The real reason for pushback against the global warmist 'consensus' is that it is [...] political.
FTFY. If you had mentioned any "facts" in your post I could have corrected them for you, but alas you just wanted to play the victim card. If one person says they think something, then another person tells them why they are wrong and provides evidence to support it, the first person wasn't being oppressed. If the person ignores the evidence and continues to spout nonsense, other people will tell them that they're wrong too. He's still not being oppressed. As you seem to think that the Holocaust and global warming are the only two things which have ever been described by the word "denier" could you suggest a new word we could use for the people who ignore the evidence about climate change?
Do you disagree with the IR spectra of CO2? Do you disagree with the chemical processes that form or degrade CO2? Do you disagree with the IR spectra of water or methane?
Well established scientific facts are really quite self explanatory, putting your fingers in your ears and listening to "experts" doesn't change that.
It's not about having an identity, it's about what parts of that identity you choose to express, and the appropriate times and places for that. I know a few people who despite being Christian are very nice people, so I don't rant at them about inconsistency in the bible as I know it'll do nothing but aggravate them. I do however like to share funny anti-religious pictures/jokes/whathaveyou with my atheist friends. Having everybody pooled together on Facebook gives me that pause of "is this appropriate for everyone who'll see this?"
All of those reasons make sense if the purpose of copyright was to give publishers free money for life, however they don't really tie into the public interest.
1.) I'll give you this point, once you get over the idea of someone else "owning" the characters in your game then you've lost most of the control you had over it. Of course, after a time these characters should enter the public domain and then you should be free to do as you will. 2.) If Mario Party 7 doesn't offer a compelling reason to buy it over Mario Party 6 then we don't really need it. Selling the same crap over again because it has different packaging is a drain on society. (See LingNio's post about EA sports franchises.) 3.) I agree that video games should not be substantially different from music or movies. Song of the South should be in the public domain by now, anyone should be able to copy it and sell it to whoever wants it. The views espoused in the film may be inconceivable to a modern viewer (I'm assuming, I haven't actually seen it), but it is an important part of history. We can't change history by ignoring it, but by remembering it we can make sure we don't end up back in the same situation.
I guess this is all answered with the "limited time" clause and public domain, but the fact that I don't want to sell you my car doesn't then entitle you to come steal it, even if it has been sitting unused in a garage of a property I infrequently visit and probably wouldn't even notice it was gone.
I remember reading somewhere that you can basically pick your own race. So even if you were born in America from white anglo saxon protestant parents, and your roots don't lead to Africa unless you go back 40,000 years, if you feel like you identify with being an African American then that's what you are officially.
'Course, I could be completely wrong. (Kinda half the point of posting this here so someone will correct me.)
Do you dispute the fact that CO2 interacts with infr-red radiation, or do you dispute the fact that burning organics compounds has a by-product of CO2? Perhaps you dispute the fact that humans burn organic compounds? I'm not sure what else there really is to dispute...
Your post was quite idiotic, too. Calling someone wrong doesn't make you sound smart. If you share a little more information about why they're wrong and maybe help them get to be right, that might make you sound smart.
Is it just me or has there been a trend of these kinds of posts recently around here. Ok, thank you for telling us that little booby tables was wrong about the date of some Warner Brothers cartoons. Would you please elucidate about the correct date and maybe make us all slightly more enlightened by your brilliance?
Not that I mean to imply that the government is protecting the constitution as well as they should be but mentioning the right to bear arms gets me going.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
What exactly is the "well regulated militia" doing in NYC?
I think you're misunderstanding his position. Those people in power have been removing history classes so that people under 30 (who didn't get a proper history education) won't be able to see the power grab the power brokers are making until it's too late.
As for you not being American, I am also not American, but I am working over here and started dating a local. When one of her high-school-aged nieces was having trouble in American history classes they asked me to help her out, as it seems I know more than anyone in their family about their history.
Yes, the world is every bit as simple as you were lead to believe in grade school. Computers were created just as they are now in 1943, and no potential or intended uses for them have altered their development in any way.
The farmer doesn't care where one particular tomato goes, just as the artist doesn't care who in particular was listening to her track. The farmer does know that he's selling a lot more tomatoes to stores in Austin than he sells to stores in Houston, so it would benefit him to make arrangements with warehouses (or something like that, I don't really know much about the logistics involved in tomatoes) closer to Austin than Houston. Similarly, the musician would like to know whether her track is being played more in Austin or Houston to decide if she should play her next concert in Austin or Houston.
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The real reason for pushback against the global warmist 'consensus' is that it is [...] political.
FTFY. If you had mentioned any "facts" in your post I could have corrected them for you, but alas you just wanted to play the victim card. If one person says they think something, then another person tells them why they are wrong and provides evidence to support it, the first person wasn't being oppressed. If the person ignores the evidence and continues to spout nonsense, other people will tell them that they're wrong too. He's still not being oppressed. As you seem to think that the Holocaust and global warming are the only two things which have ever been described by the word "denier" could you suggest a new word we could use for the people who ignore the evidence about climate change?
Do you disagree with the IR spectra of CO2?
Do you disagree with the chemical processes that form or degrade CO2?
Do you disagree with the IR spectra of water or methane?
Well established scientific facts are really quite self explanatory, putting your fingers in your ears and listening to "experts" doesn't change that.
It's not about having an identity, it's about what parts of that identity you choose to express, and the appropriate times and places for that. I know a few people who despite being Christian are very nice people, so I don't rant at them about inconsistency in the bible as I know it'll do nothing but aggravate them. I do however like to share funny anti-religious pictures/jokes/whathaveyou with my atheist friends. Having everybody pooled together on Facebook gives me that pause of "is this appropriate for everyone who'll see this?"
The combination of Prince William and "titular" made me chuckle. 'Cause billy likes tits.
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All of those reasons make sense if the purpose of copyright was to give publishers free money for life, however they don't really tie into the public interest.
1.) I'll give you this point, once you get over the idea of someone else "owning" the characters in your game then you've lost most of the control you had over it. Of course, after a time these characters should enter the public domain and then you should be free to do as you will.
2.) If Mario Party 7 doesn't offer a compelling reason to buy it over Mario Party 6 then we don't really need it. Selling the same crap over again because it has different packaging is a drain on society. (See LingNio's post about EA sports franchises.)
3.) I agree that video games should not be substantially different from music or movies. Song of the South should be in the public domain by now, anyone should be able to copy it and sell it to whoever wants it. The views espoused in the film may be inconceivable to a modern viewer (I'm assuming, I haven't actually seen it), but it is an important part of history. We can't change history by ignoring it, but by remembering it we can make sure we don't end up back in the same situation.
I guess this is all answered with the "limited time" clause and public domain, but the fact that I don't want to sell you my car doesn't then entitle you to come steal it, even if it has been sitting unused in a garage of a property I infrequently visit and probably wouldn't even notice it was gone.
Well, we know that's a lie. As long as you're on the internet you're sucking from the government teat just like the rest of us.
... and then post about it on the DARPA-developed internet.
I didn't think it would be anything other than a variable until I saw your post. If he were being snide it would have been $cientist.
In Soviet Russia, joke plays YOU out.
Well, you'd be using the regenerative braking to be charging up the batteries as you go. So ... more than infinite?
I remember reading somewhere that you can basically pick your own race. So even if you were born in America from white anglo saxon protestant parents, and your roots don't lead to Africa unless you go back 40,000 years, if you feel like you identify with being an African American then that's what you are officially.
'Course, I could be completely wrong. (Kinda half the point of posting this here so someone will correct me.)
I was about to go searching for 2 girls, 1 robocup.
I have another one: http://xkcd.com/687/
Do you dispute the fact that CO2 interacts with infr-red radiation, or do you dispute the fact that burning organics compounds has a by-product of CO2? Perhaps you dispute the fact that humans burn organic compounds? I'm not sure what else there really is to dispute...
Your post was quite idiotic, too. Calling someone wrong doesn't make you sound smart. If you share a little more information about why they're wrong and maybe help them get to be right, that might make you sound smart.
Then they'd only get 99 cents for the whole album.
Is it just me or has there been a trend of these kinds of posts recently around here. Ok, thank you for telling us that little booby tables was wrong about the date of some Warner Brothers cartoons. Would you please elucidate about the correct date and maybe make us all slightly more enlightened by your brilliance?
Prohibited from saying what the data is, Grotzinger couldn't help himself and gave the public a morsel of a hint while quietly snickering to himself.
I see what you did there.
Not that I mean to imply that the government is protecting the constitution as well as they should be but mentioning the right to bear arms gets me going.
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
What exactly is the "well regulated militia" doing in NYC?
I think you're misunderstanding his position. Those people in power have been removing history classes so that people under 30 (who didn't get a proper history education) won't be able to see the power grab the power brokers are making until it's too late.
As for you not being American, I am also not American, but I am working over here and started dating a local. When one of her high-school-aged nieces was having trouble in American history classes they asked me to help her out, as it seems I know more than anyone in their family about their history.
Yes, the world is every bit as simple as you were lead to believe in grade school. Computers were created just as they are now in 1943, and no potential or intended uses for them have altered their development in any way.
The farmer doesn't care where one particular tomato goes, just as the artist doesn't care who in particular was listening to her track. The farmer does know that he's selling a lot more tomatoes to stores in Austin than he sells to stores in Houston, so it would benefit him to make arrangements with warehouses (or something like that, I don't really know much about the logistics involved in tomatoes) closer to Austin than Houston. Similarly, the musician would like to know whether her track is being played more in Austin or Houston to decide if she should play her next concert in Austin or Houston.