The Congress shall have power to... promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
So considering that a creator is someone creating not paying for a creation (the same with an inventor, and I believe with an author), isn't the current copyright law unconstitutional?
But the point is that gifts on this level of relationships are not suppose to be something one takes home and plays with. Such gifts (in most cases) are stored in special places to show for coming generations, kind of an autograph of a person who once was a country leader.
So lets see, in 30 years, someone visiting the White House can see the collection, and among many objects a carved pen holder, and a signed portrait of the queen of GB, on the other hand, on the other side of the Atlantic someone can see a long not working iPod and a set of DVDs coded with region 1 (US), (a tape-record and a set of vinyl plates in today's vocabulary) - stuff one can buy in an antique shop around the corner.
How many signed portraits of the queen of GB, and how many iPods there are in the world.
It is nice it is original and modern, it is nice it embraces the future not the past, but it would be nice if it was kind of unique.
You hit the nail. The personal data should be collected only when required to process any contract/transaction (only to the necessary extent) and deleted afterwords.
I also find it disturbing that anytime I express my willingness to buy something more expensive, there is no way to move forward without providing my address, and a telephone number.
The sellers do not even want to talk without this information. Later I get a few "happy" calls per day with offers of some kind. It is pretty annoying, and takes my time.
I understand ads on TV, but calling someone, taking someone's time is much too much.
Whilst there are ecosystems relying on periodic fires (e.g. in Australia), which (the ecosystems) evolved as a response to the very periodic fires, there are also ecosystems where fires are destructive and not needed. The died trees simply foll down and are decomposed by natural processes.
I do not know Oregon well, but the dieing trees can be a result of many factors, e.g. pollution.
Even though the men space exploration is expensive, in my opinion it inspires others to follow, and even though it does not make money directly the mankind benefits in long term, maybe even to the extent of survival.
Usually it is so that the big steps are followed with small steps. Non of the big discoverers was a protectionist, if they were they would discover nothing, they would end up dreaming.
Besides the inspiration, the scientific return is enormous. Machines can work for a fraction of the costs, but time needed is much longer and the machine flexibility is still far from the human abilities - a machine do an excellent job, but should be followed by humans (if possible).
I do not think that it is possible to solve domestic problems by suppressing the exploration. And I do not think that waiting for a big ROI in cash will lead us anywhere. The world WAS pushed forward by the dreamers (well also by the fear).
The sad side of the story is that the estimated $55*10^9 of Mars Direct (I agree - it is optimistic) we consider enormous, but we can spend easily $1*10^9 for 2 hours of often poor entertainment, which fades away in a few days. Not mentioning the recent ~ $1*10^12 reward for the poor management.
Someone has already mentioned the whole generations of scientist and engineers around the world inspired by the Gagarin's achievements or the Apollo space program.
I do not think that flying around the Earth in a long term will benefit in anything. The technologies needed to explore the Solar System can only be created by facing a big goal.
It is also good to keep in mind that the mass extinctions happen regularly - it is not "if", but "when". The Earth is a wonderful place to live, but will not be so forever (also largely thanks to our frivolous consumption), and it is better to be prepared to survive than to leave behind several frozen metal boxes facing the Earth on the red sand dunes.
The message seems to be way exaggerated.
1) 1900 out of 3000 workers would lose their job
2) the sales and marketing department will remain in Ireland
Please take a look at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7817487.stm
Of course it is not a good news for Irish workers, but the polish workers can face the same fate in the future if other (poorer) countries joined EU.
People like to buy cheap, so companies have to produce cheap. Thanks to this simple principle countries in the world can develop and the gap in wealth between different parts of the world is diminishing, which (I believe) is good.
The only restriction should be for the working conditions and the environment impact, not for the place.
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The Congress shall have power to... promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries;
So considering that a creator is someone creating not paying for a creation (the same with an inventor, and I believe with an author), isn't the current copyright law unconstitutional?
But the point is that gifts on this level of relationships are not suppose to be something one takes home and plays with. Such gifts (in most cases) are stored in special places to show for coming generations, kind of an autograph of a person who once was a country leader.
So lets see, in 30 years, someone visiting the White House can see the collection, and among many objects a carved pen holder, and a signed portrait of the queen of GB, on the other hand, on the other side of the Atlantic someone can see a long not working iPod and a set of DVDs coded with region 1 (US), (a tape-record and a set of vinyl plates in today's vocabulary) - stuff one can buy in an antique shop around the corner.
How many signed portraits of the queen of GB, and how many iPods there are in the world.
It is nice it is original and modern, it is nice it embraces the future not the past, but it would be nice if it was kind of unique.
You hit the nail. The personal data should be collected only when required to process any contract/transaction (only to the necessary extent) and deleted afterwords.
I also find it disturbing that anytime I express my willingness to buy something more expensive, there is no way to move forward without providing my address, and a telephone number.
The sellers do not even want to talk without this information. Later I get a few "happy" calls per day with offers of some kind. It is pretty annoying, and takes my time.
I understand ads on TV, but calling someone, taking someone's time is much too much.
Good morning Children, today we will discuss the Solar System.
There are 8 planets in the Solar System, and 9 in Illinois.
I hope they will never pass the legislation that the Earth is flat.
It is not a general rule.
Whilst there are ecosystems relying on periodic fires (e.g. in Australia), which (the ecosystems) evolved as a response to the very periodic fires, there are also ecosystems where fires are destructive and not needed. The died trees simply foll down and are decomposed by natural processes.
I do not know Oregon well, but the dieing trees can be a result of many factors, e.g. pollution.
Even though the men space exploration is expensive, in my opinion it inspires others to follow, and even though it does not make money directly the mankind benefits in long term, maybe even to the extent of survival.
Usually it is so that the big steps are followed with small steps. Non of the big discoverers was a protectionist, if they were they would discover nothing, they would end up dreaming.
Besides the inspiration, the scientific return is enormous. Machines can work for a fraction of the costs, but time needed is much longer and the machine flexibility is still far from the human abilities - a machine do an excellent job, but should be followed by humans (if possible).
I do not think that it is possible to solve domestic problems by suppressing the exploration. And I do not think that waiting for a big ROI in cash will lead us anywhere. The world WAS pushed forward by the dreamers (well also by the fear).
The sad side of the story is that the estimated $55*10^9 of Mars Direct (I agree - it is optimistic) we consider enormous, but we can spend easily $1*10^9 for 2 hours of often poor entertainment, which fades away in a few days. Not mentioning the recent ~ $1*10^12 reward for the poor management.
Someone has already mentioned the whole generations of scientist and engineers around the world inspired by the Gagarin's achievements or the Apollo space program.
I do not think that flying around the Earth in a long term will benefit in anything. The technologies needed to explore the Solar System can only be created by facing a big goal.
It is also good to keep in mind that the mass extinctions happen regularly - it is not "if", but "when". The Earth is a wonderful place to live, but will not be so forever (also largely thanks to our frivolous consumption), and it is better to be prepared to survive than to leave behind several frozen metal boxes facing the Earth on the red sand dunes.
Do you suggest any relationship between issuing H-1b visas and the economic crisis?
Why is it always so, that the foreigners are responsible for all the bad?
The message seems to be way exaggerated.
1) 1900 out of 3000 workers would lose their job
2) the sales and marketing department will remain in Ireland
Please take a look at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7817487.stm
Of course it is not a good news for Irish workers, but the polish workers can face the same fate in the future if other (poorer) countries joined EU.
People like to buy cheap, so companies have to produce cheap. Thanks to this simple principle countries in the world can develop and the gap in wealth between different parts of the world is diminishing, which (I believe) is good.
The only restriction should be for the working conditions and the environment impact, not for the place.