So the existing laws already handle this situation, right? Customs has the power to stop/seize these shipments and prevent dangerous fakes from getting on the market.
SO WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF ACTA THEN!?!?!
Oh right, that's not what ACTA is about. That part is just the feel-good clause, while the rest if it is designed to fuck over everyone but the content cartels.
I now see SOPA/PIPA as a litmus test for whether democracy actually exists anymore. EVERYONE who has had these bills explained to them ends up being outraged, and the fact that politicians are determined to push it through, in the face of almost 100% opposition to the bills from their VOTERS, show that they no longer show any interest in representing the PEOPLE. If these bills pass, it is incontrivertible proof that the political system is no longer functioning to serve the will of the people, and that an entirely new political system is required.
Please, write to your representative, expressing this fact. They need to be made aware how much the future of the nation as a whole is riding on these bills.
The simple truth is that ALL politicians are lying scumbags, and they are quite comfortable with that if it means more money and power coming their way.
That's pretty much what's happening here, but rather than buying a textbook, you're getting a series of video lectures and course notes for free I signed up for the full course, mainly because having homework and assignments due will force me to stay on a study timeline, and eliminate the "fuck it, can't be bothered tonight" factor that usually happens to me when trying to learn stuff out of a textbook on my own time.
I'm torn on this. On one hand I would like them to find it as validation of all of the great work done in creating and verifying the Standard Model (and as a way of justifying the $$$ spent in finding it). But on the other hand, i kinda hope they don't, because some of the coolest advances in science have come from the "Hmm, that's odd, i wonder what happening here" factor.
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So the existing laws already handle this situation, right? Customs has the power to stop/seize these shipments and prevent dangerous fakes from getting on the market.
SO WHAT THE FUCK IS THE POINT OF ACTA THEN!?!?!
Oh right, that's not what ACTA is about. That part is just the feel-good clause, while the rest if it is designed to fuck over everyone but the content cartels.
yup, but finding an autoclave big enough is a major problem...
Err... You do realize you're ALL on the Government's watch list now?
Move along, citizen.
It's out in the open, and people don't have to bother trying to fight a case that is obviously a foregone conclusion.
With a 9mm vote.
Are their any tech billionaires that _aren't_ sociopaths? That seems to be the primary requirement...
WTF, does being an 'artist' make you above the tax code now ?!?
It does if you have a well funded lobby group behind you.
I now see SOPA/PIPA as a litmus test for whether democracy actually exists anymore. EVERYONE who has had these bills explained to them ends up being outraged, and the fact that politicians are determined to push it through, in the face of almost 100% opposition to the bills from their VOTERS, show that they no longer show any interest in representing the PEOPLE.
If these bills pass, it is incontrivertible proof that the political system is no longer functioning to serve the will of the people, and that an entirely new political system is required.
Please, write to your representative, expressing this fact. They need to be made aware how much the future of the nation as a whole is riding on these bills.
Anyone but them.
That's why Palin was on the last presidential ballot.
How much olympic swimming pools does it displace if it was to hit the ocean?
All of them :)
but that's because they're treating the manned program currently as pure propaganda.
What do you think the entire race to the moon was?
No, never!
I'm shocked! Shocked I tell you...
The simple truth is that ALL politicians are lying scumbags, and they are quite comfortable with that if it means more money and power coming their way.
$$$ -> gov't
What did you expect now that Taco has gone?
The corporate boofheads are now in charge of this site, so things will only get worse.
Who still pays for an ancient landline phone plan?
People with Fax machines.
That's pretty much what's happening here, but rather than buying a textbook, you're getting a series of video lectures and course notes for free
I signed up for the full course, mainly because having homework and assignments due will force me to stay on a study timeline, and eliminate the "fuck it, can't be bothered tonight" factor that usually happens to me when trying to learn stuff out of a textbook on my own time.
Where's the (+1, Depressing) mod when you need it?
Obligatory xkcd
You don't extend the life of a car by driving it.
But you do by maintaining it and not putting shit fuel in it.
Florian, is that you?
The entire history of mankind is little more than a massive arms race.
Well, there's something the human race can be proud of.
I'm torn on this. On one hand I would like them to find it as validation of all of the great work done in creating and verifying the Standard Model (and as a way of justifying the $$$ spent in finding it). But on the other hand, i kinda hope they don't, because some of the coolest advances in science have come from the "Hmm, that's odd, i wonder what happening here" factor.
What it does show is that IBM won't have too much trouble scaling their chips up to model the average slashdotters brain.
Hawking, actually. :-)