Perhaps if [WINS] bothered to make a station with some real content and worth listening to less people, like myself, would bother to actually pay for satellite radio content.
Do you live in or around New York City? I ask because this is where WINS is stationed. If you live elsewhere, you're pretty horrible at trolling, as you failed to notice this little tidbit.
Thanks for the FUD 1010wins, but your days are numbered and you could give two shits about the "recording industry" getting "stiffed" by people abusing that mean old "fair use" concept. Rather, me thinks you are hot to get some industry and government officials riled at your direct, and superiour, competition.
This is an interesting point, as WINS is a news station. I mean, how FUDdy is it for a news station to report on things that are news? Seriously, those fuckers are so transparent. Also, I didn't realize that satellite radio services had superior news coverage for the entire US. I'm sure my relatives who live in various bumfuck towns will amazed when they learn they can get local news and tornado/blizzard warnings from satellite radio.
Game systems seem to live on a while longer in Japan than the US. The AV Famicom (AKA the re-designed NES) was only discontinued by Nintendo in 2003, and the Playstation was produced until March of last year. Sega released their last DC game in 04, also.
I assume you're talking about western/northern Europe. And you're right, but Americans don't have socialized healthcare, have less-funded schools, work more hours, get less vacation time, etc. I'd say the trade-offs are roughly even.
You got the US price wrong, the 60 gig model is $600. Also, if the UK price includes tax, the equivalent US price is about $636 (given 6% sales tax). This would make the difference $200, not $338.
You can squish it down to 5-6GB and it still looks fantastic to most people.
This would mean that it rivals a straight rip of a standard DVD movie. It would be intesting to compare a disc compressed like you say with a standard DVD upconverted to an HD res.
We have a First Amendment for a reason, and the reason is to prevent the FCC from implementing the "Fairness Doctrine" or any other limit on free speech
This is wrong. The main reason is that in order to broadcast, you must use either airwaves (which belong to the People), or land-line infrastructure (which passes through the property of the People under mandate that it be used for the public good). The Fairness Doctrine ensures that the voice of the People is heard, rather than the voice of the broadcaster's self-interest.
The other, related reason your argument is flawed is due to advertising, which is generally the business model for broadcasters. The First Amendment ceases to be an argument when money and advertising come into play. Why? Because money and advertising essentially allow some people to "speak" louder than others, effectively silencing those who do not have money to spend on advertising and PR.
Also, with no mandate to present balanced views, broadcasters become hostages to their sponsors. If they run bad press about a company (or industry, person, etc), their advertising from that source will dry up. This effectively violates the 1st Amendment rights of those who cannot afford to be a major advertiser. Fairness Doctrine-type laws prevent this, as advertisers cannot jump ship to a "friendlier" broadcaster.
If we open up an unstable branch, I have less testers. --Linus Torvalds
I'm not saying the 2.6 series is unstable or anything, either. However as I watch Linux's development from the sidelines, I get the impression that most policy decisions Linus makes are designed to make his life easier. See also: Bitkeeper.
My opinion is that programming languages and musical notation (I also read these) are basically different ways of writing mathematical-type expressions. So you're basically learning different ways to write down logic and relationships between abstract things. Natural language is in some ways similar, but there's the added human elements like emotion and nuance.
As for benefits, I certainly believe that knowing programming languages or any kind of abstract notation helps a person understand other abstract notations, as well as "systems" in general. The more generalized your understanding of logical/mathematical relationships between things, the easier it is to piece together the workings of different systems. This can be a benefit when learning natural languages; I've noticed that I can pick up the "rules" of a language pretty easily (I've studied Spanish). Who knows if it has health benefits, although it seems most studies show people who work their brains tend to not go senile.
Young Germans are also far less religious than their American peers, so I doubt the majority think premarital sex is wrong.
This is really leftover from Puritan "morals" than anything else. From my own studies, I feel that Biblical support for not having premarital sex is only valid if you read the texts very literally. Also, there was a study done recently here that found 95% of people had premarital sexual relations, so even if people truly do believe it is "wrong", they're not exactly following their conscience.
I think I'll vote with my wallet, too. You can buy: - a $500 phone + 2 year service contract with ridiculous data charges.
I'll buy: - the tiny phone I'm already using ($0) - a $200 PSP or a $129 DS (Lite), and then spend ~$50-$100 for a 4 gig flash memory card to hold all my wifi-enabled 3rd party apps, homebrew games, and ROM dumps of games I own, dating back to the NES days.
To recap: I'll sit back and play with fun 3rd-party (and 1st-party) toys while you pray to your little statue of Steve Jobs to pleeeease let you do what you want with your phone. Have fun.
We all know the true reason for not supporting third party apps, the relatively small capacity (4 & 8 gigabytes)
Yeah, because as we all know, no cell phones that allow third party apps have anything smaller than a 32 gig drive. Hell, even the Nintendo DS, with its tiny game cards, has never shipped a game smaller than 96 gigs.
America fought a revolution to support the idea of brotherhood and equality between humans, and rid the world of archaic notions about some humans being more worthy than other humans, such as so-called "kings" (who, it must be remembered, were thought to derive their political power from divine power).
Um, what? I'm pretty sure this was the point of Jesus' teachings.
There is so much about Christianity (and other religions) which is patently un-American, including its references to this dude who died 2,000 years ago as some kind of currently existing "Prince" or a "Lord" or "King" to be "worshipped."
I don't think you understand the symbolism here. The reason Christians say Jesus still "exists" is because even though he was killed, his message of love, equality and all that lives on. That whole "Son of God" name refers to someone who lived out this message.
But Christianity should be viewed as a personal relationship with Jesus
BZZZT, WRONG! Very few brands of Christianity have this as part of their belief system. Trying to claim this view as the standard is not only wrong, it is disingenuous and revisionist. Please take your propaganda elsewhere, kthx.
Not really. One of the problems with science is that there is really no such thing as a logically-airtight argument for position X, even when 99.9999% of the evidence points in that direction. So if people in power are, uh, inconvenienced by this evidence, they'll try to use the "just a theory" and "there's two sides" nonsense that we've all come to know and loathe.
The really bad part about living in the US is that we have: -a worsening track record when it comes to science and critical thinking education -tons of right-wing fundamentalism (both religious and political, sometimes intertwined) -a feel-good political climate where everyone's "side" has to be "represented" out of "fairness"
Unfortunately the only ways of fixing this take hard work, and lots of educated folk these days seem to be more keen on laughing at idiots than trying to help them. Until something changes, this type of corporate-sponsored, quasi-psuedo-religious stuff will continue to infect us.
The fact that the parent is modded "Funny" gives me kind of an uneasy feeling, as it is closer to the truth than you'd think. For example, in some countries (I know Sweden is one) kids are given comprehensive sex education, unlike the US. They receive much less biased and much more complete information on things like condoms, STDs, and all the other info young adults need in order to make informed, safe choices about sex. They also start sex ed much earlier, I believe at 7 or 8 years old.
Since most Slashdotters are US'ian, compare this with the mandatory public-school "sex" "education" classes you took. Then compare statistics like "teen pregnancy" and "age that kids start having sex". In countries with comprehensive sex education, there is less teen pregnancy, and kids start having sex later[1].
[1] "The Naked Truth About Sex", Dr. Roger W. Libby (2006)
As for its legality, a similar legal concept is entrapment, but that involves law inforcement, not private parties.
Notice where I use the word "similar", thus implying that it may not be a perfect fit for the situation at hand, and that I also point out the fact that entrapment deals with law enforcement?
This isn't off-topic at all, but IANAL, so the following may be completely wrong.
As for its legality, a similar legal concept is entrapment, but that involves law inforcement, not private parties. However, the MAFIAA have often argued (in court) that different aspects/behaviors of P2P file trading "induce" copyright infringement. Following this line of thinking, it might be possible to argue that they themselves were attempting to induce copyright infringement. I don't know if that could be turned into an argument to get off the hook or ban this practice, though.
if HD-DVD has been initially more widely adopted (if only because of XBOX 360s)
LOL. Do you seriously think that a game console is driving HDDVD adoption? Give me a break. Of the people who even know that the Xbox 360 exists, a much smaller portion know about the HD-DVD addon and have the A/V setup required to take advantage of it. Nobody else even knows it is possible.
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Wait, what?
Perhaps if [WINS] bothered to make a station with some real content and worth listening to less people, like myself, would bother to actually pay for satellite radio content.
Do you live in or around New York City? I ask because this is where WINS is stationed. If you live elsewhere, you're pretty horrible at trolling, as you failed to notice this little tidbit.
Thanks for the FUD 1010wins, but your days are numbered and you could give two shits about the "recording industry" getting "stiffed" by people abusing that mean old "fair use" concept. Rather, me thinks you are hot to get some industry and government officials riled at your direct, and superiour, competition.
This is an interesting point, as WINS is a news station. I mean, how FUDdy is it for a news station to report on things that are news? Seriously, those fuckers are so transparent. Also, I didn't realize that satellite radio services had superior news coverage for the entire US. I'm sure my relatives who live in various bumfuck towns will amazed when they learn they can get local news and tornado/blizzard warnings from satellite radio.
I'm not an XM subscriber, but I went looking for the letter and here you go. At least, it's probably the letter the parent here is referring to.
Game systems seem to live on a while longer in Japan than the US. The AV Famicom (AKA the re-designed NES) was only discontinued by Nintendo in 2003, and the Playstation was produced until March of last year. Sega released their last DC game in 04, also.
Yeah, that's the other option. I didn't mention it because I really don't know much about it. Looks like some interesting reading.
[Europeans] still earn less than Americans
I assume you're talking about western/northern Europe. And you're right, but Americans don't have socialized healthcare, have less-funded schools, work more hours, get less vacation time, etc. I'd say the trade-offs are roughly even.
You got the US price wrong, the 60 gig model is $600. Also, if the UK price includes tax, the equivalent US price is about $636 (given 6% sales tax). This would make the difference $200, not $338.
You can squish it down to 5-6GB and it still looks fantastic to most people.
This would mean that it rivals a straight rip of a standard DVD movie. It would be intesting to compare a disc compressed like you say with a standard DVD upconverted to an HD res.
We have a First Amendment for a reason, and the reason is to prevent the FCC from implementing the "Fairness Doctrine" or any other limit on free speech
This is wrong. The main reason is that in order to broadcast, you must use either airwaves (which belong to the People), or land-line infrastructure (which passes through the property of the People under mandate that it be used for the public good). The Fairness Doctrine ensures that the voice of the People is heard, rather than the voice of the broadcaster's self-interest.
The other, related reason your argument is flawed is due to advertising, which is generally the business model for broadcasters. The First Amendment ceases to be an argument when money and advertising come into play. Why? Because money and advertising essentially allow some people to "speak" louder than others, effectively silencing those who do not have money to spend on advertising and PR.
Also, with no mandate to present balanced views, broadcasters become hostages to their sponsors. If they run bad press about a company (or industry, person, etc), their advertising from that source will dry up. This effectively violates the 1st Amendment rights of those who cannot afford to be a major advertiser. Fairness Doctrine-type laws prevent this, as advertisers cannot jump ship to a "friendlier" broadcaster.
In my opinion, the real reason for no 2.7 is:
If we open up an unstable branch, I have less testers. --Linus Torvalds
I'm not saying the 2.6 series is unstable or anything, either. However as I watch Linux's development from the sidelines, I get the impression that most policy decisions Linus makes are designed to make his life easier. See also: Bitkeeper.
My opinion is that programming languages and musical notation (I also read these) are basically different ways of writing mathematical-type expressions. So you're basically learning different ways to write down logic and relationships between abstract things. Natural language is in some ways similar, but there's the added human elements like emotion and nuance.
As for benefits, I certainly believe that knowing programming languages or any kind of abstract notation helps a person understand other abstract notations, as well as "systems" in general. The more generalized your understanding of logical/mathematical relationships between things, the easier it is to piece together the workings of different systems. This can be a benefit when learning natural languages; I've noticed that I can pick up the "rules" of a language pretty easily (I've studied Spanish). Who knows if it has health benefits, although it seems most studies show people who work their brains tend to not go senile.
OK, ramble over.
Young Germans are also far less religious than their American peers, so I doubt the majority think premarital sex is wrong.
This is really leftover from Puritan "morals" than anything else. From my own studies, I feel that Biblical support for not having premarital sex is only valid if you read the texts very literally. Also, there was a study done recently here that found 95% of people had premarital sexual relations, so even if people truly do believe it is "wrong", they're not exactly following their conscience.
Now read the rest of my post, dumbass.
I think I'll vote with my wallet, too. You can buy:
- a $500 phone + 2 year service contract with ridiculous data charges.
I'll buy:
- the tiny phone I'm already using ($0)
- a $200 PSP or a $129 DS (Lite), and then spend ~$50-$100 for a 4 gig flash memory card to hold all my wifi-enabled 3rd party apps, homebrew games, and ROM dumps of games I own, dating back to the NES days.
To recap: I'll sit back and play with fun 3rd-party (and 1st-party) toys while you pray to your little statue of Steve Jobs to pleeeease let you do what you want with your phone. Have fun.
We all know the true reason for not supporting third party apps, the relatively small capacity (4 & 8 gigabytes)
Yeah, because as we all know, no cell phones that allow third party apps have anything smaller than a 32 gig drive. Hell, even the Nintendo DS, with its tiny game cards, has never shipped a game smaller than 96 gigs.
Oh wait.
America fought a revolution to support the idea of brotherhood and equality between humans, and rid the world of archaic notions about some humans being more worthy than other humans, such as so-called "kings" (who, it must be remembered, were thought to derive their political power from divine power).
Um, what? I'm pretty sure this was the point of Jesus' teachings.
There is so much about Christianity (and other religions) which is patently un-American, including its references to this dude who died 2,000 years ago as some kind of currently existing "Prince" or a "Lord" or "King" to be "worshipped."
I don't think you understand the symbolism here. The reason Christians say Jesus still "exists" is because even though he was killed, his message of love, equality and all that lives on. That whole "Son of God" name refers to someone who lived out this message.
But Christianity should be viewed as a personal relationship with Jesus
BZZZT, WRONG! Very few brands of Christianity have this as part of their belief system. Trying to claim this view as the standard is not only wrong, it is disingenuous and revisionist. Please take your propaganda elsewhere, kthx.
proven fact proven fact proven fact
Not really. One of the problems with science is that there is really no such thing as a logically-airtight argument for position X, even when 99.9999% of the evidence points in that direction. So if people in power are, uh, inconvenienced by this evidence, they'll try to use the "just a theory" and "there's two sides" nonsense that we've all come to know and loathe.
The really bad part about living in the US is that we have:
-a worsening track record when it comes to science and critical thinking education
-tons of right-wing fundamentalism (both religious and political, sometimes intertwined)
-a feel-good political climate where everyone's "side" has to be "represented" out of "fairness"
Unfortunately the only ways of fixing this take hard work, and lots of educated folk these days seem to be more keen on laughing at idiots than trying to help them. Until something changes, this type of corporate-sponsored, quasi-psuedo-religious stuff will continue to infect us.
The fact that the parent is modded "Funny" gives me kind of an uneasy feeling, as it is closer to the truth than you'd think. For example, in some countries (I know Sweden is one) kids are given comprehensive sex education, unlike the US. They receive much less biased and much more complete information on things like condoms, STDs, and all the other info young adults need in order to make informed, safe choices about sex. They also start sex ed much earlier, I believe at 7 or 8 years old.
Since most Slashdotters are US'ian, compare this with the mandatory public-school "sex" "education" classes you took. Then compare statistics like "teen pregnancy" and "age that kids start having sex". In countries with comprehensive sex education, there is less teen pregnancy, and kids start having sex later[1].
[1] "The Naked Truth About Sex", Dr. Roger W. Libby (2006)
From the first sentence of my original post:
As for its legality, a similar legal concept is entrapment, but that involves law inforcement, not private parties.
Notice where I use the word "similar", thus implying that it may not be a perfect fit for the situation at hand, and that I also point out the fact that entrapment deals with law enforcement?
LERN2READ, DIPSHIT
Links/references are appreciated.
LOL. You just can't accept the fact that your ideology is such a pipe dream...
It would almost be cute, if it weren't so sad.
Psst: I heard you can buy iPods used! OH SHI-
And no, I don't have any links.
That's what I thought.
This isn't off-topic at all, but IANAL, so the following may be completely wrong.
As for its legality, a similar legal concept is entrapment, but that involves law inforcement, not private parties. However, the MAFIAA have often argued (in court) that different aspects/behaviors of P2P file trading "induce" copyright infringement. Following this line of thinking, it might be possible to argue that they themselves were attempting to induce copyright infringement. I don't know if that could be turned into an argument to get off the hook or ban this practice, though.
if HD-DVD has been initially more widely adopted (if only because of XBOX 360s)
LOL. Do you seriously think that a game console is driving HDDVD adoption? Give me a break. Of the people who even know that the Xbox 360 exists, a much smaller portion know about the HD-DVD addon and have the A/V setup required to take advantage of it. Nobody else even knows it is possible.