As wine is not ready, it is not a perfect solution, even it does have some advantages for the applications that work with it. If WINE is not ready as you say, then why is it reaching 1.0?
You could be working at a company you were moved twice in one year, had your stapler taken away, be forced by your boss to share your cube with storage that takes up almost all of your space, have your paycheck suddenly stop coming, and finally be moved to the basement with the cockroaches.
You think that matters? The oil companies are quickly becoming the RIAA of their industry: knowing full well that they will be soon rendered obsolete in one way or another, they resort to delaying that obsolescence by any means necessary. The only real difference is that there are likely to be far fewer oil company sympathizers than there are RIAA sympathizers, due to the difference in the way both are being slowly replaced.
Which is why we need a constitutional amendment allowing for a two-term Senate and a 3-4-term House.
Of course this will never happen. The most recent amendment, the one that makes congressional pay raises take effect at the next term, has been proposed since the Constitution's ratification and was finally added in 1992.
To say that copyright protection for recorded performances is permanent is like saying gasoline engines are forever going to power cars. There was a time before gas engines, and copyright recorded performances, and there will be a time that comes after. Gasoline engines are going to forever power cars. The oil industry will see to it that no alternative fuels will ever gain mainstream support, or at least no alternative fuels that do not rely on oil in some way.
Copyright is not a fundamental human right. Copyright is a deal: "I'll publish, if the governments protects publications." Unlike natural rights, copyright is a created right, a bargain between governments and publishers, and the bargain can be partially or fully revoked, or the term shortened. There is nothing immoral about revoking or curtailing copyright protection, especially for a relative novelty like recorded performances. It is a decision based on utility. Tell that to Sonny Bono disciples.
Is the money you gain from prohibiting others from using the same idea in a generic drug worth the lives lost by those who are unable to afford your prices?
The problem arises in defining just what that age of consent is. Right now, the majority of voters in some states tend to favor a high age of consent, while the majority of voters in other states favor a lower age of consent. Nationalizing it will only cause these two ideologies to fight with each other over what age of consent should be imposed on the nation.
Now let's apply this checklist to America: 1) Government declares an unwinable war against a changing opponent and people listen - Yep. Some people still think that our original reason for invading Iraq was to bring democracy to the Iraqis. 2) Government demonstrates effective control over people - It's called "propaganda." I've seen far more of it in the US ever since 9/11. 3) Government enforces complete control of society and the media - Why do you think we have a "White House press secretary"? I'll grant that that isn't complete control of the media, but it sure is an effective filter. See also: Fox News 4) Abandonment of the rule of law when they choose - Habeas Corpus: gone. Warrentless wiretapping: still in force. Geneva Convention: what convention?
Just because you don't listen to it doesn't mean others don't.
I've been in lines waiting at my college's dining hall for food and heard people singing along to shitty music on the radio station playing in the background on more than one occasion.
Are their even MD5 hashes on Apple's download pages for such large files? Jusging by how the article was written and the lack of hashes on the QuickTime and iTunes download sites, it doesn't seem like they even bother.
I probably should have clarified. By "gained significant market share" I didn't mean 40% of Web browsers or something like that (Firefox is somewhere around 20% last I checked). Rather, I meant that there are enough Firefox users that Firefox is considered "mainstream" and is something that most semi-tech-literate people at least have heard of, if not already use. Specifically, I meant that Firefox has gained enough market share to attract malware authors.
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Microsoft is trying to lessen the stupidity of YouTube comments by blocking the posters of said comments at the source.
I certainly hope you mean "conservative" in the European sense of the word. The conservatives on this side of the pond want more surveillance.
There's your problem. Petitions don't work.
You haven't heard? Google has a special search engine for the Googleplex that tells you exactly where their employees are at any given moment.
You could be working at a company you were moved twice in one year, had your stapler taken away, be forced by your boss to share your cube with storage that takes up almost all of your space, have your paycheck suddenly stop coming, and finally be moved to the basement with the cockroaches.
You think that matters? The oil companies are quickly becoming the RIAA of their industry: knowing full well that they will be soon rendered obsolete in one way or another, they resort to delaying that obsolescence by any means necessary. The only real difference is that there are likely to be far fewer oil company sympathizers than there are RIAA sympathizers, due to the difference in the way both are being slowly replaced.
Which is why we need a constitutional amendment allowing for a two-term Senate and a 3-4-term House.
Of course this will never happen. The most recent amendment, the one that makes congressional pay raises take effect at the next term, has been proposed since the Constitution's ratification and was finally added in 1992.
Depends on whether the inventor views success in terms of money gained or lives saved.
Not that those are the only ways to value success. It can easily be any combination of both.
In other words: impeach everyone in Congress and start anew.
Is the money you gain from prohibiting others from using the same idea in a generic drug worth the lives lost by those who are unable to afford your prices?
The problem arises in defining just what that age of consent is. Right now, the majority of voters in some states tend to favor a high age of consent, while the majority of voters in other states favor a lower age of consent. Nationalizing it will only cause these two ideologies to fight with each other over what age of consent should be imposed on the nation.
6 repeating? How do you have 2/3 of a person?
Now let's apply this checklist to America:
1) Government declares an unwinable war against a changing opponent and people listen - Yep. Some people still think that our original reason for invading Iraq was to bring democracy to the Iraqis.
2) Government demonstrates effective control over people - It's called "propaganda." I've seen far more of it in the US ever since 9/11.
3) Government enforces complete control of society and the media - Why do you think we have a "White House press secretary"? I'll grant that that isn't complete control of the media, but it sure is an effective filter. See also: Fox News
4) Abandonment of the rule of law when they choose - Habeas Corpus: gone. Warrentless wiretapping: still in force. Geneva Convention: what convention?
At this rate, we'll need to start defining new prefixes before 2020.
Well, I assume it means that they at least like it, unless it's stuck in their head or something.
When you buy music from RIAA labels, you are supporting the RIAA.
If you don't want to suppoer the RIAA, buy your albums used, or buy from indie artists.
Just because you don't listen to it doesn't mean others don't.
I've been in lines waiting at my college's dining hall for food and heard people singing along to shitty music on the radio station playing in the background on more than one occasion.
No. People still listen to it. Whether or not they consider it good enough to warrant purchasing is the real question.
Watch that ass in prison.
Are their even MD5 hashes on Apple's download pages for such large files? Jusging by how the article was written and the lack of hashes on the QuickTime and iTunes download sites, it doesn't seem like they even bother.
You lost a PowerBook motherboard?
How on Earth did you manage to misplace just the motherboard?
Not talking about conveting an entire team, just allowing the employee who asks to use the system on his or her work machine.
I probably should have clarified. By "gained significant market share" I didn't mean 40% of Web browsers or something like that (Firefox is somewhere around 20% last I checked). Rather, I meant that there are enough Firefox users that Firefox is considered "mainstream" and is something that most semi-tech-literate people at least have heard of, if not already use. Specifically, I meant that Firefox has gained enough market share to attract malware authors.