WoW graphics are horseshit and do not need a high end computer to run, although i agree with you on the gameplay, absolutely terrible repetitive and not even fun the first time.
Do they talk about how the cavilry would ride in to an indian village and shoot anyone they saw, women and children preferably? Burn whole villages? Slaughtering whole nations? Round up the rest and put them in concentration camps (called reservations)?
yes. They also generally talk about the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the promises by American founders that they would keep their land "as long as the mountains stood" and the plethora of diseases brought from Europe that nearly wiped out many tribes. And the reservations were not concentration camps, they did not systematically murder all the inhabitants, the reservations were closer to open range prisons in terrible land.
I never said they should demand payment for resale, I just said that they don't get paid for resale, so If you want to support them, don't buy used, If you don't care, go ahead and buy used.
I buy almost all my CDs direct from the artists too, And I also try and see badns I like whenever possible, I am just pointing out that the artist doesn't get paid for used CDs, it has nothing to do with representation. record stores can sell used CDs cheaper because they are not paying the artist or label for the CD.
As I have already said, You are right, there is no legal issue with selling or buying legally purchased CDs, it is not my intention to make that argument, it is however my intent to make the argument that it is causing less sales that result in profit for the artist. If you read my original post you would see my point is simply that used CDs do nothing for the artist, not that they should receive money every time their CD changes hands, or that every time you listen to it they should be paid. Note that I am not implying that sale or purchase of legally purchased CDs is illegal, what I am saying is that the record store is taking a sale that would otherwise have gone towards supporting the artist. I am well aware that the artist received their payment for the first sale of the CD, however they are not receiving payment for someone purchasing their album when the album is resold. at this point, I really don't care if you are reading this or not, and I won't be bothered to respond to your twisting of what I say on the matter if you do, I am writing this now simply to clear up what I was trying to say, before everyone confused supporting an artist with wanting to pay twice for a single product, or RIAA sympathy, or whatever else. All I wanted to say here was:ARTISTS DO NOT GET PAID WHEN USED CDS ARE SOLD , So if you want to support the artist, don't buy the used CD, if you don't care if they get paid, great buy the used CD. If anyone else wants to try and get something out of that, go ahead, this argument has ceased to be productive, and has started pissing me off with the ridiculous childish insults and condescending asinine comments being thrown around.
for tangible physical media that is true, for the disc itself there is absolutely nothing wrong with selling it. But you are selling more than just the disc, you own the disc, but the artist owns the song, you are selling their work to someone else, without them getting their fair share. legally you are entitled to sell the disc, but my argument is that by buying used CDs you are buying a CD without supporting the artist, personally, I would rather spend the extra $2.00 and get the copy that they get paid for, since I obviously like them enough to buy it in the first place, and I know they get little enough as it is for the CD sales. Almost everything I listen to is underground and most of these guys have to have a real job to make a living, every time I buy from them, I am contributing to their continued ability to produce the music I like. And I'm not making the RIAA argument that they own the disc and everything on it, and you cant make copies or put it on your mp3 player, I just think that selling used CDs is a bad idea, it profits no one but the record store.
no, what I am saying is that the secondhand CD being sold by the record store that profits them exclusively is being sold at the expense of record sales that would contribute to the artist. I really should have said stealing sales and made that a hell of a lot clearer. And I don't think CDs can be treated like most other goods, If you buy a car, you own that car, when you buy a CD you own the physical disc, but you don't own the music on it. It is yours to do with as you will but when you sell it you are selling what belongs to the artist, they own the songs, and are providing you with full use of the contents, but not the right to take their recording of the song and sell it. It would be like burning a copy of a CD and selling it, you are selling what doesn't belong to you, and profiting from sales that should have gone to the artist.
of course they get paid when they sell it. the point is not that they should be paid every time you listen to them, the point is that the artist is not selling the physical media, they are selling what is contained on it, when I buy a CD I am buying for what is contained in it, not the packaging, the problem with buying a used CD is that you are not just selling a physical disk, you are selling the contents.
If I buy a CD, the artist gets a portion of the money i paid to the record store, as does the record store, as do the long list of people involved in the production of the CD and the media contained therein. When I buy that CD the artists sales increase and they gain a better chance of getting a greater profit in the future as record companies usually base royalty amounts on number of sales. If I sell that CD to the record Store and someone else buys it, the record store receives the money they gave to me for the CD and some extra, they take all of the extra. The artist gets neither credit nor payment for resale of their work, and the worst part is this: the consumer is usually happily unaware of the fact that they are doing nothing to help the artist.
Bands signed to smaller labels especially get hurt by this, and benefit more from regular sales than the top 40 garbage that the RIAA represent, they get a larger percentage of money per sale, and they NEED the money, If you want to buy used britney spears or whatever albums, go right ahead, but used CD sales are really ripping off the artist and helping no one but the record store.
the real key is don't support RIAA owned artists at all, listen to underground bands and buy their CDs, they actually get a worthwile percentage out of album sales.
The whole underlying idea here is: If you like an artist, you will support them by buying their CD. when you buy a used one, the only one befitting is the store. If you don't think the artist deserves the money, fine, download it or copy it from someone else. but the problem is not that they are not getting a cut each time the CD changes hands, but that the CD is being sold again alongside the copies that the artist profits from, and the store is just as happy to sell the cheaper 80% profit as they are to sell the more expensive 75% profit CD that actually goes toward supporting the artist. If you don't care that the artists you like are not getting paid, then by all means go ahead and buy the secondhand CDs. The big problem with this is when it is an underground band that you are supporting, you would buy their CD at the higher price that benefits them, but you buy the cheap one because it is cheaper, they just lost the money that should have gone to them, so the record stores are stealing from the artist.
for the original purchase, yes, but when you buy anything used the store gets all of the money, so in effect you are getting the CD without any of the money for your purchase going to the artist.
except these are the same people who have no qualms about smoking right next to the sign that says "NO SMOKING 25 FT" and make the rest of us walk through their clouds of toxic crap. and are also the same people that started smoking in the first place to rebel against nonspecific authority and conformity, just like all the other smoking losers.
go for NH, about as good a place to set as possible, with the exception of the fact that there are very few cities, and the cities are small. No sales or state income tax, as few state "protect you from yourself" laws as you will ever find, and plenty of room to move in. also, we are getting a lot of people moving up from boston and south and setting up here. The downsides, property tax is a bit high, as is the property itself, and we have the highest electrical costs in the US. that sucks a bit, also it gets really fsking cold. I believe i am done blithering.
that is not always possible, I live about an hour from school, and 15 minutes from work, and I drive a little 1.8 sentra, and get at least 35 mpg, but I still am spending almost all my money on gas. Why don't i live closer to school and get a new job? because I am going to the school i am at now for only another semester or two, before i transfer to a school thats much closer to where i live now, Plus It would cost me more to move to an apartment near school or into the dorms than I spend on gas, And there is no way I can afford that. And I am not in a unique situation by any means, there are hordes of college students with the exact same problem, completely broke, have little in the way of work and housing options that dont interfere with classes, and of course not enough money to go buy a new car or pay for a gas guzzler.
you want to see downmods, watch this:
Steve Jobs has sex with donkeys!
Bill Gates is AWESOME!
Linux wouldn't be so bad if it actually worked, and when it did, could run anything.
prepare to see downmods.
mod me something ironic, for no apparent reason, and now back to the gibberish.
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And knowing that you're autistic, you should have the experience to know that while dealing with other people's emotions is difficult for you, other people will invariably be different from you, and many will appreciate having a choice in the matter, even if you disagree.
I entirely agree, the key word there is choice. What I disagree with is the we MUST be cured, I was attempting to point out the fact that many of us do not see it as a disease, and find the incessant talk of how we are flawed insulting and insensitive. The thing I find a little funny about that is that I am aware I have difficulty dealing with other people's emotions and do what I can to avoid insulting/hurting others, yet the "normal people" talk about us like we are nothing more than a broken appliance needing to be fixed. People are never that simple, and autism is a very tricky subject. What I want to emphasize here is that curing autism is not like curing cancer, It is more like getting cosmetic surgery, It may or may not be necessary, and should not be mandatory. I know that many people might want to be cured, but it should be up to them, and even then after a counseling and evaluation period where they have a chance to really consider what they are asking for, and what they will be giving up.
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WoW graphics are horseshit and do not need a high end computer to run, although i agree with you on the gameplay, absolutely terrible repetitive and not even fun the first time.
yes. They also generally talk about the Cherokee Trail of Tears, the promises by American founders that they would keep their land "as long as the mountains stood" and the plethora of diseases brought from Europe that nearly wiped out many tribes. And the reservations were not concentration camps, they did not systematically murder all the inhabitants, the reservations were closer to open range prisons in terrible land.
also cavalry is with an "a" not an "i"
I never said they should demand payment for resale, I just said that they don't get paid for resale, so If you want to support them, don't buy used, If you don't care, go ahead and buy used.
I buy almost all my CDs direct from the artists too, And I also try and see badns I like whenever possible, I am just pointing out that the artist doesn't get paid for used CDs, it has nothing to do with representation. record stores can sell used CDs cheaper because they are not paying the artist or label for the CD.
As I have already said, You are right, there is no legal issue with selling or buying legally purchased CDs, it is not my intention to make that argument, it is however my intent to make the argument that it is causing less sales that result in profit for the artist. If you read my original post you would see my point is simply that used CDs do nothing for the artist, not that they should receive money every time their CD changes hands, or that every time you listen to it they should be paid. Note that I am not implying that sale or purchase of legally purchased CDs is illegal, what I am saying is that the record store is taking a sale that would otherwise have gone towards supporting the artist. I am well aware that the artist received their payment for the first sale of the CD, however they are not receiving payment for someone purchasing their album when the album is resold. at this point, I really don't care if you are reading this or not, and I won't be bothered to respond to your twisting of what I say on the matter if you do, I am writing this now simply to clear up what I was trying to say, before everyone confused supporting an artist with wanting to pay twice for a single product, or RIAA sympathy, or whatever else. All I wanted to say here was: ARTISTS DO NOT GET PAID WHEN USED CDS ARE SOLD , So if you want to support the artist, don't buy the used CD, if you don't care if they get paid, great buy the used CD. If anyone else wants to try and get something out of that, go ahead, this argument has ceased to be productive, and has started pissing me off with the ridiculous childish insults and condescending asinine comments being thrown around.
for tangible physical media that is true, for the disc itself there is absolutely nothing wrong with selling it. But you are selling more than just the disc, you own the disc, but the artist owns the song, you are selling their work to someone else, without them getting their fair share. legally you are entitled to sell the disc, but my argument is that by buying used CDs you are buying a CD without supporting the artist, personally, I would rather spend the extra $2.00 and get the copy that they get paid for, since I obviously like them enough to buy it in the first place, and I know they get little enough as it is for the CD sales. Almost everything I listen to is underground and most of these guys have to have a real job to make a living, every time I buy from them, I am contributing to their continued ability to produce the music I like. And I'm not making the RIAA argument that they own the disc and everything on it, and you cant make copies or put it on your mp3 player, I just think that selling used CDs is a bad idea, it profits no one but the record store.
no, what I am saying is that the secondhand CD being sold by the record store that profits them exclusively is being sold at the expense of record sales that would contribute to the artist. I really should have said stealing sales and made that a hell of a lot clearer. And I don't think CDs can be treated like most other goods, If you buy a car, you own that car, when you buy a CD you own the physical disc, but you don't own the music on it. It is yours to do with as you will but when you sell it you are selling what belongs to the artist, they own the songs, and are providing you with full use of the contents, but not the right to take their recording of the song and sell it. It would be like burning a copy of a CD and selling it, you are selling what doesn't belong to you, and profiting from sales that should have gone to the artist.
of course they get paid when they sell it. the point is not that they should be paid every time you listen to them, the point is that the artist is not selling the physical media, they are selling what is contained on it, when I buy a CD I am buying for what is contained in it, not the packaging, the problem with buying a used CD is that you are not just selling a physical disk, you are selling the contents. If I buy a CD, the artist gets a portion of the money i paid to the record store, as does the record store, as do the long list of people involved in the production of the CD and the media contained therein. When I buy that CD the artists sales increase and they gain a better chance of getting a greater profit in the future as record companies usually base royalty amounts on number of sales. If I sell that CD to the record Store and someone else buys it, the record store receives the money they gave to me for the CD and some extra, they take all of the extra. The artist gets neither credit nor payment for resale of their work, and the worst part is this: the consumer is usually happily unaware of the fact that they are doing nothing to help the artist. Bands signed to smaller labels especially get hurt by this, and benefit more from regular sales than the top 40 garbage that the RIAA represent, they get a larger percentage of money per sale, and they NEED the money, If you want to buy used britney spears or whatever albums, go right ahead, but used CD sales are really ripping off the artist and helping no one but the record store.
the real key is don't support RIAA owned artists at all, listen to underground bands and buy their CDs, they actually get a worthwile percentage out of album sales.
The whole underlying idea here is: If you like an artist, you will support them by buying their CD. when you buy a used one, the only one befitting is the store. If you don't think the artist deserves the money, fine, download it or copy it from someone else. but the problem is not that they are not getting a cut each time the CD changes hands, but that the CD is being sold again alongside the copies that the artist profits from, and the store is just as happy to sell the cheaper 80% profit as they are to sell the more expensive 75% profit CD that actually goes toward supporting the artist. If you don't care that the artists you like are not getting paid, then by all means go ahead and buy the secondhand CDs. The big problem with this is when it is an underground band that you are supporting, you would buy their CD at the higher price that benefits them, but you buy the cheap one because it is cheaper, they just lost the money that should have gone to them, so the record stores are stealing from the artist.
for the original purchase, yes, but when you buy anything used the store gets all of the money, so in effect you are getting the CD without any of the money for your purchase going to the artist.
I buy all Cd's used :-) and it upsets the RIAA more than the pirates
It also means the artist gets no money from your purchase.
except these are the same people who have no qualms about smoking right next to the sign that says "NO SMOKING 25 FT" and make the rest of us walk through their clouds of toxic crap. and are also the same people that started smoking in the first place to rebel against nonspecific authority and conformity, just like all the other smoking losers.
I know I sure as hell would stop buying AMD if Apple owned them.
go for NH, about as good a place to set as possible, with the exception of the fact that there are very few cities, and the cities are small. No sales or state income tax, as few state "protect you from yourself" laws as you will ever find, and plenty of room to move in. also, we are getting a lot of people moving up from boston and south and setting up here. The downsides, property tax is a bit high, as is the property itself, and we have the highest electrical costs in the US. that sucks a bit, also it gets really fsking cold. I believe i am done blithering.
Simple solution, right click -> view->show desktop icons + left click.
Problem solved.
I know exactly what you mean, there is a good reason why I have six different pairs of sunglasses in my car and shades and curtains for my windows.
(If I get modded up for insulting linux guys we know it's true)
that is not always possible, I live about an hour from school, and 15 minutes from work, and I drive a little 1.8 sentra, and get at least 35 mpg, but I still am spending almost all my money on gas. Why don't i live closer to school and get a new job? because I am going to the school i am at now for only another semester or two, before i transfer to a school thats much closer to where i live now, Plus It would cost me more to move to an apartment near school or into the dorms than I spend on gas, And there is no way I can afford that. And I am not in a unique situation by any means, there are hordes of college students with the exact same problem, completely broke, have little in the way of work and housing options that dont interfere with classes, and of course not enough money to go buy a new car or pay for a gas guzzler.
you want to see downmods, watch this: Steve Jobs has sex with donkeys! Bill Gates is AWESOME! Linux wouldn't be so bad if it actually worked, and when it did, could run anything. prepare to see downmods.
Modded down for vista bashing??? You haven't been here long have you, all we have around here are apple and linux fanboys.
mod me something ironic, for no apparent reason, and now back to the gibberish. Shooklemonk irk nret gooragot, meej tafgh hankmene. theywilg fargetyunkas, meklik, gob.
you sir, a an evil genius.
Yeah, I bought it, until I looked at the comments, but you have to expect it, I just ordered an 8800 last night, and it had me scared.
And knowing that you're autistic, you should have the experience to know that while dealing with other people's emotions is difficult for you, other people will invariably be different from you, and many will appreciate having a choice in the matter, even if you disagree.
I entirely agree, the key word there is choice. What I disagree with is the we MUST be cured, I was attempting to point out the fact that many of us do not see it as a disease, and find the incessant talk of how we are flawed insulting and insensitive. The thing I find a little funny about that is that I am aware I have difficulty dealing with other people's emotions and do what I can to avoid insulting/hurting others, yet the "normal people" talk about us like we are nothing more than a broken appliance needing to be fixed. People are never that simple, and autism is a very tricky subject. What I want to emphasize here is that curing autism is not like curing cancer, It is more like getting cosmetic surgery, It may or may not be necessary, and should not be mandatory. I know that many people might want to be cured, but it should be up to them, and even then after a counseling and evaluation period where they have a chance to really consider what they are asking for, and what they will be giving up.