You see a similar thing with tooth brushes. For years I've been using those electric tooth brushes which marketers love to claim are more effective at cleaning between teeth than the outdated manual toothbrushes.
I've since started using a manual toothbrush again, and I've found that it is what is more effective, while the electric toothbrush has the inferior effectiveness.
This all spawns from the fallacy that technology keeps getting better and that newer automatically means better, when in fact it quite often gets worse. And sometimes, it gets both better and worse (thanks to things like planned obsolescence or just poor quality in general).
How many of you have upgraded an OS or application for its much-touted newer features, but found yourself downgrading to the previous version because it worked better?
Sadly, in spite of this a lot of people continue to believe that newer is always better, and marketers love to take advantage of such beliefs.
You think that's bad? There's about a hundred other people in the northern half of my home state alone that share my name. There's at least one other person with my name in my hometown as well, and the college I was attending mixed up his account with mine.
Oh, the "entitlement to free" thing is real, but not in every case as this person appears to be suggesting. In Second Life, I've seen people react with rage if a business does not put out a few free items, almost like they believe that there is some kind of strict moral obligation to do so.
Though, now that I think about it, they tend to be people with psychological problems, where they go into a rage if they don't get their way or if you don't bend over backwards to kiss their ass. In Second Life, we call such people "Drama Queens".
What if the actual situation is not that the NY Times management wants a paywall... but that their shareholders are demanding a paywall because they're desperate for returns on what is no longer a good investment.
Just couldn't help but to laugh out loud when I caught this headline on twitter. I'm wondering how long it'll be before common sense catches up with the NY Times.
I should point out that DNA recognition technology is not as foolproof as it is depicted in crime dramas like CSI and Law & Order. Running DNA tests is also expensive, from what I heard.
I'd say the $300 is a reasonable fine. The goal of most punishments is to teach the person a lesson in order to prevent them from committing the crime again.
The fines we have in the US? If I'm correct in assuming that the fines are all paid to the copyright holders, then the heavy fines we have are little more than a money-making scheme that the MAFIAA got through heavy lobbying/bribing.
And I wonder... how much of those heavy fines do the artists get to see? Or does 99% of it all go to what I am assuming is the MAFIAA's gold-plated money vault?
Tooth Brushes
You see a similar thing with tooth brushes. For years I've been using those electric tooth brushes which marketers love to claim are more effective at cleaning between teeth than the outdated manual toothbrushes.
I've since started using a manual toothbrush again, and I've found that it is what is more effective, while the electric toothbrush has the inferior effectiveness.
This all spawns from the fallacy that technology keeps getting better and that newer automatically means better, when in fact it quite often gets worse. And sometimes, it gets both better and worse (thanks to things like planned obsolescence or just poor quality in general).
How many of you have upgraded an OS or application for its much-touted newer features, but found yourself downgrading to the previous version because it worked better?
Sadly, in spite of this a lot of people continue to believe that newer is always better, and marketers love to take advantage of such beliefs.
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You think that's bad? There's about a hundred other people in the northern half of my home state alone that share my name. There's at least one other person with my name in my hometown as well, and the college I was attending mixed up his account with mine.
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Based on those numbers, looks like trying to say they've changed positions hasn't done anything to slow down the transfers.
Petty & Inane
I think that at worst, eye-rolling is just petty and disrespectful. But a law against eye-rolling? I think such a law is petty and inane.
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Now that's an ass you don't want to **** with.
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Oh, the "entitlement to free" thing is real, but not in every case as this person appears to be suggesting. In Second Life, I've seen people react with rage if a business does not put out a few free items, almost like they believe that there is some kind of strict moral obligation to do so.
Though, now that I think about it, they tend to be people with psychological problems, where they go into a rage if they don't get their way or if you don't bend over backwards to kiss their ass. In Second Life, we call such people "Drama Queens".
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I never really liked autocomplete much to begin with. Perhaps its better if Google just drops it altogether.
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Maybe this is part of a huge conspiracy to get people to stop watching porn.
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You know, a thought occurs to me...
What if the actual situation is not that the NY Times management wants a paywall... but that their shareholders are demanding a paywall because they're desperate for returns on what is no longer a good investment.
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Just couldn't help but to laugh out loud when I caught this headline on twitter. I'm wondering how long it'll be before common sense catches up with the NY Times.
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I should point out that DNA recognition technology is not as foolproof as it is depicted in crime dramas like CSI and Law & Order. Running DNA tests is also expensive, from what I heard.
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What's the point of protecting the trademark on one of the most hated franchises ever?
Re: Careful Mike...
It's not Turkey that's bad, it's their government.
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Oh no, my blog is hosted on blogspot! Oh wait... I rarely ever write blog posts on it anyways.
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The MAFIAA has already been planting fake evidence of copyright infringement. I have absolutely no doubt that they would resort to such a tactic.
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Just like a time-travel story arc in Bob & George!
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Now, if those people had their twitter timelines set to private, then they might have a case.
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Its unfortunate how frequently judges ignore established laws and procedures in favor of their own personal beliefs and opinions.
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I'd say the $300 is a reasonable fine. The goal of most punishments is to teach the person a lesson in order to prevent them from committing the crime again.
The fines we have in the US? If I'm correct in assuming that the fines are all paid to the copyright holders, then the heavy fines we have are little more than a money-making scheme that the MAFIAA got through heavy lobbying/bribing.
And I wonder... how much of those heavy fines do the artists get to see? Or does 99% of it all go to what I am assuming is the MAFIAA's gold-plated money vault?
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Argumentum ad Stupidus?