I know, I didn't throw in enough mindless "Micro$hafts" or invoke Clippy enough. I'll try harder next time.
I'm a.NET developer so I'm a Fanboy because nothing else comes close for enterprise development.
I'm a.NET dev too, so I do understand your appreciation of the tools et al. I also have a WinPhone. But I'm not afraid to call MS out when they screw up (I assume you're the same;)).
Mercury has no ocean or atmosphere to act as a heat bath, so there goes one counter-example. And while Venus has a thick atmosphere, it doesn't necessarily have the right chemicals for life to arise, so there goes your second counter-example.
Newtonian Gravity isn't correct either, we still use it in limited scope.
It doesn't mean that Relativity is prevented from the same usage.
But it is still far from correct and the day people finally accept that and move on, maybe some actual research will get done.
Dark Matter and Dark Energy are literal blackholes of knowledge that rips Relativity apart in every sense of the metaphor.
There is hardly a contradiction, just you putting meaning where there is none.
You know that building you live in? Built with Newtonian mechanics. That's why it stays up.
And the sat-nav in your phone? That uses general relativity. If it didn't, it wouldn't be able to locate you in the right country, let alone on the right street.
Newtonian mechanics and general relativity have been proven correct many times over. What they are though is incomplete. And there's a mountain of research happening right now to work out why.
Sending someone to prison for ten years (or at all) for downloading the latest episode of some crap TV show or movie for their personal use is ridiculous.
It is, and I believe I hinted at this possibility with the following:
However, it'll be all too easy to abuse this sort of measure, and end up with the disproportion going the other way.
He's my MP, but I'm afraid I can't report on his file-sharing habits.
And to lend some context to his words, from TFA:
“The discrepancy I mentioned is a source of great frustration. For example, the private prosecution by the Federation Against Copyright Theft of Anton Vickerman, who was making £50,000 a month from running a website [SurfTheChannel] that facilitated mass-scale copyright infringement, saw him convicted of conspiracy to defraud and sentenced to four years in prison,” Leech explained.
“This level of sentence would not have been possible if he had been prosecuted under copyright law, but FACT was able to prove conspiracy in his actions. Without proof of conspiracy, a serious criminal could have been left subject to a disproportionately low maximum penalty.”
In a way, I do agree with his point; those making that sort of money from infringement do need to be punished properly. However, it'll be all too easy to abuse this sort of measure, and end up with the disproportion going the other way.
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And what "chemicals" do you think venus lacks that early earth didn't?
Chemically chemicals? Anyway, whether Venus does have the right stuff or not is irrelevant - it's still not a counter-example.
I know, I didn't throw in enough mindless "Micro$hafts" or invoke Clippy enough. I'll try harder next time.
I'm a .NET developer so I'm a Fanboy because nothing else comes close for enterprise development.
I'm a .NET dev too, so I do understand your appreciation of the tools et al. I also have a WinPhone. But I'm not afraid to call MS out when they screw up (I assume you're the same ;)).
Yes they use A-GPS - alongside regular GPS. That's why the 'A' stands for 'Assisted'.
Funnily enough, I didn't call him a shill.
Reading comprehension fail.
That reads almost too much like a sales pitch/shill post.
one kind of life we know of
Well, the Egyptians believed the Sun was a god. Then sometime later someone worked out it's actually a massive glowing ball of hydrogen and helium.
Mercury has no ocean or atmosphere to act as a heat bath, so there goes one counter-example. And while Venus has a thick atmosphere, it doesn't necessarily have the right chemicals for life to arise, so there goes your second counter-example.
And that has any relevance why?
Apart from the bits that are Latin :P
It's those damn Atkins protons, I tell you!
Newtonian Gravity isn't correct either, we still use it in limited scope. It doesn't mean that Relativity is prevented from the same usage.
But it is still far from correct and the day people finally accept that and move on, maybe some actual research will get done. Dark Matter and Dark Energy are literal blackholes of knowledge that rips Relativity apart in every sense of the metaphor.
There is hardly a contradiction, just you putting meaning where there is none.
You know that building you live in? Built with Newtonian mechanics. That's why it stays up.
And the sat-nav in your phone? That uses general relativity. If it didn't, it wouldn't be able to locate you in the right country, let alone on the right street.
Newtonian mechanics and general relativity have been proven correct many times over. What they are though is incomplete. And there's a mountain of research happening right now to work out why.
This is funny considering I know four people with iPhones and only one with Android.
Around here, if you have Android, you get the "too cheap to get a real phone?" question.
Tell me, is Cupertino nice this time of year?
Then they'll invade when it turns out they have oil.
However, it'll be all too easy to abuse this sort of measure, and end up with the disproportion going the other way.
Oh, right, I did already.
To be fair, I don't think he's advocating such stiff sentences for all infringements.
Is it possible to make lots of money from copyright infringement w/o breaking lots of other laws?
Probably not, but the difficulty is in proving guilt.
Disclaimer: I neither agree nor disagree with John Leech's statements, I'm just quoting for context and offering a little analysis.
Sending someone to prison for ten years (or at all) for downloading the latest episode of some crap TV show or movie for their personal use is ridiculous.
It is, and I believe I hinted at this possibility with the following:
However, it'll be all too easy to abuse this sort of measure, and end up with the disproportion going the other way.
These days, making big money off the work of others with their express consent makes you a hero.
FTFY
Don't forget FACT, which is (sort of) our MPAA equivalent.
He's my MP, but I'm afraid I can't report on his file-sharing habits.
And to lend some context to his words, from TFA:
In a way, I do agree with his point; those making that sort of money from infringement do need to be punished properly. However, it'll be all too easy to abuse this sort of measure, and end up with the disproportion going the other way.
The previous Labour government was also for 5 years, and they won the '05 election outright.
One step at a time.
Obviously you pretended to be an iPhone while using Firefox :)