First, I think alot of what Piratbyran has to say are good things that need changed.
Oh and every 4 years I write myself in for president, because I am the only one who can who has my best intrests at heart. All the rest of the time I vote for Libertarian, and if they are not available in the said position, I vote for Democrats.
Actually, I have over 600 studio pressed DVDs, about 20 odd VHS, and over 100gigs worth of MP3s.. Some of that are pirated.. but I'd say less then 10% of all my media is pirated.
As for what I actually do in real life when it comes to pirating/purchasing is this:
1) For smaller bands, I download the music, then send them money, normally $10 by postal mail, international mail if nessecessary. I have three of those air mail envelopes now on my dresser waiting for me to goto the post office for stamps. Thosee also have a note saying thanks for the music, and asking if there is a better way to make sure they get my money with my email address for a reply.
2) For big, signed bands, I'll download it and the purchase the CD used if I really like it, new.
3) Software/Games, let's say if I like it I'll buy it normally the next day. There's two exceptions to that though, WinXP and Office. Only so I can convert any of the propritary office formats into RTF or HTML to use on my Mac or SuSE box.
4) Movies. I buy movies constantly. In fact I buy movies when I'm out not even with a movie on my mind, I go out for say cat food and I'll end up with like 2 movies and cat food. However, and this is an important however, I will only buy a movie I like and have seen before, reviews are not a good way to get to know a movie, spoilers etc etc. Hell I don't even like watching previews because I'm disappointed most of the time. I now hear about movies off the top 100 list from TPB, using diffrenet search criteria.
5) I do not pay for cable, and I don't want too. But the only show I pirate is House from Fox.
I spend plenty of money on entertainment, but I choose exactly who I give my money to. As for the crappy CD, it shouldn't be like that, you should be able to agree with me.
Thanks for the idea to rent PC games, I've honestly never looked into.
BTW, I have other reasons for not having very many friends. Namely I'm a Asperger-having, paranoid hermit, and I like it that way.
1.) Go to a store and watch the movie/listen to the CD." What about movies that are currently in the theatre and I want to know if it's worth paying the 25+ bucks to see it on the big screen (I always go with my roomate and girlfriend). I see movies all the time at movie theaters, or more aptly, theatre.
"2.) Go to a friend's house and do the same thing." Ummm no. I have the amenities want at my house. Nor do I have many friends, as I'm a recent implant of Austin.
"3.) Double-click a stream on the internet. Get a sample from iTunes, for example." 30 secs in the middle of the song, chosen out of the best 30 secs mind you, does not a good representation make. Especially for any song over 2 minutes. I have a favorite band, they have music on iTunes. I listened to the previews, they were good so I decided to buy the CD. The CD sucked, and I couldn't get my money back.
"4.) Listen to the radio (yes, SOME channel out there plays what you like)." Broadcast Radio does not play the songs I like. Now if your talking internet radio it normally takes (even the big guns in my genre) 4-6 weeks for them to get it in the stream, and I can only listen to internet radio streams a) when I'm online, b) when I'm not doing something else online, c) when I feel like it. Kinda hard to stream an mp3 stream to my car (I know I could pay upwards of $60+/month for a highspeed cell connection, but up yours if you expect me to do that.
"5.) Rent the item before buying it." Tell me a place where you can rent a PC video game, an obscure industrial audio CD, or even a buy either one of them and return for my money back when I don't like it, I'll love you forever.
"With all those options available, pirating seems less and less of a legitimate option." Actually it is looking like a more viable option.
"Who's pirating? A lot of people. What are they pirating? A lot of stuff." Say the numbers on Slyck are correct and we'll add in another 10 million on BitTorrent/Other networks. This gives us 17.5 million people pirating. 17.5 million is alot. But that is what 5% of the total population of the US. The numbers, even at 100 million pirates, are satistically nil when dealing with the populations of the planet (potential 6.5 billion). Sure that's alot of people... you're right.
"Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it legal, moral or right. If a majority do it and put thier will to their representatives it _CAN_ be legal, morality is based on ethics which changes over time, and there is no such thing as "right".
As for the story, I think that TPB needs to get servers going BACK IN.SE, else they (MPAA, RIAA, White House, WIPO) will consider it a win.
The primary mirror of the HET is the largest yet constructed, at 11.1 x 9.8 meters. At any given time during observations, only a portion of the mirror is utilized. The HET's 9.2 meter effective aperture makes it currently the world's third largest optical telescope.http://www.as.utexas.edu/mcdonald/het/het.html
The game Parsec on the TI-99 4/A
I loved that game cart. for all it was worth. Voice synth and all
I hated the darn controllers as they were in parrallel and some idiots friends could move my ship with the "2nd player" controller.
Then of course I learned how to code on it as the only other titles I had were crappy edutainment. Without a cartridge/tape/diskette you only had BASIC to play around with and one of the biggest POS versions of BASIC I ever care to code on ever again.
BTW, first/. post. Although I know nobody cares.
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That we are the result of evolution.
-jijin
ThePirateBay Releases Version 2.0
June 2, 2005
Ummm Last I check it's 2006..
Oh yea then there's also this.
First, I think alot of what Piratbyran has to say are good things that need changed. Oh and every 4 years I write myself in for president, because I am the only one who can who has my best intrests at heart. All the rest of the time I vote for Libertarian, and if they are not available in the said position, I vote for Democrats. Actually, I have over 600 studio pressed DVDs, about 20 odd VHS, and over 100gigs worth of MP3s.. Some of that are pirated.. but I'd say less then 10% of all my media is pirated. As for what I actually do in real life when it comes to pirating/purchasing is this: 1) For smaller bands, I download the music, then send them money, normally $10 by postal mail, international mail if nessecessary. I have three of those air mail envelopes now on my dresser waiting for me to goto the post office for stamps. Thosee also have a note saying thanks for the music, and asking if there is a better way to make sure they get my money with my email address for a reply. 2) For big, signed bands, I'll download it and the purchase the CD used if I really like it, new. 3) Software/Games, let's say if I like it I'll buy it normally the next day. There's two exceptions to that though, WinXP and Office. Only so I can convert any of the propritary office formats into RTF or HTML to use on my Mac or SuSE box. 4) Movies. I buy movies constantly. In fact I buy movies when I'm out not even with a movie on my mind, I go out for say cat food and I'll end up with like 2 movies and cat food. However, and this is an important however, I will only buy a movie I like and have seen before, reviews are not a good way to get to know a movie, spoilers etc etc. Hell I don't even like watching previews because I'm disappointed most of the time. I now hear about movies off the top 100 list from TPB, using diffrenet search criteria. 5) I do not pay for cable, and I don't want too. But the only show I pirate is House from Fox. I spend plenty of money on entertainment, but I choose exactly who I give my money to. As for the crappy CD, it shouldn't be like that, you should be able to agree with me. Thanks for the idea to rent PC games, I've honestly never looked into. BTW, I have other reasons for not having very many friends. Namely I'm a Asperger-having, paranoid hermit, and I like it that way.
1.) Go to a store and watch the movie/listen to the CD."
.SE, else they (MPAA, RIAA, White House, WIPO) will consider it a win.
What about movies that are currently in the theatre and I want to know if it's worth paying the 25+ bucks to see it on the big screen (I always go with my roomate and girlfriend). I see movies all the time at movie theaters, or more aptly, theatre.
"2.) Go to a friend's house and do the same thing."
Ummm no. I have the amenities want at my house. Nor do I have many friends, as I'm a recent implant of Austin.
"3.) Double-click a stream on the internet. Get a sample from iTunes, for example."
30 secs in the middle of the song, chosen out of the best 30 secs mind you, does not a good representation make. Especially for any song over 2 minutes. I have a favorite band, they have music on iTunes. I listened to the previews, they were good so I decided to buy the CD. The CD sucked, and I couldn't get my money back.
"4.) Listen to the radio (yes, SOME channel out there plays what you like)."
Broadcast Radio does not play the songs I like. Now if your talking internet radio it normally takes (even the big guns in my genre) 4-6 weeks for them to get it in the stream, and I can only listen to internet radio streams a) when I'm online, b) when I'm not doing something else online, c) when I feel like it. Kinda hard to stream an mp3 stream to my car (I know I could pay upwards of $60+/month for a highspeed cell connection, but up yours if you expect me to do that.
"5.) Rent the item before buying it."
Tell me a place where you can rent a PC video game, an obscure industrial audio CD, or even a buy either one of them and return for my money back when I don't like it, I'll love you forever.
"With all those options available, pirating seems less and less of a legitimate option."
Actually it is looking like a more viable option.
"Who's pirating? A lot of people. What are they pirating? A lot of stuff."
Say the numbers on Slyck are correct and we'll add in another 10 million on BitTorrent/Other networks. This gives us 17.5 million people pirating. 17.5 million is alot. But that is what 5% of the total population of the US. The numbers, even at 100 million pirates, are satistically nil when dealing with the populations of the planet (potential 6.5 billion). Sure that's alot of people... you're right.
"Just because a lot of people do it doesn't make it legal, moral or right.
If a majority do it and put thier will to their representatives it _CAN_ be legal, morality is based on ethics which changes over time, and there is no such thing as "right".
As for the story, I think that TPB needs to get servers going BACK IN
-jijin
Keck is almost a meter larger, my strong suite isn't in astronomy, but it's my favorite backyard pastime. So I'm not sure about the tilt systems.
I got a nice reflector though. :)
I guess scientists suffer from penis envy too.
"Oh yea, well my telescope is bigger then yours!"
Or would it go...
"Hey baby, look, _my_ telescope has a lens that's 40,000 pounds, it'll be 84 feet of girth, and when it gets heated up it takes 3 months to cool"
The game Parsec on the TI-99 4/A I loved that game cart. for all it was worth. Voice synth and all I hated the darn controllers as they were in parrallel and some idiots friends could move my ship with the "2nd player" controller. Then of course I learned how to code on it as the only other titles I had were crappy edutainment. Without a cartridge/tape/diskette you only had BASIC to play around with and one of the biggest POS versions of BASIC I ever care to code on ever again. BTW, first /. post. Although I know nobody cares.