It would be a more perfect analogy if the soap didn't cost the hotel anything. Since it does, this analogy introduces external influences that were not previously part of the equation. THAT is why it's a perfect analogy (for the RIAA) - because it gives them a lever to say, "stealing this one song was worth a bar of soap, but that's not all they did. They stole that song and sent it to 100,000 other people, along with 60 video games and 1000 episodes of television specials and a glut of movies so large we can't even store the LIST on our drives. THAT is definitely worth a life sentence in jail."
Back when it was all just bits flying across a line without costing anyone anything, none of that could be said. But because we imply that stealing a song has a monetary value roughly equivalent to a bar of soap - and if we allow that analogy to hold in society - then this is the outcome. So I ask again who do you work for?
Not to mention the difference between taking a bar of soap and taking a newspaper.
Although, these days the only difference between a bar of soap and a newspaper(or mp3) is the overhead... most all commercialized products are just copied information no matter how you look at it.
Seriously. Everyone's overlooking that most important point, heh. What I want to know is, when are we going to start getting test answers on www.ratemyteachers.com?
Aside from that it's also rather amusing that the story's fake, posted by some 30 year old about high school if you rtfa.
There's no lack of student rights as far as owning notes goes. A student owns their schoolwork. Just to make that clear. Students rights are limitted as in, they don't have the right to bear arms in school. Not limitted as in, the teacher can violate their privacy without any oversight.
The 'load balancing' part is not really unethical but more importantly stupid. Why? Because this guy who is leaving his free shell accounts open for you to access without limit, is eventually going to notice (in his pocketbook, if he doesn't have any decent monitoring solutions - but really that's his problem.)
Now, the other part, the site scraping, that's pretty rude. It's one thing to access freely available shells. It's another to offer someone else's services as your own without any notification. You can always do this legally just by notifying the person, and they'll even thank you if you do it for the right people - like affiliate schemes, neh?
That's good for you. If you want to keep it that way, I suggest you don't stop saying such positive things about your government. They're listening. And I'm pretty sure "Off with his head" came from them, too. So.. yeah. Other places however, do not have a nice selection of choices to pick from, but simply have to adapt to what they're given or vote with their feet...
Doesn't work at a uni dorm. Nor in many other situations. Which is why I'm about to blow my brains out - my life is literally just a compilation of monopolistic tithes. Welcome to the age of greed. Wake up before you get mowed down?
Too bad the definition of 'messy' is "prefers art over cleaning supplies." Maybe that's why the parent thought it was silly.
TFA (try reading it) has some good qualitative analyses, but the extrapolation suggesting that those qualitative observations is backed by nonsense: red herring buzzwords about related (but not key) concepts, anecdotal evidence(examples that trigger stereotype formation, the view of the perfect rancher conservative house, the liberal hippy house... never mind those conservative hippies, never mind those liberal ranchers..)
You must be taking the definition of liberal quite ambiguously, to place it in the role of 'free thinker.' Ayn Rand, an atheist, may have been quite loose and free with her conceptions as well, but that hardly allows her to claim the liberal title. Unless you mean she's crazy, which I get. But not all atheists are crazy! Some are just bloodthirsty! and what's so wrong about that these days anyway?
ETCH IT IN CLAY. Any digital media you want to "bury" is going to be "useless" if we recover it in 25 years. If we still have electronics, we will still have your info. If we don't, your info will undoubtedly be destroyed or forgotten in that massive cataclysm. 25 years? Your data will be useless. Think a thousand years from now when we have a new civilizatoin. Think clay tablets.
"any popular media" IE, gmail, youtube, iron mountain... it doesn't matter.
Three possibilities: 1) The same fate will befall all electronics (death by radiation?) 2) We will all be dead and not care 3) We will still be living in the information age.
In any possibility, a dirt nap for an electronic medium is mental masturbation at its worst.
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A perfect analogy? Wow, who do you work for?
It would be a more perfect analogy if the soap didn't cost the hotel anything. Since it does, this analogy introduces external influences that were not previously part of the equation. THAT is why it's a perfect analogy (for the RIAA) - because it gives them a lever to say, "stealing this one song was worth a bar of soap, but that's not all they did. They stole that song and sent it to 100,000 other people, along with 60 video games and 1000 episodes of television specials and a glut of movies so large we can't even store the LIST on our drives. THAT is definitely worth a life sentence in jail."
Back when it was all just bits flying across a line without costing anyone anything, none of that could be said. But because we imply that stealing a song has a monetary value roughly equivalent to a bar of soap - and if we allow that analogy to hold in society - then this is the outcome. So I ask again who do you work for?
You know, it's funny how many things that "just honestly can't be done" can easily be done when they have to be.
Not to mention the difference between taking a bar of soap and taking a newspaper.
Although, these days the only difference between a bar of soap and a newspaper(or mp3) is the overhead... most all commercialized products are just copied information no matter how you look at it.
Seriously. Everyone's overlooking that most important point, heh. What I want to know is, when are we going to start getting test answers on www.ratemyteachers.com?
Aside from that it's also rather amusing that the story's fake, posted by some 30 year old about high school if you rtfa.
There's no lack of student rights as far as owning notes goes. A student owns their schoolwork. Just to make that clear. Students rights are limitted as in, they don't have the right to bear arms in school. Not limitted as in, the teacher can violate their privacy without any oversight.
At my school, the lesson would be "Authority pwns the rules, let us show you why your snivelling is ineffective..."
Can't really do anything since it's fake news. ;)
"if you don't even try you'll just keep losing."
More importantly, so will the rest of us; we all must stand up for each other.
Let's not forget about Gandalf!
You better watch that age discrimination, mister. You're on my list. And it's a short one.
The 'load balancing' part is not really unethical but more importantly stupid. Why? Because this guy who is leaving his free shell accounts open for you to access without limit, is eventually going to notice (in his pocketbook, if he doesn't have any decent monitoring solutions - but really that's his problem.)
Now, the other part, the site scraping, that's pretty rude. It's one thing to access freely available shells. It's another to offer someone else's services as your own without any notification. You can always do this legally just by notifying the person, and they'll even thank you if you do it for the right people - like affiliate schemes, neh?
That's good for you. If you want to keep it that way, I suggest you don't stop saying such positive things about your government. They're listening. And I'm pretty sure "Off with his head" came from them, too. So.. yeah. Other places however, do not have a nice selection of choices to pick from, but simply have to adapt to what they're given or vote with their feet...
PS- does grass even grow in the UK?
Doesn't work at a uni dorm. Nor in many other situations. Which is why I'm about to blow my brains out - my life is literally just a compilation of monopolistic tithes. Welcome to the age of greed. Wake up before you get mowed down?
College dormitories are more like prisons or torture chambers than homes. It's not a market. It's a thumbscrew.
the purpose is to create a social dipole,
:)
"conservatives tend to scare easier, blinking harder than liberals when they hear a loud noise"
next we'll get into applying spin to the dipole, stay tuned for news at 11
Your skillful tongue does weave lies into oblivion. Seven cheers to the forsaking of your name!
I don't know about you, but...
at least those other studies were well done
this one is just propaganda.
Hmmm, but where do you keep the army boots, firebombs, and emergency detonators? Please be specific, your answers will be graded.
Too bad the definition of 'messy' is "prefers art over cleaning supplies." Maybe that's why the parent thought it was silly.
TFA (try reading it) has some good qualitative analyses, but the extrapolation suggesting that those qualitative observations is backed by nonsense: red herring buzzwords about related (but not key) concepts, anecdotal evidence(examples that trigger stereotype formation, the view of the perfect rancher conservative house, the liberal hippy house... never mind those conservative hippies, never mind those liberal ranchers..)
You must be taking the definition of liberal quite ambiguously, to place it in the role of 'free thinker.' Ayn Rand, an atheist, may have been quite loose and free with her conceptions as well, but that hardly allows her to claim the liberal title. Unless you mean she's crazy, which I get. But not all atheists are crazy! Some are just bloodthirsty! and what's so wrong about that these days anyway?
No, it's the dumbing of america, as is tfa.
ETCH IT IN CLAY. Any digital media you want to "bury" is going to be "useless" if we recover it in 25 years. If we still have electronics, we will still have your info. If we don't, your info will undoubtedly be destroyed or forgotten in that massive cataclysm. 25 years? Your data will be useless. Think a thousand years from now when we have a new civilizatoin. Think clay tablets.
"any popular media" IE, gmail, youtube, iron mountain... it doesn't matter.
Three possibilities:
1) The same fate will befall all electronics (death by radiation?)
2) We will all be dead and not care
3) We will still be living in the information age.
In any possibility, a dirt nap for an electronic medium is mental masturbation at its worst.
How is slashdot not entirely about idle? The place should be called idle.com :/ yes com coz cmdrtaco is a fat bastard