Your entire comment is based on a false premise. Where did Rovio say that they don't pursue the removal of copies of their game not distributed through their channels? They didn't take anyone to court, they asked xda to remove the apks in question. It's not a dichotomy between turning a blind eye and suing consumers. They acknowledged that piracy got their name out, and instead of taking the MAFIAA route, they take the route of not alienating and punishing their consumers.
You're spot on. I can't even fathom how ridiculously idiot this whole debate is. Facebook and Twitter don't want Google to index them? Fine. They don't get to complain about a decision that they, themselves, made.
There's also the possibility that it was our fault, and completely unintentional. If the signals from Alaska did in fact have any responsibility for the damage, I doubt anyone would come out and say "our bad."
There's the biggest one. I'd have no problem eating GMOs. My concern is that >90% of the cereal grains grown in the US are genetically identical. Did no one learn anything from the potato blight? If our crops are so identical, what happens when they encounter some pathogen that can wipe them out? 90% of our crops are susceptible, and I don't like those odds. Genetic diversity is the spice of life.
The good news is that viaForensics confirmed that the app does repel man-in-the-middle attacks, and is protected by a PIN to conduct transactions with the cards.
Isn't that the important part? If someone steals my phone (which is encrypted btw - galaxy nexus ftw) they're going to have an easier time just grabbing my wallet to make fraudulent charges.
First up is Sony Pictures Entertainment. As shown below, on this single IP-address alone a wide variety of music and movies have been downloaded. And this is probably just the tip of the iceberg, as YouHaveDownloaded only tracks about 20% of all public BitTorrent downloads.
Another Hollywood studio where it’s not uncommon to download music, TV-shows and movies is NBC Universal. The employee(s) behind one of the IP-addresses at the Fort Lauderdale office in Florida downloaded the first season of ‘Game of Thrones,’ some trance music, a DVD of ‘Cowboys and Aliens’, and much more.
And then there are the fine upstanding people at Fox Entertainment checking out the work of a competing studio. Perhaps downloading ‘Super 8 can be branded as “market research,” but in this instance actually paying for the DVD might be more appropriate.
After all, when Fox notices that one of their own movies has leaked online they quickly contact the FBI to get the offender jailed. Ouch.
He disputes that there is some big agenda. He admits that a few companies have consolidated almost all media outlets, but like most people, doesn't think there's some agenda to pour out crappy media. Those companies do it just fine independently.
Oh, I haven't heard this one. Go ahead, I could do with a laugh.
Altering the aspect ratio of images in legal documents to make differently shaped objects look like the Apple devices I believe is what he's referring to. And what do you mean it doesn't have a bezel. What do you call that area around the screen?
My thought was more towards inherent costs, and artificial supply/demand. Physicals carry not only costs to print, bind, but to distribute. Shipping 12 crates of books should cost more than uploading an e-book to a source. When the book is in short supply, and it is in demand, the cost should go up. That is practically an impossibility for an e-book. I'm not sure exactly where you're pointing me. I read through the ebook section and only saw this bit:
At the same time, something's going to have to give on pricing. Treating ebooks as a parallel imprint, equivalent to hardcovers or paperbacks, is insane. Rather, we need ebooks with variable pricing — moderately cheaper than the corresponding paper edition (to reflect the reduced cost of production), and dropping steadily over time.
I completely understand its more from publishers and retailers that this cost comes, and that what I'm specifically addressing/complaining about. Something which _should_ have less overhead, _should_ cost less. Even 2$ less would convince me to not buy in print. And again, that _should_ give more money to authors, although I doubt it does.
The reason I'm particularly fond of it is the access to out-of-print material. I went searching for an old book that I couldn't find for purchase, and luckily found scans of it in this project.
Maybe entrenchment has some bearing on it. The article mentions the arguments for switching from syslog, and that you can do some of them already in syslog, but nobody does.
However, I agree with you. Let RH try it out. It's not like they can't revert if they find that it was a bad choice. If we wanted all distros to be the same, we'd run windows instead.
Not that it bothers me, but in forums people are quick to point out that they think Fedora's choice of kernel numbering is stupid. I mention I'm on 2.6.41.1-1.fc15.x86_64, and the first response is, "that kernel doesn't exist." (And yes, Fedora will move to the standard numbering scheme with 17 if I'm not mistaken) I've found most of RH's decisions to do something their way is to prevent problems down the road. Same for kernel numbering, it was supposedly to prevent repo errors. I don't know for certain, but I'd expect this to also be the case here.
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You better have some damn FUCKING GOOD PROOF of the bad outcomes to justify taking away ANY of anyones freedoms.
What happens when you get all the freedom constraining policies you want and it either
a. Doesn't fix the problem. or b. Has no affect.
The government will just say "oops, sorry" right.
We already have dire predictions from over 20 years ago that HAVE NOT HAPPENED.
All I am saying is that I think technology has the potential to save us from global warming and I think government regulation does not.
In fact I think new technology is the only solution to the global warming problem.
With all due respect, you are a tool.
Regulation of CFCs.
Your entire comment is based on a false premise. Where did Rovio say that they don't pursue the removal of copies of their game not distributed through their channels? They didn't take anyone to court, they asked xda to remove the apks in question. It's not a dichotomy between turning a blind eye and suing consumers. They acknowledged that piracy got their name out, and instead of taking the MAFIAA route, they take the route of not alienating and punishing their consumers.
You're spot on. I can't even fathom how ridiculously idiot this whole debate is. Facebook and Twitter don't want Google to index them? Fine. They don't get to complain about a decision that they, themselves, made.
The $500 million figure is based on speculation by the MAFIAA. Looks like we didn't even have to wait for SOPA/PIPA. It's already here.
I also don't understand how they got the Netherlands to raid their servers...
It's sort of strange that of all the international treaties, this is the one that is going to be enforced in the US. /not that I agree with it at all.
There's also the possibility that it was our fault, and completely unintentional. If the signals from Alaska did in fact have any responsibility for the damage, I doubt anyone would come out and say "our bad."
I inferred NASA meant life of the Earth variety, if they ever wanted to colonize it. But I agree, their definition isn't perfect.
4. crop monoculture
There's the biggest one. I'd have no problem eating GMOs. My concern is that >90% of the cereal grains grown in the US are genetically identical. Did no one learn anything from the potato blight? If our crops are so identical, what happens when they encounter some pathogen that can wipe them out? 90% of our crops are susceptible, and I don't like those odds. Genetic diversity is the spice of life.
Yeah, but this patent adds "on a touchscreen device that makes calls and has rounded corners."
eh? eh?
Isn't that the important part? If someone steals my phone (which is encrypted btw - galaxy nexus ftw) they're going to have an easier time just grabbing my wallet to make fraudulent charges.
You don't acknowledge that you're spying?
Torrentfreak found some juicy hypocrisy going on:
He disputes that there is some big agenda. He admits that a few companies have consolidated almost all media outlets, but like most people, doesn't think there's some agenda to pour out crappy media. Those companies do it just fine independently.
Because he linked to Florian's blog, and used "Samesung," get it? Samesung....I see what you did there.
What about the potential of lost sales during those 2 months?
(Oh, and falsifying legal documents.)
Oh, I haven't heard this one. Go ahead, I could do with a laugh.
Altering the aspect ratio of images in legal documents to make differently shaped objects look like the Apple devices I believe is what he's referring to. And what do you mean it doesn't have a bezel. What do you call that area around the screen?
I, for one, welcome our new rat android overlords.
I don't doubt it, it's just counter-intuitive. Thanks for the source, I'll check it out.
I completely understand its more from publishers and retailers that this cost comes, and that what I'm specifically addressing/complaining about. Something which _should_ have less overhead, _should_ cost less. Even 2$ less would convince me to not buy in print. And again, that _should_ give more money to authors, although I doubt it does.
When I wanted to buy a book, and discovered that the hardcover was cheaper than the e-book....So I bought the hardcover.
There is no _reasonable_ explanation as to why a physical book should be cheaper than 1s and 0s.
Isn't sourceforge also 3rd party?
The reason I'm particularly fond of it is the access to out-of-print material. I went searching for an old book that I couldn't find for purchase, and luckily found scans of it in this project.
Maybe entrenchment has some bearing on it. The article mentions the arguments for switching from syslog, and that you can do some of them already in syslog, but nobody does.
However, I agree with you. Let RH try it out. It's not like they can't revert if they find that it was a bad choice. If we wanted all distros to be the same, we'd run windows instead.
Not that it bothers me, but in forums people are quick to point out that they think Fedora's choice of kernel numbering is stupid. I mention I'm on 2.6.41.1-1.fc15.x86_64, and the first response is, "that kernel doesn't exist." (And yes, Fedora will move to the standard numbering scheme with 17 if I'm not mistaken)
I've found most of RH's decisions to do something their way is to prevent problems down the road. Same for kernel numbering, it was supposedly to prevent repo errors. I don't know for certain, but I'd expect this to also be the case here.
3) They block competitors by winning bans that are later overturned.