It's not Newspeak. It makes perfect sense. It's exactly the same as stealing a copy of a CD from the record store (actually, this hurts the record store and not the music company, but it's just as bad)
"Theft" is not the proper legal term but it's a perfectly good description.
And why do we need a "reason" to exist? And even if we do, how does it benefit us to know what that reason is? Pleasure and happiness are anyone's final goal.
Nobody gives a shit about teen/youth rights, except for a small core of committed individuals. Forget about it. If you think this is bad, google "Casa by the Sea" and read up on it.
The following is OT but this reminds me:
What happened to "no taxation without representation"? When minors have a job, they have to pay taxes, and they can't vote for anything. WTF? I thought this was one of the major things that made the American colonies revolt in the 18th century.
OK? What's your point? If that's what his data showed, and his study wasn't flawed, then why are you complaining about it? I'm not racist, nor do I advocate discrimination, but I'm not going to discredit a hypothesis supported by rational scientific experimentation because it doesn't fit in with what Barney the Dinosaur would have us believe.
You're right, they probably wouldn't sue you if all you did was change your copy. But according to the US's laws they have every right to, and if you sold enough copies to be noticed by them and be a threat to their business, they most certainly would.
IMO there's nothing wrong with DRM if it's done right, as long as the purchaser is warned about it before he or she purchases a copy of the intellectual property.
Honestly, don't you have better things to argue about with your co-workers? I've never had a real programming job, so I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem as though this is really your biggest fish to fry.
Well, I doubt they'll ever "prove" it, per se. At least not for a long time. But the point of my argument still applies. If you have xxxx attractive physical feature, you're more likely to be hired as an actor than someone why has yyyy unattractive physical feature. That's determined by genetics, is it not?
You're not even addressing the point of my argument. I don't care if it's proven or unproven or whatever, I think employers should be able to deny you employment if you don't have a pretty-enough sounding name. It's their business and their money, after all.
As for the rest of it, I totally agree. I didn't know this was being conducted without the employees' permission. I guess that's what I get for not R'ing TFA. In that case it is a privacy breach. But if employees knew this was going on I see nothing wrong with it.
Companies have already always discriminated on genetics. For example, if you're not genetically predisposed to be good at logic and problem-solving, Google isn't going to hire you.
The only difference is that now they're explicitly testing for it. I say more power to them, they should be able to hire whomever they want.
I guess I'm against all anti-discrimination-in-the-workplace laws. I have nothing against minorities, but I do think companies should be able to hire whomever they want. It is their business, after all.
Also, anti-discrimination laws lead to discrimination. Don't believe me? When companies go through layoffs, they are VERY cautious about laying off any minorities. If a black man and a white man are both being considered for layoffs, and the white man is indeed a better worker and more valuable to the company, the WHITE MAN will be laid off if the company has already axed "too many" blacks. No one wants to be sued for discrimination.
Anyway, I'm going off on a tangent, so I'll stop here.
Availability of homebrew games would entice more people to buy the PSP who wouldn't have otherwise. These people, now that they have a PSP, will inevitably buy "official" games that they wouldn't have bought had they not had a PSP.
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Read up on "government" and what they're supposed to do and how they do it. Trust me, having one of these is better than not.
What?
Who hires the piano player? The "dirtbag who thinks he owns him."
If it weren't for him, your piano player would be out of a job. Not every capitalist is evil, twitter.
What's your point? That's still a tax.
It's not Newspeak. It makes perfect sense. It's exactly the same as stealing a copy of a CD from the record store (actually, this hurts the record store and not the music company, but it's just as bad)
"Theft" is not the proper legal term but it's a perfectly good description.
And why do we need a "reason" to exist? And even if we do, how does it benefit us to know what that reason is? Pleasure and happiness are anyone's final goal.
Nobody gives a shit about teen/youth rights, except for a small core of committed individuals. Forget about it. If you think this is bad, google "Casa by the Sea" and read up on it.
The following is OT but this reminds me:
What happened to "no taxation without representation"? When minors have a job, they have to pay taxes, and they can't vote for anything. WTF? I thought this was one of the major things that made the American colonies revolt in the 18th century.
so the fact that you bought them in the end made it any better?
"Yeah, I stole their single from the music store, but that made me want to buy the album with real money, so it's OK!"
OK? What's your point? If that's what his data showed, and his study wasn't flawed, then why are you complaining about it? I'm not racist, nor do I advocate discrimination, but I'm not going to discredit a hypothesis supported by rational scientific experimentation because it doesn't fit in with what Barney the Dinosaur would have us believe.
Uh, why? What good is knowledge if it doesn't help you in any way?
You have to carry your disks around. Same reason iPods (or similar devices) are better than Walkmen.
You're right, they probably wouldn't sue you if all you did was change your copy. But according to the US's laws they have every right to, and if you sold enough copies to be noticed by them and be a threat to their business, they most certainly would.
IMO there's nothing wrong with DRM if it's done right, as long as the purchaser is warned about it before he or she purchases a copy of the intellectual property.
This is definitely the way forward.
Actually, (at least in the USA) decompiling and changing Windows would be illegal.
Wouldn't Darwin be taking care of it if we were allowed to use weapons, which we developed becaues we evolved high intelligence? Why only bare hands?
Honestly, don't you have better things to argue about with your co-workers? I've never had a real programming job, so I could be wrong, but it doesn't seem as though this is really your biggest fish to fry.
It wasn't a BOOL || BOOL question. English is not a computer program.
and then your parent (my gp) can bitch about it himself. Don't you love how freedom of speech works?
Do you really think it's possible to somehow "train yourself" to be intelligent if you were born stupid? No, it isn't.
Thanks! :-)
Well, I doubt they'll ever "prove" it, per se. At least not for a long time. But the point of my argument still applies. If you have xxxx attractive physical feature, you're more likely to be hired as an actor than someone why has yyyy unattractive physical feature. That's determined by genetics, is it not?
You're not even addressing the point of my argument. I don't care if it's proven or unproven or whatever, I think employers should be able to deny you employment if you don't have a pretty-enough sounding name. It's their business and their money, after all.
As for the rest of it, I totally agree. I didn't know this was being conducted without the employees' permission. I guess that's what I get for not R'ing TFA. In that case it is a privacy breach. But if employees knew this was going on I see nothing wrong with it.
Companies have already always discriminated on genetics. For example, if you're not genetically predisposed to be good at logic and problem-solving, Google isn't going to hire you.
The only difference is that now they're explicitly testing for it. I say more power to them, they should be able to hire whomever they want.
I guess I'm against all anti-discrimination-in-the-workplace laws. I have nothing against minorities, but I do think companies should be able to hire whomever they want. It is their business, after all.
Also, anti-discrimination laws lead to discrimination. Don't believe me? When companies go through layoffs, they are VERY cautious about laying off any minorities. If a black man and a white man are both being considered for layoffs, and the white man is indeed a better worker and more valuable to the company, the WHITE MAN will be laid off if the company has already axed "too many" blacks. No one wants to be sued for discrimination.
Anyway, I'm going off on a tangent, so I'll stop here.
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hope this helps.
Less game sales?
Availability of homebrew games would entice more people to buy the PSP who wouldn't have otherwise. These people, now that they have a PSP, will inevitably buy "official" games that they wouldn't have bought had they not had a PSP.
Probably, but what he meant is that there'll be far more Linux boxes than SCO.