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Death of Internet Predicted: Film at 11
Remik writes "The Register has a piece analyzing several threads of Lawrence Lessig's blog, and concluding that the Internet as we know it is dying. For anyone who reads the majority of YRO posts, Lessig's blog is one of the most important sites on the net." Another submitter summed it up well: 'Lessig is predicting that the days of the Commons of the Internet are over, and that as a result of FCC deregulation, the concentration of digital rights in the hands of just a few large media companies will kill the internet for good. Even former FOX and Vivendi executive Barry Diller has criticised the move.' We joke, but there are large elements of truth to Lessig's dour predictions.
second post on this fine friday.
woohoo.
Stop pretending like you know what you're talking about. It was annoying, is annoying, and will continue to be annoying. asshat.
So I downloaded the film from the net...
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And the resulting offspring will look like fox new's Bill O' Reilly.
That gets boring. Anybody have some suggestions for things to do? I've tried the usual (shitting in her shoes, wiping my ass on her curtains, asking her roommate to join, etc), but I need some new ideas.
Truly lovely, it brought a tear of joy to my eye.
Thank you.
Trolling is a art,
You obviously haven't read up on any of these things. Gore didn't claim he created TCP/IP. He claimed he took the initiative in creating the internet. Which he did - legislatively he took on the idea of a nation-wide research network and made it so. Without someone like him, the internet probably wouldn't be here today, at least not as far along as it currently is.
And as for the McDonald's coffee suit, it wasn't at all frivilous. The victim obviously did not try to spill it on herself. The coffee wasn't just "a bit warm", the coffee was far hotter than the FDA allows. Not only that, but McDonald's had already been warned about this in the past.
The coffee was so hot that *anyone*, even you, would have dropped it, had you tried to drink coffee that hot. In addition, to refute some other FUD,
*Yes she was in a car, but
*No, it wasn't moving, and
*No, she was the passenger, not the driver
Coffee is clearly an item sold to be *consumed*. If it's being sold so hot as to cause burns requiring surgery, that is seriously fucked up.
You are so fucking stupid I just can't believe it. You must be trolling because no one is THAT retarded. The only saying that Gore invented the internet is Gore. "...he took the idea of a nation-wide research network and made it so." You must be smoking crack. YOU obviously have no knowledge about the internet, but instead are just repeating the BS that Gore has fed you. Do yourself a favor and do a little research about the internet and then come back.
"You obviously haven't read up on any of these things."
I've read the Wired report, and the Snopes report. More importantly, I've read Gore's actual quote, and I've read up on Internet history.
"Gore didn't claim he created TCP/IP."
No. He just claimed he invented the internet. (don't get hung up on invent/create: it means the same thing here. He took credit for bring it into being). This is a wild, boastful claim: as the Internet existed BEFORE Gore was involved in public policy.
Stop trying to spin it: it is hard to get around his claim, his coming to Congress, and the year the Internet was created. Look into the actual history. It contradicts.
"He claimed he took the initiative in creating the internet. Which he did"
No, he did not. It existed before he was involved with legislation.
"..."legislatively he took on the idea of a nation-wide research network and made it so...."
Irrelevant to his claim. This took place after the Internet existed. Sure, he helped change it and move it along. But he had nothing to do with the creation of it, no more than Henry Ford invented the automobile.
"Without someone like him, the internet probably wouldn't be here today"
Of course it would be here. It existed before Gore's involvement, and he is just one of a huge number of figures involved with moving it forward.
Do us all a favor and check the years.
"And as for the McDonald's coffee suit, it wasn't at all frivilous."
Certainly it was. Those suing tried to make uninvolved people pay for a person's mistake.
"The victim obviously did not try to spill it on herself."
But she did anyway. McDonald's did.
The coffee wasn't just "a bit warm", the coffee was far hotter than the FDA allows."
So? They always said it was "hot". Even little children are taught care around hot liquids. Also, everyone knows that if you try to balance a drink between your legs on a car seat, it's your fault if it spills. That is not the best place for a drink.
"The coffee was so hot that *anyone*, even you, would have dropped it"
Yet another wild claim. If the coffee was so hot that no one could pick it up, how could the seller put it in the bag? How could the oaf who spilled it an filed the frivolous suit have gotten it out of the bag? Did they all have asbestos gloves?
"had you tried to drink coffee that hot."
I know hot means hot. If the spilling oaf did not, perhaps she was incompetent and the fault lies with a caregiver.
"In addition, to refute some other FUD,
*Yes she was in a car, but No, it wasn't moving, and No, she was the passenger, not the driver"
So? All not relevant. She spilled coffee on herself. She spilled, not McDonald's.
"Coffee is clearly an item sold to be *consumed*. If it's being sold so hot as to cause burns requiring surgery, that is seriously fucked up."
If you ignore the "hot" warning and spill it in your crotch yourself, that is your own fault.
This is a perfect example of why we need tort reform. This makes Gore ashamed he ever invented coffee.
If you place a hot cup of coffee between your legs and open the lid, there's no reason at all why McDonald's should be held liable for your stupidity.
I eagerly await the day when all food will be served lukewarm.
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Those who sacrifice security to condemn liberty deserve to repeat history or something. - Benjamin Santayana
I do, in fact, support the "criminalization" of certain things (ie. drug addicts are criminals).
So you also believe that all nicotine based products (cigarettes, etc) and alcohol should be criminalized, right? No really, this is a serious question. I have yet to logically reconcile in my head how people can talk about the evils of "drugs" on one hand, and then binge on them with the other. Oh, they aren't making your drugs illegal! Ok, that explains it all.
I know people who have destroyed their bodies and their lives by buying cartons of cigarettes per week, and I need not even go into the alcohol issues. And before anyone responds in the negative, think about all the deaths and injuries caused by drunk driving.
Note: I'm NOT advocating making all those substances criminal. I'm not advocating anything at all with my post. It's a devil's advocate statement that I'd like to see the "war on drugs" people answer.
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So you're scared of hot coffee, eh?
I read the article. I think putting a hot cup of coffee in your lap ain't the best idea.
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Wow, this coffee is really hot. I better set it in my crotch to cool down.
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