The vast majority of people do not fall for any stupid Nigerian scams. People are not that stupid. What planet do you live on? I saw stats on it once. Only a small fraction of 1% of people are prone to scams like that, but since you can send millions of emails at essentially zero cost, a miniscule fraction is all it takes. The same cannot be said for Kickstarter.
You've missed the point. How is it that Samsung is liable IN THIS CASE for infringing Apple's patents IN THIS CASE even though Samsung's software will not run on an iPhone? The foreman decided the issue one way to dismiss non-Apple prior art, and then discarded that reasoning a short while later in order NOT to dismiss Apple's prior art. The whole thing smells fishy and I call bullshit on this whole set of reasoning -- I don't believe that's the reason this verdict came out the way it did. I think the foreman and the rest of the jury went in with their minds made up and then just rationalised whatever it would take to get there -- the foreman was very helpful in that regard.
Cryptic insult rhetoric is totally not useful to any other readers. For the record, a finding that patents have not been infringed is not the same as a finding that the patents are valid, which as I understand it has yet to be determined.
"If people like you and your work they'll pay" but people don't like those who come across as overly polished or slick -- surely you have perceived that from the modern world. It is the direct result of the constant assault on our senses form overly polished, slick, advertising. If you wish to avoid this knee-jerk reaction, it would behoove you to use production values as far differentiated from commercia television as possible.
AND connect with fans. The world is more complicated than one thing being at play and being the answer to everything. Don't ever listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.
So when will Ubisoft finally make the obvious conclusion from the parity of free-to-play and piracy rates, that their state-of-the-art DRM has not stopped and will not ever stop a single person from playing their games for free?
They believe they are stopping 'casual pirates' but every casual pirate (or even casual non-pirate) knows a hardcore pirate with a crack for everything. They have not stopped a single soul. Game, set, and match.
Reasons 1, 2, and 3 are redundant: they are all just variations on the slippery slope argument, which is a pretty poor argument (just go to the intended place on the so-called 'slope' and stand there, don't move -- problem solved), so it wasn't particularly wise to repeat three times right off the top. The other points are better but the first three: weak. Kitchen sinking is not the best debating strategy, since your opponent will always focus (probably exclusively) on the one thing you say that is least persuasive.
You put the comma in the wrong place. It should go after 'everyone' not 'easy' -- which would more properly separate 'from the general public to earnest politicians' from the rest of the sentence as a clause modifying 'everyone'.
"ebooks...are going to end up being the bane of writers and will lead to the decline of serious literature."
Gutenberg's enemies just called from the 15th Century. They want their silly argument back immediately -- the printing press must be destroyed, who's with 'em!
In other words, either Sprint's definition of "wiretaps" is different than everyone else's, its number is wrong... or... someone's been lying to Congress.
... or... Congress has been lying to someone. Why overlook the obvious?
"But if we don't acknowledge that they have gotten certain things right, at least in principle, then what reason do they have to listen to us in the future?"
Same reason they pretended to listen to us in the first place. Because we vote them in and pay their salaries. They aren't children and they don't need (nor do they respond to) pats on the back to do well. They will only respond to continued pressure until they realise that their attempts to fool us and have it both ways will never fly.
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Seriously, though, robots should have rights the moment they start to care.
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AND connect with fans. The world is more complicated than one thing being at play and being the answer to everything. Don't ever listen to anyone who tells you otherwise.
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They believe they are stopping 'casual pirates' but every casual pirate (or even casual non-pirate) knows a hardcore pirate with a crack for everything. They have not stopped a single soul. Game, set, and match.
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Poor argumentation
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Star Trek? Doubt it
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Star Trek?
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Gutenberg's enemies just called from the 15th Century. They want their silly argument back immediately -- the printing press must be destroyed, who's with 'em!
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See the thing is, politicians actually lie
... or... Congress has been lying to someone. Why overlook the obvious?
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Same reason they pretended to listen to us in the first place. Because we vote them in and pay their salaries. They aren't children and they don't need (nor do they respond to) pats on the back to do well. They will only respond to continued pressure until they realise that their attempts to fool us and have it both ways will never fly.
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