Past: You have "free" voicemail; to call it uses your limited minutes, and you cannot delete a message without listening to the whole thing, nor can you shorten the voice-prompt menus. Thus, use of the 'free' voicemail results in a mandatory waste of your limited minutes.
People will always get what they want regardless of legality, cost, difficulty, or morality. If there is a demand for something within the populace, somebody will attempt to profit from meeting that demand.
Usually popular things which are illegal have no good reason for being illegal. (ie prostitution, marijuana, unlicensed hair-dressers) Enforcing such asinine laws is simply an unnecessary expense to be borne by the tax-payer. Given that anything in high enough demand will without doubt be partaken of, the only thing illegality throws in is violence (due to being unable to bring disagreements to the courts/police) and a lack of quality control--the "problem" will always be there.
The way to solve the problem is the legalize whatever it is and the regulate it in a rational manner.
I would offer the possibility there was some intrinsic weakness trained into one's psyche prior to porn having "destroyed" it. Something which brainwashed it into trains of thought which blindly accepted things unquestioningly without proof or evidence of any sort.
In short, a psyche with a cracked foundation will crumble regardless of the cause. The cause of the crumbling was only the catalyst, in no way responsible.
I am deeply offended by your casual misinformed psychobabble/theocratic-nonsense.
Also, and more importantly, there is no such thing as a "good" or "bad" lawyer.
Lawyers are just a symptom of a diseased legal system--one so complex the average citizen is incapable of operating within it at any real proficiency.
Agreed,
there is no lock that cannot be picked,
there is no vault which cannot be cracked,
there is no encryption that cannot be bypassed.
Speaking with a view on history, there is no such thing as a "secure" anything. Unless, of course, you put the word "temporarily" in front of "secure".
Yeah... but what if it's a game that I really wanna play?
Besides, I'd bet good money the game developers couldn't give two sh!ts about DRM--it's probly the middle-manager types, accountants, lawyers... ya know, people who have no clue what computer games are really about.
By buying the game, I am supporting the clueless dolts who insist on DRM, but I'm also supporting the clever talented game developers who made a game which I want to play.
Of course, there are some games I wish I'd pirated first and then not wasted my $$$ on such a steaming pile of carp, but let's no go into that one.
So I'll have a "legit" serial # which is unique to my game for online play, as "cracked" versions or re-used serial #'s often don't work well if you want to shoot at strangers in online battles...
Also, so I can register and be eligible for "support" for the company as well as download official patches.
Is it still piracy if I paid for the game but downloaded the pirated version because it just plays better? (doesn't require the disk, doesn't install any DRM malware, etc)
Such has pretty much become my standard MO lately; buy game, download pirate version, open game long enough to obtain my serial number or some such if necessary, install hassle-free pirated version, enjoy game which I paid for.
According to traffic engineers, about 17% to 23%. In reality, the number of people speeding is usally closer to 30%.
When attempting to make a point, try to not openly display your ignorance of a subject even when it is a subject which one could reasonably assume most other people would have no factual data or experience.
I must say, Google/YouTube has been far and away more accommodating than I would have in their shoes.
I'd have said "here's an RSS feed with every newly uploaded video. You do know what an RSS feed is right? Anyhow, with this setting up your own system to check every video uploaded should be a snap. Then just let us know which ones are infringing. Have a nice day." and left those clueless bastards scratching their asses and wondering just how they were going to figure out how to set up such a thing, let along pay for it.
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Re: Small thought exercise
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Re: Congress
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Same old song and dance
So, same old song & dance, just in a new era.
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Real Power!
When an ambassador posts a link... actually, I don't know. Wasn't aware there were any ambassadors with twitter feeds worth following.
Also, I'm fairly certain twitter followers are referred to as 'twits.' ;-P
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Where
Anybody can learn how to block such things from ever reaching their computer in the first place.
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Definitely
There, in the wrinkling of their various upholstering...
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Re: Sociological Economics
Usually popular things which are illegal have no good reason for being illegal. (ie prostitution, marijuana, unlicensed hair-dressers) Enforcing such asinine laws is simply an unnecessary expense to be borne by the tax-payer. Given that anything in high enough demand will without doubt be partaken of, the only thing illegality throws in is violence (due to being unable to bring disagreements to the courts/police) and a lack of quality control--the "problem" will always be there.
The way to solve the problem is the legalize whatever it is and the regulate it in a rational manner.
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Re: Re: Re: Muddled Observation
In short, a psyche with a cracked foundation will crumble regardless of the cause. The cause of the crumbling was only the catalyst, in no way responsible.
(Also, do you work for CCBill?)
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Re: Muddled Observation
Also, and more importantly, there is no such thing as a "good" or "bad" lawyer.
Lawyers are just a symptom of a diseased legal system--one so complex the average citizen is incapable of operating within it at any real proficiency.
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Re: Yup
there is no lock that cannot be picked,
there is no vault which cannot be cracked,
there is no encryption that cannot be bypassed.
Speaking with a view on history, there is no such thing as a "secure" anything. Unless, of course, you put the word "temporarily" in front of "secure".
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Arrr Matey!
Besides, I'd bet good money the game developers couldn't give two sh!ts about DRM--it's probly the middle-manager types, accountants, lawyers... ya know, people who have no clue what computer games are really about.
By buying the game, I am supporting the clueless dolts who insist on DRM, but I'm also supporting the clever talented game developers who made a game which I want to play.
Of course, there are some games I wish I'd pirated first and then not wasted my $$$ on such a steaming pile of carp, but let's no go into that one.
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Re: Re: Arrr Matey!
Also, so I can register and be eligible for "support" for the company as well as download official patches.
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Arrr Matey!
Such has pretty much become my standard MO lately; buy game, download pirate version, open game long enough to obtain my serial number or some such if necessary, install hassle-free pirated version, enjoy game which I paid for.
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
Could be read either way.
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Re: Callbacks
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Re: Pre 1970 Content
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Re: Typical Twisted logic
When attempting to make a point, try to not openly display your ignorance of a subject even when it is a subject which one could reasonably assume most other people would have no factual data or experience.
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Automation Accommodation
I'd have said "here's an RSS feed with every newly uploaded video. You do know what an RSS feed is right? Anyhow, with this setting up your own system to check every video uploaded should be a snap. Then just let us know which ones are infringing. Have a nice day." and left those clueless bastards scratching their asses and wondering just how they were going to figure out how to set up such a thing, let along pay for it.
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Re: Oh what a tangled web we weave
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