Thats a reminder,why i hate RPGs: You have to work to play,newbies "play" right away(just killing lvl1 rats for weeks isn't playing). Better players needs better ingame items/spells and learn the subtle mechanics to "play". Every other genre allows you to start playing in several minutes,without all the grind/levels/accumulated ingame bling.
Exactly.Copyrighted and patented stuff has no intrinsic physical value whatsoever. The real cost of a production/transmission/storage is what it worth.A copy is fine too.
Service isn't available for free,its has tangible value(real human work).Tech support and maintaince. Not another copy thats blesssed by copyright(and makes every other copy illegal).A replica of the same bytes and bits.
What is the difference between a licensed CD copy and unlicensed copy? What values it has that unlicensed doesn't? A fake Rolex watch,that is copy of the expensive original? Does it measures time worse? etc
'Nothing wrong with religion'.If wasn't for religion most of those morals have evaporated away,resulting in more liberal society.Humanity,unfortunately hasn't yet outgrown of religion.Christianity,Islam,Buddhism etc all have heavy objections against sex,fundamental to the faith.
These creeps are viewing themself as "morally superior",while abusing teenagers for everything that doesn't fit their morals. I hope they all die a slow and painful death.
How much rational people can get from believing in invisible gods that run the show? Psychotic devotion and complete faith in stories with very dubious origins centuries ago. Nothing rational.Thats what true "religion" is:a glorified mass cult.
You can't profit from something which is available for free(or copied for free). Start selling sea water,its a better carreer choice.At least you can be sure its not going to be copied.
Slashdot isn't what it used to be. there is 1/20 signal to noise ratio here. And comments are marginally better. Here are stories from RSS which i found interesting: 1.Stonehedge. everything else is funny comments with worthless stories.(the kernel article is of interest only for kernel hackers)
It's fascinating to see such a comment modded up on Slashdot - which is normally the bastion of freedom and personal rights to do whatever the hell they want, when they want.
(Slashdot=Bastion of freedom) (Slashdot=Against badly written web pages)
I write web apps for a living.
But here we see the truth - Slashdot who screams the loudest when $MEDIA_MEGACORP tramples on *their* (assumed) rights - bellows equally loudly when their own ox is gored.
You contrast freedom of modifying pages with legal rights.Comparision "MySpace shouldn't have allowed their users to modify the pages so heavily."(Slashdot=Against badly written web pages) with But here we see the truth - Slashdot who screams the loudest when $MEDIA_MEGACORP tramples on *their* (assumed) rights - bellows equally loudly when their own ox is gored. (Slashdot=Against Megacorps that destroy our rights).Different matters which you try to bring together.
You are one of these people who want to take the "assumed" rights out of peoples hands?
Amerikkka looks more like China every passing day.And i'm sickened by people here. Who think registering bloggers is normal and acceptable for some reason.AND they bring arguments for the benefits of registration.
That pitiful industry is no match for Glorious Undefeatable Democratic People Republic of Korea medicine industry.Their human medicine trials are the most extensive in the world.
Modern medicine can easily treat symptoms. Thats all its good for.As a nasty side-effect it causes more diseases then it supresses,requiring the victims to buy other pills.Until they wither and die.
Comparing DRM/Fair use and the ability to design pages in some site.Really stupid. Learn the difference:Fair use is a legal right, Myspace restrictions work on Myspace. You don't go to jail for circumventing MySpace rules for page design,the most you get a closed account.MySpace pages designed by common users,cannot be standartized.So stop crying. Your legal rights and freedoms are not suffering because of editing restrictions that are exclusive to MySpace. Why the parent post is insightful is a mystery.
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Thats a reminder ,why i hate RPGs:
You have to work to play,newbies "play" right away(just killing lvl1 rats for weeks isn't playing).
Better players needs better ingame items/spells and learn the subtle mechanics to "play".
Every other genre allows you to start playing in several minutes,without all the grind/levels/accumulated ingame bling.
Exactly.Copyrighted and patented stuff has no intrinsic physical value whatsoever.
The real cost of a production/transmission/storage is what it worth.A copy is fine too.
Service isn't available for free,its has tangible value(real human work).Tech support and maintaince.
Not another copy thats blesssed by copyright(and makes every other copy illegal).A replica of the same bytes and bits.
What is the difference between a licensed CD copy and unlicensed copy? What values it has that unlicensed doesn't?
A fake Rolex watch,that is copy of the expensive original? Does it measures time worse?
etc
Canadian system,they have more democracy and common sense then USA nowadays.
IIRC UK had laws against suicide ,see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_Act_1961
Millions of lemmings can't be wrong.Jumping off cliffs is safe and healthy.
'Nothing wrong with religion'.If wasn't for religion most of those morals have evaporated away,resulting in more liberal society.Humanity,unfortunately hasn't yet outgrown of religion.Christianity,Islam,Buddhism etc all have heavy objections against sex,fundamental to the faith.
These creeps are viewing themself as "morally superior",while abusing teenagers for everything that doesn't fit their morals.
I hope they all die a slow and painful death.
How much rational people can get from believing in invisible gods that run the show?
Psychotic devotion and complete faith in stories with very dubious origins centuries ago.
Nothing rational.Thats what true "religion" is:a glorified mass cult.
Its called scientism.
You can't profit from something which is available for free(or copied for free).
Start selling sea water,its a better carreer choice.At least you can be sure its not going to be copied.
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Slashdot isn't what it used to be.
there is 1/20 signal to noise ratio here.
And comments are marginally better.
Here are stories from RSS which i found interesting:
1.Stonehedge.
everything else is funny comments with worthless stories.(the kernel article is of interest only for kernel hackers)
Never underestimate the stupidity of masses.
Its was an old chinese weather sattelite,however the scenario is likely.If China would like to create conflict it will be one of first steps.
US sattelite probably infringed on Chinese airspace.
From the Chinese viewpoint they own not only the land but the entire column of space above it.
US should train sharks with lasers attached to their heads to counter this threat.
Mobile,virtually undetectable and best of all cheap.
Only totalitarian goverments force the scientific truth down our throats.If truth is proven and self-evident there is no need to enforce it.
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It's fascinating to see such a comment modded up on Slashdot - which is normally the bastion of freedom and personal rights to do whatever the hell they want, when they want.
(Slashdot=Bastion of freedom)
(Slashdot=Against badly written web pages)
I write web apps for a living.
But here we see the truth - Slashdot who screams the loudest when $MEDIA_MEGACORP tramples on *their* (assumed) rights - bellows equally loudly when their own ox is gored.
You contrast freedom of modifying pages with legal rights.Comparision
"MySpace shouldn't have allowed their users to modify the pages so heavily."(Slashdot=Against badly written web pages)
with
But here we see the truth - Slashdot who screams the loudest when
$MEDIA_MEGACORP tramples on *their* (assumed) rights - bellows equally loudly when their own ox is gored.
(Slashdot=Against Megacorps that destroy our rights).Different matters which you try to bring together.
You are one of these people who want to take the "assumed" rights out of peoples hands?
Amerikkka looks more like China every passing day.And i'm sickened by people here.
Who think registering bloggers is normal and acceptable for some reason.AND they bring arguments for the benefits of registration.
Is there any OTHER country where bloggers are forced to register with the goverment?
(Hint:The Great Firewall)
Republicans or Democrats pretend to be the lesser of two evils,while they both are evil.
That pitiful industry is no match for Glorious Undefeatable Democratic People Republic of Korea medicine industry.Their human medicine trials are the most extensive in the world.
Modern medicine can easily treat symptoms.
Thats all its good for.As a nasty side-effect it causes more diseases then it supresses,requiring the victims to buy other pills.Until they wither and die.
Comparing DRM/Fair use and the ability to design pages in some site.Really stupid.
Learn the difference:Fair use is a legal right,
Myspace restrictions work on Myspace.
You don't go to jail for circumventing MySpace rules for page design,the most you get a closed account.MySpace pages designed by common users,cannot be standartized.So stop crying.
Your legal rights and freedoms are not suffering because of editing restrictions that are exclusive to MySpace.
Why the parent post is insightful is a mystery.