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• On the post: If It's May It's Time For The Press To Parrot Bogus Stats Announcement From The BSA

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 12 May, 2010 @ 09:07am

  Penn and Teller said it best..

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTUtAfzIbPU
  
  Oh.. and first.. Unless I get ninjaed. :)

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 10:20am

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

  "you want the car, the car has value ,, the car dealer gets paid ,, so should the car maker"
  
  There.. Fixed that for you. Apparently, this is also what you believe.

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 10:15am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists do not work for Free

  You can't have it both ways.. Old or New, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you can't say the ship builder shouldn't get money, but songwriters should. There is no (legal) difference between the 2. Both made an item and both got paid when it was sold. Neither deserve to keep getting paid for it over and over.

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 08:08pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists do not work for Free

  Hey.. Worked for Happy Birthday.. Didn't it?
  
  Oh wait.. It didn't.

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 06:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists do not work for Free

  So assuming you have a car, considering the years of enjoyment from it you will get, did you send the difference to the makers of the car since your value was higher then you paid for it?
  
  Or did you buy something that had an inflated price and you bought it when your value for it was lower?
  
  or did you get the EXACT value and price balanced out? Quite unlikely since you would need to calculate exactly how long you would have the car for (to the day).

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 05:48pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Wait... Weren't you just complaining that people ask bands to play for free?
  
  Isn't that a bit hypocritical?

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 05:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Artists do not work for Free

  Value = What someone feels the item is worth.
  Price = What someone will pay for it.
  
  I recently bought a game for $100. A board game that's been out of print for 10 years or so.
  
  The Price was $100. It's what the seller felt was a fair offer (and it was).
  
  The Value was around $300 for me. It's what I would've paid for the game in that condition.

• On the post: Publishers Still Trying To Squeeze Money Out Of Lyrics Sites

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 05:42pm

  Re: Re: Re: Artists do not work for Free

  So by that logic, anything sought out should be paid for. So if I want to find the population of the city of Portland, Oregon, I should pay the city itself money?
  
  If I seek out ... well.. anything I type into google, I should pay for it. Also, not to the creator of the site, but to the person who first wrote it?
  
  Is this seriously your stance? I look up the definition of "Black hole" and I owe money to NASA all of a sudden (or would that be websters)?
  
  Really?

• On the post: TV Broadcasters Looking At Public Safety As Justification For Next Government Handout

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2010 @ 09:37am

  Source

  I would check the posting you listed, but they do not want me to access their site since I block ads. :)

• On the post: If FreeCreditReport.com Doesn't Even Offer A Free Credit Report… Is That Truth In Advertising?

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2010 @ 03:02pm

  Re: Re: Uh oh...

  That's because he took it down.. DUH!! ;)

• On the post: EA's Own Employees Annoyed At Pointless DRM Solutions

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2010 @ 06:45am

  Re:

  Umm... You do.
  
  Go to another PC. Download the game/update. "Backup Game". Copy the game data to a thumb drive. Go home and copy the data. Run in offline mode. Play the game.

• On the post: Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2010 @ 06:50am

  Re:

  Teabagger.. You know.. before this whole political thing took off... I had a MUCH different viewpoint on what a teabagger was.

• On the post: Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2010 @ 06:45am

  Re: Romeo and Juliet

  "or forcibly raped women."
  
  should be..
  
  "or forcibly raped women or men."

• On the post: Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2010 @ 06:34am

  Re:

  Well, he/she would be F***ing them over. ;)

• On the post: Georgia Supreme Court Says It's Okay To Put Non-Sex Offenders On The Registered Sex Offender List

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2010 @ 06:34am

  Re: Re: Re: Lists

  "Think of the children"..
  
  That statement right there explains it. To many lawmakers deciding to try and get votes.

• On the post: Netflix Cancels Plans For New Netflix Prize As Part Of Privacy Lawsuit Settlement

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2010 @ 03:05pm

  Solution?

  Why can't they offer a free extra movie rental or some such for those who opt in to being included in such plans? That way, they gain the permission of whoever provides the data and they can still make in anonymous (or at least, as well as they can).

• On the post: Does LifeLock Charge Extra To Coerce Suspected Identity Thieves?

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2010 @ 08:48am

  Re:

  I realize this is an old post... But I have to ask..
  
  How is that a scam?
  
  If I get a free sack of potatoes, who says I'm scamming people by selling them and making a profit?

• On the post: Ubisoft's 'You Must Be Connected To This Server' Annoying DRM Servers Go Down

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2010 @ 11:21am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I have. The maker of the adult game Onyx is all for DRM (having met him before). I tried to explain to him how this is not a valid viewpoint in todays economy, but was not budging from his stance, claiming that piracy is destroying the game makers.
  
  Hrm... I talked to him a year ago and perhaps he changed his mind as it now appears to be free. Go figure.

• On the post: Google Admits That Many Of Its Own Sites Fail At SEO

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2010 @ 07:56am

  Site Ranking Fail

  So doesn't this show that the search engine formula that is used is flawed?

• On the post: Court Says Domain Name Is Located Where Its Registrar Registry Is Located

  

  Phillip Vector ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2010 @ 09:03am

  Legal Address

  Am I the only one who thinks his answers are pretty funny and cool? I mean, he manages to evade such a simple question without lying. You have to give a guy like that props. :)

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