In a capitalist society, crimes against said capital must be punished more than any other type of crime. For instance, and employee that steals from his company will get more jail time then a mugger that steals from little old ladies.
There was a Drive-in theater we used to go to when we were teenagers that had a hill behind it where you could park your car and get a good view of the screen. This was about the same time that CB radios became very popular. The hill would fill with cars and there would be someone inside the Drive-in that would broadcast the sound.
A friend of mine one night was complaining about all the freeloaders on the hill watching the movie for free. I pointed out that the cost of the CB Radio would have paid for entry every week for the next five years, so sitting on the hill is far from free. Besides, there is nothing stopping you from buying a CB and parking up there with them. He decided it was in fact cheaper, and closer to the screen, to pay to enter. Plus, you get access to the Snack Bar.
My problem with the word 'freeloaders' is, nothing in this world is free. Blank disks, cost money and fade to the point of being unusable. I still have the first CD I ever bought and it's in pristine condition. And all the freeloaders data being transfered around the net, that ain't cheap either. Would the world need, and be paying for, the backhaul we currently have? No matter how cheap storage costs get, I still seem to never have enough. Hard drives, USB keys, mp3 players, all cost money.
So, there is no such thing as a 'freeloader'. What we are talking about is people using technology, other than that prescribed, for their entertainment. This makes the entertainment cheaper, as the artists costs are not factored into the cost of the new technology.
You are disgruntled because some are being entertained whilst paying less money than you. What about those industries that profit by not paying the artist his dues? Shouldn't they be made to pay the artist his dues? But that might mean you're paying higher internet access charges, or a five dollar per disk tax on blanks.
Even making it a crime to pay less for your entertainment hasn't stopped it. I not sure there is any evidence it has even slowed it.
Have you ever copied a tape for a friend? Did you or your friend send the artist a nickel for his dues? Ever given a copy of a TV program you have recorded to a friend that missed the airing? Did you pause all the advertising out?
Why should those who obey the law and respect artists' rights subsidise freeloaders? If you don't want to subsidies freeloaders, don't buy the products.
There is not a government on the planet that is ever going to tell it's people all their dirty little secrets.
And they don't keep stuff buried for national security, or to protect the innocent, or what ever other reason you may think. The one and only reason any government keeps secrets from it's people is because if they were to get out, they would be lynched.
They are only ever going to release the shit that doesn't matter.
Besides, the most foul things perpetrated by governments usually start with "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?", or words to that effect.
I'm not on the dole, so I won't need one for that. I have private medical insurance and am quite happy to pay $45 instead of $20 to vist my local GP for the privacy it affords. So I don't need one for that.
But what happens when a police officer asks me for my 'ID' card and I say "I don't have one."?
How many trips to the watchhouse to 'confirm my identity' will I put up with until I finally get one of these 'non compulsary' cards?
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80% of Humanity is reactive and 20% are proactive. Marketing companies prey on the 80%, as do most of the 20%.
It is not an 'Act of Parliment', it was/is a Precedent under 'Common Law'. Under our Westminster system, a law (Act of Parliment) passed by polititions can be quashed by a 'Common Law' precedent as 'Common Law' has precedence over 'Acts of Parliment'. This all dates back to the English Civil war days back in the late 1600's.
Back then, the King argued that he had ultimate power even over life and death as given to him by God. He was then Hog tied, put aboard a boat and set adrift.
That left two sides to come to a comprimise, the Merchant classes who wanted elected officials of a Parliment to set down laws, and Oliver Cromwel and his Puritans (Religious Fanatics that later settled the America's) who had provided the Muscle for the Merchant Classes to overthrow the King, who wanted certain 'God Given Rights' to be upheld.
These "God Given Rights" and the precedents of law that are argued based on these rights form our 'Common Law", or the Law that governs and protects us 'Commoners' from the 'Merchant Classes'.
However, now days(since the late 1800's), even us 'Commoners' get to select (vote) for 'Palimentarians'.
The bottom line is, if you can counter argue the Anton Pillar decision as to why you should not have to allow a search of your premises, and it is upheld, then a new Precedent will be set and the Merchant Classes would again be denied access. To do this however, will cost a LOT of money for lawers.
I'd rephrase that: you can deny access, but only if you want to go to prison until such time as you do allow access or the order is lifted. Contempt is contempt, regardless of your reasons for doing it. Much better to grant access, demonstrate the falsity of their allegations, then try and do the bastards for perjury for the false affidavits/testimony they would have provided to get the order.
Let's say you were looking after your dieing mother when they came to your home. If you were to deny them access on medical grounds because of the stress it would put on your mother, that would be acceptable and you would not be in contempt.
If you simply were not home, they do not have the right to enter your premises without your permission, so they would not be able to enter and that would also not be in contempt.
If you were just an employee of the Company and therefor not responsible for the Companies actions, you can deny access and that would not be contempt.
Under our Westminster system, not the government, or even the courts can expunge our 'Common Law' rights.
However, it can cost you a LOT of money to defend your 'Common Law' rights.
Anton Pillar orders explained.
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We have Anton Pillar orders here in Oz because we are part of the British Commonwealth and the Queen of England is our Head of Start, and one of their (our) Lords made the follow ruling.
In Anton Piller K.G. v. Manufacturing Processes Ltd., [1976] 1 All E.R. 779 at 782 Lord Denning stated:
"Let me say at once that no court in this land has any power to issue a search warrant to enter a man's house so as to see if there are papers or documents there which are of an incriminating nature, whether libels or infringements of copyright or anything else of the kind. No constable or bailiff can knock at the door and demand entry so as to inspect papers or documents. The householder can shut the door in his face and say, 'Get out.' That was established in the leading case of Entick v. Carrington (1765), 19 State Tr. 1029. None of us would wish to whittle down that principle in the slightest. But the order sought in this case is not a search warrant. It does not authorize the plaintiff's solicitors or anyone else to enter the defendants' premises against their will. Id does not authorize the breading down of any doors, nor the slipping in by a back door, nor getting in by an open door or window. It only authorizes entry and inspection by the permission of the defendants. The plaintiff's must get the defendants' permission. But it does do this: it brings pressure on the defendants to give permission. It does more. It actually orders them to give permission - with, I suppose, the result that if they do not give permission they are guilty of contempt of court."
As you can see, you can if you so chose deny access, but you had better have a pretty good reason.
Fish, including Rays, and Sharks, don't have the 'Grow old and die' gene that mammals have.
Fish will live (and grow) until something kills them. In the oceans, cancer is the biggest killer. But, usually only weakening the fish to the point where it then becomes dinner for something else.
Sharks tend to grow bigger and bigger, and get slower, and require more food, until they can no longer catch enough food and they start to weaken, immune systems start to fail, and the animal dies or/and is eaten. And then you get whale sharks, that as they get larger can catch more of the timy shrimp they eat, so for them size isn't a problem.
Even Salmon that crawl upstream to spawn, die because of the journey, rather than a genetic trigger.
That is why all sorts of fish over the years have been kept for very long periods.
Basically, in ideal conditions and being lucky enough not to develope cancer or some other problem, all fish have the potential to live very long lives and grow very large.
In Australia, we switched both our currency from pounds to dollars, and switched from imperial to metric in the same year (1967). For that year, things like prices were shown in both pounds and dollars, and weights were in both pounds and kilos.
My mum still converts kilos back to pounds in her head whenever she buys anything, and I'm sure a lot of older folk do this.
I was in grade 7 at the time and it was a pain. The had just spent 6 years teaching us about inches, feet and yards, when suddenly, they took away our foot long rulers and gave us 30cm rulers.
And worse still, they took away my sixpence of pocket money, and only gave me back 5 cents.
To this day I wonder who got all those extra pennies that were left over.
Our Free to Air TV has always been very liberel. Shows like Sex in the City are shown at prime time on Monday night complete with all the colourful language. Dating back to the 70's, we had shows like The Box and Number 96 that have FULL FRONTAL nudity and sex scenes. Again, very popular shows screened at primetime. SBS shows films that are just down right porn, yet these same movies would not be allowed over the internet.
As an update, this morning (5th March) the government is now talking proxy servers at the point where the overseas cables come into Oz to filter content.
I just think that preventing my daughter from seeing information on Breast Cancer is too great a price to pay to stop my son from seeing Pamerla Andersen breasts.
Yes, ice core samples reveal that prior to 1960, there was no hole in the ozone layer. The effects of UV on the ice layers is quite easy to detect in ice cores.
Humans are the only mammals that can mouth breath. We don't even start that way. New born babies can't until they are about 6 months of age. That opening at the back of your throat allows your vocal cords to vibrate sounds up through the sinus cavity. The enables a far greater range of vocal tones then what would be available to us otherwise.
Better control over the muscles in our mouths would have developed later in response to the new vocal range we now had. We would never have developed the languages we now have with out that mutation at the back of our throats.
I don't know, my SCO customers are my Bread and Butter customers. I have suggested on many occasions that they should migrate to Linux or BSD, but noooo, they liked the idea of having a support structure, and were very distrustful of a 'free' OS.
My main reason for recommending a migration was because I often felt guilty of the amount of support Sco needed compared to my Linux customers.
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In the video, when the pengiun is facing off with the diver, did I see it mouth "Sarah Connor?"?
Or, you provide the password. The authorities find nothing, so they change the password and accuse you of not providing the correct password.
Linux. Someone had to say it.
With most of the 'Great Apes' this is the norm. The younger males have to drive off or kill the older males to get access to the females.
The only exceptions I can think of are humans and the solitary orangutan. And for humans, jail is a good incentive for suppressing animal desires.
Correct!
In a capitalist society, crimes against said capital must be punished more than any other type of crime. For instance, and employee that steals from his company will get more jail time then a mugger that steals from little old ladies.
There was a Drive-in theater we used to go to when we were teenagers that had a hill behind it where you could park your car and get a good view of the screen. This was about the same time that CB radios became very popular. The hill would fill with cars and there would be someone inside the Drive-in that would broadcast the sound.
A friend of mine one night was complaining about all the freeloaders on the hill watching the movie for free. I pointed out that the cost of the CB Radio would have paid for entry every week for the next five years, so sitting on the hill is far from free. Besides, there is nothing stopping you from buying a CB and parking up there with them. He decided it was in fact cheaper, and closer to the screen, to pay to enter. Plus, you get access to the Snack Bar.
My problem with the word 'freeloaders' is, nothing in this world is free. Blank disks, cost money and fade to the point of being unusable. I still have the first CD I ever bought and it's in pristine condition. And all the freeloaders data being transfered around the net, that ain't cheap either. Would the world need, and be paying for, the backhaul we currently have? No matter how cheap storage costs get, I still seem to never have enough. Hard drives, USB keys, mp3 players, all cost money.
So, there is no such thing as a 'freeloader'. What we are talking about is people using technology, other than that prescribed, for their entertainment. This makes the entertainment cheaper, as the artists costs are not factored into the cost of the new technology.
You are disgruntled because some are being entertained whilst paying less money than you. What about those industries that profit by not paying the artist his dues? Shouldn't they be made to pay the artist his dues? But that might mean you're paying higher internet access charges, or a five dollar per disk tax on blanks.
Even making it a crime to pay less for your entertainment hasn't stopped it. I not sure there is any evidence it has even slowed it.
Have you ever copied a tape for a friend? Did you or your friend send the artist a nickel for his dues? Ever given a copy of a TV program you have recorded to a friend that missed the airing? Did you pause all the advertising out?
Let he who has not sinned, cast the first stone.
Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?
There is not a government on the planet that is ever going to tell it's people all their dirty little secrets.
And they don't keep stuff buried for national security, or to protect the innocent, or what ever other reason you may think. The one and only reason any government keeps secrets from it's people is because if they were to get out, they would be lynched.
They are only ever going to release the shit that doesn't matter.
Besides, the most foul things perpetrated by governments usually start with "Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?", or words to that effect.
....go to a Casino and put it all on Red!
:-)
Hey, it's as good advise as any thing else your likely to get here
I'm not on the dole, so I won't need one for that. I have private medical insurance and am quite happy to pay $45 instead of $20 to vist my local GP for the privacy it affords. So I don't need one for that.
But what happens when a police officer asks me for my 'ID' card and I say "I don't have one."?
How many trips to the watchhouse to 'confirm my identity' will I put up with until I finally get one of these 'non compulsary' cards?
80% of Humanity is reactive and 20% are proactive. Marketing companies prey on the 80%, as do most of the 20%.
It is not an 'Act of Parliment', it was/is a Precedent under 'Common Law'. Under our Westminster system, a law (Act of Parliment) passed by polititions can be quashed by a 'Common Law' precedent as 'Common Law' has precedence over 'Acts of Parliment'. This all dates back to the English Civil war days back in the late 1600's.
Back then, the King argued that he had ultimate power even over life and death as given to him by God. He was then Hog tied, put aboard a boat and set adrift.
That left two sides to come to a comprimise, the Merchant classes who wanted elected officials of a Parliment to set down laws, and Oliver Cromwel and his Puritans (Religious Fanatics that later settled the America's) who had provided the Muscle for the Merchant Classes to overthrow the King, who wanted certain 'God Given Rights' to be upheld.
These "God Given Rights" and the precedents of law that are argued based on these rights form our 'Common Law", or the Law that governs and protects us 'Commoners' from the 'Merchant Classes'.
However, now days(since the late 1800's), even us 'Commoners' get to select (vote) for 'Palimentarians'.
The bottom line is, if you can counter argue the Anton Pillar decision as to why you should not have to allow a search of your premises, and it is upheld, then a new Precedent will be set and the Merchant Classes would again be denied access. To do this however, will cost a LOT of money for lawers.
If you simply were not home, they do not have the right to enter your premises without your permission, so they would not be able to enter and that would also not be in contempt.
If you were just an employee of the Company and therefor not responsible for the Companies actions, you can deny access and that would not be contempt.
Under our Westminster system, not the government, or even the courts can expunge our 'Common Law' rights.
However, it can cost you a LOT of money to defend your 'Common Law' rights.
In Anton Piller K.G. v. Manufacturing Processes Ltd., [1976] 1 All E.R. 779 at 782 Lord Denning stated:
"Let me say at once that no court in this land has any power to issue a search warrant to enter a man's house so as to see if there are papers or documents there which are of an incriminating nature, whether libels or infringements of copyright or anything else of the kind. No constable or bailiff can knock at the door and demand entry so as to inspect papers or documents. The householder can shut the door in his face and say, 'Get out.' That was established in the leading case of Entick v. Carrington (1765), 19 State Tr. 1029. None of us would wish to whittle down that principle in the slightest. But the order sought in this case is not a search warrant. It does not authorize the plaintiff's solicitors or anyone else to enter the defendants' premises against their will. Id does not authorize the breading down of any doors, nor the slipping in by a back door, nor getting in by an open door or window. It only authorizes entry and inspection by the permission of the defendants. The plaintiff's must get the defendants' permission. But it does do this: it brings pressure on the defendants to give permission. It does more. It actually orders them to give permission - with, I suppose, the result that if they do not give permission they are guilty of contempt of court."
As you can see, you can if you so chose deny access, but you had better have a pretty good reason.
Wow! Goldfish(Carp) are one of the most hardy fish around and will survive in the most disgusting sespool.
This introduced pest has devistated our waterways here in Oz and has proven so far to be virtually indistructable.
And yet you can kill them in just two days!
I am sure the CSIRO would love to talk to you.
Fish, including Rays, and Sharks, don't have the 'Grow old and die' gene that mammals have.
Fish will live (and grow) until something kills them. In the oceans, cancer is the biggest killer. But, usually only weakening the fish to the point where it then becomes dinner for something else.
Sharks tend to grow bigger and bigger, and get slower, and require more food, until they can no longer catch enough food and they start to weaken, immune systems start to fail, and the animal dies or/and is eaten. And then you get whale sharks, that as they get larger can catch more of the timy shrimp they eat, so for them size isn't a problem.
Even Salmon that crawl upstream to spawn, die because of the journey, rather than a genetic trigger.
That is why all sorts of fish over the years have been kept for very long periods.
Basically, in ideal conditions and being lucky enough not to develope cancer or some other problem, all fish have the potential to live very long lives and grow very large.
But we are not talking about selectivly bred and farmed freakazoid chickens, these are rare birds in the wild.
It's like comparing the number of beef cattle killed each year by McDonalds to the number bantengs killed.
Look at it this way, how much more of an uproar would there be if KFC started selling deep fried, wild Bald Eagle or Condor burgers?
In Australia, we switched both our currency from pounds to dollars, and switched from imperial to metric in the same year (1967). For that year, things like prices were shown in both pounds and dollars, and weights were in both pounds and kilos.
My mum still converts kilos back to pounds in her head whenever she buys anything, and I'm sure a lot of older folk do this.
I was in grade 7 at the time and it was a pain. The had just spent 6 years teaching us about inches, feet and yards, when suddenly, they took away our foot long rulers and gave us 30cm rulers.
And worse still, they took away my sixpence of pocket money, and only gave me back 5 cents.
To this day I wonder who got all those extra pennies that were left over.
Our Free to Air TV has always been very liberel. Shows like Sex in the City are shown at prime time on Monday night complete with all the colourful language. Dating back to the 70's, we had shows like The Box and Number 96 that have FULL FRONTAL nudity and sex scenes. Again, very popular shows screened at primetime. SBS shows films that are just down right porn, yet these same movies would not be allowed over the internet.
As an update, this morning (5th March) the government is now talking proxy servers at the point where the overseas cables come into Oz to filter content.
I just think that preventing my daughter from seeing information on Breast Cancer is too great a price to pay to stop my son from seeing Pamerla Andersen breasts.
Yes, ice core samples reveal that prior to 1960, there was no hole in the ozone layer. The effects of UV on the ice layers is quite easy to detect in ice cores.
Humans are the only mammals that can mouth breath. We don't even start that way. New born babies can't until they are about 6 months of age. That opening at the back of your throat allows your vocal cords to vibrate sounds up through the sinus cavity. The enables a far greater range of vocal tones then what would be available to us otherwise.
Better control over the muscles in our mouths would have developed later in response to the new vocal range we now had. We would never have developed the languages we now have with out that mutation at the back of our throats.
I don't know, my SCO customers are my Bread and Butter customers. I have suggested on many occasions that they should migrate to Linux or BSD, but noooo, they liked the idea of having a support structure, and were very distrustful of a 'free' OS.
My main reason for recommending a migration was because I often felt guilty of the amount of support Sco needed compared to my Linux customers.
Oh well, time for me to go and get my MCSE.
Under the Company's Act, directors of a company are oblidge to 'maximise profits and returns for investors' under penalty of fines and/or prison.
And I'll bet that there are similar laws in the US and Europe.
Capitalism requires such laws to be inplace.
Teacher - "Treating people equally when they clearly are not, is called what children?"
Class - "Communisim."
...having only just watched the film over the weekend on TCM. Having been asked if there is anything missing, the house keeper replies 3 books.