The controversy is over the fact they're teaching religion in science class. Nobody can say that ID is science, because, by it's own definition, there's no way to prove or disprove the idea. That goes for a vast majority of religion.
Replacing the theory of evolution with religion is akin to saying gravity doesn't exist, things stick to the earth because they like it.
I realize that you personally haven't used it to justify piracy, but I see this all too often from pirates. This is not a valid excuse. If games really sucked so much, you wouldn't even be interested in pirating them!
I know that when I download a game that sucks ass, I'm glad I didn't waste $60 on it. Same goes for a game that sure as hell isn't worth $60, but what the hell, it's free.
Why do people insist on saying that a free game has EXACTLY the same value as a $60 game? That's just stupid!
Of course it's unconstitutional. Everyone in the government knows it, they just don't care. They already got paid to pass it, what more do the telcos want from them?
Nobody will go to jail, there will never be a hearing on this, and it will never get judged unconstitutional. For something like this, EVERYONE had to be on board (at least, a majority). That means any judge likely to hear this case.
And if we put those guys in jail, might as well take the rest of the government with them, they're all corrupt. It's like the Soviet Union, except without the blatant abuses of basic human rights (yet...).
Not only are there people who don't know anything about encryption, but why should I have to do something extra to ensure I have what is already supposed to be mine?
Damage 1000 years in the future, when we're not going to be using these same technologies anyway, is a HELL of a lot better than the earth becoming an oven in the next 50-200 years (possibly even less) if we do nothing.
Except that isn't possible, because theories that hold up well at describing things like gravity on a large scale break down horribly at the quantum level. Even basic interactions between particles cannot be described in the sense of, say, a truck hitting a telephone pole.
The US is rapidly declining into a scene straight out of Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451. It's only a matter of time before everyone votes on who looks the best (some people seriously already do, and that's terrifying).
I was laughing so hard I thought I would start coughing up blood, until I realized a majority of the American population is EXACTLY as smart as those news anchors.
Then I realizes something truly terrifying: those same Americans have access to nuclear arms.
Ah, but think of all those poor kids who just don't care about school because they'd rather be getting baked behind the greenhouses! We simply MUST help them!
They could have fired him for NOT downloading said kiddie pictures (or just because someone didn't like his tie), they're a private company, they can do whatever they want when it comes to firing employees.
As a fairly long-time FPS player, I can tell you that no FPS will EVER have any large amount of teamwork (unless you're in a clan, playing with friends, etc), no matter how much the game 'encourages' it.
Being a dumb pipe is every ISP's worst fear. It means they have to deliver bandwidth, not content. It means they don't throttle based on protocol or content, just pass packets along.
It means they have to provide *gasp* an INTERNET CONNECTION! No ISP wants that, what with all the upgrades to existing equipment they'd have to make to make as much bandwidth as a customer bought available to them AT ALL TIMES.
It means smaller profits and higher customer satisfaction, which seems to be the seventh circle of hell to any large company in the US, and most other places.
Of course it will cost more, until they block newsgroups entirely.
However, most people don't even know what Usenet is, much less why they would want it.
At this point, the legislation hasn't even passed, and could very likely end up being amended, changed or fail to pass at the last minute. HAHAHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAAAHHAHAHAAAA!
It's the TSA that's doing the searching, and they have to abide by the constitution (or what little of it is left). If it was a private company, then all they'd have to do is make you agree to be searched, but as it stands, you have a legal right to walk through an airport without anyone so much as touching your hand.
It's all security theater. They tell us that shoe bombs are going to kill each and every one of us on a plane if they don't search your grandma's shoes. So, they search grandma's shoes, and the idiot population thinks they're safe, when anyone who really wanted to take down a plane could do so extremely easily (after all, if they're going to die anyway, why not plant the explosive INSIDE their body?).
Flash is already really widespread, and I know quite a few people who use Flash and have looked at Silverlight and said, "OK, why the hell should I use this instead?".
I myself don't do anything in Flash, and I look at Silverlight and say, "OK, why should I install this and have to spend the inevitable days trying to make it work somewhat right, when 'working right' still doesn't mean 'working like it was supposed to'."
You make a valid point, but if you don't take risks, you'll never change anything meaningful. Even if the current election was played safe, and the next, and the next, and so on, eventually, to really change anything, a lot of people are going to have to risk a lot. If most people maintain the 'play it safe' mentality, it means fewer people will have to risk more, maybe even their lives, to change anything at all.
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Psh, needles? I used magnetized needles before you were born! Now mentally shifting the atoms on the hard drive, THAT'S the way to program!
The controversy is over the fact they're teaching religion in science class. Nobody can say that ID is science, because, by it's own definition, there's no way to prove or disprove the idea. That goes for a vast majority of religion. Replacing the theory of evolution with religion is akin to saying gravity doesn't exist, things stick to the earth because they like it.
I realize that you personally haven't used it to justify piracy, but I see this all too often from pirates. This is not a valid excuse. If games really sucked so much, you wouldn't even be interested in pirating them!
I know that when I download a game that sucks ass, I'm glad I didn't waste $60 on it. Same goes for a game that sure as hell isn't worth $60, but what the hell, it's free. Why do people insist on saying that a free game has EXACTLY the same value as a $60 game? That's just stupid!
Of course it's unconstitutional. Everyone in the government knows it, they just don't care. They already got paid to pass it, what more do the telcos want from them?
Nobody will go to jail, there will never be a hearing on this, and it will never get judged unconstitutional. For something like this, EVERYONE had to be on board (at least, a majority). That means any judge likely to hear this case. And if we put those guys in jail, might as well take the rest of the government with them, they're all corrupt. It's like the Soviet Union, except without the blatant abuses of basic human rights (yet...).
Not only are there people who don't know anything about encryption, but why should I have to do something extra to ensure I have what is already supposed to be mine?
Damage 1000 years in the future, when we're not going to be using these same technologies anyway, is a HELL of a lot better than the earth becoming an oven in the next 50-200 years (possibly even less) if we do nothing.
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Except that isn't possible, because theories that hold up well at describing things like gravity on a large scale break down horribly at the quantum level. Even basic interactions between particles cannot be described in the sense of, say, a truck hitting a telephone pole.
The US is rapidly declining into a scene straight out of Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451. It's only a matter of time before everyone votes on who looks the best (some people seriously already do, and that's terrifying).
I was laughing so hard I thought I would start coughing up blood, until I realized a majority of the American population is EXACTLY as smart as those news anchors. Then I realizes something truly terrifying: those same Americans have access to nuclear arms.
Ah, but think of all those poor kids who just don't care about school because they'd rather be getting baked behind the greenhouses! We simply MUST help them!
Swedish rodeo!
They could have fired him for NOT downloading said kiddie pictures (or just because someone didn't like his tie), they're a private company, they can do whatever they want when it comes to firing employees.
As a fairly long-time FPS player, I can tell you that no FPS will EVER have any large amount of teamwork (unless you're in a clan, playing with friends, etc), no matter how much the game 'encourages' it.
Being a dumb pipe is every ISP's worst fear. It means they have to deliver bandwidth, not content. It means they don't throttle based on protocol or content, just pass packets along.
It means they have to provide *gasp* an INTERNET CONNECTION! No ISP wants that, what with all the upgrades to existing equipment they'd have to make to make as much bandwidth as a customer bought available to them AT ALL TIMES.
It means smaller profits and higher customer satisfaction, which seems to be the seventh circle of hell to any large company in the US, and most other places.
Of course it will cost more, until they block newsgroups entirely. However, most people don't even know what Usenet is, much less why they would want it.
It's the TSA that's doing the searching, and they have to abide by the constitution (or what little of it is left). If it was a private company, then all they'd have to do is make you agree to be searched, but as it stands, you have a legal right to walk through an airport without anyone so much as touching your hand.
It's all security theater. They tell us that shoe bombs are going to kill each and every one of us on a plane if they don't search your grandma's shoes. So, they search grandma's shoes, and the idiot population thinks they're safe, when anyone who really wanted to take down a plane could do so extremely easily (after all, if they're going to die anyway, why not plant the explosive INSIDE their body?).
Flash is already really widespread, and I know quite a few people who use Flash and have looked at Silverlight and said, "OK, why the hell should I use this instead?". I myself don't do anything in Flash, and I look at Silverlight and say, "OK, why should I install this and have to spend the inevitable days trying to make it work somewhat right, when 'working right' still doesn't mean 'working like it was supposed to'."
This is the wet dream of 99.9% of politicians. 'Nuf said.
Great, now even the comments are making copies of themselves!.
You make a valid point, but if you don't take risks, you'll never change anything meaningful. Even if the current election was played safe, and the next, and the next, and so on, eventually, to really change anything, a lot of people are going to have to risk a lot. If most people maintain the 'play it safe' mentality, it means fewer people will have to risk more, maybe even their lives, to change anything at all.