If you want anyone to take you seriously, provide a citation, because this just sounds ignorant. PTSD results in the brain becoming mechanically unable to suppress the fight-or-flight response when the patient imagines the stressful incident. I doubt that a drug which does nothing more than temporarily induce euphoria can fix the brain's damaged fight-or-flight response.
We don't call it "shell shock" anymore because it isn't something that just happens to soldiers. My Father developed PTSD on the job as a police officer after a shooting incident where we was forced to take a young man's life in order to save his own.
On that note, getting out of police work was probably the best thing that's ever happened to him. The "traditional military medicine model" forces the mentally disabled into life-or-death situations that they might not be able to handle due to the severity of the symptoms of PTSD; for my Father, when he tried to go back to work, he became unable to handle many calls that used to be routine for him.
Your argument is very Nationalistic, but that's another discussion. It's also very this-or-that; we can either sell them, sit on them, or give them to everyone. Couldn't the government, say, give American corporations all equal rights to use the patented technology? Of course, nevermind that prosecuting patent offenders outside of the country is hard to do and rarely happens.
Selling the patents to the highest bidding companies is less likely to create perfect competition.
The patents are just as likely to be infringed upon if a private company makes use of them as they are if all American private companies make use of them, and America suffers the same blow.
Who cares if NASA goes into the red on paper? They produce a subsidized public good (space exploration) and as we know the level of spending on public goods tends to be below that of what is truly needed; that's why we need government to allocate taxes in the first place.
Since the government is there for the benefit of the people, it shouldn't matter whether or not the economic gains of NASA's work show up on NASA's checkbook or the checkbooks of the American citizens and companies. The government's job isn't just to keep itself funded, it's to keep the entire macroeconomy funded, and they should be looking at the problem from that perspective.
If gov't agencies losing money is some sort of a problem, that just means that we're spending beyond our means. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't expect to lose money on important things like roads or space exploration.
Releasing those patents into the wild gives the consumer the best bargain, and that raises his real income. Selling the patents puts money in NASA's pocket, and money in the pocket of whichever corporation purchases the monopoly. This is just about power and control; people want to elevate their own departments, forgetting the true mission of the organization.
You don't even understand his complaint. People are upset because they feel that if tax dollars paid for the research, then the patent ought to be public domain, instead of sold to the highest bidder for a profit. That's like making everybody pay for the patent once, and then granting monopoly powers to whomever elects to pay for it twice.
What you don't realize, and what they don't realize, is that in this case, the iPhone's proprietary nature is going to sink it. People are going to gravitate towards smartphones that allow any third-party to develop for them, like Google's Android.
I'm actually working on something like that now in my lab. I just want to finish my perpetual motion machine first, as it is a necessary component of my time-travel device.
Straus said. "If a person says, 'I was spanked, and I don't have any interest in bondage and discipline sex, that's correct, but it's not because spanking is OK, it's because they're one of the lucky ones."
Wow, what a fucking douchebag. He talks about being kinky like it's a tragedy or a handicap, instead of a fun way to pass the time. Skydiving is more dangerous... why don't we talk about how skydivers are developmentally impaired?
If the story really had no credibility then prices will correct themselves soon. "Honest investors" ought to protect themselves against idiosyncratic risks (like these) by having a well-diversified portfolio.
Anybody who sold their shares in the 20-minute firesale without stopping to think learned an expensive lesson.
Uh, it caused the stock to drop from $11.00/share to $3.71/share within a span of about 15 minutes, before quickly climbing, plateauing briefly at $7/share, before returning to about $10/share within the hour. That's all based on the link that you provided, and I think if you have a look at it again you'll realize that yes, there was a severe anomaly. Just think; if you'd bought up UAL stock within that critical 15 minute period, you could have enjoyed a %150 return on your investment.
I work for MediaDefender. You can decide whether or not that's a plausible explanation.
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I never said it was a justification. I simply explained why it happens. That's what economics is for.
On a personal note, I never have to justify anything, since I'm an agnostic nihilist.
However I can tell you that yes, there are people out there with gaming systems and broadband connections who can't scrape up $50. Myself, for example. I'm a college student, and my roommate recently lost his job so I have had to loan him a month's rent. If it weren't for that circumstance, I'd have money to buy it this month, but as it stands I don't.
Not everybody is swimming in money, you know. Hell, I actually went into debt with a student loan to buy the gaming machine. I don't have a penny to spare.
Correction; those who believe as such believe that life was created by a supernatural, omnipotent intelligent being. Showing that just any regular old intelligent being can create life might poke a hole in that. Of course, then you have the whole chicken-and-the-egg dilemma...
Fallout 3 is going to stomp Spore into a bloody pulp, and take the G.O.T.Y. title with flying colors. Spore is just a DRM-laden lava lamp.
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We are getting tired of this and this is why there is a desire to pirate your games in the first place.
The other reason people pirate is simply because of economics. When the game is priced at $50, that reduces total demand because not everyone has $50 to spare. However, when the game is pirated and offered for $0, demand goes up, because suddenly all of those people who couldn't afford to spend $50 can now afford to play the game.
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If you want anyone to take you seriously, provide a citation, because this just sounds ignorant. PTSD results in the brain becoming mechanically unable to suppress the fight-or-flight response when the patient imagines the stressful incident. I doubt that a drug which does nothing more than temporarily induce euphoria can fix the brain's damaged fight-or-flight response.
We don't call it "shell shock" anymore because it isn't something that just happens to soldiers. My Father developed PTSD on the job as a police officer after a shooting incident where we was forced to take a young man's life in order to save his own.
On that note, getting out of police work was probably the best thing that's ever happened to him. The "traditional military medicine model" forces the mentally disabled into life-or-death situations that they might not be able to handle due to the severity of the symptoms of PTSD; for my Father, when he tried to go back to work, he became unable to handle many calls that used to be routine for him.
Unless somebody is sending me spam I can't remember the last time I received an email with the subject line "Hello"
You must not do much internet dating.
Your argument is very Nationalistic, but that's another discussion. It's also very this-or-that; we can either sell them, sit on them, or give them to everyone. Couldn't the government, say, give American corporations all equal rights to use the patented technology? Of course, nevermind that prosecuting patent offenders outside of the country is hard to do and rarely happens.
Selling the patents to the highest bidding companies is less likely to create perfect competition.
The patents are just as likely to be infringed upon if a private company makes use of them as they are if all American private companies make use of them, and America suffers the same blow.
Who cares if NASA goes into the red on paper? They produce a subsidized public good (space exploration) and as we know the level of spending on public goods tends to be below that of what is truly needed; that's why we need government to allocate taxes in the first place.
Since the government is there for the benefit of the people, it shouldn't matter whether or not the economic gains of NASA's work show up on NASA's checkbook or the checkbooks of the American citizens and companies. The government's job isn't just to keep itself funded, it's to keep the entire macroeconomy funded, and they should be looking at the problem from that perspective.
If gov't agencies losing money is some sort of a problem, that just means that we're spending beyond our means. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't expect to lose money on important things like roads or space exploration.
Releasing those patents into the wild gives the consumer the best bargain, and that raises his real income. Selling the patents puts money in NASA's pocket, and money in the pocket of whichever corporation purchases the monopoly. This is just about power and control; people want to elevate their own departments, forgetting the true mission of the organization.
You don't even understand his complaint. People are upset because they feel that if tax dollars paid for the research, then the patent ought to be public domain, instead of sold to the highest bidder for a profit. That's like making everybody pay for the patent once, and then granting monopoly powers to whomever elects to pay for it twice.
What you don't realize, and what they don't realize, is that in this case, the iPhone's proprietary nature is going to sink it. People are going to gravitate towards smartphones that allow any third-party to develop for them, like Google's Android.
unless a DRM that can't be broken is invented
I'm actually working on something like that now in my lab. I just want to finish my perpetual motion machine first, as it is a necessary component of my time-travel device.
... when somebody parks in front of the bus stop? Is the bus smart enough not to collide with an illegally-parked car?
0/10, obvious Troll is obvious and needs new material. Possibly a life.
That's a pretty misleading headline, kid.
No, it wasn't Satan, is was His Noodley Appendage!
Straus said. "If a person says, 'I was spanked, and I don't have any interest in bondage and discipline sex, that's correct, but it's not because spanking is OK, it's because they're one of the lucky ones."
Wow, what a fucking douchebag. He talks about being kinky like it's a tragedy or a handicap, instead of a fun way to pass the time. Skydiving is more dangerous ... why don't we talk about how skydivers are developmentally impaired?
It's about hacking and it's also hilarious. What the hell got up your ass?
If the story really had no credibility then prices will correct themselves soon. "Honest investors" ought to protect themselves against idiosyncratic risks (like these) by having a well-diversified portfolio.
Anybody who sold their shares in the 20-minute firesale without stopping to think learned an expensive lesson.
Agreed wholeheartedly. The OP lacks even a fundamental understanding of economics.
Uh, it caused the stock to drop from $11.00/share to $3.71/share within a span of about 15 minutes, before quickly climbing, plateauing briefly at $7/share, before returning to about $10/share within the hour. That's all based on the link that you provided, and I think if you have a look at it again you'll realize that yes, there was a severe anomaly. Just think; if you'd bought up UAL stock within that critical 15 minute period, you could have enjoyed a %150 return on your investment.
The former is when you insult someone. The latter is when you look stupid because you're incorrect.
I work for MediaDefender. You can decide whether or not that's a plausible explanation.
I never said it was a justification. I simply explained why it happens. That's what economics is for.
On a personal note, I never have to justify anything, since I'm an agnostic nihilist.
However I can tell you that yes, there are people out there with gaming systems and broadband connections who can't scrape up $50. Myself, for example. I'm a college student, and my roommate recently lost his job so I have had to loan him a month's rent. If it weren't for that circumstance, I'd have money to buy it this month, but as it stands I don't.
Not everybody is swimming in money, you know. Hell, I actually went into debt with a student loan to buy the gaming machine. I don't have a penny to spare.
Correction; those who believe as such believe that life was created by a supernatural, omnipotent intelligent being. Showing that just any regular old intelligent being can create life might poke a hole in that. Of course, then you have the whole chicken-and-the-egg dilemma ...
Fallout 3 is going to stomp Spore into a bloody pulp, and take the G.O.T.Y. title with flying colors. Spore is just a DRM-laden lava lamp.
We are getting tired of this and this is why there is a desire to pirate your games in the first place.
The other reason people pirate is simply because of economics. When the game is priced at $50, that reduces total demand because not everyone has $50 to spare. However, when the game is pirated and offered for $0, demand goes up, because suddenly all of those people who couldn't afford to spend $50 can now afford to play the game.
You should re-read the post you were responding to. His exact words were, "So EA gives us 2 choices if you want to play the game."
Kudos, you've managed to be an ass and make an ass of yourself, in just one post!
Or wait for it to show up on torrent sites with the drm cracked and play it safely and free (DRM free, and free in price).
I don't think you're going to have to wait. The game showed up online around Sept. 3rd or 4th.
So his opinion is wrong because it doesn't conform to the majority? I think you might be the one watching too much American Idol.