Wouldn't it be the public who is to blame here? I have to wonder just how many alternatives the public funded before they became beholden to a union? Hundreds of thousands of people have hundreds of thousands of votes.
Really though, what else do you think those of us not educated in physics are supposed to do but trust the experts in the field? Personally, I think humankind is at it's zenith when it comes to understanding every little detail that controls it's very existance.
Seriously, the only algorithm I'm left with is this:
Yes, that is the nature of patents, but you have to admit that they are far better than copyrights. Patents only deny humankind of advances for 20 years or so, copyrights prevent others from building upon previous work for lifetimes plus more.
Everything that is "wrong" with the US today can explained by that 1947 incident. Afterall, war is good for business. Peace, of course, is good for business too. Afterall, even in the worst time someone makes a profit.
Linux I abandoned when I ran out of time to futz with settings about 10 years ago.
I set those settings 15 years ago and haven't looked back. Actually I wish I could say that were true, but along came KDE4 and Gnome3 and screwed everything all up. Keeping my fingers crossed that XFCE will leave the environment that is perfect for me alone.
It will be paid for by anyone who contributes a portion of their labor to the government, which is represented virtually by this thing often called dollars.
My goal, if I were to do such a thing, would be to share my culture with others. It has been thus with species homo for thousands and thousands of years. Personally, I believe it was the Ferengi who came up with the idea of copyrights.
Yes. Norway, for example, an example of an "incorporative" state, which is a state that delegates activities typically monopolized by states ( in other countries ) to citizens' groups and initiatives.
I guess that is okay as long as those groups don't keep anyone from doing anything they want to do. Afterall freedom for even small groups can be slavery to individuals. If, for example, a person wants to pay another for sex than the group is perfectly okay with that?
Relevant law I found seems to say the "group" forces its authoriaty on such individuals:
"In November 2008 the Storting passed legislation which criminalised purchasing sex. This became section 202a of the Norwegian Penal Code. [12]
Section 202a Any person who (a) engages in or aids and abets another person to engage in sexual activity or commit a sexual act on making or agreeing payment,
(b)engages in sexual activity or a sexual act on such payment being agreed or made by another person, or
(c) in the manner described in (a) or (b) causes someone to carry out with herself or himself acts corresponding to sexual activity, shall be liable to fines or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. If the sexual activity or sexual act is carried out in a particularly offensive manner and no penalty may be imposed pursuant to other provisions, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year"
Though I am a believer in science, I'm not as convinced as you are that our current science has so far exceeded the limatations of our intelict that it is unfallable.
Quite a cunundrum, isn't it? Most everyone wants to see science advance, most everyone wants everyone to benefit from those scientific advances. How best to do this by encouraging both research and sharing? Still not sure a 20yr monopoly is the best method, but so far have seen very few viable alternatives presented that serve both the benefactors and benefactees.
Even the presence of an industrial civilization has been given away by sudden changes in the atmospheric composition over the last 150 years.
It could be that the cleaning up of the mess industrialization caused could be the signal that our brains have ripened enough to be quite the delictable delights for the discerning alien palate. As for nuclear weapons, chances are they would be seen as the equivelant of bows and arrows to any civilazation far enough advanced.
Usually the choice offered is the one who is bad and the who isn't as bad as. Yes, I'm aware of the write in option, but most times the bad one really needs to be voted out in favor of anyone who isn't as bad as.
Why on earth would bombs start flying again? Even if the EU was dissolved tomorrow, I don't see why suddenly war would break out. I mean, people have been living together for a while now in peace, intermarriages, etc... Shengen and free trade did more to build peace than any other part of the EU. I'd argue that war is more likely if the EU is being kept together by force. Forcing things together will work for a while, but increases the chance that when it does collapse, it will do so in a very bloody way.
Up until I read that last part I was all set to argue against your post, but we have our Civil War that serves as an example of the bloodletting that can occur when trying to forceably preserve a union of desperate states. Still, it doesn't take much to get people at each others throats. All it takes is one nation that feels it needs more land, more resources, or simply more "living space" to start the shit hitting the fan.
This might be cool if it weren't from the same company that put rootkits on people's computers, try to force everyone into their proprietory lockins, and disabled the ability for their users to choose what OS they wanted to run on their game machines. In my book Sony is irrelevant and I will continue to dissuade everyone I know from purchasing any of their products.
Online or off, just about everyone has to hide half of themselves to attract the other sex. Yeah, I know that sounds weird...but not everyone is 100% he-man or 100% she-male. We all have degrees of separation.
If Apple guarantees that they will pay for any damage incurred using an Apple product then Apple would lead the market anywhere! Wake me up when this is the case.
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Capalist organizations could have fought that propaganda by standing up for the working man.
I guess you could consider rules that protect lives as mediocre. Seriously man, other than cheaper labor what is that you really want?
Wouldn't it be the public who is to blame here? I have to wonder just how many alternatives the public funded before they became beholden to a union? Hundreds of thousands of people have hundreds of thousands of votes.
...are sure to have enough brain power to work their way around this shit. Just think about how much they could achieve if only they worked together!
Really though, what else do you think those of us not educated in physics are supposed to do but trust the experts in the field? Personally, I think humankind is at it's zenith when it comes to understanding every little detail that controls it's very existance.
Seriously, the only algorithm I'm left with is this:
If( It_Will_Make_Someone_Money)
ignore:
Else:
back_fully;
Yes, that is the nature of patents, but you have to admit that they are far better than copyrights. Patents only deny humankind of advances for 20 years or so, copyrights prevent others from building upon previous work for lifetimes plus more.
Everything that is "wrong" with the US today can explained by that 1947 incident. Afterall, war is good for business. Peace, of course, is good for business too. Afterall, even in the worst time someone makes a profit.
Linux I abandoned when I ran out of time to futz with settings about 10 years ago.
I set those settings 15 years ago and haven't looked back. Actually I wish I could say that were true, but along came KDE4 and Gnome3 and screwed everything all up. Keeping my fingers crossed that XFCE will leave the environment that is perfect for me alone.
It will be paid for by anyone who contributes a portion of their labor to the government, which is represented virtually by this thing often called dollars.
My goal, if I were to do such a thing, would be to share my culture with others. It has been thus with species homo for thousands and thousands of years. Personally, I believe it was the Ferengi who came up with the idea of copyrights.
Yes. Norway, for example, an example of an "incorporative" state, which is a state that delegates activities typically monopolized by states ( in other countries ) to citizens' groups and initiatives.
I guess that is okay as long as those groups don't keep anyone from doing anything they want to do. Afterall freedom for even small groups can be slavery to individuals. If, for example, a person wants to pay another for sex than the group is perfectly okay with that?
Relevant law I found seems to say the "group" forces its authoriaty on such individuals:
"In November 2008 the Storting passed legislation which criminalised purchasing sex. This became section 202a of the Norwegian Penal Code. [12]
Section 202a Any person who (a) engages in or aids and abets another person to engage in sexual activity or commit a sexual act on making or agreeing payment,
(b)engages in sexual activity or a sexual act on such payment being agreed or made by another person, or
(c) in the manner described in (a) or (b) causes someone to carry out with herself or himself acts corresponding to sexual activity, shall be liable to fines or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. If the sexual activity or sexual act is carried out in a particularly offensive manner and no penalty may be imposed pursuant to other provisions, the penalty shall be imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year"
The US government IS an authoritarian government. Period.
True. Can you provide a list of goverments which are not?
Though I am a believer in science, I'm not as convinced as you are that our current science has so far exceeded the limatations of our intelict that it is unfallable.
Quite a cunundrum, isn't it? Most everyone wants to see science advance, most everyone wants everyone to benefit from those scientific advances. How best to do this by encouraging both research and sharing? Still not sure a 20yr monopoly is the best method, but so far have seen very few viable alternatives presented that serve both the benefactors and benefactees.
Even the presence of an industrial civilization has been given away by sudden changes in the atmospheric composition over the last 150 years.
It could be that the cleaning up of the mess industrialization caused could be the signal that our brains have ripened enough to be quite the delictable delights for the discerning alien palate. As for nuclear weapons, chances are they would be seen as the equivelant of bows and arrows to any civilazation far enough advanced.
Usually the choice offered is the one who is bad and the who isn't as bad as. Yes, I'm aware of the write in option, but most times the bad one really needs to be voted out in favor of anyone who isn't as bad as.
Why on earth would bombs start flying again? Even if the EU was dissolved tomorrow, I don't see why suddenly war would break out. I mean, people have been living together for a while now in peace, intermarriages, etc... Shengen and free trade did more to build peace than any other part of the EU.
I'd argue that war is more likely if the EU is being kept together by force. Forcing things together will work for a while, but increases the chance that when it does collapse, it will do so in a very bloody way.
Up until I read that last part I was all set to argue against your post, but we have our Civil War that serves as an example of the bloodletting that can occur when trying to forceably preserve a union of desperate states. Still, it doesn't take much to get people at each others throats. All it takes is one nation that feels it needs more land, more resources, or simply more "living space" to start the shit hitting the fan.
Seriously, you had problems with a thinkpad? Mine has been going strong for 5 years now and runs just about any OS I put on it.
This might be cool if it weren't from the same company that put rootkits on people's computers, try to force everyone into their proprietory lockins, and disabled the ability for their users to choose what OS they wanted to run on their game machines. In my book Sony is irrelevant and I will continue to dissuade everyone I know from purchasing any of their products.
But more importantly, can it run Linux? If so, then this would be a truly great device!
Online or off, just about everyone has to hide half of themselves to attract the other sex. Yeah, I know that sounds weird...but not everyone is 100% he-man or 100% she-male. We all have degrees of separation.
If Apple guarantees that they will pay for any damage incurred using an Apple product then Apple would lead the market anywhere! Wake me up when this is the case.
Just to clarify, if whale meat was plentiful you'd have no problems with hunting whales at all?
And by the way, people get hurt or sick everyday, whether it is a holiday or not.
Yes, of course. Being a nurse myself for the last 20 years I know of rotating holidays. They are a pain in the ass.