In an almost perfect world people wouldn't give up on a perfect world. Luckily as a whole we don't. While history has its ups and downs the overall trend seems tobeup.
I have to ask at 1000 Gbps are your hard drives even able to write that fast ? That's 125 Gigabytes per second, 500 MB/s is pretty good for an SSD. Also, what are you doing that requires that kind of speed?
If China had an open and free media no one would pay any attention to the rumors. For example; I heard that Washington DC is on lock down and there are riots in the street. There was an attempted coup. Do you believe any of that? Why?
As far as I'm concerned if a network doesn't want me watching their ads then it's no skin off my back. Networks make money by providing content and selling ads. However, it seems they are more concerned with controlling how I watch their content and ads. I understand they charge different rates for different markets. I understand they have licensing agreement with their affiliates. But none of that matters to me. It's really their problem.
So if they don't want me as a customer I'm not going to put up a fight to be one. 90% of my TV watching is from the internet. I know not everyone has their TV hooked up to the internet nor does everyone watch their TV on tablets and other devices but things are moving that direction. The writing is on the wall. If I were a shareholder I would want the company to focus more on adapting their business model to these realities rather than wasting resources on litigation that does nothing to stop the inevitable.
Aside from the misspelling I find the use of the word missile versus rocket interesting. They are essentially the same thing but the two words certainly have different connotations.
I don't know that the work required to retrieve it is what gives gold an intrinsic value. Its intrinsic value is in its uses. Its properties as a metal. Anything more than that is circular. It has value because it takes effort to retrieve it and we retrieve it because it has value. I've always thought a currency backed by units of energy would be interesting. Since we've industrialized it arguably has the most intrinsic value to society.
To apply this same idea to meatspace. If I rent an apartment and my lease says no pets but I have a pet anyway should that make me a criminal? I don't think so. Seems like for a couple hundred years the U.S. has considered it a civil matter and I fail to see why it should be any different on a computer. At the same time if I break into an apartment that is criminal, likewise it should be for a computer. Companies are pushing to make breaking a TOS criminal and that's a very scary thing. Especially when they change it whenever they feel like it.
We can only make assumptions based on what we know. If we take all of the planets that we have ever found life on they are overwhelmingly like Earth (okay they are Earth). Point being you might as well start with what you know even if it is just one data point.
they do have something of a point with renewable copyrights. Mickey Mouse would have gone out of copyright well before I graduated high school. Probably before I graduated elementary school - he's been around that long. But, Mickey Mouse has been a money generator all these decades.
I don't think the ability to be a money generator for a long period of time is a good point. After all just because a hammer can continue to generate money doesn't mean the person who invented it should hold the patent forever (I know we're talking about copyrights but I think it makes the same point).
secure a high standard of living for the next 20 generations of their descendants
Okay on a more serious reply that my last one I think that everything you said stems from this thought. I agree with your sentiment and I think people should think more about what it means to society to allow families to amass so much wealth for so many generations. I fail to see how it differs from royalty. With royalty the first king is likely to have brought prosperity to his people. And his successor may have followed in his steps. Maybe building up the infrastructure of his kingdom and make himself wealthier by making his people wealthier. But it seems sooner or later a successor comes along who killed his more honest brother to ascend to the throne. Another few generations and the populace executes the king (or queen) with a vengeance.
It seems to be the cycle of history. While we have finally begun to realize that the son of a leader is not entitled to be our leader we have failed to make the connection that the the son of someone that brings wealth to society does not automatically deserve to control that wealth. What I really find interesting is outsourcing. Money is just paper. The ability to produce technology (e.g. hammers, cars, computers..) creates real wealth.
Some states, as you can guess, are hyper-regulated centrally controlled markets and are poor, and some are pretty much free-market and are relatively richer.
Of the top ten 'richest' states (plus DC), 8 are blue states. Are you saying democrats create thriving free-markets and republicans over-regulate. Wait, that doesn't sound right either.
If this was based on an unused script from the original series that means it is at least 40 years old. While it is true CBS owns the copyright it's a shame that copyrights are granted for such a long period of time. If Copyrights are granted with the idea they encourage the arts this is a clear example of the law not fulfilling its goals. I'm not against copyright but if the terms were shorter this wouldn't be an issue and we would have one more work created.
Perhaps he believes Autism is made up. It is likely psychological diseases are over diagnosed. Pharmaceuticals have an interest in promoting drugs for symptoms they often help define. However, it would be hard to argue that we aren't exposed to chemicals and frequencies of energy than didn't exist for most of our history. Our environment has changed and it would be rather odd if it had no affect on us. It seems equally obvious that genetic variation would mean variations in symptoms/responses.
We have no baseline for what is 'normal' for many of modern diseases. We have a pharmaceutical industry deeply tied to deciding what constitutes the need for medication. And we have introduced countless chemicals(and the chemicals they break down into) into our environment, food and water.
Figuring out cause and effect gave humans a huge survival advantage; figuring out cause + cause + cause = effect +effect seems to give us more trouble.
That's because they don't need to lower prices to encourage consumption. As you point out, instead of lowering prices they sell it off outside the U.S. As long as world demand keeps growing there's no reason to encourage consumption. Globally there's plenty of demand.
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Evolution is a theory. Like the theory of relativity or the theory of flight it is a tested explanation of observations. It is just that most people think theory, speculation and hypothesis all mean the same thing. It may be pedantic but I hate the argument that a theory somehow means it is just speculation.
Does it have to be a crisis to end all crises to be a concern? Is it the dollar amount that matters? It's $100 that could have been spent on something productive.
What if there were a street that the law said you had to follow certain driving standards while on? And then a private company that owned those standards charged you $50 to find out what those standards were. The government could save costs on street signs and some lucky private company could charge you $50 just to tell you what the speed limit is. Sounds like a great system.
I think they are conflating aggression with competition. Competition makes kids more aggressive. Let kids play any game where they are competing against each other and they will become more aggressive regardless of the violence content (I've seen kids fight over Go-Fish). EC games probably don't show 'aggression' because they generally aren't that competitive.
The summary specifically states that AND gives a link:
Not just a link but the same link and somehow he is rated +3 informative right now. I wonder if I can get +5 for this brilliant post
"Injured in crash which damaged the nerves in her arm, she has reached the limits that can what be accomplished with nerve transplants. She can move her arm but doctors have given up hope of restoring use of her hand. So she wants doctors to amputate the hand and replace it with a bionic version that does work."
Or a tablet/phone/touchscreen that changes the texture of its surface. You could add tactile feedback for alpha-numeric keys as well as software (e.g. game) feedback.
A robotic car will never get distracted, will never tire, will never drive unsafely, will never get frustrated, will never get bored and so on.
Don't forget the rest of it.
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
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In an almost perfect world people wouldn't give up on a perfect world. Luckily as a whole we don't. While history has its ups and downs the overall trend seems to be up.
I have to ask at 1000 Gbps are your hard drives even able to write that fast ? That's 125 Gigabytes per second, 500 MB/s is pretty good for an SSD. Also, what are you doing that requires that kind of speed?
If China had an open and free media no one would pay any attention to the rumors. For example; I heard that Washington DC is on lock down and there are riots in the street. There was an attempted coup. Do you believe any of that? Why?
As far as I'm concerned if a network doesn't want me watching their ads then it's no skin off my back. Networks make money by providing content and selling ads. However, it seems they are more concerned with controlling how I watch their content and ads. I understand they charge different rates for different markets. I understand they have licensing agreement with their affiliates. But none of that matters to me. It's really their problem.
So if they don't want me as a customer I'm not going to put up a fight to be one. 90% of my TV watching is from the internet. I know not everyone has their TV hooked up to the internet nor does everyone watch their TV on tablets and other devices but things are moving that direction. The writing is on the wall. If I were a shareholder I would want the company to focus more on adapting their business model to these realities rather than wasting resources on litigation that does nothing to stop the inevitable.
Aside from the misspelling I find the use of the word missile versus rocket interesting. They are essentially the same thing but the two words certainly have different connotations.
I don't know that the work required to retrieve it is what gives gold an intrinsic value. Its intrinsic value is in its uses. Its properties as a metal. Anything more than that is circular. It has value because it takes effort to retrieve it and we retrieve it because it has value. I've always thought a currency backed by units of energy would be interesting. Since we've industrialized it arguably has the most intrinsic value to society.
To apply this same idea to meatspace. If I rent an apartment and my lease says no pets but I have a pet anyway should that make me a criminal? I don't think so. Seems like for a couple hundred years the U.S. has considered it a civil matter and I fail to see why it should be any different on a computer. At the same time if I break into an apartment that is criminal, likewise it should be for a computer. Companies are pushing to make breaking a TOS criminal and that's a very scary thing. Especially when they change it whenever they feel like it.
We can only make assumptions based on what we know. If we take all of the planets that we have ever found life on they are overwhelmingly like Earth (okay they are Earth). Point being you might as well start with what you know even if it is just one data point.
they do have something of a point with renewable copyrights. Mickey Mouse would have gone out of copyright well before I graduated high school. Probably before I graduated elementary school - he's been around that long. But, Mickey Mouse has been a money generator all these decades.
I don't think the ability to be a money generator for a long period of time is a good point. After all just because a hammer can continue to generate money doesn't mean the person who invented it should hold the patent forever (I know we're talking about copyrights but I think it makes the same point).
It doesn't matter. They don't need to win, they only need to drain resources from Boundless and scare off investors.
secure a high standard of living for the next 20 generations of their descendants
Okay on a more serious reply that my last one I think that everything you said stems from this thought. I agree with your sentiment and I think people should think more about what it means to society to allow families to amass so much wealth for so many generations. I fail to see how it differs from royalty. With royalty the first king is likely to have brought prosperity to his people. And his successor may have followed in his steps. Maybe building up the infrastructure of his kingdom and make himself wealthier by making his people wealthier. But it seems sooner or later a successor comes along who killed his more honest brother to ascend to the throne. Another few generations and the populace executes the king (or queen) with a vengeance.
It seems to be the cycle of history. While we have finally begun to realize that the son of a leader is not entitled to be our leader we have failed to make the connection that the the son of someone that brings wealth to society does not automatically deserve to control that wealth. What I really find interesting is outsourcing. Money is just paper. The ability to produce technology (e.g. hammers, cars, computers..) creates real wealth.
You left one out: misunderstanding your argument
I think you're the one that misunderstands.
you're an idiot
Right back at you. Look I liked Automan too but it only had like 7 episodes. Nice strawman.
:p
Some states, as you can guess, are hyper-regulated centrally controlled markets and are poor, and some are pretty much free-market and are relatively richer.
Here's a list of states by per capita income
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income
Here's a list of states by party
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states#Current_classification
Of the top ten 'richest' states (plus DC), 8 are blue states. Are you saying democrats create thriving free-markets and republicans over-regulate. Wait, that doesn't sound right either.
If this was based on an unused script from the original series that means it is at least 40 years old. While it is true CBS owns the copyright it's a shame that copyrights are granted for such a long period of time. If Copyrights are granted with the idea they encourage the arts this is a clear example of the law not fulfilling its goals. I'm not against copyright but if the terms were shorter this wouldn't be an issue and we would have one more work created.
Perhaps he believes Autism is made up. It is likely psychological diseases are over diagnosed. Pharmaceuticals have an interest in promoting drugs for symptoms they often help define. However, it would be hard to argue that we aren't exposed to chemicals and frequencies of energy than didn't exist for most of our history. Our environment has changed and it would be rather odd if it had no affect on us. It seems equally obvious that genetic variation would mean variations in symptoms/responses.
We have no baseline for what is 'normal' for many of modern diseases. We have a pharmaceutical industry deeply tied to deciding what constitutes the need for medication. And we have introduced countless chemicals(and the chemicals they break down into) into our environment, food and water.
Figuring out cause and effect gave humans a huge survival advantage; figuring out cause + cause + cause = effect +effect seems to give us more trouble.
That's because they don't need to lower prices to encourage consumption. As you point out, instead of lowering prices they sell it off outside the U.S. As long as world demand keeps growing there's no reason to encourage consumption. Globally there's plenty of demand.
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Evolution is a theory. Like the theory of relativity or the theory of flight it is a tested explanation of observations. It is just that most people think theory, speculation and hypothesis all mean the same thing. It may be pedantic but I hate the argument that a theory somehow means it is just speculation.
Does it have to be a crisis to end all crises to be a concern? Is it the dollar amount that matters? It's $100 that could have been spent on something productive.
What if there were a street that the law said you had to follow certain driving standards while on? And then a private company that owned those standards charged you $50 to find out what those standards were. The government could save costs on street signs and some lucky private company could charge you $50 just to tell you what the speed limit is. Sounds like a great system.
I think they are conflating aggression with competition. Competition makes kids more aggressive. Let kids play any game where they are competing against each other and they will become more aggressive regardless of the violence content (I've seen kids fight over Go-Fish). EC games probably don't show 'aggression' because they generally aren't that competitive.
The summary specifically states that AND gives a link:
Not just a link but the same link and somehow he is rated +3 informative right now. I wonder if I can get +5 for this brilliant post
"Injured in crash which damaged the nerves in her arm, she has reached the limits that can what be accomplished with nerve transplants. She can move her arm but doctors have given up hope of restoring use of her hand. So she wants doctors to amputate the hand and replace it with a bionic version that does work."
The doctor, Oskar C. Aszmann, first performed a similar operation last year.
Or a tablet/phone/touchscreen that changes the texture of its surface. You could add tactile feedback for alpha-numeric keys as well as software (e.g. game) feedback.
Perhaps, but now he has to tell any future employers that he has a drug-related criminal record
If it's a small enough amount he can probably have it expunged.
The real lose-lose situation is criminalizing things that costs all parties more than it's worth
A robotic car will never get distracted, will never tire, will never drive unsafely, will never get frustrated, will never get bored and so on.
Don't forget the rest of it.
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.