And the ethics of a particular matter can sometimes really hinge on nitty-gritty specific details. Thanks for your post.
I would be against genetically modifying a viable human fetus, or even something that would normally develop into one. However, I wouldn't be against culturing human cells, and would love to hear that they're growing kidneys in a lab someday.
But when you're doing experiments on individual stem cells, it becomes hard to tell those two situations apart, and our common-sense notions of morality get befuddled. It's like an ethical version of quantum mechanics.
Oh.. I know. Some chose an arbitrary point when an egg and sperm meet to decide what is human.
I think that point is often chosen because it's not arbitrary. It's a significant developmental event. Twelve hours before, three weeks later; those are arbitrary points. Your second example of an arbitrary point, when the baby is born, isn't arbitrary either. A true arbitrary point would be something like "after the first trimester."
There's a few other significant points in the development of a baby, such as first mental activity, first heartbeat, and so on. Those aren't arbitrary either. They may not be the correct basis to distinguish a human from a fetus, but they aren't purely subjective.
It needs to be viewed as just an neat, inexpensive accessory to an already-existing projector. It looks like a good device, but I doubt it will cause anybody to rush out and spend $1000 on a projector.
If you just post some code without saying anything about licensing, copyright, granting permissions, etc. then people should assume they don't have permission to distribute it. It may be difficult for you to enforce, but someone would be an idiot to just assume it was there for the taking.
I have a question about that; I quite often browse the net for code samples. There are thousands of sites that people have posted "How to build a sample Direct3D application" or "How to access a parallel port" or whatnot. Sample code is presented, sometimes full (generally simple) programs, but no license is declared at all. I'm sure that as a practical matter, it's pretty safe to use those code snippets, because nobody will ever know or care. But legally, is code that has been freely published as training material, free without restrictions for those being trained to use?
Really? You pay for a 6mbps connection to Comcast? Or do you pay for a connection to Comcast, which is advertised as "UP TO 6mbps"
What's the difference? If I buy a soda and the restaurant says there's "UP TO 3 REFILLS", does that allow them to cut me off at two? Or am I entitled to three, but should restrain myself to two, because they don't really mean it?
I don't have any problem with Comcast implementing a cap. It makes perfect sense. It just needs to be advertised that way, right up front.
What if more channels at a lower quality is what the consumer wants? I'm skeptical the typical viewer cares about quality above the minimum threshold of a poorly encoded dvd.
The eBay lawsuit against Craigslist isn't shaky at all; from everything I've seen, including their own admissions, Craigslist illegally diluted eBay's share in the company. I like Craigslist better than eBay, but I think they'll lose this one.
The Skype lawsuit seems pretty groundless, though. It's probably some lawyer feeling that they need to exhaust every legal option, even the craziest ones, before admitting a loss.
Doesn't nature provide carbon sequestration in the form of Wood? Wouldn't cutting down a forest and building stuff out of the wood, meanwhile letting the forest regrow, effectively remove carbon out of the system?
So you're saying iPods really are as good and free as the Zune?;)
I actually think the Zune is an ok product, if you get it at clearance prices. So's the iPod... if you get it at clearance prices, which is a little less common. Really, I recommend buying obscure mp3 players from chinese clone companies like SONI and MATSUBISI... most value for the dollar, and some of their architecture is really wide open.
How do you convert FLV? I've never found a utility to do that. I've been looking for some way to convert it to any normal format (straight MPG, for example).
Just like nobody plays games from the 70s and 80s?
My kids play SNES games on the emulator every bit as much as they play their Wii. That's not nostalgia, because they weren't around to play the games in the first place. They are just good games.
Moron. If you can't tell the difference then you are effectively brain dead... Either you are a Bush supporter, or an equally mentally deficient libertarian. Whoever the fuck modded you up is from the same shallow end of the gene pool.... Listen up you dumb fuck... When the economy tanks I hope get kicked out on the street and end up sleeping in a cardboard box.
Yes, I'm a moron, I'm a moral degenerate. Thanks for sharing all your enlightenment, Ghandi.
Funny, since he was correct. Do you dispute the notion that the reception of the story here would have been substantially different if the story, all other things being the same, had the word 'Democrat' rather than 'Republican'? That fact alone should be cause for a bit of self-examination.
Obviously we are not all part of a 'hivemind', just in case you are being overly literal. But there is certainly a lot of ideological positive feedback looping that goes on here.
The republicans made an issue of what Bill Clinton was doing 20 years ago. The republicans made an issue of what John Kerry was doing 20 years ago. It's the republicans who like digging up people's past to manufacture scandal.
It's the Democrats that made an issue out of what Bush was doing twenty years ago. Both sides do it. Don't be intellectually dishonest.
I absolutely deny that the Republicans are worse than the Democrats. They're both terrible. Until people get over this irrational defense of politicians just because they happen to be in the 'correct' party, there's not going to be any substantial progress against the corruption that both parties are drowning in.
The problem is that all your points are voided on Slashdot by one consideration: The guy's a Republican, and there's an awful lot of knee-jerking going on here. Most people here have picked sides, and support 'their side' with the same unthinking loyalty normally reserved for sports teams.
Until the next administration. If its a democrat, you have a chance.
That much foolish naiveté in an adult is unpardonable. If you're a child, then it's forgivable, as you may yet learn about the nature of politics, power, and corruption as you grow.
But I believe you're misinterpreting the law, and so is New York. Yes, they are certainly subject to NY sales taxes if they have a physical presence in the state, and that's how it's always been; it's not even up for debate. My company pays sales tax on online transaction in many states, just because of our warehouse located throughout the country.
But where NY is overreaching is in trying to interpret Amazon's affiliates in NY as a qualifying physical presence in NY. It's a power and money grab, in effect saying that "If someone you're in a business relationship with is in NY, than we will count you as being in NY also." Affiliates are not owned by Amazon, and should not count as a physical presence; they are separate entities. That's what Amazon's defense should be.
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And the ethics of a particular matter can sometimes really hinge on nitty-gritty specific details. Thanks for your post.
I would be against genetically modifying a viable human fetus, or even something that would normally develop into one. However, I wouldn't be against culturing human cells, and would love to hear that they're growing kidneys in a lab someday.
But when you're doing experiments on individual stem cells, it becomes hard to tell those two situations apart, and our common-sense notions of morality get befuddled. It's like an ethical version of quantum mechanics.
Oh .. I know. Some chose an arbitrary point when an egg and sperm meet to decide what is human.
I think that point is often chosen because it's not arbitrary. It's a significant developmental event. Twelve hours before, three weeks later; those are arbitrary points. Your second example of an arbitrary point, when the baby is born, isn't arbitrary either. A true arbitrary point would be something like "after the first trimester."
There's a few other significant points in the development of a baby, such as first mental activity, first heartbeat, and so on. Those aren't arbitrary either. They may not be the correct basis to distinguish a human from a fetus, but they aren't purely subjective.
Just to nitpick, you don't need to be religious to view abortion as murder. Just as some religious people are ok with it.
And I call shenanigans on a 178 degree viewing angle. You can read your LCD at 1 degree away from side-on? Sounds like Marketing Gone Wild.
It needs to be viewed as just an neat, inexpensive accessory to an already-existing projector. It looks like a good device, but I doubt it will cause anybody to rush out and spend $1000 on a projector.
If you just post some code without saying anything about licensing, copyright, granting permissions, etc. then people should assume they don't have permission to distribute it. It may be difficult for you to enforce, but someone would be an idiot to just assume it was there for the taking.
I have a question about that; I quite often browse the net for code samples. There are thousands of sites that people have posted "How to build a sample Direct3D application" or "How to access a parallel port" or whatnot. Sample code is presented, sometimes full (generally simple) programs, but no license is declared at all. I'm sure that as a practical matter, it's pretty safe to use those code snippets, because nobody will ever know or care. But legally, is code that has been freely published as training material, free without restrictions for those being trained to use?
Really? You pay for a 6mbps connection to Comcast? Or do you pay for a connection to Comcast, which is advertised as "UP TO 6mbps"
What's the difference? If I buy a soda and the restaurant says there's "UP TO 3 REFILLS", does that allow them to cut me off at two? Or am I entitled to three, but should restrain myself to two, because they don't really mean it?
I don't have any problem with Comcast implementing a cap. It makes perfect sense. It just needs to be advertised that way, right up front.
What if more channels at a lower quality is what the consumer wants? I'm skeptical the typical viewer cares about quality above the minimum threshold of a poorly encoded dvd.
The eBay lawsuit against Craigslist isn't shaky at all; from everything I've seen, including their own admissions, Craigslist illegally diluted eBay's share in the company. I like Craigslist better than eBay, but I think they'll lose this one.
The Skype lawsuit seems pretty groundless, though. It's probably some lawyer feeling that they need to exhaust every legal option, even the craziest ones, before admitting a loss.
Everybody... both this poster and all you others that responded...
I love you guys.
Doesn't nature provide carbon sequestration in the form of Wood? Wouldn't cutting down a forest and building stuff out of the wood, meanwhile letting the forest regrow, effectively remove carbon out of the system?
So you're saying iPods really are as good and free as the Zune? ;)
I actually think the Zune is an ok product, if you get it at clearance prices. So's the iPod... if you get it at clearance prices, which is a little less common. Really, I recommend buying obscure mp3 players from chinese clone companies like SONI and MATSUBISI... most value for the dollar, and some of their architecture is really wide open.
How do you convert FLV? I've never found a utility to do that. I've been looking for some way to convert it to any normal format (straight MPG, for example).
No, but there's also a non-zero correlation.
You must have just seen Iron Man...
I know exactly how you feel.
Just like nobody plays games from the 70s and 80s?
My kids play SNES games on the emulator every bit as much as they play their Wii. That's not nostalgia, because they weren't around to play the games in the first place. They are just good games.
Moron. If you can't tell the difference then you are effectively brain dead... Either you are a Bush supporter, or an equally mentally deficient libertarian. Whoever the fuck modded you up is from the same shallow end of the gene pool.... Listen up you dumb fuck... When the economy tanks I hope get kicked out on the street and end up sleeping in a cardboard box.
Yes, I'm a moron, I'm a moral degenerate. Thanks for sharing all your enlightenment, Ghandi.
The day a republican adopts a hobby as progressive as pioneering a warez group is the day he ceases to be a republican and becomes something else.
Libertarian?
Funny, since he was correct. Do you dispute the notion that the reception of the story here would have been substantially different if the story, all other things being the same, had the word 'Democrat' rather than 'Republican'? That fact alone should be cause for a bit of self-examination.
Obviously we are not all part of a 'hivemind', just in case you are being overly literal. But there is certainly a lot of ideological positive feedback looping that goes on here.
The republicans made an issue of what Bill Clinton was doing 20 years ago. The republicans made an issue of what John Kerry was doing 20 years ago. It's the republicans who like digging up people's past to manufacture scandal.
It's the Democrats that made an issue out of what Bush was doing twenty years ago. Both sides do it. Don't be intellectually dishonest.
I absolutely deny that the Republicans are worse than the Democrats. They're both terrible. Until people get over this irrational defense of politicians just because they happen to be in the 'correct' party, there's not going to be any substantial progress against the corruption that both parties are drowning in.
The problem is that all your points are voided on Slashdot by one consideration: The guy's a Republican, and there's an awful lot of knee-jerking going on here. Most people here have picked sides, and support 'their side' with the same unthinking loyalty normally reserved for sports teams.
Until the next administration. If its a democrat, you have a chance.
That much foolish naiveté in an adult is unpardonable. If you're a child, then it's forgivable, as you may yet learn about the nature of politics, power, and corruption as you grow.
But I believe you're misinterpreting the law, and so is New York. Yes, they are certainly subject to NY sales taxes if they have a physical presence in the state, and that's how it's always been; it's not even up for debate. My company pays sales tax on online transaction in many states, just because of our warehouse located throughout the country.
But where NY is overreaching is in trying to interpret Amazon's affiliates in NY as a qualifying physical presence in NY. It's a power and money grab, in effect saying that "If someone you're in a business relationship with is in NY, than we will count you as being in NY also." Affiliates are not owned by Amazon, and should not count as a physical presence; they are separate entities. That's what Amazon's defense should be.
Good for you. I'm teaching my children to never use the term, also. Not that they would.