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  • On the post: Not Every Theater Owner Fears Competing With Your Home Theater System

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 02:15pm

    Re: Re: Hypocrisy

    Fair enough, but its more on topic than hating on theaters.

  • On the post: Not Every Theater Owner Fears Competing With Your Home Theater System

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 10:56am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Its like this: last night at a sushi place I hadn't been to in years one member of the party I was in chided me for getting raw rolls. Why should it bother me, I came for sushi (and nigiri)? She said she had a bad experience thre before. GREAT. That means nothing. If it was so bad people were getting sick, wouldn't the place be closed?

    And if you have your bad experiences, how exactly do they mean anything to anyone else? Can't I kee going and form my own opinions?

    Incidentally, the service was so bad and the freshness of the fish was lacking I've decided on my own not to go back. But listen to other people, as if I care about their experiences enough to let them ruin mine? Not a chance in hell.

    I ignore people talking on their cellphones, as I haven't encountered too many (maybe cause I pick better showtimes or later in th release?) To even notice. In the past 15 years I can remember twice when someone spoke during a movie. Again its anecdotal and only my experiences. Why should you care?

    if you told me something like Cinemark theaters started offering beer, then you'd have my interest.

    I largely ignore movie reviews, but I read product reviews looking for objective reviews. I ignore the subjective ones. If you tell me its crap because it feels cheap or plasticky, I don't care. If you tell me its crap because it broke the first time you used it (properly) then I care.

  • On the post: Not Every Theater Owner Fears Competing With Your Home Theater System

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 10:40am

    Re: Re: Re:

    IPad? Never in my life would I own such a device. Thanks for playing, though.

  • On the post: Not Every Theater Owner Fears Competing With Your Home Theater System

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 09:44am

    I was hoping to get to this thread before the people with a complete lack of tolerance for others crept in, which is always the case when any thread discusing movie theaters pops up.

    To anyone else posting after me: WE KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE THEATERS.

    Keep it to yourself, alright? The comments don't add anything, are not insightful and we could care lss about your anecdotal experiences. Everyone that hates theaters mentions the same tired reasons. Whoop. De. Doo.

    Back to the topic: I am eager to visit the Warren theaters in Wichita. Drinks and a meal an all that.

    I would hope something like this would c,ome to NY. In the meantime I will have to get to George Eastmans Dryden Theater and the one Drive-in nearby during the summer for some zombie/horror flicks.

  • On the post: Another Judge Slams Righthaven For Chilling Effects That Do Nothing To Advance Copyright Act's Purpose

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 08:17am

    Re:

    Wait, what? When did righthaven become owner (outside of the right to sue) of the copyright, in order to license them to Stephens Media? I'm not sure but I think the logic twist isn't coming from the judge. Righthven would have to have show this and I don't recall that happening in too many (if any) cases yet.

  • On the post: Studios Offering $30 Movie Rentals; Theater Owner Complains That He Can't Compete With That

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2011 @ 09:23am

    Re: Re: A bit short sighted...

    I saw that showing of the Big Lebowski, too. For my first time at the Dryden (a shame, I will admit) I was impressed with the fact that it sold out and the audience was very considerate. I probably got some looks for laughing at things I was the only one who thought were funny, but I digress.

    The only time I have an issue with theaters is when I go to dollar theaters on busy nights. Its only happend once or twice and I'm mature enough to not let other people bother me in second run movies.

    Which brings me back to the quote from the theater owner. Does he honestly think people are going to pay $30 at home for a movie that can be seen for $1, $1.50, or $2 second run? He must really hate his own theater experience. I much prefer theater atmosphere and sound than my living room. Especially with my girlfriend, who loves the going out part. You know. Like a date.

    Which is why I jumped at the opportunity to see the Big Lebowski on a theater screen (with obviously like minded individuals)

  • On the post: Microsoft Wants To Make It Illegal To Buy From An Overseas Company That Uses Unauthorized Software

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 11:54am

    Re: your 20 years too late mike !!!

    What occurs in what industries "allready"?

    What has "allready" been with software?

    What's it to you who mike likes or doesn't?

    Turnabout is fair play: again, I guess you don't like Mike do you darryl?

    Then again you don't like anyone who questions the fairness or constitutionality of a law.

  • On the post: Geohot Goes On Vacation; Sony Accuses Him Of Fleeing Legal Action

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 11:08am

    Re:

    Oh brother.. I already did, and yeah, there are some real doozies there, like one person saying you CAN'T do whatever you want with something you bought (and this beautiful strawman to go with it) because you shouldn't have the right to take something you own and harm someone with it. (or take a plate and throw out the window with intent to harm someone)

    He obviously missed the context of the conversation that people are referring to modifying, destroying, or otherwise altering the products they own, not harming or infringing on the rights of others.

  • On the post: Phone Calls Are So Last Century

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 10:58am

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    Considering my phone is 2% phone and 98% computer, no "checkup" needed, except maybe for you to realize that I have a browser I can access anywhere, maps I can access anywhere, a GPS unit I can use for geocaching/trail tracking, and access to video sites, my music, and about 5000 things I'd rather being doing with my phone than placing phone calls. I, personally, didn't buy a phone with a keyboard so I could make phone calls on it. I txt my SO about 50 times a day, and talk in person when we get home.

    Might be the case with Mike as well, I'm pretty sure he recently got an Android phone.

    So, if the phone in my pocket was only capable of phone calls and nothing else, you might have an argument there.

    My phone is also: A flashlight, camera, camcorder, radio (via internet), calendar, work and personal email device, remote control for VLC on my computer, stargazing aid, a LightSaber, a Looooooooooongcat, a wifi analyzer, a stud finder, a gaming machine, an alarm clock, a barcode scanner, a calculator, an SSH/telnet client, a photo gallery, a memo pad, in car navigation, paypal payment/receipts device, a spirit level, a stopwatch, a comic strip viewer and also lets me check the weather.

    So, how about them phonecalls?

  • On the post: Top Hacker Rejects Job Offer From Sony Over PS3 Jailbreak Legal Strategy

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 11:29am

    Re: Not smart.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/g4e1d/sony_offers_a_job_to_a_hacker_whilst_suing_another/c1kw4y6

    "For those saying "I'm going to regret being principled", etc. Probably not. Android App sales have been more than good to me."

    What were you saying?

  • On the post: Top Hacker Rejects Job Offer From Sony Over PS3 Jailbreak Legal Strategy

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2011 @ 11:28am

    http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/g4e1d/sony_offers_a_job_to_a_hacker_whilst_suing_another/c1kw4y6
    Koush posted comments on Reddit in regards to this, he turned down an interview, not a job, out of principle. And Android app sales "have been more than good" to him.

    Nothing more to it than that, so if you kool-aid drinkers wouldn't mind fucking off now. (Directed at the trolls, and its like they say, if you are looking around and you can't figure out who the trolls are, its you)

  • On the post: Rep. Lofgren Again Explains How And Why Domain Seizures Violate The Law

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 08:26am

    Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Actually guilty of what?

  • On the post: Rep. Lofgren Again Explains How And Why Domain Seizures Violate The Law

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 08:20am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Guilty? What court case? Where was it proven that anyone infringed anything? The larger issue (the reason for the "seizure" was child pornography.) has nothing to do with copyright.

    What do those sites have to do with people that are "guilty" of copyright infringement? Well, if you take down a domain that has 84,000 subdomains on the suspicion that 10 out of those 84,000 are distributing child porn, and 83990 of those sites are not, you've just witnessed what is called "prior restraint" Those 83990 sites were taken down when they had no reason to be taken down. Business websites, personal blogs, etc etc. Those 83990 sites have suddenly disappeared for no reason other than they used the same domain as some suspected child pornographers.

    Its like someone else has stated, would you take down the entire empire state building if only a handful of the offices within are being used for some suspected illegal activity? I think not.

  • On the post: No Info Can Be Found About Mysterious Report Claiming Australia As A 'Nation Of Pirates'

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 01:47pm

    Re: Piracy violates creators' rights. It gives money to pirate websites that have no rights. What else is there?

    Not music related, completely, but my own anecdote:

    1) I got to watch the first episode of The Walking Dead on AMC's website. I liked it so much (and I was about 2 or 3 weeks behind at that point) that I downloaded every single episode of the show. There were only 6 that season.

    I like them all SO MUCH that I bought the first three comics (more money directly to the author/publisher, so that he can make more of the source works), got 2 people at work into it, one of whom bought all the episodes on Amazon AND has bought at least 6 of the comics AND planned to purchase the DVD when it became available.

    I plan to buy the entire comic book series. I also have the DVD which my GF bought for me.

    There's not a lost sale in that bunch anywhere. In fact, the act of my downloading cause considerable buying.

    2) There was a time when Twin Peaks Season Two was never going to be made available in the US on DVD. Well, I'm not going to buy a VHS copy cause.. I don't WANT it. So i got all the episodes in some shitty 320x240 format with awful visual quality. I wait and I wait. Now that it is out on DVD I BOUGHT IT. Another download that turned into a sale (Keeping count, we're up to at least 3 on 2 aggregate downloads)

    As far as music goes? Well, whats the take on people recording off the radio? Recently, I have mostly purchased my music (King of Limbs from Sandbag, Royksopps Junior from Amazon, Daft Punk Discovery from Amazon, etc.) So, if there's a song I like, and I play it on the web stream, and then record it, how is that different than recording it off the radio? And typically, if theres stuff I want to here at that moment, I search it on Youtube and listen to it there with the browser minimized. Am I infringing?

    I have lots of albums on cassette. I downloaded a few here and there. Since I already paid, am I infringing?

    I'd say obscurity is worse than piracy.

  • On the post: Rep. Lofgren Again Explains How And Why Domain Seizures Violate The Law

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 11:02am

    Re:

    torrents are, even if some of you please will claim otherwise, *mainly* a means to distribute Linux ISO's, World of Warcraft patches, and ready to distribute content like "Sita Sings the Blues", and "The Yes Men Fix the World"

  • On the post: Rep. Lofgren Again Explains How And Why Domain Seizures Violate The Law

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2011 @ 10:57am

    Re: Re: Re:

    "Whole lot more?" "Whole lot more"... what? talk about fucking vague.

  • On the post: Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 02:39pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Logo by Nina

    Less black power, more gonzo, imho

    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzo_journalism

  • On the post: Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 01:52pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Logo by Nina

    http://alycia.brokenja.ws/

    Try fucking again. Harder next time. Try fucking AND try again.

    (This is in response to the libriarian not having a web profile you could find. Her site goes back to 2009)

  • On the post: Dear Hollywood: It's Time To Realize Artificial Scarcity Is Gone… And That's A Good Thing

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 11:27am

    This reminds me of what a food or beverage maker did some years ago. They had this awesome flavor, and it was the one flavor of their product that was always sold out on the shelves. Apparently one day they decided to stop making that flavor. Wtf? Why stop making the one flavor that sells? I dunno, at this point 10 years later my mind thinks they did it so the other flavors would sell >

  • On the post: Librarians And Readers Against DRM [Updated]

    Jeremy7600 ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2011 @ 07:36am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Logo by Nina

    Nevermind that shes given credit here

    https://readersbillofrights.info/librariansagainstDRM

    "These images were created for us by cartoonist and QuestionCopyright.org artist-in-residence Nina Paley."

    What was that you were saying?

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