Megaupload shitdown

[swindle]

This all fantastic.

But, he is just being used as a scapegoat. Don't get me wrong, I have no sympathies.

However, its a joke to think that stopping this one guy, this one site, anything will change.

Be warned, the internet is anther beast. It cannot be stopped. Stopping Dotcom does nothing to stop anything they are trying to do.

[dirtyape]

I think the industry actually knows this, they'd have to be stupid no to. Which is preplexing. But, at the end of the day dotcom was profiting and that is not the idea. Media needs to be delivered to those that want it, this is the nature of the beast. If the industry was clever they would just modify the bittorrent delivery to include a charge and then issue out movies themselves. But no... to anal. Where's the trust? Speaks volumes about their own ethics really.

:edit: for instance, if you paid a nominal $2 fee for a movie that would be fine, and then you could earn credits by seeding that you could use to buy other movies. This model would result in profit $$$

:edit edit: Digital downloads are better for the planet too. Why is this not in nz? I see a potential for profit $$$$

[Randomized]

Encode it yourself and find out.

Now you sound butthurt about being wrong and trying to evade looking like a retard by shifting focus back on me. S'cool though, every thread needs a few retards. Looks like you an pyro make a good tag team.

Ironically today I saw one of your re-encodes you automatically assumed is what I was talking about.
Looked like absolute shit, like a larger version of the old 700Mb xvid rips of days past.

I'm far from being butthurt, in fact I'm laughing at every post you make....  I don't need to encode anything, I'm happy with the current quality I watch but I asked you why you think a smaller sized movie is always better than a larger size, yet you can't provide an answer without spewing abuse.  Not very good form there chap.  However if you feel you'd like to answer why they are better quality without throwing a tanty please feel free.
I bet that encode you saw today looked quite similar to the bad looking quality your gamer screenshot looks like though, at least we agree on something, they do look absolutely shit.

I figure you're too butthurt moron to figure out that it's a "not equal to" symbol there Randomized, so I just thought I'd spell it out here for you.

You should really stop and think before you post, otherwise it does make you look stupid.  I think you'll find dirtyape posted the <> symbol.  Feel free to go back and reread it again, you even quoted him, and while you're there, try quoting the whole post, not just bits... And oddly enough, I know full well what it means.

But seeing you're such an angry little man, I won't post on this thread to you again.  Have fun and hope you lighten up one day

[Emrico1]

Nothing fires the loins of interwebs debate better than encoding or compression debates.
Best approach, blatantly post something rediculous then watch the nerds attack.

K.

Smaller files can be better quality than bigger files if they are encoded correctly; BUT
A bigger file has the potential to be better quality because the encoder has more room to include said quality.

And

Jpeg is the best compression for this kind of thing.

**One of these statements is a blatant troll

[Randomized]

I always thought WEBP had the best compression.  

[Bell]

I didn't even get to say goodbye. Internet, I thought you'd grow to be the singular community conscience you sometimes read about in hippy books.

that's only what dirty hippies thought

[Pyromanik]

I'm butthurt, I won't post on this thread again.

It's cool bro. Takes a big man to admit it.


Ps, first result: "not equal operator"

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Digital downloads are better for the planet too. Why is this not in nz? I see a potential for profit $$$$

It is, at least for movies and music.

Problem is there's no competition, so the prices aren't ideal.

[O-L-W-A-G]

The states use oil for their electricity so it isn't much better, at least here we have hydro and wind but even then we have the not in my backyard nubs

[swindle]

The states use oil for their electricity

Care you provide a % statistic with that?

I find this on wiki?

Electricity - production by source:

• petroleum: 1%
  
• natural gas: 17%
• coal: 51%
• renewable: 9%
• nuclear: 21% (2008) [5]
  

Hmmmmm...

[Tandoori]

Coal / Oil it's all gravy

[O-L-W-A-G]

+1 all of them release some form of pollution

Renewable 9%, this is the problem I'm talking about.

[Spigalau]

+1 all of them release some form of pollution

umm no they don't.

This is a bit out of date, but:


"Hydropower does not pollute the water or the air. However, hydropower  facilities can have large environmental impacts by changing the  environment and affecting land use, homes, and natural habitats in the  dam area.


  Most hydroelectric power plants have a dam and a reservoir. These  structures may obstruct fish migration and affect their populations.  Operating a hydroelectric power plant may also change the water  temperature and the river's flow. These changes may harm native plants  and animals in the river and on land. Reservoirs may cover people's  homes, important natural areas, agricultural land, and archeological  sites. So building dams can require relocating people. Methane, a strong  greenhouse gas, may also form in some reservoirs and be emitted to the  atmosphere."

Unfortunately, the USA isn't currently investing in new catchment & storage areas as it also falls in to the NIMBY area.

[O-L-W-A-G]

I was referring to the natural gas, coal and petroleum which hori said was all the same gravy ( the quote button is dodgy ), I won't start the nuclear debate but it does produce a waste product ( until we figure what to do with it ). We are lucky as Kiwis that we are using renewable energy to such a high percentage compared to other countries, one day we might to 100%.

[toofast]

I was referring to the natural gas, coal and petroleum which hori said was all the same gravy ( the quote button is dodgy ), I won't start the nuclear debate but it does produce a waste product ( until we figure what to do with it ). We are lucky as Kiwis that we are using renewable energy to such a high percentage compared to other countries, one day we might to 100%.

One day it will be 50% more like it. We have been reducing the % of renewable energy generated in NZ for quite a while. And its not like the current government is going to make it an issue.

[O-L-W-A-G]

I was always told it was somewhere around 80-90% the schools are a lie.

[SteddieEddie]

I was always told it was somewhere around 80-90% the schools are a lie.

and haven't done their job teaching you to read

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

When I get a house, i'm going to put solar panels on the roof.

[Tiwaking!]

Police court order Dotwrong

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10792862

Internet tycoon Kim Dotcom's cash, cars and property were seized using a court order which should never have been granted.

 A judgment from Justice Judith Potter on Friday declared the restraining order "null and void" and having "no legal effect".

[The Demon Lord]

Police court order Dotwrong

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10792862

Whats this?

NZ justice system too busy sucking the American Corporate Cock to bother checking that what they are doing is legal in the first place?!?!

My My!

This IS a surprise

[Pyromanik]

FUCKING LOOOOOLCAKE!

[toofast]

I thought the whole thing seemed pretty dodgy. Turns out it actually was. Good work NZ.

[Pitchey]

Whats this? NZ justice system too busy sucking the American Corporate Cock to bother checking that what they are doing is legal in the first place?!?!
My My! This IS a surprise

Did you actually read the entire article or just the head liner?

[Spork]

Is it just me or do all these direct download hosts suck balls these days? I cancelled my Fileserve account because every single link which I've found for the past month have been taken down.

[Kayne]

Is it just me or do all these direct download hosts suck balls these days? I cancelled my Fileserve account because every single link which I've found for the past month have been taken down.

I heard a few sites shut down because they didn't want to be the next dotcom <- Not trying to make a joke ofc