"I urge the colleges to satisfy the requirement of "offering alternatives" by partnering exclusively with indie, creative-commons, and public domain distributors." Which would not stop students from downloading works that the MPAA governs at the same time.
Why should any college care about that? They are being forced to play police for the RIAA/MPAA in order to receive funding, which isn't likely to garner feelings of sympathy for the industry that's holding them hostage.
Speak for yourself. I, and many other people, like exercise. Nobody runs marathons to be healthy, because it isn't. Nobody is boxing or doing any combat sports to be healthy. They are doing it because they like it.
That being said, I don't like marathons or combat sports. I would continue to do the exercise I do even if I had this pill, and I wouldn't be alone.
Is it not possible to use steroids without abusing them? In addition to carrying higher risk, it's probably a waste of time and money. Strength, or any other metric of athleticism, will only take you so far in any sport.
What is nih? And are there studies to back up any of nih's assertions?
The best bet to avoid that is to vote for the "Stop tacking unrelated shit onto legislation" act, which everyone should vote for, anyway, since the current way things are done is just dumb.
That's not the way I understood it. "Provoke immediate violence" applies more likely to a third party. Saying "Those guys over there are on their way to burn down your house. Stop them!" is an intent to provoke immediate violence (presumably a failed attempt unless the speaker is more eloquent than me). Regardless, both the provocation and the violence are then crimes.
Person A: I hate Linux/Windows/Mozart/whatever. Person B: In that case, I think I will sodomize you repeatedly.
------------ Context: Credible threat
Person A: Here is picture of some girl. Her name is foo bar. She is a bitch. Person B: Here is her address and class schedule. Person C: I followed her to the gym and took these pictures. Person D: I think I will rape her repeatedly.
Either one would be reasonably interpreted to be an exaggerated statement about her sexual habits, though, so even though the statement isn't factually believable, it has a strong and believable implication.
If I said that Jim down the street could lift a bus, you wouldn't believe me, but you would believe that Jim down the street is big and/or strong.
Taking everyone's laptop is the common good? I suppose if it keeps the bastards from downloading music.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The place to be searched: All airports and borders
Copyright laws have nothing to do with contracts. Software is copyrighted by law whether the purchaser agrees to it or not, the same way your are bound to pay taxes or respect traffic laws whether you agree to them or not. You don't have to agree to the GPL and your agreement or disagreement is irrelevant, as it is an implementation of copyright law, not a contract.
The EULA is ostensibly a contract, but it would have to be signed voluntarily by both parties prior to purchase to stand up as a reasonable contract.
The GPL and EULAs are based on different principles entirely and cannot be compared in the way that you tried to do.
My parents both worked more than full-time, yet they were able to raise three kids and pay enough attention to protest about me renting games like "Maximum Carnage". They also were able to come up with the time to find out it was about Spider-Man and that I didn't know what the word carnage meant. Strange how those who are willing manage to find all the time needed to know what their kids are doing. Hell, they probably know what I'm doing now, or at least have a general idea (they don't know about the/., though, they think I'm working). That's because they want to know, which makes all the difference.
Not to mention that it doesn't take two working adults to maintain a decent family living. It takes good financial management and a willing to put off purchases you can't afford. It's amazing how many people complain about how much they have to work to survive when they have more clothes than they could wear in a month if they tried and plasma TVs on credit, with luxury cars in the garage (only $199 a month! Bargain!)
It's likely that people don't realize they've bought something after clicking on an ad. The ads in google tend to look like search results if one isn't paying attention and doesn't know any better, and many people probably don't think of text ads as ads at all. They just saw something interesting and clicked on it, but they're much too smart for all the flashy animated marketing crap and would never buy from them;). People also probably don't recognize that many ads set cookies, so even if they go back to the same site later and buy something, they statistically bought something after clicking an ad.
That's probably the most cynical way I've heard it described, but no, there is no other point. The general idea, though, is to buy it when it's undervalued so that you can sell at its proper price when the market corrects itself, rather than just buying at random and hope that somebody doing the same is willing to pay more than you did.
The reason that so few people do well is because it takes knowledge and diligence to recognize the true value of stock and make sure that it's sufficiently undervalued when you buy it. Few people have that knowledge or are willing to put in the work, though many people think they have the knowledge and don't need to put in the work. Hence, they fail.
Not everyone with dial-up has a dedicated phone line for it. For people who are online so often or receive so many calls that voicemail isn't really up to the task, you have a point, but I suspect most dial-up users don't fit that description.
If you don't know what a CAD is, you aren't the target audience and they don't care about you. If you're looking to buy CAD software, AutoCAD sounds pretty appealing, doesn't it?
When you start believing that a myth is real, when you actually think madmen heard the voice of their invisible friend who lives in the sky, and when you start killing other people because they won't believe the same myths you believe in, you have a religion instead of a myth. I'm not saying you would kill others. But people believing the similar things you do have done so and still do.
IANAL(ibertarian), but I think that those who are against income tax are generally in favour of consumption tax instead. That way if you give half your income to charity, invest in a business or whatever else, you can still pay for your basic necessities before you are taxed.
This is assuming, of course, that consumption tax applies only to unnecessary items. For example, if I buy a frozen pizza, that is taxed, but if I buy bread and fruit and vegetables and whatnot, or even the basic stuff needed to make pizza, I am not taxed, as food is necessary, but prepared food isn't.
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How in the world can you typo there to their to they're?
"theyr'e" could be a typo.
"teh" could be a typo (or a bad joke).
If you know which word you should be using, there's no way your fingers could slip into typing the wrong word.
"I urge the colleges to satisfy the requirement of "offering alternatives" by partnering exclusively with indie, creative-commons, and public domain distributors."
Which would not stop students from downloading works that the MPAA governs at the same time.
Why should any college care about that? They are being forced to play police for the RIAA/MPAA in order to receive funding, which isn't likely to garner feelings of sympathy for the industry that's holding them hostage.
Because as we all know, everyone joins Slashdot at the same age.
If you need this pill, then apparently muscle wins.
Speak for yourself. I, and many other people, like exercise. Nobody runs marathons to be healthy, because it isn't. Nobody is boxing or doing any combat sports to be healthy. They are doing it because they like it.
That being said, I don't like marathons or combat sports. I would continue to do the exercise I do even if I had this pill, and I wouldn't be alone.
Is it not possible to use steroids without abusing them? In addition to carrying higher risk, it's probably a waste of time and money. Strength, or any other metric of athleticism, will only take you so far in any sport.
What is nih? And are there studies to back up any of nih's assertions?
You're sitting in a cramped airline seat next to someone else. From their perspective, speaking at all is probably speaking over-loudly.
The best bet to avoid that is to vote for the "Stop tacking unrelated shit onto legislation" act, which everyone should vote for, anyway, since the current way things are done is just dumb.
That's not the way I understood it. "Provoke immediate violence" applies more likely to a third party. Saying "Those guys over there are on their way to burn down your house. Stop them!" is an intent to provoke immediate violence (presumably a failed attempt unless the speaker is more eloquent than me). Regardless, both the provocation and the violence are then crimes.
Context: Flame war
Person A: I hate Linux/Windows/Mozart/whatever.
Person B: In that case, I think I will sodomize you repeatedly.
------------
Context: Credible threat
Person A: Here is picture of some girl. Her name is foo bar. She is a bitch.
Person B: Here is her address and class schedule.
Person C: I followed her to the gym and took these pictures.
Person D: I think I will rape her repeatedly.
Either one would be reasonably interpreted to be an exaggerated statement about her sexual habits, though, so even though the statement isn't factually believable, it has a strong and believable implication.
If I said that Jim down the street could lift a bus, you wouldn't believe me, but you would believe that Jim down the street is big and/or strong.
Mod parent down.
The article is unclear about why the plaintiffs are "Jane Doe's".
Taking everyone's laptop is the common good? I suppose if it keeps the bastards from downloading music.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
The place to be searched: All airports and borders
The persons: Everybody!
The things to be seized: Everything!
Probable cause: They have stuff. I want it.
See? No violations at all. They have a warrant.
Just wait for the obesity epidemic to hit beavers. You'll be able to ship desktops, servers, guitars, whatever you want.
Nah...
I can't even fit all my digits on the screen and I don't care, either.
Copyright laws have nothing to do with contracts. Software is copyrighted by law whether the purchaser agrees to it or not, the same way your are bound to pay taxes or respect traffic laws whether you agree to them or not. You don't have to agree to the GPL and your agreement or disagreement is irrelevant, as it is an implementation of copyright law, not a contract.
The EULA is ostensibly a contract, but it would have to be signed voluntarily by both parties prior to purchase to stand up as a reasonable contract.
The GPL and EULAs are based on different principles entirely and cannot be compared in the way that you tried to do.
My parents both worked more than full-time, yet they were able to raise three kids and pay enough attention to protest about me renting games like "Maximum Carnage". They also were able to come up with the time to find out it was about Spider-Man and that I didn't know what the word carnage meant. Strange how those who are willing manage to find all the time needed to know what their kids are doing. Hell, they probably know what I'm doing now, or at least have a general idea (they don't know about the /., though, they think I'm working). That's because they want to know, which makes all the difference.
Not to mention that it doesn't take two working adults to maintain a decent family living. It takes good financial management and a willing to put off purchases you can't afford. It's amazing how many people complain about how much they have to work to survive when they have more clothes than they could wear in a month if they tried and plasma TVs on credit, with luxury cars in the garage (only $199 a month! Bargain!)
It's likely that people don't realize they've bought something after clicking on an ad. The ads in google tend to look like search results if one isn't paying attention and doesn't know any better, and many people probably don't think of text ads as ads at all. They just saw something interesting and clicked on it, but they're much too smart for all the flashy animated marketing crap and would never buy from them ;). People also probably don't recognize that many ads set cookies, so even if they go back to the same site later and buy something, they statistically bought something after clicking an ad.
That's probably the most cynical way I've heard it described, but no, there is no other point. The general idea, though, is to buy it when it's undervalued so that you can sell at its proper price when the market corrects itself, rather than just buying at random and hope that somebody doing the same is willing to pay more than you did.
The reason that so few people do well is because it takes knowledge and diligence to recognize the true value of stock and make sure that it's sufficiently undervalued when you buy it. Few people have that knowledge or are willing to put in the work, though many people think they have the knowledge and don't need to put in the work. Hence, they fail.
That's just to keep you from stealing their clicky-pens.
No, it isn't lying.
It's just bending the truth all the way around.
Not everyone with dial-up has a dedicated phone line for it. For people who are online so often or receive so many calls that voicemail isn't really up to the task, you have a point, but I suspect most dial-up users don't fit that description.
If you don't know what a CAD is, you aren't the target audience and they don't care about you. If you're looking to buy CAD software, AutoCAD sounds pretty appealing, doesn't it?
When you start believing that a myth is real, when you actually think madmen heard the voice of their invisible friend who lives in the sky, and when you start killing other people because they won't believe the same myths you believe in, you have a religion instead of a myth. I'm not saying you would kill others. But people believing the similar things you do have done so and still do.
Atheists, on the other hand, never kill anybody.This is assuming, of course, that consumption tax applies only to unnecessary items. For example, if I buy a frozen pizza, that is taxed, but if I buy bread and fruit and vegetables and whatnot, or even the basic stuff needed to make pizza, I am not taxed, as food is necessary, but prepared food isn't.