Sure they would. Digital goods can be stolen just like physical goods. The car analogy is simple and easy to understand, but another analogy would be a database of customer information that I have gathered on my computer system. If you break into my computer copy the database to your server then delete mine, you have stolen it and I can petition the courts for my database back.
I think you have this backwards. BSD emphasizes freedom for everyone at the expense of the original developer and third parties, while gpl emphasizes freedom for the original dev over others.
What I mean by this is that the bsd basically says "I the dev allow you everyone else to do whatever you want, including making changes to the software without giving back to me or any third party." The gpl says " you can to what you want with this software, but you must give me (and third parties) any changes you make"
I don't have a problem with this. The company may have been dumb to put this much power in one person's hands, and perhaps they got what they had coming in someone's eyes, but it doesn't excuse this behavior. If I had the only key to the server room and got fired but didn't turn in the key, I would expect retribution of some form, especially if the office had a steel door that took weeks to break down.
See, the thing is, it's not a key. It's a part of your body that unlocks the computer system. Specifically, the "key" is a series of electrical pulses in your head. Those electrical pulses belong to you because they are inside you.
To follow your analogy... the problem here is that the "key" in question belongs to YOU not the city. Why the city was ok with letting the server room be locked with YOUR key is a sign of their stupidity, but their stupidity shouldn't be YOUR problem. If you hyjacked their system so that none of THEIR keys worked properly... that's a completely separate issue to discuss.
Why is it YOUR key and not theirs? Because the key is actually a part of your brain, and a government or an employer cannot claim eminent domain over the contents of your brain, as the slippery slope induced is just barbaric beyond imagining.
When the city fired him, he took HIS key and went home.
Wrong. Denying service because of race is against the law. Denying service because the buyer is anon is not.
It's not as black and white as that (no pun intended). Denying service is based on class of people. While the wording of the act certainly lends itself to denying service based on race (or other similar visible discrimination), the legal definition has been argued with a much wider interpretation. A good lawyer could argue that people wanting to protect their 4th amendment right are a class of people and should therefore not be discriminated against.
Do I think it would win? Not really. But I certainly think there is an argument to be made.
This 'stolen credit card' problem is not the fault of people wanting to protect their privacy, and doing this TOR blocking is simply a lazy and error prone protection method. A real solution should not involve forcing people to give up their human rights in order to shop.
Sailors fighting in the dance hall Oh man, look at those cavemen go it's the freakiest show take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show
It's inevitable to have a two party system. NDP is moving more to the right, and Liberals are moving more to the left. Eventually we'll have the Liberal Democratic party vs the Conservatives. In Quebec it'll be LD vs BQ as Quebec hates the Tories (and frankly they are addicted to the handouts from the rest of Canada)
Green party is going nowhere and never will, It's policies will be adopted by the NDP before NDP and Liberals merge.
I think this is really too bad, because our version of democracy is based on individual ridings. I really hate that people think they are electing a prime minister (they are electing a member of parliament to represent them to the House of Commons).
Actually, the unwritten contract is that "if facebook becomes too unpleasant to use, I will stop giving facebooks my valuable data"
AKA if they change things so much that I find it annoying to use (or cant figure it out period), I'll stop using it. Since Timeline, I expect that my usage has had a significant drop as I no longer can "use" a lot of the features I once did. Specifically there were a few fan-pages I attended at least 3 or 4 times an evening that I don't use at all now because I cant figure out how to use these pages for chatting with other fans with this timeline thing.
It's not that I dont use facebook anymore, it's just that I use it less, and im more focused in what I do with it.
My mother is a Neo-conservative Christian party-line voter, and even she is considering voting for Obama again
looks like your mom is a double idiot.
Because she is a Christian voting for Obama, or because she is party-line voter voting against her party line, or because she is a party-line voting Christian.
If you're an idiot or insane. For normal functional human beings who are not either semi-retarded or sociopaths, he's what you might call a very dangerous, foolish, ignorant man.
This has been a case study in ad-hominem attacks. Thank you for reading.
Now that you mention it... why doesn't Neil DeGrasse Tyson run for President? I mean, he can explain the tides; a phenomenon previously only describable by gods!
"What theh fuck. My size fucking funny to you? Am I a fucking Halfling or something? You know what? Fuck you! Here's what were gonna do kay? We're gonna take this fucking ring; and we're gonna SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR FUCKING SAURON THROAT!"
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And the people the trade those bitcoins with also cover their tails.
Sure they would. Digital goods can be stolen just like physical goods. The car analogy is simple and easy to understand, but another analogy would be a database of customer information that I have gathered on my computer system. If you break into my computer copy the database to your server then delete mine, you have stolen it and I can petition the courts for my database back.
Where: Japan
When: when enough evidence is gathered.
Which can be de-annonomized when the user is not careful.
I think you have this backwards. BSD emphasizes freedom for everyone at the expense of the original developer and third parties, while gpl emphasizes freedom for the original dev over others.
What I mean by this is that the bsd basically says "I the dev allow you everyone else to do whatever you want, including making changes to the software without giving back to me or any third party." The gpl says " you can to what you want with this software, but you must give me (and third parties) any changes you make"
The Tea Party isn't a formal organization. Anyone who claims to speak for the movement is lying
I speak for the entire Tea Party when I say...
CHANGE PLACES!
I don't have a problem with this. The company may have been dumb to put this much power in one person's hands, and perhaps they got what they had coming in someone's eyes, but it doesn't excuse this behavior. If I had the only key to the server room and got fired but didn't turn in the key, I would expect retribution of some form, especially if the office had a steel door that took weeks to break down.
See, the thing is, it's not a key. It's a part of your body that unlocks the computer system. Specifically, the "key" is a series of electrical pulses in your head. Those electrical pulses belong to you because they are inside you.
To follow your analogy... the problem here is that the "key" in question belongs to YOU not the city. Why the city was ok with letting the server room be locked with YOUR key is a sign of their stupidity, but their stupidity shouldn't be YOUR problem. If you hyjacked their system so that none of THEIR keys worked properly... that's a completely separate issue to discuss.
Why is it YOUR key and not theirs? Because the key is actually a part of your brain, and a government or an employer cannot claim eminent domain over the contents of your brain, as the slippery slope induced is just barbaric beyond imagining.
When the city fired him, he took HIS key and went home.
Wrong. Denying service because of race is against the law. Denying service because the buyer is anon is not.
It's not as black and white as that (no pun intended). Denying service is based on class of people. While the wording of the act certainly lends itself to denying service based on race (or other similar visible discrimination), the legal definition has been argued with a much wider interpretation. A good lawyer could argue that people wanting to protect their 4th amendment right are a class of people and should therefore not be discriminated against.
Do I think it would win? Not really. But I certainly think there is an argument to be made.
This 'stolen credit card' problem is not the fault of people wanting to protect their privacy, and doing this TOR blocking is simply a lazy and error prone protection method. A real solution should not involve forcing people to give up their human rights in order to shop.
Yes, Butt "pussy" is the type of pussy when there is no womens.
Bonus: Protects turkey from mind control rays!
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man, look at those cavemen go
it's the freakiest show
take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?
It's silly because everyone has already stockpiled 2000 years of twinkies... OBVIOUSLY.
There will always be someone wrong on the internet.
This is an incorrect statement.
Simple, Bill Clinton isn't a person... hes a sex machine. Awwweee yaaahhhh
It's inevitable to have a two party system. NDP is moving more to the right, and Liberals are moving more to the left. Eventually we'll have the Liberal Democratic party vs the Conservatives. In Quebec it'll be LD vs BQ as Quebec hates the Tories (and frankly they are addicted to the handouts from the rest of Canada)
Green party is going nowhere and never will, It's policies will be adopted by the NDP before NDP and Liberals merge.
I think this is really too bad, because our version of democracy is based on individual ridings. I really hate that people think they are electing a prime minister (they are electing a member of parliament to represent them to the House of Commons).
I don't look like Mexican.
But you do look Canadian. Hands above your head, alien scum, we're sending you back to your igloo!
The Que looked fucking awesome. I was rather distraught when they canceled it (and bought a kindle dx graphite).
Facebook owes you nothing
Actually, the unwritten contract is that "if facebook becomes too unpleasant to use, I will stop giving facebooks my valuable data"
AKA if they change things so much that I find it annoying to use (or cant figure it out period), I'll stop using it. Since Timeline, I expect that my usage has had a significant drop as I no longer can "use" a lot of the features I once did. Specifically there were a few fan-pages I attended at least 3 or 4 times an evening that I don't use at all now because I cant figure out how to use these pages for chatting with other fans with this timeline thing.
It's not that I dont use facebook anymore, it's just that I use it less, and im more focused in what I do with it.
My mother is a Neo-conservative Christian party-line voter, and even she is considering voting for Obama again
looks like your mom is a double idiot.
Because she is a Christian voting for Obama, or because she is party-line voter voting against her party line, or because she is a party-line voting Christian.
Let me guess... all three.
If you're an idiot or insane. For normal functional human beings who are not either semi-retarded or sociopaths, he's what you might call a very dangerous, foolish, ignorant man.
This has been a case study in ad-hominem attacks. Thank you for reading.
Now that you mention it... why doesn't Neil DeGrasse Tyson run for President? I mean, he can explain the tides; a phenomenon previously only describable by gods!
This article made me watch Donnie Darko
Joe Pesci would be an awesome Frodo.
"What theh fuck. My size fucking funny to you? Am I a fucking Halfling or something? You know what? Fuck you!
Here's what were gonna do kay? We're gonna take this fucking ring; and we're gonna SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR FUCKING SAURON THROAT!"
Im glad you feel this way... One less competitor for that sweet sweet rump.
Actually, most of us didn't vote for them.