Just another example of lemmings rushing over the edge for a reason unbeknownst to them. How often do we see this type of behaviour from so-called respponsible adults who are supposed to be representing the people? It's embarrassing, or at least it should be to the population of Great Britain.
It's the Marilyn Manson syndrome, though it certainly didn't start with him.
Of course now the game will sell amazingly well where it's legal. More so than without all this pointless hullaballoo. I'm going to come up with a game and name it "Hitler's Revenge", and it will be about raising puppy dogs that have the sweetest puppy breath, and that's it. It will sell a million copies before anyone even knows what it's about. and I'll laugh all the way to the bank.
Are you trying to split hairs or something? I'm not sure what you're talking about. Of course people are stealing music and movies and whatever else all over the place. P2P, bittorrent, whatever.
Holy crap! That's a scary thought. I hope you were being sarcastic.
We are a doomed species for certain.
on
School Bans 'Tag'
·
· Score: 1
Let's just take more healthy activities away from our kids and encourage them to be even more sedentary than they already are. Maybe someone needs to invent wearable airbag suits for kids just in case they fall down and might possibly skin a knee even. Take a way their bikes and skateboards while we're at it.
Seriously, we're screwed if things keep going in the direction they are currently headed.
Without touch football at recess I would have absolutely no "glory days" stories to tell whatsoever.
This is a case where, "Won't someone please think of the children??", actually applies as it never has before.
I agree that what your are talking about is innocuous, unless it tracks any kind of click through on those adverts then it's your basic, run-of-the-mill, garden variety spyware. I myself don't game using the computer. I'm a 360 man.
Anything that reports any type of info about anything you are doing from any type of tecnhnology you maybe using is spyware. It may not be malicious or intrusive, but let's call it what it is at least.
Could it be done anonomously? I suppose. Do we want it to be? That depends. It's quite possible that one would want marketers and vendors to know what one finds interesting. Do I personally feel invaded because some advertiser knows what ads I click on by my IP addy or the grocery store knows I prefer Miller Lite to Bud Lite? Sorry, but the sky isn't falling on me yet. When I get a knock on my door or start getting emails by some agency who want to tell me that I'm surfing for too much pr0n, then I'll look up.
It's the same with all those anti pop culture types. Whatever they decide to rail against ends up being the most popular thing soon after.. Marilyn Manson owes his career to lunatic fringe religious nuts. Nobody would have ever heard of 2LiveCrew without idiots trying to ban them way back when. Yeah, so I'm dating myself.
We are a consumer society. Ease of commerce requires giving up a large percentage of our personal privacy. The instant you use your debit card at the grocery store you've just supplied a great many people with volumes of information about yourself. Nevermind buying stuff on the net.
This wouldn't even be an issue if Wacko Jacko wasn't such a putz. You don't see a huge groundswell of support for this man. Just a few likeminded loonies.
Wacko Jacko is probably the one who hasn't even seen the game. Like a religious loony will criticize a TV or radio program without every seeing or hearing it.
"What the article forgets to mention: they're like an American TARDIS for children."pp
This would be true if American children even watched Dr. Who and knew what a TARDIS was. If they have even seen one they probably think it's some sort of trashcan.
Yeah, scores of people all over the world, mostly outside the US are downloading movies. Compared to the other 4 BILLION folks s who get their media from established outlets, including most Americans. Let's be realistic about tracker numbers. A fraction of a fraction of a fraction of consumers use bittorrent.
Try creating a slideshow in iPhoto and add an MP3 from iTunes to it, burn the whole thing to a CD to share with friends and family and see how unintrusive their DRM is when you try to play that slideshow on another computer. The slideshow works, but not the music, unless you log into iTunes with the account that purchased the MP3 originally and haven't already used your allotment of 5 computers for that account. DRM is EVIL! Anyone who thinks otherwise is either stupid or is selling something.
The real reason WMA never took off was because while we were all getting music for free we were looking for and downloading MP3s off of Napster and then Kazaa or Morpheus. We didn't want WMAs because you couldn't just burn them to a CD that would work in your car or home stereo. Bad timing for MS basically. iTunes came along with MP3s and duped everyone into thinking you were getting DRM free MP3s because that's what we were used to getting. Trust me, there are people like me in the world that refuse to buy iTunes music for that reason. So despite the whole iPod/iTunes success story, I won't buy one, or a Zune for that matter, until they stop trying to force DRM down our throats.
"...and opens the path for Microsoft and Internet Explorer 7 to regain marketshare."
So? Only fanboys give a crap about this suubject anymore, especially in light of the fact that FF isn't the secure fortress it was hyped to be. These posts are getting old and tired.
People are sheep and generally stupid, myself included. On top of that they're lazy. It's much easier to get a Netflix DVD in the mail than to deal with bittorrents and other such effort-required type things. Not until the industry has gone and pissed of those people will anything change. We're early responders in this area.
Slashdot Mirror
I thought it meant bowel movement.
It's the Marilyn Manson syndrome, though it certainly didn't start with him.
Of course now the game will sell amazingly well where it's legal. More so than without all this pointless hullaballoo. I'm going to come up with a game and name it "Hitler's Revenge", and it will be about raising puppy dogs that have the sweetest puppy breath, and that's it. It will sell a million copies before anyone even knows what it's about. and I'll laugh all the way to the bank.
Are you trying to split hairs or something? I'm not sure what you're talking about. Of course people are stealing music and movies and whatever else all over the place. P2P, bittorrent, whatever.
Ha, semantics my fiend. I'm old skool so I call every form of compiled music an "album". Old habits are hard to break.
I imagine they're referring to the bittorrent web sites. I'm guessing of course.
Looks like they're taking a page from Amazon's marketing book, even the part about making a profit.
What do silly conspiracy theory web sites have to do with the freedom of the Iranian people? I don't get it.
You sir, are an idiot. And you don't have to be a troll to see it. Sheesh, you'd think that in a place like this ignorance would be scarce.
Holy crap! That's a scary thought. I hope you were being sarcastic.
Seriously, we're screwed if things keep going in the direction they are currently headed.
Without touch football at recess I would have absolutely no "glory days" stories to tell whatsoever.
This is a case where, "Won't someone please think of the children??", actually applies as it never has before.
Anytime the government wants to regulate something it's more to do with revenue collection than anything else. They just want their cut of the action.
I agree that what your are talking about is innocuous, unless it tracks any kind of click through on those adverts then it's your basic, run-of-the-mill, garden variety spyware. I myself don't game using the computer. I'm a 360 man.
Anything that reports any type of info about anything you are doing from any type of tecnhnology you maybe using is spyware. It may not be malicious or intrusive, but let's call it what it is at least.
Could it be done anonomously? I suppose. Do we want it to be? That depends. It's quite possible that one would want marketers and vendors to know what one finds interesting. Do I personally feel invaded because some advertiser knows what ads I click on by my IP addy or the grocery store knows I prefer Miller Lite to Bud Lite? Sorry, but the sky isn't falling on me yet. When I get a knock on my door or start getting emails by some agency who want to tell me that I'm surfing for too much pr0n, then I'll look up.
It's the same with all those anti pop culture types. Whatever they decide to rail against ends up being the most popular thing soon after.. Marilyn Manson owes his career to lunatic fringe religious nuts. Nobody would have ever heard of 2LiveCrew without idiots trying to ban them way back when. Yeah, so I'm dating myself.
We are a consumer society. Ease of commerce requires giving up a large percentage of our personal privacy. The instant you use your debit card at the grocery store you've just supplied a great many people with volumes of information about yourself. Nevermind buying stuff on the net.
This wouldn't even be an issue if Wacko Jacko wasn't such a putz. You don't see a huge groundswell of support for this man. Just a few likeminded loonies.
Wacko Jacko is probably the one who hasn't even seen the game. Like a religious loony will criticize a TV or radio program without every seeing or hearing it.
"What the article forgets to mention: they're like an American TARDIS for children."pp This would be true if American children even watched Dr. Who and knew what a TARDIS was. If they have even seen one they probably think it's some sort of trashcan.
Yeah, scores of people all over the world, mostly outside the US are downloading movies. Compared to the other 4 BILLION folks s who get their media from established outlets, including most Americans. Let's be realistic about tracker numbers. A fraction of a fraction of a fraction of consumers use bittorrent.
Try creating a slideshow in iPhoto and add an MP3 from iTunes to it, burn the whole thing to a CD to share with friends and family and see how unintrusive their DRM is when you try to play that slideshow on another computer. The slideshow works, but not the music, unless you log into iTunes with the account that purchased the MP3 originally and haven't already used your allotment of 5 computers for that account. DRM is EVIL! Anyone who thinks otherwise is either stupid or is selling something.
The real reason WMA never took off was because while we were all getting music for free we were looking for and downloading MP3s off of Napster and then Kazaa or Morpheus. We didn't want WMAs because you couldn't just burn them to a CD that would work in your car or home stereo. Bad timing for MS basically. iTunes came along with MP3s and duped everyone into thinking you were getting DRM free MP3s because that's what we were used to getting. Trust me, there are people like me in the world that refuse to buy iTunes music for that reason. So despite the whole iPod/iTunes success story, I won't buy one, or a Zune for that matter, until they stop trying to force DRM down our throats.
So? Only fanboys give a crap about this suubject anymore, especially in light of the fact that FF isn't the secure fortress it was hyped to be. These posts are getting old and tired.
People are sheep and generally stupid, myself included. On top of that they're lazy. It's much easier to get a Netflix DVD in the mail than to deal with bittorrents and other such effort-required type things. Not until the industry has gone and pissed of those people will anything change. We're early responders in this area.
The whole premise is ludicrous. Quit wasting our time.