That's not why chronoss2010 wrote that comment, he is pissed at me for some previouscomments I was making about needing to abolish patents and copyrights, he is in some of those discussion somewhere there, but I don't know what's his beef really is though.
Just teach them one important thing, all IT stuff is moving to India.
Oh, wait,
"Background: This is for the public school system of the state of Kerala, India. The state has near-total literacy (we achieved this goal in 1991 following a massive literacy drive), and the government is keen on achieving total e-literacy as well. This drive for e-literacy -- and the school curriculum that is the subject of this question -- is based entirely on free and open-source software; the school system uses a customized version of Debian for teaching purposes.
Actually no, not everywhere you can even patent clothes, even a very specific configuration. However in places where you can patent it, it is trivial to go around that by exactly doing what you said - add a centimeter here or there, done.
Fashion industry proves everybody wrong on this issue, it has no copyright or patent protection (they do have trademarks) and their industry is much more creative and much more profitable than most other (non resource mining) industries.
Except that the actual truth is on the exact opposite side of the spectrum.
Fashion industry shows how profitable it is, especially compared to most other industries, and in Fashion industry there are no copyrights or patents. Sure there are trademarks, but no copyrights or patents at all, and they are highly creative and profitable, thus proving your position inconsistent with reality.
Something about August, bad shit happens in August. 2 years ago I was standing on a balcony in apartment on Young street in Toronto and saw this explosion, we had a propane explosion in a depot in the city, some building were destroyed, it was pretty and somewhat scary looking.
But who is interested in teaching those subjects to the plebes who are only useful as cannon fodder and as part of a crowd gathering to get some talking head talking points around without giving the content too much thought?
Your comment is good and all, I just wanted to point out the little thing here:
We need more lights at the park entrance.
, just note that 'bad guys' are also people who probably also don't see well in the very dark conditions (well, unless they have night vision equipment), so actually they wouldn't be sitting in the dark waiting for prey, most attacks happen in well lit conditions.
well, I've been betting on the housing bubble exploding starting from 2005, I am now betting that US t-bills and bonds will become junk useless pieces of paper and USD will collapse. It's my financial bet, I don't have to be smug as long as I make money.
I don't think it should really matter too much if another country doesn't respect our laws
- are you for serious? The country who doesn't respect your copyright/patents, is the country you are getting all your goods from, there is a reason why they are cheaper.
Even if everybody respected the copyrights and patents, the only thing that would do is stifle innovation and production capacity, it only worsens the economy, it doesn't improve it, but when you get all your stuff from a country that doesn't give 2 shits about those pathetic ideas, they you're screwed.
though if you look at it closer, you'll see that I do believe people will restart economy again, the bleak part is between now and then. By the moderation you'd think this place is filled with starry eyed optimists that don't notice the reality around them though.
You idiots walking around spouting this libertarian/laissez-faire crap really make me want to repeatedly kick you in the nuts
- so why don't you come and kick me in the nuts? Oh, you won't even post here with a name attached to your comment, forget about actually doing something about things/words you don't like.
Coward (it's in your name.)
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As to your other so called 'points', I am not proposing anything, I am stating the obvious, which will come to pass probably within the next 3-6 years.
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That's not why chronoss2010 wrote that comment, he is pissed at me for some previous comments I was making about needing to abolish patents and copyrights, he is in some of those discussion somewhere there, but I don't know what's his beef really is though.
Just teach them one important thing, all IT stuff is moving to India.
Oh, wait,
"Background: This is for the public school system of the state of Kerala, India . The state has near-total literacy (we achieved this goal in 1991 following a massive literacy drive), and the government is keen on achieving total e-literacy as well. This drive for e-literacy -- and the school curriculum that is the subject of this question -- is based entirely on free and open-source software; the school system uses a customized version of Debian for teaching purposes.
Khaaaaaaa... I mean, Nooooooooooooo!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAN.
What do you get if you cross God Father and an economist?
An offer you can't understand
I have nothing else :(
You are simply AMAZING!
How DO you do it?
What is this, life imitating art poorly? I give you Sgt. Bilko's Hover Tank!
Boner? There isn't enough wood in the world!
Actually no, not everywhere you can even patent clothes, even a very specific configuration. However in places where you can patent it, it is trivial to go around that by exactly doing what you said - add a centimeter here or there, done.
Why wait till death, press yourself into a Vinyl right now!
Fashion industry proves everybody wrong on this issue, it has no copyright or patent protection (they do have trademarks) and their industry is much more creative and much more profitable than most other (non resource mining) industries.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=878401
Except that the actual truth is on the exact opposite side of the spectrum.
Fashion industry shows how profitable it is, especially compared to most other industries, and in Fashion industry there are no copyrights or patents. Sure there are trademarks, but no copyrights or patents at all, and they are highly creative and profitable, thus proving your position inconsistent with reality.
You may be moderated as a Flamebait for this comment.
What's funny is just how sane the position is and how it receives wide range of responses.
Yes, copyrights and patents need to be abolished.
Actually here is a better video with sound and Cloverfield-like special effects.
pffft, I wrote the street wrong again, do it all the time. Well, it's Yonge street.
Something about August, bad shit happens in August. 2 years ago I was standing on a balcony in apartment on Young street in Toronto and saw this explosion, we had a propane explosion in a depot in the city, some building were destroyed, it was pretty and somewhat scary looking.
I BET they don't want to do this, too many people own faces!
Yes, that and history and logic.
But who is interested in teaching those subjects to the plebes who are only useful as cannon fodder and as part of a crowd gathering to get some talking head talking points around without giving the content too much thought?
double tap
(oh, and don't kill Bill Murray, he's sad enough.)
Your comment is good and all, I just wanted to point out the little thing here:
We need more lights at the park entrance.
, just note that 'bad guys' are also people who probably also don't see well in the very dark conditions (well, unless they have night vision equipment), so actually they wouldn't be sitting in the dark waiting for prey, most attacks happen in well lit conditions.
WTF? You can own gold bars, and you should. You can also own silver and any other metal legally, short of uranium.
We don't give our fixes to a trained monkey we give them to System Administers
- you have Ministers that systematize ads?
having money doesn't hurt, not having resource does.
well, I've been betting on the housing bubble exploding starting from 2005, I am now betting that US t-bills and bonds will become junk useless pieces of paper and USD will collapse. It's my financial bet, I don't have to be smug as long as I make money.
I don't think it should really matter too much if another country doesn't respect our laws
- are you for serious? The country who doesn't respect your copyright/patents, is the country you are getting all your goods from, there is a reason why they are cheaper.
Even if everybody respected the copyrights and patents, the only thing that would do is stifle innovation and production capacity, it only worsens the economy, it doesn't improve it, but when you get all your stuff from a country that doesn't give 2 shits about those pathetic ideas, they you're screwed.
though if you look at it closer, you'll see that I do believe people will restart economy again, the bleak part is between now and then. By the moderation you'd think this place is filled with starry eyed optimists that don't notice the reality around them though.
truth never promised any happiness or optimism.
You idiots walking around spouting this libertarian/laissez-faire crap really make me want to repeatedly kick you in the nuts
- so why don't you come and kick me in the nuts? Oh, you won't even post here with a name attached to your comment, forget about actually doing something about things/words you don't like.
Coward (it's in your name.)
--
As to your other so called 'points', I am not proposing anything, I am stating the obvious, which will come to pass probably within the next 3-6 years.