people also have to learn to say no. Don't give the guy that cuts your hair your ID. Actually, don't even give him your phone number. What legitimate reason could he possibly have for wanting that?
And you will be punished in criminal court for piracy here.
ridiculous. no one gets a criminal charge for making personal copies. I challenge you to name ONE person in the last 5 years who has been convicted of a criminal offence merely for making personal copies of music CDs.
but it does make it difficult to prosecute. The crown would have to prove that you downloaded an MP3 or copied a copied CD. While all you have to claim is that you copied the original CD, ripped it to an mp3, and then tossed the original after it became to scratched.
My church in Burnaby sells recordings of the sermons at cost for people who either really liked the sermon, or couldn't attend that day.
Now the church has to pay the levy on all tapes and CD-R's it buys. Of course this increases the cost of the recordings which get passed on to the consumer.
So in a way, I'm effectively being charged a tax by the government for failing to attend church. (Yes I am aware of the holes in this argument, but think about it for a second). There are plenty of non-infringing uses, all of which are now taxed. (And charged tax on the levy)
This is definately not right, particularly since people who use CD-R's for non-infringing purposes tend to do entirely non-infringing things. People who copy music CD's tend to do only that...
it doesn't excuse the numerous aggressive acts and policies of the U.S. towards the Indians
Certainly not. Murder is still murder and racism is still racism, and they're both still wrong. I just bring it up because it's an interesting field of scholarship. (It's also not widely agreed on). It also leads to an interesting "What-if" type question. If Europeans (and the later North American governments) hadn't been so agressive how different would the situation be now? People have always assumed that it would be radically different. But if the native population would have been decimated anyway, with all the social cultural consequences that go with that...
Was there any truly good way for contact to be initiated at that time?
I think the poster's point was that the near destruction of the natives was more the result of disease than European barbarism.
He's probably correct. Without disease, it's unlikely the Europeans could have dominated the America's the way they did. The March issue of Atlantic Monthly has a good article about it. They suggest that the pre-contact Native population was dramatically higher than previously thought. (Sorry it's not available online until next month, but check out your local library...)
BZZZT Wrong! Morality is not a relative issue. Something is either morally acceptable or it is not. There's no such thing as "Well that may be wrong for you, but it's not wrong for me". It doesn't suddenly become moral to beat your wife or your children just because someone thinks it's okay.
For any moral question, there is a right answer, and a wrong answer. Establishing the right answer is more tricky, but the fact that people don't agree on it doesn't mean there are two answers.
The world is either flat or round, it's not both. God either exists, or he does not. Foetus' are either human beings, or they are not.
Some sperms mixed with an egg on a tray is not life.
Since you seem to be so sure of what life is NOT, how about telling us what life IS?
that's not as easy as it sounds is it?
And it's hard to say that something isn't "something else", if you can't define what that "something else" in the first place.
It's a very tricky question. When does human life begin? We can be very sure that it doesn't start prior to conception, but everything after that is grey. Birth is stupid cut-off point. It's completely arbitrary and very easy to manipulate. So we know this:
Conception
But that's a little vague isn't it? That's why we should proceed slowly and cautiously with stem cell research. Because we don't have all the answers.
no it isn't tool. It's a Democratic Republic. And your post implies that the President has much greater power than he does. The power of the executive is tempered by the power of the judicial and legislative branches. Compare this to the situation here in Canada. Executive power has been effectively passed from the the Governor General's Office to the Prime Minister's Office, meaning that a single person has near absolute control of both the executive & legislative branches of government. The judicial branch isn't powerful enough to temper this combined power. (Nor should it be since our judges aren't even elected, while the Prime Minister is).
If anyone has an Elected King, it's Canada, not the USA.
that is quite common on books in which only a few chapters are used. it's a whole lot cheaper, and if you do that photocopying at the University it's often legal. University Libraries (or at least Canadian ones), generally charge more for photocopying because they have a CanCopy deal that pays publishers part of the revenue from photocopying. Since you are now paying for the copyright, it's now legal to copy.
We're having a hard time racking up over $15,000 in expenses for this three hour event.
Easy. Just buy a bunch of cool hardware and give it away as door prizes. or you could even give a Segway away as a door prize. (How much do those cost?)
It was Larry Nivan but the short story I read it in was called "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club". It's probably published in many collections, but I read it in "A Hole in Space".
that's innovation? please... it's just being stupid enough to try and steal something out of a store with a portable hard drive. (Apple even uses the "portable hard drive" aspect as a selling feature). It's called being stupid. Stupid people don't make good employees, but they do make good candidates for a week in jail.
yeah, but it only has the population of California. Actually, that's one very big reason why Americans would never want Canada to join the US. It would seriously alter the political landscape of the US.
OH NO!!! I might not have all the government services I need!! Who will wipe my ass for me when I crap my pants and the prospect of having to support myself.
Who will tell me what to do? Who will shut up all those people who don't think the way I do?
What a load of crap! If I hear the phrase "tax cuts for his rich corporate friends" one more time I'm going to hurl! It makes about as much sense as "capitalist running dog" did 20 years ago. Sure the tax cuts gave more in absolute dollar terms to people with more money, but that's because they PAID MORE in the first place. For crying out loud people! Get a clue!
For the record, I am have been unemployed for over a year and I'm tired of this lousy economy brought on the the NDP. I am currently in two classes at SFU because the damn tuition freeze made it impossible to get into any classes.
So quit your whining about having to work for a living. Suck it up and deal with it. Big brother aint gonna hold your hand no more.
Congress even passed a law, years ago, that prevents you from watching shows carried by a same network affiliate from outside your market
You think that's bad... The CRTC up in Canada has a rule that says that if CTV (Canadian channel) is showing Friends, and NBC is showing Friends, our cable company has to show us two feeds of CTV and eliminate NBC. The net result is that you'll be whatching channel 12, and it'll say that The Simpsons is on next, but then the cable company will stop killing the NBC signal, and NBC will come on instead, and you record the wrong show. (So then you go and get it off Morpheus)...
the article claims that you download a whole episode in as little as ten minutes. horse-hockey! Morpheus is quick, but not that quick.
Interestingly, I've seen a few websites that are posting entire episodes of shows claiming that since they are only thumbnails since they reduce the screen to such a small size. Interesting, but I'm not sure that's what the court had in mind when it said that thumbnails were legal.
quoting great movies doesn't mean that the argument is sound.
What about the Dodo Bird or the passenger pigeon? Life certainly did not find a way there. We are perfectly capable to wiping out certain species when we put our minds to it. (Besides, programs like this aren't exactly new. We have a similar program of releasing sterile pine beatle in North America) (And they don't even kill people)
and don't get all paranoid on me. Cash isn't going anywhere.
besides. the content industry is NOT interested in prosecuting individual pirates. It'd be too much of a public relations nightmare. They go after people who facilitate piracy. (Napster, the DeCSS kid etc.)
don't be ridiculous. People don't have anything at all against cartridges. If it's properly made, they can be almost indestructible. You can toss a cartridge in your backpack, the trunk of your car, underneath the seat of your car, and it will be fine. The only problem with cartridges is that they increase the cost of the media. But if you design it right, the increased cost won't be too bad. Then what will people buy? Fragile media that you can't use a ballpoint pen on? Or rugged media that can be abused by a 3 year old child and still work fine?
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stupid grammar... I mean I'm quite willing for them to do so...
now that's just strange... Why would you need ID to pay a bill? If anyone wants to pay my bills anonymously, they're quite willing to do so...
people also have to learn to say no. Don't give the guy that cuts your hair your ID. Actually, don't even give him your phone number. What legitimate reason could he possibly have for wanting that?
ridiculous. no one gets a criminal charge for making personal copies. I challenge you to name ONE person in the last 5 years who has been convicted of a criminal offence merely for making personal copies of music CDs.
Landmines. That'll learn 'em! And a moat with sharks. Sharks with frickin laser beams attached to their heads!!!
but it does make it difficult to prosecute. The crown would have to prove that you downloaded an MP3 or copied a copied CD. While all you have to claim is that you copied the original CD, ripped it to an mp3, and then tossed the original after it became to scratched.
Now the church has to pay the levy on all tapes and CD-R's it buys. Of course this increases the cost of the recordings which get passed on to the consumer.
So in a way, I'm effectively being charged a tax by the government for failing to attend church. (Yes I am aware of the holes in this argument, but think about it for a second). There are plenty of non-infringing uses, all of which are now taxed. (And charged tax on the levy)
This is definately not right, particularly since people who use CD-R's for non-infringing purposes tend to do entirely non-infringing things. People who copy music CD's tend to do only that...
And Americans all love Carrot Top
Certainly not. Murder is still murder and racism is still racism, and they're both still wrong. I just bring it up because it's an interesting field of scholarship. (It's also not widely agreed on). It also leads to an interesting "What-if" type question. If Europeans (and the later North American governments) hadn't been so agressive how different would the situation be now? People have always assumed that it would be radically different. But if the native population would have been decimated anyway, with all the social cultural consequences that go with that...
Was there any truly good way for contact to be initiated at that time?
He's probably correct. Without disease, it's unlikely the Europeans could have dominated the America's the way they did. The March issue of Atlantic Monthly has a good article about it. They suggest that the pre-contact Native population was dramatically higher than previously thought. (Sorry it's not available online until next month, but check out your local library...)
BZZZT Wrong! Morality is not a relative issue. Something is either morally acceptable or it is not. There's no such thing as "Well that may be wrong for you, but it's not wrong for me". It doesn't suddenly become moral to beat your wife or your children just because someone thinks it's okay.
For any moral question, there is a right answer, and a wrong answer. Establishing the right answer is more tricky, but the fact that people don't agree on it doesn't mean there are two answers.
The world is either flat or round, it's not both. God either exists, or he does not. Foetus' are either human beings, or they are not.
Since you seem to be so sure of what life is NOT, how about telling us what life IS?
that's not as easy as it sounds is it?
And it's hard to say that something isn't "something else", if you can't define what that "something else" in the first place.
It's a very tricky question. When does human life begin? We can be very sure that it doesn't start prior to conception, but everything after that is grey. Birth is stupid cut-off point. It's completely arbitrary and very easy to manipulate. So we know this:
Conception But that's a little vague isn't it? That's why we should proceed slowly and cautiously with stem cell research. Because we don't have all the answers.
no it isn't tool. It's a Democratic Republic. And your post implies that the President has much greater power than he does. The power of the executive is tempered by the power of the judicial and legislative branches. Compare this to the situation here in Canada. Executive power has been effectively passed from the the Governor General's Office to the Prime Minister's Office, meaning that a single person has near absolute control of both the executive & legislative branches of government. The judicial branch isn't powerful enough to temper this combined power. (Nor should it be since our judges aren't even elected, while the Prime Minister is).
If anyone has an Elected King, it's Canada, not the USA.
that is quite common on books in which only a few chapters are used. it's a whole lot cheaper, and if you do that photocopying at the University it's often legal. University Libraries (or at least Canadian ones), generally charge more for photocopying because they have a CanCopy deal that pays publishers part of the revenue from photocopying. Since you are now paying for the copyright, it's now legal to copy.
Easy. Just buy a bunch of cool hardware and give it away as door prizes. or you could even give a Segway away as a door prize. (How much do those cost?)
It was Larry Nivan but the short story I read it in was called "The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club". It's probably published in many collections, but I read it in "A Hole in Space".
that's innovation? please... it's just being stupid enough to try and steal something out of a store with a portable hard drive. (Apple even uses the "portable hard drive" aspect as a selling feature). It's called being stupid. Stupid people don't make good employees, but they do make good candidates for a week in jail.
yeah, but it only has the population of California. Actually, that's one very big reason why Americans would never want Canada to join the US. It would seriously alter the political landscape of the US.
// RANT
OH NO!!! I might not have all the government services I need!! Who will wipe my ass for me when I crap my pants and the prospect of having to support myself.
Who will tell me what to do? Who will shut up all those people who don't think the way I do?
What a load of crap! If I hear the phrase "tax cuts for his rich corporate friends" one more time I'm going to hurl! It makes about as much sense as "capitalist running dog" did 20 years ago. Sure the tax cuts gave more in absolute dollar terms to people with more money, but that's because they PAID MORE in the first place. For crying out loud people! Get a clue!
For the record, I am have been unemployed for over a year and I'm tired of this lousy economy brought on the the NDP. I am currently in two classes at SFU because the damn tuition freeze made it impossible to get into any classes.
So quit your whining about having to work for a living. Suck it up and deal with it. Big brother aint gonna hold your hand no more.
// END RANT!
I would mod it as such, but I lost my mod privileges over this famous thread...
it had over 800 moderations attached to it at one point...
You think that's bad... The CRTC up in Canada has a rule that says that if CTV (Canadian channel) is showing Friends, and NBC is showing Friends, our cable company has to show us two feeds of CTV and eliminate NBC. The net result is that you'll be whatching channel 12, and it'll say that The Simpsons is on next, but then the cable company will stop killing the NBC signal, and NBC will come on instead, and you record the wrong show. (So then you go and get it off Morpheus)...
the article claims that you download a whole episode in as little as ten minutes. horse-hockey! Morpheus is quick, but not that quick.
Interestingly, I've seen a few websites that are posting entire episodes of shows claiming that since they are only thumbnails since they reduce the screen to such a small size. Interesting, but I'm not sure that's what the court had in mind when it said that thumbnails were legal.
life will not find a way.
quoting great movies doesn't mean that the argument is sound.
What about the Dodo Bird or the passenger pigeon? Life certainly did not find a way there. We are perfectly capable to wiping out certain species when we put our minds to it. (Besides, programs like this aren't exactly new. We have a similar program of releasing sterile pine beatle in North America) (And they don't even kill people)
so buy with cash fool!
and don't get all paranoid on me. Cash isn't going anywhere.
besides. the content industry is NOT interested in prosecuting individual pirates. It'd be too much of a public relations nightmare. They go after people who facilitate piracy. (Napster, the DeCSS kid etc.)
don't be ridiculous. People don't have anything at all against cartridges. If it's properly made, they can be almost indestructible. You can toss a cartridge in your backpack, the trunk of your car, underneath the seat of your car, and it will be fine. The only problem with cartridges is that they increase the cost of the media. But if you design it right, the increased cost won't be too bad. Then what will people buy? Fragile media that you can't use a ballpoint pen on? Or rugged media that can be abused by a 3 year old child and still work fine?