'Imaginary property' is strange derogatory term. The implication is that intellectual property is in some way less valid as a concept than physical property. Yet, it also seems to allude to their similarity.
The notion of property is imaginary itself, after all. My possessions have no physical quantity that affords me ownership over them. It's a mental state and social construct, made manifest only by our collective behaviour - the same as intellectual property.
I posit that we as a nation have suffered more death and injury than had we reacted to the Sep 11 attacks by literally doing nothing at all.
Besides a necessary initial response, "Nothing" is the ideal response to terrorism. The entire point of it is to instill fear and create panic; to incite a reaction; to effect change and to cause damage in doing so.
3000 died in the terrorist attack on the WTC, but 5000 soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also cost 950 billion dollars.
Knee-jerk reactions by politicians have lead to the circumvention of some rights. Supposed countermeasures are criticised by security experts as 'theater'. The USA's reputation has suffered. There's much more, but you get the idea.
Thanks to this reaction, the terrorist's actions are a massive and ongoing success. In terms of political fallout, in terms of lives lost, in terms of money lost, the reaction has been more damaging than the attack.
You know, if I were a terrorist with aims to damage the USA, I think I'd pass out in delight at this point.
Not only was the initial attack a success beyond all reasonable expectation, the USA's own response has dealt even more significant damage.
To begin with, the fall of the towers to a pair of airliners made for an extremely effective, dramatic and memorable piece of terrorism. Around 3,000 US citizens died in that attack. It caused somewhere in the region of a hundred billion dollars worth of immediate damage.
In contrast, the offensive actions undertaken in response have cost over 950 billion dollars, with expenses still mounting. Despite the cost, there's little to show for it; the leader of the terrorists remains untouched.
Around 5,000 US citizens have died in these wars. Perhaps as many as 150,000 foreign civilians have also died.
Due to the unpopularity of these actions throughout the world, the reputation of the USA has suffered somewhat. This damage has been worsened by the US treatment of prisoners, among other things.
Because of its use as political leverage, or perhaps through well-meaning ignorance and foolishness, some rights have also been circumvented in the name of counter-terrorism. The effectiveness of these measures is criticised by security experts.
Terrorism is perceived as a threat now more than ever. The media and the government have done little to assuage the fears of the population; on the whole they've exacerbated them, extending the effectiveness of a single terrorist attack over nearly a decade. Spectacular.
Considering the incredible success of these actions, it's surprising that so few try to repeat them. But then, perhaps they don't need to.
Life has been around in one form or another for billions of years and has survived far more cataclysmic events than anything we could ever hope to dish out.
I think both views are far too abstract and simplified to be of any practical use. Blame isn't a true/false value that can only be assigned to a single entity.
On one hand, it's somewhat witless to leave a car like that. On the other, stealing it is a despicable thing to do. Both the situation and action are necessary so the blame for the incident goes to both. Since the action is far worse than the situation, the blame is very heavily weighted towards the criminal.
Do you really have such a bee in your butt over "intellectual property" that you're willing to equate fraud and attempted murder with copyright infringement? Yeah, this is going to convince people that IP laws should be banned.
Did you even read his post? Because it certainly doesn't look like it.
I'm just going to point this gun at your head for a while. Unless I pull the trigger, it shouldn't be illegal.
It's quite reasonable to make illegal some specific activities that drastically increase the probability of a fatal incident. Endangering the lives of others around you is wrong.
The motive behind the law is to prevent accidents through active punishment and awareness of the law. I frequently disagree with the police, but that seems like a fairly reasonable and justified strategy to me.
On the other hand, waiting until afterwards is a bad idea. What's the use in punishing people then? Revenge? By that stage they've already learned their lesson; perhaps at the cost someone else's life, or their own. That's too little, too late.
Because the words "Child porn" deactivate the cerebral cortex.
You can't expect thought on the subject. You can't expect a rational examination of the arguments, actions or context. People are stupid enough to begin with; when you bring this subject into the fold any trace of intelligence completely disappears.
They're amoral, not evil. Almost all companies are, especially large ones.
Their criterion for taking action is solely this: Does the end result garner more profit than inaction?
Moral, ethical and legal concerns are irrelevant provided that this condition is met. They usually appear to follow those guidelines, but only because failing to conform costs a great deal of money. Be it through a PR disaster decimating sales, a heavy fine, or other penalty.
I practically never get sick and I have no known allergies. As a child, I dug in mud, I explored forests, I ate earth and worms and all kinds of crap. Perhaps that's the reason.
First you cherry-pick two very rare resolutions, and then you choose two games that are renowned for their exceptionally high system requirements. Pretty intellectually dishonest of you.
Edge cases don't make good refutations of general statements. Besides, he's not totally correct but he isn't far from the truth either. The HD4850 can run most games at fairly high settings, at the highest resolutions most people have available.
(According to the Steam stats, 1920x1200 comprises less than 6% of users' displays, 2560x1600 is in an "other" category of less than 4%. 1280x1024 is the most common, and that or lower comprises 65%)
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Censorship attempts to remove the ability to decide for yourself. Presumably he's interested in that ability and not the specific material.
On a tangent:
'Imaginary property' is strange derogatory term. The implication is that intellectual property is in some way less valid as a concept than physical property. Yet, it also seems to allude to their similarity.
The notion of property is imaginary itself, after all. My possessions have no physical quantity that affords me ownership over them. It's a mental state and social construct, made manifest only by our collective behaviour - the same as intellectual property.
I am constantly amazed at what people are willing to believe.
Ignorance makes you gullible. And in general people are pretty ignorant about technology.
The Afghanistan and Iraq wars have amounted to 950 billion USD now.
On average, a cost of 3200 dollars per citizen. Impressive.
I posit that we as a nation have suffered more death and injury than had we reacted to the Sep 11 attacks by literally doing nothing at all.
Besides a necessary initial response, "Nothing" is the ideal response to terrorism. The entire point of it is to instill fear and create panic; to incite a reaction; to effect change and to cause damage in doing so.
3000 died in the terrorist attack on the WTC, but 5000 soldiers have died in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also cost 950 billion dollars.
Knee-jerk reactions by politicians have lead to the circumvention of some rights. Supposed countermeasures are criticised by security experts as 'theater'. The USA's reputation has suffered. There's much more, but you get the idea.
Thanks to this reaction, the terrorist's actions are a massive and ongoing success. In terms of political fallout, in terms of lives lost, in terms of money lost, the reaction has been more damaging than the attack.
You know, if I were a terrorist with aims to damage the USA, I think I'd pass out in delight at this point.
Not only was the initial attack a success beyond all reasonable expectation, the USA's own response has dealt even more significant damage.
To begin with, the fall of the towers to a pair of airliners made for an extremely effective, dramatic and memorable piece of terrorism. Around 3,000 US citizens died in that attack. It caused somewhere in the region of a hundred billion dollars worth of immediate damage.
In contrast, the offensive actions undertaken in response have cost over 950 billion dollars, with expenses still mounting. Despite the cost, there's little to show for it; the leader of the terrorists remains untouched.
Around 5,000 US citizens have died in these wars. Perhaps as many as 150,000 foreign civilians have also died.
Due to the unpopularity of these actions throughout the world, the reputation of the USA has suffered somewhat. This damage has been worsened by the US treatment of prisoners, among other things.
Because of its use as political leverage, or perhaps through well-meaning ignorance and foolishness, some rights have also been circumvented in the name of counter-terrorism. The effectiveness of these measures is criticised by security experts.
Terrorism is perceived as a threat now more than ever. The media and the government have done little to assuage the fears of the population; on the whole they've exacerbated them, extending the effectiveness of a single terrorist attack over nearly a decade. Spectacular.
Considering the incredible success of these actions, it's surprising that so few try to repeat them. But then, perhaps they don't need to.
Life has been around in one form or another for billions of years and has survived far more cataclysmic events than anything we could ever hope to dish out.
Most of it didn't survive.
What res are wiimote cameras?
128x96 @ 100hz.
I think both views are far too abstract and simplified to be of any practical use. Blame isn't a true/false value that can only be assigned to a single entity.
On one hand, it's somewhat witless to leave a car like that. On the other, stealing it is a despicable thing to do. Both the situation and action are necessary so the blame for the incident goes to both. Since the action is far worse than the situation, the blame is very heavily weighted towards the criminal.
Even that's too simplified. But you get the idea.
Chapter 1: How to crouch-jump.
Chapter 2: Platforms, the silent killer.
Chapter 3: Giant psychic fetuses and you.
Do you really have such a bee in your butt over "intellectual property" that you're willing to equate fraud and attempted murder with copyright infringement? Yeah, this is going to convince people that IP laws should be banned.
Did you even read his post? Because it certainly doesn't look like it.
Sheesh. Steganographers have no manners.
I'm just going to point this gun at your head for a while. Unless I pull the trigger, it shouldn't be illegal.
It's quite reasonable to make illegal some specific activities that drastically increase the probability of a fatal incident. Endangering the lives of others around you is wrong.
The motive behind the law is to prevent accidents through active punishment and awareness of the law. I frequently disagree with the police, but that seems like a fairly reasonable and justified strategy to me.
On the other hand, waiting until afterwards is a bad idea. What's the use in punishing people then? Revenge? By that stage they've already learned their lesson; perhaps at the cost someone else's life, or their own. That's too little, too late.
Good response time is easy.
Yes, it's simply a matter of lying about it on the specification list. 5ms my ass.
Undefined methods aren't "theories" you smartass.
You missed the point.
Because the words "Child porn" deactivate the cerebral cortex.
You can't expect thought on the subject. You can't expect a rational examination of the arguments, actions or context. People are stupid enough to begin with; when you bring this subject into the fold any trace of intelligence completely disappears.
It was a camera capable of recording short clips. Not a video camera.
It's hardly V1. It's pretty much Vista SP2 with some GUI improvements.
They're amoral, not evil. Almost all companies are, especially large ones.
Their criterion for taking action is solely this: Does the end result garner more profit than inaction?
Moral, ethical and legal concerns are irrelevant provided that this condition is met. They usually appear to follow those guidelines, but only because failing to conform costs a great deal of money. Be it through a PR disaster decimating sales, a heavy fine, or other penalty.
I didn't. But I do now.
return ((score - (score_max/2)) * 2);
50 = 0.
60 = 20.
75 = 50.
95 = 90.
And so on.
I also read about this years ago.
I practically never get sick and I have no known allergies. As a child, I dug in mud, I explored forests, I ate earth and worms and all kinds of crap. Perhaps that's the reason.
First you cherry-pick two very rare resolutions, and then you choose two games that are renowned for their exceptionally high system requirements. Pretty intellectually dishonest of you.
Edge cases don't make good refutations of general statements. Besides, he's not totally correct but he isn't far from the truth either. The HD4850 can run most games at fairly high settings, at the highest resolutions most people have available.
(According to the Steam stats, 1920x1200 comprises less than 6% of users' displays, 2560x1600 is in an "other" category of less than 4%. 1280x1024 is the most common, and that or lower comprises 65%)
This is what will kill PC gaming, the fact that every game will have only the maximum potential of what a console can do hardware wise.
In case you hadn't noticed, the consoles are already years old. If that were true, wouldn't you expect it to have happened already?
Yet PC hardware continues to advance, PC games still scale up far beyond the capabilities of their console brethren, and the market hasn't died.