Like for example garbage about kids dying from chicken pox?
In one sentence you claim it is garbage that kids die from chicken pox, in another you state it happens (even though rarely).
Then again your dumb ass neglects to think of (or at least state) that I was using a generalization (maybe wrong to do so on my part, but not enough to counter my arguments).
Not in the everyday sense, nor, evidently, in the legal sense.
Why do you insist not only that every word have the one same sense in every single context? That's not even true within science itself.
Water is a chemical, period. I don't know how you are getting that it is sometimes a chemical and sometimes not a chemical. You swim in water...it is a chemical. You drink water...it is a chemical. You look at water...it is a chemical. You talk about water...it is a chemical. We are talking about a physical thing. As for "why do you insist not only that every word have the one same..." I do not know where you are getting this from. Where did I say that, hint that, or argue that? As a communications expert I am fully aware that words can have different meanings/symbols based on time, place, audience, context. A prime example is the swastika. Today most people know it as a symbol of racism, hatred, warmongering, Hitler, Nazi Germany. But it wasn't always like that...it is a symbol used by Hindu (buddhist) religion.
Allergic reaction to a chemical is not the fault of the company producing this chemical, it is the bodies fault for rejecting it. It's like blaming peanut butter companies if I eat peanut butter and have an allergic reaction. To blame the company for this is abhorrently wrong. You blame a company when they make medicine that causes harm to anyone who uses it properly. In the case of these vaccinations, they have been used for MANY MANY years and there is no evidence it causes people harm. Even if it did in.01% of the population, as long as they make it known they are OK - but so far there is no evidence that links the two together except for the timing - which timing is circumstantial and not valid in any court of law in and of itself.
Uhm...water is a chemical... h2o (lower-case so o is not mistaken for zero).
The parents concern is stirred with the timing..autism and vaccinations happen around the same time, so they are using the logical fallacy "Post hoc ergo propert hoc". They are confused, frustrated and don't know any better - and there is always a lawyer or extremist looking to use that to their advantage.
Another thing that gives them a basis is that chemicals are injected into their kids at the same time, and they believe there is a bad interaction...then throw in the word "mercury" - known for poisoning people and it is not hard to understand why people, who are confused, frustrated and don't know any better are pointing fingers at vaccinations.
Given that - we need to slap around the idiots who like to argue in the face of evidence instead of hiring scientists to research and prove their claims.
You are correct, a judge is not an expert (unless he happens to have been a scientist in the field, not likely). But the judge did look at medical experts testimony and apparantly none of them are saying it is the fault of vaccines...that should mean something. The judge has access to qualified people - he is regurgitating their expert testimony and turning that into judicial law/precedent with his ruling that concurs with them.
I feel sorry for the families who are dealing with this. They are looking for someone/thing to blame/explain why this is happening to their kid. They are looking for someone/thing to pay for these mistakes. Unfortunately autism and child vaccinations happen around the same age so it's being at the wrong place and wrong time.
Humans want answers and they want someone to pay for their mistakes, so they will invent one or believe the ramblings of famous people (ala Jenny McCarthy who should just shut up and pose for the camera).
Presently there is absolutely no medical evidence to support this. Lots of kids get these vaccines and are OK. The percentage of kids who gets these vaccines and develop autism is the same percentage of kids who get autism just because it happens.
The only evidence that shows these vaccines may cause autism are the babbling chatter of actors/actresses like Jenny McCarthy, who frequently loves to go on insane rants/shout vests against doctors/scientists - telling them they are wrong and she is right.
Autism is horrible, so is your kid dying of meals, mumps, chicken pox, etc. Let's not spread hype/garbage.
Yea just read the article. I got a new computer in August (laptop) and a new computer in December (Desktop) and they came with 32 and 64 bit. I would not qualify - it's total crap.
I remember that. People were moaning (and flamed me for saying "give it a try"...i think i got modded -10 stupidty). Now they love it and think "wow this is great". As another poster said, the only OS that Microsoft came out with that I absolutely hated was ME...hated it then, hate it now, hate it always. The hate is strong.
If MS offers me a free upgrade to win7 that would be awesome. I have vista 32 and 64 (laptop/desktop respectively) and do not look forward to buying TWO copies of their new OS...especially since I got 32 and 64 in august/december (respectively).
The fact you have a lot more people looking at the code, TRYING to find security holes so they can report it. For some odd reason people want their names cited for doing things that will hail them as "heroes" and maybe get them a big fat pay-day.
Companies are typically reactive about these things, not proactive and don't gaurantee timely updates..then again neither does open source. Though if you are using open source, and you know how to program, you could potentially fix issues yourself on the fly.
What the hell does that have to do with text to speech? Your point was DISPROVEN by the fact that works had ALREADY been copied long before the Kindle came with its TTS software.
Just because they didn't make a stink about text to speach before, as far as you know, doesn't invalidate them from making one now.
And the TTS software doesn't even save a copy, so it's not like they could put THAT on ThePirateBay. AND, even if it DID, what's the difference between the Kindle and the ass-tons of other TTS software out there?
Put an audio recording device next to it, and enjoy. The difference is that Amazon has a much bigger customer base, market presence, and this happend to make news.
Next time, try to make sure you actually have a grasp on the situation before using words such as 'Kthxbye'.
Rethink your comment then help yourself to a cup of STFU.
They can buy the brail or audio version dummy. Why would a blind person need to buy the written version other then to give it to someone as a gift? They are blind, they can't read it. If the book hasn't come out yet in audio/brail version then refer to my next point below your copyright law comment.
* Disregard for fair use in copyright law
It's not disregarding fair use laws. Do you even know what they are? They are not concerned with you translating the book to audio so you can personally listen to it, they are concerned you will be passing this around to other people. Go to your favorite torrent site, check the option to search for documents/books, then type in harry potter. My point has been proven. Kthxbye.
If you bought the book and you use a program to translate the book to text for your sole personal use - then don't worry they won't sue you. If however you decide to pass this around to your friends, or put it online as a torrent - then yes they will sue you. There is a huge difference between my first example and second example. In the first you are in the right, in the second you are in the wrong.
The purpose of this is to cover their butts to make sure people can't use loopholes. Again, they won't go after someone doing this for their sole personal use, they will have issues with those who are not so honorable.
They have a right to protect their work/investment.
-The right to not resell my book on the used books market when I'm done? Check.
You can't state it's Amazon behind this and then also claim they are behind not allowing to resell books used. Have you ever bougth books, from Amazon, from their new and used section? I do it all the time, and often times get the book about 75-90% cheaper then brand new.
They probably don't want their books easily converted to audio and then placed on a torrent site - which is a valid desire.
The Guild's claim is that even to read out loud is a production akin to an illegal copy, or a public performance."
Pretty sure they are not talking about the first grade teacher reading a book to her classroom, or a mother reading to her child, or a professor reading to his classrom, or a business owner reading to his employees. Pretty sure they are talking about this technology. Not that I agree with them, but they may be worried people will use this and then copy the audio of the text (which also hinders audio-book sales).
Bad idea because then you get state level politicians who succumb to lobbying in a less visible manner (we tend to pay attention to fed stuff more then state/local stuff). You think the lobbyists would have a hard time bribing people in california? That's the home of the movie industry. Some company would find a way around a state level by parking their headquarters in a state that is friendly to them.
The best option is a bill with ONE topic on it - net neutrality.
Wrong..Republicans are for responsible gov't...Democrats are for stealing money for republicans and giving it to the welfare line folks. Jeez, get it straight boy!
Because in the minds of our leadership, and the stupid-common-man, there can be no benefit to space exploration. Nevermind:
1) Exploration expands our knowledge, intelligence, imagination, soul
2) Helps innovate technologies such as: Satellites, cell phones, fire-retardent materials firemen use, microwaves, cereal marshmellows, weather detection/prediction, and more
3) A way to help enrich us with healthy competition/cooperation with the International communities (we were never so great as when we raced against Russia to the sky...it was a healthy way to show dominence, you know without blowing each other up).
No - sorry my/. friend - but space exploration is not necessary to us at all, in fact, putting your tax dollars, in the bailout, to support Hollywood is much more important.
You would need to sacrifice some components for cheaper ones and sometimes these systems are tweaked so they do one thing and they do it well, but just barely.
P.S.
This would have been a first post, but the first post i got a "wait up a second your typing too fast", then when i tried to repost I got the "you have posted within the last minute"....I think the/. forum is buggy
My ATM example wasn't about ease of access to alternatives (though those not local to philly or who are not in the area of their banks do not have an option - especially since not everyone accepts credit cards). My example was to illustrate that the moment gov't removes restrictions for businesses they will do whatever they can to make a profit - and that is why we see such high ATM fees, even though the costs/transaction, to these companies is nil.
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Chicken pox is so rarely fatal
Like for example garbage about kids dying from chicken pox?
In one sentence you claim it is garbage that kids die from chicken pox, in another you state it happens (even though rarely).
Then again your dumb ass neglects to think of (or at least state) that I was using a generalization (maybe wrong to do so on my part, but not enough to counter my arguments).
Not in the everyday sense, nor, evidently, in the legal sense. Why do you insist not only that every word have the one same sense in every single context? That's not even true within science itself.
Water is a chemical, period. I don't know how you are getting that it is sometimes a chemical and sometimes not a chemical. You swim in water...it is a chemical. You drink water...it is a chemical. You look at water...it is a chemical. You talk about water...it is a chemical. We are talking about a physical thing. As for "why do you insist not only that every word have the one same..." I do not know where you are getting this from. Where did I say that, hint that, or argue that? As a communications expert I am fully aware that words can have different meanings/symbols based on time, place, audience, context. A prime example is the swastika. Today most people know it as a symbol of racism, hatred, warmongering, Hitler, Nazi Germany. But it wasn't always like that...it is a symbol used by Hindu (buddhist) religion.
Allergic reaction to a chemical is not the fault of the company producing this chemical, it is the bodies fault for rejecting it. It's like blaming peanut butter companies if I eat peanut butter and have an allergic reaction. To blame the company for this is abhorrently wrong. You blame a company when they make medicine that causes harm to anyone who uses it properly. In the case of these vaccinations, they have been used for MANY MANY years and there is no evidence it causes people harm. Even if it did in .01% of the population, as long as they make it known they are OK - but so far there is no evidence that links the two together except for the timing - which timing is circumstantial and not valid in any court of law in and of itself.
Uhm...water is a chemical... h2o (lower-case so o is not mistaken for zero).
The parents concern is stirred with the timing..autism and vaccinations happen around the same time, so they are using the logical fallacy "Post hoc ergo propert hoc". They are confused, frustrated and don't know any better - and there is always a lawyer or extremist looking to use that to their advantage.
Another thing that gives them a basis is that chemicals are injected into their kids at the same time, and they believe there is a bad interaction...then throw in the word "mercury" - known for poisoning people and it is not hard to understand why people, who are confused, frustrated and don't know any better are pointing fingers at vaccinations.
Given that - we need to slap around the idiots who like to argue in the face of evidence instead of hiring scientists to research and prove their claims.
You are correct, a judge is not an expert (unless he happens to have been a scientist in the field, not likely). But the judge did look at medical experts testimony and apparantly none of them are saying it is the fault of vaccines...that should mean something. The judge has access to qualified people - he is regurgitating their expert testimony and turning that into judicial law/precedent with his ruling that concurs with them.
I feel sorry for the families who are dealing with this. They are looking for someone/thing to blame/explain why this is happening to their kid. They are looking for someone/thing to pay for these mistakes. Unfortunately autism and child vaccinations happen around the same age so it's being at the wrong place and wrong time.
Humans want answers and they want someone to pay for their mistakes, so they will invent one or believe the ramblings of famous people (ala Jenny McCarthy who should just shut up and pose for the camera).
Presently there is absolutely no medical evidence to support this. Lots of kids get these vaccines and are OK. The percentage of kids who gets these vaccines and develop autism is the same percentage of kids who get autism just because it happens.
The only evidence that shows these vaccines may cause autism are the babbling chatter of actors/actresses like Jenny McCarthy, who frequently loves to go on insane rants/shout vests against doctors/scientists - telling them they are wrong and she is right.
Autism is horrible, so is your kid dying of meals, mumps, chicken pox, etc. Let's not spread hype/garbage.
Yea just read the article. I got a new computer in August (laptop) and a new computer in December (Desktop) and they came with 32 and 64 bit. I would not qualify - it's total crap.
I remember that. People were moaning (and flamed me for saying "give it a try"...i think i got modded -10 stupidty). Now they love it and think "wow this is great". As another poster said, the only OS that Microsoft came out with that I absolutely hated was ME...hated it then, hate it now, hate it always. The hate is strong.
If MS offers me a free upgrade to win7 that would be awesome. I have vista 32 and 64 (laptop/desktop respectively) and do not look forward to buying TWO copies of their new OS...especially since I got 32 and 64 in august/december (respectively).
It was trying to hit Haliburton, but it was using MS OS and had a BSOD sending it off-course.
The fact you have a lot more people looking at the code, TRYING to find security holes so they can report it. For some odd reason people want their names cited for doing things that will hail them as "heroes" and maybe get them a big fat pay-day.
Companies are typically reactive about these things, not proactive and don't gaurantee timely updates..then again neither does open source. Though if you are using open source, and you know how to program, you could potentially fix issues yourself on the fly.
What the hell does that have to do with text to speech? Your point was DISPROVEN by the fact that works had ALREADY been copied long before the Kindle came with its TTS software.
Just because they didn't make a stink about text to speach before, as far as you know, doesn't invalidate them from making one now.
And the TTS software doesn't even save a copy, so it's not like they could put THAT on ThePirateBay. AND, even if it DID, what's the difference between the Kindle and the ass-tons of other TTS software out there?
Put an audio recording device next to it, and enjoy. The difference is that Amazon has a much bigger customer base, market presence, and this happend to make news.
Next time, try to make sure you actually have a grasp on the situation before using words such as 'Kthxbye'.
Rethink your comment then help yourself to a cup of STFU.
* Discrimination against blind users
They can buy the brail or audio version dummy. Why would a blind person need to buy the written version other then to give it to someone as a gift? They are blind, they can't read it. If the book hasn't come out yet in audio/brail version then refer to my next point below your copyright law comment.
* Disregard for fair use in copyright law
It's not disregarding fair use laws. Do you even know what they are? They are not concerned with you translating the book to audio so you can personally listen to it, they are concerned you will be passing this around to other people. Go to your favorite torrent site, check the option to search for documents/books, then type in harry potter. My point has been proven. Kthxbye.
* Dinosaur-like worldviews * Dinosaur-like brains
Drivel.
If you bought the book and you use a program to translate the book to text for your sole personal use - then don't worry they won't sue you. If however you decide to pass this around to your friends, or put it online as a torrent - then yes they will sue you. There is a huge difference between my first example and second example. In the first you are in the right, in the second you are in the wrong.
The purpose of this is to cover their butts to make sure people can't use loopholes. Again, they won't go after someone doing this for their sole personal use, they will have issues with those who are not so honorable.
They have a right to protect their work/investment.
it's Amazon and the Kindle. Let's review...
-The right to not resell my book on the used books market when I'm done? Check.
You can't state it's Amazon behind this and then also claim they are behind not allowing to resell books used. Have you ever bougth books, from Amazon, from their new and used section? I do it all the time, and often times get the book about 75-90% cheaper then brand new.
They probably don't want their books easily converted to audio and then placed on a torrent site - which is a valid desire.
The Guild's claim is that even to read out loud is a production akin to an illegal copy, or a public performance."
Pretty sure they are not talking about the first grade teacher reading a book to her classroom, or a mother reading to her child, or a professor reading to his classrom, or a business owner reading to his employees. Pretty sure they are talking about this technology. Not that I agree with them, but they may be worried people will use this and then copy the audio of the text (which also hinders audio-book sales).
Bad idea because then you get state level politicians who succumb to lobbying in a less visible manner (we tend to pay attention to fed stuff more then state/local stuff). You think the lobbyists would have a hard time bribing people in california? That's the home of the movie industry. Some company would find a way around a state level by parking their headquarters in a state that is friendly to them.
The best option is a bill with ONE topic on it - net neutrality.
They're for responsible government, remember?
Wrong..Republicans are for responsible gov't...Democrats are for stealing money for republicans and giving it to the welfare line folks. Jeez, get it straight boy!
Since you are required to use your full name when signing a mortgage document, this guy's home buying must be a BITCH!
But we have to choose between Europa or Titan.
Because in the minds of our leadership, and the stupid-common-man, there can be no benefit to space exploration. Nevermind:
/. friend - but space exploration is not necessary to us at all, in fact, putting your tax dollars, in the bailout, to support Hollywood is much more important.
1) Exploration expands our knowledge, intelligence, imagination, soul
2) Helps innovate technologies such as: Satellites, cell phones, fire-retardent materials firemen use, microwaves, cereal marshmellows, weather detection/prediction, and more
3) A way to help enrich us with healthy competition/cooperation with the International communities (we were never so great as when we raced against Russia to the sky...it was a healthy way to show dominence, you know without blowing each other up).
No - sorry my
/. needs to be deregulated :) Sides good trolls know how to time things JUST right.
You would need to sacrifice some components for cheaper ones and sometimes these systems are tweaked so they do one thing and they do it well, but just barely.
Too bad we /.'d the site.
/. forum is buggy
P.S. This would have been a first post, but the first post i got a "wait up a second your typing too fast", then when i tried to repost I got the "you have posted within the last minute"....I think the
My ATM example wasn't about ease of access to alternatives (though those not local to philly or who are not in the area of their banks do not have an option - especially since not everyone accepts credit cards). My example was to illustrate that the moment gov't removes restrictions for businesses they will do whatever they can to make a profit - and that is why we see such high ATM fees, even though the costs/transaction, to these companies is nil.
And you think gov't can't prevent monopolies/oligopolies? Fail again.