Comment Re:No, but the Age of Information will. (Score 1) 90
You can read an ebook with heavy DRM, maybe,
people are writing books and selling them with no DRM right now. You're just piling on the FUD.
You can read an ebook with heavy DRM, maybe,
people are writing books and selling them with no DRM right now. You're just piling on the FUD.
Posted by timothy on Fri Nov 15, '13 10:04 PM
Go figure. I would accuse Dice of firing the editors and replacing them with ESL wage slaves but that would probably be an improvement.
Great. US style capitalism screws up pretty much everything it touches these days, and now one of those who've benefited from that wants to use public resources to give him private property.
Typical.
What other kind of economic environment do you want to live in? One where I simply take everything from you at gunpoint and then dribble back barely enough for you to live from day to day as my slave?
I read it as an assertion that this was an example of that kind of behavior.
If I can't get be post-paid for my work, hoping to build an audience and further fund my career, why would anyone know who I (or any other author) was in order to know if they wanted to pay them in advance? I couldn't wast time trying to become an author. Or a musician. Or painter.
You don't have to jump straight into writing books, or painting murals. You could begin with lesser works, and build a reputation.
Of course I have other options in this world. Since I have no legal protections for my work, I'm sure outfits will pop up offering to distribute it wrapped up so tight in DRM that piracy wouldn't be much of an issue.
They have to offer the work at a price which the customer is willing to pay, and the conditions are part of the payment. People are not going to dance the hokey pokey to see a movie. They'll see a different movie, or read a book, or fuck.
All prison terms should be "at hard labor".
Congratulations, you just advocated slavery, including for people who were wrongfully convicted. How does it feel to be a would-be slaver?
You steal my personal data, sell it to someone else who uses that data to commit crimes, you are a dangerous person.
That's not what most hackers do, though. Also, prison is for violent criminals. People who represent a clear, immediate danger to others. People who you can not deal with any way but murdering them or locking them up.
In some places there is no requirement for slower traffic to drive in the right hand lane.
I think you mean legal requirement. You're always required to drive in the non-passing lane lest you be an asshole. You're only legally required to let people pass in some places. And in most places, you won't get ticketed even if a cop has to pass you on the right.
Both have problems. The first is pretty much laying the seeds of a violent revolution and causing misery for no good reason but the glorification of elites, many of whom will have done little more than inherited their status. The second would create a permanent hedonistic class with no need for education nor pride in the value of work
Uh, we have that already. I don't know if you've noticed, but you can live much better in this country on minimum wage than you can making the median wage in a lot of other countries. And we already have a bunch of people who do nothing in their spare time but watch shitty TV, drink shitty beer, and fuck. Sounds like low-level, low-brow hedonism to me. It requires neither education nor pride.
As long as people have to work for luxuries, some people will work.
I removed my facebook app, because my phone would buzz once or twice a day on random posts from 'friends' I barely know. Words With Friends kept buzzing with pointless notifications too. In short, if I can't just forget I have it and use it when i want, then I'll uninstall it.
Have you considered leaving your phone pressed against your taint?
I pretty much avoid apps with any kind of in-app purchasing. If you think your app is worth the price of all the extra bits, well then allow me to buy the whole thing. I'm not interested in being nickeled and dimed to death for extra levels, abilities or features.
I'm confused. Are you talking about apps or girlfriends?
Insurance companies make their money by investing the premiums they collect. Why do you think Berkshire Hathaway (aka Warren Buffett) owns GEICO?
Some states let you put up a bond instead of carrying insurance.
Having the insurance people and their lawyers deal with all the accident shit is worth more than any potential savings, IMO.
Reminds me of a story. Many years ago (okay, about 20 years ago) I worked for a very small company that set up networks for point of sale systems; so small it was just my boss and me.
One evening we were heading back to town after being onsite since about 6am. Needless to say, we were both tired, so my boss was gunning it. Then comes the flashing lights. Cop stops us, and asks my boss "Do you know why I stopped you?" My boss replies "I suppose I was speeding." The cop nods. "Yes you were, sir. And did you happen to glance at your speedometer to see how much over the speed limit you were driving?" At that point, I caught a mischievous look in my boss's eye.
"God no!" my boss exclaimed. "Traveling that fast, I didn't dare look down at my dash!"
Fortunately the cop had a good sense of humor, we all had a laugh, and my boss got a ticket.
Where there's a will, there's a relative.