I go outside almost every day. I honestly don't see what the big deal is. There's grass, dirt, clouds, streets and trees, none of which really do anything interesting most of the time, and cars and buses, which are only interesting when they're about to run you over. And if you stay outside long enough the Sun starts to kill you and your skin peels off, unless it's raining which can admittedly be nice under the right circumstances. Maybe if you thought for yourself for once instead of just blindly accepting the line that going outside is good then you'd realize that going outside kinda sucks.
Besides, Braveheart's more historically accurate than that history textbook you read that said the Civil War was about states' rights. So in that sense movies can be real.
I think we should push this idea. It would be interesting to see pirates accused of trespassing instead of theft. Add a fresh twist to the proceedings.
"with nearly unanimous bipartisan support in the Senate"
This confuses me. I've seen it repeated in plenty of pro-SOPA pieces, but I simply can't figure out what kind of a world they think we live in where that is at all a relevant argument. Are people really only expected to protest bills that don't have support in the Senate?
"That’s partly because “old media” draws a line between “news” and “editorial.” "
I got a good laugh out of that one. Made my day.
Content * packaging > Content. This is simple math. If content was all that mattered no one would have bought a copy of Dracula or The Art of War since Project Gutenburg began. Heck, I found one story on the Internet that I really liked and, since it was only freely available on the Internet, I had a physical copy printed. Content is nice, but it's sometimes better to have things.
Well, if you're just trying to convince us all what a horrible place the Internet is without discussing proposed laws, that's fine. I'm not sure why you're so adamant about driving home that the Internet is a Wild West if you're not in support of the current laws, maybe you just think analogies are Serious Business and should always be properly applied. I understand, I'm the same way sometimes. But if what you're saying is in support of proposed laws, then yes, my opinions of proposed laws are indeed relevant, and just saying "It's the Wild West, and that's the end of it" is a very irresponsible way to approach Internet-related legislation.
I look at that and see "rising prices and decreased demand, isn't that basic economics?" I'm not an economist, but it seems weird to assume that the rising prices and decreased attendance have nothing to do with each other.
Are there statistics on how many of each age group voted for who? If the old vote was split or a little towards McCain and the young vote leaned heavily towards Obama, then Anon would be justified in saying that the young vote got Obama into office.
Of course, there's also the possibility that it's his ego talking.
I was recently made aware of your company's license agreement for allowing other websites to link to yours. While I consider this an exciting new direction for your company policy, the details have left me wondering a few things.
I've noticed a disturbing trend among corporations to neglect to treat their physical locations with the same care that they treat their online locations, and feel that your current policy could be further reinforced by requiring that only registered tour guides and approved navigational apps be permitted to direct people to your many convenient locations. Are there currently any plans to implement such a model?
Are there any ways to acquire a linking license besides faxing a form to your company? I do not believe there are any fax machines in my area, and a more accessible option would be appreciated.
Are links in private correspondences as well as public websites prohibited, and if so should I forward all offending emails to you or are you already monitoring those yourselves?
For that matter, is forwarding an email in which the original sender links to lowes.com considered to be infringement on my part? I'd like to do my part to combat the menace of word-of-mouth advertising, but not if doing so would make me part of the problem.
I look forward to your responses.
I'm very picky about where all the files on my computer go too. Directly manipulating picture files is much easier for me than using a photo manager.
Video games are not photos. They are bigger and clunkier. All using Steam means is that I only have to go a couple folders deeper to get to my purchases, and in return I get a much more streamlined purchase, installation, and file transfer process (Steam cloud: saved games show up on all your machines; best service ever). The installation is a lot more streamlined from the machine's perspective too, as since the game files are put directly in the program's folder you don't need to bother with all that confirmation or unpacking nonsense. I doubt I'd appreciate that last bit as much with video files, but with games it's awesome, and means I don't have to bother with my hard drive having three copies of the same game on it as it sorts out the installation.
I'm curious. Do you think that Wikipedia broke its all-important neutrality just on the word of Mike Masnick? SOPA clearly wasn't just any anti-piracy bill.
"Almost impossible to do honest business"? Yes, that's why Amazon, Bandcamp, iTunes, Steam and Netflix went under so quickly, all those thieves on the Internet stealing their products. It's a good thing so many people stole porn before that industry also went under or I'd have nothing to do with this web browser.
Veoh, if you'll recall, was a business that was destroyed by a copyright lawsuit. Not the ruling, just the lawsuit. THAT is the kind of thing that's threatening to honest business. What companies have been lost because they were upstaged by pirates? Certainly not the ones pushing the current bills.
And even assuming ther your belief that the current freedom of the Internet is bad were correct, that does not make anything being done now a better alternative. The laws that are currently in the pipeline would be like pruning a hedge with a flamethrower. We'd go from Wild West to Soviet Union.
No, you see, the difference is that in the Wild West it was the citizens that could do whatever they want, which is what we have now. The Internet after SOPA would be far more like the USSR, in which you can say whatever you want as long as no one higher up decides they don't like what you're saying, and God help you if you try to get anything from anywhere except State-approved sources.
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Besides, Braveheart's more historically accurate than that history textbook you read that said the Civil War was about states' rights. So in that sense movies can be real.
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This confuses me. I've seen it repeated in plenty of pro-SOPA pieces, but I simply can't figure out what kind of a world they think we live in where that is at all a relevant argument. Are people really only expected to protest bills that don't have support in the Senate?
"That’s partly because “old media” draws a line between “news” and “editorial.” "
I got a good laugh out of that one. Made my day.
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Of course, there's also the possibility that it's his ego talking.
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I was recently made aware of your company's license agreement for allowing other websites to link to yours. While I consider this an exciting new direction for your company policy, the details have left me wondering a few things.
I've noticed a disturbing trend among corporations to neglect to treat their physical locations with the same care that they treat their online locations, and feel that your current policy could be further reinforced by requiring that only registered tour guides and approved navigational apps be permitted to direct people to your many convenient locations. Are there currently any plans to implement such a model?
Are there any ways to acquire a linking license besides faxing a form to your company? I do not believe there are any fax machines in my area, and a more accessible option would be appreciated.
Are links in private correspondences as well as public websites prohibited, and if so should I forward all offending emails to you or are you already monitoring those yourselves?
For that matter, is forwarding an email in which the original sender links to lowes.com considered to be infringement on my part? I'd like to do my part to combat the menace of word-of-mouth advertising, but not if doing so would make me part of the problem.
I look forward to your responses.
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Video games are not photos. They are bigger and clunkier. All using Steam means is that I only have to go a couple folders deeper to get to my purchases, and in return I get a much more streamlined purchase, installation, and file transfer process (Steam cloud: saved games show up on all your machines; best service ever). The installation is a lot more streamlined from the machine's perspective too, as since the game files are put directly in the program's folder you don't need to bother with all that confirmation or unpacking nonsense. I doubt I'd appreciate that last bit as much with video files, but with games it's awesome, and means I don't have to bother with my hard drive having three copies of the same game on it as it sorts out the installation.
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Veoh, if you'll recall, was a business that was destroyed by a copyright lawsuit. Not the ruling, just the lawsuit. THAT is the kind of thing that's threatening to honest business. What companies have been lost because they were upstaged by pirates? Certainly not the ones pushing the current bills.
And even assuming ther your belief that the current freedom of the Internet is bad were correct, that does not make anything being done now a better alternative. The laws that are currently in the pipeline would be like pruning a hedge with a flamethrower. We'd go from Wild West to Soviet Union.
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