Hypothesis: Super Powers would be awesome.
Conclusion: Hell yeah!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F...
misandry exists and is real
but it is tiny compared to the systemic misogyny in the power structures and social norms in jobs and schools, especially STEM jobs and schools
so to ask for the false balance with the esoteric minor misandry, when examining the very strong and very real misogyny, is yet another example of someone, in this case you, just not fucking getting it, and being out of touch with the reality of pervasive misogyny
you are out of touch with reality
no, wrong
women suffer from sexism far more than men in general society, and especially in STEM careers/ academia
this is actual reality
it's like says racism against whites by blacks balances racism against blacks by whites. completely ignoring history and reality of who actually suffers far, far worse effects
and of course there is misandry in this world, that's real, that exists
but it's the misogyny that is far, far more worse and embedded in social norms and power structures in jobs and schools, especially in STEM jobs and scholarly pursuits
that's reality. if you don't agree with that or understand that, you don't understand reality
the point is the bias is real and serious. if ridiculous drama like that reaction to the guy's t shirt exists, this is minor sideshow crap compared to the very real, very serious, very unfunny sexism
but in certain minds, the blowback over a t shirt is the "real" issue, and the actual sexism is unnoticed and invisible, or a reason to make jokes, on a topic which is not funny
revealing the bias and prejudice to be very real
you are modded funny, and make a joke, when men ARE privileged
as proven by the story you are commenting other
yet everyone is laughing
so the problem is real, because everyone thinks the subject is a joke
it's like a story showing racism's bad effects, and people make racist jokes underneath
unexamined prejudice is alive and well in the slashdot comments
The *industry* doesn't care, since a lack of streaming just means they can go back to making sales on CDs.
that will never happen again. customers will share files online
but in your sentence is exactly the stupidity that shows why the music industry is dying. for not embracing the technology where their customers are
thank you, well said
true
i still feel there is a more nuanced solution to these situations where more benefit is derived
just turning the power switch off seems like a waste of value, however damaged
people are poor and don't have time for a hassle and want to listen to music right now for free. if you yell at them this is wrong, they won't care: they want to listen to music. hardly a grave moral transgression
so they do. because they can. because the internet allows for myriad ways to share files
so what you are left with is a classic situation in human history: new technology changes the balance of power and the old way of doing things is thrown out. let the old guard grimaces and sputters with rage. who cares?
in the future, recorded music will be nothing but free advertising for the artist. the artist gets his income from live shows, ancillary items, advertising, etc. this crazy arrangement used to function with an esoteric strange technology called "radio": music for free, supported by ads, and artists get exposure to make money in other ways. so we're hardly in weird new territory here
is it written somewhere in the bible or the quran that making money off of recorded music is some sort of basic human right? no, there is merely a legal convention from the last one hundred years only, when recorded music existed on physical medium. for thousands of years before that, and now forever more from this century on, you make money form live performance, patronage, ads, ancillary revenue, etc.
idiots gnashing their teeth over a hollow legal arrangement based on a technology that has been leapfrogged don't mean anything except an example of how people can be clueless
the words you say are in defense of a temporary power arrangement, physical media, that is almost done completely fading away
if the music companies were smart, they'd continue to operate the site
"we shut down the pirates! that will end this threat once and for all!"
(two weeks later, 20 more sites)
it should have been:
"this is a popular site. now that we own it we will modify it slightly so that we derive some revenue from it while not pissing off the listeners, thus gracefully transitioning to a new distribution model that listeners desire"
no one has the money to rebuild an entire redundant fiber rollout
you would need to sink billions to just begin to compete, with no guarantee of a profit (and less with predatory pricing shutting you down)
it's called a natural monopoly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...
the financial barrier to market entry is too high
nevermind no one wants their streets constantly torn up to lay competing fiber even if there were multiple googles willing to try to compete as just a sideshow because they have a large cushion of billions in the bank
the problem you identify as the government is actually the corporations: they corrupt and bribe local and state officials
how is that the corporation corrupting your government is the fault of government? you want to remove the corruption and corruptors, not remove the regulations and the government. those are the only things protecting you
this is the problem:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
so you want to pass laws against that, and enforce them. i didn't say that was easy, but it's certainly a hell of a lot better than no government regulation and complete uncontrollable and unstoppable oligopolies that rip customers even more and abuse start up competitors even more, with no accountability or redress (since you removed the government regulation)
if you like capitalism, and i do, what you do is you have the government own the fiber, and maintain it. then various companies lease fractional portions of the cable and offer various services. that pays for the infrastructure. kind of like how we handle wireless spectrum: auction off portions of it. that's how you have fair competition
but that fair competition only works with a platform provided by the government
it's like dealing with a creationist or an antivaxxer
simple basic history and well-established economic facts just don't mean a damn thing to you deluded fucks. it's like the religious tenets of some low iq cult: just keep asserting a simpleminded wrong belief, contrary to all facts and history, and you can continue in your quasireligious moronic bullshit
1. predatory pricing is real
2.. predatory pricing happens constantly
3. only government regulations can catch it and punish it
these are all ironclad bedrock truths of the world you live in
predatory pricing is being used here to drain the upstart fiber service of customers
now cover your eyes and ears like a pridefully ignorant asshole, right?
learn you dumb fuck:
http://www.google.com/#q=preda...
that's a random dip into current news. predatory pricing examples everywhere. tomorrow there will be dozens of new examples
what did you say?
The term predatory pricing comes from the time when massive consolidation of railroads and oil was driving down prices. Smaller competitors sought reasons to stop it. The price increases never came, of course. Same as computers today.
you're a moron
not baseless insult. an objective description of the quality of your thought
what you wrote is hilariously solidly wrong. you blindly and blatantly deny basic facts of a subject matter you inject your puerile ignorance into
you're deluded uneducated wackjob and if you had any shame you would stop lying and making yourself look like a feeble crackpot to anyone who actually understands the simple basics of this subject matter
just shut the fuck up about what you clearly do not understand you dumb ignorant fuck
2.4 statute miles of surgical tubing at Yale U. = 1 I.V.League