"You seem shockingly ready to accept a government's word at face value."
"Duh. It took me all of five seconds to think up that scenario. How come you couldn't see it? Perhaps, because you don't want to?"
"I feel like someone should have explained these truths to you long ago."
"why the insults? I understand we disagree, but I have kept things civil."
umm... read your own posts? sorry to jump in, but that last comment of yours nearly made me fall off my chair. you think when you patronise people you might get a little of it back?
that's a very narrow definition of civil disobedience.
what about countries that don't allow people to congregate in groups of more than 5 or so? people could break that law to protest against an entirely different law, and it would still be civil disobedience.
as such, anon kiddies ran the LOIC botnet (illegally) to protest the actions of their governments and associated companies.
i might just play devil's advocate for a second and point out that anime really is not representative of the entire market,
anime fans actively collect anime. they'll download to see if the show is good, then buy up the whole series, plus merch, plus dress up and go to cons, plus buy the re-issues, the re-re-issues, and the blu-ray (that's an up-res of the re-re-issue DVD master), and then the reconstruction when it comes out.
these results and this market do not translate to the stuff that the **AAs pump out, where a fan will download to see if it's worth keeping... and then nothing more will happen.
more like human nature rather than human stupidity.
when we developed written language, we freed ourselves of having to remember our own histories.
now we have GPS, we're in the process of freeing ourselves from the need to know where we are and where we're going.
this is stupid of course, but you can't expect it not to happen, or assume anyone who is misled by a GPS is stupid.
i've had several run-ins with GPS units (all overseas), and in all cases where there's a problem it is because the GPS is 100% correct, and completely useless.
like when it said "turn right in 5 metres and arrive at destination on left", when it was referring to cobblestone stairs up a very narrow footpath. the density of roads in this area (the Albaicin, Granada, Spain) and relative elevations (which the GPS was unaware of), meant i had to follow it blindly for ages before we actually got where we needed to be. the local maps were not useful, the local people didn't know what my wife or I were talking about (even in our best Spanish, which is rudimentary).
a day or two later we found ourselves walking downhill and finding the exact spot we were in. the GPS was absolutely correct, but didn't realise the road was not wide enough and was in fact a staircase. the map was at fault (yes, we should have got out and walked at that point and saved a couple of hours finding a road path).
another time in New Zealand we're driving down a highway between towns and the GPS politely but firmly said "please return to the nearest road". it showed on it's screen that we were plowing through an empty field. we were in fact on a road and hadn't made a turn for about 10 mins - the road just dropped off it's map.
another time, also in New Zealand we were directed by the GPS down a road that was exclusively for buses. we got a large fine. there weren't really signs about so we had no idea - the GPS's map should have though.
I don't actually have an opinion on all this at all - i'm in another country and didn't really follow the case of a practitioner of a brand of football i have no interest in. it's just all that was on the news for a good while anywhere in the world. i put it down to a slow news year.
i, for one, would take my millions and go party where nobody knows me, or they don't have cameras.
but then, these people would be ordinary people and thus not have the same pulling power. if they were competing for a girl with julian assange, he'd probably get her.
distribution costs? negligible (no stores, no minimum wage hipsters in those stores, no freight costs, do you want me to go on?)
just because the RIAA et al are dickheads does not mean the customers and artists are not being ripped off.
also, the quality of iTunes movies is laughable (and they require delivery in apple-specific broadcast formats... so if you don't have Final Cu*t Pro then you can't provide them masters). even Sony do a better job in that respect, and i hate Sony even more than Apple (though Sony fans are much more tolerable).
the legal limit here is.05, and i can tell when i'm approaching it. generally i'll consider myself not OK to drive before i'm even at that limit.
if you feel like chugging 3 glasses in quick succession, good luck to you. if you feel like staying out a bit longer you'll find you can put a LOT away before you hit the limit.
try alternating glasses of water/coke/whatever with beer. helps avoid hangovers, too.
years ago i very stupidly drank 11 beers in a night and drove. i can tell you my judgment was impaired - i ended up going home with a Socialist Alternative girl. the last thing you want to wake up (late for work) to is a hangover and a lecture about Trotsky.
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"You seem shockingly ready to accept a government's word at face value."
"Duh. It took me all of five seconds to think up that scenario. How come you couldn't see it? Perhaps, because you don't want to?"
"I feel like someone should have explained these truths to you long ago."
"why the insults? I understand we disagree, but I have kept things civil."
umm... read your own posts? sorry to jump in, but that last comment of yours nearly made me fall off my chair. you think when you patronise people you might get a little of it back?
that's a very narrow definition of civil disobedience.
what about countries that don't allow people to congregate in groups of more than 5 or so? people could break that law to protest against an entirely different law, and it would still be civil disobedience.
as such, anon kiddies ran the LOIC botnet (illegally) to protest the actions of their governments and associated companies.
you clearly have too much faith in your fellow humans.
in soviet Australia, truth is not a valid defense in libel cases.
feels good man. feels like free speech.
there is one way out, but that's illegal.
how about keeping your cock clean?
i might just play devil's advocate for a second and point out that anime really is not representative of the entire market,
anime fans actively collect anime. they'll download to see if the show is good, then buy up the whole series, plus merch, plus dress up and go to cons, plus buy the re-issues, the re-re-issues, and the blu-ray (that's an up-res of the re-re-issue DVD master), and then the reconstruction when it comes out.
these results and this market do not translate to the stuff that the **AAs pump out, where a fan will download to see if it's worth keeping... and then nothing more will happen.
* disclaimer: i work in distribution.
more like human nature rather than human stupidity.
when we developed written language, we freed ourselves of having to remember our own histories.
now we have GPS, we're in the process of freeing ourselves from the need to know where we are and where we're going.
this is stupid of course, but you can't expect it not to happen, or assume anyone who is misled by a GPS is stupid.
i've had several run-ins with GPS units (all overseas), and in all cases where there's a problem it is because the GPS is 100% correct, and completely useless.
like when it said "turn right in 5 metres and arrive at destination on left", when it was referring to cobblestone stairs up a very narrow footpath. the density of roads in this area (the Albaicin, Granada, Spain) and relative elevations (which the GPS was unaware of), meant i had to follow it blindly for ages before we actually got where we needed to be. the local maps were not useful, the local people didn't know what my wife or I were talking about (even in our best Spanish, which is rudimentary).
a day or two later we found ourselves walking downhill and finding the exact spot we were in. the GPS was absolutely correct, but didn't realise the road was not wide enough and was in fact a staircase. the map was at fault (yes, we should have got out and walked at that point and saved a couple of hours finding a road path).
another time in New Zealand we're driving down a highway between towns and the GPS politely but firmly said "please return to the nearest road". it showed on it's screen that we were plowing through an empty field. we were in fact on a road and hadn't made a turn for about 10 mins - the road just dropped off it's map.
another time, also in New Zealand we were directed by the GPS down a road that was exclusively for buses. we got a large fine. there weren't really signs about so we had no idea - the GPS's map should have though.
next time i'll get a paper map...
sorry, not american.
that part of the story didn't really filter down to australia and it somehow never occurred to me to look it up on the wiki.
and therefore we should do nothing every time.
I don't actually have an opinion on all this at all - i'm in another country and didn't really follow the case of a practitioner of a brand of football i have no interest in. it's just all that was on the news for a good while anywhere in the world. i put it down to a slow news year.
Test the inside of OJ's bloody glove.
remember what management get paid...
i, for one, would take my millions and go party where nobody knows me, or they don't have cameras.
but then, these people would be ordinary people and thus not have the same pulling power. if they were competing for a girl with julian assange, he'd probably get her.
THIS
99 cent songs... ~10 songs per album.
distribution costs? negligible (no stores, no minimum wage hipsters in those stores, no freight costs, do you want me to go on?)
just because the RIAA et al are dickheads does not mean the customers and artists are not being ripped off.
also, the quality of iTunes movies is laughable (and they require delivery in apple-specific broadcast formats... so if you don't have Final Cu*t Pro then you can't provide them masters). even Sony do a better job in that respect, and i hate Sony even more than Apple (though Sony fans are much more tolerable).
what if it were a plaintext URL that you had to copypaste into a browser?
can you even copypaste on an iPad? i haven't been keeping up with the latest iFads.
The US government sees state committed crimes as damage and legislates around them...
"the only entity that can protect us from that evil, ourselves!"
FFY
.08 is pretty generous.
the legal limit here is .05, and i can tell when i'm approaching it. generally i'll consider myself not OK to drive before i'm even at that limit.
if you feel like chugging 3 glasses in quick succession, good luck to you. if you feel like staying out a bit longer you'll find you can put a LOT away before you hit the limit.
try alternating glasses of water/coke/whatever with beer. helps avoid hangovers, too.
years ago i very stupidly drank 11 beers in a night and drove. i can tell you my judgment was impaired - i ended up going home with a Socialist Alternative girl. the last thing you want to wake up (late for work) to is a hangover and a lecture about Trotsky.
interesting about the "primarily designed to..."
that does not include homebrew. jailbreaking isn't just about piracy. it's about owning the machine you bought.
all religion has submission close to it's core.
prove me wrong :)
not sure, but i think Tasmania (Australia) still has laws on the books.
though i don't think anyone's been put to death for it lately.
FWIW, any country with capital punishment is barbaric. feels good man.
the grey hair principle... kill one and ten will come to the funeral.
and just look at Assange's hair. there's no stopping that flood.
it's the SCO inserting patented code for later legal action.
"metal into gold"
EUREKA! this gold is metal!