GeorgeOrr

The part you're missing is the assumptino that your pre-judgements are the bigger picture.

I know you think you are being eminently reasonable, but it's really just another way of saying you intend to keep to those prejudices and not be distracted by treating individuals as individuals. That would be edge case thinking.

It must be nice to know everything about a persons health and life so easily.

I bet it makes you feel really good about yourself.

"Why do you think that's funny" I loved that. A simple way to remind someone to treat other humans like humans.

Thanks for that idea.

Is it possible that EA is finally (belatedly) learning to listen to their customers? Could this be the point that they turn around as a company and become player centric?

Or am I naive and reading way too much into this?

If you were the interviewer would you have spent any time, at all, on the substance that he reported on?

If so, you would have been a much better interviewer than she was.

I hope we can all at least agree that it isn't about being a shil for political power.

Well, everyone except this one reporter apparently.

I was so impressed by Greenwald's ability to keep his calm while being asked such ridiculous questions.

I can't believe this interviewer is quite as stupid as she comes off. So why the bizarre attacks, why act like a Government mouthpiece rather than a journalist?

Who gets to make the distinction, or decide what Free Speech is really "about?"

If the answer is anyone but the people engaging in the speech, isn't that a little dangerous?

I feel bad for whoever slipped this in. They will probably catch all heck from their boss.

I'd hate working for a company that can't meet its payroll. This really is awful, shouldn't the authorization to hire be the authorization to pay a person?

No matter what the NSA and the FBI thinks of it, people will keep finding ways to converse and engage in commerce on their own terms.

Their efforts just help the next incarnation work better.

Haters Gonna Hate

They actually saw it as their job to make the experience of anyone using Tor difficult.

Isn't that kind of like the police deciding to make the roads full of potholes because that would make it more difficult for bank robbers to get away in a car.

Then again, considering the quality of the roads these days, maybe they are way ahead of me on that.

If the fact that communication may be about an exchange of goods frowned on by politicians (even when they are right to frown) means the communication can't be anonymous, then no anonymous speech is possible.

The possibility that any speech may slide into commerce would mean any speech is open to observation.

Too high a price IMHO

If I and others want to get together and communicate without divulging our identities, to each other or to third parties, that is our right in a free society. It's not anyone elses business. Not yours, not the NSA's and not the FBI's

Certainly you can gainsay that, as you do. So if that's what you mean by it can be debated, point taken.

But I'd agree with the author that it can't be debated - if you are referring to a free society. Unless we adopt an Orwellian New speak version of the word free.

Good article, it's nice to start looking forward. And to remain optimistic.

I was never actually a customer, but it clearly filled a need many had. It would be a shame if the void it left isn't filled.

But as covered in this article, it is far more likely that it will be filled and in fact improved on.

The more they tighten their grip ...

These would be perfect office desk toys. Right up until they combine and take over the office of course.

It makes me wonder, does anyone know if the Model T customers where charged a Buggy Whip welfare fund surcharge?

Just curious.

Sorry, didn't mean to be so myopic and iritating.

To answer your question, I think the same people voted for the French governement as the ones who are daily clicking on Amazon quite happily.

Do you think they are mistaking forests for trees when clicking on Amazon, but expressing great wisdom when voting?

Do you think that when the politicians voted on this particular law, they were thinking of the people or the business interests that fund them?

Just to bring things back to the article in question ... this law being passed has nothing to do with fair labour pay or practice.

It just makes sure that customers aren't allowed to get 5 percent discounts and free shipping.

So above when you said "The French believe that culture is important" you meant the French Government. Not the short sighted People of France, who you believe need to be protected by the long sighted wise government.

Governments never make short sighted political decisions to protect entrenched interests. The People on the the other hand have to be protected from getting discounts and free shipping. Because that would be a bad financial option for them.

Thanks by the way, I needed a laugh today.

I'd be all for worker protection laws. That has however nothing to do with this article.

And yet this bill has nothing to do with that. It just protects customers from a discount and free shipping. Thank goodness the government is looking out for the people of France and protecting them.

If that's the case, why do they need to pass a law preventing giving the customers a discount? Apparently, it's the competition that doesn't like it. Oddly, customers like discounts and free shipping. Good thing the French government is there to set them straight.

I just hope the government goes a step further and requires Amazon increase their costs and charge double the shipping. That way the customers will be protected.

They gave their customers a 5 percent discount AND free shipping. Thank goodness that evil isn't allowed to continue.

Of course people deserve to be able to make a living doing the work they do.

However, they don't get to dictate my behaviour as part of their business model.

I'll decide what my computer renders to my screen. They don't have to run their business like I want, and I don't have to run my computer screen like they want.

Thanks for the link.

I'm really glad he's made this available on line. And at the risk of looking a gift horse in the mouth, I wish it didn't require silverlight.

Paypal doesn't understand that it isn't their money. Every contributor to Mailpile has just had their funds stolen by what was supposed to be a middleman.

I've actually been a little grateful to them for closing down. When they did, I went all over trying out the alternatives. If they hadn't shut down I never would have noticed that there were better choices out there.

Now I'm on Newsblur (a lot of good things to say about other alternatives, but this is the one I settled on). With Google out of the way, there is now a chance for small success like them (and Feedly and Old Reader, etc) to get some market share and pull in some revenue.

It has not only turned out to be painless but beneficial. And it's given me a healthier outlook on relying on Google. That is, I don't.

The title is good link bait, but a little overblown. Summery of the article: - Customer signs up for free trial of Prime. - Customer doesn't remember it when the free trial is over - Contacts Amazon support and they refund the charge.

The outrage.