I'm resisting the urge to be snarky... I understand that this has toasted their ability to speak to tech-saavy people off-the-record, but I don't expect them to lose any advertising over it. As far as credibility, since when have we required that from our news media? I always just pick the outlet that best fits my confirmation bias.
The phone "hacks" were on lovable, empathetic characters: Hugh Grant, the royals, soldiers, little girls. Bradley Manning, on the other hand, has been suffering a character assassination from day one. You lose advertising by going against public opinion, not necessarily from just being bastards.
Longtime Facebook holdout here, interested to see the "privacy focused" social hub for myself.
cdevilrun at gmail.com if someone would be so kind.
A slashdot group might actually be fun. I remember a time when the BBS I frequented used to have real life get-togethers.... in the sunlight even! (Electric Cafe based out of Santa Cruz)
I suspect it's the money that ruined him. The first three movies are a basic hero's journey cobbled together by dreamers into something amazing. The latter three appear to be masturbatory fx-fests with little to no value as stories. Darth Vader is a dynamic character despite showing a single expression for all but 2 minutes of the film. Anakin Skywalker... not so much.
With his initial dream fulfilled, seems he lost whatever drove him to create the initial masterpieces.
I don't think there are many here who believe the hackers are doing the morally correct thing. Certainly far less evil than rape though. Furthermore, I find it hard to believe that Sony is being attacked due to its attractiveness as a target.
It's a little bit more like a man calling a bunch of prisoners' mothers whores and then walking around outside the penitentiary backwards with your pants down. Sure, there's a wall between you and them, how long and how many do you think it will hold?
I was under the impression that the constitution outlined a system of checks and balances... specifically to counter the very human influences of greed, laziness, self-aggrandizement, corruption, and forced servitude. I wonder what it would be like to live in a country that treated it as law...
So... let me make sure I've got this right: Your solution after that rant is to give those, whose goal is to fuck us all, more resources? If we can't trust them to keep us from a police state, how in the world are we to trust them to allocate funds honestly?
You made the point I came in here to find. Let me reiterate:
If piracy != lost sales, what is the problem exactly?
Now we all know the media cartels will threaten politicians with lower revenues (be it taxes lost or contributions) due to piracy regardless. But from a business point of view, why lower prices to convert pirates if the current model is more profitable?
The end game is always to raise prices and lower piracy. Whatever it takes.
The problem with your nurse/doctor analogy is also one of the big problems with health care. Though nurses are perfectly capable of handling myriad medical issues, due to insurance and regulatory issues, they are often not allowed to. If we didn't need that one doctor to rubber-stamp the work 5 nurses were doing, we could have him doing the things only a doctor can. In theory, this would lower costs across the board, as nurses are cheaper.
The issue is not so much in unlocking the software, I'd imagine, but the firmware. It seems reasonable to me that a hardware warranty be voided by any number of tweaks you could make with custom firmware. Overclocking comes to mind.
There's two sides to that coin. Software with high production costs do need to be extremely popular to make porting to apple OSs worthwhile; however, products with low production costs benefit by being as widely available as possible without the worry of massive overhead. Furthermore, simple programs are more likely to be accepted as they pose less threat.
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Many areas with NO second choice for broadband
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Many people with no second choice for employer
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Unhappy customers on the phone with unhappy employees who REALLY need this gig, and could be replaced before close of business
He doesn't roll on Shabbas.
Of course, us REAL geeks already know the truth: The cake is a lie.
Um... where do you live that it's harder for kids to get illegal substances than legal ones?
Here (admittedly California) it is much easier to buy pot from one of the dealers at any school than it is to get an adult to buy you liquor.
Here's a site to quickly push a complaint to those who need your votes:
American Censorship.org
Think we can Slashdot it?
What good is an anime-girl sexbot if there's no option for robotic tentacles?
I wonder at the margin of error on THAT question...
I'm resisting the urge to be snarky... I understand that this has toasted their ability to speak to tech-saavy people off-the-record, but I don't expect them to lose any advertising over it. As far as credibility, since when have we required that from our news media? I always just pick the outlet that best fits my confirmation bias.
The phone "hacks" were on lovable, empathetic characters: Hugh Grant, the royals, soldiers, little girls. Bradley Manning, on the other hand, has been suffering a character assassination from day one. You lose advertising by going against public opinion, not necessarily from just being bastards.
Many thanks sir!
I too like the idea of accountability in the conversation beyond Karma.
Longtime Facebook holdout here, interested to see the "privacy focused" social hub for myself.
cdevilrun at gmail.com if someone would be so kind.
A slashdot group might actually be fun. I remember a time when the BBS I frequented used to have real life get-togethers.... in the sunlight even! (Electric Cafe based out of Santa Cruz)
With his initial dream fulfilled, seems he lost whatever drove him to create the initial masterpieces.
Don't ask me how he got your pants. That's another story and it's early. ;-)
I don't think there are many here who believe the hackers are doing the morally correct thing. Certainly far less evil than rape though. Furthermore, I find it hard to believe that Sony is being attacked due to its attractiveness as a target.
It's a little bit more like a man calling a bunch of prisoners' mothers whores and then walking around outside the penitentiary backwards with your pants down. Sure, there's a wall between you and them, how long and how many do you think it will hold?
My kingdom for a mod point! Well played sir.
I was under the impression that the constitution outlined a system of checks and balances... specifically to counter the very human influences of greed, laziness, self-aggrandizement, corruption, and forced servitude. I wonder what it would be like to live in a country that treated it as law...
So... let me make sure I've got this right: Your solution after that rant is to give those, whose goal is to fuck us all, more resources? If we can't trust them to keep us from a police state, how in the world are we to trust them to allocate funds honestly?
Worse! I'm a current T-Mobile customer who ditched AT&T when I bought my N900. Think they'll just disconnect me? ;-)
You made the point I came in here to find. Let me reiterate: If piracy != lost sales, what is the problem exactly? Now we all know the media cartels will threaten politicians with lower revenues (be it taxes lost or contributions) due to piracy regardless. But from a business point of view, why lower prices to convert pirates if the current model is more profitable? The end game is always to raise prices and lower piracy. Whatever it takes.
I'm fairly sure that in Ireland they've been electing ARSEholes. ;-)
The problem with your nurse/doctor analogy is also one of the big problems with health care. Though nurses are perfectly capable of handling myriad medical issues, due to insurance and regulatory issues, they are often not allowed to. If we didn't need that one doctor to rubber-stamp the work 5 nurses were doing, we could have him doing the things only a doctor can. In theory, this would lower costs across the board, as nurses are cheaper.
I understood that decision as exempting cell phones specifically from the DMCA provision Apple was clinging to.
The issue is not so much in unlocking the software, I'd imagine, but the firmware. It seems reasonable to me that a hardware warranty be voided by any number of tweaks you could make with custom firmware. Overclocking comes to mind.
No, that was a more different "S".
You're doing it wrong. You were supposed to attack their sexuality.
There's two sides to that coin. Software with high production costs do need to be extremely popular to make porting to apple OSs worthwhile; however, products with low production costs benefit by being as widely available as possible without the worry of massive overhead. Furthermore, simple programs are more likely to be accepted as they pose less threat.