mean, despite the fact that you believe you're morally in the right, you don't have the priveledge to go around being a vigilante asshole. I guess the next time somebody cuts me off in traffic I should pull out a gun and shoot to kill, huh, you dumb fuck?
I know it hasn't really ocurred to you yet since you're so narrow minded a concept like this would merely give you a headache, but most people who are not as well versed in the ways of the internet don't have the same concept of "stealing" bandwidth as you, or the creator of the flash game. Somebody could've simply explained to the Fudrucker's guy WHY what he was doing was wrong, but fuck that, it's time to get your bullshit payback, because in the end, isn't that what morality is all about?
"In the back-and-forth, Diabl0 says his worms "spread only for money" and hints that the motive was receiving commissions from installing spyware on infected computers."
For a minute there I thought he was a real asshole.
Yes. It's better to be stupid on purpose than it is to occasionally make mistakes. Also, since you like irony so much. It would appear neither of us can spell misinterpret.
No, the reason for your reply was clearly that you misintrepeted what somebody else said. I.E., you're a moron, as evidinced by the fact that you don't know how to use a shift key, or punctuation, yet still tell somebody else to "read a book."
Yes, but the point is that there is no crisis. Even if videogames were increasing our "agressive thoughts" what's the big deal if youth violence has been declining so much? God, just shut up before I fucking kick your ass, you jerk.
What the fuck? Do the words "Kyoto Protocol" mean anything to you? Okay, so several independent studies conducted by experts who actually know what they're talking about and have done research on this say one thing, but some random dick on the internet happens to be skeptical, so it throws the whole thing in the question. Thanks, so much for your invaluable input! Now you can move on telling NASA how to fix their shuttle problems and explaining in your infinite wisdom how we should solve the AIDS epidemic.
That's the problem with assholes like you who seem to think that several different scientists have just been pulling this out of their asses for the last hundred years. You're not a scientist, and if you think your ignorant dumbass conspiracy theory holds equal weight to a consensus between the larger part of the scientific community then you're an idiot. Leave science to actual scientists and go back to doing whatever bullshit you normally waste your time on.
"That's great. But what you have to understand is that your feelings are just that - your feelings. No one else is obligated to feel the same way you do about "the Earth", and most people are going to make the rational economic choice rather than the irrational one."
Whoa, that's the best philosophy ever. I'm going to start adopting it right now. For example, I like money, so the rational economic thing to do would be to stab people and take their money. Perfect.
Sure, they probably want to stay alive, but their feelings are just that -- their feelings. Telling me I have a responsibility not to go around murdering people or some such ephemeral rot doesn't impress me either, show me how it's going to put cash in my wallet and then I'll do it.
Or if you're not an idiot, then you might realize that most parents are probably too involved with their children's lives, and it's more likely that they don't care about videogame ratings because they realize that playing Half-Life will not have any adverse effect on their children. You know, what do they call those people? Oh yeah. Sane.
Pardon me for playing Devil's Advocate here, but wouldn't someone be more healthy if they were able to discern fantasy from reality? Avoiding a videogame because it's not "appropriate" seems a little -- I'll be delicate -- insane to me.
Now avoiding playing GTA because it sucks, that I can understand.
On the other hand, reptiles, the other modern descendant of the dinosaurs by and large do not nurture their young, some, like the green sea turtle, lay their eggs in the sand and never see the babies again.
Er, if I can think back to the taxonomy I learned in Biology class (which sadly was only a few months ago) I believe that dinosaur is a separate class from today's current reptiles. All of todays current reptiles are either lizards/snakes, terrapins, crocodillians, or tuataras which I'm pretty sure branched out before the dinosaurs. Thus, modern reptiles are not really the descendants of dinosaurs.
As someone who donates considerable amounts of free time and energy to public domain [not even GPL'ed] software I can tell you that at the end of the day you want to make money or at least be provided for.
The purpose of being a musician is to take part in performances that entertain.
Ok fine, don't buy music, just send bread and milk and meat and shelter and clothing and... to artists. That's a much simpler system. Instead of just PAYING them for the work.
Again none of my arguments are based on the following assumptions
1. They're worth it
2. Piracy == theft
3. RIAA == fair
That's not the point.
Point is either look for better alternatives or pay up.
True, but here's a number of assumptions your argument is based on:
1. People aren't already looking for "better alternatives", which they are. And some of those alternatives are to download music because some bands (gasp!) don't care. Seriously. Even some people who make a career out of music don't care if people donwload their albums, because as ungraspable as it is to you, some artists care more about people hearing their music than getting paid for it.
2. Artists need the income to survive, which isn't true. As somebody already pointed out and you conveniently ignored, if somebody buys a ticket to your concert because they downloaded your music for free, you've made a lot more money than if they bought it legally, which they probably wouldn't when it's that expensive.
And here's something that I'm sure will come as a surprise to you since I'm guessing you don't know what you're talking about: Sometimes when you buy a CD, the artist makes approximately $0.00. Most labels don't give the artists any money 'til they break even. But hey, at least I'm sure the artist will feel better about me buying it the lawful way, because I'm sure they like it a lot when something they created is used to get money to rich CEOs who aren't even fans of their work.
3. It's wrong to steal no matter what, which not everybody agrees is true. That's right. Some people don't view morality in idiotic, black or white spectrums with no extinuating circumstances. I mean, sure greed is considered a deadly sin, but it's more noble to pay up to somebody who's making millions of dollars off an artist's work (while so charitably tossing them a few cents on every purchase) than to "steal" the album and spend the money on merchandise or concert tickets that will actually benefit the creator of the work they're a fan of.
I mean, as hard as it is for a dick like you to swallow, some people don't agree with your particular system of morality. Some people actually consider a situation instead of just simplifying it to the point where they seriously believe, "Hey, everybody's getting fucked up the ass, but somehow this is the moral thing to do." Looks like the entire world doesn't share your opinion, now it's my turn to say "tough shit."
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Not if I could just revert it by clicking a few buttons. I agree that the larger portion of vandalism on Wikipedia is retarded (e.g. inserting "YOU GUYS SUCK DICKS" into an article at random) but I've seen and contributed some pretty hilarious stuff, I'll be honest.
The reason it doesn't bother me is because it really doesn't effect anything. I've never vandalized anything that didn't get reverted in the next few minutes. The biggest problem Wikipedia faces is incompetence of the people who are trying to help it, not the competence of people who are trying to hurt it.
Obviously the more popular articles are well regulated, but some of the more nichey items are just pathetic, quality wise. There's too many people making articles that just don't know how to write without sounding like idiots. And too many stubborn jerks who refuse to fix misinformation just because they feel they're being attacked.
Not that I don't completely support Wikipedia, but it has bigger issues than vandalism.
You need some serious therapy too. ...No wait, I meant a sense of humor.
What a fucking bitch.
"But here's another thought. Most artists only make around $2 profit (I've read that somewhere, sorry I can't source it) per album." Try $0 per album, until the record company is "reembursed" for the cost of production. And then around a few cents after that.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that neither you nor anyone you immediately know was planning on going before the supreme court any time soon, and as sad as it is when any one person dies, it really doesn't affect you. And you know it, so quit acting like you care.
Oh my gosh, you're right! We'd all start floating upwards!
They're a burger website, you fucking tool. They've got better things to do than impress people with flash games by "claiming it as their own."
Whether or not you think it's wrong is a different story. I mean, despite the fact that you believe you're morally in the right, you don't have the priveledge to go around being a vigilante asshole. I guess the next time somebody cuts me off in traffic I should pull out a gun and shoot to kill, huh, you dumb fuck?
I know it hasn't really ocurred to you yet since you're so narrow minded a concept like this would merely give you a headache, but most people who are not as well versed in the ways of the internet don't have the same concept of "stealing" bandwidth as you, or the creator of the flash game. Somebody could've simply explained to the Fudrucker's guy WHY what he was doing was wrong, but fuck that, it's time to get your bullshit payback, because in the end, isn't that what morality is all about?
For a minute there I thought he was a real asshole.
Now those Plutonians will know what Earth is all about.
Yes. It's better to be stupid on purpose than it is to occasionally make mistakes. Also, since you like irony so much. It would appear neither of us can spell misinterpret.
No, the reason for your reply was clearly that you misintrepeted what somebody else said. I.E., you're a moron, as evidinced by the fact that you don't know how to use a shift key, or punctuation, yet still tell somebody else to "read a book."
Yes, but the point is that there is no crisis. Even if videogames were increasing our "agressive thoughts" what's the big deal if youth violence has been declining so much? God, just shut up before I fucking kick your ass, you jerk.
But when will they engineer organisms who know how to spell "ethanol"?
That's the problem with assholes like you who seem to think that several different scientists have just been pulling this out of their asses for the last hundred years. You're not a scientist, and if you think your ignorant dumbass conspiracy theory holds equal weight to a consensus between the larger part of the scientific community then you're an idiot. Leave science to actual scientists and go back to doing whatever bullshit you normally waste your time on.
That's nothing! Have you seen this yet?
Whoa, that's the best philosophy ever. I'm going to start adopting it right now. For example, I like money, so the rational economic thing to do would be to stab people and take their money. Perfect.
Sure, they probably want to stay alive, but their feelings are just that -- their feelings. Telling me I have a responsibility not to go around murdering people or some such ephemeral rot doesn't impress me either, show me how it's going to put cash in my wallet and then I'll do it.
I prefer the Quicktime format, myself.
Or if you're not an idiot, then you might realize that most parents are probably too involved with their children's lives, and it's more likely that they don't care about videogame ratings because they realize that playing Half-Life will not have any adverse effect on their children. You know, what do they call those people? Oh yeah. Sane.
Wait a minute. Wouldn't a tinfoil hat actually work in this scenario?
Otherwise known as the most elaborate and contrived undercover marijuana operation ever.
Now avoiding playing GTA because it sucks, that I can understand.
It's because me and my friend switched the Star Wars and Star Trek pages.
On the other hand, reptiles, the other modern descendant of the dinosaurs by and large do not nurture their young, some, like the green sea turtle, lay their eggs in the sand and never see the babies again.
Er, if I can think back to the taxonomy I learned in Biology class (which sadly was only a few months ago) I believe that dinosaur is a separate class from today's current reptiles. All of todays current reptiles are either lizards/snakes, terrapins, crocodillians, or tuataras which I'm pretty sure branched out before the dinosaurs. Thus, modern reptiles are not really the descendants of dinosaurs.
I think. I'm not really an expert.
You have the potential to become an axe murderer. I'm calling the police!
True, but here's a number of assumptions your argument is based on:
1. People aren't already looking for "better alternatives", which they are. And some of those alternatives are to download music because some bands (gasp!) don't care. Seriously. Even some people who make a career out of music don't care if people donwload their albums, because as ungraspable as it is to you, some artists care more about people hearing their music than getting paid for it.
2. Artists need the income to survive, which isn't true. As somebody already pointed out and you conveniently ignored, if somebody buys a ticket to your concert because they downloaded your music for free, you've made a lot more money than if they bought it legally, which they probably wouldn't when it's that expensive.
And here's something that I'm sure will come as a surprise to you since I'm guessing you don't know what you're talking about: Sometimes when you buy a CD, the artist makes approximately $0.00. Most labels don't give the artists any money 'til they break even. But hey, at least I'm sure the artist will feel better about me buying it the lawful way, because I'm sure they like it a lot when something they created is used to get money to rich CEOs who aren't even fans of their work.
3. It's wrong to steal no matter what, which not everybody agrees is true. That's right. Some people don't view morality in idiotic, black or white spectrums with no extinuating circumstances. I mean, sure greed is considered a deadly sin, but it's more noble to pay up to somebody who's making millions of dollars off an artist's work (while so charitably tossing them a few cents on every purchase) than to "steal" the album and spend the money on merchandise or concert tickets that will actually benefit the creator of the work they're a fan of.I mean, as hard as it is for a dick like you to swallow, some people don't agree with your particular system of morality. Some people actually consider a situation instead of just simplifying it to the point where they seriously believe, "Hey, everybody's getting fucked up the ass, but somehow this is the moral thing to do." Looks like the entire world doesn't share your opinion, now it's my turn to say "tough shit."