Could we? Easily accessible deposits of any useful ore or fuel has been mined out ages ago. We could find ourselves in situation when we need resources to build tools, but without those tools we cannot access resources.
It demonstrates that car industry has failed. We should be designing systems that don't need seatbelts and don't care if user decides to slam into a tree at 100km/h. Whole concept of secure driving is just an abstract benefit that gets in the way of enjoying driving.
Another idiot who can't comprehend that natural can be harmful. Please weigh yourself with natural stones then jump into natural lake from very natural cliff.
There is no 'unnatural selection'. If we killed off the one we didn't like then we were just one more evolutionary pressure just like meteor strike or sudden climate change would be.
Yeah, sure. Why not claim that you are selling just a bunch of atoms which for some reason happen to be assembled in a way that closely resembles patented device? Let's see if this convinces a judge.
The only company that streamed game to your machine was OnLive. Just because you download game to internal hard disk instead of having it physically on Bluray does not mean it is not a copy. US is probably screwed, but I don't think EU will allow this.
Traffic could be already encrypted between endpoints without inserting proxy in the middle, so it does not change anything.. Honestly, idea of adding a proxy is just weak attempt at finding legal loophole by splitting responsibility. Piratebay guys and Grokster (see MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.) got convicted for providing file sharing tools that happened to be used also for copyright infringement. Do you seriously expect that "I don't know and I don't care what I was proxying" defense will work? Judges can actually use common sense and anybody can see that this is just a technicality.
Bittorrent already splits data into small chunks and it is no protection from being sued. If you are proxying, they will probably just add charges of conspiracy on top of breaking copyright.
Here is even more radical idea: all zeros and all ones are the same anyway. So let proxy users send you just one 0 and 1, then you can duplicated them as needed and assemble (or not) into some file. Think about bandwidth savings - not matter how long is the file, it can be sent in just two bits!
If you are "proxying" connection, then you are downloading from user D1 and uploading to D2. It does not matter if you are not retaining that data, you are still copying stuff illegally. So in the end if content owners are unable to determine identity of actual downloaders, they can go for proxying users and hit them with exactly the same lawsuit.
Sure, you can crowdsource and gather signatures all you want - have fun, at least you will feel more in control. All you get is to submit your proposition for parliament to vote on. At which point the same lobbyists and paid politicians as usual make the decision. There is no way in hell this is going to pass.
Point should be quite obvious: constitution is not written in stone - it can and have been amended when necessary. So yes, constitutional rights are very much subject to public opinion. And that's assuming they are not simply ignored (like protection from unreasonable search gets reduced more and more).
"The system" has been built bit by bit by those "sane and normal" American. You live in republic not dictatorship, remember? You can either have that warm feeling of superiority over you "land of free" OR you can pretend that "the system" is something you have no responsibility for. So next time you read about teen hounded to death by "the system", remember: it is also YOUR fault.
1) He could be reasonably prepared for huge fine or probation, but not 30 years in prison. Hello, he just downloaded some documents not went on killing spree
2) Suicide has been used many times as especially strong form of protest
Life is harsh. The weak will opt out. The strong will go on fighting. Did I mention that life is harsh? It's not my duty to hold the weak up indefinitely..
Pretty funny considering that fear of death is hardwired into each of us. Most people will do *anything* for just one more day of life - kill an innocent, sell out their family, anything. This is not 'being strong', this is just being slave to your animal nature. The same people start blathering about "cowardice" any time they see mention of suicide, to forget the fact that they are pissing themselves at mere thought of death.
Someone already mentioned Thich Quang Duc - internet tough guys like you don't have a fraction of his bravery and willpower.
Depends. For some it may be one last fuck you to their jailers - proving that the are masters of their lives to the end. Others may think that spending years in a cage before getting executed is worse than dying quickly.
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Could we? Easily accessible deposits of any useful ore or fuel has been mined out ages ago. We could find ourselves in situation when we need resources to build tools, but without those tools we cannot access resources.
It demonstrates that car industry has failed. We should be designing systems that don't need seatbelts and don't care if user decides to slam into a tree at 100km/h. Whole concept of secure driving is just an abstract benefit that gets in the way of enjoying driving.
Another idiot who can't comprehend that natural can be harmful. Please weigh yourself with natural stones then jump into natural lake from very natural cliff.
Nothing like good tsunami or earthquake to show uppity humans how little control they really have.
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There is no 'unnatural selection'. If we killed off the one we didn't like then we were just one more evolutionary pressure just like meteor strike or sudden climate change would be.
Yeah, sure. Why not claim that you are selling just a bunch of atoms which for some reason happen to be assembled in a way that closely resembles patented device? Let's see if this convinces a judge.
The only company that streamed game to your machine was OnLive. Just because you download game to internal hard disk instead of having it physically on Bluray does not mean it is not a copy. US is probably screwed, but I don't think EU will allow this.
Your constitution is fine. You are just holding it wrong.
Traffic could be already encrypted between endpoints without inserting proxy in the middle, so it does not change anything.. Honestly, idea of adding a proxy is just weak attempt at finding legal loophole by splitting responsibility. Piratebay guys and Grokster (see MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.) got convicted for providing file sharing tools that happened to be used also for copyright infringement. Do you seriously expect that "I don't know and I don't care what I was proxying" defense will work? Judges can actually use common sense and anybody can see that this is just a technicality.
Bittorrent already splits data into small chunks and it is no protection from being sued. If you are proxying, they will probably just add charges of conspiracy on top of breaking copyright.
Here is even more radical idea: all zeros and all ones are the same anyway. So let proxy users send you just one 0 and 1, then you can duplicated them as needed and assemble (or not) into some file. Think about bandwidth savings - not matter how long is the file, it can be sent in just two bits!
If you are "proxying" connection, then you are downloading from user D1 and uploading to D2. It does not matter if you are not retaining that data, you are still copying stuff illegally. So in the end if content owners are unable to determine identity of actual downloaders, they can go for proxying users and hit them with exactly the same lawsuit.
That's the problem with security - it is easy to overlook one stupid trick.
Sure, you can crowdsource and gather signatures all you want - have fun, at least you will feel more in control. All you get is to submit your proposition for parliament to vote on. At which point the same lobbyists and paid politicians as usual make the decision. There is no way in hell this is going to pass.
Point should be quite obvious: constitution is not written in stone - it can and have been amended when necessary. So yes, constitutional rights are very much subject to public opinion. And that's assuming they are not simply ignored (like protection from unreasonable search gets reduced more and more).
Have you noticed that your beloved gun rights were given in amendment?
"The system" has been built bit by bit by those "sane and normal" American. You live in republic not dictatorship, remember? You can either have that warm feeling of superiority over you "land of free" OR you can pretend that "the system" is something you have no responsibility for. So next time you read about teen hounded to death by "the system", remember: it is also YOUR fault.
Does not matter. US scored low, so obviously there is something wrong with a benchmark.
Do you? What Pakistan/African/Asian TV news channels do you watch and newspapers do you read? Oh, you meant 'anything coming out of CNN/NBC/Fox' .
I would rather see internal investigation in prosecutor's office. Or if they are unwilling, external one.
1) He could be reasonably prepared for huge fine or probation, but not 30 years in prison. Hello, he just downloaded some documents not went on killing spree
2) Suicide has been used many times as especially strong form of protest
Life is harsh. The weak will opt out. The strong will go on fighting. Did I mention that life is harsh? It's not my duty to hold the weak up indefinitely..
Pretty funny considering that fear of death is hardwired into each of us. Most people will do *anything* for just one more day of life - kill an innocent, sell out their family, anything. This is not 'being strong', this is just being slave to your animal nature. The same people start blathering about "cowardice" any time they see mention of suicide, to forget the fact that they are pissing themselves at mere thought of death. Someone already mentioned Thich Quang Duc - internet tough guys like you don't have a fraction of his bravery and willpower.
Depends. For some it may be one last fuck you to their jailers - proving that the are masters of their lives to the end. Others may think that spending years in a cage before getting executed is worse than dying quickly.