In my experience, bloggers rarely claim to be objective. People are voicing opinions. Journalists, on the other hand, claim to be objective truth seekers but they seem to get everything wrong. Why is it that whenever they write/talk about something you know something about, they're dead wrong? One has to assume that's the normal standard and that they get away with it because most people don't notice most of the time.
What is the point of blogs though? I thought they were to convey some sense of individuality on the old interweb. Instead, in everyone's rush to be some kind of blog king, blogs are forcing people think and express themselves in the same way. Stealing someone's ideas means you can't or don't come up with your own.
Giving into the "nothing new under the sun" just means that if there is, it won't be from you.
Journalists go out and find out what's going on, they (hopefully) check their sources out and get confirmation and input from both sides and then report on it. Commentators -- and this includes bloggers -- are consumers of what journalists generate. They add (or, some might argue, remove) value by way of interpretation.
As a long-time consumer of abandonware, this is horrible news. If the product is not available for sale, I would aruge that common sense dictates that the public sharing of the product hurts nobody as the copyright is not being actively protected! The persecution of Abandonware when the programme is still available for purchase as part of a 'legacy' series is understandable, but otherwise it is rediculous.
Besides, the ability to play the games that I once oggled over in PC Gamber but couldn't afford is really quite something.
Oh and before you mark this REDUNDANT know that Staplrh lost rights to this original post by abandoning it after posting. I've now assumed copyright to it...
This is an awful argument. Just because something is no longer for sale to the public DOES NOT mean the copyright should no longer apply, thus taking control away from the owner/creator.
The copyright is not dependent upon the owners ability/desire to distribute it. So the copyright should not be any less enforceable should the product no longer be available for sale.
I the system admin for a small company, and you are can't be more wrong.
IT people DO NOT people with viruses or ad-ware as clueless. We know these things exist (and give us job security) and understand that things will get past our best efforts. Only when a user circumvents things like virus scans and other preventive measures do we get upset and brand them as 'clueless'.
You're way off the mark. We don't blame the users. Or even windows for that matter. This is just the way of life for us in the computer age.
I agree, I also work at a helpdesk. Most users aren't sure which way is up let alone what browser they're using.
Before this turns into an I work at a helpdesk so i know more than you post let me digress and say that most users i've dealt with in general typically ask where's the internet in reference to the IE icon. Moreso they also don't realize that a browser is a seperate entity from either they're computer or they're ISP. It's inherently naive to even have these discussions about who knows what and which brand users recognize. Bottom line is that the blue 'E' gets me to the internet there fore i click it when i want to go online. I'm not sure what this firefox thing is but its an uneccessary download when my end goal is to keep shit off my computer. Most users don't see the need for it, nor do they recognize that IE and even windows is responsible for the ad-ware invading their lives. It's incredulous. I'm baffled and appalled at all who us it. Let me end by saying...
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I can't believe you took the time to reply to this... Cha Ching... Bro, add a 3rd asshole to the fire.
In my experience, bloggers rarely claim to be objective. People are voicing opinions. Journalists, on the other hand, claim to be objective truth seekers but they seem to get everything wrong. Why is it that whenever they write/talk about something you know something about, they're dead wrong? One has to assume that's the normal standard and that they get away with it because most people don't notice most of the time.
What is the point of blogs though? I thought they were to convey some sense of individuality on the old interweb. Instead, in everyone's rush to be some kind of blog king, blogs are forcing people think and express themselves in the same way. Stealing someone's ideas means you can't or don't come up with your own. Giving into the "nothing new under the sun" just means that if there is, it won't be from you.
Journalists go out and find out what's going on, they (hopefully) check their sources out and get confirmation and input from both sides and then report on it. Commentators -- and this includes bloggers -- are consumers of what journalists generate. They add (or, some might argue, remove) value by way of interpretation.
Why read to an uneducated idiots opinion when you can read to an educated idiots opinion.
Now this is funny someone mod parent up...
As a long-time consumer of abandonware, this is horrible news. If the product is not available for sale, I would aruge that common sense dictates that the public sharing of the product hurts nobody as the copyright is not being actively protected! The persecution of Abandonware when the programme is still available for purchase as part of a 'legacy' series is understandable, but otherwise it is rediculous.
Besides, the ability to play the games that I once oggled over in PC Gamber but couldn't afford is really quite something.
Oh and before you mark this REDUNDANT know that Staplrh lost rights to this original post by abandoning it after posting. I've now assumed copyright to it...
If you keep using phrases like yank and grave robbing you're likely to turn me on...
too cliche... I suppose I could have yelled 'POP' as in cherry...
not so much as putting penis in your mom's ass
This is an awful argument. Just because something is no longer for sale to the public DOES NOT mean the copyright should no longer apply, thus taking control away from the owner/creator.
The copyright is not dependent upon the owners ability/desire to distribute it. So the copyright should not be any less enforceable should the product no longer be available for sale.
Wow, that sucks.
You're right, like i said, there's always one asshole...
You're right, i shouldn't speak for all IT people, i should have accounted for you by saying "however... there's always one asshole"
I not so good with the english as am i with putting it in your mom's ass
I the system admin for a small company, and you are can't be more wrong.
IT people DO NOT people with viruses or ad-ware as clueless. We know these things exist (and give us job security) and understand that things will get past our best efforts. Only when a user circumvents things like virus scans and other preventive measures do we get upset and brand them as 'clueless'.
You're way off the mark. We don't blame the users. Or even windows for that matter. This is just the way of life for us in the computer age.
I agree, I also work at a helpdesk. Most users aren't sure which way is up let alone what browser they're using.
Before this turns into an I work at a helpdesk so i know more than you post let me digress and say that most users i've dealt with in general typically ask where's the internet in reference to the IE icon. Moreso they also don't realize that a browser is a seperate entity from either they're computer or they're ISP. It's inherently naive to even have these discussions about who knows what and which brand users recognize. Bottom line is that the blue 'E' gets me to the internet there fore i click it when i want to go online. I'm not sure what this firefox thing is but its an uneccessary download when my end goal is to keep shit off my computer. Most users don't see the need for it, nor do they recognize that IE and even windows is responsible for the ad-ware invading their lives. It's incredulous. I'm baffled and appalled at all who us it. Let me end by saying...
Which way is up again?
Which way is up ?
Which way is up?