Also one thing to think about is that the diffusion of our culture into other countries is not for the purpose of showing the world the beauty and depth of our culture. It is for economic gain. The more that culture is watered down the easier it is for corporations to make demographic projections. This is why "the American Way" (capitalism) is resisted not just in other countries but here as well. They don't want there children to become the propaganda driven consumer robots that many, not all, of us are.
You cant be mad at the French just because they don't want Paris, France to become Paris Hilton.
"That's why I live out here in the mountains with a flag on my porch and loud Wagner music blaring out of my speakers. I feel lucky, and I have plenty of ammunition. That is God's will, they say, and that is also why I shoot into the darkness at anything that moves. Sooner or later, I will hit something Evil, and feel no Guilt. It might be Osama Bin Laden. Who knows? And where is Adolf Hitler, now that we finally need him? It is bad business to go into War without a target."
What a crazy, crazy, brilliant, violent son of a bitch. We'll all miss him.
What does it say about your intelligence; that you would get so obviously upset about some silly comments on a website. Oh cares! Why would you arbitrarily attack someones intelligence? Does it make you feel like a big man? Oh yeah, way to post a AC "Big Man".
Reality based...hummm....What a novel idea.
Has anyone stopped to consider that this is just one test. One Test. A test with arbitrary variables and theoretical situations. Anyone can take any number of stances concerning the "results" of this "test". None of them really matter. This is not a "My Dad can beat up your Dad" type argument. So what, someone says MS is better than Linux today, tomorrow someone will say Linux is better and so on.
The reality is this test IS statistically irrelevant. However, the purpose it does serve is to perpetuate the evolution of technology. Thats really the bottom line. Who cares who's better? They both have their good points and their bad points. The idea is to expose the bad points and fix them. Thats how we move forward.
BTW just so were clear, I hate MS too (used to work for them). They are a bunch of b**tards. But, the study was about security not integrity.
Thank you, the idea of complaining or even filing suit against a company for something that doesnot remove your option to chose one product from the other is rediculus. A monopoly limits choice thats what it means; forcing the consumer to use their product or service because there is no other viable option. Dont like iPod; dont buy an iPod. Its not like Apple came to your house gave you an iPod and is now forcing you to buy iTunes. It is all a choice made by the consumer. There are many other options if you dont like that one. iPod makes up such a large portion of the market because of quality, versitlity, and MARKETING.
Remember the entire idea of charging downloaded music stems from the Napster case. To be fair it has become a requirement within the music download industry as a whole. Trying to say that this is a tactic that only Apple is using with the intent of creating a monopoly is a pretty silly notion. After all remember it was the artists themselves who chose for things to be this way. Apple is just making their money like everyone else. iPods sell iPods not iTunes; its not like iTunes is the only thing iPods can be used for.
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Also one thing to think about is that the diffusion of our culture into other countries is not for the purpose of showing the world the beauty and depth of our culture. It is for economic gain.
The more that culture is watered down the easier it is for corporations to make demographic projections. This is why "the American Way" (capitalism) is resisted not just in other countries but here as well. They don't want there children to become the propaganda driven consumer robots that many, not all, of us are.
You cant be mad at the French just because they don't want Paris, France to become Paris Hilton.
Because France hates everybody. Except sometimes Belgium.
Thank God! Finally a place to send all the soccer moms with there fucking suv's and cartigan sweaters.
"That's why I live out here in the mountains with a flag on my porch and loud Wagner music blaring out of my speakers. I feel lucky, and I have plenty of ammunition. That is God's will, they say, and that is also why I shoot into the darkness at anything that moves. Sooner or later, I will hit something Evil, and feel no Guilt. It might be Osama Bin Laden. Who knows? And where is Adolf Hitler, now that we finally need him? It is bad business to go into War without a target." What a crazy, crazy, brilliant, violent son of a bitch. We'll all miss him.
Did you mean douche? I think you may have meant douche. And yes its still frozen.
Thats still frozen. Its, um, frozen gas.
What does it say about your intelligence; that you would get so obviously upset about some silly comments on a website. Oh cares! Why would you arbitrarily attack someones intelligence? Does it make you feel like a big man? Oh yeah, way to post a AC "Big Man".
WebTV? There's no WebTV here! We're all poor. Real Poor. We got lots of crack though. Oh, and gangs too.
Reality based...hummm....What a novel idea. Has anyone stopped to consider that this is just one test. One Test. A test with arbitrary variables and theoretical situations. Anyone can take any number of stances concerning the "results" of this "test". None of them really matter. This is not a "My Dad can beat up your Dad" type argument. So what, someone says MS is better than Linux today, tomorrow someone will say Linux is better and so on. The reality is this test IS statistically irrelevant. However, the purpose it does serve is to perpetuate the evolution of technology. Thats really the bottom line. Who cares who's better? They both have their good points and their bad points. The idea is to expose the bad points and fix them. Thats how we move forward. BTW just so were clear, I hate MS too (used to work for them). They are a bunch of b**tards. But, the study was about security not integrity.
Thank you, the idea of complaining or even filing suit against a company for something that doesnot remove your option to chose one product from the other is rediculus. A monopoly limits choice thats what it means; forcing the consumer to use their product or service because there is no other viable option. Dont like iPod; dont buy an iPod. Its not like Apple came to your house gave you an iPod and is now forcing you to buy iTunes. It is all a choice made by the consumer. There are many other options if you dont like that one. iPod makes up such a large portion of the market because of quality, versitlity, and MARKETING.
Remember the entire idea of charging downloaded music stems from the Napster case. To be fair it has become a requirement within the music download industry as a whole. Trying to say that this is a tactic that only Apple is using with the intent of creating a monopoly is a pretty silly notion. After all remember it was the artists themselves who chose for things to be this way. Apple is just making their money like everyone else. iPods sell iPods not iTunes; its not like iTunes is the only thing iPods can be used for.