..maybe they should quit bitching and write better music. :)

lets see if i follow this.

1. someone does not desire a product
2. product becomes free
3. product is now desired

if i dont desire a new blender, i wont take one just because it is free. same with music or software. if i dont want something, even if it is free, i am not going to listen to a tune or play a game.

it really comes down to price point. digital things are harder for people to rationalize since you don't have a great big hunk of stuff hanging on your wall after you drop a bunch of cash for photoshop.

i am an architect, the real kind, that designs buildings. anyway many clients feel the same way about drawings for a house. they don't want to spend 20k+ for a roll of paper and ink. they forget about all of the hours that go into producing that roll of drawings. similar to software and music.

now i havent actually taken econ 101, but my guess is that if you provide a product for free, you wont be in business very long. at least not in business to make money.

i just think people should be respectful of other peoples time and effort. if someone wants to create something and charge for it. that is their choice. you should pay for it if you want to benefit from their labor.

if someone wants to spend time creating something and give it away for free, that is also a choice.

for the record i think drm is wrong. also think the whole piracy != losses is a convenient rationalization.

no offense. but if he hadnt discovered america for the europeans you wouldnt be here. you pretty much need history as is for you to exist. i hope you enjoy life. quit bitching and make the most of it.

i for one am glad i dont have to hunt tatanka or do the sun dance.

full lakota

biden... ...daschle... ...clinton... ...holder... can someone fill in the gaps? i am too lazy.

technically, it is change. otherwise the administration would be made up of all bush appointees. it just isnt the change people expected. kinda like casting wish in d&d. it sounds good at first, then you get fucked.

all anyone needed to see was his vp pick. seriously.

change we can believe in

i think you are forced to click the amazon link and by an episode or something...

he is getting old. we either need a back up plan or a remake with someone younger.

no offense, but the general populace (at least in the states) doesn't like or 'get' python. you either love it or hate it - which isnt an even split. more people probably like the stooges. i cannot fathom why people like that show. (see how that works?)

that is a bit of a shame... i like python as well, but hearing people do bits all the time is a bit annoying. particularly when it gets into a 'who can make the most obscure python reference' infinite loop.

there is more material in my bowel than on the beautiful mrs. zxnos' left hand ring finger, yet i can't seem to move it...

yeah, i was hit on the head by an lcd price drop just the other day. i am going to carry an umbrella here on out.

...would hate to see someone siphon fuel from this car!

can someone explain the problem with electronic voting to me? i only know some basic LISP but i am pretty sure i could write something that allows me to enter custom candidate names and then tally's votes and prints a receipt... ...and what is the deal with misaligned touch screens, etc. why not just us a mouse and cursor?

forget that guy, he is obviously a republican trolling as a democrat since he only thinks in terms of black and white... ...still not sure what his post was supposed to mean. since there weren't any major problems (that i heard of) the prior act must have worked.