I am not sure ease of duplication is a good indicator for the value of an object, disregarding unique(ish) objects. Linux is certainly not worthless. And while I wouldn't mind watching volunteer made blockbusters, I haven't seen all that many. (And having even more advertisements in movies does not sound fun at all) Should actors only work in theaters (and without limits on filming, as of course preventing it is an artificial limitation)?

So, considering a movie, what exactly do you want to buy? Are you personally buying the whole production (and ideally paying nothing, as copying is free)? (Or do you consider that a movie has no value at all? Watching a movie once has no value? Having access to a library of movies (that annoyingly is in a state of flux) has no value?)

You know, technically, manufacturing costs also approach zero if you produce enough of something... Why keep property rights at all if we are disregarding all but the final manufacturing expenses? All those pesky atoms are just a form of drm.

Was VHS renting a 'justified' form of commerce (and if not, how come it existed)? Personally I dislike those 'on internet' patents and I consider this to be much the same. Just because something happens on internet/electronically does not make it less valuable. And yes, I dislike DRM. However, if I am getting a streaming service, I can bloody live with the DRM that only allows the content to be streamed. I am not insulted by the fact that my neighbors have locks on their doors.

I read your longer (similar) post earlier, and while the argument sounds convincing, I would like to see some statistics about the execution being a major deterrent (in comparison to prison terms). I wonder if there are any papers that take into account the subcultures of an area (say state) with death penalty and compare the crime rate to a similar states (and so on). Could you link to one of these, or what is your argument based on?

I wonder. Are less similar crimes committed in states (or countries) with death penalty than in states (or countries) without? Related to this, United States has pretty hefty prison population, thus the country should be pretty much crime free because of all the deterrents....

Nope. With a resistive screen and a stylus you can actually select which pixel you are clicking. With capacitive screen and stylus, not so much... (but the movements relative to the original point are reasonably accurate).

The advantage of a capacitive screen is that you don't need a special technique to use it well, along with the multitouch, and scratch resistance. On a resistive screen you get accuracy (which allows clicking a specific link in a web browser without zooming in), and since you also have pressure sensitivity you can use it for drawing. And you can even implement hoovering.

And yes, my latest phones have been capacitive. Yet, the resistive screens had read advantages.

Considering the prison population in the USA in comparison to many other countries, the American law enforcement would seem to be rather well funded.

And well... There's the problem. They were not thinking about the consequences. And harsher punishments don't make a difference. Punishment is a deterrent, but not one that scales well, if at all...

The 2010 OneNote is also pretty horrible (and since I have Office 2010 installed I'm mostly using it on the phone, and quite rarely the metro app, which works pretty well, but well.. I'm not a fan of the metro apps) The 2013 one, based on screenshots, looks more usable.

Since the items get synced there are some advantages when creating items on computer. Faster typing for one.

If you are young and modded the above funny, you're wrong.