I'd be more sympathetic with copyright holders if they weren't such hypocrites. Much of modern copyright issues can be traced to the Disney corporation. Extensions on copyright are directly linked to the expiration of copyright on Mickey Mouse.
Disney has made billions upon billions of dollars using the "intellectual property" of long dead authors. Do you really think Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, or any of other stories that built the Disney empire were dreamed up by Disney themselves? That didn't stop them from using the material. Where was their concern for the "protection" of ideas back then?
Walt Disney is every bit as dead as Hans Christian Anderson, yet if I tried to sell a story about Mickey Mouse I'd have about one week before I found myself assaulted by Disney's legal department. Why is one protected and not the other?
Indeed. I think the biggest news from TFA is that people still use portal websites. Since the invention of the bookmark, I've seen no need to visit such a place.
Is it dumb because it doesn't make sense? Or maybe because you can't grasp the concept? Or perhaps it's just that you have to put other people's beliefs in order to validate your own?
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinquishable from magic" - Arthur Clark
Scientists create worlds in petri dishes all the time. Were the bacteria to evolve to the point of sentience, they would likely regard the work of that scientist as the work of god. Who's to say that Earth isn't a massive petri dish for some race of beings who evolved billions of years ago? If you say that's impossible, I'd say you're as much a zealot as any religious fanatic.
Going to Apple's website and clicking on the approved Apple Parts that want installed on your Apple Computer does not constitute building a computer. Granted, I'm not exactly soldering anything together, but that's besides the point. The fact is that Apple's software IS more closed than Microsoft.
Given a seemingly limitless amount of information regarding everything you have ever done or said, who will be better able to prepare a case that will sway the jury in their favor:
A) The prosecution who has a small army of attorneys, the entire local police force, and the FBI working diligently to prove you're a hardened criminal
B) Your free-of-charge public defender
Here's a hint. That public defender is already overworked and underpaid.
Given a vastly increased amount of information, unless you have pockets as deep as the prosecutor, the situation goes downhill for the defendant.
I'm thinking about building a new Athlon AM2 system. Can you tell me where to get a copy of OSX that I can load on it? I can't? Damn, Windows will run on just about PC configuration I want. I guess I'll just take your word for it that Apple software is more open than Windows.
Are you kidding? We'd still have rock and roll. What we would NOT have is Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson. The death of the big media conglomerates may be just what we need.
What do local zoning laws have to do with Christians? I'm not a Christian, and I love strip clubs. But I'm not about to blame zoning laws on this "religious right" bogeyman that lefties love to blame. I don't have a link, but Seattle was having a fit about strip clubs not long ago, and that's hardly a hotbed of Christianity. Maybe you need to get the facts straight before shooting your mouth off.
Now, since government is comprised of humans as well, it also must have checks and balances in place to ensure that those in power don't lie, steal, cheat, murder and rape their way through life, much to the misery of the people they rule.
So how exactly has the US system of checks and balances been preventing those misdeeds? Hell, lying, stealing and cheating is practically a requirement to hold a position as a federal representative. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of them have even murdered and raped. So much for government being required to hold back the forces of anarchy. *rolls eyes*
The biggest problem with phones is input, and I see no fix for that on the horizon. To type this message on a phone would have taken several minutes, instead of the 15 seconds it took on a standard keyboard.
I don't know about an atheist opening fire in a church, but Stalin and Pol Pot sure had a way with people.
And before you start crying your pretty little eyes out, yes, I understand that atheism may not have been the cause of their violence. But atheism certainly didn't prevent them from commiting genocide. People are people, religion is just an excuse.
I can't tell you how many times in the olden days I'd go to play a game and find out that my GUS (that's Gravis UltraSound to you youngsters) wasn't supported. I'd spend lots of time just messing with the Soundblaster support trying to run everything I needed and still enough main memory to run.
I would mod you down as flamebait if I had the points.
Somebody modded you up, apparently because they thought your misspelling of words was a cute way to imply to that nasty redneck kunservativs were to blame for this. However if you were to open your partisan eyes for a second and actually use critical thinking to evaluate the world, you'd see that much of the "Think of the children" legislation comes from liberals. Just look at Tipper Gore, Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman.
When I was a kid, you either brought your lunch or ate the same meal as everyone else until high school. Once you reached the high school level in my area, there was an a la carte cafeteria, but before that it was a planned meal. This article makes it sound like kids as young as 8 are choosing their own meals. Hell, I wouldn't let my kids choose their own meals at home at the age of 8, much less at school.
Regardless of what you may think of Microsoft, the fact is that if if MS did include competent software with Windows that competed with "iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto & iTunes" they'd have the pants sued off of them. They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't. When Apple adds multimedia software, browsers and other utilities to OSX it's praised as innovative and good for the consumer. When MS does it, they're engaging in monopolistic behavior. It's not a fair comparison.
If this becomes ubiquitous and eventually real-time (or close to it) couldn't a system be set up where drivers could track the locations of nearby police cars and simply avoid them? Sounds like a business opportunity in the making. Goodbye radar detector, hello PigMapper.
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Are we to assume, then, that you've chosen to believe the Democrat version of truth?
I'd be more sympathetic with copyright holders if they weren't such hypocrites. Much of modern copyright issues can be traced to the Disney corporation. Extensions on copyright are directly linked to the expiration of copyright on Mickey Mouse.
Disney has made billions upon billions of dollars using the "intellectual property" of long dead authors. Do you really think Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Pinocchio, or any of other stories that built the Disney empire were dreamed up by Disney themselves? That didn't stop them from using the material. Where was their concern for the "protection" of ideas back then?
Walt Disney is every bit as dead as Hans Christian Anderson, yet if I tried to sell a story about Mickey Mouse I'd have about one week before I found myself assaulted by Disney's legal department. Why is one protected and not the other?
Indeed. I think the biggest news from TFA is that people still use portal websites. Since the invention of the bookmark, I've seen no need to visit such a place.
If Military Madness makes it to the Wii, I'm sold.
Ah what the hell, I'm going to buy one anyway.
Is it dumb because it doesn't make sense? Or maybe because you can't grasp the concept? Or perhaps it's just that you have to put other people's beliefs in order to validate your own?
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinquishable from magic" - Arthur Clark
Scientists create worlds in petri dishes all the time. Were the bacteria to evolve to the point of sentience, they would likely regard the work of that scientist as the work of god. Who's to say that Earth isn't a massive petri dish for some race of beings who evolved billions of years ago? If you say that's impossible, I'd say you're as much a zealot as any religious fanatic.
Going to Apple's website and clicking on the approved Apple Parts that want installed on your Apple Computer does not constitute building a computer. Granted, I'm not exactly soldering anything together, but that's besides the point. The fact is that Apple's software IS more closed than Microsoft.
Given a seemingly limitless amount of information regarding everything you have ever done or said, who will be better able to prepare a case that will sway the jury in their favor:
A) The prosecution who has a small army of attorneys, the entire local police force, and the FBI working diligently to prove you're a hardened criminal
B) Your free-of-charge public defender
Here's a hint. That public defender is already overworked and underpaid.
Given a vastly increased amount of information, unless you have pockets as deep as the prosecutor, the situation goes downhill for the defendant.
I'm thinking about building a new Athlon AM2 system. Can you tell me where to get a copy of OSX that I can load on it? I can't? Damn, Windows will run on just about PC configuration I want. I guess I'll just take your word for it that Apple software is more open than Windows.
Are you kidding? We'd still have rock and roll. What we would NOT have is Britney Spears and Jessica Simpson. The death of the big media conglomerates may be just what we need.
No. They. Are. Not.
How many times can this misinformation be strewn about? The US government is pushing broadcasts to digital. Not high definition.
What do local zoning laws have to do with Christians? I'm not a Christian, and I love strip clubs. But I'm not about to blame zoning laws on this "religious right" bogeyman that lefties love to blame. I don't have a link, but Seattle was having a fit about strip clubs not long ago, and that's hardly a hotbed of Christianity. Maybe you need to get the facts straight before shooting your mouth off.
So how exactly has the US system of checks and balances been preventing those misdeeds? Hell, lying, stealing and cheating is practically a requirement to hold a position as a federal representative. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that some of them have even murdered and raped. So much for government being required to hold back the forces of anarchy. *rolls eyes*
When we get to neural implants, let me know. Until then "Dear aunt, let's set so double the killer delete select all."
The biggest problem with phones is input, and I see no fix for that on the horizon. To type this message on a phone would have taken several minutes, instead of the 15 seconds it took on a standard keyboard.
He's a miracle!
We need to make sure these people have food and clean water before we start giving them wireless inte... wait... nevermind.
I don't know about an atheist opening fire in a church, but Stalin and Pol Pot sure had a way with people.
And before you start crying your pretty little eyes out, yes, I understand that atheism may not have been the cause of their violence. But atheism certainly didn't prevent them from commiting genocide. People are people, religion is just an excuse.
At first glance, I thought maybe they'd make games that don't suck.
What do you think a tourniquet is?
I can't tell you how many times in the olden days I'd go to play a game and find out that my GUS (that's Gravis UltraSound to you youngsters) wasn't supported. I'd spend lots of time just messing with the Soundblaster support trying to run everything I needed and still enough main memory to run.
I would mod you down as flamebait if I had the points.
Somebody modded you up, apparently because they thought your misspelling of words was a cute way to imply to that nasty redneck kunservativs were to blame for this. However if you were to open your partisan eyes for a second and actually use critical thinking to evaluate the world, you'd see that much of the "Think of the children" legislation comes from liberals. Just look at Tipper Gore, Hillary Clinton and Joe Lieberman.
When I was a kid, you either brought your lunch or ate the same meal as everyone else until high school. Once you reached the high school level in my area, there was an a la carte cafeteria, but before that it was a planned meal. This article makes it sound like kids as young as 8 are choosing their own meals. Hell, I wouldn't let my kids choose their own meals at home at the age of 8, much less at school.
Regardless of what you may think of Microsoft, the fact is that if if MS did include competent software with Windows that competed with "iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto & iTunes" they'd have the pants sued off of them. They're damned if they do, and damned if they don't. When Apple adds multimedia software, browsers and other utilities to OSX it's praised as innovative and good for the consumer. When MS does it, they're engaging in monopolistic behavior. It's not a fair comparison.
I mean, who doesn't think those Tauren women are hot? Are you with me? Guys?
If this becomes ubiquitous and eventually real-time (or close to it) couldn't a system be set up where drivers could track the locations of nearby police cars and simply avoid them? Sounds like a business opportunity in the making. Goodbye radar detector, hello PigMapper.