One could argue that if the gold sellers are motivated enough/have enough accounts to elect representatives, then they SHOULD get to be represented as they're a large part of the playerbase. It's EVE- just because it isn't very nice doesn't mean it isn't legal.

You just told a member of Goonswarm (a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of the trolls on the Something Awful forums) not to bring teh drama. Goonswarm's battlecry isn't For the Lulz!, but it should be.

But under english law, are financiers of the company itself really involved in champerty or maintenance? Isn't there a big difference between funding a third party's lawsuit and actually buying an interest in the third party in question even if the effect is to give the third party the funds to pursue thte lawsuit?

The evidence of what happened is clear: 2007 was the best year in almost a decade for decent movie releases. And, I'm not talking about just the big crappy blockbusters, but actual good movies like There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. The increase in box office intake correlates to what we've (intelligent people) been saying all along - put out good content and people will consume it.

People are sick of crappy popular music and the only stuff that sells in huge quantities is kiddie stuff because they are easy audiences and don't realize that Hannah Montana can't hit a note without autotune. That is the main reason why the music industry is hurting - the talent is abandoning them and their old ways. Pretty soon though, you will find that as video equipment comes down in price and editing software is cheaply available, independent movies will come out and have global distribution the same way any musician can over the internet. The talent will slowly migrate to the new business model while the old studios will cry foul on their own customers. The best thing the movie studios can do to slow down the inevitable is to put out more good movies and stop trying to cheapen your brand by remaking everything just for a quick buck.

Thanks for the enlightenment, now if MS office just gets ported to BSD, I will be in heaven! I really do hope that MS Windows is not just a cut and paste hack. I do understand the importance of kiss, and how MS has thrived on the stupid user.

For instance I have a friend who only runs XP pro on an open DSL, with no firewall, as admin all the time. I suspect that this is the case in the majority.

Just that fact that RPC and 135 are on by default out of the box, makes me question Microsofts true motives. I believe it is planned obsolecense. The only reason for this would be Bush style Government forced upgrades to the latest incarnation of so called MS (trusted computing).

I do not trust any monopoly that has to spin doctor it's every product to make up for the fact that in reality it is still a BETA!