How do you ask? It sounds like you take the content off their website unless they STOP you from doing it, same ask taking the pennies from the jar unless the cashier stops you from doing it.
Slashdot gives me the choice of turning off ads. I leave that checkbox unselected to support them. That is an example of being asked.
So, where do I go on the newspaper's website to ask them if I can have their content without viewing ads? Never seen it before.
It does take more effort (money) to make a website only give content when ads are displayed. Your point is that they need to spend more money to defeat those that want to avoid paying for them.
If they start down that road, it is a downward spiral. We both know that the harder they try to force ads, the harder people will try to avoid them.
Sounds like you're the kind of guy that takes all of the pennies out of the "Need a penny?" jar...can't blame a guy for trying, right?
Must be wrong with me too. I find golf courses to be just as much of an ecological disaster as a strip mine. All the chemicals, water, and oil that is used to keep all that grass in playing condition is awful.
I will argue that walkthroughs do have a valid place, but must be used VERY infrequently.
Speaking of a PCjr, I was stuck at the VERY end of "Kings Quest II" for months. I kept looking at the amulet that the princess had. I tried rubbing it, swinging it, and saying kind things to it. It never occurred to me to say the word "HOME" that was printed on the back of it. Not having any help sucked.
Recently, I rented "Mirror's Edge" for Xbox. I played all of it without a walkthrough, but did run into a very odd section around 2/3 of the way through. I found a walkthrough for THAT section only, saw the answer, and closed it. I was able to enjoy 99% of the game without any help, and still return the game completed to the video store. A very nice balance, IMHO.
With all that said, I totally agree with your rant. Doing a walkthrough step by step without thinking would be enough reason for me to remove the game system / PC from my child and tell her "If you're not going to even think when playing a game, watch Spongebob".
Sounds like he was being "Batman". He never killed, he just turned them in to the proper authorities.
A Hero that is trying to get credit (XP) for his kills doesn't sound like Superman or Batman. One that apprehends the villains and give them to the police to deal with is far more inline with the classic comic book hero.
Sounds like the price of water is not properly adjusted to scarcity. Otherwise, maybe people wouldn't piss so much of it away watering golf courses.
Just because you almost run out of water does not mean you need to have a greater supply of it. Use less.
Its funny how people think a handgun or rifle works against a mechanized division.
Have you seen how the highly mechanized USA Armed Forces have done vs rebels with handguns and rifles in Afghanistan and Iraq?
It seems to me that if people are armed AND want to resist, they can.
Or, 400k could be used to increase condom use, preventing several (hundred?)thousand families from ever being born and needing food or shelter.
Part of the reason there is poverty and hunger is that people that should NOT have kids still do. A man that is almost dead from starvation can still father a child...
So...help me understand why the people in the other 49 states are helping California pay its bills? Last time I checked, that state was bankrupt and the federal government was bailing them out.
Therefore, they should be priced at a much lower point. I won't hold my breath though.
Already there. Most of the Xbox Arcade games are in the $10-$20 price range. That's a lot less than the standard $60 for a disc game.
Yes, I know the disc games are also usually bigger, but you have to admit that many downloadable games are just as enjoyable for 1/6 to 1/3 of the price.
You have nothing to lose by ceding control, because if need be, you can always set up your own local DNS to override the international one.
Yes, I lose control over my own creation (me = USA). It isn't the USA's resposibility to give away their creation to everyone else because they want control of it. They allow everyone to use it, they explain how others can make their own, but they maintain control over what they created. Am I entitled to control things that munch117 has created? Only if munch117 says I can. If munch117 says, "No, I made it, I want to control it", there is nothing wrong with that.
What happens when you're trying to reach a global audience with someworldwidesite.com, but every user from around the world is propagating a different website?
Blame the root servers who decided they get to control.com after someone else already claimed control. If IANA doesn't want to control.xxx and an up and coming root wants to, fine. If IANA decides they want.xxx after some other root claimed it, THEN they're the asshole.
This really isn't that hard of a problem, and it won't break the Internet.
The printing press was invented in Germany, so should the Germans control the print industry
No, but your view seems to be that the Germans must be forced to add extra symbols to the press they created. The USA has not prevented anyone from using DNS, all the RFCs are out there.
Ok, whoever the braindead mod was that just ranked parodyca's post offtopic needs to get a clue. I might totally disagree with him, but his totally incorrect view is very much on-topic.
Let's say I invent a doorbell system to a large office building, 2,000 offices. There is a panel to type in the office number (1523), the press the doorbell, and the door bell rings in office 1523. Since some people may not remember what office everyone is in, I decide to be nice and make a directory that I hang on the wall next to the panel, listing name and office number. 40 years later, I'm still taking care of the directory, but a group of offices decide they want a committee to run the directory and tell me to stop working on it and let them do it. I let them know they're free to make their own directory, but I want to make sure my 500 offices that I own are updated in the style I prefer. I will also continue to make updates to the other 1,500 offices that ask for changes to be made. They get mad, and claim I'm being unfair. So, by your definition, I'm the bad guy?
No, the US doesn't own the Internet, it just owns the rights to control the DNS servers that are currently used. Other countries are free to make their own DNS servers, or the UN can make its own DNS root. Let people choose what one they would like to use, or do a "first look at x, then y" style lookup.
I still don't see why the US owes anyone control of DNS.
Exactly, just like The Pirate Bay doesn't host anything illegal, so they can't be held responsible for where their links go. Unless, of course, a technophobe judge thinks so.
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How do you ask? It sounds like you take the content off their website unless they STOP you from doing it, same ask taking the pennies from the jar unless the cashier stops you from doing it.
Slashdot gives me the choice of turning off ads. I leave that checkbox unselected to support them. That is an example of being asked.
So, where do I go on the newspaper's website to ask them if I can have their content without viewing ads? Never seen it before.
It does take more effort (money) to make a website only give content when ads are displayed. Your point is that they need to spend more money to defeat those that want to avoid paying for them.
If they start down that road, it is a downward spiral. We both know that the harder they try to force ads, the harder people will try to avoid them.
Sounds like you're the kind of guy that takes all of the pennies out of the "Need a penny?" jar...can't blame a guy for trying, right?
Must be wrong with me too. I find golf courses to be just as much of an ecological disaster as a strip mine. All the chemicals, water, and oil that is used to keep all that grass in playing condition is awful.
Speaking of a PCjr, I was stuck at the VERY end of "Kings Quest II" for months. I kept looking at the amulet that the princess had. I tried rubbing it, swinging it, and saying kind things to it. It never occurred to me to say the word "HOME" that was printed on the back of it. Not having any help sucked.
Recently, I rented "Mirror's Edge" for Xbox. I played all of it without a walkthrough, but did run into a very odd section around 2/3 of the way through. I found a walkthrough for THAT section only, saw the answer, and closed it. I was able to enjoy 99% of the game without any help, and still return the game completed to the video store. A very nice balance, IMHO.
With all that said, I totally agree with your rant. Doing a walkthrough step by step without thinking would be enough reason for me to remove the game system / PC from my child and tell her "If you're not going to even think when playing a game, watch Spongebob".
Sounds like he was being "Batman". He never killed, he just turned them in to the proper authorities.
A Hero that is trying to get credit (XP) for his kills doesn't sound like Superman or Batman. One that apprehends the villains and give them to the police to deal with is far more inline with the classic comic book hero.
Sounds like the price of water is not properly adjusted to scarcity. Otherwise, maybe people wouldn't piss so much of it away watering golf courses.
Just because you almost run out of water does not mean you need to have a greater supply of it. Use less.
Have you seen how the highly mechanized USA Armed Forces have done vs rebels with handguns and rifles in Afghanistan and Iraq?
It seems to me that if people are armed AND want to resist, they can.
Part of the reason there is poverty and hunger is that people that should NOT have kids still do. A man that is almost dead from starvation can still father a child...
Bravo, keep up the good work. Using degrees as a form of "union card" is a very distasteful practice that way too many companies go along with.
So...help me understand why the people in the other 49 states are helping California pay its bills? Last time I checked, that state was bankrupt and the federal government was bailing them out.
About the same tendency that you have to be a racist. That crap needs to stop.
I remember seeing a demo at COMDEX that was designed to do exactly that, in 2000. It did false on swimsuits, but not much else.
Already there. Most of the Xbox Arcade games are in the $10-$20 price range. That's a lot less than the standard $60 for a disc game.
Yes, I know the disc games are also usually bigger, but you have to admit that many downloadable games are just as enjoyable for 1/6 to 1/3 of the price.
Use a Shotgun Microphone. Center channel goes above or below TV screen, camera goes on the other end. Problem solved.
Yes, I lose control over my own creation (me = USA). It isn't the USA's resposibility to give away their creation to everyone else because they want control of it. They allow everyone to use it, they explain how others can make their own, but they maintain control over what they created.
Am I entitled to control things that munch117 has created? Only if munch117 says I can. If munch117 says, "No, I made it, I want to control it", there is nothing wrong with that.
Blame the root servers who decided they get to control .com after someone else already claimed control. If IANA doesn't want to control .xxx and an up and coming root wants to, fine. If IANA decides they want .xxx after some other root claimed it, THEN they're the asshole.
This really isn't that hard of a problem, and it won't break the Internet.
No, but your view seems to be that the Germans must be forced to add extra symbols to the press they created. The USA has not prevented anyone from using DNS, all the RFCs are out there.
Ok, whoever the braindead mod was that just ranked parodyca's post offtopic needs to get a clue. I might totally disagree with him, but his totally incorrect view is very much on-topic.
Let's say I invent a doorbell system to a large office building, 2,000 offices. There is a panel to type in the office number (1523), the press the doorbell, and the door bell rings in office 1523.
Since some people may not remember what office everyone is in, I decide to be nice and make a directory that I hang on the wall next to the panel, listing name and office number.
40 years later, I'm still taking care of the directory, but a group of offices decide they want a committee to run the directory and tell me to stop working on it and let them do it. I let them know they're free to make their own directory, but I want to make sure my 500 offices that I own are updated in the style I prefer. I will also continue to make updates to the other 1,500 offices that ask for changes to be made.
They get mad, and claim I'm being unfair.
So, by your definition, I'm the bad guy?
No, the US doesn't own the Internet, it just owns the rights to control the DNS servers that are currently used. Other countries are free to make their own DNS servers, or the UN can make its own DNS root. Let people choose what one they would like to use, or do a "first look at x, then y" style lookup.
I still don't see why the US owes anyone control of DNS.
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No, you have support.
Dead-on right.
Exactly, just like The Pirate Bay doesn't host anything illegal, so they can't be held responsible for where their links go. Unless, of course, a technophobe judge thinks so.
You can still see light sources. I would assume you'd be see every radio source, from your cell phone to your speakers.
For fitness. I consistently use more than 64oz of water when cycling.