Diesel in the US still smells. I was just behind a brand new Jetta TDI at a stoplight with my windows open and it still smells. Granted there was no big dark cloud of particulates like I remember from the diesels when I was young, but they definitely still smell bad.
I drive a brand new Jetta TDI every (other) day, and have not experienced this noxious odor you speak of.
Perhaps the owner of the particular car you were behind doesn't take very good care of it?
OK, you seem pretty well versed in copyright law, so I've got another curve ball for you:
Say a 16 year old kid signs up for Instagram, and takes pictures of nothing but his own junk; since the pictures are stored on Instagram's servers, and they automatically license all user content to themselves, could there be a situation in which Instagram is considered legally culpable for possession/transmission of child pornography?
If anyone's looking for a motive in my asking of these odd questions, I personally think this (the licensing requirement and monetization of user content without due compensation) is a stupid idea, and am thus treading the murky legal waters to try and find a way we can screw them over for it.
And who died to make you Lord King and Keeper of Society's Desires? Nobody. Therefore, my original "fuck you" and it's addendum stand, with an additional "go fuck yourself" for arguing about it.
No kidding. I think I'm going to start adding a clause to all my service contracts that gives me King's Privilege (i.e., I can fuck your wives and daughters at will), just to see if anyone catches it.
Note in doing so that in many, if not most, jurisdictions exchanging sex acts for goods or services is a crime, as is soliciting such an exchange, and also that a contract in which either parties obligations include the commission of a crime may be void as contrary to public policy. So there's a decent chance that if you do that you will both be committing a crime and providing documentary evidence of the crime, and also invalidating any of the service contracts that actually get signed (not just the part regarding the "King's Privilege", but the whole contract.)
well, shit, that's no fun!
Times like this I wish I knew more about copyright law, so I could better make my point (may figure out the right wording today, but not going to hold my breath).
Which reveals the rather key difference to all the prostitution analogies that makes them off-point: the thing that Instagram is seeking your consent for isn't a crime. Its a perfect legitimate exchange of intellectual property rights for services (its funny how many of the same people that call IP rights "imaginary property" get really mad when its their "imaginary property" that is at issue, even when the issue is a simple voluntary exchange that they can turn down by not using a free service.)
I think the point of the prostitution references isn't to say that what Instagram is doing isn't legal - seems to me the purpose is more to point out that just because it's not necessarily illegal, doesn't mean it is necessarily a morally correct thing to do.
Then again, I can't legitimately claim to speak for anyone else here, so who knows.
That guy in china you referred to who stabbed 20 people..... all of them survived. Sadly not so much Lanza'a gun assault.
Guns ARE the problem. No one "needs" and AR-15 semi except police, military and mass murderers.
Am I really the only person who remembers how the 9/11 hijackers managed to take over the planes?
The interesting thing is that the guy in China who stabbed all those kids didn't kill anybody. I think this proves how the tools that a crazy person has access to really does have an effect on the outcome.
Or, it proves that intent to kill is necessary.
Or, it proves none of the above, as correlation != causation.
And that is the issue with the NRA: they do not want to take the responsibility of instilling a sense of discipline and duty upon their members and gun owners in general.
Of course they don't, for the same reasons the American Cancer Society doesn't give a rats-ass about curing cancer: they are lobbying organizations, that only exist for the purpose of purchasing political favor.
FWIW, I'm an adamant gun-rights advocate, and I think the NRA are scum,for the reasons you list and more.
According to FB logic, the car park in Seinfeld that loans your car out to hookers while it's parked is a perfectly legitimate business model. As is the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when the parking garage attendants take Cameron's Ferrari for a joy ride.
No kidding. I think I'm going to start adding a clause to all my service contracts that gives me King's Privilege (i.e., I can fuck your wives and daughters at will), just to see if anyone catches it.
Let's just hope Zuckerberg doesn't open up a string of daycare centers.
Fuck that, here's hoping he does.
Maybe then, when their own kids are being whored out like, well, whores, lawmakers will open their fucking eyes and do something about this sort of bullshit rent-seeking.
You are compensated for your work in that you are able to use Instagram and Facebook without making any monetary payment.
I agree that this is utterly shitty, but it's more than likely totally legal in both the US and the UK. You use their hosting space for free, they use your pictures in their marketing. If you don't like it set up your own website, on your own dime, and post copyright notices for all of the images.
Or, don't be a complete tool and upload the works you want protected to a site that (at least, somewhat) respects artists ownership rights, like DeviantArt.
Then again, if you're an Instagram user, you're probably the furthest thing from an actual artist a person can be, without going to law school...
Which, in this case, was 2 9mm pistols and standard capacity magazines, neither of which would be affected by a ban on "assault weapons" (whatever that means this week) and high-capacity magazines.
The Predator has an operational ceiling of 50k feet. Wikipedia says the Bofors L/70 has a maximum range of 41k feet. Close, but it seems the Predator could remain just out of reach under ideal conditions.
Not something I'd want to rely on when it came down to it, but it could get the job done.
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Sounds like you needs a rag and bucket, so you can wash the sand out of your vagina.
Diesel in the US still smells. I was just behind a brand new Jetta TDI at a stoplight with my windows open and it still smells. Granted there was no big dark cloud of particulates like I remember from the diesels when I was young, but they definitely still smell bad.
I drive a brand new Jetta TDI every (other) day, and have not experienced this noxious odor you speak of.
Perhaps the owner of the particular car you were behind doesn't take very good care of it?
Close! Google's autonomous cars are going to be the true death knell, once they learn to swarm collaboratively.
Hey, collective machine intelligence has to start somewhere, right?
Shit, I think I just scared myself...
OK, you seem pretty well versed in copyright law, so I've got another curve ball for you:
Say a 16 year old kid signs up for Instagram, and takes pictures of nothing but his own junk; since the pictures are stored on Instagram's servers, and they automatically license all user content to themselves, could there be a situation in which Instagram is considered legally culpable for possession/transmission of child pornography?
If anyone's looking for a motive in my asking of these odd questions, I personally think this (the licensing requirement and monetization of user content without due compensation) is a stupid idea, and am thus treading the murky legal waters to try and find a way we can screw them over for it.
Sure.
And who died to make you Lord King and Keeper of Society's Desires? Nobody. Therefore, my original "fuck you" and it's addendum stand, with an additional "go fuck yourself" for arguing about it.
Note in doing so that in many, if not most, jurisdictions exchanging sex acts for goods or services is a crime, as is soliciting such an exchange, and also that a contract in which either parties obligations include the commission of a crime may be void as contrary to public policy. So there's a decent chance that if you do that you will both be committing a crime and providing documentary evidence of the crime, and also invalidating any of the service contracts that actually get signed (not just the part regarding the "King's Privilege", but the whole contract.)
well, shit, that's no fun!
Times like this I wish I knew more about copyright law, so I could better make my point (may figure out the right wording today, but not going to hold my breath).
Which reveals the rather key difference to all the prostitution analogies that makes them off-point: the thing that Instagram is seeking your consent for isn't a crime. Its a perfect legitimate exchange of intellectual property rights for services (its funny how many of the same people that call IP rights "imaginary property" get really mad when its their "imaginary property" that is at issue, even when the issue is a simple voluntary exchange that they can turn down by not using a free service.)
I think the point of the prostitution references isn't to say that what Instagram is doing isn't legal - seems to me the purpose is more to point out that just because it's not necessarily illegal, doesn't mean it is necessarily a morally correct thing to do.
Then again, I can't legitimately claim to speak for anyone else here, so who knows.
No, because you didn't have the rights you said you had to any photos when you uploaded it, so Instagram can't get those rights from you.
Kinda figured that.
Instead, you've just perpetrated either a fraud or a breach of contract against Instagram.
How so? Admittedly, I don't really understand much about copyrights.
We cannot suspend our judgement just because we are constantly told there are terrorists in the world and money to be made.
FTFY.
After all, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
I was running late for work today and realized I forgot to do laundry over the weekend.
The only thing left to do was put my full body kevlar on over my "Venom" costume.
Fortunately, I work for a bunch of blind people.
So, why bother dressing?
Well, they are blind - wouldn't want someone to accidentally grope more than they bargained for ...
That guy in china you referred to who stabbed 20 people ..... all of them survived. Sadly not so much Lanza'a gun assault.
Guns ARE the problem. No one "needs" and AR-15 semi except police, military and mass murderers.
Am I really the only person who remembers how the 9/11 hijackers managed to take over the planes?
They sure as fuck didn't do it with guns.
I can... tell you... society doesn't want...
Fuck you, you don't get to speak for me or anyone else outside your own head.
The interesting thing is that the guy in China who stabbed all those kids didn't kill anybody. I think this proves how the tools that a crazy person has access to really does have an effect on the outcome.
Or, it proves that intent to kill is necessary.
Or, it proves none of the above, as correlation != causation.
And that is the issue with the NRA: they do not want to take the responsibility of instilling a sense of discipline and duty upon their members and gun owners in general.
Of course they don't, for the same reasons the American Cancer Society doesn't give a rats-ass about curing cancer: they are lobbying organizations, that only exist for the purpose of purchasing political favor.
FWIW, I'm an adamant gun-rights advocate, and I think the NRA are scum,for the reasons you list and more.
According to FB logic, the car park in Seinfeld that loans your car out to hookers while it's parked is a perfectly legitimate business model. As is the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off when the parking garage attendants take Cameron's Ferrari for a joy ride.
No kidding. I think I'm going to start adding a clause to all my service contracts that gives me King's Privilege (i.e., I can fuck your wives and daughters at will), just to see if anyone catches it.
Let's just hope Zuckerberg doesn't open up a string of daycare centers.
Fuck that, here's hoping he does.
Maybe then, when their own kids are being whored out like, well, whores, lawmakers will open their fucking eyes and do something about this sort of bullshit rent-seeking.
You are compensated for your work in that you are able to use Instagram and Facebook without making any monetary payment. I agree that this is utterly shitty, but it's more than likely totally legal in both the US and the UK. You use their hosting space for free, they use your pictures in their marketing. If you don't like it set up your own website, on your own dime, and post copyright notices for all of the images.
Or, don't be a complete tool and upload the works you want protected to a site that (at least, somewhat) respects artists ownership rights, like DeviantArt.
Then again, if you're an Instagram user, you're probably the furthest thing from an actual artist a person can be, without going to law school...
These are your pictures. You own them. No corporation has the right to use them without your permission just because they are holding them.
Yes they do, you agreed to it in the terms-of-service
So... if I take a picture of a copyrighted photo, then upload that picture to Instagram, Instagram subsequently owns the copyright?
I find that dubious, at best.
So tunnel through a VPN.
I live in Oklahoma,
Well, there's your problem.
Hell, the knowledge that any of the faculty might have the equipment to put his rampage to an end may have even prevented the incident entirely.
Considering they took their own life at the end, I'm not sure the threat of getting shot would have been much of a deterrent.
Perhaps not, but had the principle been armed and trained, the act of getting shot would have ended his spree before it began.
weapon of choice
Which, in this case, was 2 9mm pistols and standard capacity magazines, neither of which would be affected by a ban on "assault weapons" (whatever that means this week) and high-capacity magazines.
I take it you don't live in New York...
No... but I thought guns were basically illegal there.
Do many people in "gun-free" cities walk around sporting BPVs all the time?
So, if I thermite my HDD, everything I've ever done or said online (i.e., stored anywhere but my local drive) magically falls into the bit bucket?
Bullshit.
Cops need to get off their lazy asses and start serving the three-letter-agencies (NSA, CIA, DHS, all the other panoptic asshats) with warrants.
Premeditated. This wasn't an impulsive act.
Full body kevlar (as reported by the media, anyway, though I have my doubts) isn't something people put on as an impulse, either.
The Predator has an operational ceiling of 50k feet. Wikipedia says the Bofors L/70 has a maximum range of 41k feet. Close, but it seems the Predator could remain just out of reach under ideal conditions.
Not something I'd want to rely on when it came down to it, but it could get the job done.
Not to mention, a hell of a lot of fun!
CHA-KOOM CHA-KOOM CHA-KOOM!
Today there isn't enough bandwidth today to send back video, location, and other sensor info to intelligently navigate more than a vehicle or two.
Really? You mean, nodes can't act as repeaters for one another?
What a silly notion.