Except ISPs provide communications AMONG the states. If you visit Amazon, and don't live in Washington, then that is interstate, or among the states. Maybe if your ISP just gave you access to local, in town sites, you might have a point. But ISPs typically deal in communications around the world.
Put it this way: Should a phone company have the right to mess with a call you make to someone in another state?
We've seen that ISPs are willing to violate neutrality principles if it is in their interest (See the Comcast bittorrent fiasco, where this whole thing started). Why should we wait until its too late, and most ISPs are non-Neutral before telling them they have to be neutral? Once opened, that door is a very difficult one to close. I would much prefer not opening it at all.
Would you put up with your phone company deciding they were going to degrade your call quality if you decided to call someone outside their network? No? So why should an ISP be able to degrade your connection if you look at a site outside their network?
Most franchise agreements were invalidated in 92. There still is a pretty large lack of competition. Seems that regulations aren't the only thing keeping competition back.
Not true. Microsoft blocks you from installing software all the time. I tried to install VS 2010 beta on my machine at work, and it said I needed to upgrade my XP install. Of course, since IT hadn't cleared us for using Service Pack 3, I couldn't install it.
And the user experience on that is going to be total and utter crap. If there's one thing Apple pays attention to and cares about, its the user experience. Because when an average user attempts to run something like that, and they can't actually do anything with it because its so slow, they're going to blame Microsoft. Just look at the whole Vista fiasco. Apple doesn't want anything like that, they want the user to have a good experience. So they make sure you have the equipment to do so.
True, but running electric means you decouple the source of the emissions from the car. I could build a solar powered generator to generate the power for my electric car.
And all the software on the iPad is going to be written for that processor. Part of why everyone says Atoms are slow is because they try running software that wasn't made for that processor, but for general x86 processors.
One would presume that, in a system like this guy's, most people attending were there because they wanted to be. Some would be there because their parents made them, and some would be there because some authority figure/mentor pushed them to be there.
Here's the thing: The bits? They might not cost anything to replicate, or at the very least its negligible (as you said, you need a storage medium). Obtaining those bits, however, can cost quite a lot. Someone didn't just take a magnet and randomly flip bits somewhere. Movies and stuff actually costs money to produce. Just because something has a very low distribution cost doesn't mean it doesn't have a high production or creation cost.
Here's where the disproportion sets in: The copyright violation punishment is between $750 and $30,000. Do you know how much the punishment would be if I were to just walk into a Best Buy and shoplift the CD? A hell of a lot less.
What about the costs of producing the movie? Actors, writers, directors? And even if you think those people are overpaid, what about cameramen, editors, set designers, etc?
Nobody has ever said its "Free Healthcare for All". Even the post you're replying to says that it comes out with his taxes. The only difference is that he doesn't have out of pocket expenses for most things, and he doesn't have to worry about his financial future when something happens.
The argument against whores and prostitution is that there tends to be rampant exploitation in the sex industry, typically of women by men. Of course, having it illegal means that people like pimps come in and exploit the hos even more, while they typically don't get tested for STDs as often as they do in other, legalized sex professions.
Cross platform typically means running on platforms from more than one vendor. You basically said, "I can run my C# code on all these Microsoft platforms."
China does not hold the US by the fiscal balls. The vast, vast majority of US debt is privately held within the country. As it turns out, Japan actually owns more US debt than China. Stop the fear mongering.
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And those franchise agreements were invalidated in 92. There still hasn't been much in the way of ISP competition.
How would a ruling stating, "Thou Shalt Not Fuck With The Bits" provide a barrier to competition?
When a customer of Comcast of Baltimore accesses Amazon, how is that not sending a signal across state lines?
Except ISPs provide communications AMONG the states. If you visit Amazon, and don't live in Washington, then that is interstate, or among the states. Maybe if your ISP just gave you access to local, in town sites, you might have a point. But ISPs typically deal in communications around the world.
Put it this way: Should a phone company have the right to mess with a call you make to someone in another state?
Add Cable to that list too. In many places, cable internet is superior to DSL.
We've seen that ISPs are willing to violate neutrality principles if it is in their interest (See the Comcast bittorrent fiasco, where this whole thing started). Why should we wait until its too late, and most ISPs are non-Neutral before telling them they have to be neutral? Once opened, that door is a very difficult one to close. I would much prefer not opening it at all.
Would you put up with your phone company deciding they were going to degrade your call quality if you decided to call someone outside their network? No? So why should an ISP be able to degrade your connection if you look at a site outside their network?
Most franchise agreements were invalidated in 92. There still is a pretty large lack of competition. Seems that regulations aren't the only thing keeping competition back.
Not true. Microsoft blocks you from installing software all the time. I tried to install VS 2010 beta on my machine at work, and it said I needed to upgrade my XP install. Of course, since IT hadn't cleared us for using Service Pack 3, I couldn't install it.
And the user experience on that is going to be total and utter crap. If there's one thing Apple pays attention to and cares about, its the user experience. Because when an average user attempts to run something like that, and they can't actually do anything with it because its so slow, they're going to blame Microsoft. Just look at the whole Vista fiasco. Apple doesn't want anything like that, they want the user to have a good experience. So they make sure you have the equipment to do so.
I'm 80% sure the Tato Nano would not meet safety standards in the US.
True, but running electric means you decouple the source of the emissions from the car. I could build a solar powered generator to generate the power for my electric car.
Google is pushing for h264 too. Does that mean that they're pulling a Microsoft too?
And all the software on the iPad is going to be written for that processor. Part of why everyone says Atoms are slow is because they try running software that wasn't made for that processor, but for general x86 processors.
They're called Lords in the British Parliament. That doesn't mean they're nobility. Its a title, just like "Representative" or "Senator"
One would presume that, in a system like this guy's, most people attending were there because they wanted to be. Some would be there because their parents made them, and some would be there because some authority figure/mentor pushed them to be there.
Would they not be considered materials for creating the original copy?
Here's the thing: The bits? They might not cost anything to replicate, or at the very least its negligible (as you said, you need a storage medium). Obtaining those bits, however, can cost quite a lot. Someone didn't just take a magnet and randomly flip bits somewhere. Movies and stuff actually costs money to produce. Just because something has a very low distribution cost doesn't mean it doesn't have a high production or creation cost.
Here's where the disproportion sets in: The copyright violation punishment is between $750 and $30,000. Do you know how much the punishment would be if I were to just walk into a Best Buy and shoplift the CD? A hell of a lot less.
What about the costs of producing the movie? Actors, writers, directors? And even if you think those people are overpaid, what about cameramen, editors, set designers, etc?
Nobody has ever said its "Free Healthcare for All". Even the post you're replying to says that it comes out with his taxes. The only difference is that he doesn't have out of pocket expenses for most things, and he doesn't have to worry about his financial future when something happens.
When you bought the system, did the seller say he was including a controller with it?
The argument against whores and prostitution is that there tends to be rampant exploitation in the sex industry, typically of women by men. Of course, having it illegal means that people like pimps come in and exploit the hos even more, while they typically don't get tested for STDs as often as they do in other, legalized sex professions.
Cross platform typically means running on platforms from more than one vendor. You basically said, "I can run my C# code on all these Microsoft platforms."
China does not hold the US by the fiscal balls. The vast, vast majority of US debt is privately held within the country. As it turns out, Japan actually owns more US debt than China. Stop the fear mongering.