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Internet / Re: Usenet Provider and BREIN Continue Battle Over Piracy Keyword Filter

« on: March 12, 2016, 12:59:14 PM »

What those in these industries don't want to do. They will have to be dragged into the modern age, kicking and screaming all the way.

The major reasons for piracy as I see it, are lack of availability and lack of reasonable pricing.

On  the lack of availability, look at places like Hulu and Netflix. Both are available on the net but have denied global access. If you run a VPN to appear to be within the US they will no longer allow you to connect. It's not available in their home countries or they would not be showing up there. Another tactic that is tried to address this by the industry is to claim these latest greatest are on line and available but fail to mention they are not all at the same site. In order to get access you must be a paying member to that particular site. So when you go  to look at how much it is going to cost you for access to these various sites you start adding up $20 here and $15 there, next thing you know you're looking at 20 different sites costs just for access and then not talking about the rental or viewing fee.

World release windows are not a product that is supported by the internet  nativity. Take Australia as an example of a place where they are last on the geo-release window plan. A particular show may show up a year later after release, or a couple of years later, or not at all.

My point being that those showing up at legal places to purchase can't get access to do so. If a movie or a song hasn't been released yet in their area, they can't buy it for love nor money.

On the lack of reasonable pricing. You're talking digital download when it comes to the internet. To get a copy doesn't require the hosting site to create a new copy just for you. Once a copy is made, there is no reproduction costs. When you see the break down on charges for digital, where was the jewel case that money was reserved for paying for in the digital download? Where's the cost of transportation and warehousing fit in? All of these items and many more are in the break down of supposedly why say a movie costs what it does digitally. Most of them are hog wash. We are no longer in the age of needing to buy a container to hold the item, such as a DVD jewel case or the cost of printing a label for it. You don't need to buy say a cassette to obtain the music on. Basically digital is containerless with you supplying the container on a hard drive.

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Paranormal / Re: Is it possible to communicate with the dead people?

« on: March 12, 2016, 11:36:35 AM »

Where it really gets odd is when you look at something like this article.

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: March 12, 2016, 10:08:37 AM »

Your explanation of the USA debt?

I could easily fill a page on the site just answering this question, giving examples, reasons, and events; yet still not adequately cover it all.

The short version comes down to money in politics and officials who wish to do things without the legal means to actually justify it. It results in spending outside the budget limits of the government. Unaccounted for in planning, it's jacked the debt owed. In other causes, called corporate welfare, where the corporation gets government contracts to do jobs that are again not planned for in the official budget. The immediate example that comes to mind is Bush's two wars at the same time, not budgeted and done by emergency spending renewed every 6 months by congress without Congressional approval to actually have a war, much less two. There are other causes that join with this but it's one prime example of excessive spending, where the responsibility to pay the debt is something to leave others in the future to solve. Its' not their worry to involve the country and then pay for it.

I do not believe personally that the US is capable of paying it's debt. If it does, it will be longer than a generation doing so. Remember that at present the US is under a monetary policy that is discouraging savings and holding the interest rates for borrowed money at a minimum. At some point the interest rate must go up, when it does, the expense to pay that interest on the debt will rise exponentially. It will rapidly reach a point beyond the ability of the government to actually pay it. That is my personal opinion and I am not an economist.

Is cancer a big problem there?

People die of cancer every day. The real question is, is this man made due to our altering natural foods and manufacturing processes or is this something that has always been with us but because it is so varied in how it shows up, was not identified as the killer until modern medical technology provided the link?

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Other topics / Re: Art

« on: March 12, 2016, 09:26:29 AM »

My comment: the most 'real' (realistic) here is the earring.

Thank you. I worked a while at modeling that ear ring and then trying to get the texture right so it might look like something similar to jade. Truth be known, if you could see the other side of the head, there is only one ear ring. But as you see it, you would assume to be one of a matched pair. This is part of the fooling of the eyes that the mind accepts as well. It's dang hard to pull that off, as simple as it sounds.

I think the skin of the woman will be more realistic, if there is at least one mole.

I could easily do that and would probably do it through the photoeditor after the image creation for the easiest way to do it. I have some other images I will not be showing here due to the rules of the site. They don't belong in a family forum, art not withstanding, due to their nature. In one, I add a tattoo to the lower back after the image is made rather than part of the 3D process.

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Psychology / Re: Lucid dreams

« on: March 12, 2016, 09:14:29 AM »

If you are traveling and you arrived at once (or comparatively fast) from one place to another, most probably you're dreaming. (For example, you're in a car and in a second you're already in another village, town, city, country, mountain... planet.)

I will share something with you from my life. Bare with my wanders, in the end it very much ties into the quote above.

When I was a teenager, I always had problems going to sleep. I knew what the problem was, just not how to address it. The problem was an active mind. In order to sleep, one must be mentally calm to achieve sleep.

I stumbled upon a way to quiet the mind but was not wise enough to see where that might lead as unforeseen side effect. The way to quiet the mind that I adopted was basically a form of self hypnosis. A way to get the whole body to relax as well.

It started simple enough, get into a comfortable body position in bed, and start a mental process of telling the body muscles to relax, one by one, over and over. When that one muscle responded, move to the next and work through the whole body, including the brain. Over the months, this became a nightly habit. The self hypnosis part came in that while mentally and silently doing this, one closed their eyes and looked as far upward as possible through the closed eyelids. This has the effect of straining the eye muscles, which in turn induces the self hypnosis.

Over the months of practice I got really good at it, the time it took to do this dropping rapidly until I achieved a state of the feeling of floating above the bed by 6 inches or so, perfectly relaxed. As I continued to practice this the times it took to achieve this state became shorter and shorter.

I was also going ot college at the time. Being poor, I worked and paid my way through school but it wasn't easy. I lived about an hour's drive from the college and could not afford to buy a car, nor to pay for dorm fees to stay on campus. So I bused 50 miles every day, there and in the evening back. This worked fine with two exceptions. I had night classes 2 times a week. So I borrowed the family car for those two nights.

I remember on the way home, leaving a small town. From that point till arriving at the home town city limits, I remember nothing else. Thing is in this route home are some serious turns. Any one of which could have put me in the trees or off a high embankment. It literally scared me to no end that I had entered this relaxed state through highway hypnosis, without knowing it happened or occurred till arrival.

Today I am very much scared to drive anywhere on the open highways because of being able to go into this relaxed state. One can not unlearn what one has learned. I no longer drive when alone anywhere long distance. It's too easy to slip into this state of relaxation and too dangerous to ignore.

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Social network | SEO - Social network / Re: Feedback: What do you dislike in Seo-forum-seo-luntan.com?

« on: March 12, 2016, 08:29:20 AM »

Geeze, I get busy with something else at home, come back, and a visual earthquake has occurred. Color me stunned.

Under most circumstances, I'm a huge fan of the theme of, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Mainly because fixes usually create their own problems and issues. Here is a radical visual change.

SEO brings to light a very basic truthism. That the human eye is tuned to green. It's what we see the best due to our evolution. (Think trees, grass, vegetation, as environmental factors that have influenced our genes over time as survival factors.)

Every humbly, I thank you for this change because visually, it's a mountain of difference.

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Internet / Re: Usenet Provider and BREIN Continue Battle Over Piracy Keyword Filter

« on: March 11, 2016, 08:26:35 AM »

It's like 1666~1667 per minute and 277~278 per second!

At one time a year or two after the DMCA law came into effect, no one was sending in take downs. Google was receiving less than 10 a month. The RIAA went to Congress demanding a new law to assist in dealing with piracy. Google got that attempt nullified by stating they didn't need new laws when they weren't using the one's they had.

After that point, slowly at first new requests started being made to remove content from search results. Then about two months before the negotiations for the SOPA started, suddenly the requests started ramping up. I thought at the time they would use the ramp up action as confirmation they needed a new method to deal with piracy.

For all the foo-faw-raa over piracy, it is not hurting the copyright industry as much as they would like to present to the public and to law makers. Lacking one or two years, every year has been a banner box office year of record profits for the movie industry. Yet when the month passes that they no longer have to present actual numbers to their stock holders, suddenly we are back to piracy is killing the copyright industry. It's a statistics game and little else, where there are falsehoods, lies, and damn lies.

As an example of these look at Star Wars. Actor David Prowse, who played the part of Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi, as the one who actually wore the costume, has not been paid royalties from the movie. After being the 15^th highest grossing movie of all time. David has went public with the funny money accounting and has since received the cold shoulder from Hollywood over it.

My last point in all this, is that several independent research papers have turned up that the ones that copyright enforcers are wanting to sue over infringement as pirates are often their very best customers, being more intimately involved and willing to spend more money on legal purchases than the more causal fan. So suing pirates is one, a black hole for money in court matters and a nonstarter for damaging the appeal of their products.

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Social network | SEO - Social network / Re: Feedback: What do you dislike in Seo-forum-seo-luntan.com?

« on: March 11, 2016, 07:49:31 AM »

Mojo, now our nicks are red and yours (the users' nicks) are almost orange and white. Do you feel it at least a bit better than before?

Thank you for trying but I see not much difference between the red and orange. As I've mentioned previously, I'm partially color blind in the very colors that make up the base of the forum. Don't worry about it. Highlighting will work as it always has to reveal whom I should text to. It's ok.

You asked for feedback and if everyone stays silent then no attempt is made to change anything. In no way upset or anything else. If it came off as anything other than that, it wasn't meant to be.

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Other topics / Re: Art

« on: March 11, 2016, 02:37:54 AM »

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: March 11, 2016, 02:33:10 AM »

I'm having mouse problems today. It's about worn out and a click and drag is a task more akin to frustration than accomplishment. This is the second time I've attempted to write this answer, just in getting started. I lost the first attempt after having it well on the way of being written so I will try the notepad route.

...many Americans (US) are going to move to Canada recently?

Those in the US are getting gouged price wise for goods and services. Nearly everyone seems to want to get rich off your single purchase. Medical is a shining example of this. From our viewpoint it seems the prices we are paying is to subsidize the rest of the world's availability to the same drugs at cheaper prices.

Any time the cost of a pill treatment starts running in the thousands of dollars, something is seriously wrong with the system. These inflated costs just keep growing and going up. We are finding that we can buy the same, identical, drug or product for much cheaper outside the borders of the country. An example of this I ran into online where a lady had asthma. To buy the inhaler she needed here in the states was $300 a month. She could buy the same identical inhaler, made by the same company, for $25 from Germany. Nor is it just medical, that's just one example. To protect their profits drug companies are making such outside the nation purchases illegal.

People are seeing where we are being put to a serious disadvantage and it's not getting better.

On the films I can't do much for you. I don't watch a lot of films nor tv. Nor do I have contact with a lot of people that travel everywhere out of country. It's hard to grasp for many in Europe the size of the US. I would imagine those in China will understand better. But some of our states that make up the nation are as big as some of Europe's entire countries if not bigger. My point being you don't have to travel outside the national borders for something different for a vacation. It's varied enough across it that there is much to find without leaving and many never do.

What do you most eat there?

Because this is an arid and hot climate, we eat a lot of cold salads, grill a good bit outside, and mostly eat at home. There's not  a lot of choices in restaurants in a small town. If you want to eat it, you gotta make it yourself. I've never seen a horned melon in the grocery store. If they are here I would suspect it would take traveling to the big city to find it. That's around an hour's drive to get to the city. Meats are most expensive, especially those that have been prepared. 

We have a grocery store chain here that is only found inside the state. But the people living in the state love to shop at it. Not because of price but because of choice in products. Isle after isle of food products within one huge store. You can buy all things that are popular in the nation at such grocery stores plus usually more. They will have small areas for ethic foods in various places but they are not big. Big in comparison to other stores but still not a lot of choice. The choice being that there is a section there at all.

Most of the vegetables offered are fairly cheap, the fruits offered not to bad in price either. But processed or meats are not so cheap.

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: March 10, 2016, 07:50:05 AM »

Can you help me to get better the meaning of rednecks and cowboys?

Yes, I can see where that would be confusing to someone outside the environment.

Cowboys are what one would think of as ranch hands. More important in yesteryear than today. Mainly because you don't need a horse to do ranch work anymore. But back in the western days where the term had real meaning, a cowboy was not a cowboy without a horse. Many of them considered that the requirement to do the job that needed done was demeaning if it required them to get off the horse, such as mending a fence. Look up the meaning of Vaquero the Spanish equivalent.

For Redneck it's something entirely different. Depending on where you go in the country, there is always some group to be the butt of a joke. Who is the butt varies depending on where it is you live. For the south, it's the Redneck. A supposedly uneducated, unable to talk correct english, dumb, and at times rude. This is a classic example of the butt of the joke. There are those who wear the redneck title with pride, believing this defines their origins and separates them from the rest of the country. Typically a pickup driving, chewing tobacco spitting, confederate flag flying, patriot.

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: March 10, 2016, 07:39:40 AM »

I see that I got off on a rant and did not answer your question, Костов. My apologies. I will often find fault with my government that I disagree with but also wish to point out it is my opinion in this matter.

Again I wish to state that I love my country but dislike the direction it has taken. I've served in the military for this country to do what was necessary when drafted. That doesn't mean I won't find fault with what I disagree with as an individual.

I believe Assange had a different purpose in mind beyond those of someone altruistic. His purpose being more to gain fame from his publishing. That he is outside the jurisdiction of the US being one of the things he depended on for safety.

That is not to say I don't disagree with with airing what the public itself is blocked from learning of the actions the government takes in the people's name. I don't believe that everything should be aired. After all, all countries spy. All countries have spies in other countries and naming them would certainly put them in danger as an example of info that should not be aired.

I personally see Assange not so much a hero because of his motives. Assange seeks to gain from such for his personal fame, which is much different than Snowden's motivations.

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Other topics / Re: Those who have questions about the USA...

« on: March 10, 2016, 07:19:08 AM »

On line sites often ban the topics of politics as well as religion. They ban them because there is no solution to be found within those topics but people have invested both their beliefs as well as their feelings in them and will often defend them against all comers. In it's way it's similar to a prejudice and brings in one of the signatures I've used already so I will quote it here before continuing.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument' not being founded in reason they can not be destroyed by logic. ~ Tryon Edwards

Assange has stepped on the political toes of the powers that be. I suspect he is correct in the reason he does not want to return to Sweden to answer questions regarding the charges against him. I suspect sealed orders are prepared to be issued should he demanding his extradition to the US. I have no proof of this beyond speculation. So it is purely my opinion with no actual facts to back it up.

I've pretty much followed the Assange saga as it has unfolded. I'm not so much a reader of his site, Wikileaks. For the majority, I've just not developed an interest in it.

What I do see when I look around, is the US is hell on wheels against anyone that airs the government's dirty laundry. When I see the likes of what has happened to Manning and Snowden to name only a couple of examples, it strengthens this opinion.

As an example of the lengths that this government is willing to go to, during the time Snowden was grounded in the Russian airport, the Bolivian ambassador's plane was diverted to Vienna. Other countries within range of a fuel stop refused air clearance to the plane. It was suspected that Snowden was on board and being smuggled out of Russia. That speaks of lots of political muscle being applied to France, Italy, and Spain, behind the scenes.

Keep in mind here that this is an ambassador, granted full diplomatic immunity, and that in this action the US violated that immunity. The ambassador would not be allowed to take off with out a search of the plane for Snowden, despite that full diplomatic immunity. Such a violation is cause for war.

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Social network | SEO - Social network / Re: Feedback: What do you dislike in Seo-forum-seo-luntan.com?

« on: March 10, 2016, 06:51:51 AM »

I would not have mentioned it at all, except for the title, errr... Feedback.

You should be careful with that word. As is said, 'Be careful what you ask for, you may get it."

I've no real heartburn with any of this but then again, I'm opinionated. Given an excuse I will lay it on you free of charge. smiles

I did this same thing when a year had past where I moderate at. I asked for the member's opinions on the quality of modding not just for myself but for the whole modding team. Out of 20 some answers of those that bothered to respond, not one comment about how to improve. To quote the biggest bitch in the batch it was...

I got bitches and complaints about everything! First of all you are too damn good at this!

It could have easily been otherwise but the people there feel they are well represented and free to speak their minds. I don't mention or call the name because it's a private place not open to just anyone. We have our ways and everyone that stays around a while become friends with few exceptions.

You never know how asking for feedback will really show itself.
 

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SEO / Re: What is robots.txt used for?

« on: March 10, 2016, 06:42:19 AM »

It should be obvious by now that I see the difference here compared to past experiences. Had I not seen it, I'd not be here. I took the time to read a bit and learn from the parts where I can.

MSL knows me a bit better from other places and other than that, the words have to speak for themselves. If those words contain some sort of wisdom, rather than condemnation, they will fall upon fertile ground. If not, they will be discarded as not being worth the effort to answer. It is the way of things.

As has been noted it was in an effort to be straight forward and as clear as possible about the circumstances you find yourself in when mentioning the name of the site. It's not to rub the fur the wrong way say is said.

All of which I suspect you have long ago figured out for yourselves.