A clear line to separate underage and adult saves all the troubles to assess whether someone has the maturity to make important decisions, and be responsible. We all know this differs from person to person, but there is no easy way to determine the line for everyone.
That reminds me of an old joke. A guy who worked in a farm lost a hen, he found he was charged by the owner many thousand times a hen would worth. He questioned the owner. The owner replied that the hen could lay dozens of eggs, and those eggs will grow to chickens, and in turn they will reproduce more eggs. He was generous enough that he only charged the worker up to 4 generations or so.
...is that most Russians don't seem to care that their freedoms and rights are eroded away by Putin, as long as Motherland Russia's economy is looking strong.
Not exactly. Law alone is far from effective for controlling behaviour of people, and it is very expensive, thanks to the complications and the lawyers that thrive on it. Not to mention there are people out there abusing loopholes in the law, or even manipulate the law to their advantage. Yes, law is important, but it does not keep the society in order alone.
Even today, religion, culture and morals play a major role to keep people in (self-)control. For example, almost every country on this planet has laws to prohibit littering on the street, but streets in Japan are by far cleaner than streets in China. This has nothing to do with robotics with tentacles cleaning up the streets, but rather because the Japanese are grown up in a culture that disapproves such behaviour. Meanwhile, the Chinese just don't care because every other Chinese don't.
Sounds great, except it does not add anything to what we have now, from a user's point of view. The only real benefit I can see is that Adobe can limit the piracy of its product, namely photoshop.
Which part of the news states that the action was not authorized by a superior? How can you get an actual living person to confirm this if the case was real?
They get a report, and they act accordingly. If they take the time to verify whether the report is correct, they risk losing valuable time to arrive at the crime scene. The only thing you should blame in this case is the security flaw. There is nothing wrong with the way SWAT reacted to the report.
Not so fast, but RIAA and its beloved DRM will fail, within the next few years.
RIAA still has control over majority of the music market. Not everyone is well-informed to know and seek for better alternatives. Some are happy to follow whatever the record labels throw at them. Only through words of mouth and coverage by media will people learn, and ditch the record labels for the better services.
What RIAA fails to realize is that a successful business is all about what the customers want, not what the company wants. There are countless examples of failures because the company lost touch with the people. And here we are just witnessing another failure in making.
I think no one is questioning whether the person is guilty of copyright violation. The point of debate is whether the penalty for the violation is reasonable. There is no way the person has caused $220000 worth of damage to the RIAA.
Releasing a dog to bite someone you hate is much easier than obtaining a rocket launcher to blow up someone. Should I get less of a punishment if I use the latter method?
If US sends force into Sudan without UN Security Council's approval, it would become an invasion just like the war on Iraq. If US proposes to send a coalition force into Sudan in the UN Security Council, China and perhaps Russia will surely reject it.
Similar reports came out during 1989's Tiananmen Square Massacre, only to be proved untrue later. I would not be so certain about this news until multiple news agencies confirm this.
They did not say all voters must vote with their mobile phone. It is just another option for some voters. If you actually read the article, only 3.5% of voters used the internet to vote in last election. The other 96.5% still voted in person.
If a biological weapon is to be made, it's infinitely easier to simply modify existing bacteria so that it becomes highly reproductive and immune to most things that normally kill it. Creating life is a much more challenging task and anything more complex than a single poorly-made cell is highly unlikely to appear in the next few decades.
Isn't this exactly what the method intends to happen? The part with high energy (importance) should remain undistorted when you expand or shrink the image. If you expand the high energy parts, they either become less clear or appear stretched.
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A clear line to separate underage and adult saves all the troubles to assess whether someone has the maturity to make important decisions, and be responsible. We all know this differs from person to person, but there is no easy way to determine the line for everyone.
Why would you buy the genuine sony flammable batteries, when you can buy one alike, at 1/5 of the price?
That reminds me of an old joke. A guy who worked in a farm lost a hen, he found he was charged by the owner many thousand times a hen would worth. He questioned the owner. The owner replied that the hen could lay dozens of eggs, and those eggs will grow to chickens, and in turn they will reproduce more eggs. He was generous enough that he only charged the worker up to 4 generations or so.
...is that most Russians don't seem to care that their freedoms and rights are eroded away by Putin, as long as Motherland Russia's economy is looking strong.
...who are these three "notable" homosexuals, that the articles about them can survive more than two days.
There must be plenty out there that can do a good job. Problem is, they are usually smart enough to stay away from politics.
I agree. I think the owner just took the easy way out instead of spending the time and efforts to satisfy the terms.
Negative one hundred and two million Euro. Now go get your share.
Google needs to be shut down for "facilitation of copyright infringement on the internet", or even "facilitation of terrorism on the internet".
Not exactly. Law alone is far from effective for controlling behaviour of people, and it is very expensive, thanks to the complications and the lawyers that thrive on it. Not to mention there are people out there abusing loopholes in the law, or even manipulate the law to their advantage. Yes, law is important, but it does not keep the society in order alone. Even today, religion, culture and morals play a major role to keep people in (self-)control. For example, almost every country on this planet has laws to prohibit littering on the street, but streets in Japan are by far cleaner than streets in China. This has nothing to do with robotics with tentacles cleaning up the streets, but rather because the Japanese are grown up in a culture that disapproves such behaviour. Meanwhile, the Chinese just don't care because every other Chinese don't.
Sounds great, except it does not add anything to what we have now, from a user's point of view. The only real benefit I can see is that Adobe can limit the piracy of its product, namely photoshop.
Which part of the news states that the action was not authorized by a superior? How can you get an actual living person to confirm this if the case was real? They get a report, and they act accordingly. If they take the time to verify whether the report is correct, they risk losing valuable time to arrive at the crime scene. The only thing you should blame in this case is the security flaw. There is nothing wrong with the way SWAT reacted to the report.
It is more than just too much time on their hands. I'd call it no sense of responsibility for own action.
...why would anyone want to copy 16400+ files?
Not so fast, but RIAA and its beloved DRM will fail, within the next few years. RIAA still has control over majority of the music market. Not everyone is well-informed to know and seek for better alternatives. Some are happy to follow whatever the record labels throw at them. Only through words of mouth and coverage by media will people learn, and ditch the record labels for the better services. What RIAA fails to realize is that a successful business is all about what the customers want, not what the company wants. There are countless examples of failures because the company lost touch with the people. And here we are just witnessing another failure in making.
I think no one is questioning whether the person is guilty of copyright violation. The point of debate is whether the penalty for the violation is reasonable. There is no way the person has caused $220000 worth of damage to the RIAA.
Releasing a dog to bite someone you hate is much easier than obtaining a rocket launcher to blow up someone. Should I get less of a punishment if I use the latter method?
If US sends force into Sudan without UN Security Council's approval, it would become an invasion just like the war on Iraq. If US proposes to send a coalition force into Sudan in the UN Security Council, China and perhaps Russia will surely reject it.
Similar reports came out during 1989's Tiananmen Square Massacre, only to be proved untrue later. I would not be so certain about this news until multiple news agencies confirm this.
Problem is that such event only happens every so often. God did not create enough black holes to let you observe one die every other day.
They did not say all voters must vote with their mobile phone. It is just another option for some voters. If you actually read the article, only 3.5% of voters used the internet to vote in last election. The other 96.5% still voted in person.
If a biological weapon is to be made, it's infinitely easier to simply modify existing bacteria so that it becomes highly reproductive and immune to most things that normally kill it. Creating life is a much more challenging task and anything more complex than a single poorly-made cell is highly unlikely to appear in the next few decades.
Isn't this exactly what the method intends to happen? The part with high energy (importance) should remain undistorted when you expand or shrink the image. If you expand the high energy parts, they either become less clear or appear stretched.