The smog is not due to the low gas prices, it's due to the climate and the geography. Los Angeles is subjected to a constant costal airflow, and is surrounded by mountains that have desert on the opposite side. The 'smog' is trapped. The only reason you can get away with gas prices as high as they are in Europe is the small relative size of the country and it's age. The US grew up in the oil age. Sticking your nose up and smugly implying "take the train you wankers!" just isn't an option here.
they can trace back to the original buyer, who spread the file.
What does that accomplish? Scare tactics generally don't work well as a deterrant, see also harsh DUI penalties that do nothing to lower drunk driving rates. Clearly there are enough people out there willing to take a risk to be a part of the chain, I just don't see it helping or not being easily overcome by some reverse engineering.
The fact that so many people believed it leads me to believe that we will still see another single use DVD format one day, dispite the failure of Circuit City's Divx.
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The smog is not due to the low gas prices, it's due to the climate and the geography. Los Angeles is subjected to a constant costal airflow, and is surrounded by mountains that have desert on the opposite side. The 'smog' is trapped. The only reason you can get away with gas prices as high as they are in Europe is the small relative size of the country and it's age. The US grew up in the oil age. Sticking your nose up and smugly implying "take the train you wankers!" just isn't an option here.
The fact that so many people believed it leads me to believe that we will still see another single use DVD format one day, dispite the failure of Circuit City's Divx.