This is why i felt the telcos deserve some immunity - they were illegally requested to do things in a way that may have appeared valid to their legal counsel.
when the corruption comes from the top down, it's hard to determine what's right/legal and what isn't. maybe not in retrospect, but certainly in real time.
this article makes me so mad at the biased video game researchers. i need to go down to my local ammunation, get strapped, and start taking them fools out.
I know so many people who have talked about their work with their co-workers, especially when they needed help with something, and rather than being thankful, they've been fired.
you know, the more i think about this story, the more i realize that a global police/government force is almost necessary in our times. defining an act as legal/illegal solely based on physical location is, by and large, nonsensical.
sure, there are proximity crimes, but i'm talking about something unrelated to location. theft, for instance.
we can prosecute you if you steal while standing here, but we cannot prosecute you if you steal while you are standing there.
i don't know if anyone i've ever met has been confused by copyright law enough to prevent them from ripping a cd or dvd for their own purposes. some people might encounter feelings of paranoia or guilt by doing so, but stop them? i'd be surprised if the numbers were all that high.
as long as there is value in society, it will be offset by cost. you may be able to write off some cost, or make it so minimal that it is insignificant, but cost will always coincide with value...it will almost certainly always exist.
his book should be called "offset value". free is worthless.
didn't they do model this already in the Grand Theft Auto series?
step a. pedestrian looks at event. step b. pedestrian throws hands in air. step c. pedestrian runs away. step d. pedestrian gets winded, approximately 1/2 block from event. step e. pedestrian forgets event. step f. pedestrian walks around aimlessly. step g. (sometimes) pedestrian's head explodes, becomes event triggering new step a.
buying it solely on the ford design?
if the calendar is a study on design, and that's it, i could see the merit in stopping them, but if the pictures are artistic in any way, meaning unique angles, settings, etc., i can't expect that the claim would hold any water.
that is to say that they have a trademark on the mustang, but they don't have a trademark on "mustang in a ditch."
you're right, i hadn't realized that at first. the RIAA does engage in some questionable tactics, however, like the cease and desist/settlement/'who's IP is this?' letters - any chance that they could be named as parties in a counter-suit, or in some other nasty legal activities?
If the RIAA disappeared, who could counter-suits be filed against? Is it conceivable that as the legal tide turned, EMI could pull the plug in an attempt to evade responsibility?
how third parties tell us democratic elections are done, or how they actually work out?
sure, i understand the basic checks and balances that are supposed to be in play, but with any 'secret' or 'closed' system, there are plenty of opportunities for data to become corrupted, even by accident, without anybody knowing about it. take the ommission of the ron paul votes, for instance. without someone coming forward and recognizing that WITHOUT A DOUBT they weren't counted, the system failed to catch a real problem. if that small incident right there doesn't highlight my point, i don't know what else could...especially in a system that you (yes you) can't possibly account for, no matter what they teach you over there.
a serialized, receipt-driven ballot makes the most sense to me, but my original statement stands, and your assertion that you know more than we do isn't going to change that.
you're right. your terrible manners have convinced me that you can prove things without evidence.
you realize of course, that i'm not saying that all vaccines are bad, or that we shouldn't have vaccines, right?
blindly accepting every shot that comes rolling down from the man, though, that's just silly, and i think anecdotal evidence, which is NOT motivated by a giant money making machine can be just as compelling, given the right context.
i don't think polio went away on its own, but i can't prove that it didn't. can you?
i see this less as the masses believing they know more, and more as the masses not having the confidence that the doctor knows anything about a given subject at all.
a subtle difference, but an important one. there was a time when a doctor was known as the smartest person in town.
can you point me to the original study, and the study debunking it?
my problem with this mentality is that i don't know the truth about either side - when the average citizen cannot fully grasp the science behind the 'scientific reason', why should they be expected to trust it blindly? anecdotal evidence is just as convincing, if not more so.
nobody here can prove to me that i should have a vaccination, and nobody here can prove to me that i shouldn't...but that doesn't mean both sides are wrong, or that either side can be right, for that matter.
i've read that when they engineer the flu vaccination, they guess as to which strain is going to be most prevalent for the upcoming season, and if another one pops up, the vaccinations may as well be useless. where did i read that? beats me, but good luck proving or disproving it.
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not fast, but reliable. if you don't care what time you get in to cleveland, this guarantees you'll never *end* up in pittsuburgh.
wait, ohio to cleveland?
This is why i felt the telcos deserve some immunity - they were illegally requested to do things in a way that may have appeared valid to their legal counsel.
when the corruption comes from the top down, it's hard to determine what's right/legal and what isn't. maybe not in retrospect, but certainly in real time.
i imagine that if they only posted badge numbers instead of full names, the privacy issues of the off-duty officers would be lessened severely.
although, if their names are publicly available, this really shouldn't be a new concern.
this article makes me so mad at the biased video game researchers. i need to go down to my local ammunation, get strapped, and start taking them fools out.
I know so many people who have talked about their work with their co-workers, especially when they needed help with something, and rather than being thankful, they've been fired.
It's so true. Collaborate and wither.
you know, the more i think about this story, the more i realize that a global police/government force is almost necessary in our times. defining an act as legal/illegal solely based on physical location is, by and large, nonsensical.
sure, there are proximity crimes, but i'm talking about something unrelated to location. theft, for instance.
we can prosecute you if you steal while standing here, but we cannot prosecute you if you steal while you are standing there.
something is broken.
i don't know if anyone i've ever met has been confused by copyright law enough to prevent them from ripping a cd or dvd for their own purposes. some people might encounter feelings of paranoia or guilt by doing so, but stop them? i'd be surprised if the numbers were all that high.
giving something away does not equal free.
as long as there is value in society, it will be offset by cost. you may be able to write off some cost, or make it so minimal that it is insignificant, but cost will always coincide with value...it will almost certainly always exist.
his book should be called "offset value". free is worthless.
in response to the offer, take two has blown up several cars outside EA's offices and triggered a turf war.
i'm going to use the light from this lamp to power my photovoltaic weight lifting machine.
ok, a tiger on solid ground could clear that fence, but what about a tiger with wings and a propeller on a treadmill?
1)Why do we need a higher class?
2)If yes, how extreme do the differences need to be between the classes?
These are serious questions. Your assertion that we have to have a high, and so the low must exist bothers me.
If the monitor hasn't lit, you *must* acquit.
didn't they do model this already in the Grand Theft Auto series?
step a. pedestrian looks at event.
step b. pedestrian throws hands in air.
step c. pedestrian runs away.
step d. pedestrian gets winded, approximately 1/2 block from event.
step e. pedestrian forgets event.
step f. pedestrian walks around aimlessly.
step g. (sometimes) pedestrian's head explodes, becomes event triggering new step a.
seemed pretty darn realistic to me.
buying it solely on the ford design? if the calendar is a study on design, and that's it, i could see the merit in stopping them, but if the pictures are artistic in any way, meaning unique angles, settings, etc., i can't expect that the claim would hold any water. that is to say that they have a trademark on the mustang, but they don't have a trademark on "mustang in a ditch."
you're right, i hadn't realized that at first. the RIAA does engage in some questionable tactics, however, like the cease and desist/settlement/'who's IP is this?' letters - any chance that they could be named as parties in a counter-suit, or in some other nasty legal activities?
If the RIAA disappeared, who could counter-suits be filed against? Is it conceivable that as the legal tide turned, EMI could pull the plug in an attempt to evade responsibility?
if you cannot verify the source of a ballot, how can you verify an accurate count of legitimate ballots?
an interesting link you've posted, however slightly off-point. here's another good one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_ballot#Secrecy_vs._Reliability
how third parties tell us democratic elections are done, or how they actually work out?
sure, i understand the basic checks and balances that are supposed to be in play, but with any 'secret' or 'closed' system, there are plenty of opportunities for data to become corrupted, even by accident, without anybody knowing about it. take the ommission of the ron paul votes, for instance. without someone coming forward and recognizing that WITHOUT A DOUBT they weren't counted, the system failed to catch a real problem. if that small incident right there doesn't highlight my point, i don't know what else could...especially in a system that you (yes you) can't possibly account for, no matter what they teach you over there.
a serialized, receipt-driven ballot makes the most sense to me, but my original statement stands, and your assertion that you know more than we do isn't going to change that.
It's my opinion that ballots are secret primarily to allow people to cheat.
As dumb as it seems, I cannot really be mad at anyone who actually gets to sue ebaums. I've never been a fan of the way he treats IP rights-holders.
you're right. your terrible manners have convinced me that you can prove things without evidence.
you realize of course, that i'm not saying that all vaccines are bad, or that we shouldn't have vaccines, right?
blindly accepting every shot that comes rolling down from the man, though, that's just silly, and i think anecdotal evidence, which is NOT motivated by a giant money making machine can be just as compelling, given the right context.
i don't think polio went away on its own, but i can't prove that it didn't. can you?
i see this less as the masses believing they know more, and more as the masses not having the confidence that the doctor knows anything about a given subject at all.
a subtle difference, but an important one. there was a time when a doctor was known as the smartest person in town.
can you point me to the original study, and the study debunking it? my problem with this mentality is that i don't know the truth about either side - when the average citizen cannot fully grasp the science behind the 'scientific reason', why should they be expected to trust it blindly? anecdotal evidence is just as convincing, if not more so. nobody here can prove to me that i should have a vaccination, and nobody here can prove to me that i shouldn't...but that doesn't mean both sides are wrong, or that either side can be right, for that matter. i've read that when they engineer the flu vaccination, they guess as to which strain is going to be most prevalent for the upcoming season, and if another one pops up, the vaccinations may as well be useless. where did i read that? beats me, but good luck proving or disproving it.
/finger fun times for all involved.