It [...] ensured that the none fighting population of a city that did not where protected.
Really? Then why does it call for the deaths of all the men, including any who did not or could not fight?
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I will never understand the critic mentality.
Then don't criticize it.
You don't have to invent hidden meanings and motives behind them.
That's right, you don't have to invent what's already there. If you don't see these things, fine -- but if you're blind, don't mock the sighted for perceiving things you can't.
I haven't been deprived of my identity, but I have been deprived of exclusive use of my identity.
Which, in the case of identity, can indeed deprive you of part of your identity. If someone runs up bills on your credit card, your own "copy" of your identity is directly and adversely affected. Of course, if they just copy your identity and never exploit it in such a way, you won't be affected -- but in that case, you wouldn't know to care about it. The latter scenario is much closer to copyright infringement, but it's the former that people associate with "identity theft".
We shouldn't base our regulations on what normal people can do, but what people genuinely need to do. If there's no need for every radio operator to know Morse code, it should be irrelevant whether they're capable of using it.
If you "grow up" yourself, you may likewise come to realize that groups of like-minded yes-men are much less productive than those that incorporate a more diverse set of individual ideas, and that indulging in petty retribution against defeated rivals ensures that the next time you yourself stumble you'll be stabbed in the back.
Yep. Hardware differences are already a problem with DNG -- the only compression scheme it allows for is one that Canon cameras already do but Nikon's current in-camera processors can't. (Nikon also uses RAW compression, but by a different method.)
For the record, the encryption had already been broken when this story first started making the rounds on Slashdot and elsewhere. That fact just wasn't mentioned in those first writeups.
They have murders, but how many more casual murders would there be if the punishment for the crime was not potentially so severe?
Good question. On the other hand, how many fewer murders would there be if the state didn't act as an exemplar of the idea that killing people who do bad things is ok?
I'm serious. To my knowledge, it has never been proven that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent than life in prison. If you have data to the contrary, please share. If not, check the speculation at the door.
Ah, but it was used correctly in the post you're responding to! That was a response to someone using this issue to instill fear, uncertainty, and doubt regarding the potential dangers of the GPL.
If you think the LOTR movies "trashed" the books, then you would probably not like *any adaptation* of a book.
Jackson did trash Two Towers, which ought to have been much more suited to the screen than Fellowship. Look at how badly Theoden's character got screwed -- converted from probably the most sympathetic human character in the novel into an arrogant, cowardly fool. Not only did Jackson and his screenwriters turn that character into cardboard, he rewrote things so that holding the Hornburg was the safe and stupid action rather than a brave last stand that would be the one hope for the country. In so doing, he takes one of the two great battles of the novel and drops it into a context where it is made to feel wrong and pointless. Then Jackson compounds the fuckup by cutting out the final confrontation with Saruman and pushing forward the Shelob encounter to RotK; with those three key elements gone, the entire movie winds up being pretty pointless too.
Maybe saying that Jackson and his screenwriters trashed LOTR is too harsh, but they really did fuck up Two Towers.
Because you don't just have to activate the game the first time you run it -- something's not right with their system. My copy of Half-Life was de-activated after running happily (and exclusively) in offline mode for a month or two. How many more times can I expect this to happen?
Nice try, but it doesn't really work when American liberals aren't associated in the public mind with any of those items on the left sides of your equations, except perhaps for "more privacy". What any of this says about "American liberals" [sic] and "the public mind" [sic] is left as an exercise for the reader.
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It [...] ensured that the none fighting population of a city that did not where protected.
Really? Then why does it call for the deaths of all the men, including any who did not or could not fight?
I will never understand the critic mentality.
Then don't criticize it.
You don't have to invent hidden meanings and motives behind them.
That's right, you don't have to invent what's already there. If you don't see these things, fine -- but if you're blind, don't mock the sighted for perceiving things you can't.
He refused to allow a vigorous inspection to prove he didn't have them.
I guess the UN inspectors recalled immediately before the US invasion just weren't vigorous enough, eh?
And anyway, he likely had them up 'til the day of the invasion, when they were trucked to Syria.
Rationalization springs eternal.
It wasn't till the levies broke (which was when, late Monday or early Tuesday?) that things started to get bad.
Of course, that event had been anticipated well in advance.
Are all liberals fucking idiots?
No. Are all whatever-you-ares fucking incapable of planning to meet immediately forseeable contingencies?
Yet, I believe everyone would call these acts "theft."
Indeed, and the common thread which connects them to each other but not to copyright infringement.... is exactly what the parent post had said it was.
I haven't been deprived of my identity, but I have been deprived of exclusive use of my identity.
.... Oopsie!
Which, in the case of identity, can indeed deprive you of part of your identity. If someone runs up bills on your credit card, your own "copy" of your identity is directly and adversely affected. Of course, if they just copy your identity and never exploit it in such a way, you won't be affected -- but in that case, you wouldn't know to care about it. The latter scenario is much closer to copyright infringement, but it's the former that people associate with "identity theft".
Theft-- larceny, robbery, stealing, thievery, burglary, housebreaking; embezzlement, embezzling, graft, misappropriation; filching, pilfering, purloining, shoplifting
Don't consult a thesaurus for legal advice.
We shouldn't base our regulations on what normal people can do, but what people genuinely need to do. If there's no need for every radio operator to know Morse code, it should be irrelevant whether they're capable of using it.
A listener is not capable of judging whether the original voice acting "vastly superior" without knowing the language it's spoken in.
Perhaps because some of them are bad?
tying the requirements to transportation infrastructure money IS constitutional.
It isn't, but good luck getting a Supreme Court that recognizes the fact.
If you "grow up" yourself, you may likewise come to realize that groups of like-minded yes-men are much less productive than those that incorporate a more diverse set of individual ideas, and that indulging in petty retribution against defeated rivals ensures that the next time you yourself stumble you'll be stabbed in the back.
Yep. Hardware differences are already a problem with DNG -- the only compression scheme it allows for is one that Canon cameras already do but Nikon's current in-camera processors can't. (Nikon also uses RAW compression, but by a different method.)
For the record, the encryption had already been broken when this story first started making the rounds on Slashdot and elsewhere. That fact just wasn't mentioned in those first writeups.
They have murders, but how many more casual murders would there be if the punishment for the crime was not potentially so severe?
Good question. On the other hand, how many fewer murders would there be if the state didn't act as an exemplar of the idea that killing people who do bad things is ok?
I'm serious. To my knowledge, it has never been proven that the death penalty is a more effective deterrent than life in prison. If you have data to the contrary, please share. If not, check the speculation at the door.
Unfortunately, no standalone raw processors can support Nikon's encrypted format
dcraw has support, Bibble has announced support.
What Nikon is saying is that Nikon owns the file and that the photographer does not.
Nikon hasn't said jack. You're parroting what Adobe said Nikon thinks.
Come on, SteveM, making shit up for rhetorical purposes is wrong, and it's unfortunate to see that some moderators fell for it.
Unless you also boycott Photoshop, that achieves nothing. Adobe is a bigger DMCA abuser than Nikon will ever be.
Ah, but it was used correctly in the post you're responding to! That was a response to someone using this issue to instill fear, uncertainty, and doubt regarding the potential dangers of the GPL.
Creativity by definition requires human imagination and technical skill.
A narrow definition.
You have no understanding of the human soul, as yours is empty of all great virtues.
Your cup, on the other hand, seems quite full.
If you think the LOTR movies "trashed" the books, then you would probably not like *any adaptation* of a book.
Jackson did trash Two Towers, which ought to have been much more suited to the screen than Fellowship. Look at how badly Theoden's character got screwed -- converted from probably the most sympathetic human character in the novel into an arrogant, cowardly fool. Not only did Jackson and his screenwriters turn that character into cardboard, he rewrote things so that holding the Hornburg was the safe and stupid action rather than a brave last stand that would be the one hope for the country. In so doing, he takes one of the two great battles of the novel and drops it into a context where it is made to feel wrong and pointless. Then Jackson compounds the fuckup by cutting out the final confrontation with Saruman and pushing forward the Shelob encounter to RotK; with those three key elements gone, the entire movie winds up being pretty pointless too.
Maybe saying that Jackson and his screenwriters trashed LOTR is too harsh, but they really did fuck up Two Towers.
If you correctly specified what you needed, you'll be getting it either way.
BSD license does not require anything of the code put under it.
Exactly. Since yours is more restrictive and does, your code can't be incorporated into a BSD-licensed project.
Investments are also purchases -- they entail spending money for a share of something. A "sales" tax which ignores such purchases is not a "FairTax".
Because you don't just have to activate the game the first time you run it -- something's not right with their system. My copy of Half-Life was de-activated after running happily (and exclusively) in offline mode for a month or two. How many more times can I expect this to happen?
Nice try, but it doesn't really work when American liberals aren't associated in the public mind with any of those items on the left sides of your equations, except perhaps for "more privacy". What any of this says about "American liberals" [sic] and "the public mind" [sic] is left as an exercise for the reader.
Russia? An absolute monarchy becomes an absolute dictatorship becomes a fledgling democracy.
...and then starts showing signs of becoming a dictatorship again, in fact if not in name. Time will tell.
Historical evidence as far as I can see shows that the people revolt against subjugation when the government becomes onerous. Just a matter of time.
Sure. Historical evidence also shows that most of these revolts are forcibly suppressed.