BIG MEDIA: "Yes, let us give our full support to the bloggers. We fully believe that they should be allowed to do anything they want... especially those things that get them sued and taken offline. Die, bloggers, die! Mwhahahahahahah!"
... about all this antitrust / don't-bundle-this-crap-with-my-crap crap.
What is stopping anyone from running a different media player? I'll bet anyone who despises WMP so much is alredy running a different media player... if not a different OS at all.
And... if that someone hates WMP that much... are they really going to go out and buy a new version of Windows (or otherwise "obtain" it) just to be WMP-less?
I mean seriously, in the end, who is this all for? It's not like alternatives to MS products don't exist, and in some cases thrive. Has anyone checked Firefox's marketshare lately?
Because high music prices are the exact feature that's appealing about CD-based music. I'm so glad they're finally bringing that feature to the online versions.
You know, everytime I rant about the RIAA, my friends say "Oh, they're not really that stupid. I'm sure they have reasons for their business choices."
Theres a good chance they won't raise enough money, and a chance that even if they do the studio won't be interested or they won't find anyone to air it.
If such a thing comes to pass, what happens then?
Lokitorrent happens, and EBay gets the commision from $3mil in sales from the "Rare, Never Used William Shatner Pubic Hair" auction.
...and a little-known law allows me to drive solo on carpool (HOV) lanes in California.
Disadvantages:
- There is the occasional moron who thinks I'm a carpool lane violator and turns on the high beams behind me
- There is the occasional dumb cop who thinks I'm a carpool lane violator and pulls me over, only to let me go 2 minutes later
Solution: Use some of your CNG to inflate a couple blow-up-pleasure dolls. Put them in your passenger seat. If you still get pulled over, you can say "It's okay. We're all running on CNG!"
Yes, but when I put *GAS* in a *GAS* powered car, the *GAS* powered engine is designed to use only enough *GAS* to create a small, controlled *GAS* explosion.
So if I put a substance in my *GAS* car, that is highly explosive in confied spaces (such as the interior of a *GAS* engine), where that substance was never supposed to be, I wonder what might happen--
It isn't just that the substance is explosive. It's how it is handled. Improperly handled explosives tend to explode.
For the idiot with a gas powered car to refill at the station, and the frivilous lawsuit that will follow. Assuming they survive the explosion, of course...
Blockbuster should be allowed to sue anyone who actually thought there would be no late fees.
I mean, seriously! By this point in time, aren't we USED to distrusting anything that anyone says via advertisments? Isn't it just a plain, accepted, and in fact EXPECTED fact? If anyone, anywhere, at anytime, advertises anything even remotely "good", you know that they're just lying? You KNOW that if you fall for it, all you'll get is a financial assreaming?
NOTHING that is advertised is true. It's all just carefully crafted bullshit to either:
a) Distract attention from the soreful deficincies of a product
b) Misdirect you from a financial-rip off or
c) Overstate through omission or admission the usefulness of a product.
Your first response to ANY commercial should be "That's BULLSHIT". Anyone, anytime, anywhere. Did you really think a can of cola would make your car run faster? Bullshit. Did you really think that a deodorant will make you more appealing to the opposite gender? Bullshit. Did you really think that the company that's lowering their interest rates isn't also raising the price of their product to compensate?
Having to automatically assume that everything any ad says is bullshit is sad. But someone who's willing to believe the bullshit is even sadder.
Is it too good to be true? Then it is. Suck it up, ignore the bullshit. Return the movie on time. Or don't rent from them. Either choice is fine. But don't, for one instant, think that a corporation is going to give up a multi-million dollar revenue stream because it'll make things easier for you.
Did you really think they were going to do something without somehow, somewhere, profitting from it?
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The TrekUnited fund has now been renamed to the MakeJeriRyanChangeHerNameToSevenOfNineAndWalkAroun dInTightShirtsAllTheTime Fund.
BIG MEDIA: "Yes, let us give our full support to the bloggers. We fully believe that they should be allowed to do anything they want... especially those things that get them sued and taken offline. Die, bloggers, die! Mwhahahahahahah!"
There's a much easier way. Think about it: There are six letter grades, right? A,B,C,D,E and F.
A D6 has six side, and only takes a couple seconds to roll. Heck, you can batch roll them, if you want.
36D6 = marks for your whole class. Tah-dah!
Well... if I start walking now...
ipchains -A output -d windowsupdate.com -j REJECT
What? The? Fuck?
Welcome to the Internet.
Duh!
What is stopping anyone from running a different media player? I'll bet anyone who despises WMP so much is alredy running a different media player... if not a different OS at all.
And... if that someone hates WMP that much... are they really going to go out and buy a new version of Windows (or otherwise "obtain" it) just to be WMP-less?
I mean seriously, in the end, who is this all for? It's not like alternatives to MS products don't exist, and in some cases thrive. Has anyone checked Firefox's marketshare lately?
Release the damn thing or don't release it. I don't care. I'll just keep using Win98SE. It sucks too, but at least it works.
I beg to differ.
Pshew. Who the hell'd ever agree with you?
{giggle}
I guess this means that Utah will no longer be the liberal haven it's always been.
Tell that to the RIAA. Please. (Seriously!)
Duh! So you don't have to go outside.
You know, everytime I rant about the RIAA, my friends say "Oh, they're not really that stupid. I'm sure they have reasons for their business choices."
Yeah. Right.
Theres a good chance they won't raise enough money, and a chance that even if they do the studio won't be interested or they won't find anyone to air it.
If such a thing comes to pass, what happens then?
Lokitorrent happens, and EBay gets the commision from $3mil in sales from the "Rare, Never Used William Shatner Pubic Hair" auction.
Don't give up the fight.
Disadvantages:
- There is the occasional moron who thinks I'm a carpool lane violator and turns on the high beams behind me
- There is the occasional dumb cop who thinks I'm a carpool lane violator and pulls me over, only to let me go 2 minutes later
Solution: Use some of your CNG to inflate a couple blow-up-pleasure dolls. Put them in your passenger seat. If you still get pulled over, you can say "It's okay. We're all running on CNG!"
Yup.
It won't keep me from going to the pumps, but if I could save 4% of my fuel expenses, I'm not going to complain.
So if I put a substance in my *GAS* car, that is highly explosive in confied spaces (such as the interior of a *GAS* engine), where that substance was never supposed to be, I wonder what might happen--
It isn't just that the substance is explosive. It's how it is handled. Improperly handled explosives tend to explode.
Nork.
For the idiot with a gas powered car to refill at the station, and the frivilous lawsuit that will follow. Assuming they survive the explosion, of course...
I mean, seriously! By this point in time, aren't we USED to distrusting anything that anyone says via advertisments? Isn't it just a plain, accepted, and in fact EXPECTED fact? If anyone, anywhere, at anytime, advertises anything even remotely "good", you know that they're just lying? You KNOW that if you fall for it, all you'll get is a financial assreaming?
NOTHING that is advertised is true. It's all just carefully crafted bullshit to either:
a) Distract attention from the soreful deficincies of a product
b) Misdirect you from a financial-rip off or
c) Overstate through omission or admission the usefulness of a product.
Your first response to ANY commercial should be "That's BULLSHIT". Anyone, anytime, anywhere. Did you really think a can of cola would make your car run faster? Bullshit. Did you really think that a deodorant will make you more appealing to the opposite gender? Bullshit. Did you really think that the company that's lowering their interest rates isn't also raising the price of their product to compensate?
Having to automatically assume that everything any ad says is bullshit is sad. But someone who's willing to believe the bullshit is even sadder.
Is it too good to be true? Then it is. Suck it up, ignore the bullshit. Return the movie on time. Or don't rent from them. Either choice is fine. But don't, for one instant, think that a corporation is going to give up a multi-million dollar revenue stream because it'll make things easier for you.
Did you really think they were going to do something without somehow, somewhere, profitting from it?
Bullshit.
In fact, some of us geeks don't even use computers.
For example, I can whistle at 1200 baud, speak fluent TCP/IP, and have an amazing memory.
Therefore, any spelling errors in this post are not typos. They're hiccups.