I don't recall the western world living in constant poverty in the centuries when women had no rights. Japan actually was in a BETTER economic situation when women had very little to no rights(the two facts aren't connected at all, just making a point).
The US isn't exactly known for electing great leaders either, often who do their crimes in the name of Christianity. *shrug*
Although it is more in the thousands, possibly as high as ten thousand, it is true that there has been a significant amount of job loss due to piracy in the companies that bring japanese anime over to the US. I've talked with voice actors as well as people who run those companies, and piracy really has hurt them. Some companies are closing up shop, others are just having to severely cut back to make ends meet. This was never a large profit business in the first place, and with people downloading it so much as opposed to buying the DVDs they can't manage to squeak by.
The irony of this is that the "copyright czar" would probably just ignore this as the MPAA and RIAA aren't involved. Not that I'm advocating law suits against people who do pirate it, as I think that is way over the top, just pointing out that people HAVE lost their jobs due to piracy.
I know when I lived in Japan I had to have a foreign resident card in order to get anything like a bank account or even get paid. This is really nothing new, and I don't see why it is such a huge deal. Sure, the biometrics may be new, but is it really something to make a big hubbub about?
I know Japan is pretty much the opposite! Foreigners have pretty much all the basic rights as citizens, and the people there will generally bend over backwards to help you(searching the entire building for someone who speaks English, etc).
In case you have been living in a cave, border laptop searching/confiscation is already allowed, and is practiced often by the DHS.
This law actually limits their power and forces the DHS to give a receipt so you can claim your laptop if/when they ever finish with it, among other security concerns(keeping the information on it private, etc).
Since when is youtube an ISP? Why the heck was this even modded Insightful?
Also...would you like to provide the money they would need to hire people to watch every single video uploaded and then determine if it violates the DMCA in some way? Because without hiring a large amount of people that is extremely impractical. And if they do NOT have the people needed to do this, making them responsible for DMCA violations in videos that are uploaded is retarded at best.
I will have you know that TV programming in Japan is quite different than anything you will find in the US, since I think that they give all the people who come up with the shows drugs for inspiration.
I'd like for you to tell all the people who died from asbestos poisoning in Amagasaki, Japan due to the asbestos plant there that it is perfectly safe. I actually lived in that city for a while, luckily after the asbestos plant was closed.
So, if Google gets an ultimatum from the Chinese government saying "censor this or google.com is added to the great firewall", Google should just let themselves get blocked from who knows how many users? Users who may be able to use said site to find other stuff of interest that the Government might not want them to know about but hasn't requested it be blocked yet? How is saying "no" and getting your stuff blocked from being seen by anyone in China helping anything?
Who is to say that they are not capable of building a city? Just because they have never had the need to build cities like humans have doesn't mean they aren't capable.
As someone from Illinois, I'm proud of the dead people who were willing to return from the grave to vote! If you continue to go vote even after you are dead you are obviously a very civic minded person.
Not really. Regular US citizens don't really have any power anymore. We get to choose which person we want to screw us over, that is about it. Its pretty much a given fact that everyone running for office is going to be a corrupt politician who has no intention of listening to us.
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No, I do think a lot of us knew it was horrible back then as well.
You mean like the entire republican party?
I think Gary might have issues calling anyone, seeing how he is kinda dead.
I don't recall the western world living in constant poverty in the centuries when women had no rights. Japan actually was in a BETTER economic situation when women had very little to no rights(the two facts aren't connected at all, just making a point).
The US isn't exactly known for electing great leaders either, often who do their crimes in the name of Christianity. *shrug*
Although it is more in the thousands, possibly as high as ten thousand, it is true that there has been a significant amount of job loss due to piracy in the companies that bring japanese anime over to the US. I've talked with voice actors as well as people who run those companies, and piracy really has hurt them. Some companies are closing up shop, others are just having to severely cut back to make ends meet. This was never a large profit business in the first place, and with people downloading it so much as opposed to buying the DVDs they can't manage to squeak by.
The irony of this is that the "copyright czar" would probably just ignore this as the MPAA and RIAA aren't involved. Not that I'm advocating law suits against people who do pirate it, as I think that is way over the top, just pointing out that people HAVE lost their jobs due to piracy.
I know when I lived in Japan I had to have a foreign resident card in order to get anything like a bank account or even get paid. This is really nothing new, and I don't see why it is such a huge deal. Sure, the biometrics may be new, but is it really something to make a big hubbub about?
To quote Trekkie Monster from the musical Avenue Q:
In volatile market, only stable investment is porn!
Jeff all the way. Fear the bottle rockets!
I know Japan is pretty much the opposite!
Foreigners have pretty much all the basic rights as citizens, and the people there will generally bend over backwards to help you(searching the entire building for someone who speaks English, etc).
In case you have been living in a cave, border laptop searching/confiscation is already allowed, and is practiced often by the DHS.
This law actually limits their power and forces the DHS to give a receipt so you can claim your laptop if/when they ever finish with it, among other security concerns(keeping the information on it private, etc).
Yay, a game that plays itself...just what I always wanted to play.
Since when is youtube an ISP? Why the heck was this even modded Insightful?
Also...would you like to provide the money they would need to hire people to watch every single video uploaded and then determine if it violates the DMCA in some way? Because without hiring a large amount of people that is extremely impractical. And if they do NOT have the people needed to do this, making them responsible for DMCA violations in videos that are uploaded is retarded at best.
I will have you know that TV programming in Japan is quite different than anything you will find in the US, since I think that they give all the people who come up with the shows drugs for inspiration.
I'd like for you to tell all the people who died from asbestos poisoning in Amagasaki, Japan due to the asbestos plant there that it is perfectly safe. I actually lived in that city for a while, luckily after the asbestos plant was closed.
I Japanese language? o.O Odd sentence there.
So, if Google gets an ultimatum from the Chinese government saying "censor this or google.com is added to the great firewall", Google should just let themselves get blocked from who knows how many users? Users who may be able to use said site to find other stuff of interest that the Government might not want them to know about but hasn't requested it be blocked yet? How is saying "no" and getting your stuff blocked from being seen by anyone in China helping anything?
I certainly hope this thing doesn't make you want to exterminate everyone they see. That could get inconvenient.
Why would they want to?
Who is to say that they are not capable of building a city? Just because they have never had the need to build cities like humans have doesn't mean they aren't capable.
The dead voters in Chicago would like to challenge your statement that paper ballots are completely secure.
As someone from Illinois, I'm proud of the dead people who were willing to return from the grave to vote! If you continue to go vote even after you are dead you are obviously a very civic minded person.
You mean like dead people voting, which is already happening?
Given that he will likely get about 60 years in prison and is already 40, I don't think he will be coming out of the prison at all.
Not really. Regular US citizens don't really have any power anymore. We get to choose which person we want to screw us over, that is about it. Its pretty much a given fact that everyone running for office is going to be a corrupt politician who has no intention of listening to us.
Does it have GLADOS running it? If so I want one...I always get warm fuzzy feelings from psychotic computers.
Unless you plan on your business dying in the next 5 years, half a million now would be cheaper in the long run.
$100,000/year x 5 years = $500,000 = $1 million/2
$100,000/year x 6 years > $500,000