In addition, don't most ISPs use DHCP? IIRC, my ISP charges more for a static IP. Would I be required by law to pay more to have a static IP, or would my ISP waive the extra charge?
(The last question is rhetorical, I know who would pay...)
Yes, but that model should be successful of it's own accord, without requiring that the new model be disassembled by unneeded, paid-for legislation that harms individual rights.
If you want to beat the new system, make the necessary changes to your existing system to make it competitive in a new market. Don't try legislating the new system until your existing system is better. That isn't a victory, that is a group defeat.
If the "majority of police who are honest and hardworking" (a statement I disagree with) feel the backlash from this, then maybe they need to withdraw from the blue wall of silence and police their peers, as it were.
Yes, but treating us like their customers (by my definition) would do more to reduce 'piracy' than DRM, legislation, and all other current tactics ever could.
They've been told. They are either deaf or willfully ignorant.
My guess is it's the latter: they feel they don't need to listen to anyone who doesn't have an MBA or years of "experience" in the business because those types of people simply don't matter: SHUT UP AND CONSUME WHAT WE GIVE YOU.
I find it telling that whenever any of the **AAs refer to us, they use the term "consumer".
Not "customer", but consumer.
IMHO, a customer is someone you get feedback from, listen to said feedback, and adjust your business to suit their needs. (i.e. keep them happy to garner and keep their business.)
A consumer is like the proverbial 'hog at the trough': you slop them, and they feed on whatever you give them, with no say whatsoever in the matter.
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IOW, he's talking out of his ass.
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If one wants my trust, they should be able to articulate why.
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(The last question is rhetorical, I know who would pay...)
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If you want to beat the new system, make the necessary changes to your existing system to make it competitive in a new market. Don't try legislating the new system until your existing system is better. That isn't a victory, that is a group defeat.
FTFY
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But seriously, good luck!
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Oh, and infringement isn't theft.
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26 is way less than 350, so double fail.
Care to try again?
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My guess is it's the latter: they feel they don't need to listen to anyone who doesn't have an MBA or years of "experience" in the business because those types of people simply don't matter: SHUT UP AND CONSUME WHAT WE GIVE YOU.
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Not "customer", but consumer.
IMHO, a customer is someone you get feedback from, listen to said feedback, and adjust your business to suit their needs. (i.e. keep them happy to garner and keep their business.)
A consumer is like the proverbial 'hog at the trough': you slop them, and they feed on whatever you give them, with no say whatsoever in the matter.
Like I said, telling, their choice of words.
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Jealousy suits you well.
(Better than that cheap suit in your photo, anyway.)
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