This generation's equivalent of the printing press is being used to construct weapons. How is his helping the human condition? Can't we do something better than this?
Is whinging about it doing anything better? Doesn't seem that way.
You left out the need for some decent metalworking skills.
That's because such skill is unnecessary.
Seriously; anybody with a $15 Lowe's gift card, a free afternoon, and enough mechanical aptitude to assemble a Wal-Mart bookshelf can make themselves an effective weapon.
The main effect of typical bureaucratic over-reaction to these cheap plastic guns for us Americans is going to be even more draconian gate rape at the airports.
This is true, these are not for serious gun owners.
They are for members of a resistance movement who are otherwise unarmed, and are meant for the close-up killing of an enemy soldier so you can steal his weapons. That's what the original WW2 Liberator was designed for, and it's the ONLY use these printed pistols will have.
Exactly. Kudos for realizing that this innovation has more uses than getting already-scared-of-their-own-shadow Americans to wet themselves.
We should just summary execute people that own 3d printers then steal the printers to make even more fake fiat currency while subduing due process and pissing on aborted bald eagle eggs.
I sometimes wonder if this is really how Libertarians see everyone not like them. Perhaps one day they'll realize the irony.
It's not; rather, it's an example of the childish ad hominem attacks that are so successful in dividing our society against one another.
Congratulations on proving Lincoln right, and yourself to be part of the problem.
I think bullets and casings contain enough metal to set off most metal detectors anyways, though I'm already envisioning ways to bypass that.
There may be a way (composite round/casing), but you're going to be hard pressed to make firearm ammo that can bypass the scrutiny of trained gunpowder-sniffing dogs.
Just make fun of Nintendo, constantly, through the course of your LP video... maybe cut to a self-cam every 25 seconds to meet the "less than 30 seconds" limitation of fair use.
When you buy a CD, you don't also buy the rights to use the music on that CD as the soundtrack for that movie you're making for general distribution. The scenarios seem parallel to me.
But do I have the right to make my own covers of the songs on the CD? Because that's a much more accurate analogy for this situation.
Nintendo's position that they own these videos, simply because their games were used in the making of these videos, is ridiculous and completely unsupportable.
In an analogous situation, if I record a screen capture of a demonstration of how to use a specific feature in Word, and post it to YouTube, Microsoft does NOT own my video simply because it owns Windows and Word. (The screen capture tool maker does not own my video either.)
The person who MAKES the video holds the copyright on the video, regardless of the tools used in the making of said video. It's that simple.
Kinda have to agree with this; Otherwise, Milwaukee, Stanley, Black & Decker, and Craftsman own all my furniture, since those are the brands of tools I used to make it.
People are assaulted all the time. Hopefully those assailants will be found guilty and a civil suit can be used to recover damages.
So, nothing to say about the criminal pervert secretly taking pictures of people's cocks? Some may find that philosophy telling...
FYI, some states, like the one I live in, have castle laws that deny other rights to those in the process of commissioning a crime. Thus, if a person is actively breaking the law by making illegal, lewd recordings of others, they will enjoy no such legal protections.
I would say, better to err on the safe side and take those stupid goggles off before entering a private area.
explain to me again the parallels between street view and glass. I think we'll avoid a similar privacy breach by not being even remotely the same thing.
Aside from that, we're talking about sticking a camera phone to your face. I don't think that really raises any new issues.
Street view cars can't go into restrooms or other 'public' places with a certain expectation of privacy.
That's my main bitch, and it's going to have to be solved culturally, not legislatively (especially considering it's already illegal to record in bathrooms).
We know cell phones don't cause any problems and we know glasses don't seem to cause any health problems, so I think this is pretty well already covered.
Perhaps, but what about the health risks of having the shit kicked out of you by angry folks who, right or wrong, assume you're making recordings of their junk?
Openly, perhaps. But less overtly, each "representative" supports whichever industry slushes their campaign funds. That's why banks have fared so well when every other industry has suffered: they learned long ago to play both sides of the field.
Well, that should work out well for them; I mean, it's not like Florida is filled with geriatrics who find everyone under the age of 50 to be suspect, right?
they just assume that, with the elimination of work for humans, the elimination of a weighted financial system designed to separate us into differing economic classes will disappear with a magical POOF.
...
Two sentences fought for the right to come out first... and apparently they both won.
We would spend our time, doing art, music, entertainment, or any other leisure related activity/job
And who's gonna be paying you to spend your time doing art, music entertainment, or any other leisure activity?
That seems to be the mistake all the pie-in-the-sky thinkers make; they just assume that, with the elimination of work for humans, the elimination of a weighted financial system designed to separate us into differing economic classes will disappear with a magical POOF.
The more likely circumstance is that, as more and more people lose their jobs to robotic workers, endless riots and resource wars will become the new norm.
At least, until a significant portion of the population is killed off.
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This generation's equivalent of the printing press is being used to construct weapons. How is his helping the human condition? Can't we do something better than this?
Is whinging about it doing anything better? Doesn't seem that way.
You left out the need for some decent metalworking skills.
That's because such skill is unnecessary.
Seriously; anybody with a $15 Lowe's gift card, a free afternoon, and enough mechanical aptitude to assemble a Wal-Mart bookshelf can make themselves an effective weapon.
The main effect of typical bureaucratic over-reaction to these cheap plastic guns for us Americans is going to be even more draconian gate rape at the airports.
FTFY.
This is true, these are not for serious gun owners.
They are for members of a resistance movement who are otherwise unarmed, and are meant for the close-up killing of an enemy soldier so you can steal his weapons. That's what the original WW2 Liberator was designed for, and it's the ONLY use these printed pistols will have.
Exactly. Kudos for realizing that this innovation has more uses than getting already-scared-of-their-own-shadow Americans to wet themselves.
We should just summary execute people that own 3d printers then steal the printers to make even more fake fiat currency while subduing due process and pissing on aborted bald eagle eggs.
I sometimes wonder if this is really how Libertarians see everyone not like them. Perhaps one day they'll realize the irony.
It's not; rather, it's an example of the childish ad hominem attacks that are so successful in dividing our society against one another.
Congratulations on proving Lincoln right, and yourself to be part of the problem.
I think bullets and casings contain enough metal to set off most metal detectors anyways, though I'm already envisioning ways to bypass that.
There may be a way (composite round/casing), but you're going to be hard pressed to make firearm ammo that can bypass the scrutiny of trained gunpowder-sniffing dogs.
the Lulz version also uses some screws for structural strength that would be much harder to replace with something non-metallic.
Don't be so certain of that.
Just make fun of Nintendo, constantly, through the course of your LP video... maybe cut to a self-cam every 25 seconds to meet the "less than 30 seconds" limitation of fair use.
Bam, parody. Suck on that, ho-bags.
When you buy a CD, you don't also buy the rights to use the music on that CD as the soundtrack for that movie you're making for general distribution. The scenarios seem parallel to me.
But do I have the right to make my own covers of the songs on the CD? Because that's a much more accurate analogy for this situation.
Nintendo's position that they own these videos, simply because their games were used in the making of these videos, is ridiculous and completely unsupportable.
In an analogous situation, if I record a screen capture of a demonstration of how to use a specific feature in Word, and post it to YouTube, Microsoft does NOT own my video simply because it owns Windows and Word. (The screen capture tool maker does not own my video either.)
The person who MAKES the video holds the copyright on the video, regardless of the tools used in the making of said video. It's that simple.
Kinda have to agree with this; Otherwise, Milwaukee, Stanley, Black & Decker, and Craftsman own all my furniture, since those are the brands of tools I used to make it.
Would you please post a link or two with some of your favorite "episodes" of LP?
Just punch Yogscast into the Youtube search box.
Those guys crack me up.
Hardly seems objectionable that they might take what's owed them for the work that they put in to actually make the content
Uh, yea, pretty sure that happened when the people in question bought the game from a retailer.
I can see no legitimate defense for Nintendo here.
People are assaulted all the time. Hopefully those assailants will be found guilty and a civil suit can be used to recover damages.
So, nothing to say about the criminal pervert secretly taking pictures of people's cocks? Some may find that philosophy telling...
FYI, some states, like the one I live in, have castle laws that deny other rights to those in the process of commissioning a crime. Thus, if a person is actively breaking the law by making illegal, lewd recordings of others, they will enjoy no such legal protections.
I would say, better to err on the safe side and take those stupid goggles off before entering a private area.
explain to me again the parallels between street view and glass. I think we'll avoid a similar privacy breach by not being even remotely the same thing.
Aside from that, we're talking about sticking a camera phone to your face. I don't think that really raises any new issues.
Street view cars can't go into restrooms or other 'public' places with a certain expectation of privacy.
That's my main bitch, and it's going to have to be solved culturally, not legislatively (especially considering it's already illegal to record in bathrooms).
Where were these questions when LEO and private businesses rolled out CCTV everywhere?????????
They didn't care, because there was little to no chance said CCTV apparatus would be pointed at them.
Considering the occasional "Senator caught soliciting gay sex in a public restroom" stories that pop up, I for one am not surprised.
What possible health effects could there be?
We know cell phones don't cause any problems and we know glasses don't seem to cause any health problems, so I think this is pretty well already covered.
Perhaps, but what about the health risks of having the shit kicked out of you by angry folks who, right or wrong, assume you're making recordings of their junk?
It'll happen, mark my words.
There is a big bright LED blaring at you if the camera is active.
Good thing LED's can't be covered up or disabled, right?
Openly, perhaps. But less overtly, each "representative" supports whichever industry slushes their campaign funds. That's why banks have fared so well when every other industry has suffered: they learned long ago to play both sides of the field.
"Appeal to authority" isn't always a problem. It can be a problem when the "authorities" aren't actually subject matter experts
Precisely
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
Well, that should work out well for them; I mean, it's not like Florida is filled with geriatrics who find everyone under the age of 50 to be suspect, right?
Did you read the rest of my comment for the explanation?
Oh, I read it, I just don't buy it - how are we supposed to get money to invest, when we've lost our jobs to robots?
The economy functions fine with workers and companies right? Why wouldn't it function with robotic workers and companies?
Uh... because robots don't buy stuff?
they just assume that, with the elimination of work for humans, the elimination of a weighted financial system designed to separate us into differing economic classes will disappear with a magical POOF.
...
Two sentences fought for the right to come out first... and apparently they both won.
And who's gonna be paying you to spend your time doing art, music entertainment, or any other leisure activity?
That seems to be the mistake all the pie-in-the-sky thinkers make; they just assume that, with the elimination of work for humans, the elimination of a weighted financial system designed to separate us into differing economic classes will disappear with a magical POOF.
The more likely circumstance is that, as more and more people lose their jobs to robotic workers, endless riots and resource wars will become the new norm.
At least, until a significant portion of the population is killed off.