And here we have a bunch of people tying up courts to try to get paid _again_ for something they did almost 30 years ago.
Except thanks to the late Congressman Bono (R-Disney), they could still be doing this in the 22nd century.
It's like a car, you can get a Chevy whatever for $12,000, but it won't have electric windows, locks, etc. You have to get the $23,000 version to get that. And guess what? You can't just upgrade your car either.
Yes, but I've never seen an instance of buying a $12,000 Chevy and getting out on the highway and finding out its top speed is only 43 miles per hour. _That's_ what buying a system with Vista pre-installed is like.
It's funny that passengers on El-Al don't have to put up with all these indignities, and yet they have _no_ security problems. It's obvious to anyone that most of what the TSA does, just like most of what our whole government does, is strictly for appearance.
I mean if Congress, for instance, actually stuck to doing actual work, instead of putting so much effort into appearing to do something useful, they could have 2 day weeks and take 9 months off a year.
Even if what the media companies sold was free, people would still flock to the pirate sites... higher quality (especially for video), no DRM, no hassles.
Until the media companies learn (which seems impossible) that "value" must be part of the transaction, then people will still pirate. I support eMusic and Mindawn precisely because they put value first in their offerings by not foisting DRM on me, having very reasonable pricing, and generally not making it a hassle to do business with them. The rest of them? Who cares. I sure don't.
Let's not be holier than thou here. I have four kids and probably contribute more to government, net, than you do, and will certainly be doing so when my kids are paying for the Social Security you'll be collecting some day (assuming it still exists, which is another topic).
I don't resent having to pay for things like education because that's an investment in the future (or at least if the education actually works, but that's another topic).
I could name a hundred ways in which my taxes are used that I _do_ resent that have nothing to do with tax breaks or kids or anything else. The fact of the matter is, our government could do everything it does with 10% of the money it spends now (and I think I'm being generous... I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like 3%).
Tax rate/cuts/breaksrebates are not the problem, it's our grotesquely corrupt politicians that hemorrhage money faster than their brains leak out of their heads, and their big business, rich or otherwise influential puppetmasters. 90% or more of the Federal Government exists solely to provide easy money to anyone with enough moxie to swindle themselves some.
The market will settle this issue in the right way, assuming that the interested parties don't have monopolistic powers or undue influence of legislators... and we all that _never_ happens in the Free Market Bastion known as the U.S..
Why is it that every time a certain business model is threatened by a changing marketplace, a lot of people want to go crying to Mama Government. We have become a nation of helpless crybabies. God forbid we have another depression, society would collapse in months.
On one hand you say the quality is so bad you wouldn't pay 99p for a show because it isn't worth it, yet a couple of sentences later you are bragging about how much stuff you pirate.
So you spend all your time pirating stuff that you think is crap?
On one hand you say the quality is so bad you wouldn't pay 99p for a show because it isn't worth it, yet a couple of sentences later you are bragging about how much stuff you pirate.
So you spend all your time pirating stuff that you think is crap?
How many decades will it takes for Sony to figure out that no one wants their stupid proprietary formats, and they are always doomed to fail? The last Sony format that actually had a reason to succeed was Betamax, and yet every couple years they foist another stupid product that eats up shelf space for two years and disappears into oblivion. Good thing they have the Playstation.
I wish those fat, bloated corrupt whores would stick to picking up anonymous sex in the bathroom instead of meddling in everything that goes on in this country. There's is nothing so screwed up that Congress can't go in and make it worse.
I literally couldn't care less about the fashion industry either, but I has seen time and time again that everything Congress touches gets broken. That body of crooks couldn't find ugly on an outhouse rat without spending 20 billion dollars and putting a million people out of work.
While I hate telemarketers with a passion I'm happy to participate in markets or political surveys, perhaps more so because my interests are so off-center that they probably skew the results, although I will answer honestly. Anyhow, they are usually short and kind of interesting. The problem is that too many companies are trying fool people they call into thinking they are doing what you are doing, which is, IMO, legitimate. Anyhow, good luck in the job. Not all of us will hang up on you.
The reason I never signed up was because I never believed it would actually reduce telemarketer calls. I always figured the telemarketers would find a loophole and people being on the list would actually get _more_ calls.
After a few years, it does seem to be working somewhat, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
You have to remember that marketing people are usually too stupid to actually do something productive, which is why they are in marketing. The actual schlubs calling on the phone are just folks who are trying to eke out a living, and probably can't do anything useful either. I suppose it's marginally better than having them living on the streets. Think of it as a private welfare program.
Of course, if you are going to try to survive by pissing off people for a living, you need to accept the consequences.
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The problem with perpetual copyright...
Except thanks to the late Congressman Bono (R-Disney), they could still be doing this in the 22nd century.
This is now how copyright was supposed to work.
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Re: Vista
Yes, but I've never seen an instance of buying a $12,000 Chevy and getting out on the highway and finding out its top speed is only 43 miles per hour. _That's_ what buying a system with Vista pre-installed is like.
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The TSA is a joke...
I mean if Congress, for instance, actually stuck to doing actual work, instead of putting so much effort into appearing to do something useful, they could have 2 day weeks and take 9 months off a year.
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Re: Take a look at Universities
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Re: Another Study
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It's Simple Supply and Demand
Until the media companies learn (which seems impossible) that "value" must be part of the transaction, then people will still pirate. I support eMusic and Mindawn precisely because they put value first in their offerings by not foisting DRM on me, having very reasonable pricing, and generally not making it a hassle to do business with them. The rest of them? Who cares. I sure don't.
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Re: Fair.
I don't resent having to pay for things like education because that's an investment in the future (or at least if the education actually works, but that's another topic).
I could name a hundred ways in which my taxes are used that I _do_ resent that have nothing to do with tax breaks or kids or anything else. The fact of the matter is, our government could do everything it does with 10% of the money it spends now (and I think I'm being generous... I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like 3%).
Tax rate/cuts/breaksrebates are not the problem, it's our grotesquely corrupt politicians that hemorrhage money faster than their brains leak out of their heads, and their big business, rich or otherwise influential puppetmasters. 90% or more of the Federal Government exists solely to provide easy money to anyone with enough moxie to swindle themselves some.
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Re: This DRM nonsense
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Re: Outrage is relative to image
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The New National Pastime
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Re: Blame marketers
There, I fixed that for you. ;-)
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Re:
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Re: Re: I tried to buy some content online...
On one hand you say the quality is so bad you wouldn't pay 99p for a show because it isn't worth it, yet a couple of sentences later you are bragging about how much stuff you pirate.
So you spend all your time pirating stuff that you think is crap?
Your intellectual dissonance is making me dizzy.
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Re: Re: I tried to buy some content online...
On one hand you say the quality is so bad you wouldn't pay 99p for a show because it isn't worth it, yet a couple of sentences later you are bragging about how much stuff you pirate.
So you spend all your time pirating stuff that you think is crap?
Your intellectual dissonance is making me dizzy.
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So how many decades will it take?
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Congress can't stop meddling
I literally couldn't care less about the fashion industry either, but I has seen time and time again that everything Congress touches gets broken. That body of crooks couldn't find ugly on an outhouse rat without spending 20 billion dollars and putting a million people out of work.
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Re: sorry, must vent
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After a few years, it does seem to be working somewhat, but I'm still waiting for the other shoe to drop.
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Re: My baby needs a heart lung transplant
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Re: Telemarketers
Of course, if you are going to try to survive by pissing off people for a living, you need to accept the consequences.
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