* Posts by horsesintransit

3 publicly visible posts • joined 2 Jun 2008

Japan torture flick sickens UK film censor

horsesintransit

Why would any...

... normal healthy adult want to a). make a film like this or b). watch a film like this?

I can't see why extreme scenes need to be shown on screen. If it is so vital for the story to have butcher scenes why not just have the camera pan away and then back? Unless the point is just to show butcher scenes for shock/sick value. then if so, it brings me back to my first question.

Can normal healthy adults here answer?

Microsoft's Windows 7 price gamble - and why it's flawed

horsesintransit
FAIL

But Snow Leopard is only $29

That makes it wayyyy cheaper than Windows 7 to upgrade... However, I am an Apple user so the cost of Windows is irrelevant to me as I am not going to upgrade to it, Snow Leopard on the other hand, I will. I imagine the people using Windows machines, would not be affected by OS X prices either.... if they are going to buy a new machine and decide on an iMac or Macbook, the cost of upgrading to Snow Leopard is not going to be a factor on the actual cost of the machine. If they want to buy a new Windows machine, I can't see most people buying a Vista one and than paying to upgrade to Windows 7, they will just stick with Vista or they will wait for Windows 7 to be pre-installed and buy then or use an upgrade voucher provided it is free. So the competition as far as income from upgrades, is really just Microsoft from all of those existing Vista and XP users, most of whom I would guess won't pay for an upgrade. So apart from on new machines, I think Windows 7 sales wise will be another Vista.

UK cops arrest six alleged BitTorrent music uploaders

horsesintransit
Flame

Hang on...

Well, it might seem harsh and a waste of public money to some people, but does not the record industry have the right to release music when it sees fit, so if someone "obtains" and distributes the unreleased music for free, have they not got a case to answer as it would arguably reduce the value of the unreleased music to the record companies AND artists as when the music is released, less people actually buy it because they already have it from downloading causing loss of revenue to both artist and record label. Surely it is a case of theft so the record companies have a case?

Flame as no doubt people will flame me for daring to support the record industry... or perhaps I should have chosen Steve Jobs for "think different"